To my parents, Jack and Marilyn - Billy Crone
The
Final
Countdown
FOURTH PRINTING
Billy Crone
Copyright ( 2012
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Cover Design:
SHAWN BRACKBILL
To my wife, Brandie.
Thank you for being so patient
with a man full of dreams.
You truly are my gift from God.
It is an honor to have you as my wife
and I’m still amazed that you willingly chose
to join me in this challenging yet exhilarating
roller coaster ride called the Christian life.
God has truly done exceedingly abundantly above all
that we could have ever asked or even thought of.
Who ever said that living for the Lord was boring, huh?
One day our ride together will be over here on earth.
Yet it will continue on in eternity forever.
I love you.
Contents
Preface…………………………………………….. vii
1. The Jewish People…………..………..………….……..………... 9
2. Modern Technology…………………………………..…………. 31
3. Worldwide Upheaval……………………………………………. 53
4. The Rise of Falsehood…………………………………………… 75
5. The Rise of Wickedness………………….………….…………… 107
6. The Rise of Apostasy…………………………………………….. 137
7. One World Religion……………….………………….…………. 171
8. One World Government……………….……….….…………….. 205
9. One World Economy…….……………….………………….…... 235
10. The Mark of the Beast………………………….………………. 261
How to Receive Jesus Christ……………………….. 295
Answer Key………………………………………… 297
Notes……………………………………………….. 305
Preface
Unfortunately, in the Church today, the study of prophecy has been forsaken under the assumption that one can’t really know for sure what it all means and therefore we should refrain from teaching it. Yet, when you think about it, this is actually a slap in the face to God; for a majority of the Holy Scriptures deal directly or indirectly with prophetic issues. Why would God put prophecy in the Bible if it wasn’t meant to be understood? Do we dare say that He is playing cat and mouse with us? In addition, how can one say that they are being faithful to present the whole counsel of God when they leave a major portion of it, prophecy, out of the picture? Furthermore, Bible prophecy has a wonderful way of bringing home two crucial truths that seem to be long forgotten in the American Church. One truth is that this world is not going to last forever. A flood destroyed it the first time and the next time it will be by fire. Therefore, this forces you and I the Christian to stop living merely for the temporary things of this world, thus wasting our lives, and instead to get busy storing up treasures in heaven, which last forever. And boy, is that not needed today! Also, Bible prophecy drives home the second truth of God being absolutely sovereign. He is in full control of all things at all times. So much so that God has already mapped out mankind’s history. Therefore, only the student of Bible prophecy can rightly discern the times in which we live. And best of all, because God is sovereign, no matter how uncomfortable things may get, we can still be at peace knowing that our Lord reigns and that He will soon return to take us to be with Him.
What you are about to read will most assuredly shock you and certainly push you out of your comfort zone. If it doesn’t, then you might want to check your pulse. And, lest you think I’m making this stuff up, I invite you to check it out for yourself. This is why everything has been meticulously documented. Folks, this is not a time to react in fear but in faith. Our hope is not to be here, but in heaven. And remember, God is sovereign! One last piece of advice; when you are through reading this book then will you please READ YOUR BIBLE? I mean that in the nicest possible way. Enjoy, and I’m looking forward to seeing you someday!
Billy Crone
Las Vegas, Nevada
2012
Chapter One
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The Jewish People
Folks, what I’m about to share with you is true story. I’m not making it up! This really happened. Here it goes.
“There was man working on his motorcycle on his patio and his wife was in the kitchen. And the man was racing the engine on the motorcycle when it accidentally slipped into gear. The man, still holding on to the handlebars, was dragged through the glass patio doors onto the floor inside the house.
The wife, hearing the crash, ran into the dining room and found her husband laying on the floor, cut and bleeding, the motorcycle laying next to him and the shattered patio door. So the wife ran to the phone and summoned an ambulance.
Because they lived on a fairly large hill, the wife went down the several flights of stairs to the street to escort the paramedics to her husband. After the ambulance arrived and transported the man to the hospital, the wife placed the motorcycle upright and pushed it outside.
Well, seeing that gas was spilled on the floor, the wife got some paper towels, blotted up the gasoline, and threw the towels in the toilet. The husband was treated at the hospital and released to come home.
Upon arriving at home, he looked at the shattered patio door and the damage done to his motorcycle and he became despondent. So he went to the bathroom, sat down on the toilet and smoked a cigarette.
After finishing the cigarette, he flipped it into the toilet bowl while still seated. The wife, who was in the kitchen, heard the loud explosion and her husband screaming. So she ran into the bathroom and found her husband lying on the floor.
His trousers had been blown away and he was suffering burns on his hindquarters and the back of his legs. So the wife again ran to the phone to call the ambulance.
The very same paramedic crew was dispatched and the wife met them at the street. The paramedics loaded the husband on the stretcher and began carrying him to the street.
While they were going down the stairs to the street accompanied by the wife, one of the paramedics asked the wife how the husband had burned himself. She told them and the paramedics started laughing so hard, they slipped and tipped the stretcher, dumping the husband out.
That’s right, he fell down the remaining stairs and broke his arm, all in one day.”1
Now folks, how many of you would say that’s a pretty bad day, you know what I’m saying? But that’s right folks, believe it or not, I think I’ve actually discovered a day that’s even worse than that one! It goes something like this. It’s when you wake up one morning only to realize that you’re family has totally disappeared. Then you run to turn on your TV to see what’s happening and there you watch a special worldwide news report declaring that millions of people all over the planet are missing. Then, you suddenly see your loved ones Bible sitting on the coffee table and it suddenly dawns on you that your family was right after all when they kept telling you about the rapture of the Church. Then to your horror, you realize that you’ve been left behind and have been catapulted into the 7-year Tribulation that’s coming upon the whole world. And for those of you who may not know, the time of the Tribulation is not a party. It’s an outpouring of God’s wrath on a wicked and rebellious planet. In fact Jesus said in Matthew 24 that it would be a “time of greater horror than anything the world has ever seen or will ever see again.” And that “unless that time of calamity was shortened, the entire human race would be destroyed!”
But praise God, God’s not only a God of wrath, He’s a God of love as well. And because He loves you and I, He’s given us many warning signs to wake us up so we’d know when the Tribulation is near and His Second Coming was rapidly approaching. Therefore, to keep you and I from experiencing the ultimate bad day of being left behind, we’re going to begin a new study in this book called The Final Countdown. And what we’re going to do is look at ten signs given by God to lovingly wake us up people, so we’d give our lives to Him before it’s too late. And there’s no time to waste, so let’s get started.
The tenth sign on The Final Countdown is none other then The Jewish People. You see, one of the first and foremost important prophetic events on God’s end time calendar is concerning the Jewish people. In short, if you want to know how close we are to the end, pay attention to the Jewish people. Why? Because from God’s viewpoint, Jerusalem is the center of the earth! Think about it. This is where the line of the Messiah started. King David ruled from there. This is where Jesus (the actual Messiah) died on a cross. This is where the End Times culminate with the Battle of Armageddon outside of Jerusalem. This is where Jesus returns at His Second Coming. And this is where Jesus reigns after His Second Coming.2 It’s all in Jerusalem! Therefore, if you want to know how close we are to the end, you’ve got to pay attention to Jerusalem and the Jewish people, right?
And that’s why the Lord prophesied specific events in minute detail that would happen to the Jewish people alone, giving us a clear indication as to when we really are living in the last days. So just what are these specific prophesies being fulfilled today concerning The Jewish People showing us just how close we really are to the last days? Well hey, I’m glad you asked.
The first End Time Prophecy concerning The Jewish People is that Israel Would Return To The Land. But don’t take my word for it. Let’s listen to God’s.
Isaiah 43:1-6 “But now, this is what the LORD says – He Who created you, O Jacob, He Who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are Mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. For I am the LORD, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your stead.
Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you, and people in exchange for your life. Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west. I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’ Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth.” (NIV)
Now folks, ever since the destruction of the Jewish Temple in 70 AD, the Jewish people have been scattered all over the earth. But during the past century alone, millions of Jews have returned to Israel fulfilling this very prophecy. In fact, just like the Bible said, they not only came specifically from the east, the west, the north and the south, but they came in that exact order! First from the East, in the early 1900’s when many of the Jews living in the Middle East moved to Israel. Then from the West, during mid-1900’s, hundreds of thousands of Jews living in the West (Europe and the United States) began moving to Israel. Then from the North, during the 1980’s, Russia finally began to allow hundreds of thousands of Jews to return to Israel. And next from the South, Israel struck a deal with Ethiopia’s communist government. And on the weekend of May 25, 1991, 14,500 Ethiopian Jews were airlifted to Israel. And now, more Jews are returning to Israel every single year from all over the world. First from the East, West, North, and South.3 Just like the Bible said they would! When? In the last days!
The second End Time Prophecy concerning The Jewish People is that Israel Would Become A Nation Again.
Isaiah 11:11-12 “In that day the Lord will bring back a remnant of his people for the second time, returning them to the land of Israel from Assyria, Lower Egypt, Upper Egypt, Ethiopia, Elam, Babylonia, Hamath, and all the distant coastlands. He will raise a flag among the nations for Israel to rally around. He will gather the scattered people of Judah from the ends of the earth.” (NLT)
People, ever since 721 BC approximately fourteen different peoples have possessed the land of Israel. Yet as we saw, the Bible specifically said that the nation of Israel would one day be reborn. One day they would regain their independence. And can anyone guess what happened on May 14, 1948? That’s right! After waiting centuries and centuries, the people who were scattered all over the world, not only returned to the land, but they also became a nation again! From out of nowhere and against all odds, Israel was reborn. And in 1967 the Jewish people even recaptured the city of Jerusalem. Just like the Bible said they would! When? In the last days!
The third End Time Prophecy concerning The Jewish People is that Israel Would Be Brought Forth In One Day.
Isaiah 66:8 “Who has ever seen or heard of anything as strange as this? Has a nation ever been born in a single day? Has a country ever come forth in a mere moment? But by the time Jerusalem’s birth pains begin, the baby will be born; the nation will come forth.” (NLT)
People, for those of you who may not know, on May 14, 1948, at precisely 4pm, the members of the People’s Council signed the proclamation and the declaration was made that, “The State of Israel is established. This meeting is ended.” Israel not only became a nation again, but it was brought forth as a nation, literally in one day.4 In fact, it was such an obvious fulfillment of Bible prophecy that even the Jewish people themselves knew they were fulfilling a prophecy made over 2,500 years earlier as this report shows:
“The Founding of the state of Israel in 1948 followed a United Nations recommendation for the amicable deportation of British forces from Palestine. Israel’s first Prime Minister David Ben Gurion proclaimed the state’s independence on May 14th 1948 and opened its borders on Jewish immigration. The new state took the Star of David as its symbol.
For centuries, people have predicted the end of the world, through a depression that nearly destroyed a generation, nations were at war, rulers and dictators tried to conquer the world and wipe out an entire race. But one major prophecy was yet to be fulfilled. The rebirth of Israel in 1948 was the super sign. What we haven’t seen happen in the context of all the other prophecies coming true, we haven’t seen, until 62 years ago, the rebirth of the state of Israel.
At the end of WWII, the British advanced the League of Nations mandate for Palestine, which included the responsibility for securing the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people. But without American support, the plan would fail.
President Franklin Roosevelt promised Saudi King Saud the United States would not endorse any policy regarding Palestine without notifying them first. But in the spring of 1945, FDR died leading Vice President Harry Truman with the burdens of a complex foreign policy.
Truman faced intense opposition for any plan to create a Jewish State, all the while also facing equally intense support. Eventually he would back the plan for a Jewish State and in May 1948, the President announced his support for UN Resolution 181, a partition plan to divide Palestine between Jews and Arabs.
The United Nations would never have voted Israel as a State had it not been for Harry Truman, who learned from his Sunday School teaching mother at her knee, that if you ever get a chance to help Israel, you ought to help Israel.
Ezekiel 37:25 reads: “They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, the land where your fathers lived. They and their children and their children’s children will live there forever, and David my servant will be their prince forever.”
That was prophesied and you see pictures of the War of Independence in 1948 and the Six Day War, and soldiers, who were somewhat secular, who were not necessarily religious, were weeping because they felt they had translated the words of the prophet.”5
Now isn’t it interesting how even the non-religious secular Jewish people recognized the prophetic importance of their becoming a nation again, to the point where they sensed it, they felt it, they even wept over it, but most of us have no clue of the importance of that date and how it proves just how close we really are to the end. Israel not only became a nation again, but it was brought forth as a nation, literally in one day. Just like the Bible said! When? In the last days!
The fourth End Time Prophecy concerning The Jewish People is that Israel Would Be A United Nation Again.
Ezekiel 37:21-22 “And give them this message from the Sovereign LORD: I will gather the people of Israel from among the nations. I will bring them home to their own land from the places where they have been scattered. I will unify them into one nation in the land. One king will rule them all; no longer will they be divided into two nations.” (NLT)
Now for those of you who may not know, in about 926 BC, the Jewish people became a divided nation. The Northern 10 tribes were called Israel, and the Southern two tribes were called Judah. But when the Jewish people regained independence in 1948, for the first time in 2,900 years, Israel was again united as a single nation, not two.6 Just like the Bible said! When? In the last days!
The fifth End Time Prophecy concerning The Jewish People is that Israel’s Currency Would Be The Shekel.
Ezekiel 45:12,13,16 “The standard unit for weight will be the silver shekel. This is the tax you must give to the prince. All the people of Israel must join the prince in bringing their offerings.” (NLT)
Now folks, here we see how the Bible clearly predicted that in the future temple sacrifices, the people of Israel would not just be paying their taxes, but specifically paying them in what? In shekels, right? But the problem is that Israel’s currency wasn’t the shekel but the pound. That is, until 1980, when it just so happened it was changed to the shekel, and they use it even to this very day.7 Just like the Bible said! When? In the last days!
The sixth End Time Prophecy concerning The Jewish People is that Israel Would Blossom As A Rose In The Desert.
Isaiah 35:1-2 “Even the wilderness will rejoice in those days. The desert will blossom with flowers. Yes, there will be an abundance of flowers and singing and joy! The deserts will become as green as the mountains of Lebanon, as lovely as Mount Carmel’s pastures and the plain of Sharon. There the LORD will display his glory, the splendor of our God.” (NLT)
Now folks, to understand the significance of this prophecy, you have to first understand the history and characteristics of the land of Israel. From the very beginning, that land that promised to the Israelites was totally different from the land they came from. Think about it. They came out of Egypt and the desert to the what? “The Promised Land.” And this “Promised Land” was a good land. In fact, it was called “a good land” 16 times in the Old Testament, and “a land flowing with milk and honey” 23 times in the Old Testament. There was something special about that land.8 And even up to the time of Josephus, a first century Jewish historian, he mentioned how the land was still very prosperous and fertile. Here’s what he said.
“For the whole area is excellent for crops and pasturage and rich in trees of every kind, so that by its fertility it invites even those least inclined to work on the land.
In fact, every inch of it has been cultivated by the inhabitants and not a parcel goes to waste. It is thickly covered with towns, and thanks to the natural abundance of the soil, the many villages are so densely populated.”9
Now here’s the point. All that changed after nearly 2,000 years of foreign conquerors totally abusing the land. They left it a total complete wasteland. In fact, listen to some of the people who visited Israel prior to 1948.
“After the scattering of the Jews beginning in 70 AD with the destruction of the Temple, the land became desolate, unable to grow much of anything. During the 2,000 years of Israel’s exile from its land, numerous empires have conquered the Land, and countless wars were fought for its possession. And yet, astonishingly, no conqueror ever succeeded in permanently settling the Land. Neither have they been able to cause it to bloom.
In 1845 Alfon Lamartine said in his book, “Recollections from the East,” that, “Outside the walls of Jerusalem we saw no living being, heard no living voice. We encountered that desolation and that deadly silence which we would have expected to find at the ruined gates of Pompey. A total eternal dread spell envelopes the city, the highways and the villages.”
When Mark Twain visited Israel in the 1860’s, he reported that Israel was a barren wasteland with no trees. He said, “The further we went the hotter the sun got and the more rocky and bare. Repulsive and dreary the landscape became.”
In describing the territory around the Sea of Galilee, he called it a, “blistering, naked, treeless land.” He spoke of the villages as, “ugly, cramped, squalid, uncomfortable and filthy.” He added that the villages are, “a solitude to make one dreary…unpeopled deserts…rusty mounds of barrenness.”
And then he looked towards the barren Judean hills in Israel, and wrote, “Close to us was a stream and on its banks a great heard of curious looking Syrian sheep and the sheep were gratefully eating gravel. I do not state this as a petrified fact – I only suppose they were eating gravel because there did not appear to be anything else for them to eat.”
Then in 1905, the Prime Minister of the Netherlands observed, “The Jews have come in vain. Only God can check the blight of the inrushing desert.”10
And that’s exactly what He did. No foreign conqueror was able to make Israel bloom again, no matter how hard they tried, but when Jewish People began to return to the land, everything changed! They began to immediately work at getting the land back into shape! And for them, and them alone, the land began to respond! One author in the 1800’s counted the trees there and reported that there were less than 1,000. And right now today, due to a massive tree replanting program, there are over 1.2 billion trees in Israel and half their trees are forest trees, and the other half are fruit trees, and this has not only helped to increase the rainfall by over 450%, but Israel, the former desert, is now the breadbasket of the Middle East and is exporting fruit all over the world.11
And speaking of their fruit, it is out of this world! It’s not only huge it’s incredibly sweet and delicious! And that’s because, it just so happens, when the Jewish people got there, they not only replanted trees, but they began to build a massive network of irrigation systems, high-tech irrigation systems, much further along than the rest of the world. And it just so happens the water in the soil, remember that quote from earlier, that they are irrigating there, is custom tailored to produce amazing produce! It just needed the Jewish people to pump it out.
“There’s a prevailing thought that says that it’s hard to establish agriculture in the desert. But that’s not necessarily so. When mentioning the desert, one thinks of dryness, heat and desolation. But it turns out that the desert can bloom, be full of life, and yield harvests of fine fruits and vegetables.
Actually if you think about desert as desert, you probably think there is no water, but we find a huge aquifer under the desert which allowed us to use it and actually we can pump it out and make the desert bloom or green with a lot of agriculture.
It turns out the desert climate is good for agriculture, thanks to the ground water under the sand dunes. It’s possible to do a lot of agriculture in the desert, because few reasons. First, we have the perfect weather for agriculture. We can grow vegetables in the winter.
Second, we have the experience and the brackish water that will allow us to do that in a very easy way. Although the groundwater is somewhat salty, it turns out that this saltiness actually improves the fruit. We can produce sweeter and better vegetables.”
What happens when you irrigate the fruits or the vegetables with brackish water is that the plant is in a very serious stress, he’s suffering and he’s producing less leaves and more fruits with less water inside and a lot of meat, what we call, and actually that makes it three times sweeter than usual vegetables.”12
And so I’m sure it’s just purely by chance that the water under Israel is custom tailored for amazing produce, produce that is much larger and three times as sweet as other areas. Who would’ve thought that the desert could bloom again and produce such amazing quantities? It’s almost like when God said this land was “a good land” and a land “flowing with milk and honey” that it just needed the “right people” to get back there and make it come alive again. Gee, I wonder who that is? The Jewish people maybe?
But that’s still not all. Israel also diverted the water from the Sea of Galilee and channeled it through sections of the deserts, which have allowed the deserts to literally begin to blossom with an abundance of flowers. Even to the point where Israel is now a major exporter of flowers and ornamental plants.13 Just like the Bible said! When? In the last days!
The seventh End Time Prophecy concerning The Jewish People is that Israel Would Have A Powerful Military.
Zechariah 12:6 “On that day I will make the leaders of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among sheaves. They will consume right and left all the surrounding peoples, but Jerusalem will remain intact in her place.” (NLT)
Now folks, here’s what’s amazing about this prophecy. Outnumbered and against all odds, the Israeli forces have astounded the world by their victories over and over again during multiple wars. For instance, within hours of Israel’s declaration of independence in 1948, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon all invaded Israel. The combined population of those countries was at least 20 million at that time. Yet, Israel had fewer than 1 million. But when all was said and done, the Jewish people not only won the war, but they expanded the size of Israel by 50 percent. And today Israel has one of the most powerful military forces in the world with full nuclear capabilities. Hands down, they are the most powerful force in the region.14 Just like the Bible said! When? In the last days!
The eighth End Time Prophecy concerning The Jewish People is that Israel Would Be A Center Of Conflict To The Whole World.
Zechariah 12:2-3 “I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling. Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves.” (NIV)
In other words, don’t mess with Israel! Now folks, in 1948, when the Jewish people became a nation again, the very next day, the nations around them declared war with Israel. And the fighting for control has never stopped. Also, it just so happens that Israel’s location in the heart of the world’s oil reserves makes it a great strategic significance to all the countries in the world. Then to make matters worse, the world’s 3 largest religions have headquarters in guess where? Jerusalem! And people, this is why you can daily turn on the news and read in all the newspapers of how Israel has indeed become what? An international global problem. It has become a center of world conflict, exactly like the Bible said would happen. When? In the last days!
But before we continue, you have to understand the amazing prophetic significance of eight prophecies being fulfilled in just one entity, i.e. the Jewish people. So far we’ve seen, and we’re not done, but so far we’ve seen…
That Israel Would Return To The Land.
That Israel Would Become A Nation Again.
That Israel Would Be Brought Forth In One Day.
That Israel Would Be A United Nation Again.
That Israel’s Currency Would Be The Shekel.
That Israel Would Blossom As A Rose In The Desert.
That Israel Would Have A Powerful Military.
That Israel Would Be A Center Of Conflict To The Whole World.
Now listen to the odds of all these eight prophecies coming to pass in just one people.
“By using the modern science of probability, we find that the chance that any one entity might have lived down to the present time and fulfilled just eight prophecies is 1 in 1017.
In order to help us comprehend this staggering probability, it can be illustrated by taking 1017 silver dollars and laying them on the face of Texas, which would be enough to cover the state 2 feet deep.
Now mark one of these silver dollars with a “red X” and stir the whole mass thoroughly, all over the state. Blindfold a man and tell him that he can travel as far as he wishes, but he must pick up one silver dollar and say that this is the right one.
What chance would he have of getting the right one? Just the same chance that the prophets would have had of writing just 8 prophecies and having them all come true in any one people.”15
Now folks, I’m not a rocket scientist, but I’d say it’s pretty obvious that there’s no way the Jewish people fulfilled those eight prophecies by accident, are you kidding me? I mean, it’s almost like God’s trying to get our attention or something? Hello In fact, let’s put the nail in the coffin. Let’s turn the tables around. Let’s see how the so-called psychics do out there in comparison to the Bible.
“Amid hundreds of prophecies, Biblical prophets are not known to have made a single error. However, a study of the prophecies made by psychics showed that of the 72 predictions, only 6 were fulfilled in any way. However, 2 of these were vague and 2 others were hardly surprising, that the U.S. and Russia would remain leading world powers.
Another study of the top 25 psychics and 72 of their predictions revealed that 92% were totally wrong. And the remaining 8 percent could easily be explained by chance and general knowledge of circumstances. In fact, in 1993 the psychics missed every single unexpected news story like Michael Jordan’s retirement and the flooding in the Midwest.
And among some of their false prophecies that year were that Kathy Lee Gifford would replace Jay Leno as host of The Tonight Show and the Queen of England would become a nun.”16
And yet, people will listen to them instead of the Bible! Excuse me? What more does God have to do? But that’s still not all. That eighth prophecy of Israel Becoming a Center of Conflict for the Whole World is actually leading to the fulfillment of yet another prophecy in the New Testament. The Apostle Paul talked about this one.
1 Thessalonians 5:1-3 “Now, brothers, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, ‘Peace and safety,’ destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.” (NIV)
Now folks, according to this text, the Apostle Paul tells us one of the signs that we know we are getting close to the Lord’s Return is when all of a sudden, you see people all over the planet crying out a specific phrase. And notice what that phrase was. It was “Peace and Safety” right? Not “Peace and Happiness” not “Joy and Prosperity” not even “Stop Eating Chicken, as cool as that would be. But specifically the phrase “Peace and Safety.” Okay, now, pay attention because nothing’s by chance in the Scripture! It just so happens that the Greek word there for “safety” is “asphaleia” and it literally means “security” as in “security from enemies or security from danger.” So you literally could say in that text, “Peace and Security” and still be totally right on.
Now here’s the point. Put this Bible prophecy passage from Paul about “Peace and Security” being the exact phrase that people would be crying out for in Last Days, just prior to Jesus’ Second Coming and combine it with Israel coming back on the scene and becoming a “center of conflict for the whole world” and can anybody guess just what in the world right now all the world’s leaders are crying out for in regards to Israel? Peace and Security! The exact phrase Paul said people would cry out for in the Last Days! Check out the proof for yourself, as this man shares.
“The very first time I heard the phrase “peace and security” used in a public speech was when then President Bush mentioned the phrase three times in a speech that closely followed the 9/11 attacks. He used it several more times during the rest of his administration. Then there was Condoleezza Rice, Dick Cheney, General Wesley Clark.
Then Candidate Obama also used the phrase three times in a post-election speech in 2008. Since then the phrase has been used repeatedly by the president, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (who used the terms twenty-three times each in a twenty-minute speech several months ago), Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, U.N. Secretary General Ban ki-Moon, and various world leaders from not only the Far East and even the Middle East, but literally from around the world.
With the increasing use of that phrase found in the end times verse of 1 Thessalonians 5:3, we can see that we are approaching the fulfillment of end times Bible prophecy.”17
Not “Joy and Prosperity” not “Deliverance and Happiness” but wonder of wonders it just happens to be the exact Biblical phrase right now that the Bible warned would come upon the scene in the Last Days…”Peace and Security.” And when you see people all over the planet specifically crying out that phrase, what’d the Bible say would happen? BANG! Sudden destruction will come upon them and they WILL NOT escape!
People of God, what more does God have to do to get our attention? The Lord is getting close and we better wake up! Yes, we don’t know the day or the hour, but what more does He have to do? We are clearly living in the last days!
But that’s still not all. The ninth End Time Prophecy concerning The Jewish People is that Israel Would Rebuild The Temple.
And the first thing we know about this Temple is that It Will be Rebuilt in Jerusalem. But don’t take my word for it. Let’s listen to God’s.
Revelation 11:1-8 “I was given a reed like a measuring rod and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count the worshipers there. But exclude the outer court; do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles. They will trample on the holy city for 42 months.
And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies. This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die.
These men have power to shut up the sky so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying; and they have power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want.
Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will attack them, and overpower and kill them. Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city, which is figuratively called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.” (NIV)
Now folks, according to our text, the Book of Revelation clearly reveals that a Jewish temple will be in existence during the time of the Tribulation, and that’s big news because the last Jewish Temple was destroyed in 70 AD by the Romans, which is precisely what Jesus prophesied would happen. But that’s not all. What else did it say? The Two Witnesses and the antichrist will be associated with it and it all takes place where? The Holy City where their Lord was crucified? And where was that? Where was Jesus crucified? In Jerusalem, right? So the Bible clearly says that in the Last Days, there will be a Rebuilt Jewish Temple in Jerusalem.
But that’s not all. The second thing we know about this Temple is that The antichrist Will Declare Himself to be god.
2 Thessalonians 2:1-4 “Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to Him, we ask you, brothers, not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us, saying that the day of the Lord has already come. Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.” (NIV)
Now here we see the Last Days Jewish Temple will not only be rebuilt in Jerusalem, but halfway into the 7-year Tribulation, the antichrist himself goes into that temple and he what? He declares himself to be god, right? Therefore, here’s the point, if you want to know how close we’re getting to the 7-year Tribulation, i.e. the End of Time, you need to be looking out for signs of a rebuilt Jewish Temple, right? You can’t have the Two Witnesses without it and you can’t have the antichrist without it. You’ve got to have a Temple! Well gee, can anyone guess what’s happening right now as we speak? The Jewish People are rebuilding the Temple folks! And when you put that news with the previous two verses, it makes you wonder if the Two Witnesses and the antichrist aren’t already alive and well on planet earth just waiting for that thing to get done!
So what is this proof that the Jewish People really are rebuilding the Last Days Temple that the Two Witnesses and the antichrist will be involved with in the 7-tear Tribulation? Hey great question! It works well with my notes. The first way we know the Jewish People really are Rebuilding the Last Days Temple is that The Plans Are Already Made for the Temple. You see folks, the Jewish People aren’t just back in the Land again and being established a s a nation again, wonder of wonders, right now, they are getting ready to rebuild their Temple again. And it’s not a hundred years down the road, it’s right now! Check out this official announcement for yourself!
“Now presenting, the greatest progress toward the rebuilding of the Holy Temple in modern history: Blueprints for the Holy Temple.
In his recent USA speaking engagement tour, (January 2011), Rabbi Chaim Richman of the Temple Institute revealed to the public for the very first time detailed construction plans for the Chamber of Hewn Stone: the seat of the Great Sanhedrin which is a central component of the Holy Temple complex on the Temple Mount. These complete and highly intricate plans constitute the first stage of an historical undertaking of the Temple Institute: the drafting of blueprints for the entire Holy Temple complex.
These plans, drawn up by a top Israeli architectural firm hired by the Temple Institute, take into account the specific requirements of the Sanhedrin assembly hall, known historically as the Chamber of Hewn Stone. At the same time these plans incorporate modern technological infrastructure necessary to a twenty-first century facility: this includes internet ports, wireless communications systems, computer data storage, elevators, air conditioning and underground parking. All these modern amenities, and many more, have been integrated into the Sanhedrin structure without compromising the integrity of the great assembly’s physical or spiritual character.
No land can be prepared, no foundation can be laid, no wall can be erected without a detailed architectural plan first being drawn up, approved by engineers and presented to the appointed site manager. The plans you are viewing on this page fulfill every requirement necessary for the immediate commencement of work on this aspect of the Holy Temple complex.
The Sanhedrin Chamber of Hewn Stone is but a single chamber in the northern wall of the Holy Temple. It was chosen as the initial focus of the blueprint project, not because of its architectural significance, per se, but because of its overwhelming spiritual significance to the world. The seventy elders of the Sanhedrin have been vested with the authority of the seventy elders whom G-d commanded Moshe to appoint in the desert:
“Then HaShem said to Moses, ‘Assemble for Me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the people’s elders and officers, and you shall take them to the Tent of Meeting, and they shall stand there with You. I will come down and speak with you there, and I will increase the spirit that is upon you and bestow it upon them. Then they will bear the burden of the people with you so that you need not bear it alone.’” (Numbers 11:16-17)
These elders are not only judges, but also teachers who task is to ensure that “for out of Zion shall the Torah come forth, and the word of HaShem from Jerusalem.” (Isaiah 2:3) This being said, it should also be noted that the Chamber of Hewn Stone sits in close proximity to the Ark of the Covenant, from which the sages draw Divine inspiration.
We invite all souls who long for the Holy Temple and seek a role in the historical undertaking that we have begun, to join us in our efforts.”18
Now folks, I don’t know about you, but it sure looks like somebody’s pretty serious about building a Temple in the Last Days, how about you? Uh huh! But there’s a problem. Even though you got the plans to do so, you got a position problem. The Muslim Dome of the Rock is sitting right where many believe the previous temple was and where the new proposed temple needs to be. So what are you going to do? And first of all, this is why there is so much strife in Jerusalem today. It’s not just a land issue. It’s a spiritual issue! But strife or not, the Bible is clear, the end times temple will be rebuilt. So what are they going to do? How are they going to build it? Those plans are going to do any good if you don’t have a place to build it, right?
Well gee, it just so happens, right now there’s a group of Jewish archaeologists who are saying that the actual site for the temple isn’t where the Dome of the Rock is, but it’s either to the North or the South of it, which means they could build the Temple right now even with the Dome of the Rock being where it is!19 So that’s one possibility.
However, there’s still a strong group of Jewish supporters that say, “Oh no! It’s exactly where the Dome of the Rock is.” And so again, now you’re back to the original problem. What are you going to do? Well, some would say that maybe a stray missile with all that fighting going on over there, will fix that in a hurry! Or, maybe a supernatural earthquake from God will change things. Or maybe even a missile or bomb during the fulfillment of the Gog and Magog prophecy, where the surrounding nations including Russia from the North come against Israel but get totally annihilated by God, just prior to the 7-year Tribulation will clear out the Temple area. Either way, a newly leveled landscape of the Dome of the Rock is not only plausible, in our lifetime, but many scholars believe that it will occur as a result of a peace treaty made with the antichrist himself, which is what starts the 7-year Tribulation.
Daniel 9:27 “He will make a treaty with the people for a period of one set of seven, but after half this time, he will put an end to the sacrifices and offerings.” (NLT)
Now here we clearly see that the specific event that starts the 7-year Tribulation is when the antichrist makes a treaty with the Jewish people, right? And again, can anyone guess where in the world everyone is trying to make a peace treaty right now? Uh, Israel, and again, Lord willing, we’ll get to that next time. And what some feel is that the antichrist with his false miracles and fabulous charisma will be the only one to convince Israel to not only give up even more land, but the carrot he uses is the permission to rebuild the Temple. Because he knows they desperately want one! And so maybe after an unfortunate missile rearranged the real estate of the Dome of the Rock, he strikes a 7-year deal with them, which starts the 7-year Tribulation, and they start building the Temple. And people, what you need to realize is that the Jewish people, again, are not looking 100 years down the road to rebuild this Temple. They’re ready for it right now!
Which brings us to the second way we know the Jewish People really are Rebuilding the Last Days Temple is that The Priests Are Already Trained for the Temple. Folks, it just so happens in our lifetime, the Jewish People not only became a nation again, and are getting ready to rebuild their Temple again, but thanks to modern technology, they’ve rediscovered the priestly line again! And this is important because remember the Jewish People have been scattered all over the earth and had no Temple since 70 AD, and so who knows who belongs to who or what tribe. And the Bible clearly says that you have to be of Priestly line to in the Temple. So what are you going to do? Well, believe it or not, they recently discovered the “Cohen” or “Priestly Gene” and they now know who is as this article clearly shares!
“Jewish tradition, based on the Bible, is that all Kohanim or Priests are direct descendants of Aaron, the original Kohen or High Priest.
Dr. Karl Skorecki considered a hypothesis: if the Kohanim are descendants of one man, they should have a common set of genetic markers. So 188 Jewish males were asked to contribute some cheek cells from which their DNA was extracted for study. Participants were from Israel, England and North America and they were asked to identify whether or not they thought they were a Kohen.
And what they found was that there’s a particular array of six chromosomal markers in actual Kohens that has been come to be known as the Cohen Modal Haplotype or (CMH). It has now become the standard genetic signature of the Jewish priestly family.
In fact, date calculations based on the variation among Kohanim today yields a time frame of 106 generations from the ancestral founder of that line, some 3,300 years, the approximate time of the Exodus from Egypt, and of course the lifetime of Aaron the original High Priest.”20
In other words, they know who’s of the Priestly line and who’s not, thanks to modern genetic technology, that’s appeared in our lifetime! Hmmm. It’s almost like things are getting close! But that’s not all, they not only know who’s a priest and who’s not, they’re already training them to serve in the Temple as this next report shares!
“Today is really a historical event for the Jewish people. It’s the beginning of the work of the Third Temple, construction of the Third Temple. Here we are building a filed school for Kohanim and Levites in order to teach them the work that they have to do in Jerusalem when the Temple will be rebuilt.
We are starting to build the replica of the Temple here that will serve as a school to educate the Kohanim, the priests, how to serve the Temple. It will be an exact replica of the Temple. Today we are drilling the holes for the libations, the water and wine libations in the altar. And they will learn exactly what they will have to do when the times comes and the Temple is rebuilt in Jerusalem, they will know exactly how to perform the service.
We’ve been waiting for the last 2,000 years for the rebuilding of the Third Temple, and here it is for the first time, we’re actually taking concrete measures, in order to fulfill that dream and start the process of the Third Temple.”21
Sounds to me like somebody’s getting ready to build a Temple, how about you guys? Uh, slightly! But that’s still not all. They not only know who the priests are, and they are not only training them, but they’ve actually built the stone altar for the Temple!
“Building a Holy Temple begins with the first stone. With this in mind, the Temple Institute has embarked upon building the mizbeach - the stone altar. On the 9th of Av, 5769, (July 30, 2009), the Temple Institute called upon every Jew who was willing to shed his mourning sackcloth, and roll up his work sleeves, and who was ready to curtail his participation in the traditional Tish’a b’Av afternoon custom of studying chapters of Torah which deal with the destruction of the Holy Temple, and to instead occupy themselves with the blood, sweat and tears of real-life preparation for the building of the Holy Temple and the renewal of the Divine service. In a word, to build a stone altar, one that can be placed in the courtyard of the Holy Temple, and upon which the kohanim can bring the offerings.
This historical project actually began some months ago, just before the Passover festival, when a group of young men were brought to the Dead Sea, where they gathered together stones that would be used in the construction of the mizbeach - altar. The Dead Sea was chosen because it was upon its deserted shores that stones could be collected which had never been quarried or cut with metal blades or implements. Our sages point out that the Torah ban on dressed stones was intended to preserve the integrity of the altar as a place of peace, and tools made of metal, from which weapons of war are also manufactured, would undermine the ultimate purpose of making offerings on the altar, the purpose of making peace between man and G-d.
The stones were then individually wrapped in heavy plastic and sealed, thus guaranteeing their untainted integrity as they were transported to the community of Mitzpe Yericho, 20 kilometers north-east of Jerusalem.
Meanwhile, of particular concern was the unique nature of the cement to be used to hold the stones together. Temple Institute researchers paid a visit to the Finish glass factory near Yerucham to learn how to create a mixture which would remain as cool as possible under the altar’s unremitting fires and protect the kohanim, whose work in the Holy Temple was always conducted barefoot. A formula was arrived at which would involve a mixture of sand, clay, tar, and asphalt.
Finally the appointed day of action arrived: this day was Tish’a B’av, the day the Second Temple was destroyed 1,939 years ago. What better day, and what better way to commemorate the past and to commence the future, than to begin the building of the great stone altar on the 9th of Av! The work began at 5:30 in the afternoon of the 9th, well into the twenty-five hour fast that had begun the night before. Despite the hunger and the accompanying fatigue the volunteer participants were anxious and ready to get started.
Rabbi Yisrael Ariel, the founder of the Temple Institute struck a deep chord when he pronounced, “Today, Tisha B’av, is not just a time to mourn the destruction of the Temple. It is also a time to build.”
The Temple Institute director explained. “We are building an altar of the minimum possible size so that we will be able to transport it to the Temple when it is rebuilt.” The altar, when completed, will stand 2 meters tall, 1 meter long, and 1 meter wide. Much smaller that the altar that stood in the Holy Temple courtyard, it will, nevertheless, fulfill the Torah requirements.
The rocks collected by the Dead Sea comprise 10 cubic meters and weigh several tons. Over 100 people were present at the event on the stifling hot afternoon. Yonaton Tzadok, one of the main organizers of the event, added a historical-spiritual perspective. “The altar represents the return to our roots, to the time of creation when everything was pure. We have taken rocks from the Dead Sea, rocks never touched by human hands.”
To the surprise of many who had come simply to watch, they too were invited by Rabbi Ariel to take part and pour the tar onto the cornerstones. Rabbi Ariel first asked if there were any kohanim in the crowd, and invited them start. A woman requested to also participate. Of course,” Rabbi Ariel responded, “women are also commanded to build the Holy Temple!”
As the sun set, and the fast day was nearing its conclusion, Yonaton Tzadok called upon volunteers to return another day to complete the building of the altar. “Carrying rocks and pouring tar is a lot of work,” he said. “We could use a few hundred people to help.”22
Then, if that wasn’t enough, for the first time in 2,000 years, the Jewish people started again the Pesach (Passover) Sacrifice and have declared, “We Are Ready!” During the sacrifice, one rabbi stated:
“We see these crowds of hundreds and hundreds of people, from all over who came today to see this event. This is the basic command of the Torah for every Jew on Pesach, the Passover and how we need to bring our Passover offering. The very fact that we are here, we are saying to God, “Here we are. We are ready. It’s in our hands. We are ready to worship you as free people. We hope to do it in the next few years in the way it should be done in a Temple.”23
For the first time in nearly 2,000 years, the Jewish People have once again reconstructed the actual stone altar that will actually be used in coming Temple are once again making the Passover sacrifices associated with the Temple. What more does God have to do? And remember, the text said earlier, that the antichrist, halfway into the 7-year Tribulation is going to put a stop to these sacrifices that they are starting to make again right now for the first time in 2,000 years! Are we getting close or what?
But that’s still not all. The third way we know the Jewish People really are Rebuilding the Last Days Temple is that The Articles Are Already Made for the Temple. People, what you’ve got to understand is that right now they’re not only making the plans and training the priests and doing sacrifices right now for serve in this new Temple, they’ve even reconstructed most of the clothing, the vessels, and the articles to be used in the worship of the new Temple.
The first golden Menorah has been constructed since the destruction of the Holy Temple in 70 AD. In fact, for the first time since it was removed by the Romans at the destruction of the Temple in 70 AD, the Golden Menorah has once again been returned to the Temple, as this article shares.
“In the spirit of the Maccabees who purified the Holy Temple and rekindled the golden menora, the golden menora which today stands in the Cardo, is moving this week closer to its intended destination - the Sanctuary of the Holy Temple itself - may it be rebuilt soon in our days.
The menora, the work of master craftsman Chaim Odem and a team of experts has been standing the past seven years in the ancient Cardo. The Cardo which is located in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, was a major commercial thoroughfare during the era of the Roman occupation of the land of Israel.
On one of the first nights of Chanuka 5768, (begining December 4), the menora, with the aid of a robotic crane capable of climbing stairs, will be moved some 400 meters in the direction of the Temple Mount, home of the once and future Holy Temple. The new temporary home of the menora will be in the open plaza next to the Rabbi Yehuda Halevy stairs, which lead from the Jewish Quarter to the Western Wall plaza and the Temple Mount.
There it will be once again on display for the millions of pilgrims and tourists and passers-by each year as they head to and from the Western Wall and Temple Mount. Chanukat HaMenora, a rededication ceremony will take place on Rosh Chodesh Tevet, (the new month of Tevet), the seventh day of Chanuka, (December 12). Rabbis and dignitaries will be in attendance.
From its new location the menora will be overlooking its ultimate destination - the location of the Sanctuary of the Holy Temple on the Temple Mount.
The menora was painstakenly crafted only after years of extensive research by the Temple Institute’s full time staff of researchers. The conclusions upon which the construction of the menora was based took into account archeological evidence and, of course, the halachic (Jewish law) requirements of materials, dimensions, ornamental affects and manner of manufacture as first delineated in the Book of Exodus, and further explicated by Jewish sages throughout the millennia.
The menora weighs one-half ton. It contains forty-five kilograms of twenty four karat gold. Its estimated value is approximately three million dollars. The construction of the menora was made possible through the generosity of Vadim Rabinovitch, a leader of the Jewish community of Ukraine.”24
They also have reconstructed the golden flasks needed for water libation, the silver shovel for removing ashes from the altar, the gold and silver-plated ram’s horns to be blown in the Holy Temple, the silver trumpets to be used to announce Temple services and festivals, the harps and lyres and other musical instruments to be used for music in the Temple services, the wooden and golden lots to be used to determine which goat will be used for sacrifice, the golden altar of incense, the actual knives to be used to prepare the sacrifices to be offered at the Temple, the Table of Showbread, the Laver, the Incense Chalice, the three-pronged fork, the measuring cups, the copper vessel for meal offerings, the sickle, the Menorah cleaner and oil pitcher, the frankincense censer, the garments of the ordinary priests and the loom they are woven with, the spinning wheel with the colored threads arranged for the High Priest’s garments, the golden bells for the hem of the High Priest’s robe, the garments for the High Priest, just to name a few.25 In fact, they even have recently reconstructed the golden crown needed for the High Priest to serve in the Temple, as this article shares.
“Work has just been completed on the manufacture of the Golden Crown of the High Priest. This later version is much more accurate in its design, according to an historical account by the Jewish historian Josephus. The new crown took over a year to construct and cost around $30,000 to make.
The Temple Institute is an organization that is working towards the rebuilding of the Temple, and has already made many of the objects that were once used in its service. All the implements are constructed according to methods described in the Torah. The last ceremonial artifact to be completed was the blue Ephod of the High Priest.
The Temple Institute noted that work on the Golden Crown of the High Priest was completed just as the Israeli Prime Minister was in attendance at the Annapolis peace conference, offering to divide Jerusalem and hand the Temple Mount over to their enemies.
Another report states: The Temple Institute in Jerusalem announces the completion of the Tzitz, the High Priest’s headplate - now ready for use in the Holy Temple. The tzitz is made of pure gold, was fashioned over the course of a more than a year by the craftsmen of the Temple Institute, and is ready to be worn by the High Priest in the rebuilt Holy Temple in Jerusalem.
The words “Holy for G-d” are engraved on the headplate, in accordance with Exodus 28:36. Rabbi Chaim Richman, International Director of the Temple Institute, explained to Arutz-7 that until it can actually be used, the tzitz will be on view in the Institute’s permanent exhibition display, together with other vessels and priestly garments fashioned for use in the Holy Temple by the Institute.
“At present,” Rabbi Richman explained, “people are in despair, and wonder if we’re not dreaming futilely while around us our leaders are planning to give the country away. We say to them: It appears that those who went to Annapolis are the dreamers, thinking that their efforts to make peace will succeed, or that the public is with them in their efforts to give away our Jerusalem, our Temple Mount, and other national historic assets.”
“We are now approaching the holiday of Chanukah,” Rabbi Richman continued, “which is the holiday that commemorates the re-dedication of the Holy Temple. We’re not just building beautiful vessels; we’re interested in granting G-d the dwelling place that He wants in this world; the Temple is not merely a building, but a way of bringing G-d into our lives in a very real way. And that is what we aim to do. This tzitz is G-d’s Chanukah present to us, and our Chanukah gift to the Jewish People.”26
Now folks, as you can clearly see, almost everything is ready right now for the new Temple with the exception of one thing. And that one thing is called a red heifer.
Numbers 19:1-4 “The LORD said to Moses and Aaron: This is a requirement of the law that the LORD has commanded: Tell the Israelites to bring you a red heifer without defect or blemish and that has never been under a yoke. Give it to Eleazar the priest; it is to be taken outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence. Then Eleazar the priest is to take some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the Tent of Meeting.” (NIV)
Now folks, according to Bible, the ashes of a pure red heifer are needed to perform the necessary purification and cleaning rituals that are a part of the service of the Temple. But the problem is, since the Temple was destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD, pure red heifers no longer exist…until now. It started several years ago when all of a sudden, out of the blue red heifers started popping on the scene. And even though some of the first ones ended up having slight blemish, and thus were disqualified, it just so happens they’re starting to appear on the scene again after all these years!27 That should get your attention! Then, even if it doesn’t happen naturally, we just happen to be living in the days when for the first time in man’s history, we could create a red heifer artificially through genetic engineering and cloning! But even so, God doesn’t need the hand of man to help him out! Can anyone guess what was just born one the scene and is now being kept in hiding from the public? A pure red heifer and this one DOES qualify as this news breaking report reveals!
“I was listening to a show that aired today, it’s called Temple Talk. It’s hosted by Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman. They talk about the relationship between the golden calf and the mysterious red heifer, including a dramatic revelation, of a new red heifer alive and well in Israel in an undisclosed location. This is breaking news. Here’s what they said.
Because everyone is very interested in the status of the red heifer, people speculate, people remember the excitement of when a red heifer was born, people talk about it. And the reason for that of course, why there’s such excitement anybody mentions a red heifer is because a lot of people know that there is a Jewish tradition, it’s in the Mishna, that there were only nine red heifers throughout the entire history of the Jewish people. The ashes of those nine red heifers were enough to accomplish the process of cleansing or all the generations of the people of Israel.
And there is a tradition that the tenth red heifer is the one associated with the rebuilding of the Third Temple. That’s why when there’s a news report about a red heifer being born, people get very very excited. It’s looked upon as some sort of wake up call or something like that.
I wanted to share with our listeners far and wide the fact that there is definitely a kosher red heifer here in Israel right now. This is really breaking news. This should be on a scroll on the bottom of CNN or something.
We’re not making a lot of noise about it, we’re not taking out all sorts of ads, and we’re certainly not disclosing the location, that’s definitely not prudent and I’m not going to be sharing it with the United States embassy, absolutely not.
But you should know that there is definitely, in fact, I think there is more than one, but there is definitely at least one kosher red heifer here in Israel right now. So that is not what is impeding the process at all.”28
Folks, what more does God have to do to get our attention? If we see for the first time in 2,000 years the Jewish People having the plans, the priests, the articles, and even the ashes of a red heifer to rebuild the end times Temple right now, how much close is the 7-year Tribulation which requires the rebuilt Jewish Temple for the antichrist and the Two Witnesses to be a part of? We are so close it’s not even funny, as this Jewish man warns. Indiana Jones eat your heart out!
“In 1981, Indiana Jones made his big-screen debut re-igniting world-wide interest in history’s most hunted relic: the Ark of the Covenant. That same year, two real-life raiders went on their own search for the Ark. There were no Nazis and no snake pits - like the movie. Just two renegade Rabbis on a mission. Their search came to an end in Jerusalem.
“God signed, like with a pen, the location where the Ark of the Covenant was located. You can see it today even, on the rock,” said Gershon Salomon, Founder of Temple Mount Faithful.
Designed by God, created by Moses, and revered by the Israelites, from the Sinai Desert to the Temple of Solomon, the Ark of the Covenant was the place of meeting between God and man. In 586 B.C., Israel was conquered by the Babylonians. The Temple was raided by Nebuchadnezzar’s army and the Ark disappeared from the pages of history.
“What happened, why did this most dramatic instrument of God’s glory and power in human history suddenly vanish?,” questioned Joel Rosenberg, Author of Dead Heat.
“All what we know is legends,” said Archaeologist Gabriel Barkay who believes the legends are what makes so many people interested in finding the Ark. Those legends stretch all over the ancient world - starting with Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon.
In Israel, most Rabbis agree that when it comes to the Ark all roads lead back to Jerusalem. They say the Ark never left the city. To them, the so-called “Lost Ark” was never really lost.
On June 7, 1967, Israeli troops recaptured Jerusalem in the Six-day War. The Western Wall was in Jewish hands and those hands were ready to dig. Archaeologists exposed parts of the wall that had been buried for 2000 years. Not all of the digging was done legally. In 1981, two of Israel’s highest-ranking Rabbis, Shlomo Goren and Yehuda Getz picked up their pick-axes and started chiseling their way under the Temple Mount.
“And he knew that at the end of the gate he will come to the secret room where the ark of covenant is located,” said Salomon, who was also one of the paratroopers who liberated the Western Wall in 1967.
Salomon was there 14 years later the night Rabbi Getz opened a secret passage in the Wall and remembers their conversation.
“It was after midnight. And he called me and said to me, Gershon, come immediately, don’t wait, your dream is going to be fulfilled. ‘What happened?,’ I told him. ‘The Messiah came?’ And he told me, ‘He is coming almost.’”
What came next was a subterranean slugftest according to Salomon. “Arab demonstrations, you know? The Israelis are coming to build their temple underneath the dome of the rock.” At the end of the day, the passage to the Temple Mount was permanently sealed by Israeli Police.
“No doubt, I tell you. No doubt, we needed just two days more to come to the place where the ark of the covenant is located,” Salomon explained.
Scholars may not agree on the fate of the Ark but many of them agree on one thing: it’s discovery could set in motion another event that’s been 2000 years in the making - the rebuilding of the Jewish Temple.
“Perhaps when it’s time to build the third temple, the second temple treasures will be found. Why? Because in Ezra and Nehemiah the Bible indicated that when it was time to build the second temple, God restored the treasures from the first temple which of course have been carted off to Babylon,” said Rosenberg. “When it’s time to build a third temple, the second temple’s treasures would be found. Wouldn’t that be dramatic?,” he concluded.
“It is soon to come, I tell you, I promise you, and you check me. Test me. It will be in our lifetime,” added Salomon.”29
But that’s still not all. The tenth End Time Prophecy concerning The Jewish People is that They’d Have a Relationship with the Antichrist. And the first thing we know about the Jewish People’s Relationship with the Antichrist is that They Will Make a Peace Treaty with Him. But don’t take my word for it. Let’s listen to God’s.
Daniel 9:20-27 “While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and making my request to the LORD my God for his holy hill – while I was still in prayer, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice. He instructed me and said to me, “Daniel, I have now come to give you insight and understanding. As soon as you began to pray, an answer was given, which I have come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed.
Therefore, consider the message and understand the vision: “Seventy ‘sevens’ are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy.
“Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble. After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be cut off and will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed.
He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’ In the middle of the ‘seven’ he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing of the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.” (NIV)
Now folks, we saw this classic passage of Scripture earlier that specifically tells us the exact event that starts the 7-year Tribulation in the Last Days. And that was what? It’s when the antichrist makes a “peace treaty” or covenant with the Jewish People, right? But not only that, what was specific time frame about this covenant? It’s going to specifically be for seven years, right? Okay, now here’s the point as we saw last time. Can anyone guess where in the world right now everybody in the world just happens to be wanting to be making a peace treaty with? Uh, Israel, shocker! Little bitty tiny Israel! Not Russia. Not China. But little bitty tiny Israel, because they are fulfilling the prophecy that says one day they will become a source of worldwide conflict and it’s leading to the fulfillment of this prophecy here from Daniel. One day, because of all this conflict going on, they’re going to strike a relationship with, of all people, the antichrist himself, and seek a peace treaty with him! It says it right there!
In fact, to make matters even more interesting, for the first time in 1,600 years we have the rebirth of the Jewish Sanhedrin, just a couple of years ago.30 So now, we just happen to have the same ruling body once again alive on planet earth that rejected Jesus at His First Coming, to once again possibly make another horrific mistake, this time, a treaty with the actual antichrist himself!
So the question is, “Are there any signs the Jewish people are trying to make a peace treaty or covenant with other people? Uh, slightly! In fact, let me show you just a few of the attempts people and other governments around the world have attempted to make with Israel in our lifetime exactly like the Bible said would happen in the last days!
• UN Security Council Resolution 242, 1967
• Camp David Accords, 1978
• The Madrid Conference, 1991
• Israeli-Syrian Talks 1991
• Oslo Agreement, 1993
• Israel-Jordan Treaty of Peace, 1994
• Camp David, 2000
• Taba Talks, 2001
• Saudi Peace Plan, 2002
• Road Map Peace Plans, 2003
• Geneva Accord, 2003
• Sharm el-Sheikh Summit, 2005
• Franco-Italian-Spanish Middle East Peace Plan, 2006
• Israel-Hamas Ceasefire, 2008
• Direct Talks Peace Plan, 2010
• Israeli Peace Initiative, 201131
Now folks, maybe it’s just me, but it sure looks like somebody’s trying to get a peace treaty going on with Israel, how about you? Uh huh, slightly. And again, you have to understand the significance of this. One of these treaties, maybe it’s one that’s even being hashed out now behind the scenes, we don’t know, but one of them is going to be with the antichrist himself. And unlike all the other failed ones we just saw, he alone is going to pull it off. And it’s not going to lead to peace in the Middle East. It’s going to be your worst nightmare! It’s the very event that starts the 7-year Tribulation! And so when you see this happen, Israel making treaties or covenants with other people around the world, you better wake up! It’s a sign you’re living in the Last Days!
But that’s not all. The second thing we know about the Jewish People’s Relationship with the Antichrist is They Will Place Their Hope in Him.
Romans 11:25-26 “For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come out of Zion. And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.” (NKJV)
And so here we see in this passage, just one of many examples in the Bible that clearly tells us that God is not done with the Jewish people. They are currently under a temporary blindness until what? Until the amount of Gentiles or non-Jewish people that God wants to get saved, get saved, right? And then what? God’s going to focus again on the Jewish people and He’s going to rescue them and fulfill His promises, right? Now here’s the point. Until that time, the Jewish People are not only going to be blinded to the true identity of the antichrist and even strike a relationship with him via a treaty, but apparently they’re going to look upon him as some sort of savior and hope that he can do what everybody else has failed to do i.e. give them peace.
And so that’s the question. Are there any signs that the Jewish people are expecting right now a messiah type figure to place their hopes in, in order to prepare their hearts to unfortunately receive the antichrist false messiah? Uh, yeah! Check their words out for yourself!
• “The most important event in the Messianic era will be the rebuilding of the Holy Temple. It is the act of building the Temple that will establish the identity of the Messiah beyond all shadow of a doubt. The Messiah will be a king over Israel, and a king can only be crowned by the Sanhedrin. The reason he will come to Jerusalem first is to be recognized by the Sanhedrin.”
• “Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar believes the Earth will soon see the coming a Messiah to judge all mankind. ‘We know that he is very near at hand. The Messiah may well have been born already. The world today is in a state described by our sages as ‘hevley mashiah,’ that is, labor that precedes the coming of a Messiah. We are living on the verge of history. It can be felt everywhere.’”
• “Rabbi Yitzchak Kaduri called upon worldwide Jewry to return to Israel due to natural disasters, which threaten to strike the world. ‘In the future, the Holy One, Blessed be He, will bring about great disasters in the countries of the world to sweeten the judgments of the Land of Israel. I am ordering the publication of this declaration as a warning, so that Jews in the countries of the world will be aware of the impending danger and will come to the Land of Israel for the building of the Temple and revelation of our righteous Mashiach (Messiah). The Mashiach is already in Israel.”32
Now folks, maybe it’s just me, but unfortunately it looks like the Jewish people are not only showing signs of getting ready to sign a peace treaty with the antichrist himself, but it sure looks to me like their hearts are awfully ripe to receive him as some sort of false messiah too, how about you? And the Bible says, when you see this happen, you better wake up! It’s a sign you’re living in the Last Days!
But that’s not all. The third thing we know about the Jewish People’s Relationship with the Antichrist is He Will Demand Worship as a Man.
Revelation 13:11-12,14-15 “Then I saw another beast, coming out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, but he spoke like a dragon. He exercised all the authority of the first beast on his behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed.
Because of the signs he was given power to do on behalf of the first beast, he deceived the inhabitants of the earth. He ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived. He was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that it could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed.” (NIV)
Now folks, here we see the classic passage where the false prophet is actually going to dupe the whole world into worshipping the antichrist, right? It says it twice there in that text that people will worship him, who? Uh, a man, right? In fact, he even adds a little pressure there and says it you don’t do it, what’s going to happen? Uh, you’re going to die! That’s all!
And so that’s the question. Do we see any signs of people’s hearts being prepared to worship a man, specifically a political figure of a man, because that’s what the antichrist is, you know, a political figure? Uh, yeah! And we’ve seen this even in recent examples. How many of you have ever seen the giant parades and humungous posters of Stalin or Mao Tse-tung being paraded through the streets as if it were some sort of worship service? And then we just saw the recent example of the death of North Korea’s President Kim Jong-il where, if you saw the videos, people were weeping hysterically bowing before his image. It was unbelievable! He’s just a man!
And yet, we might be sitting here totally smug in America saying, “No way! No way our hearts will ever do that! Why, we’re not going to worship some political figure of a man!” Really? Well folks, what I’m about to share is not only shocking, but I need to state this. It has nothing to do with politics. It has everything to do with Bible prophecy. Throughout this study, you’re going to see examples of various Democrats and Republicans along with various leaders from around the world. So don’t let anyone say I’m picking on one party over another. Truth be told, I think they’re both in it together. Not every single one of them, but a lot of them. But what I’m about to share with you is proof, that even here in America we too are guilty of worshipping a man, a political figure, and therefore our hearts are also being prepare to worship another man called the antichrist.
• A massive bust of Barack Obama that was made of steel and concrete that topped 20 feet and weighed roughly 12 tons was shipped in two pieces on the back of a truck to make it’s way along a 10-state, 40-city tour that was scheduled to conclude it’s journey just outside Mount Rushmore.
• Then an artist in Iowa created an inaugural parade of Barack Obama, riding on a donkey, making his own triumphal entry complete as adorers wave palm fronds along with a “Secret Service” escort.
• Another artist planned to unveil a portrait of Barack Obama in a Christ-like pose with a crown of thorns upon his brow at New York City’s Union Square Park, marking the president’s 100th day in office.
• And then as if that wasn’t enough, many Hollywood celebrities are praying to Barak Obama and pledging allegiance to him to help make “a change” as this article shares.
“In a new YouTube video produced by Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Productions, dozens of celebrities – television and movie actors, sports heroes, musicians and more – describe how they will pledge to “be the change” and “be a servant to our president.”
The video opens with a quote from President Truman, “They say that the job of the president is the loneliest job in the world,” something the celebrities plan to alleviate for Obama by pledging to pitch in through several causes.
Throughout the video, the celebrities pledge to support local food banks, to smile more, to be better parents, to work with the charity UNICEF, to “never give anyone the finger when I’m driving again,” to help find a cure for Alzheimer’s, to meet neighbors, to use less plastic, to plant 500 trees, to “be more green,” to turn the lights off and to “free 1 million people from slavery in the next five years,” among dozens of other pledges.
The purpose of all this pledging is summed up in the video’s grand finale.
Actors Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher begin the closing scene by saying, “I pledge to be a servant to our president and all mankind.”
Then, as the scene pans out, the other celebrities joint the chant: “Because together we can, together we are, and together we will be the change that we seek.”
By the end of the mass pledge, the camera has panned back to a mosaic of faces that morphs into a picture of Barack Obama’s face with the words, “Be the change.”
And while several of the celebrities attempt to portray heartfelt emotion and others attempt to be funny in their pledges, tattooed celebrity Anthony Kiedis of the band Red Hot Chili Peppers may have been going for the shock effect.While kissing his own biceps, he declares, “I pledge to be of service [kiss] to Barack Obama [kiss].”
Near the end of the video, the celebrities took turns looking into the camera and challenging, “What’s your pledge?”
Not surprisingly, viewer reaction and comments on the video have been widely mixed.
One poster who obviously disagreed posted the correct pledge, “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic, for which it stands: one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
• And then as if that wasn’t enough, there are actually other videos of people on the Internet who are praying to Barak Obama as this next article shares.
“A newly publicized video shows leaders of a Chicago-based community organizing group called the Gamaliel Foundation held a rally shortly after President Obama’s election and “prayed” to him, seeking his intervention in their difficulties.
“Hear our Cry Obama. Deliver us Obama,” the organizers chanted as a single leader recited the organization’s perceived problems, based on the philosophies of Saul Alinsky, the radical father of community organizing.
The video explains the event took place at a leadership conference just a few weeks after Obama’s election in November.
The “leaders” enter a room chanting, “Everybody in, nobody out,” apparently referring to health care.
Then the chanter leads: “We are here for the healing of the nation,” to which the crowd responds, “Yes.”
“With the prophet Jeremiah we cry out, ‘Is there no balm in Gilead?’” continues the chanter. “Is there no physician here. Why then has the health of thy poor people not been restored?”
The crowd responds: “Hear our cry Obama.”
The chanter references the “prophet Martin Luther King Jr.,” to which the crowd responds, “Hear our cry Obama.”
The chanter then intones: “From health care systems and industries that place profit over people,” and the people respond, “Deliver us Obama.”
The chanter then references “lobbying efforts” and “greed and fear,” to which the crowd responds, “Deliver us Obama.”33
Yeah, things have changed alright. Our hearts, even here in America, are now showing signs of worshipping a man, specifically a political figure of a man. And the Bible says, when you see this take place, you better wake up! It’s a sign you’re living in the Last Days!
Oh, but that’s not all. He wants more! The fourth thing we know about the Jewish People’s Relationship with the Antichrist is that He Will Demand Worship as a God.
2 Thessalonians 2:1-4 “Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to Him, we ask you, brothers, not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us, saying that the day of the Lord has already come. Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.” (NIV)
Now again, this is the text where we saw last time that in the Last Days, the antichrist is going up into the rebuilt Jewish Temple, halfway into the 7-year Tribulation, and declare himself to be what? To be god, right? But praise God, we don’t see any signs of people worshipping a man as god, right? I mean, it’s one thing to worship a political figure as a man, but no way would we worship a man as a god, right? Well, I wish I could say no. But unfortunately we do! In fact, there’s a whole bunch of false teachings out there to choose from that actually encourage people to fulfill this particular piece of Bible prophecy. Let’s take a look.
• Environmentalism says that all is god. “The philosophy of radical environmentalism is based in the religious belief of pantheism, that god is in all and all is god; that earth is our mother (Gaia); that all living things have equal value and that mankind has overstepped its bounds, even being a cancer on the rest of nature. As ardent environmentalist Al Gore states, “God is not separate from the Earth.”
• Hinduism says that all is god. “Hinduism worships multiple deities: gods and goddesses and that all reality is a unity. The entire universe (including you and me) is seen as one divine entity just in different facets, forms, or manifestations.”
• Mormons say you can become a god. “After you become a good Mormon, you have the potential of becoming a god. Then shall they be gods, because they have no end; therefore shall they be from everlasting to everlasting, because they continue; then shall they be above all, because all things are subject unto them. Then shall they be gods.”
• So-called Spirit Guides say we are god. “Feel the millions of souls; the divine spark within each of them. We are here in your moment of realization; in the moment you come to meet with your divinity; in the moment when you finally accept, that which you truly are.”
• Supposed UFO Space Brothers say we are god. “Love yourself among the ones who love you, allow their love to fill you but above all, feel your own love that you have for yourself. We feel very honored this day to sit before the humans who have chosen to be among the first to step into their divinity, to walk as complete divine beings clothed in human flesh.
• Supposed Messages from Mary say we are god. “God is all that is. Therefore, We are Prime Creator expressing Itself as us. We are not striving for perfection as we are already perfect. What we are striving for is to remember our perfection. We are not divided into parts. Since God is us, therefore, we are God.”
• Supposed Messages from Angels say we are god. “It is nice to come and break bread…the bread of truth. God gives all of His creation freedom of choice to find themselves, to find their true ancestry of God-Goddess within them.”
• New Ager’s say we are god. One of the most ardent New Ager’s, Shirley Maclaine not only says she’s god but made a movie, “Out on a Limb” encouraging everyone to do the same.
• Wiccans (witchcraft) says we are god within. “The existence of a supreme divine power is known as ‘The One,’ or ‘The All’. ‘The All’ is not separate from the universe, but part of it and from ‘The All’ came the god and goddess and they are manifested in various forms in the universe. Divinity is within.”34
• The devil says we can become gods. Genesis 3:5 “For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God.”
Now folks, I don’t know about you, but I not only find those statements kind of sickening, I find it kind of frightening. I mean, can you imagine the audacity of a mere man saying he’s God? Talk about lightning bolt city! Besides, the Bible flatly denies the existence of any other gods.
Isaiah 43:10 “You are my witnesses, declares the LORD, Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me.” (NIV)
Isaiah 44: 6,8 “This is what the LORD says – I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God. Is there any God besides me? No, there is no other Rock; I know not one.” (NIV)
Isaiah 45:5 “I am the LORD, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God.” (NIV)
But I think the point is obvious. There’s a ton of false teachings out there encouraging people to worship a man as a god, even though the Bible clearly condemns it, right? It’s all over the place. And remember, that’s what the antichrist is going to do! He’s going to say, “Worship me as god!” But praise God, that’s not going to happen to the Church! No way we’re going to give into that lie! Or are we? Folks, you tell me if even in the Church people aren’t being encouraged to worship a man as a god, and therefore their hearts are being prepared to receive the antichrist as god! Check it out yourself!
• Fredrick Price: “God can’t do anything in this earth realm except what we, the body of Christ, allow Him to do. So, if man has control, who no longer has it? God. Yes! You are in control!”
• Benny Hinn: “When you say, ‘I am a Christian, you are saying, ‘I am a little messiah walking on earth. That is a shocking revelation. May I say it like this? You are a little god on earth running around. Christians are “Little Messiah’s and “little gods” on the earth. Say “I’m born of heaven-a God-man. I’m a God man. I am a sample of Jesus. I’m a super being. Say it! Say it!”
• Paul Crouch: “Somebody said – I don’t know who said it – but they claim that you Faith teachers declare that we are gods. You’re a god. I’m a god. Well, are you a god? I am a little god! I have His name. I’m one with Him. I’m in covenant relation. I am a little god! Critics, be gone!”
• Kenneth Copeland: “Jesus is no longer the only begotten Son of God. You are not a spiritual schizophrenic – half-God and half-Satan – you are all-God. You don’t have a god in you. You are one. I say this with all respect so that it don’t upset you too bad, but I say it anyway. When I read in the Bible where he [Jesus] says, ‘I Am,’ I just smile and say, ‘Yes, I Am, too!’”
• Kenneth Hagin: “The believer is called Christ. That’s who we are; we’re Christ. You are as much the incarnation of God as Jesus Christ was.
• Morris Cerullo: “You’re not looking at Morris Cerullo – you’re looking at God. You’re looking at Jesus.”35
Now folks, who in their right mind would have thought, that even in the Church, that people would be encouraged to worship a man as god, which is preparing their hearts to receive the ultimate false god, the antichrist! When you see this taking place, the Bible says, you better wake up! It’s a sign you’re living in the Last Days!
But that’s still not all. The fifth thing we know about the Jewish People’s Relationship with the Antichrist is He Will Slaughter Two-Thirds of the Them. You see folks, unlike the Church, the Jewish people will NEVER go along with worshipping a man as God, maybe as a messiah to put their hopes in unfortunately, but not as a god! They know the Scripture too well, there is only One God! And so here’s the problem. The antichrist is not going to like this. He wants to be worshipped as god. And so halfway into the 7-year Tribulation, he’s not only going to go into the Temple and declare himself to be god, but apparently he’s going to go after the Jewish people and annihilate them because they refuse to worship him as god. And this is when the blinders come off and they realize the horrible mistake they made. In fact Zechariah tells us how many of the Jewish people will be slaughtered.
Zechariah 13:8-9 “In the whole land,” declares the LORD, “two-thirds will be struck down and perish; yet one-third will be left in it. This third I will bring into the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on my name and I will answer them; I will say, ‘They are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’” (NIV)
And so here we see some good news and some bad news. The good news is that the Jewish people will eventually lose their blindness and get right with God, right? Okay, but what was the bad news? Two-thirds are going to be struck down. Which means, if that were the happen right now, the current Population of Israel is at about 8 million,36 which means this slaughter alone will be over 5 million people. And when it happens, it’s going to happen like a flood. This is what the Apostle John talked about.
Revelation 12:1-6,13-17 “A great and wondrous sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth. Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on his heads. His tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth.
The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child the moment it was born. She gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was snatched up to God and to his throne. The woman fled into the desert to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days.
When the dragon saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the desert, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time, out of the serpent’s reach.
Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river, to overtake the woman and sweep her away with the torrent. But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to make war against the rest of her offspring – those who obey God’s commandments and hold to the testimony of Jesus.” (NIV)
And it’s going to be such a horrible slaughter and happen with such ferocity and fierceness like a flood, that Jesus even warned you better run for your life and never look back!
Matthew 24:15-22 “So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’ spoken of through the prophet Daniel – let the reader understand – then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let no one on the roof of his house go down to take anything out of the house. Let no one in the field go back to get his cloak.
How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath. For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now – and never to be equaled again. If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.” (NIV)
Wow! That sounds pretty horrible! But man, good thing there’s no signs of this prophecy coming to pass! I mean, gee whiz, we’ve learned our lesson from WWII and all the evil atrocities Hitler did with the Holocaust, right? Unfortunately no. You can not only go on the Internet and see a multitude of people, even children if you can believe it, from around the world declaring and calling for the death of the Jewish people again, all of them, but even here in America when teenagers are asked is they even knew who Adolph Hitler was, the majority of them said they had no idea! Then as if that wasn’t bad enough, they were then asked if they would be wiling to drive a bulldozer and bury Jews alive just to save their own, the majority also said yes! Here in America right now! Check out what this article says.
“Evangelist Ray Comfort revealed that during the making of his dramatic pro-life film, “180,” he was sickened by the answers so many young people gave to a hypothetical question he asked them after describing a life and death, Holocaust-like scenario.
The 33-minute video released for free online, documents the responses of young adults to questions from Comfort about their stance on abortion, but also includes discussions on Adolf Hitler and the Holocaust in Europe.
While focusing on the responses given by several people with a pro-abortion stance, Comfort then transitions from talk about lives lost in the Holocaust to lives lost as the result of abortions in the U.S.
The hypothetical scenario Comfort described to those he interviewed for the film went like this:
It’s 1943. A German officer has a gun pointed at you. He wants you to get into a bulldozer and drive it forward. In front of the bulldozer is a pit in which there are 300 Jews who have just been shot. Some of them are still alive. He wants you to bury them alive! If you don’t do what he says, he is going to kill you and do it himself. If you do what he says, he will let you live. Would you drive it forward?
“I was surprised that so many said that they could bury another person alive. I felt sickened, but at the same time I don’t know if I believed others when they quickly said that they would take the bullet, rather than do it,” said Comfort in a recent interview made available to The Christian Post. “I guess it takes a lot of soul-searching. It certainly is a character-test for each of us.”
Comfort explained how the conversations with the people he interviewed at different outdoor Southern California locales began.
“I would begin an interview by asking the question ‘Have you heard of Adolf Hitler?’ If they said, ‘No,’ I had the difficult task of getting them on camera,” Comfort said. “It was hard to hide my shock that anyone didn’t know who Hitler was, and the moment they suspected that they should know about him they refused because they felt foolish. So there were a number of interviews I missed out on because of that.”
“Still, we were able to get 14 people on-camera, mainly university students, who didn’t have a clue who Adolf Hitler was,” Comfort said. “The swing from the Holocaust to abortion was fairly seamless because it came in the form of a question: ‘How do you feel about abortion?’
“Then came ‘Do you think it’s a baby in the womb?’ If they said that they thought it was a baby in the womb, I asked if they could think of any justification for taking its life. The only people who became angry were the two women who had painted their bodies silver. After one admitted that she couldn’t kill Jews but other people should have the right to kill them, she must have realized what she had just said. She then became angry, and walked off. However, each of the others were genuinely moved by the interview.”
Comfort said the other surprising moments came when he discovered that so many people said that “it was a baby in the womb, and yet they still said that terminating the pregnancy was a woman’s choice.
“After giving them some knowledge that made them change their minds, I realized that so many have been brainwashed and that all they need is information to give them another perspective.”37
And it’s precisely because of this brainwashing procedure and lack of proper perspective that reports are now saying in regards to the rise of anti-Semitism that, “It’s just as bad as it was in the 30’s,”38 you know, prior to WWII and what Hitler did. People, who would have thought, even after all recent atrocities Hitler did to the Jewish people, that another generation would arise and not only not know who Hitler or what he did, but they’d actually lend a helping hand in getting rid of the Jewish people again! Are we living in the Last Days or what! We have got to wake up!
Yet, even with all this amazing evidence pointing to the signs of Christ’s soon return, some people still refuse to heed the warning and are headed for certain destruction, like this guy:
“Two local Pastors were fishing on the side of the road one day, and being Christians and all, they decided to make a sign that said, ‘The End is Near! Turn yourself around now before it’s too late!’ and showed this sign to each passing car.
Well, one driver that drove by didn’t appreciate the sign at all. So he shouted at them, ‘Leave us alone you religious nuts!’ and he kept on driving.
Then all of a sudden there was a big splash, so they looked at each other, and the one Pastor said to the other, “Do you think we should’ve just put up a sign that says, ‘The bridge is out?’”39
Now, that guy didn’t want to listen to the warning did he? In fact, he thought that the people who were saying it were a bunch of wackos. And yet the Bible says that this skeptical attitude would be commonplace in the end times.
2 Peter 3:3-4 “First, I want to remind you that in the last days there will be scoffers who will laugh at the truth and do every evil thing they desire. This will be their argument: ‘Jesus promised to come back, did he? Then where is he? Why, as far back as anyone can remember, everything has remained exactly the same since the world was first created.’” (NLT)
People of God, I hope you’re not one of those scoffers who wake up one day and realize too late that you’ve been left behind. And you know what? So does God. Because He loves you and I, He has given us the warning sign of The Jewish People to show us that the Tribulation could be near and Christ’s Second Coming is rapidly approaching. Jesus Himself said this:
Luke 21:28 “When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” (NIV)
Like it or not folks, we are headed for The Final Countdown. We don’t know the day or the hour. Only God knows. The point is, if you’re a Christian, it’s time to get serious and motivated about who we are and what we’re called to do as Christians. Folks, it’s high time we Christians speak up and declare the good news of salvation to those who are dying all around us. But please, if you’re not a Christian, give your life to Jesus today, because tomorrow may be too late! Just like the Bible said!
Study Questions
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• What did Pastor Billy say would be “the ultimate sign” that you’re headed for the worst day of your life?
Answer: When you wake up one morning only to realize that _________________ __________________ ____________________ ___________________..... that millions of people all over the globe are ____________________...”that you’ve been _________________ ____________________...
• What is coming upon this wicked and rebellious planet?
Answer: An outpouring of ______________ _________________
• But because God loves you and me, “He has given us many ____________________ _______________ that the Tribulation could be near and Christ’s 2nd Coming is rapidly approaching.”
• How many signs will Pastor Billy share with us in his series “The Final Countdown”? _________
The Sermon Unfolded
The #10 sign on the final countdown is none other than _____________ __________________ _______________ . These are specific events that the Lord prophesied would happen to Israel.
Isaiah 43:5-6, Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west. I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’ Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth—
• What has happened in the last century alone?
Answer: Millions of Jews have ___________________ _______________ _________________________
Isaiah 11:11-12 In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the remnant that is left of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush, from Elam, from Babylonia, from Hamath and from the islands of the sea. He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; he will assemble the scattered people of Judah from the four quarters of the earth.
• On what date did Israel become a nation again?
Answer: ____________________
• What happened in 1967?
Answer: The Jewish people even ______________________ the city of __________________
Isaiah 66:8, Who has ever heard of such a thing? Who has ever seen such
things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be brought forth in a moment? Yet no sooner is Zion in labor than she gives birth to her children.
• What was that important date again?
Answer: _______________________
Ezekiel 37:21,22, And say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will take the Israelites out of the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring them back into their own land. I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel. There will be one king over all of them and they will never again be two nations or be divided into two kingdoms.
• For how long had Israel been divided?
Answer: Since about _______________________ BC for
________________ years.
Ezekiel 45:12,13,16 The shekel is to consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels equal one mina. This is the special gift you are to offer: a sixth of an ephah from each homer of wheat and a sixth of an ephah from each homer of barley. All the people of the land will participate in this special gift for the use of the prince in Israel.
• Israel’s currency used to be “the pound”; but on what month and year did it change to the shekel”? _____________________
Isaiah 35:1-2; The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, it will burst into bloom; it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; they will see the glory of the Lord, the splendor of our God.
• When Mark Twain visited Israel in the 1860’s, what did he report?
Answer: “That Israel was a ____________________ __________________ with no ______________________.”
• How many trees exist in Israel today? “Over ___________________
__________________________”
• Along with ornamental plants, what else is being exported all over the world?
Answer: An ________________________ of _____________________
Zechariah 12:6, On that day I will make the leaders of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among sheaves. They will consume right and left all the surrounding peoples, but Jerusalem will remain intact in her place.
• What nations invaded Israel within hours after their declaration of independence in 1948?
Answer: _______________, _______________, _______________, ______________, and ________________________. The Jews won the war and expanded their size “by ____________ percent”
Zechariah 12:2-3, I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling. Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves.
Israel’s location in the heart of the world’s _______________________
________________________ makes it a great strategic significance to all the countries in the world.
• Where do the three largest religions have their headquarters?
Answer: _________________________ _________________________
Revelation 11:2, But exclude the outer court; do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles. They will trample on the holy city for 42 months.
Daniel 9:27, He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’ In the middle of the ‘seven’ he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing of the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.
The Muslim Dome of the Rock has been a source of contention concerning the new proposed temple site.
• What are Jewish archaeologists saying about the actual site for the temple?
Answer: Not where the Dome of the Rock is, “but rather to the__________
or the _____________________ of it”
There’s a group in Israel called the “Temple Mount Faithful”. What are they doing at the present time?
Answer: _____________ priests to serve in the __________ __________
• Everything is almost in place, with the exception of one item. What is that?
Answer: A ____________________ ____________________.
The ashes of this animal are needed for cleansing.
Numbers 19:1-4, The Lord said to Moses and Aaron: This is a requirement of the law that the Lord has commanded: Tell the Israelites to bring you a red heifer without defect or blemish and that has never been under a yoke. Give it to Eleazar the priest; it is to be taken outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence. Then Eleazar the priest is to take some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the Tent of Meeting.
• Even though the red heifer born in Israel a few years ago was disqualified, how could one be created?
Answer: _________________________ through genetic ______________ and _________________________
• What is Rabbi Yitzchak Kaduir calling the Jews all over the world to do?
Answer: Come to the Land of Israel for the ______________________ of the Temple and revelation of our righteous__________________________.
Write out in full Luke 21:28 _____________________________________________________________
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Are you ready for Jesus Christ’s 2nd Coming?
Chapter Two
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Modern Technology
“One day a guy needed to get a ride home in a taxicab and so he hailed one down and hopped into the back seat. Well, on the way home, the passenger tapped the taxicab driver on the shoulder to ask him a question.
But at this, the taxicab driver screamed bloody murder, lost control of the car, nearly hit a bus, went up on a footpath, and stopped just inches from a shop window.
And for a second everything went quiet in the cab, then the driver said, ‘Look buddy, don’t ever do that again. You scared the daylights out of me!’
And the passenger apologized and said he didn’t realize that a little tap on the shoulder could scare the guy so much.
And the driver calmed down and replied ‘Hey listen, I’m sorry, it’s not really your fault. You see, today is my first day as a taxicab driver – for the last 25 years, I’ve been driving a hearse!’”1
Now folks, how many of you guys would say that taxicab driver’s fear was justified once you understood the whole context there, you know what I’m saying? Uh huh! He was scared out of his wits, wasn’t he, and rightly so! But that’s right folks, believe it or not, did you know he’s not alone? The Bible says one day the whole planet is going to be scared out of their wits just like that guy at the rapture of the Church! And the Bible says their hearts will actually “fail them with fear,” or in other words, they’ll be dropping like flies with massive heart attacks all over the place because they are so terrified! And that’s because they just entered the 7-year Tribulation and it ain’t no joke!
And folks, the time of the Tribulation is not a party. It’s an outpouring of God’s wrath upon a wicked and rebellious planet. In fact, Jesus said in Matthew 24 that it would be a time of greater horror than anything the world has ever seen or will ever see again. He also said that unless that time of calamity is shortened, the entire human race would be destroyed. But God is not only a God of wrath; He’s a God of love as well. And because He loves you and I, He has given us many warning signs so that we would know when the Tribulation could be near and that Christ’s 2nd Coming is rapidly approaching. Therefore, to keep you and I from experiencing the ultimate surprise of being left behind, we’re going to continue taking a look at The Final Countdown.
In the last chapter we looked at the #10 sign on The Final Countdown, which was The Jewish People. And there we saw that God lovingly foretold you and I that when we see the Jewish people returning to the land, becoming a single united nation with a powerful military, blossoming as a rose in the desert with a currency of the shekel and preparing to rebuild the temple, and last time, developing an unfortunate relationship with the antichrist, that this would be an indicator that we are in the last days.
But that’s not the only sign that God has given us. The #9 sign on The Final Countdown is none other than Modern Technology. So just what are these specific prophesies being fulfilled today concerning Modern Technology, revealing that we could be in the last days? Well, I’m glad you asked. The 1st End Time Prophecy concerning Modern Technology is that There Would Be A Great Increase of Travel and Knowledge.
Daniel 12:4 “But you, Daniel, keep this prophecy a secret; seal up the book until the time of the end. Many will rush here and there, and knowledge will increase.” (NLT)
Many scholars see this passage as strictly referring to people rushing here and there, increasing their knowledge of prophecy in the last days. Which is exactly what we see today, do we not? Then there are those who see this passage strictly referring to people traveling all over the earth with an explosion of information like never before. Which is also exactly what we see today, do we not? Therefore, I think that it’s not necessarily one or the other, but actually both.
So, specifically, just what kind of Modern Technology has arisen to enable this prophecy to come to pass? Well, I’m glad you asked. The 1st way that Modern Technology reveals that we could be in the last days is by an Increase of Travel. You see, when Daniel wrote down the words of this prophecy, the mode of travel had been basically the same for thousands of years. It’s only in this last century alone that we’ve seen a major change in transportation.
For instance, the fastest that mankind could travel for thousands of years was about 30 mph via horseback. From Adam to Alexander the Great to Abraham Lincoln, transportation pretty much stayed the same.2 For instance, at the turn of the century in New York, the major traffic concern was dead horses! Each year there were about 15,000 horses dying from exhaustion, beatings, or accidents. And believe it or not, they had their own air pollution too. How’s that you say? Well, only from a million pounds of manure produced every day! That’s right, people quickly learned to keep their windows closed during the summer. But by and large, the major means of transportation for thousands of years was the horse.3
That is, until now. All in the last century alone, we have gone from the horse to the horseless carriage; the car. We’ve gone from a top speed of 30 mph to literally hundreds of mph. And in just a few decades, we now rush here and there an average of 14,000 miles per year, with an estimated 1 Billion cars on the road by 2025.4
Oh, but that’s only by land. Thanks to the invention of the airplane, which also occurred in the last century, the world has become a much smaller place. For instance, the first flight by the Wright brothers was only 120 feet. Had they flown from the back of a Boeing 747 they wouldn’t have even made it to first class. The first plane had limited seating. But a Boeing 747 can carry more than 400 passengers, fly 8,300 miles without refueling, has 6 million parts, 171 miles of wiring, 5 miles of tubing, and a tail the size of a six-story building.5
And because there are so many people traveling today, the industry is making it even easier and faster to rush here and there, just like the Bible said would happen. For instance, you can not only order your tickets online, but also print boarding passes from your own computer. And for those of you who worry about your loved ones flying, worry no more. Thanks to the Internet, you can follow a flight in transit, graphics and all, observe the speed and altitude it’s traveling, and be told when it has arrived6 and not just the Internet, but now even on your cell phone. You don’t even need to be at a computer anymore, it’s with you wherever you go! Isn’t that convenient!
In fact, they’re now combining this ability to travel on Land and Air to where you can really rush here and there in your own flying car! Check this out!
“In 1900, Henry Ford Markets his first automobile. 1n 1903 the Wright brothers have their first light at Kitty Hawk. In 1949 Molt Taylor invents the Aerocar. In 2004 the FAA creates Light Sport Aircraft category. In 2009, the “Transition” flying car passes it’s first flight test. In 2010, the next generation design of the Transition is released to the public.
We’ve always dreamed about having a flying car, and here it is. The idea of combing the automobile with the airplane is no longer a fantasy. Celebrated by news media around the world as the modern day flying car, the Transition represents a safer and more practical approach to personal air travel.
It sounds like science fiction but before long Britain will have its first car-planes. American company Terrafugia has developed a new model which drives on the road with wings folded before opening them to take off as a light aircraft. The Terrafugia Transition has a top speed of 185 kmph in the air and can be parked in the garage at home.
The Transition costs around $280,000 and the first deliveries are expected in 2012. The car-plane offers a unique opportunity to drive to the airport and take off in the same vehicle – and perhaps to avoid traffic jams.
Aircraft have looked essentially the same for the past 50 years. Transition really is the next step in the evolution of aircraft. The transition can convert between flying and driving almost instantly; you just get in the cockpit, push a couple of buttons and the wings fold up.
Although it has been dubbed “a flying car,” the Transition is really an airplane that can legally and safely be driven on roads and highways and parked in your single car garage. The Transition’s a really fun flying car to drive; it’s got a lot of power, it’s got a well-tuned suspension, it’s very responsive.
The Transition flies like a really nice airplane. I’ve flown 20 to 30 different airplanes in my career and the Transition is by far the easiest airplane to land. It’s smooth, controllable and very stable. The Transition is designed to fly like any other like sport aircraft, but it provides a unique capability to land and continue your trip on the ground safely, no matter what the weather is like.
Pilots who get behind the controls for the first time will feel at ease in the Transition’s comfortable and user-friendly interior. The control panels are designed to be intuitive and easy to use, the touch screen interfaces. There’s also just one GPS navigation system that combines both your road maps and your aviation charts.
The Transition is fuelled by super unleaded gas, which is cheaper and more environmentally friendly than aviation fuel.”7
Oh, but that’s not all. Because of this new travel technology, you can go down to your local store and get fresh crabmeat from Thailand, or have a thoroughbred horse shipped to you from New Zealand. You can now get fresh flowers from South America, a genuine New York City pizza delivered anywhere in the world, and send a package from Japan in the afternoon and have it in Washington by the next morning.8
Oh, but the friendly skies are not the only place we like to rush here and there. You see, the airplane paved the way for space travel. Now we can fly around the planet in eighty minutes.9 In fact, pretty soon, you don’t even have to be an astronaut anymore to go into space. Thanks to Virgin Airlines, or should I say Galactic Airlines, we’ll soon be going into space!
“Sir Richard Branson and New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez dedicate the ‘Virgin Galactic Gateway to Space.’ Looking skyward, more than 800 guests marveled at Virgin Galactic’s commercial space vehicles as they soared through the skies of southern New Mexico during the dedication ceremonies of Virgin Galactic’s new home at Spaceport America. The flight of WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo was the highlight of a spectacular ceremony which featured the dedication of the Sir Norman Foster-designed building and announcements of new scientific and educational customers for the world’s first commercial space line.
“Today is another history-making day for Virgin Galactic,” said Sir Richard Branson. “We are here with a group of incredible people who are helping us lead the way in creating one of the most important new industrial sectors of the 21st century. We’ve never wavered in our commitment to the monumental task of pioneering safe, affordable and clean access to space, or to demonstrate that we mean business at each step along the way.”
Branson and his children, Sam and Holly, who will be the first commercial passengers on SpaceShipTwo, brought the event to a spectacular conclusion by officially naming the world’s first purpose-built spaceline terminal as the “Virgin Galactic Gateway to Space” while rappelling together from the roof of the striking new building.
“I trust that will be the first of many safe landings at Spaceport America! What an absolute joy to celebrate the naming of the Virgin Galactic Gateway to Space with Governor Martinez!” said Sir Richard, as the family touched the ground.
The Virgin Galactic Gateway to Space, a combined terminal and hangar facility, will support up to two WhiteKnightTwo and five SpaceShipTwo vehicles. In addition, The Gateway will house all of the company’s astronaut preparation and celebration facilities, a mission control center, and a friends and family area. There is also space committed to public access via the planned New Mexico Spaceport Authority’s Visitor Experience.
The iconic 120,000 square-foot building, which meets LEED Gold standards for environmental quality, was designed by world-renowned United Kingdom-based Foster + Partners, along with URS Corporation and local New Mexico architects SMPC. The trio won an international competition in 2007 to build the first private spaceport in the world.
Built using local materials and regional construction techniques, the facility is sustainable with few additional energy requirements due to the use of a range of sustainable features including geothermal heating and cooling.
New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez participated in the dedication ceremony with U.S. Congressman Steve Pearce, representing New Mexico’s 2nd District.
“New Mexico has a long tradition of pioneering innovation in aerospace and related technologies,” said Governor Martinez. “We already possess an impressive array of facilities and expertise in advanced technologies. Spaceport America and the opening of the Virgin Galactic Gateway to Space significantly deepen those capabilities and strengthen our global
position as a powerhouse supporter of the space industry. Our partnership with Virgin Galactic is a perfect example of how government and private industry can work together to drive economic growth and science education.”
Virgin Galactic CEO and President George Whitesides said the company continues to make excellent and unequalled progress, under the motto ‘safety is our North Star.’ Whitesides remarked, “Flight testing by prime contractor Scaled Composites is progressing very well, with 30 SpaceShipTwo flights and 75 WhiteKnightTwo flights to date. We are also recruiting aggressively and assembling a highly talented and accomplished workforce focused on safe commercial operations led by Vice President of Operations Mike Moses, who will run our efforts at the spaceport.”
In addition, the company is taking steps to expand its mission beyond commercial space tourism. The company announced last week that it had been awarded a contract under NASA’s Flight Opportunity Program for research flights to a potential value of $4.5m. During the ceremony, it was announced that new flight reservations have been made by research and education institutions to support research initiatives and inspire students. Purdue University, Space Florida, the Challenger Center for Space Science Education and Southwest Research Institute were recognized as the most recent participants in this new growth area for Virgin Galactic.
“For me, my children and our ever growing community of future astronauts, many of whom are with us today, standing in front of the Virgin Galactic Gateway to Space as it glimmers majestically under the New Mexican sun brings our space adventure so close we can almost taste it,” said Sir Richard.
Present for the dedication ceremony were over 150 Virgin Galactic customers from 21 countries who have already made deposits to fly to space. A total of over 450 future astronauts worldwide have signed on to join Virgin Galactic for a voyage into space.”10
Oh, but that’s right! For those of you who don’t like flying and yet still want to go into space, they’ve even thought of that one too! Other researchers are working on what’s called a “Space Elevator.” And that’s a device that uses carbon-technology that suspends a massive line anchored to earth all the way up into outer space, and it will be able to transport us into space via an elevator all the way into the upper atmosphere.
“The main problem with space travel is cost. To put you in orbit around the planet earth costs about $10,000 a pound. Once you’re outside the first 100 miles you coast, you cost all the way out to Pluto. So if the first 100 miles is the only problem, why not have a space elevator where you simply hit the up button and you ascend up a cable into outer space. Although this idea seems impossible, I can start by saying that our technology is increasing exponentially, meaning that we learned more in the last 12 years than in the past 200 years. You still don’t Believe? What if I tell you that Japan’s Obayashi Corp. has announced plans to build a space elevator by 2050
In 1959 a Russian scientist, Yuri N. Artsutanov, suggested using a geostationary satellite as the base from which to deploy the structure downward. By using a counterweight, a cable would be lowered from geostationary orbit to the surface of Earth, while the counterweight was extended from the satellite away from Earth, keeping the cable constantly over the same spot on the surface of the Earth. But building a compression structure from the ground up proved an unrealistic task as there was no material in existence with enough compressive strength to support its own weight under such conditions until now.
For a century, we thought that this idea of a space elevator was ridiculous. Now we have a new game changer Carbon Nanotubes. Carbon Nanotubes are a form of carbon with a cylindrical nanostructure. These cylindrical carbon molecules have unusual properties, which are valuable for nanotechnology, electronics, optics and other fields of materials science and technology. It is stronger than steel, and have electrical properties that rival the best semiconductors, yet they have a diameter smaller than hair. Carbon Nanotubes will be able to withstand the tension of traveling at enormous velocities in outer space as the space elevator rotates with the planet earth. It is the strongest substance known to science and it will suspend a space elevator without breaking. Theoretically the main challenges have been negotiated.
To build a space elevator, first we need to use a space shuttle to carry reels holding a thin inner-layer cable of carbon nanotubes into orbit. The 22 thousand miles cable would then be unrolled with the free end being snaked down from orbit and attached to an anchoring barrage in the ocean to keep some flexibility. To stabilize the upper-end of the cable, an artificial “asteroid” would be attached to act as a counterweight, this counterweight could also be a space station itself with house labs, living space, and photovoltaic panels that could transmit electricity back the the ground. With the initial inner cable in place, automated “climbers” would then begin adding additional strengthening layers of cable from the ground up. The elevator would get energy by using a laser-beamed power.
Total construction time is estimated at three to five years. It could open up the universe for the average person.”11
As well as a whole new set of fears! How many of you guys are afraid of elevators? Wait till you see that one! It’s going to be your worst nightmare! But that’s still not all! We not only went to the moon and back in rockets, but now our eyes are the planet Mars. And people, keep in mind that this is in the last century alone! Do you get the feeling that things are being sped up? Somehow, Star Trek doesn’t sound so foreign anymore, does it? Speaking of which, did you know that teleportation is no longer a myth? That’s right, in the past couple of years, scientists have successfully teleported light particles over a few miles.12 It would appear as if nothing is holding us back from being able to rush here and there, wherever and whenever we want.
That is, except God. You see, the sad thing is that this explosion of modern travel technology has made us arrogant and overconfident like the Edomites of long ago who also tried to escape the boundaries of Almighty God.
Obadiah 1:3-4 “The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, You who live in the clefts of the rock, In the loftiness of your dwelling place, Who say in your heart, Who will bring me down to earth?’ Though you build high like the eagle, Though you set your nest among the stars, From there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.” (NAS)
You see, even if we can one day arrogantly boast that we don’t need God because we can rush here and there, even to the edge of the stars, God will one day, just like the Edomites, bring us down. When? In the last days.
The 2nd way that Modern Technology reveals that we could be in the last days is by an Increase of Knowledge. When Daniel wrote down the words of this prophecy, the amount of retrieving and sharing knowledge was severely limited. We didn’t even see the invention of the printing press until a few centuries ago. Oh, but look at us today! All in the last century alone, just like the Bible said, we are experiencing nothing short of an information explosion! In fact, let’s take a look at some information on information:
• The total store of human knowledge is now doubling every 8 years.
• 80% of all the scientists who have ever lived are alive today.
• Every minute 2000 pages are added to man’s scientific knowledge.
• The scientific material produced in 1 day would take 1 person 5 years to read.
• About 1/2 million new books are published every year.
• Since 1970 computer technology has developed so fast that if the auto industry had developed at the same rate, you would today be able to buy a Rolls Royce for three dollars and you could fit 8 them on the head of a pin!
• And speaking of Rolls Royce’s and “head of a pin” thanks to nanotechnology we can now construct motors that fit on the head of a pin, thousands of them via a new emerging technology called nanotechnology as this article shares.
“Nanotechnology is the new technology that has emerged whereby scientists can now manipulate matter on an atomic and molecular scale. It is considered a key technology for the future and various governments have invested billions of dollars in its future. The USA has invested 3.7 billion dollars through its National Nanotechnology Initiative followed by Japan with 750 million and the European Union 1.2 billion.
Nanotechnology may be able to create many new materials and devices with a vast range of applications, such as in medicine, electronics, biomaterials, and energy production. Most applications are limited to the use of first generation passive nanomaterials which includes titanium dioxide in sunscreen, cosmetics, surface coatings, and some food products; Carbon allotropes used to produce gecko tape; silver in food packaging, clothing, disinfectants and household appliances; zinc oxide in sunscreens and cosmetics, surface coatings, paints and outdoor furniture varnishes; and cerium oxide as a fuel catalyst.
Further applications allow tennis balls to last longer, golf balls to fly straighter, and even bowling balls to become more durable and have a harder surface. Trouser and socks have been infused with nanotechnology so that they will last longer and keep people cool in the summer. Bangages are being infused with silver nanoparticles to heal cuts faster. Cars are being manufactured with nanomaterials so they may need fewer metals and less fuel to operate in the future. Video game consoles and personal computers may become cheaper, faster, and contain more memory thanks to nanotechnology.
Nanotechnology may have the ability to make existing medical applications cheaper and easier to use in places like the general practitionar’s office and at home. Nanorobotics centers on self-sufficient machines of some functionality operating at the nanoscale. There are hopes for applying nanorobots in medicine. A new breed of nanobots is being designed to assist doctors by going where no surgeon or technology has gone before.
Working at the scale of molecules, these micro-machines are taking their cues from bacteria and the way in which they find their way around the human body. If they are successful, they could bring about a new type of molecular surgery and a different perspective to our own inner space.
The engineers and scientists working on the development of these nanobots – the size of only a few molecules – believe they could reach liquid parts of the body difficult or impossible to get to using today’s medical practices, precisely delivering drugs to areas such as the eyeball cavity or arteries in the heart.
They might sound like the stuff of science fiction, but at their most basic level these medical micro-robots are man-made protein “machines” that produce movement through chemical reactions.
Dr. James Friend, senior lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Monash University in Australia, is developing a nanobot propelled by a tiny rotor motor measuring about five-millionths of a meter. A simple injection would place the tiny machine into the body and it would swim to its intended target.
“We aim to provide doctors with a means to avoid major surgery and extend the capabilities of doctors to diagnose and treat patients. The powerful micro-motor will have its own power supply and be perform tasks by remote control,” said Friend.
• A weekday edition of any major newspaper has more information than the average person living in the 17th century would have come across in a lifetime.
• Thanks to the Internet, 1,000’s of international papers are at your fingertips.
• Every day, the equivalent of over 300 million pages of text is sent over the Internet with millions of sites.
• About 1/2 of all medical knowledge is outdated every 10 years and in some scientific fields, such as biotechnology, the cycle is less than 6 months.
• There are now wristwatches that wield more computing ability than some 1970s computer mainframes.
• Ordinary cars today have more intelligence than the original lunar lander.
• Did you know the 25% of India’s population with the highest IQ’s is greater than the total population of the United States. Translation: India has more honors kids than America has kids.
• The Top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010 did not exist in 2004. We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist using technologies that haven’t been invented in order to solve problems we don’t even know are problem yet.
• 1 out of 8 couples married in the U.S. last year met online.
• There are over 200 million registered users on MySpace. If MySpace were a country it would be the 5th-Largest in the world. (between Indonesia and Brazil)
• We are living in exponential times. There are 31 Billion searches on Google every month. In 2006, this number was 2.7 Billion.
• Around 90 trillion emails were sent through the Internet in 2009 with an average of 30 million emails per day. 1.4 billion emails users worldwide (Jan 2010). Over the last 12 months over 100 million people have become new email users.
• There are 1.83 billion Internet users worldwide. Projection for 2012 is 2.10 billion. There was an 18% increase of Internet users since the previous years (08-09). The U.S. Internet of 2015 will be at least 50 times larger than it was in 2006. Global Internet traffic is expected to increate 5 times from 2008 to 2013.
• Bing estimates there are more than 1 trillion pages of content on the Internet. That’s almost 150 pages per person alive. The number of website in 2009 was 234 million. 47 million alone were added in 2009.
• If Facebook were a country it would be the third largest in the world just below just below China and India and above the United States. Facebook tops Google for weekly traffic in the U.S.
• Social media has overtaken pornography as the #1 activity on the web. What happens in Vegas stays on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.
• YouTube is the second largest search engine in the world. While you read this 100 plus hours of video will be uploaded to YouTube. In fact, more video was uploaded to YouTube in the last two months than if ABC, NBC, and CBS had been airing new content 24 hours a day 7 days a week 365 days a year since 1948 which was when ABC started broadcasting.
• The first commercial text message was sent in December of 1992. Today, the number of text messages sent and received everyday exceeds the total population of the planet.
• Years it took to reach a market audience of 50 million. Radio 38 years. TV 13 years. Internet 4 years. iPod 3 years. Facebook 2 years.
• The number of internet devices in 1984 was 1,000. 1992 1,000,000. 2008 1,000,000,000. The average online viewer watches 12.2 hours of online video each month.
• The mobile device will be the world primary connection tool to the Internet in 2020. The computer in your cell phone today is 1 million times cheaper, and a 1,000 times more powerful, and about 100,000 times smaller, than the 1 computer at MIT in 1965. SO what used to fit in a building, now fits in your pocket.
• Two to three new Twitter accounts are activated every second. Twitter averages 50 million tweets per day. Ashton Kutcher and Britney Spears have more Twitter followers than the entire populations of Sweden, Israel, Switzerland, Ireland, Norway, and Panama.
• Adults spend 15 plus hours a week on the Internet. Broadband access will grow from 55% to 90% in 2012. 35% of the global work force will be mobile by 2013.
• There are about 540,000 words in the English language. About 5 times as many as during Shakespeare’s time. Wikipedia has more than 14 million articles written by 75,000 contributors in 260 languages viewed by 684 million viewers.
• It is estimated that 4 exabytes (4.010^19) of unique information will be generated this year. That is more than the previous 5,000 years.
• The amount of new technical information is doubling every 2 years. For students starting a 4-year technical degree this means that half of what they learn in their first year of study will be outdated by their third year of study.
• NNT Japan has successfully tested a fiber optic cable that pushes 14 trillion bits per second down a single strand of fiber. That is 2,660 CDs or 210 million phone calls every second. It is currently tripling every six months and is expected to do so for the next 20 years.
• By 2013, a supercomputer will be built that exceeds the computational capabilities of the human brain. Predictions are that by 2049, a $1000 computer will exceed the computation capabilities of the entire human species.13
So what’s all this mean? Well folks, maybe it’s just me, but it sure looks like we’re experiencing some sort of information explosion, how about you? That’s what it means! In fact, as you just saw with those statistics, experts are saying that the technology is growing so fast that we are headed for a serious danger called, singularity.14 And this is the term to describe the point where the technology grows so fast that it actually spawns a type of super intelligence that far exceeds any kind of human intelligence and then it begins to take over, which, upon this point, and experts are saying it could happen very soon, “The human era will be ended.” Machines will take over.
And here’s the point. The Bible says, when you see these things take place, you better wake up! It’s a sign you’re living in the last days!
The 3rd way that Modern Technology reveals that we could be in the last days is by an Increase of Unrest.
2 Timothy 3:1,7 “But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. Always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth.” (NIV)
You see, the Bible also warned that in the last days, not only would we be traveling like never before and acquiring information like crazy, but we would also see an increase of unrest. Why? Because we would become a people who are always learning yet are never able to acknowledge the truth, leaving us in a frustrated and restless state. And folks, is this not exactly what has happened to our society? We are being told today that the more we acquire this new technology, the more time it will save us, so we can spend even more time rushing here and there. Then, if that wasn’t bad enough, we are being told that the more we can learn from this increase of information, the more peace it will supposedly produce in our lives.
But is this true? Have we really saved more time and created more peace in our lives with all this new technology? Absolutely not! We have actually become a society on the brink of disaster! And this is exactly what the secular experts are saying. Even though we have the most highly funded educational system in the world, we are producing the most confused, ignorant and violent children ever.15 Rates of depression have been doubling every ten years and suicide is the third most common cause of death among young adults in North America. Fifteen percent of Americans have had a clinical anxiety disorder and serial killers are now commonplace.16
How can this be? It’s simply because we are always learning yet never able to come to the truth! You see, the truth is that the more we fill our lives with so-called timesaving devices, the more rushed we feel. In fact, we are in so much of a rush that “we tap our fingers while waiting for the microwave to zap our instant coffee.”17 Think about it! The truth is, these devices that are supposed to save us so much time so that we can rest more, are actually making us more restless. In fact, one researcher made this comment. See if it sounds familiar:
“This century’s mad dash of innovation has produced the most frantic human era ever. We phone. We fax. We page. We e-mail. We race from one end of life to the other, rarely glancing over our shoulders. Technology, mass media and a desire to do more, do it better and do it yesterday have turned us into a world of hurriers. Stop and smell the roses? No more. Instead, we have a world of 7-day diets, 24-hour news channels, 1-hour photo, 30-minute pizza delivery, 10-minute facials, 2-minute warnings, and Minute Rice. Fast food. Fast computers. Fast cars in fast lanes. DVD players with 5 fast-forward settings. Sound bites and the rat race and instant coffee. Get rich quick. Live fast, die young, leave a good-looking corpse. Run on empty. Just do it. Places to go, people to meet, planners to fill, files to download, bills to pay, planes to catch, frozen dinners to nuke, web sites to surf, kids to pick up, stress to manage, and speeding tickets to pay.”18
One guy said, “It’s significant that we call it the Information Age. We don’t talk about the Knowledge Age. Our society is basically motion without memory, which of course is one of the clinical definitions of insanity.”19
We have advanced beyond our wildest dreams technologically, yet we are still spiritually bankrupt about the true meaning of life. And it’s all because we have been tricked and seduced by a restless rat race society!
You see, the problem of being in a hurry all the time is that you never take the time to stop and think about what is most important in life. Therefore, you will never find the truth. But just in case there was a teensy weensy little bit of time left in the day after running like a restless rat all day, there’s a stranger out there who steers us away from God, like this man recognized.
“A few months before I was born, my dad met a stranger who was new to out small Tennessee town. From the beginning, Dad was fascinated with this enchanting newcomer, and soon invited him to live with our family. The stranger was quickly accepted and was around to welcome me into the world a few months later.
As I grew up I never questioned his place in our family. In my young mind, each member had a special niche. My brother, Bill, five years my senior, was my example. Fran, my sister, gave me an opportunity to play ‘big brother’ and develop the art of teasing. My parents were complementary instructors – Mom taught me to love the Word of God, and Dad taught me to obey it.
But the stranger was our storyteller. He could weave the most fascinating tales. Adventures, mysteries and comedies were daily conversations. He could hold our whole family spellbound for hours each evening. If I wanted to know about politics, history, or science, he knew it all. He knew about the past, understood the present, and seemingly could predict the future.
The pictures he could draw were so life like that I would often laugh or cry as I watched. He was like a friend to the whole family. He took Dad, Bill, and me to our first major league baseball game. He was always encouraging us to see the movies and he even made arrangements to introduce us to several movie stars. My brother and I were deeply impressed by John Wayne in particular.
The stranger was an incessant talker. Dad didn’t seem to mind but sometimes Mom would quietly get up, while the rest of us were enthralled with one of his stories of faraway places, go to her room, read her Bible and pray. I wonder now if she ever prayed that the stranger would leave.
You see, my Dad ruled our household with certain moral convictions. But this stranger never felt obligated to honor them. Profanity, for example, was not allowed in our house—not from us, from our friends, or adults. Our longtime visitor, however, used occasional four letter words that burned my ears and made Dad squirm.
To my knowledge the stranger was never confronted. My Dad was a teetotaler who didn’t permit alcohol in his home, not even for cooking. But the stranger felt like we needed exposure and enlightened us to other ways of life. He offered us beer and other alcoholic beverages often. He made cigarettes look tasty, cigars manly, and pipes distinguished.
He talked freely, probably too much too freely, about sex. His comments were sometimes blatant, sometimes suggestive, and generally embarrassing. I know that my early concepts of the man-woman relationship were influenced by the stranger.
As I look back, I believe it was the grace of God that the stranger did not influence us more. Time after time he opposed the values of my parents. Yet he was seldom rebuked and never asked to leave.
More than thirty years have passed since the stranger moved in with the young family on Morningside Drive. He is not nearly so intriguing to my Dad as he was in those early years. But if I were to walk in my parent’s den today, you would still see him sitting over in a corner, waiting for someone to listen to him talk and watch him draw his pictures.
His name? We always just called him ‘TV’”20
People, don’t we see what’s happening to us? All this Modern Technology, this explosion of travel and information, is not only a sign we are living in the Last Days that ends up creating a restless rat race society, but it ensures that in the Last Days we don’t even take the time to seek out the One Who Alone could give us rest, and that is God! Instead, we spend our time with TV, the Internet, texting, cell phones, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and a whole slug of other things that are supposed to save us time and give us peace but they don’t! It’s a trap, a spiritual one! Can I state the obvious? You cannot grow spiritually watching 3 hours of TV a day versus 3 minutes of the Bible a day!21 You don’t pray to God but you socialize on Facebook! It’s a trap! It’s taking away whatever time you have left in the day after running the rat race to spend time with God, when of all times, in the Last Days, we’re going to need Him the most! Don’t you see it? It’s so obvious that even the devil admits it!
“One day the devil called a worldwide convention of his evil demons and said this. ‘We can’t keep the Christians from going to heaven, but we can keep them from forming an intimate relationship in Christ. If they gain that connection with Jesus, our power over them is broken. So here’s what we do
Let’s steal their time, so they can’t gain any strength in Jesus Christ. Let’s distract them by keeping them busy in the nonessentials of life and invent unnumbered schemes to occupy their minds. We’ll over stimulate their minds so that they cannot hear that still small voice.
We’ll entice them to play the radio or cassette player whenever they drive, to keep the TV, the VCR, and their CD’s going constantly in their homes. And we’ll see to it that every store and restaurant in the world plays music constantly jamming their minds to break that union with Christ.
We’ll fill their coffee tables with magazines and newspapers and pound their minds with the news twenty-four hours a day. We’ll invade their driving moments with billboards and flood their mailboxes with junk mail, sweepstakes, mail order catalogues and every kind of newsletter and promotional offering promising false hopes.
We’ll even get them to be excessive in their entertainment or recreation and send them to amusement parks, sporting events, concerts, and movies so they’ll return exhausted, disquieted and unprepared for the coming week.
And even when they meet for spiritual fellowship, we’ll involve them in gossip and small talk so that they leave with troubled consciences and unsettled emotion. Why, we’ll crowd their lives with so many things that they have no time or energy to seek power from Christ.
It was quite a convention in the end. And the demons went away eagerly causing Christians everywhere to get busy, busy, busy and rush here and there. Don’t forget what ‘busy’ means. B-eing U-nder S-atan’s Y-oke. Has the devil been successful at his scheme? You be the judge.”22
I’ll say it one last time. The problem of being in a hurry all the time is that you never take the time to stop and think about that which is the most important in life. And because of that, it’s not only a sign that you’re living in the last days, but that you’ve been lassoed by satan’s yoke and therefore, you will never find the truth because you’re just too busy! Wake up! Instead of worshipping the one True God, we have bowed to the idol of technology. And the sad thing is that the truth about life is right before us, if only we’d stop long enough to listen. You see, we don’t need to travel halfway across the world for truth. In fact, we don’t even need that latest computer gizmo to understand it, nor spend a dime to receive it. Why? Because the truth about a restful life has been right under our noses all the time, in the words of Jesus Christ.
Matthew 11:28 “Then Jesus said, ‘Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.’” (NLT)
People of God, please don’t be fooled into thinking that by rushing here and there and by increasing your knowledge is where you’ll find rest. Because if you do, you will not only remain restless, but you may one day wake up to find yourself in the greatest time of unrest the world has ever known, the Great Tribulation and it’s sooner than you think!
But that’s still not all! The second End Time Prophecy concerning Modern Technology is that There Would Be A Great Increase of Bible Fulfillment. You see folks, this is what’s important about this point. For the past 100 years or so people have been mocking Christians and Christianity and saying that nothing ever changes. “You Christians keep saying that the Lord is coming back, real soon, any day now, but nothing ever changes. Why is this time so different? Why should I listen to you now!” Well, that’s the importance of understanding what’s going on with Modern Technology. For the first time in human history we have the technology to pull off the events that are mentioned in the 7-year Tribulation. Which means for the first time, the stage really is set. Everything really is ready to go. There’s nothing technologically holding it back from occurring. That’s why you should listen! That’s why you should pay attention this time.
So what are these passages being fulfilled with Modern Technology today showing us we really are living in the Last Days? Well, the first Bible passage that’s being fulfilled in minute detail thanks to the rise of Modern Technology is The Death of the Two Witnesses. But don’t take my word for it. Let’s listen to God’s.
Revelation 11:1-9 “I was given a reed like a measuring rod and was told, ‘Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count the worshipers there. But exclude the outer court; do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles. They will trample on the holy city for 42 months. And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.’
These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies. This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die. These men have power to shut up the sky so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying; and they have power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want.
Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will attack them, and overpower and kill them. Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city, which is figuratively called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. For three and a half days men from every people, tribe, language and nation will gaze on their bodies and refuse them burial.” (NIV)
Now folks, once again, you have to take a look at this in its historical setting to understand it’s prophetic significance. Imagine what it must have been like when the Apostle John was writing this nearly 2,000 years ago. It must have seemed like an incredible fantasy for the whole planet to simultaneously watch two dead bodies, rejoice over their death, and even send gifts to each other, right? That’s what the text says! But guess what? It’s not fantasy anymore! Due to the advent of television and global satellite technology, you and I can simultaneously watch anything we want, anywhere we want, around the world, can’t we? Which means, this passage is being fulfilled, before our very eyes! We have the technology right now to watch the death of the Two Witnesses for 3½ days for the first time in the history of mankind! This is why you should listen this time! That’s why you need to pay attention when people say Jesus is coming back real soon! We have the technology to pull off this passage for the first time ever!
But that’s still not all. We not only have the technology to observe the death of the Two Witnesses during the 7-year Tribulation, but we even have the platform to watch their death being built for the very first time. Believe it or not, plans are being made right now to build for the first time in human history, a Global Television Network to broadcast these kinds of events, for a “Global Ruler.” And remember, it’s a “Global Ruler” called the antichrist that is allowed to overpower the Two Witnesses and kill them. Check this out.
“In an article entitled, ‘Global Television for Our Future Global Leader,’ UN Watchdog Cliff Kincaid reported, ‘Surprise and even shock were among the reactions to my recent column about how elite members of the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, were considering a proposal for a new global television network to usher in a state of ‘global governance.’’
He said the media proposal is to create ‘a new global network’ with ‘the capacity to connect the world, bridging cultures and peoples, and telling us who we are and what we mean to each other.’
He says, ‘Isn’t it nice that we might have a TV network telling us ‘who we are?’ And ‘what we mean to each other?’ Perhaps we will learn that we are global citizens. Perhaps a global leader of some sort will tell us that. Who might that be? Kincaid says this story smacks of George Orwell’s 1984.
Several prominent U.S. media figures signed on to the alarming and controversial proposal that envisions itself to become ‘a genuine, global voice.’
The council declared that it is, ‘Championing a new global, independent news and information service whose role is to inform, educate and improve the state of the world – one that would take advantage of all platforms of content delivery from mobile to satellite and online to create a new global network.’
Kincaid said although he’s no Biblical scholar, he wonders about the end-times implications of such a channel. ‘Clearly they’re talking about this global order, the new world order, global taxes and now global TV put at the service of some kind of global ruler of the world,’ he continues. ‘I don’t know whether that would be the anti-Christ or not.’”23
But that’s right! Just in case you miss the up and coming soon to be Global News Broadcast for the death of the Two Witnesses, it just so happens that Google just launched a new program that allows you to get a birds eye view of all place, the streets of Jerusalem, that you can view on your computer or even your cell phone. Here’s the announcement.
“After months of consultations with Israeli security officials, Google has launched its popular Street View service in the country’s three largest cities.
The new Street View provides images of ordinary life, contested areas and religious sites in the Holy Land. Due to security issues, areas around several sensitive sites, such as the military headquarters in Tel Aviv and the prime minister’s residence in Jerusalem, are blurred out.
Google Street View is available in more than 30 countries. It was held up in Israel by concerns that images of its streets could be used by terrorists. The Islamic Jihad militant group in Gaza, for instance, has boasted that it used Google Earth, which gives birds-eye views and some street-level pictures of sites around the world, to aim rockets at Israel.
Last August, after a panel of government ministers met for six months to draft security guidelines, Israel announced it had reached an agreement with Google.
The service was quietly launched late last week and officially unveiled Sunday. The images are obtained by specialized cameras mounted on vehicles.
Israel is the first Middle Eastern nation to display its cities and streets online. Iraq’s National Museum is also available on Street View.
Pictures online Sunday showed typical street scenes — bicycles chained to the gates of apartment gardens in Tel Aviv, tourists sunbathing on Haifa’s beaches, and the crowded cobblestone Via Dolorosa, the path that Jesus is said to have walked before his crucifixion in Jerusalem’s Old City.
Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai brushed off security concerns about Tel Aviv, a city that was hit hard by suicide bombings on buses and in restaurants during the Palestinian uprising a decade ago.
He said militants know the city well enough without the Google service. ‘Tel Aviv-Jaffa is a target anyway,’ Huldai said Sunday.
He noted that other urban military installations, like the Pentagon outside Washington, also was left off Street View.
Despite Google’s enthusiasm, not all Israelis were happy.
Retired Lt. Col. Mordechai Kedar, who served for 25 years in Israeli intelligence, said the service would be a boon to militants seeking to attack Israel.
‘They will use it daily,’ Kedar said. ‘Every day Street View is online, it’s causing damage.’
Google Israel’s country manager, Meir Brand, said additional cities will soon join the first three, including Beersheba, Nazareth and Eilat.”24
And what did the text say? Their bodies will lie in the street! Apparently, we’re not going to have any trouble finding out what street that its! Hey folks, maybe it’s just me, but I’m thinking we’re getting pretty close to having a Global Television Network that’s apparently being built for a Global Leader whose going to broadcast the death of the Two Witnesses, who even throws in a Global Google App for your cell phone just to make sure you don’t miss the show, how about you? People, this not by chance! It’s all happening in our lifetime now! Tell me we’re not getting close!
But that’s still not all. What else did the text say? What did these people DO as they were watching this event for 3½ days on their phone or TV? Well, let’s take a look at the text.
Revelation 11:10 “The inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.” (NIV)
Now again, think about this from the Apostle John’s perspective 2,000 years ago. It must have blown his mind! How could people not only watch the death of two guys from around the world simultaneously, but how in the world are they going to be able to celebrate and send each other gifts around the world in 3½ days? I mean, they didn’t even have the Pony Express back then! Well guess what? It’s not a surprise anymore! As we already saw previously, we now have, for the first time in man’s history a global distribution network! Thanks to this rise of Modern Technology we now have a Global Transportation system that’s hooked up to a Global Communications system, that’s linked to a Global Supply Chain system, that’s overseen by a Global Trade and Commerce system that allows us to go down to our local store and get fresh crabmeat shipped to us from Thailand, or have a thoroughbred horse shipped to you from New Zealand. Or get fresh flowers all the way from South America or have a New York City pizza delivered anywhere in the world, and be able to what? Send a package from Japan in the afternoon and have it arrive in Washington the next morning, which includes a celebratory package sent by someone who’s gloating over the death of the Two Witnesses on their phone or TV within 3½ days, for the first time in mankind’s history. And that’s right! Thanks to the recent advent of the Internet, you don’t even have to go to the store anymore. You can just send that celebratory gift with the click of a mouse or even the touch of a finger on your cell phone!
Why should I listen when people who warn me about the soon return of Jesus Christ? Because never before in the history of mankind have we had the technology to pull this off but we do now! That’s why we need to listen!
Oh, but that’s not all. The second Bible passage that’s being fulfilled in minute detail thanks to the rise of Modern Technology is The Deception of the False Prophet.
Revelation 13:11-13 “Then I saw another beast, coming out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, but he spoke like a dragon. He exercised all the authority of the first beast on his behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed. And he performed great and miraculous signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to earth in full view of men.” (NIV)
Now folks, here we see the classic passage that tells us how the False Prophet is actually going to dupe people, the whole world, into worshipping the antichrist. Okay, and notice what it was. He’s going to cause fire to come down from heaven, or in other words, the atmosphere, in full view of men. But it’s all going to be a bunch of chicanery. This is what the Apostle Paul says in this passage.
2 Thessalonians 2:9 “The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders.” (NIV)
And so here we see that these so-called miracles, even causing fire to come down from heaven in full view of men, is a counterfeit. In other words, it’s a fake; it’s a phony; it’s manufactured not a true miracle. And so that’s the question. Do we see any kind of technology on the planet right now that could help the False Prophet pull off this phony miracle of causing fire to come down from heaven? Uh, yeah! It’s called HAARP. And it’s not the kind that angels play! Let’s check it out.
“It’s no coincidence that the United States began building its own mysterious array of antennas in Feb 1992. They are located in Gakona, Alaska. The project is called HAARP. HAARP is the high frequency active aurora research project, originally a joint effort of the air force and navy in cooperation with a number of academic institutions.’
It is today the world’s largest radio broadcasting station, but its not designed to broadcast for human ears. It uses unique patented ability to focus the energy coming out of the antennae field and injects that energy into a spot at the top of the atmosphere in a region called the ionosphere.’
HAARP is comprised of a 180 antennas approximately 72’ feet tall, linked together to function as one giant steerable antennae. Steerable, because it can aim millions of watts of ELF waves into one tiny patch of the atmosphere.
The amount of the energy we are talking about here is 3.6 million watts. To give you an idea of what that is, the largest legal AM radio station here in America is 50,000 watts. HAARP is 72,000 of these AM stations (50,000 watts each) injecting their entire output into a spot that’s 12 miles across by about 2½ miles deep by about 90 miles up.
This is where HAARP is pointing, it’s an area located roughly 300 miles from Anchorage. The US military says that HAARP is merely being used to study the physical and electrical properties and behavior of the ionosphere for both civilian and defense purposes. But another theory has surfaced, the intense energy being beamed into the sky by HAARP, actually heating up the atmosphere causing weather changes.
HAARP is being used for weather modification, the military’s own record proves it, they’ve admitted it within their own documents and yet they still deny it to the public. Dr Brooks Agnew has researched the ELF wave technology for the past thirty years and is convinced HAARP’s affect on the ionosphere does alter the weather.
HAARP is one of several ELF wave transmitters located all over the globe. The United States owns, and operates three of them. One in Gakona, AK. One in Fairbanks, AK and one in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Russia has one near Vasilsursk, and the European Union has one near Tromso, Norway.
Working in tandem, these transmitters could potentially alter weather anywhere in the world. Changing the jet streams course entirely. Triggering massive rainstorms or droughts. Even hurricane steering would be possible by heating up the atmosphere and building up high pressure domes that could deflect or change the course of hurricanes.
The US government is firm in its position that HAARP is just an atmospheric research facility, but is it more than coincidence that since going online that some experts have reported strange weather anomalies including massive floods, hurricanes, and earthquakes.
HAARP went online in 1994 and construction continued until 2007. There are reportedly a total of 5 known of ionic heaters including HAARP in the world today. There are possibly 20 other ionospheric heaters in existence all over the world today. There’s no conclusive proof that any of them are used as weather weapons, although they do have the ability to manipulate the ionosphere.
And that brings us to something else. In December 2001, scientists at Ames Research Center in Palo Alto CA made a discovery. In studying more than 100 earthquakes with magnitudes of 5.0 or greater, they find that almost all of them are preceded by electrical disturbances in the ionosphere. Could there be a connection to HAARP or a facility like it?
Dr Agnew experienced the power of ELF waves firsthand back in the 1980’s. He was hired by an energy company to locate oil and gas using the same kind of ELF waves at much lower frequencies to carry out his search. It’s a process called earth tomography. But during one particular incident, Dr Agnew believes his use of HAARP like ELF waves accidently triggered an earthquake.
‘It was in the spring of 1987, we arrived in Roseburg, OR to use our ELF technology to search for oil and gas. Setting up that day, we had a little bit different results that we expected because the instant that we energized it, there was between a 4 to 4.5 earthquake on the Richter scale earthquake that occurred. We were so amazed about what seemed to be cause and effect. We get to an area that has a high propensity for earthquakes in an area known as a Mega Thrust Fault Line of the Pacific Northwest. We turn it on and an earthquake occurs.’
When HAARP’s broadcast array in Gakona, Alaska sends pulses of ELF waves into the ionosphere, the waves get reflected back down and pass through the earth and the ocean. If 3.6 million watts of ELF waves were purposely or accidently aimed at an already unstable fault line, it could, according to Dr Agnew, cause a tremendous earthquake.
Conspiracy theorists believe HAARP is responsible for triggering earthquakes in enemy territories like Iran, China, and rogue parts of Afghanistan over the past 3 years.
But HAARP’s startling potential doesn’t end there. Some say, its linked to a strange phenomena occurring in our skies, that is, chemtrails. In recent years peculiar cloud formations have been appearing in our skies all over the world, increasing in frequency. I think most of us in North America have wondered at these plumes criss crossing the sky in grid patterns, parallel rows and the now familiar X ‘s. And many of us have wondered what these trails are.
While highly speculative, some researches suggest these strange cloud formations are another agent of weather warfare. They first appear to be simply contrails, coming from high flying jet airplanes. But these trails linger in the sky for many hours. Some even for an entire day. Forming an artificial cloud.
The theory is that chemtrails are being used in conjunction with HAARP. By spraying metal oxides in the air above enemy territory skies, then directing ELF waves to heat those metal oxides. The temperature of the sky is raised to more than 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Preventing the accumulation of water vapor, that would otherwise form clouds and produce rainfall.
The ELF waves that HAARP produces, bounce off the ionosphere and are able to curve around the earth over the horizon to the ground, making any point on the globe well within reach. Imagine the effects of chemtrails on the battlefield, causing extended droughts in enemy countries. Drying up their resources. Forcing surrender.
Just as terrifying, is another form of weather being weaponized. Rain that can trigger devastating floods and wipe cities clean off the map. If you can make it rain. You can have a profound effect on the battlefield. One of the critical elements of launching a weatherized battle is being able to control rain and unleash floods.
In history there is a chilling example of a flood that may have been accidently triggered by weather weapons. August 15, 1952 near the small town of Lynnmouth, England, a massive rainstorm strikes. The rivers swells. Scores die. It’s estimated that 250 times as much rain fell in a period of 24 hours as normally fell in an entire month. The EastLynn and West Lynn Rivers flood their banks. According to the BBC 90 million tons of water sweep down into the town of Lynnmouth, 35 people were killed, bodies wash out to sea and are never found. Trees are uprooted forming dams behind bridges creating walls of water that carry huge boulders into the village destroying shops and hotels and homes.
Was this just a freak act of nature? The prevailing theory is that it may have been a British military experiment gone bad as they have been known conducting cloud seeding tests around that same time. Allegedly, early in the morning on Aug 15th 1952, some witnesses have reported seeing Royal Air Force jets flying in the area. At times, disappearing from sight, flying high above the cloud bank. Were they on a routine training mission or as some people speculate, were they dumping payloads of silver iodide into the clouds. Silver Iodide is one of the most common chemicals used for cloud seeding. It forces the tiny ice crystal that make up the cloud to fuse together. Once enough tiny ice crystals fuse together they become heavy and fall to the earth in the form of rain. And on that fateful day in August 1952, rain fell in record amounts. Did the Royal Air Force embark on daring cloud seeding experiments without public knowledge?’
Some people reported seeing aircraft undertaking strange manuvuers and it subsequently emerged that there was an experiment codenamed ‘Operation Cumulus which was indeed an attempt at weather modification. Interestingly, many of the documents relating to Operation Cumulus, have disappeared and are not available from the National Archives.
A little over a decade later, the U.S. military conducted experiments to bring weather to the battlefield. In October 1966, the Vietnam war was in full swing. U.S. military scientists were devising a way to slow down enemy forces using the weather. The US employed a ground breaking military directive called Project Popeye. Project Popeye was a weather modification program that involved cloud seeding, and the idea behind that was to produce or exaggerate the monsoon rains that are traditional in that region.
Experiments were carried out beforehand with the military aircraft dropping silver iodide crystals in clouds over the Laos panhandle in the SeKong River Valley. Fifty cloud seeding runs were conducted. 82% of the clouds seeded produced rain within a brief period of time.
The goal of Operation Popeye was to extend the monsoon season and create and inordinate amount of rainfall by seeding clouds over the Ho Chi Min Trail. The Ho Chi Min Trail was a primary supply route by which the North Vietnamese army really supplied its troops by operating combat forces in South Vietnam as well as supplying the VietCong. So it was the most significant logistical center of gravity to the North Vietnamese and it was an important objective for the United States and our allies of Vietnam to try to interrupt that supply line to cut off those supplies to the enemies.
Operation Popeye’s objectives are to soften road surfaces on the Ho Chi Min Trail, cause landslides along roadways and wash out river crossings. The military had their own catch phrase as a result of this program and it was make mud not war. They flew over 2,600 missions from a period of 1966 to 1972 and it is believed that it did exacerbate the amount of rainfall and probably extended the monsoon season by 30-45 days.
Operation Popeye showed that weather can be brought to the battlefield as rain. But can it be weaponized in the form of a hurricane? Some say it already has. On August 23rd 2005, the National Weather service is tracking an unassuming storm forming over the Bahamas. A storm this size rarely damages building or takes lives, in fact at this point it’s simply known as Tropical Depression 12. But that will change. It will unexpectedly grow into the mother of all storms. A category 5 hurricane, with winds up to 175mph. Its name: Hurricane Katrina.
When Katrina slams into the Gulf Coast of the United States, it will become one of the deadliest disasters in U.S. History. Costing 81 billion dollars in property damage and claiming more than 1,800 lives. Like other hurricanes of that era Katrina showed some very peculiar movements never before seen in a major hurricane. During the 2005 hurricane season were some very strange and amazing anomalies that should not have happened. One of the things that many of the hurricane tracts were almost straight lines, and hurricanes don’t go in straight lines.
Some people believe that Katrina hit where it hit, with the power that it struck, because of Russian or Chinese weather control experiments. Just before coming onshore Katrina did an abrupt 90 degree turn hard left and went down the beach for a substantial ways before coming onshore. So we have speculations that our enemies have been throwing hurricanes at us. We were being ‘bombarded, attacked’ with the weather. To direct and control a hurricane gives you power at least equivalent to nuclear weapons. A hurricane could be an ultimate weapon of war.
The very next year after Katrina something strange happened. According to the National Weather Service not a single hurricane made landfall in 2006. Could the U.S. military be using HAARP to fend hurricane attacks? In a regular high pressure zone above the Southeastern United States points to this conclusion according to Jerry Smith. This High pressure dome has never existed before, its never been seen to have a high pressure dome parked over the southeastern United States within the entirety of a hurricane season. It’s NEVER happened before. And it’s happened 3 years in a row now.
This high pressure dome worked like the rubber bumpers on a pinball machine and every hurricane like a pinball hit it and bounced off safely going back out to sea. The date coincidence of HAARP being completed and this buffer being in effect I think is very telling.
Today, nations still deny weaponizing weather, but there are suggestions to the contrary. The US Airforce Report ‘Weather as a Force Multiplier: Owning the Weather in 2025’ outlines the military’s desire to exploit and manipulate the weather for the purpose of war by 2025. According to one of the most harrowing lines in the report quote. ‘Weather modification is a force multiplier with tremendous power that could be exploited across the full spectrum of war fighting and environments’ end quote.
The 2025 report on the weather was essentially a military analysis of ‘what could we do’. Whether it was to create rainfall, create drought conditions, the idea was by 2025 we would be able to manipulate virtually every aspect of weather. The rationale for this is really the ultimate war is if you never have to fire a round and nobody ever knew who launched the fight and this is what weather warfare offers militaries around the world.
With the deadline of 2025 quickly approaching the future of weather warfare is cause for concern. The worst case scenario is that satellite based weapons systems will turn the earths weather on its head. It could rain in the desert and have a heat wave in the Artic. If an enemy could change the jet stream over in North America it could plunge North America into an ice age
Fifty years from now geophysical manipulation of the planet could be the weapon of war. Where its not bombs and bullets its earthquakes, its tidal waves manipulation of weather systems. Those become the future of warfare. When we talk about weather warfare we are talking about death technology. This has nothing to do with enhancing life. The aim of weather warfare is catastrophic environmental destruction and horrific loss of life.
In the future he who can control the weather will probably control the earth.”25
Now wait a second, we have the technology in different places around the world to control the weather or even make an earthquake? Uh yeah. It would appear so. It’s called HAARP. In fact, one thing they left out was that this same technology could be used to create a type of death ray that could be beamed over the atmosphere and then down anywhere on the planet to an intended target.
“Plasma physicist Bernard Eastlund explains that it is possible for a HAARP beam to take a part of the atmosphere and push it up further.
Earth Tomographer Brooks Agnew says that they are not paying attention to the ionosphere while it is being held 80 miles out into space by this high energy beam. He says during that time the ionosphere is heating up and creating energy that can discharge back down the radio beam and strike the earth with 100 times the energy released from a thunderbolt.
He further explains that once a ‘solar tap’ is formed, and the ionosphere actually discharges, the electrons and energy will come from all over the ionosphere and will strike the ground in a bolt which is a hundred times greater than any lightning bolt imaginable, and it will not strike one time, but rather 30-40 times per second until there is no longer any energy to flow from the ionosphere through that tap.
Also when it strikes the ground it will vaporize the ground, water, or whatever it happens to hit, like three or four Mt. Saint Helens Volcanoes going off each second that the bolt discharges.”26
And so if you put all this together with our passage, imagine the level of deception and chicanery of the False Prophet, what he has to work with at his fingertips. If you don’t worship the antichrist like I tell you to, I’ll cause a hurricane to take out your country. I’ll cause an earthquake to really mess you up. And if that doesn’t work, and I quote, “I’ll cause fire to come down from heaven, i.e. I’ll send a death ray with HAARP to take you out! Only I won’t tell you it’s HAARP!” The whole time it’s phony, it’s a counterfeit, exactly like the Bible said would happen, in the Last Days, during the 7-year Tribulation.
But that’s not all. There’s one other interesting side-affect of this new HAARP technology. It also has the strange ability to send a beam down that can adversely affect the human brain. Check this out.
“Jean Manning is a journalist who stumbled into a strange world when she started asking questions about alternative energy sources and heard the story of an early 20th century inventor named Nicholas Tesla. Tesla is almost a cult hero, and an overlooked genius, and he has so many inventions that are at the basis of technologies that we have today.
Tesla talked about this Tesla shield around the planet and talked about particle beam weaponry, something called the death ray. Death ray? Jean wasn’t sure where all this was leading until “Mr. X” called again. And he said, “The maniacs are actually going to do it, up in Alaska.”
Zap incoming missles, disrupted global communications and engineer the weather and ready? There’s one more. Some people believe the technology being tested here could be used for sinister projects involving humans. Radio waves messing around with people’s brain waves.
The human mind is subject to being affected by radio frequency energy and that’s what this device is. In other words you can move the moods of large populations using this kind of technology.
Scientists have been experimenting with radio frequencies on animal’s brains for decades and the military has followed it all very closely. Especially, once it found that the Russians were on to it.
It was all kept a deep dark secret by the 2 superpowers. Back in the 60’s the Soviets began zapping the American Embassy in Moscow with a low frequency beam. No one knows for sure what they were up to but one theory is that they were trying to mess with people’s central nervous systems
and one report did say the diplomats got depressed a lot.
And HEY! Just think of all the nifty applications against the enemy. Why blow people up when you can drive them crazy. From documents dating back into the early 80’s we see that military had discussed the possibilities of
mind control through radio-frequency energy.
A 1982 Air Force report called Radio Frequency Energy- A major new research initiative and said that our “RF” energy can “disrupt normal purposeful behavior.” A 1987 military report called for more research on RF energy as a nonlethal weapon pointing out that most of the existing technology is classified and sure enough in 1993 there was a big
conference at Johns Hopkins University. Here, the entire conference was classified but the agenda wasn’t and weapons using extremely low radio frequency or ELF were listed as “a very attractive option.”
Is it just a coincidence that there’s been all of this talk and that HAARP will be experimenting with this, is that all just coincidence?
ELF waves produced from HAARP, when targeted on selected areas, can weather-engineer and create mood changes affecting millions of people. The United States is bathed in this magnetic field, so everyone can be affected and mind-controlled. The entire artificial ground wave spreads out over the whole of the USA like a web.
In 1963, Dr. Robert Beck explored effects of external magnetic fields on brainwaves showing a relationship between psychiatric admissions and solar magnetic storms. He exposed volunteers to pulsed magnetic fields similar to magnetic storms, and found a similar response. US 60 Hz electric power ELF waves vibrate at the same frequency as the human brain. UK 50 Hz electricity emissions depress the thyroid gland.
Dr. Andrija Puharich experimented discovering that…
A. 7.83 Hz (earth’s pulse rate) made a person feel good, producing an altered-state.
B. 10.80 Hz causes riotous behavior
C. 6.6 Hz causes depression.
The question is could they-would they? We believe they can and we believe they will. It happens to be in Alaska. It happens to be now.”27
Hmmm. So why would you want a technology to alter the human brain to make them feel agitated or put into a state of euphoria? Well, if you couple this with another new technology called, “The Voice of God Weapon” or “Sonic Projector” that’s put out by DARPA or Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and you got some serious deception going on. This is a weapon that can actually beam a sound of someone speaking into a microphone at your head without you seeing or hearing where it came from and it actually sounds like the voice is coming from inside your head. Here, check it out for yourself.
“Imagine a weapon that creates sound that only you can hear. Science fiction? No, this is one area that has a very solid basis in reality. The Air Force has experimented with microwaves that create sounds in people’s head (which they’ve called a possible psychological warfare tool), and American Technologies can ‘beam’ sounds to specific targets with their patented HyperSound (and yes, I’ve heard/seen them demonstrate the speakers, and they are shockingly effective).
Now the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is jumping on the bandwagon with their new ‘Sonic Projector’ program. The goal of the Sonic Projector program is to provide Special Forces with a method of surreptitious audio communication at distances over 1 km.
Here’s the question of the day: if the military were to beam voices into somebody’s head, what would they say?’
And check out what this article said:
‘Lightning guns, heat rays, weapons that can make you hear the voice of God. This is what happens when the war on terror meets the entrepreneurial spirit.
‘This is very clandestine,’ Pete Bitar whispered, as his red Dodge Caravan idled in the parking lot of a Burger King near Fort Belvoir. ‘They called last week, and they wanted delivery this week.’
It did feel a little clandestine, if a bit unlikely. Yet there, in the Burger King parking lot, a small transaction in America’s war on terror was about to take place. In the minivan were Bitar, the president and founder of Xtreme Alternative Defense Systems (XADS), Edward Fry, the company’s research coordinator, and George Gibbs, of Marine Corps Systems Command, who two years ago plucked Bitar’s obscure company out of its paper existence and provided it with more than half a million dollars in Pentagon funding.
Bitar had battled start-up disappointments and even ridicule – not to mention January cold and Beltway rush-hour traffic – to seal his first Pentagon deal. The procurement order had gone through so quickly that the Indiana-based Bitar, who was in town for a conference, agreed to make his final delivery at the Burger King to avoid the hassle of getting onto the Virginia Army base.
Bitar flipped open a case containing his first sale: the ‘dazzler,’ one in a line of about a half-dozen ‘nonlethal’ weapons that XADS is marketing to the military. It looked like an executive pen: slick, green and flecked with gold. But the pen was really a green laser designed to disorient and temporarily blind an enemy. Sale price: $1,100 apiece.
Supercharged versions of commercial laser pointers, dazzlers are the lowest-tech of Bitar’s weapons, and they’re not what initially caught the Pentagon’s eye. Rather, it was his concept for a gun that could shoot bolts of artificial lightning to paralyze, but not kill, an enemy, like a ‘Star Trek’ phaser set on stun. Bitar learned that the Pentagon was seeking ideas for a taser gun. It was like being struck by lightning. He dusted off his decade-old idea and, in 2002, was granted a contract to develop his lightning gun.
Gibbs, the Marine Corps official who first funded Bitar, has a fondness for edgy ideas. A chemical engineer and longtime proponent of nonlethal weaponry, Gibbs funds other offbeat projects, such as Medusa, an attempt to develop a weapon that uses low-power microwaves – believed to cause an audible buzzing in subjects’ heads – to make people think God is speaking to them. Another such weapon would use beams of energy to make people dizzy and lose their balance.
But ideas are what Bitar overflows with. His latest is to use ultrasonic waves in the dazzler not to just blind enemies, but also to convey messages into their heads, similar to Gibbs’s Medusa project. Hearing voices from God is a ‘big thing’ in Arab culture, according to Bitar. ‘We flash-blind them. And, while their eyes are shut, you could send a recorded message or deep guttural voice that echoes in the inside of their head. They’re looking around, ‘Hey, did you hear that?’’’
Bitar laughed. ‘That’s the psych warfare side of this thing.’
XADS had also added a new acoustic weapon called Screech, which true to its name emits an ear-piercing shriek designed to disperse crowds and cause headaches, Bitar said.
Bitar’s technology is based on a technique pioneered more than 100 years ago by the eccentric Serbian inventor Nikola Tesla. The StunStrike uses an electrical charge to break down the air in front of the weapon to create a path for sparks generated by a ‘resonant transformer,’ better known as a Tesla coil. Unlike a typical Tesla coil, however, Bitar’s invention uses electronics to tune and direct the spark stream.
‘We can tune it all the way down so it feels like broom bristles, and all the way up to knock you down,’ Bitar informed a group of gawkers.
But Bitar noticed that foreign militaries were the most interested in his weapons, and officials from Asia, the Middle East and Europe had all visited his booth. ‘It’s kind of weird, especially because when it comes to weapons, you’d rather arm your own country than someone else,’ he said.
But he shrugged and added, ‘A customer is a customer.’
And finally, put all this together with what this article revealed:
‘No one ever notices what’s going on at a Radio Shack. Outside a lonely branch of the electronics store, on a government-issue San Diego day in a strip mall where no one is noticing much of anything, a bluff man with thinning, ginger hair and preternaturally white teeth is standing on the pavement, slowly waving a square metal plate toward people strolling in the distance. ‘‘Watch that lady over there,’’ he says, unable to conceal his boyish pride for the gadget in his giant hand. ‘‘This is really cool.’’
Woody Norris aims the silvery plate at his quarry. A burly brunette 200 feet away stops dead in her tracks and peers around, befuddled. She has walked straight into the noise of a Brazilian rain forest – then out again. Even in her shopping reverie, here among the haircutters and storefront tax-preparers and dubious Middle Eastern bistros, her senses inform her that she has just stepped through a discrete column of sound, a sharply demarcated beam of unexpected sound. ‘‘Look at that,’’ Norris mutters, chuckling as the lady turns around. ‘‘She doesn’t know what hit her.’’
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Norris is demonstrating something called HyperSonic Sound (HSS). The aluminum plate is connected to a CD player and an odd amplifier – actually, a very odd and very new amplifier – that directs sound much as a laser beam directs light. Over the past few years, mainly in secret, he has shown the device to more than 300 major companies, and it has slackened a lot of jaws.
As Norris continues to baffle shoppers by sniping at them with the noises he has on this CD (ice cubes clanking into a glass, a Handel concerto, the plash of a waterfall), some are spooked, and some are drawn in. Two teenage girls drift over from 100 feet away and ask, in bizarre Diane Arbus-type unison, ‘‘What is that?’’
Norris responds with his affable mantra – ‘‘In’nat cool?’’ – before going into a bit of simplified detail: how the sound waves are actually made audible not at the surface of the metal plate but at the listener’s ears. He doesn’t bother to torment the girls with the scientific gymnastics of how data are being converted to ultrasound then back again to human-accessible frequencies along a confined column of air.
‘‘See, the way your brain perceives it, the sound is being created right here,’’ Norris explains to the Arbus girls, lifting a palm to the side of his head. ‘‘That’s why it’s so clear. Feels like it’s inside your skull, doesn’t it?’’
In the years Norris has demonstrated HSS, he says, that’s been the universal reaction: the sound is inside my head. So that’s the way he has started to describe it.
Just to check the distances, I pace out a hundred yards and see if the thing is really working. Norris pelts me with the Handel and, to illustrate the directionality of the beam, subtly turns the plate side to side. And the sound is inside my head, roving between my ears in accord with each of Norris’s turns.
The applications of directional sound go quite a bit beyond messing with people at strip malls, important as this work may be. Norris is enthusiastic about all of the possibilities he can propose and the ones he can’t.
Imagine, he says, walking by a soda machine (say, one of the five million in Japan that will soon employ HSS), triggering a proximity detector, then hearing what you alone hear – the plink of ice cubes and the invocation, ‘‘Wouldn’t a Coke taste great right about now?’’
Or riding in the family car, as the kids blast Eminem in the back seat while you and the wife play Tony Bennett up front. Or living in a city where ambulance sirens don’t wake the entire neighborhood at 4 a.m. Or hearing different and extremely targeted messages in every single aisle of a grocery store – for instance, near the fresh produce, ‘‘Hey, it’s the heart of kiwi season!’’
A sampling of the companies that are in active talks with A.T.C. includes Wal-Mart, McDonald’s, Dolby Laboratories, both Coca-Cola and Pepsi, major TV networks and film studios, cellphone makers and museums all over the world, to say nothing of the world’s big-ticket speaker manufacturers.
The U.S.S. Carl Vinson and the U.S.S. Winston S. Churchill are now equipped with A.T.C. speakers, and the Navy has expressed interest in outfitting every carrier in the fleet.
‘‘The L.A.P.D. wants to try it on high-crime alleys,’’ Norris says. ‘‘The Army might use HSS for decoy troop movements. And Disney is nuts about it!’’
Even Florida Power and Light has been given a taste. It seems endangered canaries have been sparking themselves to death on power lines and could do with some warning.
Not surprisingly, people who’ve heard of HSS have responded variously. On any given day, Norris might receive 17 e-mail messages from a company in Hong Kong begging to manufacture HSS – and several from civilians who think he’s either a genius or a psychopath. One man recently wrote to insist that Norris ‘‘be jailed’’ if he fields this product (curiously, sending this demand to Norris). And a woman wants to secretly install HSS in her lover’s car or golf bag so that she may continually transmit a message deep into his head: Marry Donna…Marry Donna.
Scientists at NASA once got wind of an offhand remark he had made about wireless receivers and flew him to Texas; they’d been having trouble with boom microphones slipping around inside space helmets. ‘‘Suddenly I hear these words coming out of my mouth,’’ Norris recalls: ‘‘ ‘Well, I can give you a one-piece system so you won’t need a boom mike at all. The sound can come through the bones in your head!’ And the NASA guys were, like, ‘Yeah. Right.’ ‘‘ Thirty days later, Norris had a prototype, which the space agency grabbed with both hands. Norris translated the concept into an ‘‘all-in-your-ear headset’’ that came to be called Jabra.
In reality, HIDA is both warning and weapon. If used from a battleship, it can ward off stray crafts at 500 yards with a pinpointed verbal warning. Should the offending vessel continue to within 200 yards, the stern warnings are replaced by 120-decibel sounds that are as physically disabling as shrapnel. Certain noises, projected at the right pitch, can incapacitate even a stone-deaf terrorist; the bones in your head are brutalized by a tone’s full effect whether you’re clutching the sides of your skull in agony or not. ‘‘Besides,’’ Norris says, laughing darkly, ‘‘grabbing your ears is as good as a pair of handcuffs.’’
Most of the sounds under military consideration are classified, but some are approved for public consumption. One truly harrowing noise is that of a baby crying, played backward, and combined with another tone.
‘HIDA can instantaneously cause loss of equilibrium, vomiting, migraines – really, we can pretty much pick our ailment,’’ he says brightly.
Norris prods his assistant to locate the baby noise on a laptop, then aims the device at me. At first, the noise is dreadful – just primally wrong – but not unbearable. I repeatedly tell Norris to crank it up (trying to approximate battle-strength volume, without the nausea), until the noise isn’t so much a noise as an assault on my nervous system. I nearly fall down and, for some reason, my eyes hurt. When I bravely ask how high they’d turned the dial, Norris laughs uproariously. ‘‘That was nothing!’’ he bellows. ‘‘That was about 1 percent of what an enemy would get. One percent!’’ Two hours later, I can still feel the ache in the back of my head.
So unlike sound that travels on radio waves and has to be converted by your stereo’s receiver, you simply need to be standing in the path of an HSS beam in order to hear the sound.’”28
And so if you put all this together, HAARP and the Voice of God weapon and other internal sound devices and it just so happens you have precise the instruments the Occult believes are needed for the ultimate deception in the Last Days to get people around the world to worship and receive the antichrist. Here’s what they are waiting for.
“The occult believes that once all the world’s religions come together, (and they’re expecting it soon) a religious leader will be chosen to be earth’s religious spokesman and this spokesperson will then encourage all the people of the world to accept a new world leader, who will suddenly appear on the scene.
And interestingly enough, the occult is in agreement that none of this can fully take place until the people who will never go along with this One World Religion are out of the way. Can anyone guess who that might be? That’s right! Christians!
In fact, they say that these people who are restraining or holding things up won’t necessarily die, but will somehow mysteriously disappear, or in their words, ‘Elect to leave this dimension as if going to another room.’”
Hey, that sounds like the rapture of the Church, doesn’t it?
“And they believe once these people leave this earth, the occult says the new world leader will take his rightful place over the world. And then, and only then, will it be possible to build a combination Temple-Church-Mosque in Jerusalem, which will then finally break the Middle East log jam, which just so happens to sound like what the antichrist is going to do with Israel by signing a peace treaty that starts the actual 7-year Tribulation.
But they also believe that just minutes before the antichrist arises, some supernatural sound will be heard and spiritually felt by everybody on the planet simultaneously. At no other moment in world history will so many people be impacted at once. This action is designed to get everyone looking around as to what caused this sound.”
In fact, it just happens there’s a recent flood of reports all over the world of people are saying how they’re hearing all kinds of strange sounds from the sky as this man shares:
“We have all heard about the strange sounds being heard around the world. The best that anyone can figure is they started about mid 2011 and have escalated since the beginning of 2012.
They are being reported in virtually every part of the globe, Canada, Asia, Europe, Central and South America and the USA. They are being reported as loud rumblings, tornado like, groaning, low pitch roar, rushing air or water, scraping of metal, loud freight train, trumpets, deep vibrations, they last for one or two minutes or they can go on for days. While most are a low type rumble some are a loud bang or a series of loud booms that last for minutes or hours.
Some have actually called it a ‘skyquake’. They have reportedly set off car alarms, freaked out dogs, cats, farm animals and they certainly have made mainstream media news reports. Some say it is coming from the sky while others claim it’s coming from the earth. It seems that almost everyone rules out a mechanical sound such as planes, trains or helicopters.
Speculation is running rampant, things people have put forward, Pole Shift, Atmospheric anomalies, the start of UFO Disclosure, HAARP (High Frequency Active Aurora Research Program), Government diversion to divert attention, End Times fast approaching, etc.
The quantity of the reports is overwhelming, the reasons given for these strange noise runs the gamut from plausible to bizarre and the truth is no one really knows what is actually causing this phenomena. If you speak with those that have heard these strange sounds there is no doubt in your mind that they are real. Until the mystery is solved we can only sit back and listen!”29
Could this be the False Prophet’s practice run?
“Then with everyone’s attention aroused, images of antichrist will appear simultaneously over the entire earth speaking to mankind, each in his own language. The “sign and wonders” will have begun.
Here the antichrist will appear as a man to a man and a woman to a woman. He will appear as a white to a white, as a black to a black, as an Indian to an Indian, etc. It makes no difference whether you are viewing him in person or on Television. Thus, “He will show that he is all things to all people”30
But hey, we don’t have the technology to create a massive vision in the sky to dupe people do we? Uh, yeah. In fact, it just so happens some pretty massive ones have recently appeared in China.
“ITN, a broadcast network in Britain, posted video last week of a stunning mirage in East China that features a city skyline, replete with what appear to be buildings and trees, but in fact, the images were just an elaborate optical illusion.
The amazing mirage appeared over Huanshan City East China at dusk on Thursday. Following a heavy downpour, the spectacular images of mountains, buildings, and trees appeared in the thin mist above the Xin’an River.
The phenomenon began about 5:00pm local time to the amazement of passersby. One lady who witnessed the event stated, ‘It’s really amazing. It looks like a scene in a movie, in a fairy land.’
This is not the first time mirages like thishave been reported in China. In 2006, China Daily, an English language newspaper, posted four images of what it said were mirages off the coast of Eastern China’s Shandong province.
Although residents say that similar sites have been seen lately, most agreed that this one had been the most spectacular.”31
You talk about deception! What did the text say? In the Last Days the False Prophet is going to use false signs and wonders, and counterfeit miracles, to dupe the world into worshipping the antichrist. Why should I listen when people warn me about the soon return of Jesus Christ? Because never before in the history of mankind have we had the technology to pull this off until now! That’s why we need to listen!
Oh, but that’s still not all. The third Bible passage that’s being fulfilled in minute detail thanks to the rise of Modern Technology is The Death and Demands of the Antichrist.
Revelation 13:14-15 “Because of the signs he was given power to do on behalf of the first beast, he deceived the inhabitants of the earth. He ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived. He was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that it could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed.” (NIV)
Now folks, here we see rest the infamous passage concerning the False Prophet and the antichrist and it tells us the ultimate goal of the False Prophet’s deception. And that’s to get people to what? To worship the antichrist or to be killed, right? But that’s not all. At some point, the antichrist is going to die or “appear” to die, because remember, his tactics as we already saw are characterized by counterfeit signs, wonders, and miracles, he’s a liar and deceiver. And so after this death or “alleged” death the False Prophet is going to set up an image or likeness of the antichrist that can actually speak and cause all who refuse to worship it, the antichrist, to die!
And so that’s the question. Do we see any kind of technology on the planet that could help fake the death of the antichrist and create some sort of life-like talking image that can interact with people, even causing their death? Uh, yeah! In fact, it’s a combination of several new technologies put together that have arisen on the planet, for the first time in man’s history, that can now pull it off. And the first new technology that makes it all possible is 3-D Holograms. Folks, we now have the ability to broadcast a life-like 3-D images of anyone anywhere on the planet. In fact, they’re getting so commonplace now that they’re even use them in news broadcasts. Check it out these various examples of hologram technology being used today.
“Holy holograms, was that Princess Leia on CNN during election night?
No, it was just Jessica Yellin, a CNN correspondent. CNN beamed her image from Chicago to the CNN press center in New York City, where Wolf Blitzer and the rest of the team were covering election returns.
Yellin, who claimed she was the first person to be beamed in a ‘hologram’ on live TV, explained for the audience how this was done. She said she was standing in a tent outside of the Obama headquarters in Chicago where the CNN crew had set up 35 high-definition cameras in a ring. She stood in the center of this ring and the cameras picked up her every movement and transmitted the image in 3D to the studio in New York.
At one point during his interview with Yellin, Blitzer commented that he felt bringing Yellin into the studio via hologram created a more intimate setting for their interview.
Whatever technique CNN used, there’s no doubt that it looked it cool. And it conjured up some futuristic thoughts of Star Trek and Star Wars.
Telstra, the Australian phone company, used a hologram earlier this year to beam its chief technology officer from Melbourne to a business meeting about 460 miles away in Adelaide. Cisco Systems has also used holograms in demonstrations to talk about its telepresence products.”
“Environmental enthusiast Prince Charles has delivered a speech to a green energy conference in Abu Dhabi – as a hologram. He may not be known as the most modern of men, butthe Prince of Wales’ concern for the planet has catapulted him straight into the 21st Century.
He was keen to prove his green credentials by noting that if he had chosen to appear in person, his long-haul flight would have emitted around 15 tons of carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas which is causing global warming.
So he appeared as a hologram to congratulate Abu Dhabi for its plans to harness the power of natural resources to create a new zero carbon city called Masdar.
As the 3D image vanished, he left the audience with the words: ‘I am now going to vanish into thin air, leaving not a carbon footprint behind!’
The speech by the 3D version of Charles was recorded in person at Highgrove last year, using technology from British multimedia firm Musion.
Prince Charles is not the first famous figure to use the technology.
David Beckham recorded a message in LA, appearing as a hologram in London. Richard Branson has also given virtual speeches, as did Al Gore during his Live Earth concerts last year.
But the most exciting thing is that those behind the technology have already tried out a live hologram – in other words, they have the technology to make people appear as a hologram in real time from anywhere in the world.
Mr O’Connell said: ‘There has been one successful test which carried a full High Definition signal 11,000 miles from San Jose in America to Bangalore in India. The hologram that appeared was very similar to the one of Prince Charles, but it could interact with the crowd and the people on stage via special screens. I think that is the future for this technology.’”
“Tupac Shakur (who died in 1996) appeared in concert at the Coachella music festival Sunday night, wowing audiences who watched his image rap with Snoop Dogg.
And now, the Wall Street Journal is reporting (with the puntastic headline “Rapper’s De-Light”) that the late rapper, despite having died in a shooting 15 years ago, may be going on tour.
The team pulled together Tupac’s performance by looking at old footage and creating an animation that incorporated characteristics of the late singer’s movements.
AV Concepts president Nick Smith told the Journal that the company had used the technology to digitally resurrect some deceased executives – though he gave no details on that.
Over at MTV, writer Gil Kaufmann questioned whether the success of the virtual Tupac would set a trend, particularly for performances including multiple artists. The potential for a surprise appearance from a beloved celebrity performer could be a draw for audiences.”32
What? You mean to tell me we have the technology to beam an image of a person, even a dead person, or world leader that’s not even live? Wouldn’t that come in handy for the death or “alleged” death of the antichrist?
But that’s not all. We can not only have a 3-D image of someone interacting with us anywhere on the planet, but now people are starting to interact with these images themselves, almost in a state of worship it, like with this Japanese Anime character.
“Everyone gets a little obsessed with famous musicians now and then, but things get really weird when the famous musician is actually just a piece of software. Hatsune Miku is a rising star in Japan and abroad, singing catchy J-pop that matches her blue-green hair. She’s also a virtual avatar created by Crypton Media using Yamaha’s Vocaloid voice synthesizer.
That hasn’t stopped her from amassing a legion of fans who really love her work. I mean really love it. Check out the crowd frantically waving glow-sticks and singing along with Hatsune Miku as she appears via a ‘3D hologram’ on stage in the videos below. Thanks to Klas Klazon for pointing us to these awesome HD clips of her work.
The performances are from the recently released Blu-Ray/DVD collection of Hatsune Miku’s latest sold out concert in Japan: 39 Giving Day. This girl, er…program?, can really rock.
If you want to know more about Crypton’s Hatsune Miku and similar Vocaloid based characters check out my earlier coverage. I’m not sure I’m a big fan of ‘her’ music, but Hatsune Miku certainly has star talent.
In these HD clips you can really see how eager the fans are, and how well they know her music. The mid-range shots of the crowd with Miku in the background also show how great her ‘hologram’ appears live on stage.
The high definition quality only goes to show that Hatsune Miku, and other virtual rockers on the rise, can hold their own against their real-world counterparts. Who knows, maybe these software singers will grow to dominate the world of music. After all, human pop stars already seem like they were created in a science lab, why not just take the next step?”33
Now folks, that’s not only freaky, but you supplant that character with the antichrist’s image and it sure looks like people are ready to do what he says worship me and my image! Is that freaky or what? But that’s still not all. You can now carry on an intelligent conversation with this image and even touch it for some serious interaction! Check this out!
“Lionhead Studios showed a video demonstrating a virtual child called Milo.
Able to recognize facial expressions and vocal emotions, Milo chatted with real-life demonstrator Claire.
Milo also threw her a pair of goggles (which she automatically grabbed for and then ‘put on’). Later, Milo grabbed a piece of paper that Claire held in front of the camera for a mere instant. Another aspect saw Claire splashing around virtual water in real-time.
Studio founder Peter Molyneux boasted that these were concepts even science fiction writers haven’t been able to dream up, and that the technology is here, now
Now it was finally my turn, and luckily I got a chance to experience the best part – direct speech with Milo. Molyneux asked me to say my name clearly in front of the screen and then take a step back. I did both and then when Peter asked me to take a step forward and I did, Milo immediately recognized me – ‘Oh, Hello Jeremy!’ Milo said before hopping out of his swing and walking up to greet me. Next he quipped, ‘I see you’re wearing blue today,’ in reaction to the blue shirt that I had on. I could hear the sound of impressed acknowledgments from the people standing behind me right afterwards.
‘Say something funny and see how he reacts,’ Molyneux said, but under the pressure of suddenly saying something witty I choked up and said something about Milo’s shirt being nice and that the drawing on it kind of looked like a backwards Yoda. Yeah, I know, not funny at all, but what was cool is that Milo recognized this and had a bit of a grimace on his face before turning his attention elsewhere.
And with that we were out of time. Even so, the potential for this game and how you could ultimately interact with the character is very high, and I’m excited to see where it goes next.”
Can you say, “touchable” hologram?
“Researchers at Tokyo University have come up with a technology that is a first and significant step away from the mouse and keyboard – touchable holograms.
Up until now, holography has been for the eyes only, and if you’d try to touch it, your hand would go right through. But now we have a technology that also adds the sensation of touch to holograms.
The technology consists of software that uses ultrasonic waves to create pressure on the hand of a user ‘touching the projected hologram.
Researchers are using two Wiimotes from Nintendo’s Wii gaming system to track a user’s hand.
The technology was introduced at SIGGRAPH, an annual computer graphics conference, and has so far only been tested with relatively simple objects.
But its inventors have big plans for touchable holograms in the future.
For example, it’s been shown that in hospitals, there can be contamination between people due to objects that are touched communally. But if you can change the switches and such into a virtual switch, then you no longer have worry about touch contamination. This is one application that’s quite easy to see.
Touchable holograms could be used for a wide variety of things. Everything from light switches to books with each appearing when needed, and then disappearing when not.
And holograms could replace the need for making new interfaces for technology, since they could be changed without having to make a new physical product.”34
Gee, I wonder if that’s what the antichrist is going to do? You combine Milo technology with the touchable hologram technology and voila! You have to reach out and literally touch the hand of the antichrist’s image and kiss it as a sign of your devotion or worship? And if you don’t you’re going to die! Either way, here’s the point! For the first time in mankind’s history, we’ve got the technology to pull it off!
But wait a second. What about the antichrist’s death or “alleged” death. Do we have the technology to “fake” or “give the appearance” of something like that going on? Uh, yeah! Folks, believe it or not, for the first time in man’s history, scientists believe they can actually now download a person’s brain into a computer thus preserve theoretically it for life! And if you combine that technology with the advancements their making in robotics, you can come up with a pretty life-like image. Check it out!
“It’s a conservative statement to say that by 2025 that we’ll be able to look inside your brain, see everything that going on all the interneural connections, all the synaptic clefts, all the neural transmitter strings in creating a huge database and copying down every detail and then reinstantiate that information in a neural computer of sufficient capacity and create basically a copy of the thinking process that takes place in your brain.
But that’s one scenario but it’s really an existence proof to show that we can tap the secrets of intelligence that exists in the human brain. Once we’ve scanned that information we can also understand and see how it’s organized and improve on it. We can extend it, we can make the memory a thousand times bigger, we can make it faster, we can expand the perceptual capabilities.
To transfer your mind to a computer, this seems to be the ultimate dream of many scientists. To liberate us from our old body that is becoming obsolete in this technological world. We then would go on living as free spirits in cyberspace. So in a way I might wind up living as a short cut of my own artificial intelligence that will allows us to have machines with human minds. I’m hoping we can fit it on a CD-Rom that’s 600 megabytes. I bet that’s what we need to copy a person.
So it’s a difficult time to predict what these new humans will be like. I think it’s important to include the third component which is the virtual, along with the artificial and along with the flesh but how that mixture goes together in a co-operative verses a competitive way. It’s hard to predict. It’s very interesting. It’s a great time to live in.
Reality and virtual reality are beginning to merge. We will be able to inject a certain number of nano-bots into our bodies where they will locate our brain cells and copy their functioning. With no effort we’ll get a new copy of our consciousness that will then send a software copy to a computer where more copies can be made. Or our consciousness will be allowed to merge with others souls in software programs. Then we will be ready to leave this planet and start the exploration of the universe.”35
Now, remind me again, why should I listen when people who warn me about the soon return of Jesus Christ? Oh, that’s right! Because never before in the history of mankind have we had the technology to pull this kind of intimate detail off, the image of the antichrist or even his pseudo-death, until now! That’s why you need to listen!
People of God, please don’t be fooled into thinking that by rushing here and there and by increasing your knowledge is where you’ll find rest. Because if you do, you will not only remain restless, but you may one day wake up to find yourself in the greatest time of unrest the world has ever known, the Great Tribulation. Just like the Bible said. When? In the last days.
And believe it or not, even with all this amazing evidence pointing to the signs of Christ’s soon return, some people still refuse to admit the truth and are in certain danger, like these people:
“One day a group of Florida senior citizens were sitting around talking about
their ailments when one person said, ‘My arms are so weak I can hardly hold this cup of coffee.’
‘Yes, I know.’ Replied another. ‘My cataracts are so bad I can’t even see my coffee.’
Then the person with the loudest voice of the group piped in, ‘Oh yeah, well it’s gotten to where I cannot hear anything anymore.’
Then a fourth person nodded weakly in agreement, ‘I know what you mean, I can’t turn my head because of the arthritis in my neck.’
‘Well, that’s nothing,’ claimed another ‘my blood pressure pills make me dizzy.’
‘You think that’s bad,” said another person, ‘Why I can’t even
remember what I’m doing half the time. If I don’t make myself a note I
forget what I am trying to do in the first place.’
Then an old wise man of the group winced and shook his head saying, ‘I guess that’s the price we pay for getting old.’
Then there was a short moment of silence and one woman cheerfully announced, ‘Well, it’s not that bad. Thank goodness we can all still drive.’”36
Now those people didn’t want to admit the truth, did they? And because of this they were not only a danger to themselves but to other people as well. And yet the Bible says that this refusal to admit the truth would be commonplace in the last days, just like it was with Noah.
Matthew 24:37-39 “When the Son of Man returns, it will be like it was in Noah’s day. In those days before the Flood, the people were enjoying banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat. People didn’t realize what was going to happen until the Flood came and swept them all away. That is the way it will be when the Son of Man comes.” (NLT)
People of God, I hope you’re not one of those who are too busy partying and acting like nothing will ever change. Because if you are, you might wake up one day and discover that you’ve been left behind. And you know what? God doesn’t want you left behind. Because He loves you and I, He has given us the warning sign of Modern Technology to show us that the Tribulation could be near and that Christ’s 2nd Coming is rapidly approaching. Jesus Himself said this:
Luke 21:28 “When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” (NIV)
Like it or not folks, we are headed for The Final Countdown. We don’t know the day or the hour. Only God knows. The point is, if you’re a Christian, it’s time to get busy. There’s a war going on and each of us needs to find something to do to serve the Lord while we still can. Folks, it’s high time we Christians speak up and declare the good news of salvation to those who are dying all around us. But please, if you’re not a Christian, give your life to Jesus today, because tomorrow may be too late! Just like the Bible said!
Study Questions
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Review
The first chapter in this book dealt with Sign #10 that shows that Christ’s Coming is right around the corner.
• What was that sign?
Answer: __________ _________________ _________________
Point of Discussion
What can you remember about the Jewish people in the end times?
This Chapter
• What is sign #9 that we’re in the last days of the final countdown before Jesus’ Coming?
Answer: ___________________ ___________________
Daniel 12:4 “But you, Daniel, close up and seal the words of the scroll until the time of the end. Many will rush here and there.”
“It’s only this last century alone that we’ve seen a major change in transportation.”
• How did people travel for thousands of years?
Answer: via ________________.
• What is the present avenue of travel on land and what is the average miles per year that we travel?
Answer: The ___________ and ______________ miles per year.
In the air, travel has also greatly increased. Put down some statistics concerning a Boeing 747:
• Can carry more than ___________ passengers.
• Can fly ___________ miles without refueling.
• Has ________ million parts.
• _________ miles of wiring.
• ________miles of tubing.
• A tail the size of a ____________________ building.
Now we’re traveling in outer space. We have space craft that can fly around our planet in _____________ minutes.
• What is no longer a myth?
Answer: _________________________
Scientists have successfully teleported light particles over a few miles.
• Who is the only one who can hold us back from rushing here and there?
Answer: ____________
• But what has this travel explosiveness produced in us?
Answer: Has made us _________________ and ___________________ like the Edomites of long ago…
Obadiah 1:3-4 “The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, You who live in the clefts of the rock, In the loftiness of your dwelling place, who say in your heart, Who will bring me down to earth?” Though you build high like the eagle, though you set your nest among the stars, From there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
Daniel 12:4 “But you, Daniel, close up and seal the words of the scroll until the time of the end. Many will go here and there and knowledge will increase.”
As Pastor Billy shares 13 proofs that there has been a gigantic explosion of knowledge with the last century, list as many as you can.
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• What two media avenues are reaching people all over the world?
Answer: _____________________ and the ______________________
This might explain how the three and a half days prophecy of the two witnesses in the following verse:
Revelation 11:9-10, “For three and a half days men from every people, tribe, language and nation will gaze on their bodies and refuse them burial. The inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.”
2 Timothy 3:1,7 “But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. Always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth.”
Point of Discussion
• Even though we have the most highly funded educational system in the world”, what are we producing?
Answer: The most _____________ ______________and ______________ children ever. Always learning and yet never able to come to the truth.
Why do you think all the modern technology could cause people a lot of unrest?
Rates of depression have been doubling every _______ years. ___________ is the third most common cause of death among young adults in North America. ____________________ _________________ are now commonplace.”
• What happens “the more we fill our lives with so-called timesaving devices”?
Answer: “The more _________________ we feel.
One researcher had this to say:
“This century’s mad dash of innovation has produced the most ______________, ____________ __________ ever.”
Our society is basically _____________ without _____________, which of course is one of the clinical definitions of _________________.”
• For many Christians, all over the world, what does the acrostic BUSY mean? B – ______________
U – ______________
S – ______________
Y – ______________
Point of Discussion: Can you think of any ways that we could be in bondage to satan’s hold?
• What is the only truth that can set us free?
Answer: Matthew 11:28, which reads, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Have you entered God’s place of rest, Jesus Christ? You need to make sure!
God is counting down the moments before His Son’s return. How? With the signs that He has given us that Jesus is coming soon.
What did Jesus, Himself say in Luke 21:28? “When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”
It is drawing near my friend. Be ready to meet Him before it’s too late!
Are you ready for Jesus Christ’s 2nd Coming?
Chapter Three
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Worldwide Upheaval
Well hey, believe it or not, one of the things I found in my office when I was moving in, was this diary thing, and listen to what happened on this day. The person said…
“As a bagpiper, I play many gigs. And recently, I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man. He had no family or friends, and so the service was to be at a pauper’s cemetery in the far corner of Las Vegas. Way out in the back country.
Well, I was not familiar with the backwoods of Vegas, so I got lost; and being a typical guy, I didn’t stop and ask for directions. So I finally arrived “an hour late” and I noticed the funeral guy had evidently gone and the hearse was nowhere in sight.
But then I noticed the diggers and the crew were still there, and they were eating lunch. So, I felt bad and apologized to the men for being late, and I went to the side of the grave and looked down, and the vault lid was already in place. I didn’t know what else to do, so I started to play.
The workers put down their lunches and began to gather around. I played out my heart and soul for this man with no family and friends. I played like I’ve never played before for this homeless man.
And as I played ‘Amazing Grace,’ the workers began to weep. They wept, I wept, we all wept together. And when I had finished, I packed up my bagpipes and started for my car. Though my head was hung low, my heart was full.
And as I was opening the door to my car, I heard one of the workers say, ‘I never seen nothin’ like that before, and I’ve been putting in septic tanks for twenty years.’”1
Apparently folks, that was the day when Pastor Jim switched to the trumpet! And how many of you guys would say that he had a serious rude awakening, you know what I’m saying? Uh huh! That’ll make you switch your mind on instruments in a hurry, won’t it? But that’s right folks, believe it or not, Pastor Jim is not alone. The Bible says one day the whole planet is going to be in for a rude awakening at the rapture of the Church and they’re going to be changing their tune real quick! And that’s because they just entered the 7-year Tribulation and it ain’t no joke! And for those of you who don’t know, the 7-year Tribulation and is not a party. It’s an outpouring of God’s wrath on a wicked and rebellious planet. In fact Jesus said in Matthew 24 it’s going to be a “time of greater horror than anything the world has ever seen or will ever see again. And that “unless that time of calamity is shortened, the entire human race will be destroyed.”
But praise God, God’s not only a God of wrath, He’s a God of love as well. And because He loves you and I, He’s given us many warning signs to show us when the Tribulation was near and Jesus Christ’s 2nd Coming was rapidly approaching. Therefore, in order to keep you and I from experiencing the ultimate bad day of being left behind, a serious rude awakening, we’re going to continue in our study, The Final Countdown. And so far we’ve already seen how the #10 sign on The Final Countdown was The Jewish People. And then last two times we saw how the #9 sign was Modern Technology. And there we saw that God lovingly foretold you and I that when we see across the world an Increase of Travel, an Increase of Information, and an Increase of Unrest and last time an Increase of Bible Fulfillment with the Death of the Two Witnesses, The Deception of the False Prophet, and The Death & Demands of the Antichrist showing us that we really have for the first time in mankind’s history the technology to pull all these things off. And therefore, the message is clear. Uh, you better wake up! This is a clear indicator from God, you’re living in the last days.
But that’s not all! That’s not the only sign God has given us to wake us up. The #8 sign on The Final Countdown is none other then Worldwide Upheaval. In other words, the planet is really going to get messed up! But don’t take my word for it. Let’s listen to God’s.
Matthew 24:1-8 ““Jesus left the temple and was walking away when His disciples came up to Him to call His attention to its buildings. Do you see all these things? He asked. I tell you the truth, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down. As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately. Tell us, they said, when will this happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?
Jesus answered: Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name, claiming, I am the Christ, and will deceive many. You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains.” (NIV)
Now folks, according to our text, the Bible is clear. One of the first signs to indicate that we are headed for Worldwide Upheaval and hence living in the last days, is that there would be what? An Increase of Famines. Now, the scoffer would look at this passage and sarcastically state, “Famines are no big deal, we’ve always had famines.” And granted yes, that is true. But not like we see today! People, we better wake up! In the last century alone, we have seen nothing short of an explosion of worldwide famines like never before. The World Health Organization estimates that while 1/3 of the world is well-fed, another 1/3 are under-fed and the final 1/3 is starving to death right now. Just in the 1990’s alone, 100 million children starved to death and a total of 4 million people will die this year alone. And this means that by the time you are done reading this chapter, about 200 people will have died due to food shortages.2
But the question is, how can there be such an increase of worldwide famine when we are living in the most technologically advanced era ever? Well, some are caused by war, embargoes, government corruption, or economic debt. But it’s also caused by overzealous environmentalists who have stirred up restrictions on the usage of fertilizers, which is one of the reasons why 12,000 square miles a year of Africa is now turning into desert.3 That doesn’t sound like saving the earth to me!
And speaking of deserts, the Africans are not the only ones with this problem. So are the Chinese. Today as we speak, China is losing 4,000 square miles of land to deserts each year. About 1/3 of their total land has now been covered by desert in the form of massive drifting sand dunes.4 And in just one of their famines, it killed an estimate 20-43 million people!5 In fact, throughout the world, a land area bigger then the state of Texas is becoming deserts, every single year.6 And no matter what people try to do to reverse it, the deserts just keep on coming. And so guess what? So will the famine. In fact, let’s take a look at just how bad it really is right now!
• In the Asian, African and Latin American countries, well over 500 million people are living in what the World Bank has called “absolute poverty.”
• Every year 15 million children die of hunger.
• For the price of one missile, a school full of hungry children could eat lunch every day for 5 years.
• Throughout the 1990’s more than 100 million children will die from illness and starvation. Those 100 million deaths could be prevented for the price of ten Stealth bombers, or what the world spends on its military in two days!
• One in twelve people worldwide is malnourished, including 160 million children under the age of 5.
• The Indian subcontinent has nearly half the world’s hungry people. Africa and the rest of Asia together have approximately 40%, and the remaining hungry people are found in Latin America and other parts of the world.
• Nearly one in four people, 1.3 billion - a majority of humanity - live on less than $1 per day, while the world’s 358 billionaires have assets exceeding the combined annual incomes of countries with 45 percent of the world’s people.
• 3 billion people in the world today struggle to survive on US $2/day.
• In 1994 the Urban Institute in Washington DC estimated that one out of 6 elderly people in the U.S. has an inadequate diet.
• In the U.S. hunger and race are related. In 1991 46% of African-American children were chronically hungry, and 40% of Latino children were chronically hungry compared to 16% of white children.
• The infant mortality rate is closely linked to inadequate nutrition among pregnant women. The U.S. ranks 23rd among industrial nations in infant mortality. African-American infants die at nearly twice the rate of white infants.
• One out of every eight children under the age of twelve in the U.S. goes to bed hungry every night.
• Half of all children under five years of age in South Asia and one third of those in sub-Saharan Africa are malnourished.
• In 1997 alone, the lives of at least 300,000 young children were saved by vitamin A supplementation programs in developing countries.
• Malnutrition is implicated in more than half of all child deaths worldwide - a proportion unmatched by any infectious disease since the Black Death.
• About 183 million children weigh less than they should for their age.
• To satisfy the world’s sanitation and food requirements would cost only US $13 billion - what the people of the United States and the European Union spend on perfume each year.
• The assets of the world’s three richest men are more than the combined GNP of all the least developed countries on the planet.
• Every 3.6 seconds someone dies of hunger.
• It is estimated that some 800 million people in the world suffer from hunger and malnutrition, about 100 times as many as those who actually die from it each year.7
Now folks, as gut-wrenching as that is, believe it or not, it’s projected to get even worse. And I quote, “There are fears over our global food supply.” Wheat prices have gone through the roof, countries are suffering their worst droughts on record, and food shortages have been the worst in the last 30 years, which has spawned riots on many different countries. And 800,000 children are expected to die just in the Horn of Africa alone!8
And lest you think it’s not going to hit here in America you’re wrong! And I quote, “Drought is spreading across 14 states from Florida to Arizona. And in Texas, where the drought is worst, virtually no part of the state has been untouched. And I quote, “The U.S. Department of Agriculture designated all 254 counties in Texas as natural disaster areas.”9 In fact, here’s the photo of how fast it’s spreading across America.
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Hmmm. Looks like it’s spreading just like China. As one person stated, “This is quite serious.” And another person stated, “We are headed for a global crisis…one that would match the current one in the banking sector,”11 only this one has to do with food.
And as bad as this is, right now, believe it or not, that’s nothing compared to what’s coming. Remember what Jesus said. All these signs of famine are just the beginning of birth pains, which means the “big one” is yet to come! For instance, ladies, how many of you found real fast, that the closer you got to the actual birth of your child that the pain got worse and worse and more intense until the actual birth of your child? It’s called birth pains and that’s the exact same verbiage Jesus used here. Which means, all these famines that we see right now, as bad as they are, are nothing compared to what is coming! It’s just a small tiny contraction compared to the big one that’s coming down the pike. Let’s take a look.
Revelation 6:5-6 “When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a day’s wages, and three quarts of barley for a day’s wages, and do not damage the oil and the wine!” (NIV)
Now folks, according to our text, here we see that the famine conditions during the first half of the 7-year Tribulation is going to be so bad that the whole world is going to be on some sort of global food distribution program just to stay alive. Only this time, to get your food you have to work for it. What’d it say? A quart of wheat was given for one day’s work, or you could get three quarts of barley for a days work. And for those of you who do not know, barley, back in the day, was basically poor man’s food, it was pretty much animal food with low nutritional value, so here’s the point. This famine in the 7-year Tribulation is so bad, you could either work a day and feed yourself with somewhat normal food, or you could work a day and feed a family of three with animal food just to stay alive. And for those of you who might be having a hard time conceptualizing what this might be like, let’s see how this family is surviving today, and you tell me if we’re not getting close to what the Bible talks about.
“Twelve million people are affected by this severe drought and this famine. 600,000 or more children are acutely malnourished. This is really like teetering on the brink of life or death.
The center of this crisis is the Horn of Africa. This is Somalia and Ethiopia and Kenya are the three main countries involved here. Where it’s worst right now is in Somalia. This is the most significant humanitarian crisis in the world today. The largest refugee camp in the world is growing day by day because of people who are escaping their country because of instability and a simple lack of food and water.
This happens family by family. One mom and dad waking up in the morning and realizing there’s nothing left, and they have to go. These families are setting out on a road trip usually on foot and they’re doing it in the most hazardous environment you can imagine. They are at risk of wild animals, banditry, people who don’t wish them well, and it’s scary.
One family really stands out in my mind is, that is a reflection on what’s really happening. They have a son about three years old, as old as my daughter, who became so desperate that he ate dirt just to have something in his belly. This is what parents have to deal with in the middle of nowhere where their child dies.”12
Now folks, the general rule in Biblical interpretation is that anything we can come up with in our minds to try to explain a text, usually pales in comparison to the actual reality. And so put yourself in that family’s shoes. They right now are eating dirt to stay alive, and as bad as that is, it pales in comparison to the actual famine conditions during the 7-year Tribulation. Which means, one day, if you refuse to accept Jesus Christ as your Personal Lord and Savior, your family is going to end up worse than that one!
Folks, as you can clearly see, the world is being shriveled like never before. Yes, we may have always had famines, but nothing like we see today. And as bad as it is now, it’s just a birth pain, a little one, a tiny one, compared to the big one that’s coming down the pike. Exactly like the Bible said would happen, when you are living in the last days.
Oh but that’s not all. The second sign to indicate that we are headed for Worldwide Upheaval and hence are living in the last days, is that there would be an Increase of Earthquakes.
Matthew 24:3,7,8 “As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. Tell us, they said, when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age? There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains.” (NIV)
And again, the scoffer would look at this passage and sarcastically state, “Earthquakes are no big deal, we’ve always had earthquakes.” And granted yes, that is true. We’ve always had earthquakes, but not like we see today! People, we better wake up! In the last century alone, we have seen nothing short of an explosion of worldwide earthquakes like never before, and the ground is cracking up all over the planet! And I quote, “Scientists are sounding the alarm: Mysterious cracks are appearing all across the planet!” Check it out for yourself.
• South America – Scientists don’t know what to think about South America busting at the seams. In Southern Peru, there suddenly appeared a huge crack almost 2 miles long and nearly 330 feet wide. Scientists are confused with this fact and cracks also appeared in neighboring Bolivia.
• Iceland – Lake Kleifarvatn in Iceland is disappearing due to a giant crack that appeared in the earth. The crack leads directly into the lake and disappears beneath the water. “If you put your ear to the ground, you can hear the lake draining. It sounds like water going down a sink.”
• Africa – A 1,640 foot long giant crack appeared in Africa in just a few days that normally would take years to form. Scientists believe this tear in the earth’s continental crust could eventually isolate Ethiopia and Eritrea from the rest of Africa. And lest you think it won’t hit here in America….
• Michigan – One day the land was flat and filled with trees shooting straight into the air. Twenty-four hours later there’s a 600-foot-long crack, 4-feet deep twisting its way through the woods - and those vertical trees are now pointed 30 degrees left and right where the earth has mounded 15 feet high. No, it’s not a disaster movie; it’s what happened Monday at the home of Eileen Heider on Bay de Noc Road in Birch Creek.
Heider was sitting in her recliner watching TV at about 8:30 that morning. “The chair shook for a few seconds and I thought the spring in the chair went,” she said. Heider heard a noise at the same time. She checked her chair and around the house inside and out but couldn’t find anything unusual.
Heider wasn’t alone. A neighbor across the road told her she heard a boom while taking a shower and that her husband was leaning against the washing machine and said he felt it move, even though it wasn’t running.
Another neighbor said he heard a boom and closed his window thinking it was thunder but then noticed the sky was clear.
The next day Heider’s friend, Doug Salewski, found a hole in the ground and a 200-yard crevasse a short ways away which wasn’t there before. Heider went to investigate and said the crack was three-feet wide and about five-feet deep in spots.”The trees on one side are kind of tilted and on the other side are tilted the opposite way,” she said.
Heider call authorities and Michigan State Trooper Paul Anderson from the Stephenson Post came out to take a look. “There’s no gas line or anything, I have no answers to it,” he said. “It heaved the ground 10 to 15 feet. I mean the ground used to be flat and now it’s just heaved, it heaved the entire ground.” Anderson said he’d follow up with phone calls to geologists at Michigan Tech.13
Hmmm. I wonder it that’s what’s going to happen to the U.S. We’re going to crack right down the middle like in Ethiopia? And lest you think that’s not possible, you need to realize that the ground is not only cracking up all over the planet, but the earthquakes are getting bigger, all over the planet! Check this out!
EARTHQUAKES 6.0 OR GREATER
From 1000 AD to 1800 21 (800 Years)
From 1800 to 1900 18 (100 Years)
From 1910 to 1929 4 (20 Years)
From 1930 to 1949 9 (20 Years)
In 1950’s 9 (10 Years)
In 1960’s 13 (10 Years)
In 1970’s 51 (10 Years)
In 1980’s 86 (10 Years)
From 1990 to 1994 Over 100 (5 Years)
EARTHQUAKES IN GENERAL
December 26th, 2006 454 (1 Week just in the U.S.)
February 13th, 2008 1,100 (1 Week just in the U.S.)
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Now folks, maybe it’s just me but I think it’s pretty obvious that earthquakes are seriously on the rise, how about you? And keep in mind that although earthquakes last for only a few seconds or minutes, the trail of devastation lasts a long time. For instance, because of this massive rise of earthquakes, each year they produce billions of dollars worth of damage, they kill 1000’s and 1,000’s of people (one quake alone killed 255,00)15 and they make hundreds of 1,000’s of people homeless.
Oh but that’s still not all. It’s getting worse. This sudden “increase of severe earthquakes have led scientists to predict that we are entering a new period of great seismic disturbances.”16 Hmmmm. Where have I heard that before? And one quake expert said, “The earth is cracking up! There is no doubt that something is seriously wrong. There have been too many strong earthquakes.”17 And, they are predicting that the death toll from earthquakes are only going to skyrocket due to the massive exodus of people who are moving out of the rural areas and into the big cities. And the problem with this is that many of the cities just happen to be built right on top of fault lines. And because of this, scientists are now saying that we are entering a time when fatalities from quakes totaling over three million will not be uncommon.18 And part of it is because of another side-affect from earthquakes, and that is landslides, which are another major cause of loss of life.
And again folks, remember what Jesus said. These are nothing compared to what is to come. All these signs of earthquakes and even landslides caused by earthquakes are just the beginning of birth pains, which means the “big one” is yet to come! It’s chump change compared to this one!
Revelation 6:12-14 “ I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as late figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. The sky receded like a scroll, rolling up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.” (NIV)
Say what? Every mountain and island was removed from its place? That a serious disturbance, how about you? In fact, you can laugh and scoff all you want, but the Bible is clear. If you refuse to accept Jesus Christ as your Personal Lord and Savior right now you are headed for a reality just like that! And remember the Biblical rule. Anything we can come up with in our minds or even on a movie screen to try to explain it, pales in comparison to the actual reality.
People, the world is being shaken like never before. Yes, we may have always had earthquakes, but nothing like we see today. And as bad as it is now, it’s just a birth pain, a little one, a tiny one, compared to the big one that’s coming down the pike. Exactly like the Bible said would happen, when you are living in the last days.
Oh but that’s still not all. The third sign to indicate that we are headed for Worldwide Upheaval and hence are living in the last days, is that there would be an Increase of Pestilence. Let’s go to the parallel passage of Matthew 24 in Luke 21.
Luke 21:7,11 “Teacher, they asked, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are about to take place? There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.” (NIV)
Now once again, the scoffer would look at this passage and sarcastically state, “Pestilence is no big deal, we’ve always had outbreaks of diseases.”19 And once again, that is true. But not like we see today! People, we better wake up! In the last century alone, we have seen nothing short of an explosion of worldwide pestilence like never before. For instance, even as recent as 1918, we had the infamous Influenza outbreak that killed anywhere from 50-130 million people worldwide.20 And the reason why it spread so fast worldwide was it just so happens that we had for the first time in mankind’s history a global transportation system that helped transport it like never before, which means Modern Technology is actually helping the spread of pandemics.
And yet, even with a recent example as that, in 1979, the U.S. Surgeon General still made this bold arrogant announcement, “It is time to close the books on infectious diseases.” Question. Was he right in his prediction? Are you kidding me! By the 1990’s, instead of fading out of existence, infectious diseases have gone ballistic. We’ve all heard of the AIDS virus but did you know that millions of people have it worldwide and it’s growing like wildfire daily? Did you know that in 1998 the combined wars in Africa killed 200,000 people but AIDS killed 10 times more then that?21 Did you also know that 75% of all HIV infections are now being spread via heterosexual contact?22 But people, AIDS isn’t the half of it. Diseases that were once considered conquered such as tuberculosis, (which they’re projecting 10 million might die of it by 2015)23 malaria, cholera, diphtheria, and even the black plague are coming back and they’re coming back with a vengeance!24
But the question is, how can there be such an increase of worldwide pestilence when we’re living in the most medically advanced era ever? Well, other then scientific experimentation and biological warfare, and population control, it’s actually due to an overuse of antibiotics. You see, because we have saturated ourselves with so many antibiotics, the diseases are now mutating and becoming resistant to all medication. Now we have SARS, Ebola Virus, and the Avian Bird Flu, just to name a few! In fact, one strain of the Avian Bird Flu from Cambodia that just came out has an 85% mortality rate!25 And new ones are cropping up all the time! And this has alarmed the medical community so much that they have stated that, “The emergence of bacteria strains that cannot be killed by the current arsenal of antibiotics could become a public health threat worse than AIDS.”26
In fact at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1994, scientists there have announced that they see us heading towards, “nothing short of a medical disaster.”27 And the terms they are using today to describe this “medical disaster” are things like, Super Bugs, Super Flu, or Viral Storm to describe the trend of diseases that are spiraling out of control. In fact, in a recent article from the BBC News entitled, “Europe Losing Super Bugs Battle,” they stated, “The World Health Organization says the situation has reached a critical point. We could be dealing with the nightmare scenario of a worldwide spread of untreatable infections,”28 like these news reports reveal.
“The fear of a devastating new virus leaping from animals into humans and spreading across the globe is not just the stuff of Hollywood movies like Contagion. In 2002, 8000 cases of SARS came from a virus in bats. In 2009, Swine Flu-the H1N1 virus- originated in pigs and killed 18,000 people. And then there’s AIDS. 60 million people infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. 25 million have died.
David Muir: And Rich, you’ve told me all day here that really troubles you.
Dr. Richard Besser ABCNEWS Chief Health & Medical Editor: You know David, this is a problem that keeps me up at night, these bugs are getting stronger and there aren’t any new drugs coming quickly.
All this incredible connectivity of humans-the flights and the boats- that are connecting all of us. So if one of the new diseases merges here can go everywhere.
Dr. Besser: The most concerning thing to me is that in less than 24 hours after i was in the jungles of Cameroon looking for the next pandemic virus, I was at a baseball stadium in Cooperstown N.Y. watching my son playing Little League, and if I were infected with the next contagion I could have spread it to 5000 people from 22 states.
It would have just gone all over the world so quickly. Imagine a deadly disease carried across continents by millions of free-flying agents. That’s the fear factor behind the so called bird-flu.
Dr Marc Siegel: The difference between bird flu and the other the other health scares is that in this case-the worst case scenario- being influenza, is worse than in some of the other scares.
Dr Marc Siegel has been investigating the mechanisms of this disease as it progresses through Asia, China, the Pacific Islands, Africa and Europe.
Dr. Siegel: There’s been by the way, several outbreaks of avian influenza, highly pathogenic avian influenza in the United States. It just hasn’t been talked about much because it’s been controlled.
The terms bird flu and avian influenza actually refer to a group of illnesses caused by a large number of different viruses, all of the same species Influenza Type A. The “A” by the way, does not stand for Avian, meaning birds. One sub-species of Influenza A, caused by the particular virus that scientists label H5N1, has proven particularly deadly among people who handle birds.
It’s killed nearly 2/3rds of those who’ve been diagnosed. Hardest hit, Indonesia and Vietnam. There’s currently no natural immunity and no effective vaccine. H5N1 makes so many different animal species sick, over such a wide area, that some health professionals are concerned about a worldwide human pandemic.
Dr. Siegel: A recent AP poll said that 35% of the people surveyed felt that they or someone they knew was going to contact this bird flu. The virus’s ability to crossover into the human population is by no means unique. All flu’s originate in birds. Every year, the yearly human flu outbreak was originally, way back when, an avian flu.
Dr. Siegel: Our emphasis should be on trying to control this better in birds, doing more thorough testing of birds, more surveillance in birds, a better strategy for birds much more money towards looking at this in birds.”29
Now folks, do I really need to say what I’m about to say? Chicken…it could kill you! Come on! How many times do I need to say it! Okay, but seriously, as bad as the Avian Bird Flu and all the other Superbugs and Super Viruses spiraling out of control right now are. Remember what Jesus said. That’s nothing compared to what’s coming down the pike! All these signs of pestilence are just the beginning of birth pains, which means the “big one” is yet to come! Let’s take a look at it.
Revelation 6:7-8 “When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!” I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.” (NIV)
One fourth of the earth, approximately 2 Billion people dying in one shot? Could that really happen? Uh yeah, it not only can, it will. Which means, if you refuse to accept Jesus Christ as your Personal Lord and Savior right now you are headed for a reality just like that! And what’s the Biblical rule again? Anything we can conceptualize in our minds pales in comparison to the actual reality. In other words, what you just saw is chump change compared to what’s really coming very soon.
But that’s not all! The 4th sign to indicate that we are headed for Worldwide Upheaval and hence are living in the last days, is that there would be an Increase of Wars.
Matthew 24:3-8 “As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately. Tell us, they said, when will this happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age? Jesus answered: Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name, claiming, I am the Christ, and will deceive many.
You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains.” (NIV)
Now folks, right after the warning of deceit there from Jesus, what was the very first thing He told us was going to be a sign we’re living in the Last Days? Wars and rumors of wars, right? Nation against nation, Kingdom against Kingdom, right? And once again, the scoffer would look at this passage and sarcastically state, “Wars are no big deal, we’ve always had wars.” And granted yes, that is true. But not like we see today! People, we need to wake up! In the last century alone, we have seen nothing short of an explosion of worldwide wars like never before.
For instance, more people have been killed by wars in the previous century then at any other time of mankind’s history.30 In fact, prior to WWI, war had never been universal. But not only have we had two of them but after WWII, which was supposed to be the war to end all wars, there have been more then 150 major wars.31 In 1993 alone there were a record of 29 major wars being fought.32 However, that record was soon to be broken because two years later in 1995 there were 71.33 In fact, the whole world is gearing up like never before for more war. And speaking of the rise of wars and the armies that go along with them, in this century alone, can we see for the first time the possible fulfillment of several passages of Scripture, when it comes to Bible Prophecy.
And the first passage that’s coming alive due to the Increase of Wars is The Gog & Magog Prophecy.
Ezekiel 38:1-6 “The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal; prophesy against him and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws and bring you out with your whole army – your horses, your horsemen fully armed, and a great horde with large and small shields, all of them brandishing their swords. Persia, Cush and Put will be with them, all with shields and helmets, also Gomer with all its troops, and Beth Togarmah from the far north with all its troops – the many nations with you.” (NIV)
Now folks, for those of you who may not know, this is just a portion of the classic passage of Scripture that deals with the Gog & Magog prophecy which shows how in the Last Days, a confederation of nations is going to come up against Israel and attack Israel and try to annihilate it. However, number one, they are the ones who are going to get annihilated by God, because He’s going to protect Israel. And number two the key to understanding who these nations are and just how close we are to the fulfillment of this particular Last Days prophecy, is seen when you take a historical perspective of their identity. Lets take a look.
“The eyes of the world are fixed on the Middle East. Every day the papers of all major countries carry lead stories about Israel, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Pakistan and other Middle East nations. Further, it is evident to all that the nation of Israel is increasingly under fire both politically and militarily.
The militant Shiites in Iran are openly racing-boasting that they are racing to develop nuclear weapons with the explicit announced goal of wiping Israel from the face of the earth.
Many believe that the Middle East is about to explode and drag the world in one of the most difficult and terrifying conflicts in world history. The prophets in the Old Testament predict just such a situation will occur. 2,600 years ago, God revealed specific information to the prophet Ezekiel about a group of nations that would come together and attack Israel in the Last Days. Bible scholars refer to this attack as the Ezekiel 38 War. Do we see any evidence that the nations Ezekiel spoke about are threatening Israel today?
The Islamic world is what is going to basically come together, align themselves to try to destroy the Jewish state, with one exception. Russia is mentioned in the book of Ezekiel Chapter 38 it talks about in verse 2 about Magog. Gog in the land of Magog, now Gog would be the person, Magog would be the particular state that it was talking about and according to Biblical geography Magog would be that land mass north of the Caspian and Black Seas, which is Russia today.
Then in verse 2 it says Meshech and Tubal and down in verse 6 it says Gomer and Togarmah. When traveling in Turkey recently I picked up and ancient Turkish map, and in biblical times Turkey was actually divided into four parts – Meshech, Tubal, Gomer and Togarmah. So now we’re talking about Russia and Turkey.
There in verse 5, it says Persia. Until in 1936 there were three nations we know today that were known as Persia. Those nations we know today are Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran.
And then you continue on in verse 5, Ethiopia or Cush in some translations. That would be Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan.
And then in verse 5 again it says here in my Bible Libya or maybe in another translation Put. That’s modern day Libya with Colonial Gaddafi.
You also have to coordinate this with Daniel Chapter 11:40-45 where it talks about the King of the North. Earlier in Chapter 11 you find out that is what we know as Syria today and the King of the South would be Egypt today.
And then going over to the book of Psalm Chapter 83 and it talks about in Psalm 83 about a list of nations. It mentions here about the Ishmaelites. Well that’s modern day Saudia Arabia. And then in verse 5 it talks about Tyre. That’s modern day Lebanon.
So now we are seeing a list of Arab nations, with the exception of Russia, who will form this coalition to come against Israel in the Last Days.”34
Wheew! Good thing we don’t see any sign of that prophecy coming to pass anytime soon! Folks you put that together with what’s going on in the news right now and you can clearly see, that prophecy is on the cusp of being fulfilled for the very first time in mankind’s history.
And so here’s the point. There’s a debate on the timing of this prophecy. Some would say it’s just before the 7-year Tribulation starts with the antichrist making a peace treaty with Israel, and maybe that’s the impetus for getting a peace treaty going with Israel after all this carnage. And others would say, no, it’s right after the 7-year Tribulation and the antichrist being Israel’s false messiah at this point, rises to defend her. But either way, to me, here’s my point. If we are seeing all the key players and all the key pieces of the Gog & Magog prophecy being lined up right now, on the cusp of being fulfilled, uh, how much closer then is the rapture of the Church which takes place prior to the 7-year Tribulation? Either way, it sounds to me like we need to get motivated! We need to start doing some rapture practice, hello!
Oh but that’s not all. The second passage that’s coming alive due to the Increase of Wars is The Judgment of God on People Coming Against Israel. And if you continue in that prophecy, the Gog & Magog prophecy, throughout Chapter 38 and on into Chapter 39, you’ll see that even though Israel currently has only a population of just under 8 million people, the Muslim nations surrounded them have a combined population of 100’s of millions of people, and yet God totally wipes them out! Once again, don’t mess with Israel! God’s not done with them. But let’s get down to some specifics when it comes the Hand of God coming down upon people who dare mess with His people Israel.
Zechariah 14:12 “This is the plague with which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.” (NIV)
Now folks, again, some people would say that this is just some sovereign act of God where He supernaturally causes a plague that instantly removes people’s flesh while they’re standing. And it could be. I personally don’t want to be there to find out. However, with the modern weaponry that we see today, what does that graphic description sound like to you? Kind of like a nuclear holocaust, doesn’t it? It might even be from a biological weapon. But either way, in this last century alone, we can get a real good idea can’t we?
And speaking of nuclear warfare, as of the year 2000, just between the U.S. and Russia, we now have enough nuclear bombs to destroy the planet 6 times over!35 But that’s not the half of it. Even small countries all over world right now have their own supply of nuclear weapons and it’s only increasing each year. Many already believe that it’s not a matter of if but when and where the first nuclear strike will be. And what happens after that, no one knows for sure, but it sounds like WWIII, Gog & Magog, it’s time to get motivated. But speaking of Gog & Magog, there’s another judgment of God after that battle that’s being fulfilled before our very eyes and it’s in this passage.
Ezekiel 39:1,4-5,9-10 “Son of man, prophesy against Gog and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. On the mountains of Israel you will fall, you and all your troops and the nations with you. I will give you as food to all kinds of carrion birds and to the wild animals. You will fall in the open field, for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.
Then those who live in the towns of Israel will go out and use the weapons for fuel and burn them up – the small and large shields, the bows and arrows, the war clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel. They will not need to gather wood from the fields or cut it from the forests, because they will use the weapons for fuel.” (NIV)
Now folks, as you can clearly see, the nations that come against Israel at the time of the Gog & Magog prophecy are going to lose! They are going to get annihilated by God and what else did it say? The Israelites are going to get to burn their weapons for fuel for 7 years! Now first of all, 7 years is a long time which tells you how many people came against them and just how many weapons they left behind. But there’s a problem. When Ezekiel wrote this, the weapons of his day, bows, arrows, clubs, shields, and spears were made of wood and so you could expect to burn them. But today our weapons are made of metal. You can’t burn them like that. So how are you going to fulfill this passage?
Well get this, it just so happens that Russia, who is arming many of these nations in this prophecy, is using a new substance in their weapons called lignostone. And lignostone “Is a special kind of wood that’s stronger than steel, is very elastic and it burns better than coal.”36 And so here’s the point. You make your weapons out of that stuff, and it’s not only going to burn, but it’s going to burn real good…you know, make for a great fuel for seven years! Isn’t that wild! Every aspect of this prophecy is coming to pass! Time to get motivated folks!
Oh, but that’s not all. The third passage that’s coming alive due to the Increase of Wars is The 200 Million Man Army.
Revelation 9:15-16 “And the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were turned loose to kill one-third of all the people on earth. They led an army of 200 million mounted troops – I heard an announcement of how many there were.” (NLT)
Now folks, some people would say that this is just referring to a demonic host of 200 million that will be released to kill 1/3 of mankind. And it could be. I personally don’t want to be there to find out. However, with the explosion of the world population, can you guess just who it is that has already gone on record of having a literal 200 million man army? That’s right! China it is.37 In fact, one columnist wrote, that and interesting side-affect of our recent economic crash is that, “80% of China’s military build-up is being funded by the interest on the debt America owes the Chinese communist government.”38 And another interesting business venture by China could very well be fulfilling this prophecy.
Revelation 16:12,14 “The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East…to gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty.” (NIV)
So here we see the Kings of the East, you know, people like China, are going to be gathered in the last days for the Battle of Armageddon that takes place in the Valley of Megiddo, outside of Jerusalem. And to get there, they’re going to be crossing the River Euphrates, which runs through Turkey, Iraq, Syria, etc. Now here’s the point. Can anyone guess who’s building a giant high-speed railroad system right now in that area? China it is! And I quote, “China is signing a $2 billion dollar deal to build a railway line in Iran, in the first step of a wider plan, to tie the Middle East and Central Asia to Beijing. That line would give the central Asian states vital access to Iran’s port of Chahbahar on the shores of the Persian Gulf, and could also eventually give China a vital overland freight route to Europe.”39 And dare I say…it would also give them a fast, cheap, and efficient way to make it right on time for the Battle of Armageddon! Sounds like we need to get motvated!
But that’s still not all. The fourth passage that’s coming alive due to the Increase of Wars is The Running into Mountains for Protection.
Revelation 6:12-17 “I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as late figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. The sky receded like a scroll, rolling up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?” (NIV)
Now folks, according to our text, people in the 7-year Tribulation are actually going to try to hide from the wrath of God, which yeah right, fat chance, is not going to happen, but here’s the point. Where are they going to try to hide? Of all places, it’s where? In the mountains, the caves, among the rocks right? Now here’s the point. Little do people know that thanks to the rise of wars and the military inventions that come along with them, for the first time in mankind’s history we have the ability to do just that, try to hide away in mountains. They’re called D.U.M.B’s and yes it’s dumb to try to hide away from God’s wrath, but that’s not what it stands for. It’s an acronym that stands for Deep Underground Military Bases and they’re all over the world, just like the text says! Let’s take a look!
“D.U.M.B.’s or Deep Underground Military Bases are not only reported to be in various places throughout the United States, but literally all over the world by different countries. They are made possible thanks in part to massive high-powered tunnel boring machines.
In fact, some of them are reported to actually be “nuclear powered” and can not only literally “melt” solid rock leaving behind glass-like walls, but they can also drill a tunnel seven miles long in just one day. Due to these technological abilities, some of these underground facilities are reported to be 42 levels deep and are between 2.66 and 4.25 cubic miles in size.
Thus, they are basically large whole cities underground and other reports say that they are connected by high-speed magneto-leviton trains that have speeds up to Mach 2.
And as to why these bases are being built underground, there are many different explanations. But one report says that most of them are being built away from geotectonic areas because they know that catastrophe is coming.”40
Now folks, you can run and hide all you want from God, even in those amazing technological accommodations, but God’s got a bunker buster that’ll blow even that away. It’s called His Wrath! And one breath from His nostrils and you’re toast, no matter how far you try to hide underground! There’s only one way to escape it. It’s through Jesus. Only He can save you from the wrath to come! But here’s the point. As you guys can see, our world is being shot to pieces like never before. Yes, we may have always had wars, but nothing like we see today. Exactly like the Bible said would happen, in the last days.
But that’s still not all! The fifth sign to indicate that we are headed for Worldwide Upheaval and hence are living in the last days, is that there would be an Increase of Signs in the Sky.
Luke 21:7,10-11 “Teacher,” they asked, “when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are about to take place?” Then He said to them: “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.” (NIV)
Now folks, according to our text, yet another sign Jesus gives us as an indicator we’re living in the last days is when all of a sudden you see an increase of weird things or signs going on in the sky or atmosphere, right? And so that’s the question. Do we see any signs of weird things going on in the sky or our atmosphere, showing us that the return of Jesus Christ is imminent? Uh, yeah! Just a few!
And the first sign from the heavens letting us know Jesus is coming real soon is The Rise of Solar Activity.
Revelation 16:1,8-9 “Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go, pour out the seven bowls of God’s wrath on the earth.” The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and the sun was given power to scorch people with fire. They were seared by the intense heat and they cursed the name of God, who had control over these plagues, but they refused to repent and glorify Him.” (NIV)
Now folks here we see how during the last part of the 7-year Tribulation that the sun is going to get turned up so high, so to speak, that people are going to get seared across the planet and curse the Name of God. And so that’s the question, “Do we see any sign in the sky of the sun getting hotter or turning up so to speak? Uh yeah! In fact, all kinds of weird things are going on with the sun recently!There’s been massive mega solar flares, huge massive sunspots, a solar tornado on the sun’s surface that was 125,000 miles high, which is about half the distance between the earth and the moon, that’s how big it is, and there are all kinds of solar storms going off that experts are saying are getting ready to, “Hit the earth with the force of 100 million hydrogen bombs.”41 Clearly something’s going on, and the experts are saying, it’s not looking good, it’s going to mess up the planet, like this guy shares.
Charles Payne: Should we be worried about increasing solar activity? Michio Kaku is here. Professor, should we be worried about these flare ups or is it when we’re talking about it this morning, we all agreed, it has this Y2K feeling, like it could happen but if it doesn’t, we’re gonna spend alot of money for nothing.
Michio Kaku: Well we had a wake up call just two weeks ago, giant Auroras – Northern Lights as far as Michigan and Wisconsin and that’s a warm up. A warm up for 2012-2013 when we have the sun’s spot cycled. Every 11 years the North Pole and the South Pole flip, releasing a burst of radiation BUT every 100 years or so a monster tsunami from the sun emerges, which could literally cause trillions of dollars in property damage.
Guest Panelist: 2012? That’s a presidential election year-we need to keep that in mind. Um, so if I’m walking around out there, and to see who’s fault this is, at least in history of who to blame. So if I’m out walking, if I’m out sunbathing in a speedo, will I look like Charles after about 5 minutes out there? Color anyways, obviously I’m not going to look like Charles in a speedo, but you know what I’m saying. Is it really going to affect us like that (snaps his fingers)?
Michio Kaku: It could paralyze the economy of the planet earth.
Guest Panelist: But not from a physical perspective.
Michio Kaku: Physical perspective yes. In 1859 we had a gigantic solar storm, which knocked out telegraph wires back then, 150 years ago. If that had happened today, it would knock out almost all our satellites, knock out power stations, there would be food riots around the country because refrigeration would stop, airplanes would probably crash without radar. It would paralyze the planet earth.”42
Hmmm. It would paralyze the planet earth. Sounds to me like the sun’s getting ready to do something pretty horrible. Now folks, let me once again explain to you the Biblical rule. As bad as that is, as bad as that damage he said would happen as a result of the sun flaring up real soon by the way it’s nothing compared to what is to come. What’s Jesus say? It’s nothing, it’s just a birth pain, a tiny one compared to what we saw in our text is getting ready to be unleashed on the planet. And that’s precisely why He’s given us these signs in the sky to show us it’s getting close people and you better get ready.
But that’s not all. The second sign from the heavens letting us know Jesus is coming real soon is The Rise of an Asteroid Impact.
Revelation 8:2,8-9 “And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets. The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain, all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned into blood, a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.” (NIV)
Now folks here we see prior to the sun getting turned up in the last half of the 7-year Tribulation, that another event in the sky takes place and that’s when an asteroid, i.e a huge mountain all ablaze, is thrown into the sea, right? And so that’s the question, “Do we see any sign in the skies that we’re under any threat of a giant asteroid is smashing into the earth any time soon? Uh yeah! In fact, there’s been all kinds of warnings for many years! In fact, even Hollywood’s getting in the act making all kinds of movies about it. And scientists are saying it’s not just a matter of “if” but “when” we get struck by an asteroid and the damage they say would be absolutely inconceivable. Quote, “If a space rock were to hit the earth the damage would be devastating. The amount of destruction would depend if it hit land or ocean, (and our text says it’s going to hit the ocean). But regardless of the impact location, loss of human, animal, and plant life on a grand scale would take place, particularly if it impacted a big population area.” “The shockwaves from that would create huge tsunami waves, destroying both coastlines and inland areas,”43 not to mention all the ships in the surrounding area, you know, like 1/3rd of the ships from around the world.
In fact, I believe God’s given us a birth pain view of this last days tsunami caused by an asteroid impact, with a recent tsunami event in Japan. Let’s take a look at what this “birth pain” did to the ships and inland areas.
“The March 2011 tsunami in Japan sent 5 million tons of debris into the Pacific Ocean. While about 70 percent of it sank off shore, more than a million tons is still floating east – everything from ghost trawlers to lost Harley Davidsons.
The tsunami was casued by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake that was the largest earthquake to hit Japan in recorded history and the seventh biggest earthquake in the world since records have been kept.
Reporter commenting from helicopter footage: Images even more terrifying emerge from the same Pacific coasts. The huge tide appears to just eat everything in its path. Look at the road. Look how tiny the cars are. (as tsunami wave engulfs the roadway) One of the worst earthquakes ever in Japanese history. In fact the its the 7th most powerful earthquake in history, none of the other six were in areas as populated as this.
Female reporter: Look at these pictures, we can see something is ablaze there on the ground as this very strange wave of mud and debris with boats included and cars and all sorts of things. Its when you see something like this unfold before your very eyes that you get the idea that there’s nowhere to run when you have something like that coming so fast towards you. Of course it appears to be very slow when you’re looking airly (from above) but if you’re on the ground and that is moving at such a fast speed, you can see the boat there, unbelievable!
Hundreds of flights to Japan were cancelled due to the earthquake and tsunami, affecting many people. As of 8 April 2011, the Japanese National Police Agency has officially confirmed 12,915 deaths, 4,711 injured, and 14,921 people missing across eighteen prefectures, as well as over 125,000 buildings damaged or destroyed.
The earthquake started a tsunami warning for Japan’s Pacific coast and other countries, including New Zealand, Australia, Russia, Guam, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Nauru, Hawaii, Northern Marianas, and Taiwam. The tsunami warning issued by Japan was the most serious on its warning scale.
Kyodo news agency has reported a four-metre-high tsunami hit with waves carrying buildings and cars along as they travelled inland. In some areas the waves reached 10 km inland. In fact, a wave two metres high reached California, after travelling across the Pacific Ocean at a speed of 500 kilometres per hour. A man in California was drowned after being swept into the ocean while trying to take a photograph of the tsunami wave.
In response to the great disaster, Emperor Akihito directly addressed his subjects in a television broadcast. This was the first time any emperor used television in this way.”44
Now folks, keep in mind the Biblical rule and our context. What did Jesus say? As bad as what you just read really was, it was just a birth pain, a tiny one compared to what’s coming. One day, an asteroid so big is going to hit the earth, that it’s not just going to mess up one tiny area in one little country, but this one is going to wipe out 1/3rd of the sea creatures and destroy 1/3rd of the ships around the world.
But that’s still not all! The sixth sign to indicate that we are headed for Worldwide Upheaval i.e we are living in the last days, is that there would be an Increase of Volcanic Activity. But don’t take my word for it. Let’s listen to God’s.
Revelation 6:12-14 “I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as late figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. The sky receded like a scroll, rolling up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.” (NIV)
Now folks again, this is what we’ve already seen a couple of times, but I want to point out another item that we skipped over, and that is this. Notice what happened right after this great earthquake that was mentioned there. What did it say? The sun turned black like sackcloth and the moon turned blood red, right? Or in other words, after this earthquake, the sun is going to become darkened during the daytime and at night the moon is going to take on a reddish hue, right? And so here’s the point. Many experts believe this passage is to be taken literally because for the first time in mankind’s history, thanks to the science of seismology, we now know this fits the perfect description of an after-affect of an earthquake. It’s called Volcanic Eruption!45 And we now know, it’s common sense today, when a volcano erupts, it spews forth massive tons of volcanic ash into the air, and guess what it does? It darkens the sunlight, almost like something’s covering it, like maybe sackcloth and at night the moon takes on a reddish color. Where have I heard that before? It fits the text perfectly! Mystery solved!
And so that’s the question. Do we see any signs of Volcanic Activity increasing on the planet to show us we’re getting closer to this giant one going off in the 7-year Tribulation? Uh, yeah! Just a few! In fact, if you’ve been paying attention to the news folks, volcanoes are on the rise all over the world! There’s been the recent ones in Iceland, Costa Rica, and Ecuador, that sort of made the news, but that’s the tip of the iceberg! What they haven’t been telling you is there’s all kinds of volcanoes going off right now all over the world in Europe, Africa, Central America, the Caribbean, the Pacific Islands, Indonesia, Japan, South America, the Philippines, and even in the Antarctica right now!46
In fact, one of big ones that’s supposed to be going off anytime now here in the United States, is the infamous Yellowstone Caldera or Super Volcano, that experts are saying, “Would explode with a force 1,000 times more powerful than the Mount St. Helens, spew forth lava and ash into the sky that would fan out and dump a layer of toxic air and ash 10 feet deep up to 1,000 miles away, turning 2/3rds of the U.S. into an uninhabitable wasteland, forcing millions to flee.”47 Gee, that almost sounds like that Volcano in Revelation Chapter 6! In fact, it might be closer than many people realize as this article shares.
“The oldest, most famous national park in the United States sits squarely atop one of the biggest volcanoes on Earth. Yellowstone’s volcano is not extinct. To an unsettling degree, it is very much alive.
There are volcanoes, and then there are supervolcanoes. The latter have no agreed-on definition—the term was popularized in a BBC documentary in 2000—but some scientists use it to describe explosions of exceptional violence and volume.
The U.S. Geological Survey applies the term to any eruption ejecting more than 1,000 cubic kilometers (240 cubic miles) of pumice and ash in a single event—more than 50 times the size of the infamous Krakatau eruption of 1883, which killed more than 36,000 people.
Volcanoes form mountains; supervolcanoes erase them. Volcanoes kill plants and animals for miles around; supervolcanoes threaten whole species with extinction by changing the climate across the entire planet.
No supervolcano has erupted in recorded human history, but geologists have pieced together what an explosion must have been like. First, a plume of heat wells up from deep within the planet and melts rock just beneath the crust of the Earth, creating a vast chamber filled with a pressurized mix of magma, semisolid rock, and dissolved water vapor, carbon dioxide, and other gases. As additional magma accumulates in the chamber over thousands of years, the land above begins to dome upward by inches. Fractures open along the dome’s edges, as if burglars were sawing a hole from beneath a wooden floor. When the pressure in the magma chamber is released through the fractures, the dissolved gases suddenly explode in a massive, runaway reaction.
It’s like “opening the Coke bottle after you’ve shaken it,” says Bob Christiansen, a U.S. Geological Survey scientist who pioneered research on the Yellowstone volcano in the 1960s. With the magma chamber emptied, the surface collapses. The entire domed region simply falls into the planet, as though the Earth were consuming itself. Left behind is a giant caldera, from the Spanish word for “cauldron.”
The “hot spot” responsible for the Yellowstone caldera is rooted deep in the Earth, and the tectonic plate above it is moving southwest, ghostly calderas from the more ancient explosions are strung out like a series of gigantic beads across southern Idaho and into Oregon and Nevada, the subsequent lava flows forming the eerie moonscapes of the Snake River Plain.
The last three super-eruptions have been in Yellowstone itself. The most recent was a thousand times the size of the Mount St. Helens eruption in 1980, which killed 57 people in Washington. But numbers do not capture the full scope of the mayhem. Scientists calculate that the pillar of ash from the Yellowstone explosion rose some 100,000 feet, leaving a layer of debris across the West all the way to the Gulf of Mexico.
Pyroclastic flows—dense, lethal fogs of ash, rocks, and gas, superheated to 1,470 degrees Fahrenheit—rolled across the landscape in towering gray clouds. The clouds filled entire valleys with hundreds of feet of material so hot and heavy that it welded itself like asphalt across the once verdant landscape. And this wasn’t even Yellowstone’s most violent moment.
An eruption was more than twice as strong, leaving a hole in the ground the size of Rhode Island. In between, was a smaller but still devastating eruption. Each time, the whole planet would have felt the effects. Gases rising high into the stratosphere would have mixed with water vapor to create a thin haze of sulfate aerosols that dimmed sunlight, potentially plunging the Earth into years of “volcanic winter.”
For all their violence, the supervolcanoes have left little behind beyond a faintly perceptible sense of absence. The Yellowstone caldera has been eroded, filled in with lava flows and ash from smaller eruptions and smoothed by glaciers. Peaceful forests cover any lingering scars. The combined effect makes it almost impossible to detect, unless you’ve got a good eye, or a geologist whispering in your ear.
“You’re seeing two-thirds of the entire caldera,” says Bob Smith. “The size is so immense that people don’t appreciate it.” Smith is a University of Utah geophysicist and a prominent expert on the supervolcano at Yellowstone.
We’re standing atop Lake Butte, an overlook at the east end of Yellowstone Lake, one of the best places to see the caldera. But I don’t see it. I can see the lake spread out for miles beneath us and a few little hills to the north—old lava domes. But I can’t follow the caldera rim visually because much of it is beneath the lake and because of the sheer scale of the thing—roughly 45 miles across. I see only distant mountains on the horizon on either side and between them, to the west, the “unmountains,” the emptiness where the land swallowed itself in the course of a few days.
The park roils with geysers, fumaroles, mud volcanoes, and other hydrothermal activity. Half the geysers on the planet are in Yellowstone. The hydrothermal features change constantly in temperature and behavior, with new ones popping up in the forests, spewing clouds of steam visible from airplanes, exuding vapors that have been known to kill bison on the spot.
In spite of this “most violent gaseous ebullition,” the volcano beneath Yellowstone was long thought to be extinct, or at least in its dying days. Indeed, after federal surveys in the late 19th century, the volcanic nature of Yellowstone received little scientific scrutiny for decades.
Then in the late 1950s, a young Harvard graduate student, Francis “Joe” Boyd, became intrigued by the presence of a welded tuff—a thick layer of heated and compacted ash, which he realized was a sign of pyroclastic flows from an explosive, geologically recent eruption.
In 1965 Bob Christiansen found a second distinct welded tuff; the next year he and his colleagues identified a third. They determined that the three tuffs were the result of three distinct eruptions. Each created a giant caldera, with the most recent eruption largely burying signs of the previous two.
Then one day in 1973, Bob Smith and a colleague were doing some work on Peale Island, in the South Arm of Yellowstone Lake, when Smith noticed something odd: Some trees along the shoreline were partially submerged and dying. He had worked in the area back in 1956 and was planning to use the same boat dock as on the earlier trip. But the dock was also inundated. What was going on?
Intrigued, Smith set out to resurvey benchmarks that park workers had placed on various roads throughout the park beginning in 1923. His survey revealed that the Hayden Valley, which sits atop the caldera to the north of the lake, had risen by some 30 inches over the intervening decades. But the lower end of the lake hadn’t risen at all. In effect, the north end of the lake had risen and tipped water down into the southern end. The ground was doming. The volcano was alive.
Smith published his results in 1979, referring in interviews to Yellowstone as “the living, breathing caldera.” Then in 1985, heralded by a “swarm” of mostly tiny earthquakes, the terrain subsided again. Smith modified his metaphor: Yellowstone was now the “living, breathing, shaking caldera.”
In the years since, Smith and his colleagues have used every trick they can devise to “see” beneath the park. Gradually, the proportions and potential of the subterranean volcanic system have emerged.
At the shallowest level, surface water percolates several miles into the crust, is heated, and boils back up, supplying the geysers and fumaroles. About five to seven miles deep is the top of the magma chamber, a reservoir of partially melted rock roughly 30 miles wide. Basaltic magma is trapped inside the chamber by denser, overlying rhyolitic magma, which floats on top of the liquid basalt like cream on milk.
By looking at the way sound waves created by earthquakes propagate through subsurface rock of varying densities, the scientists have discovered that the magma chamber is fed by a gigantic plume of hot rock, rising from the Earth’s upper mantle, tilted downward to the northwest by 60 degrees, its base perhaps 400 miles below the surface. When the plume pumps more heat into the chamber, the land heaves upward. Small earthquakes allow hydrothermal fluids to escape to the surface, easing the pressure inside the chamber, which causes the ground to subside again.
After the 1985 earthquake swarm, Yellowstone fell eight inches over the course of a decade or so. Then it rose again, faster this time. Since 2004, portions of the caldera have surged upward at a rate of nearly three inches a year, much faster than any uplift since close observations began in the 1970s. The surface continues to rise despite an 11-day earthquake swarm that began late in 2008, causing a flurry of apocalyptic rumors on the Internet.
“We call this a caldera at unrest,” Smith says. “The net effect over many cycles is to finally get enough magma to erupt. And we don’t know what those cycles are.”
So, the colossal question: Is it going to blow again? Some kind of eruption—perhaps a modest one like Mount Pinatubo’s in the Philippines, which killed 800 people in 1991—is highly likely at some point. The odds of a full, caldera-forming eruption—a cataclysm that could kill untold thousands of people and plunge the Earth into a volcanic winter—are anyone’s guess; it could happen in our lifetimes.”48
And that’s just one Super Volcano going off. And as horrible as that is, taking 2/3rds of the U.S. with it, just one, the Bible says that’s chump change compared to what’s coming! Remember, the Biblical rule. Anything we can dream up in a movie screen, pales in comparison to the actual reality. Especially when you put this other piece of information we now know thanks, together with it, to modern Seismology. Check out this map we now know of current active volcanoes around the planet and noticed where they’re positioned.
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As you can see, all the red dots, the volcanoes, are lined up right on top of all the fault lines around the earth. And so now, for the first time in mankind’s history, guess what we can see? When that earthquake goes off in Revelation Chapter 6, the one that removes every mountain and island from their place, all those fault lines are going to get adjusted, and so guess what’s going to happen? Not just one volcano like in that video clip is going to go off, but most likely all those volcanoes are all going to go off all at the same time…all over the world! And what would that do? I think it’ll cause, “The sun to turn black like sackcloth and the moon turn blood red,” all over the planet, how about you? Folks, we are getting so close it’s not even funny!
But that’s not all! The seventh sign to indicate that we are headed for Worldwide Upheaval i.e we are living in the last days, is that there would be an Increase of Global Catastrophes.
Joel 2:30-31 “I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and billows of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.” (NIV)
In other words, you don’t want to be there! But here we see in this text that God will not only show us signs in the sky that He’s getting ready to judge us, but He’s also going to do it where? On the earth, right? Not just in the sky, but on the earth! And so that’s the question, “Do we see any signs that the earth is also going through some weird aberrant behavior letting us know that God’s getting ready to judge us real soon? Uh yeah!
And the first sign of Global Earth Catastrophes letting us know God is getting ready to judge us any day now is The Rise Weird Weather.
Job 37:5-6 “God’s voice is glorious in the thunder. We cannot comprehend the greatness of his power. He directs the snow to fall on the earth and tells the rain to pour down.” (NLT)
Now folks, according to our text, I think it’s pretty obvious who in the world is the ultimate weatherman? It ain’t mother nature it’s Almighty God, right? He’s got control over the weather, and it ain’t just the rain and snow. Let’s look at some other weather He’s also controlled in the past.50
1. Caused the world to FLOOD: Genesis 7
2. Caused FIRE from heaven upon the cities: Genesis 19
3. Caused plagues of HAIL, THUNDER, and LIGHTNING in Egypt: Exodus 9
4. Caused the WIND to divide the Red Sea: Exodus 14
5. Caused the SUN to stand still: Joshua 10
6. Caused DEW to form on Gideon’s fleece: Judges 6
7. Caused a WHIRLWIND to carry Elijah to heaven: 2 Kings 2
8. Caused RAIN in answer to Samuel’s prayer: 1 Samuel 12
9. Caused a STORM to confuses the Philistine army: 1 Samuel 7
10. Caused DARKNESS at the crucifixion: Matthew 27
And folks, the reason why I bring this up is because most people, even Christians, think that when it comes to the weather, it’s just some naturalistic explanation. And yet, they have no idea it might actually be a wake up call from God! He controls the weather! He uses it for Judgment! And so that’s the question. Do we see any signs of weird wacky weather on the planet lately, that very well could be a wake up call from God, letting us know His Judgment is just around the corner? Uh, yeah! Just a little bit! And I quote, scientists are not only right now, “Warning the world to prepare for Extreme Weather,” but listen to this, “2010 through 2011 brought extreme weather not only to the United States but to the entire world. Record-setting rain triggered massive floods and mudslides from Australia to Mexico; bulb-shattering blizzards brought minus temps across most of North America.” And another person stated, “Earthquakes, heat waves, floods, super typhoons, blizzards, landslides, and droughts, killed at least ¼ million people in 2010 alone – the deadliest year in more than a generation. In fact, more people have been killed worldwide by natural disasters this year alone than have been killed in terrorism attacks in the past 40 years combined.”51 And that’s still the tip of the iceberg. Check this out.
“The global impact of natural disasters took a turn for the worse in 2010 with an increase in fatalities and economic damage, according to a report released Tuesday. There were 385 natural disasters worldwide last year alone that killed more than 297,000 people, affected over 217 million others and caused $123.9 billion dollars in economic damages, according to the Annual Disaster Statistical Review. The number of victims increased from 198.7 million in 2009 to 217.3 million in 2010. In fact, just two of the mega-disasters that occurred in 2010 made it the deadliest year in at least two decades.” And lest you think this really isn’t a trend of things getting worse, you need to check this out.
In 2009, there were 1,146 tornadoes in the United States.
In 2010, there were 1,282 tornadoes in the United States.
In 2011, there were 1,691 in the United States.
In 2012, we are on pace to far exceed the total we saw in 2011.
And believe it or not, it’s projected to get even worse as this next report shows:
“In just the first half of 2011, the world experienced so many natural disasters that it was the most expensive year ever for properyy damage.
The year 2011 began with a flood in Australia so vast it turned an area almost twice as large as Texas into a disaster zone.
The first half of 2011 saw thousands of lives lost to natural disasters and made it the most expensive on record in terms of property damage.
In January, earthquakes hit Argentina, Chile, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Tonga. In February, they hit Burma, the Pacific Islands and the big one, in Christchurch, New Zealand.
The quake struck at midday. Buildings were toppled. Scores were buried under rubble and 181 died. Survivors who crawled from collapsed office buildings were stunned.
One woman who appeared dazed, said of her office building, “It just came down. Like, right down.”
The monster earthquake of 2011 in Japan was like something out of a science fiction movie. From 20 miles under the surface of the Pacific, the quake created a wall of water 130 feet high that traveled six miles inland, causing cars and boats to bob like toys.
It was a quake so powerful it moved the island of Honshu eight feet. More than 15,000 people died and nearly 5,000 are still missing.
Then in a terrible twist, after the quake knocked out power at the Fukushima nuclear plant, the tsunami washed out its backup generators, the last line of defense against overheating. It would be the world’s first triple meltdown, spreading radiation over a wide area.
It was the worst disaster to afflict Japan since World War II.
The world was still in shock when the southern and eastern United States experienced the worst rash of tornadoes in recorded weather history. The 2011 “Super Outbreak” included four EF-5 tornadoes, and led to almost 350 deaths and more than $6 billion in insured losses.
Then just weeks later on a Sunday afternoon in May, a mile-wide multiple vortex EF-5 tornado plowed through Joplin, Mo., obliterating parts of the city, killing 159 people and causing an estimated $2 billion in insured losses.
The insurance industry was left reeling. Americans were in shock.
Vinson Synan, author of 19 books and the dean emeritus at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Va., says the unprecedented string of calamities is forcing many Americans to ask, ‘Why?’
“It’s a sobering thing, for even natural man to face up to natural disasters that don’t make any sense at all. And to hit randomly in the world, and may hit you,” Synan said. “And the question, in the back of their minds -- ‘What does this mean?’”
“So I think it brings people to question the ultimate end of everything,” he explained.
And unfortunately, the world’s worst disasters could still be ahead, like a category five hurricane making a direct hit on a large American city.
Experts have studied other disaster scenarios that many Americans do not know about.
For example, geologists have warned that heavy rains on Mount Rainer in Washington State could cause a deadly 40-mile mudslide moving at 60 mph, filled with rocks and trees.
Some fear the collapse of the giant volcanic mountain Cumbre Vieja in the Canary Islands could send an 80-foot high tsunami slamming into the east coast of the United States at 600 mph.
And along the Mississippi, a catastrophic quake at the giant new Madrid fault would cause utter devastation to America’s heartland, changing the course of the mighty Mississippi, and causing the ground to roll like the ocean, as it did in 1811 and 1812.
Many Americans might think they live in one of the safest periods in world history. But do they? Why have so many natural disasters struck the planet this year, and what does it mean?
“It brings people to question the ultimate end of everything. Even the natural man who doesn’t even know God, is saying ‘Something bad is happening,’ ‘It’s getting worse and worse,’” Synan told CBN News.
In fact, lest you think this is just a flash in the pan, check out this chart on the rise of Natural Disasters.
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And folks, I think the point is obvious. Maybe it’s just me, but I kind of think God’s trying to get our attention or something, how about you? I mean, it’s almost like He’s trying to send is a signal that He’s not too pleased with us, and His judgment is just around the corner, you know what I’m saying? Sounds to me like we’d better get right with God, how about you?
But that’s still not all. The second sign of Global Earth Catastrophes letting us know God is Judgment is just around the corner is The Rise of Plagues. You know, like in the Bible times.
And the first plague that very well could be a sign of God’s Judgment coming upon us is The Rise of Animal Deaths
Exodus 9:1-3,5-6 “Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: “Let my people go, so that they may worship me.” If you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them back, the hand of the Lord will bring a terrible plague on your livestock in the field – on your horses and donkeys and camels and on your cattle and sheep and goats. The Lord set a time and said, “Tomorrow the Lord will do this in the land.” And the next day the Lord did it: All the livestock of the Egyptians died.” (NIV)
Now folks, I think it’s pretty clear in our text that one of the things that God apparently does as an act of His Judgment, is what? He’ll judge you by taking out your animals won’t He? Exactly! And folks, I don’t know if you’ve noticed or not, but that’s exactly what’s going on right now all over the world! There’s a whole bunch of weird mass animal deaths all over the world, and it makes you wonder, is this a sign from God that He’s fixing to Judge us? Check it out! This is wild!
“As you’re likely aware, there’s been a pretty bizarre spate of mass animal deaths reported around the world. First, it was the thousands of birds that fell from the sky in Arkansas on New Year’s Eve. Some 100,000 fish also washed up on the shores of a river 100 miles away. Birds fell from the sky in Louisiana and Kentucky, too. Two million fish washed up dead in Chesapeake Bay. 50 birds fell from the sky in Sweden. 100 tons of fish washed ashore in Brazil. 40,000 crabs were found dead in England.
All of this carnage has left people around the world wondering the same thing: What is going on? Unfortunately, there’s no good answer.”
But once again, that’s just the tip of the iceberg. It’s not just birds dying off, falling from the sky, it’s all kinds of animals dying off, all over the planet, all at the same time, in mass quantities. In fact, here’s a list of animal deaths from around the world that occurred in just one month’s time!
• Hundreds of dead seals washed ashore in Canada
• 200 cows found dead in Wisconsin
• 100 dead carp found in U.K.
• 730 African grey parrots died during flight
• 300 grackles found dead on a highway in Alabama
• Thousands of gizzard shad fish washed up near Chicago
• Countless fish found dead in U.K. brook
• 100 starlings found dead on highway in California
• Dozens of dead starlings turn up in Romania, blamed on “drunkenness”
(Gotta watch ut for those party animals)
• More than 1,000 dead turtle doves found in Italy
• 40,000+ dead Devil crabs washed ashore in the U.K.
• Hundreds of dead birds fall to ground in Kentucky
• Hundreds of dead birds found on highway in Texas
• Hundreds of dead snapper washed up on New Zealand beaches
• Up to 100 jackdaw birds found dead in Sweden
• Several dead manatees found dead on Florida coast
• Thousands of dead fish washed up on creek bank in Florida
• Hundreds of dead fish found on St. Clair River in Canada
• Hundreds of blackbirds dead in Louisiana
• Thousands of dead octopuses washed ashore on Portugal beach
• Two million dead fish washed up in Chesapeake Bay, MD
• 100 tons of dead fish washed ashore in Brazil
• 100,000+ dead drum fish found in Arkansas river
• 5,000+ birds found dead in Arkansas
• 70 bats found dead in Tucson, AZ
• Scores of dead fish washed ashore in a lake in Haiti
• Hundreds of dead starfish, jellyfish washed ashore in South Carolina
• Ten tons of mostly dead fish found in fishing net in New Zealand
• 100+ dead pelicans drop in North Carolina, unknown causes
• Thousands of dead fish turned up in bay in Philippines
• Dead fish washed ashore at lake beach in Indiana
• Thousands of dead fish washed ashore on Florida beach
• Thousands of dead barramundi fish washed up in Australia53
Hmmm. It’s almost like God’s giving us a wake up call. What’d the text say? If you don’t turn around, if you don’t do what I say Egypt, and stop rebelling against me…I’m going to take out your livestock! Whew! Good thing we don’t see any sign of that happening any time soon! Folks, what more does God have to do? We’re living in the last days and we need to get right with Him now!
But that’s not all. The second plague sent by God that very well could be a sign of His Judgment is getting ready to come upon us is The Rise of Insects.
Exodus 8:16,21:10:12 “Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the ground,’ and throughout the land of Egypt the dust will become gnats. If you do not let my people go, I will send swarms of flies on you and your officials, on your people and into your houses. And the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over Egypt so that locusts will swarm over the land and devour everything growing in the fields.” (NIV)
And again folks, I think it’s pretty obvious, when God wants to judge a nation, He’ll not only take down their livestock, but He’ll flood them with what? Insects, right? Massive invasions! And so that’s the question. Do we see any signs of a massive insect invasions across the world as a sign that God is getting ready to Judge us just like He did with Egypt? Uh, yeah. Just a little bit! Let’s take a look.
“Of all things, believe it or not, a massive stink bug invasion is occurring in 29 states of the U.S. and is spreading at an alarming rate. “These dime-sized brown bugs are crawling into homes over windowsills, through door crevices and between attic vents in such numbers that homeowners talk about drowning them in jars of soapy water, suffocating them in plastic bags or even burning them with propane torches. Get used to it, experts say – the invasion is only going to get worse. And that’s because they have no natural predators in the United States and pesticides don’t work effectively. In fact one person commented on how bad it is, “I literally have made homemade chili and had to throw it out because there were stink bugs in it.” In fact, they went on to say, “I have had people refuse to come over for dinner because they knew about my stink bug problem.”
Another article shared how another insect invasion of saltmarsh caterpillars were so bad in the South that a farmer used a roller to crush the worms crawling across a road between his fields, causing a slick road surface, and not just saltmarsh caterpillars, but grasshoppers, sugar cane beetles and armyworms are showing up in high numbers in the South which caused one entomologist to report, “This year’s insect situation is getting weirder and weirder.” In fact, researchers are now saying that three more insect invasions are getting ready to converge on the South and that is the Japanese beetle, emerald ash borer, and the gypsy moth and that a complete infestation is expected to occur within the next 2 to 25 years.
But that’s still not all. Not just in the U.S. but in various places around the world, just like in the Bible, people are experiencing the worst locust invasion they’ve seen in decades:
“A plague of biblical proportions, as locusts invade South Wales in Australia. The swarms could cost billions in Aussie dollars in damage to the agriculture industry. Some have predicted that the area affected could be the size of Spain.”
“Swarms of locusts, that once again inundating parts of the state. Hundreds of thousands of the insects are eating through paddocks and even farmhouse doors.”
Sarah Abo:”A blanket of locusts covering a farmhouse in the state’s mid-north. This home video recorded early this months shows hundreds of thousands of the little pests which have reached papau stage”
Property owner Paul Smart: “Never been this thick not around house and through yards it’s just moved like the ground was alive”
“Triggered by the rains an all devouring army-LOCUSTS! Millions emerge from eggs buried in the sand gathering into columns which may stretch for 10 kilometers. At this stage they can’t fly, only hop, but it doesn’t hinder their progress. These sweeping hoards devastate any new growth in their path. After 5 weeks of steady munching the infantry becomes airborne. These breeding swarms can cover up to 80 kilometers a day.”
“Oh my God, there’s an absolute invasion. There’s one on the window right here. (girl crying in the background) Oh my God Oh my God here they come here they come!”
“Portions of southern Russia are under attack courtesy of millions of locusts. The weather recently has been particularly good for locust production and it shows in this video from the country’s Dagestan region. Locusts have taken over thousands of acres of land in Dagestan over the past two weeks as well in other areas within the Russian caucuses.
Last month, the U.N.’s Food & Agriculture Organization said it will help numerous countries in Eastern Europe and central Asia in an attempt to save farmland from a locust crisis said to be threatening the food security of some 20 million people. The Food Agency has also indicated that it will start a 5 year program to save more than 60 million acres of cultivated farmland from the giant grasshoppers.”
“Large swarms of locusts have laid waste to vast tracts of Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, with authorities expecting the plague to worsen as the weather heats up.
The locust plague began in the pastureland of the Ili River Valley and Taer Basin in late April, said Wang Xinchang, an official with the animal husbandry bureau in Tacheng Prefecture, on Tuesday.
“Locusts have infested nearly 100,000 hectares of pastureland in Tacheng Prefecture,” he said.
As the summer heat persists, the situation might still worsen next month. At least 400,000 hectares of pastureland could become infested, he said.
Xinjiang’s regional headquarters of locust and rodent control said an estimated 15.7 million hectares of pastureland would suffer from the locust plague this summer.
The local governments in Ili and Tacheng have stepped up monitoring of the plague and have launched a pesticide spraying campaign to stop it spreading.
Xinjiang has more than 100 kinds of locusts, one of the major menaces to the health of its grassland. It has a history of using chickens, ducks and other birds to fight the insects.”
Locust plague hits eastern Australia. Swarms of locusts have been ravaging crops in a vast section of eastern Australia following recent floods in the region. They have infested a huge area of eastern Australia roughly the size of Spain.
Chris Adriaansen, head of the Australian Plague Locust Commission, said the quick-breeding creatures had hit from Longreach in Queensland in the northeast to Melbourne and Adelaide -- about 500,000 square kilometres (190,000 square miles).
“What we’ve got certainly is a very large and widespread infestation,” he told AFP. “It’s simply a reflection of the fact that we’ve had widespread rain across that entire area.”
Adriaansen said some swarms covered areas as large as 300 square kilometres, and with about 10 locusts per square metre, “that’s a lot of locusts.”
Local media said the insects had already wiped out thousands of hectares (acres) of crops and were also damaging grazing areas and gardens in the key agricultural area.
“One farmer has about 400 hectares (1,000 acres) which will have to be resown,” an agronomist in the town of Forbes, Graham Falconer, told public broadcaster ABC. “The locusts are doing considerable damage.”
Adriaansen said the insects, which had destroyed some early planned cereal crops but mostly fed on pasture, were set to multiply in coming months as their offspring hatch.
“Come the middle of September through to October across that entire inland area...we expect there to be some very large infestations again,” he said.
Swarms are expected in southern Queensland and northern New South Wales, areas which last month were flooded after heavy rains broke almost a decade of drought.”
“U.S. states brace for invasion of cicadas as they hatch after 13 years underground. Even at this very moment, billions of the winged insect are crawling from their exoskeleton cages, ready to suck the sap out of every plant, tree and bush that gets in their way.
But they are here to breed, laying eggs in the twigs and branches of trees as they call out to mates with their deafening song. The red-eyed army has already reached the southern states of America, prompting many farmers to cover their crops with heavy protective netting.
“There are billions of them in the trees,’ Greta Beekhuis told USA Today from her home in Pittsboro, North Carolina. ‘The sound of the cicadas is clearly audible over the line. ‘When I drove from my house to the grocery store, I ran over thousands of them. They’re everywhere. The air is just thick with them.’
There have been reports of mass-hatchings in South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina and Arkansas. But now the inch-long insects are heading north, desperate to continue their breeding frenzy.”54
Folks, maybe it’s just me, but it sure looks like there’s a rise of insect invasions going on all over the planet, where have I heard that before? And gee, I wonder if it’s God’s way of getting our attention, just like Egypt? I kind of think so!
But that’s not all. The third plague sent by God that very well could be a sign of His Coming Judgment is The Rise of Hail.
Exodus 9:22,25 “Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that hail will fall all over Egypt – on men and animals and on everything growing in the fields of Egypt.” Throughout Egypt hail struck everything in the fields – both men and animals; it beat down everything growing in the fields and stripped every tree.” (NIV)
And so folks, one last time, yet another instrument that God will apparently use as an act of His Judgment, to get our attention, just like Egypt, is with what? Hail, right? And so that’s the question. Do we see any signs of an increase of Hail Storms all across the planet as a sign that God might very well be getting ready to judge us real soon? Uh yeah. Let’s take a look folks!
“Recently 40 people were killed in China due to a violent hour-long hailstorm in their Northwest region. It “wreaked havoc” on all of the country’s 18 townships and affected more than 2/3rds of it’s 450,000 residents. Roads were blocked, houses collapsed, and farmland was destroyed.”
But that’s not all. Recently there’s indications that the hail storms are not only getting much much more ferocious but much more numerous. So much so that they are actually creating rivers. Check out this actual transcript of a recent news broadcast in Texas:
“I have to tell you I have never ever, ever, ever seen what you’re about to show.”
Pete Dellkus Chief Meteorologist: Yeah, let’s take a look at this video right now. I want you to check this out and you can see we had anywhere between two and four feet of hail. Two to four feet deep in hail and then it all started to melt. (A river of melting hail is shown flowing just like a raging river)
This was north of Amarillo, it was just to the south of Dumas. Look at the hail piled up over there on the right side of the screen. I mean this is absolutely amazing stuff courtesy KVII that’s and ABC affiliate up in Amarillo.
Check out some of these pictures right here. That’s not water that’s just hail that started to fall right there on Highway 287 that runs north out of Amarillo. It started to fall on this truck- got just trapped - it stopped because of the enormity of the hailstones and just the sheer mass of it all.
Look at these pictures right here, it looks like something you’d see in the winter time. I have another picture I want to show you and you can see that it’s 287 Northbound. That’s just amazing stuff.
And this comes courtesy of the National Weather Service in Amarillo, that firefighter, that guy has a four foot pile of hail there next to him.”
But that’s still not all. The hailstorms are not only getting more ferocious and numerous, they’re also getting bigger. Recently a small town in South Dakota experienced a massive hailstorm that, “punched holes through the tops of buildings and left dents in the ground as large as coffee cans” as this next report shows:
“This immense hole (shows a massive hole in a roof) by a hailstorm of biblical proportions with rocks of ice pounding into cars and homes. Holes were punched in the tops of buildings, and for Les Scott he’ll never forget what it sounded like.
Les Scott: Guys throwing bricks at the house and there was many of them. It was scary.
Scott watched as massive hailstones pummeled the ground. Today the divots are still visible, some as large and deep as coffee cans but when the hail stopped, a certain stone grabbed his attention.
Scott: I just happened to see this one fall and the only reason I went out and got it because it had all of these fingers sticking out of it, and I thought, well that’s weird and I’ll go get that one.
Scott originally wanted to make a daiquiri out of the hail but he decided to contact the national weather service instead. Today they were in Vivian. They carefully took out the stone from the freezer and placed it in a cooler with dry ice. The next stop was at the post office where the hail had a date with the federally certified scale. Moments later the hail weighed in at 1.9375 lbs.
Officially we know where records have been kept this will be the U.S. record and the World record for weight. So very impressive.
The finder said the ice chunk could have been even bigger but with no power to keep the freezer going it had shrunk by 5 centimeters.”55
A two-pound hailstone? Now folks, how many of you would say that would cause some serious damage? Uh huh! But believe it or not, that’s just a baby one compared to what’s coming! Remember the Biblical rule. All of this, is just a birth pain. These two-pound hailstones, they’re baby ones! Here’s how big the hail is get in the 7-year Tribulation!
Revelation 16:17,21 “The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and out of the temple came a loud voice from the throne, saying, “It is done!” From the sky huge hailstones of about a hundred pounds each fell upon men. And they cursed God on account of the plague of hail, because the plague was so terrible.” (NIV)
Now let’s put all this in perspective. Here you see a picture of the two-pound hailstone:
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But if you multiply it by 50 times then as you can see on the next page, here’s the approximate size of a hundred pound hailstone:
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Can you imagine a hailstone the size of a Volkswagen Beetle falling from the sky? Folks, you can laugh and scoff all you want, but unless you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, that’s what you’re going to get!
And believe it or not, even with all this amazing evidence pointing to the signs of Christ’s soon return, some people are still having a hard time receiving the truth, like this story reveals:
“A man goes to the White House and asks to see President Clinton.
So the Marine on duty quickly informs the guy that Bill Clinton is no longer the President, and then asked him to please leave.
So the man goes away. But the next day the same guy comes back to the White House and asks to see President Clinton again.
So the marine on duty reminds him that Clinton is not the President, and to please go away.
So the man goes away. However, the next day, the same guy comes back again, and again the same Marine is on duty.
So the man asks to see President Clinton, and at this the Marine finally lost his patience so he yells back, ‘WHY DO YOU KEEP COMING HERE ASKING FOR CLINTON? BILL CLINTON IS NOT THE PRESIDENT ANYMORE!!!”
At this the man smiles and says, ‘I know, I just like hearing it.’”56
Now that guy just couldn’t get enough of the good news, could he? But believe it or not, there are still some people out there who are still having a hard time with this news. Shocker, isn’t it? And yet the Bible said that in the last days, many people will also have a hard time receiving the truth and will instead be living in a dream world acting like nothing will ever change. Just like it was in Lot’s day.
Luke 17:28-30 “And the world will be as it was in the days of Lot. People went about their daily business – eating and drinking, buying and selling, farming and building – until the morning Lot left Sodom. Then fire and burning sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. Yes, it will be ‘business as usual’ right up to the hour when the Son of Man returns.” (NLT)
People of God, I hope you’re not one of those who are living your life like it’s “business as usual.” Why? Because if you are, you might wake up one day and discover that you’ve been left behind. And you know what? God doesn’t want you left behind. Because He loves you and I, He has given us the warning sign of Worldwide Upheaval to show us that the Tribulation could be near and that Christ’s 2nd Coming is rapidly approaching. Jesus Himself said this:
Luke 21:28 “When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” (NIV)
Like it or not folks, we are headed for The Final Countdown. We don’t know the day or the hour. Only God knows. The point is, if you’re a Christian, you need to realize that we are going to be dead a lot longer than we are alive. Therefore, let’s not waste our lives on temporary things, but let’s strive for those things that are eternal. Folks, it’s high time we Christians speak up and declare the good news of salvation to those who are dying all around us. But please, if you’re not a Christian, give your life to Jesus today, because tomorrow may be too late! Just like the Bible said!
Study Questions
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Review
Can you remember the first two signs that Jesus’ coming is very, very near?
Sign #10 is _______ ____________ ______________
Sign #9 is __________________ ________________
This Chapter:
The #8 sign on The Final Countdown is none other than _______________ ______________________.
In Matthew 24:7 Jesus predicted, “There will be…earthquakes in various places.”
In Luke 21:11it states, “There will be ______________ earthquakes…”
Jesus told us that, not only would earthquakes increase just before His Coming, but also the magnitude of these quakes would become higher on the Richter Scale; and that’s exactly what has happened.
From 1000 AD through the 1950’s, there were only 40 earthquakes with a magnitude of 6.0 or greater – in 959 years only 40. But what has happened in just the last 47 years plus? Record your findings with Pastor Billy.
In the 1960’s there were _____ 6.0 or greater earthquakes.
In the 1970’s there were _____
In the 1980’s there were ______
From 1990 through 1994 (5 years), there were _____________
December 26th, 2006, in just 1-week alone in the United States, there were __________ of these earthquakes.
February 13th, 2008, in just 1-week alone in the U. S., there were _________
Not only are these huge earthquakes explosively on the rise, but the results are devastating. Note the following that Pastor Billy shares with us:
“they produce ________________ of dollars worth of damage”
“they kill _______________ of people”
“they make _____________ _____ _______________ of people homeless”
“Scientists are now saying that we are entering a time when ___________________ from earthquakes totaling over one ________________ will not be uncommon.”
Jesus predicted in Matthew 24:7, “There will be famines…in various places.”
The fulfillment of this prophecy from our Lord, has also exploded before our very eyes.
• What did the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) estimate concerning two-thirds of the world population?
Answer: One-third is ________________ and the final one-third is _______________ _____ _______________ right now.
• How many children starved to death in the 1990’s alone?
Answer: _________ million
• How many people will die of starvation in this year alone?
Answer: __________ million
Pastor Billy shares some reasons for an increase in worldwide famine even though we live in the most technologically advanced era ever. List what he mentioned:
1. __________
2. _____________
3. _________________ ___________________
4. ___________________ ____________
5. _________________________ ____________________ who have
stirred up restrictions on the usage of fertilizers, which is one of the reasons
why 12,000 square miles a year of Africa is now turning into desert.” With
more and more desert areas comes more and more starvation.
The parallel passage of Matthew 24 in Luke 21:11 reads: “There will be … pestilences in various places.”
Again, this prophecy from our Lord has also been explosively fulfilled.
In 1979, the U.S. Surgeon General made a bold announcement by saying, “It is time to close the books on infectious diseases.”
But actually, the opposite scenario went into effect.
• What happened by the 1990’s?
Answer: Infectious diseases have gone __________________.
• How many people worldwide have the AIDS virus?
Answer: __________million people
And the statistics show that it’s “growing like wildfire daily.”
• What other diseases are coming back with a vengeance that were once considered?
Answer: _________________________, ______________________, _______________________, ____________________ and even the _______________ _______________.”
• Why has there been such an increase of worldwide pestilence?
Answer: Other than scientific ______________________ and biological ________________, it’s partly due to an ________________ of ______________________.
We have saturated ourselves with so many antibiotics, the diseases are now _________________ and becoming ___________________ to all medications.
Our Lord also predicted in Matthew 24:7, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.”
• What was true prior to World War I?
Answer: War had never been ___________________.
• How many “major wars” have been fought since W.W. II?
Answer: More than __________.
Record how many major wars there were in:
1993 → ________
1995 → ________
Revelation 9:15-16, “And the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were turned loose to kill one-third of all the people on earth. They led an army of 200 million mounted troops – I heard an announcement of how many there were.”
The possibility of this fulfillment, of a ______ million-man army is on the horizon.
• Back in the 1960’s, what country went on record boasting of a literal 200 million man army?
Answer: _________________
God also prophesied that the flesh of human beings would disintegrate to the bone while they are still in a standing position.
Zechariah 14:12, “This is the plague with which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.”
This could be a “graphic description” of either “ _____ _________________ ___________________;” or perhaps “from a ___________ weapon”?
✓ Since the year 2000, the U.S. and Russia combined have enough nuclear bombs to destroy planet earth __________ times over.
✓ Even smaller countries have their own supply of nuclear weapons right today.
• In these last days millions of people will have a hard time receiving what?
Answer: _________ _________________
It will be just like it was in _____________day as Luke 17:28-30 tells us:
“People went about their daily business – eating and drinking, buying and selling, farming and building – until the morning Lot left Sodom. Then fire and burning sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. Yes, it will be “business as usual” right up to the hour when the Son of Man returns.”
Jesus Himself declared, “When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because our redemption is drawing near.” (Luke 21:28)
Will you stand up, and lift up your heads and hearts for Jesus in these last days before His Coming Again?
Chapter Four
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The Rise of Falsehood
“Last week Al, Wes, and Kenny decided to go do a man thing and go fishing out at Lake Mead, you know what I’m saying? Apparently, they were inspired by last week’s manly BBQ joke.
And everything was going fine until Al noticed that Kenny forgot to tie the boat off to the side of the lake there, and so the boat was gone! It had disappeared! It had totally floated away!
And it was getting late and they were on the complete opposite side of Lake Mead, they had no water, and they had no idea how they were going to cross it!
So Al, being a Christian and all, he decided to kneel down on his knees and begin to pray. And here’s what he said, ‘Lord give me the power and strength the cross the lake.’
So suddenly, Al became very strong and swam across Lake Mead.
So Wes thought, ‘Well hey, if it worked for Al, it’ll work for him.’ So Wes knelt down and prayed, ‘Lord give the skills and the strength to cross the lake.’
So Wes built a canoe and rowed himself across the lake.
So Kenny thought, ‘Man, if it worked for both Al and Wes, I know it’ll work for me. So Kenny knelt down and prayed, ‘Lord give me the wisdom and knowledge to cross Lake Mead.’
So Kenny turned into a woman and walked across the bridge.”1
Now how many of you guys would that Al, Wes, and Kenny learned the hard way that sometimes, the way out of your predicament, is right smack dab in front of your face, isn’t it? It was there the whole time and they still missed it!
But that’s right folks, believe it or not, the Bible says one day the whole planet is going to miss it even though it’s right in front of their face and that’s at the rapture of the Church, because they refused to accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior they will be catapulted into the 7-year Tribulation and for those of you who don’t know, the 7-year Tribulation is not a joke and it certainly is not a party. It’s an outpouring of God’s wrath on a wicked and rebellious planet. In fact Jesus said in Matthew 24 it’s going to be a “time of greater horror than anything the world has ever seen or will ever see again. And that “unless that time of calamity is shortened, the entire human race will be destroyed.”
But praise God, God’s not only a God of wrath, He’s a God of love as well. And because He loves you and I, He’s given us many warning signs to show us when the Tribulation was near and Jesus Christ’s 2nd Coming was rapidly approaching. Therefore, in order to keep you and I from experiencing the ultimate bad day of being left behind, a serious mistake, we’re going to continue in our series The Final Countdown.
And so far we’ve already seen how the #10 sign on The Final Countdown was The Jewish People. The #9 sign was Modern Technology. And the last three times we saw how the #8 sign was Worldwide Upheaval. And there we saw that God lovingly foretold you and I that when you and I see an Increase of Famines, Earthquakes, and Pestilence, an Increase of Wars and rumors of wars, and Signs in the Sky and last time an Increase of Volcanoes, Global Earth Catastrophes, and Plague-like Activity just like in Egypt, uh…you better wake up! This is a clear indicator from God, you are living in the last days.
But that’s not all. The #7 sign on The Final Countdown is The Rise of Falsehood. And the 1st End Time Prophecy concerning The Rise of Falsehood is that there would be and Increase of False Christs. But don’t take my word for it. Let’s listen to God’s.
Luke 21:5-8 “Some of His disciples were remarking about how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and with gifts dedicated to God. But Jesus said, As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one of them will be thrown down. Teacher, they asked, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are about to take place? He replied: Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them.” (NIV)
Now folks, according to our text here, one of the biggest and most obvious signs to indicate when we were in the last days, is when there would be what? An Increase of False Christs. And granted, throughout history we’ve had a few people here and there claiming to be Jesus. That’s pretty commonplace. But what’s not common is how in the last century alone, there has been a literal explosion of people claiming to be the Messiah.
For instance, one such person is the Reverend Sun Myung Moon of the moonies who has tons of followers. He not only claims to be the “messiah” and the “lord of the universe” but he has even stated that Jesus follows him.
“Jesus Christ is trying to follow me, my footsteps, all the way. He stayed in Paradise, because he did not marry. But I gave him marriage. Don’t you want to meet the wives of Buddha, Confucius and Muhammad? They sent letters of gratitude to me from the spirit world. They pledge that even if their religion disappears, they will follow me.”
And if that wasn’t weird enough, believe it or not, Mr. Moon actually was crowned “messiah” in one of our senate buildings. One article shared how, “You probably imagine your congressman hard at work in the Capitol debating legislation, making laws – you know, governing. But your newspaper probably didn’t tell you that one night in March, members of Congress hosted a crowning ritual for an ex-convict and multibillionaire who dressed up in maroon robes and declared himself the Second Coming.
On March 23, the Dirksen Senate Office Building was the scene of a coronation ceremony for Rev. Sun Myung Moon, owner of the conservative Washington Times newspaper and UPI wire service, who was given a bejeweled crown by Rep. Danny K. Davis, D-Ill. Afterward, Moon told his bipartisan audience of Washington power players he would save everyone on Earth as he had saved the souls of Hitler and Stalin – the murderous dictators had been born again through him, he said.
In a vision, Moon said the reformed Hitler and Stalin vouched for him, calling him “none other than humanity’s Savior, Messiah, Returning Lord and True Parent.”
Then a Jewish Rabbi declared that Rev. Moon is the true messiah and blew his horn. And it wasn’t just Jews, but also Muslims, Evangelicals, mainline Protestants, Hindus, assorted other faiths, and just about everyone.”2
Oh but that’s not all. You could also check out the “Jesus of Siberia” who right now has thousands of his own disciples who think he is Jesus because after all, he walks around in a crimson robe and has long brown hair. His devotees say that he “radiates incredible love and speaking to him is like an electric shock or like bells ringing.” And in case you doubt, he has stated, “It’s all very complicated. But to keep things simple, yes, I am Jesus Christ.” Here’s what one reporter exposed:
Reporter Mary Garofalo: While Christians all over the world prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, some believe he’s alive right now. Where? Within the deep wilderness of northern Russia. Come along tonite for a truly unique story about a man they call Jesus of Siberia.
It looks like a scene right out of the Sermon on the Mount. We traveled many kilometers through a bug infested forest to reach this isolated village in Siberia, this most northern part of Russia. Here we meet “jesus” or Visserion as they also call him. Unbelievably, 15 years ago this “jesus” was Sergei Torop a small town Siberian policeman, but now he believes he is the son of god reincarnated.
Sergei “jesus”: People will decide for themselves. Is His way for them or will they choose something else. But everything has a price.
Thousands in this village believe this is Jesus Christ. These are not misfits or lunatics. These are mostly professionals who abandoned lives in Europe to follow the man they call Jesus. Not long ago, Linetta was a Lithuanian diplomat serving at the European Union headquarters in Brussels, then she saw Visserion speaking.
Linetta: I cried, I began to cry – the feeling was unbelievable it was like I’m at home in love.”3
But hey, for those of you who don’t want to travel that far, today in Pennsylvania you could visit “What’s Your Name.” And the reason why people call him that is because when they ask him, “What’s your name,” he will only reply back, “What’s Your name?” Sounds like an annoying version of the messiah to me? Yet he has thousands of people visiting him who state, “I was in his presence for an hour and felt unbelievable.” People have had varied reaction to his appearance, including the following:
Policeman: When somebody comes into town without any shoes, dressed in a robe in the wintertime carrying a bible – well obviously someone to keep an eye on.
News Reporter: Townspeople believe that he’ll walk out of town never to return again.
Person: There is something wrong with this man, he’s over the edge
Priest: My first reaction was who is this kook
Another priest: You have this hope. He’s something like Francis of Asissi.
Lady driver: He is a blessing from god to all of us
Another woman: He’s a prophet, you know.
And believe it or not, the following quote came from “What’s Your Name?” himself:
“Subconciously there is a tremendous struggle with what I’m doing.”4
Oh, but that’s right. Maybe Pennsylvania’s Messiah is a little too homespun for you need a real Jesus with a real accent, because we all know according to the movies that Jesus spoke with a British accent, right? Yeah, whatever! But for those of you who need that sort of Messiah, that’s right, David Shayler, to self-proclaimed MI5 Messiah, he’s a former MI5 British Secret Agent is here to help you out. Let’s take a look at his claims.
“David Shayler stated in an interview, “I am the messiah and hold the secret of eternal life. “It all came about quite suddenly. First I started meditating, then I learnt how to channel the “light”, and the more research I did into Freemasonry, the Knights Templar, Kabbalah the more convinced I became that I was the Christ…” speaking of the Messiah consciousness which He says in within each one of us. “I was, though, crucified with a crown of thorns and nails then incarnated as Astronges, a Jewish revolutionary put to death by the Romans at around the end of the last century BC.
The last decade has been a tough one for the former MI5 officer. “It was in June that a psychic channelled the spirit of Mary Magdalene and anointed me the messiah and, finally, my whole life made sense.
He also claims he can affect the weather, prevent terrorist attacks and influence football results.
It was back in April that he performed what he calls his first and greatest miracle - securing his beloved team Middlesbrough a place in the UEFA Cup Final.
“It was the quarter-final against Basle and we were 3-0 down after the first leg and needed four goals in the second match to win. I sat there, said to the creator, “give me a sign” and meditated - which is tricky at a football match, because every instinct is to abuse the ref and the opposition and, instead you have to shower them with unconditional love. But I managed to focus and we played like we’d never played before, winning 4-0.”
He did it again in the semi-final, against Bucharest. “Again we were 3-0 down, again I meditated and, bang, we won - a real miracle.” So what about the final, when Middlesbrough lost 4-0 to Seville?
“Ah... interesting question,” he says, looking sheepish. “I got drunk and it turns out it doesn’t work if you’re drunk. You can’t focus.”5
Oh but that’s right, for those of you who still need a Messiah with a British accent yet has more power than one who can maybe sort affect sporting results, Australia is here to help you out. His name is John Miller.
“An ordinary Australian making an extra claim. AJ Miller says he’s Jesus Christ. We first found him spreading his message in Australia. But now this self-proclaimed son of god has taken his mission to the world. Dannem Hitchcock caught up with AJ deep in the heart of Texas.
AJ: I am going to have to say I’m Jesus. I certainly don’t want to be Jesus.
Hitchcock: His name is Allen John Miller or AJ, a former I.T. worker from Queensland’s Bible Belt. He claims he’s Jesus Christ back from the dead to spread a message he calls is “the divine truth.”
AJ: And remember that it has been prophesied in the bible and other places that I was going to do this, that I was going to return.
Hitchcock: AJ is currently on a worldwide tour. We traveled to the American state of Texas to find him. So went in with a local Christian who read about the seminar on the internet. The room is small but it’s full. AJ is front and center, to his right is his girlfriend Mary. Not any Mary, but Mary Magdalene who witnessed the crucifixion. This century she has the handycam duty.
AJ: Usually before we give a talk we talk to our spirit friends about what they feel are the issues you are facing.
Hitchcock: AJ believes after death he and Mary were in the spirit world. A world he remains in contact with. It’s a message the faithful have from all over the U.S and to here.
AJ: (Speaking of the locations of people attending the meeting that day) Florida and California, Philadelphia, New Mexico, Washington, South Carolina, Texas.
Hitchcock: The spirits say they want them to change the way they live. To love more, to become self-sufficient, to prepare for cataclysmic events such as the ones in the movie 2012. Huge natural disasters from which he will emerge as the savior. His followers have financed his current world trip. From Australia to Greece, England, Dallas TX and back to the U.K.”6
Oh, but that’s still not all. For those of you who want a Messiah even bigger then Pennsylvania or Australia or even the British Secret Service can offer, you can check out Lord Maitreya of whom thousands of people all over the world consider him to be Jesus. And his appearance is supposed to have spawned “healing springs,” “weeping and bleeding statues,” and even “divine messages inscribed by the seeds within fruit and vegetables.” And if you think nobody will ever fall for that baloney, believe it or not, CNN has actually broadcast commercial for him announcing his coming.
“If the Christ or Buddha returned today, would you recognize him? The one awaited by all major religions is come when we least expected it. He is ready to emerge openly very soon. Look for a bright star shining in the sky night and day as a sign of his public emergence.
Imagine a world free of war, poverty and injustice where sharing and cooperation replace greed and competition. Where peace born of justice prevails. In the midst of today’s chaos, is this new world possible? Now in our midst, we have help of an extraordinary kind, expected by every major faith. He awaits but our invitation. Maitreya, the world teacher is now among us”7
And as amazing as this all sounds, the point is that these guys are not the only ones claiming to be Christ. Right now here in the United States alone there are an estimated 10,000 people claiming to be Jesus.8 In fact, one of the most audacious ones is a guy named Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda. Check it out. Listen to what he’s having his followers do.
Reporter: In a tattoo parlor in trendy South Beach sat the daughter of the man who claims to be God.
Jo Ann De Jesus: Jesus is back. He’s here to teach us that we should reign in life, that there is no sin and today we’re honoring him with a symbol.
Reporter: Jo Ann De Jesus is one of several dozen members of a religious sect called Chrisienda en Gracia or “Growing In Grace” They were tattooed on their arms, ankles even their necks with 666 – the biblical sign of the antichrist. Why? Because their spiritual leader says he is the antichrist. Not the embodiment of evil but rather the 2nd coming.
Jose Miranda: 666 – antichrist means do not put your eyes on Jesus Christ of Nazareth put it in Jesus after the cross.
Reporter: And that’s you?
Jose Miranda: That’s me.
Reporter: And he says the word antichrist is a bad translation of a word that actually means the “new” christ, the 2nd coming. Puerto Rican born Jose Luis De Jesus Miranda founded the sect 20 years ago in a warehouse outside of Miami.
Jose Miranda: You receive it you accept it and confess it and it’s done unto you.
Reporter: The charismatic 61 year old De Jesus claims millions of followers, most in Latin America. His sect does have hundreds of churches, cable tv stations and says it brought him 1.4 million dollars in donations last year and he boasts of a rapidly growing presence in the United States. In an interview with us in September he declared:
Jose Miranda: I do greater things than Jesus of Nazareth, much greater.
Reporter: Now sporting his new tattoo –
Jose Miranda: 6 - 6 - 6 three presents.
Reporter: De Jesus says those expecting the 2nd coming of Christ on a cloud with angels have misinterpreted what Jesus Himself said.
Jose Miranda: He said it! “You won’t see me anymore” because he will come in another body – which is me.
Reporter: De Jesus preaches that heaven can be found here on earth, simply by following him. There is no sin and there is no hell and that’s part of the reason why he is attracting so many followers. But marking your body with 666 seems an unusual way to show you’re a Christian.”9
Now folks, it’s one thing for a person to claim they’re Jesus Christ. But to have tens of thousands of people across the world falling for it, even to the point where they tattoo 666 on their bodies as a sign of allegiance? People we better, wake up! These are all signs we are living in the last days!
But that’s still not all. Get this. Every year in Jerusalem, a strange phenomenon is occurring that has been dubbed, the Jerusalem Syndrome where tens of thousands of people have delusions of being a Biblical character or Jesus Christ Himself.10 And the sad thing is how people have no idea that they are actually being prepared by these false christs to one day worship and follow the ultimate false christ, the antichrist, who will also say he is a god during the Tribulation.
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 “Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He will oppose and exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshipped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.” (NIV)
Now folks, according to our text, the Bible is clear. During the Tribulation the antichrist will not only actually proclaim himself to be god, but the people of the world will what? They’ll actually worship him as god. And people, here’s my point. What do we see the people of the world doing right now? There’s a massive increase of people worshipping mere men as god, right? People of God, wake up! We’re living in the last days! One of these false christs that are on the scene today might very well be the actual antichrist who will be worshipped as god during the Tribulation! Wake up! We are living in the last days!
But that’s not all. The 2nd End Time Prophecy concerning The Rise of Falsehood is that there would be and Increase of False Myths. And this is important because you might be thinking, “Well come on now! Who in their right mind would ever listen to these goobers who are claiming to be Jesus Christ? I mean, this is ludicrous! All you got to do is read the Bible and see that that’s not the way Jesus is coming back! These guys are imposters!” Well yeah, if you were to say that, you’re right! Here’s how the Bible says Jesus is going to come back and it’s not going to be like those guys!
Matthew 24:26-27 “So if anyone tells you, ‘There he is, out in the desert,’ do not go out; or, ‘Here he is, in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it. For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.” (NIV)
Now folks, how can you get any clearer than that? When Jesus comes back He’s not going to secretly appear in the desert in Australia. He’s not going to appear in a rented room in some Holiday Inn in Pennsylvania asking people,” What’s your name?” And He certainly isn’t going to encourage people to tattoo 666 on their bodies and say that the Mark of the Beast is a good thing and there is no sin and there is no hell! Are you kidding me? What’d it say there? Just as lightning shows up and is visible from the East to the West, so is going to be the coming of the Son of Man! In other words, it’s going to be a global event, everyone’s going to see it, and there’s going to be no mistake about it! It’s Jesus, and it’s not going to be done in secret, and believe it or not, He doesn’t need CNN to announce it!
And that’s precisely the point. Again, who in their right mind would ever fall for one of these false christs, let alone the antichrist, when the True Christ’s appearance is so plain in the text? Well, that’s precisely the problem. The Bible says in the Last Days that people won’t be following after the Biblical text anymore, instead they’re going to be chasing after strange myths.
2 Timothy 4:1-4 “In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage – with great patience and careful instruction.
For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.” (NIV)
Now folks, according to our text, I think it’s pretty obvious. This is a sad reality of the Church in the Last Days. The Bible says that the Church is not going to get better and better as the appearing of Jesus Christ gets closer and closer, as some would falsely state. But rather, believe it or not, Churches will purposely hire Pastors to tickle their ears with non-convicting sermons, i.e. of things they want to hear, and stroke them with comments of how wonderful they are, instead of the truth. In fact, it said it going to get so bad in the Church that they will actually turn away from the truth, i.e. the Bible, even if faithful Preachers are still preaching it, and instead follow after myths, or literally things made up! And this is why, when you put this together, that people, even in the Church, are falling for these goobers who would have the audacity to claim to be Jesus Christ. They refuse to listen, heed, study the Bible and instead would rather run after things that are made up.
But man, praise God we don’t seen any signs of people doing that stuff! Yeah right! Folks, the apostasy has already begun, and people all over the planet, many claiming to be Christians, are seeking the truth outside the scope of the Bible. And it may sound like a small thing, but once you go outside the parameters of the Bible, you open up pandora’s box and you can come up with all kinds of wacked out stuff, like these guys did. Check this out.
Reporter: The cars and trucks rush up and down Interstate 35 everyday. A number of Christians have come to believe because of recent prophecies, dreams and visions that I-35 is the highway spoken of in Isaiah 35:8 “and a highway will be there; it will be called the way of holiness” Jeff Baldwin college and career pastor at Dallas’s Heartland Ministries.
Jeff Baldwin: There have been very specific cities given in these prophetic words to say “go to these cities and cry out for holiness and purity and I’ll come down and invade” and all those cities were along the 35 corridor.
Reporter: And now dozens of midwest ministries have linked arms to pray these prophecies are soon fulfilled and they’ve set aside 35 days to concentrate on I-35.
Cindy Jacobs: We have seventeen 24 hour prayer rooms going on.
Reporter: Two of the main organizers are prophetic intercessors Cindy Jacobs and Heartland senior pastor Steve Hill famous for his evangelizing in the Brownsville revival.
Cindy Jacobs: What do we expect to see. We expect laws to be changed in cities. We expect righteous leaders. We expect a movement and a reformation that will literally sweep the face of the earth.
Jeff Baldwin: There’s something happening. There is a shift in the heavenlies. I believe we are moving angels and demons right now.”11
Yeah, and I agree there’s a whole new shift taking place. A shift from the Word of God! Can you believe that? I don’t know about you but I’m so glad we live next to I-15 instead I-35 because if we ever have to fast as a Church apparently we only have to do it for 15 days! Praise God! In fact, I did a little research and I discovered that there is a verse in Isaiah 15, because that’s our highway and this is must be a word for us, and it says, “Every head is shaved, and every beard is cut off.” So don’t you see? This is a clear sign from God that if we all go to the store and but some razors that He’s going to come to Las Vegas and bring revival! It’s right there in the text!!!
Now folks, obviously I’m kidding, but do you see what happens? Once you veer outside the scope of Scripture, you can make anything sound spiritual. In fact, it leads to all kinds of “secret signs” from God, including so-called appearances of Jesus Christ. Folks, what I’m about to share with you is absolute proof that this passage is being fulfilled before our very eyes. People have turned away from God’s truth and have turned aside to myths. Starting off with…Jesus on a French Fry. Check this out.
• Jesus on a French Fry: A local woman in the California capitol says she was cooking dinner for her husband when she suddenly noticed the crispy crucifix. Adding she’s has never seen anything like it in her 88 years on the planet. No word on whether Jesus Christ on a French fry will follow the path carved by Jesus Christ on an oyster, Jesus Christ on a fish-stick and Jesus Christ on a pierogi and wind up on Ebay.
• Jesus on a Chip: The lady saw the discovery of the chip as a sign that the family is doing something right, and perhaps as an indication that they need to stop smoking. “This strengthens my faith,” she said. “It make me believe even more.”
• Jesus on a Cheeto: The man said, “I was fixin’ to eat it, when I saw the image. I don’t think the heavenly choir actually started singing, but in my mind they did.”
• Jesus on a Bruise: The girl commented that she thought it was a sign that, “Jesus wants us to ride around in cars with boys; He’s telling us it’s okay and that I need a cooler cell phone.”
• Jesus on a Cell Phone: The message that I got was that He was telling me that He was with me. Just to be sure it wasn’t a hoax, they checked to see if the image had come preloaded with the phone, or had been sent to her. Apparently it was a truly divine miracle.
• Jesus on a XBOX 360: This XBOX 360 package has an image that resembles Jesus on the back. I did not alter the package in any way. This is a natural occurrence of something beyond my understanding.
• Jesus on a Pulpit: Jubilee Fellowship Church members say you can see the face of Jesus on their pulpit. After it was re-varnished, someone from the Church noticed the profile of what they believe is Jesus Christ.
• Jesus on a Closet Door: The guy said, “My old closet door has a very curious wood grain pattern in it, that many people over the years have said looks exactly like Jesus Christ holding out His hands.”
• Jesus on an Iron: Speaking of doors, right behind a door, one woman says she found Jesus on an iron. Mary Jo Coady says, “Jesus is on my iron. You see his head there, his hair, his eyes, his nose. Last Sunday, the door was shut. I opened the door and I looked down and I see this image staring at me and I was like...my first reaction was an image of Jesus looking at me. I was like okay you’re crazy, I looked at it again – he’s still there. It’ll be a reminder that things are going to be good and get better.
• Jesus on a Guitar: Jeff Hoyer told the Ludington News, “I’ve been here for 27 years and I’ve never seen anything close to that. The face is so clear. It reminded me of the Shroud of Turin and we know who that was.”
• Jesus on a Tree: Recently, while attempting to find solace against an imminent foreclosure, a couple had discovered that an image of Jesus had appeared in a knothole in their tree. The couple believes that this is a sign that something good is coming their way.
• Jesus on a Rock: The lady said she was riding on a bus looking out the window when she saw it. Her friend believes that the image is there to watch over them. Another friend says since the lady needs a kidney, the image is a sign she will be okay.
• Jesus on a Ceiling Stain: Dominique Sartin, a staff member of Body Shoppe said, “I think it’s a silhouette and kind of a partial beard.” She said if it had leaked a little more, it would be a beard on the other side too. They’re looking at selling it on Ebay.
• Jesus on a Shoe: An individual in Southeast Kansas noticed a strange stain on the tongue of his new shoes. Upon further inspection, it was the image of Jesus Christ. The show has been listed on Ebay, with a portion of the proceeds to go to Church ministries.
• Jesus on a Lava Lamp: The man said, “I had been going through a tough time and was praying for a divine sign from God that I was not alone and that all would work out fine.” After the revelation of the lava lamp, he said his life turned around.
• Jesus on a Pita Bread: One day a New Zealand gentlemen woke up to cook some pita bread. Oddly enough one piece looked like the face of Jesus. He said, “I was tempted to eat it, but for some reason, I didn’t.”
• Jesus on a Rotten Potato: Renee said she had been looking for an excuse to get out of making potato salad. “I was hesitant about making the potato salad because sister Frankie makes the potato salad at Church. And I said, ‘Lord, if it’s not for me to make the potato salad then send me a sign.’” She got her sign right off the bat with the first potato she split in half.
• Jesus on Everything: Jesus on a Dog Door, Jesus on an and X-Ray, Jesus on a Moth, Jesus on a Cat, Jesus on a Wheel, Jesus on a Pretzel, Jesus on a Spoon, and who could forget…
• Jesus on a Beer Bottle: The man said, “When I saw it I got goose pimples. I have no doubt it is the face of Jesus. You can even see his beard and hair.” The article said, “The devil is constantly at work to stop these signs from spreading. It ended up getting collected by a barmaid when no one was paying attention and thrown away.”
• Jesus on a Toilet Seat: Lest you think that God doesn’t care about us here in Las Vegas, recently a woman shared how Jesus sent all of us here in Vegas an encouraging word on her toilet seat.
Reporter: Yes you can call it the royal flush. Magdalena Nelson’s guest bathroom screams “I love Las Vegas.”
Magdalena: I get a little choked up because it’s so silly and so funny but it really just made my day. It really made my day.
Reporter: And by that she’s referring to what she says appeared while she was cleaning.
Magdalena: The face of Jesus came out.
Reporter: Take a look, do you see it? Look closer. (flushing sound)
Magdalena: I said holy ****. I went from every angle and I looked and I looked and I called my boyfriend in and it was there.
Reporter: What did you think when your girlfriend said I see Jesus in a bumper sticker on her toilet.
Boyfriend: I thought it was ridiculous, I thought she was crazy.
Reporter: But once he looked closer he says he now sees the image as plain and clear. So you think that there is something to it?
Boyfriend: I hope so, it’s helped us feel better. We kinda been going through tough times and it’s brought us up a little bit and our spirits up that day.
Reporter: And now they say praying to the porcelain god has taken on a whole new meaning. Ever since Magdalena discovered the sign on Thursday, she said this bathroom is literally off limits to the family. Magdalena says she’ll protect the image as long as she can and however it got there she believes timing is everything.
Magdalena: So when I saw that it was just, “Bing!” okay. We’re gonna be alright no matter what. The economy is in the toilet but I think we’re gonna be alright.”12
Well there you have it folks. Everything is going to be fine here in Vegas. Jesus just appeared on a toilet seat! I mean, what more proof do you need? Excuse me? Do you see what happens when you start going down this route? But it gets even worse…
“50 people looking for a solar image of Mary lose their sight. ‘At least 50 people in Kottayam district have reportedly lost their vision after gazing at the sun while looking for an image of Virgin Mary.
Though alarmed health authorities have installed a signs to counter the rumor, curious onlookers, including foreign travelers, have been thronging the venue of the ‘miracle.’”13
Excuse me? You’ll burn your eyeballs out looking at a supposed vision of Virgin Mary but you won’t spend one blink of an eye reading the Word of God! You’ll get all elated about supposedly finding Jesus on a stupid bruise or a piece of toast or even a toilet seat but you don’t get excited about reading the Word of God? How could this be? Well, I got a theory and it goes like this. The Bible says in the Last Days, just prior to Christ’s Return, that, “People will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear and they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.” THAT’S WHY! This passage is being fulfilled before out very eyes! It is a sign from God we are living in the Last Days!
But that’s not all. The 3rd End Time Prophecy concerning The Rise of Falsehood is that there would be and Increase of False Teachings.
Matthew 24:3-4,10-11,23-25 “As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you. At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or, ‘There he is!’ do not believe it. For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect – if that were possible. See, I have told you ahead of time.” (NIV)
Now folks, according to our text, the very first thing out of Jesus’ mouth to indicate when we are living in the last days was what? It’s going to be a time of great massive deception, right? In fact, so much so, He repeatedly warned about it over and over again! And this deception is promoted by false Christs and false prophets with their false teachings and it’s so powerful that it comes close to even deceiving the elect, right?
Therefore, Jesus warned us, “I’ve told you ahead of time!” We need be on our guard and see to it that no one deceives us in the Last Days with their false teachings, right? And so that’s what we’re going to do. Over the next several weeks, we’re going to take a look at several different false teachings that have appeared on the planet in these Last Days, that are not only a sign we’re living in the Last Days like Jesus said, but they are single-handedly helping to usher in the Antichrist’s Kingdom.
And the 1st false teaching that’s arisen in these Last Days to help usher in the Antichrist’s Kingdom is the False Teaching of Evolution. People, I’m here to tell you that evolution not only undermines everything we believe in as Christians from page one forward of the Bible, but as we will see, it’s also going to be used in the Last Days to justify the murder of billions of people on the planet, explain away the rapture of the Church from the planet, and get us to think being left behind on the planet, believe it or not, is a good thing…and we’ll get to that later. But let’s first demonstrate just how much of a lie, a false teaching, evolution really is.
The 1st way we know evolution is a lie, a false teaching, is from the Evidence of Intelligent Design. But don’t take my word for it. Let’s listen to God’s.
Romans 1:18-20 “The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities – His eternal power and divine nature – have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.” (NIV)
In other words, nobody’s going to stand before God and say, “I just didn’t have enough evidence you were real.” Are you kidding me? There’s tons of evidence in everything He made, His creation, right? And this is the argument of Intelligent Design, which basically states that if you see design in something, then logically, it implies what? A Designer!
For instance, what if I were to tell you my watch here with about 12 moving parts slowly evolved in that field across the street over millions and billions of years from the rain and erosion beating down on the rocks and sticks and mud and I just happened to be walking by and picked it up? What would you say? You’d say the cheese has done slid off Pastor Billy’s cracker, right? Of course. Why? Because a watch can’t design itself! Watches are made by who? Watchmakers, right? Somebody designed it!
So here’s the question. Why then is it acceptable for an evolutionist to say that not just a watch, but our whole world and all of life, did evolve by chance? Who’s cheese is sliding off of who’s cracker? Hello! And it’s one thing to think this, but the Bible says, it’s exactly this suppressing of the truth about God’s existence, which is what evolution does, is precisely why the wrath of God is being revealed from heaven! Therefore, let’s take a look at some of the evidence that God has left behind for us so we have no excuse, to not only know about His existence, but no excuse to fall for the lie of evolution.
DESIGN OF THE HUMAN BODY
OUR INTERNAL ORGANS:
Did you know our kidneys contain approximately 280 miles of tubes and they filter 185 quarts of water a day from our blood?
Did you know the heart pumps 5,000 gallons of blood a day and beats approximately 100,800 times a day or 2 billion 500 million times in an average lifetime?
Did you know our bodies make about 2 to 10 million blood cells every second and if you lined up the red blood cells in one person’s body end to end they’d go around the equator 4 times?
OUR BRAINS:
Did you know that the average brain weighs about 3 pounds and yet contains 12 billion cells, each of which is connected to 10,000 other brain cells making 120 trillion connections! The brain controls hearing, sight, smell, speech, eating, resting, learning and stores so much memory data that by the age of 40, it would take the Empire State building full of computers just to store the same amount of information. (Okay, some less than others!)
OUR DNA:
Did you know the DNA molecule in our bodies is the most complex molecule in the universe? And its code is so unbelievably complex that if you typed it all out, it would create enough books to fill Grand Canyon 40 times.
In fact, your body has 50 trillion cells with each cell having 46 chromosomes but if you took all of the chromosomes out of your body, they’d only fill up 2 tablespoons! And if you stretched them out and tied them all together, one person’s chromosomes would reach from the earth to the moon and back, FIVE MILLION times!
DESIGN OF THE ANIMALS
THE GIRAFFE:
Charles Darwin believed that the giraffe was just a regular animal that grew a longer neck because it needed to reach the higher branches for food…
But the question is, “Could a giraffe evolve a longer neck?” You be the judge.
First of all, the neck of the giraffe is about 6 feet long, which means that just bending over it could explode its brain from the pressure. So how does it stay alive?
Well, it just so happens the giraffe has the most powerful heart in the animal kingdom. It’s 2 feet long, weighs 25 lbs. and has walls 3 inches thick. But that’s not all. It also comes equipped with 4 safety features to keep its brain from exploding while bending over to take a drink of water.
One, the giraffe has in his jugular veins a series of one-way check valves that immediately close as soon as the head is lowered.
But this puts way too much blood in carotid artery, so what’s it do? Well, two, that extra blood is immediately pushed into a special spongy tissue that’s located near the brain, which absorbs all the excess blood. But this could cause a rupture in the brain, so what does it do?
Well, three, it produces a fluid in the brain that acts as a counter pressure to prevent the rupture from occurring.
And four, just to make sure there’s no other rupture anywhere else along the way, the walls of the giraffe’s arteries just happen to be thicker than any other mammal.
Question, “How could this ever evolve like Charles Darwin said? And at what stage of development could the giraffe survive unless all of these features were fully functioning all at the same time?”
DESIGN OF THE BIRDS
THE WOODPECKER:
Did you know that woodpeckers don’t just peck on trees to look for food and make homes, but they do so at a rate of 15-16 times a second, which is a rate of fire twice as fast as a machine gun, meaning they’re head travels twice the speed of a bullet?
And this means the force of stress on its head is equivalent to 1,000 times the force of gravity or more than 250 times the force an astronaut experiences when taking off in a rocket!
So how does the woodpecker keep from beating its brains out?
Well, it just so happens, the woodpecker’s skull is extra-reinforced with bone. And it just so happens the bill is stronger than most birds.
And it just so happens this keeps its head and beak from being smashed to bits at the very first peck. But what about the brain? How does it survive the impact?
Well in most birds, the beak is joined to the cranium, which surrounds the brain. But it just so happens, the beak of the woodpecker is separated by a sponge-like tissue that acts as a shock absorber which scientists say is far better than anything man has ever come up with.
Then just to make sure, the woodpecker also comes with special muscles that pull the brain case away from its beak every time it strikes a blow. And then for even more protection, the woodpecker comes with neck muscles that keeps its head perfectly straight. And this really comes in handy because if its head varied even the slightest, it would rip its brain right off the skull!
And keep in mind, it does this year in, year out, thousands of times everyday!
Then, if that wasn’t amazing enough, the woodpecker also comes with a very unique and very long tongue to get its food. But where does the woodpecker put such a long tongue when there’s not enough room in its beak?
Well, it just so happens the tongue of the woodpecker is anchored and stored in its right nostril when not in use. But when he does use it, it emerges from the right nostril, splits into two halves, then each half passes underneath the skin over one side coming around the back of the skull and then underneath the beak and then enters a hole in the beak where the two halves come back together again. All that just to stick its tongue out!
Question, “How could this pecking ability and tongue ever evolve? And at what stage of development could the woodpecker survive unless all of these features were fully functioning all at the same time?”
DESIGN OF CELLS & BACTERIA
THE CELL:
Did you know each tiny cell is a literal factory containing an elaborate network of interlocking assembly lines, each of which are composed of large protein machines bristling with high-tech machinery?
In fact, on the outside of each cell are sensors, gates, pumps and identification markers while the inside is jam-packed with power plants, automated workshops and recycling units.
In fact, they even have miniature monorails that whisk materials from one location to another.
And that’s why it’s been said that even the most advanced, automated modern factory, with all its computers and robots all coordinated on a precisely timed schedule, is LESS complex than the inner workings of a single cell.
And apparently that’s also why the so-called simplest of all cells, the paramecium, is actually more complex than the space shuttle. Which by the way, is the most complex machine man has ever built!
In fact, it’s now known that the DNA molecule is 45 trillion times more efficient than the silicon megachip, which by the way, was made by teams of designers.”14
And people, this is precisely why other researchers have stated that thinking that all this came about by random chance of evolution is about as intelligent as saying, if given enough “time” and “chance” that a Scrabble factory could explode enough times, until the letters eventually landed to perfectly spell out the book “War and Peace.” Or that a tornado can whip through a junkyard leaving behind a perfectly formed Boeing 747. And not just you, but you and your entire extended family are more likely to win the lottery every week for 100 years than it is for a single bacteria to ever form by chance!15 In other words it’s impossible! It was designed by God! In fact, even the scientists are admitting it.
Charles Townes a Nobel Prize winner for Physics said: “The more we know about the cosmos (the universe) the more they seem inexplicable without some aspect of intelligent design. And for me that inspires faith.”
Alan Sandage a winner of the Crawford prize in astronomy said: “I find it quite improbable that such order came out of chaos. There has to be some organizing principle. God to me is a mystery but is the explanation for the miracle of existence.”
Werner Arber a Nobel Prize winner for Medicine said: “Although a biologist, I must confess I do not understand how life came about. The possibility of the existence of a Creator, of God, represents to me a satisfactory solution to this problem.”
George Greenstein astronomer said: “Is it possible that suddenly, without intending to, we have stumbled upon scientific proof of the existence of a Supreme Being? As we survey all the evidence, the thought insistently arises that some supernatural agency must be involved.”
Tony Rothman, physicist said: “When confronted with the order and beauty of the universe and the strange coincidences of nature, it’s very tempting to take the leap of faith from science into religion. I am sure many physicists want to. I only wish they would admit it.”16
In other words, can I translate that for you, “I wish they’d stop lying!” Why? Because any person knows that design in something implies a Designer. And that Designer is God! He’s loves us, He given us no excuse to not know about His existence! He’s left behind for us plenty of proof in His Creation, but it’s being suppressed by a lie in the Last Days called evolution. And it’s not only a sign we’re living in the Last Days, but it’s one of the reasons why the wrath of God is coming!
But that’s not all. The 2nd way we know evolution is a lie, it’s a false teaching in the Last Days, is from the Evidence of a Young Creation. Boy, have we been lied to when it comes to the age of life folks! And that’s because this is the Achilles heel of evolution. They have to have millions and billions of years in order for their lie to work. But the problem is, shocker, it’s a lie! And wonder of wonders, is it any surprise the Bible disagrees with them? Here’s how long we’ve been here according to Jesus.
Mark 10:1-9 “Jesus then left that place and went into the region of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds of people came to Him, and as was His custom, He taught them. Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” “What did Moses command you?” He replied. They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.” “It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law,” Jesus replied. “But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female. For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.” (NIV)
Now folks, according to our text, the Bible is clear. When Jesus was answering a question concerning marriage, He went right back to what? The very first account of the very first man and woman, Adam and Eve, right? And they were literal by the way. And notice what He said in the text there about this very first marriage. He said it was the very first marriage because it was what? It was at the very beginning of creation, right? Therefore, here’s the point. From the lips of Jesus Himself, He declared that the literal account of Genesis was the actual beginning point of time, right? That’s from Jesus!
And people, if you start with Adam and Eve, and you add up the dates in the Bible you get an estimated age of about 6,000 years. I know it sounds kind of weird, but that’s because we’ve been lied to! What does evolution teach? Do they teach what Jesus taught, that a literal creation began with a literal Adam and Eve just a few thousand years ago? No! What do they say? They say we came from the “goo” to the “zoo” to “me and you” over millions and billions of years, right?
But the question is, “Is this true! Is it accurate? Is it based on hard scientific data? Are you kidding me! It’s a lie! And for proof of that, let’s take a look at the supposed dating methods and you tell me if they don’t have some serious problems.
First there is the Geologic Column. If you’ll recall from school, that’s that supposed column of dirt, that by the way, only exists in the textbooks, because it appears nowhere on earth in it’s complete form. But anyway, it’s the supposed eras of evolutionary life forms evolving into other life forms through different periods of time like the so-called Cambrian period, the Devonian period, the Jurassic period, remember that? And this is one of the methods they use to give them their much-needed millions and billions of years. They say each of these “rock layers” contain “index fossils” and based upon what “rock layer” they’re found in, this is supposed to tell us how old they are. For instance, if it’s found in the Jurassic Layer it’s supposed to be around 200 million years old. But if it’s found in the Cambrian Layer it’s supposed to be 500 million years old.
Okay, and that’s nice if you want to believe that but what scientific data do you have to back that up? How do you know in the first place that those layers are 500 million years old? Was there a date attached to the dirt there? How do you know? Well believe it or not folks, I’m not making this up, they say it’s because of the “index fossils.” But stop and think about it. There’s a problem here. How can you date the “fossils” by the “rocks” and then turn around and say you date the “rocks” by the “fossils.” That’s circular reasoning and believe it or not they even admit it!
J.E. O’Rourke, America Journal of Science: “The procession of life was never witnessed, it is inferred. The rocks do date the fossils, but the fossils date the rocks more accurately.”
Niles Eldredge, (American Museum of Natural History of New York)
“And this poses something of a problem. If we date the rocks by their fossils, how can we then turn around and talk about patterns of evolutionary change through time in the fossil record?”
J.E. O’Rourke, Journal of Science: “The intelligent layman had long suspected circular reasoning in the use of rocks to date fossils and fossils to date rocks. The geologist has never bothered to think of a good reply, feeling that the explanations are not worth the trouble as long as the work brings results.”
Dr. Donald Fisher, state paleontologist for New York, was asked by Luther Sunderland,”How do you date fossils?” His reply: “By the Cambrian rocks in which they were found.” And Sunderland then asked him if this was not circular reasoning, and Fisher replied, “Of course, how else are you going to do it?”18
And that’s supposed to be science? Excuse me? That’s how you get your dates for millions and billions of years? What a joke! That’s a lie! But you might be thinking, “Well, wait a second. Don’t they have other dating methods like carbon dating, and potassium argon, and all those other methods they say prove we’ve been here for millions and billions of years?” Yeah, that’s a good question. Let’s take a look at those results, those other so-called dating methods and you tell me if we’re dealing with an exact science here. This is crazy! Check this out!
• New wood from actively growing trees has been dated at 10,000 years!
• The new lava dome from Mount St. Helens was formed in 1986. In 1997 five specimens were taken from this dome at five different locations and subjected to conventional Potassium-Argon dating. The results indicated ages of less than ½ to almost 3 million years old, all from an 11-year old rock.
• Mortar from an Oxford Castle in England gave an age of 7,270 years. The only problem was the castle was built about 800 years ago.
• Lunar soil collected by Apollo 11 gave ages by different methods from 2.3 billion to 8.2 billion years all from rocks in the same location!
• Shells from living snails were carbon dated as being 27,000 years old.
• A freshly killed seal was carbon dated as having died 1,300 years ago!
• One part of a mammoth carbon dated at 29,500 years and another part at 44,000. Now that’s one slow birth! How many of you ladies would like to give birth for 14,500 years?
• One part of a frozen mammoth was 40,000 years, another part was 26,000 years and the wood immediately around the carcass was 9-10,000 years.
• For years the KBS tuff, named for Kay Behrensmeyer, was dated using Potassium Argon at 212-230 Million years. But then a human skull was found in 1972 under the KBS tuff making it look like modern humans were around 212 million years ago instead of 2.9 million years as they teach. If the skull had not been found no one would have suspected the 212 million year dates as being wrong. But immediately seeing the dilemma, 10 different samples were retaken from the KBS tuff and were dated as being .52-2.64 Million years old, way down from 212 million. But even the “new and improved” dates still show a 500% error!18
In other words, nothing, not one of these goofball dating methods would even be close to being accurate and they know it. In fact, they admit it can be tampered with very easily!
H.C. Dudley: “Aside from other contamination problems, everything hinges on unchanging decay rates. H.C. Dudley noted five ways they could change. He actually changed the decay rates of 14 different radioisotopes by means of pressure, temperature, electric and magnetic fields, and stress. He also cited research by Westinghouse laboratories which changed the rates simply by placing inactive iron next to radioactive lead.”
L.A. Rancitelli: “As much as 80 percent of the potassium in a small sample of an iron meteorite can be removed by distilled water in 4.5 hours.”
Frederick B. Jueneman: “Just one catastrophe, such as a worldwide flood, would throw all the dating clocks off. Immense contamination of all radioactive sources would occur.”19
So basically what they’re saying is that the Flood of Noah would guarantee that not one of their goofball dating methods would even come close to being accurate, right? And gee, that’s starts to explain why they would make insane comments like this.
J.B. Birdsell in his book Human Evolution said: “In the last two years and absolute date has been obtained for the Ngandong beds, above the Trinil beds and it has the very interesting value of 300,000 years plus or minus 300,000 years.”20
Yes, that is interesting, isn’t it? Absolute? Feel free to repeat after me, “Liar! Liar! Pants on fire!!!” And so that leads to the common sense question, “Why? Why would they do this when the evidence points to the contrary that God is real and the Biblical account of creation is totally accurate? These people are obviously intelligent, why do they persist?” Well, believe it or not, it has nothing to do with the facts. It has to do with the flesh; sin. And the Bible says this is exactly what would happen in the Last Days.
2 Peter 3:3-7 “First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say, Where is this ‘coming’ He promised? Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation. But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water. By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed. By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.” (NIV)
What? You mean to tell me that in the last days scoffers would come who would deliberately forget the facts about God’s creation just so they could continue on living out their evil desires? Could that really happen? People it’s happening before our very eyes and Peter it’s a sign we’re living in the last days! Our society today is the Last Days society of scoffers and mockers and making fun of Jesus’ 2nd Coming! But if you don’t want believe God’s Word that thee men are deliberately suppressing the truth of God’s existence just to satisfy their own lusts in the Last Days, then maybe you should listen to their own words. They admit it!
George Wald states, “When it comes to the origin of life there are only two possibilities: creation or spontaneous generation. There is no third way. Spontaneous generation was disproved one hundred years ago, but that leads us to only one other conclusion, that of supernatural creation. We cannot accept that on philosophical grounds; therefore, we choose to believe the impossible: that life arose spontaneously by chance.”
Arthur Keith, author of twenty books defending evolution, wrote, “Evolution is unproved and unproveable. We believe it because the only alternative is special creation, and that is unthinkable.”
Huxley, said “I suppose the reason we all jumped at the Origin (Darwin’s Origin of Species) was because the idea of God interfered with our sexual mores.”21
Excuse me? The idea of God interferes with your sexual mores. And this whole time we’re being told that evolution is based on hardcore facts of science. Are you kidding me? It has nothing to do with science, it has everything to do with sin, exactly like the Bible said would happen in the Last Days! That scoffers would come and actually choose to “deliberate forget” which means will al due respect, “be dumb on purpose” just so they could what? Go on living out their sinful desires. Exactly like the Bible said in the Last Days!
And when you think of how much this evolutionary lie is being crammed down our throats day in and day out all across America, it’s not only unbelievable, it’s downright un-American. I didn’t say that. Our Founding Fathers did in the Declaration of Independence.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
Hey, can I translate that for you? If you as an evolutionist don’t want to believe in a Creator God like our Founding Fathers did, and if you want to be dumb on purpose, then maybe its time you go create your own country and leave ours alone!
Please, if you’re reading this and you’re not a Christian then heed the evidence you just read, admit the facts, you’ve been lied to, God is real, and you need to reverse your thinking before it’s too late, like this guy learned.
Ephesians 2:1 “As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world.”
I will live my life according to these beliefs:
God does not exist
It’s just foolish to think
That there is an all knowing God with a cosmic plan
That an all powerful God brings purpose to the pain and suffering in the world
Is a comforting thought however
It
Is only wishful thinking
People can do as they please without eternal consequences
The idea that
I am deserving of hell
Because of sin
Is a lie meant to make me a slave to those in power
“The more you have, the happier you will be”
Our existence has no grand meaning or purpose
In a world with no God
There is freedom to be who I want to be
But with God
Life is an endless cycle of guilt and shame
Without God
Everything is fine
It is ridiculous to think
I am lost and in need of saving
And that’s how I thought…before Christ opened my eyes…changed my heart…and reversed my Thinking.
I am lost and in need of saving
It is ridiculous to think
Everything is fine
Without God
Life is an endless cycle of guilt and shame
But with God
There is freedom to be who I want to be
In a world with no God
Our existence has no grand meaning or purpose
“The more you have, the happier you will be”
Is a lie meant to make me a slave to those in power
Because of sin
I am deserving of hell
The idea that
People can do as they please without eternal consequences
Is only wishful thinking
It
Is a comforting thought however
That an all powerful God brings purpose to the pain and suffering in the world
That there is an all knowing God with a cosmic plan
It’s just foolish to think
God does not exist
I will live my life according to these beliefs:
Ephesians 2:4 “Because of His great love for us, God Who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions.”22
But that’s not all. The 3rd way we know evolution is a lie and it’s going to be used to build the Antichrists Kingdom is from the Evidence of a Special Creation. But don’t take my word for it. Let’s listen to God’s.
Genesis 1:24-28 “And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so. God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” (NIV)
Now folks, according to our text, the Bible is clear. After God made the animals, He made who? He made me and you, mankind, right? But not only that, what else did it say? God made mankind specifically in His what? In His image, right? Now here’s the problem. What does evolution teach? Do they say we were specially created in the image of a special God for a special purpose? No! What do they say? They say we were created in the image of an ape! We have no special existence! No wonder our world is so hopeless. What are they saying to people? They say you are nothing, you came from nothing, and you have no future! Hello! That’s hopeless! But contrast that to what the Bible says. The Bible says, you are a special being because you were created in the Special Image of a Special God Who has a special purpose for your life! Evolution not only denigrates mankind and reduces us to an animal, but it teaches the exact opposite of what God says. They don’t say God created us after the animals, they say we actually came from an animal, right?
And so again, the logical question is, what evidence do you have to back this up? It’s one thing to believe this and promote it but what hardcore scientific proof do you have that proves that we came from an ape instead of Adam? Well, believe it or not, they have none! Shocker! We’ve been lied to! And for proof of that, let’s take a look the so-called mechanisms of evolution and you tell me if this whole thing is a bunch of baloney!
The Lie of the APE-MAN
Nebraska Man: In 1922, scientists discovered a fossil in Nebraska that was reported to be 1 million years old, and it was heralded as the “missing link” in human evolution and used in the Scopes Monkey trial for proof. The only problem was it was actually found to be just a mere tooth and that of a pig! Eager evolutionists built a whole imaginary society and lifestyle around this single pig tooth! They built the entire Nebraska man out of plaster of Paris and imagination and then they even built him a wife…You have to be pretty good to know what his wife looks like from only his tooth!
Piltdown Man: For more than 50 years we were led to believe that this ancient creature was another supposed ancestor of modern man and considered the second most important fossil proving evolution. The only problem was that it was a fraud! The original discoverers took a human skull and an ape’s jaw bone, filed them down and made them fit together. Then they treated them with acid to make them look old and then buried them in a gravel pit voila! “discovered” Piltdown man.
Neanderthal Man: Neanderthal man is the first supposed ape-man ancestor found back in Darwin’s day. A professor in 1908 declared that the Neanderthal man was an ignorant knuckle-dragging ape-like man because of the low eye brow ridges and his stooped over posture. However, it was discovered that Neanderthal man was just as human as us and his stooped over posture was caused by arthritis and rickets. He was bent over not because he was slowly evolving coming up. He was an old man with arthritis slowly going down!
Lucy: Lucy is one of the more recent finds of a supposed ape-man evolution example that has been almost universally accepted without question. But the problem is what scattered bones that were found were assembled from totally different locations. The knee joint was found a mile and a half away from the rest of the skeleton and yet was labeled in National Geographic as “Lucy’s Knee.” As one guy stated, “How fast was that train going when it hit that monkey?” Then they said Lucy was becoming a human due to the fact that an ape has a straight femur, but Lucy’s knee was angled to the side like a human’s. But although monkeys that walk on the ground do have a straight femur, monkeys that climb trees have an angled femur. All this shows is that she was a tree-climbing monkey as opposed to one that walked on ground. And if that wasn’t bad enough, the St. Louis Zoo put up a display up of Lucy with human feet on her. And guess how many foot bones were found. Zero! Pure propaganda! As it turns out, Lucy is just a tree climbing monkey and some feel there might even be some still alive today in Sumatra down near Vietnam.
The Lie of the NATURAL SELECTION
Peppered Moth: One of the most popular proofs of so-called “natural selection” is a species of moth in England called the “peppered moth” that comes in light and dark varieties. And supposedly, the light colored moths started out being the dominant ones, but due to pollution, the black ones became more dominant because they were camouflaged by the black soot. The birds ate the light colored ones. But years later when anti-pollution laws were enforced, the black ones lost their camouflage and the birds ate them which caused the light ones to become dominant.
The whole “story” was made up by a guy named H.B. Kettlewell and at first his experiments seemed very straightforward. He even took photographs of the light and dark moths resting on tree trunks during the daytime with birds eating the less camouflaged ones. He even described it as, “The most striking evolutionary change ever actually witnessed in any organism.” Or was it? Nope! It was another lie!
First of all, after 25 years only 2 moths were seen in their natural habitat. Then it was discovered that peppered moths don’t even rest on tree trunks in the daytime like the pictures showed. Instead, they turned out to be night fliers and they hide under leaves. So to get the “desired” pictures, Kettlewell and others trapped the moths, raised them in a laboratory, and then took some dead ones and some live ones and either pinned or glued them to the trees. In fact, some of the live ones were so sluggish they had to warm them up on the hood of their car to “liven” them up just so the birds would eat them!
The Lie of the EMBRYOLOGY
Ernst Haeckel: The idea of embryology began in the late 1800’s with a German evolutionist named Ernst Haeckel and he said that as a fertilized egg develops to form an embryo, it actually repeats its supposed evolutionary history. So Haeckel actually examined and drew pictures of fish, frogs, chickens, pigs and human embryos side by side and said there was a remarkable similarity between their stages of development.
The only problem with all those pictures and diagrams of embryos that Haeckel used for proof of his theory was they were fakes! As it turns out, Haeckel was an accomplished artist as well as an anatomist. Therefore, he faked the drawings to “make” his theory appear to be true!
And believe it or not it was exposed as a fraud as early as 1874. Haeckel was convicted of this fraud by his own university where he taught, and was charged with fraud by five professors and was considered an utter disgrace for the rest of his career.
And believe it or not, Haeckel actually said this in his defense, “Other evolutionists had committed similar offences,” which makes you wonder what else they’re lying about!23
In fact, it’s gotten so bad for evolution folks, that they just keep pumping out the lies like it’s no big deal. How dare we question! And one of those lies is called Sequential Ordering where they put the bones they find in the dirt in a certain order to supposedly prove evolution. Because wait a second. If you find a bone in the dirt, all you know about it is what? It died, right? You don’t know anything else. You don’t know if it had any kids let alone what kind of kids, right? Therefore, you can put any kind of bones in any kind of supposed order you want but it still doesn’t prove a thing, right? And to show you how goofy this sequential ordering really is, we’re going to watch a video clip showing there’s no way this “arranging bones in a certain order” can be used as proof for evolution. Let’s see if you agree with what this guy says.
“Just because you can arrange animals in a certain order doesn’t prove a thing. Even if you find them buried in a certain order, that doesn’t prove a thing. If I get buried on top of a hamster, does that prove he’s my grandpa?
I’ve been doing a lot of research on the evolution of the fork. I’ve pieced together fragmentary evidence for years. I believe after intensive research, the knife evolved first and then slowly evolved into the spoon. It took millions of years with great geological pressures that squeezed, dished it out and widened it up a little bit. And then slowly, erosion cut grooves into the end and turned it into the short tine fork. And then very slowly over millions of years, the grooves got longer and wider until it turned into the long tine fork.
I knew I had the right order, but I felt like I had a missing link, particularly between spoons and forks. You see, spoons are rounded and have no grooves but forks are squared and grooved. That’s two jumps in one. Even punctuated equilibrium can’t do that. So I knew I had a missing link but I couldn’t find it.
Until one day I’m flying in an airplane on US Air, 30,000 feet off the ground, and a stewardess walked down the isle, and handed me the missing link! I don’t think she knew what she had. But my trained scientific eye picked it up. I said, ‘This is it!’ Then later that day I went to get some chicken for lunch and found another one. There they are folks, the missing links…sporks!
So now the evolution of silverware is becoming complete. All I need to do is apply for a 10 million dollar grant and I think I can wrap this up. I’ve found a lot of evidence since then. I’ve been gathering data on this for a long time. I’ve even found some mutants along the way (melted plastic forks). They didn’t quite make it for some reason.
You know, it was very interesting though. As soon as people found out that I was doing research on the evolution on the fork, everybody wanted to become famous. They sent me all their data from all over the country. Even some lies got sent to me. One of them was an obvious fake. It was a fork head on a spoon handle. It didn’t get by me though. This is a cutthroat business, this fossil business is dangerous you know, you have to watch them. But I caught it right away. It’s not in my museum. The rest of them are though.
Now look, you can arrange letters in order and try to prove something if you want. You can turn a cat to a cot to a dot to a dog making one letter change at a time. If you play around for a while, you can turn yourself into a fool. Doesn’t take long either!”24
Now folks, how many of you are going to take a closer look at your silverware today when you go out to lunch? Hey, you might find a missing link alright, maybe it’s a piece of sausage on the end of your fork! In fact, I was thinking about messing with the evolutionist’s minds by having my wife bury me on top of my two wiener dogs. Boy, that’d mess them up, wouldn’t it? Hopefully she’d do it after I’m dead.
But seriously folks, maybe you’re starting to think what I’m thinking, “Uh, if all you have is lies to support your theory, then maybe it’s time to get a new theory,” you know what I’m saying? Hello! Why would you deliberately want to lie to people? How could you do this to us? Well folks, as we already saw, Peter gave us the answer! It’s a sign you’re living in the Last Days. “In the Last Days, scoffers would come who would not only mock and scoff at God’s existence, but they would actually “deliberately forget” the genuine proof of God’s existence and make up a bunch of baloney stories, including Ape-man, Natural Selection, Embryology, and a whole host of other lies just so they could live out their ungodly desires. That’s why the wrath of God is coming! And how many of you guys would say that’s not a good thing to do?
But that’s not all. The 4th way we know evolution is a lie is from the Evidence of a Judged Creation.
Matthew 24:36-39 “No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.” (NIV)
Now folks, even though we clearly don’t know the exact day or hour when Jesus is coming back, Jesus still out of love gave a clue as to how we can know when it’s getting close. And notices what He uses as that clue. He talks about a literal guy name Noah who literally entered into a literal ark that was literally filled with animals to escape a literal judgment upon the world, right?
Now here’s the problem. Is this what evolution teaches? Do they say, “Oh yeah, there was a literal guy named Noah who literally survived on a literal ark with literally all the animals in the world to escape a literal judgment.” Are you kidding me? They not only mock the account of Noah, which is calling Jesus a liar, but they flat out call it a myth. And they usually say something like, “Well, you mean to tell me that all the animals in the world could fit on that Ark? Are you kidding me? That’s a bunch of baloney!”
Really? Well, first of all, if you read the Bible you’ll see that Noah didn’t need to bring two of every single living thing that was on the planet, like the skeptics want to say. He only had to bring two of every kind, not species. You don’t need two of every kind of dog, you just need two of the dog kind, a male and a female, that’s it. And he only had to bring the air-breathing land animals, not the water ones. But granted, I agree, that’s still a lot of animals to squish into that boat! So let’s put it to the test. Could Noah’s ark, with its dimensions, have contained enough space to hold two of every kind of air-breathing land animal on the planet? Uh yeah! Unlike the evolutionists, we don’t make up our stories! Let’s take a look at the evidence!
First of all, the ark was not a ship with sloping sides, it was a large barge, so it had a larger carrying capacity. And so if you do the math with the dimensions given to us in the Bible.
Genesis 6:14-16 “So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out. This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high. Make a roof for it and finish the ark to within 18 inches of the top. Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks.” (NIV)
So if you do the math the ark would have had over 100,000 square feet of floor space and a total cubic volume of 1,518,000 cubic feet, which is equivalent to about 569 modern railroad stock cars.
Therefore, researchers agree that there was plenty of room on the ark to hold two of every kind of air-breathing land animal. In fact, there was room to spare.
Researchers have actually discovered that on the high side, no more than 35,000 individual animals needed to go on the ark because the average size of animal is about the size of a sheep, and even the few large ones like elephants don’t need to be represented by the giant older ones but rather the much smaller younger ones.
But even so researchers decided to pad this number anyway to be generous. So they assumed an incredibly high amount of 50,000 animals to be put on the ark, 15,000 more than what was required, and here’s what they found.
Using the railroad cars for comparison, they noted that the average double-deck stock car can accommodate about 240 sheep. So if you do the math, that means all of the 50,000 animals can be carried on only 208 of the 569 railroad cars which is only about 37% of the ark.
This would leave an additional 361 cars or enough to make about 5 trains of about 72 cars each to carry all of the food and all the baggage plus Noah’s family of eight people.”25
Now folks, maybe it’s just me but I’m thinking there was plenty enough room on the ark to hold those animals with room to spare, right? There’s no need to mock, there’s no need to scoff! This is a literal account of the First Judgment to warn about the coming next Judgment!
And besides, flip it around. Have you ever thought about what evolutionists teach? They want to mock and scoff at us and say, “You mean to tell me that all the dogs in the world came from two dogs on Noah’s ark? You’re crazy!” Really? Have you ever stopped to think of what they teach? I have no problem with two dogs over the last 4,500 years producing all the dogs we see today. Just one litter can produce different sizes and different colors. Extrapolate that over a few thousand years and there’s no problem. What I got a problem with is saying we all came from a rock, like this guy shares.
“I was speaking in a college in Boston one time and this Preacher called all the college and universities around Boston for a debate with me. So when I got there I got my charts out and I said ‘Now folks, I believe the Bible.’ Nobody cheered. I said, ‘I believe about six thousand years ago God made everything. The world’s not millions of years old. And two thousand years ago Jesus came.’ And I gave them the basic Bible story.
Then I told them what they believe because most of them don’t know what they believe, you have to tell them. I said, ‘You guys believe that twenty billions years ago there was a big bang where nothing exploded and produced everything. Then you say 4.6 billion years ago the earth cooled down, made a hard rocky crust, it rained on the rocks for millions of years, turned them into soup and the soup came alive three billion years ago. And this early life form found somebody to marry.’ Boy not that’s a good trick! And I continued, ‘Then it found something to eat of course and then slowly evolved into everything we see today.’
One professor was kind of getting upset at about this time. I seem to do that to them. He said, ‘There are hundreds of varieties of dogs in the world.’ I said, ‘Yes sir, you’re right about that.’ He said, ‘You mean to tell me that you believe that all these dogs came from two dogs off of Noah’s Ark? You expect me to believe that?’
I said, ‘Sir, would you look at what you’re teaching your students? Your teaching your students that all the dogs in the world came from a rock!’
Then I had one lady come to me after a debate one time. She was steaming down the isle. Boy, she was mad! She walked up and said, ‘Tonight, you said we believe that we came from a rock. We do not believe that.’
I said, ‘Well mam, calm down for just a minute. Do you believe in evolution?’ She said, ‘Yes I do. I’m a professor here at the university.’ I said, ‘Well, will you please tell me then where we came from?’ She said, ‘We came from a macro molecule.’ I said, ‘Where did that come from?’ She said, ‘From the oceans. From the pre-biotic soup.’ I said, ‘Where did that come from?’ She said, ‘Well, it rained on the rocks for millions of years…’
And then she paused and you could see that it was slowly dawning on her that, ‘I really do believe that I came from a rock, don’t I?’ I replied, ‘Yes mam, you do. You ought to be proud of it. But be careful not to step on Grandpa whatever you do!’”26
Now folks, I don’t know about you, but I think I’ll stick to two dogs on Noah’s ark, how about you! I don’t have enough faith to believe in evolution! Apparently, you got to be super religious! I just can’t cut it! But seriously folks, as you can see, there’s no need to mock and scoff at the account of Noah? Its not only factual it’s much more feasible than evolution. And remember, this is the clue from Jesus as to how close we’re getting to the Last Days! “As it was in the Days of Noah literally so shall it be at the Coming of the Son of Man literally!” He literally judged this planet once and He’s literally getting ready to do it again! You better get motivated!
But that’s still not all. The 5th way we know evolution is a lie is from the Evidence of a Fearful Creation. And folks, the Bible is clear. One of God’s most awesome and fearful creations God ever made was the dinosaur. Yes, God made the dinosaur folks! But don’t take me word for it, let’s go back to our opening text.
Genesis 1:24-25 “And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so. God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.” (NIV)
Now folks, according to our text, again we see that God created all the land animals, on Day 6, right? Of course! And so common sense tells us that this would obviously include the dinosaurs, right? I mean, they lived on the land too, didn’t they? Which means, as we already saw, Noah’s flood must be the event that’s responsible for wiping them out, right? What’d we see? The flood took out all the air-breathing land animals, right? And that has to include the dinosaurs!
But here’s the problem. What does evolution teach? Do they teach that God made the dinosaurs and then wiped them out with the flood at the first judgment? No! They say they came from a rock and died out 70 millions years ago, right? But again, the question is, okay, it’s one thing to believe that, but what hardcore scientific data do you have to back it up? Uh, none would be the answer. In fact, when you do look at the evidence it clearly agrees with the Biblical account! Check it out for yourself.
First of all, they not only find tons and tons of dead things around the world, but they find so many of them that they’ve actually given them a name. They call them fossil graveyards.
And they not only contain tons and tons of fossils, but they find them all jumbled up and thrown together in a completely disordered mass, exactly like you’d expect to find in “sudden” violent flood.
In fact, the pictures of these dinosaur graveyards often show people chiseling out a backbone of an animal that has no legs, head, tail or rib cage attached to it with no teeth marks on the bone, and next to it is another backbone of another animal all bent up and twisted. It’s just a bunch of parts and pieces!
And this shows us that these animals were not torn apart by scavengers but rather, they are the remains of a swirling mass of rotting animal parts that were deposited at the flood. In fact, one person stated, “We have huge, mass graves where dinosaur fossils are jumbled together like flotsam after a flood.” Gee, I wonder which flood that was?
And another researcher stated, “At this spot in Wyoming the fossil hunters found a veritable mine of dinosaur bones. The concentration was so remarkable; they were piled in like logs in a jam.” Hmmm. That sounds like flood words to me!
And yet, even with all this clear-cut evidence that a worldwide flood is what wiped out the dinosaurs, the evolutionist will still “deliberately forget” and come up with all kinds of wild and crazy stories to the contrary. Here’s just a few of them!
• The sun became either too hot or too cold for dinosaurs.
• The world’s climate became either too dry or too wet.
• A supernova exploded nearby, spraying the earth with radiation.
• A passing comet poisoned the earth with chemicals.
• Earth’s magnetic field reversed, and incoming radiation killed them.
• An asteroid plunged into the earth and that’s what destroyed them.
But wait a second, common sense tells us that if this were true, then why did this asteroid, comet, radiation, whatever, only kill the dinosaurs and not the rest of life?
• Mammals ate the dinosaur eggs.
• Dinosaurs turned into birds and flew away!
• New narcotic plants evolved. (Drugs killed them?)
• The inability of dinosaurs to experience slow wave sleep.
• They were killed by volcanoes
• Poisonous gases
• Parasites
• Slipped discs
• Mass suicide
• Constipation
• Shrinking brain (they got really dumb)
Speaking of a “really dumb” one man observing these theories rightly stated, “It is obvious that evolutionists don’t know what happened and are grasping at straws.”27
Or can I translate that for you? You will “deliberately forget” and turn a blind eye to the evidence and come up with all kinds of wacked out and crazy stories, including back problems and constipation is what took out the dinosaurs, just as long as it doesn’t agree with the Biblical account. Why? Because the Bible said was going to happen in the Last Days! “In the Last Days, scoffers would come and they’d not only mock and scoff at God’s existence, but they would “deliberately forget” the proof of His existence and His First Judgment so we would all be blindsided and not prepared for the Second Coming Judgment!
Oh but that’s not all. The 4th End Time Prophecy concerning The Rise of Falsehood is that there would be and Increase of False Prophets. But don’t take my word for it. Let’s listen to God’s.
2 Peter 2:1-3 “But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them – bringing swift destruction on themselves. Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.” (NIV)
In other words, you don’t want to be in their camp! But according to our text, another thing Peter says we need to be on the lookout for in the future, was not only a rise of skepticism and scoffing towards God in the Last Days. But what did he say? Look out for False Prophets who introduce False Teachings in the Church, right? And notice what Peter also says about these false teachings by these False Prophets. He said they were destructive heresies that specifically deny Jesus Christ, you know, the way to heaven, with stories they’re made up!
And this fits in line perfectly with what Jesus said in Matthew 24, “Watch out that no one deceives you.” Why? Because as we saw the Last Days are going to be characteristic of deceit, deceit, deceit! And that’s why He said, “See, I’ve told you ahead of time.” Peter warns about it to! So let’s do that. Let’s give ourselves a heads up advance with all these False Prophets and their False Teachings that have appeared on the scene in these Last Days so we don’t fall for it too, how about you? Hey, good answer! We’re going to do it anyway!
But folks, what I’m about to share with you, are all False Teachings that have all been promoted by False Prophets, that have all had their start roughly at about the same time, at the turn of the Last Century. The timing is impeccable. They all started from the mid-to-late 1800’s and on into the early 1900’s. Tell me this isn’t something the enemy would do, especially in the Last Days. Think about it! He knows his gig us up! He knows he’s lost! He’s the Biggest Loser! Jesus Christ defeated him on the cross. It’s done! It’s over! But he’s so stinking evil he’s seeing how many people he can take with him into the Lake of Fire. And so if you wanted to take people with you into the Lake of Fire and you were “that close” to pulling off the Antichrists Kingdom, what would you do? Man, you’d make sure you keep people away from the truth that’s contained only in the Bible because that’s the only book on the planet that exposes what you’re up to in minute detail! And so what better way to cover up your evil plans, your dastardly deeds than to do what the Bible says you’re going to do, “introduce destructive heresies, in the Church not the world, and steer people away from the truth! They’ll never figure out what you’re up to! Do you get it? I truly believe it’s his last ditch effort in these Last Days to cloud the issue of God’s truth and keep people off track of what’s really going on.
So again, let’s warn ourselves of these False Prophets and their False Teachings in these Last Days, so we don’t fall for it too! And the 1st false teaching that’s being promoted by False Prophets in the Last Days is The Lie of Mormonism. Now folks, somebody’s done a brilliant PR job for these guys because the impression that most people have in our country is that Mormonism is synonymous with Christianity and it’s not! Hello! Even though they may use Christian terminology and say they’re the “Church” of “Jesus Christ” of Latter Day “Saints.” uh, when you look at the facts, they’re definitely not Christian and they’re definitely not saints! But don’t take my word for it. Let’s listen to theirs! You tell me if this belief system is synonymous with Christianity. I don’t think so!
“Mormonism teaches that trillions of planets scattered throughout the cosmos are ruled by countless gods who once were human like us. They say that long ago on one of these planets to an unidentified god and one of his goddess wives, a spirit child named Elohim was conceived. This spirit child was later born to human parents who gave him a physical body. Through obedience to Mormon teaching, and death and resurrection, he proved himself worthy and was elevated to godhood as his father before him.
Mormons believe that Elohim is their heavenly father and he lives with his many goddess wives on the planet near a mysterious star called Kolob. Here the god of Mormonism and his wives through endless celestial sex produced millions of spirit children.
To decide their destiny, the head of the Mormon gods called a great heavenly council meeting. Both of Elohim’s eldest sons were there. Lucifer and his brother Jesus. Lucifer became the devil and his followers the demons. Sent to this world, they would forever be denied bodies of flesh and bone. Those who remained neutral in the battle were cursed to be born with black skin. This is the Mormon explanation for the Negro race.
Early Mormon prophets taught that Elohim and one of his goddess wives came to earth as Adam and Eve to start the human race. Thousands of years later, Elohim in human form once again, journeyed to earth from the star base Kolob. This time to have sex with the virgin Mary in order to provide Jesus with a physical body.
After Jesus Christ grew to manhood, he took at least 3 wives-Mary, Martha and Mary Magdalene. Through these wives the Mormon Jesus, for whom Joseph Smith claimed direct descent supposedly fathered a number of children before he was crucified.”28
Yup, that’s so much like Christianity, I don’t know why you’d ever doubt. Excuse me? God had multiple wives, Jesus’ brother was satan, and having black skin is a curse, and you can become a god, what? How could people ever fall for that bologna? That’s a story you made up! Well folks, here’s the reason why. It’s a sign you’re living in the Last Days! The Bible says, the enemy, in the Last Days, is going to introduce destructive heresies in the Church with stories made up including the planet Kolob! He’s going to introduce a pseudo-fake-false-Christianity just to keep people away from the truth and that’s exactly what Mormonism has done!
But that’s not all. The 2nd false teaching that’s being promoted by False Prophets in the Last Days is The Lie of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Now wait a second Pastor Billy! It says, “Jehovah” and we’re supposed to be “witnesses.” I mean, surely that’s Christian, right? Wrong! Once again, just because you use Christian terminology doesn’t mean you’re Christian! Jehovah’s Witnesses not only teach that Jesus was the archangel Michael, and that He didn’t rise from the dead physically, but they say that the Holy Spirit is not alive but a mere force, and just like Mormonism, they say you have to work your way to heaven. And I don’t know about you, but that’s clearly not Christianity! Jesus Christ is the Son of God, He did rise from the dead and the Holy Spirit is alive, and you don’t work you’re way to heaven. It’s a gift from God based on the work of Jesus Christ on the cross!
And little do people know that this so-called pseudo-Christian group got it’s so-called truth from a short order cook in Ohio! Don’t believe me? Check this out! They even admit it!
“David Riccaboni remembers his long time service at the Society’s headquarters printing the Watchtower magazine. He is seen in the 1953 film ‘New World Society in Action.’
Dave Riccaboni: One thing that impressed me as a Jehovah’s Witness was our willingness to admit our mistakes. I thought that was great at the time. I knew the Society had been wrong in the past when they set dates for the end of the world. And I saw the major changes in their doctrine and I felt – sometimes I felt upset – but I was taught from the time i was a little child that this is the way Jehovah revealed ‘new light’ to the organization.
The Bible produced by the Jehovah’s Witnesses called the New World Translation has caused quite a stir. Their ‘Proclaimers’ book claims that it is a literal translation that faithfully presents what is in the original writings and that the entire translation committee were spirit anointed Christians.
Joan Cetnar: My late husband, Bill Cetnar was at the Watchtower headquarters doing the work on the New World Translation. Former president Fred Franz was mainly responsible for the translation work. He was neither a Hebrew nor a Greek scholar and only had 2 years of college. There were no scholars. I know because I knew them all personally, the so called translation was written to reflect their own peculiar doctrine and the ‘Proclaimers’ book is not telling the truth when it says this is a fresh translation from the original Greek.
Dave Riccaboni: The only original Greek I knew was George Gangas of the secretive translation committee and he was no scholar, that’s for sure, because he, himself told me, that before he came to Bethel he was a short order cook in Columbus, Ohio.”29
Excuse me? That’s your source of truth? Your scholars for your “new” translation were short order cooks from Ohio with no training? You’ve got to be kidding me! How could people ever fall for that bologna? That’s a story you made up! Well folks, here’s the reason why. Again, it’s a sign you’re living in the Last Days! The Bible says, the enemy, in the Last Days, is going to introduce destructive heresies in the Church with stories that people made up! In other words, He’s going to introduce a pseudo-fake-false-Christianity just to keep people away from the truth and that’s exactly what Jehovah’s Witnesses do!
But that’s still not all. The 3rd false teaching that’s being promoted by False Prophets in the Last Days is The Lie of Christian Science. Now wait a second Pastor Billy, come on! It’s says “Christian” and we all love “science.” Surely it’s the truth, right? Wrong! Again folks, just because you use Christian terminology doesn’t mean you’re a Christian! Christian Science not only teaches that Jesus was not the Messiah nor God, but they have to audacity to say that God is Father-Mother, and that Jesus work on the cross is not sufficient to cleanse us from sin, because after all, they say, there is no sin, and there is no devil!30 What? That’s not Christianity! That’s a lie from the devil who is real by the way, and who is using Christians Science in the Last days to steer people away from the truth, exactly like the Bible said would happen!
But that’s still not all. The 4th false teaching that’s being promoted by False Prophets in the Last Days is The Lie of Seventh Day Adventism. But wait a second Pastor Billy! It’s says “Seventh Day” and we believe in a “seven day creation” and it mentions “Adventism” and we believe in the “Advent Jesus Christ? I mean, surely it’s Christian, right? Wrong! Just because you use Christian terminology doesn’t mean you’re Christian! Seventh Day Adventists also believe that Jesus is the archangel Michael, just like Jehovah’s Witnesses, and then they say our sins will ultimately be placed on satan, not Jesus on the cross, and they say that hellfire is not eternal, that the soul is not immortal, and worshipping on Sunday, like what you and I do every week, is the sign of the Mark of the Beast!31 Excuse me? That’s not Christianity! It’s a sign you’re living in the Last Days. The Bible says in the Last Days people are going to make stories up and introduce destructive heresies to keep people away the truth! And that’s exactly what Seventh Day Adventism does! It’s another pseudo-fake-false-Christianity to steer people away from the truth!
But that’s still not all. The 5th false teaching that’s being promoted by False Prophets in the Last Days is The Lie of the Charismatic Fringe. But again, wait a second Pastor Billy! It says “charismatic” and isn’t it good to be “charismatic” for the Lord? Even Al says you have more “charisma” than a “bag full of cats!” I mean surely that’s good, right? Well yes, “charisma” for the Lord and His Word is good. But not when you use that “charisma” to steer people away from His Word, that’s not good. And the problem I have with people seeking a so-called “Word from God” outside the actual “Word of God,” which did come from the Spirit of God, is that once you go down this route, seeking truth outside the Bible, you just opened up Pandora’s Box! You can make anything appear to be true! Including, Mormonism, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Christian Science, Seventh Day Adventists and a whole host of other false teachings I don’t have time to go into! Because they all say the same thing! They got a new Word from God! So who are you to tell them they’re wrong? They’re basing truth on the same behavior and the same basis as to what you’re doing! Do you see the problem? Once you go outside the Bible, you can make anything appear to be true, including the destructive heresies that are going to be introduced in to the Church in the Last Days!
But that’s still not all. The 6th false teaching that’s being promoted by False Prophets in the Last Days is The Lie of the New Age Movement. And folks, it is my opinion that the New Age Movement, is single-handedly preparing people right now in the Last Days for accepting a One World Religion, a One World Government, and a One World Ruler. It’s a mixture of all religions where nothing is wrong, except of course for Christianity. And to show you what I mean, let’s take a look at some of their beliefs.
First of all, the New Age Movement began around 1875 (notice again the timing of the date) with the false teachings of a lady named Helena Blavatsky who was part of an occult group called, The Theosophical Society. And they espoused the abolishment of Christianity, Judaism and Islam, and the promotion of unity between the rest of the world’s religions. They claimed that their teachings were revealed by “spirit” or elemental guides (demons) and they emphasized the evolution of a self-deified, master aryan society, and a one world “new age” religion and social order.
Later in the 1920’s these teachings were picked up and promoted by another false teacher named Alice Bailey who formed the “Lucifer Publishing Company” to help print and promote these ideas. Step by step they plotted the coming of a “new age” with instructions and plans for the institution of a “new world order.” Bailey established the symbol of a “rainbow” as their identification sign and discussed extensively the plans for a religious war, forced redistribution of the world’s resources, mass planetary initiations and theology for a new world order, world-wide disarmament, and elimination of obstinate religions. And she even discussed the sacredness of the new world leader’s number, 666. In fact, here’s a short list of their basic core beliefs.
• All is god: the earth, man, animals, and plants.
Really? The Bible says there is only one God and besides, this was the original lie that satan used back in the Garden of Eden.
Genesis 3:4-5 “You will not surely die,” the serpent said to the woman. “For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
And yet, this is one of their tenants as we’ve seen before. Here’s a video excerpt describing this serious false teaching being promoted in Shirley MacLaine’s movie, ‘Out on a Limb.’
“Shirely MacLaine was Time Magazine’s poster girl for the New Age Movement in the 1980’s. MacLaine starred in the biographical mini-series ‘Out on a Limb’ based on her journey in New Age belief. The series has been called ‘The most talked about mini-series of all time.’ The title ‘Out on a Limb’ refers to the risk involved in seeking the fruit of ‘the Tree of Knowledge.’
John Heard’s character, David Manning, states in the movie: ‘Mayan told me to tell you one thing if you had a hard time with this. She said in order to get to the fruit of the tree you have to go out on a limb.’
Mayan is a spirit guide sending a message to MacLaine. A message that is repeated throughout the series.
David Manning: ‘I am god.’
MacLaine: ‘I am god.’
Manning: ‘I am god.’
Manning and MacLaine in unison: ‘I am god...I am god…I AM GOD! I AM GOD! I AM GOD!’”
• Each one of us have the ability to become “the Christ” or “the Christ-consciousness.”
Really? Jesus specifically warned about this phrase as a sign we’re living in the Last Days.
Matthew 24:3-5 “As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in My Name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.”
• Man is destroying the earth along with the animals and plants and unless he changes his ways, “Mother Earth” will be forced to destroy humanity and Christianity is the biggest culprit in destroying the earth by teaching that man had dominion over the earth when the earth is a living being.
Really? Well, first of all the Bible says we are to “rule” over the earth which is not synonymous with “abuse.” We are to be wise “stewards” of it. Nobody promoting pouring toxic waste into our water supply. Secondly, there’s a major difference between being a “steward” of the earth and “worshipping” the earth, which is what these people promote. In fact the Bible says, this is why the wrath of God is coming.
Romans 1:18-25 “The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.”
• There is no such thing as sin and no need to repent and be saved.
Really? The Bible says in Romans 3:23,6:23 “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
• Jesus is but one of many great teachers such as Buddha, Muhammad or Confucius.
Really? The Bible says Jesus rose from the dead!
Acts 13:34,35 “The fact that God raised him from the dead, never to decay. You will not let your Holy One see decay.”
Those others guys are decaying because they’re dead!
• Mankind should seek direction directly from “the spirit world” via a psychic, a channeler, a palm reader, astrology, angels, space aliens, dead relatives, meditation, etc.
Really? The Bible says this is an abomination to God!
Deuteronomy 18:9-12 “When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations there. Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord.”
And yet, that’s precisely what they do. They contact actual demons for their actual teachings, as this report shows:
“This man channels a spirit calling itself “Bashar” who seems to hold his audience spellbound as he tells them they are equal to the Creator of the Universe.
“Bashar”: That’s why all are made in the image of the infinite Creator and what that means is you are all infinite creators.
Jack Purcell has become one of the more popular channels possessed by a spirit named “Lazaris.”
“Lazaris”: Indeed it a pleasure to be talking with you and uh well, shall we begin where you’d like to begin.
Lazaris tells the listener that God is already within man and that if man wants to find God he only needs to find himself.
Jane Roberts was a new age pioneer who channeled a spirit known as “Seth”. Roberts sold more than a million copies of her books and have inspired many.
Rick Stack: Clearly the main message that Seth is trying to say is that people are gods in training.
Some may find it interesting that the name Seth is synonymous with the Egyptian god Set. And in the realm of the occult, Set is one of the infernal names of satan.”
• All religions (except orthodox Christianity) are of equal merit.
Really? Jesus said in John 14:6 “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
• In order for the world to be at peace and harmony there must be “New World Order, Universal monetary system, World authority on food, health, and water, Universal tax, and military draft, One world leader, and the abolishment of Christianity.
Wait a second. They don’t really believe that do they? Yes they do! Listen to them for yourself.
A magazine called the Omega Letter says that “...there is only one obstacle to [world] unity -- Christianity..”
It goes on to say that “Christianity claims ‘supernatural knowledge’ and ‘divine revelation’ and therefore, should not be tolerated”.
Gus Hall the former leader of the Communist party in America said, “I dream of a time when the last Congressman is strangled to death on the guts of the last preacher...and since the Christians love to sing about the blood, why not give a little bit of it.”
Jesus said “Yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God a service. And these things they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor Me. But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them” John 16:2-4.”32
Hmmm. That’s sounds a lot like Jesus’ other warning in Matthew 24 where He said, “See I’ve told you ahead of time.” You need to be prepared! And folks, you might be tempted to think that nobody in their right mind is ever going to fall for this bologna, especially the annihilation of Christians! I mean, come on! We’re supposed to be a Christian Nation, right? But people, I’m telling you, that’s all part of the seduction. As we saw, apparently you can just claim to be a Christian and somehow you are one, and that’s a lie. But this New Age Movement is also secretly introducing this lie, right under people’s noses! And I quote:
“Today, the New Age movement appears to be a loose knit group of innocent organizations with ambiguous goals or leadership. But beneath the surface there is a definite, organized, secret leadership and strategy which guides the vast movement.”33
And people, that’s why as of 1995, New Agers represented 20% of the population of the United States making them the 3rd largest religious group.34 And so the question is, “How are they able to get so many converts here in America? Again, we’re supposed to be a Christian Nation?
Well, the 1st way their seducing people is by promoting it through a Hollywood Mogul. Folks, believe it or not folks, New Age, thanks to Hollywood, not only has the largest Church in the world, but their false teachings are being promoted every single day on TV. Let’s see if you can guess who it is.
“Have you hear about the largest church in the world? The first service was March 3, 2008 with an attendance of over 300,000. The attendance now is over 2 million and they conducted the first ever mass trance on March 17, 2008. What do they teach?
-Who you are requires no belief
-Heaven is not a location but refers to the inner realm of consciousness
-The man on the cross is an archetypal image. He is every man and every
woman
The leader’s website teaches these lessons:
-My mind is part of God’s. I am very holy
-My holiness is my salvation
-My salvation comes from me
-Let me remember that there is no sin
-Do not make the pathetic error of “clinging to the old rugged cross”
-The only message of the crucifixion is that you can overcome the cross
Have you hear of this church? Or maybe it’s leader? Oprah Winfrey.
Years ago she denied Jesus is the only way. Today she has turned her millions of her adoring fans over to new age doctrine. Christians are letting this into their homes and are being deceived.
Christians are confused...
Kelly (Afton, Illinois) In reading books such as Tolle, it’s really opened up my eyes to a new way of thinking, a new form of spirituality that doesn’t always align with the teachings of Christianity. So my question is to you Oprah, how do you reconcile these spiritual teachings with your Christian beliefs?
Oprah: I reconciled it because I was able to open my mind about the um-the absolute, indescribable hugeness of that which we call god. I took God out of the box, because I grew up in the Baptist Church and there were, you know, rules and belief systems and doctrine. I believe that God is love and that God is in all things and so that when the search for something more than doctrine-uh-started to stir within me.
Oprah to Tolle: The essence of all consciousness isn’t something to believe. God Is.
Tolle: Yes, yes.
Oprah: God is. And God is a feeling experience not a believing experience.
Tolle: That’s right.
Oprah: And if that your religion is a believing experience. If God for you is still about a belief, then it’s not truly God. ”35
Excuse me? And people wonder why I call her, “Oprah-Wan-Kenobi.” It’s because she’s one of the biggest New Age Priestesses on the planet, next to Shirley McClaine, who by the way she’s had on her show a multiple times! Shocker! But folks, what’d it say? Even we Christians are being seduced when we voluntarily indoctrinate ourselves in New Age lies by watching her program, or dare I say, attend her Church services on TV every day! It’s a sign we’re living in the Last Days! Why? Because the Bible says in the Last Days, False Prophets would come and introduce destructive heresies in the Church and steer people away from the truth, which would include, “The Oprah Wan Kenobi Show!”
But that’s not all. And the 2nd way the New Age Movement is seducing people with their lies and winning converts right under our noses is by the promotion of a Healthy Earth. That’s right, I’m talking about the Environmental Movement. Little do people know that the tenets of environmentalism has its roots in the occultic beliefs of the New Age Movement. But don’t take my word for it. Let’s listen to God’s.
Romans 1:18-25 “The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities – His eternal power and divine nature – have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator – Who is forever praised. Amen.” (NIV)
Now folks again, we were here last week, and what we saw was that clearly one of the reasons why the wrath of God is being revealed from heaven was because people have the audacity to what? To worship the earth, a created thing, rather than the Creator…God, right? And as we saw this was one of the major mega tenants, the false teachings of the New Age Movement. Let’s take a look at that again.
• All is god: the earth, man, animals, and plants.
• Man is destroying the earth along with the animals and plants and unless he changes his ways, “Mother Earth” will be forced to destroy humanity and Christianity is the biggest culprit in destroying the earth by teaching that man had dominion over the earth when the earth is a living being.36
And what we saw was that yes the Bible says we are to “rule” over the earth but that’s not synonymous with “abuse” the earth. We are to be “wise stewards” of it and nobody, even Christians are promoting we are to get busy pouring toxic waste into our water supply. That’s a bunch of baloney! It’s a straw man argument. And secondly, there’s a major difference between being a “wise steward” of the earth and “worshipping” the earth, which is New Age espouses!
Now here’s the point. The average person thinks that they are helping to save the earth when in reality they are helping to spread the beliefs of the New Age Movement. And the 1st way Environmentalism is doing that is by the promotion of an Earth Worship. What? Yeah, folks, think about it. Does not the environmental movement believe that the earth, plants and animals are sacred, almost to the point of worship? Uh huh! And do they not say that man and Christianity is the biggest culprit for the destruction of the earth? Uh huh? And what’s that sound like? Sounds like New Age to me! Just like using “Oprah-Wan-Kenobi” in Hollywood to promote their lies, they’re also using Environmentalism to do the same! And for those of you who think they don’t actually worship the earth, you need to read this video excerpt radical environmental extremists!
Video begins with Earth First group in the woods.
Then (Weeping heard in the distance)
(Group seen sitting on the forest floor all weeping and crying)
Commentator: Deep in the woods in North Carolina an extremist eco-group called Earth First for Whales In Violation of American Nature.
Woman from the group crying and screaming: “I WANT TO MOURN THE LOSS OF ALL THE OLD GROWTH TREES I SEE AND TELL THEM THAT WE LOVE THEM AND THAT WE DON’T WANT THEM TO DIE. THAT WE ARE SOME PEOPLE HERE WHO DO CARE. SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT TREES – THAT WE CARE!”
Syndee L’ome Grace: “I think that we are deeply hurting in America. I think we are deeply craving answers. I think we’ve lost our identity as we have evolved into technology and into industrialized society. Bring me to this cathedral [woods]. Bring me to theses guys [trees] Bring me to this rock that has the most incredible life. That makes me feel alive.”37
Now for those of you who think this kind of behavior is reserved only to the lunatic fringe, believe it or not, and I quote, “Earth Worship is on the Rise Among Evangelical Youth.”38 Why? Because they’re promoting it in Hollywood, which Evangelical Youth watch and their promoting it in the school system, which Evangelical Youth attend. And if you don’t believe me, then listen to this “new” Pledge of Allegiance” they come up with and are teaching kids in school with it. You tell me if this isn’t promoting Earth Worship.
Kids are singing with their hands to their hearts:
“I pledge allegiance to the earth to care for land and sea and air. To cherish every living thing with peace and justice everywhere.
I pledge allegiance to the earth to care for land and sea and air. To cherish every living thing with peace and justice everywhere.
With peace and justice everywhere.”39
Gee, what happened to going to school to learn Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic? In fact folks, a new UN document has recently been proposed to, “Give Mother Earth the Same Rights as Humans.” And that would include bugs, trees, and all other “natural things.”40 Sounds to me like somebody’s promotion of New Age lies through Hollywood and the Environmental Movement is working like a charm, how about you? Uh huh! In fact, little do people know that this may very well be one of the reasons why people refuse to repent and get saved during the 7-year Tribulation.
Revelation 9:20 “The rest of mankind that were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood – idols that cannot see or hear or walk.” (NIV)
What? You mean to tell me that people will be worshipping wood in the Last Days instead of getting right with God? Gee whiz, good thing we don’t see any signs of that happening. Yeah, right! People, it’s already happening, which means, we are living in the Last Days!
Oh, but that’s not all. The 2nd way Environmentalism is helping to promote New Age lies is by the promotion of a Global Worship. What? Are you serious! Uh huh! And again, as we saw last week, this was one of the major mega tenants, another false teaching of the New Age Movement. Let’s take a look at that again.
• All religions (except orthodox Christianity) are of equal merit.
• In order for the world to be at peace and harmony there must be “New World Order, Universal monetary system, World authority on food, health, and water, Universal tax, and military draft, One world leader, and the abolishment of Christianity.41
And so here’s the point. Think about it. Does not the environmental movement also promote a return to more “earth-centered” religions and a global movement to unify people in order to save the earth? Uh huh! The say we need to submit ourselves to some form of drastic global control because unless we do the planet will expire and so will we! Aaaahhhh! In fact, one of the biggest environmental groups, the Sierra Club, has gone on record as stating this:
“‘Turn to the traditions of ancient cultures’ such as Buddhist meditations and Native American Hopi rituals in order to ‘reaffirm our bond with the spirit of the living earth. The more you contact the voice of the living earth and evaluate what it says, the easier it will become for you to contact it and trust what it provides.’”42
Now, that sure sounds like New Age teachings to me, how about you? You see, there’s nothing wrong with having a healthy earth. The problem is when you place the earth before man, and begin to worship it above God. That’s why the wrath of God is coming! Unfortunately, Hollywood once again is helping to promote this One World Worship. The following is an excerpt from an interview by Caryl Matriciana with the famous actor James Coburn.
Caryl: Mr Coburn, why should we care about Earth Day or Mother Earth?
James Coburn: Mother Earth is our mother. She’s the mother goddess. She’s the one we should be praising rather than raping. I mean all of these people here today are here for one reason. Because they are concerned about what’s happening and about what mankind is doing to the earth. I mean the negative emotions we carry around alot of us is another contributor with all peace to the moon. But what we need to do is to be true to ourselves be true to mother earth. Mother earth is going to be bountiful. She’s going to give us everything we need. She has for a long time. We’ve lost our way. The pagans used to know how to do it, and the Indians-some of them remember how to do it. The earth is a living organism. We’re killing the one we love the most- and she loves us. We’ve got to praise our mother goddess.”43
Sounds like he’s promoting a new form of worship, how about you? A “Global” Worship, uh huh! And folks, I’m telling you, we have got to wake up and realize that there’s a hidden agenda behind Earth Day and the Environmental Movement! It has nothing to do with recycling. It has nothing to do with being a responsible citizen. And it has nothing to do with properly disposing of your trash! I’m not against that stuff, but there’s more to it than meets the eye! It’s being used as a platform to indoctrinate people into a New Age lie, the acceptance of a One World Religion. And for those of you who’re having a hard time believing that the Environmental Movement really is being used like the New Age Movement to promote a One World Religion, even in the Church, I’ve got proof. You tell me if we’re not being prepared to all Worship the same thing around the world, and it’s not God! Check out this Fox News Report.
Fox News: What Would Jesus Drive? America’s Newsroom-Reporter: Bill Hemmer.
Bill Hemmer: What would Jesus drive? Huh? Environmental evangelism. It is the new way to raise awareness about global warming. Our Fox Religion Correspondent Lauren Greene joins us with more on that. Hi! Good morning. Who’s pushing Christian green lines?
Lauren Green: Hey! Well alot of people, it really is across the board theoretically speaking or religiously speaking. Here are the top green religious people according to Live Earth.
We’ve got Rev. Joel Hunter. He’s a senior pastor at Northland Church in Longwood, Florida. He was actually offered Head of the Christian Coalition but turned it down because he wanted to focus on issues such as poverty and environmental protection.
Then Norman Hobble is a theology professor out of Australia. He edited something called the Earth Bible.
Then of course there’s Pope Benedict XVI and yesterday he issued a statement that said, “The people of faith must listen to the voice of the earth or risk destroying its very existence.”
We also have the Archbishop of Canterbury-Rowan Williams-head of the Anglican Church and of course the Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama.
But one thing you should add to this list is the National Evangelical Association because 2 years ago it issued a letter to 50,000 member churches which means it’s 30 million evangelicals saying that, ‘We affirm that God-given dominion is a sacred responsibility and that government has an obligation to protect it’s citizens from the affects of environmental degradation.’
So it’s a big movement all across the board.”44
Excuse me? Yeah, I’d say it’s a big movement alright. It’s a big movement to push for a One World Religion, just like New Age wants, even in the Church! Excuse me? An Earth Bible? And I quote, “Green guru, James Lovelock, warned last week that ‘The Green Religion’ is now taking over from the Christian religion…and ‘a Green Bible is now available at your local Christian bookstore!’” And maybe that’s why one guy stated, “Maybe it won’t be long before recycling, carbon-foot reductions, and riding bicycles to work become the new religious duties of the faithful.”45 You know, something we can all agree on!
But that’s still not all! Little do people don’t know that they are also being prepared via the environmental movement to explain away the earth’s catastrophes that will take place during the Tribulation.
Revelation 8:7,9,11 “Hail and fire mixed with blood were thrown down upon the earth, and one-third of the earth was set on fire. One-third of the trees were burned, and all the grass was burned. And one-third of all things living in the sea died. One-third of the water bitter, and many people died because the water was so bitter.” (NLT)
Now, we all know that this is speaking of the judgment from God Almighty during the time of the Tribulation. But your average environmentalist is being taught this:
“Climatic shifts, droughts, floods, acid rain and pollution, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions. Although severe, these changes will pave the way for a cleansing of the earth and a new relationship between earth and man.
This will be the Day of Purification. Trees will die. Cold places will become hot. Hot places will become cold. Lands will sink into the ocean and lands will rise out of the sea.
All the suffering going on in this country with the tornadoes, floods, and earthquakes is carried on the breath of Mother Earth because she is in pain. This battle will cleanse the heart of people and restore our Mother Earth from illness, and the wicked will be gotten rid of.”46
Can you see how people are being prepared right now for the earth catastrophes that will come one day? People during the Tribulation will actually think that the catastrophes from God are a good thing. Pretty slick isn’t it? And it’s all because they are being seduced by the New Age Movement and their promotion of a Healthy Earth via the Environmental Movement.
Oh, but that’s not all. The 3rd way we know that Environmentalism is helping to promote New Age lies is because it also promotes a Female Worship.
Revelation 17:3-6 “Then the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a desert. There I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls. She held a golden cup in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries. This title was written on her forehead: MYSTERY BABYLON THE GREAT THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus.” (NIV)
Now folks, here we see the classic passage concerning the Woman that Rides the Beast, or the antichrist, and how during the 7-year Tribulation and she will actually be hunting down the people of God, drunk with their blood. And this passage reveals how in the Last Days there will be this Final One World Religion, a false religion obviously, and the figurehead is going to be a who? A woman! And gee, can anybody guess what New Age, Environmentalism, and even the Feminist Movement is pushing right now! Hey, that’s right! A Female Worship, a Female Deity! We already saw how New Age and Environmentalism encourage us to worship “Mother Earth” and not “Father God,” but they’ve joined hands with Feminism and they are radically promoting it! They call it “Goddess Worship” and it’s alive! Check it out! The following is a video excerpt from Zsuzsanna Budapest: Gathering the Goddesses:
“The women’s movement today is being called the women’s spirituality movement in great part and that’s because concentrating on areas of social and political reform but it’s looking high and fast at spiritual reform. Women are gathering today in circles just as their 1960 counterparts did in consciousness raising circles.
But now they’re not just knocking down that door to a man’s world asking for entrance, instead they’re looking at the myths, spiritual beliefs, religion, values-everything that runs our culture. Everything that feeds our souls.
We’re going to take a look at the women’s spirituality movement as it’s been called, by the women participating in it who are weaving new stories of a returning goddess. They believe she’s back on the planet-alive and well-and she can do alot for you.”
(Camera pans to a “goddess” made of fruits, flowers, plants”)
Woman heard in the background: “THE GODDESS IS ALIVE!”
Group of women respond in “MAGIC IS AFOOT!”
A woman again shouts: “THE GODDESS IS ALIVE!!
Group again responds: “MAGIC IS AFOOT!”
(Women dancing & clapping in a circle to sounds of beating drums)
Woman #1: “What the goddess means to me is wholeness and peace”
Woman#2: “The goddess means to me, my internal strength. She has come to me and shown me the beauty that is within myself”
Woman #3: “The goddess is my voice. She is my self-empowerment. She’s my self-respect. As a result my life is really undergone some major transformations not only creatively but in the pathway that I have now started to take and I have the works of Zsuzsanna Budapest to thank for that”
“THE GODDESS IS ALIVE!”
“MAGIC IS AFOOT!”
“THE GODDESS IS ALIVE!”
“MAGIC IS AFOOT!”47
And 2,000 years ago, John warned us that the Last Days false One World Religion would be a Feminine Worship. Whew! Good thing we don’t see any signs of that on the planet! Excuse me? Folks, we need to wake up even when it comes to the Lie of Feminism. Most people have no clue that feminism has nothing to do with equal rights and equal pay. It has to do with getting rid of the male patriarchal God and replacing it with a female one! In fact, this lie is even infecting the Church! What I’m about to share with you are all quotes from people inside the Church. I don’t know if they’re real Christians or not, but the point is they’re in the Church and here’s what they’re teaching.
• Mary Daly, who considers herself to be a Christian feminist, says this about traditional Christianity: “To put it bluntly, I propose that Christianity itself should be castrated.” The primary focus of the ‘Christian’ feminist is to bring an end to what they perceive as male-dominated religion by ‘castrating’ the male influence from religion. Daly continued by saying, “I am suggesting that the idea of salvation uniquely by a male savior perpetuates the problem of patriarchal oppression.”
• is the website for Ebenezer Lutheran Church in San Francisco. On Wednesdays they open their sanctuary for the “Christian Goddess Rosary.” They say that, “the exclusive emphasis of God as Father supports a domination structure that oppresses and subordinates women.” They also encourage people to pray the “Hail Goddess Prayer” that states, “Hail Goddess full of grace. Blessed are you and blessed are all the fruits of your womb. For you are the MOTHER of us all.”
• Another person stated, “I think that if you want to in your personal devotions address God as ‘Mother’ I don’t have a problem with that.”
• Paul Smith in his book, Is it Okay to Call God Mother “I believe it is important to call God, ‘Mother’ as well as ‘Father’ in public worship.”
• Richard and Catherine Kroeger authors of “Women Elders…Called by God?” said, “There is a good Biblical reason, then, to speak of God as both Father and Mother, both ‘she’ and ‘he’.”
• Jann Clanton author of, “God, A Word for Girls and Boys” says “Masculine God language hinders many children from establishing relationships of trust with God. In addition, calling God “he” causes boys to commit the sin of arrogance…Calling the Supreme power of the universe “he” causes girls to commit the sin of devaluing themselves. For the sake of “these little ones” we must change the way we talk about God.”
• And one of the hottest books that’s being promoted in the Church right now is called, “The Shack” and if you look at it, it’s not only openly New Age in doctrine and teaching, but it actually presents God as a woman. Shocker!48
Excuse me? So much for equal rights and equal pay! Sounds to me like somebody’s got a hidden agenda in there, you know, like get people to worship a female deity in the Last Days instead of a male deity. Gee, where have I heard that before? Oh yeah, that’s right! 2,000 years ago, John said it’s a sign you’re living in the Last Days when you see this rise of a Female Worship instead of a Male Patriarchal Worship because this is going to be the actual Woman that Rides the Beast or Antichrist and she’s going to be drunk with the blood of the saints and you don’t want to be around!
Oh but that’s not all. And the 3rd way that New Age is seducing people right under our noses with the promotion of not just a Hollywood Mogul and a Healthy Earth but it’s also with the promotion of a Healthy Body. That’s right folks, I’m talking about the Vegetarian Movement. Now again folks, just like with Environmentalism, I’m not against people deciding to go down this route, i.e. become a Vegetarian okay? Go for it if that’s what you want to do. But what you need to realize is that it too is being used to promote the occultic beliefs of the New Age Movement. But don’t take my word for it. Let’s listen to God’s.
1 Timothy 4:1-5 “The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron. They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth. For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.” (NIV)
Hey, that’s interesting! You wonder why we pray before our meals as Christians. Gee, you learn something new everyday! But folks, as you can see the Bible clearly says in the Last Days that people are going to do what? They are actually going to follow actual demonic teachings and notice what those demonic teachings were. Number one, they forbid people to marry, right? Hey doesn’t anyone do that on the planet right now? Uh yeah! The Catholic Church does that, isn’t that interesting? But two, what else do they do? They also forbid people to eat certain kinds of foods. And folks, if you think about it, that’s exactly what the Vegetarian Movement is saying we need to do right now! In fact, if they’d have their way they’d order us too just like the text says! And yet, the Bible says it’s perfectly fine to eat meat!
Genesis 9:2-3 The fear and dread of you will fall upon all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air, upon every creature that moves along the ground, and upon all the fish of the sea; they are given into your hands. Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.” (NIV)
Colossians 2:16 “Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink.” (NIV)
And yet, that’s what the Vegetarian Movement does! They judge us by what we eat telling us we need to restrict ourselves from certain food, exactly like the Bible said would happen in the Last Days! You see, the average person thinks that they’re helping to save the animals by becoming a Vegetarian, when in reality they are helping to spread the beliefs of the New Age Movement. Let’s take a look at those again.
• All is god: the earth, man, animals, and plants.
• Man is destroying the earth along with the animals and plants and unless he changes his ways, “Mother Earth” will be forced to destroy humanity and Christianity is the biggest culprit in destroying the earth by teaching that man had dominion over the earth when the earth is a living being.49
Now folks, again, if you’re paying attention, this exactly what the Vegetarian Movement also teaches. Do they not believe that the earth, plants and especially animals are sacred, almost to the point of worship? Uh huh! In fact, even though the Bible clearly says we are to give thanks for every food product, they mock this command to give thanks for all food trying to convince us eating meat is bad! Check it out!
A Peta Thanksgiving. Large family gathered around the dining room table.
Dad to young daughter: Say grace hon?
Young daughter: Sure. Dear God, thank you for turkey we’re about to eat and for the turkey farms where they pack them into dark and tiny little sheds for their whole lives. Thank you for when they burn their feathers off while they’re still alive and for when turkey gets kicked around like a football and killed by people who think it’s fun to stomp on their little turkey heads and special thanks for all the chemicals and dirt and poop that’s in the turkey we’re about to eat. OH! And thank you for rainbows. Amen.
Message on screen: This Thanksgiving, Be Thankful You’re Not A Turkey. Go Vegan. Peta”50
A Don’t you feel bad? Don’t eat that turkey. Don’t give God thanks for that kind of food. Become a Vegetarian. Save the turkeys! Do you see the seduction going on here? I’m not for inhumane treatment of animals? I’m not saying that’s the best way to raise turkeys! And I’m not saying there couldn’t be some adjustment. But that’s not what’s going on here! Just like Environmentalism, it’s a smoke screen to lead you down a spiritual path. In fact, one such group is called SERV. The Society of Ethical Religious Vegetarians.51 And that’s your clue that they’re ultimately trying to lead you down a spiritual path. They’re religious Vegetarians! And they say that man and Christianity are the biggest culprits in the destruction of the earth via the eating of animals. Hey, that sounds like New Age! And they just happen to promote a global movement to unify people in order to save the animals, and of course save the planet. Folks what is that! It’s New Age through and through! In fact, they’re totally blunt about it. Here’s what your average vegetarian is being taught:
“We need an interfaith effort to gain a more humane, just, peaceful, and environmentally sustainable world. We believe that by applying spiritual values to scientific knowledge encourages plant-based diets, with major benefits to humans, animals, and the environment.
It is essential that there is a major shift toward vegetarianism to end diseases, horrible mistreatment of animals, threats to ecosystems, global climate change, wasteful use of water, land, fuel, widespread hunger, and increasing violence.
Through the efforts of environmentalists, vegetarians, and animal rights activists, the earth will become a healthier, happier place for all species to live.”52
Excuse me? Sounds to me like somebody’s trying to get us to restrict ourselves of certain food products in the Last Days so we can save our planet from certain destruction. Gee, where have I heard that before? Oh yeah, that’s right! It was a demonic teaching in the Last Days!
1 Timothy 4:1,3 “The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods.” (NIV)
It’s happening before our very eyes right now on a global scale! The U.N. recently came out with a statement demanding us to, “Eat Less Meat to Save the Planet.” This thing is going global folks! They say, “The world needs to change to a more vegetarian diet to stand a chance of tackling climate change,”53 you know, save the planet! And again, I’ll say it again. There’s nothing wrong with being a Vegetarian or even being concerned about animals! I’m not against that! If you want to eat veggies for the rest of your life go for it! Pass the green beans! My son loves them! If you want to help save mistreated animals, more power to you! Have fun! But the problem is when you place animals above man, and begin to worship them above God. That’s a sin! And it’s not only New Age in teaching but it’s exactly what the Bible said would happen in the Last Days!
But that’s still not all. That’s just stage one of a plan to get people used to the idea of having a “controlled diet” is a good thing. You see, the Bible also says we are actually headed for a time where the whole planet is going to be told what they can and cannot eat! Check it out!
Revelation 6:5-6 “When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a day’s wages, and three quarts of barley for a day’s wages, and do not damage the oil and the wine!” (NIV)
Now folks, the last time we were here we saw that this text s dealing with the famine conditions during the first half of the 7-year Tribulation and it’s going to be so bad that the whole world is going to be on some sort of Global food distribution program just to stay alive, right? What’d it say there? One days work you got a quart of wheat for yourself, or you could opt out for that for three quarts of barley, a less nutritional meal, literally animal feed as we saw, to feed you and your family of two. Now, here’s the point. Can anybody guess what the New Age Movement has been proposing for us to do for a long time now. Hey, that’s right! Get total control of the food supply! Let’s take a look at their teachings again.
• In order for the world to be at peace and harmony there must be “New World Order, Universal monetary system, World authority on food, health, and water, Universal tax, and military draft, One world leader, and the abolishment of Christianity.54
Now folks here’s the point. This is the question we need to be asking ourselves. It’s one thing to believe this and promote it, but do we see any signs of the world’s food supply, including health and water, being corralled into the hands of just a few people, that’s going to tell us what we can and cannot eat in the Last Days? Uh yes! In fact it’s happening right now!
Folks, whether you realize it or not, all the world’s food supply is currently in the hands of just three entities. Cargill/Monsanto, ConAgra, and Novartis/ADM. And believe it or not, they even freely admit that if you want to control the world, forget fuel, forget gas and oil, you need control the food supply! And I quote, “Dwayne Andreas, former chairman of ADM said, “The food business is far and away the most important business in the world. Everything else is a luxury. Food is what you need to sustain life everyday. Food is fuel. You can’t run a tractor without fuel, and you can’t run a human being without it either. Food is the absolute beginning.” Beginning of what? And I quote, “Those who control the global food system, have the ultimate in economic power.”55 Or in other words, you control the world via their food supply exactly like the Bible said would happen in the Last Days!
And if you really think this isn’t going on, then you need to explain to me why Bill Gates among other elites from around the world are building a mysterious Seed Vault in the middle of the Arctic. Check this out!
NBC NEWS:
We have a fascinating story to show you tonight. You are about to see what it means to go extremes to save the world. Dug deep into a mountain in a remote island near the North Pole-there is a project that is often called the Doomsday Vault. It’s really a giant freezer and inside something very tiny that could come to the rescue in the case of a global catastrophe.
NBC’s Dawna Friesen is 500 miles off the northern coast of Norway tonite on an Arctic Archepelego with this remarkable effort to safeguard the world’s food supply.
Dawna Friesen: If the cold doesn’t kill you on Svalbard, the polar bears might. Yet 600 miles from the North Pole, high above a fjord deep inside a mountain is a vault build to one day save mankind. Today the Svalbard vault received it’s first deposit. Seeds. More than a 100 million of them. Stored to preserve the world’s food supply.
Jens Stoltenberg (Norwegian Prime Minister): It is the New World’s Ark of today.
Dawna Friesen: 400 feet underground, the bunker is a last ditch reserve, ready to resupply the worlds farmers if all else fails. Seeds are coming in from all over the globe representing every known variety of crop.
Ken Street (Agricultural ecologist) Without this genetic diversity to draw from, um our food security is down the...it’s just gone.
Dawna Friesen: We’re not only deep inside a mountain here, this place is protected by heavy steel doors, three airlocks and a sophisticated video surveillance system and in case that isn’t enough-outside...polar bears. A place so cold and remote-it offers unparalleled security because one day our future might lie in the seeds of the past.
Svalbald’s Seed Vault may play a vital role in guarding earth’s food supply in the decades to come.”56
Hmmm. Is it going to guard our food supply, or is it going to control it? It’s almost like they’re preparing for something that they’re not telling us. I wonder what that could be? Maybe total control of the food supply? You see folks, what they’re not telling you, is that one of the three food suppliers on the planet, Monsanto, is not only genetically modifying our food, and that’s a whole other issue, but they’ve also come out with what’s called the terminator gene. And what that is, is a new seed they’ve developed that commits suicide or to become sterile in the second generation, which means you always have to go back to them to get your next batch of seeds. The plants will no longer self-replicate which means you always have to go back to them for food!57 That’s total global control of our food supply! You’re the only one with the Seed Vault that contains all the Master Seeds! It’s exactly like the Bible said would happen in the Last Days! Isn’t that wild?
But still that’s not all. And the 4th way that New Age is seducing people right under our noses is with the promotion of a Heavenly Utopia.
Revelation 6:1-2 “I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, “Come!” I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.” (NIV)
And folks, what we see here in a nutshell, is the classic passage concerning the Antichrist and his rise to power at the beginning of the 7-year Tribulation. As we already saw, the beginning point of the 7-year Tribulation begins with the fulfillment of Daniel 9:27 where the antichrist makes a “peace” treaty with Israel for 7 years, and that’s where we get the term 7-year Tribulation. And it’s this era of false peace that the antichrist starts with Israel, is what we see here now with the world. The antichrist comes riding in on a white horse with only a bow and a crown but no arrows. And most commentators say this represents how he’s able to rise to power with a peaceful coup. In other words, he overtakes the world by means of diplomacy, not war, with the promises of a false utopia, an Era of Peace!
Now here’s the point. Can anyone guess what the New Age Movement and the movers and shakers behind this wicked world system are working towards right now? Hey that’s right! They’re building a False Utopia where they get to live in luxury and paradise and the rest of us, at least those they decide who get to live, will serve them forever on planet earth. Isn’t that great! I don’t think so!
But here’s the point. As wild as that is, as crazy as this is, that’s exactly what they’re doing. They are reducing the population of the planet to create this False Utopia and they use terms like “sustainable development,” which means population control. And this is precisely why feminism, birth control, homosexuality, abortion, and even forced sterilization have been allowed to continue on the planet, because if you think about it, they all have one thing in common. They all effectively reduce the population of the planet! In fact, abortion alone has now killed about one billion lives.
And you might be thinking, “Now come on Pastor Billy! This is just too far out. Somebody sprayed chicken juice on you when you weren’t looking! This is crazy! This is just a bunch of wacko conspiracy theories. There’s no way the leaders in the world are really serious about reducing the population of the earth to create a False Utopia. Come on!” Well folks, don’t take my word for it, let’s listen to theirs, including hitler. Here’s what’s been called his “Hitlist” and the real reason why he was killing the Jewish people. He was not only heavily involved in the occult, but he was an evolutionist and the Jewish people just happened to be at the bottom of his evolutionary list.
Hitler’s Hit List
Species Blood Mixture
Nordic (blonde, blue eyed) Close to pure Aryan
Germanic (brown hair, blue-eyed or Predominately Aryan
less desirable, brown-eyed)
Mediterranean (white but swarthy) Slight Aryan preponderance
Slavic (white but degenerate bone Close to Aryan, half-Ape
structure)
Oriental Slight Ape preponderance
Black African Predominately Ape
Jewish (fiendish skull) Close to pure Ape2
Oh, and by the way, he wasn’t planning on stopping with the Jews. He was working his way up backwards from his evolutionary scale. If he could’ve finished annihilating the Jews, he was going to move on to next with the Black African people, then the Oriental, and so on and so forth until he was left with his master race. And as shocking as that is, people today are still promoting this “cleansing” of inferiors.
• Margaret Sanger of Planned Parenthood called for, “The elimination of ‘human weeds,’ for the ‘cessation of charity’ because it prolonged the lives of the unfit, for the segregation of ‘morons, misfits, and the maladjusted,’ and for the sterilization of genetically inferior races.”
• David Graber, a research biologist with the National Park Service said, “We have become a plague upon ourselves and upon the Earth. Human happiness [is] not as important as a wild and healthy planet. Until such time as homo sapiens should decide to rejoin nature, some of us can only hope for the right virus to come along.”
• David Pimentel, a Cornell University Professor said, “The total world population should be no more than 2 billion rather than the current 5.6 billion.”
• Jacques Cousteau wrote, “The damage people cause to the planet is a function of demographics – it is equal to the degree of development. One American burdens the earth much more than twenty Bangladeshes...This is a terrible thing to say. In order to stabilize world population, we must eliminate 350,000 people per day. It is a horrible thing to say, but it’s just as bad not to say it.”
• Bertrand Russell wrote, “At present the population of the world is increasing...War so far has had no great effect on this increase...I do not pretend that birth control is the only way in which population can be kept from increasing. There are others...If a Black Death could be spread throughout the world once in every generation, survivors could procreate freely without making the world too full...the state of affairs might be somewhat unpleasant, but what of it? Really high-minded people are indifferent to suffering, especially that of others.”
• Ted Turner said, “People who abhor the China one-child policy are dumb-dumbs, because if China hadn’t had that policy, there would be 300 million more people in China right now.” And then he later advocated that we reduce the world’s population from 6 billion to 2 billion.
• John Holdren, Obama’s Science Czar wrote, “Forced Abortions and Mass Sterilizations are Needed to Save the Planet.” “Women could be forced to abort their pregnancies, whether they wanted to or not; the population at large could be sterilized by infertility drugs intentionally put into the nation’s drinking water or in food; people who “contribute to social deterioration” (i.e. undesirables) “can be required by law to exercise reproductive responsibility” in other words, be compelled to have abortions or be sterilized; a transnational “Planetary Regime” should assume control of the global economy and also dictate the most intimate details of Americans’ lives using an armed international police force.”
• Dr. Eric Pianka, a scientist, gave a speech at the Texas Academy of Science where he advocated, “The need to exterminate 90% of the population through the airborne ebola virus. “We’re no better than bacteria!” Standing in front of a slide of human skulls, Pianka gleefully advocated airborne ebola as his preferred method of exterminating the necessary 90% of humans, choosing it over AIDS because of its faster kill period.” At the end of Pianka’s speech the audience erupted not to a chorus of boos and hisses but to a wild reception of applause and cheers.
• Dr. Sam Keen, a New Age writer and philosopher stated, “We must speak far more clearly about sexuality, contraception, about abortion, about values that control the population, because the ecological crisis, in short, is the population crisis. Cut the population by 90% and there aren’t enough people left to do a great deal of ecological damage.”
• And that’s why Dr. Michael Berliner wrote of the Environmentalist’s utter contempt for mankind, “Such is the naked essence of Environmentalism: It mourns the death of one whale or tree but actually welcomes the death of billions of people. Is there are more malevolent, man-hating philosophy than this?”58
Now folks, I don’t know about you, but it sounds to me like someone’s pretty serious about controlling, or dare I say, reducing the population of our planet, how about you? Is that sick or what? Folks, I wish I was making this up, but we’ve got to deal with the facts! The world we are headed for in the 7-year Tribulation is so stinking evil we can’t even begin to imagine it! In fact, this desire to see billions of people literally die across the planet may be yet another reason why people refuse to repent and get right with God during the 7-year Tribulation. Listen to what they were doing!
Revelation 6:7-8 “When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!” I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.” (NIV)
Revelation 9:15,18,20 “And the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were turned loose to kill one-third of all the people on earth. One-third of all the people on earth were killed by these three plagues – by the fire and the smoke and burning sulfur. But the people who did not die in these plagues still refused to turn from their evil deeds.” (NLT)
Can you believe that? “Who cares if 1/4th of the planet gets annihilated and then later another 1/3rd we want to planet to be reduced to 500 million people anyway! Don’t believe me? That’s exactly what the leaders of the New Age Movement are saying is coming! Check this out!
“A New Age group calling itself the Solar Questers writes, “Those who hinder will be removed...liquidated...(they) must be wiped clean off the face of the earth.”
The authors of a New Age pamphlet entitled Cosmic Countdown claimed to have received messages from a higher intelligence. The pamphlet says, “The world should be forewarned to be on the lookout for (the decimation) of populations...these peoples will eventually be replaced by the new root race about to make its appearance in a newly cleansed world.”
But perhaps the most disturbing comments comes from New Age author, Barbara Marx Hubbard. Researchers John Ankerberg and John Weldon report that, “due to her vast financial wealth and influence among leading world politicians, and industrialists...[she] is having a major impact behind the scenes. She has been influenced by spirits for almost two decades.”
In her book, Happy Birthday Planet Earth, Hubbard wrote, “The choice is: do you wish to become a natural christ, a universal human, or do you wish to die? People will either change or die. That is the choice.”
Hubbard says, “There have always been defective seeds. In the past, they were permitted to die a ‘natural death’. We, the elders have been patiently waiting...to take action to cut out this corrupted and corrupting element in the body of humanity.”
Hubbard’s spirit guides gave her a vision of things to come. They told her that “Out of the full spectrum of human personality, one fourth is electing to transcend...one fourth is destructive and they are defective seeds. Now as we approach the quantum shift from the creature-human to the co-creative human--the human who is the inheritor of god-like power...the destructive one fourth must be eliminated from the social body. Fortunately, you are not responsible for this act. We are. We are in charge of God’s selection process for planet Earth. He selects, we destroy. We are the riders of the pale horse, Death.”59
Wow! No wonder they don’t repent in the 7-year Tribulation! These people actually think they’re fulfilling Revelation Chapter 6. The Pale Horse Rider, death! Is that sick or what? In fact, they’re so brazen about it, they’ve even set up an actual monument, celebrating it, right now, here in the United States! It’s called the Georgia Guidstones. And it’s a New Age stone monolith similar to Stonehenge and in 8 different languages is New Ten Commandments of the New World Order. Listen to what they are.
1. Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.
2. Guide reproduction wisely – improving fitness and diversity.
3. Unite humanity with a living new language.
4. Rule passion – faith – tradition – and all things with tempered reason.
5. Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.
6. Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court.
7. Avoid petty laws and useless officials.
8. Balance personal rights with social duties.
9. Prize truth – beauty – love – seeking harmony with the infinite.
10. Be not a cancer on the earth – Leave room for nature – Leave room for nature.60
And for those of you who are having a hard time believing this is real, check out this video transcript of one researcher who went there himself to check it out!
“If you go outside the city of Atlanta-go east 60 or 70 miles to the town of Elberton and go north on Hwy 77 about 10 miles. You’ll find off to the right what’s called the Georgia Guidestones. Looks kind of like Stonehenge – its big, huge granite rocks set up there.
This was done by a guy who gave a pseudonym and came in and paid cash, had this company comes in and set these things up in 1980. Called himself R.C. Christian, um but that’s not his real name-it says there right on the stone – a pseudonym, false name.
On these Georgia Guidestones, it gives the Ten commandments for the New World Order. Ten commandments for the New World Order-the first commandment was to “Maintain humanity under a half billion”.
I went there and looked at those things and went-hold on a minute! Today’s population is 6 billion. They want to maintain humanity under one half billion. Looks like alot of people have to die for their plan to work, which is by the way the plan.
Jacques Cousteau said we have to eliminate 350,000 people a day- a third of a million people a day would have to be eliminated to save mother earth. Bill Clinton said we have to reduce the population of the earth to 1 billion. There are alot of folks who want to reduce the population of the earth.
The bible command is quite the opposite-”Be fruitful and multiply, replenish the earth”, you know God said go fill it, have a bunch of kids. The Bible said He designed it to be inhabited so it’s definitely the opposite of what God wants.
How does Margaret Sanger tie into overpopulation in this whole propaganda? Well Margaret Sanger was a tragic individual. She believed in reducing the population of the earth using birth control using homosexuality, using just about anything than doing what God commanded to be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth.
So Margaret Sanger started a group called Planned Parenthood, which many people have heard of. They are one of the key people today in the abortion industry, I mean absolutely murdering nearly 5,000 people a day are being murdered by abortion. So Margaret Sanger we have largely to thank for that, other factors are, of course, involved too but it’s really sad and I’m sure she is going to have to answer to God for what she’s done with her teaching.
She taught that inferior races like Blacks and Jews and Hispanics really need to be eliminated. She wanted to set up her birth control clinics in these lower class neighborhoods. People she didn’t think deserved to live and slowly get them sterilized.
She was really involved in the eugenics movement, which became very unpopular by World War 2 because Hitler took the obvious conclusion. Hitler was the ultimate evolutionists and if evolution is true, then you find the superior race - Hitler of course thought it was the blonde haired blue-eyed Germans or Norwegians and so they are the superior race so everybody else should be slowly executed-starting with the Jews, then you have the blacks and on and on it goes.
Yeah Margaret Sanger is a tragic person in history and what she did is much worse than Adolf Hitler. Hitler only killed like 6 million. Margaret Sanger and her type with the abortion industry are responsible for killing 100 thousand million – that’s a billion people.”61
Wow! Is that evil or what? And folks, the sad thing is, even if the elite who are planning to build this False Utopia by the reduction of 90% of the population, even if they could pull it off, they have no clue who they’re dealing with.
John 8:44 “You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.” (NIV)
Which means, even if the elite could pull off this mass murderer program for their False Utopia, satan, would turn right around and murder them too! They’re being duped by a false teaching that has come from actual demons in the Last Days, just like the Bible said would happen in the Last Days!
But that’s still not all. And the 5th way that New Age is seducing people right under our noses is not only with a promotion of a Hollywood Mogul and a Healthy Earth a Healthy Body and a Heavenly Utopia but it’s also with the promotion of a Heavenly Host. That’s right folks, I’m talking about UFO’s and Aliens. And folks, I’m telling you, this is one of the biggest lies ever to hit the planet earth! But don’t take my word for it. Let’s listen to God’s.
John 8:31:44 “To the Jews who had believed Him, Jesus said, “If you hold to My teaching, you are really My disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can You say that we shall be set free?” Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. I know you are Abraham’s descendants. Yet you are ready to kill Me, because you have no room for My word. I am telling you what I have seen in the Father’s presence, and you do what you have heard from your father.”
“Abraham is our father,” they answered. “If you were Abraham’s children,” said Jesus, “then you would do the things Abraham did. As it is, you are determined to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do such things. You are doing the things your own father does.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they protested. “The only Father we have is God himself.”
Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I came from God and now am here. I have not come on My own; but He sent Me. Why is My language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.” (NIV)
Now folks, according to our text, the Bible clearly says that satan is not only a murderer and a liar but he’s the what? He’s the father of all lies. And that means whatever undermines the truth about Jesus and what He came to do and how we can be saved is what satan’s all about. And folks, believe it or not, this is precisely what he’s doing with the UFO Alien Movement! It’s not only demonic, but it’s yet another satanic lie just to draw people away from Christ!
The 1st way we know UFO’s are clearly demonic in nature is because They LIE Like Demons. You know, just like satan! Sop and think about it. We know that the whole belief of UFO’s and aliens are a lie because it’s all based on a lie called evolution, right? Stop and think about it. The whole premise of aliens is that they’re a what? A higher evolved race, right? But wait a second. if evolution is no true and it’s not, and we saw that for two weeks in our study, then how can these things have ever evolved into a higher race in the first place, right? Which means…it’s a lie! If evolution can’t take place on this planet, then it can’t take place on any planet! And if evolution can’t happen here, then logically, it can’t happen anywhere! This is your first clue that something’s wrong here! The whole premise of higher evolved aliens and UFO’s is based on a lie and lies come from satan! In fact, it’s so obvious of as lie that even the secular UFOologists admit something doesn’t stack up! Check this out!
“When I got out in 1989 we had cataloged 57 different species. Oh, you have individuals that look very much like you and myself that could walk among us and you wouldn’t even notice the difference-except for some of the things that-oh-they might be able to go ahead and even in a dark room and touch and object and go ahead and identify what color that object might be.
They would have a heightened sense of smell, sight-uh- hearing. The situation is that you have various types of what we normally call “greys”. We didn’t call them greys in the military but you have at least 3 types of the greys. You had some that were much taller than we were. The unique thing that I would like to point out for the most part that the entities that we did catalog, were in fact humanoid.
Now this created a situation where the scientific community was trying to figure out why that would be the case, because you would expect that if life evolved on other planets that they would take on some type of other-uh being so to speak, not necessarily look humanoid or be bi-pedals such as we are but apparently we got quite a few of the species out there that are humanoid in appearance and that creates a question that yet has to be answered by science.”62
I’ll answer it for you…it’s a lie! Yeah, you’re right! There is a problem here. If evolution is true then why are all these supposed alien creatures humanoid just like us? I mean, you’d think you’d get a blob or some random shape once in a while if evolution is true, if all of life supposedly came from some random chance event in the universe. But no! They’re all humanoid like us! Folks, that’s you’re first clue you’re being lied to! It doesn’t add up! And that’s because it a lie that’s based on a lie called evolution!
And when you realize that, it makes you think just how dark and cunning and deceptive the enemy really is! In order to pull off this Last Days lie of UFO’s and aliens today, you have to first get the lie of evolution ingrained into the minds of the people around the world, in order to pull it off. Which means, he’s been working on this baby for 150 years, starting with Charles Darwin and it’s not coming to fruition in our lifetime! Is he evil or what? Slowly, methodically, waiting patiently over many many generations, he first got us conditioned to the lie of evolution then he pounces in for the kill to lead people away from Jesus in the Last Days with UFO’s. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m thinking that’s exactly what a demon would do, amen?
But that’s not all. The 2nd reason why we know UFO’s are clearly demonic in nature is because They TEACH Like Demons. You see folks, demons not only lie but they propagate those lies with teachings, i.e. false teachings! And little do people know that the teachings that are supposedly coming from these Aliens and UFO’s have their roots in the occultic beliefs of the New Age Movement. Hey what a surprise! Anyone see a pattern here? You see, the average person thinks that they are making contact and receiving new teachings from these heavenly hosts orbiting the planet when in reality they are helping to spread the beliefs of the New Age Movement. Shocker! And to show you what I mean, let’s take a look at these teachings that are supposed to be coming from these aliens and UFO’s and you tell me if it’s not promoting New Age again!
• All of us are little gods.
• The earth is a living entity and we need to worship her and change our ways or we will be destroyed.
• Jesus, Muhammad, and Buddha all came from the E.T.’s to assist mankind in our next step of evolution.
• There is no such thing as sin, we do not need to be saved.
• Orthodox Christianity has it all wrong. Jesus’ real message was to teach us that each one of us can become “christs.”
• To aid in contacting these “heavenly beings” one should refrain from certain foods and practice meditation.
• Mankind needs to unite into a one world government and religion or we will be destroyed.
• The devil or Lucifer is actually a good guy who has come to free us.63
What? You come all the way across the universe to tell me that satan is a good guy? Excuse me? That’s sounds demonic! You’d think you’d have something better to tell us than that! And that’s what these researchers say:
Dr. Walter Martin: “The big problem is not what they are but who they are. The key to it is their theology. They’re all saying the same thing, and all of it is bad-mouthing the Bible. This tells me that what the Bible says was going to take place is taking place. What you’re dealing with is another dimension of reality which the Bible frequently mentions. It’s called ‘the realm of the prince of the powers of the air.’ In other words, this is a supernatural manifestation which Christianity calls demonic.”
John Ankerberg: “In light of the messages given by the UFO entities, how credible is it to think that literally thousands of genuine extra-terrestrials would fly millions or billions of light years simply to teach New Age philosophy, deny Christianity, and support the occult? Why would they do this with the preponderance of such activity already occurring on this planet? And why would these entities actually possess and inhabit people just like demons do if they were really advanced extra-terrestrials? Why would they consistently lie about things which we know are true, and why would they purposely deceive their contacts?”64
Yeah, that is a good question. Why would you supposedly come all the way across the galaxy just to promote the rise of the antichrist, support Occultic New Age teachings and debunk only Christianity? I mean, gee whiz, you’d think if you were a real alien you’d share with us some secret technology or help us find a cure for cancer since if you’re supposed to be so higher-evolved and intellectually superior to us. But no! You come all the way across the galaxy just slam Jesus, Christianity, and the Bible, and promote the antichrist kingdom and say satan’s a good guy! That’s totally demonic, folks! Just like satan!
But that’s still not all. The 3rd reason why we know UFO’s are clearly demonic in nature is because They COMMUNICATE Like Demons. Now, if you were paying attention to that list of teachings earlier, what was the method of contact these beings say we need to use in order to contact or communicate with them? We need to abstain from certain food and meditate so we can get ourselves into an altered state of consciousness then they will speak to us? They call it channeling! Yet, the Bible just happens to say it’s demonic!
Deuteronomy 18:9-14 “When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations there. Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord, and because of these detestable practices the Lord your God will drive out those nations before you. You must be blameless before the Lord your God. The nations you will dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery or divination. But as for you, the Lord your God has not permitted you to do so.” (NIV)
Why? Because God wants you to know the truth and He doesn’t want you deceived by demons! And yet that’s precisely what these supposed higher evolved beings say we need to do! I order to contact them I have to use occult techniques that the Bible forbids! Here’s one lady in action talking to aliens!
JZ KNIGHT: God does not live outside of you. God is you.
While JZ Knight is one of the more successful mediums, she is certainly not alone. A nearly identical doctrine is preached from a series of channelers who believe they are in communication with extraterrestrial spirits from other planets and galaxies. In a documentary, “UFO’s and Channeling” the late actor Telley Savalas reveals that the purpose of channeling these alien entities is entirely consistent with the purpose of the New Thought/New Age Movement to change the thinking of mankind.
Telly Savalas: “Tonight we’re going to show you some film that might change the way you think about life.”
Next, we are introduced to a woman who channels a spirit calling itself Leah.
“Leah” speaking: “Hello Phillip, how are you today.”
Phillip: “Very good Leah, how are you”
“Leah”: “Very good, thank you. So, what is it that you wanted to know?”
Phillip: “Where are you from?”
“Leah”: I am from Venus
Phillip: I don’t think anybody is going to believe that you or anybody else could be from Venus. Could you explain to us how you could be when everybody knows it’s uninhabitable.
“Leah”: “They thinks it’s uninhabitable because it is not habitable by physical life forms. We have bodies of light’
While “Leah” rambles on with fantastical ideas, she soon compels the audience toward global unity. A message found throughout the new age movement.
“Leah”: “And what occurs here on this planet will affect the rest of the universe. Can you, with all of you’re different ideas, all of you’re different races-come together as one planet and one people. We have dedicated millennia upon millennia to this idea.”65
So, you not only come all the way across the galaxy just to slam Jesus, Christianity, and the Bible, and promote New Age teachings as you just saw, including, again, that satan’s a good guy! But the only way I can receive this “new enlightenment” is by using demonic practices that the Bible just happens to forbid? I mean, you’d think if you’re really this higher-evolved highly advanced civilization that I could use a walkie talkie, or a new fangled cell phone or even one of those fancy “Kirk to Enterprise” devices. But no! I have to use and con only use a demonic means communicate with you for this new information! Folks, give me a break! This is demonic! And it’s exactly what the Bible said would happen in the Last Days!
1 Timothy 4:1 “The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.” (NIV)
Hey! Looks like that verse has come to pass! It’s time to get motivated!
But that’s still not all. The 4th reason why we know UFO’s are clearly demonic in nature is because They TRAVEL Like Demons. Let’s take a look at how demons/angels travel according to the Bible.
2 Kings 6:15-17 “When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early the next morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. “Oh, my lord, what shall we do?” the servant asked. “Don’t be afraid,” the prophet answered. “Those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” And Elisha prayed, “O LORD, open his eyes so he may see.” Then the LORD opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.” (NIV)
Or in other words, they were the Angels of the Lord. And folks, what we see here is the classic passage where the prophet of God Elisha was being hunted down by a foreign King. And he asked God to open the eyes of his freaked out servant to see just how well protected they really were by God’s angels. And it’s this passage, among many others that tell us just how angels travel, including demons who are of the fallen category of angels. Now, here’s the point. Wonder of wonders, this ability to appear and disappear, and materialize and dematerialize, pop on the scene and pop out like and angels, is precisely what UFO’s do. Let’s take a look.
UFO experts are saying that these beings are not so much physical in nature as they are spiritual.
• And that’s because they clock them at speeds up to 15,000 mph making right turns which would instantly destroy anything physical like this video shows
And that’s why researchers say they are massless by our physics, i.e. spiritual in nature. Hmmm. Demons are spiritual, aren’t they?
• UFO’s are not only able to go faster than the speed of sound, but they make no sonic boom like a normal physical object does. Another clue they’re spiritual.
• Radar has never recorded the actual entering of UFO’s into our atmosphere.
• Even with supposed millions of advanced civilizations in outer space, it would be almost impossible if just once a year for an extra-terrestrial craft to find us out here on the limb of our galaxy. Yet we are seeing literally tens of thousand of these so-called craft yearly.
• The so-called “aliens” seem to be able to live in our atmosphere without the help of respiratory devices.
• UFO’s have been fired upon scores of times by American, Russian, and Canadian pilots, but these pilots have never been able to physically bring down a craft or capture it.
• UFO entities seem to have the ability to materialize and dematerialize at will as if coming from another doorway or portal, which is what the Bible says angels and demons can do.
And this is why many UFO experts are now saying that based on decades of research, these beings aren’t coming from outer space but inner space. In other words, they’re coming from another dimension:
Dr. Jacques Vallee said, “They’re more like windows into another dimension.”
In fact, in an official statement from Flying Saucer Review by editor Gordon Creighton he says, “There seems to be no evidence yet that any of these craft or beings originate from outer space.”
Brad Steiger said he thinks thinks the chances are very good that, “We are dealing with a multi-dimensional para-physical phenomenon which is largely indigenous to planet earth.”
Arthur Clark, the famous science fiction writer observes, “One theory that can no longer be taken very seriously is that UFO’s are interstellar spaceships.”66
In other words, these things are not coming from outer-space, they’re coming from inner-space, they’re coming from another dimension which the Bible calls the Spirit realm. And wonder of wonders, once again, it fits the profile of DEMONS.
But that’s not all. The 5th reason why we know UFO’s are clearly demonic in nature is because They POSSESS Like Demons.
Matthew 8:16,28 “When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and He drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick. When He arrived at the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met Him. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.” (NIV)
And of course, Jesus later in the context, Jesus drives those out too. But here’s the point. The Bible not only clearly says that there demons walking around on the planet, but one of the things that demons like to do is what? Inhabit people, who are walking around on the planet, right? It’s called demonic possession, and as creepy as that is, that’s the facts. Now here’s the point. Can anyone guess just what it is that these supposed UFO’s and Aliens like to do with people they come in contact with? Hey, that’s right! They like to possess them, like this guy!
“On the evening of October 25th 1973, a young Pennsylvania famer, Stephen Fuleski and at least fifteen other witnesses saw a bright object hovering over a field near them. Stephen grabbed his rifle and went to investigate.
It was then that he noticed something walking along by the fence. They were hairy and long armed with greenish-yellow eyes and a smell like burning rubber was present. Stephen sensed that these creatures were not friendly and fired a tracer bullet over their heads and when they kept on coming, he fired directly at one of them.
The creatures then all disappeared into the woods and the glowing object disappeared from the field instantaneously. UFO researchers as well as a State Trooper were called in to investigate.
When they arrived the people there told them that Stephen had been growling like an animal and flailing his arms. His own dog ran toward him and Stephen attacked the dog. Stephen then collapsed and after a time began to come to his senses.
The entire group commented on the nauseating sulfur like odor that was present.”67
Hmmm…sulphur-like odor that was present…That just so happens to be the same smell the Bible uses to describe the Lake of Fire? I’m sure that’s a coinky-dink, right? Yeah right! Folks, UFO researchers admit that when a person does have an encounter with supposed Aliens and UFO’s, that they habitually do one of three things:
1. Go deeper into the Occult/NewAge..hey shocker!
2. They kill themselves…commit suicide!
3. Or they go insane and become demonically possessed like that man!
And people, that’s why even secular researchers in the UFO field are saying they’re demonic! They see the obvious connection!
Dr. Jacques Vallee: “We are dealing with a yet unrecognized level of consciousness, independent of man but closely linked to the earth. I do not believe anymore that UFO’s are simply the spacecraft of some race of extraterrestrial visitors. This notion is too simplistic to explain their appearance, the frequency of their manifestations through recorded history and the structure of the information exchanged with them during contact.
An impressive parallel can be made between UFO occupants and the popular conceptions of demons. UFO’s can project images or fabricated scenes designed to change our belief systems. Human belief is being controlled and conditioned, man’s concepts are being rearranged and we may be headed toward a massive change of human attitudes toward paranormal abilities and extraterrestrial life.” (i.e. they’re deceiving us)
The ‘medical examination’ to which abductees are said to be subjected, often accompanied by sadistic manipulation, is reminiscent of the medieval tales of encounters with demons. The symbolic display seen by the abductees is identical to the type of initiations ritual or astral voyage that is imbedded in the occult traditions of every culture. Thus, the structure of abduction stories is identical to that of occult initiation rituals.”
UFO researcher Lynn Catoe stated, “A large part of the available UFO literature is closely linked with mysticism and the metaphysical. It deals with subjects like mental telepathy, automatic writing and invisible entities as well as phenomena like poltergeist or ghost manifestations and ‘possession.’ Many of the UFO reports now being published in the popular press recount alleged incidents that are strikingly similar to demonic possession and psychic phenomena.”
Dr. Pierre Guerin an eminent scientist associated with the French National Council for Scientific Research says, “ UFO behavior is more akin to magic than to physics as we know it. The modern UFOnauts and the demons of past days are probably identical. What is quite certain is that the phenomenon is active here on our planet, and active here as master.” (i.e they’re controlling things)
John Keel one of the most informed persons in the world on UFO’s, author of the now-classic UFO’s: Operation Trojan Horse states: “The manifestations and occurrences described in this imposing literature on demonology are similar if not entirely identical to the UFO phenomenon itself. The UFO manifestations seem to be, by and large, merely minor variations of the age-old demonological phenomenon.”
John Ankerberg: “Among UFO contactees or others who communicate personally with the alleged extra-terrestrials there are also literally 1,000’s of cases of what can only be termed spirit possession. The fact that these supposedly advanced beings from outer space prefer to possess their contacts after the manner of demons is further evidence that we are dealing with an occult phenomenon.”68
Now folks, I don’t know about you, but if even the secular researchers on UFO’s, you know the experts, are saying these entities are demonic in nature, then I’m kind of thinking they’re probably demonic in nature, how about you? Uh yeah! Slightly!
But that’s still not all. The 6th reason why we know that UFO’s are clearly demonic in nature is because They’re REBUKED Like Demons.
Mark 1:21,23-27 “Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach. Just then a man in their synagogue who was possessed by an evil spirit cried out, “What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are – the Holy One of God!” “Be quiet!” said Jesus sternly. “Come out of him!” The evil spirit shook the man violently and came out of him with a shriek. The people were all so amazed that they asked each other, “What is this? A new teaching – and with authority! He even gives orders to evil spirits and they obey Him.” (NIV)
Now folks, here we see again, another text were dealing with demonic possession, but this time I wanted to point put Who was it that clearly had the power over them and the authority over them to cast them out? Jesus right? And gee folks, wonder of wonders, can anybody guess, just what happens to be the one surefire way to get rid of these beings when they come your way? Hey, that’s right! It’s when you command them in the Name of Jesus Christ to leave and they do! Come on! That’s a demon, like this researcher shows:
“Far from the abductee population including all those with religious beliefs, there is one group of people that, by and large, is notably absent. They are Christians, those wo are often (these days unflatteringly) described as ‘Christian Fundamentalists.’
Many people in the world claim to be a Christian; that is, they have Christian ideals or morality, and may even regard themselves as good people. But I am talking about what are known as ‘born-again,’ Bible believing Christians. It is as if ET’s tend to avoid this select group of people. This reality has been largely ignored by many UFO researchers.
Muslims, Buddhists, Jews, agnostics, all seemed to claim abduction experiences. As more case studies were examined, a puzzling trend emerged. The so-called Christians reporting the abduction experience tended to be people who intellectually expoused the existence of God, but didn’t apply it personally. (i.e. not true Christians) But there seemed to be an obvious absence of devout, Bible believing, ‘walk the walk’ Christians. Where were they in this equation?
One experience by a Mr. Bill D., took place at Christmas in Florida in 1976. His abduction started out typically, i.e., late at night, in bed. Earlier in the evening he saw some anamolous lights through his living room window over a forest north of his home. He assumed it was a police helicopter searching for drug runners or something.
Whatever it was, it agitated his dogs for several hours thereafter. He eventually went to bed. He was lying in bed kept wide awake by the barking dogs when paralysis set in. He was unable to cry out. He could see nothing but a whitish grey, like a mist or fog, although he sensed someone or something was in his room. His wife didn’t waken.
The next thing he knew, he was being levitated above his bed. By this time, he was alive with terror, but he couldn’t scream. Here is where the story becomes very interesting. He states, ‘So helpless, I couldn’t do anything. I said, ‘Jesus, Jesus, help me!’
When I did, there was a feeling or sound or something that either my words that I thought or the words that I had tried to say or whatever, had hurt whatever was holding me up.
I fell, I hit the bed, because it was like I was thrown back in bed. I really can’t tell, but when I did, my wife woke up and asked why I was jumping on the bed.’
This was the first time that experienced field investigators had ever heard of an abduction being stopped, and this man did it by just calling on the Name of Jesus.
Another experience of stopping an abduction with the Name of Jesus Christ goes like this. One man shared, ‘Back about 1973 my wife had a strange experience in the middle of the night.
At the time we knew nothing about UFO abductions, so we had no category in which to place it other than extremely ‘lucid nightmare.’ It has many of the abduction ‘components.’
The point is that she stopped the entities and the whole experience with the Name of ‘Jesus.’ It’s vital to get this information out.’ I suggest that the answers they have been looking for but do not want to hear may be – ‘God is real, and the Bible is true.’
This interpretation is further supported by the ‘space brothers’ single-minded obsession with undermining the Bible’s account of the nature and mission of the only ‘One’ who appears to be able to stop them – Jesus.”
My name is Joe George and I’m the State Section Director for the Mutual UFO Network from Brovard County Florida. I’m also Lead Field Investigator. When we get a call for an investigation, we take all the information we could over the phone and then we send investigators out sometimes myself-sometimes other investigators working with me. And we follow up to do an investigation report. To these people they were sincere. They have sincere experiences and alot of them looking for help and they felt that being we were involved as researchers and investigators that we could be of some help to them.
Joyce Erins: My name is Joyce Erins…(pause)…um…I’m a floral designer and I was laying in bed, my husband and I. I was laying on my right side and all I could see when I opened my eyes-all I could see was this red light above the window and I could see my husband’s shoulder but I was like paralyzed. Their skin, looked alot like elephant skin. They had the big bulbous head with the big red-brown eyes.
Joe George: As an honest researcher, I realized that I couldn’t just count these people out because the stuff that they had was so bizarre. Most of the researches in the realm said it wasn’t possible to stop an experience. Knowing that, I called some of the leading researchers in the country. So I said, “Guys. I have a very unusual case here.” This man-we’ll use the name Bill- and during his experience in fear he calls out “JESUS!JESUS! JESUS!” or “Jesus, please HELP ME”. By calling out, he abruptly stops his abduction experience. These entities can be stopped in the name and authority of Jesus Christ.
Joyce Erins: Once down in Coco, this was after I had accepted Jesus Christ, they tried to come and I kept saying No. Jesus please help me. And I took on the empowerment of Jesus Christ and I stopped that.”69
Now folks, maybe it just me but, if it walks like a demon, talks like a demon, travels like a demon, acts like a demon, and is rebuked in the Name of Jesus Christ like a demon, I’d kind of say, we’re dealing with demons here! Hello! Of all things to stop an actual alien encounter is to rebuke it in the Name of Jesus Christ alone, and it flees? Come on folks! That’s a DEMON!
But that’s still not all. The 7th reason we know that UFO’s are clearly demonic in nature is because They DECIEVE Like Demons. Hey folks, as if what we’ve seen so far wasn’t enough proof that we’re dealing with actual demons here, little do people know that UFO’s are also being used to explain away the rapture of the Church! Check it out!
1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 “According to the Lord’s own word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.” (NIV)
Now here we see just one of the classic passages in the Bible that deals with the evacuation of the Christians, or the rapture, just prior to God’s wrath being poured out on the whole world during the 7-year Tribulation. But little to people know that UFO’s are being used right now to explain away this event. Right now people are being prepared to think that it’s not GOD coming to get His Church, it’s the UFO’s that got them! And for obvious reasons! Think about it! Put yourself in satan’s shoes. Here you have an event that you cannot deny, you can’t spin it away, it really happened, millions of people, all around the world, suddenly disappeared. And it’s specifically and only Christians. So the logical normal response to those left behind would certainly be something like, “Oh no! Why didn’t I listen to my Christian wife or brother, co-worker, or whatever. They were right, the Bible’s true! I better get right with God now!” People en masse will get saved all over the world because of the shock of the rapture, right? Not anymore! People, I’m telling you the enemy is slick! This is what all this has been leading to. This is the Last Days lie! This is what he put into motion 150 years ago with Charles Darwin! When people witness other people disappear all across the planet in the blinking of an eye, they won’t connect it with God or the rapture or even Christianity. No! It was the aliens that came and got them, but we’ll be okay. Don’t believe me? Here’s what here’s what your average UFO enthusiasts is being taught right now!
Barbara Marciniak is a very famous New Age author and channeler. In her book Bringers of the Dawn she documents what she claims extra-terrestrials from the star system of the Pleiades have told her. “There will be great shiftings within humanity on this planet. It will seem that great chaos and turmoil are forming, that nations are rising against each other in war, and that earthquakes are happening more frequently. Earth is shaking itself free, and a certain realignment or adjustment period is to be expected. The people who leave the planet during the time of earth changes do not fit here any longer, and they are stopping the harmony of earth. When the time comes that perhaps twenty million people leave the planet at one time, there will be a tremendous shift in consciousness for those who are remaining.”
Channeler Thelma Terrell, who goes by her spiritual name, “Tuella,” wrote a book called Project World Evacuation, these are some quotes from that book: “Our rescue ships will be able to come in close enough in the twinkling of an eye to set the lifting beams in operation in a moment, and all over the globe where events warrant it, this will be the method of evacuation. Mankind will be lifted, levitated shall we say, by the beams from our smaller ships. These smaller craft will in turn taxi the persons to the larger ships overhead, higher in the atmosphere, where there is ample space and quarters and supplies for millions of people. The Great Evacuation will come upon the world very suddenly. The flash of emergency events will be as a lightning that flashes in the sky.”
Various UFO Channelers say, “The cataclysms are all part of purifying this Earth back to a millennium. What is going to happen when you reach a certain point is that you will have the first wave of ascension. Those whose bodies cannot take this change will go in the first wave of ascension. They will be taken up and their bodies will be changed in the twinkling of an eye. In the twinkling of an eye they will be removed from the physical completely into the new spiritual body. There will be many visits from the galaxies by inter-dimensional beings, as from the Pleidades, to assist and in some cases to rescue people and take them into higher places. Those are the flying machines that you are seeing coming into your galaxies that have been preparing themselves for up to the last forty years. Some never die on this earth, these missing persons have already been taken, as their time was not up and they were not meant to go through a demise. They went through a lift-off in UFO’s.”
And just to make sure we fall for this LIE, this Last Days LIE, Hollywood’s right there already there helping satan out. Here’s just one of their movies promoting it.
On August 28th, 2009 NASA sent a message into space farther than we ever thought possible…
...In an effort to Reach Extraterrestrial Life
(Scene flying over a nighttime city skyline)
NBC Reporter: Stephen Hawking, astrophysicist and inarguably the smartest man on the planet warned us about the possibility of aliens from outer space.
(Flashes back to the city: A blue beam of light shoots down towards the ground)
Another Reporter: Hawking says that if extraterrestrials visit us-the outcome might be similar to when Columbus landed in America. In other words, it didn’t turn out to well for Native Americans.
(Back to the city-many blue beams of light hitting the city streets)
MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE LISTENED
(Scene of beams causing damage as large clouds of smoke emanate from the ground)
(Scene changes to untold numbers of people screaming as they are being beamed into the sky towards the inside of a large UFO)
DON’T LOOK UP”70
And that’s just one of their movies. Sometime they just beam them up instead of suck them up, sometimes the aliens land and flat out get them, but as you can clearly see, Hollywood has already helped us come up with several different scenarios to “visualize” this lie to explain away the rapture. And folks, I find it interesting that they just happened to specifically say DON’T LOOK UP when that’s exactly what Jesus says we need to do.
Luke 21:28 “When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” (NIV)
But no…the enemy’s been working for 150 years to train us to don’t look up when these people disappear…you have no worries…look down and be glad that you are now one of the chosen ones who can enter the Age of Utopia! And it’s a lie from the pit of hell! Folks, what more does God have to do? We are headed for the greatest time of deceit this world has ever seen or will ever see again! And you don’t want to be there!
And believe it or not, even with all this amazing evidence pointing to the signs of Christ’s soon return, some people still refuse to listen to any kind of request, like this lady:
“In the 18th-century in England, a vagabond was exhausted and famished, when he came to a roadside inn with a sign reading, ‘George and the Dragon.’ So the hungry man knocked on the door of the inn.
At this, the innkeeper’s wife stuck her head out a window, so the vagabond asked, ‘Could ye spare some porridge?’
The woman took one look at his shabby, dirty clothes and shouted, ‘No!’
Then the man asked, ‘Well then, could I have a pint of broth?’
And without missing a beat the woman yelled back, ‘No!’
Undaunted, the vagabond now requested, ‘Could I at least use your washroom?’
But the woman just shouted back again, ‘No!’
Well at this the vagabond said, ‘Might I please...?’
‘What now?’ the woman screeched, not allowing him to finish.
‘D’ye suppose,’ he asked, ‘that I might have a word with George?’”71
Now, that lady didn’t want to listen to any requests did she? But believe it or not, she’s not alone. The Bible said that in the last days, many people would refuse to listen to God’s request to repent and be saved before it’s too late.
Revelation 3:3 “Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; obey it, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.” (NIV)
People of God, I hope you’re not one of those who are refusing to listen to God’s loving request to be saved. Why? Because if you are, you might wake up one day and discover that you’ve been left behind. And you know what? God doesn’t want you left behind. Because He loves you and I, He has given us the warning sign of The Rise of Falsehood to show us that the Tribulation could be near and that Christ’s 2nd Coming is rapidly approaching. Jesus Himself said this:
Luke 21:28 “When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” (NIV)
Like it or not folks, we are headed for The Final Countdown. We don’t know the day or the hour. Only God knows. The point is, if you’re a Christian, you need to know that all we are given in this life is a little bitty dash between two dates. I am of course speaking in regards to the dash on our tombstones. Therefore, life is short, pray hard and take somebody to heaven with you, will you? Folks, it’s high time we Christians speak up and declare the good news of salvation to those who are dying all around us. But please, if you’re not a Christian, give your life to Jesus today, because tomorrow may be too late! Just like the Bible said!
Study Questions
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Review
Jesus Christ is coming very, very soon! So far, Pastor Billy has shared three explosive and prophetic signs that prove that the above statement is true.
Can you recall what they were?
Sign #10 is _________ _______________________ __________________
Sign #9 is ________________________ ___________________
Sign #8 is ___________________________ _____________________
Under this last sign, there were four indicators that we are in the last days. We would see an “increase of __________________, ________________, ________________________, and _____________________.”
This Chapter:
The #7 sign on The Final Countdown is none other than ______________
__________________________ ________ _________________________
Jesus warned in Luke 21:8”Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, claiming, “I am he”, and “the time is near”. “Do not follow them.”
The first such person Pastor Billy mentions is the Reverend _____________ _____________________ ______________________ of the Moonies, or the “Unification Church”. Moon claims to be __________________; _________________ of the ___________________ and that “Jesus Christ is trying to _____________ __________, my footsteps, all the way.”
But that’s not all
A second false christ is _______________of _______________ .
• What do his followers think he is?
Answer: Jesus “ ______________________” sent to save the earth.
• What did this man boldly claim?
Answer: “To keep things simple, yes, I am Jesus Christ.”
But it’s not over yet,
There’s a man in Pennsylvania called, __________________ ________________ _________________. This is how he actually responds to a person who would ask him, “what’s your name?” He replies, “What’s Your Name”. But it doesn’t matter what his name sounds like. People continue to be captivated by his presence. Thousands who visit him declare, “I was in his presence for an hour and felt unbelievable.”
But still another false christ that thousands around the world consider to be the Messiah is ________________ ______________. To some, he is so powerful that his appearance is supposed to have spawned ______________ ___________, ______________, and _____________________ statues, and even ____________________ messages inscribed by the seeds within ___________________ and _________________________.”
• Right now in the United States alone, what is the estimated number of those claiming to be Jesus?
Answer: ______________________
There’s another man in the U.S. named ____________________ _______________________ _____ __________________ who claims to be the literal second coming of Jesus Christ. Note a few of his teachings: “There is no such thing as __________________ or ___________________, the 666 tattoo his followers wear is a ____________________ ______________.
But there’s still more
• What happens every year in Jerusalem that has been dubbed “The Jerusalem Syndrome?”
Answer: Tens of thousands of people have ___________________ of being a Biblical character or ________________ _________________ Himself.
Pastor Billy mentioned, “the sad thing is that people don’t know that they are actually being prepared by these false christs to one day worship and follow the ultimate false christ, the _______________________..”
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4;
Don’t let anyone _______________ you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of _____________________ is revealed, the man ________________ to _______________________. He will oppose and exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that be sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be _____________.
2 Peter 2:1-2;
“But there were also false prophets in Israel, just as there will be ________________ _____________ among you. They will cleverly teach their __________________ heresies about God and even turn against their Master who bought them. Theirs will be a swift and terrible end. Many will follow their _________________ ________________ and shameful immorality. And because of them, Christ and his true way will be slandered.”
There’s a multitude of false teachers that the Church has to contend with today. Some of their organizations are: _____________________, Jehovah’s Witnesses, ____________________ _________________, and even some ___________________ fringe groups.” One other group of false teachers that we must highlight is the ____________ ________________ _______________________.
• From where does the New Age Movement have its roots?
Answer: The _______________ and __________________.”
• What is the New Age Movement preparing the world for right now?
Answer: A “_________ _________________ ___________________.”
What are some of the typical New Age beliefs:
1. All is god: the earth, man, animals, and plants.
2. Man is destroying the earth along with the animals and plants and unless he changes his ways, “Mother Earth” will be forced to destroy humanity.
3. Christianity is the biggest culprit in destroying the earth by teaching that man had dominion over the earth when the earth is a living being.
4. There is no such thing as sin and no need to repent and be saved.
5. Jesus is but one of many great teachers such as Buddha, Muhammad or Confucius.
6. Mankind should seek direction directly from “the spirit world” via a psychic, a channeler, a palm reader, astrology, angels, space aliens, dead relatives, meditation, etc.
7. All religions (except orthodox Christianity) are of equal merit.
8. In order for the world to be at peace and harmony there must be “New World Order, universal monetary system, world authority on food, health, and water, universal tax, and military draft, one world leader, and the abolishment of Christianity.
As of 1995, New Agers represented twenty percent of the population in
the United States, making them the third largest religious group. How are
they making so many converts in America?
The 1st Way the New Age Movement is seducing people is by promoting _______ __________________ __________________.
The teachings of environmentalism have roots in the occultic beliefs of the New Age Movement. Those who think they are saving the earth are in reality “helping to spread the beliefs of the New Age Movement.
• What does the Environmental Movement teach?
Answer: The earth, plants and animals are ______________ man and Christianity are the biggest culprits in the ___________________ of the earth they”promote a return to more _____________ ____________ religions, and a _________________ movement to unify people to _________ the earth.
Pastor Billy agrees that there’s nothing wrong with having a healthy earth; but he parts company with those who place the earth _____________ man, and begin to _____________ it above _________.
• And how will these environmentalists explain away the earth’s catastrophes that will take place during the Tribulation? for example,
Revelation 8:7, 9, 11, Hail and fire mixed with blood were thrown down upon the earth, and one-third of the earth was set on fire. One-third of the trees were burned, and all the grass was burned. And one-third of all things living in the sea died. One third of the water bitter, and many people died because the water was so bitter.
These changes will pave the way for a __________________ of the earth and a new _________________________between earth and man.
This will be the Day of ____________________. All the suffering going on in this country with the tornadoes, floods, and earthquakes is carried on the breath of Mother Earth because she is in pain. This battle will ________________ the heart of people and ______________ our Mother Earth from ______________, and the _________________ will be gotten rid of.” People during the time of God’s wrath on this earth will actually think “that the catastrophes from God are a _____________
thing.
The 2nd Way the New Age Movement is seducing people is by promoting a ____________________ ___________________.
The tenets of vegetarianism have roots in the _______________ beliefs of the New Age Movement. People who think they are saving the animals are, in reality, helping to spread the beliefs of the New Agers.
The Society of Ethical Religious Vegetarians (SERV) says that via the ___________________ of ______________________, man and Christianity are the biggest culprits in the destruction of the earth. They promote a global move to “_______________ people to _____________ the ______________________.”
• What does the Vegetarian Movement teach?
Answer: The earth, plants and especially animals are sacred.
Nothing wrong with having a healthy body, but the problem surfaces “when you place animals ___________________ man, and begin to ______________________ them above __________________.”
Via the vegetarian movement, people are being prepared to explain away a false teaching on the ____________________ of certain foods that the Apostle Paul said would appear on the scene in the last days.
I Timothy 4:2-3 states, “These teachers are hypocrites and liars. They pretend to be religious, but their consciences are dead. They will say it is wrong to eat certain foods. But God created those foods to be eaten with thanksgiving by people who know and believe the truth.
• What is your average vegetarian being taught?
Answer: “We believe that by applying spiritual values to scientific knowledge encourages _________________ _________________ diets, with major benefits to humans, animals, and the environment.”
“It is essential that there is a major shift toward _____________________ to end ____________________ , horrible mistreatment of animals, threats to ecosystems, global climate change, wasteful use of water, land, fuel, widespread hunger, and increasing violence.”
“Through the efforts of ___________________, ____________________, and _________________ ________________ activists, the earth will become a ___________________, _______________________ place for all species to live.”
The 3rd Way the New Age Movement is seducing people is by promoting a ________________________ _____________________.
One could also call it the __________________Craze and the
____________________Movement.
People don’t know that the tenets of the messages supposedly coming from angels and UFOs have their roots in the occultic beliefs of the New Age Movement.
• By making contact and receiving the new teachings from these heavenly hosts, what are people actually doing?
Answer: They are helping to spread the beliefs of the New Age Movement via ____________________ _ _____________________.
Note the teachings that are coming from these supposed angels and UFO’s:
1. All of us are little gods.
2. The earth is a living entity and we need to worship her and change our ways or we will be destroyed.
3. Jesus, Muhammad, and Buddha all came from the ET’s to assist mankind in our next step of evolution.
4. There is no such thing as sin; we do not need to be saved.
5. Orthodox Christianity has it all wrong. Jesus’ real message was to teach us that each one of us could become “christs.”
6. To aid in contacting these “heavenly beings” one should refrain from certain foods and practice meditation.
7. Mankind needs to unite into a one-world government and religion or we will be destroyed.
8. The devil or Lucifer is actually a good guy who has come to free us.
Pastor Billy shares some reasons why these entities connected with UFO’s are really demons.
1. They _________________ occultic New Age teachings and practices.
2. They ________________ Christianity.
3. UFO experts are admitting that these beings aren’t so much physical in nature but _____________________.
4. They have been clocked at speeds of up to _________________, and making right turns at that speed, which would destroy anything that is physical.
5. UFO experts are also saying that, after extensive research, these beings “aren’t coming from outer space but _________________ _____________________…from another ____________________,”; which we believe is the ____________________ realm.
There’s only one way on record to get rid of these beings, when they do come your way: __________________ them in the ________________ of Jesus Christ to leave.
People also do not know that they are being prepared via the Angels and UFO teachings to explain away the _________________ of the Church.
1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 “I can tell you this directly from the Lord. We who are still living when the Lord returns will not rise to meet him ahead of those who are in their graves. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the call of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, all the Christians who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and remain with him forever.”
We all know that this refers to the evacuation of the Christians from the earth before God’s wrath is poured out upon the ungodly.
But what is your average Angel and UFO enthusiast being taught?
“There will be great shifting within humanity on this planet. It will seem that great chaos and turmoil are forming, that nations are rising against each other in war, and that earthquakes are happening more frequently. Earth is shaking itself free, and a certain realignment or adjustment period is to be expected.
The people who leave the planet during the time of earth changes do not fit here any longer, and they are stopping the harmony of earth. When the time comes that perhaps twenty million people leave the planet at one time, there will be a tremendous shift in consciousness for those who are remaining.”
Warning: Beloved, there are deceptive demons working for satan who are gathering followers through demonic teachings; just like the Bible said would happen in the last days.
1 Timothy 4:1 warns,
Now the Holy Spirit tells us clearly that in the last times some will turn away from what we believe; they will follow __________________ spirits and teachings that come from _____________________.
The Rise of Falsehood clearly indicates that Christ’s 2nd coming is rapidly approaching. And what is Jesus’ admonition to his people?
Luke 21:28, “When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”
Jesus is coming again! Is your heart ready to meet Him?
Chapter Five
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The Rise of Wickedness
“It was a sunny morning in the Big Forest and the Bear family is just waking up. So Baby Bear goes downstairs and sits in his small chair at the table. But he looks into his bowl and notices that it’s empty.
So he squeaks, ‘Who’s been eating my porridge?’
Well, next Poppa Bear arrives at the table and sits in his big chair. And he too looks into his big bowl and sees that it’s empty as well!
So he roars, ‘Who’s been eating my porridge?
Well, at this, the Momma Bear puts her head out from the kitchen and yells, ‘For Pete’s sake, how many times do we have to go through this?
It was Momma Bear who go up first.
It was Momma Bear who unloaded the dishwasher from last night and put everything away.
It was Momma Bear who set the table.
It was Momma Bear who put the cat out, cleaned the litter box and filled the cat’s water & food dish.
And now that you’ve decided to come down stairs and grace me with your presence....
Listen good because I’m only going to say this one more time.......I haven’t made the porridge yet!!!’”1
Now folks, how many of you’d say that that Mommy Bear was just a little bit on the edge there, you know what I’m saying? Uh huh! She was having a serious rough day, wasn’t she? But that’s right folks, believe it or not, did you know there’s an even rougher day than that one coming down the pike? Uh huh! And it’s going to happen at the rapture of the Church! And the reason why it’s going to be a rough one is because for those who refuse to accept Jesus Christ as their Personal Lord and Savior, they will be catapulted into the 7-year Tribulation and it’s not a joke! It’s an outpouring of God’s wrath on a wicked and rebellious planet. In fact Jesus said in Matthew 24 it’s going to be a “time of greater horror than anything the world has ever seen or will ever see again. And that “unless that time of calamity is shortened, the entire human race will be destroyed.” But praise God, God’s not only a God of wrath, He’s a God of love as well. And because He loves you and I, He’s given us many warning signs to show us when the Tribulation was near and Jesus Christ’s 2nd Coming was rapidly approaching.
Therefore, in order to keep you and I from experiencing the ultimate bad day of being left behind, you don’t need to be a detective to figure this out folks, we’re going to continue in our series The Final Countdown. And so far we’ve already seen how the #10 sign on The Final Countdown was The Jewish People. The #9 sign was Modern Technology. The #8 sign was Worldwide Upheaval. And last seven times we saw how the #7 sign was The Rise of Falsehood. And what we saw there was that God lovingly foretold you and I that when we see an Increase of False Christs, False Myths, False Teachings and tons of False Prophets spreading New Age lies in the Church like, Hollywood, Environmentalism, Food & Population Control and last time with lie of UFO’s Aliens to explain away the rapture of the Church, uh, guess what? It’s an indicator from God you’re living in the last days! It’s time to get motivated!
But that’s right, believe it or not folks, that’s still not the only sign God has given us. The #6 sign on The Final Countdown is none other then The Rise of Wickedness. What? You mean to tell me in the Last Days that people would get really really wicked before Jesus comes back? Uh huh! But don’t take my word for it. Let’s listen to God’s.
2 Timothy 3:1-5 “But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God – having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.” (NIV)
Now folks, according to our text there, one of the major characteristics of society in the last days, is one that would be filled with what? Absolute unadulterated wickedness, right? What did it say there? In the Last Days people would be, in a nutshell, selfish, greedy, boastful, prideful, abusive, disobedient, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, out-of-control, brutal, evil, treacherous, rash, and conceited! Whew! Good thing we don’t see any signs of that ever happening! Yeah, right! Folks, if you’re paying attention, every single one of those wicked behaviors is commonplace in our society right now! Which means we’re living in the Last Days society that the Bible talks about!
And once again, the skeptic’s going to say something like, “Come on! We’ve always had wicked behavior.” And yes, granted, throughout history, since the fall of man, we’ve always had some form of wicked behavior. But what’s not common is how in the last century alone, that there has been a literal explosion of every single one of these wicked behaviors that Paul listed here. And it’s only getting worse. In fact, let’s take a look at the change of behavior in America in just the last few decades and you tell me if there isn’t a clear Rise of Wickedness.
Leading Public School Disciplinary Problems
Mid-1940’s Mid-1980’s
1) Talking 1) Drug Abuse
2) Chewing Gum 2) Alcohol Abuse
3) Making Noise 3) Pregnancy
4) Running in the Hallways 4) Suicide
5) Getting Out of Place in Line 5) Rape
6) Wearing Improper Clothing 6) Robbery
7) Not Putting Paper in Wastebaskets 7) Assault2
Now I don’t know about you guys, but in the last few decades, it sure sounds like there’s been a massive Rise of Wickedness hasn’t there? Just like the Bible said would happen when you’re living in the Last Days! In fact, if we’re honest with ourselves, it’s getting so bad and so commonplace that we’re no longer even shocked at this kind of wickedness because it’s now considered the norm. We expect it. And it’s getting worse by the day. You can’t go to the movies without getting shot! You can’t walk down the street without getting assaulted and we even have people now eating other people’s faces off! And we act like it’s no big deal…what else is on? Let’s check out the weather channel. And lest we forget how rotten things are, we’re reminded daily of it on every single news station, twenty-four hours a day, YET, here’s the point. Hardly anyone recognizes the prophetic significance of it! How do I know that I’m living in the Last Days? Just turn on your TV! This absolute unadulterated wickedness that’s being reported every single day around the world is one of the clearest signs that we are living in the Last Days.
But the question is, “How could there be such an explosion of wickedness in such a short amount of time, especially in America with our godly heritage? How could a Christian nation turn from loving God to…this?” Well first of all, let’s back up the train a little bit and demonstrate that we really did have a godly heritage as our foundation here in America. And I say that because the skeptics going to say that America was never a Christian nation in the first place, but that’s not true. The skeptic says, “Oh no! Our Founding Fathers demanded a separation of Church and state which has come to mean basically, “Keep Christianity out at all costs!” But folks, that’s a lie! The next time someone says “separation of Church and state” and say that’s what our founding fathers wanted challenge them! Ask them. “Where does that appear in the Bill of Rights? Where does that phrase separation of church and state appear in our Constitution?” It isn’t there! It came from a letter from Thomas Jefferson in 1802 to the Danbury Baptists of Connecticut who were concerned that another Christian denomination called the Congregationalists, were going to become the official Christian denomination of the United States. Notice the whole time the context is Christian and Christianity. Not Buddhism, not Islam, not Eastern Mysticism, and everything under the sun! When they talked about religion, they were referring to Christianity! And Jefferson simply referred to them to the first amendment, that reads, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, (Christianity) or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…” In other words, Jefferson had full confidence that the “original intent” of the first amendment that would insure that no “Christian denomination would be chosen to be the official Christian denomination of the United States. That’s it! That’s what he meant by the phrase there, separation of Church and state.3 It had nothing to do with keep Christianity out. In fact, if you look at their words, you’ll see they clearly wanted to keep Christianity in!
John Adams: “The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity. Without religion, this world would be something not fit to be mentioned in polite company: I mean hell. The Christian religion is, above all the religions that ever prevailed or existed in ancient or modern times, the religion of wisdom, virtue, equity and humanity.”
John Quincy Adams: “My hopes of a future life are all founded upon the Gospel of Christ. In the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior. The Declaration of Independence laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity.
Patrick Henry: “Being a Christian is a character which I prize far above all this world has or can boast. Righteousness alone can exalt America as a nation. The great pillars of all government and of social life are virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone, that renders us invincible.”
John Jay: (Original Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court) “Mercy and grace and favor did come by Jesus Christ. By conveying the Bible to people we certainly do them a most interesting act of kindness. The most effectual means of securing the continuance of our civil and religious liberties is always to remember with reverence and gratitude the source from which they flow. The Bible is the best of all books, for it is the word of God and teaches us the way to be happy in this world and in the next. Continue therefore to read it and to regulate your life by its precepts. Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation, to select and prefer Christians for their rulers.”
Benjamin Rush: (Father of Public Schools Under the Constitution) “The Gospel of Jesus Christ prescribes the wisest rules for just conduct in every situation of life. Happy they who are enabled to obey them in all situations! The great enemy of the salvation of man, (satan) in my opinion, never invented a more effective means of limiting Christianity from the world than by persuading mankind that it was improper to read the Bible at schools. Christianity is the only true and perfect religion; and in proportion as mankind adopt its principles and obey its precepts, they will be wise and happy. The Bible should be read in our schools in preference to all other books.”
Noah Webster: (Schoolmaster to America) “The religion which has introduced civil liberty is the religion of Christ and His apostles. This is genuine Christianity and to this we owe our free constitutions of government. The moral principles and precepts found in the Scriptures ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and laws. I am persuaded that no civil government of a republican form can exist and be durable in which the principles of Christianity have not a controlling influence.”
George Washington: “You do well to wish to learn our arts and ways of life, and above all, the religion of Jesus Christ. These will make you a greater and happier people than you are. While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and soldiers, we certainly ought not to be inattentive to the higher duties of religion. To the distinguished character of Patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian.”
Congress U.S. House Judiciary Committee 1854: “Had the people, during the Revolution, had a suspicion of any attempt to war against Christianity, that Revolution would have been strangled in its cradle. In this age, there can be no substitute for Christianity. That was the religion of the founders of the republic and they expected it to remain the religion of their descendants.”
• The first colleges formed in America (123 out of 126) were formed on Christian principles.
• Up until 1900 it was very rare to find a university president who was not and ordained clergyman.
• The New England Primer, America’s first textbook and used for 210 years taught the alphabet like this: A – In Adam’s fall we sinned all. C – Christ crucified for sinners died. Z – Zaccheus he did climb the tree our Lord to see.
• The 107 questions at the end of the New England Primer included questions like, “What offices does Christ execute as our Redeemer?” “How does Christ execute the office of a priest?” “What is required in the fifth commandment?” “What are the benefits which in this life do accompany or flow from justification, adoption, and sanctification?”
• George Washington made it crystal clear that American schools would teach Indian youths the “religion” of Jesus Christ and Congress assisted in doing so.
• In 1782, Congress had 10,000 bibles printed for use in schools.
• Dr. Benjamin Rush said, “The only means of establishing and perpetuating our republican forms of government is the universal education of our youth in the principles of Christianity by means of the Bible.”
• Thomas Jefferson wrote the first plan of education for the city of Washington D.C. and adopted two textbooks, the Bible and Watts Hymnal, and hired clergymen to be the teachers.
• The 1854 edition of Webster’s Dictionary had Biblical definitions, Bible verses, and Webster’s own testimony of personally receiving Christ.”
• America’s first school was Harvard, founded in 1636 by Reverend John Harvard whose official motto was “For Christ and the Church.” Harvard had several requirements which students had to observe, one of which was, “Let every scholar be plainly instructed and earnestly pressed to consider well, the main end of his life and studies is to know God and Jesus Christ, which is eternal life.”
• In fact, wait until you here where the largest Church in America used to be held for many years…
“This is a copy of what the first Bible printed in English in America looked like. This Bible was printed by the U.S. Congress in 1782 and the records, it says, that this bible -quote- a neat edition of the Holy Scriptures for the use of our schools-end quote. So the first bible printed in America in English well that was printed by Congress for the use of our schools?--it’s worse than that- and the front of the cover it says resolved The United States and Congress assembled recommend this edition of the Bible to the inhabitants of the United States. So the first Bible printed in English by America was done by the guys who signed the documents, endorsed by Congress and done for the use of schools and we’re going to be told that they don’t want any kind of religion in education, they don’t want voluntary prayer? No, it doesn’t make sense.
This document by itself by itself is fairly significant, but in 1830, Congress commissioned these four paintings over here to recapture what the original records said was the Christian history of the United States. So in these four paintings means you have really a span of a few hundred years. If I take you through them chronologically, the first is back there Columbus landing in the Western world in 1492. They got out, they knelt down and had a prayer service. You see the cross they have. They named the land where they have landed San Salvador, meaning Holy Savior which tells you some of the thinking that was going on then. If you come back over my shoulder here, this is the baptism of Pocahontas in Jamestown and this was in 1613. Over here-the fourth painting is 1620. This is the embarkation of the Pilgrims coming to America. You can see them gathered around the Bible there. You see the prayer meeting they’re having.
Now if you take just those four paintings right there in this great secular hall of government. Those four paintings represent two prayer meetings, a bible study and a baptism which is not bad for a secular building. As a matter of fact, you’re standing in what 1857 was the largest church in the United States, is the U.S Capitol. Back on December the 4th of 1800, members of Congress, members of the Senate-Thomas Jefferson over the Senate, you had John Trombell over the House. They decided that on Sundays that we would turn the Capitol Building into a church building and starting on Sunday we started having services in the Capitol.
Now six weeks after that, Thomas Jefferson became President of the United States, but for 8 years as President, he went to church here at the U.S Capitol. Listened to the sermons here at the Capitol and being Commander-In-Chief, he decided he could help the worship here at the capitol. He ordered the Marine Corp band to play the worship services at the Capitol. Now that would be kind of cool having the Marine Corp as your worship band at church. That church went for a better part of a century and by 1857 there were 2,000 people a week that went to church in the Hall of the House of Representatives and in addition to that, there were four other churches that met at the Capitol. First Congregational, this was their first home as was First Presbyterian as was Capitol Hill Presbyterian. Churches met here, there was nothing secular or seen to be secular about this building until the last 30-40-50 years.”4
Now folks, maybe it’s just me, but I’m kind of thinking we’ve been horribly lied to, how about you? Our Founding Fathers clearly believed in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior and they clearly built our Great Nation on Him, right? But it gets worse. We’ve not only been lied to, but people out there are desperately trying to cover up this truth! Get this! Recently a publishing company put a “warning label” on the Constitution! And I quote:
“Wilder Publications warns readers of its reprints of the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, Common Sense, the Articles of Confederation, and the Federalist Papers, among others, that, “This book is a product of its time and does not reflect the same values as it would if it were written today.”
The disclaimer goes on to tell parents that they “might wish to discuss with their children how views on race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and interpersonal relations have changed since this book was written.”5
A warning label on the Constitution? Folks, that’s not only ludicrous, but it’s blaspemous to the original intent of our Founding Fathers. And so the common sense question is, “How in the world did this happen? How did we fall like this giving rise to such rebellion and wickedness in such a short amount of time, especially with our godly heritage?”
Well once again, great question. It works well with my notes. The 1st reason why we’ve turned from a Nation that Once Loved God to this Rise of Wickedness is by the promotion of a Wicked Worldview. That’s right, I’m talking about humanism. Little do people know that the teachings of humanism and its atheistic ideals have actually aided in this massive rise of wicked behavior that Paul mentioned in the text there as a sign we’re living in the Last Days! For those of you who may not know, humanism is the worldview where man is the center of all things, not God. And so as you can tell, it’s diametrically opposed to Christianity. But don’t just take my word for it, let’s listen to theirs. Let’s take a look at their own beliefs from the Humanist Manifesto I and II.
1. Faith in the prayer-hearing God, assumed to live and care for persons, to hear and understand their prayers, and to be able to do something about them, is an unproved and outmoded faith.
2. We find insufficient evidence for the belief in the existence of a supernatural. We begin with humans not God.
3. We do not accept as true the literal interpretation of the Old and New Testaments.
4. We include a recognition of an individual’s right to die with dignity, euthanasia, suicide, birth control and abortion.
5. We believe that intolerant attitudes, often cultivated by orthodox religions and puritanical cultures, unduly repress sexual conduct. Divorce should be recognized. The many varieties of sexual exploration should not themselves be considered evil.
6. We oppose any tyranny over the mind of man to shackle free thought. In the past such tyrannies have been directed by churches and states attempting to enforce the edicts of religious bigots.
7. Promises of immortal salvation or fear of eternal damnation are both illusory and harmful.
8. Salvationism, based on mere affirmation, still appears as harmful, diverting people with false hopes of heaven hereafter. No deity will save us; we must save ourselves.6
Now, does that sound like familiar attitudes today? Of course it does. You see, it was humanists that forced the Bible, prayer, and the Ten Commandments out of the schools, courtrooms, and government under the guise that religion and education do not mix. You know, separation of Church and state! Yet what most people don’t realize is that humanism was considered a religion itself by the Supreme Court back in the early 60’s. And can you guess just whose “religious” teachings are allowed in the schools? That’s right, humanism! I believe that’s called having your cake and eating it too! And today faithful and godly teachers not only have to contend with wicked behavior in the classroom, as we saw with the stats earlier, but they also have to contend with the wicked goals of humanists who have a different agenda for our teaching children. Listen to their own words.
• “(Our) great object was to get rid of Christianity, and to convert our churches into halls of science. The plan was not to make open attacks on religion...but to establish a system of state schools, from which all religion was to be excluded...and to which all parents were to be compelled by law to send their children. For this purpose, a secret society was formed and the whole country was to be organized.” Orestes Brownson (1803-1876)
• “What the church has been for medieval man, the public school must become for democratic and rational man. God would be replaced by the concept of the public good.” Horace Mann (1796-1858)
• “There is no God and there is no soul. Hence, there is no need for the props of traditional religion. With dogma and creed excluded, then immutable truth is also dead and buried. There is no room for fixed, natural law or moral absolutes.” John Dewey (1859-1952), the “Father of Progressive Education;” co-author of the first Humanist Manifesto and honorary NEA president
• “Education is thus a most powerful ally of humanism, and every American school is a school of humanism. What can a theistic Sunday School’s meeting for an hour once a week and teaching only a fraction of the children do to stem the tide of the five-day program of humanistic teaching?” Charles F. Potter, Humanism: A New Religion (1930)
• “I think that the most important factor moving us toward a secular society has been the educational factor. Our schools may not teach Johnny to read properly, but the fact that Johnny is in school until he is sixteen tends to lead toward the elimination of religious superstition.” Paul Blanshard, “Three Cheers for Our Secular State,” The Humanist, March/April 1976
• “We must ask how we can kill the God of Christianity. We need only to insure that our schools teach only secular knowledge. If we could achieve this, God would indeed be shortly due for a funeral service.” G. Richard Bozarth, “On Keeping God Alive,” American Atheist, November 1977
• “I am convinced that the battle for humankind’s future must be waged and won in the public school classroom by teachers who correctly perceive their role as proselytizers of a new faith: a religion of humanity. These teachers must embody the same selfless dedication as the most rabid fundamentalist preachers, for they will be ministers of another sort, utilizing a classroom instead of a pulpit to convey humanist values in whatever subject they teach, regardless of educational level – preschool, day care or a large state university. The classroom must and will become an arena of conflict between the old and the new – the rotting corpse of Christianity...and the new faith of humanism.” John J. Dunphy, “A New Religion for a New Age,” The Humanist, January/February 1983
• “Every child in America entering school at the age of five is mentally ill, because he comes to school with certain allegiances toward our founding fathers, toward our elected officials, toward his parents, toward a belief in a supernatural Being, toward the sovereignty of this nation as a separate entity. It is up to you teachers to make all these sick children well by creating the international children of the future.” Harvard Professor of Education and Psychiatry, 19847
Now folks, maybe it’s just me, but I’d say that’s quite a different agenda for teaching our kids, how about you? Uh huh! So much for reading, writing, and arithmetic, huh? They want to turn your kid from God! In fact, here’s one of the ladies that used to work for them blowing the whistle. She admits they don’t want to teach your kid about education, but indoctrinate your kid against God!
“My name is Charlotte Thompson-Iservbyt and I served as Senior Policy Adviser in the United States Department of Education under the Reagan administration during which I had access to almost all of the most important documents for the restructuring of not only American education but global education. I am also the author of. ‘The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America’ which gets into all of this – gives the background of what I saw not only in the Department of Education but as a local school board member.
Just to give you an idea of how blatant they are. Benjamin Bloom said, ‘The purpose of education’ – and I often say this to parents really listen to this – You really think the purpose of education is reading, writing and arithmetic ‘The purpose of education is to change the thoughts, actions and feelings of students’ and then he goes on and he says that he defines good teaching – and it’s even worse from the parental standpoint as ‘challenging the student’s fixed beliefs’ and then in some of his works that I have that are in my book along with...
Interviewer: When he says challenge or does he mean ‘challenge’ or does he mean ‘change’…change their fixed beliefs”…
Charlotte: Yeah, through challenging – it’s through challenging. You go up against them and you change them and you asked a good question because then he goes on in one part of the taxonomy that is in my book. He says he can take a student from here (points) to there (points again) from a belief in God or his country or whatever to being an atheist and not believing in his country in one hour.
Interviewer: Did he do that?
Charlotte: Oh yeah, he does it and I’ve seen it with students. I’ve seen it with young people.”8
Gee, how could America fall from being a great mighty Christian nation into the absolute unadulterated wickedness we see today? Because somebody has wormed their way in and changed us from the inside out! It’s called Humanism and their using our schools to get the job done! In fact, it’s worked so well that the average person today thinks that the teachings of humanism, not Christianity, but humanism with the triumph of the human spirit that’s the antidote needed to cure the wickedness of our world. Yet, in reality they are actually following the teachings of the king of wickedness, satan.
Genesis 3:4-5 “You will not surely die,” the serpent said to the woman. “For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” (NIV)
Hmmm. You mean the teaching of man being the center of all things, determining his own destiny, in fact being his own god started with satan? That would be a yup. So is it any wonder that there’s been a massive Rise of Wickedness just like the Bible said would happen in the last days? In fact, Paul Harvey warned about this subversion nearly 50 years ago. I think we should’ve listened to him!
If I Were The Devil by Paul Harvey
If I were the Devil…if I were the Prince of Darkness, I’d want to engulf the whole world in darkness and I would have a third of its real estate and four-fifths of its population, but I wouldn’t e happy until i had seized the ripest apple on the tree, thee.
So I’d set about however necessary to take over the United States. I’d subvert the churches first. I’d begin with a campaign of whispers. With the wisdom of the serpent, I would whisper to you as I whispered to Eve: ‘Do as you please.’
To the young, I would whisper that the Bible is a myth. I would convince them that man created God instead of the other way around. I would confide that what is bad is good, and what is good is ‘square’.
And the old, I would teach to pray after me: ‘Our Father, which art in Washington.’
And then, I’d get organized. I’d educate authors in how to make lurid literature exciting so that anything else would appear dull and uninteresting. I’d threaten TV with dirtier movies and vice versa.
I’d peddle narcotics to whom I could. I’d sell alcohol to ladies and gentlemen of distinction. I’d tranquilize the rest with pills.
If I were the devil, I’d soon have families at war with themselves, churches at war with themselves, and nations at war with themselves until each in its turn was consumed.
And with promises of higher ratings, I’d have mesmerizing media fanning the flames. If I were the devil, I would encourage schools to refine young intellects but neglect to discipline emotions – just let those run wild until before you knew it, you’d have to have drug-sniffing dogs and metal detectors at every schoolhouse door.
Within a decade, I’d have prisons overflowing. I’d have judges promoting pornography. Soon I could evict god from the courthouse, and then from the schoolhouse, and then from the houses of Congress.
And in His own churches I would substitute psychology for religion and deify science. I would lure priests and pastors into misusing boys and girls and church money. If I were the devil, I’d make the symbol of Easter and egg and the symbol of Christmas a bottle.
If I were the devil, I would take from those who have and i would give to those who wanted, until I had killed the incentive of the ambitious. And what will you bet I couldn’t get whole states to promote gambling as the way to get rich.
I would caution against extremes in hard work, in patriotism, in moral conduct. I would convince the young that marriage is old-fashioned, that swinging is more fun, that what you see on TV is the way to be and thus i could undress you in public, and I could lure you into bed with diseases for which there is no cure.
In other words, if I were the devil, I’d just keep right on doing what he’s doing.”9
Now folks, maybe it’s just me, but it looks like the devil has been pretty successful in his agenda, hasn’t he? And he’s been using humanism to get the job done!
But that’s still not all. The 2nd reason why we turned from a Christian Nation into this Rise of Wickedness we see today is by the promotion of a Wicked Teaching. That’s right, I’m talking about atheism. And people we need to wake up and realize that this atheism has been spawned by another lie in our schools, other than humanism, and this one’s called evolution. And as we saw before that’s not only a lie, but the premise of it is that there is no God, we have no hope and no future, and we came from nowhere! And it’s precisely this lie of evolution, as you can tell, that has spawned these atheistic ideals, these God-hating ideals, that have actually aided in this massive rise of wicked behavior that we see today. But don’t take my word for it. Let’s listen to God’s. He told us this is exactly what was going to happen!
Romans 1:18-32 “The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities – His eternal power and divine nature – have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator – Who is forever praised. Amen.
Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.
Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, He gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless.
Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.” (NIV)
Now folks, does that sound like our society today or what? Uh huh, slightly! And the point is this! Where did all this wicked behavior get spawned from? From suppressing the truth about God’s existence, you know evolution. Don’t they say there is no God? Don’t they suppress this truth about God’s existence in our schools and in the media and in Hollywood with their lie? Of course! Which I always found interesting. Why do you fight against something so hard that you say you don’t believe in? I mean, why don’t you just leave the rest of us to our illusion if that’s what you say you really believe in, right? Unless of course, deep down inside, you know there is a God, like the Bible says, you have no excuse, and the real reason is you don’t want there to be a God because you want to be your own god and do whatever wicked thing you come up with. And that’s precisely what the text says!
And so what happened? What did God do? GOD GAVE YOU OVER to your wicked desires! You don’t want there to be a God? Fine! Have it your way! You’ll learn the hard way what happens to a society that no longer wants Him! You immediately went after sexual impurity, shameful lusts, homosexuality, you became filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity, murder, envy, strife, deceit, and malice and you became gossips, you became slanderers, you became God-haters, insolent, arrogant, boastful, disobedient to your parents, senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless, and it even got so bad that you even invented new ways of doing evil. Why? Because you had the audacity to say there is no God, just like what evolution teaches, and so as an act of Judgment from God He gave you over to your atheistic wicked desires and your society started to fall apart!
And tell me that’s not what’s exactly happening today. Every single one of those wicked behaviors, is not only commonplace in our society right now but it stems from what? An atheist mindset created by the lie of evolution. “Why did we fall? How did our Great and Mighty Christian Nation turn into a society of such great wickedness and rebellion?” I’ll tell you why! Because we allowed the infiltration of a wicked teaching into our school system…other than humanism called evolution, they go hand in hand, and it too, like humanism, was a deliberate attack to subvert our Nation!
And for those of you who don’t believe me, that these atheistic teachings of evolution have really spawned this wicked behavior since they were introduced into our school system, let’s take a look at the official behavioral statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau from about 1963 on, which is, again, when evolution became prominent in our school system. Let’s see what happened.
1. Back in the 1950’s, the average textbook only had two to three thousand words about evolution. But in 1963, it jumped up to 33,000 words. And it just so happened that 1963 is also when prayer and Bible reading was taken out of the American school system. Gee, I wonder what affect this had had on our country?
2. Since 1963, sexually transmitted diseases among teenagers and young adults have increased nearly 400%.
3. Instances of pre-marital sex among teenagers have skyrocketed.
4. Unwed pregnancies among young girls are up 553%.
5. Unmarried couples living together are up 725%.
6. Divorce rates are up to 111%. Some parts of California the divorce rate is one for every marriage!
7. Single parent households are quickly becoming the norm.
8. SAT scores have plummeted.
9. Alcohol and drug consumption have gone ballistic!
10. Violent crimes are up 995%.
11. Gee, if you tell kids they came from an ape, then why are we surprised when they act like apes!10
Now folks, maybe it’s just me, but I’d say the effects of evolutionary teaching hasn’t had a very good impact on our country, how about you? And is it really a surprise? No wonder our world is so stinking hopeless. Think about it! What are they saying to people? They say you are nothing, you came from nothing, and you have no future! Hello! That’s hopeless! And the reason why it creates this hopelessness is because what you believe determines how you behave! And as you saw, if we teach kids they came from an ape, why are we shocked when they act like apes? If you say there is no meaning or purpose to life, why are we so shocked when they so flippantly take a life? If you drill into their heads from wee high the lie that there is no God why are we shocked when they act ungodly? It’s a direct correlation! What you believe determines how you behave! That’s the fruit of this atheistic lie called evolution!
And even though God clearly warned us that your society will totally fall apart when you give into this lie and reject Him, people take one look at our wicked society and point a finger back at God and blame Him! They say, “Why God why? Why are you doing this! Why are you allowing this happen? Why? Why? Why?” as if He’s the one to blame when in reality, here’s the real culprit. Check this out. It’s common sense!
Dear God,
Why didn’t you save the school children at…
Moses Lake, WA
Bethel, AK
Pearl, MS
West Paducah,KY
Stamp, AR
Jonesboro, AR
Edinborough, PA
Fayetteville, TN
Springfield, OR
Richmond, VA
Littleton, CO
Tabor, Alberta Canada
Conyers, GA
Denning, NM
Ft. Gibson, OK
Santee, CA
El Cahon, CA
Blacksburg, VA?
Sincerely,
Concerned Student
REPLY:
Dear Concerned Student:
I AM not allowed in schools.
Sincerely,
God
How did this get started? I think it started when Madelyne Murray-O’Hare complained that she didn’t want any prayer in our schools and we said “Okay”.
Then someone said you’d better not read the Bible in school. The Bible says, “Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal and love your neighbor as yourself” and we said, “Okay”.
Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn’t spank our children when they misbehave because their personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem. And we said, “An expert should know what know what he’s talking about, so we won’t spank them anymore.”
Then someone said teachers and principals better no discipline our children when they misbehave and the school administrators said “No faculty member in this school better touch a student when they misbehave because we don’t want any bad publicity and we surely don’t want to be sued.” And we accepted their reasoning.
Then someone said let’s let our daughters have abortions if they want and they won’t even have to tell their parents. And we said, “That’s a grand idea.”
Then some wise school board member said, “Since boys will be boys and their going to do it anyway, let’s give our sons all the condoms they want so they can have all the fun they desire and we won’t have to tell their parents they got them at school” And we said, “That’s another great idea”.
Then some of our top elected officials said, “It doesn’t matter what we do in private as long we do our jobs.” And we said, “It doesn’t matter what anybody, including the president, does in private as long as we have jobs and the economy is good.”
And someone else took that appreciation a step further and published pictures of nude children and then steps further by making them available on the internet. And we said, ‘Everyone is entitled to free speech.’
And the entertainment industry said, “Let’s make TV shows and movies that promote profanity, violence and illicit sex, and let’s record music that encourages rape, drugs, murder, suicide and satanic themes. And we said, “It’s just entertainment and it has no adverse effect and nobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead”
Now we are asking ourselves why are our children have no conscience. Why they don’t know right from wrong and why it doesn’t bother them to kill strangers, classmates, or even themselves. Undoubtedly if we thought about it long and hard enough. We could figure it out. Surely it has a great deal to do with, ‘We reap what we sow.’”11
“Why God why? Why are you doing this! Why are you allowing this happen? Why? Why? Why?” It ain’t Him…it’s us! We kicked Him out of our schools! We kicked Him out of our courtrooms and we kicked Him out of our Government! And we allowed a wicked teaching into our school system called evolution and it’s producing this atheistic mindset that’s giving birth to all this wickedness! It’s that simple!
Therefore, if there’s any hope for our nation, we have got to get busy kicking God back into our school system, back into our court rooms, and back into our Government and seek His blessing again, amen?
But that’s not all. The 3rd reason we turned from a Christian Nation into this Rise of Wickedness we see today is by the promotion of a Wicked Attack. That’s right! I’m talking about militant atheism. You see, apparently folks, it’s not enough to just promote these atheistic ideas in our schools and media through the lie of evolution. These people, these atheists will not rest until this God-hating lie is permeated in all levels of society utterly destroying us like Romans 1 said would happen! They are militant about it and it keeps on inviting more and more of the wrath of God upon us. They will not rest until every single memory, every last aspect, every last trace of Historical proof of our great Christian Heritage is totally wiped out, including the existence of God!
And the 1st attack by these militant atheists is upon The Character of God.
Revelation 4:8-11 “Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under his wings. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, Who was, and is, and is to come.” Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to Him Who sits on the throne and Who lives for ever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne, and worship Him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say: ”You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things, and by Your will they were created and have their being.” (NIV)
Now folks, I don’t know how you can get any clearer than this but the Bible clearly says that God is not only Holy, Holy, Holy, when it comes to His character, but He’s clearly the One Who created us, right? Of course! He created all things! And how many of you guys would say that God, being the Creator of all things and Infinitely Holy without sin, absolutely perfect, demands a certain amount of respect, you know what I’m saying?
But not anymore! Thanks to these militant atheists, we are now being told not only the lie that there is no God, but they’ve even gone so far as to say that following God’s Righteous Holy Character is something bad for us, including our kids. Believe it or not folks, they’ve even replaced things like Vacation Bible School with atheists camps for kids, and they now have opportunities for adults to de-baptize themselves with a hair dryer. Don’t believe me? Check this out!
“(Trumpet blowing) WAKE UP!
Reporter: It may be the summer holiday but there’s no time to lie in bed at Camp Quest. Twenty-four children aged 7-17 attacking critical thinking, rationaling query and a scientific approach to the world in a range of summer camp activities. They will also learn cooperation, tolerance and empathy. All in an atmosphere guaranteed free of religious propaganda. Most of the parents are atheists who want their children to learn ethical behavior but separate from religion.
Samantha Stein: I think that people are possibly getting tired of the influence that religion has in society, possibly an unearned influence um and trying to come up with alternatives.
Reporter: With the sun setting, it was time for a little open air education. It’s aimed mainly at encouraging children to think skeptically or not to simply be told what to think. They’re likely to talk about religion and be told that religious beliefs can hinder moral behavior.”12
And we wonder why things are getting worse? We’re under the judgment of God! But that’s still not all. Check out how these other militant atheists are attacking the character of God!
• Atheism ads are now appearing all across America. Hundreds of thousands of dollars are being spent on Billboards declaring “We Are Good without God,” or “Don’t Believe in God? Join the Club!” or “Praise Darwin! Evolve Beyond Belief” and “Christianity: Sadistic God; Useless Savior, 30,000+ Versions of “Truth” Promotes Hate, Calls it “Love” just to name a few.
• Atheists in Florida are scrubbing away a blessing with unholy water that Christians prayed for on a highway. They say it made them uncomfortable and that they were not going to tolerate bigotry.
• Various atheists across the country are hosting “Rapture Parties” because “If the Rapture indeed occurs, and Christians worldwide are transported to heaven, we know as atheists, we’re not going. If it occurs, it’s a good thing for us. We get the real estate and cheap cars, and we won’t have to worry about separation of Church and state.”
• There’s a new website out there called (if-jesus-returns-kill-him-) where atheist Darwin Bedford, the self-proclaimed “atheist messiah” states among other blasphemous things, “If that self-made “blank” Jesus returns again, I think we should hire some Jews to throw Him off the rooftop once again. Or maybe we could hire some of Mel Gibson’s extras from “The Passion of the Christ” to punish Him first.”
• And if that’s doesn’t work, believe it or not there is now a new web filter out there for the Internet called, “God Block” that blocks all religious content to protect kids from, “The often violent, sexual, and psychologically harmful material in many holy texts, and from being indoctrinated into any religion.” And the reason why they say they developed this device for parents and schools was because there’s been a resurgence of fundamentalist religion.13
You got to be kidding me? And we have the audacity to ask, “Why God why? Why are you doing this! Why are you allowing this happen? Why is this going on! Why is our society going down the tubes?” I’ll tell you why! Because we’ve allowed militant atheists to attack the Character of God and therefore we’re under His judgment! And it is high time that we the Church stand up and speak up against this atheistic nonsense if there’s any hope for our nation! Amen?
Oh but that’s not all. The 2nd attack by these militant atheists is upon The Name of God.
Exodus 20:7 “You shall not misuse the Name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses His name.” (NIV)
Now folks, I don’t know how you can get any clearer than this. The Bible says that God is so Holy that even His Name is Holy and therefore that last thing you ever want to do is misuse the thing, right? What’d He say there? He will not hold anyone guiltless, or in other words, He will punish those who treat His Name as a common word let alone a cuss word, right?
And that’s always amazed me. Why is it when people smash their hand with a hammer they don’t cry out, “Buddha, Buddha, Buddha!” Or when somebody cuts them off the road they don’t yell, “Ah Muhammad” Why is it always Jesus Christ? I don’t think it’s by chance because if you combine it with Philippians 2 says that every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord over all including satan and the demons and the fact that it’s only through the Name of Jesus Christ that we can even be saved from hell. That’s what precisely what the enemy would do! Turn the blessed Name of Jesus Christ into a common cuss word when it’s worthy of utter respect! And that’s precisely what these militant atheists are doing! They’re not only encouraging us to speak the Name of God in vain as a common cuss word, even to our kids, but the Name of Jesus Christ is utterly blasphemed! Don’t believe me? Check this out!
“The Ten Commandments given to us by God warns that we should treat even the mention of His name with great awe and respect, never using it in a casual or disrespectful way. The Old Testament saints took this command very seriously. Insisting that Scribes wash their hands and use a new pen when even writing the name of God. Many of the Jews were even afraid to say it out loud in any circumstance. Choosing, instead to refer to it indirectly as “The Name.”
Contrast that to our day. To a time when God as an act of incomprehensible grace and mercy chose to fully reveal Himself in Christ as Immanuel-”God With Us” and has given us the true Name of the LORD our God. The only “Name under heaven given to men by which we may be saved” Acts 4:12. The Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Assorted movie clips.
“J---s Ch---t!”... “For Ch-st’s sake”... “J---s Grampa”
“Jesus Ch--st”... “They’re my G-D D--MN kids!” ...”G-d D--mn”...”J---s Ch--st!”... “G-d D--mn It!” ..”Oh J---s Ch--st!”... “Alright be quiet for “Ch--st’s sake” “That’s all one G-d D-mn hit? You can’t say G-d D-mn on the air”
God’s Name is degraded, blasphemed and reduced to a cheap expletive by so many in today’s entertainment industry.
Ken Kesey, the author of Sometimes A Great Notion and the Academy Award winning One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest provided perhaps the best summation of the pride and irreverence that characterizes so much of today’s art and entertainment.
“The job of the artist is to say, ‘F*** you, god! F*** you and the Old Testament you rode in on!’“
---Esquire, Sept. 1992, p210
Larry King: “We’re gonna run the unedited version”
Kathy Griffin: “What!?”
Larry King: “Be forewarned people, you may be offended. Watch.”
Larry King Live showing video clip of Kathy Griffins Emmy acceptance speech:
Kathy Griffin: “Now look, a lot of people come up here and they thank Jesus for this award. I want you to know that no one had less to do with award than Jesus. He didn’t help me a bit. If it were up to him Caesar Milano would be up here with that d-mn dog.”
(Laughter erupts from the audience)
Griffin: “So all I can say is ‘S-ck it Jesus, this award is my god now!”14
And we wonder why our society going down the tubes? “Why God why? Why are you doing this! Why are you allowing this happen? Why is this going on! Why is our society going down the tubes?” I’ll tell you why! It’s because we’ve allowed militant atheists to attack the Name of God and He will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses His Name! We’re being punished! And it’s high time we the Church stand up and speak out against this atheistic nonsense if there’s any hope for our nation! Amen?
Oh but that’s still not all. The 3rd attack by these militant atheists is upon The Word of God.
Psalm 119:73,97,101,105 “Your hands made me and formed me; give me understanding to learn your commands. Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long. I have kept my feet from every evil path so that I might obey your word. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.” (NIV)
Now folks, how many of you would say that the Bible is trying to tell us that the Word of God, the Bible, is something good for us, not bad for us, right? Hello! What’d it say there? It keeps us from evil, it lights our path, it illuminates the darkness, and it can even show us they way out of the current mess we’re in, right? And how many of you would say that’s a good thing? We need to get busy utilizing the Word of God!
But not anymore! thanks to the rise of militant atheism we are now being encouraged to turn in and hand over our Bibles for copies of pornography! Don’t believe me? Check this out!
Reporter: A program that has been turning heads and dropping jaws on the UTSA campus since Friday is in the Home Stretch through tomorrow an atheist group is offering free pornography to people willing to give up their Bibles. It’s made more than a few people angry, but the University says the group hasn’t broken any rules and should be allowed to exercise their right.”15
We’re allowing people to exchange Bibles for pornography here in America? And we wonder why our country is going down the tubes? Our Founding Fathers must be rolling over in their graves! And speaking of Founding Fathers, I wonder what they would say today of people in office who would treat the Bible with utter mockery, like this guy did. Check this out.
President Obama: “Moreover, given the increase in diversity of America’s population. The dangers of sectarianism are greater than ever. Whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian nation, at least not just. We are also a Jewish nation, a Muslim nation, and a Buddhist nation, and a Hindu nation and a nation of unbelievers.
And even if we have only Christians in our midst, if we expelled every non-Christian from the United States of America, whose Christianity would we teach in the schools? Would it be James Dobson’s or Al Sharpton’s?
Which passages of scripture should guide our public policy? Should we go with Leviticus? Which suggests slavery is okay and that eating shellfish is an abomination. Or we could go with Deuteronomy, which suggests stoning your child if he strays from the faith.
Or should we just stick to the Sermon on the Mount. A passage that is so radical that it is doubtful that our own Defense Department would survive its application.”16
Now folks, I don’t know about you, but I not only find that blasphemous as a Christian, it offends me as a Christian. We can’t say anything bad about the Koran, or the world is up in arms, but it’s okay to mock the Bible? And we wonder why our society’s going down the tubes? Are you kidding me? People the Bible is clear. We have got to get back get back to respecting the Word of God again, not mocking it, not exchanging it for pornography, and let it illuminate our path once again, amen? And if you don’t think that’ll really work, then you better ask this President. He knew better! Check this out!
“You see the statue to the left of the door over there? That wide marble statue? That is president James A Garfield. President Garfield was one of the young Major Generals in the Civil War. He was a war hero. He became Speaker of the House. He became the 20th President of the United States and by the way that man founded Howard University. General O.O. Howard took it over after he founded it.
Just a really cool guy but what we never really hear about that President of the United States was that he was a minister during the 2nd Great Awakening. This is actually one of his letters, signed James A Garfield, 1858. In this letter, President Garfield recounts that he just finished preaching a revival service where he preached the Gospel nineteen times in the revival. He says as a result of his preaching that 34 folks came to Christ and he baptized 31.
Now that doesn’t sound like a typical presidential activity today. That’s what we used to do as Presidents in the past. Again, you walk through, you see that statue and you think oh there’s a President. You’d never think there’s a minister.
We’ve so compartmentalized Christianity in such a small box that we don’t realize our Military Leaders are ministers, are educators. Our Presidents used to be ministers. That’s why I say about one fourth of these statues are ministers of the Gospel.”17
Wait a second. You mean to tell me that our Presidents used to be Ministers, and they preached the Word of God to help bring revival to our Great and Mighty Nation in times of trouble? Uh, yeah, and dare I say folks, if revival is ever going to come our way again. The we need leaders, we need people, we need Churches who will do it again. And as far as these militant atheists, who do not make up the majority of America, they’re an extreme minority who just have a loud voice, we just need to do what our Founding Fathers did and speak up and speak out against this baloney and give them a good dose of common sense, like this guy did!
“Life, liberty or the pursuit of happiness will not be endangered because someone says a 30-second prayer before a football game. What’s the big deal?
It’s not like somebody is up there reading the entire Book of Acts. They’re just talking to God in whom they believe in and asking Him to grant safety to the players on the field and the fans going home from the game.
But what about the atheists? What about them? Nobody is asking them to be baptized. We’re not going to pass the collection plate. Just humor us for 30 seconds. If that’s asking too much, bring a Walkman or a pair of ear plugs.
Go to the bathroom. Visit the concession stand. Call your lawyer!
Unfortunately, one or two will make that call. One or two will tell tens of thousands Americans what they can and cannot do.
But it’s a Christian prayer, some will argue. Yes, and this is the United States of America, a country founded on Christian principles. According to every phone book, Christian churches outnumber all others 200-to-1.
So what would you expect -- somebody chanting Hare Krishna?
If I went to a football game in Jerusalem, I’d expect to hear a Jewish prayer.
If I went to a soccer game in Baghdad, I’d expect to hear a Muslim prayer.
If I went to a ping pong match in China I’d expect to hear a Buddha prayer.
But this is America and so why are we shocked when we hear a Christian prayer!
Our parents and grandparents taught us to pray and our Bible tells us to pray without ceasing. Now a handful of people and their lawyers are telling us to cease from PRAYING and whatever you do STOP mentioning the NAME of JESUS.
God, help us. And if that last sentence offends you, sue me.
The silent majority has been silent too long. And it’s high time we tell that one or two who scream loud enough that the vast majority doesn’t care what they want. It is time that the majority Rules!
It’s time we tell them, You don’t have to pray; you don’t have to say the Pledge of Allegiance; you don’t have to believe in God or attend services that honor Him. That is your right, and we will honor your right; but by golly, you are no longer going to take our rights away. We are fighting back, and we WILL WIN!”18
WHY? Because we are CHRISTIANS!!! That’s what our nation was founded upon! We belong to GOD and HE IS REAL! That’s what our Founding Fathers believed and that’s what made our country so great! And if we are ever going to get back to being that Great Christian Nation again then it’s high time that we the Church get motivated again! We’ve got to get bust putting Jesus Christ back in our government, back in our Schools, back in our court rooms, and yes, back in our pulpits and turn this country around! Amen?
But that’s still not all. The 4th reason why we turned from a Great and Mighty Christian Nation into this Rise of Wickedness we see today is by the promotion of a Wicked Worship. That’s right, I’m talking about the self-love, self-esteem movement. Little do people know that these teachings of the secular psychology have actually aided in the massive rise of wicked behavior. But don’t take my word for it. God told us this one behavior is going to spawn all kinds of wicked behavior! But don’t take my word for it. Let’s listen to His.
2 Timothy 3:1-5 “But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God – having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.” (NIV)
Now folks, this was the text we already saw about how one of the major characteristics of the Last Days society would be what? It’s going to be a filled with absolute unadulterated wickedness, right? People would be, selfish, greedy, boastful, prideful, abusive, disobedient, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, out-of-control, brutal, evil, treacherous, rash, and conceited! And as we saw, every single one of those wicked behaviors is commonplace in our society right now!
Now here’s the point of bringing this passage up again this time. What did it say was the apparent root of this wicked behavior? What was the very first thing mentioned there? It apparently stems from a love of self instead of a love for God. That people in the Last Days would be lovers of themselves! And here’s the point. Tell me that’s not the number one virtue being celebrated in our society today! You have to be a lover of your self, you have to love yourself first, if you’re going to be able to love God and other people, right? Isn’t that what they say And yet, the Bible says it’s this preoccupation with self and the promotion of it, is what’s causing all this wicked behavior that we have to deal with today! I didn’t say that. God did! It’s right there in the text!
And so once again, that’s the question. How in the world did this happen? How did our once Great Mighty Christian Nation go from being lovers of God to lovers of self? Well hey, great question! It works well with my notes. The 1st reason we became lovers of selves instead of lovers of God is because We Listened to Teachings of satan instead of the Word of God. You see folks, the average person thinks that the teachings of the self-love, self-esteem movement from secular psychology, that are the antidote needed to cure the wickedness of our world today. Yet, in reality, they’ve been duped into following the teachings of the king of wickedness, satan. Here’s where this self-love, self-worship started.
Isaiah 14:12-14 “How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations! You said in your heart, I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.” (NIV)
Now folks, how many of you’d say that satan has a very serious “I” problem there? Uh huh! He wanted to be God! He wanted to call the shots. He wanted to be first and top priority in life. He wanted people to worship him! And that’s the epitomy of self-love. Self come first. It takes priority over everything. It’s all about what he wants, and what he likes, and what he wants he wants to do, and how he wants life to be, and on and on it goes! This is the birthplace of sin and it started with self-love from satan! And it makes total since because if you think about it, every time we sin here on earth, what are we doing? We’re doing the same thing! We’re saying I love myself first more than God, to the point where I choose my will above His, right?
Now here’s the point. And we wonder why things have gotten to devilish lately? Are you kidding me? We’re following in the footsteps of satan! But don’t take my word for it. Let’s look at the top two laws of satanism and you tell me if loving yourself first isn’t a prerequisite for being a good satanist!
• First Law of satanism: Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.
• Second most important law of satanism is the law of self-awareness: Man is a divine being within. Life’s purpose is to realize the divine within. When this is achieved, you now recognize you are God!19
This is the lie of Genesis Chapter three and it’s being promoted today and we wonder why things have gotten so rotten and satanic? Are you kidding me? But that’s not all. If that’s still not enough proof for you that self-love originated from satan, and we’re walking in the footsteps of satanism when we do the same, then maybe you should listen to these actual satanists themselves. They admit it!
“So many people reject the charge of “satan worship” is because as we saw earlier, they have a caricature of the devil and his religion in their minds.
He’s the horn headed demon in red pajamas and serving him shouldn’t even exist but involves sacrificing babies, drinking blood or something else equally horrible or bizarre. In reality though, following satan is far more mundane and universal than most people realize or would care to admit.
Crowd at Woodstock 99 concert: “Do what we want! We do what we want!”
Anton LaVey of the Church of satan: “But I can do anything that I want to. I can pursue anykind of lustful desires that I might feel. I can engage in any activities that are so-called sinful activities and not really worry about any ecumenical councils making it right for me to do these things.”
Zeena LaVey (Daughter of Anton): “Living for, as I said, all the earthly and carnal pleasures”
Interviewer to Lilith Sinclair: “If a Christian were to say you were just worshipping yourself what would you say.”
Priestess Lilith Sinclair of the Temple of Set: “In a sense they would be right. It is a form of self-worship.”
Anton LaVey: “We feel that there’s no reason why these people shouldn’t just flip the coin completely over and simply call themselves what religionists have been calling them for many many years. Call them devil worshippers or disciples of evil or satanists. Of course it’s very hard for a person to hang a complimentary label on themselves, and for this reason for many years there will be people practicing satanism and as good christians or other religions and they will instinctively pursue the very same things we are as they always have.”
INTERVIEW WITH A FORMER SATANIST
Phil: “You were a satanist for how long?”
Mike Leehan: “Twelve years.”
Phil: “Twelves years? How on earth did you get involved with something like satanism. First of all, what is satanism? Let me get a definition-what does it mean to be a satanist”
Mike Leehan: “To adore…to serve one god. You’re serving satan. You’re serving self more than anything else it’s ego-centric, self-centered, serve me, all is me, immediate gratification. That’s what it’s all about.”
As the occult magazine Gnosis acknowledged: “If there’s anything horrifying in its (satanism’s) teachings, it’s that these are the principles by which most people live most of the time usually without admitting it even to themselves.”20
“Why God, why? How did we fall? How did this happen? How did our once Great and Mighty Christian Nation turn into this society of such satanic wickedness and rebellion?” I’ll tell you why? Because we allowed the infiltration of a wicked worship into our schools, into our media, into our hearts, and even into our Churches, that promotes self-love and self-worship above God…just like satan! And if there’s any hope for our Nation then it’s high time that we the Church get back on track and start promoting Savior-Love, Savior-Esteem, and Savior-Respect first if there’s any hope for our nation! Amen?
But that’s not all. The 2nd reason we became lovers of selves instead of lovers of God is because We Listened to the Teachings of Man instead of the Word of God. You see, to me, that’s the question, “How did he do it? How in the world did satan get us, even born again Christians, to act just like him, being lovers of self, rather than lovers of God…fulfilling this Last Days prophecy? Well again, thanks for asking, it works well with my notes. He did it by getting us to buy into a false teaching from man called Secular Psychology. Even though as we just saw this self-love self-esteem teaching was started by satan in Isaiah 14, it was slowly but surely introduced into our society by secular, God-hating, non-Christians, and it’s now been elevated above God! If you recall, not that long ago when a crisis hit our country, when some horrible tragedy happened, the standard procedure would be to call in the Pastor and he would offer up the people godly counsel, right? Remember that? But not anymore! Have you been paying attention? When a crisis hits, who do they call in? Not a Pastor but a secular psychologist who’s been trained in the teachings of man. And I’m not saying all teachings from man are bad. That’s not my point. But you need to realize that no matter no good man’s wisdom might seem at the time to give counsel, in comparison to God’s, it’s total nonsense! I didn’t say that He did!
1 Corinthians 1:19-20 “As the Scriptures say, ‘I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and discard the intelligence of the intelligent.’ So where does this leave the philosophers, the scholars, and the world’s brilliant debaters? God has made the wisdom of this world look foolish.” (NLT)
In some translations there…nonsense! And so according to the Bible, no matter how good it might look, no matter how much society tries to tell us to the contrary, even the world’s most brilliant minds are nothing compared to God’s wisdom, right? Therefore, who in their right mind would seek counsel from the mind of man over the Word of God, right? Even secular psychology which is based on man’s so-called wisdom, right?
And herein lies our problem. We’re tempted to no longer to the Father for wisdom, but to a Freudian psychologist for wisdom. Aren’t we told by our society to seek “professional help” not the power of God? But folks, I don’t care how professional something sounds, that still doesn’t make it right nor does it make it a wise. And as long as we’d rather listen to a psychologist instead of our Savior, we’re headed for trouble. Why? Because everything they teach is opposite of what the Bible teaches!
• The Bible says that man is the creation of God. But psychology says that man is a creature of evolution.
• The Bible says that man’s purpose is to glorify God. But psychology says man’s purpose is to fit in with their fellow man.
• The Bible says that God is the Ultimate Supreme Authority. But psychology says man is the supreme authority.
• The Bible says that the Word of God is the standard of our behavior. But psychology says the norm of society is the standard of our behavior.
• The Bible says the biggest obstacle in life is sin. But psychology says that life’s biggest obstacle is mental illness.
• The Bible says that bad behavior comes from our internal sin nature. But psychology says it comes from sexual repression and our external environment.
• The Bible says that repentance and faith in Christ can effectively change sinful behavior. But psychology says that the way to change sinful behavior is to place the guilt on others, free your repressed desires, take drugs, or submit to psychoanalysis, sensitivity training, group therapy, etc.
• So the choice is yours. The Holy Bible inspired by Almighty God or modern psychology invented by wicked sinful man.21
I don’t know about you, but I think I’ll stick to the Word of God, how about you? Uh huh! But it gets worse. Not only do the teachings of secular psychology totally contradict the Scripture, as you just saw, but the lives of these secular psychologists are totally wacked out! And I’m supposed to listen to them for advice? Let’s take a look at the lives of the fathers of modern secular psychology, including the teaching of self-love self-esteem and you tell me if they don’t need some psychological help!
• SIGMUND FREUD was an evolutionist who believed that man had evolved from lower animals and that the idea of an Almighty God was just a myth made up by our forefathers to cope with life. Freud was also a believer in the positive health benefits of cocaine and was a user himself for many years and had a severe addiction to nicotine to the tune of smoking an average 20 cigars a day, which eventually led to his death. Oh, by the way, Freud refused to be psychoanalyzed himself even by his own teachings.
• ABRAHAM MASLOW said that the motivation for his life’s work was his absolute hatred of his mother.
• KAREN HORNEY decided she wasn’t happy with her marriage after 2 years so she began a life of constant sexual affairs to which her husband did not object. She also was said to have a serious sexual addiction for young men, which included her students and fellow colleagues, and even had sexual relations with other women as well.
• CARL JUNG made a wooden man out of a ruler that he called Manikin and kept it in a wooden case and frequently talked to it in times of trouble and even had a mystical experience while sitting on a rock where he couldn’t tell if he was the rock or the rock was him. Then he later had what he considered a major breakthrough in life when he had a vision of God supposedly going to the bathroom on a Church sanctuary from the sky.
However, what most people don’t realize is that Carl Jung was also completely absorbed in the occult and studied their teachings, attending séances, listened to mediums, practiced necromancy, and had daily contact with disembodied spirits, which he called archetypes. In fact, much of what he wrote was inspired by such entities, one of which he called Philemon.
Listen to his own words, “Philemon and other figures of my fantasies brought home to me the crucial insight that there are things in the psyche which I do not produce, but which produce themselves and have their own life. Philemon represented a force, which was not myself. In my fantasies I held conversations with him, and he said things, which I had not consciously thought. For I observed clearly that it was he who spoke, not I. Philemon was a mysterious figure to me. I went walking up and down the garden with him, and to me he was what the Indians call a guru.”22
Now I don’t know about you, But I’d say those psychologists have a few psychological problems, how about you? And these are the “founding fathers” of modern secular psychology where this self-love self-esteem teaching came from? And yet, even though it’s totally unbiblical, and these people were obviously God-haters, drug-addicts, sexually immoral people, involved in the occult, we still listen to them over the Word of God. Can you believe that?
And they have so convinced us to be lovers of self over lovers of God that we are now being told that we must do so at all costs, even if it means ignoring sinful behavior, refraining from discipline, blaming others, and avoiding personal responsibility. Why? Well, they say if we force people to deal with their own wicked behavior then they will damage their self-esteem, which will ruin all hopes of having a fulfilling life.
And you might think that nobody in their right mind would fall for this nonsense, but it’s precisely because of this self-worship that parents in Connecticut have taken their son’s school to court. Why? Because he was caught destroying school property and was expelled by the school. But the parents say that their son now has “feelings of unworthiness” and his “self-worth” has been damaged, so they’re suing. Oh, but that’s not all; in Maine, signs saying “Happy Holidays” and the singing of Christmas carols are being now being banned for fear of making somebody feel excluded. In fact, in Manhattan, Mother’s Day is now being eliminated because some kids may not have a mother and this could damage their self-esteem. But apparently so do kickball and dodgeball and similar games. Why? Because they promote competitiveness and make some kids feel excluded and that’s no longer tolerated.23
And that’s not only ludicrous, it’s absolutely ridiculous, especially when you look at the track record of this false teaching. It’s being sold as the panacea for the ills of society, but does it even work? No! Listen to the results your self! Researchers decided to test the effectiveness of self-esteem teaching in schools by measuring how high the students thought of themselves academically. As it turned out, the more highly they thought of themselves and their supposed abilities, the less ability they had. A case in point was how kids in Washington D.C. ranked number one in the country for self-esteem. Yet they came in second to last in academic performance. One researcher simply stated, “Years of self-love propaganda succeeded only in producing self-deluded kids.”24 In other words, it’s doesn’t work, like this guy shares:
“Society is at an all-time moral low. But statistics show Americans are feeling better about themselves than ever. In a survey conducted in 1940, 11 percent of women and 20 percent of men agreed with the statement. ‘I am an important person.’
In the 1990s, those figures jumped to 66 percent of women and 62 percent of men. Ninety percent of people surveyed in a recent Gallup Poll say their own sense of self-esteem is robust and healthy.
Incredibly, while the moral fabric of society continues to unravel, self-esteem is thriving. All the positive thinking about ourselves seems not to be doing anything to elevate the culture or motivate people to live better lives.
Can it really be that low self-esteem is what is wrong with people today? Does anyone seriously believe that making people feel better about themselves has helped the problems of crime, moral decay, divorce, child abuse, juvenile delinquency, drug addiction, and all other evils that have dragged society down?
Could so much still be wrong in our culture if the assumptions of self-esteem will finally solve society’s problems? Is there any shred of evidence that would support such a belief? Absolutely none. The notion that self-esteem makes people better is simply a matter of blind religious faith.
Not only that, it is a religion that is antithetical to Christianity, because it is predicted on the unbiblical presupposition that people are basically good and need to recognize their own goodness.”25
You know, like satan. And we have the audacity to ask, “Why God, why? How did we fall? How did this happen? How did our once Great and Mighty Christian Nation turn into this society of such wickedness and rebellion?” I’ll tell you why? Because we allowed the infiltration of a wicked worship in our schools, in our media, and in our Churches that promotes self-love self-esteem and self-worship above God! And the Bible says once you become a society of people who are lovers of themselves instead of lovers of God you better watch out! It’s not only a sign you’re living in the Last Days, but it’s going to open the floodgates to all kinds of wicked behavior you can’t even dream of, and everything will start falling apart! And it’s high time that we the Church get back on track and lead the way back with what needs to come first…Savior-Love, Savior-Esteem, and Savior-Respect if there’s any hope for our nation! Amen?
But that’s not all. The 3rd reason we became lovers of selves instead of lovers of God is because We Listened to the Twistings of Scripture instead of the Word of God. You see folks, as if what we’ve already seen wasn’t bad enough, what’s even crazier is that some people in the Church have actually twisted the Scripture to try to make the Bible say that we should love ourselves. Even though it’s clearly satanic in origin and it’s being promoted by secular men who were atheists and were involved in the occult, not to mention it doesn’t even work, here’s one of their favorite passages they try to twist.
Matthew 22:37-39 “Jesus replied: Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.” (NIV)
Well folks, there you have it. We need to love ourselves more than God, and certainly much more than other people, right? I mean, it said right there we need to love our neighbor as we love ourselves, right? Wrong! That’s what they twist it to mean, but that’s not at all what the context means! First of all, if you read the context, you’ll see it’s the by-product of loving God first that gives us the ability to love our neighbors, hello! And two, if we’re honest, it’s not that we have difficulty in loving ourselves. Are you kidding me? Ask anybody who’s married, what causes half of all marital problems. It’s because somebody’s being selfish! Give me a break! And for those of you who say, “Well, I know somebody who doesn’t love themselves. They actually hate themselves!” But people, stop and think about it. This is still a preoccupation with self.
“Dr. Martin Bobgan’s book Prophets of PsychoHeresy II regarding self-hatred: ‘Now we are not saying that there are no individuals who genuinely think that they hate themselves.
However, what they generally hate is something about themselves or their circumstances. They exhibit actual love for themselves in that they continue to spend most of their time concerned about themselves, even if it is with unhappy thoughts.
They generally get to the point where they are unhappy about themselves because a discrepancy exists between their aspirations or desires and their performance or condition. This intensive hate is evidence of high self-interest.’”26
Therefore, the challenge as the Bible says, is to take this natural ongoing inclination to love ourselves first, no matter how you want to mask it, and now extend it to others! That’s the pathway to happiness! It’s outside of you! And three, notice there are only two commandments that Jesus gave there, not three. One: Love God. Two: Love your neighbor. That’s it, right? Jesus did not say there were three and He certainly did not say that third one was to love yourself first! Are you kidding me! And yet, the self-love/self-esteem proponents not only create this third supposed commandment out of the two, they even go so far as to say unless you do this third commandment, i.e. love yourself first, then you won’t have the ability to do the other two, i.e. love God and your neighbor! Can you believe that? You talk about twisting the Scripture! No wonder there’s so much rebellion and unhappiness in people’s lives!
But that’s not all. The second verse they twist is in Matthew 10. Let’s take a look at that one:
Matthew 10:29-31 “Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.” (NIV)
Well folks, there you have it. We need to acknowledge our self-worth, right? I mean, what did it say? We are worth more than many sparrows, therefore we need to acknowledge how incredibly worthy we really are, right? Wrong! That’s what they twist it to mean, but that’s not at all what the context means! First of all, if you read the context, you’ll see clearly that Jesus is saying that two sparrows are sold for how much? A penny, right? Now anybody with an accounting degree can tell you that this is not going to add up to a great worth! Are you kidding? Do the math! If your “many sparrows” meant let’s say 500 sparrows, how much are you worth? That’s right, at one penny per two sparrows you’d be worth about $2.50! Or hey, maybe you’ve been real good lately so your “many sparrows” adds up to be 1,000 sparrows. Sounds like a lot, right? But hello! Do the math, you’re now worth about $5 bucks! Read the context. That passage is not dealing with the so-called great worth of us, but rather the greatness of God’s great providential care for us!
And then, for some reason, I think I know why, they also turn a blind eye to obvious passages in the Bible that teach us just the opposite…to not to love ourselves and instead deal honestly with our sin.
Ezekiel 20:43 “There you will remember your conduct and all the actions by which you have defiled yourselves, and you will loathe yourselves for all the evil you have done.” (NIV)
Romans 7:18, 24 “I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?” (NIV)
Ezekiel 36:31-32 “Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your sins and detestable practices. Be ashamed and disgraced for your conduct, O House of Israel!” (NIV)
Job 42:6 “Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.” (NIV)
2 Corinthians 5:15 “And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.” (NIV)
1 Corinthians 13:4 “Love is neither anxious to impress nor does it cherish inflated ideas of its own importance.” (J.B.P.)
Philippians 2:3 “Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than themselves.” (KJV)
Matthew 16:24 “Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone would come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.” (NIV)
Folks, as you can see, the Bible plainly says to be honest and deal with our sinful behavior. We are not to excuse it or blame others. And we certainly are not supposed to sue others who rightfully discipline us for bad behavior. And people, I’m telling you this false teaching of self-love/self-esteem is actually ripping us off of the greater news of where our real identity lies. It’s not in our own self-inflated self-important statements of self-love. No! It’s in being forgiven, accepted, and loved by God through Jesus Christ; and that’s what give us eternal value! And because of that I am now…what?
“I am His beloved, I am His child, I’m an ambassador for the King of Kings and the Lord of Lord, I am blameless, spotless, without blemish and considered a beautiful Bride.
I am blessed in the heavenly realms, I am born again and I belong to God. I cannot be separated. He calls me a saint and I’m now a citizen of heaven. I cannot lose my salvation. I’m complete in Christ and I cannot be condemned
I am dearly loved, I’m delivered and I have direct access to the throne of grace. I am dead to sin. I am healed from sin and I can do all things through Him Who strengthens me.
I’m a friend of Jesus. I’ve been forgiven by Jesus. I am established, anointed and sealed by God.
I’m free from the past. I’m kept by God’s power. I’m prayed for by Christ and I’m not going to hell! Why? Because 19 years ago God had mercy upon me, and made me a new creation in Christ! That’s where our value lies!”27
It’s in Him, and what He has made me, not in my own self-inflated self-important statements of self-love, apart from Him. Are you kidding me! One give glory to God, the other gives glory to self, just like satan! But if you, even a born again Christian, want to listen to this false teaching from satan called self-love/self-esteem, and be a lover of self rather than a lover of God, then be prepared to reap what you sow.
“D. Martin Lloyd-Jones says, ‘The real cause of failure, ultimately, in marriage is always self, and the various manifestations of self. Of course that is the cause of trouble everywhere and in every realm.
Self and selfishness are the greatest disrupting forces in the world. All the major problems confronting the world, whether you look at the matter from the standpoint of nations and statesmen, or from the standpoint of industry and social conditions, or from any other standpoint - all these troubles ultimately come back to self, to ‘my rights,’ to ‘what I want,’ and to ‘who is he?’ or ‘who is she?’
Self, with its horrid manifestations, always leads to trouble, because if two ‘selfs’ come into opposition there is bound to be a clash. Self always wants everything for it-self. That is true of my self, but it is equally true of your self. You at once have two autonomous powers, each deriving from self, and a clash is inevitable.
Such clashes occur at every level, from two people right up to great communities and empires and nations.”
Self-esteem teachings distort the Bible, reflect the world, and appeal to the natural man. The Bible teaches believers to esteem others better than self, to love one another as we already love ourselves, and to deny our self daily.”28
Why? Because this is why great nations, great countries, great families, great marriages, and great businesses and even great Churches fall apart! Why do they fail? Why do they crumble? Why do they go out of existence? Where did all this wickedness come from? Why is it getting so bad! Why are people being so evil! I’ll tell you why! Because we allowed the infiltration of a satanic self-worship into every aspect of our society and the Bible says once you become a society of lovers of self instead of lovers of God.
Therefore, if there’s any hope for our Nation, then we the Church need to get back on track and show our country the way back out of the mess were in. And that’s done when we start promoting Savior Love first, Savior Esteem first, and Savior Respect first, Jesus Christ comes first, not ourselves! We need to lead the way back by example! Why? Because even satan admits that a life of total self-centeredness leads to a life of totally slavery and depravity. But don’t take my word for it. Let’s listen to his.
AND NOW A WORD FROM THE FATHER OF LIES…
I’ve been here since the beginning
Know exactly how you work
I know all of your cravings
Know what makes you go berserk
Been lying from the start just to make you play a part in my infinite rebellion against the Father God
Hate
Everything he is
And I make you hate him too
Make you hate him with your actions it’s so easy for me to do
‘Cause you like it...
Sin feels good for the ego...
You love it...
Oh, come on baby let your hair go
And all the time, I’m winding you up
Like my perfect little puppet, you’re my favorite robot, welcome to the show but I’m watching you and all of hell is with me too, helping me make my lies look true
Oh and there is a lie that works for everyone, everyone
A lie that opens your hearts so I can get me some more of your free will
I’m winding you
Winding you
Give me the control that’s why I’m telling you
Selling you
Anything
Everything
Appealing to your human way of being and I use it all against you to just keep your eyes from seeing past the life you’re living
Past the moment you’re in
Past the pleasure of your sin
Or the cigarette you’re smoking
Choking on your lust
I’ll make you drunk with pride
So deeply spun into my system that you won’t see the light
Never mind that I’m drowning you
I keep deceiving you...
But I’ll say that millions of years ago an accident exploded
And you’re the result of this cosmic unknown with no real purpose
Created for no real intent
The reason for your living is just coincidence
So all the remains is what you can gain
Whatever meaning you attach to your days you decide
Mmm, but I help you recognize the important things in life
Introducing money, it’s the root of all, evil they say so
I attach your self worth to the salary you’re paid, be a slave to your property
Your jewelry
Your cars and things
Advertise that lie up on the TV so you want that bling
Selling bit by bit the little pieces of your soul
Climbing up the ladder of economic control
Oh, the greed of man makes it so easy to pervert the Father’s plan
Or I’ll tell you...
There is a heaven but there’s many ways to get in
Keep you so confused that you stay bound to your sin
Tell you there are many ways to the same God
Keep you distracted with your methods so your heart stays hard,
I’ll make you think you’ve got spirituality, but it’s really just emotional alchemy
Oh, the vanity of self-idoltary I never let you see that it breeds
Hedonism! Whoo!
And it’s the anthem of this generation
Come on, drink it, snort it, smoke it, swallow it
Chew on my illusion of freedom til you vomit it
And still I don’t tell you
Bout the God in heaven
Who loves you
Who yearns for you
No I don’t tell you
Bout the freedom of forgiveness and truth
Why would I tell you?
Why would I tell you the truth?29
But that’s still not all. The 5th reason why we turned from a Great and Mighty Christian Nation into this Rise of Wickedness we see today is by the promotion of a Wicked Lifestyle. That’s right, I’m talking about hedonism. Little do people know that these teachings we’ve seen so far, called humanism, atheism, and selfism, have all added up to aid in the massive rise of wicked behavior we see today. It’s led to a whole new wicked lifestyle called hedonism. You know, the pleasure principle. But don’t take my word for it. Let’s listen to God’s.
2 Timothy 3:1-5 “But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God – having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.” (NIV)
Now folks, one last time, we’ve already seen in this passage that it tells us how one of the major characteristics in the Last Days society is that it’s going to one that’s filled with absolute unadulterated wickedness, right? And last time we saw that the apparent root of this wicked behavior was stemming from a love of self rather than a love of God, the very first thing mentioned there, right? Now here’s the point of bringing this passage up again this time. Notice what was the last behavior mentioned there? People would be lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God! And if you think about it, this is the perfect capstone of this wicked list of behavior mentioned here. You start off with loving yourself first, then you end up pleasing yourself first. It makes total sense if you put it all together. Hedonism, or “seeking to please yourself more than God” is simply the party attitude we see today of, “Hey, if it feels right or good do it,” right. It’s the logical response to this promotion of humanism, atheism, and selfism. Think about it. If man is the center of all things, humanism, and there is no God, atheism, and you’re supposed to now love your first, selfism, then what’s left to do? Hey, it’s party time, right? You got to live it up! You got to do whatever you want and please yourself as many ways as you possibly can because tomorrow we die and go back to the ground to be worm bait, right? Eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die, right? You’ve heard the saying.
Now here’s the point. Tell me that’s not the average person’s attitude today? Tell me this is not their marching orders when they get out of bed! Party it up! Please yourself as many ways as you can before you die, right? This is hedonism. It is wickedness unrestrained and once it hits your society, judgment is coming! I didn’t say that. God did! Let’s take a look at two other societies that God wiped out for their hedonistic wicked ways!
Genesis 19:4-7,24-25 “Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom – both young and old – surrounded the house. They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.” Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him and said, “No, my friends. Don’t do this wicked thing. Then the Lord rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah – from the Lord out of the heavens. Thus He overthrew those cities and the entire plain, including all those living in the cities – and also the vegetation in the land.” (NIV)
Genesis 6:5-7 “The Lord saw how great man’s wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time. The Lord was grieved that He had made man on the earth, and His heart was filled with pain. So the Lord said, “I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth – men and animals, and creatures that move along the ground, and birds of the air – for I am grieved that I have made them.” (NIV)
Now folks, it looks like to me that God is not only grieved by our wicked behavior, but unless we turn around, He’s going to judge us too for our wicked behavior, right? But hey, good thing we see no signs of engaging in that level of wicked behavior like Sodom and Gomorrah and being continually wicked all the time like in Noah’s day. Yeah right! We’re already there! Folks, you tell me if our hearts haven’t gotten just as wicked as Sodom and Gomorrah and just as evil all the time like in Noah’s world. We too whether we want to believe it or not, are headed for judgment folks, here’s the proof.
• Schools are also teaching kids that religion is a “disease” and entertainers are saying that, “the Bible is a work of fiction.”
• New York City principal nixes the song ‘God Bless the USA’ at kindergarten graduation, but when the kids went ahead and tried to sing it anyway, adults chanted back “Burn in hell.”
• Divorce cakes have now become a new trend.
• Epidemic growth of Internet porn cited.
• Sexually transmitted disease rates have hit record highs in U.S.
• Girl scouts are now supporting abortion and sexual promiscuity.
• MTV wants you to lose your virginity in a new reality show.
• The U.N. is calling for the legalization of prostitution worldwide.
• A PC game has been released called Rapelay that allows players to gang rape virtual women and then force them to have an abortion.
• A chastity ring has become the source of a new problem in school. A Christian teenager will go to the high court this summer to challenge the decision of her school to ban her from wearing a celibacy ring on school grounds.
• Live baby treated as “medical waste.” Crematorium workers found an infant crying in a “medical waste” receptacle in its way to being cremated.
• Planned Parenthood kills 329,445 babies in one year using $487.4 million in taxpayer funds. In fact, since 1973, we have now murdered 54,559,615 babies in America alone. This is almost 10 times the amount of people killed in Hitler’s Holocaust of the Jews. We’ve also murdered just under 1.3 billion babies worldwide just since 1980.
• According to the new healthcare law, even pro-life Americans will be forced to pay for other people’s abortions, and British teens are having as many as seven abortions.
• A senior girl believes that abortion is a medium for art. A female senior student will be displaying her senior art project, a documentation of a nine-month process during which she artificially inseminated herself “as often as possible” while periodically taking abortion drugs to induce miscarriages. Her exhibition will feature video recordings of these forced miscarriages as well as preserved collections of the blood from the process.
• Undertakers are now washing the dead down the drain by disolving them in a caustic solution and flusing them into the sewer.
• A publicly funded exhibition encouraged people to deface the Bible in the name of art. Visitors have responded with abuse and obscenity with comments such as “This is all sexist “blank” so disregard it all,” and another wrote on the first page of Genesis, “I am Bi, Female & Proud. I want no god who is disappointed in this.”
• The U.S. is using foreign aid to promote gay rights.
• Pentagon to hold its first gay pride event.
• Politicians sat they’re okay with second grade teacher reading gay prince fairy tale called, “King and King.”
• Schools are now observing homosexual sponsored “Day of Silence.” Several thousand schools across the nation will be observing “Day of Silence” in a nationwide push to promote homosexual lifestyle in public schools. Students are taught that homosexuality is a worthy lifestyle, homosexuality has few or no risks, and individuals are born homosexual and cannot change. Those who oppose such teaching are characterized as ignorant hateful bigots.
• Recent California laws will eventually require all public school instruction and activities to positively portray transsexuals, bisexuals, and homosexuals to children as young as kindergarten. And another California law barring people from “curing” gay children was signed into law on Sunday.
• Proposed law would force Churches to host gay weddings.
• Play depicting Jesus as gay packs Church.
• A lesbian nativity is being promoted by another Church. “And when the Holy Family arrived, it was two women with their baby.”
• A new version of “The Last Supper” has come out in San Francisco. Amidst black leather, tattoos, and feather boas, homosexuals pose as the apostles who in the original painting are depicted gathered at a table with Jesus to partake of the last meal together. In the “new version” the table no longer has the traditional bread and wine symbolizing Christ’s body and blood being given for us, but rather sex toys symbolizing the god of sex and unlicensed physical pleasure. And Nancy Pelosi stated, “Christianity has not been harmed by this!”
• A publication is now promoting incestuous pedophilia as healthy sex ed. Booklets for Family Affairs encourage parents to sexually massage their children as young as 1 to 3 years of age and psychologists are pushing to decriminalize pedophilia.
As one man stated, “It seems that America has become the land of the special interest and the home of the double standard. If we lie to Congress it’s a felony, but if Congress lies to us it’s just politics. The government spends millions to rehabilitate criminals, but they do almost nothing for the victims. In public schools you can teach that homosexuality is OK, but you better not use the word God in the process.
You can kill an unborn child, but it’s wrong to execute a mass murderer. We don’t burn books in America, we simply rewrite them. We got rid of the communist and socialist threat by renaming them progressives. If you protest the President you’re a terrorist, but if you burned an American flag it’s your 1st Amendment right. You can have pornography on TV or the internet, but you better not put a nativity scene in a public park during Christmas. We can use an aborted murdered baby for medical research, but it’s wrong to use an animal.
We take money from those who work hard for it and give it to those who don’t want to work. We still have freedom of speech, but only if we are being politically correct. Parenting has been replaced with Ritalin and video games and the land of opportunity is now the land of handouts. What has happened to the land of the free and the home of the brave?”30
Ooh! I’ll tell you! We’ve turned into Sodom and Gomorrah! That’s why! And we still don’t think judgment is coming? I like what one guy said, “If God doesn’t judge us, He needs to apologize to Sodom & Gomorrah.” But folks, can I tell you something? God’s not in the apology making business. And unless we turn around and repent now as a nation, as a Church, He will judge us! Why? Because were just as wicked as Sodom and Gomorrah and our hearts are just as evil all the time just like in Noah’s Day. And if that doesn’t wake you up, you need to listen to what Jesus says. He said once this happens to the planet again, once we become a wicked hedonistic society like in Noah’s day, He’s getting ready to come back!
Matthew 24:37-39 “As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.” (NIV)
Now folks, we are not only seeing a repeat of that wicked behavior in Noah’s day, but we are also seeing a repeat of that lackadaisical nonchalant whip-de-do-dah attitude concerning the Second Coming of Christ today. Correct me if I’m wrong, but what do people say today when we tell them about Christ’s return and God’s impending judgment? “Yeah, right! so what! Who cares. You guys are wacko…Noah.” And so what do they do? They go right on eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, partying acting like it’s no big deal, just like Jesus said was going to happen, in the Last days, right before He came back. And I don’t know about you, but I’d say it’s time we better wake up now before it’s too late, like this man shares.
(But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son on man be.) When God said come into the Ark, you and all you’re household. Noah saw God close the Ark. And the people on the outside did not wonder if he slept those 7 days before the rains came.
(For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the Ark)
I know if it was me, I couldn’t have slept. I know there are sleepless nights that I have. And I’m pondering the faith of God that He has showed me what is coming to this country
(And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Matthew 24:37-39)
Can you sleep? I don’t see how you can sleep at night. The bingo halls are full but the churches are empty. And you may be saying-stay up the night church-it’s full. Full of what? Dead men’s bones? The casinos are full but no one will give to God? Concerts are packed, but no one will praise the Almighty. We will scream and shout for a rock star but sit quietly bored when hearing about God Almighty. We will sit through a movie for 2 hours but we can’t even pray for 2 hours. We will drive out of state for a game or a race and we can’t even get up on Sunday morning or Sunday nights or Wednesdays to hear the Word of God and these are so-called Christians that do this.
Not only is the world alseep and the fire getting ready to come upon this earth, but the Christians are asleep. This is Christians that do this. They give God crumbs while they dine on the fruits of the world. They demand unconditional love and they give God lip service. They demand blessings though they curse His name. They demand the flesh but they crucify the Spirit. They say they can’t go to church every time the doors are opened but they can take their kids to football, baseball, basketball, wrestling, dance, circus, the fair or just sit in front of a TV all night long. But to go and be in the presence of the Heavenly Father is just too much to ask from them. We will work 8, 10, 12 hours a day to pay the bills and buy the bass boat but we will tell the one who breathed life into us, “One hour should do God.”
We sit in church but we are godless. We have a form of godliness but we deny the power thereof. I don’t see how the lukewarm Christians can sleep at night. Before the rains came, I believe Noah couldn’t sleep. But the world outside was sleeping just fine. They fell asleep. If it were today, they would have fallen asleep watching TV. They would have just gotten home from their favorite game or their movies. They would have been doing everything under the sun. Eating and drinking and being merry not knowing that tomorrow they shall die. You cannot say you were not warned.
In Luke 21:11 it says that great earthquakes shall be in diverse places and famines and pestilences and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. In verse 25 it says in perplexity the sea and the waves roaring. You cannot say you were not warned. You cannot say that you had not a Noah that did not preach to you for a hundred and twenty years because you ignored him and said, “Who is that man? Oh just Noah. He’s going to the church house. That’s just Noah. He’s always talking negative. That’s just Noah, let’s go back to sleep.”
At least when Jesus was praying in the garden, when the disciples slept at least they woke up. When the servant slept and the enemy came and sowed the tares at least the servants woke up. But when Jesus Christ comes back, His kingdom will be likened to the 10 virgins – the 5 wise and the 5 foolish – and they will be sleeping. All of them. Oh that we may open our eyes and see. And see what is coming and yet, we sleep on. God have mercy.”31
Yes, may God have mercy on us. “Why God, why? How did we fall? How did this happen? How did our Great and Mighty Christian Nation turn into a society of such wickedness and rebellion just like Sodom and Gomorrah?” Because we allowed the infiltration of a wicked lifestyle into our schools, into our media, into our hearts, and even into our Churches, that’s the logical response of humanism, atheism, and selfism. It’s called hedonism! And if there’s any hope for our Nation then it’s high time that we the Church wake up and repent ourselves if there’s any hope for our nation! We need to seek to please God…not us. Amen?
The 6th reason why we turned from a Great and Mighty Christian Nation into this Rise of Wickedness we see today is by the promotion of a Wicked Belief. And again, that’s the question, “How did he do it? How in the world did satan get us, even here in America with our godly heritage, to justify this hedonism even to the point where we act like it’s no big deal, pass the chips! Well hey, again, thanks for asking, it works well with my notes. He did it by getting us to buy into a wicked belief called Relativism. And for those of you who don’t know, relativism is the belief that says there is no right or wrong. You make it up as you go. You do whatever feels right. Or maybe you’ve heard the saying, “Whatever is true for you, is true for you, and whatever’s true for me is true for me.” How many of you have you heard that before? Of course, it’s all over the place. This is called relativism where truth is relegated to the person. It’s not absolute. You get to make it up based on how you feel. And believe it or not, the Bible warns about never going down this relativistic route!
Judges 17:6 “In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” (NKJV)
Deuteronomy 12:8 “You shall not at all do as we are doing here today – every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes.” (NKJV)
This is relativism and God warns about it! Why? Because if you read the context it always leads to trouble! God is the One Who makes the rules and they’re all good for us, and when we stray from them we end up in trouble! Therefore, if we want to prosper, let alone our society, what do we do? We follow God’s absolute standard! We don’t do whatever is right in your own eyes. Are you kidding me! That leads to trouble! And this is why our Founding Fathers built this Great Nation on the absolute principles of God’s Word! That’s why Andrew Jackson said, “That book, sir, is the rock on which our republic rests.” Why? Because they knew that the last thing you ever want to do as a nation is do what Israel did. Get to the point where, “We do as we’re doing here today, every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes.” It will destroy us and lead to trouble. Why? Because there’s no longer any standard and your society will fall apart. Everybody gets to do whatever they want to do…that’s chaos! And that’s what’s happening to day!
And besides, relativism is not only dangerous, it’s also ludicrous! Truth by its very nature folks is absolute! Otherwise it wouldn’t be truth! Think about it! 2+2 will ALWAYS be 4 whether you like it, lump it, leave it or not! Try saying 2+2=5 on your math test and you’ll get a what? An “F.” Well, in my world I thought it was 5? Well, so what? Math principles don’t care how you feel. Neither does science or history. You can think all you want that you can jump out of an airplane without a parachute and fly upwards but the absolute truth of gravity will turn you into road pizza! You can feel in your heart, very sincerely, that Abraham Lincoln was not a President of the United States, but a Wild West Cowboy, and you’ll flunk your history exam every single time! Why? Because truth by its very nature is absolute…that’s what makes it true!
Besides, stop and think about it…When a person says, “There are no absolutes!” what are they doing? They just made an absolute statement! Hello! You can’t escape from it! So the next time they say, “There are no absolutes,” ask them, “Are you absolutely sure about that? Hello! Folks, sincerity of opinion is no measuring rod for something to be “right.” All it means is that you can be “sincerely” wrong! And even Abraham Lincoln knew about the absurdity of this relativistic mindset!
“Abraham Lincoln was trying to make a point in a debate but his opponent was unconvinced and stubborn. So Lincoln tried another tactic. He said to the man, ‘Well, let’s see now. How many legs does a cow have?’
And the disgusted reply came back, ‘Well, four, of course.’
And Lincoln agreed and said, ‘That’s right. Now, suppose you call the cow’s tail a leg; how many legs would the cow have?’
And the opponent replied confidently, ‘Why, five, of course.’
And Lincoln came back, ‘Now that’s where you’re wrong. Calling a cow’s tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg!’”32
Now I don’t know about you guys, but if calling a cow’s tail a leg could make it a leg, I personally would be excited. I mean, stop think about it. That’s just that much more meat to eat off that baby, right? But the point is this. Even if I did that, it wouldn’t change a thing, would it? Not at all! But for some goofy reason it doesn’t keep us from trying! Jeffrey Baker shares how people today are actually trying to call a cow’s tail a leg, if you will, by redefining our morality based on relativism. This is why we’ve gone full-blown hedonistic and our society’s falling apart!
“What our Founding Fathers referred to as drunkenness because of their Christian heritage, we now call it alcoholism and deem it a social disease, rather than a sin.
What the Law-Word called sodomy, we now call an alternative life style. Pornography is a perversion that brings death to a nation, and yet we call it adult entertainment.
What our Founding Fathers called immorality, we now call it the new morality; what the law called adultery or fornication, we now call stepping out or fooling around; and what the Law called abhorrent social behavior (like stealing or filthy language), we now call abnormal social development or anti-social behavior.”33
Now folks, I don’t know about you, but I don’t think God’s going to change His mind on sin just because we’ve changed the name of sin, hello! That’s kind of dumb, isn’t it? Oh, but that’s not all! It’s gets even worse! This relativistic mindset has gotten so deep and so popular today, that people are not only redefining sin with it, but they are now demanding our praise and acceptance of sin. Don’t believe me? Josh McDowell reveals how there’s a new definition of tolerance that they’ve snuck in on us and are brainwashing our kids with, even in the Church, and boy does this explain a lot. Let’s take a look.
“Some of you are saying, ‘Wait a minute, I thought tolerance was good?’ That’s the problem. That’s the problem! Little Johnny comes home from school and that very sincere Christian mother from the most fundamental evangelical church meets little Johnny and says, ‘How was school today?’
‘Oh Mommy.’
‘What you talk about?’
‘We talked about tolerance’
And that Christian mother goes, ‘Oh that’s wonderful. You know Jesus told us to be tolerant.’
ABSOLUTELY NOT!! That mother is undermining everything she believes and it won’t take years. It will only take months to come back and haunt her.
You’re saying hold on a minute, I don’t get this. The reason is this. Right now there is two distinct definitions of tolerance. One, I call a historical traditional tolerance. It’s a one that almost everyone who is here has been conditioned to think by and how you’re listening to me through traditional tolerance. I am speaking from a whole new definition of tolerance.
Traditional tolerance would be defined by Webster: To bear or put up with someone or something that is not specially liked. Or you know in our circles we say’, God has called me as a Christian to love the sinner but to hate the sin.’ That’s one of the most bigoted statements you could make today. You make that statement in the average classroom today and that entire class would turn on you. The bigotry and the intolerance to say, ‘Love the sinner hate the sin.’
The reason is, there is a second definition of tolerance and I would say that 80% of the time, outside the walls of the church, when you hear the word tolerance whether the media, the magazines, the school or what - it’s not the tolerance you were conditioned to think by. It’s a whole new definition of tolerance, 80% of the time-it’s a new definition.
The tolerance you were brought up with is now referred to as negative tolerance. The new tolerance is called positive tolerance. It’s defined this way. Every single individuals values, beliefs, lifestyles and claims to truth are equal. Let me repeat that - ALL values, ALL beliefs, ALL truth, ALL lifestyles are equal and if you dare to say there is a value, belief, a lifestyle or claim to truth greater than another that is called hierarchy and that’s the new definition of bigotry. A bigot today has nothing to do with racism or anything. A bigot today is someone who’s committed to moral hierarchy that there’s differences in values and beliefs, lifestyles or claims to truth.
Positive tolerance adds the word-praise. What it means is this- we not only want your permission, we demand your praise and if you do not my value, my lifestyle, my claim to truth as equal to your own--now listen to this--as equal to your from the heart you are a bigot and you are intolerant. From the heart. It’s called positive tolerance.
Let me show you just how it’s hit the church. Just in a little brief one. Can you tell me historically what has been the number one verse quoted from the scriptures by Christians and non-Christians, Christian young people, non-Christian young people, the media, everything. What’s the number one verse quoted historically by the scriptures. John 3:16. Do you know what it is now? Have you all been listening? Have you even been listening to your own young people? Can anyone tell me now, by far way out far from everything what’s the number one verse quoted even from Christian young people from the bible. Number one now, what is it? Judge not, that you not be judged. Listen! Why? The moment you make a judgment you’re saying there’s hierarchy and that makes you a bigot and intolerant and it makes you stand against the number one virtue in culture. Tolerance. All is equal.
Christian love and the number one virtue of culture today cannot coexist. In fact, I’ll go as far as to say that Christian love is the number one enemy of the number one virtue in the culture: Tolerance. In fact, men and women, I’ll say this. I believe now it’s a point as a pastor, as an evangelist-someone like that. It is very difficult to be popular and faithful.
Jesus loved that woman at the well. And in love and compassion He said to her, ‘Go call you’re husband.’ she said, ‘sir, I don’t have a husband.’ And in loving compassion Jesus said, ‘That’s right. You’ve had five husbands and the one you’re living with right now is not you’re husband.’ Jesus exposed her lifestyle. He was witnessing to her. He exposed her lifestyle. Now speak to me. Did Jesus expose her lifestyle as an alternate lifestyle or a sinful lifestyle?
Audience: “Sinful lifestyle”
Josh: “You’re a BIGOT! What right do you have to say that?! You’re INTOLERANT! Who do you think you are to think you have the corner on truth. What right do you have to make any moral judgment on someone!”
He did it in love. If you don’t believe me that that’s not true- you try it anywhere in culture right today. You just travel with me into the high schools and universities. And Jesus did it in love. Christian love and tolerance cannot coexist. We had better wake up.”34
Why? Because everything we believe in is at risk! Think about it! We are going to become the new enemy of the state! All that we believe in, all of Christianity and all the Scripture is based on absolutes that does not tolerate this and cannot tolerate this! Jesus said He is the ONLY way to heaven, not one of many. The Bible declares that there is ONLY one God; not many or that we ourselves can become gods. The Bible says that man lives ONCE then faces the judgment. Not many lives coming back as a worm perhaps. Stop and think about it. The very Ten Commandments are all ABSOLUTE STATEMENTS. You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, etc. But hey, that’s it! If you are caught stealing at work just tell them that in “your world” you sincerely believe that it’s okay. You and I both know that your next stop will be the unemployment line!
If there is no right or wrong, then why do we have a JUDICIAL SYSTEM? Why do we have COURTS of LAW? Why would we dare prosecute someone and send him or her to jail against their own wishes? I’m sure they were just following their CLAIM TO TRUTH. PLUS, how can all values be equal? What if it was someone’s “value” to molest his or her children? Is that right? If you bought into the new definition of TOLERANCE you would have to say yes. Yet, every ounce of your being says NO!
Or what if it was another person’s “value” to teach their children to steal for a living? Or what if it was a mother’s “value” to introduce her daughter to prostitution as a fulfilling lifestyle? Or how about a father who has a “value” is to teach his son to be an abuser of woman? If everyone’s values, beliefs, lifestyles, and claims to truth are equal then does that mean that Hitler’s slaughter of millions of Jews was okay? Why not? Are you being a BIGOT? I’m sure he was just following his “claim to truth.” People, if there are no absolutes then there would be no difference between Adolph Hitler and Franklin Graham!
“Why God, why? How did we fall? How did this happen? How did our once Great and Mighty Christian Nation turn into this society of such hedonistic wickedness and rebellion?” I’ll tell you why? Because we allowed the infiltration of a wicked lifestyle and belief into our schools, into our media, into our hearts, and even into our Churches, that promotes full-blown hedomism and we’re headed for judgement! I didn’t say that God did!
Isaiah 5:20 “Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!” (NAS)
Folks, I don’t know about you, but I’d say we’re living in a time when people are doing just that. I mean, correct me if I’m wrong, but are not people today calling evil good and substituting darkness for light? And the point is this. What did God say about that kind of behavior? Did He say you’re headed for incredibly wild times? Or did He say you’re headed for woeful times? Woeful, right? Therefore, if there’s any hope for our Nation then it’s high time that we the Church wake up and repent ourselves and lead the way back! Amen?
We’ve got to get busy working together and stop fighting against each other, and start standing on God’s truth! Jesus Christ is the only way to escape the Wrath of God that is coming upon this planet! Like it, lump it, or leave it, it is an absolute truth! No matter how you feel about it, it’s the only way out! And that’s Good News because the last place you ever want to be, is under the wrath of God. He knows who’s real, and He knows who’s fake. You need to call upon the name of Jesus Christ and make sure you’re truly His like this man shares.
“GODS WRATH Is Coming. Are You Ready?
Saving faith is the desperate thrust of a helpless soul upon the arms of an Almighty Savior. Are you doing what Jesus, who speaks the Words of the Father, are you doing what He says?
Seek first the Kingdom of God. Are you taking every step necessary to stop feeding your lust?
In God’s name.. WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? Will you sit through another service and stand by a sign post that points you away from Hell and the wrath of God and points to Heaven and life and forgiveness and hug death to your breast. Oh the madness. You are a vile, filthy, helpless, hell deserving son or daughter of Adam. You know nothing of true repentance and therefore, a true and saving Faith.
Or do you just occasionally have a little whimper in the closet when your conscience gets so active that you can’t live with it and you whimper and cry and ask God for a little help and then you go right back with your hand and your eyeball firmly attached. Oh yes, once in a while you will take a dull paring knife and scratch your hand and occasionally you scratch around your eyeballs. But you haven’t begun to CUTOFF AND PLUCK OUT.
You better listen to the words of Jesus, “Not everyone who says ‘LORD, LORD’ shall enter but he who does the will of My Father in Heaven. If ye by the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the flesh Ye Shall Live. If ye live after the flesh you’ll DIE.
The Cross does not give us a minor shift or two with regard to a few of our ethical and moral and religious values. The Cross RADICALLY disrupts the very center and citadel of your life from self, to Christ. And if the Cross has not done that, YOU’RE NOT A CHRISTIAN!!
My friend, face it. Young rogue, you’re not a Christian until the Cross has radically disrupted the very center and citadel of your life and brought you from a life of commitment to serve self. Whether it’s religious self, moral self, proud self, covetous self, lustful self, prideful self, unforgiving self, lazy self. It doesn’t matter!! What are the focal points of the reign of your SELF? If you’ve gone to the Cross in union with Christ it’s been SHATTERED!
I want you in that Day...when you stand with me before the Judge of the World, to have Him say, Come ye blessed.” I don’t want to look at you standing there saying, ‘LORD, LORD! LORD, LORD! I named you in earth. I named you before the elders. I named you before the Church! I named you in prayer meeting. I named you in witness and now LORD, LORD, LORD LORD! Did I not do this. Did I not do that?”
I do not want to hear Him say, ‘DEPART FROM ME. I NEVER KNEW YOU. YOU WORKER OF INIQUITY. You never were made a doer of the will of God’
You learned enough, and you learned what to say properly enough to be accepted for what you professed yourself to be on earth, but now the Day of Judgment has come and the Truth is now to be known.”35
But that’s still not all. The 7th reason why we turned from a Great and Mighty Christian Nation into this Rise of Wickedness we see today is by the promotion of a Wicked Chemical. That’s right, I’m talking about drug usage. Little do people know that all these just say no to drug campaigns, all these drug wars, and all these drug lords and all these drug problems that we see around the world, is actually a sign we’re living in the Last Days. But don’t take my word for it. Let’s listen to God’s.
Revelation 9:12-21 “The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come. The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the horns of the golden altar that is before God. It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind.
The number of the mounted troops was two hundred million. I heard their number. The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire, smoke and sulfur. A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur that came out of their mouths. The power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails were like snakes, having heads with which they inflict injury.
The rest of mankind that were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood – idols that cannot see or hear or walk. Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts.” (NIV)
Whoa! So much for the human potentiality movement where mankind is supposed to be full of great and wonderful people who do all kinds of wonderful good things, are you kidding me? What’d it say? Mankind is so wicked in the Last Days that even though they’re clearly being judged by God it still doesn’t wake them up, does it? No! They’re so stinking evil at this point that they refuse to repent and get right with God! Nothing seems to get their attention! Not even the judgment of God! They just continue on in their absolute unadulterated wickedness like it’s no big deal thumbing their noses against God! Can you believe that? Why?
Well notice the word there in the text, “magic arts.” They did not repent of their “magic arts.” It’s actually the Greek word “pharmakeia” which means “drugs or druggings.” It’s where we get the English word for pharmacy from. And so this is one word clues us in on as to why the people in the Last Days are so stinking evil and refuse to repent and get right with God even though they’re in the midst of being judged by God. Apparently they’re minds are going to be elsewhere. There’s going to be a massive amount of drug usage across the planet clouding their minds in the Last Days.
But hey, good thing we don’t see any signs of that happening anytime soon, yeah right! Turn on your TV. What do we hear every single night? Drug this, drug that, drug problem here, drug raid there, drugs in schools, drugs in homes, drugs in streets, drugs in the government, drugs around the world, right? Drug usage has gone ballistic around the world spawning all kinds of wicked behavior and they’re even creating new ones! They’re called, “designer drugs.”
One of the latest ones is called, “Krokodil.” And it’s called “krokodil” because of what it does to people. It turns their skin greenish and scaly in appearance and eventually causes their blood vessels to rupture and kills the surrounding skin tissue. And this creates huge chunks of dead flesh on their bodies, kind of like a zombie type of creature and quote, “Once you’re an addict at this level, (using this stuff), any rational thinking doesn’t apply.”36 Which includes getting right with God in the midst of being judged by God.
And speaking of zombies and horror flicks, what’s another new latest drug outbreak we keep hearing about? Bath salts, right? Of all things, bath salts! And what’s it causing people to do? As we’ve seen on the news, it causes other people to eat people’s faces off! Can you believe that? You talk about wicked behavior!
And believe it or not, experts are saying it going to get worse. And the reason why is there’s another drug out there that many people are trying to legalize that drug experts are saying is a gateway drug to using all kinds of different other drugs and that is Marijuana. And experts are saying, hey, if that thing gets legalized, we ain’t seen nothing yet! Drug usage is going to go nuts! It’s a gateway drug.37 It’s going to spawn all kinds of wicked behavior, even worse than what we see today! But hey, good thing the Church isn’t going to have any part of this. Yeah, right! Wait till you hear who thinks legalizing marijuana is a good thing.
“Martin Bashir: Legalization of marijuana has been sung about by Peter Tosh but who would of thought that television evangelist Pat Robertson
would now support the idea.
Pat Robertson: I became sort of a hero of the hippie culture, I guess, when I said I think we ought to decriminalize the possession of marijuana. I just think it’s shocking how many of these young people wind up in prison and they get turned into hard-core criminals because they have a possession of a very small amount of a controlled substance. I mean the whole thing is crazy.”38
Yeah I agree it’s crazy! Who would’ve thought that a Christian leader would be promoting the legalization of marijuana! And folks again, the experts are saying, once this happens, if marijuana gets legalized, it’s a gateway drug to using other drugs and so now you will have on your hands a full-blown massive drug problem all over the world that you can’t even dream of and wickedness is going to go ballistic! Why? Because what most people don’t realize is that once you start using drugs, you don’t just open physical doors, you open spiritual doors. You’re not just taking a physical trip. You’re taking a spiritual trip. Been there done that, wish I wouldn’t have bought the T-shirt! You see, once you start using drugs it puts you into “altered state of consciousness,” and drugs are just one of the ways you can do that. Other ways include hypnotism by psychotherapist, repetitive movement like with what the Hindu Yogis encourage, repetitive speech like the Hare Krishnas do with repeating their mantras over and over again. Certain body postures and stretches like with Yoga, which mean to “Yoke,” it’s a death movement to “yoke” yourself with the Hindu gods, i.e. demons, and even various forms of breathing exercises and meditation. All of them, including drugs, get you into an altered state of consciousness, and once you do that, you open yourself to demonic spiritual forces to come in and take control of you, like this man shares.
“Dave Hunt: No one knows what hypnosis is. No one knows what goes on in the mind. It’s an altered state of consciousness like yogis and witchdoctors have been practicing. It loosens the normal connection between your spirit and your brain and of course if the hypnotist can control you-make all kinds of suggestions, make you think things are happening that are not happening, make you think you have powers that you don’t, experiences that you haven’t, even implant memories. Other beings-if there are other minds out there-they could also do the same thing.
Sir John Eckels, Noebel Prize Winner for his research on the brain, describes the brain as quote, “A machine that a ghost could operate” unquote. What he means by that is your spirit operates your brain in a normal state of consciousness. In an altered state reached under yoga, TM (transcendental meditation), hypnosis-you have loosened the normal connection between your spirit and your brain and that allows another spirit-other entities, other minds to interpose themselves and begin to tick off the neurons in your brain to create a universe of illusion. I believe that it’s demonic. I think that all the evidence indicates this.”39
Now let me get this straight. Drug usage in general causes people to do some pretty horrific things, like eating other people’s faces off, and drugs are not only currently being used all over the world with talks of legalizing them, but using drugs also opens up spiritual doors to people being controlled by a demon? Hmmm. I wonder what that would do? Maybe create a level of wickedness that we can’t even dream of, including people refusing to repent and get right with God even though they are being judged by God? Whew! Good thing we don’t see any signs of that happening anytime soon! Yeah right! Folks it’s happening right now before our very eyes and that’s exactly what the Bible said would happen when you are living in the Last Days!
But that’s still not all. The 8th reason why we turned from a Great and Mighty Christian Nation into this Rise of Wickedness we see today is by the promotion of a Wicked Connection. That’s right, I’m talking about demon worship. Little do people know, as we just saw, that using drugs clearly opens the doors to demonic influences controlling our behavior, making things really wicked! But it get’s worse than that. The Bible clearly says that it’s going to get so bad during the 7-year Tribulation that people will actually be worshiping those demons. Once again, let go back to the text.
Revelation 9:20 “The rest of mankind that were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood – idols that cannot see or hear or walk.” (NIV)
People, as wild as it sounds, the Bible clearly says that in the Last Days, during the 7-year Tribulation, that people will be getting so stinking evil that they will even get to the point where the will be worshipping demons, agents of evil! Can you believe that? It says it right there in the text! But hey, good thing we don’t see any signs of that happening anytime soon huh? Yeah right? Folks, demon worship, including the worship of the biggest demon or fallen angel of them all called satan is on the rise. And we’ve already seen that he’s done a masterful job on us by getting us to act like him and live like him by getting us to live for nothing but ourselves and to love ourselves more than God, which is the #1 law of satanism. But people, it’s gotten so bad, and so dark, that we now have full-blown satanists now entering all levels of society openly and it’s on the rise!
And part of the reason is due to our disbelief, we don’t even think satan exists, and so they sneak in under the radar with virtually no opposition, and it’s partly because of satanism’s ease of access to. No longer do you have to go to some dark alley in some creepy bookstore in the backwoods to find out about satanism, it’s all over the place, including the Internet! And I quote, “A surge in satanism is now being fuelled by the internet and has led to a sharp rise in the demand for exorcisms,”40 you know, get these demons out of me! And even some schools in California are saying, “Lucifer is a model and a guardian.” “Most of what contributes to our work as teachers – preparation work, artistic work, even meditative work, is under the guardianship of Lucifer. We can become great teachers under his supervision.”41 And there was even a prayer offered up by Jack Black to satan at an MTV video awards ceremony where he urged the audience to join hands and pray, “Dear dark lord satan,” and asked him, satan, to give the musicians and nominees continued success in the music industry.”42 And folks, we wonder satanism is on the rise? It’s all over the place because of this exposure whether you want to believe it or not like these people share.
“Anton Lavey: We believe in greed. We believe in selfishness. We believe in all the lustful thoughts that motivate man because this is man’s natural feelings.
1st Woman: This lady in a black robe came forward with this little baby...
2nd woman: I had my incredibly sharp knife...
1st Man: I would strap the animal into the middle of the pentagram
2nd Man: There were things here that weren’t quite as they should be.
1st Woman: ...and she just laid it on the altar
2nd Woman: ...and then I just cut it’s head off like that, suddenly.
1st Woman: ...then the high priest just cut the baby’s head off
3rd man: They taught me how to kill someone
2nd woman: Through the powers that was raised through this ritual was used for killing off Christians.
Reporter: Where is the dividing line for between something which is a bit of a giggle into full blown satanism?
Anton LaVey: “Hail satan!” His followers: “Hail satan!”
2nd woman: There’s something about sacrifice, if you do it once, you want to do it all the time.
Anton LaVey: All religions are coming around to satanism. We’re in the very throes of a new satanic age. The evidence is all around us. All you have to do is look at it.”43
But that’s just it, we don’t want to look at it do we? We don’t want to deal with the facts that satanism, i.e demon worship, is on the rise, just like the Bible said would happen in the Last Days! In fact, another fact we don’t want to deal with is how satanism is not only clearly on the rise, but that satanists themselves are getting so bold that they are going into Churches to take them down! They aren’t hiding in the shadows anymore, they’re getting bold! They’re on the offensive not defensive! Just ask these former satanists!
“Doreen (Former satanist/black witch): Christians are the satanists’ worst enemy. They are out to torment you. They are out to blackmail you. They will even kill you. They even tried to kill me when I came out of black witchcraft.
Bill: If you’re in a church where the Spirit of God is really moving and where the Word of God is really being preached and where prayer is really going up to heaven for the salvation of souls. Then they are going to regard you as their mortal enemies and they are going to be out there trying everything they can to destroy, to kill and to maim because that is, of course, the nature of satan and it is also the nature of his followers. They will try and infiltrate your church. They will try and set up whispering campaigns against the pastor and the elders. They may even try to seduce the pastor.
Glen (former satanist): For two years I was involved in the Baptist Church. I was constantly complaining about the pastors sermons being too long, being too dry, sowing discord between the people, gossiping about others.
Doreen: As each member is initiated into the coven, they are commissioned to do a job. One individuals job may be to desecrate a church.
Jack Roper (Occult Researcher) They’ll destroy or desecrate churches where they’ll spray paint “satan” right on the altar. Just to put fear into that Christian church.
Doreen: Some satanist who were handpicked, the most powerful ones, where sent into churches to disrupt the meeting and we stopped people from going forward-when they asked the people to go forward and accept Christ as their Savior.
Bill: I was, in fact, trained to learn all the Christian jargon, you know, to say, “Haleluejah!” and “Praise the Lord” and do all the right things and I had no more an idea of Jesus being my Savior than a man in the moon.
Glen: If you can tear down the prayer foundation of a church, then you’ve destroyed that church and that’s what every witch or satanist plans to do when they go into a church-is to tear down that prayer foundation and then the rest of the church goes down quickly after that.”44
Hmmmm. Now let me get this straight. You mean to tell me that the weapons satanists use to destroy Churches is get Christians to just simply start complaining, gossiping, and fighting with each other? Gee man, good thing we don’t see any signs of that ever happening. Yeah right! And we wonder why Churches are falling apart! Not all our battles are against physical flesh and blood sometimes they’re spiritual and we better wake up!
But folks, here’s the point. It’s clear that demon worship, including the worship of the ultimate fallen demon satan himself is on the rise all over the place! And if this trend continues, gee, I wonder what it’s going to do! Maybe create a level of wickedness that we can’t even dream of, where people refuse to repent and get right with God even though they are being judged by God? Whew! Man! Good thing we don’t see any signs of that happening anytime soon! Yeah right! Folks it’s happening right now before our very eyes and that’s exactly what the Bible said would happen when you are living in the Last Days!
But that’s still not all. The 9th reason why we turned from a Great and Mighty Christian Nation into this Rise of Wickedness we see today is by the promotion of a Wicked Coven. That’s right, I’m talking about wicca. And for those of you who may not now know, wicca is the modern term for old-fashioned witchcraft. And believe it or not folks, the Bible says that witchcraft is also going to be on the rise as well in the Last Days. Let’s go back to our text.
Revelation 9:20-21 “The rest of mankind that were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood – idols that cannot see or hear or walk. Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts.” (NIV)
Now as we saw earlier, the word there “magic arts” is actually the Greek word “pharmakeia” which means “drugs or druggings.” But it also carries with it the connotation of, “drug usage that’s fostered by the dark arts.” And that’s precisely why some translators simply translate the word “pharmakeia” as just that, “magic arts, sorcery, or literally witchcraft.” But hey, good thing we don’t see any signs of people practicing witchcraft worldwide, right? Yeah right! That too is happening before our very eyes! And again, they’re doing it through the promotion of wicca, which is the new term for old-fashioned witchcraft. And call it what you will but their teachings and practices are not only demonic, but they have already infiltrated our thinking.
For instance, witchcraft believes that the entire earth is a living, breathing organism and is the manifestation of the mother goddess. Kind of sounds like environmentalism, doesn’t it? Witchcraft says that the mother or female goddess is to be worshipped above all, not a male god. Kind of sounds like feminism, doesn’t it? They also say that truth is what is true for you. There are no absolutes. Kind of sounds like relativism, doesn’t it? Witchcraft says that in order to contact these gods and goddesses for personal power you need to practice astrology, divination, incantations, psychic power, and speaking with the dead.45 Hey that kind of sounds like New Age doesn’t it, and the promotion of all these TV programs today, where people supposedly talk with the dead like “Psychic Hotline” or “Crossing Over” with John Edwards, or the latest one with that lady in New Jersey called, “Long Island Medium.”
And thanks to movies and shows like “Charmed” and books and movies like “Twilight” and “Harry Potter” series, witchcraft has a whole new appeal, even for kids. But hey, that doesn’t affect kids, right? Wrong! You the adult might be able to differentiate but the kids can’t and they don’t. They want to become full-blown witches after watching this stuff. But don’t take my word for it, let’s listen to theirs. They’re more honest than we are.
“Caryl Matriciana: J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series admitted that she got many, many requests from children that wanted to attend Hogwart’s School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and we know from books that are out there and interviews with children. They really wonder at night, while they’re laying awake, if there is a Hogwarts that they can go to. If you go to the Warner-Brothers site, they ask you to enlist into Hogwarts. Well there are sites out there that are pulling in your children who are interested in learning more in various different schools of witchcraft and wizardry.
“Occult sites ‘lure’ teenagers -BBC News
“This goes far beyond a case of reading a Harry Potter story. This represents an extremely worrying trend among young people” - Association of Teachers and Lecturers
“We Love Harry Potter! We’ll Tell You Why -book by Sharon Moore
QUOTES FROM CHILDREN:
“I want to go to wizard school and learn magic. I’d like to learn to use a wand to cast spells.” -Dylan, age 10
“If I could go to wizard school, I might be able to do spells and potions and fly a broomstick.” -Mara, age 12
“It would be great to be a wizard because you could control situations and things like teachers.” -Jefferey, age 11
“I’d like to go to wizard school, learn magic and put spells on people. i’d make up an ugly spell, and then it’s payback time!” -Catherine, age 9
“I feel like I’m inside Harry’s world. If I went to wizard school, I’d study everything: Spells, counterspells, and defense against the Dark Arts.” -Carolyn, age 10
“I liked it when the bad guys killed the Unicorn, and Voldemort drank it’s blood” -Julie, age 13
“The books are very clever. I couldn’t put them down. When I was scared I made myself believe it was supposed to be funny so I wasn’t to scared” -Nurya, age 11”46
Yeah, they are very clever. They’re indoctrinating kids into witchcraft. And that is scary when you think about it. In fact, witchcraft is not only appealing to kids, environmentalists, and feminists, but now even to psychologists, who are starting to use witchcraft’s occult techniques to treat their patients.47 In fact, wicca has now been recognized as an “official” religion and now the United States Army has allowed approximately one hundred witches to have their own covens at Fort Hood in Texas.48
And if that wasn’t bad enough, one of the male deities that is worshipped by those in wicca is the “horned god” called Pan. In the ancient cult of Pan, the rites of passage included the use of drugs to entice the “spirits” to come. If someone was possessed by Pan, from which we get the word “panic” from, it often resulted in an obsession with sex and the need for immediate gratification. And little do people know that Pan is the universal symbol for satan and the antichrist!49 It’s almost like we’re being prepared for something. And because of this slick new campaign presented by witchcraft, wicca is now considered by some to be the fastest growing religion in the U.S. and the second most popular religion among teens.50 Gee, I wonder why?
And so if you put it all together, right before our very eyes, witchcraft and paganism is exploding all across the planet, just like the Bible said would happen in the Last Days, which means we’re headed for one of the most darkest and evil deceptive times this planet has ever seen, like this video shows.
“Female pagan: The fear has gone out of the general public. The craft is more and more acceptable
Paganism has infiltrated the mainstream thought pattern of most Americans today. There is a pagan revival. There are more people practicing true paganism than there are practicing true Christianity.
Female Pagan: Many people were seeking something apart from Christianity. The thing that attracts young people is the power. It’s immediate power. Whenever you drink blood, you gain incredible power.
You choose only to let the general public to see what you want them to see. Magic is about getting what you want. Magicians are people who are getting what they want. Slowly but surely, the beauty of the craft is becoming widespread.
“Bell” from Twilight: I’m not scared of you.
“Edward” from Twilight: You really shouldn’t have said that.
Psychic vampirism and physical vampirism where very viable ways of achieving power in black magick.
“Why hide in this day and age. I’ve hidden in the shadows for centuries. Time to share myself with the world.”
I’m very proud to be a witch.
We live in a kind of post-christian era. People are moving towards a kind of neo-paganism. The neo-pagan revival has preceded so rapidly. They have had the co-operation of the media in getting their message spread. (Harry Potter, Twilight, TrueBlood etc.)
A lot of what we do has been taken over by the church. “Christians” really have married into occult practices. They really no longer know the difference because they’ve become desensitized to the things of evil.
From Twilight: Edward: “Are you afraid?” Belle: “No!”51
And if that wasn’t creepy enough, just like satanists, witches too are getting so bold that they too are infiltrating Churches to take them down. Check out this report.
“Several high-profile pastors have urged me to put into print what we now know, in order to alert the church to some of the dangers we are now facing.
We now know of a large number of churches that have been successfully infiltrated by witches. In fact, in one town, witches boast that they have infiltrated every church in the town and judging by the devastation caused in some of the churches in this town, their claim is probably correct.
Their plan is meeting with amazing success. One church that we have been told of, originally had a membership of well over 100. The membership is now down to 30 and the remaining members are almost totally demoralized.
This is now happening to an increasing number of churches and many promising young pastors are now leaving the ministry because of it.
These witches are working to a carefully laid out plan which has been operating for many years, right under our noses without our even suspecting it. Some profess to be fine Christians. They dress well, speak well, are usually well educated and in some cases are knowledgeable in spiritual matters.
Some witches appear content to just sit in congregations and mumble their incantations while others go out of their way to gain acceptance in a church and then carefully work their way into positions of influence.
They become members and begin to take an active part, singing in the choir or joining the diaconate etc. Then they work to a highly effective plan which is aimed at destroying the Pastor’s reputation (seducing him or spreading rumors about him).
They also create factions within the church and pit one group against another and thus create division. They may lay charges against the pastor and put these charges in writing and send them to the diaconate. This ploy often divides members of the diaconate against each other or sometimes turns the diaconate against the pastor.
The results stemming from these methods are obvious and manifold - confusion, suspicion, loss of confidence in the pastor, emotional problems, tension, disunity - the list is almost endless, and we are certain that this is only the tip of the iceberg.
Unfortunately the church in these last days has become so worldly and materialistic, that it is no longer any real threat to its enemies.
I constantly hear Christians talk about ‘spiritual warfare’ and ‘putting on the armor of God’ etc., but it would appear that with most, their knowledge of these things is theoretical rather than experimental. They are familiar with the ‘jargon’ but that is as far as it goes.”52
Folks, we better wake up! We’ve got to get busy working together, and stop fighting against each other and falling for these stupid traps by laid out by satanists and witches! We’ve got to get bust sharing the Gospel! Why? Because one day we’re not only going to stand before God and give an account for these lives, but one day you might end up with a letter from hell and that’s the last thing you ever want to get, as this video shows.
“What if? What if you had a friend who died without knowing Jesus as their personal Savior? What if he or she went to Hell? What if one day you received a letter in the mail from beyond? A LETTER FROM HELL. A letter from your friend in the flames of eternal torment.
“I’ve been thinking about YOU. You’re a Christian. You told me so, yourself. I mean we talked about it three different times today. Kelly brought it up and you laughed it off. Coach Adams brought it up and you changed the subject. I mean it came up right before the wreck. Well the question I can’t get out of my mind is this. Why haven’t you ever told me about how to become a Christian? I mean you say you’re my friend-but if you really were-you would have told me about this Jesus. Told me how to escape this terrible place that I’m headed for.
I can feel my heart pounding in my chest. The angels that have been chosen to cast me into hell are coming down the hallway. I can hear their footsteps. I’ve heard about this Hell. They call it the Lake of Fire. I can’t stand it. I am terrified.
Oh no the angels are at the door! Oh no! NO! They’re coming in and they’re pointing at me. They are grabbing me and carrying me out of the room. I can already smell the burning sulfur and brimstone. I can see the edge of the cliff where hell burns. This is it. I am without hope.
We’re coming closer. Closer. CLOSER. My heart is bursting with FEAR. They are holding me over the flames. I’m damned FOREVER. This is it. They are throwing me in! FIRE! PAIN! HELL!
Why? WHY?! Why didn’t you ever tell me about...JESUS.
Signed,
Your friend
P.S. Wish you were here…wish you were here…wish you were here.”53
And believe it or not, even with all this amazing evidence pointing to the signs of Christ’s soon return, some people still refuse to listen to any kind of godly message, like this lady:
“Two Church members were going door to door sharing God’s message of love to be saved and knocked on the door of a woman who was not happy to see them. She told them in no uncertain terms that she did not want to hear their message, and slammed the door in their faces.
To her surprise, however, the door did not close and, in fact, bounced back open. So she tried again, really put her back into it, and slammed the door again with the same result, the door bounced back open.
Convinced that these rude young people were sticking their foot in the door, she reared back to give it a slam that would teach them a lesson, when one of them said, ‘Ma’am, before you do that again, you might want to move your cat.’”16
Now, that lady caused a lot of unnecessary pain by refusing to listen to God’s message, didn’t she? But believe it or not, she’s not alone. The Bible said that in the last days, many people also refuse to listen to God’s message to be saved before it’s too late.
2 Corinthians 6:2 “For God says, ‘At just the right time, I heard you. On the day of salvation, I helped you.’ Indeed, God is ready to help you right now. Today is the day of salvation.” (NLT)
People of God, I hope you’re not one of those who are refusing to listen to God’s message to be saved. Now is the time. Today is the day of salvation. Why? Because you might wake up one day and discover that you’ve been left behind. And do you know what? God doesn’t want you left behind. Because He loves you and I, He has given us the warning sign of The Rise of Wickedness to show us that the Tribulation could be near and that Christ’s 2nd Coming is rapidly approaching. Jesus Himself said this:
Luke 21:28 “When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” (NIV)
Like it or not folks, we are headed for The Final Countdown. We don’t know the day or the hour. Only God knows. The point is, if you’re a Christian and you’re not going to shoot at the enemy satan, so to speak, then will you at least carry bullets for those who will? Let’s roll! Folks, it’s high time we Christians speak up and declare the good news of salvation to those who are dying all around us. But please, if you’re not a Christian, give your life to Jesus today, because tomorrow may be too late! Just like the Bible said!
Study Questions
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Review
Can you remember the signs already mentioned in the Final Countdown book?
Sign #10 was ___________ ___________________ __________________
Sign #9 was ______________________ ______________________
Sign #8 was _________________________ _______________________
Sign #7 was the ________________ of ______________________ __
• As it concerns a rise of falsehood, in what two areas did Jesus say that there would be an increase?
Answer: We would see an increase of:
__________________ __________________ and
______________ _____________________
This Chapter:
The #6 Sign on The Final Countdown is none other than the
__________________ of ____________________________ .
2 Timothy 3:1-5 states, “But mark this: there will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.”
• What is the root of all this wicked behavior?
Answer: it “stems from a __________ ____ ____________ instead of a
_______________ for ____________.”
Pastor Billy shared with us 18 wicked fruits of a society that loves itself more than it loves God.
1. Violent crimes are up 995%.
2. The inmate population has grown from about 200,000 to about 2
million.
3. Unmarried couples living together are up 725%.
4. Illegitimate births are up 400%.
5. The divorce rate is now 60%.
6. In some parts of California the rate of divorce is one for every
marriage.
7. A murder occurs every 23 minutes.
8. A rape occurs every 6 minutes.
9. An aggravated assault occurs every 48 seconds.
10. An abortion takes place every 20 seconds.
11. A burglary occurs every 8 seconds.
12. Sexually transmitted diseases among 10-14 yr. olds are up 385%.
13. Unwed pregnancies among 10-14 yr. olds are up 553%.
14. Teenage suicide is up 200%.
15. The national average of SAT scores has dropped 80 points.
16. Across America, 25% of graduating seniors couldn’t read their
diploma.
17. Every day 13 youth commit suicide, 16 are murdered, 1,000 become
mothers, 100,000 bring guns to school, 2,200 drop-out of school, 500
begin using drugs, 1,000 begin drinking alcohol, 3,500 are assaulted,
630 are robbed, and 80 are raped.
18. More people have died in America in the last 30 years from murders
and suicides then from all the wars in the history of the United
States.
• Have any of these fruits of the enemy been growing on the trees close to your personal world?
• What can the church do today to take over our streets and neighborhoods for Christ?
Discussion:
Why have people turned from loving God to loving themselves?
The 1st Reason is because of the promotion of a
____________ __________, ___________________which is also called
________________.
Humanism is the worldview where ___________ is the center of all things,
not _______________.
Note a few of their own statements of belief from the Humanist Manifesto I and II:
1. Faith in the prayer-hearing God, assumed to live and care for persons, to hear and understand their prayers, and to be able to do something about them, is an unproved and outmoded faith.
2. We find insufficient evidence for the belief in the existence of a supernatural. We begin with humans not God.
3. We do not accept as true the literal interpretation of the Old and New Testaments.
4. We include recognition of an individual’s right to die with dignity, euthanasia, suicide, birth control and abortion.
5. We believe that intolerant attitudes, often cultivated by orthodox religions and puritanical cultures, unduly repress sexual conduct. Divorce should be recognized. The many varieties of sexual exploration should not themselves be considered evil.
6. We oppose any tyranny over the mind of man to shackle free thought. In the past such tyrannies have been directed by churches and states attempting to enforce the edicts of religious bigots.
7. Promises of immortal salvation or fear of eternal damnation are both illusory and harmful.
8. Salvationism, based on mere affirmation, still appears as harmful, diverting people with false hopes of heaven hereafter. No deity will save us; we must save ourselves.
• Under the premise that religion and education don’t mix, what did the humanists force out of our schools?
Answer: The ___________________, _____________________, and the
__________ ____________________.
• When did the Supreme Court consider humanism a religion?
Answer: Back in the early ______________.
• Whose “religious” teachings are filling our school without even being questioned?
Answer: __________________
The following are some quotes by some of history’s leaders of humanism:
________________ ___________________ (1803-1876) boldly stated,
“(Our) great object was to get rid of __________________, and to convert
our churches into halls of ____________. The plan was not to make open attacks on religion...but to establish a system of state schools, from which all religion was to be excluded...and to which all parents were to be compelled by law to send their children. For this purpose, a secret society was formed and the whole country was to be organized.”
__________________ _______________ (1796-1858)
“What the church has been for medieval man, the __________________
______________________ must become for democratic and rational man.
God would be ____________________ by the concept of the public good.”
__________________ _________________ (1859-1952)
“There is __________ God and there is no soul. Hence, there is no need for the props of traditional religion. With dogma and creed excluded, then immutable truth is also dead and buried. There is no room for fixed, natural law or moral _______________________.
Charles F. Potter Humanism: A New Religion (1930)
“Education is thus a most powerful ________ of humanism, and _________
American school is a school of ___________________. What can a theistic Sunday School’s meeting for an hour once a week and teaching only a fraction of the children do to stem the tide of the five-day program of humanistic teaching?”
Paul Blanshard, 1976
“Our schools may not teach Johnny to read properly, but the fact that Johnny is in school until he is sixteen tends to lead toward the
___________________ of religious ____________________.”
G. Richard Bozarth wrote in “American Atheist”, November 1977
“We must ask how we can ____________ the God of Christianity. We need
only to insure that our schools teach only __________________ knowledge. If we could achieve this, God would indeed be shortly due for a funeral service.”
John J. Dunphy January/February 1983
“The classroom must and will become an arena of conflict between the old and the new – the rotting corpse of Christianity...and the new faith of humanism.”
The average person today thinks that the teachings of humanism are the
___________________ needed to cure the wickedness of the world. Yet,
Pastor Billy reminds us that, “in reality they are actually ________________
the teachings of the King of wickedness, _________. Read Genesis 3:4-5
The 2nd Reason why people have turned from loving God to loving themselves, causing a rise of wickedness is because of the promotion of a
____________ _______________; also referred to as the ____________
____________ and ____________ - ______________ movement.
Two psychologists, especially responsible for this explosion of self-worship
are Abraham ______________ and Carl ________________.
They have convinced multitudes that we must love ourselves at all cost, even
if it means _______________ sinful behavior, __________________
from discipline, ______________ others, and _______________ personal
________________________.
They say that if we force people to deal with their own wicked behavior then we will _________________ their self-esteem.
Even preachers have come to that famous passage in Matthew 22:37-39 and twisted it so it fits in with the self-esteem teaching. It reads, “Jesus replied, “you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all
your mind. “This is the ____________and greatest commandment. A
_______________ is equally important: Love your neighbor as yourself.”
• What are the two commands He gave?
Answer: Love _________ and Love _____________ ______________
Yet many add a 3rd commandment to _____________ ________________.
The reasoning goes like this: “Unless you love yourself first, you won’t have the ability to love God or your neighbor.”
• But what caused the fall of man?
Answer: Loving __________ more than ___________.
Note the obvious passages in the Bible that teach _____________________
to love yourself, but instead exhort us to deal honestly with our sin.
Ezekiel 20:43 “There you will remember your conduct and all the actions by which you have defiled yourselves, and you will loathe yourselves for all the evil you have done.”
Romans 7:18, 24 “I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?”
Ezekiel 36:31-32 “Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your sins and detestable practices. Be ashamed and disgraced for your conduct, O House of Israel!”
Job 42:6 “Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.”
2 Corinthians 5:15 “And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.”
Luke 6:32-33,35 “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even ‘sinners’ love those who love them. And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even ‘sinners’ do that. But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back.”
1 Corinthians 13:4 “Love is neither anxious to impress nor does it cherish inflated ideas of its own importance.”
Matthew 16:24 “Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone would come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.”
• If our value doesn’t come from self-inflated statements of love, from where does it come, as Christians?
Answer: From being ____________ , ________________, and
_______________ by God through Jesus Christ.
Self-love, self-esteem proponents not only twists Scripture, but they also turn a deaf ear to the facts.
Researchers decided to test the effectiveness of self-esteem teaching in schools. One would think that the more highly one thought of himself/herself, the higher they would do academically. But the opposite was true.
As it turned out, the more highly they thought of themselves and their
supposed abilities, the ___________ ability they had.” (e.g. Kids in
Washington DC ranked #1 in the country for self-esteem; yet they came
second to _________________ in academic performance.)
• What have ‘years of self-love propaganda succeeded in producing?
Answer: _____________ _______________ kids.
A 3rd Reason why people have turned from loving God to loving themselves, causing this rise of wickedness is because of the promotion of a _______________ _________________, also referred to as ____________.
Wicca is the modern term for old-fashioned witchcraft.
Note how Wicca has already infiltrated our thinking:
It believes that the entire earth is a living, breathing organism and a manifestation of the mother goddess.
Sounds like ____________________________.
It believes that the mother or female goddess is to be worshiped above all, not a male god.
Sounds like ________________________.
It believes that truth is what is true for you.
Sounds like _______________________.
It believes that in order to contact these gods and goddesses for personal
power, you need to practice __________________, ___________________,
_________________, __________________ power, and speaking with the
___________________.
Sounds like those TV programs today like “Psychic Hotline”, or “Crossing Over” with John Edwards
• What are psychologists today starting to use to treat their patients?
Answer: _______________ ________________ _______________
Because Wicca is recognized as an “official” religion, the US Army has
allowed around ____________ witches to have their own covens at Fort
Hood in Texas.
One of the male deities worshiped by Wiccans is the “horned god” called
_____________. Anyone possessed by Pan was obsessed with __________
and the need for immediate _____________________. Pan is the universal
symbol for ________________ and the ____________________.
• The Bible foretold a time when witchcraft and its demonic practices
of sorcery would one day become commonplace ________________;
Revelation 9:20-21 tells us; “But the people who did not die in these plagues still refused to turn from their evil deeds. They continued to worship demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood – idols that neither see nor hear nor walk! And they did not repent of their murders or their witchcraft or their immorality or their thefts.”
Jesus Christ is soon, very soon, coming back! Are you ready to meet Him face to face?
The 6th sign of a Rise of Wickedness is a great encouragement to God’s people.
Jesus declared in Luke 21:28, “When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”
God’s Day is drawing near. It is time to get right with God the Father through His Son Jesus Christ.
Chapter Six
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The Rise of Apostasy
“Well hey, one day Kenny was getting a checkup and he tells his doctor that he thinks his wife, Lori, is losing her hearing.
And so the doctor says to Kenny, ‘You should do a simple test. Stand about 15 feet behind your wife and say, ‘Honey?’ And then move about 3 feet closer and then do say it again, ‘Honey.”
And then keep moving 3 feet closer until she finally responds. Remember how close you were when she finally gives you an answer. This will help me know how bad her hearing loss is.
So about a month later Kenny goes back to the doctor again and the doctor asks, ‘Well, did you do that experiment with your wife’s hearing?’
And Kenny said, ‘Yes.’
And the doctor asked, “How close did you get before she answered?’
And Kenny said, ‘Well, by the time I got about 3 feet away, she just turned around and said ‘For the FIFTH TIME...WHAT???’”1
And all the ladies said, “Amen preacher! Preach it!” That’s right! But seriously folks, how many of you can not only identify with Lori’s pain there, but how many of you would say Kenny’s horrible assumption about Lori’s hearing was about to make things much worse not better? But that’s right folks, believe it or not, did you know the Bible says one day the whole planet’s going to make a wrong assumption that’s going to make things a whole lot worse and that’s going to happen at the rapture of the Church! And the reason why it’s going to be so horrible is because for those who refuse to accept Jesus Christ as their Personal Lord and Savior, they will be catapulted into the 7-year Tribulation and it’s not a joke! It’s an outpouring of God’s wrath on a wicked and rebellious planet. In fact Jesus said in Matthew 24 it’s going to be a “time of greater horror than anything the world has ever seen or will ever see again. And that “unless that time of calamity is shortened, the entire human race will be destroyed.” But praise God, God’s not only a God of wrath, He’s a God of love as well. And because He loves you and I, He’s given us many warning signs to show us when the Tribulation was near and Jesus Christ’s 2nd Coming was rapidly approaching. Therefore, in order to keep you and I from experiencing the ultimate bad day of being left behind, worse than a trip with Al and Kenny, we’re going to continue in our series The Final Countdown.
And so far we’ve already seen how the #10 sign on The Final Countdown was The Jewish People. The #9 sign was Modern Technology. The #8 sign was Worldwide Upheaval. The #7 sign was The Rise of Falsehood. And the last 5 times we saw how the #6 sign was The Rise of Wickedness. And what we saw there was that God lovingly foretold you and I that when we see an Increase of Absolute Unadulterated Wickedness in all levels of society, which is happening today right now all over the world, thanks in part to a Wicked Worldview called Humanism, a Wicked Teaching & Attack from Atheistic Evolution, a Wicked Worship called self-love self-esteem, a Wicked Lifestyle called Hedonism, and last time with a Wicked Connection with Occultism, which we saw is happening right now today all over the world with this increase of drug usage, demon worship, and actual demonic witchcraft. And as we saw, guess what? This is an indicator from God you are living in the last days! AND it also explains why we’ve gone from a Great Mighty Christian Nation into what we have to deal with today! But that’s not all. The #5 sign on The Final Countdown that God has given to us to lovingly wake us up is none other then The Rise of Apostasy. That’s right folks, not only is the world going down the tubes in the Last days, so is the Church! But don’t take my word for it. Let’s listen to God’s.
1 Timothy 4:1-6 “The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron. They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth. For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer. If you point these things out to the brothers, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, brought up in the truths of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed.” (NIV)
Now folks, according to our text there, another major characteristic of the Last days is that many people in the Church will what? They will apostacize! They will “abandon” and “turn away” and “leave” the faith for demonic teaching! And that’s when the show begins. They will be pretending to be religious and give the appearance of being Christians, yet will show their true colors by turning away from the truth to follow hypocritical teachings, right? And granted, throughout history we’ve always had some people following some sort of perverted truths of Christianity. That’s pretty commonplace. But what’s not common is how in the last century alone, there has been a mass exodus of people “claiming to be Christians” who are turning away from even the basic truths of Christianity. I mean, they’re following all kinds of wacked out stuff! And it’s getting worse. And to show you just how bad its gotten, let’s take a look at the change of beliefs of people claiming to be Christians, even here in America, in just the past couple of decades.
1. 80% of Christians believe “the Bible teaches that God helps those who help themselves.”
2. 53% says the Holy Spirit does not exist.
3. 12% do not know what will happen to them after they die.
4. 25% agreed that it doesn’t matter what faith you follow because all faith groups teach the same lessons.
5. 30% says that Jesus Christ died but never had a physical resurrection.
6. 29% contend that “when he lived on earth, Jesus Christ was human and committed sins, like other people.”
7. 29% assert that “there are some crimes, sins, or other things which people might do which cannot be forgiven by God.”
8. 65% say that satan “Is not a living being but is a symbol of evil.”
9. 22% agreed that all people will experience the same outcomes after death, regardless of their religious beliefs.
10. 31% says that a good person can earn his/her way into heaven.2
Now folks, I don’t know about you, but it sure looks to me that in the last couple of decades alone, there’s been a massive Rise of Apostasy hasn’t there? Just like the Bible said would happen when you are in the last days! But the question is, “How could there be such a mass exodus of people deliberately turning from even the basic truths of Christianity in such a short amount of time, especially in America with our Godly Heritage?
Well, once again, thanks for asking. The 1st reason people in the Church have turned from even the basic truths of Christianity is due to A Flood of Phony Christians. That’s right, I’m talking about the Fake Believers in the Church. Little do people know, that as we saw last time, not only are satanists and witches coming into the Church wreaking all kinds of havoc and trouble, but so are a whole flood of phony baloney believers! And just like all the satanists and witches, sometimes, they too, are hard to spot. They too know the Christianese language. They too know how to talk the talk. They too might even have become members in the Church, but the proof is in the pudding they’re fake! In fact, Jesus warned us about them.
John 6:63-64,70-71 “‘The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life. Yet there are some of you who do not believe.’ For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray Him. Then Jesus replied, ‘Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!’ (He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, who, though one of the Twelve, was later to betray him.)” (NIV)
Now according to our text, Jesus not doesn’t even hesitate to tell the people who were following Him that His teachings were not only from God, but that He Himself was God. And they way He demonstrates that is by knowing only what God could know, whether or not a person truly believed in Him. And because of this, we observe the shocking truth that “Not everyone who claims to be a disciple of Christ really is one.” And as we saw, the Bible clearly says that some people in the Church, in the last days, are going to be counterfeit disciples just like Judas Iscariot. Oh, they might go to a Church service, but going to a Church service doesn’t make you a Christian any more than sitting in a henhouse makes you a chicken. You must be born again!
But you might be thinking, “Oh come on Pastor Billy. You don’t mean to tell me that Church’s across America are full of phony boloney believers who are no better off than Judas Iscariot. That’s crazy!” Well crazy or not folks, don’t take my word for it. Let’s listen to one. His name is Larry.
“I’d really call myself an agnostic. I live my life the way I believe it should be lived. I very much live along Christian value lines but no I’m not convinced and quite frankly, you know, I don’t worry about it. I don’t care.
I go to a church, I support the church and everything else. I’m very much in favor of it. I believe in strong morals, strong family values and want to bring them up in my children. I also believe my views are my views and other people believe what they want to believe and I don’t want to get in an argument or try to convince them otherwise.
Logically, intellectually I have a hard time grasping that Christianity is necessarily right. I mean why...take Judaism for example, why isn’t that just another mythology...why isn’t that, you know, I mean Romans had mythology. Greeks had mythology so you know why isn’t Christianity just another mythology.
I mean you look at Jesus Christ and you’d say had to be a phenomenal human being, a phenomenal leader. He was able to call Himself the Son of God, had a bunch of disciples and get a lot of people to believe that He was the Son of God and to reaffirm a belief in God and that then evolved historically into a great religion.
My view of the afterlife is, there is none. Life ends when you die. You didn’t exist beforehand and you will not exist afterward.”3
Folks, I’m telling you, we have got to wake up and deal with the facts. The Church of Jesus Christ right now has been flooded with phony baloney believers just like Larry, just like the Bible said would happen in the Last Days. They’re all over the place! In fact, I used to have a 50-50 rule, where I figured about half the American Church probably still doesn’t know Christ. But I remember reading in D. James Kennedy’s biography where he put the number as high as 80%. And the reason why he said 80% was because of the 20-80 rule that we see in Churches all across America. Where 20% of the people do 100% of the work while 80% of the people do nothing! And he said the reason is simple! The reason why the 80% doing nothing is because they’re not true Christians because how can you be a true born again Christian and have no desire to serve Christ! The logical response is, “Hey can I do something for you, etc.” And as shocking as that might sound, believe it or not, some of those 80% might be your Pastor! Check this out!
Wes, a Methodist, lost his confidence in the Bible while attending a liberal Christian college and seminary. “I went to college thinking Adam and Eve were real people,” he explained. Now, he no longer believes that God exists.
His church members do not know that he is an atheist, but he explains that they are somewhat liberal themselves. His ministerial colleagues are even more liberal: They don’t believe Jesus rose from the dead literally. They don’t believe Jesus was born of a virgin. They don’t believe all those things that would cause a big stir in their churches.”
Rick, a campus minister for the United Church of Christ, was an agnostic in college and seems to have lost all belief by the time he graduated from seminary. He chose ordination in the UCC because it required “no forced doctrine.” Even as he graduated from seminary, he knew, “I’m not going to make it in a conventional church. He knew he couldn’t go into a church and teach his own theological views. He does not believe “all this creedal stuff” about the incarnation of Christ or the need for salvation, but he remained in the ministry because, “These are my people, this is the context in which I work, these are the people that I know.” In the pulpit, his mode is to talk as if he does believe, because “as long as ... you are talking about God and Jesus and the Bible, that’s what they want to hear. You’re just phrasing it in a way that makes sense to [them] ... but language is ambiguous and can be heard in different ways.”
Darryl is a Presbyterian who sees himself as a “progressive-minded” pastor who wants to see his kind of non-doctrinal Christianity “given validity in some way.” He acknowledges that he is more a pantheist than a theist, and thinks that many of the more educated members of his church hold to the same liberal beliefs as his own. And those beliefs (or unbeliefs) are stated clearly: “I reject the virgin birth. I reject substitutionary atonement. I reject the divinity of Jesus. I reject heaven and hell in the traditional sense, and I am not alone.” Amazingly, Darryl is candid about the fact that he remains in the ministry largely for financial reasons. It is how he provides for his family. If he openly espoused his beliefs, “I may be burning bridges in terms of my ability to earn a living this way.”
Adam ministers in the Church of Christ. After years in the ministry, he began to lose all theological confidence. He has moved fully into an atheist mode, yet he continues to lead his church in worship. How? “Here’s how I’m handling my job on Sunday mornings: I see it as play acting. I see myself as taking on the role of a believer in a worship service, and performing.” This “atheistic agnostic” stays in the ministry because he likes the people and, “I need the job still.” If he had an alternative source of income, he would take it. He feels hypocritical, but no longer believes that hypocrisy is wrong.
John is identified as a Southern Baptist minister who has primarily served as a worship leader. He was attracted to Christianity as a religion of love, but his pursuit of Christianity “brought me to the point of not believing in God.”
As he explains, “I didn’t plan to become an atheist. I didn’t even want to become an atheist. It’s just I had no choice. If I’m being honest with myself.” He is clearly not being honest with his church members. He rejects all belief in God and all Christian truth claims out of hand. He is a determined atheist. Once again, this unbelieving minister admits that he stays in the ministry because of finances. Amazingly, this minister even names his price: “If someone said, ‘Here’s $200,000,’ I’d be turning my notice in this week, because then I can pay off everything.”4
I like what Gilbert Tennett said way back in 1739 about phony Preachers, “If they will not remove themselves from the ministry, they must be removed. If they lack the integrity to resign their pulpits, the Churches must muster the integrity to eject them.” Why? Because they’re phony! They’re apostates and they’ll ruin the Church!
And fortunately when it comes to these phony baloney believers in these Last Days, God doesn’t leave us hanging high and dry, wondering who’s who, and who’s real and who’s fake. He actually tells us how to spot them. The 1st way to spot a Phony Baloney Believer just like Judas Iscariot, is when they Worship God with Their Head but Not Their Heart
James 2:14-17,19 “What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed, but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that – and shudder.” (NIV)
People, the Bible simply declares that not all faith is a saving faith. And according to our text, if your faith is not accompanied by appropriate action, it’s not only fake, it’s dead. And here’s the point. The devil knows this. He knows it so stinking well. So here’s what he does. He tricks people into thinking that faith is having a head knowledge of God instead of a heart knowledge of God. Or in other words, just giving a mental ascent that God exists. Whip De Doo Dah! What’d we just read? Even the demons believe in God, but are they saved? Absolutely not! So if you believe that there’s a God, then whip-de-do! This only puts you on the same level as the demons! And this is what the Bible calls a dead faith.
And people it’s my contention that this dead faith syndrome has become an epidemic in the American Church, just like the Bible said would happen in the Last Days! Many people today in Churches think it’s no big deal to not “get involved” and not “get serious” about going to Church services. I mean, after all, you don’t want to be labeled as one of those Jesus freaks do you? And people, this apathetic behavior has become so commonplace in the American Church that we even make jokes about it all the time, like this one.
“There were three country churches in a small Texas town that were being overrun by some pesky squirrels.
So the 1st Church called a meeting to decide what to do about the squirrels. And after much prayer and consideration they determined that the squirrels were predestined to be there and they shouldn’t interfere with God’s divine will.
And when the 2nd Church got together, they decided they weren’t in a position to harm any of God’s creations. So, they humanely trapped the squirrels and set them free a few miles outside of town. However, three days later, the squirrels were back.
But it was only the 3rd Church that was able to come up with the best and most effective solution. You see, they decided to baptize the squirrels and registered them as members of the church. Why?
Because now they only see them on Christmas and Easter.”5
Now granted that joke is pretty funny, right? Because it’s so true, right? But folks, it’s really not that funny when you realize that those who are acting like squirrelly Christians may not even be Christians at all! People I’m telling you, we better wake up! A true Christian is not one who lives for God just twice a year! Are you kidding me! They live for the Lord every single day of their lives and God uses them to transform this world. John Wesley said, “Give me ten people who hate nothing but sin, who fear nothing but God, and who love nothing but Jesus, and I can change the world.” And people, I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but the American Church seems to be having a hard time changing this world nowadays. In fact, it seems this world is having an easy time at changing the American Church. And you know why? Well I’m thinking maybe it’s because the American Church is full of people who Worship God with Their Heads but Not Their Hearts and that means the American Church is full of Phony Baloney Believers.
Oh but that’s not all. The 2nd way to spot a Phony Baloney Believer just like Judas Iscariot, is when they Worship God with Their Lips but Not Their Lives.
Titus 1:15-16 “Everything is pure to those whose hearts are pure. But nothing is pure to those who are corrupt and unbelieving, because their minds and consciences are defiled. Such people claim they know God, but they deny him by the way they live. They are despicable and disobedient, worthless for doing anything good.” (NLT)
People, the Bible declares that not everyone who claims to know God really knows God. In fact, if all they do is give God lip service instead of life service then their so-called faith is actually worthless. and people the devil knows this. He knows it so stinking well. So here’s what he does. He tricks people into thinking that all you have to do is not live like a Christian, but just say you’re a Christian, and somehow you’ve become one. But people we’re only fooling ourselves if we think we can sin up a storm 6 days a week and go to a Church service on the 7th and somehow everything’s just fine. Anybody can claim to know God all they want. But if they deny this claim by the way they live then their being a hypocrite. And this is not only detrimental to your soul, but to the souls of others. One person said this:
“The number one cause of atheism is Christians. Those who proclaim God with their mouths but deny Him in their lifestyles, are what the unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.”6
And people it’s my contention that this lip service syndrome has become an epidemic in the American Church, especially in these Last Days! Many people in Churches today think that all you have to do is claim to know God but never live for God and somehow you’re in like flint. But people, a true Christian is not one who lives for God just one hour a week. Are you kidding me! They live for the Him every single day of their lives and God uses them to light this world on fire! When asked why so many people came to hear him preach, John Wesley said, “It’s simple. If you light yourself on fire for Jesus Christ, people will come for miles just to watch you burn!” And people maybe this is why the American Church can’t seem to get the fires of revival burning across our nation anymore. Maybe it’s because people are Worshipping God with Their Lips but Not Their Lives. Maybe the American Church is flooded with Phony Baloney Believers, just like the Bible said would happen, when you are living in the Last Days.
Oh but that’s not all. The 3rd way to spot a Phony Baloney Believer just like Judas Iscariot, is when they Worship God with Their Thoughts but Not the Truth.
1 John 2:18-19 “Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.” (NIV)
People, the Bible declares that not everyone who goes to a Church service really belongs to the Church. If they walk away from the truth and start following a lie, then it only shows they were never saved in the first place. And this not only explains our opening text of the great falling away and people abandoning the faith, but once again, the devil knows this. He knows it so stinking well. So here’s what he does. He tricks people into thinking there are many roads to heaven and that Jesus is not the only way to God. No! He’s just one of the many ways to God. But people hello, this is not only calling Jesus a liar, but it’s assuming that God’s going to bend His truth to your man-made thoughts! And oh, it may sound nice and wonderful, and politically correct, but sooner or later, the truth will be known, like this story reveals.
“A counterfeit Christian is like a counterfeit ten dollar bill. For instance, let’s suppose you have a counterfeit bill but don’t know it. You think it’s genuine.
So sure enough, you use it to pay for some gas. But as soon as it makes its way to the bank, the bank teller spots the phony and says, ‘I’m sorry, but this bill is a counterfeit.’
Now that ten dollar bill may have done a lot of good while it was in circulation, but when it arrived at the bank it was exposed for what it really was and it was immediately put out of circulation.
And so it is with the counterfeit Christian. They may do a lot of good things in their life, but when they face Christ at the final judgment, they’ll immediately be rejected.”7
People, the Bible says if a person “professes” to be a Christian yet walks away from the truth that Jesus really is the only way to heaven, then the Bible says their a counterfeit. And again, I got to thinking about this. Well gee maybe this is the reason why the American Church has lost its zeal for the lost. Maybe it’s because the majority of the American Church is still lost themselves? Why? Because their Worshipping God with Their Thoughts and Not the Truth and now the Church is flooded with a bunch of Phony Baloney Believers, just like the Bible said would happen, when you are living in the Last Days.
Oh but that’s not all. The 4th way to spot a Phony Baloney Believer just like Judas Iscariot, is when they Worship God with Their Religion but Not a Relationship.
Matthew 7:21-23 “Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles? Then I will tell them plainly, I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!” (NIV)
People, the Bible declares that not everyone who says, “Lord, Lord” really belongs to the Lord. If their faith is based on pious religious deeds instead of a personal relationship, then they don’t belong to Christ. And people the devil knows this. He knows it so stinking well. So here’s what he does. He tricks people into thinking that if they want to get to heaven, then just be a good religious person who does good religious deeds once in awhile. But people, Jesus didn’t die on the cross so people could get religious for Him. NO! He died on the cross so we could have a relationship with Him. And again, it’s my contention that this religious attitude has become an epidemic in the American Church, especially in these Last Days! And because of that, many people who claim to be alive in Christ are actually dead to Christ because of their religion, like this story reveals.
“There was this new minister in a small Oklahoma town who spent the first four days desperately calling on the Church membership and begged them to come to his first services. But try as he might, nobody would come.
So he decided to place a notice in the local newspapers, stating that the Church was dead, and it was his duty to give it a decent Christian burial the following Sunday.
Well, this of course go the curiosity of the whole town and everyone turned out. And when they got there, they saw a coffin smothered in flowers in front of the pulpit.
And after the minister read the obituary and delivered a eulogy, he invited his congregation to step forward and pay their respects to the dearly departed.
And without a moments hesitation a long line was formed because each person couldn’t wait to see what in the world was in the coffin. But, as soon as each person peeped into the coffin, a strange thing happened. Each person quickly turned away with a guilty look. Why?
Because the minister had placed a large mirror inside the coffin which meant that every single person simply saw themselves.”8
People, I place a mirror before us and the American Church today and say this, “If you have to have your arm twisted to give up your time, treasure, talents and tongue for God, then maybe it’s because you don’t have a relationship with God, maybe it’s because you’ve got a religion with God.” And if you can’t ever seem to get motivated to come hear the Word of God, then maybe one day you’ll hear from God, “Away from me you evildoer, I never knew you!” Why? Because you’re Worshipping God with Your Religion and Not a Relationship. It might be a sign you are a Phony Baloney Believer, just like the Bible said would happen in the Last Days.
People, what more does God have to do? He loves us. This is happening before our very eyes! He doesn’t want us going into the 7-year Tribulation! And this is why He’s given us the sign of the Rise of Apostasy today to show us that the Tribulation is near and the 2nd Coming of Jesus Christ is rapidly approaching. And that’s why Jesus Himself said:
Luke 21:28 “When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” (NIV)
People of God, like it or not, we are headed for The Final Countdown. And so the point is this. If you’re here to day as a Christian it’s time to get busy! Stop bickering and start working together, and let’s get busy saving souls! But if you’re here today and you’re not a Christian, or maybe you think you’re a Christian, but God exposed you today and you’re feeling a little uncomfortable, then I urge you, don’t leave here before coming one. Why? Because God knows who’s real and who’s not like this guys shares.
A TRUE CHRISTIAN
COMMISSION: I think that if you are a true Christian, you don’t consider Christianity just a part of your life-it is your life. If you follow the teachings of the Bible, specifically Mark 16:15 which says, ”Go out into the world and preach the Good News to all creation.”
AN OBLIGATION: Then you have an obligation to share that faith with others. If you saw a building on fire and you knew there were people in it and you knew you were capable of running in there and saving someone who wouldn’t be able to help themselves. If you knew you could help them would you just stand there and do nothing and unfortunately by not clearly seeing the issue. I think that’s what a lot of Christians do-is that they just stand there.
AN OMMISSION: I think by and large, most of it is that most Christians are not really well educated as to their own religion’s position on various issues.
AN IGNORANCE: They consider worshipping Jesus to be a part of their lives but not their primary purpose and I believe that true Christianity considers it to be the primary purpose.
A PURPOSE: If you are a true Christian, you believe that those that are not Christians, those who have not followed the teachings of the Bible that have not accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Savior, those people aren’t going to Heaven they are going to Hell. Hell’s not a fun place.
A HEAVEN AND A HELL: I have heard Christians definitely that have the view that everyone is entitled to their own belief and that’s not necessarily a bad position to have but if you believe that what they believe is going to earn them a place in eternal suffering, then there’s a problem with that in that you’re allowing them to be tortured for eternity while at the same time believing that you shouldn’t save them from that. It’s very awkward.
A REAL BELIEF: If you really believe that people who are not Christians are going to hell then that is a very serious consequence and if you don’t take that seriously I think you might be compromising your own belief system.
A COMPROMISE: Those who do take their faith seriously. They need to encourage or teach those who might not know how important that is.
A FEAR: Sometimes I think Christians are afraid of being labeled as a “bible-thumper” Or to have negative connotations associated with that.
A LABEL: But that is not necessarily negative if you’re a Christian I’d think it would be something you’d be proud of. There’s nothing to be ashamed of if you’re a Christian about the Bible or being a “bible-thumper”. It’s something to be proud of. It’s something you take seriously and it’s something you should encourage others to take seriously as well.
A REACTION: And it might require you to challenge yourself. You know to stand up in front of crowds to talk to people who you don’t know.
A CHALLENGE: Missionaries who work in places where the predominant religion is not Christianity and that’s a completely different scenario than in most parts of the United States but they take it in stride and they accept it and they move on.
A BOLDNESS: You shouldn’t take rejection personally but consider it you gave them a fighting chance.
A FIGHTING CHANCE: Give them a fighting chance of Heaven even if you have to risk offending someone or a risk of friendship. It’s a simple way of weighing priorities
A WEIGHING OF PRIORITIES: If I were a Christian of course I would take the Bible seriously. I respect people who take their beliefs seriously and I would take the Bibles teaching seriously. Among those teachings is the idea that there’s a Heaven and there is a Hell and those that accept Jesus Christ as their personal Savior go to Heaven, and those that don’t, go to Hell and the implications of that are very far reaching.
ATHIEST:
“And you’re an atheist?”
“Yes I sure am.”9
But that’s not all. The 2nd reason people in the Church have abandoned the Christian faith, have turned from even the basic truths of Christianity is due to A Flood of Greedy Christians. That’s right folks, I’m talking about again the Word of Faith Movement. Or in other words, the Name it and Claim it and Blab it and Grab it group. And we’ve already talked about this group before in other studies, but I have to bring it up again because it has everything to do with a sign that we’re living in the Last Days! Little do people know that all these false teachings of the Word of Faith Movement that we keep hearing about and seeing every single day on so-called Christian TV is one of the clearest signs we’re living in the Last Days. But don’t take my word for it. Let’s listen to God’s. He told us this was going to happen!
2 Peter 2:1-3 “But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them – bringing swift destruction on themselves. Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.” (NIV)
In other words, you don’t want to be in their camp when Judgment Day comes! But folks as you can see, the Bible clearly says that in the future, in the Last Days that people in the Church would actually be led astray, not just by false teachers, but specifically by false teachers who are greedy and who exploiting people in the Church for their money. In other words, they’re going to be ripping Christians off of their cash with stories they made up? It says it right there! But man, good thing we don’t see any signs of that ever happening today! Are you kidding me? It’s all over the place! It’s in the Church, on TV, it’s in so-called Christian bookstores, it’s everywhere! Today, people in the Church…en masse…are being led astray by false teachers who are manipulating them of their money, exactly like the Bible said would happen when you’re living in the Last Days!
And the 1st way they’re doing it is by The Promotion False Hopes. You see folks, if you’re familiar with these “Word of Faith” false teachers, that’s exactly what they do. And first of all, they’re called “Word of Faith” teachers, because that’s what they say, that’s what they teach, they say that if you just have enough faith and speak the right word, then we could obtain untold riches and have perfect health from God every single time. Don’t believe me? Here’s a sampling we saw before of some of their most prominent leaders and their false teaching.
FALSE TEACHINGS ON WEALTH
• Jesse Duplantis: “The very first thing on Jesus’ agenda was to get rid of poverty!”
• Fredrick Price: “The apostles were businessmen. They were rich men and had plenty of money. I’m going to show you that Jesus was a wealthy man had plenty of money. Jesus and the disciples were rich, only rich people could take off for 3.5 years.”
• John Avanzini: “Jesus was handling big money because that treasurer He had was a thief. Now you can’t tell me that a ministry with a treasurer that’s a thief can operate on a few pennies. It took big money to operate that ministry because Judas was stealing out of that bag. If you have a treasurer, that means you have a lot of money.”
• Creflo Dollar: “I’m telling you, Jesus wasn’t poor, and He didn’t wear no rags, either. Like we march in on these Easter little plays that we do at our church, with those raggedy sheets on. Jesus didn’t have no rags on. He wore designer clothes, honey!”
• John Avanzini: “Jesus wore designer clothes. Well, what else you gonna call it? I mean, you didn’t get the stuff He wore off the rack. It wasn’t a one-size-fits-all deal. No, this was custom stuff.”
• Creflo Dollar: “But without faith stuff, you have no stuff, because faith stuff is the stuff of all stuff. Take away the faith stuff, you ain’’t got no stuff. Get the faith stuff, and you can get some more stuff, because you got the main stuff. Now, did you get all that stuff?”
• Robert Tilton: “The only time people were poor in the Bible is when they were under a curse” and “Being poor is a sin.”
• Fredrick Price: “The whole point is I’m trying to get you to see – to get you out of this malaise of thinking that Jesus and the disciples were poor and then relating that to you – thinking that you, as a child of God, have to follow Jesus. The Bible says that He has left us an example that we should follow His steps. That’s the reason why I drive a Rolls Royce. I’m following Jesus’ steps.”
FALSE TEACHINGS ON HEALTH
• Benny Hinn: “Sickness does not belong to you. It has no part in the Body of Christ. Sickness does not belong to any of us. The Bible declares if the Word of God is in our life, there will be health, there will be healing – divine health and divine healing. There will be no sickness for the saint of God. That means not even a headache, sinus problem, not even a toothache – nothing! No sickness should come your way.”
• Kenneth Hagin: “It is the plan of our Father God in His great love and His great mercy that no believer should ever be sick.”
• Kenneth Copeland: “You began to meditate on those scriptures until you built an inner image of yourself healed. As that image grew more crisp and clear, you began to expect – or hope for – that image to become a reality. You’ll be expecting the very presence of God to rise up in you so powerfully that instead of believing for healing every six weeks, you’ll walk in divine health every day!”
• Marilyn Hickey: “Say to your body, ‘You’re whole, body! Why, you just function so beautifully and so well. Why, body, you never have any problems. You’re a strong, healthy body.’ Or speak to your leg, or speak to your foot, or speak to your neck, or speak to your back; and once you have spoken and believe that you have received, and don’t go back on it. Speak to your wife, speak to your husband, speak to your circumstances; and speak faith to them to create in them and God will create what you are speaking.”
• Fredrick Price: “How can you glorify God in your body, when it doesn’t function right? How can you glorify God? How can He get glory when your body doesn’t even work? What makes you think the Holy Ghost wants to live inside a body where He can’t see out through the windows and He can’t hear with the ears? What makes you think the Holy Spirit wants to live inside of a physical body where the limbs and the organs and the cells do not function right?”10
Excuse me? Every person who ever got a disease, or who was ever confined to wheelchair, or whoever had body parts that didn’t work right, these hucksters just put the stake into their heart! And we wonder why there’s this massive falling away in these Last Days from the Church! Are you kidding me? I’d run too from this baloney! But as you can see, the basic teachings of the Word of Faith Movement are completely antithetical to the Scripture and they’re manipulating people with false hopes of so-called fabulous riches and so-called perfect health.
But there’s a catch. You see, you have to send them your money to get these supposed free financial blessings or healings from God. And in exchange for sowing a financial seed into their ministry, they will send you the latest religious trinket to get rich or to get your healing. For instance, to acquire these untold riches and healings, right now you can send off for a genuine faith nail, prayer cloth, prayer candle, paper prayer rug, anointing oil, and that’s right, a cornmeal miracle packet. I’m not making this up folks! And lest you think I’m kidding, listen to these guys yourself. They’ve got all kinds of gimmicks. Check it out!
Kerney Thomas: (Miracle Hankie)
“Financial trouble? Do you need a miracle from God. I want to rush you one of my anointed prayer handkerchiefs in the mail absolutely free of charge”
“Ever since I used it my neck stopped hurting. My whole body starting feeling good. Not only physically, but financially by bringing my mortgage up to date that was 3 months behind!”
“Guess what? This is real. This is the anointing and the spirit of god endeavoring to break the curse of poverty and those generational curses off of your home and your life and your business”
Miracle Manna
“Call for this biblical point of contact and get into position to receive god’s best for you and your loved ones.”
“$28,000? $28,000!!”
“I received one check for over $50,000. Whatever he say to do. Do it.”
“Every bite from this heavenly cake-you’ll feel empowered and encouraged to move into all god has for you. Take the first step to a new life. Call the number on your screen and get your free packet today”
“Today, take Him as your Senior Partner. Make a $1,000 vow of faith and as god begins to provide, listen to me, and as god begins to multiply-that’s all god’s saying, just keep it watered, fulfill your vow”
Kerney Thomas: (Miracle Hanky part II)
Oh I feel the anointing of god. FOR GOD CALLED MIRACLES to happen in your life!”
Peter Popoff: (Miracle Spring Water)
“I see many miracles coming to you. Money!! Is coming to you. That’s right. Miracle money. Divine transfers. I want to show you how to get yourself into a position so that you can receive.”
“I can feel it now! I can feel it! I can feel it!”11
Repeat after me, “I can feel it! I can feel myself getting ripped off!” And what did the Bible say? When you see these things on TV and these guys ripping people off of their cash in the Church, you’re living in the Last Days. And of course they say when you follow the secret formula on how to pray for your financial blessing or healing, these people promise to personally pray for a 100-fold increase, to your generous donation of course!
And you might be out there thinking “Come on! Nobody in the Church is ever going to fall for this wacky stuff.” But as I stated earlier right now, shelves in every Christian bookstore across America are full of this stuff! And these so-called faith ministries are raking in millions of dollars each year, off of people who are not seeking Jesus Christ, but cash. They’re not seeking God, they’re seeking great health! And it’s all for money, and it’s all for profit, exactly like God said would happen in the Last Days!
And if that wasn’t bad enough, it gets even worse. These hucksters not only perpetuate this false teaching that once you’re a Christian you’re guaranteed perfect health and perfect wealth, but then they have the audacity to say if you are not experiencing this, then something’s wrong with you! Not the stories they made up but you! They say you either have some secret sin you need to confess or you just don’t have enough faith. Excuse me? And so here’s the problem. Now you feel guilty as a Christian and horrible because you don’t have this perfect wealth and perfect health that they say you’re supposed to have and it breaks your heart. And so now, not just the non-Christian, but now even the Christian starts to wonder what’s up with God! Why am I experiencing this pain? Why am I going through these hard times? If God’s loves me why am I suffering right?
But people the Bible is clear. Bad things are going to happen to us! We’re not guaranteed a perfect life or a big ‘ol pile of cash on earth! Bad things are going to happen because we live in a world full of evil and suffering. Heaven comes later! But don’t take my word for it. Let’s listen to God. He tells us what to expect this side of heaven and it’s not all perfect!
Psalms 34:19 “A righteous man may have many troubles but the Lord delivers him from them all.” (NIV)
Isaiah 48:10 “See I have refined you though not as silver, I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.” (NIV)
Matthew 5:10-12 “Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”
Matthew 24:9 “Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of Me.” (NIV)
2 Timothy 3:10-12 “You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, persecutions, sufferings – what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I endured. Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.” (NIV)
Acts 14:21-22 “They preached the good news in that city and won a large number of disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium and Antioch, strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. ‘We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,’ they said.” (NIV)
Philippians 1:29 “For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe on Him, but also to suffer for Him, since you are going through the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.” (NIV)
Philippians 3:10 “I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in His sufferings, becoming like Him in His death.” (NIV)
1 Peter 5:9 “Resist him (devil) standing firm in the faith because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.” (NIV)
1 Peter 4:12,13 “Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ.” (NIV)
And folks, I’m telling you, that’s just the tip of the iceberg, of the plethora of examples throughout the Bible declaring that yes, we the Christian, are going to encounter suffering in this world. It’s all over the Bible! And yet the one of the Word of Faith teachers, Kenneth Copeland, actually had the audacity to say this about God.
• Kenneth Copeland: “I was shocked when I found out who the biggest failure in the Bible actually is. The biggest one in the whole Bible is God. I mean, He lost His top-ranking, most anointed angel, the first man He ever created, the first woman He ever created, the whole earth and all the fullness therein, a third of the angels, at least – that’s a big loss, man. Now, the reason you don’t think of God as a failure is He never said He’s a failure. And you’re not a failure till you say you’re one.”12
And we wonder why the opening text said, “And their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.” God’s going to take these jokesters out folks! And you don’t want to be there when it happens! What we need to do, is call a spade a spade, and realize that the only one’s getting rich off these stories they’ve made up, is these jokesters! Don’t believe me? Even the secular will admit it. Watch this!
Dateline: “He claims he can heal the sick. Critics say the only miracle may be the millions that he is making.”
“Though Hinn refuses to make his financial information public. He has said that every dollar given to his ministry goes to the work of the Lord. Be that as it may, Benny Hinn does manage to live very well. His home is this mansion overlooking the Pacific Ocean, built and paid for by his ministry. According to building records its has 7 bedrooms, 8 bathrooms and more than 7,000 sq. feet of living space. The ministry told us that the mansion was it’s parsonage and a good investment. According to area realtors, today it’s worth about $10 million dollars.
And when Hinn goes to crusades around the world, he travels in this private jet. According to documents we obtained, the ministry pays more than a $112,000 a month to use the plane. And closer to home “pastor” Benny still travels in style. This photo obtained by Dateline shows him getting out of a Mercedes SUV. And here he is driving a Mercedes convertible. Both cars retail for about $80,000.
At this crusade in Milwaukee, the documents indicate Benny Hinn occupied the Presidential Suite of the Pfister Hotel. The hotel told us the room costs $990 per night. At a crusade in Panama, the documents show and we verified with the Intercontinental Hotel that Hinn was in the Royal Suite. The published rate: $1,700 a night. At a crusade in Montreal we verified Pastor Benny was ensconced in the Royal Suite of the St. James Hotel. The regular rate there, $2,700 a night. The room is the size of the average house, 2,200 sq. feet. Including a make-up room, dressing room and a piano that plays by itself.
We found some other trips which seemed to have little to do with “spreading the Word of God”. Hinn is a regular at Beverly Hill’s clothing stores like Versace, Louis Vuitton and Bijon- where Hinn’s name is on the window along with Princes and Heads of State. There are questions raised by some of the purchases we found in those expense documents. For example, in just over 4 weeks in 2003, we found six separate charges at high end clothing stores totaling more than $6,000.00 all charged on the ministries corporate card.
But we were intrigued by what appeared to be stops made by Pastor Benny at resorts and spas around the world, on his way to and from crusades. The ministry called these stops “layovers. Now for most of us travelers, layovers mean long hours waiting for connection at an unfamiliar airport-maybe an overnight stay at a low rent hotel. But remember, Pastor Benny travels in the ministries private jet and sets his own schedule-so consider Benny Hinn’s version of a layover. On his way home from California from this crusade in Columbia, the documents show and the hotel confirmed for us, pastor Benny stopped at this resort in Cancun, Mexico. He stayed in the Presidential Suite there that cost the ministry $2,684 for one night and the trip was described as a layover.
After crusades in Russia and Sweden in July of 2003. Pastor Benny apparently didn’t get on his private jet and fly west and go home. Instead he flew from Sweden, south to Italy, then back North to England with an entourage that included his son, his daughter and her fiancé. There were expensive meals. Like this one for more than $900 in Italy, and one at this Lebanese restaurant in London for more than $1,700-and check out these hotel bills. Transportation charges of more than $6,000. In London another $6,000 for incidentals such a chauffeur services and in-room tea. The documents also list tips. In 3 days more than $4,500 worth. Including $1,000 to a concierge and another $1,000 to a desk manager. And then there were Pastor Benny’s hotel rooms. In London-the documents show Hinn stayed at the exclusive Lanes Borough Hotel. The hotel confirmed for us it was Suite 210 and told us they never discount rooms. The going rate the hotel says-$3,124 per night. And then there’s Pastor Benny’s hotel in Milan according to the expense documents-Room 1001-the hotel confirmed it was the Presidential Suite. The hotel website says that the room is “fit for a prince” and the largest hotel suite in Europe-among its 5,400 sq feet, 3 bedrooms, a formal dining room, a fireplace, a jacuzzi, a sauna, a turkish bath, a large terrace with a panoramic view of the city and a 100ft long swimming pool decorated with marble and frescos. The hotel tells us this room rents for more than $10,000 a night. No discounts. And through it all Pastor Benny maintains he has truth and god on his side.
Benny Hinn: Look-come and get a close shot. Look at these eyes. I have never lied to you. Never. I never will. I’d rather die than lie to God’s people.”13
Wow! The audacity! People, when in the world are we in the Church ever going to wake up and call it like it is. The world does. They know the truth. These guys are false teachers, and they’re ripping people off of their cash! Exactly like God said would happen in the Last Days! He is not some kind of a “Cosmic Santa Claus,” that if we rub with the right way, He has to give us whatever we want. Are you kidding me! He is God and we are not. Besides I know this might be hard to believe, but did you know that the Apostle Peter was profoundly used by God and to my knowledge, he never once owned an Armani suit or drove a single Cadillac. In fact, did you know, there’s no record of him chanting an Old Testament prayer over and over again in order to increase the size of his ministry. But what we do know is the Apostle Peter clearly warned us that this kind of monetary manipulation would come by false teachers in the Church in the Last Days! And it’s happening right now! We better wake up!
But that’s not all. The 2nd way these false teachers are manipulating people in the Church for their cash in the Last Days just like God said would happen is by Perverting Church Discipline. You see, if you haven’t already recognized, these hucksters not only have the perfect scapegoat when you don’t get your so-called fabulous wealth and so-called perfect health, even after sowing a seed to their ministry. And that was the excuse they come up with we saw earlier it’s because you don’t have enough faith or you have some secret sin, blah, blah, blah, right? But they also have a second scapegoat excuse to help make sure they get to keep on teaching this baloney and that is this. When you corner them Biblically for this false teaching, for preaching heresy in the Church, and say they need to be disciplined for it they blow up! They act like you’re the one who’s committing a crime! How dare you question them? Don’t you know they’re the chosen ones whom God has revealed this new supposed truth? Yeah right! And here’s the point. The Bible clearly says this is yet another thing these hucksters are going to be doing in the Last Days. Not only rip people off of their cash, but despising authority with a seared conscious.
1 Timothy 4:1-2 “The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron.” (NIV)
2 Peter 2:3 “In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping. This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the sinful nature and despise authority.” (NIV)
So just what does a seared conscience that utterly despises authority look like, in the Church? Well gee, I kind of think it looks like this.
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BENNY HINN: “You wonderful people of god quit attacking man of god by name! Somebody’s attacking me because of something I’m teaching. Let me tell you something brother! You watch it! Dear god in heaven, I wish I could just MMPH! (makes a punching motion)
You know I looked for one verse in the Bible, I just can’t seem to find it-one verse that said if you don’t like him, kill him. I really wish I could find it.”
(Audience laughs)
HINN: “But don’t mention people’s names on your radio program and your TV program thinking you’re doing God’s service. You’re not! You stink, frankly! That’s the way I think about it.”
(Audience): AMEN! HALLELUJAH!
HINN: “Sometimes I wish god would give me a holy ghost machine gun-I blow your head off!”14
Now folks, let me ask the obvious question. Would it be appropriate for me to say that from the pulpit? Then why is it acceptable for that man? Looks to me like he despises authority and has a seared conscience like the Bible said would happen in the Last Days! Their fakes and at least this guy had the guts to admit it.
“Marjoe Gortner was a famous child evangelist who learned the tricks of the trade utilized by many of today’s religious charlatans.
Officially ordained at the age of 4, he was the talk of the revival circuit. Large halls would fill will people who came to hear this young, charismatic boy preach.
As Marjoe grew into manhood, he continued his “profession, preaching in tent revivals, making thousands of dollars, deceiving large crowds.
In the late 60’s Marjoe decided to leave the “ministry” but take on last ride on the revival tent trail...only this time to expose himself to the world!
With a team of producers and TV cameras, he filmed his own documentary and showed the world how he duped people out of their money, pretending to be a Christian evangelist.
Marjoe Gortner confessed that he didn’t even believe god existed.
The following excerpts are taken from the 1972 documentary: Marjoe
Marjoe as a young child: “I thank God for my fine Christian mother that’s taken me to Jesus. If we had more good Christian mothers that would speak the Word and pray more instead of drinking cocktails and smoking filthy old cigarettes we would have a better America. Better men and women and not so much juvenile delinquency”
Marjoe: There would be gestures,like when I say “Jesus” my arms would have to go out. When I would say “the devil” I would go forward. And she had this incredible set of signals. Like she would say “Oh Jesus” if I was going to slow or she would say “Glory to God”. That meant you better speed up and go a little bit faster and later on she would come up with new signals. Like “Praise God” meant you got the people where you need them and you better take an offering and raise some money”
Marjoe to a revival audience: “Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Let’s raise up our hands and worship the Lord. Praise Him tonight. Hallelujah. (Starts speaking in “tongues” Oh God is so real tonight. If you’ve don’t got the Holy Ghost tonight, man, you’re dead and don’t know it. So why don’t you praise Him. Why don’t you call upon His name. Why don’t you worship the Lord tonight. Put up your hands and praise Him. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Oh Hallelujah!” (Lays hands on people as they fall “slain in the spirit)
Notice the reaction of Marjoe’s admirerers. They responded to his magnetism in identical fashion as we often see people respond in packed out stadiums featuring popular preachers today such as Benny Hinn and others.
Marjoe to man: “Brother say Jesus, right now Jesus”
Man: “Jesus”
Marjoe: “Say it again”
Man: “Jesus”
Marjoe: “In the name of Jesus, brother. Say it. Say Jesus. That’s right say Jesus”
Man: “Jesus. Jesus”
Marjoe talking to interviewer: “There’s the experience where you say you’re saved and then there’s the fire baptism, when you “get” the Holy Ghost and that’s the tongues thing and they love to work people over, where you gotta shoot in on this when you see people gathering around people and start laying hands on them praying with someone. You gotta come in with the camera too. It’s very important because they’ll be laying hands on someone a poor person saying “Thank you Jesus” Now this is a person that is already saved but getting “the baptism”. Someone will be standing there and we’re saying (fakes tongues by speaking jibberish) and the poor person will be standing there and they’re not saying anything. Then after awhile after 4 or 5 more will gather around and they’ll start doing the same thing. Oh come on speak it out, speak it out til all of a sudden the person will get so overwhelmed by the thing they’ll start (imitates speaking in tongues) And the next thing you know. Ah good, we got another one, then we’ll go on to the next person.”
Marjoe in a hotel room: (Singing) “Are your garments spotless, are they white as snow. Thank you Jesus (dumps paper bag full of money on the bed) Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb? Jesus is so good to me tonight, Hallelujah. Thank you Jesus(counting piles of cash) I praise the Lord. Oh glory, glory hallelujah. I feel good in my soul. Oh praise the Lord. It sure isn’t as heavy as it used to be though in the old days, wow.”
Marjoe to interviewer: There’s one guy that gets into it so heavy that he prophesies and he told me how he did it. I mean he sat…he looked right across the table back and forth at me and he told me how he confiscates money. He says he’s on this station that has over 40 states and uh, he’ll go on and he get on the radio and he’ll say, “I know listening in my little voice tonite that there’s some lady out there and you got $10 dollars put away in a cookie jar, now God spoke to my heart and told me to go and tell you to get that $10 dollars and get it in the mail and send it to me and God will bless you. God will give you a reward as you have never known before” Then he comes back to me and tells me if you’re on the radio and you’re going on over 40 states and you’re on at prime time and have thousands of people listening. Chances are that there are at least two or three hundred little old ladies who got a $10 dollar bill in a cookie jar and so even if you get a couple hundred go ahead and get it and send it to you that’s two grand you’ve made just like that. And so, you know, if you’re going to get into big time religion this is the games you gotta play. Things like that. Going into it like a business and work it as a business.
Marjoe to woman showing her one of his secrets: “God is going to do something for you then I turn around to the crowd and say, “DO YOU BELIEVE IT?” And you know everyone says yes, you know, and I say, “That’s not enough! But if there’s no faith here tonight I can’t do anything. You gotta believe it” and I go “DO YOU BELEIVE IT?” and this time the crowds like “YES!!” and then I say “sister if I lay my hands on you its going to happen”. By this time your just like this (shaking and twitching) (laughs) Because I do a whole thing on you and then I sort of get like “Now I’m gonna pray the prayer bow your head” Put his hand on her forehead “IN THE NAME OF JESUS!” (woman and others start laughing) By this time if the shock doesn’t get you, you know (laughs again) then once you get one or two that really come up and say yeah I felt that I had a bad back, got a bad leg then there a host of others that say “yeah i feel better too” because 90% percent of it is psychosomatic.”15
People we have to wake up and call a spade a spade. These guys are hucksters, fakes, phonies, and it’s high time we admit it like Marjoe did! And the reason why these hucksters get to continue on with this kind of behavior, even that, is because for whatever reason, they have conditioned us to keep our mouths shut by saying stuff like this, “Well, you really shouldn’t talk about other pastors in the pulpit you know. I mean, you really shouldn’t call them out by name or say any kind of bad stuff about them in public.” Really? Have you ever read your Bible? The Bible says a good Pastor or Shepherd not only feeds the sheep but he protects the sheep from hirelings who come in, to harm the flock, including ripping them off of their cash and promoting false healings! It’s the bad Pastor that keeps his mouth shut! In fact, if you read your Bible you’ll see that Jesus not only called out the Pharisees and their false teaching, but He did so in public! And He called them a bunch of blind men, blind fools, blind guides, brood of vipers, band of murderers, bag of dead people’s bones and a bunch hypocrites in public! And even the Apostle Paul called and the out several false teachers by name.
1 Timothy 1:18-20 “Timothy, my son, I give you this instruction in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by following them you may fight the good fight, holding on to faith and a good conscience. Some have rejected these and so have shipwrecked their faith. Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to satan to be taught not to blaspheme.” (NIV)
2 Timothy 2:16-18 “Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly. Their teaching will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, who have wandered away from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already taken place, and they destroy the faith of some.” (NIV)
People, I’ll say it again, when in the world are we going to wake up in the Church and call a spade a spade? These Word of Faith teachers are false teachers and they need to be called out on the carpet by name, like this Pastor did!
Prosperity Pimps Beware!
And you listen to me! Everyone of you prosperity preachers! Jesus Christ did not die on a cross, He did not take the stripes on his back, He did not take a crown on His head, His side was not pierced that we may drive Rolls Royces and buy twelve thousand dollar dogs and live in 40 million dollar homes. But He died on a cross to save mankind from the power of sin and the grip of darkness! And SHAME ON YOU! SHAME ON YOU! SHAME ON YOU!
Man’s problems is not what kind of suit he wears or what kind of house he lives in or what kind of car he drives. Man’s problem is SIN! and man needs a SAVIOR! And that savior is JESUS CHRIST!
There MUST be a reformation of the cross...there MUST be a reformation of...oh you’re not gettin’ it! I SAID THERE MUST BE A REFORMATION OF THE CROSS!! The church MUST come back! For God so loved the world that He GAVE His only begotten Son! The church must have a reformation of Christ and Him crucified!!
I’m angry! I’m mad! I’m tired of God’s people being fleeced! We…LISTEN!...you better hang on and buckle your seatbelts! We don’t need....anymore prosperity pimps!...leading the church into spiritual idolatry!
I SAID!...WE DON’T NEED...ANYMORE..PROSPERITY PIMPS...DOWN A PRIMROSE PATH OF DESTRUCTION! WE DON’T NEED ANY SNAKE OIL SALESMAN! WE NEED MEN OF GOD WHO WILL STAND BEHIND A PUL-PIT AND PREACH THE GOSPEL!
I’m going to say it again! If you’re preaching that lie of the greed you are a prosperity pimp. I said....if your gospel...is a gospel of greed, you are a prosperity pimp. And you’re gonna stand before God and give an account for every single message that you preached on that... souls are dying and going to hell and you’re prostituting the Word of God. Men are bound by alcohol and you’re prostituting the Word of God. Homosexuals bound in their sin and you’re prostituting the gospel of Jesus Christ!
Prosperity pimps...let me tell you what’s going on and let me tell ya what’s gonna happen. Jesus said when he walked into the temple, “My house shall called the house of prayer but you have made it a den of thieves” YOU ARE THIEVES! And I’ll remind you of what happened. HE CLEANED THE PLACE OUT! AND HE’S GONNA CLEAN THE PLACE OUT AGAIN! YOUR DAY IS NUMBERED! YOUR DAY IS NUMBERED! HE’S ABOUT READY TO TURN OVER THOSE TABLES! HE’S ABOUT READY TO THROW YOU OUT!
MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER. WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET SAVED! Not how to have success seminars. I’m sick and tired of preachers saying “we don’t want K-mart christians in this church.” Well they don’t want ya, but JESUS want ya! I don’t care if you don’t have shoes on your feet. Jesus wants you! I don’t care if you ain’t got two dimes to your name. Jesus wants you! I don’t care if you don’t know where your next meal is coming from. Jesus wants you!
Where...tonight...are the preachers…that will stand up and take a stand. Where are they? We need Jeremiahs. We need some Daniels. We need some Isaiah’s. We need some Jehosephat’s. We need some David’s. We need some Hezekiah’s. That says I’m sick and tired of a dirty temple. It’s time to clean it up!”16
Amen and amen! Folks, this is what’s so wild about this behavior. Do we have any idea what’s really going on and just how close we are to the Last Days? How many people, even in the Church, are clueless to the prophetic meaning of what we just saw and what we just studied? Every time you turn on the TV and you see one of these prosperity pimps, it shouldn’t just make you sick. It should send this clear message to you. Oh no! I better start living for Jesus! I better start serving God. I better start witnessing more. I better get saved! Why? Because when you see these hucksters on TV it means you are living in the last days! We better wake up! It’s happening now!
People, what more does God have to do? He loves us. He doesn’t want us going into the 7-year Tribulation! And this is why He’s given us the sign of the Rise of Apostasy…phony Christians, and today with Greedy Christians, to show us that the Tribulation is near and the 2nd Coming of Jesus Christ is rapidly approaching. And that’s why Jesus Himself said:
Luke 21:28 “When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” (NIV)
People of God, like it or not, we are headed for The Final Countdown. And so the point is this. If you’re here to day as a Christian it’s time to get busy! Stop bickering and start working together, and let’s get busy saving souls! But if you’re here today and you’re not a Christian, then please I beg you, heed the signs, heed the warnings, don’t listen to these guys, they’re hucksters! Listen to Jesus. Give you life to Him now and become a real Christian today because tomorrow may be too late. The prosperity gospel is no gospel at all. And when you see how it not only rips people off of their cash but leads them away from the true Christ and His calling for us, it make you sick, like this guy shares:
“I don’t know what you feel about the prosperity gospel, the health, wealth, and prosperity gospel but I’ll tell you what I feel about it...hatred.
It is not the gospel. It’s being exported from this country to Africa and Asia. Selling a bill of goods to the poorest of the poor.
Believe this message, and your pigs won’t die and your wife won’t have miscarriages and you’ll have rings on your fingers and coats on your back. That’s coming out of America. The people that ought to be giving our money and our time and our lives. Instead, selling a bunch of crud called gospel.
Here’s the reason it is so horrible. When was the last time that any American, African, Asian ever said ‘Jesus is all satisfying because you drove a BMW?’ NEVER. They’ll say, ‘Did Jesus give you that? Well, I’ll take Jesus.’ That’s Idolatry! That’s not the gospel. That’s elevating gifts above the giver.
I’ll tell you what makes Jesus look beautiful. It’s when you smash your car and your little girl goes flying through the windshield and lands dead on the street, and you say through the deepest possible pain. “God is enough. He is good. He will take care of us. He will satisfy us. He will get us through this. He is our treasure. Whom have I in heaven but you? And on earth there is nothing that I desire besides you. My flesh and not my heart and my little girl may fail, but you are the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
That makes God look glorious. As God not of giver of cars or safety or health. Oh how I pray that America would be purged of the health, wealth and prosperity gospel and that the Christian church would be marked by suffering for Christ.
God is most glorified in you when you are most satisfied in him in the midst of loss not prosperity.”17
But that’s still not all. The 3rd reason people in the Church have abandoned the Christian faith, and Apostacized is due to A Flood of Worldly Believers. That’s right folks, I’m talking about the Church Growth Movement. Little do people know that the teachings of the Church Growth Movement have actually aided in this massive rise of apostasy in these Last Days! Today, people in the Church are being led astray by marketing manipulation and secular business techniques instead of following what the Bible says as to how we are to “run the Church.”18 And it’s given rise this massive influx of worldliness in the Church causing this great Apostasy. But don’t take my word for it. Let’s listen to God’s.
1 Corinthians 1:10-18 “I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought. My brothers, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you.
What I mean is this: One of you says, “I follow Paul”; another, “I follow Apollos”; another, “I follow Cephas”; still another, “I follow Christ.” Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized into the name of Paul? I am thankful that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius, so no one can say that you were baptized into my name. (Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I don’t remember if I baptized anyone else.)
For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel – not with words of human wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power. For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” (NIV)
Now folks, according to our text, I think it’s pretty clear. The Apostle Paul had to remind the Corinthian Church number one to stop playing favorites in the Church, right? Why? Because it causes divisions! And two he had to remind them to start being united about that which is truly important in life. Yes, every Christian teacher may have a different personality and thus teaching style, but that’s okay, they’re equally valuable. Don’t get hung up on secondary issues! They’re all a gift from God! But when it comes to presenting the Gospel, preaching the Gospel, there’s only one methodology. And notice what that was. It’s the message of the cross, right? Why? Because through the cross of Jesus Christ and that alone men might be saved from utter destruction. That’s where the power of God flows. That’s when lives are changed. That’s when souls are saved from hell. Therefore, that’s what people need to hear, that’s what we need to be about in the Church, that’s what we need to promote, right?
Not anymore! Folks I’m telling you, we have been divided by the Church Growth movement and they have convinced us to no longer do “Church” God’s way anymore. And for those of you who don’t know, the Church Growth Movement is a movement that started in the Church just a few decades ago that says that the best way to run a Church today, is to do it the world’s way, not God’s way. And they say, if you want to be a successful Church you have to use secular business ideals and slick marketing techniques in order to have any kind of Church growth, hence the name, Church Growth Movement. And we are being told that we have to act like the world, be like the world, speak like the world, look like the world, and even do business like the world, just so the world will like us. Why? Because the premise is, if they like us, why, they’ll stick around and your numbers will go right through the roof! And isn’t that what we want?
But people we just saw the Bible says we need to be about the business of preaching Christ and Him crucified so the world can be saved, not made comfortable in the pew! In fact, they may not like us initially because the Bible says the cross is going to be foolishness them at the beginning! But if you keep on preaching it, it has the power of God to save them! So who cares if they don’t like you in the beginning! They’re headed to hell! This is serious business. And I’d rather have somebody hate me and end up in heaven, then have them like me and go to hell, right? And yet, this is exactly what The Church Growth Movement is trying to get us to do! Make lost people feel comfortable in the Church, just to jack up our numbers, and empty the cross of its power by not mentioning it!
And the 1st way they’re tricking us into doing this is by Focusing on Numerical Growth instead of Spiritual Growth.
Mathew 28:18-20 “Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” (NIV)
Now folks, according to our text, this is the classic passage that we like to call the Great Commission, not the Grand Suggestion, or the Great Idea to ponder over a cup of coffee, it’s called The Great Commission. That means it’s an order to be obeyed and notice what that order was. We are to go out into all the world, and make what? Oh, I know! Believers, right? People who make a profession of faith? No! Or, I know. Professional Pew Sitters! Oh, I know! We are to go all in the world and get people to show up Sunday mornings just to jack up our attendance, right? That’s a successful Church, right? Wrong! What did Jesus say? We are go out in the world and make disciples! The word there is “mathetes” and it means, “disciplined learners.” Yes, we are go out and teach people how to get saved but after that, according to Jesus, we are to be about the business of teaching people how to grow up spiritually and obey everything He commanded, right? Spiritual growth comes first!
Not anymore! Haven’t you heard? That’s old-fashioned! We have a whole new focus today! Thanks to the Church Growth Movement we’re now being told we need only be concerned about numerical growth and that at all costs! Who cares about that spiritual growth thing. Forget that! People might leave if you talk about them being a sinner! That’s bad marketing. Come on! Don’t you know how to run a business? Here’s what you do. You entertain them! Don’t worry about that spiritual growth thing. Just entertain them. I mean, everybody loves a good show, right? Just make them feel good, right at home with the world, give them some good old fashioned entertainment and man you’ll have more numbers then you know what to do with! Isn’t that awesome? Isn’t that a successful Church?
Excuse me? My Bible says a “successful Church” is one that preaches Christ and Him crucified and gets busy teaching people how to obey Him, not one that throws out a bunch of syrup so we can attract a bunch of flies! And yet we wonder why there’s so many problems “buzzing” around the Church today? Folks, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, “If you have 500 people in your congregation but only 5 of them are saved, what in the world did you just accomplish?” Are you actually trying to encourage people to go to hell?
And for those of you who don’t think the Church would ever fall for this baloney, I’m telling you, it’s not only the “latest craze,” but there’s actually a new term out there to describe this new way to entertain the lost. It’s called “Theotainment”19 Theos/God. In other words “God entertainment.” And this is what they say we need to do, “If you want massive amounts of people coming to your Church, because remember, numbers are the top priority, you got to given them this “Theotainment.” You have to entertain them with worldy-looking leaders who act like world, speak like world, and even dress like world, so they’ll feel comfortable. Otherwise they might leave and you’re numbers will go down. And so the question is, “What does this new and improved worldly looking Theotainment leadership in the Church look like? Well, thanks for asking. I think it looks like this guy, Ignatius, the new improved Youth Leader.
Ignatius Youth Group Pastor
Becky: My husband and I are taking our first real vacation in 6 years and I’m so excited. I mean, don’t get me wrong. I love the students but sometimes you need a break, you know? So I’m really excited because Ignatius is going to cover Wednesday nights for me.
Tom: Ignatius is like the biggest name in student ministry. He’s worked with the biggest speakers, biggest worship leaders. He has spoken to like a million kids. He’s like the Michael Phelps of student ministry.
Carl: I’m kind of old fashioned and I don’t know much about him but he knows Becky and he loves Jesus and that’s enough for me.
Ignatius: So people ask me, “Ignatius. What does it take to become a great youth pastor?” Well, my answers always the same. X-Box 360, a copy of Rock Band, book deal, and uh there’s something else. (Tapping fingers on bible while trying to think of it) umm, yes! A moderately priced haircut. I get my haircut at Tony & Guy, uh $70 bucks-plus highlights.
Our ministry’s called Flame and it’s based on some verse in the Bible about fire. You know we want to see our kids on fire for God. In the middle of this godless culture we want to drive a stake in the heart of it. I mean we want our kids…burning at the stake.
I take my preparation very seriously. I’ll spend 2-3 hours doing something called “Prayer Lattes” Prayer Lattes is when I get on an exercise ball. I have a Latte non-fat. It’s like God’s my trainer and He’s stretching my spiritual muscles as well as my physical muscles.
Who are my influences? Bono, of course. C.S. Lewis’s Chronicle of Narnia films-they were great. First two were killer. I hope he writes another one.”
Kelly to Ignatius: Hi, I’m Kelly. Nice to meet you. This is Carl. He’s on our volunteer staff.
Carl to Ignatius: Hi, Kelly has told us so much about you.
Ignatius: All good I hope.
Kelly: (laughing)
Ignatius: Tell me a little bit about your group.
Carl: Well we had a lock in last weekend and six of our kids made a profession of faith.
Ignatius: Ha, you mean 60…
Kelly: We’re gonna need about 20 minutes before service starts so we can pray.
Ignatius: 20 minutes? Did you think it will take that long?
Kelly: Eh, ha ...uh and you probably want to spend some time with the students.
Ignatius: Why would I wanna to do that?
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Room full of students. Music starts blaring.
“In the name of love....in the name of love..”
Ignatius comes running into the room: Woo high five! Who’s your daddy? Huh? Who’s your daddy? Did I hear somebody say Ignatius? Alright!
My name is Ignatius and tonight we’re gonna talk about the God of the Universe and how he loves each and every one of you with an unquenchable fire. But before we do that. Did anyone bring their Bibles tonight?
(students raising their hands)
Ignatius: Alright, get’ em out. Let’s get those bibles out and put them over your head. That’s it. And now repeat after me. Say God’s Word....
Students repeat: God’s Word
Ignatius: Is Living....
And active... It is powerful...It is more...than I can deal with...at this stage...of my life.
Students repeat
Ignatius: Good! Put ‘em under your seat. You’re not gonna need ‘em tonite.
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Ignatius: I mean to think there are kids that don’t even know about the Flame website is…uh...WOW. Yeah but I want to see them fired up, you know? Engulfed in flames. They’re gonna be smoldering. I’m gonna burn em!”20
Yeah, you’re going to burn them alright, you’re going to burn them into hell! Now folks, I know what you’re thinking…Tony and Guy, right? Actually it’s Samantha at Great Clips and it’s a whole lot cheaper! But no! That’s it! That’s the secret Pastor Billy to Great spiritual Leadership in the Church. This is how you get massive numbers! You got to be like that guy! One who does prayer lattes. And I know what you’re thinking, “I’ve seen you there in your office Pastor Billy with your cow cup going back and forth! But now I get it! That’s the secret, isn’t it? That’s where you get your inspiration!
Folks, let’s be honest. How many of you have ever been to a Church service and that is the kind of leadership that’s in a Church? And I’m not just talking youth Pastor, I’m talking the senior Pastor? And they’re all about the business of what? Desperately trying to look like the world, act like world, speak like world, and even dress like the world, so the world will feel comfortable. Why? Because haven’t you listened to the new gurus of The Church Growth Movement! Forget the Bible! Don’t you know, this is exactly what you have to do to get those numbers because number always comes first!
But people, I don’t know about you, but if I’m going to grow up spiritually I don’t want a Pastor that looks like Bono. I don’t want a Pastor who resembles this world. I want a Pastor that looks like Jesus Christ! I want a Pastor that says like the Apostle Paul, “Follow me as I follow Jesus Christ. Not follow me as I follow the way of this world! I want somebody to pull me out of this wicked world system! Not push me back into it, right? Are you kidding me! And lest you think this is only happening to YOUTH MINISTRIES, you’re wrong! Even ADULT MINISTRIES are choosing worldly entertainment “Theotainment,” over the Word of God, and all for the sake of numbers!
The Drive-Thru Church: Believe it or not there’s new drive thru Church in Davenport Iowa, where services only take about five minutes and you don’t even have to get out of the car. ‘Just pull up in our parking lot,’ the Rev. Rich Hendricks suggests where he promises some humor in the offerings with congregants, for example, will be dressed like anglers in tune with a fish theme. In fact, everyone will be given communion, but this will be specially delivered in a tackle box and a clean bait cup. A station will be set up for an informal church choir, and those interested may exit their vehicles and sing. Participants also will take home a special gift in the form of brightly colored fish key chains or other accessories.
The Clown Communion Church: A sassy little Episcopal Church in New York City now not only has a clown performing communion services, but the congregants are encouraged to dress up as clowns themselves. Looking like refugees from a Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus, the Rev. Dr. James Herbert Cooper, encouraged the parish family to come to church “in clown dress, big hats, floppy shoes or some sort of foolish garb.” In fact, he said encouraged those watching on the Internet to also be foolish enough to put on some white face or a big grease-paint smile as we worship God and learn about the structure of the communion by being the circus which came to town and to church on that day. And after the offering was taken for that day the people responded with their noisemakers.
The Porn Movie Church: The People’s Church, formerly known as The First Baptist Church, in Franklin, Tennessee recently achieved national attention by hosting a special event they called “Porn Sunday.” Believe it or not they actually showed an ‘R’ rated film entitled, “Missionary Positions,” to allegedly help those addicted to pornography. In fact, one of the makers of the film said, “We can’t keep up with the amount of requests to do these ‘Porn Sunday’ things, so we’re doing a national ‘Porn Sunday.’ And one Church that hosted the event actually said they had one of the best days ever in Church.21
Now folks, I don’t know about you, but some reason I don’t think Jesus came all the way from heaven to die a horrible death on the cross just so we can sit around celebrating Porn Sundays! Hello! Looks to me like we’ve gotten off track somewhere, you know what I’m saying? I mean, it’s almost like we’ve bought into some sort of a lie that’s tricked us to focusing only on numerical growth instead of spiritual growth. And that we have to entertain people instead of sharing the Gospel with them just so they’ll keep coming back. Gee, if only we knew what that lie was. If only we could discover why this has happening to the Church. Oh yeah, that’s right! It’s called the Church Growth Movement! And because of it, we’re seeing a massive increase of worldliness and Apostasy in the Church exactly like the Bible said would happen in the Last Days!
Oh, but that’s not all. The 2nd way the Church Growth Movement is helping to produce this massive rise of worldliness and Apostasy in the Church is by getting us to Focus on Cultural Music instead of Christ-like Music.
Ephesians 5:17-20 “Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit. Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (NIV)
Now folks, according to our text, the Bible clearly says that one of the best things you and I could ever do with music is to what? We are to praise God with it, right? In fact, Sebastian Bach said, “The sole purpose of all music is to bring praise to God.” And this why every time we gather together, as the Church, we are to sing songs to God that are God-glorifying, God-honoring, and God-exalting. Why? Because we are so stinking in love with Him, after all He’s done for us, we can’t help but sings songs back to Him, right?
Not anymore! Now first of all, when it comes to music in the Church, we usually seem to get side-tracked with what I believe is the main point of music and we start to debate which is better, hymns or contemporary, like this guy.
“One day this old farmer went to the city one weekend and attended one of those big city churches. And when he came home his wife asked him how it was.
And the farmer said, “Well, it was good. They did something different, though. They sang these praise choruses instead of hymns.”
“Praise choruses?” said his wife. “What are those?”
“Oh, they’re OK. They are sort of like hymns, only different,” said the farmer.
“Well, what’s the difference?” asked his wife.
The farmer said, “Well, it’s like this - If I were to say to you: “Martha, the cows are in the corn” - well, that would be a hymn. If on the other hand, I were to say to you:
‘Martha, Martha, Martha,
Oh Martha, MARTHA, MARTHA,
the cows, the big cows, the brown cows, the black cows
the white cows,
the black and white cows,
the COWS, COWS, COWS
are in the corn,
are in the corn, are in the corn, are in the corn,
the CORN, CORN, CORN.’
Then, if I were to repeat the whole thing two or three times, well, that would be a praise chorus.”
Well, the next weekend, his nephew, a young new Christian from the city came to visit and he attended the local church of the small town. He went home and his mother asked him how it was.
“Well,” said the young man, “it was good. They did something different though. They sang these hymns instead of our regular songs.”
“Hymns?” asked his mother. “What are those?”
“Oh, they’re OK. They are sort of like our regular songs, only different,” said the young man.
“Well, what’s the difference?” asked his mother.
The young man said, “Well, it’s like this - If I were to say to you: ‘Martha, the cows are in the corn’ - well, that would be a regular song. If on the other hand, I were to say to you:
‘Oh Martha, dear Martha, hear thou my cry
Inclinest thine ear to the words of my mouth
Turn thou thy whole wondrous ear by and by
To the righteous, inimitable, glorious truth.
For the way of the animals who can explain
Yea those cows in glad bovine, rebellious delight
Have broke free their shackles, their warm pens eschewed
Then goaded by minions of darkness and night
They all my mild Chilliwack sweet corn have chewed.
So look to the bright shining day by and by
Where all foul corruptions of earth are reborn
Where no vicious animals make my soul cry
And I no longer see those foul cows in the corn.’
Then if I were to do only verses one, three and four and do a key change on
the last verse, well that would be a hymn.”22
Now does that sound familiar or what? The point of Christian music is not one or the other, hymns or contemporary, it’s whatever the style you sing with, according to our text, you what? You sing from your hear to Jesus a love song to Jesus, right? As long as it’s God-glorifying, God-honoring, and mentions the Name of Jesus Christ, who cares if it’s hymns or contemporary, right?
Not anymore! Thanks to the lie of The Church Growth Movement, we’re now being told we should no longer do the music in the Church God’s way! No! That’s old-fashioned! You’ve got to do it the world’s way! Why? Because it’s all about those numbers! And so here’s what you do! You’ve got to gut all your sings of this Jesus and God stuff and just switch to generic terms, that make them feel more comfortable, like He or Him. Why? Because the world doesn’t like to hearing song after song after song about God and Jesus and the Bible? I mean, what are you some sort of religious wacko? You trying to run them off? That’s bad marketing. They’ll get convicted and leave! If you want big numbers, here’s what you do. You sings songs that are not convicting to the culture, but is comfortable to the culture. Which means, you got to sing songs that they like, and that fits their style and their preferences, and man you keep that up, listen, you’re going to have numbers coming out of your ears! Huh! Isn’t that a successful Church? I mean, everybody loves a good concert, right? Isn’t that what it’s all about?
And folks, you might be thinking nobody in their right mind in the Church would ever fall for this baloney, but people I’m telling this has become yet another the “latest craze” in the Church to lead people in so-called worship. But my question is, “Just who are you worshipping?” You never mention the name of Jesus. You only say He or Him. And so I’m left wondering what is that? Are you singing about your boyfriend, your fiancé, your husband? Who’s He? Why don’t you mention the Name of Jesus? This is a Church service! Hello! We’re supposed to be singing love songs to Jesus! What’s wrong with Jesus?
And me personally, I think I know why this is happening. Put yourself in the shoes of a demon, the last thing you’d ever want to hear people singing in the Church, especially in the Last Days, is the name of Jesus, right? Why? Because they know there’s no other name under heaven by which men might be saved and there’s no other name under heaven by which the demons must cower, obey, and flee! That’s why they convinced us to gut our so-called “worship music” of the name of Jesus Christ! I really believe it’s spiritual warfare! It not only makes the world feel comfortable, it makes the demons feel comfortable in the Church! Don’t pray in the Name of Jesus and don’t sing about the Name of Jesus!
And then if that wasn’t bad enough, speaking of selling out, there’s yet another new trend in the American Church! We all know, every Church is hurting for cash in this depressed economy, right? Well get this, Churches are now selling out to corporations to drum up cash, and it makes you wonder if our songs aren’t next, like this mans shares.
“I was reading about in Time Magazine-there was an article-it was in Time so it was probably true. So I was reading it was talking about how alot of churches are selling out to corporations all over the world. Churches selling out to corporations?! Can you imagine outside this beautiful building- a big NIKE swoosh? No, no no. Just “Pew it”? No! That’d be wrong. Your pastor’s silhouette (Makes swoosh stance) It’s dumb
Pretty soon corporations, I know what they’re gonna do-they’re gonna take our praise and worship songs. You know songs we love in church, put their words to our songs. That’s just going to be horrible.
One of my favorites is (sings) “Holiness. Holiness is what I long for. Holiness is what I need.” What’s it going to be now?
“Krispy Kremes. Krispy Kremes. What I long for. Krispy Kremes. What I need. Krispy Kremes. Krispy Kremes. What I want to eat. Take some dough and form it. Add some glaze. And warm it. Chew it up. Transform it. Oh Lord. Oh Lord. Oh Lord. Gimme more”
And the car companies will get into it, ya know.
“Ford I lift your name on high. Ford I love to sing your praises. I’m so glad you’re 4-wheel drive. I’m so glad you’re fuel injected”
“My Dodge is an awesome Dodge it is. Such a really nice car he drives. A Dodge is an awesome Dodge”
“Better is Hyundai than a Ford. Better is Hyundai than a Jeep. Better is a Hyundai than a Chevy or a Hugo. Better is Hyundai. Better is Hyundai”
You know what’s gonna happen? The “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter People” They’re gonna catch on and then it will get really weird.
“I can only eat margarine. It’s all I can do. Because I don’t like butter or butter substitute. I can only eat margarine. Yeah. Surrounded by some biscuits or on a piece of bread. On top of a Cheese It. It’s an artificial spread. Oh I can’t live without it. I’ll eat it with all of my grub. Sometimes I just take a spoon and eat it outta the plastic tub. I can only eat margarine. Yeah. I can only eat margarine.”23
Now folks, how many of you guys are going to be singing those songs on the way home? Uh huh. But seriously folks, all kidding aside, did you pay attention to what he said at the beginning there? This is not make-believe. Churches today are already selling out to the corporations? Which means, all kidding aside, those kinds of worship songs aren’t that far away! Why? Because folks, I’m here to tell you, we’re already there! Remember, the premise of the Church Growth Movement. All for the sake of numbers you need to what? Our music in the Church needs be what the culture likes, not what Christ likes, not God-honoring music, but world-honoring music! We need to cater to our styles, all for the sake of numbers, to their preferences, including the rock band AC/DC. Don’t believe me? It was already played at a so-called Church service!24 Here’s the lyrics if you’re not familiar with that song. Keep in mind, this was what was sung at a so-called Church service.
Perry Noble’s New Spring Church
Worship band starts playing.
“Living easy, living free Season ticket on a one-way ride Asking nothing, leave me be. Taking everything in my stride.
Don’t need reason, don’t need rhyme Ain’t nothing I’d rather do Going down, party time My friends are gonna be there too.
Yeah! Im on the highway to hell, on the highway to hell, highway to hell, I’m on the highway to hell. Ooo yeah!”
Yup, AC/DC in the Church. Don’t you feel comfortable now? Folks, what’s next? Where do you draw the line? Metallica? Garth Brooks? Brittany Spears? You mean to tell me that we in the Church can’t come up with some better songs on our own, to make a point or worship Jesus, and instead we need the help of secular God-hating entities to help us out with our worship music? What? People, that song celebrates people’s gladness over going to hell in the Church!
But we are Christians! And we are called worship Jesus Christ with our music, because He’s rescued from hell! We’re going to heaven! And that’s why our music in the Church should not only be God-glorifying, God-honoring, and God-exalting but it is to never, ever, ever, ever, be ashamed of mentioning the name of Jesus Christ! Who cares what the world thinks! Who cares if it makes them feel comfortable or not! It’s not about them it’s about Him! It’s about Jesus! And we are to praise His Name and give Him the glory and honor He is due and the proper recognition at our Church services, like this guy did.
If I had the pleasure of bringing out Christ. This is just how I would do it. It ain’t got to be the way you do it. You might not think it’s just right. But this is how I would do it.
Ladies and Gentlemen. It is my honor to introduce a Man who needs no introduction. His credits are too long to list. He has done the impossible. Time after time. He hails out of a manger in Bethlehem to Jerusalem, thy way of heaven...His daddy is author of a book that has been on the bestseller list since the beginning of time. He holds the record from the world’s greatest fish fry. He fed five thousand hungry souls with 2 fish and 5 loaves of bread. He can walk on water. Turn water into wine-no special effects, no camera tricks. He has a head shot on every church fan in America. Even before the kings of comedy he was hailed the KING of all kings. Ruler of the Universe, Alpha and Omega, Beginning and the End, the Bright and the Morning Star. Some say He’s the Rose of Sharon and some say He’s the Prince of Peace. Get up on your feet. Put you’re hands together and show your love for the second coming of the One and Only!
(standing ovation)
God has been good.”25
Isn’t that how our “worship” services to JESUS need to be? After all He’s done for us? Makes you wonder if we truly worshipped Him like that if more souls would be saved. That’s a secular concert that guy did that at. How much more so at out weekly Church services? Folks, I don’t know, correct me if I’m wrong, but it looks to me like we’ve gotten off track somewhere, you know what I’m saying? I mean, it’s almost like we’ve been tricked into buying into some sort of a lie that’s tricked us into focusing only on cultural music instead of Christ-like music just so people will feel comfortable. Gee, if only we knew what that lie was. If only we could discover why this has happening to the Church. Oh yeah, that’s right! It’s called the Church Growth Movement! And because of it, we’re seeing a massive increase of worldliness and Apostasy in the Church, like the Bible said would happen in the Last Days!
But that’s not all. The 3rd way the Church Growth Movement is helping to produce this massive rise of worldliness and Apostasy in the Church is by getting us to Focus on Fluffy Teachings instead of the Godly Teachings. And that’s exactly what God said would happen in the Last Days! But don’t take my word for it, let’s listen to His.
2 Timothy 4:1-4 “In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage – with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.” (NIV)
Now folks, according to our text, the Bible clearly says that there will actually come a day, in the Last Days, because that’s the context here…it actually stems over from Chapter Three where Paul says, “But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days,” and then he proceeds to give a whole list of rotten evil behavior there by people in general who, as we saw before, are lovers of self, lovers of money, greedy, boastful, prideful, abusive, disobedient, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, out-of-control, brutal, evil, treacherous, rash, and conceited! And as we saw before, every single one of those wicked behaviors is commonplace in our society right now! Now pay attention. We’re still in the context of the Last Days of Chapter Four here and notice that Paul says something horrible is also going to go wrong this time with the Church. And notice what it is. “People in the Church will not put up with sound doctrine.” They’re not going to like hearing the Bible. “Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.” The word there “itching” is actually the Greek word, “knetho” which means, “to desire only that which is pleasant.” Which means, in the Last Days, people in the Church will only want to hear fluff! So much so that they will purposely gather around themselves many teachers who will only give them this fluff…not God’s Word!
Now folks, can I tell you something. This passage of Scripture is being fulfilled before our very eyes, which means we are of that generation who are living in the Last Days! How do I know? Because this is precisely what the lie of The Church Growth Movement is telling us we need to do in order to be a “successful Church.” We need to preach fluff and only fluff so people will keep coming back! If you want your numbers to go through the roof, you’ve got to gut all your sermons of anything that might actually convict people, you know, things like sin, and hell, and God’s wrath and His hatred towards sin, don’t do that! What are you some crazy religious wacko! Don’t do that! That’s counter productive! They might leave! So here’s what you do. Don’t convict them, but coax them! Don’t make them feel bad, make them feel glad! Give them fluff and only fluff, and tell them how good they are, and that God loves them and there’s no need to fear! And then tell show how to be financially successful, how to live the American Dream with a high self-esteem you know learn to be a better you. And man you keep that up, whew! You’re going to have numbers coming out of your ears! Huh! Isn’t that awesome! Isn’t that a successful Church? I mean, everybody loves a good motivational speech, right?
And folks, you might be thinking nobody in their right mind in the Church would ever fall for this baloney, because it’s so clear, it’s right here in the text! It’s been here for 2,000 years so we wouldn’t be caught of guard, right? People in the Last Days will only want fluff so don’t do that, right? Not anymore! Folks I’m telling you, we have falling for this lie, hook, line, and sinker from The Church Growth Movement! Little to people realize that every time you see one of these impotent worldly preachers on TV tickling people ears week after week, it’s actually a sign we’re living in the Last Days! But don’t take my word for it! Let’s listen to theirs. You tell me if this is not fluffy godless teaching over the life-changing Word of God!
Seeker Sensitive/Entertainment church leaders:
Steven Furtick of Elevation Church: The number one question people seem to ask me these days has nothing to do with theology or ministry. It’s all about the hair. Man how did you go from having bold black hair to this platinum pastor that you are today?
Fallen pastor Ted Haggard: You know all the surveys say that evangelicals have the best sex life of any other group.
TV preacher: If you’re single I want to encourage you, for the next four weeks. I want to encourage you to buy this book “Sex God” by Rob Bell. It’s in our bookstore.
Another church promotion: 30 day Sex Challenge.
Inside, there’s a place to write your top two needs that your partner should address over the next 30 days. Make sure you’re specific in how you’re spouse can meet your needs.
JOEL OSTEEN Channel 11 News
He’s your Texas preacher with a positive message a best selling book and a dazzling smile but he also has his critics.
Ole Anthony: “It’s a perverted gospel”
Joel Osteen: I think that’s the message that’s caught on, why so many people watch because I’m always building them up telling them what they can do.
Karen Borta reporting: Each weekend, tens of thousands of people from around the world come to Houston.
Osteen to audience: How many of you are ready to worship the Lord today? Amen?
Borta: Each is seeking the same thing: a sermon by Joel 4Osteen-Senior Pastor at Houston’s Lakewood Church.
Osteen to some ladies: Y’all watch it over there?
Borta: These women are from East Africa.
Women: God, I’m speechless. I’m glad I came here today
Borta: Joe and Pamela DiDonadan are from Toronto
Joe: Joel Osteen’s messages are extremely positive and nothing about no negativity.
Borta: Such testimonials aren’t unusual. More than 30 thousand adults regularly attend his church making it by some accounts, the largest and fastest growing congregations in America. His weekly sermon is broadcast in more than 100 countries and now has a best selling book. What makes him so popular?
Osteen: We’re no beating people down. I just feel like 4we got enough negative things putting us down. I try to give people a boost for the week. Make it practical and relevant.
Borta: But even if thousands are drawing to Osteen’s positive message, some folks just aren’t buying it.
Ole Anthony: It’s a perverted gospel that panders to the individual self, the isolated self and that’s the problem with it
Borta: Ole Anthony is the President and Founder of the Trinity Foundation a Dallas based televangelist watchdog group. He says Osteen’s message is simply cotton-candy theology.
Ole Anthony: I would have no problem with him if he was doing it in the name of Bruce or saying it was some kind of self-help seminar but it has really nothing to do with the Cross of God
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His latest book Become a Better You for which he reportedly got a $13 million advance goes on sale tomorrow. They read more like self-help than religion. In his new book, Osteen lays out 7 principles he believes will improve our lives.
Reporter to Osteen: To Become a Better You, you must be positive towards yourself. Develop better relationships. Embrace the place where you are.
Osteen: Yeah.
Reporter: Not one mention of God in that. Not one mention of Jesus Christ in that.
Osteen: That’s just my message. There’s alot better people qualified to say here’s a book to explain the scriptures to you. I don’t think that’s my gift.
Reporter: His supporters say that Osteen simply has a god given ability to make people smile. God’s given me a great life and I’ve always smiled all my life. In my baby pictures I’m smiling so, you know, people kid me about it but I think it’s great. I love to smile.
Reporter: Osteen never went to the seminary and only went to college for one semester, but he said after editing his father’s sermons for 17 years-he’s qualified to preach.”26
Now folks, if all it took to become a preacher was to “edit some sermons” then my wife should get up here and preach! Hello! But, we’re not going to do that because that’s not Biblical! But seriously folks, what did the Bible say? In the Last Days, the Church would gather around themselves many teachers who would tickle their ears with things like you just saw. Learn how to be financially successful, learn how to have a fulfilling sex life, learn to be a better you, and anything and everything but God’s Word, right? Can you believe it! It’s happening before our very eyes! Which means, like it, lump it, or leave it, we are living in the Last Days!
And folks, I’m telling you, if there’s any hope for our Nation then we have got to get serious about God’s truth again in the Church! We’ve got to start preaching it again in our Churches throughout our Country if there’s any hope to turn things around, like this guy shares.
“It grieves me to say that, for the most part, the modern Christian, the modern pastor, and the modern church have lost their savor. Taken as a whole, we have lost our inner character: the ability to resist decay and preserve the land.
Our churches are no longer places of respite from the world: they are mirrors of it: the same dress; the same attitudes; the same carnality; the same spirit; the same stubbornness; the same pride.
Churches are no longer bastions of truth: they are glorified social clubs or mere corporations, where Christianity is never allowed to interfere with business. Instead of being watchmen on the wall, our pastors are CEOs or, even worse, politicians. Popularity and personal ambition far outweigh the commitment to truth.
We have a pandemic all right, but it’s not the swine flu: it is a pandemic of spineless Christianity. Parents who cannot stand up to their own children; pastors who cannot stand up to their own congregations; religious leaders who cannot stand up to politicians; and churches that cannot stand up to unconstitutional government.
If one is looking for someone to blame America’s demise on, don’t look to the prostitutes, drug dealers, or crooked politicians: look no further than the doorsteps of America’s churches. While the ominous clouds of oppression and tyranny boil overhead, our churches are content to play kid games and wallow in their own materialism and laziness.
Sadder still is the lack of anything on the horizon that points to any kind of spiritual awakening. Look at the churches that are growing: for the most part, they are of the Joel Osteen and Rick Warren variety, where conviction has been replaced with compromise, and principle with popularity.
And Genuine Bible prophets now occupy the pulpits where hardly anyone attends. Truth has been replaced with entertainment, and calls for repentance are drowned out by the clamor of prosperity.
I can tell you from personal experience that, in more than 34 years of Gospel ministry, it has never been harder to continue to carry the torch of truth than it is today. It takes a toll on one’s physical health and emotional being, and even on one’s family.
Any pastor desiring to carry the torch of truth today need not expect to have many friends. And any evangelist desiring to carry the torch of truth today need not expect to get many meetings. Why?
Because truth today is about as popular as a bad case of the measles, and yes, I mean among today’s professing ‘Christians.’”27
Folks, we had better get motivated before it’s too late. We are heading over a cliff and unless we change now we are not coming back! Church Historians are calling us the terminal generation. Meaning that if this generation of Christians do not turn things around and start getting truly serious about the God’s Word, the Gospel and Jesus Christ, it’s over! We’re not coming back! We’ve gone too far!
And you also need to understand that it isn’t always just the Pastors who are refusing to preach God’s truth. A lot of times it’s the Church! Here’s what’s going on. There are still faithful men in America who will preach God’s truth, but my experience has been that in the Church they will not hire these guys nor let them preach the truth otherwise they fire them! Why? Because what did our text say? It’s not just the preachers who would only preach this fluff, it’s the what? The Churches en masse would only demand this fluff! In the Last Days, the “Churches will gather around themselves a great many of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.” It’s not just the Pastors. It’s the Churches too! The Churches only want these guys and so that’s all you get, all over the place, that’s your only option, even on TV! Why? Because maybe it’s a sign that God’s judging us not a blessing us, like this guy shares.
“You’re “best life now”? I will not lose sleep tonight worried about your best life now. I will not pray tonight for tomorrow worried for their best life now or whether they have self-esteem or their checkbook is balanced or that they got 40 days or 90 days or 100 days of “purpose” in their life.
I will lose sleep because one day every one of you will stand before God naked and be judged and some of you will be cast into hell.
Preachers. You’re not professionals. You’re not businessmen. You’re not little boys running around serving the community. You’re prophets or you’re NOTHING!
To bring a Word from God. These are people dying. The wrath of God lays waste your community even as we speak, how many people will be swept away even today by the wrath of God through death in hell. And you’re worried about whether or not someone feels good about themself?
False teachers are God’s judgment on people who don’t want God but in the name of religion plan on getting everything their carnal heart desires. That’s why a Joel Osteen is raised up. Those people who sit under him are not victims of him. He is the judgment of God upon them because they want exactly what he wants and it’s not God!”28
Now folks, I don’t know about you, but it looks like we are under the judgment of God, because that’s exactly what we’re seeing today. God’s given us what we want alright, and it’s not Him. So He’s raised up these fluffy panty-waist preachers, just like the Bible said would happen in the Last Days! Why? Because we’ve bought into the lie of The Church Growth Movement that says we have to give people only fluffy motivational speeches instead of the Word of God, just so they’ll keep coming back, because haven’t you heard…it’s all about the numbers! That’s what makes for a successful Church these days! And because of it, we’re seeing a massive growth alright, it’s a growth of worldliness and Apostasy in the Church, just like the Bible said would happen when you are living in the Last Days!
But that’s not all. The 4th way the Church Growth Movement is helping to produce this massive Rise of worldliness and Apostasy in the Church is by getting us to Focus on a Powerless Gospel instead of the True Gospel.
Galatians 1:6-9 “I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel – which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned! As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned!” (NIV)
Now folks, according to our text, this is a serious issue! The Bible clearly says that if anyone ever dares preach another Gospel than the one and only True Gospel, that of Jesus Christ and His death on the cross that’s accepted by faith as full payment for our sins to rescue from hell, then what? Let that person be eternally condemned, right? It’s the Greek word, “anathema” which means, “accursed, devoted to destruction, or doomed to eternal punishment.” And how many of you guys would say that’s a serious warning? Uh huh! And so therefore, the last thing you’d ever want to do in the Church is be about the business of promoting a false Gospel, right?
Not anymore! Thanks to the lie of the Church Growth Movement we’re now being told we need to preach a new and Improved Gospel! Why? Because that old Gospel damages people’s self-esteem. What are you some sort of religious wacko! Don’t you know if you start preaching that Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven that that’s not politically correct. I mean, what are you trying to do, run people off! And don’t you realize that if you start talking about sin and the need to repent of it and cast your life upon the mercies of God to be rescued from the Wrath to come, that people will leave! Don’t you know how to run a business? That’s bad marketing! So here’s what you do. You say that, “God has a plan for your life,” so that when people come forward they just say, “Okay, I accept God’s plan for me.” I’m in like flint! They’ll stick around for that. That’s not the Gospel! Or I know, you just tell them “You just need to believe in God and that God loves you!” Excuse me? The Bible says even the demons believe in God and they ain’t going to heaven! Hello! Or I know, worse yet just tell them, “There is no hell, no need to worry, we’re all going to be just fine.” And man you keep that up, preach this new and improved gospel, and whew! You’re going to have numbers coming out of your ears! Huh! Isn’t that awesome! Isn’t that a successful Church? I mean, everybody loves to hear how good they are, especially when it come to eternal matters, right?
And folks, you might be thinking nobody in their right mind in the Church would ever fall for this baloney. I mean come on this Basic Christianity 101. It’s only through the cross of Jesus Christ that men might be saved, right? Not anymore! Folks I’m telling you, we not only have men in the pulpit who are only preaching fluff, we have men in the pulpit who are preaching a different gospel. In fact, they can’t even define what the Gospel is! Don’t believe me? Listen to their own words!
Fox Sunday with Chris Wallace
Chris Wallace: And what about Mitt Romney and I gotta ask you the question because it is a question, whether it should be or not in this campaign is, is a Mormon a true Christian?
Joel Osteen: Well in my mind they are. Mitt Romney says that he believes in Christ as his savior and that’s what I believe so, you know, I’m not the one to judge the little details of it. So I believe they are so, you know, Mitt Romney seems like a man of character and integrity to me and I don’t think anything would stop me from voting for him if that’s what I felt like.
Chris Wallace: So, so when people start talking about Joseph Smith, the founder of the church and golden tablets in upstate N.Y. and uh, and God assumes the shape of a man. Do you not get hung up in those theological issues?
Osteen: I probably don’t get hung up in them because I haven’t really studied them or thought about them and um thought I’d try and let God be the judge of that.
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Tony Jones: Listen, for me John, for me it’s a daily…DAILY I wonder if this whole thing is a total crock-DAILY! I think-is there really a God? Is my whole life based on a hoax? Everyday I make a decision to go on one day more. I mean really. I’m agnostic in that sense in that I--everyday I don’t know.
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Rob Bell Promo of Love Wins
Rob Bell: Several years ago we had an art show at our church and people brought in all kinds of sculptures and paintings and we put them on display and there was this one piece that had a quote from Ghandi in it. And lot’s of people found this piece compelling. They’d stop and sort of stare at it and take it in and start to reflect on it. But not everybody found it that compelling. Somewhere in the course of the art show, somebody attached a handwritten note to the piece and on the note they had written, “Reality check. He’s in hell”
Ghandi’s in hell? He is? And someone knows this for sure and felt the need to let the rest of us know.
This is why lot’s of people want nothing to do with the Christian faith. They see it as an endless list of absurdities and inconsistencies and they say, “Why would I ever want to be a part of that?”
The good news is that “love wins”
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Brian McLaren and Tony Jones Emergent Church Leaders
McLaren: In an ironic way, the doctrine of hell basically says no but that’s not really true. In the end God gets His way through coercion and violence and intimidation and domination. Just like every other kingdom does. The cross isn’t the center then. The cross is almost a distraction and false advertising for God. (laughs)
Jones: Oh Brian that was just so beautifully said. I was tempted to get on my soapbox there and…and…and you know, because as you and I know there are so many illustrations and examples you could give that show why the traditional view of hell completely falls in the face of uh, it’s antithetical to the cross. But the way you put it there uh, I loved that. I mean it’s false advertising.
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Joel Osteen on Larry King Live
Female caller: Thank you Joel Osteen for your positive messages and your book. I’m wondering though, why you sidestepped Larry’s earlier question about how we get to heaven and the Bible clearly tells us that Jesus is the way, the truth and the life and the ONLY way to the Father is through Him and that’s not really a message of condemnation but of truth.
Joel Osteen: Yeah, I would agree with her. I believe that.
Larry: So then a Jew is not going to hell.
Osteen: No, no. Here’s my thing Larry is that I can’t judge somebody’s heart, you know. I don’t know-only God can look at somebody’s heart and so I don’t know-to me it’s not my business to say this one is and this one isn’t and I’m just saying here’s what the bible teaches and I’m going to put my faith in you know, in uh Christ and I think it’s wrong when we go around saying you’re not going, you’re not going, you’re not going cause it’s not exactly my way. I believe my way with all my heart.
Larry: But assume someone doesn’t share it. Well it’s wrong isn’t it?
Osteen: Well I don’t know if I look at it like that. I would present my way but I’m just going to let God be the judge of that. I mean I don’t know. I don’t know.”29
Then why in the world are you even in the pulpit? He went on to say that he even wasn’t going to judge atheist whether or not they were going to haven or hell! Excuse me? Folks, put all these together and what are these so-called pastors saying from the pulpit? Mormons are going to heaven? Atheist and Jews are going to heaven? Anybody goes to heaven? There is no hell and the cross is actually false advertisement for God? What??? People, if you are in these guy’s camp you better run! Why? Because the Bible says if anyone ever dares preach another Gospel than the one and only True Gospel, through Jesus Christ and His death on the cross which can save us from hell…yes it’s real! Then what? Let that person including those guys be eternally condemned! They are accursed, they are devoted to destruction and they are doomed to eternal punishment.” Why? Because you had the audacity to wimp out on the Gospel all for the sake of numbers and instead you promoted a false gospel that leading people straight into to hell!
In fact, let’s put their so-called gospel to the test. Let’s see if we can rescue people from hell with the false gospel these men of The Church Growth Movement are promoting. Imagine that’s you’re loved ones there headed into that pit, your kids, grandkids, parents, siblings, co-workers, neighbors, whoever, and there they go, one after another, headed into the pit of hell. And they are going at a rapid rate because statistics say that there are 1.8 deaths per second, which multiplies to about over 100 deaths per minute, or 150,000 deaths per day and over 55 million deaths per year. Now let’s see if we can rescue them from hell with The Church Growth Movement techniques. Here we go. Here’s what we say just before they fall over the pit into hell:
Just believe in God….He loves you….
God has a plan for your life….He’ll help you live the American Dream
Learn to be a better you…hold your Bible up and achieve your full potential
There is no hell…that’s not really a pit you’re falling into….
And we wonder why God’s Word said, let these people who say these things be eternally condemned! You are devoted to destruction and you are doomed to eternal punishment. Why? Because this is not a game! How dare you do this! You had the opportunity to save people from eternal damnation in hell but you didn’t! You wimped out and chose to curse them for all eternity because you’re more concerned about popularity and numbers! How dare you! Anathema is right!
Oh Pastor Billy, Why! Why is this happening! Why is not only the world going down the tubes, but now even the Church going down the tubes. Why are we getting so worldly? Why is there so much apostasy? Why is there so little power in the Church today! I’ll tell you why! Because we have been tricked into buying into the lie of The Church Growth Movement! And because of it, we’re seeing a massive growth alright, a growth of worldliness and Apostasy in the Church exactly like the Bible said would happen, when you are living in the Last Days!
People, this is not a game! If you’re a part of one of these Harlot Churches who is preaching a false Gospel in these Last Days, with worldly dress, and worldly music, and worldly leadership, I’ll say it again, you better come out from them and be ye separate, because the Bible says they are headed for destruction, like these guys admit.
Wake up call to the church. Montage of preachers:
David Wilkerson: The Church has forgotten it’s foundations. A church that has turned away from it’s beginnings and begins to become a harlot church.
Carter Conlon: Just tell me how blessed I am. Just tell me I’m going to be powerful and popular and gonna have no trouble in life. Just tell me these things.
David Wilkerson: Watered down. Half truths. This gospel says just believe and get saved. There’s nothing of repentance, nothing of godly sorrow, nothing of turning from you’re sins, nothing about taking up you’re cross and following the Lord. But people who say a little prayer who said you’re fine-you’re good.
Keith Daniel: Now we’ve revised that and said if you can get people for one hour on Sunday morning and into the building-that’s the church. That’s NOT the church. We can use any device we want to get people for one hour and keep it early and keep it moving and keep it going. But that’s not the church Jesus built.
Leonard Ravenhill: And I’m embarrassed to be part of the church of Jesus today because I believe it’s an embarrassment to a Holy God. Most of our joyous clapping our hands and having a good time and afterwards, talking all the drivel of the world.
David Wilkerson: Don’t talk to us about holiness or separation from the world. We don’t want to hear of that. People today don’t want to hear anything they call gloom and doom. If it’s not smooth it’s gloom and doom.
Leonard Ravenhill: Well fine then, let me tell you lovingly to go to hell and live with all the scum of the earth. You like to drink, go with the drinkers. You like to lust. Go with the prostitutes.
Carter Conlon: And if you don’t believe this is happening in our generation I challenge you to go to a Christian bookstore this week and find the best sellers. Ask them which are the best sellers. AND LOOK AT THEM. LOOK AT THE COVERS! THEY ARE THE IMAGES OF MEN NOT THE IMAGES OF GOD. Five steps to be like me. Five steps to better yourself. Five steps to the new you. Five steps to a wonderful destiny. With their glossy faces on the cover, not so subtly telling the Church of Jesus Christ if you use the principles of God you will look like me. AND YOU BECAME ENAMOURED WITH YOUR OWN BEAUTY AND YOUR WHOLE THEOLOGICAL FOCUS NOW IS HOW YOU CAN BE SMARTER, BETTER, BETTER LOOKING, MORE PROSPEROUS. YOU LOST THE CALL OF GOD CHURCH!
Leonard Ravenhill: When I see the church in the New Testament they didn’t have stately buildings. They didn’t have paid evangelists. They didn’t have alot of money. They didn’t have organization. They didn’t get on TV and beg. But I’ll tell you what they did. THEY TURNED THE WORLD UPSIDEDOWN! I think we ought to watch this business with “you know God loves you and God loves you” and all the bumper sticker’s sloppy evangelism. Will you remind people of the goodness and the severity of God? Will you remind them mercy is cut off forever? Will you remind them that people pray in hell but nobody ever answers.
Carter Conlon: But in spite of what God has spoken they create a garment of fig leaves and they cover themselves and say, “All is well. All is well” and they seek out a church that won’t challenge their sin. That won’t expose this hypocrisy for what it is. I’d rather you get mad at me and go to heaven. I want to challenge you with everything in me. Put away lifeless religion. Put away empty pursuits of God. Put away all of the deception of the carnal nature.
Keith Daniel: Be ye holy, for I am holy. That’s God’s words. Not mine.
David Wilkerson: Word to God that Episcopalian, Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist, Pentecostal pastors begins to stand up and see what’s happening to the church that was once called the church of Jesus Christ. Backsliding. Turning apostate. Turning against the truth.
Carter Conlon: Some who are listening even now and will be listening to tapes in the future. You just can’t lighten up and enjoy these theologically shallow experiences like so many around you are today. Everyone around you is saying lighten up! Lighten up! God’s love. God’s good. God is kind. God is nice. Come to church, stick you’re feet up on the altar. Have a coffee and cookies with us, we hear three point messages on nothing about God--but there is a stirring in you, a stirring in the true bride in this generation. But if the Holy Spirit is truly, truly upon you in this generation, YOU WILL NOT BE SATIFIED. YOU WILL NOT BE FOUND AMONG THOSE WHO SIT IN SUPPOSED HOUSES OF GOD WITH YOUR FEET ON THE ALTAR RAIL WITH A CUP OF COFFEE IN YOUR HAND LISTENING TO A POWER POINT SERMON ABOUT A CHRIST THEY DON’T KNOW!!
The majority of God’s people have always rejected God’s prophetic word spoken through His servants.
Are you one of them?”30
But that’s still not all. The 4th reason people in the Church have abandoned the Christian faith, and Apostacized is due to A Flood of Occultic Believers. That’s right, I’m talking about the Signs and Wonders Movement. Little do people know that the teachings of the Signs and Wonders Movement have actually aided in this massive rise of apostasy. Today, people in the Church are being led astray by emotional spiritual manipulation and it’s actually helping them to worship the antichrist! But don’t take my word for it. Let’s listen to God’s.
2 Thessalonians 2:1-10 “Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers, not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us, saying that the day of the Lord has already come. Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction.
He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God. Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things? And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time. For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way.
And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of His mouth and destroy by the splendor of His coming. The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.” (NIV)
Now folks according to our text, the Bible clearly says that when the antichrist himself is revealed, he’s going to do so with false counterfeit signs, wonders, and miracles, right? And it’s not only going to be satanically inspired and empowered but it’s going to deceive people who specifically refuse to love God’s truth, i.e., those who are not Christians, they still need to be saved! Now here’s my point. Man! Good thing we don’t see any signs of that happening any time soon, people turning away from God’s truth and instead loving and following counterfeit miracles, signs, and wonders. Folks, are you kidding me? It’s happening before our very eyes! And it’s even called that! The Signs and Wonders Movement! And little do people realize it’s setting them up to worship the actual antichrist!
And the 1st way it’s doing that, even in the Church, is by getting people to Follow a Different Spirit than the Spirit of God. And that different “spirit” is called emotions! But shocker! That’s not what the Bible says we need to be following! Here’s what we need to be following.
Psalm 19:7-8 “The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul. The decrees of the LORD are trustworthy, making wise the simple. The commandments of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart.” (NIV)
Now folks, according to our text, if you want to bring joy to your heart, and if you want to experience true revival in your soul, and if you want to become wise and not fall for all the deception out there, what do you do? You fall in love with the Word of God, right? It says it right there! You delight in it. You seek it. You immerse yourself into that and whew! Life is good, right? Not anymore! Haven’t you heard? Apparently God’s Word’s is old hat. It’s old-fashioned and it’s not good enough anymore. We need something new and improved in these Last Days to make us alive in the Church! And that something new and improved is called The Signs and Wonders Movement! And what they would have you and I believe is that in order to be a true spiritual Christian, in these Last Days, that we need to seek an experience with God, an emotional encounter instead of becoming a student of God’s Word. Why? Because put yourself in the antichrist’s shoes! He’s not stupid! He knows he can’t fool people when he shows up on the scene with all these false lying signs, wonders, and miracles if they know the Word of God. That Book is the Truth! You can’t be steered wrong by the Word of God AND it exposes his lies! It shows us step by step what he’s going to do in the Last Days. So here’s what does. He gets people, even in the Church, to put down the Word of God and seek a so-called experience with God. Why? Because once you go after emotions, you can be duped! Emotions are deceptive, feelings are deceptive, but not the Word of God!
And folks I’ll state it on record that I don’t have a problem with having an emotional encounter with God. I’m very passionate when I preach as you know and sometimes in prayer I’m balling my eyes out like a little baby! I love this intimate walk with the Creator of the Universe and I wouldn’t exchange it for anything. But that’s not what’s going on here folks. These emotional encounters that The Signs and Wonders Movement are promoting in the Church are not genuine. They’re counterfeit! Things like ecstatic speech, barking like dogs, having convulsions, or even uncontrollable laughter, in Church services are now supposed to be the new signs of true spiritual maturity and a genuine encounter with God. Don’t believe me? Let’s take a look at what’s going on in the American Church and you tell me if people aren’t being deceived!
The Holy Ghost Hokey Pokey Church: If you not only want some good ol’ fashioned entertainment at your next Church service, but a free healing to boot, you can attend this Church and join them in a “new” movement of God called the Holy Ghost Hokey Pokey.
Rick Joyner’s Morningstar Church”
Three weeks ago we did a Friday night School of Spirit and we saw 12 people healed by Word of Knowledge and 40 healed during the holy ghost hokey pokey. Let’s just go ahead and do that and see what the Lord does. You guys okay to do the holy ghost hokey pokey? Can you lead it?
Alright, Brian is gonna lead us in the holy ghost hokey pokey.
Brian singing: Put your right hand in, put your right hand out. You put your right hand in you put your right hand out. You put your right hand in and you put your right hand out. You put it in and you shake it and you shake it all about. You put your left hand in, you take your left hand out...
Guy from the audience: When I started doing the hokey pokey at first with the arms and I thought not the real effect but then when I started doing the whole movement put your left foot in, your right foot in both of my knees-you know one at a time all of a sudden there was like no pain.
The Can Can Dance Church: One Church service included a lady who said the Spirit of God gave her the “Left Leg Anointing”. Suddenly she kicks up her left leg (like the “Can Can” dance), and says, “More Jesus”, whereupon people are supposedly slain in the Spirit in the direction of her kick. Then she proceeded to take the Lord’s name in vain saying, “Oh my God, Oh my God, Oh my God”, which she later changes to “Oh my goodness.”
The Hiss Like a Snake Church: Another Church service included the so-called minister hissing like a serpent and sticking his tongue out grunting loudly as he walked through the crowd. And all the while in the background people are yelling, screaming and making animal sounds.
The Squeal Like a Pig Church: Go to this service and you would have heard the sounds of pigs squealing and while people are dancing a jig.
The Moo Like a Cow Church: Or go to another service and you’d see a lady “mooing” like a cow with two so-called ministers rolling around on the floor beside her.
The Baa Like a Sheep Church: Or go to this service and you join these folks “baaing” like a sheep.
The Bark Like a Dog Church: Or for those of you “canine” lovers out there, maybe you can go to this service and join everyone in barking like dogs. That’s right…Who let the dogs out!
The Roar Like a Lion Church: Or if a dog bark isn’t loud enough for you, you can go to this Church service whereupon you will be encouraged to roar like a lion.
The Cluck Like a Chicken Church: Believe it or not you can go to a Church service where the so-called minister doesn’t preach another boring sermon from the Bible. No! He stands around clucking like a chicken! And for those of you who don’t believe me, lets watch this short video clip.
John Scotland:
Okay now before we take our...you know-uh-before we go surfing…let’s get the reading done. (sways as if drunk) Luke..LUKE!!! (starts laughing) Chapter TWOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
I’ll tell ya what let’s look at chapter one verse...verse...verse.... COCKADOODLE DOOOOOOOOO!!!!
(church audience laughing uncontrollably)
Matthias was a member of the abbey (makes another loud animal sound then crows like a rooster a second and third time)
The Toking the Holy Ghost Church: If animal noises just aren’t your thing and you really want that “spiritual high,” then look no further than these Churches who encourage you toke the Holy Ghost. Check it out for yourself!
Brandon Barthrop, John Crowder, Stacey Denboer and friends:
Brandon Barthrop: “What is tokin’ the ghost? This is tokin’ the ghost.”
(motions like he just took a hit from a joint)
“Tokin’ the ghost is simply putting your fingers together in the form of smoking a joint, but instead of smoking and illegal substance that’s harmful for the body, you are inhaling the holy ghost with the access point of putting your fingers together and looking like your smoking a marijuana cigarette but in fact you are receiving impartation from almighty god. I challenge you today that tokin’ the ghost is an idea from the holy ghost to disturb the religious strongholds, to disturb religious demons, to destroy religious spirits from hell and get the church into the freedom and laws of liberty in Christ Jesus so that you may…two things…glorify God and enjoy Him.”
Man next to Crowder: “We’re at Springs of Living Water Church in Fargo, North Dakota and I’m here with John Crowder.”
John Crowder: “I firmly believe in tokin’ the ghost. Have a little jehovahjuana.”
Man standing next to crowder: laughing hysterically
John Crowder: “The great thing-it’s free. You just reach in your pocket. Wow! Look what’s there!”
(pretends to hold a joint)
“You just take a little...(puts fingers to mouth and pretends to inhale)
“Take a little whiff of the glor-y and then quick exhale. I’m just going to give you a little second hand-right through the video screen alright? Time and space are not an issue. This is a heavenly realm alright? See this access point right here”
(motions like he took another hit then motions like he’s blowing smoke into the camera)
“Oy yoi yoi yoi”
Man: “There’s no high like the most high”
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Stacy DenBoer: ”Hello out there in internet land. I was just gonna…I was just gonna take a big ol’ glory injection off my baby Jesus. I just took my baby Jesus and strapped him to…ah…um a syringe and I’m just gonna take a glory injection into my veins on the mainline. Get some of that big heavy, liquid heavy, weighty shoobie boobie juice just pumping through my veins from heaven. So here I go.”
(raises arm put “baby Jesus syringe” up to his arm, makes motion of giving himself an “injection”)
Then states, “Shingy boing boing ding ding ding.”31
Now folks, I don’t think Jesus came all the way from heaven to die a horrible death on the cross just so we can walk around clucking like chickens or smoking a so-called Holy Spirit joint, you know what I’m saying? You talk about blasphemy! And oh yeah, I don’t doubt your having an experience but it’s not from God! I think it’s from the antichrist! Why? To prepare your heart to worship him! He knows if you stick to the Word of God instead of that baloney that he can’t fool you! But now that he’s got you barking like a dog, roaring like a lion, and heaven forbid clucking like a chicken man you’re ripe for the picking! He’s got you! You’re seeking emotions over God, you’re following a different spirit, and now you’re set up for the Last Days where he’ll give you an experience alright, it’s called lying counterfeit signs, wonders, and miracles. And we now have a whole new generation people, even in the Church who are ready to receive it! Exactly like the Bible said would happen, when you are living in the Last Days!
But that’s not all. The 2nd way people are being deceived into worshiping the antichrist in the Last Days, even in the Church, is by Linking Themselves to a Different Spirit than the Spirit of God.
2 Corinthians 11:13-15 “For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, masquerading as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness.” (NIV)
Now folks, according to our text, if there’s one thing the Bible is clear about, it’s that satan doesn’t always appear on the scene as some horrible looking creature with horns and demon breath, right? What’d it say there? Sometimes he’ll show up as an angel of light, which means it won’t be freaky at all! It’s going to be fabulous! You’re emotions are going to be so full of bliss and love and so surely it’s got to be an angel of God, right? No! That’s part of satan’s deceptive character. And so here’s the point. Surely we wouldn’t fall for that ol’ trick in the Church, would we? I mean, surely we wouldn’t link ourselves to a different spirit just because it felt right, would we? Not anymore! Folks, haven’t you heard! True spiritual Christians in these Last Days are not only those that can have an emotional encounter with God, but those that can express their emotions with God! You know, let it all hang out! Jump and scream and shout and dance and go crazy and wild!
And folks, again, I’ll state it on record. I don’t have a problem with showing emotions at a Church service! Although if Kenny got up here and started rolling on the floor, we’d have to lay hands on him. He’d have an even worse week! No seriously, I do not believe that clapping is illegal nor that raising your hands is inviting the judgment of God! Although I do wonder sometimes if we’re ever going to be able to clap on time this side of heaven! But that’s another point! But seriously folks, that’s not what’s going on here. These expressive emotional encounters that The Signs and Wonders Movement are encouraging people to do in the Church are not genuine. They’re counterfeit. Little do people realize that they are being duped into getting worked up into an altered state of consciousness, in the Church, by this behavior, to link themselves up to a different spirit, rather than Spirit of God! Don’t believe me? Let’s take a look at this process of behavioral manipulation by the occult, to get people into an altered state of consciousness with their behavior, and you tell me there isn’t some parallels.
Kundalini Awakening - Dynamic Meditation:
“During these sessions its a very strange environment. People speak in tongues, they yell and they scream, they talk in foreign languages. It’s like a madhouse, it’s real crazy. Everyone bounces around on foam pads flying up in the air.”
Telly Savalas: Rajneesh is one of India’s most controversial gurus. Largely because of his endorsement of shocking sexual practices as a prerequisite for “salvation”
Rajneeshpuram Oregon, U.S.A
(Room full of people wildly jumping up and down to sound of drums)
His brand of yoga called dynamic meditation is a new age combination of Hinduism and psychotherapies. This exercise involving rigorous breathing and hyperventilation is designed to arouse the serpent force called kundalini, which the gurus believe lie coiled at the base of the spine.
(people are now screaming and yelling at the top of their lungs)
Woman speaking: The next phase, the screaming phase of dynamic meditation feels like when you finally have an opportunity to throw a tantrum when you were a little kid. By the time you get to the third phase of jumping up and down and yelling “who”, you’re hardly “there” at all. So it’s pretty hard to remember what happens when you’re there. I guess the closest thing I can associate with it is mindlessness. You get to a place where your mind actually leaves your body. Your body is just jumping up and down and the voice from your gut is yelling “who” and you’re not doing it anymore. You become one with this whole energy. The next phase in dynamic meditation is the quiet space. Someone yells “STOP!” and you’ve just been doing 30 minutes of intense catharsis and what happens after being in such incredibly intense movement for so long, is such a feeling of peacefulness and stillness. My mind actually stops and I feel a oneness with the whole universe.”32
Now folks, as creepy as that is was, it gets worse. It’s one thing for people to do that and fall for that, getting worked up into a frenzy to get yourself into an altered state of consciousness, but believe it or not, the enemy has “repackaged” this mind altering occult technique to the American Church and simply calls it being Charismatic. Don’t believe me? Check out this parallel of behavior between what you just saw, and some of the so-called Church services in the American Church and you tell me if there’s not a direct connection.
The Four Phases of an Altered State Consciousness
FIRST PHASE: The Hindu followers first began with a form of “repetitive movement” combined with “music” for an extended period of time.
Some Church services today include people “repeatedly” running around, jumping up and down, swaying back and forth, etc. to the beat of so-called “worship” music.
SECOND PHASE: The Hindu followers then started to speak forth a “repetitive phrase” or “mantra” over and over again until it became mindless.
Some Church services today include people speaking forth a “repetitive phrase” or a so-called “unknown language” over and over again.
THIRD PHASE: The Hindu followers then started to “shout repeatedly” over and over again as a way of further “releasing” themselves from reality.
Some Church services today include people “shouting, yelling, screaming” over and over again in order to “let it all hang out” in their so-called “worship” of God.
FOURTH PHASE: The Hindu followers finished this occultic mind altering procedure with a sudden ceasing of all activity so as to “feel” a connection with the universe or spirit world.
Some Church services today include people being requested (after a prolonged period of repetitive movement, repetitive speaking, repetitive shouting) to then be completely still and silent so as to “feel” the so-called presence of the Holy Spirit.
Folks, maybe it’s just me, but I think somebody’s masquerading as an angel of light here, you know what I’m saying? I mean, there’s no doubt these people are having an “experience” even in the Church but that doesn’t mean it’s coming from God! And for those of you who think they’ll never get you! Why, you’re a conservative! You’ll never clap your hands let alone raise your hands at a Church service! They’ll never get you! Really? Well, they may already have. Do you Yoga? It does the exact same thing! But don’t take my word for it. Let’s listen to these Yoga Masters. At least they’re honest enough to admit it!
Caryl Matriciana - Yoga Uncoiled:
Caryl: Recently, I returned to India and had the opportunity to interview yogis who train their followers through various physical and mental exercises and I questioned them about yogas transformation. I also asked Indian experts if the practice of yoga consciousness could be separated from it’s eastern spirituality and used as physical fitness only.
Dr George Alexander, Associate Professor. Author of Yoga: The Truth Behind the Posture
Dr. Alexander: Today in the West, about 35 million Americans are into yoga, just seeing yoga as physical fitness. Yoga is a Hindu word. Yoga is a hindu discipline, to become ‘one’ with the universal consciousness, which means become one with god-which god? Brahma, the Hindu god.
Dr Victor Choudhrie, a leading cancer surgeon in India is also a well know lecturer and author of many books.
Dr Choudrie: The word yoga, in Hindu language means union. As simple as that. And the purpose of this union is they think there is a powerful kundalini in their spine, in the base of their spine which is a kind of coiled serpent and the idea is when this union takes place-this serpent is uncoiled and travels into their minds and releases the “third eye”. The “third eye” means the Shiva idea, the god Shiva.
Dr. Alexander: In Hinduism, the serpent is a prominent deity or many people worship serpents. I have seen many snake temples or serpent temples in India. If you look at the picture or lord Shiva in Hinduism, you see a snake wrapped around his neck. They believe that the serpent power is in every person and the serpent power is sleeping in you. By practicing yoga-they awake that kundalini power in you. Actually kundalini is the name for a cobra, so when the kundalini power is awakened that goes up to the brain and awakened the psychic power.
Dr. Choudhrie: When the spirit of kundalini is uncoiled-there is a movement of body serpent-like movements.
I don’t think we can separate yoga-the practice of yoga from the spiritual into just a form of exercise because every form of the yoga movement derives from the serpent and there’s a root behind it so when a person practices yoga he’s actually bowing down to the god of the serpent.
Caryl Matriciana: In most cultures, the serpent is seen as a positive creature and worshipped for it’s wisdom. Only in the Bible is the serpent described as the Creator God’s enemy. A usurper who wishes to take God’s rightful place in the mind of mankind. In Hinduism he is called the kundalini and believed to be able to be awakened through yoga meditation and grant the practitioner and awareness of god. A stillness. A god-conciousness.”33
Now folks, I don’t know about you, but I’d say somebody’s being prepared to receive the antichrist, you know what I’m saying? It’s like somebody’s masquerading as an angel of light or something….hmmm. And folks, to show you just how deep this deception goes, even in the Church, we now have Church services that not only practice Yoga, but they have the audacity call it “Holy Yoga.”34 And on their website they say their whole purpose to promote this in the Church is to quote, “Deepen people’s connection to Christ.” Really? Which Christ? The antichrist??? And you need to know that it’s not only gaining popularity all across America, but it’s growing like wildfire in the Church. In fact, one report said, “Yoga followers have tripled from what it was just 15 years ago!
Gee, if I didn’t know better I’d say somebody’s tricking us into linking ourselves with a different spirit other that the Spirit of God, how about you? And you know why? Because the Bible says in the Last Days the actual antichrist is going to appear on the scene and spiritually link people to him with lying false counterfeit signs, wonders, and miracles. And speaking of wonders, we now have a whole new generation people, even in the Church who are ready to do just that! Exactly like the Bible said would happen, when you are living in the Last Days!
But that’s not all. The 3rd way people are being deceived into worshiping the antichrist in the Last Days, even in the Church, is by Possessing Themselves with a Different Spirit than the Spirit of God.
1 John 4:1-3 “Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.” (NIV)
Now folks, the Bible clearly says that not every spiritual encounter you have is from God, right? Why? Because there’s counterfeits out there, and they’re being promoted by false prophets and the spirit of the antichrist, which is already at work in the world, right? And so John says, man, you better put these so-called spirits to the test, because the last thing you’d ever want to do is to be led astray let alone possessed by a different spirit that the Spirit of God, right? And by the way, a Christian cannot be possessed by another spirit other than the Spirit of God. SO if a person is being possessed by another spirit, they’re not a Christian! So let’s do that! Let’s put these so-called spiritual encounters that The Signs and Wonders Movement are encouraging people to do in the Church to the test. Let’s see if this is truly a work of God or just another satanic counterfeit.
SIGNS & WONDERS vs. OCCULT
Signs & Wonders Hindu Gurus Meditation African Spiritism
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Folks, maybe it’s just me, but apparently this kind of behavior from The Signs and Wonders Movement isn’t so “new and improved” after all. Looks to me like the occult’s been doing the exact same thing for a long time now. And once again, I don’t doubt that you’re having a “spiritual experience.” But when you put it to the test like the Bible tells us to, I don’t see it as being consistent with the Spirit of God. So the question is, “What does this full-blown possession of another spirit other than the Spirit of God look like today, even in the Church? Well, thanks for asking. I think it looks like this. Let’s take a look.
Andrew Strom - Kundalini Warning:
“I want to show you some of the shocking things and just how similar they are to the kundalini cults of Hinduism and the new age movement, eastern religions. The stuff that has been invading in the last 16-17 years, I believe that it’s the worst invasion in church history.
What became known as the “Toronto Blessing” went worldwide under that name-the Toronto Blessing-everybody knew what that was about. People falling down and acting drunken, laughing hysterically, shaking uncontrollably or jerking backwards and forwards, their heads shaking back and forth. People even roaring like lions, people making animal noises. You know this stuff had not been seen in the church, I mean in a tiny way on the fringes but this stuff had not been seen in the church on this scale before and it invaded worldwide.
So all around the world, especially in the commonwealth countries, especially England and all through the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, Canada and many other nations all over the world, all through Europe all of the charismatic movement was into this stuff for the large part and so this thing became a worldwide sensation in just a couple of years.
Now the basic question we’re asking in this documentary is why are these manifestations so similar to Eastern religions and Hinduism and the kundalini cults and yet they’re no found in scripture, they’re not found in the Bible, they’re not found in classical Christianity at all. Of course in Hinduism one of the most common ways of experiencing a kundalini awakening is through a guru placing his hand upon your forehead. This is called Shakti-Pat and when they do that you’ll become infused with this incredible love and this wave of emotion, you’ll fall down. There will be manifestations, making animal noises, joy and weeping and shaking. This is a kundalini awakening and amazingly it is exactly the same as we have been seeing in the Toronto Blessing.
Now one of the very clearest signs of a kundalini awakening has always been these kryias. You see this woman involved in the new age movement, she’s walking along exhibiting these kryias happening, involuntary jerking motions and the staggering thing about it is that we are seeing again and again and again these exact same type of kryias right through the Toronto Movement. This has always been one of the clearest signs of kundalini that we know of.
A friend of mine from South Africa has done a tremendous amount of research on this topic. He says that kundalini is like a false Holy Spirit. It produces even miracles and healings, infusions of love, and power and energy and emotion and all these kind of things and yet it’s the Hindu version of the Holy Spirit and it’s not holy.”36
Folks, if I didn’t know better I’d say somebody’s tricking us into possessing ourselves with a different spirit other that the Spirit of God, how about you? And you know why? Because the Bible says in the Last Days the actual antichrist is going to appear on the scene and spiritually possess people with lying false counterfeit signs, wonders, and miracles. And we now just happen to have a whole new generation of people, even in the Church, who are ready to do just that! Not Christians. But people who go to Church services. Just like the Bible said would happen, when you are living in the Last Days!
And believe it or not, even with all this amazing evidence pointing to the signs of Christ’s soon return, some people still think that they can mix the good with the bad without having any head problems, like this guy:
“There was a man who was a Buffalo Sabres fan who had a big dilemma. He wanted to marry a lady who was a Toronto Maple Leafs fan. And knowing that this would be a lifelong problem, the Buffalo Sabres fan agreed to have 50% of his brain removed in order to ensure compatibility in the marriage. So he goes to his doctor and says, ‘I’ve just got to marry this woman who’s a Toronto Maple Leafs fan. I love her so much.’
So the doctor says, ‘Well, it’s risky, but okay.’
So into the operating room they go for the brain removal procedure.
Later though, when the man who was the Buffalo Sabres fan woke up, the doctor came in and said, ‘We are very sorry, but we accidentally removed 75% of your brain instead of 50%.’
To which the man looked up and said, ‘Go Leafs!’”10
Now that guy found out the hard way that, try as you might, you can’t mix the good with the bad, can you? It not only caused him some serious head problems but his condition even worsened, didn’t it? But believe it or not, he’s not alone. You see, many people today also think that they can mix hypocritical teachings with Christianity and still be Christians. Yet the Bible says that these “religious” people are sadly in line for the ultimate rude awakening from Jesus Himself.
Matthew 7:21-23 “Not all people who sound religious are really godly. They may refer to me as ‘Lord,’ but they still won’t enter the Kingdom of Heaven. The decisive issue is whether they obey my Father in heaven.
On judgment day many will tell me, ‘Lord, Lord, we prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.’ But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Go away; the things you did were unauthorized.” (NLT)
People of God, I hope you’re not one of those who are busy being religious yet have never truly bowed a knee before Jesus Christ. I hope that you have honestly surrendered your life to Him by following all of His teachings, not just the ones you like. Why? Because you might wake up one day and discover that you’ve been left behind. And do you know what? God doesn’t want you left behind. Because He loves you and I, He has given us the warning sign of The Rise of Apostasy to show us that the Tribulation could be near and that Christ’s 2nd Coming is rapidly approaching. Jesus Himself said this:
Luke 21:28 “When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” (NIV)
Like it or not folks, we are headed for The Final Countdown. We don’t know the day or the hour. Only God knows. The point is, if you’re a Christian, and you’re not willing to go to the front lines to fight for the cause of Christ, then will you at least support those who will? Let’s rock! Folks, it’s high time we Christians speak up and declare the good news of salvation to those who are dying all around us. But please, if you’re not a Christian, give your life to Jesus today, because tomorrow may be too late! Just like the Bible said!
Study Questions
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Review
• Jesus Christ’s coming again is rapidly approaching. Can you remember, up to this point, the five signs that were studied that confirm His soon return?
Answer: Sign #10 was _______ _________________ ______________
Sign # 9 was _____________________ ________________
Sign # 8 was _____________________ __________________
Sign #7 was The _______________ ___ _______________
Sign #6 was The _____________ ____ _________________
The ‘study-in-a-nutshell’, in this last chapter, was that God lovingly told us that in the last days before Jesus’ 2nd Coming there would be an increase of people loving _______________ more than __________. Pastor Billy exposed the three avenues that people today love themselves more than God:
First: Through the religion of ___________________
Secondly: Through the self-_________, self-_________ movement
Thirdly: Through ______________ or _____________.
This Chapter:
The #5 Sign on the Final Countdown is none other than the ____________of
________________.
Paul wrote in 1 Timothy 4:1-2, “Now the Holy Spirit tells us clearly that in the last times some will turn away from what we believe; they will follow lying spirits and teachings that come from demons. These teachers are hypocrites and liars. They pretend to be religious, but their consciences are dead.”
These verses tell us clearly that “one of the major characteristics of the church in the last days is that many people will ______________ to be religious and give the ________________ of being Christians. Yet will show their true colors by _____________ ____________ from the _____________ to follow hypocritical ___________________
• Today, what bold statements have people in the Church made?
Answer:
“Jesus _________________ just like us.”
“It ______________matter what religion you follow, they all teach the _______________ thing,”
“There is no such place as ___________________ .”
“The devil is not a _____________being but rather a mere _______________ of evil.
Let’s note some of the “change of beliefs” claimed by “Christians” in American Churches in just the last 15 years:
1. Eighty percent of Christians believe “the Bible teaches that God helps those who help themselves.”
2. Fifty three percent say the Holy Spirit does not exist.
3. Twelve percent do not know what will happen to them after they die.
4. Twenty five percent agreed that it doesn’t matter what faith you follow because all faith groups teach the same lessons.
5. Thirty percent say that Jesus Christ died but never had a physical resurrection.
6. Twenty nine percent contend that “when he lived on earth, Jesus Christ was human and committed sins, like other people.”
7. Twenty nine percent assert that “there are some crimes, sins, or other things which people might do which cannot be forgiven by God.”
8. Forty seven percent say that satan does not exit.
9. Twenty two percent agreed that all people will experience the same outcomes after death, regardless of their religious beliefs.
10. Thirty one percent say that a good person can earn his/her way into
Heaven.
There are two reasons for such a mass exodus of people deliberately abandoning the basic truths of Christianity.
• How are people in the church being led astray by this movement?
Answer: By __________________ manipulation.
They would say that if you just have enough _____________, you could obtain untold _________________ from God.
Listen to some actual statements from some of Word of Faith’s most prominent leaders:
1. Kenneth Copeland: “satan conquered Jesus on the cross.”
2. Morris Cerullo: “You’re not looking at Morris Cerullo-you’re looking at God. You’re looking at Jesus.”
3. Benny Hinn: Never, ever, ever go the Lord and say, ‘If it be thy will…’ Don’t allow such faith destroying words to be spoken from your mouth.”
4. Frederick Price: “God has to be given permission to work in this earth realm on behalf of man…Yes! You are in control! So if man has control, who no longer has it? God.”
5. Benny Hinn: “Adam could fly like a bird, swim underwater like a fish, and even transport himself to the moon.
6. Kenneth Hagin: “Because Jesus was recreated from a satanic being to an incarnation of God, you too can become an incarnation – as much an incarnation as Jesus Christ of Nazareth.”
7. Kenneth Copeland: “Your word is God’s command.”
8. Jerry Savelle: “By using your tongue to release the force of faith, you can speak whatsoever you desire into existence.”
9. John Avanzini: “Jesus was wealthy and prosperous. He lived in a big house, handled big money, and even wore designer clothes.
• What do these leaders and many more do it manipulate people into thinking that they’ll be fabulously wealthy?
Answer: You have to send them your ________________ to get these supposedly _______________ financial blessings from God.
• What will these Word of Faith leaders send you, if you ‘sow a seed’, a financial seed of course?
Answer: They will send you the latest religious ________________to help you get _________________ .
Let’s note some of these magical trinkets:
✓ a genuine faith ______________ .
✓ a prayer _____________ .
✓ a prayer _____________ .
✓ a ______________ prayer rug.
✓ __________________ oil.
✓ a _________________ miracle packet.
These church leaders promise to personally pray for a l00-fold increase in your life for your ______________________ donation to their ministry.
• Who is really getting rich?
Answer: (We’ll let you answer that one!)
One man talks about this “new Jesus” that has appeared on the scene:
“The function of God has been changed. He has a whole new role. No longer is he the object of all worship and adoration. Instead he has become an important means for getting what we now worship and adore—things, or at least the money to buy the things.
In our brave new world we worship the things we have been conditioned to want, and we will be religious if religion can guarantee us the products our democratic capitalistic society turns out by the tons.”
This “new Jesus” propagates a ‘prosperity theology’ that promises the faithful if they seek first the kingdom of this reconstructed deity and do all the things the pop religious books say will guarantee success, then all these things ( the ones described in the ads) will be added unto them. This is a new religion that is functional, fit for these new believers who hunger for consumer goods. It has, as they say, ‘user-friendly churches’ that are just right for people who will help us succeed in life…which of course means to get all the things we don’t need, so as to gratify our media-created hungers.
From time to time, a person comes along and reminds us of the other Jesus. We admire her and him, but then we hurry back to that “new” Jesus who doesn’t demand sacrifices for the poor and oppressed but simply promises to be there to help us. The ad for the army suggests, All That WE Can Be.
• What has the Word of Faith Movement done with the concept of God?
Answer: They have turned God into a mere _______________ that supposedly can be tapped into by faith to satisfy our lust for _____________ ______________ .
God, through the Apostle Peter’s pen, warned us about this kind of monetary manipulation in the church in the last days:
2 Peter 2:1-3 states: “But there were also false prophets in Israel, just as there will be false teachers among you. ___________ ___________ _______________ they will make up clever lies to ____________ ________________ ________________ ______________ ____________. But God condemned them long ago, and their destruction is on the way.”
• Through this movement, how are many people in the Church led astray?
Answer: By ______________________ manipulation.
• What do the leaders of this movement claim that true and loving Christians will have?
Answer: An _______________ mind when it comes to understanding the Bible. They say that ________________ not __________________, provide the foundation for Christianity. In other words, your version of Christianity is what feels right for you.
• So in essence, what does the person do?
Answer: You make up _____________ ___________ doctrine.
• What doctrines, right now, are main-line denominations battling over?
Answer:
✓ Whether or not Jesus really is the ____________way to heaven.
✓ Many people claiming to be Christians are actually __________ the existence of hell.
✓ ___________________ of homosexuality as a _________________lifestyle; now saying, “It’s ____________ even for those behind the pulpit.”
People are _______________doctrine to suit their own ___________fancies.
To show the proof of this, Pastor Billy shares some samples of perverting the actual text of the Bible to make up their own version of the Bible:
Since many readers today find the Bible sexist, racist, elitist and insensitive, the Oxford University Press released a culturally sensitive version of the Bible. “In this version God is no longer ‘_______________’ and Jesus is no longer ‘_____________’.
• In the majestic opening of John’s Gospel, ‘the glory he has from the Father as the only Son of the Father’ becomes ‘the glory as of a _________________ only ________________.’ (John 1:14)
• The Lord’s prayer now begins like this: ‘Father-______________, hallowed be your name. May your dominion come.’ (Luke 11:2)
• Jesus’ own self-understanding as God’s only son is generalized to: ‘No one knows the ___________ except the Father-_____________; and no one knows the Father-________________ except the _________________...’ (Matthew 11:27)
• Avoiding another traditional phrase, ‘Son of Man,’ the Oxford text reads: ‘Then they will see ‘the ________________one in clouds with great power and glory.’ (Mark 13:26)
A new edition of the Gospels identifies Christ as a woman named “_____________ Christ” of Nazareth. The LBI Institute wanted to ______________ the _________________of Christ and God. Billie Shakespeare, the vice president for the publisher, stated the following:
“This long-awaited revised text of the Gospels makes the moral message of Christ more ___________________ to many, and more ________________ to all.” He also said, “It is _________________. We published this new Bible to acknowledge the rise of ________________ in society.”
In this feminist version:
✓ the Prodigal __________becomes the Prodigal _________________ .
✓ the _______________ prayer becomes the _______________ prayer.
• In Luke chapter 2 the verses now read, “And Joseph went to Bethlehem. To be enrolled with Mary, his wife, who was then pregnant. And she brought forth her firstborn child. And ___________ name was chosen to be _____________ .”
• A passage on the crucifixion, from John 19 says, ‘And __________ bearing ________________ cross went forth. There they crucified ____________________.’
• And a resurrection passage from Matthew 28 now states, ‘Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. But the angel said to the women, ‘Do not be afraid, for I know that you come to see __________________ who was crucified. ______________ is not here; for ____________ is risen.”
This new version has an evolutionary slant to the gospel and presents Jesus as being born, ‘not to a virgin, but to a ________________ .’
The first volume in the series “mixes the best of each wisdom tradition with the latest findings in psychology, quantum physics, neuroscience, and linguistics.” When covering the Gospel of Mark it includes these 3 parables:
✓ The Parable of the __________________ .
✓ The Parable of the _______________ ________________ .
✓ The Parable of the ________________ .
In a quote from the Parable of the Gorilla, the writer states, “Yes, if Jesus was alive today, he would understand that his ancestors, just like ours, were _______________. No, he wouldn’t run around claiming he was born of a virgin.”
• What has a Postmodern, Liberal society done with Biblical terminology?
Answer: They have ___________________ it.
Note some examples:
What our Founding Fathers referred to as ‘drunkenness’ because of their Christian heritage, we now call ___________________ and deem it a social disease, rather than a sin.
What the Law of God called ‘sodomy’; we now call an _________________ life style, giving this a political identity and the unassuming name of gay rights and sexual orientation. Pornography is a perversion that brings death to a nation, and yet we call it _______________ _____________________.
What our Founding Fathers called “immorality”, we now call it the ____________ _______________________; what the law called “adultery” or “fornication”, we now call ________________ _________ or __________________ ________________; and what the Law called “abhorrent social behavior” (stealing or filthy language), we now call ______________________ social ___________________ or “anti-social behavior.”
In these last days, people “in the Church are deliberately, gathering around themselves liberal teachers, to tell them ______________________ they want to hear, while _________________ the Truth-just like Paul said would happen:
2 Timothy 4:3-4 states: “For a time is coming when people will no longer listen to right teaching. They will follow their own desires and will look for teachers who will tell them whatever they want to hear. They will reject the truth and follow strange myths.”
Yes, in these last days before Jesus comes again, people will __________________ to be Christians, yet will also, ____________________ follow ___________________ teachers. The
Bible clearly tells us that “these “religious” people are sadly in-line for the ultimate rude awakening from Jesus Himself.”
Matthew 7:7-2l-23 states, “Not all people who sound religious are really godly. They may refer to me as ‘Lord,’ but they still won’t enter the Kingdom of Heaven. The decisive issue is whether they obey my Father in Heaven.”
On judgment day many will tell me, ‘Lord, Lord, we prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.’ But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Go away; the things you did were unauthorized.”
My friends, Christ’s 2nd Coming is rapidly approaching. Are you ready to meet Jesus? The Rise of Apostasy is another vivid proof of His soon return.
In Luke 21:28, Jesus declared, “When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”
Chapter Seven
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One World Religion
Hey, how many of you have learned this lesson in life yet: the longer you live, rather than finding all the answers to all of life’s problems, you actually discover that the questions about life seem to get even more weird? Anybody notice besides me? Well, for those of you who didn’t raise your hands, that’s right, I’m here to help you out. You see, I’ve been keeping a list of some of the weird questions that I’ve come across in this life. Let’s see if they sound familiar to you:
1. Would a chicken crossing the road be considered poultry in motion?
2. Isn’t it true that he who dies with the most toys, is still dead?
3. Is the reason why a chicken coop has two doors is because if it had four, it would be a chicken sedan?
4. Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, ”I think I’ll squeeze these dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out”?
5. Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp in which no decent human being would ever eat?
6. If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him?
7. Can a hearse carrying a corpse drive in the carpool lane?
8. If Wile E. Coyote had enough money to buy all that Acme stuff, why didn’t he just buy dinner?
9. Isn’t it true that there is always a reason to smile because every 7 minutes of every day, someone in an aerobics class is pulling a hamstring?
10. Isn’t it true that when your mother asks, “Do you want a piece of advice?” it’s a mere formality. Because it doesn’t matter if you answer yes or no. You’re still going to get it anyway?1
Now, as you guys can see, there are some pretty weird questions to try to figure out in life, aren’t there? But to me, I think the weirdest thing that I question in life would have to be this: how is it that people can hear the good news that God will freely forgive them of all their sins through Jesus and save them from the wrath to come, and yet just turn and walk away. Now folks, that’s not only weird, it’s unfortunate. Because this means that they are sadly running the risk of being left behind and will be catapulted into the seven-year Tribulation that is coming upon the whole world.
And folks, the time of the Tribulation is not a party. Jesus said in Matthew 24 that it would be a time of greater horror than anything the world has ever seen or will ever see again. He also said that unless that time of calamity is shortened, the entire human race would be destroyed. But God is not only a God of wrath; He’s a God of love as well. And because He loves you and I, He has given us many warning signs so that we would know when the Tribulation could be near and that Christ’s 2nd Coming is rapidly approaching. Therefore, to make sure our lives aren’t filled with even more weird questions from being left behind, we’re going to continue taking a look at The Final Countdown.
We already saw how the #10 sign on The Final Countdown was The Jewish People. The #9 sign was Modern Technology. The #8 sign was Worldwide Upheaval. The #7 sign was The Rise of Falsehood. The #6 sign was The Rise of Wickedness. And in the last chapter we saw how the #5 sign was none other than The Rise of Apostasy. There we saw that God lovingly foretold you and I that when we see an increase of people in the Church turning away from the truth, that this would be an indicator that we are in the last days. Isn’t that what we see today through the Church Growth Movement, Word of Faith Movement, The Signs and Wonders Movement, and Liberal Christianity?
But that’s not the only signs that God has given us. The #4 sign on The Final Countdown is none other than A One World Religion. So just what are these specific prophesies being fulfilled today concerning A One World Religion, revealing that we could be in the last days? Well, I’m glad you asked. Let’s take a look. The 1st End Time Prophecy concerning A One World Religion is that there will be a worldwide worship of the antichrist.
Revelation 13:3,4,8 “The whole world was astonished and followed the beast. Men worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked, ‘Who is like the beast? Who can make war against him?’ All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast – all whose names have not been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world.” (NIV)
According to this passage of Scripture, there is coming a day when all the inhabitants of the earth will be busy worshipping the antichrist himself, who, as other passages state, will actually declare himself to be a god and demand worship. One day, the whole world will literally be unified into A One World Religion that is actually satanically inspired. But the question is, “Could that really happen? Could the whole world really be deceived into creating A One World Religion? And is there any evidence that this is really going to take place just like the Bible said?” You bet there is! Let’s take a look.
The 1st way we know that we are headed for A One World Religion is due to a Watering Down of the Truth. That’s right, I’m talking about the Ecumenical Movement. You see if you’re going to deceive people into creating A One World Religion then you must certainly get rid of any sense of absolute rights or wrongs. And this is precisely what the Ecumenical movement is doing.
For those of you who may not know, Ecumenicalism is defined as “the organized attempt to bring about the cooperation and unity of all believers in Christ.”2 Now, on the surface this sounds really good, doesn’t it? Except what they don’t tell you is that unity is being sought not on the basis of truth, but from a watered down version of it. For instance, they say that, for the sake of the gospel, you and I need to now get along with and join hands with anyone and everyone who claims to be a Christian and names the Name of Christ. But the problem is that many of the cults claim to be Christians and name the Name of Christ, but that doesn’t mean they’re true believers does it? Do you see the danger in all of this?
You see, instead of broadening the gospel, people are now compromising the truth and redefining what it means to be a Christian. And now, those who take a stand for sound teaching and correct doctrine are being labeled as “divisive” and “unloving.” But the funny thing is that Jesus Himself said that it is exclusively His truth that sets us free, not a watered down version of it. Besides you cannot have true unity in the Body of Christ without understanding what truth is. Furthermore, we are told in the Bible to diligently keep ourselves pure from apostasy and heresy, not to embrace it. We are told to discern and watch out for false gospels, not to accept them under the guise of working together. Besides, truth by its very nature is divisive. It is the only way in which we can divide between what is right and wrong. Watering down the truth for supposed unity is not true unity. What this actually does is lead, not only to a false gospel, but also to a false idea of who God is. This is precisely what has happened today.
“Salad-bar religion denotes the trend where people pick and choose religious beliefs, doctrines and practices – mixing and matching them much as they would select food in a cafeteria.
This is not just popular among non-Christians, but also among people who consider themselves to be Christians. People borrow from different traditions, then add them to whatever religion they’re used to. But they don’t want anything to do with organized religion.
Americans write their own Bible. They fashion their own God. More often than not, the God they choose is more like a best friend who has endless time for their needs, no matter how trivial.
Scholars call this, ‘domesticating God,’ turning Him into a social planner, therapist, or guardian angel. We have trivialized God. We assume that God is the butler who serves you for one reason, to give you a happy life. We’ve turned Him into a divine Prozac.”3
People, if we keep compromising the truth just for the sake of “getting along” with all who name the name of Christ, we will not only continue to come up with a different version of God, but a different gospel as well. Besides, truth will always offend those who don’t want to hear it! And if you really love somebody, you will love them enough to tell the truth of the gospel even if it hurts, because of the horrible consequences, namely hell. Truth is serious business. One thing you don’t want to get wrong is where you’re going to spend eternity. And what the ecumenical movement has done, under the guise of “unity” and supposed “love,” is to embrace all forms of heresy and even a false gospel. This means that people could actually be fooled into thinking that they are on their way to heaven, when in reality, they’re going to hell! Now, is that loving? I don’t think so!
Besides, you tell me, can we really “get along” with those who are claiming to be Christians yet state that one has to keep the sacraments to be saved, or that satan doesn’t exist, or that hell is only make believe? Can we really “join hands” with those who would have you and I believe that Jesus isn’t God but actually the archangel Michael, or worse yet, that He is the spirit-brother of lucifer? I think the answer is obvious, especially when the Bible deliberately says to not only stay away from them but to certainly not cooperate with them in propagating heresy!
Romans 16:17-18 “I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people.” (NIV)
As you can see, rather than creating unity, these false teachers of Ecumenicalism and their false teachings are actually the one’s who are causing division! Hmmm. You mean there would actually come a time when people would team up with false teachers who use smooth talk to deceive people into accepting a watered down version of the truth where everybody is right and nobody is wrong, making it easy to go along with A One World Religion? That would be, uh huh. So is it any wonder that there’s been so many people falling for this push for A One World Religion, just like the Bible said? When? In the last days.
The 2nd way we know that we are headed for A One World Religion is because of a Worldwide Assault on Christians. That’s right, I’m talking about Christian Persecution. You see, if you’re going to deceive people into creating A One World Religion then you must certainly get rid of those who are standing in the way. And can you guess just who that might be? And this is precisely why Christian persecution has skyrocketed in recent years. And how ironic it is that everybody knows that Hitler killed 6 millions Jews, right? But how many realize that he murdered 7 million Christians?4 Oh, but that’s not all. Right now, there are over 200 million Christians worldwide under the threat of persecution.5 Right now, all over the world, fellow brothers and sisters in Christ are being beaten, tortured, imprisoned, and murdered. Why? Because they refuse to compromise the truth, unlike the ecumenical movement. In 1988 alone some 310,000 Christians were slaughtered.6 In fact, more Christians have died for their faith in this century alone than in the previous nineteen centuries combined.7
Now, I don’t know about you guys, but it sure looks to me like somebody is desperately trying to get rid of those who are standing in the way. What do you think? But that’s not the half of it. People are projecting that it’s only a matter of time before we see this kind of open persecution of Christians right here in America. What? Persecution in America? Could that really happen? Folks, it not only can happen, it has already begun! Let’s take a look at just a few examples.
1. In recent decades, the Bible, prayer, and Ten Commandments were taken out of the schools.
2. Lawyers are asking that the Bible be placed on the list of books considered dangerous for children.
3. The sharing of the gospel is now being equated as a form of “mental manipulation.”
4. The media consistently portrays those who believe in the Bible as cultists and stereotype Christians as being ignorant, homophobic, greedy, hypocritical, and sexually deviant.
5. The U.S. Supreme Court judges ordered the end of school sponsored religious activities, such as prayers during morning announcements.
6. Tourists visiting Washington D.C. were ordered by police to stop praying in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol.
7. The ACLU put pressure on a town to remove the fish symbol from its official logo calling it a “secret sign of Christianity.”
8. A minister was arrested for praying on the steps of the Supreme Court.
9. Requests have been made to do away with the Pledge of Allegiance because of its mention of God.
10. Hate Crime bills are now being considered that would completely silence pulpits across America and imprison Pastors as well as any Christian who violates them.8
I’d say the heat is being turned up, how about you? One person stated, “It is illegal in U.S. public schools to read the Bible, but many states require that a Bible is provided for every convict in jail. So if the children can’t read the Bible in school, they’ll be able to read it when they get to prison.”9
Now, as incredible as this may sound, it’s even crazier to listen to the justification as to why it has been declared to be open hunting season on us Christians. For instance, they say that we are being judgmental because we say that they are not good enough for God. But the Bible says that “no one is righteous, no not one.” (Romans 3) They say that we are being arrogant because we think we’ve found the only way to eternal life. But Jesus said, “He is the way, the truth, and the life, and that nobody comes to the Father except through Him.” (John 14:6) They say that we are being narrow-minded because if we practiced what we preach, we would see all people worthy of salvation. But the Bible says that “no one is worthy, no not one.” (Romans 3) They say that we are being ignorant because we ignore other paths to enlightenment. But Jesus said he was the ultimate Truth not one of many. (John 14:6) They say that we are being old-fashioned because we cling to obsolete myths. But the Bible says that it is the truth we are to cling to even when the whole world is turning aside to myths. (2 Timothy 4)10
And just to make sure that we sound really bad in the public arena, we are now being labeled with such terms as, “psycho groups,” “harmful and dangerous sects,” “obstructionist right-wing fanatics who embrace a message of hate and fear (quote from Bill Clinton),” “mongers of hate who preach their anger (quote from Texas Governor Ann Richards),” “intolerant, using subterranean tactics (quote from Congressman Vic Fazio),” “unchristian religious right who are selling our children out in the name of religion (quote from U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders),” “a greater threat than the old threat of communism (New York Times writer),” “fire-breathing radicals,” “merchants of hate,” “fanatics,” and even “militants and bigots,” and even “right wing fundamental extremists.”11 Hey, wait a second. That’s the same terminology they’re using for the Muslim terrorists who everyone says we need to get rid of? People you better wake up! They’re already using the same propaganda on us and so that means we’re next! Don’t believe me? Check out this quote from Janet Reno who gives us her definition of a cultist:
“A cultist is one who has a strong belief in the Bible and the Second Coming of Christ; who frequently attends Bible studies; who has a high level of financial giving to a Christian cause; who home schools their children; who has accumulated survival foods and has a strong belief in the Second Amendment; and who distrusts big government.
Any of these may qualify [a person as a cultist] but certainly more than one [of these] would cause us to look at this person as a threat, and his family as being in a risk situation that qualified for government interference.”12
Now, does anybody besides me come to the obvious conclusion that we are in a serious spiritual battle right here in America? But if these facts about the rise of persecution have caught you off guard, it really shouldn’t have. Why? Because Jesus made it clear that this kind of hatred towards the Church is to be expected. When? In the last days!
Matthew 24:9 “Then you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the world because of your allegiance to me.” (NLT)
Hmmm. You mean there’s actually coming a time when Christians will be slandered and slaughtered worldwide just because they follow Jesus and refuse to go along with A One World Religion? That would be, uh huh. So is it any wonder that there’s been so many people falling for this push for A One World Religion, just like the Bible said? When? In the last days.
The 3rd way we know that we are headed for A One World Religion is because of a Welcoming of All Faiths. That’s right, I’m talking about the Interfaithism Movement. You see, if you’re going to deceive people into creating A One World Religion then you must certainly get rid of any sense of one religion being superior over the other. And this is precisely what the Interfaithism Movement has done. Promoters of this movement would have you and I believe that all religions are valid pathways to God. Therefore, there’s no need to argue or fight with one another. We just need to respect, tolerate and find common ground with one another. We need to work together for the common cause of saving the earth and keeping humanity from destroying itself. Hmmm. Kind of sounds like the ecumenical movement, doesn’t it? After all, especially in light of the terrorist attacks on September 11th, are we not being told that “religious differences” are the main cause of war?
But once again, this is compromising the truth for the sake of a false sense of unity. The term interfaithism might sound nice, but as far as the Bible is concerned, there is no such thing. An interfaith Christian is an oxymoron. Besides, according to their own definition, Jesus was apparently the most intolerant person who ever lived because he clearly stated that,
John 14:6 “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (NIV)
Now, I don’t know about you guys, but that is one of the most “intolerant” statements a person could make in today’s world. But remember, Jesus, Who is God, is the one who said it! Is anyone really prepared to call Him intolerant or even a bigot? I don’t think so! And besides, can we really “get along” with those who believe that the world was created by the blood of an elephant, or that we will burn in a mythical limbo place to purge away our sins before we can go to heaven, or that we ourselves are gods? Can we really “join hands” with those who would have you and I believe that sin and evil is just an illusion, or that hell is only make believe and that heaven for some men will be to endlessly satisfy their lust with as many virgins as they want? I think the answer is obvious, especially when the Bible deliberately says to come out and be separate from them!
2 Corinthians 6:14-17 “Don’t team up with those who are unbelievers. How can goodness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness? What harmony can there be between Christ and the Devil? How can a believer be a partner with an unbeliever?
And what union can there be between God’s temple and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God said: ‘I will live in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people. Therefore, come out from them and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord.’” (NLT)
Now, you might be tempted to think that there’s no way that people are going to be able to pull off this Interfaithism Movement and create A One World Religion. Nobody is ever going to fall for this. But what most people don’t realize is that it’s not only going to be put into place but it’s already well on it’s way to becoming the New World Religion, and has even been in the planning stages for a long time. Here, see the progress for yourself:
1. 1893: 1st World Parliament of Religions held
2. 1930: World Congress of Faiths
3. 1948: World Council of Churches
4. 1970: World Conference of Religions for Peace Started
5. 1974: 2nd World Conference of Religions for Peace
6. 1979: 3rd World Conference of Religions for Peace
7. 1984: 4th World Conference of Religions for Peace
8. 1986: Vatican calls for a meeting of all religions to come and pray for world peace
9. 1989: 5th World Conference of Religions for Peace
10. 1993: 2nd World Parliament of Religions held with largest gathering of religious leaders in history
11. 1993: The Declaration of Global Ethic – A new set of commandments for the world
12. 1994: 6th World Conference of Religions for Peace
13. 1997: Charter written for the United Religions Organization
14. 1999: 7th World Conference of Religions for Peace
15. 2000: United Religions Organization charter signed by most of the world’s religions
16. 2000: World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders – signing of Commitment to Global Peace and creation of World Council of Religions
17. 2001: World Congress on the Preservation of Religious Diversity
18. 2002: Vatican calls for a meeting of all religions to come and pray for peace and to overcome conflict
19. 2002: 1st meeting of World Council of Religions
20. 2002: World Conference of Women Religious and Spiritual Leaders
21. 2002: World Peace Summit Established by World Conference of Religions for Peace
22. 2003: 2nd World Peace Summit
23. 2003: Pope commends peace of world to Mary
24. 2003: Pope urges unity against violence among World Religions
25. 2003: Inter-religious tribute given on behalf of Mother Teresa
26. 2004: 3rd World Peace Summit
27. 2004: Vatican hosts Interfaith Concert
28. 2004: Pope says religions must unite for peace
29. 2005: 4th World Peace Summit
30. 2005: World Council of Churches asks Pope for renewed commitment to ecumenicalism
31. 2005: Global Day of Prayer unites diverse Churches
32. 2005: Vatican promotes Unity at World Mission Conference
33. 2006: 8th World Conference of Religions for Peace
34. 2006: Pope encourages more Inter-Religious prayer meetings
35. 2006: 5th World Peace Summit
36. 2006: World Religions unite over Global Warming
37. 2006: 2nd Global Day of Prayer
38. 2006: Pope and Dalai Lama herald peace between Catholics, Buddhists, and Hindus
39. 2006: Pope’s praying in a Mosque deemed a “New Horizon” in Interfaith
40. 2007: 6th World Peace Summit
41. 2007: Interfaith Council established for Jerusalem
42. 2007: 3rd Global Day of Prayer
43. 2007:Groups in U.S. declare that all paths lead to God
44. 2007: World Council of Churches encourages different religions to unify in diversity
45. 2008: 7th World Peace Summit
46. 2008: World Council of Churches and Pope seek cooperation
47. 2008: Pope meets with Jewish, Islamic, Buddhist, Jain, Hindu leaders in Washington
48. 2008: 4th Global Day of Prayer13
Now, how many of you have heard about this on the news lately? Of course not! And as if that wasn’t eye opening enough, in light of this information, it now makes sense why we see people, like media mogul Ted Turner of CNN, paying for most of the costs of the World Peace Summit of Religious Leaders and making comments like this, “What disturbed me is that my religious Christian sect was very intolerant. We thought we were the only ones going to heaven.”14 Hmmm. I wonder if he’s hoping to create GNN, the Global News Network? And now it makes sense as to why Prince Charles of England launched a new movement called Respect, in order to promote tolerance among the world’s religions.15 Now I can see why people like Al Gore are making statements like this:
“The richness and diversity of our religious tradition throughout history is a spiritual resource long ignored by people of faith, who are often afraid to open their minds to teachings first offered outside their own system of belief. But the emergence of a civilization in which knowledge moves freely and almost instantaneously through the world has…spurred a renewed investigation of the wisdom distilled by all faiths. This panreligious perspective may prove especially important where our global civilization’s responsibility for the earth is concerned.”16
Now, I would say that somebody is taking this One World Religion very seriously, how about you? But they’re not the only ones. So is the occult. In fact, the New Age occult, which is behind this whole thing, has their own idea of how this creation of A One World Religion is going to come about.17 What’s interesting is how it sounds strikingly similar to what the Bible says is going to take place. For instance, they believe that once all the world’s religions come together, (and they’re expecting it soon) a religious leader will be chosen to be earth’s religious spokesman and will then encourage all the people of the world to accept a new world leader, who will suddenly appear on the scene. Hmmm. Kind of sounds like the false prophet the Bible talks about, who convinces the world to worship the Beast or the antichrist, doesn’t it?
Revelation 13:11-15 “Then I saw another beast come up out of the earth. He had two horns like those of a lamb, and he spoke with the voice of a dragon. He exercised all the authority of the first beast. And he required all the earth and those who belong to this world to worship the first beast, whose death-wound had been healed. He did astounding miracles, such as making fire flash down to earth from heaven while everyone was watching.
And with all the miracles he was allowed to perform on behalf of the first beast, he deceived all the people who belong to this world. He ordered the people of the world to make a great statue of the first beast, who was fatally wounded and then came back to life. He was permitted to give life to this statue so that it could speak. Then the statue commanded that anyone refusing to worship it must die.” (NLT)
Oh, but that’s not all. What’s really interesting is how the occult is in agreement that none of this can fully take place until the people who will never go along with this One World Religion are out of the way. Can you guess who that might be? In fact, strangely enough, they say that these people that are restraining or holding things up won’t necessarily die but will somehow mysteriously disappear, or in their words, “elect to leave this dimension as if going to another room.” And once these people leave this earth, the occult says the new world leader will take his rightful place over the world. Hmmm. Kind of sounds like the rapture of the Church again doesn’t it, and how once the restraining presence of the Holy Spirit through the Church is gone, that this is precisely when the antichrist will appear.
2 Thessalonians 2:7-8 “For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way. Then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming.” (NAS)
Hmmm. You mean there would actually come a time when people all over the earth will be waiting for the Church to disappear so they can then be unified in A One World Religion? Could that really happen? People, it’s already happening before our very eyes. When? In the last days.
And believe it or not, even with all this amazing evidence pointing to the signs of Christ’s soon return, some people are still living with a false sense of security by thinking that things will never get worse than they already are, like this guy:
“One day a man was having a pleasant day driving down the road when a police officer pulled him over. However, instead of a giving him a ticket, the officer informed him that, because he was wearing his seat belt, he had just won $5,000 in a safety competition. The man couldn’t believe it! His day was getting better by the minute.
So the officer asked, ‘‘What are you going to do with the prize money?’
But the man responded before thinking about who it was he was talking to and blurted out, ‘I guess I’ll go to driving school and get my license.’
And just when things couldn’t have gotten worse, the man’s wife, who was seated next to him, chimed in, ‘Officer, don’t listen to him. He’s always a smart aleck when he’s drunk.’
Then as if that wasn’t bad enough, this woke up the guy in the back seat, who, when he saw the cop, blurted out, ‘I knew we wouldn’t get far in this stolen car.’
And believe it or not, at that moment, there was a knock from the trunk and a voice asked ‘Are we over the border yet?’”18
Now, that guy found out real fast that life can change dramatically for the worse in just a short amount of time, didn’t he? But believe it or not, did you know that he’s not alone? You see, many people today think that their lives are going to always remain the same and even get better through A One World Religion. They will even cry out that we are entering an era of unprecedented peace and safety. However, the Bible warns that this false security in a false religion will quickly turn into utter destruction by the coming of the Lord Jesus Himself.
1 Thessalonians 5:1-3 “But as to the suitable times and the precise seasons and dates, brethren, you have no necessity for anything being written to you. For you yourselves know perfectly well that the day of the [return of the] Lord will come [as unexpectedly and suddenly] as a thief in the night.
When people are saying, All is well and secure, and, There is peace and safety, then in a moment unforeseen destruction (ruin and death) will come upon them as suddenly as labor pains come upon a woman with child; and they shall by no means escape, for there will be no escape.” (AMP)
People of God, I hope you’re not one of those who have bought into this lie that man can somehow spawn his own utopia by creating A One World Religion. Why? Because you might wake up one day and discover that you’ve been left behind. And do you know what? God doesn’t want you left behind. Because He loves you and I, He has given us the warning sign of A One World Religion to show us that the Tribulation could be near and that Christ’s 2nd Coming is rapidly approaching. Jesus Himself said this:
Luke 21:28 “When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” (NIV)
Like it or not folks, we are headed for The Final Countdown. We don’t know the day or the hour. Only God knows. The point is, if you’re a Christian, it’s time to stop living for yourself and start living for our Savior! Folks, it’s high time we Christians speak up and declare the good news of salvation to those who are dying all around us. But please, if you’re not a Christian, give your life to Jesus today, because tomorrow may be too late! Just like the Bible said!
Study Questions
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Review
Let’s do things a little different this time. By drawing a line try matching up the sermon title with the number of the sign.
The Rise of Wickedness Sign #10
The Rise of Apostasy Sign #9
The Jewish People Sign #8
Worldwide Upheaval Sign #7
The Rise of Falsehood Sign #6
Modern Technology Sign #5
This Chapter:
The #4 sign on the Final Countdown is none other than a ________ ___________________ __________________. The Bible tells us in Revelation 13:3, 4, 8 that there will come in the last days a ______________ worship of the __________________________.
Revelation 13:3,4,8 “The whole world was astonished and followed the beast. Men worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked, ‘Who is like the beast? Who can make war against him?’ All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast – all whose names have not been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world.”
• Is there any evidence today that our world is headed in this direction?
Answer: Yes! and Pastor Billy is about to share with us three evidences of this.
The first evidence that we know that we are headed for a One World Religion is a ________________ down of the ______________; or to put it in other terms, the ______________________ Movement.
• If you’re going to deceive people into creating a One World Religion, what must you get rid of?
Answer: Any sense of ___________________ rights or wrongs.
In the Ecumenical Movement unity is being sought, ________________ on the basis _________________, but from a ____________________ ____________________ version of it.
For example, they will say today that, for the sake of the gospel, “you and I need to now get along with and join hands with ______________ and _______________ who ______________ to be a Christian and names the Name of Christ.”
• What is the big problem with that concept?
Answer: Many of the _____________ claim to be Christians.
In this worldwide movement people are now ________________ the truth and ___________________ what it means to be a Christian.
• How do those, with this ‘ecumenicalism’ mindset, view others who take a stand for sound teaching and correct doctrine?
Answer: We are labeled as ‘________________’ and ‘________________’.
I guess Jesus Himself would have also been given such a label by these people.
• What did Jesus say it is that sets a person free?
Answer: Exclusively __________________ truth…not a watered down version of it.
• What else did Pastor Billy share?
Answer:
✓ You cannot have ____________ unity in the Body of Christ without understanding what truth is.
✓ We are told in the Bible to diligently keep ourselves pure from _________________ and _____________, not to ______________ it.
✓ We are told to ______________ and watch out for _______________ gospels, not to accept them under the guise of working together.
✓ Truth by its very nature is _______________. It is the only way in which we can _____________ between what is right and wrong. Watering down the truth for supposed unity is __________ true unity.
• What does “Salad-bar religion” denote? Here are some examples:
✓ People pick and choose religious beliefs, doctrines and practices – mixing and matching them much as they would select food in a cafeteria.
Put down as many thoughts as you can:
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Pastor Billy shared, truth is ____________________ business.
• What is one truth that you don’t want to get wrong?
Answer: _______________ you’re going to spend _______________.
People could actually be fooled into thinking that they are on their way to __________________, when in reality, they’re going to _______________!
All under the guise of “unity” and supposed “love”.
How can true Christians really “get along” with people who hold to the following beliefs?
✓ One has to keep the sacraments to be saved.
✓ Satan doesn’t even exist.
✓ Hell is only make believe.
✓ Jesus isn’t God, but actually the archangel Michael.
✓ Jesus is the spirit-brother of Lucifer.
Romans 16:17-18 tells us to stay away from people who believe such things; never to cooperate with them. “I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people.”
The second evidence that we know that we are headed for a One World Religion is _________________ _________________ on Christians; or to put it in other terms, Christian ____________________ .
• How many Christians today worldwide, are under the threat of persecution?
Answer: Over 200 ______________.
• Why are our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ being beaten, tortured, imprisoned and murdered?
Answer: Because they refuse to __________________ the truth.
• Could this kind of open persecution of Christians ever happen in America?
Answer: It has already begun!
1. In recent decades, the Bible, prayer, and Ten Commandments were taken out of the schools.
2. Lawyers are asking that the Bible be placed on the list of books considered dangerous for children.
3. The sharing of the gospel is now being equated as a form of “mental manipulation.”
4. The media consistently portrays those who believe in the Bible as cultists and stereotype Christians as being ignorant, homophobic, greedy, hypocritical, and sexually deviant.
5. The U.S. Supreme Court judges ordered the end of school sponsored religious activities, such as prayers during morning announcements.
6. Tourists visiting Washington D.C. were ordered by police to stop praying in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol.
7. The ACLU put pressure on a town to remove the fish symbol from its official logo calling it a “secret sign of Christianity.”
8. A minister was arrested for praying on the steps of the Supreme Court.
9. Requests have been made to do away with the Pledge of Allegiance because of its mention of God.
10. Hate Crime bills are now being considered that would completely
silence pulpits across America and imprison Pastors as well as any
Christian who violates them.
Pastor Billy called the assault on Christians as “open hunting season”.
• What do these people say about us?
Answer:
✓ They say, that we are being ______________________ because we say that they are not good enough for God.
Yet the Bible declares in Romans 3:10, “no one is righteous, no not one”.
✓ They say, that we are being _________________ because we think we’ve found the only way to eternal life.
Yet Jesus said in John 14:6, “I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.”
✓ They say, that we are being ____________-___________ because if we practiced what we preached, we would see all people worthy of salvation.
But the Bible says that, “no one is worthy, no not one” in Romans 3.
✓ They say, that we are being ____________________ because we ignore other paths to enlightenment.
But Jesus said that, “He was the ultimate Truth, not one of many in John chapter 14 verse 6.
✓ They say that we are being ___________-__________________ because we cling to obsolete myths.
But the Bible says that it is the truth we are to cling to even when the whole world turns aside to myths in 2 Timothy 4:3-4.
• What are some of the labels being given to Christians in the public arena?
Answer:
✓ _______________ groups
✓ Harmful and ___________________ sects
✓ “____________________ right-wing fanatics who embrace a message of _______________ and fear” (quote by Bill Clinton).
✓ “Mongers of hate who preached their anger” (Governor Ann Richards)
✓ “Intolerant, using subterranean tactics” (Congressman Vic Fazio)
✓ “A greater threat than the old threat of Communism” (New York times writer)
✓ “_____________________ religious right who are selling our children out in the name of religion” (U.S. Surgeon General, Joycelyn Elders)
✓ “Fire-breathing radicals”
✓ “Merchants of _______________”
✓ “Fanatics”
✓ “Militants and _______________”
✓ “Right-wing fundamental _____________________”
Note this quote from Janet Reno on her definition of a cultist:
“A cultist is one who has a strong belief in the Bible and the Second Coming of Christ; who frequently attends Bible studies; who has a high level of financial giving to a Christian cause; who home schools their children; who has accumulated survival foods and has a strong belief in the Second Amendment; and who distrusts big government.
Any of these may qualify [a person as a cultist] but certainly more than one [of these] would cause us to look at this person as a threat, and his family as being in a risk situation that qualified for government interference.”
Jesus told us in Matthew 24:9 that this kind of hatred towards the church was to be expected, “Then you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the world because of your allegiance to me.”
The third evidence that we know that we are headed for a One World Religion is a ________________ _____ ______ _______________; or to word it in other terms, the _________________________ Movement. This is designed to “get rid of any sense of one religion being superior over the other”.
This Interfaithism Movement would have people believe that:
✓ _______religions are _______________ pathways to God.
✓ We just need to respect, ______________ one another.
✓ We need to find common ground with one another.
• Jesus didn’t tolerate other faiths. In fact, what was one of the most intolerant statements that He made to the people of His day?
Answer: John 14:6 “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
• How can we really “get along” with the following beliefs and the people who adhere to them?
✓ That the world was created by the blood of an __________________ .
✓ That we will burn in a mythical limbo place to purge away our sins before we go to heaven.
✓ That we ourselves are gods.
✓ That sin and evil is just an illusion
✓ That hell is only make believe
✓ That heaven for some men will be to endlessly satisfy this lust with as many virgins as they want.
The answer to the above question is obvious, especially when we are told by God to separate from them:
2 Corinthians 6:17-17 states, “Don’t team up with those who are unbelievers. How can goodness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness? What harmony can there be between Christ and the Devil? How can a believer be a partner with an unbeliever? And what union can there be between God’s temple and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God said: ‘I will live in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people. Therefore, come out from them and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord.”
• Who is really behind the religious, media and political push for the acceptance of this Interfaithism Movement?
Answer: The New Age Occult
The New Agers believe that once all the world’s religions come together “a ____________________ leader will be chosen to be earth’s religions spokesman and will then encourage all people of the world to accept a new _______________________ leader”.
Sounds just like Revelation 13:11-15: “Then I saw another beast come up out of the earth. He had two horns like those of a lamb, and he spoke with the voice of a dragon. He exercised all the authority of the first beast. And he required all the earth and those who belong to this world to worship the first beast, whose death-wound had been healed. He did astounding miracles, such as making fire flash down to earth from heaven while everyone was watching. And with all the miracles he was allowed to perform on behalf of the first beast, he deceived all the people who belong to this world. He ordered the people of the world to make a great statue of the first beast, who was fatally wounded and then came back to life. He was permitted to give life to this statue so that it could speak. Then the statue commanded that anyone refusing to worship it must die.”
The occultic leaders don’t believe that this can actually take place until “the people who will __________ go along with this One World Religion are ________ _____ the way”, or in their own words, when the “elect leave this dimension as if going to another room”. (Sounds like the Rapture!)
People, all over the world, are waiting for the church to disappear “so they can then be ____________ in a One World Religion.”
The sign of a One World Religion is a present proof that Christ’s Second Coming is rapidly approaching.
Jesus Himself told His people what to do when you see these things happening:
Luke 21:28: “When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”
Time is counting down to that exact moment when Jesus returns for His own. If it happened today, would you be ready to meet Him as your Friend and Savior, or as your Foe and Judge?
Make sure before it’s too late!
Chapter Eight
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One World Government
“There was a tough old cowboy who once counseled his grandson that if he wanted to live a long life, the secret was to sprinkle a little gunpowder on his oatmeal every morning.
So respecting the wisdom of his grandfather, the grandson did this religiously every single day of his life. And sure enough he lived to the ripe old age of 93.
In fact, when he died, he left 14 children, 28 grandchildren, 35 great grandchildren and a fifteen-foot hole in the wall of the crematorium.”1
Now, that guy’s hopes for a long life had an explosive ending, didn’t it? But do you know what? He’s not alone. You see, many people’s lives are also headed for an explosive ending. Except it’s not going to be from digesting gunpowder. It’s going to be from disregarding God’s message of grace for the forgiveness of sins in order to be saved. And because of this, people are sadly running the risk of being left behind and will be catapulted into the seven-year Tribulation that is coming upon the whole world.
And folks, the time of the Tribulation is not a party. Jesus said in Matthew 24 that it would be a time of greater horror than anything the world has ever seen or will ever see again. He also said that unless that time of calamity is shortened, the entire human race would be destroyed. But God is not only a God of wrath; He’s a God of love as well. And because He loves you and I, He has given us many warning signs so that we would know when the Tribulation could be near and that Christ’s 2nd Coming is rapidly approaching. Therefore, to make sure our lives don’t have an explosive ending by being left behind, we’re going to continue taking a look at The Final Countdown.
We already saw how the #10 sign on The Final Countdown was The Jewish People. The #9 sign was Modern Technology. The #8 sign was Worldwide Upheaval. The #7 sign was The Rise of Falsehood. The #6 sign was The Rise of Wickedness. The #5 sign was The Rise of Apostasy. In the last chapter we saw how the #4 sign was none other than A One World Religion. There we saw that God lovingly foretold you and I that when we see a worldwide worship of the antichrist, that this would be an indicator that we are in the last days. And isn’t that what we see today, through the watering down of the truth, the worldwide assault on Christians, and the welcoming of all faiths?
But that’s not the only signs that God has given us. The #3 sign on The Final Countdown is none other than A One World Government. So just what are these specific prophesies being fulfilled today concerning A One World Government, revealing that we could be in the last days? Well, I’m glad you asked. Let’s take a look. The 1st End Time Prophecy concerning A One World Government is that there will be a worldwide authority of the antichrist.
Revelation 13:2,3,6,7 “And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. He had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on his horns, and on each head a blasphemous name. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority. One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed.
The whole world was astonished and followed the beast. He opened his mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven. He was given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them. And he was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.” (NIV)
According to this passage of Scripture, there is coming a day when all the inhabitants of the earth will be under the authority of the antichrist himself. One day, the whole world will be unified into A One World Government that is actually satanically inspired. But the question is, “Could that really happen?” Could the whole world really be deceived into creating A One World Government? And is there any evidence that this is really going to take place just like the Bible said? You bet there is! Let’s take a look.
The 1st way we know that we are headed for A One World Government is due to a Universal Congress. That’s right, I’m talking about the New World Order. You see, if you’re going to deceive people into creating A One World Government then you must certainly provide a Universal Congress so that you can dictate a universal compliance, right? And this is precisely what the United Nations and its promotion of a New World Order has been working towards for decades. Right now there is waiting for approval, or already in place, the plans for absolute global control of the whole world. And the tactics that they are using to pull it off are fear and manipulation.
You see, if you’re going to get people to surrender their freedoms, then you must get them into a state of fear. Why? Because we are more apt to surrender our freedoms in times of fear than in peace. Therefore, if you create a crisis, you can manage the outcome however you like. This is precisely what’s happening to our country. For instance, in order to drum up fear, we are being told that we have a “health-care crisis,” a “child care crisis,” an “economy crisis,” a “constitutional crisis,” a “terrorist crisis,” and of course, an “environmental crisis.”2 We don’t have problems anymore, everything is a horrible crisis just waiting to explode! And because we have been manipulated into a state of fear by all these supposed crisis, we have been prepped to usher in a cry for a universal government to fix all these crisis that are seemingly out of control.
But you might ask, “Come on, does this fear tactic really work on people?” You bet it does. That’s why, right now, there’s a Universal Law of the land called the Earth Charter, which is a new universal law being used to unite all peoples of the world in order to save the Earth.3 But wait a minute. If you’re going to have a universal law of the land, then you need a Universal Governing Body to oversee this law, right? That’s why right now there’s a document called The Constitution for the Federation Earth, with plans for a World Government, World Supreme Court, World Capitols, and a World Police.4 And the only thing holding it up is ratification, which they are hoping will take place real soon. But wait a minute. If you’re going to have a universal governing body then you need a Universal Judicial System to make sure people obey this World Government, right? And that’s why, right now, there’s a World Criminal Court, which went into effect July of 2002, thanks in part to the signing of the treaty by Bill Clinton on his last day in office.5 But wait a minute. If you’re going to have a universal judicial system then you need a Universal Army to punish those who don’t obey this World Government, right? And that’s why, right now, Tony Blair, the former British Prime Minister, has been calling for NATO to become the future “military arm of a new world order rather than strictly a defensive alliance.”6 And if you think about it, haven’t we already seen NATO exercise more and more military force over the sovereignty of nations such as Kosovo and Iraq? Hmmm. I wonder who’s next?
But you might think, “Come on! This is just too far out. This is just a bunch of wacko conspiracy theories. There’s no way the leaders in the world can really be serious about forming A One World Government.” Well, don’t just take my word for it, let’s look at theirs:
• Henry Kissinger “Today America would be outraged if UN troops entered Los Angeles to restore order. Tomorrow they will be grateful. When presented with this scenario, individual rights will be willingly relinquished for the guarantee of their well-being granted to them by the World Government.”
• David Rockefeller “We are grateful to the Washington Post, The New York Times, Time Magazine and other great publications whose directors have attended our meetings and respected their promises of discretion for almost forty years. It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the world if we had been subject to the bright lights of publicity during those years. But the work is now much more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a world government.”
• Strobe Talbot (Clinton’s Deputy Secretary of State) “In the next century, nations as we know it will be obsolete; all states will recognize a single, global authority. National sovereignty wasn’t such a great idea after all.”
• Richard Falk “The existing order is breaking down at a rapid rate and the main uncertainty is whether mankind can exert a positive role in shaping a new world order…We believe a new order will be born no later than early in the next century…”
• Mikhail Gorbachev “Further global progress is now possible only through a quest for universal consensus in the movement towards a new world order.”
• Nelson Mandela “The new world order that is in the making must focus on the creation of a world democracy, peace and prosperity for all.”
• George McGovern “I would support a Presidential candidate who pledged to take the following steps…At the end of the war in the Persian Gulf, press for a comprehensive Middle East settlement and for a new world order based not on Pax Americana but on peace through law with a stronger UN and World Court.”
• George Bush Sr. “If we do not follow the dictates of our inner moral compass and stand up for human life, then his lawlessness will threaten the peace and democracy of the emerging new world order we now see, this long dreamed-of vision we’ve all worked toward for so long.”
• Madeleine Albright “Today I say that no nation in the world need be left out of the global system we are constructing.”
• Mikhail Gorbachev “The victims of the September 11th attacks will not have died in vain if world leaders use the crisis to create a new world order.”
• Robert Muller (Former assistant Attorney General of the U.N.) “We must move as quickly as possible to a one-world government; one-world religion; under a one-world leader.”7
Now, I don’t know about you guys, but it sure sounds like somebody is taking this One World Government very seriously, how about you? Just like the Bible said. When? In the last days!
The 2nd way we know that we are headed for A One World Government is because of a Universal Behavior. That’s right, I’m talking about A New World Community. You see, if you’re going to deceive people into creating A One World Government then you must certainly provide a Universal Standard of Behavior so that you can dictate a universal compliance, right? And this is precisely what the United Nations has been working towards for decades. Once again they are using fear to manipulate people into surrendering their freedoms.
For instance, in order to preserve our supposed endangered earth, right now thanks to the World Heritage Protection program, the UN has full authority over millions of acres of land right here in America.8 Such areas include Yellowstone National Park, the Statue of Liberty, the Grand Canyon, and the Yosemite Valley, just to name a few. Then, in order to preserve our supposed endangered food supply, right now the World Food Summit continues to meet to govern what crops we can grow, what livestock we can raise and even what we get to eat.9 Oh, but that’s not all. In order to preserve our supposed endangered air, land, and water supply, right now the Agenda for the 21st Century has plans to dictate our total behavior.10 What behavior you ask? Well, only what job we get, what housing we have, what education and health care we get, what means of transport, and even how many children we can have. Oh, but it gets worse. In order to preserve our supposed endangered animals, right now the Biodiversity Treaty is gearing up to dictate where you and I get to live and where the animals get to live.11 And if that wasn’t bad enough, in order to preserve our supposed endangered population, right now the Global Diversity Assessment has plans to reduce the world’s population by eighty percent.12 And this is precisely why there has been a promotion of feminism, birth control, homosexuality, and abortion. This is why diseases, genocide, and forced sterilization are allowed to continue. Why? Because they all have one thing in common. They all effectively reduce the population. In fact, abortion alone is now estimated to have killed one billion lives.13
But you might think, “Come on! This is just too far out. This is just a bunch of wacko conspiracy theories. There’s no way the leaders in the world can really be serious about reducing the population of the earth.” Well, don’t just take my word for it, let’s look at theirs:
• Margaret Sanger called for, “The elimination of ‘human weeds,’ for the ‘cessation of charity’ because it prolonged the lives of the unfit, for the segregation of ‘morons, misfits, and the maladjusted,’ and for the sterilization of genetically inferior races.”
• David Graber, a research biologist with the National Park Service said, “We have become a plague upon ourselves and upon the Earth...Until such time as homo sapiens should decide to rejoin nature, some of us can only hope for the right virus to come along.”
• David Pimentel, a Cornell University Professor said, “The total world population should be no more than 2 billion rather than the current 5.6 billion.”
• Jacques Cousteau wrote, “The damage people cause to the planet is a function of demographics – it is equal to the degree of development. One American burdens the earth much more than twenty Bangladeshes...This is a terrible thing to say. In order to stabilize world population, we must eliminate 350,000 people per day. It is a horrible thing to say, but it’s just as bad not to say it.”
• Bertrand Russell wrote, “At present the population of the world is increasing...War so far has had no great effect on this increase...I do not pretend that birth control is the only way in which population can be kept from increasing. There are others...If a Black Death could be spread throughout the world once in every generation, survivors could procreate freely without making the world too full...the state of affairs might be somewhat unpleasant, but what of it? Really high-minded people are indifferent to suffering, especially that of others.”
• Dr. Sam Keen, a New Age writer and philosopher stated, “We must speak far more clearly about sexuality, contraception, about abortion, about values that control the population, because the ecological crisis, in short, is the population crisis. Cut the population by 90% and there aren’t enough people left to do a great deal of ecological damage.”14
And by the way, they are hoping that all of these programs will be fully integrated by 2012.15 Now I don’t know about you guys, but it sure sounds like somebody is taking this One World Government very seriously, how about you? Just like the Bible said. When? In the last days!
The 3rd way we know that we are headed for A One World Government is because of a Universal Big Brother. That’s right, I’m talking about a New World Surveillance. You see, if you’re going to deceive people into creating A One World Government then you must certainly provide a Universal Monitoring System so that you can dictate a universal compliance, right? And this is precisely what the United Nations has been working towards for decades.
Thanks in part to recent Executive Orders, the government now has full authority to utilize the new surveillance technology that’s out there.16 So just what kind of new surveillance technology is out there? Hey, I’m glad you asked. Let’s take a look at just a few of them:
1. There is now an aerosol spray that makes unopened envelopes transparent so that the contents can be read. It leaves, no smudging or stain.
2. The FBI was recently granted permission for a new program called Digital Storm which foresees the quadrupling of phone tapping over the next decade.
3. Hidden microphones are being put on utility poles and rooftops in Los Angeles to monitor “strange noises.”
4. Every square foot of farming land in Australian is now being watched via satellite to monitor food production and crop yields.
5. Here in America, satellites are being used by state governments to search for unreported improvements that might increase property taxes, to check for water-use permits, and to find improper tree cutting.
6. There are currently radar guns using radio waves that can peer through concrete walls and satellites with the same capability are on the way.
7. Government officials can now aim an antenna at your computer monitor, and from the radiation emitted by the monitor, they can reconstruct the images on your screen.
8. Tiny surveillance devices have been developed called “smart dust” which are so small they can float in the air like dust and be suspended by air currents while they are sensing and communicating for hours.17
Hmmm. Very interesting isn’t it? I’d say somebody wants to keep an eye on things, how about you? And speaking of keeping and eye on us, a USA Today article had this to say about the emergence of so many video surveillance cameras:
“Whether as motorists or pedestrians; as visitors to convenience stores, banks, ATMs or the post office; as shoppers with credit cards or telephone users; even at leisure, in parks, playgrounds and golf courses, we’re constantly on candid camera. Full-time surveillance is a reality of modern life.”18
What? Could full time surveillance really be a modern reality? Look around people and you tell me. All in the name of reducing crime and traffic concerns, millions of cameras are not only going up right here in America, but they’ve already been in place for a long time and they’re all tied together. In fact, right now you can go to dozens of web sites and “monitor” traffic and people, “just for fun,” not only here in America but throughout the globe. However, don’t just take my word for it. See for yourself by doing a web search for “online traffic cameras” and you’ll see what I mean.
But you might think, “Come on. Surely they would never use them to keep an eye on our every move.” But folks, if that’s true then why are there, right now in England, over 4 million cameras in the government and private sector which have been dubbed a virtual “surveillance canopy”?19 And believe it or not, all of this is pretty much common knowledge to the average Britain. In fact, one person had this to say about just how dense this surveillance really is:
“So dense is the network that in many urban areas people may be monitored from the moment they step out of their front door and be kept under observation on their way to work, in the office, and even in a restaurant if they choose to dine out. Over the course of a day they could be filmed by 300 cameras. The latest figures show that, in cities, people are captured on film at least once every five minutes.”20
Oh, but that’s not all. Why do you think that Japan has followed suit with tons of it’s own cameras and has even gone so far as to install intercoms on some of their cameras to warn people in advance of inappropriate behavior?21 And just in case video surveillance doesn’t cover all the bases, right now there is a Global Project called Echelon that is a cooperative effort among the United States, England, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. So what does it do? Well, under the guise of national security and terrorist threats, it simply monitors and intercepts all phone calls, faxes, data transfers, radio transmissions and emails. How does it work? Well, they simply monitor all transmissions at the rate of two million per hour looking for key words like “terrorize,” or “assassination,” or even the word “bomb.” If any of these and many other “key words” appear in the transmission, a hard copy as well as a recording of the conversation is sent to someone’s desk to be analyzed.22 But you might think, “Come on. This is just more of that wacko conspiracy stuff. This can’t be true.” Well, don’t just take my word for it. Let’s listen to Mike Frost who personally worked there, collecting information for nineteen years:
“‘Communications know no borders. Somebody will pick it up somewhere, and it will end up on somebody’s desk…I guarantee it.’
Case in point ...’a lady was on the phone talking to her friend about a school play that she’d been to the night before; her son was in a school play. And she thought he’d done a lousy job, and she said to her friend, ‘Boy, he really bombed last night.’
That conversation was highlighted and ended up on an analyst’s desk the next morning because the word ‘bomb’ was in there, and all this lady was doing was talking about her son and his play the night before.
Now that conversation of that lady is held…indefinitely, so if two or three or four years later, she talks about somebody else bombing or something, and the computer spits it out again as being the second or third hit on this person’s name, you can graduate from being a possible terrorist to a probable terrorist. It’s that easy.
If they say that you are a probable terrorist and passes that information on to those responsible for that sort of activity, just think about what could happen to your life, and you’d never know why.
All of a sudden, your MasterCard doesn’t work anymore; All a sudden, your phone is down; all of a sudden, things are falling apart in your life; and you have no reason why, and nobody’ll ever tell you.
And he has a warning for anyone who says ‘it can’t happen to me.’
‘If you don’t want anybody to know about what you’re saying, don’t say it. Because if you do say it, somebody will be listening.’”23
Now I don’t know about you guys, but it sure sounds like somebody is taking this One World Government very seriously, how about you? Just like the Bible said. When? In the last days!
However, you might be tempted to think that there’s no way that people are going to be able to pull off A One World Government. Nobody’s ever going to fall for this or ever let it happen. But folks, it’s not only going to be put into place, it’s been in the planning stages for a long time. Here, see the progress for yourself:
1. 1913: The League of Nations was formed
2. 1919: The Council on Foreign Relations was formed
3. 1922: The CFR endorses World Government
4. 1945: The United Nations was formed
5. 1948: The World Constitution is drafted providing a World Council to enforce World Law and calls upon nations to surrender their arms to a World Government
6. 1959: The Diagram of World Government under the Constitution for the Federation of Earth is developed
7. 1967: Richard Nixon calls for a New World Order
8. 1968: Nelson Rockefeller pledges support of the New World Order
9. 1970: Education and mass media begin to promote a New World Order
10. 1972: The first draft completed of The Constitution for the Federation of Earth
11. 1988: Mikhail Gorbachev speaks of a New World Order
12. 1990: George Bush Sr. speaks of a New World Order
13. 1992: The Earth Summit is held and produces the Biodiversity treaty and Agenda 21
14. 1993: Bill Clinton speaks of a New World Order
15. 1995: Foreign troops begin training on American soil
16. 1995: The term New World Order is replaced with Global Governance
17. 1995: The State of the World Forums begin and continue yearly in San Franciso
18. 1996: The World Food Summit is held
19. 2000: The Millennium Assembly and Summit held at U.N. and studies how to implement Global Governance
20. 2000: The Earth Charter is created (A New Universal Law)
21. 2000: The State of the World Forum meets to advance Global Governance
22. 2001: A celebration for the Earth Charter is held and placed in The Ark of Hope (similar replica of the Biblical ark)
23. 2001: Tom Brokaw (popular US news anchor) announces the world now has formed into the New World Order.
24. 2002: The Earth Charter is brought to the U.N.
25. 2002: A World Criminal Court is ratified and begins
26. 2002: The Earth Charter is expected to be endorsed at the next World Summit
27. 2002: FDA approves VeriChip Microchip implant for humans
28. 2003: The EU plans to include facial and fingerprint biometric data on travel documents for non-EU foreign nationals by 2005
29. 2003: Britain takes a dramatic step towards a fully-fledged European army with EU.
30. 2003: UN discusses whether an international body such as the United Nations should be in charge of running the Internet
31. 2003: Microchips are proposed to keep children safe.
32. 2004: Pope calls for a New World Order
33. 2004: Chips implanted in cop’s hand would allow only officer to fire the gun
34. 2004: Library board approves microchips to track books
35. 2004: Call for a national ID with driver’s licenses
36. 2004: Bill Clinton proposed to run U.N.
37. 2004: Bush Calls for New World Order
38. 2004:CFR proposes the establishment by 2010 of a North American Union with a common currency called the amero
39. 2005: Proposed that Europe lead the World
40. 2005: Pope Invites Nations to Establish Ties
41. 2005: Compulsory ID cards proposed in Europe
42. 2005: Bush signs the REAL ID Act that requires people entering federal buildings, boarding airplanes or opening bank accounts to present natonal identification via driver’s licenses
43. 2005: China and Russia call for a New World Order
44. 2005: National ID system proposed in Australia
45. 2005: Britain will be first country to monitor every car journey
46. 2005: Pope Calls for New World Order
47. 2005: Project Alpha envisions by 2025 fighting force that is largely robotic
48. 2006: Blair calls for a New World Order
49. 2006: Bush joins talks to create a North American Union
50. 2006: Google is projected to keep tabs on all people
51. 2007: Mexico’s Fox openly calls for North American Union
52. 2007: North American union plan headed to Congress in fall
53. 2007: Prior to taking office as British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown talks of a New World Order
54. 2007: EU vows to shape globalization
55. 2007: FBI aims for world’s largest biometrics database
56. 2008: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown talks with other world leaders on far-reaching reform of the United Nations Security Council as part of a drive to create a “new world order” and “global society”
57. 2008: Blair announces he’ll be president of Europe if given the power
58. 2008: North American Army created between U.S. & Canada without Congressional approval
59. 2011: The national REAL ID card goes into effect
60. 2015: The World Food Summit’s goal to reduce ½ half the number of undernourished people (one of many methods is via population control)24
Now, how many of you have heard about these events on the news lately? Of course not! In fact, these people who are pushing for A One World Government have already begun to celebrate by establishing a monument right here in America. In Elberton County, Georgia stands the Georgia Guidestones, which is a stone monolith similar to Stonehenge. And in eight different languages is written Ten Guides or Commandments for the world:
11. Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.
12. Guide reproduction wisely – improving fitness and diversity.
13. Unite humanity with a living new language.
14. Rule passion – faith – tradition – and all things with tempered reason.
15. Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.
16. Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court.
17. Avoid petty laws and useless officials.
18. Balance personal rights with social duties.
19. Prize truth – beauty – love – seeking harmony with the infinite.
20. Be not a cancer on the earth – Leave room for nature – Leave room for nature.25
Now I don’t know about you guys, but it sure sounds like somebody is taking this One World Government very seriously, how about you? Oh, by the way, a reduction of the world’s population would require the annihilation of ninety percent of the world’s population. Hmmm. That kind of sounds like the mass extermination of the earth’s population during the time of the tribulation.
Revelation 9:15,18,20 “And the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were turned loose to kill one-third of all the people on earth. One-third of all the people on earth were killed by these three plagues – by the fire and the smoke and burning sulfur. But the people who did not die in these plagues still refused to turn from their evil deeds.” (NLT)
Hmmm. You mean there could actually come a time when the world would not even be shocked at the death of millions of people on the planet? That would be, uh huh. In fact, many people today would welcome that sort of thing, wouldn’t they? And maybe it’s because people are increasingly convinced that this kind of holocaust is actually a good thing is also one of the reasons why many will refuse to repent and turn to God. But could that really happen? People, it’s already happening before our very eyes. When? In the last days.
And believe it or not, even with all this amazing evidence pointing to the signs of Christ’s soon return, some people still have no clue as to what’s causing all the pain in the world, like this lady:
“One day a lady was throwing a party for her granddaughter, and she had gone all out. She hired a caterer, a band, and even a clown. But just before the party started, two bums showed up looking for a handout. And so feeling sorry for them the woman told them that she would give them a meal if they will help chop some wood for her. They gratefully agreed and headed to the rear of the house where the wood was.
Meanwhile the guests arrived, and all was going well with the children having a wonderful time. But there was one problem. The clown hadn’t shown up. Then after a half an hour, the clown finally called to report
that he was stuck in traffic, and would probably not make the party at all.
At this the woman was very disappointed and unsuccessfully tried to entertain the children herself. And just when she was about to give up hope, she happened to look out the window and saw one of the bums doing cartwheels across the lawn. In fact, she continued to watch in awe as he swung from tree branches, did midair flips, and leaped high in the air.
So the lady spoke to the other bum and said, ‘What your friend is doing is absolutely marvelous. I have never seen such a thing. Do you think your friend would consider repeating this performance for the children at the party? In fact, I would pay him $50!’
So the other bum says, ‘Well, I dunno. Let me ask him. HEY WILLIE! FOR $50, WOULD YOU CHOP OFF ANOTHER TOE?’”26
Now, that lady was totally clueless about that guy’s pain, wasn’t she? She had no idea about what was really taking place. But you know what? She’s not alone. You see, many people today think that their lives are going to become pain free and a virtual paradise through A One World Government. They think they can once and for all get rid of God’s authority and rule themselves. Yet they are totally clueless about what’s really taking place. The Bible says that God is not only laughing at them, but that He will also soon rebuke those who reject His authority over their lives.
Psalm 2:1-5 “Why do the nations rage? Why do the people waste their time with futile plans? The kings of the earth prepare for battle; the rulers plot together against the LORD and against his anointed one. ‘Let us break their chains,’ they cry, ‘and free ourselves from this slavery.’ But the one who rules in heaven laughs. The Lord scoffs at them. Then in anger he rebukes them, terrifying them with his fierce fury.” (NLT)
People of God, I hope you’re not one of those who have bought into this lie that man can somehow provide his own paradise by creating A One World Government. Why? Because you might wake up one day and discover that you’ve been left behind. Please, I beg you, get right with God now before it’s too late! And whatever you do, don’t be like one of those people who say something like this. “Okay, I’m not going to accept Jesus right now, but if I see you Christians disappear in this rapture thing, I’ll know it was true and I’ll get saved then.” Are you kidding me? Don’t you realize that if you wait until the Tribulation to get saved it will cost you your head literally! I didn’t say that. God did!
Revelation 20:4 “And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony for Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received his mark on their foreheads or their hands.” (NIV)
People, stop kidding yourself. If you won’t get saved now when it’s still relatively easy to be a Christian, you mean to tell me you will when you’re literally threatened with getting your head chopped off! Stop lying to yourself! Wouldn’t it make much more sense to get saved now and avoid the Wrath to come? Please, I beg you, get right with God now! And here’s the great news. God doesn’t want you left behind. Because He loves you and I, He has given us the warning sign of A One World Government to show us that the Tribulation could be near and that Christ’s 2nd Coming is rapidly approaching. Jesus Himself said this:
Luke 21:28 “When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” (NIV)
Like it or not folks, we are headed for The Final Countdown. We don’t know the day or the hour. Only God knows. The point is, if you’re a Christian, it’s time to get up off our blessed assurance and get bold for Almighty God! Folks, it’s high time we Christians speak up and declare the good news of salvation to those who are dying all around us. But please, if you’re not a Christian, give your life to Jesus today, because tomorrow may be too late! Just like the Bible said!
Study Questions
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Review
Jesus Christ is returning very soon! The signs that indicate this to be true are overwhelming in these last days.
• Can you remember what they’ve been so far?
Sign #10 was The ____________________People
Sign # 9 was Modern _____________________
Sign # 8 was ______________________Upheaval
Sign #7 was The Rise of _________________________
Sign #6 was The Rise of _________________________
Sign #5 was The Rise of __________________________
Sign #4 was A One World _________________________
• Pastor Billy shared three indicators that the world is shaping up for a One World Religion. Can you recall them?
1. A _________________ _______________ of the truth.
2. A worldwide assault on ______________________.
3. A _________________of ______faiths.
This Chapter:
The #3 sign of the Final Countdown is none other than a One World _________________________ that will be under the authority of the _________________________.
Revelation 13:2,3,6,7; “And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. He had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on his horns, and on each head a blasphemous name. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority. One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was astonished and followed the beast. He opened his mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven. He was given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them. And he was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.”
• How do we know today that we are headed in the direction of a One World Government? Are there any indicators?
The first way that we are headed for a One World Government is due to a ____________ ____________ or to put it in other terms: The New World ___________. Right now there is waiting for approval, or already in place, the plans for __________ global ________ of the whole world.
• What are the tactics they are using to pull it off?
Answer: _____ and ____________.
If you create a crisis you can manage the outcome however you like. And so, that’s exactly what’s happening to our country. In order to create fear in people, we are being told that we have:
✓ a “_______- ______ crisis”
✓ a “______-care crisis”
✓ an “ ________ crisis”
✓ a “ ____________ crisis”
✓ a “___________ crisis”
✓ an “_________________ crisis”
• Does this fear tactic work?
Answer:
✓ Right now, there’s a Universal Law of the land called the Earth _________.
✓ Right now, there’s a document called The _____________ for the ____________ Earth, with plans for;
✓ World ____________
✓ World _________Court
✓ World ____________
✓ Right now, there’s a World ___________ Court, which went into effect July of 2002.
If you’re going to have a universal judicial system then you need a Universal _________ to punish those who don’t obey this World Government. All of this and more is happening RIGHT NOW!
Tony Blair, the former British Prime Minister, called for _______ to become the future “military army of a new world order….”
If you don’t think our world leaders are seriously thinking of forming a One World Government, then listen to these quotes:
• Henry Kissinger: “Today America would be outraged if UN troops entered Los Angeles to restore order. Tomorrow they will be grateful. When presented with this scenario, individual rights will be willingly relinquished for the guarantee of their well-being granted to them by the World Government.”
• David Rockefeller: “We are grateful to the Washington Post, The New York Times, Time Magazine and other great publications whose directors have attended our meetings and respected their promises of discretion for almost forty years. It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the world if we had been subject to the bright lights of publicity during those years. But the work is now much more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a world government.”
• Strobe Talbot (Clinton’s Deputy Secretary of State): “In the next century, nations as we know it will be obsolete; all states will recognize a single, global authority. National sovereignty wasn’t such a great idea after all.”
• Richard Falk: “The existing order is breaking down at a rapid rate and the main uncertainty is whether mankind can exert a positive role in shaping a new world order…We believe a new order will be born no later than early in the next century…”
• Mikhail Gorbachev: “Further global progress is now possible only through a quest for universal consensus in the movement towards a new world order.”
• Nelson Mandela: “The new world order that is in the making must focus on the creation of a world democracy, peace and prosperity for all.”
• George McGovern: “I would support a Presidential candidate who pledged to take the following steps…At the end of the war in the Persian Gulf, press for a comprehensive Middle East settlement and a new world order based not on Pax Americana but on peace through law with a stronger UN and World Court.”
• George Bush Sr.: “If we do not follow the dictates of our inner moral compass and stand up for human life, then his lawlessness will threaten the peace and democracy of the emerging new world order we now see, this long dreamed-of vision we’ve all worked toward for so long.”
• Madeleine Albright: “Today I say that no nation in the world need be left out of the global system we are constructing.”
• Mikhail Gorbachev: “The victims of the September 11th attacks will not have died in vain if world leaders use the crisis to create a new world order.”
• Robert Muller (Former assistant Attorney General of the U.N.): “We must move as quickly as possible to a one-world government; one-world religion; under a one-world leader.”
The second way we know that we are headed for a One World Government is because of a Universal ________ __________ or to put it in other terms, a New World ______________, or a Universal _________________
System.
What kind of new surveillance technology is out there?
1. There is now an aerosol spray that makes unopened envelopes transparent so that the contents can be read. It leaves, no smudging or stain.
2. The FBI was recently granted permission for a new program called Digital Storm which foresees the quadrupling of phone tapping over the next decade.
3. Hidden microphones are being put on utility poles and rooftops in Los Angeles to monitor “strange noises.”
4. Every square foot of farming land in Australia is now being watched via satellite to monitor food production and crop yields.
5. Here in America, satellites are being used by state governments to search for unreported improvements that might increase property taxes, to check for water-use permits, and to find improper tree cutting.
6. There are currently radar guns using radio waves that can peer through concrete walls and satellites with the same capability are on the way.
7. Government officials can now aim an antenna at your computer monitor, and from the radiation emitted by the monitor, they can reconstruct the images on your screen.
8. Tiny surveillance devices have been developed called “smart dust” which is so small they can float in the air like dust and be suspended by air currents while they are sensing and communicating for hours.
Right now there is a Global Project called __________ that is a cooperative effort among the United States, __________, _____________, New Zealand, and ______________. Echelon monitors and intercepts all:
✓ _______ calls
✓ faxes
✓ ______ transfers
✓ _______transmissions
✓ emails
It monitors all transmissions at a rate of two million per hour looking for such key words like, “____________,” or “_____________,” or even the word, “_______.”
If any of these “key words” appear in the transmission, a hard copy as well as a recording of the conversation is sent to someone’s desk to be analyzed.
• Are you saying, ‘this can’t be true’?
Answer: Listen to Mike Frost who personally worked there, collecting information for nineteen years:
“Communications know no borders. Somebody will pick it up somewhere, and it will end up on somebody’s desk…I guarantee it.
Case in point…a lady was on the phone talking to her friend about a school play that she’d been to the night before; her son was in a school play. And she thought he’d done a lousy job, and she said to her friend, “Boy, he really bombed last night.” The conversation was highlighted and ended up on the analyst’s desk the next morning because the word ‘bomb’ was in there, and all this lady was doing was talking about her son and his play the night before.
Now that conversation of that lady is held…indefinitely, so if two or three or four years later, she talks about somebody else bombing or something, and the computer spits it out again as being the second or third hit on this person’s name, you can graduate from being a possible terrorist to a probable terrorist. It’s that easy.
If they say that you are a probable terrorist and pass that information on to those responsible for that sort of activity, just think about what could happen to your life, and you’d never know why.
All of a sudden, your MasterCard doesn’t work anymore; all of a
sudden, your phone is done; all of a sudden, things are falling apart in your life; and you have no reason why, and nobody will ever tell you.
And he has a warning for anyone who says ‘it can’t happen to me.’ If you don’t want anybody to know about what you’re saying, don’t say it, because if you do say it, somebody will be listening.”
No doubt about it! God has also given us this warning sign of a One World ______________________ to show us that Christ’s 2nd Coming is rapidly approaching.
Jesus encouraged His Church with these words:
Luke 21:28 “When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”
Are you ready to meet God the Son?
Chapter Nine
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One World Economy
Hey, how many of you guys out there have noticed that the news media is just a little biased when it comes to reporting Christian events? Anyone besides me? So, just to make sure we’re all on the same page here, I’m going to show you just how bad this media assault has become against Christianity by applying their current standards of biased journalism to past Biblical events. You tell me just how accurate these headlines might indeed be:
1. The Crossing of the Red Sea would be reported as:
WETLANDS TRAMPLED IN LABOR STRIKE (Pursuing Environmentalists Killed)
2. David vs. Goliath would be reported as:
HATE CRIME KILLS BELOVED CHAMPION (Psychologist Questions the Influence of Rock)
3. Elijah on Mt. Carmel would be reported as:
FIRE SENDS RELIGIOUS RIGHT EXTREMIST INTO FRENZY (400 People Killed)
4. The birth of Jesus would be reported as:
HOTELS FULL, ANIMALS LEFT HOMELESS (Animal Rights Activists Enraged by Insensitive Couple)
5. The feeding of the 5,000 would be reported as:
PREACHER STEALS CHILD’S LUNCH (Disciples Mystified Over Behavior)
6. The healing of the 10 lepers would be reported as:
LOCAL DOCTOR’S PRACTICE RUINED (“Faith Healer” Causes Bankruptcy)
7. The healing of the Gadarene demoniac would be reported as:
MADMAN’S FRIEND CAUSES STAMPEDE (Local Farmer’s Investment Lost)
8. Raising Lazarus from the dead would be reported as:
FUNDAMENTALIST PREACHER RAISES A STINK (Will Reading to be Delayed)1
Now, how many of you believe that that’s pretty accurate as to how things would be reported today? Uh huh. It’s not too far off is it? And it’s all because the world is getting more and more biased and antagonistic towards Christianity and the truth that we proclaim of God’s salvation from sin and the destruction to come. But the sad thing is that, as long as they continue to do this, they are running the risk of being left behind, which means that they will be catapulted into the seven-year Tribulation that is coming upon the whole world.
And folks, the time of the Tribulation is not a party. Jesus said in Matthew 24 that it would be a time of greater horror than anything the world has ever seen or will ever see again. He also said that unless that time of calamity is shortened, the entire human race would be destroyed. But God is not only a God of wrath; He’s a God of love as well. And because He loves you and I, He has given us many warning signs so that we would know when the Tribulation could be near and that Christ’s 2nd Coming is rapidly approaching. Therefore, to make sure we’re well informed about the dangers of being left behind, we’re going to continue taking a look at The Final Countdown.
We already saw how the #10 sign on The Final Countdown was The Jewish People. The #9 sign was Modern Technology. The #8 sign was Worldwide Upheaval. The #7 sign was The Rise of Falsehood. The #6 sign was The Rise of Wickedness. The #5 sign was The Rise of Apostasy. The #4 sign was a One World Religion. In the last chapter we saw how the #3 sign was none other than A One World Government. There we saw that God lovingly foretold you and I that when we see a worldwide authority of the antichrist, that this would be an indicator that we are in the last days. Isn’t that what we see today, by a push for a new world order, new world community and a new world surveillance system?
But that’s not the only signs that God has given us. The #2 sign on The Final Countdown is none other than A One World Economy. So just what are these specific prophesies being fulfilled today concerning A One World Economy, revealing that we could be in the last days? Well, I’m glad you asked. Let’s take a look. The 1st End Time Prophecy concerning A One World Economy is that there will be a worldwide economy of the antichrist.
Revelation 13:11,12,16,17 “Then I saw another beast come up out of the earth. He exercised all the authority of the first beast. And he required all the earth and those who belong to this world to worship the first beast. He required everyone – great and small, rich and poor, slave and free – to be given a mark on the right hand or on the forehead. And no one could buy or sell anything without that mark.” (NLT)
According to this passage of Scripture, there is coming a day when all the inhabitants of the earth will be under the economy of the antichrist himself, who controls all buying and selling. One day, the whole world will be unified into A One World Economy that is actually satanically inspired. But the question is, “Could that really happen?” Could the whole world really be deceived into creating A One World Economy? And is there any evidence that this is really going to take place just like the Bible said? You bet there is! Let’s take a look.
The 1st way we know that we are headed for A One World Economy is due to a Universal Banking System. That’s right, I’m talking about a Global Bank. You see, if you’re going to deceive people into creating A One World Economy then you must certainly provide a Universal Bank so that you can dictate a universal monetary exchange, right? Well, guess what? That’s precisely what’s happening. Right now there are already in place the plans for absolute economic control of the whole world. How do I know? Because right now there’s already a Universal Bank, called the World Bank which is the world’s leading lender of money to the nations around the globe.2 But wait a minute. If you’re going to have a universal bank then you need a Universal Lending Institution to oversee the dispersion of money and loans, right? Well gee, guess what? That’s why right now the International Monetary Fund oversees the whole world’s financial system and even fixes the exchange rates.3 But wait a minute. If you’re going to have a universal lending institution then you need a Universal Money Exchanger to appropriately funnel all this money to all the different countries, right? Well gee, guess what? Right now there’s a Universal Electronic Banking System called SWIFT, which automatically makes sure that all the different money transactions in the world match all the different currencies.4 But wait a minute. If you’re going to have a universal money exchanger then you need to have a Universal Strong Arm to punish those who don’t obey this World Banking System, right? Well gee, guess what? Right now there’s the World Trade Organization, which not only sets the trading rules for the world, but punishes all countries who do not obey with billion dollar fines and sanctions. It even happens here in America.5
And lest you think that people aren’t serious about forming this one world economy, with the birth of the Euro we see for the first time, a multitude of nations coming under one unified currency.6 In fact, people like Tony Blair, the former Prime Minister of Britain, are showing signs of support for England to hop on the bandwagon as well.7 And recently, Robert Mundell, considered the “godfather of the Euro,” gave a blueprint for a single world currency, including the U.S., England, and Japan. Since the initial plans for a world currency were shot down by the U.S. more than fifty years ago, Mundell stated this:
“It is now time and useful, and in the United States interest, to move toward (global monetary reform) and provide some leadership. The lessons learned from the creation of the…Euro could help moves toward one world currency.”8
He also readily agreed that we would probably never go along with this, so he proposed starting with Japan and England and force us into it economically.
But you might think, “Come on! This is just too far out. This is just a coincidence. There’s no way the leaders in the world can really be serious about forming A One World Economy.” But folks, it’s not only going to happen, it’s been in the planning stages for a long time. Here, see the progress for yourself:
1. 1913: The Federal Reserve created (It is neither federal nor a reserve and is owned by banks. It was planned at a secret meeting in 1910 on Jekyl Island, Georgia by a group of bankers and politicians. This transferred the power to create money from the American government to a private group of bankers and thus violates Article I of the Constitution, which states, “Congress shall have the power to coin money and regulate the value thereof.” (NOT BANKS!)
2. 1944: The World Bank was formed (world’s foremost lender)
3. 1944: (IMF) International Monetary Fund formed (world’s overseer of international financial system)
4. 1944: (GATT) General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (liberalized world trade)
5. 1968: Club of Rome formed (group of economic elite world advisers)
6. 1973: Trilateral commissioned formed by banker David Rockefeller to develop a worldwide economic power.
7. 1973: (SWIFT) Society for Worldwide Interbank Finance Transactions created (universal electronic banking organization that transfers monetary transactions between countries and corporations)
8. 1975: Declaration of Interdependence signed which declares that our economy should be regulated by international authorities.
9. 1979: Smart card developed
10. 1993: Mondex International formed
11. 1994: (NAFTA) North American Free Trade Agreement (free trade between Canada, U.S., and Mexico)
12. 1995: (WTO) world Trade Organization formed (develops and enforces worldwide trade rules)
13. 1999: The Euro is born (new universal currency of 12 European countries)
14. 2002: The first Euro coins and banknotes go into circulation
15. 2002: Call for a Global Tax to be paid to the United Nations at World Conference held in Monterrey, Mexico
16. 2002: Fast Track Bill approved that prevents congress from changing or even having an extended debate on any trade agreement negotiated by the President
17. 2003: Proposal appears for credit card implants
18. 2003: Proposal to keep children safe with a microchip
19. 2003: EU to use to chip to monitor visitors
20. 2004: Biometric payments expanding to grocery and convenience stores
21. 2004: Bank card crimes fuel rush to biometric systems
22. 2004: Baja Beach Club in Barcelona Spain launches microchip implantation for VIP members
23. 2004: Wal-Mart turns on radio tags
24. 2004: Microchip and global satellite firms each agreement
25. 2004: Chirac calls for a global tax
26. 2004: 44,000 prison inmates to be RFID-chipped
27. 2004: Mexico attorney general gets microchip implant
28. 2004: Japan school kids to be tagged with RFID chips
29. 2004: Proposal for chip implanted in police officer’s hands to allow only officers to fire guns
30. 2005: House approves electronic ID cards
31. 2005: California school requires radio ID tags for students
32. 2005: Windows to become RFID friendly
33. 2005: The Bank for International Settlements calls for global currency
34. 2005: (FTAA) Free Trade Agreement of the Americas is proposed to provide free trade in the whole Western Hemisphere
35. 2005: Proposal for a Digital Birth ID
36. 2005: Dutch, USA to start airport biometric data checks
37. 2005: Chase launches new microchip blink credit card
38. 2005: Chief of Police who received VeriChip advocates forced government chipping to buy and sell
39. 2005: Scientist calls for world DNA database
40. 2006: Employees get microchip implants
41. 2006: VeriChip sells first Baby Protection System and in talks with Military
42. 2006: Proposed that Britons be microchipped like dogs in a decade
43. 2006: IMF wins new powers to police global economy
44. 2006: Rise of people voluntarily receiving microchips implants
45. 2006: Couples receive implants as a sign of love for each other
46. 2006: Young shoppers want to pay with chip in skin
47. 2007: Invisible RFID Ink available for cattle and people
48. 2007: Proposal for animal tags for people
49. 2007: FBI to collect biometric information on Britons
50. 2007: Russia launches final satellites for its own GPS
51. 2007: FBI aims for world’s largest biometrics database
52. 2007: Alzheimer’s Patients lining up for microchips
53. 2007: Secret new plan for EU Super State unveiled
54. 2008: Seven year plan aligns U.S. with Europe’s economy
55. 2008: Digital Angel keeps tabs on animals
56. 2008: FBI wants instant access to British identity data
57. 2008: Hospitals tagging babies with electronic chips
58. 2008: Prisoners to be chipped like dogs9
Now, how many of you have heard about any of that stuff, let alone the coming global tax on the news lately? Of course not! In fact, one article made it clear as to the reasons why:
“The jury is still out on which way the United States will go on the issue of global economic control by the UN. Most Americans will never know the issue is on the table until after the decisions are made. The media is not likely to address the issue, nor is it likely to be a topic of congressional debate. These events are taking place in other parts of the world, with decisions being made by officials who are not elected by anyone. No elected official in the United States has any authority to alter or veto these decisions. The world is moving swiftly toward global governance.”10
You see, the reason why we probably won’t hear about this is because the day we see the passage of the global tax, which the United Nations is calling for right now, is the day we officially kick off A One World Economy, and by then it will be too late. And correct me if I’m wrong, but I’d say somebody’s very serious about forming A One World Economy, how about you?
Oh, but that’s not all. Little do people know that these same economic powers have already divided up the world into Ten Economic Kingdoms in order to assure proper control.11 Each kingdom will be ruled by an individual dictator who will be under the authority of a world dictator. But you might say, “There’s no way that the American people will stand for this. Why, we’ll stand up and fight if it comes to that!” Well, they’ve already thought of that. You see, the plan is to have foreign, not America troops on American soil. Why? Because most likely another American would have a hard time shooting a fellow American, but a foreigner wouldn’t!12 Hey, wait a minute. Didn’t we see how foreign troops were already being trained right here in America? Hmmm. I wonder why?
And if that wasn’t scary enough, most people still don’t get the significance of this world division by an Economic Club from Rome. Why? Because most people haven’t read the Scripture that talks about the coming Revived Roman Empire, with it’s ten-horned kingdom that would appear on the scene. When? In the last days!
Revelation 17:9,12-13 “And now understand this. His ten horns are ten kings who have not yet risen to power; they will be appointed to their kingdoms for one brief moment to reign with the beast. They will all agree to give their power and authority to him.” (NLT)
Hey, wait a second. You mean to tell me that there’s going to come a day when we see a worldwide kingdom of the antichrist that is split up into ten kingdoms? Could that really happen? Folks, it’s happening right before our eyes! What do you think is going on with the birth of the European Union? Hello! What’s that? Isn’t that a region of countries coming together economically with their own currency called the Euro? And why there right now the formation of the African Union which is a region of countries coming together economically with their own currency called the Golden Mandela, which is supposed to go into affect by 2010?13 And speaking of 2010, why is there right now the formation of the North American Union, which is made up of the United States, Canada and Mexico coming together economically with a new currency called the Amero?14 They’re shooting for 2010 as well. But that’s still not all. There’s also plans right now for a South American Union, an Asian Union, a Central Asian Union, and even a Pacific Union to name a few.15 Why, if I didn’t know better, I’d say the world is being split up into different economic regions right before our very eyes. Gee, I wonder how many they’ll end up with? Maybe, ten! Just like the Bible said. When? In the last days.
The 2nd way we know that we are headed for A One World Economy is due to a Universal Currency. That’s right, I’m talking about the coming Cashless Society. You see, if you’re going to deceive people into creating A One World Economy then you must certainly provide a Universal Currency so that you can dictate a universal monetary standard, right? Well gee, guess what? That’s precisely what’s happening.
You see, in case you haven’t noticed, we have slowly but surely moved towards a completely cashless society. In the last century alone, we have gone from paper currency to electronic cash. For instance, if we don’t have any money on us, don’t worry, just write a check. Then, if we don’t have the money to write a check, don’t worry, just charge it to a credit card. But if we don’t want to pay the interest on a credit card, don’t worry, just take it out of your checking account with a debit card.
And now all these features and more are all combined into one, called a smart card. And these smart cards are now being hailed as “digital cash” or “electronic purses.” In fact, experts say that these smart cards will soon be the world’s first truly universal currency. So what in the world is a smart card? Well, I’m glad you asked. A smart card is about the size of a regular credit card only it has a tiny microchip that can store and receive information. And because of this feature, you can use them for all kinds of things. Let’s take a look:
1. Personal ATM
2. Purchases (at stores, restaurants, vending machines, gas, toll roads, etc.)
3. Telephone calls
4. Access to cable and satellite programs
5. Internet purchases
6. Vehicle and building access
7. Personal computer access (replace all passwords)
8. Loyalty programs (airlines, grocery stores, etc.)
9. Rapid Check-in (hotels, airlines, etc.)
10. Personal Identification Holder (Soc. Security, Driver’s License, Student ID, Health and Insurance ID, voting information, picture, and fingerprints)16
Hey now, who couldn’t use a little more convenience and flexibility in their busy lives, huh? In fact, imagine if we could get rid of all paper currency. Smart cards could even reduce fear by spelling the beginning of the end for all sorts of crimes.
“The immediate benefits would be profound and fundamental. Theft of cash would become impossible. Bank robberies and cash-register robberies would simply cease to occur. Attacks on shopkeepers, taxi drivers, and cashiers would all end…Urban streets would become safer…Security costs and insurance rates would fall. Property values would rise…Sales of illegal drugs, along with the concomitant violent crime, should diminish. Hospital emergency rooms would become less crowded…A change from cash to recorded electronic money would be accompanied by a flow of previously unpaid income-tax revenues running in the tens of billions of dollars. As a result, income-tax rates could be lowered or the national debt reduced.”17
Don’t you feel safer already? Oh, but that’s not all. Smart cards not only promise to provide a whole new sense of security, but they can even be used in three different ways: the card itself, your computer, and even your cell phone. For instance, as a card, you can use it to not only pay for virtually anything at any business, but now with another device called PET, or Personal Electronic Transfer, you can exchange money with other smart card users.18 So if you owe somebody $20, you still don’t need cash in your pocket. Just zap it from your smart card to theirs.
Oh, but that’s not all. With your computer, you can now use what’s called a smart card reader. It’s an inexpensive device that looks like a floppy drive that you insert your smart card into. Now you can make purchases on the Internet or even transfer money from your checking account directly onto the card. Now you have your own personal ATM machine.19 In fact, it is expected that soon, computer manufacturers will be installing smart card readers as standard equipment on all their machines.20
Oh, but just in case you don’t have computer access handy, you can also use your cell phone. Right now, cell phones are doubling as mobile cash machines to make purchases from street vendors to pizza delivery.21 And just in case you don’t have one of these new phones, no need to fear! Nokia has developed a “clip-on” smart card reader for cell phones. And now, with the wave of your phone, you can buy just about anything from a boat to a burger, like this article stated:
“Grabbing a burger is getting easier. Soon you will just have to wave your cell phone as you pass McDonald’s drive-through. Immediate gratification is always the best marketing tool.
Nokia is testing a new SmartCover for its… phones that will act just like a debit card…expected to hit the stores before June.
There is no dialing, no ATM, no fumbling for a wallet or dropped coins – only radio-frequency burgers.”22
Now, as weird as all this new technology sounds, you might still be thinking that this is all nice and dandy, but it’s never going to catch on. But folks, four billion smart cards were issued in 2000 alone!23 In fact, right now in Europe, smart cards are not only commonplace but will soon be a necessity. England is expecting to have all governmental services online and will issue their citizens smart cards in order to access the system.24
Oh, but that’s not all. Right now, here in America, smart cards are being heavily promoted by celebrities like Britney Spears, who’s offering her fans five collectable smart card flash cards so they can get access to behind-the-scenes videos or photos on her website.25 And not to be left out, in light of the terrorist attacks, last year the Pentagon made smart cards mandatory for four million troops and civilians, in order to open secure doors, get cash, buy food, and check out weapons and military hardware.26 And that’s right, due to promises of eliminating fraud and saving money, banks are also jumping on the bandwagon. Right now, MasterCard is planning on turning their six hundred million debit cards into smart cards.27
And speaking of MasterCard, they recently purchased fifty-one percent of a smart card company called MONDEX.28 And MONDEX just happens to be the only electronic cash system in the world that allows for multiple currencies on one card.29 In fact, so excited is MONDEX about this backing from MasterCard, that they have stated, “This is the final stage in becoming a global reality. With MasterCard’s backing, there’s nothing to stop MONDEX now from becoming the global standard.”30
Then, as if that wasn’t weird enough, the president of Visa has hinted at taking the tiny microchips from their plastic smart cards and putting them into much “handier things” such as a watch or even a ring.31 I mean, come on, what’s next? Some sort of smart card tattoo or body implant? Folks, it might be closer than you think. You see, it is said that MONDEX stands for Monetary Dexter. And if you’ll look for yourself in the dictionary, you will see that monetary means, “pertaining to money” and dexter means “right hand.” Hey, wait a second. Money in the right hand? Where have we heard that before?
Now I don’t know about you guys, but it sure sounds like somebody is taking this One World Economy very seriously, how about you? Just like the Bible said. When? In the last days!
And folks, believe it or not, even with all this amazing evidence pointing to the signs of Christ’s soon return, some people still need to have the truth repeated to them over and over again, like this guy discovered:
“A small guy walks into a diner one day and heads straight for the counter and has a seat on one of the stools. And while he’s deciding on what he’s going to order, he decides to have a little fun and so leans over to the big woman next to him and says, ‘Hey, lady. Do you wanna hear a funny blonde joke?’
Well, immediately the big woman gives him a horrible look and replies, ‘Well, before you tell that joke, you should know something mister. I’m blonde, and six feet tall, 210 lbs. and I’m a professional triathlete and bodybuilder.
Not to mention the blonde woman sitting next to me is 6’2” and 220 lbs. and she’s an ex-professional wrestler.
And if you’ll notice, that waitress over there is also a blonde who’s 6’5”, weighs 250 lbs. and she’s a professional kickboxer.
You see buddy, we’re three big, bad blondes! Now, funny guy, do you still want to tell that blonde joke?’
So the guy blinks and swallows, thinks about it a second and says, ‘No way! Not if I’m going to have to explain it three times.’”32
Now, that guy wasn’t about to keep repeating himself over and over again, was he? But do you know what? Neither will God. You see, many people today think that their lives are going to be filled with untold riches and absolute security through A One World Economy. They think that they have all the time in the world to respond to the gospel after they first go and make all their riches. But the Bible says that God isn’t going to keep repeating His message of salvation over and over again. The offer won’t be there forever. He simply says that if you hear His voice calling you, you need to respond today.
Hebrews 3:7-8,10-11 “That is why the Holy Spirit says, ‘Today you must listen to his voice. Don’t harden your hearts against him as Israel did when they rebelled, when they tested God’s patience in the wilderness. There your ancestors tried my patience, even though they saw my miracles for forty years. So I was angry with them, and I said, Their hearts always turn away from me. They refuse to do what I tell them. So in my anger I made a vow: They will never enter my place of rest.’” (NLT)
People of God, I hope you’re not one of those who have bought into this lie that man can somehow manifest his own heaven on earth by creating A One World Economy. Why? Because you might wake up one day and discover that you’ve been left behind. And do you know what? God doesn’t want you left behind. Because He loves you and I, He has given us the warning sign of A One World Economy to show us that the Tribulation could be near and that Christ’s 2nd Coming is rapidly approaching. Jesus Himself said this:
Luke 21:28 “When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” (NIV)
Like it or not folks, we are headed for The Final Countdown. We don’t know the day or the hour. Only God knows. The point is, if you’re a Christian and you haven’t noticed; there are no U-hauls behind a hearse. Therefore, let’s stop pampering our lusts and let’s start praying for the lost! Folks, it’s high time we Christians speak up and declare the good news of salvation to those who are dying all around us. But please, if you’re not a Christian, give your life to Jesus today, because tomorrow may be too late! Just like the Bible said!
Study Questions
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Review
Try to fill in as many as you can on the Final Countdown.
Sign #10 was The ________________ _______________
Sign # 9 was ____________________ ___________________
Sign # 8 was ______________________ ___________________
Sign #7 was The ___________ _______ _________________
Sign #6 was The ___________ _______ _________________
Sign #5 was The ___________ _______ _________________
Sign #4 was A ___________ _______ _________________
Sign #3 was A ___________ _______ _________________
In the last chapter Pastor Billy shared with us two indicators, in these last days, that our world is headed toward a One World Government. They are:
✓ A new world _______________
✓ A new world _________________ system
This Chapter:
The #2 sign of the Final Countdown is none other than A One World ___________________, controlled by the antichrist.
Revelation 13:11,12,16,17 “Then I saw another beast come up out of the earth. He exercised all the authority of the first beast. And he required all the earth and those who belong to this world to worship the first beast. He required everyone – great and small, rich and poor, slave and free – to be given a mark on the right hand or on the forehead. And no one could buy or sell anything without that mark.”
• Is there any evidence today that we are globally headed toward a One World Economy? Pastor Billy will share with us two indicators.
The first indicator that we know that we are headed for the One World Economy is due to a Universal ___________System; or in other terms, a ______________ _________. Right now there are already in place the plans for absolute ____________ ____________ of the whole world.
Note the following:
✓ A Universal _____________ Institution called the International ____________________ fund. IMF oversees the world’s financial system, fixing the exchange rates.
✓ A Universal Money ___________________ called “SWIFT” the Universal Electronic Banking System. SWIFT makes sure that all the different money transactions match all the different currencies in the world.
✓ A Universal Strong Arm, called the World _______________ Organization. The WTO sets the trading rules for the world and punishes all countries who don’t obey with billion dollar fines and sanctions.
But guess what? That’s not all there is to this economic control of the whole world. These same economic powers have already divided up the world into _____________ Economic Kingdoms in order to assure proper control. And by the way, this economic world division is designed by an economic club from ______________.
This sounds just like the prophecy we read of in Revelation 17:9, 12-13 where it talks about the coming of a revived Roman Empire with its ten-horned kingdom under the power of the antichrist.
Revelation 17:9,12-13 “And now understand this. His ten horns are ten kings who have not yet risen to power; they will be appointed to their kingdoms for one brief moment to reign with the beast. They will all agree to give their power and authority to him.”
• What unified steps are being taken toward this 10-horned economic federation?
Answer:
✓ The _________ Union with their own currency called the __________
✓ The _____________ Union with their own currency called the _____________ _____________
✓ The _____________ _____________ Union with their own currency called the _____________.
Plans are in the making for:
✓ A South American Union
✓ An Asian Union
✓ A Central Asian Union
✓ A Pacific Union
✓ A Mediterranean Union
The second indicator that we know that we are headed for a One World Economy is due to a Universal _____________; or in other terms, the coming _____________ Society.
In the last century alone, we have gone from _____________ currency to ___________ cash. We have come from paper money to writing a _________, to charging it to a _____________ card, to taking it out of your checking account with a _____________ card. And now all of these features, and much more, are all combined into one magical card called the _____________ card.
Some experts are saying that these smart cards “will soon be the world’s first truly _____________ currency. In this card is a tiny _____________ that can store and receive an unlimited amount of information. They can be used for all kinds of things:
1. Personal ATM
2. Purchases (stores, restaurants, vending machines, gas, toll roads, etc.)
3. Telephone calls
4. Access to cable and satellite programs
5. Internet purchases
6. Vehicle and building access
7. Personal computer access (replace all passwords)
8. Loyalty programs (airlines, grocery stores, etc.)
9. Rapid Check-in (hotels, airlines, etc.)
10. Personal Identification Holder (Soc. Security, Driver’s License, Student ID, Health and Insurance ID, voting information, picture, and fingerprints)
How convenient that if we got rid of all paper currency, these smart cards would automatically make our world a safer place to live. One person stated:
“The immediate benefits would be profound and fundamental. Theft of cash would become impossible. Bank robberies and cash-register robberies would simply cease to occur. Attacks on shopkeepers, taxi drivers, and cashiers would all end…Urban streets would become safer…Security costs and insurance rates would fall. Property values would rise…Sales of illegal drugs, along with the concomitant violent crime, should diminish. Hospital emergency rooms would become less crowded…A change from cash to recorded electronic money would be accompanied by a flow of previously unpaid income-tax revenues running in the tens of billions of dollars. As a result, income-tax rates could be lowered or the national debt reduced.”
These cards can be used in three different ways:
✓ The card itself
✓ Your computer
✓ Your cell phone
• What is expected very soon?
Answer: Computer manufacturers will be installing smart card _________ as _____________ equipment on _________ their machines.
• How many smart cards were issued in the year 2000 alone?
Answer: four _____________
In 2007 the Pentagon made smart cards _____________ for four million troops and civilians. Right now, _____________ is planning on turning their 600 million debit cards into smart cards.
In fact, MasterCard recently purchased 51 percent of a smart card company called _________________. MONDEX is the only electronic cash system in the world that allows for multiple currencies on one card.
• What did MONDEX itself state about this backing from MasterCard?
Answer: “This is the final stage in becoming a global reality. With MasterCard’s backing, there’s nothing to stop MONDEX now from becoming the global standard.”
The president of Visa wants to take these tiny microchips in the smart cards and put them into much “handier things” like a _____________or even a _____________.
• Could this sort of thing be placed in a tattoo or body implant?
Answer: Consider what MONDEX stands for – Monetary Dexter:
✓ Monetary = “pertaining to _____________”
✓ Dexter = “right hand”
Money in the right hand? Sounds very Biblical and prophetical to me!
The 2 Coming of Jesus Christ is closer than we think. And God has been gracious and merciful to warn us ahead of time. We dare not harden our hearts against God’s voice. He is calling you to get right with Him today.
Listen: Hebrews 3:7-8,10-11 “That is why the Holy Spirit says, today you must listen to his voice. Don’t harden your hearts against him as Israel did when they rebelled, when they tested God’s patience in the wilderness. There your ancestors tried my patience, even though they saw my miracles for forty years. So I was angry with them, and I said, their hearts always turn away from me. They refuse to do what I tell them. So in my anger I made a vow: They will never enter my place of rest.”
“They will never enter my place of rest.”
What a sobering warning to all of us! Today is the day to settle things with God. God promises in Romans 10:13, “Whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.”
Make sure today!
Chapter Ten
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The Mark of the Beast
“A man was sitting at home one evening, when the doorbell rang. And when he answered the door, a 6-foot tall cockroach was standing there. But before the man could do anything, the cockroach immediately punched him between the eyes and scampered off.
Well, the next evening, the man was sitting at home when the doorbell rang again. And when he answered the door, there was the cockroach again. And this time it punched him, kicked him and karate chopped him and then scampered away.
And believe it or not, the third evening came and the man was sitting at home when the doorbell rang. And that’s right, when he answered the door the cockroach was there yet again.
This time it leapt at him and stabbed him several times before scampering off. At this the gravely injured man managed to crawl to the telephone and summoned for an ambulance. Soon he was rushed to intensive care, where they were barely able to save his life.
So the next morning, the doctor was doing his rounds and he asked the man what happened. So the man explained about the surprising nightly attacks of the 6-foot cockroach, which culminated in the near fatal stabbing.
But not at all surprised himself, the doctor simply informed the man, ‘Yes, there’s a nasty bug going around.’”1
Now, that doctor wasn’t at all surprised about what happened to that man, was he? And it’s all because he was well informed about the danger that was out there, right? But unfortunately, many people aren’t very well informed about another danger that’s out there. And that’s the danger of God’s wrath, which is one day coming upon this wicked and rebellious planet. And because people refuse to get right with God through Jesus and get saved, they are sadly running the risk of being left behind and will be catapulted into the seven-year Tribulation that is coming upon the whole world.
And folks, the time of the Tribulation is not a party. Jesus said in Matthew 24 that it would be a time of greater horror than anything the world has ever seen or will ever see again. He also said that unless that time of calamity is shortened, the entire human race would be destroyed. But God is not only a God of wrath. He’s a God of love as well. And because He loves you and I, He has given us many warning signs so that we would know when the Tribulation could be near and that Christ’s 2nd Coming is rapidly approaching. Therefore, to make sure we’re not surprised about the dangers of being left behind, we’re going to take one last look at The Final Countdown.
We already saw how the #10 sign on The Final Countdown was The Jewish People. The #9 sign was Modern Technology. The #8 sign was Worldwide Upheaval. The #7 sign was The Rise of Falsehood. The #6 sign was The Rise of Wickedness. The #5 sign was The Rise of Apostasy. The #4 sign was a One World Religion. The #3 sign was A One World Government. In the last chapter we saw how the #2 sign was none other than A One World Economy. There we saw that God lovingly foretold you and I that when we see a worldwide economy of the antichrist that this would be an indicator that we are in the last days. And isn’t that what we see today with this push for a universal banking system and a universal currency?
But that’s not the only signs that God has given us. The #1 sign on The Final Countdown is none other than The Mark of the Beast. So just what are these specific prophesies being fulfilled today concerning The Mark of the Beast, revealing that we could be in the last days? Well, I’m glad you asked. Let’s take a look. The 1st End Time Prophecy concerning The Mark of the Beast is that there will be a worldwide mark of the antichrist.
Revelation 13:16-17; 14:9-11 “He required everyone – great and small, rich and poor, slave and free – to be given a mark on the right hand or on the forehead. And no one could buy or sell anything without that mark, which was either the name of the beast or the number representing his name.
Anyone who worships the beast and his statue or who accepts his mark on the forehead or the hand must drink the wine of God’s wrath. It is poured out undiluted into God’s cup of wrath. And they will be tormented with fire and burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and the Lamb. The smoke of their torment rises forever and ever, and they will have no relief day or night, for they have worshiped the beast and his statue and have accepted the mark of his name.” (NLT)
According to this passage of Scripture, there is coming a day when all unsaved people of the earth will be deceived into receiving a mark on their bodies, either on the right hand or forehead, that represents the antichrist himself. One day, the whole world of unbelievers will be unified with The Mark of the Beast that will actually seal their fate of eternal destruction. But the question is, “Could that really happen? Could the whole world really be deceived into receiving The Mark of the Beast? And is there any evidence that this is really going to take place just like the Bible said?” You bet there is! Let’s take a look.
The 1st way we know that people will soon be receiving The Mark of the Beast is because The Technology Is Already Here. You see, if you’re going to deceive people into receiving The Mark of the Beast then you’ve got to have the technology in place to pull it off, right? Well gee, guess what? For the 1st time in mankind’s history, the means to monitor and control every person on the planet is now available. And this is now possible through satellite technology. Right now, Motorola has launched 66 low-orbiting satellites that can not only pick up signals from certain types of microchips, but now it’s common knowledge that this kind of tracking system was already used to monitor the locations of military personnel in the war with Iraq.2 In fact, this ability to monitor people with satellites is so common that it is currently being used to spy on boat traffic in Florida.3 Even garbage men in England are being watched from the sky on their jobs on order to make sure that they don’t linger too long in one spot.4 Oh, but that’s not all. Thanks to the backing by Bill Gates, we now have what’s called Internet In The Sky. This is a system of 840 low-altitude satellites in twenty-one orbits with forty satellites in each orbit that creates a virtual electronic blanket around the whole planet. And now you can communicate and monitor any person anywhere on the planet from the top of the Himalayas to the Dead Sea.5
But wait a second, if you’re going to monitor and control the whole planet with The Mark of the Beast, you not only need to track them wherever they go, but you also need some sort of database to identify who they are. Well gee, guess what. Right now, these kinds of mega-databases are already available. For instance, a U.S. company called Acxiom operates one of the world’s largest databases on ninety-five percent of all American households.6 Twenty-four hours a day, they gather and store information on you and I from credit card transactions, magazine subscriptions, telephone numbers, real estate records, car registrations, and even fishing licenses, to name a few. And because of all this information, they can provide a full profile of each one of us, right down to whether we own a dog or cat, enjoy camping or gourmet cooking, read the Bible or other books, what our occupation is, what car we drive, what videos we watch, how much gas and food we buy, and even where our favorite vacations spots are.7 In fact, it is estimated that, right now, each adult in the developed world is already located, on average, in three hundred different databases.8
But wait a second, if you’re going to monitor and control the whole planet with The Mark of the Beast, you not only need some sort of database to identify who they are, but you also need some way to personally connect them to this global system, right? Well gee, guess what? Right now, especially in light of the terrorist attacks, there has been an explosion of all kinds of personal identification devices. Let’s take a look at just a few of them:
1. Intel Corp. is supposed to, or already has, started imbedding identification numbers in its computer processors, which allows everyone to be identified on the Internet.
2. Anyone carrying a cell phone can now be precisely pinpointed.
3. There are currently 1.1 billion facial images already in databases throughout the world.
4. Florida police have linked surveillance cameras to facial recognition software and are using them to instantly recognize and match “wanted people” to image databases.
5. Australian schools are using a watch-like device worn by students to monitor how much exercise the children are getting.
6. Acme rental cars are using GPS systems to monitor rental car users behavior and fines people $150 for each occurrence of excessive speed.
7. Denver city employee vehicles are now being monitored at all times using GPS systems to indicate purpose of the trip, route taken, distance traveled, and the time of the journey.
8. Three police officers were recently charged with falsifying records when their reports didn’t match the location indicated by GPS systems installed in their vehicles.
9. Hand and retinal scans are being used by businesses and airports to automatically identify travelers.
10. Fingerprint scans are now being used in America to access computers, buy groceries, and purchase school lunches.9
Now as you can see, every single person can accurately and specifically be identified in a variety of ways. In fact, right now schools in Belgium are using all three technologies, satellites, databases, and personal identification devices, to monitor students. Each student is required to carry a chip-card and all the teacher needs to do to know if a child is late or absent is to log onto this system and instantly they can find out exactly where the missing child is.10
However, there are a few problems with these kinds of identification systems. They either take too much time, they can be damaged or falsified, or worse yet, they can be lost. So if you’re going to monitor and control every person on the planet, then you need some kind of universal tracking and personal identification device that can’t be falsified or lost, right? Well gee, guess what? It’s already been invented. Right now, you can get your very own biometric implant. What’s that? Well, in case you haven’t already heard, a biometric implant is a tiny little chip about the size of a grain of rice that is implanted just beneath the skin. Its benefits are that it can’t be stolen and you can’t lose it, for it’s with you wherever you go. And folks, you must understand that this isn’t some science fiction fantasy that might take place centuries from now. It’s already here! In case you haven’t already heard, a new implant device called the Digital Angel has the ability to not only pinpoint a person’s location but it can even monitor vital signs like the heart rate or blood pressure.11 The only thing that was holding it up was governmental approval. But you’ll be happy to know, as you saw two chapters ago, that it was approved by the FDA in 2002.12 Now, correct me if I’m wrong, but I’d say somebody’s very serious about implementing The Mark of the Beast, how about you? Just like the Bible said. When? In the last days.
The 2nd way we know that people will soon be receiving The Mark of the Beast is because The Justification Is Already Here. You see, if you’re going to deceive people into receiving The Mark of the Beast, then you’ve got to have people convinced that this would actually be a good thing to do, right? Well gee, guess what? For the 1st time in mankind’s history, people have been prepped to think that the total control over all areas of their lives via microchips is the greatest thing that could ever happen. How’s that? Well, I’m glad you asked. The 1st way that people are being prepped for an invasion of microchip control is that they promise to make our lives more pampered. How can they do that? Well, let’s take a look at just a few of the examples out there:
1. You can have tiny cell phones implanted into your bikinis.
2. You can have T-shirts implanted with Internet links.
3. You can have baby nappies or tennis shoes implanted with tracking devices.
4. You can have implanted jackets to wear that allow you to switch on the TV, check phone messages, or even tell the oven to start cooking a meal.
5. You can have implants in your house to customize anything from the temperature to even background music.
6. You can have implants in your car to access the Internet or pay for toll charges, gas, or even food in a Drive Thru.
7. You can have implants in television sets that eject artificial scents when different advertisements or scenes are viewed. (I told you watching TV smells!)
8. You can have implants that sense brain wave patterns and converts them into signals used to operate electrical appliances.
9. You can have implants that act like “intelligent shopping agents” who will know everything about you from personal quirks to shoe size and will search instantly anywhere in the world via the Internet to find you the best deal.
10. You can have an implant in your fingertip that will transfer all your vital personal information with a handshake. (A digital authentication law has already been passed through Congress giving these “electronic signatures” the same legal status as writing your name on a document.)13
Now, who wouldn’t want their lives filled with such creature comforts, huh? I mean, come on, wouldn’t it be cool to have a microchip implant? Folks, that’s precisely the selling point. In fact, two articles went on to say this:
“How’d you like to avoid waiting in lines for the rest of your life? Breeze through everywhere like you owned the place. Watch lights snap on, doors open automatically, money pop out of ATMs as you approach. Never have to show an ID, buy a ticket, carry keys, remember a password. You’d leave stores loaded with packages and waltz right past the cashiers. You wouldn’t have to carry a wallet. Ever. Family and friends could find you instantly in any crowd.”
“These latest injectable devices have taken things a step further. What next?
I approach my car, which knows who I am. The door swings open and the driver seat and steering wheel adjust to my usual settings, the radio starts to play my favorite station and a speech unit offers to navigate me to Heathrow. As I board the plane, a sensor in the aircraft door activates the chip which tells the on-board flight system who I am. ‘Welcome…seat 4a is ready for you. This flight is worth 450 air-miles.’ I arrive in New York and hire a car, which also recognizes me and adjusts accordingly. The hotel room unlocks and bills me as I enter. Room service arrives to stock the fridge with favorite…items plus the extras I usually order. None of this is science fiction. All of this is possible using today’s tools. It is just a question of connecting them together.”14
Now I don’t know about you guys, but I think we’re being prepped for an invasion of implants because, after all, they’ll make our lives so much more pampered. And isn’t that what everybody wants?
The 2nd way people are being prepped for an invasion of microchip control is that they promise to make our lives more productive. How can they do that? Well, let’s take a look at just a few of the examples out there:
1. You can have tiny implants on all manufactured items to create a self-managing intelligent supply chain that will track all products from the factory, to the home, to the recycling center.
2. You can have tiny implants on all luggage and packages to ensure their exact whereabouts.
3. You can have implants for your employees to monitor their location, who their with, their timekeeping, efficiency and productivity.
4. You can have another implant for your restaurant employees so that when they use the restroom it activates another implant in the washbasin to monitor whether or not they washed their hands and alert you if there’s a need for disciplinary action.
5. You can have an implant to act as an internal alarm clock that determines how much sleep you can get.
6. You can have an implant to constantly monitor your body functions such as pulse, heart rate, sugar levels, etc.
7. You can have an implant to connect you directly to your computer.
8. You can have an implant to send an electrode to your brain to send another electrode to a former paralyzed muscle or limb.
9. You can have an implant connected to the eye to provide sight for the blind.
10. You can have an implant to extend human intelligence or memory.15
Now, who doesn’t need one of those memory implants, huh? I mean, come on, wouldn’t it be constructive to have a microchip implant? Folks, that’s precisely the selling point. And I don’t know about you guys, but I think we’re being prepped for an invasion of implants because, after all, they’ll make our lives so much more productive. And isn’t that what everybody wants?
The 3rd way people are being prepped for an invasion of microchip control is that they promise to make our lives more protected. How can they do that? Well, let’s take a look at just a few of the examples out there:
1. You can have an implant in your pet to make sure it never gets lost.
2. You can have an implant in your car that will automatically alert police when it’s stolen and pinpoint it’s exact location.
3. You can have an implant to instantly find people involved in airplane crashes or other natural disasters.
4. You can have an implant to instantly alert you if someone’s body temperature has changed like from falling in water or in a fire.
5. You can have an implant put on nuclear devices, machines, or dams to give advance notice of impending danger.
6. You can have an implant put in businesses to instantly alert you of break-ins or tampering.
7. You can have an implant to monitor and pinpoint missing livestock.
8. You can have an implant to automatically monitor parolees and save money on prison costs.
9. You can have an implant to find out if an Alzheimer patient has wandered off.
10. You can have an implant to instantly locate a lost or abducted child.16
Now, who wouldn’t want to have their property or loved ones protected at all times, huh? I mean come on, wouldn’t it be common sense to have a microchip implant? That’s precisely the selling point. In fact, in light of the terrorist attacks and all the media coverage on child abductions lately, it seems just about everybody is hopping on the bandwagon. See for yourself:
• Rep. Mary Bono said some of our freedoms will have to be surrendered for the sake of security.
• Digital Angel Spokesman said, “We’ve changed our thinking since September 11. Now there’s more of a need to monitor evil activities.”
• Dr. Peter Zhou chief scientist of Digital Angel said, “A few years ago there may have been resistance, but not anymore. People are getting used to having implants. New century, new trend…this will be very, very popular. Fifty years ago the thought of a cell phone, where you could walk around talking on the phone, was unimaginable. Now they are everywhere.” Just like the cell phone, Digital Angel “will be a connection from yourself to the electronic world. It will be your guardian, protector. It will bring good things to you. We will be a hybrid of electronic intelligence and our own soul.”
• Andy Rooney said on 60 Minutes, “We need some system for permanently identifying safe people. Most of us are never going to blow anything up and there’s got to be something better than one of these photo Ids…I wouldn’t mind having something planted permanently in my arm that would identify me.”
• John Walsh of America’s Most Wanted said about implants, “It’s a brilliant idea. I wish someone would develop it because, number one, time is crucial when a child is missing and you could locate them by the chip. And even if you weren’t lucky enough to locate them, finding the body is crucial for two things: the ending of the search of the parents and helping with the prosecution of the case. So I hope that somebody develops that in my lifetime.”
• Scott Silverman President of Digital Angel said, “It’s a shame that recent tragedies seem to have prompted this increased attention, but the only way to assist in the prevention of future tragedies is for parents, law enforcement and others to become aware of available technologies. Although our technologies have a variety of other applications, we believe VeriChip, Digital Angel and the forthcoming PLD have the potential to help safeguard children and provide greater peace-of-mind to parents”
• Scott McNealy CEO of Sun Microsystems foretold of a time when “They’re going to slap that baby’s bottom, then slip an ID chip in their neck or between their shoulders so you can keep track of your kid.”
• Roger Ebert echoed “Sometime in the next century, because computer chips are getting smaller and faster, that eventually the time will come when a child is implanted with a little chip back here (in the back of the neck) and will learn to control the chip in the same way that you learn to control your bodily functions and your voice and your movements.”17
Now, I don’t know about you guys, but I think we’re being prepped for an invasion of implants because, after all, they’ll make our lives so much more protected. And isn’t that what everybody wants? Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’d say somebody’s very serious about implementing The Mark of the Beast, how about you? Just like the Bible said. When? In the last days.
The 3rd way we know that people will soon be receiving The Mark of the Beast is because The Willingness Is Already Here. You see, if you’re going to deceive people into receiving The Mark of the Beast, then you’ve got to have people prepped to give it a try, right? Well gee, guess what? For the 1st time in mankind’s history, people have already been prepped to receive microchip implants. How’s that? Well, I’m glad you asked. The 1st way that people have been prepped to receive a microchip implant is that they’ve already put them into pets. In fact, putting microchips into pets is not only commonplace, but now they’re becoming mandatory. At first, they were voluntary through animal implant companies like INFOPET to keep track of stray animals. However, that was soon to change. Right now, in many places across our country, it’s mandatory to have your pet microchipped or you can’t get them out of the pound. In fact, Israel has recently become the first nation to require all their pets to be given an implant.18
I mean, come on, what’s next people? Well, it’s funny you should mention that. You see, the 2nd way people have been prepped to receive a microchip implant is that they’ve already put them into people. At first, it was special dignitaries whose position put them in jeopardy of being kidnapped. However, that was soon to change. In 1996 we saw Professor Kevin Warwick experiment by putting a chip in his arm. Why? He thought it would be cool to be able to automatically unlock doors, turn on lights, and boot up his computer as soon as he walked into the room. In fact, after the experiment was over, Warwick had this to say:
“‘After a few days I started to feel quite a closeness to the computer, which was very strange,’ he muses. ‘When you are linking your brain up like that, you change who you are. You do become a ‘borg.’ You are not just a human linked with technology; you are something different and your values and judgment will change.’”19
Now admittedly, his wife thought Kevin was a bit weird and wanted nothing to do with his implant experiment. And you might also be tempted to think that no normal person would ever willingly go along with an implant. But in light of the terrorist attacks, the recent rise of child abductions, and FDA approval for Digital Angel, for the 1st time in mankind’s history, people are lining up to receive a microchip implant. One such family is the Jacobs family from Florida. They willingly had their whole family implanted with microchips. Where? In their right arms.20 Hmmm. That’s not too far away from the right hand is it? In fact, they’re not the only ones. Now that the floodgates are opened, thousands of kids and adults are expressing their willing interest in being microchipped too.21 And boy, the propaganda machines are just now gearing up to ensure that implants soon become as natural as hot dogs and apple pie. One article said this:
“Worry no more, doting parents! Whether it’s your little pumpkin’s first day walking home from school by herself or the millionth time you’ve lost her at the mall, the BabysitterTM will track your sweetpea’s location from a jelly bean-sized microchip implant, discreetly tucked under her collarbone.
Also available: The Constant CompanionTM lets you keep a watchful eye on grandma or grandpa, even when you can’t be by their side. Coming soon: The INS Border PatrollerTM; the Personal Private EyeTM; the Micro-ManagerTM. Alas, this is not as far-fetched or as futuristic as it sounds. The notion of surveillance chips being installed in human beings is poised to cross over from the realm of science fiction into everyday reality, and soon.”22
Oh, but that’s still not all. If you do the homework, you’ll se that these propaganda machines have actually been in place for a long time now as this article shares.
“As far back as 1973, Senior Scholastics introduced school age children to the concept of buying and selling using numbers inserted in their forehead. In the September 20, 1973 feature ‘Who Is Watching You?’ the secular high school journal speculated: ‘All buying and selling in the program will be done by computer. No currency, no change, no checks. In the program, people would receive a number that had been assigned them tattooed in their wrist or forehead. The number is put on by laser beam and cannot be felt. The number in the body is not seen with the naked eye and is as permanent as your fingerprints. All items of consumer goods will be marked with a computer mark. The computer outlet in the store which picks up the number on the items at the checkstand will also pick up the number in the person’s body and automatically total the price and deduct the amount from the person’s ‘Special Drawing Rights’ account.’
In the 1974 article ‘The Specter of Eugenics,’ Charles Frankel pointed out Linus Pauling’s (Nobel Prize winner) suggestions that a mark be tattooed on the foot or forehead of every young person. Pauling envisioned a mark denoting genotype.
In 1980, U.S. News and World Report continued the warning, pointing out that the Federal Government was contemplating ‘National Identity Cards,’ without which nobody could work or conduct business.
The Denver Post Sun followed up in 1981, claiming that chip implants could someday replace I.D. cards. The June 21, 1981 story read in part, ‘The chip is placed in a needle which is affixed to a simple syringe containing an anti-bacterial solution. The needle is capped and ready to forever identify something – or somebody.’
The May 7, 1996 Chicago Tribune questioned the technology, wondering aloud if we could trust Big Brother under our skin?
Then in 1997 applications for patents of subcutaneous implant devices for ‘a person or an animal’ were applied for.
On April 27, 1998, Time Magazine ran the story, The Big Bank Theory And What It Says About The Future OF Money, in which they opined ‘Your daughter can store the money any way she wants--on her laptop, on a debit card, even (in the not too distant future) on a chip implanted under her skin.’
In August 1998 the BBC covered the first known human microchip implantation.
That same month the Sunday Portland Oregonian warned that proposed medical identifiers might erode privacy rights by tracking individuals through alphanumeric health identifier technologies. The startling Oregonian feature depicted humans with barcodes in their foreheads.
And recently the Madras High School in the little town of Madras, Oregon is the latest government institution to allow students to pay for their lunch with the swipe of a hand.
Makers of implantable microchips claim the procedure will continue to be voluntary. But a report written by Elaine M. Ramish for the Franklin Pierce Law Center says: ‘A [mandatory] national identification system via microchip implants could be achieved in two stages: Upon introduction as a voluntary system, the microchip implantation will appear to be palatable. After there is a familiarity with the procedure and a knowledge of its benefits, implantation would be mandatory.’
George Getz, the communications director for the Libertarian Party agrees, saying: ‘After all, the government has never forced anyone to have a driver license, [but] try getting along without one, when everyone from your local banker to the car rental man to the hotel operator to the grocery store requires one in order for you to take advantage of their services, that amounts to a de facto mandate. If the government can force you to surrender your fingerprints to get a drivers license, why can’t it force you to get a computer chip implant?’
In the same way Social Security numbers were voluntary before becoming mandatory, biometric chip implants will be compulsory in the future unless citizens take immediate and national opposition. Even Applied Digital Solution’s chief executive officer Richard Sullivan envisions a scenario where people [are] required to be chipped or [have] some combination of a device requiring them to be scanned and monitored at all times.”23
So the question is, “Are the propaganda machines really working?” Well, you tell me. A recent MSNBC poll showed that right now 20% of the American population is fully ready and willing to receive a microchip implant.24 And apparently that’s why Scott Silverman, the president of Digital Angel is saying that, “he expects that in the next two to three years, it will be standard protocol for emergency room personnel to scan the upper right arm of every patient admitted.”25
I mean, come on, what’s next, some orchestrated plan to put it all into place? Well, it’s funny you should mention that. You see, the 3rd way that people have been prepped to receive a microchip implant is that they’ve already put them into their plans. You see, what most people don’t realize is that even if you refuse to receive a body implant now, as was eluded above, you might soon have too. And maybe that’s why Senator Joseph Biden said this to Judge John Roberts during his hearing just prior to his becoming America’s Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
“And we will be faced with equally consequential decisions in the 21st century. Can a microscopic tag be implanted in a person’s body to track his every movement? There’s actual discussion about that. You will rule on that, mark my words, before your tenure is over. Can brain scans be used to determine whether a person is inclined toward criminality or violent behavior? You will rule on that.”26
But you might object, “Hey that can’t happen! Surely it would be against the law.” Well, actually, it already is the law. It only needs to be implemented. For instance, as of 1986, with the passage of the Immigration Control Act, this now “gives the President the authority to implement whatever type of identification is necessary to control the population.”27 And if people don’t want to go along with this, then all that needs to happen is another national crisis or emergency, and by law the President can put it into action, through the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, special executive orders to “restore order.” What special executive orders? Well, here are just a few:
• Executive Order #10995 - Seizure of all communications media in the United States.
• Executive Order #10997 - Seizure of all electric power, fuels, and minerals, both public and private.
• Executive Order #10998 - Seizure of all food supplies and resources, public, and private, all farms and farm equipment.
• Executive Order #10999 - Seizure of all means of transportation, including personal cars, trucks or vehicles of any kind and total control over all highways, seaports and waterways.
• Executive Order #11000 - Seizure of all American population for work forces under federal supervision, including dividing families as necessary according to governmental plans.
• Executive Order #11001 - Seizure of all health, education and welfare facilities, both public and private.
• Executive Order #11002 - Empowers the Postmaster General to register all men, women and children in the U.S.
• Executive Order #11003 - Seizure of all airports and aircraft.
• Executive Order #11004 - Seizure of all housing and finance authorities, to establish Forced Relocation. Designates areas to be abandoned as “unsafe,” establishes new locations for populations, relocates communications, builds new housing with public (‘tax-payers’) funds.
• Executive Order #11005 - Seizure of all railroads, inland waterways and storage facilities, public and private.
• Executive Order #11051 - Provides the Office of Emergency Planning complete authorization to put the above orders into effect in times of increased international tension or economic or financial crisis.
• Executive Order #11490 - Combines Executive Orders #11001 to #11005 and #11051 into a single Executive Order.
• Executive Order #11921 - F.E.M.A. is authorized to develop plans to control energy, prices and wages, credit and the money supply to U.S. banks in the event of a ‘National Emergency.’ Congress may not review a President’s decision to enforce a ‘National Emergency’ for six months.
• Executive Order #12656 - The National Security Council given authority to determine requisite emergency powers (increased domestic surveillance, isolation of communities, restriction of movement for groups and individuals in the USA, control of airspace, use of the national guard to enforce laws and seal borders).
• Executive Order #12919 - Signed June 3, 1994, by President Clinton. “National Defense Industrial Resources Preparedness” delegates authorities, responsibilities and allocations of F.E.M.A.’s Executive Orders for the confiscation of ALL PROPERTY from the American people, and their re-location and assignment to ‘labor’ camps. This Executive Order also supersedes or revokes eleven (11) previous Executive Orders [from 1939 through 1991] and amends Executive Order #10789 and #11790. The declaration of a ‘National Emergency’ by the President may immediately lead to the implementation of all or part of these provisions and if he so desires he may implement martial law, suspend the Constitution, nullify habeas corpus and all other personal liberties and rights.28
Now, did you notice the order there for the Post Office to “register” all men, women, and children? Hmmm. I wonder what they will use to register everyone with?
But you might still object saying, “There’s no way a government would ever require people to receive a universal identification mark.” Well, not only did Hitler do it with the Jews, but even more recently the European Union is preparing to give its citizens a universal identification so they can “freely move about from country to country.”29 In fact, Japan “launched a compulsory ID system” called Juki Net that links all citizens to a nationwide computer system.30 And lest you think this won’t go global just like the Bible said, the United Nations has already outlined a scheme so that “every person in the world” would be “registered under a universal identification.”31 Now, correct me if I’m wrong, but I’d say somebody’s very serious about implementing The Mark of the Beast, how about you? Just like the Bible said. When? In the last days.
And folks, what’s really interesting is that these microchip implants have a unique power source that recharges itself by converting electricity from the fluctuations of the person’s body temperature. Furthermore, it just so happens that Dr. Carl Sanders, who worked for thirty-two years designing microchips in the Bio-Med field, said that “Over one and a half million dollars was spent finding out the two places in the body that temperature changes most rapidly.”32 And just where might these best locations in the body be? That’s right, in the forehead right below the hairline and the back of the hand. Hey, that makes sense. That’s how you check a child’s temperature the old-fashioned way. He then went on to say that there was one drawback with this system. That is, if the chip broke down, the person would get a boil or grievous sore. Now, I don’t know about you guys, but that sure sounds a whole lot like what the Bible says is going to happen. To who? To the people who receive The Mark of the Beast!
Revelation 16:2 “So the first angel left the Temple and poured out his bowl over the earth, and horrible, malignant sores broke out on everyone who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his statue.” (NLT)
Now folks, believe it or not, even with all this amazing evidence pointing to the signs of Christ’s soon return, some people still have a problem recognizing what’s going on, like this lady:
“One day a blonde lady had finally had enough. She was tired of everyone assuming that she wasn’t very smart just because of hair color. So she decided to do something about it. She went to the hairdresser and had her hair dyed brown.
And as she walked out of the beauty salon, she was feeling quite proud of her new look so she decided to go for a drive in the country. Well after she drove for awhile she suddenly came upon a shepherd.
And she thought this was a perfect opportunity to test out her new look and demonstrate her intelligence. So she walked over to the shepherd and asked, ‘If I can guess how many sheep you have, can I take one for a reward?’
Well, the shepherd thought for sure that this lady could never guess the exact number of sheep he had, so he took her bet and let her try. But to his surprise, amazingly she guessed 98, the exact number of sheep he owned.
So feeling rather good about herself, the lady picks up her reward and starts walking back to her car. But before she got to the car, the shepherd tapped her on the shoulder and said, ‘Hey lady, if I can guess your natural hair color, can I have my dog back?’”33
Now, that lady had a problem recognizing things, didn’t she? But unfortunately, she’s not alone. Many people today also have a problem recognizing what’s really taking place in current events. They have no clue that the rapture of the Church could happen at any time, and that the antichrist’s wicked kingdom is being formed right before their very eyes. And the warning that Jesus gave long ago still holds true today.
Luke 12:54-56 “Then Jesus turned to the crowd and said, ‘When you see clouds beginning to form in the west, you say, Here comes a shower.’ And you are right. When the south wind blows, you say, Today will be a scorcher. And it is. You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but you can’t interpret these present times.’” (NLT)
People of God, I hope you’re not one of those who have bought into this lie that man can somehow have his own heaven on earth by implementing The Mark of the Beast. Why? Because you might wake up one day and discover that you’ve been left behind. And do you know what? God doesn’t want you left behind. Because He loves you and I, He has given us the warning sign of The Mark of the Beast to show us that the Tribulation could be near and that Christ’s 2nd Coming is rapidly approaching. Jesus Himself said this:
Luke 21:28 “When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” (NIV)
Like it or not folks, we are headed for The Final Countdown. We don’t know the day or the hour. Only God knows. The point is, if you’re a Christian, “You must never forget the warning recorded for posterity by Martin Niemoeller, the Lutheran minister who lived in Hitler’s Germany during the 1930s and 1940s. His words echo down to us over succeeding decades: ‘In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn’t speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up.’”34 Folks, it’s high time we Christians speak up and declare the good news of salvation to those who are dying all around us. But please, if you’re not a Christian, give your life to Jesus today, because tomorrow may be too late! Just like the Bible said!
Study Questions
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Review
How’s your total recall? Try to match the sign with its number.
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|Worldwide Upheaval |Sign # ____ |
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|A One World Economy |Sign # ____ |
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|The Rise of Wickedness |Sign # ____ |
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|A One World Religion |Sign # ____ |
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|Modern Technology |Sign # ____ |
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|A One World Government |Sign # ____ |
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|The Rise of Apostasy |Sign # ____ |
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|The Rise of Falsehood |Sign # ____ |
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|The Jewish People |Sign # ____ |
This Chapter:
The #1 Sign on the Final Countdown is none other than the ____________ of the ____________, which will be a ____________ mark of the antichrist.
Revelation 13:16-17; 14:9-11 “He required everyone – great and small, rich and poor, slave and free – to be given a mark on the right hand or on the forehead. And no one could buy or sell anything without that mark, which was either the name of the beast or the number representing his name. Anyone who worships the beast and his statue or who accepts his mark on the forehead or the hand must drink the wine of God’s wrath. It is poured out undiluted into God’s cup of wrath. And they will be tormented with fire and burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and the Lamb. The smoke of their torment rises forever and ever, and they will have no relief day or night, for they have worshiped the beast and his statue and have accepted the mark of his name.”
According to this passage of Scripture, there is coming a day when all __________________ people of the earth will be deceived into receiving a mark on their bodies, either on the __________ hand or ______________ …”
The first way we know that people will soon be receiving the Mark of the Beast is because the _________________ is already here. For the first time in mankind’s history, people have been prepped to think that the total control over all areas of their lives via microchips is the greatest thing that could ever happen.
The first way that people are being prepped for microchip control is that they promise to make our lives more _________________.
1. You can have tiny cell phones implanted into your bikinis.
2. You can have T-shirts implanted with Internet links.
3. You can have baby nappies or tennis shoes implanted with tracking devices.
4. You can have implanted jackets to wear that allow you to switch on the TV, check phone messages, or even tell the oven to start cooking a meal.
5. You can have implants in your house to customize anything from the temperature to even background music.
6. You can have implants in your car to access the Internet or pay for toll charges, gas, or even food in a Drive Thru.
7. You can have implants in television sets that eject artificial scents when different advertisements or scenes are viewed. (I told you watching TV smells!)
8. You can have implants that sense brain wave patterns and converts them into signals used to operate electrical appliances.
9. You can have implants that act like “intelligent shopping agents” who will know everything about you from personal quirks to shoe size and will search instantly anywhere in the world via the Internet to find you the best deal.
10. You can have an implant in your fingertip that will transfer all your vital personal information with a handshake. (A digital authentication law has already been passed through Congress giving these “electronic signatures” the same legal status as writing your name on a document.)
✓ The selling point – “wouldn’t it be _________________ to have a microchip implant?”
The second way that people are being prepped for microchip control is that they promise to make our lives more _________________ .
1. You can have tiny implants on all manufactured items to create a self-managing intelligent supply chain that will track all products from the factory, to the home, to the recycling center.
2. You can have tiny implants on all luggage and packages to ensure their exact whereabouts.
3. You can have implants for your employees to monitor their location, who they’re with, their timekeeping, efficiency and productivity.
4. You can have another implant for your restaurant employees so that when they use the restroom it activates another implant in the washbasin to monitor whether or not they washed their hands and alert you if there’s a need for disciplinary action.
5. You can have an implant to act as an internal alarm clock that determines how much sleep you can get.
6. You can have an implant to constantly monitor your body functions such as pulse, heart rate, sugar levels, etc.
7. You can have an implant to connect you directly to your computer.
8. You can have an implant to send an electrode to your brain to send another electrode to a former paralyzed muscle or limb.
9. You can have an implant connected to the eye to provide sight for the blind.
10. You can have an implant to extend human intelligence or memory.
✓ The selling point – “Wouldn’t it be _____________________ to have a microchip implant?”
We know that people will soon be receiving the Mark of the Beast because the _________________ is already here. One such family is the Jacob’s family from Florida. They willingly had their _________________ family implanted with microchips. Where? In their _____________________ arms. Not too far away from the ____________________ hand, is it?
Most people don’t realize that even if you refuse to receive a body implant now…you might soon have to accept it. Check out what Senator Bidden said to Judge John Roberts:
“And we will be faced with equally consequential decisions in the 21st century. Can a microscopic tag be implanted in a person’s body to track his every movement? There’s actual discussion about that. You will rule on that, mark my words, before your tenure is over. Can brain scans be used to determine whether a person is inclined toward criminality or violent behavior? You will rule on that.”
And folks, what’s really interesting is that these microchip implants have a unique power source that recharges itself by converting electricity from the fluctuations of the person’s body temperature.
Furthermore, it just so happens that one researcher, who worked for thirty-two years designing microchips in the Bio-Med field, said that:
“Over one and a half million dollars was spent finding out the two places in the body that temperature changes most rapidly.”
And just where might these best locations in the body be? That’s right, in the forehead right below the hairline and the back of the hand. Hey, that makes sense. That’s how you check a child’s temperature the old-fashioned way.
The third way people are being prepped for microchip control is they promise to make our lives more _________________.
1. You can have an implant in your pet to make sure it never gets lost.
2. You can have an implant in your car that will automatically alert police when it’s stolen and pinpoint its exact location.
3. You can have an implant to instantly find people involved in airplane crashes or other natural disasters.
4. You can have an implant to instantly alert you if someone’s body temperature has changed like from falling in water or in a fire.
5. You can have an implant put on nuclear devices, machines, or dams to give advance notice of impending danger.
6. You can have an implant put in businesses to instantly alert you of break-ins or tampering.
7. You can have an implant to monitor and pinpoint missing livestock.
8. You can have an implant to automatically monitor parolees and save money on prison costs.
9. You can have an implant to find out if an Alzheimer patient has wandered off.
10. You can have an implant to instantly locate a lost or abducted child.
✓ The selling point – “wouldn’t it be _________________ _________________ to have a microchip implant”? In fact, in light of the terrorist attacks and all the media coverage on child abductions lately, it seems just about everybody is hopping on the bandwagon.
• Dr. Peter Zhou chief scientist of Digital Angel said, “A few years ago there may have been resistance, but not anymore. People are getting used to having implants. New century, new trend…this will be very, very popular. Fifty years ago the thought of a cell phone, where you could walk around talking on the phone, was unimaginable. Now they are everywhere.” Just like the cell phone, Digital Angel “will be a connection from yourself to the electronic world. It will be your guardian, protector. It will bring good things to you. We will be a hybrid of electronic intelligence and our own soul.”
• Andy Rooney said on 60 Minutes, “We need some system for permanently identifying safe people. Most of us are never going to blow anything up and there’s got to be something better than one of these photo IDs…I wouldn’t mind having something planted permanently in my arm that would identify me.”
• John Walsh of America’s Most Wanted said about implants, “It’s a brilliant idea. I wish someone would develop it because, number one, time is crucial when a child is missing and you could locate them by the chip. And even if you weren’t lucky enough to locate them, finding the body is crucial for two things: the ending of the search of the parents and helping with the prosecution of the case. So I hope that somebody develops that in my lifetime.”
• Scott McNealy CEO of Sun Microsystems foretold of a time when “They’re going to slap that baby’s bottom, then slip an ID chip in their neck or between their shoulders so you can keep track of your kid.”
• Roger Ebert echoed “Sometime in the next century, because computer chips are getting smaller and faster, that eventually the time will come when a child is implanted with a little chip back here (in the back of the neck) and will learn to control the chip in the same way that you learn to control your bodily functions, your voice and your movements.”
Pastor Billy’s book on the Final Countdown is a wake up call to everyone, Christian and non-Christian alike.
These 10-signs have helped us to interpret our present times in light of biblical prophecy. There’s no doubt about it – we are living in the last days.
The signs are overwhelming that Jesus Christ is soon, very soon, coming back to gather His people to Himself and then vent His fiery wrath upon an ungodly world.
Remember what Jesus said in Luke 21:28: “When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”
Make sure today that you are one of God’s children.
How to Receive Jesus Christ:
1. Admit your need (I am a sinner).
2. Be willing to turn from your sins (repent).
3. Believe that Jesus Christ died for you on the Cross and rose from the grave.
4. Through prayer, invite Jesus Christ to come in and control your life through the Holy Spirit. (Receive Him as Lord and Savior.)
What to pray:
Dear Lord Jesus,
I know that I am a sinner and need Your forgiveness. I believe that You died for my sins. I want to turn from my sins. I now invite You to come into my heart and life. I want to trust and follow You as Lord and Savior.
In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Answer Key
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Chapter 1 The Jewish People
your
family
has
disappeared
missing
left
behind
God’s
Wrath
Warning
signs
Ten
The
Jewish
People
return
returned
to
Israel
Nation
May 14, 1948
recaptured
Jerusalem
brought
forth
May 14, 1948
united
nation
926
2,900
currency
shekel
June of 1980
blossom
rose
barren
wasteland
trees
400
million
abundance
flowers
powerful
military
Egypt
Syria
Jordan
Iraq
Lebanon
fifty
center
conflict
oil
reserves
in
Jerusalem
rebuild
temple
north
south
training
new
temple
red
heifer
Artificially
engineering
cloning
building
Mashiach (Messiah)
Luke 21:28 (write-out)
Chapter 2 Modern Technology
The
Jewish
People
Modern
Technology
travel
horseback
car
14,000
400
8,300
6
171
5
six-story
eighty
Teleportation
God
arrogant
overconfident
increase
of
knowledge
13-proofs (own words)
television
internet
unrest
confused
ignorant
violent
ten
Suicide
Serial killers
rushed
frantic
human
era
motion
memory
insanity
Being
Under
Satan’s
Yoke
Chapter 3 Worldwide Upheaval
The
Jewish
People
Modern
Technology
Worldwide
Upheaval
Increase
of earthquakes
great
13
51
86
over 100
454
1,100
billions
thousands
hundreds of
thousands
fatalities
million
increase
of
famines
under-fed
starving
to
death
100
4
war
embargoes
government corruption
economic debt
Overzealous environmentalists
Increase
of
Pestilence
ballistic
36
Tuberculosis
malaria
cholera
diphtheria
black
plague
experimentation
warfare
overuse
antibiotics
mutating
resistant
Increase
of
Wars
universal
150
29
71
200
China
a
nuclear
holocaust
biological
six
The
Truth
Lot’s
Chapter 4 The Rise of Falsehood
The
Jewish
People
Modern
Technology
Worldwide
Upheaval
earhquakes
famines
pestilence
wars
The
Rise
of
Falsehood
False
Christs
Sun
Myung
Moon
Messia
Lord
Universe
follow
me
Jesus
Siberia
reincarnated
What’s
Yours
Name
Lord
Maitreya
healing
springs
weeping
bleeding
divine
fruit
vegetables
10,000
Jose
Luis
de
Miranda
sin
hell
good
symbol
delusions
Jesus Christ
antichrist
deceive
lawlessness
doomed
destruction
God
False
Teachers
false
teachers
destructive
evil
teaching
Mormonism
Christian Science
Charismatic
New
Age
Movement
occult
Satanism
One
World
Religion
Sun Myung Moon
Healthy
earth
sacred
destruction
earth-centered
global
save
worship
god
cleansing
relationship
Purification
cleanse
restore
illness
wicked
good
Healthy
Body
occultic
eating
animals
unify
save
animals
restriction
before
worship
God
plant
based
vegetarianism
diseases
environmentalists
vegetarians
animal
rights
healthier
happier
Heavenly
Host
Angels
UFO
demonic
deception
promote
debunk
spiritual
16,000 mph
inner
space
dimension
spirit
rapture
lying
demons
Chapter 5 The Rise of Wickedness
The
Jewish
People
Modern
Technology
Worldwide
Upheaval
Rise
of
Falsehood
False
Christs
False
Teachers
Rise
Wickedness
Love
Themselves
God
love
of
self
love
God
Wicked
Worldview
Humanism
Man
God
Bible
prayer
Ten
Commandments
1960’s
Humanism
Oreses Brownson
Christianity
Science
Horace Mann
public
school
replaced
John Dewey
no
absolutes
ally
every
humanism
elimination
superstition
kill
secular
antidote
following
satan
Wicked Worship
self-love
self-esteem
Maslow
Rogers
Ignoring
Refraining
Blaming
Avoiding
Responsibility
Damage
First
Second
God
your
neighbor
love
yourself
self
God
not
forgiven
accepted
loved
less
last
self-deluded
Wicked
Witchcraft
Wicca
Environmentalism
Feminism
Relativism
Astrology
Divination
Incantations
psychic
dead
Witchcraft’s
Occult
Techniques
100
Pan
Sex
Gratification
Satan
Antichrist
worldwide
Chapter 6 The Rise of Apostasy
The
Jewish
People
Modern
Technology
Worldwide
Upheaval
Rise
of
Falsehood
Rise
of
Wickedness
themselves
God
Humanism
love
esteem
witchcraft
Wicca
Rise
Apostasy
deliberately
truth
pretend
appearance
turning
away
truth
teachings
sinned
doesn’t
same
hell
real
symbol
Money
Materialism
Word
Faith
Movement
monetary
faith
riches
money
free
trinket
rich
nail
cloth
candle
paper
anointing
cornmeal
GENEROUS
force
personal
gain
In
their
greed
get
hold
of
your
money
My
Own
Doctrine
Liberal
Christianity
doctrinal
open
feeling
doctrine
your
own
only
denying
Acceptance
positive
okay
manipulating
sinful
‘Father’
‘Son’
parent’s
child
Mother
Child
Mother
Mother
Child
Human
Judith
correct
gender
accessible
illuminating
empowering
women
Son
Daughter
Lord’s
Lady’s
her
Judith
She
her
Judith
Judith
she
she
gorilla
Dolphin
Snow
Leopard
Gorilla
beasts
redefined
alcoholism
alternative
adult
entertainment
new
morality
stepping
out
fooling
around
abnormal
development
whatever
rejecting
claim
knowingly
lying
Chapter 7 One World Religion
6
5
10
8
7
9
One
World
Religion
Worldwide
Antichrist
Satanically
Watering
Truth
Ecumenical
Absolute
Not
Truth
Watered
Down
Anyone
everyone
claims
cults
compromising
redefining
‘divisive’
‘unloving’
His
true
Where
eternity
heaven
hell
Worldwide
Assault
Persecution
million
compromise
judgmental
arrogant
narrow-minded
ignorant
old-fashioned
Psycho
dangerous
Obstructionist
hate
Unchristian
hate
bigots
extremists
Welcoming
of
All
Faiths
Interfaithism
All
valid
tolerate
elephant
religious
world
never
out
of
unified
Chapter 8 One World Government
Jewish
Technology
Worldwide
Falsehood
Wickedness
Apostasy
Religion
watering
down
Christians
welcoming
all
Government
antichrist
Universal
Congress
Order
absolute
control
fear
manipulation
health-care
child
economy
constitutional
terrorist
environmental
Charter
Constitution
Federation
Government
Supreme
Police
Criminal
Army
NATO
Surveillance
Monitoring
Echelon
England
Canada
Australia
phone
data
radio
“terrorize”
“assassination”
“bomb”
Government
Chapter 9 One World Economy
Jewish
People
Modern
Technology
Worldwide
Upheaval
Rise
of
Falsehood
Rise
of
Wickedness
Rise
of
Apostasy
One
World
Religion
One
World
Government
order
surveillance
Economy
Banking
Global
Bank
economic
control
Lending
Monetary
Exchanger
Trade
Ten
Rome
European
Euro
African
Golden
Mandela
North
American
Amero
Currency
Cashless
paper
electronic
check
credit
debit
smart
universal
microchip
readers
standard
all
billion
mandatory
MasterCard
MONDEX
watch
ring
money
Chapter 10 The Mark of the Beast
8
2
6
4
9
3
5
7
10
Mark
Beast
worldwide
unsaved
right
forehead
justification
pampered
cool
productive
constructive
willingness
whole
right
right
protected
common
sense
Notes
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Chapter 1 The Jewish People
1. Joke About Man Having a Bad Day
(Email story) – Source Unknown
2. Quote About Jerusalem Being the Center of the Earth
(Internet video) – Source Unknown
()
3. The Sign of Israel Returning to the Land
()
4. The Sign of Israel Being Brought Forth in One Day
()
5. How Israel Was Brought Forth in One Day
()
()
6. The Sign of Israel Being a United Nation Again ()
7. The Sign of Israel’s Currency Being the Shekel
()
8. Quote How Special the Land of Israel Is
()
9. Quote Josephus Says Israel’s Land is Good
()
10. Quotes on Israel’s Land Being a Wasteland ()
()
()
()
11. Tree & Fruit Statistics of the Israel’s Land
()
12. Quote Water Under Israel Causes Desert to Bloom
()
13. The Sign of Israel Blossoming as a Rose in the Desert
()
()
()
()
14. The Sign of Israel Having a Powerful Military ()
()
15. Odds of Eight Prophecies Being Fulfilled in One Entity
()
16. Track Record of Psychic Predictions
Norman L. Geisler, Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics
(Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1999, Pg. 615)
17. World Leaders Saying “Peace & Security”
()
()
()
18. Announcement of Having the Plans Made for the Temple
()
19. The Sign of Israel’s Temple Having a New Location
()
20. The Discovery of the Priestly Line Through Genetics
( chain_of_tradition.htm)
21. Priests Being Trained for the Temple
(Online Video Report in Jerusalem: Source Unknown)
22. Stone Altar Rebuilt for the Temple
()
23. Sacrifices Started Again for the Temple
()
24. Golden Menorah Reconstructed for the Temple ()
25. The Sign of Israel Rebuilding Articles for the Temple ()
26. High Priests Crown Made for the Temple ()
()
27. The Sign of the Return of the Red Heifer ()
28. Announcement that a Kosher Red Heifer is Now Here
(Online Video: Source Unknown)
29. Jewish Rabbi Says the Messiah Will Come in Our Lifetime
()
30. The Sign of the Rebirth of the Sanhedrin
()
()
()
31. History of Failed Peace Treaties with Israel
()
()
()
32. Quote from Newspapers About Jewish Expectation of the Messiah
()
()
()
33. Signs America is Worshipping a Political Figure
()
()
()
()
()
34. Various False Teachings Saying You Are God
()
()
()
()
()
()
()
()
Caryl Matrisciana, Invasion of the Godmen,
(Hemet California: Jeremiah Films Inc., 1991, Video)
Shirley MacLaine, Out On a Limb,
(Los Angeles: ABC Video Enterprises Inc., 1986, Video)
35. False Teachers in the Church Saying You Are a God
()
()
()
()
()
()
Hank Hanegraaff, Christianity In Crisis
(Eugene: Harvest House Publishers, 1993, Pgs. 11, 21, 24-25, 26-27)
36. Current Statistics of Israel’s Population
()
37. People Not Knowing Who Hitler Was & Would Help Bury Jews Alive
()
()
38. Quote About Anti-Semitism Being as Bad as It was in the 30’s
()
39. Story The Bridge is Out
(Email story) – Source Unknown
Chapter 2 Modern Technology
1. Story of Scared Taxicab Driver
(Email story) – Source Unknown
2. History of Horseback Travel
()
3. Horse Traffic Problems in New York
()
4. Statistics on Cars and Their Usage
()
5. Statistics on Boeing 747
()
6. Tracking Plane Travel on Internet
()
7. Article on Flying Car
()
(
flying-car.html)
()
8. Statistics on Worldwide Shipping
()
9. Statistics on Space Travel
()
10. Article on Virgin Galactic Spaceport
(
mexico-governor-susana-martinez-dedicate-the-virgin-galactic-gateway-
/)
11. Article on Space Elevator
()
()
12. Teleporting Light Particles
()
13. Information on Information
()
()
()
(
rotor?_s=PM:TECH)
()
()
()
()
14. Quote on Singularity
()
()
15. Statistics on Educational System
()
16. Statistics on Societal Behavior
()
17. Quote on Being in a Rush
()
18. Quote on Mad Dash Society
()
19. Quote on Definition of Insanity
()
20. Story of The Stanger
(Email story) – Source Unknown
21. Quote on TV Versus the Bible
(Web Comment) – Source Unknown
22. Story of satan’s Meeting
(Email story) – Source Unknown
23. Quote Global Television Channel
()
()
24. Google Launches Street View of Israel
( Rz4eL0-VaEPIq5EsHokA?docId=310c5370d5644b2780014d8135 9b5df9)
25. HAARP Technology Controls Weather & Earthquakes
(
(
mhum)
26. HAARP Technology Created Death Ray
( holes_in_heaven/weather_modification.php)
27. HAARP Technology Controls Mind
()
()
()
28. Quote Voice of God Weaponry
(
(
AR2005082301227_pf.html)
(
come.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm)
29. Quote Strange Noises in the Sky
()
30. Quote How the Occult Sees the Last Days
()
31. Quote Mass Mirage Seen in China
(
video_n_880591.html)
32. Examples of Hologram Technology
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(
hologram-works/2012/04/18/gIQA1ZVyQT_story.html)
33. Quote Japanese Anime Hologram
(
hologram-rock-star-hatsune-miku-in-hd/)
34. Quote Boy Called Milo & Touchable Holograms
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virtual)
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.html)
35. Quote Download Brain into Computer
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36. Story of Senior Citizens
(Email story) – Source unknown
Chapter 3 Worldwide Upheaval
1. Story of Man Playing Bagpipes for Septic Tank
(Email story) – Source Unknown
2. Statistics on Famines
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3. Statistics on Desertification
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4. Statistics on China’s Desertification
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5. Statistic on One of China’s Famines
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6. Statistics on World Desertification
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7. Statistics on Global Famine
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8. Quotes on Famine
(. html#axzz1vieoZUbN)
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9. Quote on U.S. Drought
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=all)
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10. Photo of U.S. Drought
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11. Quotes on World Global Food Crisis
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12. Quote on Family Eating Dirt to Stay Alive
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13. Examples of Earth Cracking Up
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14. Statistics on the Increase of Earthquakes
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15. Statistics on the Death Toll of Earthquakes
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16. Quote Scientists on the Increase of Earthquakes
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17. Quote Scientists Say Earth is Cracking Up
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18. Quote Future Fatalities from Earthquakes
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19. Statistics on Pestilence
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20. Statistics on Influenza Outbreak of 1918
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21. Statistics on AIDS in Africa
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22. Statistics on AIDS Contact
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23. Statistics on Tuberculosis
(
might-die-of-tuberculosis-by-2015-118643934/160297.html)
24. Statistics on the Return of Infectious Diseases
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25. Statistics on Bird Flu Mortality Rate in Cambodia
(
cambodia_virus-0/)
26. Quote on the Overuse of Antibiotics
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27. Quote from the American Association of Advancement of Science
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28. Quote How Europe is Losing Superbugs Battle
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29. Quote Experts on the Rise of Pandemic Possibilities
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14711126)
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superbug-spreads-southern-california/story?id=13218978)
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30. Statistics on Wars
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31. Statistics on Wars After WWII
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32. Statistics on Wars in 1993
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33. Statistics on Wars in 1995
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34. Description of Gog & Magog Prophecy
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35. Statistics on Nuclear Bombs
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36. Russia Using Lignostone in Weaponry
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37. Statistics on China’s Army
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38. Quote China’s Military Buildup Funded by U.S. Debt
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39. Quote China Building Railway to the Middle East
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(
build-2bn-railway-for-Iran.html)
40. Description of D.U.M.B.’s
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41. Quotes on Solar Activity
(
to-unleash-powerful-solar-flares/)
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20120505)
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solar-flares)
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with-force-of-100m-bombs.html)
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solar-flares-disaster/)
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42. Scientist Warns About Sun Activity
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43. Quotes on Asteroid Impact
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earth/)
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asteroid/)
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D4MIOQ)
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44. Quote on Japanese Tsunami
(
tsunami-debris-in-north-america/#radioactive-tuna-fish)
(
and_tsunami)
(Various Online Video News Reports) – Source unknown
45. Explanation of Sun Turning Black Like Sackcloth
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46. Quote Current Global Volcanic Eruptions
(
thought-the-last-eruption-was-bad....html)
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volcano_n_1117598.html)
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47. Quote on Yellowstone Caldera Devastation
(
volcano-Yellowstone-National-Park-wipe-thirds-US.html)
48. Quote Yellowstone Super Volcano
(
bach-text)
49. Map of Current Active Volcanoes Around the World
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50. Examples of How God Controls the Weather
(Study Derived from Online Bible Study Tools
()
51. Quotes on the Rise of Global Catastrophes
(
World-Gone-Wild-Quakes-Floods-Blizzards-/)
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heat-waves-floods-storms-scientists-warn-world-prepare-extreme-
weather/)
(
review/t/s-world-gone-wild-quakes-floods-blizzards/)
52. Quotes, Statistics, & Map of Global Catastrophes
()
(
america-being-ripped-to-shreds-by-gigantic-tornadoes-that-are-
becoming-more-frequent-and-more-powerful)
(
Times-Natural-Disasters-Prevalent-in-2011-/)
(.
increasing. warning.html)
53. Quotes on the Rise of Global Animal Deaths
(
around-the-world-dead-birds-fall-from-sky-millions-of-fish-crabs-wash-
ashore.html)
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54. Quotes on the Rise of Global Insect Invasions
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AR2010092403357.html)
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farmers)
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threatening-food-supply/)
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(
braced-cicadas-invasion-hatch-13-years-underground.html?printingPage
=true)
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55. Quotes on the Rise of Global Hail Storms
(
killed-during-hour-long-hailstorm-in-China.html)
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(
Panhandle-147083055.html)
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56. Story of Bill Clinton
(Email story) – Source Unknown
Chapter Four The Rise of Falsehood
1. Story of Men Trapped at Lake Mead
(Email story) – Source Unknown
2. Quote Sun Myung Moon
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(
messiah-in-washington-dc/)
3. Quote Jesus of Siberia
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4. Quote What’s Your Name?
(
.stm)
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5. Quote MI5 Messiah David Shayle
(
Why-David-Shayler-believes-hes-son-God.html#)
6. Quote Jesus of Australia
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7. Quote Supposed Signs & Commercial from Maitreya
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8. Statistics on People in U.S. Claiming to be Jesus Christ
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9. Beliefs of Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda
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10. Statistics on Jerusalem Syndrome
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11. Quote Supposed I-35 Prophecy
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12. Quote Jesus on Different Thing
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13. Quote 50 People Lose Eyesight After Looking for Vision of Virgin Mary
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14. Proof of Intelligent Design of Creation
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Radio Broadcast of Focus on the Family featuring Dr. Richard Swenson from a physicians conference entitled “The Heart of a Physician.”
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15. Quotes on the Odds of Evolution
Mark Eastman, M.D., The Origin of the Universe,
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htm)
(.
htm)
(.
htm)
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life.htm)
16. Quote Scientists Admit Intelligent Design
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17. Quote Evolutionists Admit Circular Reasoning
()
Andrew Snelling, The Revised Quote Book,
(Acacia Ridge: Answers in Genesis, 1990, Pgs. 24-25)
Kent Hovind, Seminar Notebook,
(Pensacola: Creation Science Evangelism, 2001, Pgs. 32,34,70,71)
18. Faulty Dates from Evolutionary Dating Methods
Kent Hovind, Seminar Notebook,
(Pensacola: Creation Science Evangelism, 2001, Pg. 56)
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(
with%20Radiodating)
(
&varPage=CarbonPotassiumargondating.jsp)
19. Quotes on Contamination Problems with Evolutionary Dating Methods
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(
with%20Radiodating)
()
Andrew Snelling, The Revised Quote Book,
(Acacia Ridge: Answers in Genesis, 1990, Pg. 21-23)
20. Quote Insane Dating Quote
Kent Hovind, Seminar Notebook,
(Pensacola: Creation Science Evangelism, 2001, Pg. 56)
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(
with%20Radiodating)
(
&varPage=CarbonPotassiumargondating.jsp)
21. Quotes on Evolutionists Real Reasons for Believing Evolution
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()
Radio Broadcast of Truths That Transform featuring Dr. D. James
Kennedy entitled “Eden Revisited.”
()
(
=393624&page=11&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=0&fpart=2)
22. Quote God Reversed My Thinking
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23. Quote Lies of Evolution
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24. Quote Evolution of Forks
( part4b_1999.html)
25. Evidence of Animals Fitting on Noah’s Ark
()
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(
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(
(
(
(
(
.htm#ref02)
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animals)
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26. Quote Evolution Says We Came from a Rock
Kent Hovind, Why Evolution is Stupid, Video
(Pensacola: Creation Science Evangelism, 1996)
27. Evidence of Noah’s Flood Destroying the Dinosaurs
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(
fossil-record-actually-shows/)
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28. Quote Mormon Beliefs
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29. Quote Jehovah’s Witnesses Beliefs
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30. Quote Christian Science Beliefs
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31. Quote Seventh Day Adventist Beliefs
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32. Quote New Age Beliefs
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33. Quote New Age Plan
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34. Quote New Age Statistic
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35. Quote New Age Promotion by Oprah Winfrey
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36. Quote New Age Beliefs
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37. Quote People Crying Over Trees
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38. Quote Earth Worship on the Rise Among Evangelical Youth
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39. Quote Pledge Allegiance to the Earth
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40. Quote U.N. Gives Mother Earth Same Rights as Humans
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41. Quote New Age Beliefs
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42. Quote Sierra Club
()
43. Quote James Coburn on Mother Earth
(? articleid=6089)
44. Quote Environmental Religion
(Video Transcript of a CNN Report called “What Would Jesus Drive” – Source Unknown)
45. Quote Green Religion Taking Over Christian Religion
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46. Quote Environmentalists Say Tribulation is Good
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47. Quote Feminism & The Goddess is Alive
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48. Quote Christian Feminists in the Church
()
(
8c1b-479f-9f08-c14a1a185fdd)
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49. Quote New Age Beliefs
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50. Quote Banned PETA Commercial
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51. Beliefs of the Vegetarian Movement
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52. Quote Interfaith Beliefs of the Vegetarian Movement
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53. Quote U.N. Says We Need to Eat Less Meat
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54. Quote New Age Beliefs
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55. Quote Food Suppliers that Control Global Food Supply
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56. Quote Doomsday Seed Vault
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57. Quote Terminator Gene for Seed Production
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58. Quotes on Population Control
( .htm)
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59. Quote New Ager’s on Population Control
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60. Quote Georgia Guidestones
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61. Quote Researcher Visiting Georgia Guidestones
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62. Quote Why Are Aliens Humanoid Just Like Us
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63. Quote Teachings from UFO’s
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64. Quote Why Are UFO’s Promoting New Age
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65. Quote People Channeling UFO’s
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66. Quote How UFO’s Travel
() ()
67. Quote Man Acting Possessed After UFO
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68. Quote Researchers Say UFO’s Are Demons
() ()
69. Quote Aliens Rebuked in the Name of Jesus
Gary Bates, Alien Intrusion: UFO’s and the Evolution Connection
(Green Forest: Master Books Inc., 2004, Pgs. 255-268)
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70. Quote UFO’s Explaining Away the Rapture
(Barbara Marciniak, Bringers of the Dawn,
(Santa Fe: Bear & Company Publishing, 1992, Pgs. 166, 167)
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()
71. Story of Innkeeper’s Wife
(Email story) – Source Unknown
Chapter Five The Rise of Wickedness
1. Story of Momma Bear
(Email story) – Source Unknown
2. Statistics on School Discipline Problems from the 40’s to the 80’s
()
3. Origins of the Phrase Separation of Church & State
()
4. Quote Founding Fathers on Christianity
()
Vaughn Shatzer, History of American Education,
(Hagerstown: Word of Prophecy Ministries, 1999, Pgs. 3-9,12-13)
()
5. Quote Warning Label on the Constitution
()
6. Quote Beliefs of Humanist Manifest I & II
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7. Quote Humanist Agenda for Schools
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8. Quote Dumbing Down of America
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9. Quote Paul Harvey If I Were the Devil
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10. Behavioral Statistics from 1963
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11. Quote Video God Kicked Out
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12. Quote Video Atheist Camps & De-baptisms
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()
13. Examples of Atheists Attack on God
()
()
( blessing-with-unholy-water-because-theyre-not-going-to-tolerate-bigotry/)
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()
14. Video Using God’s Name in Vain & Kathy Griffin Blasphemy
()
()
15. Video Atheists Exchanging Pornography for Bibles
()
16. Video President Obama Comments on the Bible
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17. Video President James Garfield and His Godly Usage of the Bible
()
18. Quote Christian Prayer at a Football Game
()
19. Quote First Two Laws of satanism
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20. Quote satanists Admit that Self-love is satanic
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21. Quote Psychology Versus the Bible
()
22. Quote Lives of Secular Psychologists
Matthew Olson, An Introduction to Theories of Personalities,
(Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 1999, Pgs. 20, 23, 47, 48, 65, 66, 67, 70, 129, 502)
()
23. Quote Examples of Self-love Court Cases
Tucker Carlson, Go Ahead, Hurt My Feelings,
(Reader’s Digest: August 2002, Pgs. 43, 44, 46)
24. Quote Statistics & Effects of Kids & Self-esteem
Tucker Carlson, Go Ahead, Hurt My Feelings,
(Reader’s Digest: August 2002, Pg. 46)
25. Quote John MacArthur on Self-esteem
John F. MacArthur, The Vanishing Conscience
(Dallas: Word Publishing, 1995, Pgs. 80-81)
26. Quote Dr. Martin Bobgan on Self-love
()
27. Quote Who I Am in Christ
()
(
/downloads/pdf/IdentityAffirmations2.pdf+i+am+redeemed+forgiven+
beloved+god%27s+child&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us)
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28. Quote D. Martin Lloyd Jones on Self
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29. Quote In the Words of satan
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30. Examples of Modern Day Wickedness
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31. Quote the Church is Asleep
()
32. Quote Abraham Lincoln on Relativism
James S. Hewett, Illustrations Unlimited,
(Wheaton: Tyndale House Publishers, 1988, Pg. 483)
33. Quote Jeffrey Baker on Redefining Sin
Jeffrey A. Baker, Cheque Mate the Game of Princes
(St. Petersburg: The Baker Group Inc., 1993, Pgs. 206-207)
34. Quote Josh McDowell on New Definition of Tolerance
Josh McDowell, The Tangled Web of Christian Tolerance, Video
(Coeur d’ Alene: Compass International, 1998)
35. Quote The Wrath of God
()
36. Statistics on Krokodil
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37. Statistics on Marijuana
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38. Quote Pat Robertson on Legalizing Marijuana
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39. Quote Dave Hunt on Altered States of Consciousness
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40. Quote on the Surge of satanism and Exorcisms
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41. Quote California Schools Saying Lucifer is a Model Guardian
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42. Quote Jack Black Prayer to satan
()
43. Quote Proof of the Reality & Rise of satanism
()
44. Quote satanists Infiltrating Churches
(Patrick Matrisciana, devil Worship: The Rise of satanism,
(Hemet: Jeremiah Films, 1989, Video)
45. Beliefs of Witchcraft
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46. Quote Kids Comments on the Affects of Harry Potter
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47. Psychologists Using Witchcraft
()
48. Witch Covens Allowed in U.S. Army
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49. The Identity of Pan
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50. Statistics on Wicca
( default&uid=default&keyword=wicca&mh=10&sb=4&so=descend&view_records=View+Records&nh=3)
51. Quote Paganism on the Rise
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52. Quote Witches Infiltrating Churches
()
53. Quote Letter from Hell
()
54. Story of Going Door to Door
(Email story) – Source Unknown
Chapter Six The Rise of Apostasy
1. Story of Man with Hearing Problem
(Email story) – Source Unknown
2. Statistics on the Rise of Apostasy
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3. Quote Larry the Phony Believer
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4. Quote Pastors Admitting They’re Phony Believers
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5. Story Pesky Squirrels
(Email Story – Source Unknown)
6. Quote Number One Cause of Atheism
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7. Quote Counterfeit Bill
()
8. Story Dead Church
(Email Story – Source Unknown)
9. Quote An Interview with an Atheist
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10. Quote False Teachings on Wealth & Health
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Hank Hanegraaff, Christianity In Crisis
(Eugene: Harvest House Publishers, 1993, Pgs. 11, 21, 24-25, 26-27)
11. Examples of Fake Miracle Trinkets
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12. Quote Kenneth Copeland Says God a Failure
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13. Quote Benny Hinn Exposed
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14. Quote Benny Hinn Holy Ghost Machine Gun
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15. Quote Marjoe Gortner the Fake Evangelist
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16. Quote Prosperity Pimps
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17. Quote John Piper on Prosperity Gospel
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18. Church Growth Teachings Versus the Bible
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19. Quote Theotainment in the Church
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20. Ignatius the New Youth Leader
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21. Adult Theotainment in the Church
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22. Story Cows in the Corn
(Email story) – Source Unknown
23. Corporate Worship Songs in the Church
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24. AC/DC Sung in Church Service
()
25. Steve Harvey Introduces Jesus Christ
()
26. Quote Pastors Preachers Fluff
()
(Various Video Interviews) – Sources Unknown
27. Quote Good for Nothing Christians
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28. Quote Paul Washer on Joel Olsteen
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29. Quote Pastors Preaching False Gospel
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(Various Video Interviews) – Sources Unknown
30. Quote Wake Up Church
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31. Quote New & Improved Emotional Church Services
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(Various Video Interviews) – Sources Unknown
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32. Quote How Hindu Gurus Induce Altered State of Consciousness
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33. Quote How Yoga Induces Altered State of Consciousness
( &view=article&id=96&Itemid=70)
34. Quote Churches Promoting So-called Holy Yoga
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35. Quote Chart of Signs & Wonders Movement Behavior Versus Occult
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36. Quote Evidence of Kundalini Spirit in the Church
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37. Quote Me Church Services
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38. Quote the So-called New & Improved Services
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(*/
.com)
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39. Quote the So-called New & Improved Services
()
Ravi Zacharias, Deliver Us From Evil
(Dallas: Word Publishing, 1996, Pgs. 52-53)
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( ID
= 44563)
(
2008/12/gay-bible-set-to-publish-aida-and-eve-christian-
backlash-needed/)
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40. Quote the So-called New & Improved Services
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(New Age Church Service Video) – Source Unknown
41. Quote Run Church Run
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42. Story of Hockey Rivalry
(Email story) – Source Unknown
Chapter Seven One World Religion
1. List of Weird Things in Life
(Email story) – Source Unknown
2. Definition of Ecumenicalism
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3. Quote Salad Bar Religion
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4. Statistics on Hitler Killing Christians
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5. Statistics on Christian Persecution
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6. Statistics on Yearly Christian Deaths
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7. Statistics on Total Christian Deaths
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8. Evidence of the Rise of Christian Persecution in the U.S.
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9. Quote on Reading the Bible in Jail Rather than in School
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10. Claims that Christians are Judgmental
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11. Claims that Christians are Dangerous
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12. Quote from Janet Reno
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13. Timeline of the Rise of a One World Religion
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14. Quote from Ted Turner
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15. New Program from Prince Charles
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16. Quote from Al Gore
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17. Occult’s Expectation for a One World Religion
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18. Story of Driver’s Day Going from Bad to Worse
(Email story) – Source Unknown
Chapter Eight One World Government
1. Story of Old Cowboy’s Advice
(Email story) – Source Unknown
2. Quote of Everything is a Crisis
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3. Information on the Earth Charter
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4. Information on the Constitution for the Federation Earth
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5. Information on the World Criminal Court
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6. Quote Tony Blair
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7. Quotes on the New World Order
(
news.htm)
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8. Information on the Word Heritage Protection Program
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9. Information on the World Food Summit
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10. Information on Agenda 21
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11. Information on the Biodiversity Treaty
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12. Information on Global Diversity Assessment
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13. Statistics on World Abortions
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14. Quotes on Reducing the World’s Population
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15. Time Goal for Reducing the World’s Population
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16. Information on Executive Orders
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17. New Surveillance Technology
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18. Quote on Usage of Surveillance Cameras
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19. Statistics on England’s Surveillance Canopy
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20. Quote on England’s Surveillance Canopy
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21. Information on Japan’s Surveillance Technology
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22. Information on Project Echelon
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23. Quote Mike Frost
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24. Timeline of a One World Government
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((conspiracy)#New_World_Order_timeline)
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25. Quote Georgia Guidestones
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26. Story of Clown in Pain
(Email story) – Source Unknown
Chapter Nine One World Economy
1. Story of Biased News Headlines
(Email story) – Source Unknown
2. Information on the World Bank
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3. Information on the International Monetary Fund
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4. Information on SWIFT
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5. Information on the World Trade Organization
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6. Information on the Birth of the Euro
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7. Information on Tony Blair’s Support of the Euro
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8. Quote from Robert Mundell
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9. Timeline of a One World Economy
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10. Quote from Global Governance
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11. Information on the Ten Economic Kingdoms
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12. Information on Foreign Troops on American Soil
(
=37&Topic=1113)
13. Information on the African Union
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14. Information on the North American Union
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15. Information on Various Unions
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16. Various Uses for Smart Cards
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17. Quote on Decreased Crime from the Usage of Smart Cards
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18. Information on the Personal Electronic Transfer
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19. Information on Smart Card Readers
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20. Information on Smart Card Readers in Computers
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21. Information on Cell Phones to Pay for Purchases
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22. Quote on Radio Frequency Burgers
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23. Statistics on the Amount of Smart Cards Issued
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24. Information on England Issuing Smart Cards
()
(
0&reset=1)
25. Information on Britney Spears Issuing Smart Cards
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26. Information on the Pentagon Issuing Smart Cards
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27. Information on MasterCard’s Plan for Smart Cards
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28. Information on MasterCard’s Purchase of MONDEX
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29. Information on MONDEX
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30. Quote on MONDEX Becoming a Global Standard
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31. Information on VISA Putting Smart Card Microchips in Watches & Rings
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32. Story of Man Telling a Blonde Joke
(Email story) – Source Unknown
Chapter Ten The Mark of the Beast
1. Story of Nasty Bug
(Email story) – Source Unknown
2. Information on Motorola Satellites
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3. Information on Satellites Monitoring Boat Traffic
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4. Information on Satellites Monitoring Garbage Men
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5. Information on the Internet in the Sky
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6. Information on Acxiom Database
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7. Information on the Amount of Information in Axciom’s Database
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8. Information on the Amount of Databases
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9. Different Kinds of Personal Identification Devices
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10. Information on Tracking Students
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11. Information on Digital Angel
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12. Information on FDA Approval of Digital Angel
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13. Examples of Being More Pampered with Implants
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( chip.htm)
14. Articles on Being Pampered with Implants
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15. Examples of Being More Productive with Implants
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chip.htm)
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16. Examples of Being More Protected with Implants
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17. Various People Who are Positive about Implants
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18. Information on Mandatory Chipping of Pets
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19. Quote from Kevin Warwick
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20. Information on the Jacob’s Family Being Chipped
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21. Information on People’s Willingness to be Chipped
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22. Article on the Benefits of Being Chipped
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23. Article on the History of Chipping Propaganda
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24. Polling Data on the Willingness of People Being Chipped
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25. Quote from Scott Silverman
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26. Quote from Senator Joseph Biden on Implants
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27. Information on the Immigration Control Act
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28. List of Special Executive Orders
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29. European Union’s Plans for a Universal Identification
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30. Japan’s Plans for a Universal Identification
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31. United Nation’s Plans for a Universal Identification
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32. Quote from Dr. Carl Sanders
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chip.htm)
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33. Story of Blonde Woman and Shepherd
(Email story) – Source Unknown
34. Quote from Martin Niemoeller
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The 1st End Time Prophecy is that Israel Would ____________________________________ to the land.
to the land.
The 2nd End Time Prophecy is that Israel would become a ______________________ again.
The 3rd End Time Prophecy is that Israel would be _____________________ _________________________ in one day.
The 4th End Time Prophecy is that Israel would be a _________________ ________________again.
The 5th End Time Prophecy is that Israel’s ___________________
would be the _____________________________.
The 6th End Time Prophecy is that Israel would ______________ as a ______________________ in the desert.
The 7th End Time Prophecy is that Israel would have a ______________________ _____________________________.
The 8th End Time Prophecy is that Israel would be a _________________ of ___________________ to the whole world.
The 9th End Time Prophecy is that Israel would _____________________ the ____________________________
The 1st End Time Prophecy concerning Modern Technology is that there would be a great increase of _____________.
The 2nd End Time Prophecy concerning modern technology is that there would be a great ____________________ __________ ___________________________.
The 3rd End Time Prophecy as it concerns modern technology is that there will be a great increase of ___________________.
The 1st End Time Prophecy concerning the sign of a worldwide upheaval is that there would be an ___________________ ________ _____________________________.”
The 2nd End Time Prophecy concerning this sign of a worldwide upheaval is that there would be an ___________________ ____ ___________________________________.
The 3rd End Time Prophecy concerning this sign of worldwide upheaval is that there would be an __________________ _______ ___________________.
The 4th End Time Prophecy concerning the sign of worldwide upheaval is that there would be an ___________________ _______ ___________.
The 1st End Time Prophecy concerning The Rise of Falsehood is that there would be an increase of _____________________ _____________________________________ .
The 2nd End Time Prophecy concerning The Rise of Falsehood is that there will be an Increase of _______________________ _____________________________.
The 1st End Time Prophecy concerning the rise of wickedness is that people would _________ __________________ more than _________.
The Rise of Apostasy means, that in these last days, people would ___________________ turn away from the ______________ .
The 1st Reason People have Apostatized Today - A Focus on ________________and _____________________ (or to put it in other terms) The _______________ of __________________ ___________________________.
The 2nd Reason so many People have Abandoned the Christian faith - A Focus on Making ___________ _____________ ____________________________; (or in other words) The _____________________ _______________________ Movement.
The Politically Correct Version
The New Feminist Version
The New Postmodern Version
“One day, the whole world will literally be unified into a One World Religion that is actually ____________________ inspired.”
The 1st evidence
The 2nd evidence
The 3rd Evidence
The 1st Way
The 2nd Way
The 1st indicator
The 2nd Indicator
The 1st Way
The 2nd Way
The 3rd Way
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