As in the Days of Noah

I wonder how long it took society to degenerate into the mess that Noah had to live in. Was it a slow progressive slide for the 10 generations before him or was there a sudden change? I tend to think there was a slow start to it but progressed exponentially. We see this pattern in nature especially with the climate change we have been going through. This seems to have also been the case with the climate of men's hearts as well. When my grandfather was alive, he respected his parents, he went to church every Sunday, his school upheld the values of his home, he stayed at home until marrying and stayed married to his wife until death separated them.

My father respected his parents, went to church every Sunday, his school upheld the values of his home, he stayed at home until joining the army, then got married and stayed married to his wife until death separated them.

I could probably go back a hundred generations and repeat that same description with only minor alterations. Please don't write and explain to me that there were no elementary schools in Medieval times... I got that... just stay with me here :)

Sure there were some societal changes during those 30 years. Two world wars, The Great Depression, the beginning of the entertainment culture, the popularity of psychology and "new" thought. These were (in part) the source of the undercurrent that would create change that would not come to full fruition for another 75 years.

Fast forward two generations and to the exponential change we are now seeing.

A child now is trained to disrespect his parent (notice the singular) by school, government and media, (which is his new god). He goes to soccer on Sundays, will eventually move in with his girlfriend, only to have a child then leave for another woman (or man) within a few years.

We aren't in the same world most of us grew up in. Everything has changed. The world seems to be racing towards disaster. Evil and violence has filled the hearts of men and it is only going to be a short while before the day of the Lord comes. Are we ready for the flood? Can we continue to do what we have been called to do even though we are surrounded by continual and increasing evil?

I pray so.

Blessings.

Where is MacGyver Now?

Anyone old enough to remember the television series "MacGuyver", can recall the ingenuity of the main character (well okay... the technical writing staff). In one episode, MacGuyver fixed a leaky radiator (to make a fast get away) with a raw egg. I wanted for so long to try that myself but anytime I had a leaky radiator, fresh eggs just seemed to be oddly out of reach. Why am I mentioning this fun but forgettable show? Because I believe soon that the brand of ingenuity that made the show famous will need to become a part of believer's lives in the near future. I'm not necessarily saying you need to keep a carton of eggs in your car in case you are on the run or know how to build a sun-powered laser from a salad bowl, but I am saying that in the days to come, we may all need to get through each day by using what is available to us, to do what we had never thought possible. This applies to both our physical existence and the spiritual. Seeing what is coming ahead has caused in me a bit of an attitude shift when I look at various people groups. Where I used to have sympathy for the ultra poor and envy for the ultra-rich, I have almost flipped. Don't write me about the evils of envy... I'm exaggerating. There are people all around us who have had to make a life by scrounging, improvising and walking in a sort of forced humility. When things get very tough, they will be able to acclimate better than all others, particularly those who have become used to rinsing their toothbrush in Perrier and sending their personal assistant to shop for a new diamond-studded outfit for "poochie". The Western world is about to face a serious downgrade and we need to shift our focus away from putting on our Sunday suit and going to the church potluck, towards having a good sweatshirt and pair of hiking boots and be prepared to speak the Word of God at every opportunity, knowing that it will most often be opposed, even violently... in which case you might also want your MacGyver bandaids (crazy glue) and your lawyer on speed dial.

Of course, if you believe that the body of Christ is going to get whisked away in the rapture before any unpleasantness starts, then maybe just skip to the end of this blog. I however, grow more and more convinced that we are going to see at least some of the judgements of revelation. Depending on your view of scripture, it could be said that we have already experienced the first five seal judgements. The next is a major (probably global) earthquake and some serious "reorganization" of the heavenlies. If the world economy has not already collapsed and the one-world government has not already begun to crack down on all people, then this event will be the game changer.

I'm not suggesting a specific course of action to anyone. Before you paint me as a camouflage-wearing, automatic-rifle-toting, bunker-building believer, I'm not. I do recommend having a good supply of the basic life necessities on hand though. Even if the worst that you will have to endure is one of those extremely heavy snowfalls that seem to be commonplace now, you should have several days of food, water, and perhaps a roll of duct tape and a Swiss Army knife like our friend MacGyver. I am more so suggesting that you prepare your mind and spirit for a whole paradigm shift and that you seek wisdom from Yahweh to know how to position yourself for your unique role in the end times. You were knit together in your mother's womb at this time in history and it is not by mistake. Get ready to be more useful for the King and more blessed than you have ever been. Get ready to be what you have never been, do what you have never done and experience what you have never experienced.

Blessings.

Have we Become Lost in the Mall?

My wife and I were imagining an earthly equivalent to the relationship Yahweh has with His children and we came upon the idea of a shopping mall. It is as if our Father loaded us up into the family car and drove us to the mall, with money in our pockets. On the way, He reminded us again about the rules. We were to stay together, avoid talking to strangers, go into only "Dad-Approved" stores and be on the lookout for Him to come get us when it was time to go home. He had even given us a written copy of the rules to take with us, a protective suit and a cell phone to call Him if we got into trouble.

That is a very loose analogy of what Yahweh had done when He brought the Israelites out of Egypt. Unfortunately, it wasn't long before the kids started to ignore the rules. Tempted by what their eyes saw, many wandered away from their brothers and sisters, into stores of questionable nature. Some took off the protective suit provided by their father to put on the latest sweater showcased under carefully placed spotlights in the store window. Some left their rule books in the food court and almost all, got so caught up in the sights and sounds that they became unconcerned with when their Father would return to take them home.

How often are we like that? Why do we let the world's shallow and deceptive messages draw us away from what is real, fulfilling and eternal? The peace that comes from an intimate walk with the Maker of the Universe cannot be matched by Madison Avenue or Hollywood. A new suit is no replacement for the cloak of zeal or the robe of righteousness. The latest pop song cannot feed our spirit the way a few lines of "Amazing Grace" can. An hour of prayer will do much more for us than an hour of "Dancing with the Stars".

Let us listen to Dad and walk every day remembering that all around us is a fake world designed by the father of lies as a tool to draw us away from all that our loving Father wants to give us. If we keep our focus and keep watching for His return then we will be invited into the splendour behind gates of pearl, with streets of gold, day without night, banquets, spotless robes and eternal love. 

Shalom

Why Does the World Cry Over Spilled Milk?

You've heard it, you've seen it, you've probably done it... spilled some milk. It's a function of gravity... one of the many laws that control the natural universe in which we live. When something is not being held up by anything else... it falls. This law does not change no matter what we believe or how strongly we believe it. We could read a thousand books that tell us that if we just trust in our inner person and visualize the outcome we want then gravity will change in our favour but it won't so we accept this unbreakable law and when we spill milk, break a dish, or when a bird "bombs" our heads we don't get mad at gravity or the universe... well, most of us don't.

Spiritual laws work the same way. They are unbreakable and are always at work. Sin has consequences... not always clear and not always immediate but consequences nonetheless. When a person sins, they are essentially pushing away the protective, supporting hand of God. Spiritual gravity then takes over and they fall. Why is it when many people rebel against God and suffer the consequences of their own choices, they tend to blame God as if He had stepped into their lives and purposely delivered a truck load of pain? If people drop a hammer on their foot and yet don't curse gravity, why do some let their morals drop, reap the consequences and then curse God?

The same holds true for whole nations. In the book of Jeremiah, the people had been warned for decades that their sins would bring judgement if they did not turn. As the time drew near, Jeremiah added specifics. He said, "This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, which shall take it." (Jer 38:3) but still they did not repent. When the siege of Jerusalem began, the hearts of many of the people began to grow even colder towards God. They claimed in chapter 44 (after they had fled to Egypt against another of God's warnings) that their lives had been better when they worshipped their false gods. Instead of attributing their current suffering to the sin and rebellion in their lives, they attributed it to having stopped those (sinful) practices.

Our whole world is suffering under the hand of our own sin... we cannot blame God. The first four trumpet judgements of the book of Revelation; massive deception, major war, global famine and widespread death are all the work of the hands of men. Many are falling away after "new" doctrines to follow leaders who promise what they want to hear. The whole world seems to be on the brink of war because of greed and selfishness. Food reserves are lower than they have been in a long time, also as a direct result of man's greed and selfishness... and so on. It is after this that God steps in and unleashes HIS judgements on a fallen world that refuses to acknowledge His ways. Whether saved or not, all who read this will be stronger if they come to terms with the fact that we have created this mess ourselves and cannot blame our Creator who yearns to extend mercy and forgiveness if we would only turn and submit to Him. It is now time to see better than ever that the God of heaven is our only salvation... our only hope of making it successfully through a time when the world is falling and is about to break.

Because My people have forgotten Me, they have burned incense to worthless idols.

      And they have caused themselves to stumble in their ways (Jer 18:15)

For You will save the humble people, but will bring down haughty looks (Psalm 18:27)

Shalom

Trust Not in Man

Psalm 146:3 reads, "Do not put your trust in princes, Nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help."

Around the turn of the 19th century, there was a turn in the thinking of Western people. Previous to this time, people (generally speaking) trusted in themselves, in family and in God. Slowly, through various "thinkers" as Darwin, Dewey (father of the modern school system), Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Freud and many others, people began to question long held beliefs, began to question themselves (usually a good thing in the right context) and question God (never a good thing... just ask Job).

One of the results of this paradigm shift was the birth of a new religion... science. By the mid 30's, science became accepted as the solution to most of our problems, and scientists became the new prophets. Fast forward 80 years and to a great degree, we are still in the same mindset. Despite Chernobyl, Thalidomide, DDT and killer bees (okay that's a weird mix but the choices of scientific blunders are too numerous) we still seem to look to science to ward off the boogeyman. This seems especially true in the arena of interstellar boogeymen. For years scientists have theorized what a large asteroid could do to life on earth and have been trying to come up with solutions... problem is that all of their solutions will need time to implement and that requires discovering these little gremlins before they get too close. Add to that, the fact that there is an awful lot of sky up there to watch and one can see why we shouldn't be looking to NASA or ESA for salvation. We have had at least three near-miss events in the past few months (another coming in February) and one memorable one some time back was not even SEEN until AFTER it has passed by us and was on its way back out into space. Oops... kinda dropped the ball on that one there didn't ya "Einstein?"

Superstorms, volcanoes earthquakes and scores of other natural phenomena are proving that we cannot trust human reason or human "experts" to help us. To their benefit, some scientific bodies are at least showing enough humility to say "we don't know what is going on... this is new" and this I pray helps the rest of us turn from the false god of science to the true Elohim. Where science used to tell us that a worldwide earthquake was impossible because of the mechanics of earthquakes, they are now seeing that simultaneous earthquakes are possible... they even have a name for it now... "earthquake storms". Scientist Gheorghe Marmureanu from the National Institute of Earth Physics in Romania, referring to an increase in large correlational earthquakes, has said, "The quakes are a surprise that cannot be easily explained by current scientific knowledge". I just love it when a scientist has to admit (even unwittingly) that the scriptures are accurate. They are realizing that their sacred hypotheses are not holding up to reality and a new line of thought is needed.

The bible says in Isaiah 24:1, "Behold, the Lord makes the earth empty and makes it waste, Distorts its surface And scatters abroad its inhabitants." There are many other verses that speak of a geologic cataclysm that is to come... and NASA can't save us.

A few verses past the verse at the top of this blog, the book of Psalms says, "Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God, Who made heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them: Who keeps truth forever, Who executes justice for the oppressed, Who gives food to the hungry."

According to the Word of God, there are major earthquakes to come. Meteors will hit the earth. We need to grow in faith in the coming weeks and months. As things become more difficult, the faith we have now, will not carry us. We need now to spend more time in the Word of God, pray more and train our thinking and lifestyle to be in tune with the will of Elohim in order to walk in the peace and joy that will be in short supply as we approach the end. Yahweh is our salvation. He will protect whom He wishes, feed His people when food is in short supply and show the world that He is still in control. He is the only One we can trust and He is the only One we need to trust in.

Blessings.

Now What?

December 21 has come and gone without even a hiccup. I am still looking for some photos or videos of those poor individuals who spent a small fortune building bunkers or flying half way around the world to some remote mountain in order to be spared the carnage. On one hand it is a little surprising that the... oh what shall we call them... globalists, elitists, power brokers... you know the people that think that they have a right to rule and that the rest of us are just "useless eaters" and should be eliminated... I'm surprised that they did not try to take advantage of all of the hype and stage something that would work to suit their ends. Perhaps they did and it has not yet manifested... perhaps God's people prayed enough that He extend an additional mercy. We may not know until His kingdom is established.

One thing that we can't discount is that this event may have been inspired by the enemy to cause fear, cause death and to become desensitized to any prophetic writings. I am praying right now for a good word to speak the next time I talk to someone about the gospel and prophecy. I expect that I will now run into many more people that will scoff even more at the prophetic warnings in scripture because of the false alarm of the Mayan calendar.

We do know that the trouble is not over. In fact, the Word says that when the world declares "peace and safety" that is when destruction comes upon them... if we are still here when those things are being announced, I too will want to check eBay for a "bunker sale"

There will be many trials ahead... we are headed into a time in history unlike any other. I've seen and read quite a bit regarding the horrors of WWII so it is a little hard to imagine things being worse yet our Lord has said so. We must be ready.... and I don't mean bunkers and remote mountain escapes. Make your heart ready. Prepare your spirit now to be lead by Yahweh so that when He says, "Speak" you speak and when He says, "run" you run.

It seems the next "big thing" to expect will be an attack on Israel. There is some debate whether the next attack will be the Psalm 83 war, the Ezekiel 38 war or whether it is one in the same. This author tends to believe they are separate events. If this is true then the next battle will be won by Israel's military. I pray that Israel has learned it's lesson about being prideful after military victories. It was their pride after the miraculous 6-Day war that almost cost them a defeat in 1972. I pray this time they give God the glory before they even launch their first tank. In any case God does give them the victory. If this battle is indeed the Gog/Magog war of Ezekiel 38, then Yahweh's victory will be spectacular to the point that the world will be forced to acknowledge Him or willingly choose to rebel.

Pray for Israel, pray for insight, pray for the strength to walk unencumbered. This will enable us to walk with a purpose and not be taken off-course by the next ancient hieroglyph-inscribed rock from South America. 

A Prayer from Canada

Father in heaven

These are dark times. The U.S. is more divided than it has been in nearly 150 years. Your people Israel are facing a greater threat than they have in decades, the earth is groaning and people are desperate. Send out a spirit of truth and trust... a spirit of repentance and reconciliation, a spirit of power and peace. Help believers in the U.S. to know that You are in control... that sometimes the storm has to break up the ship they are on in order for them to make it to shore. Help those that call themselves by Your name to not let the waves around them, cause them to lash out at their brothers and sisters. Help them to see that when things look impossible, that the only place they can turn is to the God of the impossible. Ready their hearts for what is ahead. May eyes be open and hearts be receptive. Help them to shed anything that is not of You in their lives and start on a new path that You direct. Draw Your children to You.

May those in Israel not put their trust in military might or political process but to You and You alone. We know that You will glorify yourself through the attack that is coming and that the world will know that You ARE Lord. May a cry of faith go up from Eilat to Metula so that many will be saved and that the millions in Israel that do not even believe in You come to know Yeshua Ha'Mashiach and be vessels of Your will.

Give us all a heart and a mind to walk in You in the coming months. May You be pleased to be in our midst and may You glorify Yourself through us.

Thank You for Your hand of protection, provision and empowerment in these dark times. Bless You oh Holy One of Israel.

In the name of Yeshua, Your only begotten son... Amen. 

Now What?

Two years ago, few people would have dreamed that Obama had a chance at a second term. Well it has happened, so now what?

For those still in shock, imagine what the disciples felt the day after the crucifixion. Before anyone thinks I am comparing Obama to our Messiah, I'm most certainly NOT... although many people early in his first term did. He in turn, mocked that sentiment in a speech he gave... but that... is for another blog.

I am saying, to a very small degree, that the disappointment some are feeling today has similarities. In the minds of the disciples, Christ was supposed to conquer the Roman oppressors and set up His earthly kingdom in their time but all their hopes had been dashed. Arrest? Torture?, Death? None of these factored into their plans even though Yeshua told them many times that those things must first take place. Coming to grips with the fact that the things we've seen in the last four years (gutting of the constitution, basic freedoms being eroded, hats being tipped to radical islamists) may continue and even ramp up, can be a depressing thought. 

Like the disciples though, let's not be shortsighted. No one saw what was coming, not even satan. Had he known what was to occur in a couple of days, he would not have influenced the people to crucify Yeshua. God is never limited and He desires to show himself mighty on the behalf of His people who will humble themselves before Him and turn from their sin and pray. Scripture seems to indicate that the world at this point cannot go back to its prosperous and carefree times and no one country can have pre-eminance anymore... it just doesn't play into God's endtime scenario. Times will be tough for many who have become used to privilege and ease (relatively speaking) but we are also one day closer to the resurrection.

Since the fall of man, all of creation has been groaning, waiting expectantly for the revealing of the sons of God (Romans 8) If we can turn our sight to that day when our Saviour returns and does what Peter and John and the others thought He was going to do 2000 years ago, then we can weather the coming storm a bit better. If we will turn from our sin, humble ourselves and pray, then we can also believe God for supernatural protection and provision. 

This battle is not over yet either. God is a god of the impossible. Votes are still being counted, there could be unseen circumstances that may come into play... things could yet still change. The same hand that brought water out of a rock to give drink to a million people in the desert can do anything for His people.

Pray to Him, seek Him, listen for His voice, look for what He might do. If His will is for the current administration to stay in power, so be it, we have a better promise... a universal kingdom with no death, disease, hunger or pain... a kingdom of peace, joy and righteousness that will last for eternity. Isn't that worth four more years of... well you get my point.

Shalom

Prince of the Power of the Air

Most of us are familiar with Ephesians 2:2-3, which says "in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, ³among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others."

We've often heard that phrase "Prince of the power of the air" used to describe how satan is in control of the airwaves... media and the like. Perhaps a Greek scholar can offer some insight into those few words but that particular definition seems like a convenient conjecture.

That being said, satan does seem to have an almost iron grip on the media and popular culture. Even if the verse in Ephesians had read, "Prince of the power of the worms" it would not take away from the clear reality that satan and Hollywood are bedfellow.

So... my question is... are we giving place to this prince in our homes? Are we in any way conducting ourselves in the lusts of our flesh and mind... behaving like children of wrath?

This post came about as a result of some commercials that kept popping up on my wife's computer as she was trying to catch up on some middle east headline news. All of them were for upcoming movies and all of them had occult themes. 

We know that in the end times... err... I mean NOW, that the enemy will pour it on and draw people's heart away from the living God but how are those of us who are supposed to know better, responding to it? Are we keeping these things out of our home or are we allowing the world's pressure to shift our God inspired morals?

I was at a large inner-city church years ago to watch a public presentation of a move called "Time Changer". In the movie, a bible professor from 1890 travels forward in time to 2002 and gets a first hand taste of our "modern" world. The professor goes to a movie with a local church group but rushes out during the movie to demand that the movie be stopped. He was in a complete panic, leaving many in our audience thinking that perhaps there was a fire. When other characters ask the professor why the movie needed to be stopped, he explains that a character in the movie he was just watching took the Lord's name in vain. Many people in the church group I was in started to laugh... as did I. I then (and I hope all the others who laughed) was hit with heavy conviction over having considered a blasphemous word as such a light offence, not worthy of the reaction the professor showed. That lesson has stuck with me all these years later and I use it as a check to see if my morals are slipping. 

Would this professor, or better yet our Messiah, tell us to "stop the movie" if he were sitting beside us, watching what we watch? Will we have to give answer at the judgment seat to having let the prince of the power of the air into our homes and minds? 

It is time to cut ties with the world. I enjoy entertainment as much as anyone (used to be an avid movie buff) but it is simply getting too hard to find anything the world offers up as entertainment, even family entertainment that does not contain something that is an affront to God. Let us send the prince of the power of the air packing!

Blessings.

Are There Any Dormant Volcanoes Left?

It seems that for the past few months, volcanoes, some of which have been dormant for centuries have begun in increasing fashion to wake up... even the mound that formed after Krakatoa took out most of it's island and killed 36,000 people in 1883, has started to rumble.

The bible makes no specific mention of volcanoes as an end time player but since earthquakes and volcanic explosions can have a similar cause (magma flow) this does seem natural. Some scientists have suggested that a single super volcano has the potential to wipe out life on this planet. We know that the many lives that will be lost in the coming months/years will not be from a single super volcano but the increased activity we are seeing makes one wonder what the final days of this planet will be like if it suffers under the effects of famine, disease, nuclear conflict, supers torms, earthquakes AND volcanoes.

If you haven't already done so, please realize that the natural disasters, political unrest, economic upheaval and stellar anomalies you are seeing are the final calls of a Holy and just God who wishes for no one to perish... but to turn to Him in obedience.

Seek His face now. Turn from all sin in your life and submit your life to Yeshua Ha Mashiach, who died to take your sins upon Himself so that if you accept His gift of eternal life, you can know ultimate peace, joy and fulfillment. Don't be one of the many that will have to face the tribulations that are about to hammer this planet and yet still stand in front of a Holy God to face further judgment. Humble yourself today and give your life to the One who gave His life for you.

May you be blessed in Yeshua.

Arab Spring, Islamic Winter, Antichrist "Fall"

Bible teachers have been declaring since the uprising in Tunisia in 2010 that what we were seeing was not a revolution of the people but a gambit of the enemy (Satan). Two years later, we are seeing multiple demonstrations and skirmishes (wars and rumours of wars) in areas all over the world that have are radical-islamic inspired. I'm not speaking against people of the islamic faith that want to live in peace (even though islam at its core is NOT a peaceful religion) but speaking against what is happening in the radical wings of the faith and against western governments that have been and still are blind to the real power behind this movement.

Syria is a perfect example of the nature of this revolution. We all agree that the Assad regime is evil and in a perfect world, it would be easy to side with the rebels that the mainstream media is trying to paint as a group humble civilians that have been pressed into action by years of oppression. The reality, however is that this grassroots uprising has been hi-jacked (and perhaps was instigated) by the Muslim brotherhood. This radical group is actively carrying out the goal of global jihad and the more victories they win, the more they become emboldened to press ever further. 

Let's clear our consciences right here and right now. An Arab Spring is a nice idea... where oppressed and dis-advantaged peoples of Arab origin win their right to self-determination. That is what we would like to see happen and so part of us seems to blinded to what the Arab Spring really was and is.

So... where is this leading? What comes after the Islamic winter? How about an Antichrist Fall?

How exactly does the Antichrist come to power? He's not just going to appear on CNN one day and announce himself supreme ruler... that comes later. He comes onto the scene with answers to crises that the world has never encountered before and is given successive power over the world. I believe that this islamic movement is part of Satan's scheme to put the man he will one day inhabit, into power. Imagine large groups of radical muslims storming the embassy in your city, taking over major intersections in protest or in prayer (as is seen in London) or imposing sharia law in your community. Imagine huge riots every time anyone does anything that the radicals find offensive (such as having a picture of Winnie the Pooh (Piglet) on an office wall... more on this another time). In the face of persistent violence and intimidation, people everywhere will cry for a "Spring" of their own and will welcome a leader... any leader that promises peace and safety. A man who seems able to placate the radicals, bring peace to the middle east and who has a solution for the devastating financial crises about the break, would be welcomed... even worshipped, as we know will happen. 

According to 2 Thessalonians 2:3-12, the antichrist will present himself as God and unleash a campaign of violence and terror that makes Syria look like a cafeteria food fight. Revelation 13:7 says he will overcome even some of the saints and exercise power over all peoples of the earth. Praise God for His mercy and power for this antichrist's end has already been established. When our Lord and Saviour comes back to establish His kingdom, He will cause the antichrist to "Fall" into the Lake of Fire and then there will be a true Spring for the people's of the earth... under a righteous loving king.

Maranatha

What Happens When We are Poor Stewards

Believers agree for the most part that things are winding down. Evil and wickedness are increasing, the love of many is growing cold. We are seeing what many call discipline, falling upon our world as well in the form of financial, political and natural upheavals. I want to proclaim God's mercy and grace in all of this for God abhors evil, especially from those under His favour and blessing. In North America, we have enjoyed blessing and influence unlike any other nation on earth, perhaps aside from Babylon or Egypt at their pinnacles, and yet we have been poor stewards in so many ways and are deserving of far more than we have to this day seen. God in His mercy, is giving us more time.

"We know all of this" you might say. Well there is a point. The pattern of judgements that we seem to be falling under are not new. 

In 1873, the American West was the focus of most of the interesting events. It was also a period when there was a relatively quiet war... against the aboriginals and the buffalo. Yes the buffalo. Without going into the finer details, the military and private citizens were hunting the native buffalo at an insane level. Millions were slaughtered partly in order to starve aboriginals out of the region. Skirmishes helped to finish off their way of life. Is it simple coincidence that a series of events followed which just about destroyed the settlers way of life in the region as well?

In 1873 the bank that had been financing the rapid expansion of the rail system, failed, which cascaded into a failure of the whole national banking system. Following that, yellow fever swept through the Mississippi valley and drought struck the plains. Swarms of locust descended on the region, sometimes massing so thickly that locomotives were forced to stop. 1 Million Americans became jobless and the country fell into a severe depression. 

This certainly sounds like the discipline of a holy God. One might argue that point but I hope you were struck by the parallels here. Today, people are still slaughtering aboriginals, and whites, and blacks and latinos and asians through abortion, violent crime and unholy wars. Poor stewardship of our environment and wildlife is on par with wiping out the buffalo. In short, many are exhibiting the same pride and carelessness that almost brought the US to its knees 140 years ago. It is only by God's mercy and grace are we still standing and only by turning to Him with a broken and contrite spirit over our sins can we hope to be spared the judgements yet to come. 

Don't wait for history to repeat itself. Cry out to God for His mercy to rain upon you, your family and your country before the panic of 1873 revisits 2012.

The Final Solution... Y2012

It's hard to get into this one without a lot of backstory. For those of you reading this that have not heard of FEMA/concentration camps or planned depopulation, globalist conspiracies etc, perhaps do a bit of research HERE.

Now that we are all up to speed, I can certainly say that we are in uncharted territory. Sure, those of you who lived through the chaos that was Germany in 1940 may know how to prepare but for the rest of us, how does one go about preparing for the possibility of being rounded up in the middle of the night by military agents and being moved to concentration camps? What is our crime? Being free thinkers!

If you are outspoken about religious/political matters. If you uphold the Word of God, ideas of sovereignty, freedom of speech, freedom of enterprise and so on, you are probably on a "list" of sorts that categorizes you into a coloured-coded threat level. Those in the highest level will likely be eliminated... okay more backstory... If anyone can offer a more plausible reason for tens of thousands of guillotines... that's right guillotines being set up in a neighbourhood near you, then I will retract this blog. Until then you have to come to grips with the idea that your very own country has no qualms about lopping off your head because you actively witness to people in public and post bible verses on your facebook page (soon-to-be deemed terrorists activities). There is a simple reason that military personnel all over the world are training within their own borders for house to house, search and seizure operations, riot control etc... The reason is this... that the rulers of this world know what is coming... to a degree. 

There is an orchestrated collapse of the global economy and independent governmental rule in the works that will lead to global unrest. If you know anything about Bible prophecy, you know about the antichrist and his one-world religion/government which this collapse will precede. Those at the helm of this collapse would rather that most of us were not here... especially us pesky Christians that tell people that they need to follow God's direction for their lives instead of man's. Their answer is to imprison, shoot or decapitate anyone expected to put up a fight.

Since the tower of Babel, man has tried to supplant God's rule with his own. Praise the living God that regardless of modern man's schemes, the Holy One of Israel will have the last say. This does not mean that Christ followers will escape the hands of the enemy's minions. Matthew chapter 24 clearly tells us that some will die for their faith, as Christians have been doing for 2000 years. Read Foxe's Book of Martyrs and realize that the premeditated murder of believers is not a new concept. We can consider ourselves fortunate to face a guillotine rather than being eaten alive by lions or turned into human torches but by no means are we destined to that. In spite of a few glib comments above, this post is designed to encourage you to drop everything in your life that does not line up with the Word of God so that you can be effective right up until His return. Remove everything that is hindering your walk with your Creator. Give up mind-numbing entertainment, pursuits for status or fame. Give up everything that will have no eternal value so that you can hear from God and follow His leading. You may still end up in a concentration camp but you can expect the full peace, presence and empowerment of God to help you fulfil your purpose and be able to stand in front of Him unashamed.

So how does one prepare for the world's final solution? How about a having clean heart, the power of God and a tongue, heart and mind trained by the Word?!

Blessings

Aliens... Benevolent Helpers or Destructive Decievers

As with many other "signs in the heavens", there seems to be an upswing in the number of UFO sightings and similar phenomena. 

It is no coincidence that this is happening. The new age view of this phenomena is that intelligent creatures from other worlds are trying to keep us from destroying ourselves and to usher us into an age of enlightenment but have to do so slowly and clandestinely so as not to frighten us. This author's view goes a little more like this... These sightings are the clever deception of the enemy designed to draw us away from the TRUE intelligent One and His purpose for the earth. 

Let me make just a few points that I pray will lead our readers to research a little more and consider this view.

1) Satan transforms himself into an angel of light (2 Cor 11:14). These "aliens" enjoy the reputation of being super-intelligent, benevolent and downright kind. Who (in the natural) would not welcome their help?

2) There are many similarities between so called alien abductions and demonic possession. The list is to long to repeat here but one who has suffered under a possession could in many cases tell their story without using the word "demon" and it would sound identical to the experiences of those who report alien abduction.

3) These little green men even look like depictions of demons. Some ancient carvings and totems from pagan religions that were involved with "spirit" worship have the large eyes that are so common in descriptions of aliens.

4) The possibilities of extra terrestrial helpers is a very powerful distraction from a biblical view of current world events. For those not inclined to believe the prophecies of the Word of God, the "little green men have come to help us" theory is certainly an effective too to keep people ignorant of the true nature of the increasing incidents of natural disasters, political and economic upheaval and so on.

5) It provides a way for even more deception. Should the enemy be allowed to perpetrate his charade, we may very well see a "first contact" in which these beings tell the world exactly what they want to hear... that they have been watching us for millennia and in fact are the ones who even spawned us several eons ago and now want to help make the last step to enlightenment and true peace. Ah... but first we have to help them fight against their enemy and ours (so called). This would then prepare worldly minds to further fight against the Lord and His heavenly Host when they appear. According to point one, it is even possible that Satan or one of his minions could masquerade as Jesus himself and use that to twist truth in the minds of unbelievers for his own ends.

Whatever the exact plans of the enemy are, they are NOT like Close Encounters of the Third Kind. These beings HAVE in fact been watching us for millennia and have been injecting themselves at various points in history (consider some of the "alien" like depictions in ancient temple carvings etc) but instead of wanting to lead us into an age of aquarius, their ultimate goal is to deceive us from coming to a full knowledge of our Creator and Saviour, Yeshua Ha Mashiach (Jesus the Messiah).

Reject the alien lie. Our true salvation from what is coming is in the person of the Son of God. Turn to Him to lead, guide and save you.

Shalom. 

Olympic Sized Disaster?

Anyone who considers themself a "truther" is well versed in the predictions regarding a huge cataclysmic event at the London Olympics, probably orchestrated by the globalists. 

The evidence sure weighs heavily in support for such predictions but the Opening Ceremonies have come and gone without such tragedy. Perhaps those pulling the strings had to change their plans mid-stream and there yet may be an event. If nothing happens, then it is likely because of the prayers of God's people and the work of those willing to spread the news about the activities of these shady groups.

Be encouraged brethren. The effectual fervent prayers of a righteous man avails much. 

However this plays out in the end, the true end of all things results in God being glorified, His eternal kingdom being established here on earth and His people enjoying peace and safety for all time.

Blessings

Being Truly Ready for the Rapture

A blog is no place to try and settle the Pre-Trib, Mid-Trib Post-Trib debate with long drawn out reason and logic so I won't even try. 

I will appeal to a different kind of reason instead.

I believe that Christians will see at LEAST part of the tribulation. Here are some quick key points to support that argument:

1) Daniel says that the saints will be given over to tribulation for 3.5 years. Now even if that means the first half of the tribulation... we are still destined to be here and be persecuted somewhat.

2) Matthew 24:21-31, Mark 13:24-27 and Luke 21:25:27 mention that the rapture will occur AFTER the great tribulation. No explanation needed there. As scary as this sounds, these verses state that we will be here for the whole 7 years.

I know that arguments exist for all beliefs... and they, for the most part are all good arguments but let's cut past those arguments right now...

If I'm right... and the rapture occurs not before the tribulation but at some part after its start, what is the safe stance to take?

If we prepare to go through persecution and calamity, even prepare to be martyred and then we somehow get scooped up before it all starts, what have we lost? We will have prepared for something unnecessarily but will be confronted with joyful surprise at an early deliverance. 

Now look at the alternative.

If some lull themselves into a belief that we will be snatched out of here before the trouble starts and then it doesn't go down that way, those people will be unprepared for what is to come. They may also fall into confusion and despair, even to the point of rejecting their faith.

Don't let beliefs that you have nurtured for years blind you from the truly logical choice. Be truly prepared for the rapture by preparing to go through the troubled times that proceed it.

Shalom

Crop Failure Causing Price Hike in Spark Plugs?

Because of the recent extreme weather, North America's corn crop (which, a few months ago was predicted to be robust) is going to be dismal, resulting in a further drop of corn reserves. 

"But I don't eat corn" you say. First of all... yes you do, and secondly, so what, you are still going to be affected. 

Derivatives of corn are in everything from paper products to instant coffee, soft drinks to cosmetics, drywall to tires and even in the specialized porcelain used to make spark plugs... not to mention ethanol. If you don't eat corn on the cob, there's still a good chance you eat something that depends on an ingredient derived from corn and that you use something dependent on a corn product. Another bad corn crop will cause price hikes in these and hundreds of other products. 

Matthew 24:7 says that in the last days there will be famines. North America has not, since perhaps pre-colonial times, suffered a true famine. Even during the great depression, deaths from starvation were likely (there are varying reports) insignificant. This time around, world food reserves are down to about half what they were in 1999. We (world's population) are now eating more food than we produce. Once those reserves are gone, widespread starvation will ramp up quickly. Most of us in the West have never been hungry... really hungry. Deep need can cause people to do desperate, criminal, godless, violent things and the realities of the lawless society that we have morphed into should dispel any notion that we would behave more civilly than those people we see on the evening news who have rioted for lack of food. 

Our only hope is in the saving grace of Yeshuah Ha Mashiach. He doesn't overtly promise the same protection to believers in these last days as He does to a remnant of Israel. He tells us to pray to escape the things to come but also to be prepared to be imprisoned and even martyred. What is important is walking in holiness with our God for the days we have left and standing firm for our saviour as a witness to this wicked and dying world. We would do well to claim the many promises of provision in the scriptures as well. Psalm 37:25, Proverbs 13:2 and Matthew 6:33 are a few of my favourites but there are so many others such as Deut 28:12, Deut 11:14, Psalm 111:5 and Luke 12:24.

When this coming tribulation is over, those who persevere to the end will be rewarded and will enter into eternity where there is no hunger, no death, no strife or stress... and no spark plugs. 

 Shalom

Brand New Ghost Towns?

China, apparently has been on building spree. Makes sense considering their juggernaut, although fragile economy and their growing population. Much of the building is taking the form of brand new cities with complete infrastructure, entertainment complexes, schools and commercial districts, like the one in Ordos, Mongolia. Again, this seems to make sense. When one can build a whole city from scratch, one can avoid working around traffic congestion, decaying infrastructure and so on. One problem though... these cities have no people. Ordos (google coordinates 39°36′29.76″N 109°46′52.78″E) is almost completely void of people. Apparently the residential properties have been sold yet still no one lives there. What makes this sound sinister is that some of these Chinese-built ghost cities are in Africa. Kilamba, Angola (8°59′14.12″S 13°16′05.30″E) is an example of a brand new city built at the expense of about $3.5 billion yet is mostly uninhabited. Is this a worst case scenario of mad money in use or does the Chinese government know that something huge is coming down the pike that will render much of it's existing cities uninhabitable? Could this be one of the NWO's few site designated as "people centres"? Why Africa? It's a long way from China I'm sure there are other unpopulated areas just a little closer to home. 

Whatever theory you come up with... something strange is going on.

The Lines are Becoming Clearer

Anyone who has studied prophecy knows that the end times will include events that will increase in frequency and in spectacularity. It is quite another thing to be walking in them. Now that we are in the heat of the beginning of sorrows, the sheer enormity of evidences should cause us to step very clearly onto one side of God's dividing line or the other. To list the evidences would turn this blog into a book but more recently are the subtle moves by governments toward a totalitarian, one world system, and a military situation in the Middle East that has all the looks of the Ezekiel 38 prophecy.

Every day brings us one day closer to the time when we will face the creator of all things. We will see Him either as a loving master who will wipe away our tears and welcome us into His kingdom and reign along side Him, or we will see Him as an angry father who will show us that our "good works" were stubble and hay and will be burnt. God forbid we see Him as judge, who will say to us, I never knew you; depart from Me you who practice lawlessness. (Remember even some who call Christ, "Lord Lord" will be included in this group) 

Every news report of a natural disaster, war, food shortage, or near miss by an asteroid, should cause us to step further into the realm of holiness and righteousness. The world and it's pleasures should look less and less desirable. The desire to share our truth with others should grow stronger.

When this "probation" period that the whole world has been in for the last 6000 years is over, we should find ourselves so far from God's line in the sand that we can't even see it. I pray there will be no one on the other side of the line, yet sadly, know that there will. 

Near Miss or Wake Up Call?

Near-Earth asteroid 2011 MD passed only 12,300 kilometers (7,600 miles) above the Earth's surface on Monday June 27, 2011 at about 1:00 PM EDT. This asteroid was only discovered 5 days earlier by a team from New Mexico. It was about the size of a small house. Had it hit the earth, even over water, we would be in a very serious situation today.

The part of this news that should open most eyes is that there was essentially no warning. So many trust, at some level that science and government has a plan to protect us from these stellar threats but this event proves that we cannot trust in man. Even if the governments of the world had an actionable plan to destroy or deflect a stone house hurtling at us at over 40,000 Km/Hr, could they execute that plan in less than 5 days? I don't think so.

This the closest near-miss we've had on record, although not the only. There have been over 8 near-misses in the last year including a similarly-sized rock on June 2... and there are more to come.

2012 DA14 will pass within about 3.5 Earth radii of the Earth's surface on February 15, 2013. Although its size is not clear, this object is thought to be about 45 meters in diameter. Asteroid 2012 DA14 will pass inside the geosynchronous satellite ring, located about 35,800 km above the equator. It will achieve a magnitude of less than seven, which will make it hard to see without a telescope. About 4 minutes after its Earth close approach, there is a good chance it will pass into the Earth's shadow for about 18 minutes or so before reappearing from the eclipse.

More space rocks are coming our way (two to be exact) and according to the bible, they won't be near-misses. Revelation chapter 8 speaks of two objects, a great mountain and a great star that will strike the earth and cause death and destruction. Could the near misses of this past year simply be a wake up call? Don't put your hope in man. Put your hope in the living God so that you can benefit from His protection when the troubled times come.