The number 7 in the Bible represents
completion. The earth was created in six "days" and God
rested on the seventh "day". A week is 7 days, there are 7 continents, 7 seas,
there were 5 loaves
and 2 fish = 7, etc..Many scholars believe Adam was first put on Earth around
4,000 BC.
(http://www.abiblestudy.com/part1.html) Because it is 2009, it's been approximately
6,000 years
from Adam and the 1,000 years of Jesus' rule and reign is right around the corner.
But, beloved, be not ignorant
of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand
years, and a thousand years as one day. 2 Peter 3:8
Come, and let us return unto
the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten,
and he will bind us up. After two days will he revive
us: in the third day he will raise us up,
and we shall live in his sight. Hosea 6:2
The Lord was here 2 days ago,
or 2,000 years ago--we can expect him to return any time now.
And he said unto them, Verily
I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here,
which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come
with power. And after six days
Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an
high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them. Mark
9:1,2
This is a type of the rapture
showing that after six days (6,000 years), the Lord took 3 of the 12
disciples (Firstfruits) "up" to a high mountain and was transfigured, similar
to our corrupt bodies
putting on incorruption in the twinkling of an eye. Any day now.
After 6 Days, On
The 7th Day: Marching Around Jericho
And ye shall compass the city,
all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt
thou do six days.
And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns:
and the seventh day ye shall compass
the city seven times,
and the priests shall blow with the
trumpets. And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the
ram's horn,
and when ye hear the sound of the
trumpet, all the people shall shout
with a great shout;
and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up
every man
straight before him. Joshua 6:3-5
Again, another type of and reference
to the rapture after six days or six thousand years.
But thou, O Daniel, shut up the
words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many
shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. Daniel 12:4
According to this passage, "the
time of the end" will be marked by travel and increased knowledge.
There has never been a greater change in both categories than our generation.
People literally went
from walking to flying in a matter of a few years compared to the previous 6,000
and technology is
exponentially increasing.
And this gospel of the kingdom
shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all
nations; and then shall the end come. Matthew 24:14
Because of the advent of newspaper,
radio, television, the Internet, phones, etc, the Gospel is more
easily preached to "all the world". The End is next.
Jesus Christ foretold the rebirth
of Israel in his famous prophecy of the "fig tree" budding that was
recorded in Matthew's Gospel:
Now learn a parable of the fig
tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye
know that summer is nigh: So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things,
know that it is
near, even at the doors. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass,
till all these
things be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not
pass away.
Matthew 24:32-35
No other ancient nation ever
ceased to exist for a period of centuries and then returned to take its
place on the stage of world history. Who hath heard such a thing?
Who hath seen such things?
Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born
at once? For as
soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children Isaiah 66:8
Israel was reborn in May 1948
and Jerusalem was recaptured in the Six Day war of 1967. The
generation that began in 1948 will see all scripture fulfilled.
Mark Biltz, pastor of El Shaddai
Ministries in Bonney Lake, Washington, says that a rare string of
eclipses in the year 2015 could signal the return of Jesus to the Earth. He
cites the prediction of four
consecutive total lunar eclipses on Nasa's website. He relates it to Jesus's
teaching on the Mt. of
Olives. The eclipses falling on the exact days of the Jewish feasts in 2015
is another big sign. Given
all the other signs, these eclipses should play a major role in the end times
scenario.
The king had a dream and Daniel
was called in to explain it. Interpretation,
You are the head of
gold. After you shall arise another kingdom inferior to you, and yet a third
kingdom of bronze,
which shall rule over all the earth. And there shall be a fourth kingdom, strong
as iron,
because iron breaks to pieces and shatters all things; and like iron which crushes,
it shall
break and crush all these. And as you saw the feet and toes partly of potter's
clay and partly
of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom; but some of the firmness of iron shall
be in it, just as
you saw iron mixed with the miry clay. And as the toes of the feet were partly
iron and partly
clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly brittle. As you saw the
iron mixed with
miry clay, so they will mix with one another in marriage, but they will not
hold together, just
as iron does not mix with clay.
History has proven Daniel's interpretation
of Nebuchadnezzar's dream to be accurate. As Daniel
prophesied, the empire which supplanted the king's head of gold was the Medo-Persian
kingdom
which was the breastplate of silver in the vision. The Babylonians were taken
over by Alexander the
Great of Greece, the loins of brass. Alexander's empire then fell to the Roman
Empire, which
eventually crumbled from within and divided into eastern and western empires,
the two legs of the
image. The image was a representation of this age as well, and we are down to
the base of the image
meaning the end.
Seventy weeks are determined
upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the
transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity,
and to
bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy,
and to anoint the
most Holy. Daniel 9:20
The 70 "weeks" or 490 years started
from the decree by Artixerxes Longimanus to rebuild Jerusalem
and the temple. It was stalled after 483 years when Messiah was "cut off" or
crucified around 33
AD. There are only 7 years left to fulfill the above scripture. The final 7
years is known as "The Time
of Jacob's Trouble" and should begin soon after the rapture. It also coincides
with the bridal week of
the church after the rapture.
The 7 major feasts of the Jewish
people are important with regard to God's plan for humanity. Jesus
has fulfilled the spring feasts with his birth, death, and resurrection. The
others will be fulfilled soon
with the rapture, Second Coming, and establishment of Jesus' kingdom on earth.
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. Additionally, the cornerstone
is ready to be laid,
vessels have been made, curtains stitched, and all other specifications set
forth in the Old Testament
are ready. After the rapture, the Jews will institute the daily sacrifice not
understanding that Jesus was
the final sacrifice needed to pay for man's sins.
For three and a half days, the
bodies of the 2 witnesses will be seen by people in all countries around
the world - an easy matter with modern television, and now the Internet. We
now have the
technology for this to be possible--before our generation, the whole world would
not be able to see
the witnesses in the street.
The momentum toward a cashless
society is undeniable. Transactions are becoming faster and more
efficient at an amazing pace. The Bible says that the Beast or Antichrist will
fool the elect of many
religions that he is God by doing miracles and promising peace. He will break
his peace agreement
and totally rule the world. He will force everyone to worship him and accept
a satanic mark on their
right hand or forehead in order to buy or sell (Rev 13). This will probably
be an embedded computer
chip. GPS systems are also readily available and would be important for tracking
people who have
the mark.
The Jews have been persecuted
throughout history and one of the reasons is "the mystery of
lawlessness" described in the Bible. The source isn't flesh and blood, but spiritual
forces behind the
flesh and blood--the curse of demonic possession and influence. God says he
will bless those who
bless Israel and curse those who come against it. Satan knows God has chosen
the Jewish people
and he does everything he can to kill, steal from, and destroy them. The focus
on Israel and
Jerusalem in the news is a constant sign--why would the Muslims spend so much
time and energy on
their "3rd Holiest Site" the Al Aqsa Mosque instead of Mecca? Looking at a map
of the middle east
is baffling--relatively small Israel is supposedly behind the repression of
Iran, Iraq, Palestine, Saudi
Arabia, Egypt, etc.? The situation is a tinder box waiting for a spark to explode.
A report from the U.S. State
Department details "an upsurge" across the world of Anti-Semitism --
hostility and discrimination toward Jewish people."Today, more than 60 years
after the Holocaust,
Anti-Semitism is not just a fact of history, it is a current event," the report
says.
(http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/14/anti-semitism/index.html). Many Jews who lived
through the
Holocaust are describing similarities of incidents between then and now.
The Left Behind series was the
best selling book series ever. There are numerous movies bringing
attention to end-times related prophecies from the Bible. Movies such as Armageddon,
End of Days,
Left Behind, Taken, Knowing, Devil's Advocate, Sixth Sense, The Day The Earth
Stood Still all
have spiritual and apocalyptic themes that plant seeds in the heads of the people
who see them. I'm
not saying these movies are not demonic or that they are accurate, I am saying
the timing of the
release of these movies may help some people come to the realization that Armageddon
is Biblical
and will happen as written.
Every weapon that has ever been
invented has been used. It is just a matter of time before nuclear
weapons are used against us. Biological and chemical warfare will sadly certainly
be used as well.
There have been 2 world wars in less than a hundred years and a 3rd would be
devastating. Einstein
said, "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World
War IV will be fought
with sticks and stones."
The Bible is a major sign itself.
66 books written by many different authors by the inspiration of God
over a long period of time, and not one mistake can be found. The more people
try to discredit it, the
more it is proved to be accurate. We can be sure the information and warnings
are valid.
Additionally, as a generation, we have countless examples of prophets warning
the people, and then
fulfillments of prophecy over time.
There have been millions of near
death accounts where the injured or dead "came out of their body"
in spirit form and heard the doctors talking or saw things they couldn't have
possibly known. This is
very similar to when Jesus "gave up the ghost" and backs up the whole idea of
a spirit in a body. The
Bible says that all things that were created, "whether visible or invisible"....The
spirit realm is
real--angels and demons surround us all.
And it shall come to pass in
the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh:
and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see
visions, and
your old men shall dream dreams. Acts 2:17
There have been many dreams and
visions through the church these days--Another sign Jesus is
coming very soon.
22. Pharmakia The Bible says people will be
hooked on pharmaceutical drugs in the last days. The Greek word for
pharmacy is pharmakia which means sorceries. The Bible says, "..and they repented
not of their
sorceries." Our society definitely fits that description. Dependent on pills
for well-being.
Can anyone deny witnessing true
evil in the attempted genocide of the Jews by Adolf Hitler? The
persecution of the Jewish people has been happening throughout history because
Satan does
everything he can to kill God's chosen people and the evil people he and his
demons work through
have no idea that they are pawns.
Thanks to the research of many,
the chance that life began and the world was formed by a "big bang"
randomly has been debunked. God's quote in the book of Job should be an eye-opener
as well:
Then the LORD answered Job out
of the whirlwind: "Who is this that darkens counsel by
words without knowledge? Gird up your loins like a man, I will question you,
and you shall
declare to me." Where were you when I laid the
foundation of the earth?
Tell me, if you
have understanding. Who determined its measurements--surely you know! Or who
stretched
the line upon it? On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone,
when the morning
stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? Job 38:1-7
Jesus fulfilled over 300 prophecies
regarding the Messiah. The chance that any one person can fulfill
just 8 of those prophecies is over a billion to one. The fact that he fulfilled
300 should leave no doubt.
Because of it, we can believe that all scripture is from God.
With the ability to analyze scripture
with computers for the first time using ELS, it is a mystery how
the Bible Codes have not made a bigger impact. There were 14 terms about World
War II encoded
in the Bible! The encoding of many other events, names, and places have been
discovered since then
as well--a definite sign.