Date 11/6/15
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Obama rules out Israeli-Palestinian peace deal before leaving office
Netanyahu heads to US to push for $50b. military aid package
369 House lawmakers urge Abbas to end incitement against Israel
Within one hour in West Bank: Car ramming attack and stabbing
Terrorist killed after attempting to stab IDF soldier at Gush Etzion
Junction
Majority of Israeli Jews back killing terrorists on the spot
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77% of world Jews feel secure in their countries, poll finds
Palestinian government shuts Arab newspaper over report on Israel
ties
Jordan's King Abdullah: Cameras will not be installed inside al-Aksa
Mosque
40-year-old mother of 7 indicted for spying for Al Aksa terror group
Sharm el-Sheikh flights shutdown triggered when British spies
uncovered Isil bomb plot after Russian air crash
Obama says 'possibility' of bomb on plane that crashed in Egypt
US lawmaker: All indicators point to Islamic State attack on Russian
plane
Russian plane crash: UK suspects bomb was placed in hold
Egypt minister says no evidence yet that bomb brought down Russian
plane
ISIS hands out candy to celebrate 'downing' of Russian plane
Russia says flew 81 sorties, hit 263 targets in Syria in last two days
Russia 'sent anti-aircraft missile systems to Syria' to back up air
campaign
NATO tests its capabilities - and wants Russia to take note
Report: Chemical weapons used by fighters in Syria
Lebanon: Arsal border town rocked by bomb
France to deploy largest warship in mission against IS
European Union: Three million more migrants could arrive by end of
2016
Migrant crisis: New footage shows refugee unrest at UK base in Cyprus
US deploys ground-attack A-10 planes to Turkey
Four charged in Ohio with aiding al-Qaida in Arabian Peninsula
Afghanistan to acquire attack helicopters from India to fight Taliban
insurgency
China, Vietnam agree to maintain peace in South China Sea
China, The Roaring 20's and The US Dollar has 5 More Years of
Pseudo Life
Will there be a government shutdown this December?
Share of First-Time Homebuyers Falls in U.S., Now at 28-Year Low
Details of Pacific Trade Pact Fuel Debate
Violence as anti-capitalist march hits London
US to call for tighter security at foreign airports
Creepier than Google Glass? A third eye in the middle of your head
Massive Solar Storm Halts Air Travel in Sweden
Studies Suggest Sun Triggers Massive Earthquakes
Strong 6.3 earthquake hits Russia's Kamchatka, no damage done
5.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Nikolski, Alaska
5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Coquimbo, Chile
5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Dili, East Timor
5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Yamada, Japan
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Ubinas volcano in Peru erupts to 25,000ft
Rinjani volcano in Indonesia erupts to 17,000ft
Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 20,000ft
Colima volcano in Mexico erupts to 17,000ft
Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
Sinabung volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
Sheveluch volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 14,000ft
Deep magma chambers seen beneath Mount St. Helens
Tropical Cyclone Megh to Follow in Footsteps of Chapala in the
Arabian Sea
Cyclone killed eight in southeastern Yemen: official
Exxon Mobil Investigated for Possible Climate Change Lies by New
York Attorney General
Colombia drought threatens one of world's top coffees
El Nino Rains May Increase Risk for Disease Outbreaks, Crop Loss in
East Africa
Life after Ebola: The survivors facing health problems and grief
46,471: Drug Overdoses Killed More Americans Than Car Crashes or
Guns
US Reform Jews adopt sweeping transgender rights policy
With The 'Transgender' Movement, Liberalism Has Finally Descended
Into Total Madness
Feds Give Chicago School 30 Days to Open Girls' Showers to Trans
Student
Japan same-sex couples recognised in two Tokyo districts
Michigan Women Central to US Gay Marriage Case Adopt Kids
Mormon Church Bars Children of Same-Sex Couples From Baptism,
Blessings
The great exorcism boom
Texas Court to Decide If Gov't Can Regulate Homeschool Curriculum
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Featured Article: The Third Pillar of Antichrist
Illogical Logic Applied to the Jewish Race and Israel
Ignoring Palestinian Responsibility
This week on 'The Hal Lindsey Report'
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The Third Pillar of Antichrist - Jack Kinsella www.omegaletter.com
I have always been leery of those Bible teachers who have a new 'revelation' - seeing something in Bible prophecy that they had never seen before.
I am also keenly aware of the dangers inherent in interpreting Bible prophecy
in light of current events. It is a good attitude to have, I think, but it does tend
to close one's mind to alternative explanations.
In that regard, what should rightly be accepted as interpretational can subtly
shift over from interpretation to doctrine. And interpretation and doctrine are
two entirely different animals.
'Doctrine' is defined as "a principle or position or the body of principles in a
branch of knowledge or system of belief."
'Interpretation' is defined as "a particular adaptation or version of a work,
method, or style."
Doctrine is iron-clad; a ballet teacher teaches the identical doctrine of classical
ballet to two students in the same class, but how they INTERPRET that
doctrine is what separates a Mikhail Barishnikov from a Rudolf Nureyev.
Doctrine is constant but interpretation changes with understanding.
"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the
holy is understanding." (Proverbs 9:10)
According to Bible prophecy, the reign of the antichrist rests on the existence
of three central pillars; a global government, a global religion and a global
economy.
The prophet Daniel identifies the antichrist as being of "the people of the
prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary." (Daniel 9:26)
History tells us the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple took place in AD
70 under the command of Titus, later Emperor Titus of Rome.
Hence the interpretation that the antichrist comes to power through some form
of a revived Roman Empire that serves as a de facto global government.
In this generation, the countries of the old Roman Empire united under the
banner of the European Union, uniting Europe as a single empire for the first
time since the fall of Rome.
The second pillar, that of a global economy, is necessary to fulfill John's
prophecy that he will have the ability to restrict persons from normal buying
and selling at the individual level.
Such economic control was never possible prior to this generation. If you
doubt it exists now, imagine if your Social Security number were deleted. You
couldn't work, open a bank account, get a loan, or make a major purchase.
Elimination of cash (a work already in progress) would completely exclude a
person from any economic participation.
Of the third pillar, the global religious system, the Bible reveals the following:
1) It will claim authority over Christianity. "And I beheld another beast coming
up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb. ."
The references to 'the lamb' are pretty much self-explanatory. It is a reference
to something 'like' Christianity, but a counterfeit. . . . "he spake as a dragon."
(Revelation 13:11)
2) It will share political power with the first beast. "And he exerciseth all the
power of the first beast before him."
3) Participation will be mandatory. "cause that as many as would not worship
the image of the beast should be killed." (Revelation 13:15)
4) The method employed by the false prophet's religious system as the
penalty for refusing conversion is decapitation.
"and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and
for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast." (Revelation
20:4)
For more than a thousand years, most interpreters saw the Church of Rome
and the papacy as the third pillar of the antichrist's platform.
The Vatican claims authority of Christianity and has always been as much
political as religious. But that is where the similarities stop.
600 years ago, the papacy tried to enforce conversion and sometimes
executed those who refused. The papacy also believed the world was flat 600
years ago.
It is safe to say when the Pope believes in a flat earth, the papacy will launch
another Grand Inquisition.
There is in existence another religion that fits John's description like a glove.
Islam claims to be the third revelation from God.
It claims its existence from Abraham, acknowledges the Divine inspiration of
the Bible, but claims that Abraham, Moses, and Jesus were all Muslim
prophets.
It is Islam's claim to be the third and final revelation from God from which
Islam derives its claim of authority over Christians and Jews.
Islam is not just a religion but is equally a political system carefully defined by
Sharia law and fulfilling points 1 and 2 much more perfectly than does the
modern Vatican.
Islam is the religion of the sword. The word itself means 'submission' and
Islamic law authorizes the death penalty for unbelievers, fulfilling point 3 as a
matter of existing religious doctrine -- not a new doctrine forced upon an
existing system by a mad pope.
And the penalty of choice for refusing to submit to Allah is decapitation,
fulfilling point 4.
None of this has to be developed and imposed upon Western religionists as
new religious doctrine by a new pope as previous interpretations required -- it
already exists. And it is already practiced by one-fifth of the human race.
As noted, Islam claims to be the well-spring of Judeo-Christianity, claiming
Islam predates both. Islam claims Allah is the same God worshipped by
Christians and Jews and that the Old and New Testaments were corrupted by
scribes.
Christians and Jews scoff at this claim, since the Koran's Allah bears no
resemblance to the God revealed in Scripture.
God is love. Salvation is a gift of grace through faith. As a matter of accepted
doctrine, it cannot be imposed by force.
Salvation through Allah comes through martyrdom in the jihad, after
conversion to Islam either voluntarily -- or by force.
Daniel provides another glimpse into the religion of antichrist. He says that he
will be an atheist, but that he will pretend to be religious in public.
"Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor
regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all."
Then Daniel gives a letter-perfect description of Islam -- as Islam describes
ITSELF.
"But IN HIS ESTATE shall he honour the GOD OF FORCES: and a god
WHOM HIS FATHERS KNEW NOT . . ." 'A god of forces, and a god his
fathers knew not' cannot be applied to the Roman Catholic Church or the
Papacy without the RCC formally renouncing Scripture, God and Jesus.
For 1600 years, interpreters looked to the Vatican and for 1600 years, the
argument seemed valid. Until the arrival of the generation to whom the
prophecy was written.
"And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are CLOSED UP AND SEAL
TILL THE TIME OF THE END. Many shall be purified, and made white, and
tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall
understand; BUT THE WISE SHALL UNDERSTAND." (Daniel 12:9-10)
Illogical Logic Applied to the Jewish Race and Israel By Dan Payne - http://www.raptureready.com/soap2/payne57.html
This article is addressed to anyone who does not believe in the promises
made by the God of the Bible to a people called the Jews and to a nation
called Israel.
This article is also addressed to all who believe in equal treatment by all
nations toward all nations as it relates to current world immigration policies.
The world is now witnessing tremendous chaos in the Middle East. Countries
like Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya, etc. are being torn apart by the jaws of
regional and civil war. Along with familiar antagonists like Iran and Russia, the
world's newest archenemy in human form-ISIS is roaming around the Middle
East like a pack of rabid hyenas devouring everything in their path.
You are most likely aware that multitudes of indigenous peoples from those
same ancient war-torn countries are being systematically forced to flee their
homelands in fear for their lives. A refugee crisis now exists in the Middle East
that only looks to be getting worse.
New UN figures suggest more than 700,000 refugees have crossed the
Mediterranean into Europe in 2015, dwarfing the number of arrivals during the
whole of last year in what has become the worst migration crisis since the end
of the Second World War. [1]
I recently viewed a very interesting animated graphic that shows the flow of
refugees toward Europe between 2012 and 2015 [2]. It uniquely exhibits the
incredible multitudes of people flowing from the south to the north.
A question for you: Do you believe that all of the countries that are now
receiving these multitudes of refugees from the war-torn Middle East should
welcome them with open arms?
Do you believe that wealthier nations have a moral obligation to show
kindness toward peoples from other nations who are in danger or
impoverished? Do you believe that other relatively safer nations such as the
Balkans and other wealthier nations like Germany, Austria, and Britain should
caringly receive immigrants from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya?
Do you believe that they should institute policies that will provide these same
refugees with food, shelter, healthcare and all the things necessary to be
integrated into their society?
What about America? Do you believe that Middle Eastern refugees should be
allowed to come to America? Should we hold our door wide open and
integrate the refugees fleeing war and famine into our society like the nations
of Europe?
Do you believe that immigrants should have access to the so-called "American
dream?" Do you believe that they should be afforded every opportunity to
achieve the American dream?
Is there any reason why their future generations can't someday run for political
office including even for president of the United States?
If you answered yes to most of those questions do you also happen to believe
in the Bible? Do you believe in the promises that God made toward Israel; that
they are eternal promises?
Do you believe the prophecies proclaiming many Jews will return to their
homeland after centuries of being scattered throughout the world are still valid
for today?
Actually, for the purposes of this article no belief in the Bible or the promises
made by the God of the Bible to the Jewish race is required. (There are of
course many people who do believe in the Bible but don't at the same time
believe that the promises made by God to the Jewish race are still valid.)
For those of you who don't believe in the Bible, have you ever contemplated
where the Jewish race actually came from? Here are a few ideas for the
origins of the Jewish race if indeed the biblical record of their genesis is false:
(These are only meant to be tongue-in-cheek as they are of course completely
false.)
Maybe the Jews were really an ancient group of disgruntled Samurai warriors
who came together to write their own religious text in order to lay claim to the
fertile land stretching between the shores of the eastern Mediterranean Sea
and the Jordan River.
Or perhaps the Jewish race is made up of a group of Romans who grew
dissatisfied with Cesar and decided to take over Palestine and rename it
Israel. Maybe they wrote a fairytale and decided to call it the Torah.
Or perhaps "Palestine" was invaded by a clan of Vikings who subsequently
integrated their own version of...well, never mind. Again, these outlandish
fabrications are meant to demonstrate the absurdity of claiming that the
Jewish race and the Bible are not deeply connected.
But even the fact that the Jews and the Bible are completely intertwined is not
relevant to the main point of this article.
Here is the main question: If the Jews are just like any other race of people
on earth; just like Arabs, Asians, Africans, Caucasians... and if their religion is
the same as any other world religion like Hindu, Islam, Catholic... and if the
Jews are just like any other group of people who identify themselves as a
unique people, group, or race then why aren't they allowed to be immigrants
into a land that is not their own?
Why aren't they allowed to be accepted into the government of another
country called Palestine and play a role in that society and achieve what we in
America call the "American dream?" Maybe you could call it the "Palestinian"
dream.
Were Jews not at one time fleeing parts of war-torn Europe for their lives in
past generations, just like the refugees fleeing parts of the war-torn Middle
East today?
Why aren't Jews allowed to participate in the "Palestinian" dream like all other
races are allowed to participate in the "dream" that the countries they are
immigrating to have to offer?
If indeed you do not believe in the Bible and the promises that God made to
the Jewish race then why treat the Jewish race any different than other
races?
Why put so much pressure on Israel to accept those who themselves were
and still are unwilling to accept the Jewish refugees from the Second World
War into Palestine? Why aren't Jews allowed to hold political offices in the
country that they immigrated into? Why aren't they free to exercise the powers
that go along with holding those political offices?
Do you disagree with the opinion of Republican presidential candidate Ben
Carson that a devout Muslim is not qualified to be president of the United
States? Do you then believe that anyone, including a Muslim should be
allowed to be president of the United States?
If a Muslim person of Arab descent is qualified to be president of the United
States then why can't an Orthodox person of Jewish descent be president of
Israel?
The point of this article is to expose the illogical logic that is applied to the
Jewish race, compared to the opposite logic that is applied to all other races of
the world.
In view of the current refugee crisis, and the actions and exhortations of most
world leaders in response to it, one would think that the same logic would
apply to Jews in Israel.
Currently, many world leaders are imploring countries that are concerned
about the strain that large numbers of refugees would have on their
perspective infrastructures to tough it up and open their borders anyway, all in
the name of "moral obligation."
Why not apply the same logic to the Jewish refugees of generations past who
fled war and genocide and whose children are now part of the fabric of the
land of Palestine?
For the record, the writer of this article absolutely and unequivocally believes
in the right of the Jewish people to "occupy" their own ancient homeland
called Israel (not Palestine) and the entirety of its rightful capital city called
Jerusalem. It has been their land for thousands of years and will continue to
be forevermore.
[1] Refugee crisis: The map that shows how Europe is becoming a fortress to
keep people out
[2] Astonishing Visualization of the Refugee Crisis
Ignoring Palestinian Responsibility - Alf Cengia http://www.omegaletter.com/articles/articles.asp?ArticleID=8143
In some ways, the persistent ignoring of Palestinian responsibility in the neverending crisis with Israel exhibits cult-like characteristics. My reasoning is
simple.
Most of the individuals and organizations involved in writing about the
Palestinian-Israeli conflict and organizing protests and conference events
should be informed with the true nature of the issues in the region. My
contention is that they are. Yet they invariably place most of the responsibility
for peace squarely on Israel's doorstep.
The nature of the conflict is misinterpreted by avoiding the fact that both
Palestinian leaderships oppress their citizens; that they misuse foreign aid for
personal benefit and to finance war against Israel. Digging tunnels into Israel
is a costly business.
The persecution and precarious status of non-Muslims and free-press
journalists under Palestinian leadership is routinely overlooked by these
commentators. The violent rhetoric against Israel is either ignored or excused,
as is the recent incitement for Palestinians to kill Jews by driving over them or
stabbing them with knives.
The recent willingness by certain members UNESCO to hand over the Wailing
Wall to the Palestinians indirectly placed every other Jewish and Christian
holy site in jeopardy. At best it echoed the fashionably insane appeasement
response to the violence-demand formula. At worst it was opportunistic
sabotage.
One could do a series of articles on the Temple Mount fiasco alone. Not only
have historical Jewish Temple artifacts been relegated to rubbish heaps and
Jewish history denied, but non-Islamic prayer on the Temple Mount is also
heavily policed. Are these examples of Palestinian tolerance?
Defenders of the Palestinian assert a neutral position. More often they are
either biased or misinformed. An example is Christian publisher Cameron
Strang's 2014 comments:
"To remain a democratic state that is Jewish in character and majority, Israelis
must find a way to acknowledge Palestinian demands for sovereignty in a
portion of the historic land of Israel. And in order for Palestinians to achieve
dignity and freedom, they must be either be allowed to create their own state
in a portion of historic Palestine or be given equal civil and political rights in
Israel."
This is a popular assessment of the conflict. And it's wrong.
When one listens to the Palestinian leaders' Islamist rhetoric and monitors the
attacks (current and past) on Israel; one doesn't foresee a future for Jews or
any other non-Muslims within the region. That's why Christians have been
leaving the area. In fact Israeli Arabs and Christians enjoy more civil liberties
in Israel than they do under Hamas or the Palestinian Authority.
In a desire to be an impartial peacemaker Mr. Strang talked about an alternate
world problem and applied an alternate world fix.
As CAMERA noted, his solution to the problem ignores on-ground reality. The
Palestinian leaders don't want peace with Israel - they want to remove it from
the region. Unfortunately, his Relevant Magazine claims an annual outreach of
over 1.35 million young adults.
The imaginary solution becomes a virtual reality to Strang's readership. Israel
is hyped as the key to the conflict. As a Christian publisher, Strang had a
responsibility to provide relevant information. He didn't, and he's not alone.
Lynne Hybels (wife of Pastor Bill Hybels) also claims to be impartial yet
supports what Dr. Paul Wilkinson has dubbed Christian Palestinianism.
According to Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein CP is a movement which "traffics in antiIsrael propaganda and historical misinformation." He's correct. Notably Hybels
and Gary Burge were guests at one of the virulently anti-Israel Christ at the
Checkpoint (CATC) conferences which are run by Christian Palestinianists.
Hybels was even named to President Obama's Faith Advisory Board in 2011.
The Obama Administration doesn't have an exemplary track record of
objectivity regarding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict either. Of course White
House policies aren't a function of Hybels input. We've noted in previous
columns that Mr. Obama sat in anti-Zionist Jeremiah Wright's church for 20
years. He surrounds himself with like-minded people.
Algemeiner notes that Obama officials insinuated Israeli responsibility in the
recent Palestinian attacks on Jews in five ways;
1) Condemning violence and incitement on both sides (when one side is the
aggressor)
2) Refusing to indentify the PA incitement to violence
3) Refusing to identify which side is inciting terrorism
4) Accusing Israel of using excessive force in dealing with the knife attacks
5) Partly rationalizing violence as the product of Jewish occupation of the
West Bank (an old favorite)
Elsewhere Algemeiner has also noted why the BBC - by its own admission cannot report Israeli history truthfully. Apparently the time required for factchecking is a scarce commodity. The BBC isn't the only medium with factchecking issues - ABC's Quantico TV show made a litany of factual errors
placing Israel in a bad light (hat tip Jim Fletcher). Quantico has over 11 million
weekly viewers!
What I find most troublesome are instances where the church claims to adopt
a peacemaking role, yet constantly absolves Palestinian culpability while
being patently anti-Jewish. In one example, CAMERA asks whether CATC
has a hidden agenda:
"The Kairos Palestine document asserts, among other things, that Jewish
sovereignty or self-determination is contrary to God's plan for humanity. The
document is so egregious that a resolution adopted by the Central Conference
of American Rabbis (CCAR) has declared it to be supersessionist and antiSemitic." (Emphasis mine)
Supersessionism (Replacement Theology) - the idea that the church has
replaced Israel - sometimes drives unbiblical attitudes towards modern
national Israel and the Jews. Often these people side with Israel's antagonists
as a knee jerk reaction to Christian Zionism and dispensationalism.
A particularly revealing example of this attitude is set out in a 2005 ELCA
article. The writer cites Bishop Younan and Rev. Naim Ateek making blanket
statements that Christian Zionism and premillennialism are heresies. The
ELCA has its own heresy issues. But that's another column.
In an article linked above, someone said that Lynne Hybels shouldn't be
condemned for believing that Israel isn't a fulfillment of biblical prophecy. I
agree to a point. However, contrary to Hybels, Younan and Ateek, the Bible
clearly states that God is not finished with Israel. In fact God seems to think
the matter important (See Zechariah chapter 8).
The Old Testament prophets portrayed a future time when unbelieving
national Israel would be subjected to severe tribulation prior to Christ's return
(Jeremiah 30:7; Hosea 5:15; Matt 23:39). Secular Israel is a present reality, as
are the growing portents of a Future Tribulation.
Anyone claiming to be a Christian (and especially those who aspire to teach
God's word) has a responsibility to understand what God has revealed and
faithfully disseminate it. This doesn't mean that Christian Zionists ought to
idolize national Israel. It is an imperfect nation (like its neighbors) which will be
subjected to God's divine plan of redemption.
Yet neither should we pander to Israel's enemies. The irony of doing so
means that one partakes of the very prophecies which one denies.
And you shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword among all
nations where the LORD will drive you. Deut 28:37
There are close parallels to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the European
refugee violence, the problem of Islamic terrorism and the purging of
Christianity in the Middle East. Israel's problem is also the world's problem.
By the way, let's not forget Genesis 12:2-3 and Genesis 27:29.
Isn't it time we paid attention?
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About the time of the end the biblical prophet Ezekiel tells of a future invasion
of Israel by a vast coalition of nations, known as the battle of Gog and Magog,
we find this in Ezekiel chapters 38 and 39. As we read the headlines in the
newspapers of today, and witness the conflicts in the Middle East, it's not hard
to imagine that this invasion prophesied over 2600 years ago, could be fulfilled
in the immediate future. Ezekiel 36-37 predicts a gathering of the Jews to the
nation of Israel, which will be followed by this massive invasion. For 19
centuries, the Jewish people were scattered throughout the world, and until
May 14, 1948, there was no nation of Israel to invade. With the nation of
Israel now a reality, the stage seems set for the war that will usher in the
tribulation and the rise of the Antichrist; a war that will end with the destruction
of Israel's enemies by God Himself, and lead to the signing of a peace treaty
with the Antichrist.
As you read Ezekiel 38 and 39, it isn't just the creation of the nation of Israel
that makes this prophecy seem likely to be fulfilled in the near future. The
nations that God tells us will form this coalition against Israel seem more likely
now than perhaps ever before to form just such an alliance." The leaders of
this coalition will be Russia and Iran, and currently both of these nations are
right on Israel's doorstep, under the pretense of battling ISIS in Syria. I believe
that there are a couple of unfulfilled prophecies that will lead-up to this
massive invasion of Israel, and as we read today's headlines, we find that the
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This week on 'The Hal Lindsey Report' - Hal Lindsey www.hallindsey.com
I have long reminded you that every step in the set-up for the last days
prophetic scenario will seem reasonable, even necessary, at the time. Nothing
will happen that will be preceded by the announcement that it is being done in
order to set the stage or prepare the apparatus for the Antichrist.
Here is an excellent case in point.
Any reasonably informed person realizes that Europe, and the U.S.A. to a
lesser extent, is in the midst of an unprecedented refugee crisis. With the
dramatic developments in the Middle East - the Syrian civil war, the explosion
of ISIS and other terrorist armies, the entrance of Russia into Syria, among
other things - millions of Middle Easterners and North Africans have been
displaced.
And hundreds of thousands of them are streaming into Europe seeking
protection. Many are also taking advantage of the crises to find a place on
some of the European countries' generous welfare roles. Some are headed
there to become agitators or, even worse, ISIS or al-Qaeda sleeper agents.
It is beginning to wreak havoc in many of the European nations whose
economies are already repressed or depressed. And the incredible influx of
Muslims into these non-Muslim societies threatens to completely destroy their
European and/or Christian characters.
As a result of these pressures, and in a desperate attempt to exercise some
control of the situation, the United Nations, the World Bank, and the European
Union are introducing programs to "identify" each of the incoming refugees or
migrants.
They want to know who is entering their countries and have some way to keep
track of their movements. That sounds reasonable, even wise. Many of the
European business concerns look upon the influx of Muslims as a source of
cheap labor. But many of the governments understand that this new body of
residents will have a volatile effect on their societies. And some of them may
pose actual, physical threats to other citizens or the governments themselves.
So the emphasis now is upon establishing the identity of each refugee or
migrant. And not just with government "papers," which can be easily forged or
stolen or lost in the mad dash of the refugees to escape approaching danger.
Their "identification" needs to be unique, secure, and unchanging. So it must
be established through "biometrics."
"Biometrics" are certain measurable physical traits unique to each individual.
They include things like fingerprints, palm prints, the shape of the ear and
other facial features. Biometrics include the configuration of the iris in the
eyeball or 3-D modeling of the blood vessels in the hands and fingers. Each of
the "identifiers" can be used with tremendous accuracy and many of them in
almost real time. What's more is that they cannot be forged or duplicated.
They are unmistakably unique to each person.
The World Bank has gotten in on the action by starting a program to provide
"identification" to more than 2 billion of the world's population that have no
official ID. In fact, the World Bank is calling "official identification... more than
the convenience; it is a fundamental human right." And who wouldn't want to
have their "human right?"
But the funny thing about refugee crises is that you never know when one is
going to occur. So it's foolish to wait until the crisis happens, then scramble to
make certain everyone who is fleeing has an "identity." The logical thing would
be to make certain that EVERYONE has their biometric identity on record
BEFORE the crisis occurs.
Of course, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see where all of this is headed:
universal biometric identification. So the world's authorities can be ready to
handle the next refugee or humanitarian crisis.
That means that the authorities need to prepare by assembling a biometric
data dossier on every human being on the planet.
Now, none of these agencies or organizations is going to announce that they
are doing this to set up the apparatus the Antichrist will need to control the
planet when he ascends to power. They probably don't realize it themselves.
But like Caesar Augustus in the days of Jesus Christ, world leaders know that
to get everyone under their control, and to be able to tax everyone, you need
a detailed census.
And today's authorities can do what Caesar could not even imagine. With
biometrics, they can create the census, then electronically and immediately
keep tabs on every individual... in the world.
And it is all being driven by the fear of terrorism. Which sounds quite rational,
even wise.
One more interesting thing about "biometrics." Almost everything on the list of
biometric identifiers is on or near the face or the hand. The Bible says the
"mark of the beast" itself will be on the face (forehead) with some and on the
hand with other.
It's beginning to sound a lot more "prophetic," isn't it?
Something else that is definitely "last days prophetic scenario" stuff is the
dramatic increase of "lawlessness" in our world. Both individual and
institutional.
It is impossible to watch TV or read the paper without being almost
overwhelmed by the evil that is flooding our world. From our kids in school to
our highest government figures, the flouting of the laws of the land and the
norms of society is commonplace. So much so that we are becoming
desensitized to it. We've grown to accept it and many opportunists are
encouraging and exploiting it.
Jesus said that in the last days "...lawlessness will abound." (Matthew 24:12)
And, boy, is it abounding exponentially!
This all means just one thing. It's time to get ready, folks. It cannot be too long,
now, before Jesus stands up and calls to His true followers, "Come up here!"
Are you ready to go? Do you have the kind of faith that is going to keep you
steadfast in these final days.
On this week's program, I'm going to share with you some secrets about how
you can have that kind of faith. The kind of faith that Moses had when he
chose the rewards of heaven over the the passing pleasures of sin.
Don't miss this week's Report on TBN, Daystar, CPM Network, various local
stations, www.hallindsey.com or www.hischannel.com .
The Reality of Evil - By Hal Lindsey - http://www.hallindsey.com/ww11-5-2015/
A 2011 article in Slate Magazine written by Ron Rosenbaum asked, "Is evil
over? Has science finally driven a stake through its dark heart?... Yes,
according to many neuroscientists, who are emerging as the new high priests
of the secrets of the psyche."
In the last few years, countless scholarly articles and books posit the view that
the human will is an illusion. They see men and women as machines - able to
do only what their genetic and environmental programming tells them to
do. Remove moral choice from the equation, and humans would not have the
capacity for evil. They would simply act and respond according to set laws.
We all recognize that we would be different if we had different parents, or
grew up in another culture. Many things influence us. But these people are
talking about more than influence. They're talking about a complete inability to
make choices. To them, the murderer does not decide to kill. He just follows
his programming. They see the child molester as merely doing what nature
and nurture have programmed him to do.
Since this is fast becoming the prevailing view at universities, we can expect it
to spread through society. What happens when parents, schools, and
government see human beings as machines without choice? How could you
punish anyone? What are the consequences of a "no consequence" society?
And what happens when people see themselves as helpless puppets unable
to choose? What would the world look like if people ceased to take
responsibility for their actions, or hold one another accountable? "It wasn't my
choice. It was my programming."
Satan's job would be all but over. People would give in to every temptation
believing they have no choice in the matter, and therefore no culpability for
any of their actions. You would also have people being thrown into reeducation camps meant to "fix" their programming. A few elites would take it
on themselves to determine right and wrong for everyone.
In 21st century America, we're already glimpsing a society that ignores
personal responsibility, and spends its time trying to reprogram its citizens. It
doesn't look good.
The Bible teaches that human beings make moral choices. Every biblical
command, every admonishment from God, is a divine acknowledgment of
human choice. "You shall have no other gods before Me," [Exodus 20:3
NASB] is a command to choose God over idols. You have the privilege of
deciding, but also the responsibility.
Without an understanding of the reality of evil, the world falls into chaos. ISIS
makes a perfect example. On August 13th, the New York Times ran an article
entitled, "ISIS Enshrines a Theology of Rape" by Rukmini Callimachi. Even
with all the horrible things we've heard about ISIS, his report should shock the
conscience of the world.
In the moments before he raped the 12-year-old girl, the Islamic State fighter
took the time to explain that what he was about to do was not a sin. Because
the preteen girl practiced a religion other than Islam, the Quran not only gave
him the right to rape her - it condoned and encouraged it.
He bound her hands and gagged her. Then he knelt beside the bed and
prostrated himself in prayer before getting on top of her. When it was over, he
knelt to pray again, bookending the rape with acts of religious devotion.
"I kept telling him it hurts - please stop," said the girl, whose body is so small
an adult could circle her waist with two hands. "He told me that according to
Islam he is allowed to rape an unbeliever. He said that by raping me, he is
drawing closer to God."
What happened to this 12-year-old is happening to thousands of young girls
across that region. If evil does not exist, if humans only follow their
programming, then no one can blame the rapist. His crime would cease to be
criminal. He could say he was merely acting out his programming.
But God sees the inner workings of every heart. Jeremiah 17:10 says, "I, the
Lord, search the heart." [NASB] Jesus said, "I am He who searches the
minds and hearts." [Revelation 2:23 NASB] He sees the choice as it's being
made.
In the hardest heart, an innate sense of right and wrong still exists. Even after
a man's conscience has been bound, gagged, and shut in a closet, the man
still knows it's there, and what it would say if it could. That's why the jihadist
defended himself to the girl he was about to rape. He knew he was wrong,
but his interpretation of the Quran gave him an excuse. His religious belief
freed his wicked nature from the usual constraints of societal norms and
human punishment. But the Quran did not make the choice. He did.
The Times article said, "The practice (of rape) has become an established
recruiting tool to lure men from deeply conservative Muslim societies."
That, friends, is evil - rape as a "recruiting tool." Join ISIS and rape little
girls. It shocks and appalls us to hear such things. Why? Because we know
that these are the actions of men, and not machines. A man has a choice,
and these men have chosen evil.
The worst thing about evil is that we're all infected. Most societies have
safeguards in place to restrain people from evil's worst manifestations. But we
all do evil things. We are bent that way from birth, and have only one
hope. Of all history's philosophers and kings, only Jesus tells His followers,
"You must be born again," [John 3:7 NASB] and then performs the miracle
Himself.
The Bible teaches that we are born physically alive but spiritually dead. It's
only when we are miraculously born spiritually that we can communicate with
the true GOD and come to know Him. The first thing we learn is that we now
stand before a Holy GOD and are responsible to Him. We grow in that
knowledge and in His love and forgiving Grace that is based on Jesus' shed
blood for our sins.
It is best summed up by this verse of Scripture, "Therefore, if anyone is in
Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things
have become new." [2 Corinthians 5:17 NKJV] We grow spiritually in this as
we grow in Christ. He will discipline us, but He will not disown us. As Jesus
promised through the Apostle Paul, "For I am confident of this very thing, that
He who has began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ
Jesus." [Philippians 1:6 NKJV]
Daily Jot: Prophecy, The Assyrian, antichrist, Gog,
Beast - Bill Wilson - www.dailyjot.com
As we eye the coalition of forces gathered and battling in Syria, many are
pointing to end time prophecy, and rightly so. Christ said in Matthew 24:5-8,
"For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive
many. And you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that you be not
troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For
nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall
be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in various places. All these are
the beginning of sorrows." While we may not be quite in the beginning of
sorrows, there is deception, wars, rumors of wars. We are seeing signs of
those things that must come to pass.
Again, I direct your attention to Christ's words when he was asked by his
disciples about the sign of his coming and the end of the world. He began to
answer in Matthew 24:4 with "Take heed that no man deceive you." Then he
explained what would happen during the times leading up to the end, and in
the end. His account is precisely in alignment with the prophets of the Old
Testament, the Apostle Paul, and the Revelation of John. We know that God
is not the author of confusion. But there is great confusion among men about
the end times. Some believe all prophecy has been fulfilled, others believe
they are establishing the Kingdom on earth, still others believe much prophecy
is yet to be fulfilled.
End time prophecy is full of foreshadowing, partial fulfillments and precursors.
Throughout history, there has been rise and fall of those who were types of
the end time apocalyptic figure--what Christians call the "antichrist," what Holy
Scripture calls the "beast" or, more specifically, the "Assyrian." This antichrist
figure is alluded to as the Assyrian in Isaiah 10:5,10:24,14:25, 19:23, 30:31,
31:8, Micah 5:5-6, and Hosea 11:5. Ezekiel refers to him as Gog, chief Prince
of Magog. The Lord speaks of the Assyrian or Gog in Ezekiel 38:17, "Art you
he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel,
which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring ye against
them?"
If you are watching events unfold and are curious as to their prophetic
implications, be encouraged. Study the prophets. Understand that they all tell
a consistent story and it is true and, quite frankly, clear. Where the confusion
comes in is man's interpretation, self-made doctrines, suppositions, if-then
statements and so on. And much of prophecy is misunderstood because the
teachers of the teachers didn't make it a priority. Bible prophecy is not
something that you can just skim over and think you have it. It takes a lot of
study, a lot of effort, and an understanding that we may not have all the pieces
until they are revealed. One thing for certain, every day brings us closer to
how these prophecies will specifically play out.
Daily Devotion: The Perspective of Eternity - Greg Laurie www.harvest.org
So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. -Psalm
90:12
Have you ever wasted your time? Let me restate the question: Do you have a
television or a smartphone?
There are so many television channels now. Yet I've sat with a remote control
in hand and hardly found a single thing worth watching. I've also found myself
wasting a lot of time. And now we have smartphones, which people can't
seem to stop looking at. They look at them while they're driving. They look at
them while they're standing in line. They look at them while they're walking
down a crowded street. Everyone is sidetracked with this current technology,
and I wonder how much time we waste.
It isn't good to waste time, but it's much worse to waste a life. In Matthew 26
we find the story of a woman who was accused of great waste. Interestingly,
this accusation was made by a man whose life actually was a complete waste.
I'm convinced that when we get to Heaven, we'll see things much differently. I
think some things that we will have thought of as good during our lives on this
earth may not be perceived as good in the same way. We think that good
obviously means excellent health and having a lot of money. We think good
means having a very successful career or ministry. I am not saying these
things are bad. But maybe they won't be as good as we once thought they
were.
On the other hand, we may think of any kind of a setback, sickness, or failure
in life as a horrible thing. But I think that when we get to Heaven, we will
realize that some of those setbacks and failures actually produced more
spiritual fruit in our lives than the so-called good things. Things are not always
as they appear.
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