THE MARCH TO ARMAGEDDON

THE MARCH TO ARMAGEDDON

                For a couple of months now I have been writing pastoral letters rather than direct prophecy studies. We live in a time when so much is happening to fulfill Bible prophecy, that we can scarcely take it all in let alone cover it. It is so much easier to cover events when one or two major things are happening rather than a thousand little things.

                The flow of human history is punctuated by major events that wake people up, followed by mundane events that put everyone back to sleep. Unfortunately it is during those mundane periods when the devil is laying his foundations for the next major event. But people only wake up so many times before they decide that it is better to stay asleep. Why get all worked up by big events when mundane times are just around the corner?

                The times we are in right now are not mundane by any means. Our problem is that everything in the Bible looks like it happens in a week’s time. So when certain events take weeks, months or years to develop, our attention spans begin to fray and we settle back into our comfort zone.

                I came across this sermon by Seven Spirits International this morning. I think it is a couple of years old, but it reminded me of certain trends that are taking place in the world that would be terrifying if we fully understood them. Major portions of the body of Christ are falling away. They are signing agreements with the Pope for a one world religion. They are literally creating the platform upon which the antichrist will rule the world.

                And this is not the only concern. The world’s finances are coming on line and Pope Francis is not promoting the RFID chip for every Christian. IN politics, the nations of the world are preparing for war on almost every front and especially in the Middle East. We are rapidly slouching towards Armageddon.

                There are many things we know about the antichrist’s final global government but 3 things stand out.

1.       It will be religious in nature because it will enforce a global religion upon all people. Dan 7:25, Rev 13:7, 8.

2.       It will be political in nature because it will rule over the kings of the earth and it will wage war with all non-compliant nations and peoples. Rev. ch. 17

3.       It will be financial in nature and it will use its coming global currency to control the buying and selling of all peoples and nations. Rev 13:17

                So as we see this worldwide push toward globalism in the political realm… when we see the religions of the world signing unity pacts with the Pope of Rome and when we see a rapid move toward a cashless society and complete electronic control of our currencies, anyone who has a pulse can see that we are well on our way to fulfilled Bible Prophecy.

                Daniel 7:23-24 says: “The fourth beast shall be a fourth kingdom on earth which shall be different from all the other kingdoms, and SHALL DEVOUR THE WHOLE EARTH, trample it and break it into pieces. The ten horns are ten kings who shall arise from this kingdom and another shall rise after them; HE shall be different from the first ones and shall subdue three kings.

                WE have seen partial fulfillments of these prophecies throughout the church age, but most of them were birth pangs. They were repeating cycles of events that play over and over again in history. But here in these last days, there will be a final application of these events as the global government is formed, the global religion is formed and global money is instituted that will make the final application of these prophecies a living reality. This time it will bring us to the final conflict, the final showdown leading up to the second coming of Christ.

                When did the deadly wound take place? Was it in the past or is it in the future? WE can look ab the fall of the Roman Empire and say that this was a deadly would. But that wound has been gradually healing as papal Rome rise on the world stage. The pope today wields more power and has more money than most people can even imagine. The armies of the world, especially NATO fight for Rome as it rules from behind the scenes. The antichrist may actually be Islamic, but it is the false prophet that will give him his seat and great authority.

                It is interesting that Pope Francis makes most of his moves on Jewish Moeds… God’s appointed feasts.  Everything that the papal religious system has done since it ripped away from its Jewish roots and founded the church upon paganism has been in imitation of the truth. Pagan Sabbaths, pagan holidays, the pagan calendar and pagan laws have replaced God’s established times and laws and then as a final coup de grace, they brought in replacement theology so that the church feels they have replaced the Jews. And while we are grafted in to the Jewish family tree through our Jewish Messiah Yeshua, we did not replace them, but rather joined them.

                When the times of the Gentiles have come to an end, then God will take up the mandates of Daniel 9:24-27 and He will yet fulfill them through His people in order to bring this whole mess to an end.

                The books of Daniel and Revelation have many end time themes, but one of them is that of revealing Jesus as His role as Savior and High Priest, turns to His role as Judge and coming King. This transition will bring great turmoil upon the earth because Satan is going to fight it tooth and nail and he is going to try and kill anyone off that stands with the Messiah.

                Just when Jesus will yank His faithful out of here I do not know, but I do firmly believe that it will be done before the wrath of God is poured out upon those who have rebelled against Him.

                There is great danger in thinking that we fully understand every detail of the last days. The bible is absolutely true and accurate, but our interpretations are often guided by preconceived ideas and misconceptions. This is why the last days involve more than having the right charts and graphs. We must above all things have the kind of relationship with Yeshua that will make us faithful to Him no matter what may come our way.

                I don’t claim to have it all down by any means, but I can certainly see the trends in the world that are either moving people into the camp of the saints or the camp of the enemy. To me it is heartbreaking to see large swaths of the Charismatic, the Evangelical and even eh Pentecostal movements falling for Satan’s ecumenical movement.

                I am convinced that Satan’s greatest attach on the church today has been that of getting them to pull away from a serious study of Bible prophecy. What happens is that he gets a few people here and there to predict the day and hour of Christ’s coming so that when it doesn’t come to pass, people get burned and they back away. The study of Bible prophecy falls into ill repute and those who watch for signs of His coming become as tinfoil hat wearing conspiracy theorists. Can you see what Satan has done?

                And now, huge portions of the church, flying deaf, dumb and blind, are going after the very things that the Bible warns against. There are many Christians today that can’t even see that we are in the end times. They no longer know the Biblical descriptions of this rising global government or the technologies that are making it possible. We live at a time like no other in history. My grandparents went to town in horse and buggy.

                I graduated high school in 1966 before cell phones, before computers, before CDs and DVDs and the internet. If we wanted to call home we had to stop and put a dime in a pay phone. Jet air travel was new and TVs and cameras were still in only black and white.

                Sometimes it feels like Bible prophecy is slow in coming, but we really do have to look at the big picture. Science is just now catching up with Bible prophecy. Virtually none of the end time prophetic events could have taken place without today’s technology. And yet certain prophetic themes, in spite of the changing times, remain true and on course. The Bible from beginning to end is a grand conspiracy. It is a contest and a war between Christ and Satan, between good and evil that is just now coming to its final head in our day. From this kind of perspective, the last movements in this world have been breathtakingly rapid.

                Let’s just realize that Christ’s goal is to reign on the throne of David and Satan is in a mad dash to beat Him to it. That is why Jerusalem is a cup of trembling… why they are trying to divide it and even why the third temple will be built. The abomination of desolation spoken of in Daniel, reiterated by Jesus and listed as a sign in 2 Thess. 2:1-4 where Paul said:

                “Now we request you brethren with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him that you may not be quickly shaken from your composure or be disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god, displaying himself as being God.”

                So, whenever the rapture may come, it will not come until there is a great apostasy or falling away and the man of sin (The Antichrist) is revealed. This spoils man’s doctrine of imminence because at least these two events must take place before Christ’s return.

                But look at what is happening right before our eyes. The three main religions of the world are joining with the other religions of the world to form a global religion under Pope Francis. So not tell me something: Will this global unity, or will it not make way for the antichrist to come and rule over the religions and the nations of this world? Yes it absolutely will. So we are seeing this rapidly coming together in our day. We are seeing the great falling away that will usher in the antichrist. We don’t need a doctrine of imminence. His coming is very close and our job now is to remain faithful to Yeshua and to His Word. We, the Remnant are identified as those who keep the commandments of God and who hold to the Testimony of Jesus and that testimony of Jesus. Rev. 12: 17 and 14:12 and the testimony of Jesus is identified as the Spirit of Prophecy. Rev. 19:10 And the Spirit of Prophecy is the Holy Spirit who knows the end from the beginning. Jesus is the Aleph and the Tav, the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. He is worth of our trust, our faith and our worship. Hear ye Him.