November 11, 2014
Last week, I kicked off a six-week series
which, upon its completion, will cover six specific topics relating to the prophesies
of these days we are living in. .. I felt it necessary to stretch it out over
an extended time due to the vast array of prophesied events that are now taking
place, and will continue to increase as we draw ever nearer to our Lord's
triumphant & glorious return. ... The six specific topics I decided to
share with you are ... Israel, the Signs
of Nature, the Signs of Society, Spiritual Signs, the Signs of World Politics
& the Signs of Technology. ... Last week, we opened up with Israel ... now
this week ......
*The Signs of Nature ......
In Matthew 24, Mark 13 & Luke 21, Jesus
Himself prophesied about the coming world 'conditions' that would dominate the
days just prior to His Second Coming. .. He said in Luke 21:11, "And there will be great earthquakes in
various places, and famines and pestilences;
and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven." ...
He then went on to say that these 'conditions' would be like 'Birth Pains.'
which simply means that as we draw nearer to His return, all these things would
continue to multiply in both frequency and intensity. .. (see Matthew 24:8) ...
First, let's look at the definition of
'Pestilence' ..... Webster's Dictionary says this .. 1) a deadly epidemic
disease; plague 2) anything regarded as
harmful .....
Before I get started, let me say this. ..
This category of signs has always been the least respected of all, even among
believers. .. Just the mention of them usually receives responses like ...
'Come on, what else is new? .. There has always been earthquakes and tornadoes
and diseases since the beginning of time!' .. Now while this is true, they have
NEVER been like they are now! .. That is exactly what Jesus implied when He
mentioned 'Birth Pains' in His prophecies.... They are increasing, and will
continue to do so until the Trumpet blows .... The Apostle Peter also warned us
of the naysayers in the end times ... "Knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days,
walking according to their own lusts, 4) and saying, 'Where is the promise of
His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were
from the beginning of creation.' "
(2 Peter 3:3-4) ... Think there's
scoffers around today? .....
OK, let's get going. .. I've broken this
subject down to just a few categories so as to keep it somewhat sane in length.
... The first one is ....
*Weather .. ..... I'll go back just four
years to give you just a quick glimpse ...
-2010 -- Reuters said .. "This was the year the earth struck
back" ... 'Earthquakes, heat waves, floods, volcanoes, super typhoons,
blizzards, landslides and droughts killed at least a quarter million people,
the deadliest year in a generation.' ... A FEMA rep said this .. 'It just
seemed like it was back-to-back and it came in waves. The term '100-year event' really lost its
meaning this year.' ...
-2011 -- Associated Press said .. "Disasters in US: An extreme and exhausting year" ...
'Nature is pummeling the US this year with extremes. Unprecedented triple-digit heat and
devastating drought. Deadly tornadoes
leveling towns. Massive rivers
overflowing. A billion-dollar blizzard. If what is falling from the sky isn't enough,
the ground shook in places that normally seem stable; Colorado and the entire
East Coast.'
-2012 -- Associated Press said, "Something is frighteningly wrong with
the weather" ... Hottest year on record in US ... Record snowfall and rain
... Hurricane Sandy, largest known in history ... Super Typhoon Bofa killed
2000 and left nearly a million homeless ... and on & on ...
-2013 -- World Net Daily said,
"Another Apocalyptic Weather Year" ... Largest & most
damaging tornado outbreak in history in US ... Central Europe flooding hits
all-time record ... Record monsoon flooding, 23 inches in one day, villages
washed away ... Worst US fire season in history ... and on & on ...
-2014 -- We are still in it, but already we have seen record
temperatures in both extremes, high & low ... The year started out with a
Polar Vortex that totally froze two-thirds of the nation ... and as of this
writing, Super Typhoon Nuri, which stuck japan just a few days ago is now
creating the largest vortex on record in the Arctic, and is right now beginning
its descent upon Canada and the US. ... Weather experts are expecting many,
many records to fall before it is over ....
*Earthquakes & Volcanoes ..... A known
fact .. Earthquakes of a magnitude 6 or more have quadrupled in the last two
decades. .. What was normal before that was maybe one or two 6+ quakes in a
month. .. Now we get at least that almost every single week! ... A few examples
...
-2004 - 9.1 off Indonesia coast created a Tsunami that killed 230,000
people in a dozen countries ...
-2005 - 7.6 killed 80,000 in NW Pakistan & Kashmir ...
-2008 - 7.9 in China killed 87,000 ...
-2010 - 7.0 hit Haiti's capital and surrounding cities, killing 314,000
people ,,,
-2011 - 9.0 off NE Japan's coast killed 19,000 and created a Tsunami
that triggered the Fukushima
radiation disaster ...
As for Volcanoes, they have increased
5-fold in the past decade, with two super volcanoes showing signs of life ...
Yellowstone & Bardarbunga (Iceland) ...
*Drought ..... Brad MacDonald said this
.... "Historic, unrelenting drought is slowly, painfully, tightening its
grip on the U.S.. Many people are feeling the effects - but too few realize how
desperate the situation really is. But
have you contemplated what this epic event means, not just for America, but for
the world? .. To people in wealthier nations, drought simply means hot weather,
parched lawns and plants, and perhaps a higher-than-normal electric bill. A lack of rain is an annoyance. It's like an itch, uncomfortable and
irritating, but easily mitigated. Few
consider drought to be catastrophic, even fatal. ... But severe, prolonged
drought, the kind that seems to be confronting America, is catastrophic - as
catastrophic as financial and political meltdown, or mass social unrest and
violence, or even large-scale war that kills tens of thousands. In fact, under the right conditions, a lack
of rain can actually cause all these things."
We know for a fact that many places in the
world are seeing increasingly devastating drought conditions right now ...
South America .. India .. areas of China ... and here at home, just look at
California. ... The whole state is now considered to be in an 'extreme' drought
condition! ... Most don't realize it, but California is the world's 7th-largest
economy and produces much of the world's food supply. ... Its drought alone
will affect millions upon millions of people!
*Famine ..... A Spanish proverb says this
... "Civilization and anarchy are only seven meals apart."
The following is a vision from an anonymous
source ... "I'm standing on a vast plain, looking to the horizon. It begins to blur; a bloom of dust rises up. Billowing with particles of dry, earthen
debris, a dust cloud sweeps across the land in great rolling waves. It is coming toward me. I begin to see something inside it: a vague
figure. Flecks of dust land on my
eyelashes. Suddenly the figure explodes
out of the cloud - a black horse carrying a skeletal rider holding a pair of
scales. I turn to flee, but I'm
overrun. The cloud covers me in dry,
choking blackness. I see, and feel, only
a dark tempest.
"The cloud gradually becomes lighter,
and I can see light from the sun again.
I can gradually discern the landscape around me again. But what I see is terrifying. The trees are stripped bare of their
leaves. There is no grass. The water in the streams and watering holes
are sand., fringed with the dry bones of animals. The lushness of the farmland has been
completely denuded. There are people
here - only a few. But there is a
commotion among them. They are fighting
over what seems to be a small loaf of bread.
I begin to feel hungry."
"And when he had opened the third
seal, I heard the third beast say, 'Come
and see.' And I beheld, and lo a black
horse; and he that sat on him had a pair
of balances in his hand. And I heard a
voice in the midst of the four beasts say, 'A measure of wheat for a penny, and
see that thou hurt not the oil and the wine.' "
(Revelation 6:5-6) ...
Poor harvests, breakdowns in food
production and distribution, dwindling supplies, economic collapse that shuts
down commerce and the free flow of necessary commodities - all these
conditions, and the woes that follow, are prophesied to besiege our world! ...
Prophecy says so!
*Disease ... Headlines like this seem the
norm nowadays ... "Antibiotic-resistance threatens global plague"
... Because this is getting long, I'll be
brief here ... Already just this year, we have seen the H1N1 virus sweep the
country last January ... a 'nightmare' bacteria strike Illinois in February ...
H7N9 struck China and other areas ... MERS ... Enterovirus ...
antibiotic-resistant MRSA 'super-bug hit US hospitals ... and of course, the
Ebola issue going on right now with fears of it evolving into a pandemic ....
*Signs in the sun, moon and stars (Luke
21:25) ... In August of 2011, NOAA predicted severe 'solar storm' possibilities
for the coming decade. ... Since that time, we have seen many X-class flares
being emitted from the sun's surface. .. Fortunately, none have hit us, so far
anyway. ... 2012 saw the closest 'near miss' .. scientists say that if that
flare would have been a direct hit, it would have shut down most all
communications and power grids on the earth, which basically is saying that it
would be 'over' for civilization as we know it! ....
Also, to add to this mix, we are now in the
midst of a 'Blood Moon' cycle. ... This, of course, relates directly to the
sun, moon and earth cycles, or eclipses in a certain sequence, which, from
looking at past history as it relates to Israel and Jewish holidays, has had
severe consequences. ... At the same time, we are also in a 7-year 'Shemitah'
cycle which also relates to certain Jewish holidays. ... The 'Shemitah cycle
has, according to the research of Jonathon Cahn, a Messianic Jewish Rabbi, has
caused severe economic consequences for the US and beyond. ... So what does it
have to do with the sun, moon and stars? .. It is all part of the 'cycle' of
time, which relates directly to the patterns of the cosmos. ... We also know
that worldwide economic chaos could trigger the event that causes society as we
know it to fall, making room for the coming world government and its leader,
the anti-christ. ... Soon we will see how it all plays out. ......
OK ... I've gone too long already, but you
can't even imagine what I've eliminated just to get to where we are right now
... Thanks in advance for your patience .....
I will close with this .... "One
doesn't have to listen too hard to hear the distant hoofbeats if attuned to the
issues and events of our time in a biblically prophetic way. The Horsemen of the Apocalypse outlined in
Revelation chapter 6 are mounted. The
world can't yet see them upon looking across the terrain littered with the
hills and valleys of everyday life. But
the spiritual ear can hear them rumbling beyond the immediacy of these quickly
waning days of the age." (Terry -
Rapture Ready)
I can hear the hoofbeats and they are
getting louder by the moment! ... It is time for all of us to 'get our houses
in order' .. to attend to the business that needs to be done before the trumpet
blows. ... I am praying earnestly for each of you to 'tune your ears in' and
listen. ... You, too will hear the hoofbeats! ... IT IS TIME!
Until next time,
Red