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"You are good at reading the weather signs of the skies - red sky tonight means fair weather tomorrow; red sky in the morning means foul weather al day - but you can't read the obvious signs of the times!" - JESUS, Matt. 16:2,3 Our Lord spoke these words to the Pharisees of His day who demanded signs from Him to prove that He was indeed the messiah they were waiting for. They should have known better; but they were spiritually blind and could not recognize their long awaited Messiah, even though He was under their noses and the signs were apparent. Let us not be as the Pharisees of Jesus' day, but as the "wise virgins" Jesus spoke of (Matt. 25:1-13). They represent those members of the Body of Christ who are spiritually alert and are in preparation for the return of the Bride Groom who will come and gather His Beloved. It seems incomprehensible to many professing Christians, even many clergymen, that these could very well be the days which will witness the return of Christ. It is obvious that those who do not desire His return, that those who do not actually believe in His literal Return, will not believe in the obvious signs either. But for those who are as the Wise Virgins the indicators of His soon return are obvious. This most important topic deserves much attention and this short article cannot do justice, but nevertheless, I want to bring a small portion of some outstanding signs to your attention. Yes, Jesus did say that "no one knows the day nor the hour" of His return, but by the same token, many signs were given by Him so that the children of God would not be in darkness and ignorance of the general times of the Return. Please read Matthew chapter 24 as a good background to this topic. In addition to unprecedented numbers and frequencies of natural disasters to take place which our Lord compared to the birth pangs of a woman in labor, He warned of great wickedness and spiritual deception. The second letter of St. Paul to Timothy, chapter three, also gives a graphic description of end-time morality. If you were to ask me, "Fr. Yeghia, specifically where do you think we are in the chronology of the end time events?" I would answer that we are in the later part of the birth pangs. This is not to be confused with the Great Tribulation which will see the rise of the great and terrible world ruler, the one world government and the horrific judgments described in the Book of Revelation, which will culminate with the actual physical return of Jesus Christ. I believe that the disasters of the present time and in the near future, both man-made and natural, will produce the great panic and conditions and mindset for the people of the world to accept globalism (the New World Order). It is then that the sovereignty of nations will be destroyed, the predicted world ruler emerge, and the cashless society as predicted, will emerge. But I believe at this present time, we are in the preparatory stages of those final years. The following are just a few examples of what I describe as the "Birthing" stage of the end times:
HURRICANE KATRINA DESTROYS NEW ORLEANS DAYS BEFORE
"SOUTHERN DECADENCE" Pastor Storms video taped some of the disgusting activities of the 2004 Southern Decadence event and presented it to the City Council of New Orleans. After the entire city council, including Mayor Ray Nagin, viewed the perverted sex acts and unspeakable filth filmed by Pastor Storms, they responded by unanimously passing an ordinance sponsored by councilwoman Jacqueline Clarkson to silence Pastor Storms; they prohibited him from using any kind of sound amplification while preaching. The Mayor's office also cited the beneficial economic impact that the Southern Decadence event has on the city by bringing in 150,000,000 on Labor Day weekend. Furthermore, Mayor Nagin issued an official proclamation to welcome all Southern Decadence visitors to the city. As the sodomites began to gather in anticipation of their upcoming event, Pastor Storms and 300 Christians rallied in the streets and declared that New Orleans had become another Sodom and Gomorrah and warned of the wrath of God soon to come. They were laughed at, mocked, and heckled, and soon Almighty God took over. Shortly, Mayor Nagin and the city council would be screaming for help. They had silenced Pastor Grant Storms, but God Almighty sent another kind of storm; one that will never be forgotten. NOTE: There are many cities just as guilty as New Orleans, but I believe the devastation which occurred is God's warning to this nation, and indeed, to the entire world, that His cup of wrath against sin is overflowing. SAN FRANCISCO - Despite sweltering morning heat, leather-clad minions mixed with fully nude street revelers as an estimated 400,000 homosexuals flocked to Folsom Street on Sunday for the 22nd annual Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco. Dominants and submissives came from all over the globe, including London, Paris, Canada, New Zealand and Australia to experience the "granddaddy of leather" extravaganzas.
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HATE BILL COULD BE APPROVED ANY MINUTE!!
5,000 sleeping Al-Qaeda terrorists plan to set off nuclear bombs in New York, Washington, Miami, Chicago, Las Vegas, Houston, and Los Angeles to kill millions of Americans according to Paul L. Williams, PhD, writing in his book titled The Al-Qaeda Connection. This book will be available this fall. Williams served as a consultant for the FBI, editor and publisher of the Metro, and an adjunct professor of Humanities at the University of Scranton. The following information was taken from computers of captured terrorists. They came into the United States through Mexico. Williams stated that 80% of all the Mosques in the United States are terrorized which means they are used to train terrorists. The massive earthquake on December 26th, 2004, should have been a wake-up call to the entire world. Monitoring equipment has now revealed that the killer earthquake and subsequent tsunami left the seabed under the Pacific rumpled like a carpet. This 9.3 magnitude earthquake was picked up on sound monitors, and those who hear the recording continue to be unnerved by the sound that was given off. The earth began to hiss, and as intensity continued to build, the hiss became a rumbling crescendo and resulted in a massive boom. (Melbourne MX News, February 10, 2005, Melbourne, Australia.) The Bible tells us everything that can be shaken will be shaken. Jesus warned, "The earth will shake and break apart in different places. THESE THINGS ARE THE BEGINNING OF SORROWS AND PAINS." - Matt. 24:7,8 On May 6th, the Associated Press reported that the Yellowstone Caldera has been upgraded to a high threat level for volcanic eruption according to a report from the U.S. Geological Survey. When the Yellowstone volcano finally erupts, it is expected to cover half of the United States with volcanic ash. We know that another great sign of the end of this present world is the increasingly large number of earthquakes as the earth groans and travails as a woman in travail. Scientists have now reported that a little known fault line runs under the city of Los Angeles and into its suburbs, and if it shifts it will likely kill at least 18,000 people. It is called the Puente Hills Fault and is expected to cause a magnitude 7 earthquake in that heavily populated area. (Reuters News Service, May 31, 2005, Los Angeles, CA.) Many other strange things are happening in every part of our crumbling globe. Strange energy blasts have been hitting the Southern Hemisphere, and volcanoes are exploding in Australia, Nicaragua, and numerous other places. Freak weather is striking many areas as meteorologists are watching our global weather systems shatter. Icebergs continue to melt rapidly near the Arctic Circle as Arctic water warms and permafrost moistens. Scientists are also watching a growing bulge in the earth that covers one hundred square miles in eastern Oregon. It is believed that a new volcano is forming. Scientists are also reporting that the earth's core is rotating faster than the earth's surface. This is causing waveform doublets when earthquakes take place helping to cause multiple quakes elsewhere in the world. Thus, we have earthquakes in "divers places" as Jesus said.
Our
Savior also warned us that there would signs in the sun, moon and stars.
Recently our sun has been especially active with unprecedented massive
solar flares leaving the sun with off-the-chart sized coronal mass
ejections that become larger than the sun itself. There has now been a
shift from area 808 on the sun, which will line up these coronal mass
ejections to more readily hit our earth. Strangely enough, the solar
wind caused by this activity is moving toward the earth at a speed of
precisely 666 kilometers per second. This was reported by the Solar
Heliospheric Observatory. May God help us all to be ready for the glad
day of His appearing. There are so many other signs of the end times
which I will mention in future newsletters. Some of others are: • The groundwork being laid in the area of international politics, which will bring about final conflict among nations known as the Battle of Armageddon. • The coming great spiritual deception in the world and apostasy in the Church which will form the new world religion of the Antichrist and new world order. It is most interesting that in the parable of the Wise Virgins, that Christ says, "As the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept." (Matt. 25:5). Many were waiting for Jesus to return in the year 2,000. There seemed something very special and foreboding about the beginning of the new millennium. Many thought that civilization would end with man made and natural disasters. Certain supposed Christians thought they would be caught up to heaven by Christ on New Years Day. But none of that happened, because the "bridegroom was delayed". Many lost their faith and others mocked the idea that Jesus Christ will return. However, the "foolish maidens" are those who claim to be Christians, but are not practicing their faith and they are not fulfilling their God-given duties until the Bridegroom returns. THEY WILL BE LEFT BEHIND when He comes. Let us be counted among the wise, and be ready to meet our Lord and our Salvation. Copyright © Renewal In Christ Mission. All Rights Reserved. |