Oh, my Gog! - Hal Lindsey

Oh, my Gog!

WorldNetDaily Exclusive: Hal Lindsey sees biblical significance in Russia's re-conquering of neighbors

Ezekiel predicted this alignment of nations could only take place after Israel was restored to its place among the nations of the world. And so it unfolds. So, if that isn't the point, what is? It's simple. Who told Ezekiel?

Because the same One that told Ezekiel the future also extends you an offer of pardon, if you are ready to believe that He is and allow Him into your heart as your Lord and Savior.

I pray that you decide well. Time is not on your side.

By Hal Lindsey - WorldNetDaily.com - August 22, 2008

The Unholy Trinity

We have viewed God's final judgment of this created earth, the fallen angels, and the wicked multitudes from the heavenly advantage. Every aspect of this coming judgment is directed out of the seven-sealed book under the direction of the Lamb that was slain. Now, this period will be watched from the earthly advantage. We will actually see Satan fall to the earth and witness the rise of the Antichrist and the false prophet. The horrors of all of this will be clear and unmistakable. This earth is about to experience its final catastrophic upheaval. I'm sure God, the great Creator, will use every power of nature and will also allow Satan and his horde to express their venom. But all that occurs will be under His sovereign design, and the ultimate result will be redemption of this earth that has been wrought by the death and sacrifice of His Son. ...

by Joseph R. Chambers - RaptureReady.com - Aug. 20, 2008

Libya, Russia, Georgia - Ezekiel 38:5?

As US Looks to Improve Ties, Libya Positions Itself in Russia’s Corner

(CNSNews.com) – At a time when the U.S. is moving towards full normalization of relations with Libya, Muammar Gaddafi’s son has made it clear that the North African nation is looking to Russia as its strategic partner.

In a little-noticed interview with Russia’s Kommersant business daily, Seif al-Islam Gaddafi said Moscow’s resurgence, demonstrated by this month’s military incursion into Georgia, was a positive development for the Arab world. ...

By Patrick Goodenough, International Editor - CNSNews.com - August 19, 2008

Sobering Lessons From Georgia Disaster

Russia and Georgia agreed to a cease fire on August 12th. Yet at this hour, Russian forces continue to seize more Georgian territory.

...A Russian attack on a democratic ally can happen fast, and almost without warning. This has prophetic implications, when you think about the prophecies of Ezekiel 38-39 and a "last days" war by Russia, Iran and a Mideast alliance against Israel. ...

By Joel C. Rosenberg - Bible Prophecy Today blog - August 15, 2008

Iran Developing EMP Weapon

New testimony before the House Armed Services Committee has raised fresh concerns about the possibility of an EMP attack on the United States. Experts say that recent missile tests by Iran, in which it detonated warheads at high altitudes, may be part of the development of an electromagnetic pulse (or EMP) weapon. Dr. William Graham, who heads up the committee to assess the threat of an EMP attack on the United States, testified before congress last week that such a scenario is the only plausible explanation for Iran's activities. Furthermore, Graham testified that Iranian military journals, translated by the CIA, "explicitly discuss a nuclear EMP attack that would gravely harm the United States." ...

By Chuck Missler - Bible Prophecy Today blog - Aug. 14, 2008

Russia to the World: Forget About It!

Although I haven't commented at length concerning the Russia-Georgia conflict, it is clear that we are witnessing one of the key end times players beginning to openly reveal its true colors.

While there seems to be no doubt that Georgia initiated the conflict itself, Russia's response has been dramatically overpowering - to the extent I believe we can now safely assume that, in spite of Moscow's promise it was going to begin a ceasefire, military actions are still being carried out against Georgia by the Russian military. ...

By Michael G. Mickey - Bible Prophecy Today blog - Aug. 14, 2008

The Magog Identity

Russia's invasion of Georgia has caused a uproar in the international community and further strained Russia's diplomatic relationship with the West. These events could help pave the way for the famed battle prophesied in Ezekiel 38 and 39. It is during this battle, that God will directly intercede to protect Israel from Magog and its allies:

"And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him…And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horse-men, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords…(Ezekiel 38:1-4)." ...

By Chuck Missler - Bible Prophecy Today blog - Aug. 14, 2008

Israel and Bible Prophecy Today

Israel is truly God’s timepiece of history and prophecy. God’s overall prophetic program, be it for Israel, the Church or the Gentile nations, works its way out directly or indirectly through the Jewish people. Too often believers have attempted to see where they are in God’s prophetic program based upon how world events affect their particular country. But the true determination as to where we are in history is based upon how world events affect Jewish history and the Jewish people. Thus, when world-shaking events take place, the criteria for their relation to Bible prophecy is not how they affect the Church nor any particular Gentile nation, no matter how great and powerful, but how they are affecting Jewish history and the people of Israel.

Bible Prophecy Today blog - Aug. 13, 2008

Conflict Between Georgia and Russia

I cannot say that Vladimir Putin is the Gog of Ezekiel 38:2, but I can say that he is a perfect prototype of the one who will lead Russia and a coalition of Arab and Islamic nations, against the Jewish state of Israel.

Ezekiel's prophecy is coming into better focus each and every day, and the conflict between Russia and Georgia is indeed evidence that Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

By Jimmy DeYoung - Bible Prophecy Today - Aug. 11, 2008

Why Date-Setting the Rapture is Wrong - video

Date setting usually has a negative impact upon many people's interest and their perception of the study of Bible prophecy. Critics of the rapture and prophecy will use these abuses to justify to many their opposition to our beliefs. Sadly others who might have otherwise been interested in learning more about the subject may be frightened away by these extreme applications.

Our calling as church age believers is faithful waiting for our Beloved Bridegroom to catch us up into the clouds and take us to His Father's house. What a glad reunion with our Savior we will have. I don't know about you, but I can't wait to see Jesus. This is why I am eagerly awaiting His any-moment return at every moment. Maranatha!

By Thomas Ice - Bible Prophecy Today - Aug. 11, 2008

Will The Rapture Be Pre-Trib? with Dave Hunt - TheBereanCall.org

YouTube video (6:36)

Russia, Israel and War

Is anyone out there still hesitant to describe Vladmir Putin as a dangerous, destabilizing Czar who is an enemy, not a friend, of the West? When Epicenter was first published in September 2006, some thought I was overstating Putin's threat to the free world. If anything, I was understating it. The last 96 hours have made that quite clear, has it not?

By Joel C. Rosenberg - Bible Prophecy Today - Aug. 11, 2008

Date-setting is dangerous, but...

2012-2015 and the Second Coming

Could the end of the Mayan calendar, dated for December 21, 2012, be the perfect vehicle for anti-Christ to accomplish just this? I believe it very well could.

Claiming that ancient civilizations predicted his messianic kingdom by purposely ending their calendars at the predetermined time, would certainly cause many to take notice. Then follow it up by producing a calendar dedicated to his worship and all the while wiping from the memory of the masses, the timeline humanity has used for over 2,000 years - The timeline of Christ.

Get ready. The sands of time are running low and Christian, we’re about to take a ride!

By Mark A. Becker - ChristianWorldviewNetwork.com - Aug. 4, 2008

[This blog advises strongest caution in predicting when Jesus will return. Remember Matthew 24, 32-36 - "Now from the fig tree learn this parable. When its branch has now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is near. Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away, until all these things are accomplished. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only."]

Mediterranean Union - leading to The Tribulation?

"MEDITERRANEAN UNION" IS BORN: Intriguing, Disturbing, and Prophetic

Skeptics and cynics abound as to what will really come of all this. But as I have written about before, it is worth noting that Bible prophecies indicate that in the last days the world will witness the resurrection of the Roman Empire. The Scriptures tell us that eventually a global dictator who will come to be known to the world as the "Antichrist" will be a European leader of Roman origin. I have absolutely no idea who that person will be, but that is not the point. The point is that sixty years ago, Europe was the most war-torn, economically ravaged and politically divided continent on the planet. ...MORE

By Joel Rosenberg - Bible Prophecy Today - July 14, 2008

[This, along with current economic and Mid-East upheavals, plus ever increasing moral decadence around the world, lead this blogger to believe the world is on the brink of hell on earth. - ed.]

Nation's Spies: Climate Change Could Spark War

Environmental groups have been warning for years that global climate change could make already-tense parts of the world even worse, and even spark whole new conflicts. Now, the nation's spies are saying pretty much the same thing.

The U.S. intelligence community has finished up its classified assessment of how our changing weather patterns could contribute to "political instability around the world, the collapse of governments and the creation of terrorist safe havens," Inside Defense reports. Congress was briefed on the report last week. ...MORE

from BlackListedNews.com - June 23, 2008

[Please reference Matthew 24:7 - "One tribe will fight against another tribe. And one country will fight against another country. The people will have no food to eat. Many people will be sick. The earth will shake in many different places." - Jesus Christ speaking of the future in the Olivet Discourse

and

Revelation 6:5-6 - "When the Lamb opened the third lock, I heard the third living being call, `Come!' I looked and saw a black horse. The man who rode on it had scales in his hand to weigh things. I heard a voice among the four living beings. It said, `Four cups of wheat for bread will sell for a day's wages. Twelve cups of barley will sell for a day's wages. But do not destroy the oil and the wine.'" This is the third horseman of the Apocalypse, concerning worldwide famines to come. - ed.]

NY Fed chief urges global bank framework

Read this story from the Financial Times of London and decide if you think this is Bible prophecy coming alive, as described in Matthew 24, and the Books of Daniel, Ezekiel, and the Revelation. This blog contends the subject matter of this article constitutes a major sign of the end times. Article information: By James Politi in Washington and Gillian Tett in London - Published: June 8 2008 23:32

Your comments are invited. - ed.

The RAPTURE - a Shocking Video

If you are NOT a Christian, we respectfully suggest you DO NOT watch this if you are about to go to bed.


from GodTube.com (2:07)

Signs point to a 2015 Return of Jesus

...can studying NASA's website provide evidence for such a scenario? A minister who promotes the Old Testament roots of Christianity suggests a rare string of lunar and solar eclipses said to fall on God's annual holy days seven years from now could herald what's come to be known as the "Second Coming" of Jesus. "God wants us to look at the biblical calendar," says Mark Biltz, pastor of El Shaddai Ministries in Bonney Lake, Wash. "The reason we need to be watching is [because] He will signal His appearance. But we have to know what to be watching as well. So we need to be watching the biblical holidays." ...more

End Times Prophecy News - May, 2008

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[This blog does NOT endorse 'date setting' in any way. - ed.]

What Prospect for a Better Future

But without such leadership a nation will fail. This is why I do not believe America will be a factor in the End Times, but is that nation described as “Babylon” in Revelation. We have a failure of leadership in America, and none on the horizon possessed with the kind of wisdom that would deliver us from the path of destruction we are now on. ...more

by Samuel Heath - The Weedpatch Gazette - TehachapiNews.com - California

Is The Bible The World’s Only Prophetic Book?

I’ve recently received several emails in which people have expressed a belief that the fulfilled prophecies of the Bible are not exclusive – that other books have exhibited the same power to prophesy the future. This idea is advanced in such a way as to undercut the divine authority of the bible by categorizing its impeccable track record of fulfilled prophecy as something less than the astounding miracle it is.

Since humans can’t even predict the weekend weather with great accuracy, the issuance of detailed prophecies years in advance of their ultimate fulfillment is, and should be, viewed by most people as a sign of supernatural origin.

Almost every religious system devised by man has its own set of prophets who claim divine knowledge of God’s will. Despite the fact that few of these religious systems provide evidence of their supernatural origin by foretelling specific future events, the world experiences no shortage of religious adherents willing to claim they do. ...more

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When Will Jesus Christ Return?

Projecting A Fairly Realistic Date For The Second Coming of Jesus Christ

Okay, I admit that this table is a bit frivolous, nobody can know the exact time for the second coming of Jesus Christ but that does not mean we will not have any clue at all. I certainly am not setting a specific date for Jesus to return in this projection. All I am really doing is giving some statistical observations and giving my best guesstimate for those who wish to ask me when I think the Lord will return. ...more

By Don Koenig - bible-prophecy-today.blogspot.com