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Dr. Carl Sanders Was An Engineer On The First Implantable RFID Microchip
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Big Pharma And Microsoft Are Teaming Up In Something Called The ‘ID2020 Alliance’ That Will Combine Vaccinations With Implantable Microchips To Create Your Digital ID
The ID2020 Alliance, as it’s being called, is a digital identity program that aims to “leverage immunization” as a means of inserting tiny microchips into people’s bodies. In collaboration with the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations, also known as GAVI, the government of Bangladesh and various other “partners in government, academia, and humanitarian relief,” the ID2020 Alliance hopes to usher in this mark of the beast as a way to keep tabs on every human being living on Earth.
For years we’ve been watching as Microsoft founder Bill Gates, now retired from the company he founded, use his billions to give ‘free vaccinations‘ to people in third world countries. Now Bill has become a founding partner in another company, this one is called the ID2020 Alliance, and its goal is to give every human being on Earth a digital id. How do they plan on accomplishing this feat? By combining mandatory vaccinations with implantable microchips. Genius, isn’t it? And coming soon to a theater near you, as the saying goes.
“And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.” Revelation 13:16-18 (KJV)
So now you know what Bill Gates and his wife Melinda were really doing over the past 10 years, travelling to third word countries and giving ‘free vaccinations’ to the poor, downtrodden natives. Those ‘free vaccinations‘ was research and a live testing lab to conduct the necessary experiments required to form ID2020. And as you will see today, this unholy hybrid of vaccinations and implantable microchips is already happening in Bangladesh, soon it will be Boston. A page on the Gates Foundation website says that Bill and Melinda have so far invested over $2.5 billion dollars to this project, with no end in sight. Can the man who put the world behind a personal computer now put a vaccination microchip digital ID into the global population? Bill Gates is absolutely positive he can, and indeed is well on his way to achieving that goal.
“Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:3,4 (KJV)
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Dr. Carl Sanders Was An Engineer On The First Implantable RFID Microchip
Carl Sanders was a personal friend of mine, and appeared on our radio show many times. He gave me permission to post this information, please share it. READ MORE:
“Carl Sanders sat in seventeen New World Order meetings with heads-of-state officials such as Henry Kissinger and Bob Gates of the C.I.A. to discuss plans on how to bring about this one-world system. The government commissioned Carl Sanders to design a microchip for identifying and controlling the peoples of the world—a microchip that could be inserted under the skin with a hypodermic needle(a quick, convenient method that would be gradually accepted by society). Carl Sanders, with a team of engineers behind him, with U.S. grant monies supplied by tax dollars, took on this project and designed a microchip that is powered by a lithium battery, rechargeable through the temperature changes in our skin. Without the knowledge of the Bible(Brother Sanders was not a Christian at the time), these engineers spent one-and-a-half-million dollars doing research on the best and most convenient place to have the microchip inserted. Guess what? These researchers found that the forehead and the back of the hand(the two places Revelation says the mark will go) are not just the most convenient places, but are also the only viable places for rapid, consistent temperature changes in the skin to recharge the lithium battery. The microchip is approximately seven millimeters in length, .75 millimeters in diameter, about the size of a grain of rice. It is capable of storing pages upon pages of information about you. All your general history, work history, crime record, health history, and financial data can be stored on this chip. Brother Sanders believes that this microchip, which he regretfully helped design, is the “mark” spoken about in Revelation 13:16–18. The original Greek word for “mark” is “charagma,” which means a “scratch or etching.” It is also interesting to note that the number 666 is actually a word in the original Greek. The word is “chi xi stigma,” with the last part, “stigma,” also meaning “to stick or prick.””
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SpaceX’s Starlink Broadband Service Will Begin in 2020: Report
By Tariq Malik October 24, 2019
The U.S. Air Force is already testing it in military planesA view of SpaceX’s first 60 Starlink satellites in orbit, still attached and awaiting deployment, after their launch on May 23, 2019.(Image: © SpaceX)
SpaceX, the private spaceflight company known for reusable rockets and a giant, shiny Starship, will begin offering its own satellite internet service in 2020, according to SpaceNews. In fact, the U.S. Air Force is already testing it in planes.
To build the service, SpaceX will have to launch up to eight Falcon 9 rockets filled with the company’s Starlink satellites, SpaceX President and Chief Operating Officer Gwynne Shotwell told SpaceNews and other reporters this week at the 70th International Astronautical Congress in Washington.
“We’ll continue to upgrade the network until mid to late next year,” SpaceNews’ Jeff Foust quoted Shotwell as saying during a media roundtable on Tuesday (Oct. 22). “We’re hoping for 24 launches by the end of the year.
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https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-satellite-internet-service-2020.html?fbclid=IwAR01aRbPc2HwQBTewSEB90ZllcKc_4XB0FZXEsdbIsrGpgBBQSsK-WQ6blI
https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-satellite-internet-service-2020.html
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IMPLANTABLE DIGITAL ID VACCINATION SYSTEM IN DEVELOPMENT, YIKES?
Oct 29, 2019 · 2 min read
Would you agree to have a microchip implanted into your body? That’s the question that Microsoft and a group of pharmaceutical companies are asking.
Microsoft is spearheading an initiative called “ID2020,” a program aimed at giving every human on the planet a digital ID, like a fingerprint, in order to keep everyone connected.
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Our Manifesto | ID2020
We believe the ability to prove one’s identity is a fundamental and universal human right. ID2020 Alliance partners jointly define functional requirements, influencing the course of technical innovation and providing a route to technical interoperability, and therefore trust and recognition. We humbly recognize that this is no easy task, but we see urgency as a moral imperative. This is why we have set ambitious targets and why we hold ourselves to account.
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Tesla Model 3 Owners Are Taking The RFID Microchip From Their Key Cards And Implanting Into Their Arms In Mark Of The Beast Warm Up Act
Amie DD is a software engineer and self-described “maker of things.” In a video, she explained that she had implanted an RFID tag in her arm years ago, which she had used to open her home’s front door and to send a smartphone’s browser to her personal website. When she preordered her Model 3, she realized that she could probably do something similar with the keycard. She didn’t have any luck transferring the software to her existing chip, so she decided to extract the card’s chip and implant that into her arm.
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“What
is the mark of the beast?”
The main passage in the Bible that mentions the “mark of the beast” is Revelation 13:15-18. Other references can be found in Revelation 14:9, 11, 15:2, 16:2, 19:20, and 20:4. This mark acts as a seal for the followers of Antichrist and the false prophet (the spokesperson for the Antichrist). The false prophet (the second beast) is the one who causes people to take this mark. The mark is literally placed in the hand or forehead and is not simply a card someone carries.
The recent breakthroughs in medical
implant chip and RFID technologies have increased interest in the mark of the beast spoken of in Revelation
chapter 13. It is possible that the technology we are seeing today represents
the beginning stages of what may eventually be used as the mark of the beast.
It is important to realize that a medical implant chip is not the mark of the
beast. The mark of the beast will be something given only to those who worship
the Antichrist. Having a medical or financial microchip inserted into your
right hand or forehead is not the mark of the beast. The mark of the beast will
be an end-times identification required by the Antichrist in order to buy or
sell, and it will be given only to those who worship the Antichrist.
Many good expositors of Revelation
differ widely as to the exact nature of the mark of the beast. Besides the
implanted chip view, other speculations include an ID card, a microchip, a
barcode that is tattooed into the skin, or simply a mark that identifies
someone as being faithful to the Antichrist’s kingdom. This last view requires
the least speculation, since it does not add any more information to what the
Bible gives us. In other words, any of these things are possible, but at the
same time they are all speculations. We should not spend a lot of time
speculating on the precise details.
The meaning of 666 is a mystery as well. Some speculated that there was a connection to June 6, 2006—06/06/06. However, in Revelation chapter 13, the number 666 identifies a person, not a date. Revelation 13:18 tells us, “This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is man’s number. His number is 666.” Somehow, the number 666 will identify the Antichrist. For centuries Bible interpreters have been trying to identify certain individuals with 666. Nothing is conclusive. That is why Revelation 13:18 says the number requires wisdom. When the Antichrist is revealed (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4), it will be clear who he is and how the number 666 identifies him.
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“Is it possible for a person to
be saved/forgiven after taking the mark of the beast?”
The
mark
of the beast is a mark that will be placed on a
person’s forehead or right hand in the end times as a sign of allegiance to the
Antichrist (Revelation
13:15–18). Further, no one will be allowed to engage in
commerce without the mark (Revelation
13:17). It appears that some form of worship of the
Antichrist is associated with receiving the mark (Revelation
14:9;
16:2), and those who refuse
to worship the image of the beast will be killed (Revelation
13:15).
The
question then arises as to whether a person who has received the mark of the
beast can be forgiven. The answer to this question seems to be “no.” Revelation
14:10–11, describing the fate of someone who takes the mark
of the beast, declares, “He also will drink the wine of God’s wrath, poured
full strength into the cup of his anger, and he will be tormented with fire and
sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And
the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and they have no rest, day
or night, these worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the
mark of its name.”
The eternal destiny of those who take the mark of the beast is the lake of fire. Why is taking the mark of the beast a damnable sin against God? Why would God condemn a person to hell for taking the mark of the beast? It would appear that taking the mark of the beast will be a blasphemous act of willful defiance against God. Receiving the mark of the beast is essentially worshipping Satan. Those who take the mark have made the choice to serve Satan rather than obey God and receive Christ as Savior. When people make that decision during the tribulation, God will grant their request to be eternally separated from Him.
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“Is it possible for a person to get the mark of the beast today?”
The mark of the
beast is some kind of seal that followers of the Antichrist will take in
allegiance to him. The prophecy of Revelation
13:16–17 says that the image of the beast
“forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive
a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, so that they could not buy
or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number
of its name.”
We don’t know what this mark will look like. A while ago,
some thought it was a stamp or tattoo of the number 666. More recently,
people thought it might be a bar code. Now a popular speculation is that the
mark of the beast will be an implanted microchip that allows people to access
their digital currency. But we honestly have no way of knowing what form the
mark of the beast will take.
Some people fear that they have already taken the mark of
the beast. They may have blasphemed God at some point or made some impulsive statement
of allegiance to the Antichrist. They may worry about the chip in their credit
card. Others have been told that their act of worshiping the Lord on Sunday
instead of the Sabbath constitutes accepting the mark of the beast. There is
one significant reason why it is impossible to get the mark of the beast now:
The mark of the beast does not exist yet.
A literal reading of Revelation and other end-times prophecy
in the Bible shows that there is a schedule for the end-times events. Daniel
prophesied of seventy
weeks (seventy sets of seven years) that mark the time of God’s interaction
with Israel. Sixty-nine of those weeks have passed since Daniel’s writing. The
final week will be what we call the tribulation, which is
when the Antichrist,
or the beast, will rise to power. This ruler will join together ten nations (Daniel
7:24–25; Revelation 17:7) and make a deceptive treaty with Israel (Daniel 9).
The mark of the beast cannot exist until the beast himself is in power during
the tribulation.
Another reason believers in Jesus Christ should not fear
getting the mark of the beast now is the rapture of the
church. In the rapture, Jesus will take all believers, living and dead, from
the earth (1 Thessalonians 4:13–18; 1 Corinthians 15:50–54). Although people will still come to know Christ
after the rapture, all those who trust Jesus before the rapture will be taken
to be with the Lord. According to pretribulationism,
believers who live in the church age will never have an opportunity to receive
the mark of the beast.
So, there is nothing anyone can do today to get, take, or
receive the mark of the beast. Implanted chips, bar codes, tattoos,
blaspheming, saying out loud, “I follow the Antichrist and accept the mark of
the beast”—none of these will give you the mark of the beast. The mark of the
beast cannot exist without the “beast,” or the Antichrist demanding it.
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Mark Of The Beast: MICROCHIPPING Officially Becomes One Step Closer To Becoming a Law
The Arkansas House has voted to ban employers in the state from requiring their employees to be implanted with a microchip.
USNews Report: “The House on Thursday approved by an 84-4 vote a bill that would ban employers from requiring an implant as a condition of employment. The measure would only allow microchipping if the employee gives written consent, and employers would be responsible for the cost of implanting and removing the chip.
The bill now heads to the Senate.”
This is very scary as microchiping is not mandatory for the moment, in the video clip bellow Fox14 reported that this bill could result in new Law that would make it mandatory to have a microchip implanted in your body if you want to keep your job.
So this bill is a double edged sword because it make it look like workers will have the freedom to say no if their boss ask them to be microchipped but enventually this bill will result into a law that will make it mandatory to be microchipped…what the heck right?!
If you have done your homeworks you must know that those in power want every citizens to be microchipped.
That’s one of the major step torward their dream of a one world government where all the citizens of the world will be totally enslaved and unable to do anything like pay their groceries, open a bank account, or rent a house without taking the mark of the beast.
The bible and other religious texts have been warning us about the microchipping of the human race, it’s reffered as the mark of the beast.
This microchipping agenda is the total loss of our freedom, you will be registred in a massive database and the goverment will be able to see exactly where you are in real time, they will be able to take all you money away if they want to, Suppress you from society, target you, listen to everything you say and so on…
If you think we have less and less privacy these days because of smartphones..Smart Televisions…This is nothing compared to the level of intrusion of your privacy these microchips will bring.
To be clear, you will have NO privacy left and no Freedom left.
This isn’t a conspiracy anymore, some years ago if you told people that those in power want us all microchipped they would have laughed at you.
And now here we are in 2019, and Microchipping is been promoted on the mainstream media and is one step away from becoming mandatory for all employees, Scary times we live in.
The microchipping of employees is the first baby step, they will do anything to push the microchipping of all citizens, not only will they slowly make it mandatory just like vaccines but they will target the young adults and children.
You can expect to see some kind of “Trend” comming where we see celebrities taking the microchip and showing you how “cool’ and “practical” it is, again just like the vaccines agenda.
No human being should be forced to take something into their body if they don’t consent to. That’s a basic human right, it’s your body and you decide what goes into it.
Sadly those in power coudn’t care less about our basic human rights, they see us as cattle and we will have to fight hard and inform other people of the danger that thmis icroshipping agenda represent to avoid this agenda from reaching it’s goal.
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MARK OF THE BEAST MICROCHIPPING OFFICIALLY BECOMES ONE STEP CLOSER TO BECOMING A LAW!
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RFID Microchip Propaganda Commercial – “The Future Market”
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Real Microchip Commercial – The Future Is HERE (jcastprod)
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Verichip Corp. RFID Microchip – First Official TV Commercial
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MARK OF THE BEAST MICROCHIPPING OFFICIALLY BECOMES ONE STEP CLOSER TO BECOMING A LAW!
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John MacArthur and Getting Forgiven For Taking The Mark of the Beast
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John MacArthur OUTRAGE: Take the Mark of Beast, still be saved. False Teaching
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John Macarthur is WRONG on Mark of the Beast. DO NOT TAKE IT…
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Pastor MacArthur Corrected Himself?
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John MacArthur Is Dead Wrong Saying That Tribulation Saints Can Take The Mark Of The Beast And Still Be Forgiven And Go To Heaven, They Can’t
Listen to me people, because your eternal soul depends upon it. If you miss the Pretribulation Rapture, and are reading this during the time of Jacob’s trouble, do not take the Mark of the Beast, or have anything to do with the image, name or number of the Antichrist. Do not worship him in any way, shape or form. You will be executed and beheaded for your refusal to do so, but you will spend eternity in Heaven with Jesus for your faithfulness. But you need to know that God will not, under any circumstances, forgive you for taking the Mark of the Beast or worshipping the Antichrist, that is the one sin that God can not and will not forgive you for.
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Revelation Chapter 13
Other references can be found in
Revelation 11:7
“And when they shall have finished their testimony, the
beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and
shall overcome them, and kill them.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Revelation 14:9
“And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud
voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his hand,”
King James Version (KJV)
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Revelation 15:2
“And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and
them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over
his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass,
having the harps of God.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Revelation 16:2
“And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth;
and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of
the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Revelation 19:20
“And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet
that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received
the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast
alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Revelation 19:20
“And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet
that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received
the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast
alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.”
King James Version (KJV)
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“What
is going to happen according to end times prophecy?”
The Bible has a lot to
say about the end times. Nearly every book of the Bible contains prophecy
regarding the end times. Taking all of these prophecies and organizing them can
be difficult. Following is a very brief summary of what the Bible declares will
happen in the end times.
What is going to happen according to end times prophecy?
Christ will remove all born-again believers from the
earth in an event known as the rapture (1
Thessalonians 4:13-18; 1
Corinthians 15:51-54). At the judgment seat of Christ, these
believers will be rewarded for good works and faithful service during their
time on earth or will lose rewards, but not eternal life, for lack of service
and obedience (1 Corinthians 3:11-15;
2
Corinthians 5:10).
The Antichrist (the beast) will come into power and
will sign a covenant with Israel for seven years (Daniel
9:27).
This seven-year period of time is known as the “tribulation.” During the
tribulation, there will be terrible wars, famines, plagues, and natural
disasters. God will be pouring out His wrath against sin, evil, and wickedness.
The tribulation will include the appearance of the four horsemen of the
Apocalypse, and the seven seal, trumpet, and bowl judgments.
About halfway through the seven years, the
Antichrist will break the peace covenant with Israel and make war against it.
The Antichrist will commit “the abomination of desolation” and set up an image
of himself to be worshipped in the Jerusalem temple (Daniel
9:27;
2
Thessalonians 2:3-10), which will have been rebuilt. The
second half of the tribulation is known as “the great tribulation” (Revelation
7:14)
and “the time of Jacob’s trouble” (Jeremiah
30:7).
At the end of the seven-year tribulation, the
Antichrist will launch a final attack on Jerusalem, culminating in the battle
of Armageddon. Jesus Christ will return, destroy the Antichrist and his armies,
and cast them into the lake of fire (Revelation
19:11-21). Christ will then bind Satan in the Abyss for 1000
years and He will rule His earthly kingdom for this thousand-year period (Revelation
20:1-6).
At the end of the thousand years, Satan will be
released, defeated again, and then cast into the lake of fire (Revelation
20:7-10) for eternity. Christ then judges all unbelievers (Revelation
20:10-15) at the great white throne judgment, casting them
all into the lake of fire. Christ will then usher in a new heaven and new earth
and the New Jerusalem—the eternal dwelling place of believers. There will be no
more sin, sorrow, or death (Revelation
21–22).
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“What
is the end times timeline?”
Pretribulational
approach to eschatology.
From that perspective, here is the order of end-times events that the Bible
reveals:
1. The rapture of the church. Christ comes
in the clouds to “snatch away” all those who trust in Him (1
Corinthians 15:52). At this same time, the “dead in
Christ” will be resurrected and taken to heaven, too. From our perspective
today, this is the next event in the eschatological timeline. The rapture
is imminent; no other biblical prophecy needs to be fulfilled before the
rapture happens.
2. The rise of the Antichrist. After the
church is taken out of the way (2 Thessalonians 2:7–8),
a satanically empowered man will gain worldwide control with promises of peace
(Revelation
13:1;
Daniel
9:27).
He will be aided by another man, called the false prophet, who heads up a
religious system that requires worship of the Antichrist
(Revelation
19:20).
3. The tribulation. A period of seven years
in which God’s judgment is poured out on sinful humanity (Revelation
6–16).
The Antichrist’s rise to power is associated with this time period. During the tribulation
on earth, the Church will be in heaven. It is thought that at this time the
Judgment Seat of Christ and the Marriage Supper of the Lamb will occur in
heaven (2 Corinthians 5:10; Revelation
19:6–10).
4. The Battle of Gog and Magog. In the
first part of the tribulation, a great army from the north,
in alliance with several other countries from the Middle East and Africa,
attacks Israel and is defeated by God’s supernatural intervention (Ezekiel
38–39). (Some commentators place this battle just before
the start of the tribulation.)
5. The abomination of desolation. At the
midway point of the seven-year tribulation, the Antichrist breaks his covenant
with Israel and shows his true colors. The Jews are scattered, and many of them
turn to the Lord, realizing that Jesus is their Savior. A great persecution
breaks out against all those who believe in Christ (Daniel
12:11; Mark
13:14; Revelation
12:17).
6. The Battle of Armageddon. At the end of
the tribulation, Jesus returns with the armies of heaven (Mark
14:62). He saves Jerusalem from annihilation and defeats
the armies of the nations fighting under the banner of the Antichrist (Revelation
19:11–21). The Antichrist and the false prophet are captured
and thrown alive into the lake of fire (Revelation
19:20).
7. The judgment of the nations. Christ will
judge the survivors of the tribulation, separating the righteous from the
wicked as “sheep” and “goats” (Matthew
25:31–46). (It is thought that at this time the Old
Testament saints will be raised from the dead.) The righteous will enter the
Millennial Kingdom; the wicked will be cast into hell.
8. The binding of Satan. Satan will be
bound and held in a bottomless pit for the next 1,000 years (Revelation
20:1–3).
9. The Millennial Kingdom. Jesus Himself
will rule the world, and Jerusalem will be the capital. This will be a
1,000-year period of peace and prosperity on earth (Revelation
20;
Isaiah 60–62). Memorial sacrifices
will be offered in a rebuilt
temple in Jerusalem (Ezekiel
40–48).
10. The last battle. At the end of the
1,000 years, Satan will be released from his prison for a short time. He will
deceive the nations once again, and there will be a rebellion against the Lord
that will be quickly defeated (Revelation
20:7–10). Satan will be cast into the lake of fire, never
to reappear.
11. The Great White Throne Judgment. All
those in hell will be brought forth, and all the wicked from all eras of
history will be resurrected to stand before God in a final
judgment (Revelation
20:11–15). The verdicts are read, and all of sinful humanity
is cast into the lake of fire.
12. The new creation. God completely remakes the heavens and the earth. It is at this time that God wipes away all tears and there will be no more pain, death, or sorrow. The New Jerusalem descends from heaven, and the children of God will enjoy eternity with Him (Revelation 21–22).
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“Are
we living in the end times?”
The Bible prophesies of many events that will occur
in the end times. These events can be categorized as natural signs, spiritual
signs, sociological signs, technological signs, and political signs. We can
look to what the Bible says about these things, and, if the signs are present
in abundance, we can be certain that we are, in fact, living in the end times.
Luke 21:11 lists some of the
natural signs that will occur before Jesus’ second coming: “There will be great
earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and
great signs from heaven.” While we shouldn’t interpret every natural disaster
as a sign of the end times, an increase in natural disasters seems to be a
warm-up to what is coming next—“birth pangs,” as Jesus called them (Matthew
24:8).
The Bible lists both positive and negative spiritual
signs. In 2
Timothy 4:3–4 we discover that many people will
follow false teachers. We see now an increase in cultic groups, heresy,
deception, and occultism, with many choosing to follow New Age or pagan
religions. On the positive side, Joel
2:28–29 prophesies that there will be a great outpouring of
the Holy Spirit. Joel’s prophecy was fulfilled on the Day of Pentecost (Acts
2:16),
and we are still seeing the effects of that outpouring in revivals and
Spirit-led Christian movements, and in the worldwide preaching of the gospel
message.
Along with the signs in the natural and spiritual
realms, there are signs in society. The immorality rampant in society today is
a symptom of mankind’s rebellion against God. Abortion, homosexuality, drug
abuse, and child molestation are proof that “evildoers and impostors will go
from bad to worse” (2
Timothy 3:13). We are now living in a hedonistic and
materialistic society. People are lovers of themselves—“looking out for number
one”—and doing what is right in their own eyes. All these things, and many
more, can be seen around us every day (see 2
Timothy 3:1–4).
The fulfillment of some end-times prophecies seemed
impossible until the advent of modern technology. Some of the judgments in
Revelation are more easily imagined in a nuclear age. In Revelation
13,
the Antichrist is said to control commerce by forcing people to take the mark of the
beast, and, given today’s advances in computer chip
technology, the tools he will use may very well be here already. And through
the internet, radio, and television, the gospel can now be proclaimed to the
entire world (Mark 13:10).
And there are political signs. The restoration of
Israel to her land in 1948 is the single most impressive fulfilled prophecy
proving that we live in the end times. At the turn of the 20th century, no one
would have dreamed that Israel would be back in her land, let alone occupying
Jerusalem. Jerusalem is definitely at the center of geopolitics and stands
alone against many enemies; Zechariah
12:3
confirms this: “On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered
against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All
who try to move it will injure themselves.” Matthew
24:6–7 predicted that “nation will rise against nation,
and kingdom against kingdom.” “Wars and rumors of wars” are definitely
characteristic of this present age.
These are just a few of the signs that we are living
in the end of the age. There are many more. God gave us these prophecies
because He does not want anyone to perish, and He always gives ample warning
before pouring out His wrath (2
Peter 3:9).
Are we living in the end times? No one knows when
Jesus will return, but the rapture could occur at any moment. God will deal
with sin either by grace or by wrath. John
3:36
says, “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the
Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.” Those who do not
accept Jesus Christ as their savior will remain under the Lord’s wrath.
The good news is that it’s not too late to choose eternal life. All that is required is acceptance, by faith, of God’s free gift of grace. There is nothing you can do to earn grace; Jesus has paid the price for you (Romans 3:24). Are you ready for the Lord’s return? Or will you experience His wrath?
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“How
can we trust that biblical prophecy can indeed predict the future?”
The main reason we can trust biblical prophecy is
that it, like the rest of Scripture, was written—literally “God-breathed”—by
the Creator of the universe. It is inerrant, perfect, and true. We must
understand that before we can understand the role of biblical prophecy. (Please
see: Why
is it important to believe in biblical inerrancy?)
Biblical prophecy plays two roles. It foretells the
future, and it explains what the positive or negative results of future events
will be. Prophecy may announce events that bring joy and pleasure or fear and
foreboding. When prophecy is ignored, it is usually because the hearers don’t
like what they hear for one reason or another. Biblical prophecy is not usually
general in nature. It normally is very specific as to how it will affect
someone or something. But it is always dependable and worthy of our complete
trust. We can allow prophecy to help shape our lives, giving us direction and
guidance in serving our Lord. It should be a source of strength and instruction
for us. Unlike what we hear called “prophecy” today, both in the church and
outside the church, true biblical prophecy is always accurate and precise. What
God prophesies always occurs.
The prophecy of the Flood in Genesis
6
is an example. God explains His reasons for the flood, gives specific
instructions for Noah to build the ark to preserve lives, then produces this
first great worldwide catastrophe. God even prophesied that He would never do
it again, in Genesis 9:12-16. Joseph’s
dreams in Genesis 37:5-10 contain
prophecies which came to pass in chapter 39 through the end of the book. Deuteronomy
18:18 says, “I will raise up for them a prophet like you
from among their brothers; I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell
them everything I command him.” This prophecy, pointing to Moses, also
foreshadows the Jewish Messiah, our Lord Jesus, and is quoted in Acts
3:22-26. It’s in this same chapter that we’re told (Deuteronomy
18:20) what was done to false prophets in Moses’ time. If
their prophecy was false, they were executed. Isaiah chapter 53 contains a
compelling prophecy of Jesus Christ: His youth, His ministry, His sin-bearing
and suffering, and His offering of Himself. Psalm
22
gives us another prophecy of our Lord’s suffering, couched in a description of
King David, Christ’s foreshadow.
In our Lord’s own prophecies, in Matthew
24,
He spoke of wars, famines, earthquakes, persecutions, apostasy and betrayals,
and finally of His own return, unexpected and widely rejected today. This and
other end-time prophecies are as dependable as Noah’s warning of the Flood.
Similar predictions of catastrophic events still to come are found in 2 Peter
chapters 2–3, together with a prediction (2
Peter 3:7) of God’s intervention. And in 1
Thessalonians 4:13-18, Christians are promised a rescue or a
resurrection appointment, whether we’re alive or dead. Biblical prophecy
provides us a roadmap of the future. To fail to understand these prophecies of
the rapture is to miss one of the greatest gifts of God.
Finally, since we can trust John
3:16,
that God loves us and gave us His Son, surely we can rely on Him as Author of
biblical prophecy to predict, to encourage, to direct and provide for our
future physical and spiritual needs. Our Lord said, in John
14:2,
“In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you.
I am going there to prepare a place for you.” And that should be a prophecy of
assurance and encouragement for all Christians. So place your trust in God’s
prophecies, just as you placed your trust in His Son.
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“Why
is it important to believe in biblical inerrancy?”
We live in a time that tends to shrug its shoulders
when confronted with error. Instead of asking, like Pilate, “What is truth?”
postmodern man says, “Nothing is truth” or perhaps “There is truth, but we
cannot know it.” We’ve grown accustomed to being lied to, and many people seem
comfortable with the false notion that the Bible, too, contains errors.
The doctrine of biblical inerrancy is an extremely
important one because the truth does matter. This issue reflects on the
character of God and is foundational to our understanding of everything the
Bible teaches. Here are some reasons why we should absolutely believe in
biblical inerrancy:
1. The Bible itself claims to be perfect. “And the
words of the Lord are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace of clay,
purified seven times” (Psalm
12:6).
“The law of the Lord is perfect” (Psalm
19:7).
“Every word of God is pure” (Proverbs
30:5 KJV). These claims of purity and perfection are absolute
statements. Note that it doesn’t say God’s Word is “mostly” pure or scripture
is “nearly” perfect. The Bible argues for complete perfection, leaving no room
for “partial perfection” theories.
2. The Bible stands or falls as a whole. If a major
newspaper were routinely discovered to contain errors, it would be quickly
discredited. It would make no difference to say, “All the errors are confined
to page three.” For a paper to be reliable in any of its parts, it must be
factual throughout. In the same way, if the Bible is inaccurate when it speaks
of geology, why should its theology be trusted? It is either a trustworthy
document, or it is not.
3. The Bible is a reflection of its Author. All
books are. The Bible was written by God Himself as He worked through human
authors in a process called “inspiration.” “All scripture is God-breathed” (2
Timothy 3:16). See also 2
Peter 1:21 and Jeremiah
1:2.
We believe that the God who created the universe is
capable of writing a book. And the God who is perfect is capable of writing a
perfect book. The issue is not simply “Does the Bible have a mistake?” but “Can
God make a mistake?” If the Bible contains factual errors, then God is not
omniscient and is capable of making errors Himself. If the Bible contains
misinformation, then God is not truthful but is instead a liar. If the Bible
contains contradictions, then God is the author of confusion. In other words,
if biblical inerrancy is not true, then God is not God.
4. The Bible judges us, not vice versa. “For the
word of God…judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart” (Hebrews
4:12).
Notice the relationship between “the heart” and “the Word.” The Word examines;
the heart is being examined. To discount parts of the Word for any reason is to
reverse this process. We become the examiners, and the Word must submit to our
“superior insight.” Yet God says, “But who are you, O man, to talk back to
God?” (Romans 9:20).
5. The Bible’s message must be taken as a whole. It
is not a mixture of doctrine that we are free to select from. Many people like
the verses that say God loves them, but they dislike the verses that say God
will judge sinners. But we simply cannot pick and choose what we like about the
Bible and throw the rest away. If the Bible is wrong about hell, for example,
then who is to say it is right about heaven—or about anything else? If the
Bible cannot get the details right about creation, then maybe the details about
salvation cannot be trusted either. If the story of Jonah is a myth, then
perhaps so is the story of Jesus. On the contrary, God has said what He has
said, and the Bible presents us a full picture of who God is. “Your word, O
Lord, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens” (Psalm
119:89).
6. The Bible is our only rule for faith and
practice. If it is not reliable, then on what do we base our beliefs? Jesus
asks for our trust, and that includes trust in what He says in His Word. John
6:67-69 is a beautiful passage. Jesus had just witnessed
the departure of many who had claimed to follow Him. Then He turns to the
twelve apostles and asks, “You do not want to leave too, do you?” At this,
Peter speaks for the rest when he says, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have
the words of eternal life.” May we have the same trust in the Lord and in His
words of life.
None of what we have presented here should be taken as a rejection of true scholarship. Biblical inerrancy does not mean that we are to stop using our minds or accept what the Bible says blindly. We are commanded to study the Word (2 Timothy 2:15), and those who search it out are commended (Acts 17:11). Also, we recognize that there are difficult passages in the Bible, as well as sincere disagreements over interpretation. Our goal is to approach Scripture reverently and prayerfully, and when we find something we do not understand, we pray harder, study more, and—if the answer still eludes us—humbly acknowledge our own limitations in the face of the perfect Word of God.
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“Have
any aspects of end times prophecy been fulfilled?”
Revelation
4:1
introduces a section of Scripture that details “things which must be
hereafter.” What follows are prophecies of the “end times.” We have not yet
reached the tribulation, the revelation of the Antichrist, or other “end-time”
events. What we do see is a “preparation” for those events.
Jesus said that the last days would be preceded by
several things: many false Christs would come, deceiving many; we would “hear
of wars and rumors of wars”; and there would be an increase in “famines, and
pestilences, and earthquakes, in diverse places. All these are the beginning of
sorrows” (Matthew 24:5-8). Today’s news
is full of false religions, warfare, and natural disasters. We know that events
of the tribulation period will include all that Jesus predicted (Revelation
6:1-8); current events seem to be a build-up for greater
trouble ahead.
Paul warned that the last days would bring a marked
increase in false teaching. “In later times, some will abandon the faith, and
follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons” (1
Timothy 4:1). The last days are described as
“perilous times” because of the increasingly evil character of man and because
of people who actively “oppose the truth” (2
Timothy 3:1-9; also see 2
Thessalonians 2:3). The list of things people will be in
the last days—lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive,
disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving,
slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous,
rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of
godliness but denying its power—(2
Timothy 3:1-2) seems to fit our modern age exactly.
Can there be any doubt that the prophecies
concerning apostasy are being fulfilled? Our 21st-century world has embraced
moral relativism, a philosophy which is tainting even the church. For example,
many denominations are having a hard time defining marriage as being between
one man and one woman, and many religious leaders today are openly supporting
homosexuality. The Bible has become subordinate to the modern church’s quest
for a more appealing “truth.” These are indeed “perilous times” spiritually.
The formation of the European Union—and the fact
that we have a reunified Germany—is very interesting in light of biblical
prophecy. The “ten toes” of Daniel
2:42
and the ten-horned beasts of Daniel
7:20
and Revelation
13:1
are references to a “revived” Roman Empire which will hold power before Christ
returns. Although the precise political structure has yet to be formed, the
pieces can be seen as falling into place.
In 1948, Israel was recognized as a sovereign state,
and this, too, has ramifications for the student of Scripture. God promised
Abram that his posterity would have Canaan as “an everlasting possession” (Genesis
17:8),
and Ezekiel prophesied a physical and spiritual resuscitation of Israel (Ezekiel
37).
Having Israel as a nation in its own land is important in light of end-time
prophecy, because of Israel’s prominence in eschatology (Daniel
10:14; 11:41;
Revelation
11:8).
While there is no biblical proof that the things
mentioned above are prophecy fulfilled, we can see how many of these events are
similar to what the Bible describes. In any case, we are to be watching for
prophecy fulfilled because Jesus told us that the day of the Lord—His return
for His own—would come like a thief in the night (2
Peter 3:10), unexpected and unannounced. “Be always on the
watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and
that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man” (Luke
21:36).
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Gods 4 Avenues to Reach the Lost During the Tribulation
God’s 4 Avenues to Reach the Lost During the Tribulation – If the Church is raptured off the face of the earth before the 7 year Tribulation starts, then how does God go about getting anyone saved during the 7 year Tribulation if there is no Church or main body of believers left to preach the gospel? The Bible says that a great multitude of people will end up getting saved during the Tribulation.
God is going to reach the lost during this horrific time of trouble through 4 basic avenues. They are as follows:
- The 2 Witnesses
- 144,000 Jewish Witnesses
- An Angel of the Everlasting Gospel
- A Major Outpouring of the Holy Spirit
As you will see in the Scripture verses listed below, God will still make every attempt to get as many people saved as He possibly can before His Son Jesus returns back to us for His second coming. All of the above avenues will be extreme measures being taken by God to reach as many people as He possibly can with His Church having already been taken out of the big picture by way of the Rapture.
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“Who
/ What is the restrainer in 2 Thessalonians 2:6?”
Students of biblical prophecy have differing views
over the identity of the restrainer in 2 Thessalonians 2:6–7.
He is called “the one who restrains” in some translations (ESV, NASB); other
translations call Him “the one who holds back” (NIV), “he who letteth” (KJV),
or “he who is keeping down” (YLT). Whoever the restrainer is, He is someone of
great power who is hindering the advance of the Antichrist
and preventing the satanic kingdom from overwhelming the world.
In his second epistle to the Thessalonians, Paul
assured the church that they were not yet living in the Day
of the Lord, that is, the end times’ judgment had
not yet begun. In 2
Thessalonians 2:3 he says, “Don’t let anyone deceive you
in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man
of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction.” According to God’s
timetable, the Day of the Lord and the accompanying judgment will not start
until two things happen: a global rebellion occurs and the Antichrist is
revealed. Paul then mentions what is currently keeping the evil in check: “And
now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper
time. For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who
now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. And
then the lawless one will be revealed” (verses 6–8).
Paul does not specifically identify what or who the
restraining force is, since the Thessalonians already knew. Many scholars have
speculated as to the identity of the restrainer, naming the restraining force
as 1) the Roman government; 2) gospel preaching; 3) the binding of Satan; 4)
the providence of God; 5) the Jewish state; 6) the church; 7) the Holy Spirit;
and 8) Michael the archangel. We believe the restrainer is none other than the
Holy Spirit, or we could say the Holy Spirit working through the New Testament
church.
Supporting the idea that the Holy Spirit within the
church is the restrainer is the fact that the restrainer is referenced both as
a thing (neuter gender, verse 6) and as a person (masculine gender, verse 7).
Also, the power delaying Satan’s masterplan to unveil his false messiah must be
of God. It makes much more sense to say that the Holy Spirit is curbing the
devil than a political entity or even an angel. The Holy Spirit of God is the
only Person with sufficient (supernatural) power to do this restraining.
Of course, the Spirit works through believers to
accomplish this. The church, indwelt by the Spirit of God, has always been part
of what holds society back from the swelling tide of lawless living. At some
point, Paul says, the Spirit will “step aside” from His restraining work,
allowing sin to have dominion over mankind. Second
Thessalonians 2:7 can be literally rendered, “The secret
of lawlessness is already working, only it cannot be revealed until he who now
withholds disappears from the midst.” We believe this “disappearing from the
midst” will happen at the time the church leaves the earth at the rapture.
The Holy Spirit will still be present in the earth, of course, but He will be
taken out of the way in the sense that His unique sin-restraining
ministry—through God’s people—will be removed (see Genesis
6:3).
Second Thessalonians 2 is clear that the removal of the restrainer’s influence precedes the revealing of the Antichrist. Given free rein during the tribulation, the lawless one will “use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders” to deceive the people of the earth (verses 9–10). After the Antichrist’s time is up, the Lord Jesus will return and overthrow the man of sin by “the breath of his mouth and destroy [him] by the splendor of his coming” (verse 8). Evil is restrained right now; once the Church Age ends, the hindrance to evil will be removed, and the rebellion will seem to be winning; however, the ultimate doom of evil is sure.
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