NATHAN JONES ON "THE END TIMES SIGNS OF WARS - THE FAILURE OF GOVERNMENT"!

The End Times Sign of Wars: The Failure of Government

By Nathan Jones

Can human government be counted on to bring the world peace?

I was recently interviewed by Vic Batista, senior pastor of the Miami-based Calvary Chapel Aventuraon his radio program "The Truth Will Set You Free" via TWave Radio. "Pastor Vic" (as he likes to be called) was born in the Dominican Republic and is as active in planting churches and helping orphans there as he is in southern Florida, reaching out with the Good News of Jesus Christ to both the English and Spanish speaking audiences.

In this "The Truth Will Set You Free" episode, we'll look at the second end times signs of wars found in Matthew 24:6-7.

Be Not Troubled

Vic: In Matthew 24:6-7, Jesus talks about the signs of the end times. He says, "You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled, for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom and there will be famines and pestilence and earthquakes in various places."

Nathan: Concerning the signs of the end times that Jesus gave us, ten can be found in Matthew 24 and in the parallel passages Luke 21 and Mark 13. The first of those signs would be a proliferation of false prophets and false messiahs in the end times. There are about 500 cults in the United States today. We've got more false teaching and false doctrines circulating than ever before.

The second end times sign Jesus gave was that there would be a proliferation of wars. Those wars would come upon the world more frequently and more intensely and more painfully until Jesus' return. In the 20th Century, 160-187 million people died in those wars. More people died in wars during the 20th Century than all the wars combined in the millennia beforehand. So, the world is definitely experiencing wars more frequently and more intensely and more painfully, and will continue to do so before Jesus comes to rapture His Church up to Heaven. The prophetic wars that follow will all but devastate the planet.

Vic: Because of modern technology, our capabilities to inflict more damage during war are now even greater. As modern technology continues to develop, we see the possibility for even greater destructive wars and more of them.

In Matthew 24:6, it appears to me that there's a word of encouragement in the middle of all this horror, because it says, "You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet."

Nathan: I don't know if I'd call that encouraging or not. Maybe if you're a Christian living in Iraq or Nigeria or North Korea right now and you're fleeing for your life as the government tries to destroy you, that passage might be encouraging. It's kind of hard be not troubled about these wars when you're in the middle of one.

Obviously, though, the Lord isn't saying, "Oh, don't worry about it." Obviously we have to worry about war, especially if one is living in the middle of a conflict. What the Lord is saying is that we should not be troubled for eternity's sake because God is in control. That's what Jesus is saying here.

We're seeing the world shake and shimmy. When you've got an engine that's not firing on all cylinders, it shakes and smokes. That behavior can lead you to worry that the engine's going to explode. Likewise, the Lord's saying concerning the planet, "Just not yet." Sure, the world often looks like it's teetering on the brink of self-destruction, but Jesus wants us to know that self-destruction hasn't happened yet. It's going to get close, especially for those who lived through the World Wars or under the threat of nuclear annihilation. The world will certainly be thinking annihilation during the coming Tribulation as they hide in caves and cry out for the mountains to hide them. But, for us today, Jesus doesn't want us to be worried that we're looking at the end of the world right now. Because it's the end times it's just the beginning of the end of the world.

We have to trust that Jesus will take care of His children and protect us even unto death. Many Christians are dying out there right now at the hands of Muslims and hostile foreign conflicts. These believers in Christ are dying, and that's so sad, but they will be going to Heaven and we can glean so much hope and encouragement from that fact.

Vic: Excellent clarification, Nathan. I really believe that is so right on. Our eternal security is founded in a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. That's an encouragement even for right now. Sure, all the terrible signs like war Jesus told us about have to come to pass, but they don't have to freak one out if you know Jesus personally.

The True Source of Hope

Nathan: I just wonder why when we see the world falling apart, and I guess for us Americans it's a little harder because we do live in a relative time of peace and prosperity at home, why it is that we turn to ourselves or the government or something else to give us hope and encouragement. When it's not God, all those agencies can only provide a false sense of security. It's a false hope.

What man by themselves or what government can stop the wars around them? It seems like governments are incapable of stopping wars. The United Nations has been around for decades and they can never stop any of the wars around the world. You can't depend on man, but you can depend on God.

How do I know this? Let's to skip to the end of the story. When Jesus returns at the Second Coming, He defeats evil by destroying the Antichrist's forces and casting Satan into a bottomless pit. Jesus ends corrupted human government and sets up His divine kingdom which will last for a thousand years. Peace, righteousness and justice will be the way of the world during that thousand year kingdom. After that is the eternal state, where there will no longer be any more tears, or mourning, or crying or pain. Life will be perfect, and war unheard of.

In these trying times, we need to turn our faith and our trust over to Jesus Christ. He's the only one who can bring peace to this world. Jesus is the Prince of Peace.

Vic: That's an amazing fact! It's sad that so many people today are looking for peace in all the wrong places. They're even looking in a bottle or in drugs, but the reality is that the only thing that's going to fill that void of internal peace is Jesus Christ and His Holy Spirit.

Nathan: Exactly, only Jesus Christ can bring a person internally and the world externally true peace. Jesus is not called the Prince of Peace for nothing.

When Lamb & Lion Ministries prays daily for the peace of Jerusalem, we're not praying for the Netanyahu government to get things in order. No, we're praying for Jesus to return to defeat evil and set up His kingdom.

Humanity ever since Adam and Eve have thought that we can rule the world better than God. We believe we don't need God involved. We can rule it all by ourselves. But, isn't that like letting a toddler drive a car? Toddlers just can't drive cars, and humanity just can't rule the world correctly.

Human government has failed us. Nations might last, and even empires might last a few hundred years at the most, but that's about it. All human government will eventually fall apart because they all become corrupt. Today we're seeing America fall apart at the seams both morally and politically, and we as humans cannot do anything about that. But, we can trust that God is in control. He's bringing all of human history to that point when the world is in such dire straits that they have to call out for Jesus Christ to save us.

While There's Still Time

Vic: I believe that when people hear about more developing wars and rumors of wars, whether it's North Korea threatening to attack South Korea or Iran building nuclear weapons in order to threaten the world or whatever, it's all part of the end times sign of wars that Jesus told us would happen. People need to recognize that this is an urgent call by God for individuals to turn to Christ now while there's still time.

Nathan: Yes, indeed! Jesus actually told us in Matthew 24 and in other biblical passages what would happen just before He returns. Jesus answered that second question the Apostles asked, "When is the end of the age?" The end of this age is an event called the Rapture of the Church. We can read about that in 1 Corinthians 15 and 1 Thessalonians 4. Jesus will come down from Heaven to the clouds. He'll call out to all those who've accepted Him as Savior. Believers in Christ will be raptured — taken up — to be with Him into Heaven. The world will then be left to face the 21 judgments that God's going to unleash upon the world.

Jesus says He's coming like a thief. Now, Vic, I don't know about your experiences, but a thief doesn't call your house and fill you in for 3 a.m. on Monday to rob your house, right? He just shows up at an unexpected time and you're like, "Ahhhhh!" You're surprised. In the same way the Bible says all the way up to Jesus' return, people will be given in marriage, they'll be trading and selling and living normal lives, not expecting life to change.

Because we cannot know the day or hour of Jesus' return, the Rapture is an imminent event, meaning nothing has to happen before He returns. Jesus could even come back right this second! All of the sudden a trumpet will sound, the Archangel will call up those who believe in Jesus as Savior, and those who are saved will be raptured off this planet. Since it could happen at any time, we need to make sure that our minds and our hearts are prepared for Jesus' return by surrendering our lives to Jesus Christ.

In the fifth part of this discussion with Pastor Vic on the end times sign of wars, we'll get into the first of the prophetic end times wars — the Psalm 83 War.

This article is from the "Christ In Prophecy Journal" blog from the Lamb and Lion Ministries at:
http://www.lamblion.com/

"END TIME RADAR" FROM THE TERRY JAMES PROPHECY LINE.

You and I live at a time like no other in the history of man. God, the one being in existence who knows absolutely everything about the past, present and future, is presenting for all to see the unfolding of end-time history upon His great radar screen of things to come. Yet, there are few who are observing the issues and events of these end of days with significant degree of faith that God truly knows the end from the beginning.

Jesus pointed the finger of condemnation at the pious religionists and legalists of His time while He walked the planet in the flesh. The Jewish leaders came to Him and tried to trip Him up by chidingly urging Him to prove His omniscience by telling them what the future held. “He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?” (Matt. 16:2-3).

Jesus told those scoffers of those days during which He taught and preached prophetic truth that they didn’t—could not—see the prophetic times in which they found themselves. He told them why in the next words recorded by Matthew: “A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas” (Matt. 16:4).

Jesus, I’m convinced, was telling these that they had failed completely to comprehend that their prophesied Messiah stood among them. They had not understood His first coming, because some among them were wicked and the others adulterous. Neither group truly believed. The “wicked,” the unsaved, didn’t believe; the “adulterous,” those who were also wicked, but who believed in the sacrificial system of Judaism, had departed from faith that the Messiah would truly come. Neither of that faithless/unfaithful generation could understand, therefore, Christ’s first advent.

Jesus said that the only sign that would be given these was the sign of Jonas (Jonah). This was the symbolic truth of God’s resurrecting from the dead those who believed in Him—i.e., only those with a saving knowledge of God’s way of redemption could understand the signals given off by God’s prophetic radar screen. Jesus was saying the same thing He told Nicodemus, another Pharisee who approached Him: “Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3).

The Lord was telling this pious religious leader that unless he came to a saving knowledge and had a new, spiritual birth, he could not even understand the kingdom of heaven. He could have no discernment–of his times, or of anything of eternal importance.

It is with this framework I prayerfully hope to exhort believers in the Lord Jesus Christ to take a renewed look at God’s radar screen of things yet future. His Word plainly lays out for those with spiritual eyes to see and understand the signs of the times. We must not be like the Pharisees and Sadducees at which Jesus pointed the finger, condemning them for their failure to understand His first coming.

The Middle East is the one area of the world the Bible student who is spiritually attuned to God’s radar scope of prophecy shouldn’t be able to ignore in these troubled times. Day after day, week after week –even hourly—issues and events of the region blip brightly on God’s radar. Israel is at the center of the scope at all times these days. However, other, unmistakable blips that we are in the end time pulse brightly from areas in and around the part of the world most often called “the Holy Land.”

Of course, with the bloodshed over the millennia –especially in modern times—the Middle East seems anything but “holy.” And, things are shaping to bring upon Planet Earth man’s most horrific war of human history.

All of this was foretold, and the Lord is using prophetic websites and other venues to make God’s radar visible to all who will observe, with eyes and ears to see and hear. Things are moving with incredible swiftness toward that blessed moment when Jesus will shout “Come up hither!” from the portals of heaven. He will meet with all believers in the gathering storm clouds of tribulation and Armageddon. The raptured saints will then go with Him to the dwelling places He has prepared for them (John 14: 1-3).

Let us look briefly at a few specific prophecies shaping up in the region God’s Word says will host the gathering of all the armies of the world for Armageddon.

The Prophet Ezekiel foretold of a great horde of armies that will one day invade the Middle East to plunder the region, and, specifically, to destroy Israel. This, as we’ve covered many times, is the Gog-Magog war of Ezekiel, chapters 38 and 39. The news items I wish to dwell upon deal with the prophecies concerning that future invasion.

One of the geographical areas, whose armies are foretold to join Gog in his military thrust to the south, is termed “Togarmah.” I realize there are those who confute that Togarmah refers to the region of present day Turkey. And, certainly that ancient region included more than just Turkey. But, the modern nation, Turkey, is at the center of that region called in the prophecy, Togarmah. I hold to the belief that this is fact, and if it is fact –with all the other things shaping up in the region—we should see Turkey on the radar screen of things to come.

Turkey has in recent months turned almost totally into an Islamist rather than a secular state. It has formed alliances with Russia and its leadership speaks increasingly against Israel, with whom it once had a working relationship.

Turkey, though considered an Islamic nation, has in recent history been secular in its dealings with the west –specifically with the U.S. Many prophecy students have wondered what might change the dynamic to put Turkey (Togarmah) into the Gog camp in preparation for the prophesied invasion. Are we seeing the answer taking shape today?

And, things continue to light up on the prophetic radar screen regarding the nation many believe to be the nucleus nation in the Gog-Magog war. Russia, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, moved its war ships, for the most part, from strategic areas in the Mediterranean. Russia has for a number of years been moving its naval presence to the south. Vladimir Putin obviously looks with lust toward the riches in that direction.

A third blip, one that lights most brightly on the scope of end-time radar, is the push by the international community –with American Secretary of State John Kerry in the lead—to force a two-state solution upon Israel. This, as we have pointed out previously, gets to the heart of the prophecy of Joel 3:2. God indicates that His land will be divided, and He will bring all nations to Armageddon because of this final, rebellious geopolitical act by the antagonistic nations of the world.

Keep your eyes on God’s radar screen of future things. His forecast is infallible.

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"WILL THE MASTER FIND YOU WATCHING" BY BOBBY BLANTON FROM "RAPTURE READY".

"Will The Master Find You Watching?"

By Bobby Blanton

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“Jesus is coming soon!” they have boldly proclaimed. And the truth is, people in each generation before us, who were convinced that they would be the last, were obviously wrong.

We’ve heard all of this before and most have grown weary and tired of any conversation or warnings about end times:

“My preacher doesn’t preach about it, the Sunday school teacher doesn’t teach about it, so why should I even think about it? Weren’t we told that no man would know the day or hour? That ought to settle it. And Hal Lindsey, is he even still living? Hand me the remote please!”

Hold on, don’t change that channel just yet. Can we really know? Are we really at the very end of days? It’s an important question and one I believe the Bible answers clearly, so let’s begin...

Jesus gave us an important end-time prophecy shortly before His crucifixion, which is recorded in Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke 21. Jesus’ disciples wanted to know what to watch for...

“Tell us when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?” (Matthew 24:3).

Jesus responded with a somber warning: ”Watch out that no one deceives you.” Jesus knew that His answer held eternal consequences and wasn’t suggesting that we be passive spectators. No, He was commanding us to stay wide awake as we watch for certain signs—clear indications that would alert us to His soon return.

Matthew, a Jewish tax collector and disciple of Jesus, penned it this way:

“Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him” (Matthew 24: 42-44).

That’s about as clear as it gets! I hope you agree.

How about another Jewish disciple, Mark. What was his message? Glad you asked...

“Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that it is near, right at the door. Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back—whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn. If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping. What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’” (Mark 13:28-30, 35-37). Is that clear enough? It should be.

And Luke, the doctor, the gentile Christian, what was his take? Again, glad you asked...

“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).

The Bible speaks volumes about the uncertain times in which we live and the Lord does not want any of us to be unprepared: Watch, pay attention, be alert, be vigilant, on guard, focused and fully awake! Could His instruction be any clearer? How prepared is this world for “the Lord Himself to come down from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God?” (1 Thess. 4:16).

Many recent headlines and significant events that have come to pass in both this nation and around the world should draw us into God’s Word to help us sort it all out. But I don’t see that happening, I see a world asleep to the realities of what the Bible says, the masses seemingly without even a clue. So what are we watching for? What are our greatest clues? For those of us who are paying attention, the evidence just keeps mounting and escalating, both in intensity and frequency.

And it all begins and ends with Israel, the city of Jerusalem and the Jewish people. For the end to come and any of this matter, He who scattered the Jews had to bring them back into the land and make them a nation again, 1948, check. Jerusalem had to become whole again under Jewish sovereignty, 1967, check. The primary “sign” that would mark the end of the age was in place, the “fig tree” had re-blossomed and we would know that summer is near!

The birth pangs could begin! Now, can you tell me what day of any week that there isn’t an international news story surrounding this tiny nation? Jerusalem has become “a stone too heavy and the whole world is reeling over Jerusalem” (Zech. 12:3). The attention of the world remains riveted on “dividing” the land of Israel and the diplomatic effort is being led by President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry.

We continue to watch a world that is enthralled in wars and rumors of wars. Islamic terrorism is the new norm in the Middle East. ISIS through evil, horror and beheadings has consolidated borders of a new “caliphate” and have their eyes set upon Jerusalem. Ayatullah Khamenei threatens to annihilate Israel and marches Iran defiantly toward a nuclear bomb. Putin continues to flex his muscles after leading Russia to take over Crimea in Ukraine. Where will he end? I think I know where, because God has told us—in Ezekiel 38.

The United States of America, led by Barack Hussein Obama, has embarked upon a course to challenge and redefine God’s family order, and now it’s a race toward all 50 states with new gay marriage laws. He has methodically and dangerously led this nation to a diminished stature as a world superpower. But the greatest danger is that there’s a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him.

We have removed God and prayer from our children in schools and are shocked at the breaking news of yet another tragic shooting. How about the unprecedented increase in violent earthquakes and volcanoes all over the world? Ebola, drought, famine, where does it end? The headlines paint a picture of a world feeling birth pangs.

And then there is the unmistakable sign of the false teachings coming from so many churches. No need to teach truth or sound doctrine, it might offend or convict someone of sin and a need for the Savior. To stay relevant in a changing world, many will marry same-sex couples, ordain homosexual clergy, and by the way—there’s no need to talk about repentance.

Are they serious?

God help us!

He said that: “Day” would not come except there be a falling away first (2 Thess. 2:3.) That falling apostate church has arrived and is on full display.

And then there are the signs coming out of the heavens. God is aligning the sun, moon, and stars for an extremely rare tetrad of four blood moons in 2014 and 2015 that all appear on Jewish Feast days and also during a Shemitah year.

We are there folks. For the first time in 2000 years, you and I are seeing the many signs of a generation that the Hebrew prophets spoke of long ago. Thousands of years of Jewish history is about to reach its final climax, and we have a front row seat. Something big is about to happen that will change the course of world history.

Let’s get personal for a moment...What road is your life on? What map are you using to get to the right gate? What God is your life serving? Your answers and your testimony matter, and the One and Only, “I AM” God suggests the following...

“Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes” (Luke 12:35-37).

God Bless,

Bobby

All emboldened Scripture is added by the author for emphasis.

Contact: bobbyblanton1@gmail.com

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Middle Eastern Pastor Braves Threat of Death to Spread the Gospel of Jesus

Originally posted on Christian Patriots:

Note: Middle Easterner Shant (purposely not using his last name or nationality for his protection) became a believer in Jesus Christ in 2006. With God leading his every step, Shant has assembled a congregation of nearly 30 believers in his war-torn country and continues to hold services despite the threat of persecution, and perhaps even death. His English is good, but some of his answers have been edited to compensate for his lack of total knowledge for the language.

CN: First and foremost, how did you get saved? Who told you about the gospel of Jesus Christ and when did that happen?

S: Actually, this takes me almost 8 years back when I was a young guy that has been hurt by hard situations within my family. We lost everything and became in need after previously enjoying a rich life. Moving away from that affected me so hard and took…

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Gatestone Institute “I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things”—Philippians 3:8 When St. Paul wrote the above in his letter to the Christians of Philippi, he and the early church were being persecuted (Paul was eventually executed in Rome). While today’s Western Christians still quote his words in the context of their daily struggles, an increasing number of Christians around the world, especially the Muslim world, are still literally losing absolutely everything for their faith. In Christian-majority Uganda, matters have gone from bad to worse to murderous. The plight of Hassan Muwanguzi, for instance, a Muslim convert to Christianity—whose initial sacrifices are recorded in Crucified Again: Exposing Islam’s New War on Christians (page 131)—far from abating, has only gotten worse. After earning a university degree in Islamic law and then, in 2003, when he was in his early 20s, converting to Christianity, his family immediately threw him out of their home. “Enraged Muslims” beat him. Later that same year, his wife left him and he lost his job as a teacher at Nankodo Islamic School, near Pallisa. This was just the beginning. Picking up the pieces of his life and moving on, he eventually opened a Christian school, Grace International Nursery and Primary School, near Muslim-majority Mbale. Accordingly, “The Muslims have tried to use all kinds of threats to make me close the school—first they used witchcraft,” said Hassan. “This did not work, so then they tried to discourage Muslims from bringing their children to the school, saying that the school was converting Muslim children to Christianity by teaching Christian Religious Education.” When all else failed, in 2011 an Islamic teacher, Sheikh Hassan Abdalla, filed a false charge claiming that Hassan had “defiled” the sheikh’s young daughter. Together with his fellow Muslim countrymen, the Islamic cleric filed a case at the chief magistrate’s court. Hassan was subsequently arrested and incarcerated for three weeks. But because Sheikh Abdalla, his accuser, repeatedly failed to appear in court to testify, Hassan was released. In his words: “The judge found out it was a false accusation, hence the case was dropped. I had been subjected to humiliation, but I forgave them for the sake of my Christian outreach in the area.” The next Islamic attack came a few months after Hassan was acquitted. First, the owner of the land where Hassan had built his Christian school denied ever having sold it, leading to a court order to close down the school in May, 2012, incurring great losses for Hassan. The month after, in June, the Christian convert’s home was burnt down by three Muslims... Keep reading

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"TRUMPET SOUNDS" Newsletter Autumn 2014 By Philip Wren, 

World events are moving fast towards a conclusion. The day of the Lord is rapidly approaching. Are we ready? In these last days our Lord’s command is to watch. In the Garden of Gethsemane He said to the disciples; “Watch and pray lest you enter into temptation”. As the day approaches there will be turmoil in the world and false prophets in the church. Many will fall away from the truth. If ever there was a time to which Jesus’ words apply it is now.
The purpose of writing and speaking on prophecy is to encourage Christians to ‘watch’, to be prayerful and vigilant and above all look up, keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, who is able to bring us through to be with Him in glory.

In this edition

The Islamic State

The Great Anguish – Part 9 How will Satan deceive the world?

The House of Commons

The growth of mysticism in the church

Ebola and other diseases

More Dangerous than ISIS – the perception of ‘Christian Extremism’

‘The Mystery of the Shemitah’ by Jonathan Cahn

The Sabbatical Cycles

The Islamic State

Does the Islamic State have prophetic significance? It was too early to say in the last edition of Trumpet Sounds. I now believe that it has huge significance.
When I first heard about ISIS my thoughts went to Revelation 9: 14 – 15. A voice comes from the altar which is before the throne of God commanding the release of the four demonic angels bound at the great river Euphrates. God has prepared them for a purpose and has known from the beginning the exact time when they will be released. Their purpose is to kill one third of mankind!! On present numbers that is 2.4 billion people.
These verses must trouble those who complain – how can a God of love do …….? The explanation is given in verses 20 and 21. He does it to bring people to repentance.
ISIS is demonic. It emerged from the area of the Euphrates River, probably about a year ago but came to prominence with its rapid conquest of Iraq this summer. The world has been stunned by its unthinkable brutality. This is I believe a warning of much worse that is to come?

The Trumpet Judgments [Revelation chapters 8 and 9]
The release of the four angels is the sixth of the trumpet judgements and the second woe to come on the world. The trumpet judgments are all demonic. Being demonic we only see the effect not the demons behind the judgment. The first four judgments targeted the natural world. The final three target those people who lack the seal of God.
When the third trumpet sounds a star called wormwood [bitter] falls from heaven. Then when the fifth trumpet sounds it refers to a star already fallen from heaven. It is natural to assume that this is the same star as fell on the sounding of the third trumpet. He is given permission and the key to release those who are imprisoned in the bottomless pit.
A plague of demons emerge with a leader named Abaddon. This Abaddon will go on to become the Beast who it is said has been released from the bottomless pit [Revelation 11: 7 & 17: 8]. The star which falls from heaven is Satan as confirmed in Revelation 12: 9. Abaddon is his antichrist, soon to rule the world.
Under the fifth trumpet, the first woe, the plaque of demons is allowed to terrorise mankind for a period of five months. The demons are described in Revelation 9 but will be invisible to us.

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"THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT ISIS" BY DANIEL KNEZACEK.

THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT ISIS. 

Posted on November 3, 2014by dknezacek

Like me, you have probably grown up with constant stories in the news about terrorism. I remember hearing about airline hijackings even before I was ten years old, and names like Yasser Arafat, and Mahmood Abbas (Abu Mazen), and Osama bin Laden, are household names, since they are so frequently in the news.

Up until, and even after 911, however, terrorism has been a fringe activity of a “violent minority”, in the Muslim world. (or so we thought)

Now, however, ISIS is changing all that. There is something very different about ISIS. The more the US bombs them, the more they morph, and regroup, and keep on coming. Not only do they keep on coming, but they keep on growing, attracting assistance from places as far apart as Russia, China, Britain, France, and the USA!

Obama refers to ISIS as a “Junior Varsity team“, and yet he is unable (or unwilling) to stop them, and the air strikes really are a token effort. We may be “doing something”, but we’re not trying very hard. 

Now, if ISIS’ brand of Islam is such a minority view among Muslims, why is it attracting such support from around the world? Why do 80% of British Muslims support ISIS? 

On Saturday, November 1, another two groups who have been receiving US aid, Harakat Hazm and the Syrian Revolutionary Front (SRF), have surrendered to the al Qaeda branch Jabhat al Nusra, and their American-supplied arms are now in the hands of an ISIS affiliate. 

http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2014/11/02/us-armed-vetted-moderate-syrian-rebel-groups-surrender-defect-to-al-qaeda/

No. ISIS is different. Their brand of Islam is encouraging Jihadists to join them, and the weak western response is accomplishing the same thing! The ludicrous rhetoric coming from David Cameron, John Kerry, and B. Hussein Obama, is also encouraging them, because if their silly pronouncements are any indication of western resolve, then it is very possible for ISIS to win!

Kerry talks as if it is Israel’s war with Gaza that encourages support for ISIS, but the truth is that Kerry himself is a major reason militants are joining this group! (Hey they’re not stupid; If your enemy is so foolish, as Kerry, you can’t help but win!)

And they are winning. (Continue reading at There's something about ISIS