Bible Prophecy and Inspiration

2 Thessalonians 2:1-12 –  ¹ Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers and sisters, ² not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us—whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter—asserting that the day of the Lord has already come. ³ 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. ⁴ He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.

 ⁵ Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things? ⁶ And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time. ⁷ 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. ⁸ And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming. ⁹ The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie, ¹⁰ and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. ¹¹ For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie ¹² and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.

Paul explains much on what we read in Daniel.  He enters into the temple on the last days, defiles it, and then proclaims himself to be God.

The man of lawlessness is another name for the devil’s last day’s man.  He’s better known as the antichrist.

We spoke about this in a Pre-Tribulation post already, but in verse seven it says he can’t be revealed until He is taken out of the way.  The only one strong enough that is present today of holding back the antichrist is the Holy Spirit.  When He goes, the church goes with Him.

Verses 9 to 12 explain that since people don’t want the truth and be saved, God allows them to be deceived.  Kind of a – If that’s what you want and not Me, here you go.

Those who do want God will call upon the name of the Lord.  It will cost most their lives on this earth during the tribulation.  When I read Revelation, I mean most.  It looks to be the biggest harvest in short period of time.

Revelation 6:9-11 – ⁹ When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. ¹⁰ They called out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?” ¹¹ Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers and sisters, were killed just as they had been.

Revelation 7:9-10 – ⁹ After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. ¹⁰ And they cried out in a loud voice:

   “Salvation belongs to our God,
who sits on the throne,
and to the Lamb.”

We need to do our best to serve the Lord and get out there and reach others, so they may accept him now.  If you don’t know Him yet, I have a page on how to do so in the right upper column.

Daniel 8:23-26 – ²³ “In the latter part of their reign, when rebels have become completely wicked, a fierce-looking king, a master of intrigue, will arise. ²⁴ He will become very strong, but not by his own power. He will cause astounding devastation and will succeed in whatever he does. He will destroy those who are mighty, the holy people. ²⁵ He will cause deceit to prosper, and he will consider himself superior. When they feel secure, he will destroy many and take his stand against the Prince of princes. Yet he will be destroyed, but not by human power.

 ²⁶ “The vision of the evenings and mornings that has been given you is true, but seal up the vision, for it concerns the distant future.”

These verses are in the NIV.  In the King James Version he’s called the king of fierce countenance.

Once again we read that he will attempt to take a stand against Jesus, which to Daniel back then was the Prince of Princes in his vision.  He will be destroyed and by the mighty power of the Lord.

Daniel 9:27 – ²⁷ He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’ In the middle of the ‘seven’ he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.

Jesus in Matthew 24 is warning the Jewish people about this moment spoken of in Daniel.

Matthew 24:15-25 –  ¹⁵ “So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’ spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand— ¹⁶ then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. ¹⁷ Let no one on the housetop go down to take anything out of the house. ¹⁸ Let no one in the field go back to get their cloak. ¹⁹ How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! ²⁰ Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath. ²¹ For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again.

   ²² “If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened. ²³ At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘There he is!’ do not believe it. ²⁴ For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. ²⁵ See, I have told you ahead of time.

How do we know Jesus is talking to the Jewish people?  He is telling them to pray that this doesn’t happen on the Sabbath.  He is also warning them about the abomination that causes desolation.  That’s when the antichrist defiles the temple.    

The king of fierce countenance, the little horn, the antichrist, the man of lawlessness, all are names of the same guy.  This guy and his counterpart the false prophet get the honors of being the first two thrown into the lake of fire.  Even before Satan, which it was made for him and the angels that followed him.

Yesterday we started with the question, “Is God done with Israel?”

It’s a shame we even have to ask that, but since Christians and Jews don’t want to pay close attention to His word, that is why it is confusing to some.

We went over those “Kingdom to Come” verses from Isaiah yesterday and will continue now with Daniel.

Daniel 2:44 – ⁴⁴ “In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.

Daniel 7:13-14 – ¹³ “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. ¹⁴ He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all nations and peoples of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.

Zechariah 14:8-9 –  ⁸ On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it east to the Dead Sea and half of it west to the Mediterranean Sea, in summer and in winter.  ⁹ The LORD will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one LORD, and his name the only name.

There is this reminder in the New Testament.

Luke 1:32-33 – ³² He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, ³³ and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”

Then we can conclude all those with our look at the Revelation.

Revelation 20:1-6 – ¹ And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain. ² He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. ³ He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.

 ⁴ I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years. ⁵ (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection. ⁶ Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.

The Church is raptured, then these which were killed for their faith during the tribulation will also come to life and help rule and reign with Jesus while he sits on His throne.  Who will Jesus and His bride rule?  Those who didn’t take the Mark of the Beast and the Jews that were not killed.

It’s man that keeps trying to change everything and its meaning.  God’s Word is completely in line with what’s happening and going to happen.  The Church is the Church and Israel is Israel.  Israel has one tougher go about three and half years into the tribulation, but after that, they will be ruled by their King.

No God is not done with Israel, God is true to His Word.

No my replacement theology friends, He is not.  According to God’s Holy Word, that would make Him a liar.  Our Lord is no liar.

God promised Abraham that his descendents would live on and He has promised others that He will be their King.  The Millennium and shortly after the tribulation that will happen.

Isaiah 9:7 – ⁷ Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end.  He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever.  The zeal of the LORD Almighty will accomplish this.

Isaiah 2:2-5 – ² In the last days the mountain of the LORD’s temple will be established as the highest of the mountains; it will be exalted above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.  ³ Many peoples will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the temple of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.”
The law will go out from Zion, the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.  ⁴ He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many peoples.  They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.  Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.  ⁵ Come, descendants of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.

Isaiah 11:1-10 – ¹ A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse;
   from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.
² The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him—
   the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
   the Spirit of counsel and of might,
   the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the LORD—
³ and he will delight in the fear of the LORD.

   He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,
   or decide by what he hears with his ears;
⁴ but with righteousness he will judge the needy,
   with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth.
He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth;
   with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.
⁵ Righteousness will be his belt
   and faithfulness the sash around his waist.

 ⁶ The wolf will live with the lamb,
   the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearling together;
   and a little child will lead them.
⁷ The cow will feed with the bear,
   their young will lie down together,
   and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
⁸ The infant will play near the cobra’s den,
   the young child will put its hand into the viper’s nest.
⁹ They will neither harm nor destroy
   on all my holy mountain,
for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the LORD
   as the waters cover the sea.

 ¹⁰ In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his resting place will be glorious.

We see that Isaiah has a lot to say about the King that is to come.  I believe that he will have tremendous accuracy, since he hit all the other portions of Jesus when He came the first time.  Tomorrow we’ll continue in the Old Testament and work our way to the Revelation.

The first two days we spoke on prophecies that had to happen before the second coming of the Lord.

If you haven’t read them please do so now. 

The next prophecy that wasn’t a reality until about 50-60 years ago is weapons of mass destruction.

Matthew 24:22 –  ²²And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.  KJV

Mark 13:20 –  ²⁰And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect’s sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.  KJV

When I read this it appears that if it wasn’t God’s promise to Israel and the millennial reign to come, he would let man blow himself up and then your either saved or not.  However, for the elect’s sake, which is the Jews, He intercedes.

No flesh would be saved.  Is this possible today?  Obama is trying to get a treaty that would bring just the two countries down to 1,500 a piece.  I’m not a rocket scientist but I believe 3,000 nukes going off would devastate the possibility for man to survive.

Ezekiel tries to describe what he’s seeing in his vision of prophecy.

Ezekiel 39:6-15 –  ⁶And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.  ⁷So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.  ⁸Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.

 ⁹And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:  ¹⁰So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.

 ¹¹And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.  ¹²And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.  ¹³Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.

 ¹⁴And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.  ¹⁵And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamongog.  KJV

Wow.  Ezekiel speaks of professionals having to handle the destroyed bodies in this battle.  Bones will be marked for special handling.  Fire is mentioned and burning weapons for seven years for power.

Zechariah 14:12 –  ¹² This is the plague with which the LORD will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.

This certainly sounds like nuclear warfare or from a neutron bomb.  It also is for those who fought against Jerusalem.

Were living in a time where Israel is a nation again.  They are in control of Jerusalem.  They are planning for a temple.  We are heading for a one world government with a one world currency.  We are told that there will be one man to head it up.

Yet, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.  Yawn…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

2 Peter 3:3-4 –  ³ Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. ⁴ They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.”

The pot is about ready to boil.  Get out; and warn others to get out of the pot before it boils also.

Yesterday we spoke on some of the prophecies that are happening all around us and some that are forming in front of our very eyes.

With all of them taking shape, what is the church as a whole doing?  They’re sitting in hot pot of water.

We talked about Israel yesterday quite a bit and they are the number one indicator on God’s time clock.  Another one we mentioned is the one world government that is being pushed on us and is coming together.

Daniel 7:16-17 – ¹⁶ I approached one of those standing there and asked him the meaning of all this.  “So he told me and gave me the interpretation of these things: ¹⁷ ‘The four great beasts are four kings that will rise from the earth.

Daniel 7:23-27 – ²³ “He gave me this explanation: ‘The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on earth. It will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth, trampling it down and crushing it. ²⁴ The ten horns are ten kings who will come from this kingdom. After them another king will arise, different from the earlier ones; he will subdue three kings. ²⁵ He will speak against the Most High and oppress his holy people and try to change the set times and the laws. The holy people will be delivered into his hands for a time, times and half a time.

 ²⁶ “‘But the court will sit, and his power will be taken away and completely destroyed forever. ²⁷ Then the sovereignty, power and greatness of all the kingdoms under heaven will be handed over to the holy people of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will worship and obey him.’

So we not only read about the one world government but the one world ruler as well in the above passage.  He signs a 7 year peace treaty with Israel.  A time to the Jewish people is 7 years.  Time, times half a time is three and half years.  That is when the antichrist breaks the treaty and defiles the temple.

The wonderful thing is it always ends with Christ coming down with His army and ruling for a thousand years. 

Another end time prophecy that is forming quickly is a one economic system.

Revelation 13:15-17 – ¹⁵ The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed. ¹⁶ It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, ¹⁷ 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.

Our Country is Trillions upon Trillions in debt.  It can’t be paid off and the last spurt in the economy was from credit debt.  We saw back in 2008 just how linked all the economies are.  When our markets started to fail, others started to fail.  The one economic system is coming because it will be the answer to the world’s monetary problem when they all fail.  It’s one of the biggest reasons people will be in awe of the antichrist.  It will also curb identity theft, monetary theft, etc.

This technology is being perfected now.  They will put a little chip in your right hand or forehead and it will work like a credit card.  There is a one world order group that wants the whole world done by 2017.

Wow it’s getting hot in the pot.  But most people don’t know it, because they don’t read or meditate on God’s Word.

Tomorrow we’ll wrap it up with a more prophecy that had to be possible before the Lord’s return.

As a whole and to a certain degree, (almost) all of us become numb to the obvious around us.

Major Bible Prophecies are happening in our time.  The most important ones that truly have to happen before the Lord‘s return for His Second Coming and before the seven year tribulation, have happened or are at the door. 

Israel becomes a nation – If Israel is not back in their homeland making sacrifices to God, then the following cannot happen.

Daniel 9:27 – ²⁷ He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’ In the middle of the ‘seven’ he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.”

Just from this verse alone the antichrist has to be able to make a seven year peace treaty with the Jews.  They need to be sacrificing back into their rebuilt temple.  The Jews aren’t going to build their temple anywhere but on the old temple (many believe the Dome of the Rock is not on top of the old temple).  They need to therefore control Jerusalem.  There needs to be a one world ruler known by many as the antichrist.

Is any of this happening?  Yes.  Also those things that haven’t happened yet in the above paragraph are all coming together.  The Jews are already for their temple and to start sacrificing.  They are ready to accept the antichrist as their messiah instead of Jesus.  They have most of the utensils, garments, priesthood, etc, ready to go when it comes together.  The new world order groups, which are pushing us towards a one world government, are having a lot of success.  Number one thing they had to do was break America down in every way.  Spiritually, economically, heritage, national pride, sovereignty, etc.  They’re all happening.

Israel to the world will be a cup of trembling and burdensome stone.

Zechariah 12:2-3 – ²Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.

 ³And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.

Number one priority of foreign affairs to Obama now is to push peace between Israel and the Palestinians.  Israel is the size of New Jersey.  It’s hated by all of its Muslim neighbors, yet it is the focal point of the whole world right now.  Since the day Israel declared its independence, its neighbors have tried to destroy her. 

It’s all happening, the water slowly keeps getting warmer and the frogs don’t think anything about it.  Tomorrow we’ll continue on with this message.