We have seen the news on either Social Media, the pages of our favorite news app or website, or talked about the world situation with friends.  And hopefully, you have read my previous post.  There is a belief that we are now in the birth pains talked about in the Bible.  Full transparency, I believe we are in the birth pains as well.  Why do I think we are in the birth pains?  I am glad you asked.

The world is becoming a dangerous place.  People have been placed into power by God’s intervention.  Things are happening – whether it would be wars or rumors of wars, blasphemies that are coming from high profile people and governments, the persecution of Christians around the world is increasing and becoming more open, Israel is being threatened more and more, there are more earthquakes and natural disasters than before, and there are signs from the bible becoming more apparent.

“The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates so that the water in the river was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the east to come.” Revelations 16:12

This is a picture of the Euphrates River.  The river has dried up from Syria all the way into Iraq and through to the Tigris River.  The Prophecy above states that the river will dry up by God’s will.  Furthermore, there is an even scarier prophecy in store that involves the Euphrates River.

“Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the horns on the golden altar that is before God. The voice said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Free the four angels who are tied at the great river Euphrates.”  And they let loose the four angels who had been kept ready for this hour and day and month and year so they could kill a third of all people on the earth.” Revelations 9: 13 – 15  (NASB1995)

This is a prophecy that is coming. These Four Angels are evil angels that belong to satan and will kill 1/3 of mankind. This is 1/3 of the earth’s population of humans. This is an astonishing number of the amount of people who will die. I believe it will be a horrible death for those who experience it. Revelation 9:6 (NASB1995) has this warning “And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death flees from them.” Those wanting an escape from the Tribulation and the Great Tribulation will not find it. For even death will not come easily and those times will be a time of great punishment for the people that are left after the Rapture of the Church.

As the countdown to the Rapture of the Church continues there is a move by world governments to create a new One World Currency.  Many people will say this is an impossibility because Bitcoin and other digital currencies will offset the One World Currency.  Biblical prophecy will say otherwise.  “He required everyone—small and great, rich and poor, free and slave—to be given a mark on the right hand or their forehead. And no one could buy or sell anything without that mark, which was either the name of the beast or the number representing his name.  Wisdom is needed here. Let the one with understanding solve the meaning of the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is 666.”  Revelation 13:16-18 (NLT).  The Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) consortium is working to consolidate a new One World Currency with a Central Digital Bank Currency.  The United States has created a new US Digital Dollar called USDT (US Dollar Tether which is also known as “Stablecoin” and is a cryptocurrency that will provide a stable dollar for trading and purchasing).  This USDT is a very stable dollar and can be used with the FedNow service which provides instant payment and is currently operated by the Federal Reserve System.  It does not take much of a stretch of the imagination to know that this is a bridge to remove the paper currency and replace it with a digital currency.  Once digital currency is in use the next step would be to place the FedNow system under the CDBC world system to be controlled by a One World Government.  If you think that a One World Government is not possible, think again. 

September 18, 2023, begins the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030 (SDG2030) convention.   This convention includes a 7-year treaty for all 193 nations to adopt the SDG2030 plans to place the world under a One World Government that will place a political forum for sustainable goals that was first adopted in 2015.  Since this year is 2023 and the goal is to have these resolutions adopted by 2030, that means we are now in the 7 years before this goal.  These goals are to bring a new peace to the planet and to create a new future.  These are the promises of a satanic nature that we have been warned about.  You will be able to read the goals on their website (https://www.un.org/en/common-agenda/summit-of-the-future).  Soon there will be ten central nations that will have all the power.  They will then give their power to the Anti-Christ, or the beast as told in Revelations 17:13 (NLT) “They will all agree to give him their power and authority.”  Going back to the one world currency, this currency will require all citizens to have an implant, a mark of the beast as foretold in Revelations 13: 16-18(NLT) “He required everyone—small and great, rich and poor, free and slave—to be given a mark on the right hand or their forehead. And no one could buy or sell anything without that mark, which was either the name of the beast or the number representing his name. Wisdom is needed here. Let the one with understanding solve the meaning of the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is 666.”  This system is already in implementation in the Nordic Countries.  The World Health Organization (WHO) was planning to assume control of all Health Organizations in all 193 countries.  A health representative from one of the countries represented at the WHO Conference stated that once control was given to the WHO they would require all people of the Earth to be microchipped on their right hand or forehead and would not be able to buy, sell, or trade, or travel.  There are a lot of concerns because those who take the mark of the beast will also be thrown into the lake of fire along with the Anti-Christ and the False Prophet.  “Then I saw thrones, and the people sitting on them had been given the authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony about Jesus and for proclaiming the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his statue, nor accepted his mark on their foreheads or their hands. They all came to life again, and they reigned with Christ for a thousand years.” Revelations 20:4 (NLT) and Revelations 19:20-21 (NKJV) “Then the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone.  And the rest were killed with the sword which proceeded from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse. And all the birds were filled with their flesh.”  So those who are left and take the Mark of the Beast will be condemned in the final judgment.  Those who did not take the Mark of the Beast and endured, even to death were given eternal life and a throne with which to help Jesus rule the earth.  But the cost will be great for them.  They will have suffered tremendously because the conditions will be horrible for Christians.  The Church Age will have ended with the Rapture and the Evil will be let loose to do its work during the Tribulation. 

There is also a new blasphemous action happening in China and another blasphemous action is being proposed by a member of the World Economic Forum (WEF).  What is this thing they are doing?  China is re-writing the Bible to place the Government of China as god.  An example of the rewrite is the story of the woman caught in adultery.  As those who are ready to stone the Adulterous Woman Jesus tells them “He who is without sin cast the first stone.”  In the Chinese version of the Bible Jesus stones her and admits he is a sinner.  This is in contrast to the truth and blasphemous.  This is the link to the report about the Chinese Government’s effort to re-write the bible (https://youtu.be/FcElGmj2Dfk?si=YChjzWHrhXgszfql).  Another plan to re-write the Bible using Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been proposed by Yuval Noah Harari of the World  Economic Forum to create the One World Religion.  This plan would remove God from the Bible since Harari believes God is dead and the Bible is just a collection of outdated stories.  The plan can be seen at the following link(https://youtu.be/3u-IQJLKQuQ?si=NwPe3gH2958UaY4n) in Harari’s own words.  This is a second link where Harari criticizes Christianity and announces his intention to have AI re-write the Bible (https://youtu.be/MmxxNwrIJf8?si=w2SDnOq-W-rtEV9F).  With these blasphemous words, we can see the WEF wants to remove God from the Earth.  But, how can you remove the all-powerful creator when you are a mere mortal and did not return from the dead?  This delusion has been predicted from the writings of Paul “Now the Holy Spirit tells us clearly that in the last times some will turn away from the true faith; they will follow deceptive spirits and teachings that come from demons. ² These people are hypocrites and liars, and their consciences are dead” 1 Timothy 4 1 – 2 (NASB1995).  My caution to all who read this is to purchase a print Bible.  Once AI re-writes the Bible, I can see all those Bible apps on your cell phones and tablets going dead and you won’t be able to access the word of God.  The only thing available to you will be the word of the anti-Christ because that is what Harari will be proposing – a new Bible for the age of the anti-Christ. 

Satan will have control of the earth through his servant the Anti-Christ and the False Prophet.  The Anti-Christ will demand to be worshipped in place of Jesus Christ.  And all power will be given to this false messiah to rule the earth.  A new currency and a new government will be in his hands, and he will persecute both Christians and God’s Chosen people – The Israelites.  The time is getting short and we are almost at the time of the Rapture.  It can happen at any time and is the next event on the prophetic calendar.  The Anti-Christ is about to be revealed. 

This is not meant to scare you, but to warn you.  As Christians seeing these prophecies coming to life is bringing excitement because the day of the Lord’s Rapture of the Church is near.  It means we are going home soon.  And I am as excited as the day I married my wife.  The closer it got, the more excited I became.  Today that excitement is here, and the day is getting closer when He will call His Children – His Church home.  I pray that you are one of them that go home with me.  Because those who are left behind will be living in an unimaginable hell.  And if you take the mark of the beast you will not be allowed in heaven.  So I am pleading with you to please accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior because I can tell you He does not want you to be left behind, He wants you to be with Him.

You see, those left behind will be experiencing the Wrath of God on Earth.  God cannot allow evil to be with Him in Heaven.  And for those who don’t accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior, the eternal separation from God will be filled with eternal torment that will never cease.  You will be placed in a lake of fire and will suffer torment as well as eternal separation from God.  And this eternal torment is not fun, is not a joke, and is very real.  So again I plead with you, please accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior while there is still time.  Once time runs out it is too late, and then you face judgement.  And this type of judgment has no parole associated with it. 

If any of this has touched your heart and you want to have a relationship with Our Father and Our Lord Jesus Christ, and you want to spend eternity in Heaven and Accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior, or you feel you have backslidden and want to repent then please pray this prayer:

DEAR LORD, I KNOW I AM A SINNER.  I KNOW I HAVE HOPE IN JESUS.  I WANT TO REPENT OF MY SINS AND COME TO YOU TO ASK FORGIVENESS.  I WANT TO ASK YOU TO FORGIVE MY SINS, CLEANSE ME OF MY SINS, GIVE ME THE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE WITH JESUS, AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE JESUS IS MY LORD AND SAVIOR AND HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ME.  I ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT TO COME INTO ME AS THE GUARANTEE OF MY SALVATION AND WANT TO REPENT OF MY SINS.  ALL THIS I ASK IN JESUS HOLY AND PRECIOUS NAME, AMEN

If you prayed that prayer then I want to say CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME TO THE FAMILY OF BELIEVERS.  The Angels, The Saints, The Lord Jesus, and all who have gone before us are having a party in Heaven because you chose Jesus.  And I want to welcome you to the family.  Find a good Bible-based church and continue to learn about Jesus.  We are all on this Journey together.  And in the end we will hear God say “Well Done my good and faithful servant!”

This will be the first of the eschatology post I will publish.  I hope to publish more.  However, these will be more warnings and cautions about the coming End Times Tribulation and the coming Rapture of the Church. 

I want to begin with a scripture from Mark 13 (NASB1995) that is important to start with:  ^“Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.  But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.” 

I want to put this out there I don’t know when the Rapture or the return of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will return but He has given us signs to watch out for.  Luke 21: 25 – 28 (NCV) Jesus tells His followers there will be signs of the return of Jesus as detailed in the following passage “There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars. On earth, nations will be afraid and confused because of the roar and fury of the sea. People will be so afraid they will faint, wondering what is happening to the world, because the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then people will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. When these things begin to happen, look up and hold your heads high, because the time when God will free you is near!” 

The truth is that many signs have come to pass.  Mark 24: 6 – 7 states “And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet.  For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.”  Today more conflicts are occurring around the world. There are a growing number of declarations of wars and escalations towards wars.   China is threatening to Invade Taiwan, Iran is threatening to attack Israel, and Niger experienced a coup that removed their leader and installed a Military Junta as their government is several examples of Wars and Rumors of wars.  Nation will rise against nation is more of an example of civil wars or internal conflicts as experienced by France with their citizens rebelling against their country and their policy to increase the retirement age, the truckers in Canada protesting the working conditions imposed by their government or the riots in the US protesting the 2016 election or government policies they don’t agree with.  In fact, a study performed by Macro Trend has shown an increase in crime by over 5.5% yearly since 2019.  And since 2020 there has been a rise in violence worldwide.  This ranges from violence within national borders and violence across borders.  You can cite the drug cartel wars that cross the Mexican – US border, to the riots in Iran for the removal of the Ayatollahs from power, to the buildup of forces in Belarus across from the Polish Border (an example of a rumor of war).  The world is destabilizing and more and more countries are discussing conflicts or internal struggles that are causing disruptions in daily life for their citizens. 

There are warnings in the Bible that in the last days, there will be those who mock God.  This is increasing.  Don’t believe me?  Think of the movie on Netflix that portrayed Jesus as homosexual.  Think of the movie called “Rapture Palooza” or “This is the End” that mocks the rapture.   Or the many entertainers in Hollywood that have openly mocked God.  There is a link on YouTube where you can see people openly mocking God, including entertainers singing a song about going to Hell (https://youtu.be/YSfYISxA6uU?si=dFuJGvbFQRBEvnKI).  I will tell you that those who mock God will be surprised when the day comes and they are standing in front of Him explaining their actions. 

2 Timothy 3: 1 – 5 (NCV) details the types of people we will see in the “last days” “Remember this! In the last days there will be many troubles because people will love themselves, love money, brag, and be proud. They will say evil things against others and will not obey their parents or be thankful or be the kind of people God wants. They will not love others, will refuse to forgive, will gossip, and will not control themselves. They will be cruel, will hate what is good, will turn against their friends, and will do foolish things without thinking. They will be conceited, will love pleasure instead of God, and will act as if they serve God but will not have his power. Stay away from those people.”    Here is the New American Standard Translation of the same verses: But realize this, that in the last days, difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal,  haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these.”  You might say that these personalities have been present all along.  And you would be correct, however, we have not seen it to the extent it is today.  More and more people are leaving God and are mocking Him openly.  We have not seen the mocking of our Lord to this level, almost making Him a comedy sketch. 

Series like the show Lucifer which depicts satan as a misunderstood character are distorting the true nature of satan…one who wants to destroy you and all you stand for.  Someone who hates everything God created because God created everyone in His image..an image of love.  The same satan who tempted Eve in the garden which caused our fall from grace.  This same satan wants to see you in hell with him being eternally tormented, with no breaks, no time outs, and no parole.  This satan wants to see you in hell with him because that is where he will be when the final judgment comes.  Satan is not misunderstood, he is the pure definition of evil and wants to destroy you.  And if you are a Christian, satan wants to punish you.  As a Christian satan knows he does not have power over you, but he has power over the Non-Christian and he will do everything to keep you away from God. 

There is power in the name of Jesus!  Satan knows that.  For this reason, satan does not want you to accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior.  Once you accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior his power over you is completely destroyed.  James 4: 7 – 8(a) (NASB) says “Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.”  God wants you to have victory.  God wants you with Him in eternity.  However, God cannot allow evil to be in existence with Him for God is not evil.  God is holiness.  Revelations 4: 8 describe how the Angels in heaven sing continuously of God’s Holiness.  It says: “Each of these living beings had six wings, and their wings were covered all over with eyes, inside and out. Day after day and night after night they keep on saying,

“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty—
    the one who always was, who is, and who is still to come.”

Our God, Our Creator is Holy and anything that is not holy cannot be allowed into heaven to reside with Him.  1 Peter 1: 15 – 16 (NCV) states “But as He who has called you is holy, so be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.””

The truth is that God is not trying to extend our suffering, He is extending His mercy to all who will accept His Son Jesus as Lord and Savior.  As John 3:16-17 (MEV) says “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.”  God wants everyone to come to Him.  Why not?  He created all of us. 

As I was beginning this blog, my intention was also to show how time is running out. We are at a time which was described in the Bible. The signs of the end times are upon us and time is becoming short. My wish is that more people would come to Jesus in repentance and accept Him as their Lord and Savior. We are beginning to enter the final prophetic days before the Rapture and the Tribulation period. I believe satan has already been cast down from Heaven and is now cut off from God. The Rapture is close upon us. Once the rapture occurs the spirit that is holding the anti-christ back will be removed and life will literally be hell on earth. In fact, the word we are told in 2 Thessalonians 2:7 – 8 (NKJV) “For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming.” Right now the anti-christ is being restrained by the Holy Spirit, by the prayers and presence of God’s church, and by Jesus himself. However, once the Rapture occurs the anti-christ will be revealed. The truth is that without Jesus and the Holy Spirit we will not be able to know or identify the anti-christ. We will not be able to discern who the anti-christ is with his false preachings. We continue to read in 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 “The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders,and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.” I believe he is already on the world stage but his presence and his true identity are not known. When the Rapture occurs, his true identity will be revealed and the beginning of torment for “Christians in name only” or the “Carnal Christian,” and the Jewish people will begin. This torment will make the Nazi Holocaust of the Jewish People seem insignificant. The persecution on Christians and Jews will kill 2/3 of all Christians and Jews. This has been prophesied in the Bible. This will also be the time that God’s wrath will rain down on the earth. I will cover that in a future blog – but it won’t be too distant.

I will end with this plea, please, if you have not accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior do it today because time is short.  Please, accept Jesus because the Rapture is closer than you think.  And you don’t want to be one of those left behind.  Please, reach out to me or a friend who is a Believer / Christian to discuss your decision to accept Jesus, or to ask questions. 

To the Christian / The Believer this earth will be the only Hell we will ever know.  To the Non-Christian / Non-Believer this earth will be the only Heaven they will know.  Choose eternal life – Choose Jesus! 

If any of this has touched your heart and you want to have a relationship with Our Father and Our Lord Jesus Christ, and you want to spend eternity in Heaven and Accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior, or you feel you have backslidden and want to repent then please pray this prayer:

DEAR LORD, I KNOW I AM A SINNER.  I KNOW I HAVE HOPE IN JESUS.  I WANT TO REPENT OF MY SINS AND COME TO YOU TO ASK FORGIVENESS.  I WANT TO ASK YOU TO FORGIVE MY SINS, CLEANSE ME OF MY SINS, GIVE ME THE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE WITH JESUS, AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE JESUS IS MY LORD AND SAVIOR AND HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ME.  I ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT TO COME INTO ME AS THE GUARANTEE OF MY SALVATION AND WANT TO REPENT OF MY SINS.  ALL THIS I ASK IN JESUS HOLY AND PRECIOUS NAME, AMEN

If you prayed that prayer then I want to say CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME TO THE FAMILY OF BELIEVERS.  The Angels, The Saints, The Lord Jesus, and all who have gone before us are having a party in Heaven because you chose Jesus.  And I want to welcome you to the family.  Find a good Bible-based church and continue to learn about Jesus.  We are all on this Journey together.  And in the end we will hear God say “Well Done my good and faithful servant!”