How Near To The End Are We?
Revived Roman Empire... Islamic Alliance... The Mark of the Beast... The Sixth Seal... The Ten Horns... Gog and Magog... The Twelfth Imam... The Antichrist... The Abomination of Desolation... The New World Order... 666...
Does all of this confuse you?
by Jonathan Bernis from "Jewish Voice Today" - July/August 2013
If it does, you're not alone. End-Time prophecy is a virtual bubbling caldron of strange symbols, odd numbers, mystical concepts, and hidden revelation—all of which can be very confusing.
And while all of these various subjects merit careful study and observation, they can also potentially divert us from what is most important: First, to cultivate a relationship of intimacy with the Lord and learn to hear His voice, and Second, to share our faith with those who need to hear the Gospel. And although we at Jewish Voice inform and educate God's people to understand the times in which we live, our primary mission is and always has been to reach the world with the Gospel of Messiah... to the Jew first, and also to the nations (Romans 1:16).
(GOD STILL HAS HIS PROPHETS IN THE CHURCH - EPH.4:11. TODAY THAT IS NOT NEARLY SO MUCH AS SAYING WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT WEEK, BUT THE TRUE PROPHETS TODAY WILL BE GIVEN THE CORRECT UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROPHETIC WORD OF THE LORD AS GIVEN IN THE PROPHETIC BOOKS OF THE BIBLE - Keith Hunt)
Global Trends and Developments
While no one can predict exactly when the End will come and the hour of Yeshua's return, we are exhorted to watch, pray, and discern the times. God doesn't want us to be in the dark about what's in store for planet Earth. With that in mind, I want to point out five global trends and events that I believe tie into Last Days' prophecy:
(THE END TIME STEP BY STEP EVENTS LEADING TO THE LAST 42 MONTHS OF THIS AGE ARE INDEED GIVEN TO US IN THE BIBLE - Keith Hunt)
1. Worldwide Financial Instability and Social Chaos
Struggling economies marked by soaring unemployment rates throughout Europe (12% vs. 7.7% in the United States)—and bailouts or near bailouts of numerous European countries with the worst so far being Cyprus and Greece—are causing a weakened global financial scenario and growing economic instability. In addition, new post-Cyprus "austerity measures" have resulted in worldwide unrest and protests in Greece and Spain... and removal of power in Italy and Portugal, as the Eurozone slouches toward double-dip recession.
Jack Smith, author Islam, the Cloak of Antichrist, conjectures that the rapid rise of the Muslim power base in Europe will fill the huge void left by the impending financial collapse of the EU. Smith writes: "The strength of democracy will become the Achilles Heel of Europe and the Muhammadans will rise, claim the seats of power, and by that power fulfill the prophecy of Muhammad that one day Islam will rule the world."
(JUST WILL NOT BE SO. EUROPE IS PULLING OUT OF ITS DOWN-SLUMP AS IS THE USA, SLOWLY EUROPE WILL YET BECOME THE GREATEST TRADING POWER ON EARTH, AND AS POWERFUL MILITARILY AS THE USA....JUST A MATTER OF TIME; YOU WAIT AND SEE! Keith Hunt)
The world's most powerful nation is now the most indebted nation. In 2012, the U.S. national debt reached $16 trillion—more than America's annual economic output as measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP). A procession of so-called debt ceilings, pay-as-you-go rules, and balanced budget proposals have severely beleaguered our economy—helped along by divisive political maneuvers that are plagued by an infectious spending virus. Can we sustain such out-of-control spending and a runaway deficit? It is clear we cannot continue to "print our way" out of this mess. As large as the U.S. federal government is, something eventually has to give.
(YOU ARE ALREADY SEEING THE USA COMING OUT OF ITS MESS, SLOWLY BUT STEADILY. AND AS FOR THE DEBT; HEARD THIS TALK WAY BACK IN THE 1960s.....OUR DEBT WILL RUIN US; ON AND ON IT WENT..... WELL IT AIN'T HAPPENED. DEBT WILL BE THE LEAST OF OUR PROBLEMS. GOD GIVES AND LISTS MANY OF OUR PROBLEMS AND SINS - DEBT IS NOT ONE OF THEM - Keith Hunt)
Other economic powerhouses, like Japan, are following suit. In fact, all three of the world's major central banks have committed themselves to open-ended, cash-pumping programs to stimulate economies and protect financial stability.
The problem is, money is like any other commodity—the more of it there is, the less it is worth. As a result, this deluge of cash could create a tsunami of inflation. I see an eventual worldwide economic meltdown and the social chaos that most certainly will follow as a development moving us toward the End-Time landscape.
(NOPE WILL NOT HAPPEN.....JAPAN IS COMING OUT OF ITS 15 YEAR CRISIS; CHINA IS CHUGGING ALONG; THE USA IS MOVING FORWARD, AND REMEMBER THE USA, WITH ITS FINANCIAL PROBLEMS IS STILL THE NUMBER ONE ECONOMY IN THE WORLD - Keith Hunt)
2. Worldwide Rise of Anti-Semitism
Who is to blame for the emerging global financial crisis? According to a recent bestselling book in China, the answer is clear: The Jews. Thousands of blog posts and commentaries populating the web seem to underscore this new face of an old hatred. And this is nothing new. The Jewish People have always been blamed in times of economic woes. Post World War I hyper-inflation in Germany was blamed on the Jews. Hitler did not invent anything new. He simply capitalized on the mass anti-Semitism that was already rampant throughout Europe.
(NOT SO! A NUMBER OF BOOKS FROM THE USA SHOW CLEARLY IT WAS WALL STREET AND THE BANKERS IN BED WITH EACH OTHER, AND THE BANKS OF EUROPE IN BED WITH THEM.....HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE JEWS, HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH EVIL, GREEDY, RIP-OFF ARTISTS, FROM WALL STREET AND THE BANKS, WHO BROUGHT ON THIS 2008 DISASTER, NOT THE JEWS - Keith Hunt)
If you think these negative attitudes toward Jewish People are confined to fringe lunatic politics or anti-Zion hate rhetoric, think again. Highly recognizable and "respectable" world leaders are now echoing the same sentiment: "Jews are greedy global capitalists; Jews are wealthy secret communists; Jews are cheapskates; and Jews control the media with their money to unduly influence society."
(MAYBE SOME ARE STILL DOING THIS AS EVER BEFORE, BUT THE FACTS ARE CLEAR - IT WAS THE GREEDY, DECEPTIVE WALL STREET PEOPLE AND BANKERS WHO BROUGHT ON THIS ECONOMICAL MESS - Keith Hunt)
According to a recent poll of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), anti-Semitism is at an all-time high since World War II. Incidents of Jewish cemeteries being desecrated, Jewish school and synagogue bombings, and other Jewish hate crimes are increasing at an alarming rate throughout the world. Anti-Zionism, which is really nothing more than a repackaging of age old anti-Semitism, has become the normative attitude throughout Europe as Islam spreads its Israel-despising venom.
(YES BECAUSE THE RADICAL ARABS HAVE INCREASED, MORE AND MORE; ONCE "NORMAL" PEOPLE ARE BEING SUCKED INTO ARAB EXTREMISM - Keith Hunt)
Sadly, America is not exempt from this trend. College and university campuses across the United States are now breeding grounds for anti-Israel propaganda, and a nation that for the last 65 years since Israel's inception has been an unwavering friend and ally is now shifting. We are moving toward the time spoken of in Zechariah when all the nations of the earth will turn against the tiny Land and people of Israel (see Zechariah 14:2), a definite sign that the End of the Age is near.
(NOT SO. IT WILL BE A EUROPE BABYLON BEAST WOMAN WHORE CHURCH, CONTROLLING THE MOVEMENT OF THAT POWER THAT WILL COME AGAINST THE JEWS OF THE HOLY LAND, IN THE LAST 42 MONTHS OF THIS AGE, AND NOT THE WORLD PER SE - Keith Hunt)
3. Growing Unrest in the Middle East
Not America, but Israel and the Middle East are at the center of Last Days' prophecy, and are now at center stage of world media focus. At the forefront is Iran. The world waits for them to finish building their nuclear weapon. Why has it taken so long? I'll tell you: cyber-terrorism. On at least two occasions that we know of, Israel and the United States have attacked Iran's centrifuges... first through a cyber-bug called "Stuxnet," followed by a musical virus that turned on lab computers at night and blasted AC/DC's 1990s song "Thunderstruck." My prediction? If and when Iran completes a nuclear weapon, Israel will attack. And they will likely be on their own. What could follow may catapult us into utter chaos.
(IT MAY BE INDEED THAT THE STATE OF ISRAEL WILL NOT ALLOW IRAN TO HAVE THE ATOM BOMB. BUT IRAN WILL BE A RELATIVELY SMALL PLAYER IN THE LAST 42 MONTHS OF THIS AGE. NO WAR WILL COME BETWEEN IRAN AND THE STATE OF ISRAEL, IT JUST AIN'T IN THE PROPHETS CARDS...WAIT AND SEE; YOU'LL FIND I'M RIGHT - Keith Hunt)
I could go on and talk about Syria, Turkey, Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood, and a Hezbollah armed to the teeth, but space does not allow. To better understand this volatile landscape and whether there can ever be real peace, I encourage you to get my small book Is Peace Possible: Understanding the Current Middle East Crisis (seepage 16).
(BETTER STILL READ DANIEL 11:40-45 INTO DANIEL 12. THERE WILL COME A "KING OF THE SOUTH" - AN ARAB CONFEDERACY LED BY EGYPT. UNTILL IT COMES ON THE SCENE. THE LAST 42 MONTHS OF THIS AGE WILL NOT COME - Keith Hunt)
4. The Gospel to Every Nation
In 1960, there were an estimated 50 million evangelical Christians in the West, and 25 million in the rest of the world. Today there are an estimated 75 million in the West, and a staggering 325 million living in rest of the world. Most of these "new evangelicals" reside in China, South Korea, India, Africa, and Latin America. Ironically, they are now sending "reverse missionaries" to Europe and the United States!
Although the fastest growing rate of Christianity is taking place in China (60-80 million people and between 10,000-25,000 coming to faith every day), one of the most surprising revival movements is taking place in none other than the Muslim world. While Islamic extremists shout "death to the infidels" (Jews and Christians), a growing number of former Muslims are embracing those "infidels" as long-lost brothers.
Mission researchers estimate that more Muslims have committed their lives to Jesus in the last ten years than in the last fifteen centuries of Islam. Amazingly, most of these Muslims are coming to know the Lord through dreams and visions.
Jesus Himself declared that the Gospel of the Kingdom would be proclaimed to every ethnos (people group or nation) before the End would come. That is happening today and will be a growing trend as we move toward the Last Days and the Lord's return.
(NOPE IT IS NOT HAPPENING TODAY. JESUS SAID YOU WILL NOT HAVE GONE OVER THE CITIES OF ISRAEL TILL THE SON OF MAN COMES [IT'S IN THE GOSPELS, FIND IT AND MARK IT]. THE GOSPEL GOES TO THE WORLD BY AN ANGELS - REVELATION 14:6-13. THIS IS DURING THE DAY OF THE LORD, THE LAST YEAR OF THIS AGE - Keith Hunt)
5. All Israel Shall Be Saved
Both the physical restoration of Israel and Jerusalem in 1948 and 1967 respectively as well as the spiritual restoration of Israel (the Jewish People) back to their God are perhaps the most significant events to occur before the Messiah returns.
(NOT SO. IT WAS JUST THE END OF THE 7 TIMES PUNISHMENT ON JUDAH, THAT ENDED IN 1917, WHEN THE BRITISH UNDER ALENBY CAPTURED JERUSALEM, AND THE JEWS COULD WITH REAL GUSTO RETURN TO THE HOLY LAND; THAT IS ALL, NO MORE AND NO LESS, AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY CLOSENESS TO CHRIST'S RETURN - Keith Hunt)
Jews are returning to their Homeland in record numbers. The prophets declared that in the End of Days, God would "regather the scattered outcasts of Israel" from the north,
south, east, and west (see Isaiah 11:11; Jeremiah 16:14-16; Zephaniah 3:10; Deuteronomy 30). Amazingly, this is happening before our very eyes and is largely under the radar of most Christians. More than a million Jews have emigrated from the Former Soviet Union in the north since the fall of Communism. Some 100,000 Ethiopian Jews have emigrated from the south.
(AGAIN NOT SO. THE VERSES GIVEN [AND OTHERS NOT GIVEN] IN CONTEXT ARE ABOUT THE TIME WHEN JESUS WILL RETURN, AND SET ABOUT GATHERING ALL THE SCATTERED ISRAELITES FROM THE LANDS OF THEIR ENEMIES, WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN TAKEN DURING THE GREAT TRIBULATION, DURING THE LAST 42 MONTHS OF THIS AGE. ALL EXPLAINED IN DETAIL ON MY WEBSITE UNDER "PROPHECY" - Keith Hunt)
Since 1967, Messianic Judaism (Jews who have accepted Jesus as their Messiah) has become the fastest growing stream of religious Jewish life—with an estimated 100,000+ Messianic Jews in the United States and more than 250,000 worldwide. They are still a small minority in Israel (just 16,000-20,000) but rapidly growing.
(YES AND MANY OF THEM ARE IN A FALSE SO-CALLED "CHRISTIAN" RELIGION.....JUST PART OF THE DECEPTION THAT WOULD COME ON THE EARTH TOWARDS THE END OF THIS AGE - Keith Hunt)
Yet while the numbers of Messianic Believers in Israel and worldwide maybe relatively small now, the Bible tells us the day will come when all Israel will be saved (Romans 11:26). I see this awakening of Israel to their Messiah as the greatest single event preceding the return of Yeshua, and it is happening today.
(THAT PROPHECY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH CHRIST; IT HAS TO DO WITH AFTER JESUS HAS RETURN TO EARTH AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS POURED OUT ON ALL ISRAELITES [WHICH BY THE WAY ARE WAY WAY MORE THAN 15 MILLION JEWS IN THE WORLD TODAY].
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ONCE MORE WE SEE THE POOR AND BLINDED IDEAS OF MEN, THAT HAVE NO CLUE ABOUT THE TRUTHS OF BIBLE PROPHECY. NOW MARK MY WORDS, THEY ARE WRONG, AND I AM RIGHT. IN TIME YOU WILL SEE THAT THIS IS SO; YOU WILL KNOW WHO UNDERSTANDS BIBLE PROPHECY CORRECTLY, AND IT AIN'T THE MESSIANIC JEWS OR THE PROTESTANT FUNNY-MENTAL PROPHETS. ALL THE BOOKS OF PROPHECY ARE EXPOUNDED ON MY WEBSITE.
Keith Hunt
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