JEWISH-CHRISTIAN PROPHECY DEBUNKED!
FROM THE JVT [Jewish Voice Today} MAGAZINE - Jan/feb 2012
"Therefore, repent and turn to God, so that your sins may he erased) so that times of refreshing may come from the Lord's presence) and He may send the Messiah appointed in advance for you, that is, Yeshua. He has to remain in heaven until the time comes for restoring everything, as God said long ago, when He spoke through the holy prophets."
—Acts 3:19-21 (Complete Jewish Bible)
MY ANSWERS - Keith Hunt
Well, it is now 2013 and despite Harold Camping spending millions of dollars on billboards predicting that Judgment Day would be May 21, 2011, or ancient Mayan astronomers predicting the world would end in 2012, here we still remain.
Lest we forget, Jesus Himself admonished us to "be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect Him" (Matthew 24:44). As to the actual time of Yeshua's return, "no man knows"—not even Jesus knew that during the time He was here on the earth. We are not to predict dates. Though we can't know the exact hour, God wants us to know the season... to be wise as the "men of Issachar, who understood the times..." (l Chronicles 12:32).
ANSWER: Yes we are to know Bible prophecy that will tell us the step by step, on the return of Christ.
There are, indeed, many clear signs that we are in the last of the Last Days. The ones you likely hear the most include the ten-nation confederacy, the Antichrist's emergence and identity, the mark of the beast, the rebuilding of the Third Temple, and the final showdown between Israel and Russia. Although important, I am not an expert in these areas, so I will leave these to others to expound on. There are, however, other prophetic signs that we are in the Last Days that are clear and being fulfilled before our very eyes. I will mention just a few below:
ANSWER: Some of the above are false understandings of what to look for as the end times proceed.
1) The Restoration of Israel and Jerusalem
Almost all teachers on the Last Days agree that the restoration of the Land of Israel in 1948 after almost 2,000 years was the moment the End-Time clock began to tick. Then in 1967 Jerusalem came back under Jewish control after a miraculous victory in the Six Day war. This was a direct fulfillment of Yeshuas statement in Luke 21:24, "Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled." These two events, including Israel becoming an agricultural phenomena and the revival of the Hebrew language in Israel, had to happen before Jesus could return. They are now fulfilled and are clear signs that the end is near and the return of the Messiah to the earth is imminent.
ANSWER: Completely wrong! The punishment of the Jews was over in 1917, when British forces regained Jerusalem, and so more and more Jews started to return. The return of Jews to the Holy Land has nothing to do with Luke 21:24. That prophecy is for the yet future, the start of the last 42 months, 1260 days, or time, times, and half a time, as given in the book of Revelation. All explained in many of my in-depth studies on Bible prophecy on my website.
2) The Rising Tide of Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism is once again rapidly spreading throughout the world at an alarming rate and is at an all-time high since the Holocaust. Sixtypercent of all Europeans regard tiny Israel as the greatest threat to world p eace; a third of those surveyed in Europe and America regularly attribute to the Jewish People "excessive power and influence." At its core, it is Satan who is fermenting "the world's deepest hatred"- both against the Land and People of Israel. While some would try to make a distinction between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism, as one noted historian remarked: "It's distinction without a difference." Think about it: Israel is the only state on the face of this planet that such a large number of disparate people wish to see disappear.
The new carriers of this demonic hatred are fanatic Muslims who see Israel and the Jews as a dangerous cancer that must be wiped off the earth. Islamic leaders like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have vowed to destroy Israel as soon as they acquire the means to do so.
This scenario was predicted thousands of years ago. The prophet Zechariah declared that all nations would turn against Israel in the Last Days: "On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves" (Zechariah 12:3). Jesus describes the conditions immediately preceding His return as a time of great conflict and tribulation (see Matthew 24 and Luke 21). The good news is those who seek to destroy Israel will fail. Israel, with Jerusalem as her capital, is here to stay.
ANSWER: Sure hatered for Jews, especially in the Arab world is large, but it has always been so. The prophecy of Zechariah 12:3 is for the very end time, around the time of the battle of Armageddon. The context is when the Jews will admit Christ is the Messiah. It is the time of the deliverance of Judah and Israel from their enemies. All fully explained in detail under "Prophecy" on my website.
3) The Re-gathering of the Jewish People Back to the Land of Israel
Not only did God promise to restore the Land of Israel in the Last Days, He also declared He would re-gather the "outcasts of Israel" from all the nations where He scattered them (see Isaiah 11:11). This aliyahj or return of the Jews to their biblical homeland, is yet another important sign that the Messiah's return is approaching. It is no coincidence that over the last 20-plus years, the largest immigration in Israels short history has come from Russia and the republics of the former Soviet Union. Amazingly, Jeremiah 16:14-15 predicted that the mass return of the Jewish People would begin from the north. He was not speaking about North America but the land directly north of Israel, the former Soviet Union. More than one million Russian-speaking Jews are now in the Land of Israel, and just as Jeremiah prophesied, they are now returning from the south (more than 130,000 Ethiopian Jews now live in Israel) and all the countries where the Jewish People have been scattered.
ANSWER: The writer has the context of Isa.11:11 etc. all mixed up. Such take the words out of the whole context; which is the very time of the Messiah's return to deliver Israel and Judah [which the writer also does not have the truth on] from their captivity. This prophecy has nothing to do with Jews coming from Russia or Ethiopia [the Ethiopian Jews are not Jews by blood, only by religion]. People take verses out of context to uphold their false ideas.
Still, more Jews remain outside of Israel than inside Israel. We at Jewish Voice are committed to finding and helping Jewish communities in remote areas of the world. Since 1999, we have been conducting free medical, dental, and eye clinics in Ethiopia to help the Beta Israel and Beta Avraham communities that remain there. There are still more than 60,000 there that need our help. For the last six years, we have been providing the same clinics for the Bnei Menashe in Manipur and Mizoram, India. Recently, 7,000 of the Bnei Menashe were permitted to make aliyah. Just this year, we held our first clinic in the remote bush of Zimbabwe to help the Lemba tribe. I invite you to read the February and August 2012 editions of our Connections newsletter to learn more about this amazing "lost tribe" of Israel.
ANSWER: Note the writer admits there are still more Jews outside the Holy Land, than in it. The prophecies they quote show clearly when fulfilled ALL Israelites will be back in the Holy Land - the context is the key to understanding correctly these prophecies. The fulfillment of them has not yet come to pass, and will not until the Messiah Jesus has returned.
Other tribes that claim to be decedents of ancient Israel contact us regularly for help. The Yiber tribe of Somaliland, the Igbo tribe in Nigeria, and the Abuyudaya tribe of Uganda are just a few examples. The identification and eventual restoration of these lost communities of Israel is fulfillment of End-Time prophecy most hear little about, but it is one of the clear signs that we are in the Last Days.
ANSWER: The writer has no clue about who the other tribes of Israel are besides the Jews [who are made up of the tribes of Judah, Benjamin and Levi]. Such writers are off the wall and out in left field, when it comes to understanding the truth about all the 13 tribes of Israel.
4) The Gospel Proclaimed to the Nations
Another End-Time restoration that must take place is the Gospel must be proclaimed to all the nations of the earth. In fact, this maybe the clearest statement in Scripture about what must happen before Jesus can return. He, Himself told us, "And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come" (Matthew 24:14).
ANSWER: This prophecy has nothing to do with present Gospel proclaiming by the Church of Jesus Christ. It has to do with the "angel" who proclaims the Gospel to all nations just before Christ the Messiah returns - see Revelation 13:6. and the fall of modern Babylon and the return of Christ verse 14 and on into chapter 16 and the battle of Armageddon.
Thanks to modern technology, it is now possible for the Gospel to be preached to "all nations" or, more accurately, ethnos—which actually means "a race," "a tribe," or "a people group"—in the remotest areas of the planet.
We must understand this requirement in the light of Romans 1:16, however, that the Gospel must go to the Jew first. This is a precedent, a biblical mandate and order; that is just as true to day as it was when it was written. This means the Gospel has to be proclaimed to every Jewish community in every nation where they have been scattered. And this has not yet happened. In addition, around 350 million people still need the Bible translated in their own language. This must happen before the end will come.
ANSWER: Jesus in the Gospels said His disciples would not have gone over all the cities of Israel till the Son of man come. To go over the towns of the State of Israel is simple, not many towns there. But Israel is much larger than Jews in the Holy Land. If this was not so, then Jesus' words mean nothing. The spreading of the Gospel by Christ's church has nothing to do with Mat. 24:14. Hence to try and figure out when the Gospel has gone to all nations is silly and futile. God the Father is not dependent on us and our work of spreading the Gospel. The Gospel will be proclaimed to the whole world by an angel as told in Revelation; then the end of this age will come.
5) The Blindness Coming off of the Eyes of the Jewish People
The final (and, I believe, most important) "restoration of all things" that must yet take place is the national salvation of Israel.
There's no doubt that we're witnessing the beginning of the day when "all of Israel will be saved" (see Romans 11:25-26). More Jewish People have recognized Yeshua as their Messiah in the last 30 years than in the last 20 centuries! But while Jewish People are coming to saving faith in Yeshua in record numbers, we have not yet seen the "national" salvation of the Jewish People.
Think of it this way: Every time a Jewish person accepts Yeshua, we move that much closer to Messiah's return. This means that if you've doubted your purpose in life—whyyou are alive at this exact point in time-—-doubt no more! History is indeed "His Story"—a story that we who are alive "for such a time as this" have the awesome privilege—-and responsibility—of hastening to its Final End.
ANSWER: Completely wrong once more. It will not be until Christ comes and delivers Israel and Judah from their enemies, pours out His Spirit on them, that the salvation of all Israel [all 13 tribes] will come to pass. Again, the context of verses in Bible prophecy prove this is so. And I've expounded all that in depth on my website under "prophecy."
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To be continued
BABYLON TO RISE AGAIN
From the "Jewish Voice Today" magazine - Jan/Feb. 2013
MY ANSWERS - Keith Hunt
Prophecies found in Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Revelation indicate that Babylon the country and Babylon the city will, in fact, be resurrected and rebuilt in the last days, much as Israel and Jerusalem have been resurrected and rebuilt in recent decades. Indeed, the Bible indicates that the city of Babylon will not only be fully rebuilt but will actually become the wealthiest and most powerful—and eventually the most corrupt and wicked— city on the face of the planet. That maybe difficult for many to picture or accept, but it was also difficult for many to picture the "dry bones" of Israel being rebuilt until it happened in the twentieth century.
ANSWER: FIRST THE DRY BONES [EZEK.37] IS FOR THE END TIME BY THE CONTEXT, NOT SOMETHING ALREADY TAKEN PLACE LIKE MANY CHRISTIANS AND CHRISTIAN-JEWS TEACH. THE CONTEXT IS THE KEY AND THEY MISS THE CONTEXT. THE BABYLON OF REVELATION IS NOT THE OLD ANCIENT BABYLON. IT IS THE HEIGHT OF SILLINESS TO THINK OLD BABYLON CAN BECOME LIKE LONDON, OR NEW YORK, OR BERLIN, OR PARIS, WASHING D.C. THOSE CITIES TOOK HUNDREDS OF YEARS TO BECOME LARGE AND FAMOUS AND INFLUENTIAL WORLD CITIES. THE WRITER DOES NOT TELL YOU ABOUT THE SECULARISM AND HATE BETWEEN PARTIES IN WHAT IS LEFT OF IRAQ. IT WILL BE MANY YEARS BEFORE ANY STABILITY WILL EMERGE IN IRAQ; THEY NOR THE USA WILL HAVE THE MONEY TO SPEND ON TRYING TO BUILD THE OLD ANCIENT BABYLON BACK TO COME CLOSE TO MATCHING THE HUGE CITIES OF THE WORLD, IN BUILDINGS, INDUSTRY, MODERN SPACE AGE MATERIALISM, AND ALSO MATCH THE CORRUPTIONS AND EVIL OF THE LARGE CITIES OF THE PRESENT WORLD. IT IS A PIPE DREAM TO SAY ANCIENT BABYLON WILL BECOME "THE WEALTHIEST, AND MOST POWERFUL, AND EVENTUALLY THE MOST CORRUPT AND WICKED CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH." THE WRITER IS HAVING WILD FANCIFUL DREAMS THAT PROVE HIS ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND END TIME BIBLE PROPHECY IS FIRST-GRADE MENTALITY. HE SHOULD BE IN SOME OTHER BUSINESS THAN TRYING TO TEACH BIBLE PROPHECY. MAYBE HE SHOULD BE A FARMER. I'M BEING VERY BLUNT, BUT MARK MY WORDS WELL.....WHAT HE IS TEACHING IS UTTER GARBAGE AND LAUGHABLE, IF IT WAS NOT SO SERIOUS A MATTER.
[What's fascinating to me is that such prophecies are already beginning to come to pass in our lifetime]
ANSWER: THEY ARE? I THINK NOT. WHAT IS COMING TO PASS IS THE FORMING OF THE LAST HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE IN EUROPE, AND THE FREEDOM OF SOME ARAB NATIONS TO EVENTUALLY FORM THE "KING OF THE SOUTH" LED BY EGYPT.
In my 2006 book, Epicenter; I wrote an entire chapter on Saddam Hussein's efforts in the 1980s to begin rebuilding the ancient city of Babylon and on the new Iraqi government's plans to continue and dramatically expand the work that Saddam set into motion. I quoted a story that appeared on the front page of the New York Times on April 18, 2006, saying that "Babylon, the mud-brick city with the million-dollar name, has paid the price of war. It has been ransacked, looted, torn up, paved over, neglected, and roughly occupied, But Iraqi leaders and United Nations officials are not giving up on it. They are working assiduously to restore Babylon, home to one of the Seven Wonders of the World, and turn it into a cultural center and possibly even an Iraqi theme park."1 I also cited my interview with then-Iraqi finance minister Ali Ab dul Ameer Allawi, who told me, "Cultural, religious, archaeological, and biblical tourism is a big opportunity for Iraq. I think rebuilding Babylon is a wonderful idea., as long as it is not done at the expense of the antiquities themselves."2
ANSWER: WHAT MAY SEEM LIKE A GOOD IDEA, DOES NOT ALWAYS COME ABOUT; IT WOULD TAKE A STABLE GOVERNMENT, WHICH IS YEARS AWAY FROM COMING ABOUT, IF EVER. IT WOULD TAKE HUGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY, IRAQ DOES NOT HAVE AND THE USA WILL NOT GIVE, CONSIDERING THE MONEY THEY NEED TO GET BACK TO ECONOMIC VIBRANT POWER. AND THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOME FANCY PARK KIND OF CITY, AND BECOMING THE WEALTHIEST AND MOST EVIL CITY IN THE WORLD. AGAIN YOU ARE LOOKING AT 3 OR 4 GENERATIONS IF IT IS POSSIBLE AT ALL.
Since Epicenter was published, much more has been done to rebuild Iraq arid establish peace and security in the once and future Babylon. I have had the opportunity to travel to and minister in Iraq four times since the fall of Saddam Hussein, and each time the country was safer and more prosperous than the time I went before. Just as remarkable is that more steps have been taken to rebuild the actual city of Babylon as well, even with American assistance.
ANSWER: I THINK HE HAS FAILED TO NOTICE THE RECENT [WELL HE WROTE THIS EARLY 2013] VIOLENCE IN IRAQ - THEY HAVE RELIGIOUS GROUPS THAT HATE EACH OTHER, AND THE VIOLENCE IS HORRIFIC AT TIMES. IT WOULD BE DECADES BEFORE ANY KIND OF EVEN "NICE" CITY OF BABYLON COULD COME INTO BEING, AND THEN NEVER AS A LEADING CITY OF THE WORLD IN WEALTH AND CORRUPTION AS THE AUHTOR WANTS YOU TO BELIEVE.
[THE BIBLE INDICATES THAT THE CITY OF BABYLON WILL NOT ONLY BE FULLY REBUILT BUT WILL ACTUALLY BECOME THE WEALTHIEST AND MOST POWERFUL - AND EVENTUALLY THE MOST CORRUPT AND WICKED CITY ON THE FACE OF THE PLANET]
ANSWER: BUNCH OF SILLY GARBAGE, BASED ON A HUGE MASSIVE MISUNDERSTANDING OF END TIME BIBLE PROPHECY; ONE OF THE BIGGEST FALSE DREAMS OF A WAY OUT MIND-SET OF SOMEONE WHO HAS NO CLUE ABOUT BIBLE PROPHECY.
On February 14, 2009, I wrote a blog post under the headline "U.S. to Help Rebuild City of Babylon in Iraq."
ANSWER: YES THAT WAS 2009; A LOT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THEN. THE USA DOES NOT HAVE THE MONEY NOR THE STUPIDNESS TO BOTHER GIVING PRECIOUS TAX PAYERS MONEY TO HELP REBUILD SOME ANCIENT CITY, THAT WOULD HAVE LITTLE OR NO RETURN FOR THE USA. AND OIL TO RUN AMERICA IS LESS AND LESS DEPENDENT ON ARAB NATIONS.
The government of Iraqis moving forward with plans to protect the archaeological remains of the ancient city of Babylon, in preparation for building a modern city of Babylon. ... The Obama administration is contributing $700,000 toward "The Future of Babylon" project through the State Department's budget. "Officials hope Babylon can be revived and made ready for a rich future of tourism with help from experts at the World Monuments Fund (WMF) and the U.S. embassy reports the Reuters news agency. '"The Future of Babylon project launched last month seeks to map the current conditions of Babylon and develop a master plan for its conservation; study and tourism, the WMF says. 'We don't know how long it will take to reopen to tourists said Mariam Omran Musa, head of a government inspection team based at the site. It depends on funds. I hope that Babylon can be reborn in a better image.
ANSWER: THE MONEY WILL NOT BE THERE FOR DECADES. MAYBE A VERY SMALL TOURIST TYPE OF SHOWING SOME ANCIENT ARTIFACTS MAY COME ABOUT; FOR BEING THE WEALTHIEST AND MOST CORRUPT CITY AND POWERFUL CITY IN THE WORLD, YOU ARE LOOKING AT LEAST 100 YEARS, IF IT EVER COMES EVEN CLOSE TO FULFILLING THIS DREAM OF THIS WRITER.
Two years later, in January 2011, I pointed readers of my blog to another New York Times story, headlined "A Triage to Save the Ruins of Babylon." "The Babylon project is Iraq's biggest and most ambitious by far, a reflection of the ancient city's fame and its resonance in Iraq's modern political. and cultural heritage," the article reported, noting that "in November, the State Department announced a new $2 million grant to begin work to preserve the site's most impressive surviving ruins "4
ANSWER: I DOUBT THAT $2 MILLION WAS EVER GIVEN, BECAUSE OF THE AMERICAN NEEDS FOR GETTING ITSELF BACK INTO VIBRANT JOBS AND ECONOMY ONCE MORE. IT SURE WAS NOT ON THE NEWS IN 2012 OR 2013 SO FAR. I THINK OBAMA HAS MUCH MORE PRESSING THINGS ON HIS MIND THAN SOME OLD BROKEN DOWN ANCIENT CITY THAT IS JUST RUINOUS BRICKS AND DECAY.
The article also reported that "the American reconstruction team has refurbished a modern museum on the site, as well as a model of the Ishtar Gate that for decades served as a visitors' entrance. Inside the museum is one of the site's most valuable relics: a glazed brick relief of a lion, one of 120 that once lined the processional way into the city. The museum, with three galleries, is scheduled to open this month, receiving its first visitors since 2003. And with new security installed, talks are underway to return ancient Babylonian artifacts from the National Museum in Baghdad."5
ANSWER: AND A HUGE AMOUNT OF STOLEN ITEMS HAVE DISAPPEARED OR BEEN VANDALIZED. FROM WHEN THIS AUTHOR WROTE THIS ARTICLE IN JAN/FEB 2013 THERE HAS BEEN NO NEWS ON ANY SIGNIFICANT REBUILDING OF ANY NEW MODERN BABYLON. IF WOULD TAKE DECADES AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. BUT MAYBE THE AUTHOR THINKS GOOD OLD BILL GATES WILL THROW IN 10 BILLION DOLLARS OR SO. DO NOT HOLD YOUR BREATH FOR THAT GIFT.
Clearly, Bible prophecies are coming to pass. Babylon is rising again.
ANSWER: YES IT IS RISING - IN EUROPE - THE MODERN LAST RESURRECTED HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE - GOVERNED BY THE WHORE CHURCH - THE MYSTERY BABYLON THE GREAT. NOW THAT IS INDEED FORMING RIGHT BEFORE YOUR EYES WITH THE ASSYRIAN GERMANS LEADING THE WAY, AND SPEARING-HEADING, WHAT ONE DAY WILL SHAKE, RATTLE, AND ROLL, SOME ARAB NATIONS, AND THE NATIONS OF THE WEST. IT'S THE END TIME BABYLON WITH ITS FALSE PROPHET AND MILITARY BEAST, WHO WILL USHER IN THE GREATEST TRIBULATION PERIOD OF HISTORY THAT MAN HAS EVER SEEN.
Excerpt taken from Implosion © 2012 by Joel C. Rosenberg.
Joel C. Rosenberg is a New York Times bestselling author with more than 2.5 million copies in print. An evangelical Christian, he is the cofounder and president of the Joshua Fund, providing humanitarian relief in Israel.
I.Jeffrey Gettleman, "Babylon Awaits an Iraq Without Fighting" - New York Times, April 18,2006.
2. Ali Abdul Ameer Allawi (Iraqi finance minister), interview with the author, April26,2006.
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To be continued
FROM "JEWISH VOICE TODAY" MAGAZINE - JAN/FEB 2013
The End of the World
As We Knew It
by JACK KINSELLA
Well December 21 2012 came and went and we're all still here. Of course, that was to be expected.
Nobody talked much about it; but earlier in 2012 an archeological team found another hidden chamber near the chamber where they found the Mayan calendar that ended its Long Count at December 21, 2012.
But since so many people booked rooms in Central America to await the end of the world, they didn't have the heart to reveal what they found there. It was a new calendar that picked up where the old one left off. Oh well.
What was it about the 2012 Mayan calendar that sparked such serious and intense interest? People who knew nothing about Mayan culture or Mayan history and especially Mayan astrology were completely sold out to the Mayan 'prophecy.'
This entire issue is dedicated to the proposition that the Mayan prophecy failed. It wouldn't be if it hadn't have been taken so seriously by so many people. And yet; when you look at it; the entire theory was based on the ending date to a calendar.
That's like believing it is the end of the world on December 31 just because that's when the calendar ends. Yet that is what happened. Call it "The End of the World as We Know It" syndrome or its acronym, TEOTWAWKI.
It is an all-pervading sense that the clock is winding down and that we are running out of time. That sense of impending doom is shared across the board by Christians, humanists, secular futurists, scientists, fiction-writers, Muslims, Jews, Rastafarians, Zoroastrians, Buddhists, Hindus, the Baha'i, and several Native American tribal religions, including those of the Hopi, Lakota, and Mayans.
"The End of The World as We Know It" is a film genre in Hollywood. From the Omen trilogy to the Seventh Sign, Rosemary's Baby, Arnold Schwarzenegger's End of Days, and 1991's Messiah-bashing, The Rapture to the apocalyptic series Mad Max, "The End of The World As We Know It" has been a consistent box office winner.
Among religious Jews in Israel, the Messianic expectation is expressed by banners and signs festooning Israel welcoming the Messiah. Islam believes that TEOTWAWKI will begin with a massive all-out Muslim assault on the non-Muslim world. That war will spark the return of the twelfth Imam (the Mahdi) who will lead the Muslim forces to victory, institute Islamic rule on the whole world, and usher in a period of Islamic peace and harmony. Humanists, environmentalists, and secular scientists have also developed an apocalyptic worldview as scientific knowledge continues to Increase at exponential levels.
The humanists envision a nuclear apocalypse as a consequence of war between nations. They preach globalism and the elimination of the nation-state as the only prescription for humanity's survival and preach the UN as savior of the world.
Environmentalists forecast impending doom as a consequence of human damage done to the planet by its mere existence. They preach that man is a cancer on the earth and that cancer must be slowed or stopped by limiting human activity and production. Only global intervention can save mankind, and they preach the UN as savior of the world.
Secular astrological scientists are combing the known universe for an impending asteroid strike that will destroy all life on earth. Scientists estimate that there is between one chance in 1,000 and one chance in 10,000 that a "doomsday" asteroid collision will head toward earth during the 21st century.
Everybody shares the same instinctive sense of the times, whether secular, humanist, religious, or scientific. You never have to crack a Bible to know in your heart that humanity's clock is winding down. It's hard NOT to notice.
This instinctive understanding that this is the generation of "The End of The World as We Know It" is like an elephant in the living room that nobody wants to talk about, but can't quite ignore. No matter how hard you try to look around it, it is still there.
All of these various perspectives see almost the same outcome; an existential threat to humanity that, barring the intervention of a savior, will bring about Doomsday at some time in the not too distant future.
Does this sound familiar? Not one of these theories discussed above has its roots in the New Testament. These are secular assessments derived from collating all the known variables as they become known and calculating the probabilities.
But they all point to the end result, and all follow the same formula: Judgment is coming, mankind needs a savior, or all is lost.
That is EXACTLY what Yeshua preached 2,000 years ago—the exact same formula with the exact same conclusion being reached by the secular world today. But He uniquely named Himself as the Savior to those who put their faith in Him, so nothing is lost.
The year 2012 is behind us, 2013 has just begun... and we are still here. One more year to proclaim the soon return of the Messiah! One more chance to bring Yeshua to the lost. Until He comes.
"Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that the kingdom of God is near. Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened" (Luke 31-32).
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YES IT WAS ANOTHER TIME [BEEN MANY OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS] WHEN SOME GOT ON THE BAND-WAGON BECAUSE OF MISS-UNDERSTANDING OF THINGS, OR NOT HAVING THE WHOLE STORY, THE REST OF THE STORY, SOME RELIGIOUS PEOPLE EITHER EXPECTED THE GREAT TRIBULATION TO COME OR CHRIST'S RETURN, TO HAPPEN BY THE END OF 2012.
IT ALL STEMS FROM PEOPLE NOT KNOWING BIBLE PROPHECY CORRECTLY. NOT KNOWING HOW TO PUT THE PROPHECIES OF THE BIBLE TOGETHER CORRECTLY, FOR THE 1, 2, 3 STEPS, OF END TIME EVENTS.
ON MY WEBSITE UNDER "PROPHECY" I HAVE GIVEN YOU THE 1, 2, 3, STEPS TO WATCH FOR. NOT UNTIL THOSE EVENTS COME TO PASS WILL CHRIST RETURN. THE NUMBER ONE STEP IS THE FORMING OF THE "KING OF THE SOUTH" AS IN DANIEL 11:40-45, WHICH THEN LEADS INTO CHAPTER 12. UNTIL THE "KING OF THE SOUTH" - A SOMEWHAT UNITED ARAB UNION WITH EGYPT SPEARING-HEADING IT, THE GREAT TRIBULATION AND THE LAST 42 MONTHS [BOOK OF REVELATION] OF THIS AGE WILL NOT COME TO PASS.
YES IT IS JUST THAT SIMPLE.....MARK MY WORDS WELL. GOD HAS GIVEN US PROPHETIC SIGNS, GIVEN THE UNDERSTANDING TO HIS MINISTERS OF PROPHECY [HAVING THE GIFT OF CORRECTLY PUTTING TOGETHER THE PROPHECIES OF THE BIBLE] WHO WILL TELL YOU THE CORRECT SIGNS TO LOOK FOR BEFORE THE END OF THIS AGE CAN COME.
WHAT IS GOING ON IN SOME ARAB NATIONS TODAY INCLUDING EGYPT, IS THE BEGINNING OF THE START OF AN EVENTUAL ARAB UNION CALLED IN DANIEL "THE KING OF THE SOUTH."
UNTIL IT FORMS, THIS AGE WILL NOT COME TO AN END.
STEP NUMBER 2 TO THEN WATCH FOR, IS THE KING OF THE SOUTH "PUSHING AT" THE KING OF THE NORTH [A RESURRECTED HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE IN EUROPE] AND WE HAVE NOT ONLY NO IDEA AS TO WHAT THAT PUSH WILL BE, BUT EVEN MORE IMPORTANT, WE HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THAT PUSH WILL COME; THE KING OF THE SOUTH COULD BE MANY YEARS IN FORMATION BEFORE THEY "PUSH AT" THE KING OF THE NORTH.
THOSE ARE THE TWO BIG THINGS TO KEEP YOUR EYES ON. THE REST OF THE STUFF PROTESTANT PROPHETS WANT TO TELL YOU [WRITE BOOKS ABOUT TO SELL TO YOU, MAKING MORE MONEY FOR THEMSELVES] IS ALL USELESS AND FICTION.
YES MARK MY WORDS WELL, TIME WILL TELL I AM CORRECT, AND YOU WILL KNOW WHO IS THE TRUE SERVANT OF GOD, AND WHO ARE ALL THE FALSE PROPHETS.
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WHY THE WORLD
WON'T END UNTIL…….
AT LEAST 2024
by BILL SALUS
FROM JEWISH VOICE TODAY MAGAZINE - JAN/FEB 2013
MY ANSWERS - KEITH HUNT
Astute Bible prophecy believers weren't surprised when they woke up on December 22, 2012, and discovered that the Mayan Mesoamerican Long Count calendar was inaccurate. All the hype about the end of the world occurring on December 21, 2012, was baseless to them because they recognized that this present world wouldn't end until seven-years of tribulation passed upon the earth. The seven-year "Tribulation Period" as it is commonly referred to in many Christian circles, is a major eschatological theme in the Bible. Other associated biblical tags for this period are "Daniel's Seventieth Week," "The Day of the Lord," "The Time of Jacob's Trouble;" and several more. According to Daniel 9:26-27, this period commences when the Antichrist confirms a seven-year covenant with "many," including the nation of Israel. We recognize Israel's participation in this treaty from Isaiah 28:15 and 18, and Daniel 9:24.
ANSWER: THE JEWISH-CHRISTIANS GO ALONG WITH THE FUNDAMENTAL CHRISTIANS IS THE WRONG UNDERSTANDING OF DANIEL 9: 26-27. THERE IS NO SEVEN TRIBULATION YEARS MENTIONED IN END TIME BIBLE PROPHECY. THE BOOK OF REVELATION GIVES 42 MONTHS, 1260 DAYS, AND A TIME, TIMES, AND HALF A TIME. THE CORRECT UNDERSTANDING OF DAN.9:26-27 WAS UNDERSTOOD BY THE OLD FUNDAMENTAL BIBLE COMMENTATORS LIKE MATTHEW HENRY, ALBERT BANES, ADAM CLARKE. THE CORRECT UNDERSTANDING OF DANIEL 9 CAN BE FOUND UNDER THE "PROPHECY" SECTION ON MY WEBSITE.
Isaiah's verses inform us that Israel at the time is extremely concerned with some "overflowing scourge" that is sweeping through the world. The Israeli leadership believes that partaking of this future treaty which Isaiah calls a "covenant with death," enables the Jewish State to avert destruction. Daniel 9:24 clarifies that seventy weeks are determined for the Jews and the holy city of Jerusalem to accomplish seven important spiritual feats.
ANSWER: THE WRITER DOES NOT UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY THE BOOK OF ISAIAH OR DANIEL 9. THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS ON MY WEBSITE.
There are many portions of Scripture that split this seven-year period of tribulation into two parts. It is commonly taught among Bible prophecy teachers that the first three-and-one-half years present Israel with a period of peace, but that peace is abruptly interrupted at the mid-point when the Antichrist enters into the coming third Jewish temple, and fufills the Daniel 11:31 and 12:11
prophecies Yeshua warned about in Matthew 24:15.
ANSWER: THERE WILL BE NO TEMPLE BUILT IN JERUSALEM UNTIL THE MESSIAH COMES. ORTHODOX JEWS TEACH ONLY THE MESSIAH CAN BUILD THE NEXT TEMPLE. THE WRITER DOES NOT UNDERSTAND MATTHEW 24:15 CORRECTLY. ALL FULLY EXPLAINED IN DEPTH ON MY WEBSITE.
This abominable act of the Antichrist is commonly called the "Abomination of Desolation." From that point forward, the Antichrist attempts a final genocide of the Jews during the last three-and-one-half years of tribulation, which is often referred to as the "Great Tribulation" period. During the Great Tribulation, Zechariah 13:8-9 warns that two-thirds of the Israelis will be killed, but fortunately the other third still survive and become a faithful, believing remnant.
ANSWER: THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION IS INTERPRETED FOR US [THE BIBLE INTERPRETS THE BIBLE] IN LUKE 21.... JERUSALEM SURROUNDED BY ARMIES AND HER DESOLATION WILL COME. THE WRITER DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHO ALL OF THE ISRAEL PEOPLES ARE. IT IS TRUE BIBLE PROPHECY TELLS US 2/3 OF ALL ISRAEL WILL DIE, THE REMAINING THIRD SCATTERED IN NATIONS OF THE WEST, AND A SWORD COMES AFTER THEM ALSO; ONLY 1/10 OF ISRAELITES WILL REMAIN ALIVE AT THE COMING OF CHRIST; ALL ON MY WEBSITE IN DETAIL.
The glaring point of all this mind-boggling prophetic information is that the Antichrist has not confirmed this seven-year covenant with Israel yet. Therefore, the end of this present world can't come for at least seven more years. In fact, I explain in my book Revelation Road, Hope Beyond the Horizon why there is probably a minimum of eleven-and-one-half years remaining on the End Time's clock. Below is a quote from the pertinent section of Revelation Road, but first here is an important preface.
ANSWER: THERE IS NO 7 YEAR COVENANT TO EVER COME IN ANY FORM. IT IS A MISS-UNDERSTANDING OF DANIEL 9. THE TRUTH OF DANIEL 9 IS ON MY WEBSITE.
[EZEKIEL 38-39 GOG OF MAGOG INVASION PROBABLY A PRE-TRIBULATION EVENT]
ANSWER: THE WRITER AND MOST FUNDAMENTAL PROTESTANT PROPHETS HAVE EZEKIEL 38-39 IN THE WRONG PLACE. THAT TWO CHAPTER PROPHECY IS FOR AFTER THE MESSIAH CHRIST HAS RETURNED. AGAIN FULLY EXPOUNDED ON MY WEBSITE.
In fifty-two highly descriptive passages, the prophet Ezekiel predicts that nine populations named Gomer, Meshechj Tubal, Persia, Magog, Togarmah, Put, Libya, and Cush will invade Israel in the "latter years." The general consensus among many End Times experts today is that these ancient populations identify the modern-day countries of Russia and its Southern Steppes, along with Turkey, Iran, Tunisia, Morocco, Libya, Ethiopia, Sudan, and Somalia. This is a prophecy that many Bible prophecy teachers are expecting to find final fulfillment in the near future.
ANSWER: IT WILL NOT HAPPEN IN THE NEAR FUTURE OR ANY TIME BEFORE JESUS COMES AGAIN. IT WILL HAPPEN AFTER CHRIST HAS RETURNED. AGAIN EXPOUNDED IN DETAIL ON MY WEBSITE.
Fortunately, the Lord intervenes on Israels behalf and divinely defeats this formidable Gog of Magog coalition according to Ezekiel 38:18-39:6. Subsequently, the nation of Israel embarks upon a national campaign to harness the energy from the weapons of these defeated enemies. With this in mind, the quote from Revelation Road reads as follows:
"Ezekiel 39:9-10 suggests Israel will possess the know-how to convert the weapons of mass destruction
possessed by the Ezekiel 38 invaders into fuel. Israel appears to utilize these weapons for fuel and energy consumption for a period of seven years. This will be no problem during the peaceful first half of the tribulation, but not likely during the perilous second half, because Jews will be fleeing for their lives, rather than harnessing this energy.
"Therefore, many scholars suggest that Ezekiel 38 must conclude, not commence, no later than three-and-one-half years before the seven-years of tribulation even begins. This allows the Jews seven full years to burn the weapons before they begin fleeing for their lives. Realistically, it will probably take approximately a year to even collect, dismantle, and convert the weapons cache prior to that.
"Here's how this could break down incrementally in real time. Allow about one year for the Ezekiel 38 battle to occur and the weapons to be converted. Remember, assembling a coalition and mobilizing an invasion of the scope described in Ezekiel 38 is no twenty-four hour undertaking. Then consider an additional seven-year span to burn the weapons. And lastly, add in the final fhree-and-one-half years of Great Tribulation, for a total of eleven-and- one-half years.
"If this hypothesis is correct, this means that at least (underscore at least because it's probably going to be longer) from the time the Ezekiel 38 invasion begins until the second coming of Yeshua HaMashiach to set up His kingdom, there will exist approximately eleven-and-one-half years. I could be more technical on the timing, because Daniel 12:11-12 adds an additional seventy-five days to the equation. His infamous 'Seventieth Week' ends, and then the two-and-one-half month interval kicks in, at which time the sheep and goat judgment of Matthew 25:32-4d seemingly takes place."
ANSWER: THIS BATTLE OF EZEK.38 TAKES PLACE AFTER THE MESSIAH HAS RETURNED. IF THE NATIONS MENTIONED WERE TO INVADE THE HOLY LAND BEFORE THE LAST 42 MONTHS OF THIS AGE, THEY WOULD NOT BE DOING IT BY TANKS, TRUCKS, PERSONAL MEN WITH GUNS AND ROCKET LAUNCHERS. THEY WOULD USE ROCKET MISSILES, AIR-PLANES WITH BOMBS. THERE IS NOT ENOUGH "GOOD PRODUCE" IN THE STATE OF ISRAEL TO TRY AND PRESERVE THE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ETC. THE LAND ITSELF CAN FIT INTO THE STATE OF FLORIDA ABOUT 4 TIMES. THE ENEMIES OF THE JEWS WOULD JUST DESIRE TO BLOW THEM OF THE FACE OF THE EARTH WITH MASSIVE BOMBS, NOT SOME MASSIVE GROUND FORCE. THE IDEA OF THE JEWS FIGURING A WAY TO USE METAL AS FUEL, FOR 7 YEARS IS A CRAZY DUMB AND RIDICULOUS IDEA OF A MIND-SET THAT IS FROM PLANET PLUTO [WHICH THEY SAY IS NOT A PLANET]. BUT PUT ALL THAT INTO A PICTURE OF A WORLD BLOWN APART BEFORE CHRIST RETURNS [BOOK OF REVELATION] AND HORDES OF CAVE MEN TYPES FINDING/HEARING THE HOLY LAND AND REGATHERED ISRAELITES ARE BOOMING WITH SUPER PLENTY OF PHYSICAL RICHNESS; THEN HORDES OF PEOPLE COMING AS INVADING TO GET THE PHYSICAL RICHNESS, WITH WOODEN SPEARS, BOWS AND ARROWS, WOODEN CLUBS - THEN YOU CAN SEE THE SENSE OF IT ALL, AS TO BURYING THEM FOR 7 MONTHS, AND BURNING ALL THE WOOD FOR 7 YEARS.
HENCE THE JEWISH/CHRISTIANS OF FUNDAMENTAL PROPHECY ARE ALL OUT IN LEFT FIELD, IN UNDERSTANDING PROPHECY. THEY ARE ALL SIMPLY VERY WRONG!
In conclusion, according to the Bible prophecies listed in this article, the present world appears to survive at least until the year 2024! This is not a prediction, but rather an educated prophetic observation.
ANSWER: WELLLL.....YES, ACCORDING TO PROTESTANT FUNDAMENTAL PROPHETS THEIR IDEAS WOULD I GUESS TAKE YOU TO 2014 AT LEAST BEFORE CHRIST RETURNS OR THE END OF THE WORLD. SO PROT. FUNDAMENTAL PROPHETS YOU HAVE SOME WAITING TO DO. AND ACTUALLY YOU'D WAIT FOREVER BECAUSE YOUR IDEAS OF PROPHECY JUST AIN'T GOING TO HAPPEN.....WAIT ON GUYS, YOU'LL ALL BE DEAD AND BURIED, AND STILL BE WAITING.
BUT YOU READING THIS CAN COME TO KNOW WHAT BIBLE PROPHECY TEACHES; IT'S ALL ON MY WEBSITE UNDER "PROPHECY."
Keith Hunt
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