ARE YOU NOTICING WHAT THE NEW POPE IS DOING? HOW HE IS MOVING TO WIN THE FAVOR OF NOT ONLY CATHOLICS [OVER ONE BILLION OF THEM WORLDWIDE] BUT WINNING MANY IN THE WORLD AT LARGE!
HE'S DROPPED THE "NO CAN TAKE SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH" FOR HOMOSEXUALS AND LESBIANS - A MOVE TO SAY "WELL YOU CAN BE PART OF US."
DID A NICE MOVE TO PUT OUT HIS HAND TOWARDS AUTISM PEOPLE AND THEIR PARENTS JUST THE OTHER DAY.... WALKING AMONG THEM. TOUCHING THEM. YES A NICE GESTURE.
HE'S A DOWN-TO-EARTH GUY.
IT IS ALL DOING WONDERS FOR THE RESTORING OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TO WORLD POPULARITY.
AND SO IT WILL GO...... THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WILL INDEED IN TIME, WITH SUCH A POPE, REDEEM ITSELF AND BE EVER MORE POPULAR.
IT'S ALL LEADING UP TO THE END TIME PROPHECIES OF THIS AGE...... A EUROPE WITH POWER, ECONOMICALLY AND MILITARILY, AND A POPULAR CHRISTIAN RELIGION, WHERE ONE IN 7 PEOPLE ON EARTH ARE ROMAN CATHOLIC, AND IT WILL INCREASE.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME, AND ALL WILL COME TO PASS AS WRITTEN IN THE PAGES OF BIBLE PROPHECY! ALL EXPOUNDED FOR YOU ON MY WEBSITE.
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Sunday, November 23, 2014
DR. DAVID JEREMIAH....mourning/rejoicing over the fall of Babylon
WORLD'S REACTION TO THE FALL OF BABYLON
From the book "The Coming Economic Armageddon" by Dr. David Jeremiah (2010)
World Reactions to the Destruction of Babylon
How will the world react to Babylon's fall? The apostle John gives us the reactions of three groups, each expressing cataclysmic shock by using the same woeful expression, "Alas, alas." That archaic word is seldom used today, but everyone understands it as an expression of calamity and grief. Let's explore why these three groups will utter that word.
The Kings of the Earth Will Mourn
The kings of the earth who committed fornication and lived luxuriously with [Babylon] will weep and lament for her, when they see the smoke of her burning, standing at a distance for fear of her torment, saying, "Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come." (Revelation 18:9-10) The kings who thought all power was theirs are going to mourn because the great capital city of the Beast's financial empire has been destroyed. As prophetic author Walter K. Price explains, "These kings who wail at the fall of Babylon are the provincial rulers who administrate the world empire of the Antichrist, and whose domains are affected most by the sudden disruption of commerce."28 Apparently Babylon was the final hope of these kings. When Babylon is destroyed, they are utterly devastated and can do nothing but mourn their enormous financial loss.
(TO SAY THIS IS THE ANCIENT CITY BABYLON RE-BUILT IS WAY OVER THE TOP. ONE CITY FALLING COULD NOT POSSIBLY DESTROY THE WEALTH AND POWER OF THE BEAST EMPIRE OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION. IT WOULD BE LIKE SAYING IF NEW YORK OR LONDON WAS DESTROYED, ALL THE WEALTH OF THE WESTERN WORLD WOULD DISAPPEAR AND VANISH AWAY. BUT IF THE END TIME BABYLON IS THE 7TH RESURRECTION OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE IN EUROPE, WITH ALL ITS GLORY AND POWER, WITH A FALSE PROPHET WORKING MIRACLES, AND THAT EUROPE POWER IS DESTROYED BY AN ENEMY; SO WHOLE NATIONS OF EUROPE LAY IN DUST AND ASHES, THEN YOU CAN SEE PARTS OF THE WORLD MOURNING HER DESTRUCTION. I SUBMIT THAT IS MORE REALITY THAN SOME CITY IN IRAQ BEING DESTROYED - Keith Hunt)
The Merchants of the Earth Will Mourn
And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise anymore….The fruit that your soul longed for has gone from you, and all the things which are rich and splendid have gone from you, and you shall find them no more at all. The merchants of these things, who became rich by her, will stand at a distance for fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, and saying, "Alas, alas, that great city that was clothed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and adorned, with gold and precious stones and pearls! For in one hour such great riches came to nothing." (Revelation 18:11,14-17)
The word here translated as "merchants" is the Greek word emporoi. It refers particularly to wholesalers, or those who deal in large quantities of trade items. These merchants will be instantly ruined. They will lament because their commercial power base— the economic hub of the world-—-will be gone. The stock exchanges will crash and the banks will close their doors. Bankruptcy will permeate world economies. In that day the god of mammon will prove to be worthless. In one hour all economic well-being will vanish!
(THEY WILL BE SHOCKED THAT A LARGE EMPIRE, WITH WEALTH AND SPIRITUALNESS [FROM THE MIRACLE WORKING FALSE PROPHET] IS BROUGHT TO LITERAL ASHES OF RUBBLE. THOSE WHO HAVE BECOME RICH WITH TRADING WITH THIS HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE OF EUROPE WILL BE AGHAST AT HER QUICK DESTRUCTION BY AN ENEMY. SUCH WOULD HARDLY BE THE CASE OVER JUST ONE CITY WAY OFF IN IRAQ - Keith Hunt)
The Shipmasters of the Earth Will Mourn
The shipping magnates of the world and their employees will mourn along with the rulers and merchants.
Every shipmaster, all who travel by ship, sailors, and as many as trade on the sea, stood at a distance and cried out when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, "What is like this great city?" They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and wailing, and saying, "Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth! For in one hour she is made desolate." (Revelation 18:17-19)
I doubt that most Americans think much about the importance of overseas shipping today, but a casual glance at the country of origin for many of the products we buy shows that they arrived via ship. Shipping is more important to us than we think, and many economists watch it carefully. The Baltic Dry Index is an economic measurement used to gauge the direction of the global economy. The BDI measures shipping of raw materials in twenty of the world's busiest trade routes by assessing daily what shippers are charging to ship various lots of goods in oceangoing vessels. If prices are rising, that means the demand for shipping space is increasing, which is a signal for a strong economy. If prices are falling, it means there is an excess of shipping capacity, indicating that world economies are in recession. So, a BDI going up is good for the economy, and a BDI going down is bad. The BDI is considered a "leading economic indicator" because it predicts future economic strength or weakness. Although the BDI is still below its February 2008 high, it has increased dramatically since January 2009.29
Despite current global economic conditions, in November 2009 the Persian Gulf States announced their plan for a $40 billion expansion that will "triple port capacity across the oil-rich region...to keep pace with rapid economic growth in the Gulf."30 We can expect this increase to continue. During the Tribulation, the Persian Gulf will be flooded with merchant ships coming from Babylon, the great center of world commerce. But one day as these ships enter the Gulf, the shipmasters will stare gaping and in shock at the enormous columns of smoke billowing from the inland city where their goods are going up in a blaze of fire. At that moment their ships' cargoes will be utterly worthless. The entire system upon which they had built their lives and their hopes will be gone, and they will cry out, "Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth! For in one hour she is made desolate" (Revelation 18:19).
(ALL DYNAMICS HAVE CHANGED IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD SINCE JEREMIAH WROTE HIS BOOK. FOUR - NEARLY FIVE YEARS NOW HAVE ALTERED MANY THINGS. THAT PART OF THE WORLD IS NOT THAT IMPORTANT ANY MORE; OIL FOR THE WEST IS NOT NEEDED ANYWHERE CLOSE AS IT ONCE WAS. THAT WOLRD IS IN SECTARIAN VIOLENCE; IRAQ IS FAR FROM SETTLED IN PEACE, AND WITH DIFFERENT SECTS OF RELIGIONS THERE, IT NEVER WILL BE. ONE INLAND CITY IN IRAQ WILL NEVER BE THE HUB OF THE WORLD; IT IS MORE THAN RIDICULOUS TO THINK SO; BUT AN EMPIRE OF NATIONS OF EUROPE - A HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE - WITH ALL KINDS OF SEA WATER TO ITS VARIOUS NATIONS; NOW THAT MAKES A WHOLE LOT MORE SENSE I SUBMIT; MERCHANTS TRADING WITH A EUROPE POWER CALLED IN REVELATION "BABYLON THE GREAT" "THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS" "DRUNKEN WITH THE BLOOD OF THE SAINTS" "MAKING ALL NATION DRUNK ON THE WINE OF HER FORNICATION" - AND HAVING A CITY BUILT ON SEVEN HILLS [ROME] - NOW THAT TO ME MAKES MUCH MORE COMMON SENSE. AND IT DID TO THE OLD PROTESTANT BIBLE COMMENTATORS LIKE ALBERT BARNES; ADAM CLARKE; MATTHEW HENRY. OUT ON THE FAR SEAS THEY WILL SEE THE SMOKE OF DESTRUCTION RISING FROM A DESTROYED ATOMIC ATTACK, ON EUROPE, AND THEIR WEALTH IS GONE. NOW THAT IS MORE IN LINE WITH WHY THEY ARE MOURNING HER DESTRUCTION - Keith Hunt)
The Rejoicing in Heaven over the Destruction of Babylon
When Babylon is destroyed, the kings, the merchants, and the mariners of the earth will mourn. But in heaven the apostles and the prophets will rejoice. "Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God has avenged you on her!" (Revelation 18:20). The apostles and prophets are urged to rejoice at Babylon's destruction because it was the system of that city that had martyred all of the apostles except John. It was that system that demanded, "Take the mark of the Beast, or starve." It was that system that had persecuted them, cut them to ribbons, boiled them in oil, hung them up to die, and sent them to the lions' den. It was that system that stood for everything that was against the God of heaven. One by one, they died, and it seemed as if nobody knew or cared.
(NOW THAT SYSTEM WAS NOT ANCIENT BABYLON IN IRAQ; THAT SYSTEM WAS A ROMAN EMPIRE, THEN A HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE IN EUROPE. IT WAS TO HAVE 7 HOLY RESURRECTIONS; SIX HAVE COME AND GONE; THE SEVENTH IS YET TO ARISE. THAT SYSTEM WAS FULL AND DRUNKEN WITH THE BLOOD OF THE SAINTS. HISTORY CLEARLY TELLS YOU WHO AND WHERE ALL THAT TOOK PLACE; IT WAS NOT IN BABYLON IN IRAQ - Keith Hunt)
But the God of heaven does not forget His own. "Vengeance is Mine," He promised (Romans 12:19). This is an echo of many such promises to His people: "Vengeance is Mine, and recompense; their foot shall slip in due time; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things to come hasten upon them" (Deuteronomy 32:35). "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay, says the Lord." And again, "The Lord will judge His people." It is a "fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God" (Hebrews 10:30-31). The manner and timing of the repayment for man's wickedness is God's prerogative. The apostles and prophets rejoice, not over the deaths of those doomed to eternal hell, but because God's righteousness and justice have prevailed.
(ALL IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH WILL REJOICE, BECAUSE THIS HORRIFIC SYSTEM, WITH ITS HORRIFIC KILLINGS OF THOSE WHO WILL NOT AGREE WITH ITS THEOLOGY; THIS SYSTEM WITH ITS SO-CALLED WEALTH PHYSICALLY AND SPIRITUALLY, A DECEIVING "CHRISTIAN" THEOLOGY, WILL FINALLY BE DESTROYED, AND NEVER RISE AGAIN. TWO THOUSAND YEARS AND NOW IT'S GONE FOREVER…..YES REJOICE INDEED - Keith Hunt)
John records something startling: "Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, 'Thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be thrown down, and shall not be found anymore'" (Revelation 18:21). In ancient times the millstone symbolized commerce because the grinding of wheat exemplified the economic stability of the culture. The millstone sinking into the sea signaled the final end to life in Babylon and to the economy of the world.
(YES THIS WEALTHY DECEPTIVE CHURCH STATE WILL FINALLY BE ASHES UNDER THE FEET OF THE RIGHTEOUS, AND A FALSE WEALTHY PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL SYSTEM WILL BE DESTROYED - Keith Hunt)
But there is another possible application. Do you remember reading what the Lord said about those who offend little children? "Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea" (Matthew 18:6). The annihilation of this godless power, gorged with the blood of the prophets, the apostles, and the saints of God, is pictured as a great millstone thrown with violence into the sea, sinking into eternal oblivion. Do you ever find yourself wondering if God has forgotten you? When you experience unfair treatment? When your evil adversaries seem to get the upper hand? When those who abuse the system advance while you miss yet another promotion? Do you ever say, as David did, "How long will the wicked triumph?" (Psalm 94:3). This is one of the questions most often leveled at Christians. "If you have such a great God, why does He allow evil?" The Bible does provide answers to that question (see Job, Habakkuk, and Psalm 73). But the ultimate answer is this: God does not ignore iniquity. He does not trivialize transgressions or wink at wickedness. While we are not always able to trace the judgment of God in our immediate circumstances, He is faithful, and in His own time He will avenge all evil that has been done. The destruction of Babylon will be one of His loudest statements affirming that fact!
(AND IT WILL NOT MEAN JUST THE DESTRUCTION OF ONE CITY IN IRAQ; IT MEANS A WHOLE LOT MORE, A WHOLE LOT MORE. IT WILL SHOCK ALL THE WORLD TO SEE A MIGHTY FALSELY HOLY SYSTEM BLOWN TO BITS, WITHIN AN HOUR. WHEN THE ATOMIC BOMBS FROM THE KINGS OF THE EAST COME CRASHING DOWN ON THIS HOLY ROMAN/BABYLON EUROPE IT WILL SHOCK AND DUMFOUND ALL THAT GOT PHYSICALLY RICH BY HER. GOD WILL ALSO BE SHOWING THAT HER CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY WAS ANYTHING BUT TRUE AND BIBLICAL - Keith Hunt)
Our Response to the Destruction of Babylon
While kings, merchants, shipmasters, apostles, and prophets all react to the ultimate destruction of Babylon, there is one more entity that is called upon to respond. The literal Babylon historically and prophetically so exemplifies man-centered pride and depravity that it has become a lasting metaphor for evil and rebellion against God. The people of God in every generation are instructed to separate themselves from the sins and mind-set of godless Babylon. "And I heard another voice from heaven saying, 'Come out of her, my people'" (Revelation 18:4). The prophet Jeremiah warned: "Flee from the midst of Babylon, and every one save his life! Do not be cut off in her iniquity, for this is the time of the Lord's vengeance" (Jeremiah 51:6). These passages make us realize that in this wicked, foul city, there will be Christians living. One author explains: "The appeal of salary and prestige will entice many capable Christian business and professional men...to participate in the planning and activation of this exciting and dynamic new metropolis... .No doubt many of these Christians will rationalize their move to Babylon by the opportunity thus afforded to 'have a witness' in the world's most important city."31
(IF MEANING, AS THEY DO, THE LITERAL CITY IN IRAQ, THEY COULD NOT BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER - Keith Hunt)
What such Christians fail to recognize is that effective witness is never mediated through compromise. God's message is not "Be like her, My people, thereby to appease and attract her," but rather "Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins" (Revelation 18:4 KJV). There can be no dual citizenship in the polar opposite cities of Jerusalem and Babylon. Paul wrote, "Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God" (2 Corinthians 6:14-16). I believe this is God's present-day call to separate ourselves from the world and especially the world as it is increasingly exhibited in the churches.
(WOW HE DOES NOT KNOW HOW RIGHT HE IS; BUT THEN HE ALSO DOES NOT KNOW, OR REFUSES TO KNOW, WHERE THE PROTESTANT CHURCHES COME FROM; HE WILL NOT ACCEPT THE FACT THAT THEY ARE ALL FROM THE MOTHER CHURCH OF ROME, SOME MORE SOME LESS. THEY ARE ALL TO SOME EXTENT FILLED WITH HER WRONG THEOLOGY, CUSTOMS, AND PRACTICES. INDEED IT IS FOR THOSE WHO LOVE THE TRUTH TO SEARCH FOR IT DILIGENTLY, AND THEN COME OUT OF THE FALSENESS THAT PORTRAYS ITSELF TO BE CHRISTIAN - Keith Hunt)
John calls us to separate from Babylon, "lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues" (Revelation 18:4). This warning tells us that indulging in the practices of Babylon has consequences, for these practices and the plagues that accompany them are inevitably paired.
(YOU BET; AND DAVID JEREMIAH DOES NOT KNOW HOW TRUE IT REALLY IS TO COME OUT OF THE DECEPTIVE RELIGION OF MODERN BABYLON. ONE DAY HE WILL KNOW AND HE WILL BE SHOCKED TO THE CORE. BUT YOU CAN KNOW NOW!! YOU HAVE MY WEBSITE THAT EXPOUNDS THE TRUTHS OF GOD FROM THE LIES AND FALSE CHRISTIAN RELIGION OF BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS - Keith Hunt)
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Saturday, November 22, 2014
DR. DAVID JEREMIAH....rise and fall of Babylon....my answer
FINANCIAL SIGNS OF THE END OF THIS AGE #3
From the book "The Coming Economic Armageddon" (2010) by Dr. David Jeremiah
GLOBAL FINANCIAL COLLAPSE AND ANCIENT BABYLON
.......Babylon no longer exists as a significant world city, but we know it will rise to power again because the Bible assumes it as fact.
(NO THE BILE DOES NOT ASSUME ANYTHING OF THE KIND; IT IS JEREMIAH THAT ASSUMES IT IN HIS [AND OTHERS] THEOLOGY - Keith Hunt)
The eighteenth chapter of Revelation gives us some very specific information about Babylon as the rebuilt commercial capital of the world during the Tribulation period. Why Babylon? Why would this ancient, once-powerful city, now obscure and gathering dust, rise again? Scientist and Bible scholar Dr. Henry Morris suggests some answers:
Babylon is indeed a prime prospect for rebuilding, entirely apart from any prophetic intimation. Its location is the most ideal in the world for any kind of international center. Not only is it in the beautiful and fertile Tigris-Euphrates plain, but it is near some of the world's richest oil reserves near the geographical center of all of the earth's land masses. It is within navigable distances to the Persian Gulf and it is at the crossroads of the three great continents of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Thus there is no more ideal location anywhere for a world trade center, a world communication center, a world banking center... or especially a world capital! With all these natural advantages, it is not farfetched at all to suggest that the future financial capital of the ten-nation federation established at the beginning of the Tribulation should be built here. Arnold Toynbee, the greatest historian of modern time's, used to stress that Babylon would be the best place to build a future world cultural metropolis.5
(ALL THIS IS SILLY, DAFT, CRAZY THEOLOGY THAT IS FROM THE MIND OF MEN AND NOT FROM THE BIBLE - Keith Hunt)
The rebuilding of Babylon is not just the idle topic of scholarly books. When Saddam Hussein rose to power in Iraq, he conceived a grandiose scheme for the rebuilding of that ancient city. He promised that Babylon's grand palaces and legendary hanging gardens (one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World) would rise from the dust. Believing himself to be the reincarnation of King Nebuchadnezzar II, who had conquered Jerusalem 2,500 years earlier, Hussein invested more than $500 million toward his goal of restoring the ancient city of Babylon. In 1987, while on a site visit to the ruins of Nebuchadnezzar's palace, Hussein asked how his guides were so certain of the date of its construction. The curator showed Hussein some of the original bricks, stamped with the name of Nebuchadnezzar II and the date that; we now refer to as 605 BC. Hussein, not to be outdone, had bricks laid in his palace wall that read: "In the reign of the victorious Saddam Hussein, the president of the Republic....the guardian of the great Iraq and the renovator of its renaissance and the builder of its great civilization, the rebuilding of the great city of Babylon was done in 1987."6
(SO WHAT.....HUSSEIN WAS A MAD MAN, WITH IDEAS THAT FINALLY LED TO HIS OPEN DEATH BY HANGING.... HE DID NOT KNOW BIBLE PROPHECY EITHER - Keith Hunt)
To further cement the implication of a relationship between himself and Nebuchadnezzar, Hussein had a seal struck depicting parallel images of both himself and the ancient ruler. The inscription was written in the wedge shapes of ancient cuneiform script as well as, strangely enough, English.
Hussein was consumed with reviving the glory days of Babylon under Nebuchadnezzar. He made Babylon "the focal point of Iraqi nationalism," and on September 22, 1987, he inaugurated the musical event known as the Babylon Festival. Saddam seemed determined to echo Nebuchadnezzar's bold proclamation: "Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for a royal dwelling by my mighty power and for the honor of my majesty?" (Daniel 4:30). Saddam's extravagant plans were interrupted by the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. Despite his removal from power and subsequent execution, the work to rebuild Babylon continues.
(IT DOES? HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT IT LATELY? THE NATION CAN HARDLY STAY IN ONE PIECE, LET ALONE TRY RE-BUILDING BABYLON. EVEN IF IT IS RE-BUITL TO SOME EXTENT, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BIBLE PROPHECY. NOW THAT COMES FROM ME; TIME WILL TELL WHO IS RIGHT. THE PROTESTANT PROPHETS OR ME; AND IT WILL NOT BE THE FIRST - Keith Hunt)
How does a war-torn nation like Iraq come up with the funds to rebuild an ancient site? Obviously, some of the resources come from the exportation of oil. In early 2010, Iraqi oil exports were at the highest level in more than a decade. The government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced plans to quadruple oil production to 2.15 million barrels per day by the end of 2010. The Iraqi government has issued long-term contracts with foreign oil companies to manage ten of Iraq's major oil fields. Al-Maliki aims to make Iraq a "preeminent producer that will rival, if not eclipse, Saudi Arabia and Russia" as the predominant world oil producers.7
(WELL IT DID NOT HAPPEN!! FOUR YEARS AFTER THE PUBLISHING OF THIS BOOK OF JEREMIAH'S IN 2010, IRAQ OIL IS AS NOTHING! MIDDLE-EAST OIL IS NOT IMPORTANT TODAY; USA IS OIL SUFFICIENT; EUROPE GETS MOST OF ITS OIL FROM RUSSIA; CANADA HAS ENOUGH OIL FOR NORTH AMERICA FOR 100 YEARS. THIS OIL TALK BY PEOPLE LIKE JEREMIAH HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE THE 1980s - HEARD IT ALL BACK THEN ALSO. TIME TO WAKE UP TO THIS OIL THEOLOGY - IT'S BUST, IT'S DAFT AND NOW LAUGHABLE - Keith Hunt)
Oil is not Iraq's only source of funds. Despite its own enormous budget deficit, the United States continues to pump reconstruction money into Iraq. This in spite of Iraq's estimated budget surplus in excess of $60 billion, little of which is being invested in rebuilding the nation.8 Today the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is also pumping millions of dollars into Babylon. With the help of private donors, the UN hopes to turn Babylon into a thriving center of tourism and commerce. If everything goes according to plan, Babylon will be a cultural center complete with shopping malls, hotels, and maybe even a theme park.
(SO WHAT? THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF CITIES IN THE WORLD WITH SUCH THINGS - Keith Hunt)
In 2009 the U.S. State Department issued a media note announcing a $700,000 pledge to The Future of Babylon Project, explaining that "Babylon stands out among Iraq's rich contributions to humanity." The note went on to say that this project "exemplifies the American people's commitment to the preservation of human heritage and their respect for the cultural heritage of Iraq."9
(SO WHAT? ALL KINDS OF THINGS HAVE BEEN MADE INTO "HISTORICAL SITES" AROUND THE WORLD - Keith Hunt)
An article in the British newspaper the Independent was titled; "Iraq's New Venture: Holidays in the Garden of Eden," and subtitled, "Iraq is trying to lure visitors to the land of Babylon with the slogan 'tourism not terrorism.'" The article goes on to say, "The cradle of civilization, the land of Babylon and the Garden of Eden, will become a paradise for foreign tourists."10
(YA, FOUR YEARS LATER, THE ISIS GROUIP DECIDED DIFFERENTLY; IRAQ IS BACK IN TURMOIL AND SECTARIANISM - Keith Hunt)
The United States government is taking seriously the rise of the city of Babylon and the central place of Iraq in the future of the world. On January 5, 2009, the largest and, at $474 million, the most expensive U.S. Embassy in the world opened in Baghdad, not far from Babylon. The 104-acre, twenty-seven-building complex is situated on the banks of the Tigris River.11 It includes 619 apartments for staff, restaurants, basketball and volleyball courts, and an indoor Olympic-sized swimming pool.12
This embassy, known as "Embassy Baghdad," is the largest of its kind in the world. It is the size of eighty football fields—as large as Vatican City—with a population of 5,500. It dwarfs US. embassies elsewhere that typically cover about ten acres. The Baghdad embassy has its own defense force and is designed to be entirely self-sufficient.
(WELL IT AIN'T DOING MUCH GOOD; ISIS WILL SEE THAT THE USA HAS NO PRESENCE IN IRAQ; THE WHOLE TALK ABOUT IRAQ AND ANCIENT BABYLON IS A PIPE DREAM, GOING DOWN THE DRAIN OF IRAQ SECULARISM, IRAQ AND THE ANCIENT CITY OF BABYLON HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH END TIME BIBLE PROPHECY, IT'S ALL IN THE FALSE THEOLOGY OF MINDS LIKE DAVID JEREMIAH - Keith Hunt)
We can see by these moves toward rebuilding Babylon that the city has a special interest in the eyes of the powers of the world. I believe these steps signal the beginning of the fulfillment of biblical prophecy. Henry Morris explains:
Never has a great world city had such a meteoric rise as New Babylon, and never will one experience such a cataclysmic and total fall— Babylon on the Euphrates has lain dormant and foreboding for centuries....But mighty Babylon is not really dead— Suddenly it will rise once again. Under the impact of overwhelming geopolitical needs, it will be authorized and implemented by the unprecedented building program undertaken by the federal ten-kingdom empire of the West, then pushed to dynamic completion by the Beast. Finally it will be inaugurated as the great world capital of the Beast, who will have become king of all the kingdoms of the globe.13
(UTTER PIG-SWILL AND FALSE THEOLOGY. I'LL GIVE YOU A PROPHECY: ALL THAT THESE PROTESTANT PROPHET TEACH WILL NEVER COME TO PASS, CERTAINLY NOT FOR IRAQ OR ANCIENT BABYLON; FURTHER THE "BEAST" WILL NEVER BE KING OF ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE GLOBE. CAN YOU SEE RUSSIA, CHINA, INDIA, BRAZIL, CANADA, BRITAIN, THE USA, LETTING SOME "BEAST" KING RULE THEM FROM IRAQ. THE IDEA IS CLOSE TO BE LUNATIC, NEVER MIND JUST BAD THEOLOGY ALSO - Keith Hunt)
Babylon's Rebirth as the World Financial Center
This rebuilding of modern Babylon is of special interest to our present study because of the city's historic past and prophetic future. Nimrod, the first world dictator, tried to make Babylon the first world capital. And biblical prophecy tells us that the revived city is destined to be one of the three capitals of the Antichrist, the final world dictator.
(BIBLE PROPHECY SAYS NO SUCH THING; IT'S ALL IN THE MIND OF JEREMIAH AND KIND, WITH THEIR BAD AND TWISTED PROPHETIC THEOLOGY - Keith Hunt)
According to the prophetic scheme outlined in Revelation, when the Antichrist takes control of the world, his government will function out of three major cities. From Rome he will rule the political world (see Revelation 17). From Jerusalem he will control the religious world after making a covenant with the Jews (see 2 Thessalonians 2:4). From Babylon he will direct his worldwide empire of economic and financial concerns (see Revelation 18).
(NOW THE BABYLON WHORE BEAST WILL RULE FROM ROME AND JERUSALEM, BUT THAT IS IT. THE BABYLON OF REVELATION 18 IS NO WHERE CLOSE TO BEING THE ANCIENT CITY OF BABYLON IN IRAQ....JUST REAL BAD THEOLOGY - Keith Hunt)
Revelation 18:12-13 catalogs twenty-eight items that form the basis for end-time economic commerce. This list includes the various material possessions for which men and women have labored, schemed, and become enslaved throughout history, which makes the list symbolic of man's perennial pursuit of wealth. While John lists commodities that were significant to his day, it is amazing to see how timeless they still are today and obviously will be in that final day:
Merchandise of gold and silver, precious stones and pearls, fine linen and purple, silk and scarlet, every kind of citron wood, every kind of object of ivory, every kind of object of most precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble; and cinnamon and incense, fragrant oil and frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and bodies and souls of men. (Revelation 18:12-13)
(AND THIS WILL NOT BE FROM ANCIENT BABYLON. REVELATION 18 IS THE CONTINUING STORY OF THE END TIME HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE; THE 7TH AND LAST RESURRECTION [6 HAVE ALREADY COME AND GONE]. THE OLD PROTESTANT BIBLE COMMENTARIES [ALBERT BARNES, ADAM CLARKE, MATTHEW HENRY] THAT OBVIOUSLY DAVID JEREMIAH DOES NOT READ OR BELIEVE, HAVE IT CORRECT...... THIS BABYLON, WOMAN WHORE, DRUNK WITH THE BLOOD OF THE SAINTS, MAKING ALL NATIONS DRUNK ON THE WINE OF HER SPIRITUAL FORNICATION, BUILT LITERALLY ON SEVEN HILLS, IS ROME AND CATHOLICISM. YET TO COME IS A HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE IN EUROPE THAT WILL BE THE TRADING CENTER OF THE WORLD, AND WHO WILL PRODUCE THE FALSE PROPHET AND "BEAST" MAN, WHO WILL FOR A SHORT TIME RULE THE WESTERN WORLD, UNTIL THE ARMY FROM THE "EAST" WILL OBLITERATE IT [REV. 9] ..... YES THEN WE WILL SEE THE LAND OF GOG AND MAGOG [RUSSIA/CHINA AND OTHERS] BLOW THIS EUROPE BABYLON TO ASHES - Keith Hunt)
As world currencies (like the dollar) fall apart and continue to lose value, it may be that the entire world will revert to a gold/silver/ hard currency standard. The Arab gold dinar is currently being used as currency in nine countries, so there is definitely a pattern in place for trade in gold/silver. If Iraq suddenly began demanding payment for its oil in dinars, the influx of gold into that country would be huge. That probably won't happen, but as international debt continues to spur inflation, we can be sure that gold will play an increasingly important role in the world economy.
(NOPE GOLD AND OIL WILL HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.... NOTHING TO DO WITH END TIME PROPHECY - Keith Hunt)
The prosperity of Babylon will attract merchants from all over the globe, people whose wealth will classify them as the great men of the world. As Henry Morris explains:
The international bankers and the corporation directors and the mercantile barons and the shipping magnates and all their host of money-worshiping, power-seeking underlings, who once traversed their orbits around New York and Geneva, London and Paris, Moscow and Berlin, Johannesburg and Tokyo, now find it gloriously profitable to center it all in Great Babylon.15
(PIPE DREAM OF MEN'S MIND, WILL NEVER HAPPEN; REAL BAD THEOLOGY - Keith Hunt)
In other words, Babylon is destined to rise again as the greatest center of financial power yet known to the world. But as we are about to see, it will not last.
(PIPE DREAM: JUST LOUSY THEOLOGY FROM THE PHD PEOPLE - PROTESTANT HYPE DUNCES - WILL NEVER HAPPEN! TIME WILL TELL WHO IS CORRECT, AND IT WILL NOT BE THE PHD GUYS OF PROTESTANTISM - Keith Hunt)
The Destruction of Babylon
Just as the evil and rebellion that began in Babylon has characterized the city throughout the ages, it will continue to characterize it in the future. It was Babylon that ended Judah's existence as an independent nation, and it will continue to plague God's people even in times to come. Educator and prophetic scholar Dr. Ed Hindson writes, "End-time Babylon is symbolic of all evil, pride, oppression, and power which exalts itself against God. It will combine the best efforts of a collective humanity to rule itself without God. And it will fail!"17
(TRUE, THE BABYLON OF REVELATION 18; THE LAST RESURRECTION OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE IN EUROPE, NOT IRAQ, WILL BE LOOKING RIGHTEOUS, SPEAKING LIKE IT IS DOING GOD'S WORK AND WILL, BUT IT WILL BE THE KINGDOM OF ANTI-CHRIST, DOING SATAN'S WILL - Keith Hunt)
The Bible is not squeamish about calling Babylon exactly, what it is:
And on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. (Revelation 17:5)
(OH THAT IS INDEED SO TRUE; SHE HAS A MYSTERY "CHRISTIAN" THEOLOGY, THAT IS MOSTLY FALSE THEOLOGY, CUSTOMS AND PRACTICES. SHE IS THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS - SHE GAVE BIRTH TO BABYLON CHILDREN - THE PROTESTANT CHURCHES, WHO STILL RETAIN MANY OF HER FALSE THEOLOGY AND CUSTOMS - Keith Hunt)
In his prophecy against Babylon, Jeremiah describes it as a place that will be desolate forever, a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals, an object of horror and scorn, a desert and dry land, a place where no man lives and through which no man travels (see Jeremiah 51:26, 37, 43). Isaiah tells us that Babylon will be a desolate land that will never again be inhabited through all generations—a place where no Arab will pitch his tent and no shepherd will rest his flocks (see Isaiah 13:19-20). Since some teach that the prophecies concerning Babylon's destruction have already been fulfilled, it is important to separate the fall of Babylon in history from the destruction of Babylon in the future. Persia did not destroy Babylon in 539 BC as some have taught. When Cyrus captured Babylon, he did it by subterfuge, not by military destruction (see Daniel 5). On the evening of Belshaz-zar's garish banquet, suddenly the hand of God appeared, writing on the wall. The message read: "God has numbered your kingdom, and finished it "Your kingdom has been divided, and given to the Medes and Persians" (Daniel 5:26-28). That prophecy came true on that very night as the Medo-Persian army took over the city.
These conquerors did not destroy the city; they made it the secondary capital of the Persian Empire. When the Greeks conquered the Persians in 331 BC, Alexander the Great made Babylon his capital and died there.
Neither has Babylon ever been desolate, as Isaiah prophesied it would be in chapter 13 of his prophecy. In fact, Babylon exists today in central Iraq as the province of Babil, an area of 5,603 square kilometers containing eight cities with a combined population of 1,651,600.18 While her population has vacillated over the centuries, it has nearly tripled since 1977 when its citizenry numbered 592,000.19 As we can see, in the centuries since the ancient empires, Babylon has faded into obscurity but not into oblivion. It has degenerated from a great city to its present status as an Iraqi province.
But if we take the Bible seriously, we understand that Babylon must again rise to power in order to receive the judgment that Isaiah, Jeremiah, and the apostle John have prophesied.
(THE PROPHETIC BABYLON OF END TIME PROPHECY IS ROME NOT THE ANCIENT CITY OF BABYLON. THE PROPHECY OF COMPLETE DESOLATION FOREVER, WILL HAPPEN WHEN ROME AND THE BEAST EUROPE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE IS DESTROYED BY THE KINGS OF THE EAST [REV. 9] AND IT WILL THEN, DURING THE AGE TO COME NEVER BE RE-BUILT, BUT WILL STAND AS AN EXAMPLE OF EVIL'S ULTIMATE END - DESOLATION AND DESTRUCTION - IT WILL EVER BE IN HISTORY AS THE DESTRUCTION FOREVER OF EVIL, SIN, AND ALL FALSEHOOD - Keith Hunt)
Babylon was likely the largest city in the world at the time of Jeremiah. By the time of the apostle John, however, it was no longer a large city. So, in the book of Revelation when John describes the vision he receives from God concerning the destruction of a prosperous mega-Babylon, he obviously speaks of a future event in a future city.
This future Babylon is described in Isaiah 13:19 as "Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' [Iraqi's] pride." Such will be Babylon's status just before it is annihilated by a destruction so complete that it will never be inhabited again.
(AND THIS IS THE PROPHETIC END TIME BABYLON - ROME AND ROMANISM THEOLOGY OF A FALSE CHRISTIANITY. IT WILL NEVER BE AGAIN, NEVER BE INHABITED PHYSICALLY AND SPIRITUALLY - Keith Hunt)
Is Babylon's Destruction Literal or Metaphoric?
One aspect of the prophecies concerning Babylon's destruction has generated a great deal of controversy among Bible scholars. Should we take these references literally or metaphorically? Is the Bible really referring to the destruction of the actual city? Or to the world economic system and humanistic philosophy that city epitomizes? Author and educator Dr. Mai Couch affirms the latter without dismissing the former. "In either case," he says, "the Scripture makes it clear that Babylon represents the worldwide, global, political and ecclesiastical world system of the end times."20
Some scholars see in Revelation 18:1-2 an indication of a dual metaphoric meaning: "After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was illuminated with his glory. And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying, 'Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen.' Author editor Dr. J. A. Seiss believed that the repetition of the phrase indicates two separate parts or stages of the fall—the undoing of Babylon as a religious entity and also as an economic entity.21
In the above passage from Revelation 18, John tells us that the prophecy concerning Babylon's destruction is delivered by an angel so powerful that he lights up the entire world. When this angel says, "Babylon is fallen, is fallen," he uses a phrase that describes an instantaneous action. This tells us that the destruction of the city or the system of Babylon will hot be gradual, but instantaneous. Revelation 18 notes over and over the suddenness of the destruction that will come at the close of the Tribulation period:
"Therefore her plagues will come in one day" (v. 8). "For in one hour your judgment has come" (v. 10). "For in one hour such great riches came to nothing" (v. 17). "For in one hour she is made desolate" (v. 19).
When God comes against Babylon, it will be with the suddenness and effectiveness of a spring trap. Note particularly verse 17, which tells us that whatever else Babylon's destruction means, it will certainly include an economic crash.
(IT IS TRUE WHEN BABYLON EUROPE IS DESTROYED - THE RICHNESS OF THE EUROPE BABYLON EMPIRE WILL CRASH; ALSO THE MODERN BABYLON CITY OF ROME WILL BE DESOLATED, AND SO WILL HER THEOLOGY RELIGION. IT WILL HAPPEN SUDDENLY - THE KINGS OF THE EAST WILL STRIKE AND IN AN HOUR [SUDDEN AND SHORT] SHE WILL BE DESTROYED [REV. 9: 13-21]. THE MIGHTY NATIONS EAST OF THE EUPHRATES [RUSSIA, CHINA, INDIA, PAKISTAN, KOREA, JAPAN] WILL STRIKE AS THE 6TH TRUMPET DESTROYING THE 5TH TRUMPET THAT IS THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE OF EUROPE - Keith Hunt)
Why Will Babylon Be Destroyed?
Why is God determined to pour out His judgment upon the city of Babylon? In general, we have already seen ample reason. From the beginning, Babylon's philosophy and religion have been in diametric opposition to God, making it the exemplar of a worldview that has corrupted mankind throughout all ages.......
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THE OLD FUNDAMENTAL PROTESTANT IN THEIR BIBLE COMMENTARIES PULLED NO PUNCHES; THEY WERE OPEN AND CORRECT; THEY SAID THE 17 AND 18 CHAPTERS OF REVELATION WAS DIRECTED AT THE PAPACY, AT ROME, AS THE MODERN BABYLON OF END TIME PROPHECY. THEY WERE CORRECT! ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT SIMPLE TRUTH [WHO HAS BEEN DRUNK WITH THE BLOOD OF THE SAINTS DOWN THROUGH THE LAST 2,000 YEARS? WHO HAS MADE ALL NATIONS DRUNK ON THE WINE OF HER SPIRITUAL FORNICATION? THE WHOLE WORLD IN SOME FORM OBSERVES "CHRIST-MASS" AND "JANUARY 1ST" AS NEW YEARS DAY, WHICH CAME VIA ROMAN THEOLOGY]. ROME HAS SANCTIONED DOWN THROUGH TIME, THE KILLING OF THOSE WHO DISAGREED WITH HER THEOLOGY; SHE WILL DO IT YET ONE MORE TIME, AT THE END OF THIS AGE; THEN WILL COME HER QUICK DESTRUCTION; THE CITY OF ROME WILL REMAIN DESOLATE IN THE AGE TO COME, FOR AN EXAMPLE OF THE DESTRUCTION OF ALL THAT IS FALSE AND AGAINST THE TRUTHS OF GOD.
Keith Hunt
DR. DAVID JEREMIAH.....financial crash #2
FINANCIAL SIGNS OF END TIMES #2
by Dr David Jeremiah
The Polarization of Wealth and Oil
In the sixth chapter of Revelation, the apostle John describes a future scene in heaven. The Lord Jesus Christ is unrolling the scroll that records the sequence of events that will transpire on the earth for the next seven years. As the scroll unrolls, successive seals are removed from it disclosing a series of judgments, each a more frightening horror than the one before. Ultimately, three series of seven judgments are revealed: the seven seals, the seven trumpets, and the seven bowls. When the first seal is opened, John sees one of the infamous four horsemen of the Apocalypse—a rider on a white horse. This rider symbolizes the Antichrist in the early days of the Tribulation.
(NO IT DOES NOT! THIS IS TIED IN WITH JESUS' MAT. 24 PROPHECY. THE WHITE HORSE REPRESENTS FALSE CHRISTIAN TEACHERS, LEADING UP TO THE GREAT TRIBULATION. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH DURING THE TRIBULATION PER SE - Keith Hunt)
The second seal is opened to reveal the rider on the red horse of bloodshed and war. Once again the scroll is unrolled, and the third seal is removed to reveal the third horseman of the Apocalypse. As this rider charges forth, John describes what he sees:
When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come and see." So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for. a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine." (Revelation 6:5-6)
The black horse is famine, and it follows the red horse because famine naturally follows war. This is the famine that Jesus predicted as part of the "beginning of sorrows" in Matthew 24:7-8: "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows."
(NOW HERE HE HAS IT CORRECT; ALL BEFORE THE GREAT TRIBULATION - Keith Hunt)
The "quart of wheat" John mentions in his vision was the least amount of food necessary to sustain one person on a daily basis. The denarius was a Roman coin that was equal to a worker's wage for one day. Before the famine of the Tribulation, it would have been possible to buy five or six quarts of wheat for a denarius. This passage tells us that in the early days of the Tribulation period, a man will have to work all day just to get enough food to feed himself. Obviously, one quart of wheat would not have filled the hungry stomachs of a man's family in John's time. The man would be forced to buy barley, a cheaper grain usually reserved for cattle. For one denarius he could buy three quarts of barley, but there would be no money left for oil or salt, much less for meat or milk. The application is clear: in the early Tribulation, people will have only the bare minimum required for subsistence living.
(NOT SO! DURING THE TRIBULATION THE BEAST POWER WILL HAVE BROUGHT PEACE AND SAFETY, AND ALL THAT IS GOOD. PAUL SHOWS THEY WILL SAY "PEACE, SAFETY" BEFORE THE DAY OF THE LORD, SEE 1 THES. 5:2-3. BUT MOST LIKE JEREMIAH DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE SEQUENCE OF THE TRIBULATION, HEAVENLY SIGNS, AND DAY OF THE LORD - Keith Hunt)
As Schaefer noted forty years ago, the polarization' between wealth and poverty had begun, and it is getting much greater. The trend will grow even more until it reaches desperate levels in the end times. Mark Hitchcock writes:
During the coming Tribulation, the gulf between rich and poor will grow wider than ever before. Food will be so expensive that only the very wealthy will have enough. Famine will relentlessly hammer the middle class until the middle class disappears. The vast majority of people will wallow in misery, but the rich will continue to bask in the comfort of their luxurious lifestyle. The world will be radically divided among the elite "haves" and the mass of the "have-nots."... This will make the suffering of the have-nots even more unbearable as they watch the privileged few indulge themselves in the lap of luxury.28
(NOT SO! THE BEAST POWER WILL HAVE BROUGHT PROSPERITY, PEACE, AND SAFETY, TO ALL UNDER ITS POWER. THEY WILL THINK THEY HAVE THE GOOD LIFE, THEN THE DAY OF THE LORD WILL SMASH THEM IN THE HEAD - Keith Hunt)
Economic chaos always hits the poor and middle classes harder than the rich. Indeed, the superrich are rarely touched by it at all. If a billionaire's net worth falls by 50 percent, he is still worth $500 million .... Thus with each economic upheaval, the gap between rich and poor widens and will continue to do so until it reaches crisis proportions at the time of the Tribulation.
In late October 2009, the Pew Research Center reported that the leading story in the "news hole," or topics covered on television news, was the economy. More airtime was spent on economic news than on the rapidly spreading H1N1 flu and the panic over vaccine shortages. The ratio of time distribution between the economy and the swine flu was about 4 to 1. More airtime was spent on the economy than on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan or anything else .... In particular, as summed up by CBS's Chip Reid, "For the titans of Wall Street, it's like the recession never happened. Less than a year after the big banks helped cause the financial meltdown, they're on track to pay out a record of $140 billion in bonuses this year"29. In 2006, the United Nations published the results of the first comprehensive study of the distribution of wealth among the households of the world. They defined wealth as the measure of income, assets, debts, land, and other tangible assets. Data was gathered from more than thirty-eight countries.30 The report showed the following: More than 33 percent of the world's wealthy live in North America; 27 percent live in Japan; 6 percent in the UK; 5 percent in France; and half the world's adult population own barely 1 percent of global wealth.31 The United States of America, Canada, and Mexico possess 33 percent of the world's wealth. By far most of this wealth is concentrated in the United States, though the U.S. is far from the world's most populous nation. According to the Worldwide Distribution of Household Wealth, issued in December 2006 (the first wealth survey in history), the rich have become richer. The top 2% and 1% of the world's population is estimated to own 51% and 40% of world household wealth, respectively. Very likely, the world today has a much more unbalanced wealth skew—-the rich being richer, and the non-rich relatively poorer—than ever before in history."32
(TRUE STATS SHOW THE GAP BETWEEN THE VERY RICH AND ALL OTHERS WIDENING - Keith Hunt)
When the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, the result is what is called the "middle-class squeeze." The major cause of this squeeze is wages not keeping pace with inflation, causing income to decrease in buying power and thus forcing middle-class earners down into poorer categories. The world economy is setting itself up for years of increased inflation due to the massive amounts of newly printed dollars created primarily by the U.S. stimulus efforts. As billions of printed dollars are injected into the economy, the result is a decrease in the value of each dollar, which is the same as an increase in prices. Increased prices reduce the buying power of earned dollars, forcing people to lower their living standards or even do without vital necessities. We have seen this growing phenomenon in the number of families who no longer have health care, in the emergence of tent cities in major metro areas, and in formerly middle-class families now depending on food banks. These developments may be the result of a temporary economic crisis and not necessarily a permanent condition. But if inflation moves to hyperinflation, the ability of formerly middle-class people to regain their position will be seriously hindered. By the time of the Tribulation, the gap between the rich and the poor will widen into a chasm, and the middle class will disappear altogether.
(NO IT WILL NOT HAPPEN THAT WAY, A MIDDLE CLASS WILL ALWAYS BE WITH US TO THE TIME OF THE GREAT TRIBULATION - Keith Hunt)
The Priority of Oil
Although I devoted an entire chapter to the topic of oil and to the related Battle of Gog and Magog by the new axis of evil in an earlier book, I must revisit this subject here because it is one of the major financial signs pointing us toward the Tribulation. To show how this subject relates to the coming end times, we will turn to the words of the prophet Ezekiel:
Thus says the Lord God: "On that day it shall come to pass that thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will make an. evil plan: You will say, T will go up against a land of unwalled villages; I will go to a peaceful people, who dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates-—-to take plunder and to take booty, to stretch out your hand against the waste places that are again inhabited, and against a people gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, who dwell in the midst of the land." (Eze-kiel 38:10-12)
We know from the earlier part of Ezekiel 38 that this prophecy concerns the war of Gog and Magog against Israel. Some think this war might take place before the Rapture. I believe it will take place right after the Rapture, in the early days of the Tribulation. Either way, we should give some primacy to understanding this war, for if we believe that Jesus could come in our lifetime, that means the war could well take place within the next five years.
(HERE WE GO AGAIN WITH EZEKIEL 38 AND 39 AND THE VERY WRONG TEACHING OF IT BY THE FUNDAMENTAL PROTESTANT PROPHETS. SAID IT MANY TIMES, WILL SAY IT AGAIN: THESE TWO CHAPTERS ARE FOR AFTER JESUS HAS RETURNED. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY THE JEWS IN THE HOLY LAND, ARE GOING TO TAKE DOWN THEIR WALLS, BARS, DEFENCE SYSTEMS, AND BE UN-PROTECTED AS THE VERSES IN CHAPTER 38 GIVE US - Keith Hunt)
Ezekiel tells us that the Gog-Magog assault against Israel is the result of an evil thought that is put into the mind of the leader of a coalition army made up of many nations. These nations come against Israel intending to wipe her from the face of the earth. No one stands with Israel against the armies of Gog and Magog but the God of heaven.
Where is the United States at this moment? Why are we not pictured as standing with our perennial ally Israel? The desertion of Israel by the United States was once deemed unthinkable, but no longer. Increasingly, our nation is catering to the oil-producing nations whose product gives them an inordinate hold over our contemporary lifestyle. These nations have an expressed hatred for Israel.
(ARE YOU SEEING HOW OUT OF STEP ALL THIS IS. FIRST THE PROPHECY IS NOT FOR THIS AGE; SECOND, THE EMPHASIS IS ON OIL AND OUR ..... MUST HAVE OIL FROM THE ARABS ETC. SO WILL DO ANYTHING TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT. NOW AT THE END OF 2014 THE USA IS SELF-SUFFICIENT IN OIL AND NATURAL GAS. THE USA DOES NOT NEED ONE DROP OF OIL FROM THE MIDDLE EAST! CANADA HAS ENOUGH OIL IN THE ALBERTA AND SASKATCHEWAN TAR-SANDS OIL FIELDS, TO LAST NORTH AMERICA FOR 100 YEARS. DAVID JEREMIAH IS SO FAR OUT WITH THESE COMMENTS IN HIS 2010 BOOK, IT IS QUITE SHOCKING AND LAUGHABLE TO SAY THE LEAST; AND PRETTY DUMB AND DUMBER TO PUT IT FRANKLY - Keith Hunt)
As if to prove my point, in words not even used when speaking of proven enemies like Iran and North Korea, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, with the apparent sanction of the administration, referred to Israel's proposal to build housing in its own capital city as "an insult to the United States."33 The Anti-Defamation League's president, Abraham Foxman, observed, "We cannot remember an instance when such harsh language was directed at a friend and ally of the United States."34
While Clinton later offered reassurances that our bond with Israel is "unshakeable" and that our commitment to Israel's security is "absolute," there is no denying that there is a rending of that bond on the part of the United States.35
A further indication of this rift became acutely apparent with the unprecedented White House snubbing of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a March 2010 visit to the United States. The president, angry over his failure to convince the prime minister to abandon the Jerusalem housing plan, chose not to dine with him and refused him the press briefing that normally accompanies visits by heads of state. According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, "The Prime Minister leaves America disgraced, isolated, and altogether weaker than when he came."36
(WELL WHAT HAPPENED IN 2010 SURE AIN'T WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW. THE USA, BRITAIN, CANADA, IS STILL ONSIDE WITH THE STATE OF ISRAEL; AND THE STATE OF ISRAEL WILL DO WHAT IT WILL DO, WHEN IT WILL DO IT, NO MATTER WHO THINK WHAT ABOUT THEM..... AGAIN MORE HYPE BY JEREMIAH TO TRY AND PROVE HIS POINT, ON A PROPHECY NOW BLOWN TO BITS AS I WRITE IN NOVEMBER 2014 - Keith Hunt)
If Israel's friends treat her in this way, it is no surprise that the evil thoughts of her enemies will one day draw them into war against her. What could produce thoughts evil enough for nations to amass armies against this tiny nation? Well, what does the Middle East have that the whole world needs? I think you know the answer: oil.
(ARE YOU LAUGHING YET? YOU SHOULD BE! THE WHOLE WORLD DOES NOT NEED MIDDLE-EAST OIL. EUROPE GETS MOST OF ITS OIL FROM RUSSIA, AS THE RECENT UKRAINE TROUBLE HAS BROUGHT OUT. THE USA AND CANADA ARE SELF-SUFFICIENT IN OIL. THE WHOLE THOUGHT OF JEREMIAH ARE WAY WAY OUT OF DATE AND OFF THE MARK - Keith Hunt)
It is likely that oil is the "plunder and booty" spoken of in the Ezekiel passage above. The Middle East has rich deposits of oil because it was once an area rich with more lushness than any other place on the planet. The Garden of Eden was in the Middle East. If, as most scientists believe, oil is formed primarily from the decomposition of animal and vegetable matter, then this is the area where we might expect the greatest oil deposits.
(DOES NOT MATTER; EUROPE, USA, CANADA, IS NO LONGER DEPENDANT ON MIDDLE-EAST OIL. AND WHAT IS MORE AS WE APPROACH 2015, THE USA AND CHINA AND OTHERS HAVE PARTNERED TO REDUCE EMISSIONS FROM THE USE OF OIL; A MOVE TO CLEANER ENERGY AND WAY FROM OIL USE - Keith Hunt)
This chart also reveals another statistic about the world's oil reserves—one that is a cause for serious concern: the majority of the reserves are held by Islamic nations. Almost 60 percent of all the oil in the world's top oil-producing nations is in reserve under nations that hate Israel and America. The increasing demand for oil in the world will give these hostile nations increasing leverage and power as oil-guzzling nations such as the U.S. become more and more careful about keeping relationships with these nations intact.
(UTTER GARBAGE NOW AS 4 YEARS HAS PROVED. WE IN THE WEST DO NOT NEED ARAB OIL. WE DO NOT NEED TO LICK ARAB BOOTS, AND COZY UP TO THEM - Keith Hunt)
But the question arises, why would these nations want to attack Israel? I learned the probable answer when I met recently with the president of the Zion Oil and Gas company. He told me that his company has been granted licenses by the Israeli government to drill for oil in Israel. While the going has been tough and the cost high, don't be surprised if you hear in the near future that the nation of Israel has discovered oil in her own land. What could this mean in terms of end-time prophecies?
The present oil-rich nations desire to destroy Israel, and they have already tried it twice in modern history. Only Israel's superior military capacity, achieved through armaments and aid from the United States, has enabled Israel to repel attacks from these hostile nations. Consider what might happen as the U.S. grows increasingly dependent on Middle East oil and if Israel does discover massive deposits of oil on her land. Would not Israel's enemies jump on her for the "plunder and booty" of this newfound wealth, knowing that this time the U.S. would not come to her aid because of its utter dependence on their oil?
( ALL OUT OF DATE AND UTTER NONSENSE. THE PROPHECY OF EZEKIEL 38 AND 39 IS NOT FOR THIS AGE. THE WEST, ESPECIALLY THE USA DOES NOT NEED ARAB OIL. NEITHER DOES RUSSIA, THEY SEND OIL TO EUROPE. THE OIL PROPHECY BY FUNDAMENTAL PROPHETS IS SO OFF THE WALL AND OUT OF DATE, IT SHOULD HAVE THEM ALL WITH RED FACES OF EMBARRASSMENT, BESIDES EGG ALL OVER THEM - Keith Hunt)
Even if Israel does not discover oil, would not the oil-rich nations that hate her use their oil as leverage to force Israel's oil-hungry allies such as the U.S. to step back as attempts are undertaken to annihilate their historical enemy? Either way, we can see why end-time prophecies predict a massive gathering of armies against Israel in the Middle East.
(NO IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN; JEREMIAH AND OTHERS ARE GRASPING AT EMPTY AIR; THEY HAVE PLANET PLUTO IDEAS THAT ARE TRULY SPACED OUT - Keith Hunt)
In Ezekiel 38:4 God tells these nations gathering against Israel with their evil plan that He will "turn you around [and] put hooks into your jaws." I believe that oil is the hook in the jaw. Since these nations are intent on their evil plan, God will allow their lust for wealth to lead them to their own destruction. It will be hunger for oil that will gather these nations to war against Israel. Ezekiel is pointedly clear about the motivation in the hearts of those who go up to the unwalled villages of Israel: "I will go up against a land of unwalled villages.. .to take plunder and to take booty, to stretch out your hand against the waste places that are again inhabited, and against a people gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, who dwell in the midst of the land" (Ezekiel 38:11-12).
(DAVID JEREMIAH'S IDEAS ABOUT OIL AND EZEKIEL 38 ARE SO FAR OUT IN LEFT FIELD, THEY ARE OVER THE WALLS OF THE BASEBALL STADIUM - Keith Hunt)
As author and speaker Terry James concludes. "How much of a stretch is it then to believe that the forces of Gog-Magog would one day consider this region a chief target for invasion? And carrying this logic to its biblically prophetic conclusion, is it any wonder that Armageddon, involving most every nation on earth, will take place in this very region to do battle for the great spoil—the liquid black gold—beneath the sand of the Middle East?"37
(ONCE MORE UTTERLY FALSE IDEAS AND UNDERSTANDING OF END TIME BIBLE PROPHECY; THEY ARE TRULY PROTESTANT HYPE DUNCES - Keith Hunt)
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