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Descendants Of Magog, Tubal, And Meshech Are Fulfilling Prophecy.

Land of Magog Occupants And The Chief Prince of Tubal & Meshech

Are Doomed to a horrible Fate at the Final Great Armageddon Battle

Old World Offspring of Noah are Now as Paul Described In Last Days

Post Obama Old World Instability Will Turn Into Chaos After He Goes

It’s now on the Rise in 4 Jerusakem Center for Public Affairs Excerpts

Only the Second Advent will End It at the Final Battle of Armageddon

March 7, 2015

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Genesis 10:1,2,6,22 – Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. [2] The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and MAGOG, and Madai, and Javan, and TUBAL, and MESHECH, and Tiras. [6] And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. [22] The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

II Timothy 3:1-4 – This know also, that in the LAST DAYS perilous times shall come. [2] For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, [3] Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, [4] Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

Ezekiel 39:1-6 – Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against GOG, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O GOG, THE CHIEF PRINCE OF MESHECH AND TUBAL: [2] And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel: [3] And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand. [4] Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured. [5] Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God. [6] AND I WILL SEND A FIRE ON MAGOG, AND AMONG THEM THAT DWELL CARELESSLY IN THE ISLES: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

Revelation 19:16-21 – And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. [17] And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; [18] That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. [19] And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. [20] And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. [21] And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

Four Excerpts from the Jerusakem Center for Public Affairs

March 5, 2014

1) ANY PEACE DEAL CANNOT BE MAINTAINED

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Fatah Infighting Jeopardizes Kerry’s Peace Process

Khaled Abu Toameh

(Gatestone Institute)

Senior members of PA President Mahmoud Abbas’ ruling Fatah faction have stepped up their efforts to remove him from power.

The internal squabbling in Fatah casts doubts on Abbas’ ability or willingness to sign any peace agreement with Israel.

These are not mere tensions or disagreements among politicians. Rather, they mark the beginning of an inevitable split that could result in the creation of a rival, anti-Abbas Fatah group, headed by some of his arch-enemies, including former PA security chief Mohammed Dahlan.

2) JEWISH PERSECUTION IS RISING WORLDWIDE

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Who’s Really Behind Ukraine’s Synagogue Attacks?

Eli Lake

(Daily Beast)

Jewish leaders in Ukraine believe that pro-Russian provocateurs are behind the attacks on their synagogues.

They say they are more worried about anti-Semitic attacks from Russian operatives and Yanukovych loyalists than the nationalists who gathered in Kiev to oust him.

Speaking of the recent vandalism at the synagogue in Simferopol, Joseph Zissels, the president of the Ukrainian Jewish community, said, “This is a provocation and a way to discredit the authorities in Kiev.”

Zissels said he was aware that some elements of the Ukrainian Maidan movement that ousted Yanukovych were enthusiasts of the Nazis, “but they are small, not well organized and do not play a major role….There are more neo-Nazi groups in Russia than there are in Ukraine.”

3) ARAB LOAN GUARANTEES BY U.S. CAN’T STOP IT

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U.S. Provided Loan Guarantees to UAE Airline that Refuses to Fly Israelis

(Washington Free Beacon)

The U.S. Export-Import Bank has provided six loan guarantees worth nearly $1.3 billion to Etihad Airways of the United Arab Emirates since 2009, as well as $425,000 annually from the Department of Homeland Security.

The New York Post reported that Etihad has refused to transport any Israelis.

Moreover, Etihad has deleted any mention of Israel or its major cities from a map showing its travel routes.

4) SAUDI RULERS FEAR WAR IS COMING WITH IRAN & ALLIES

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Report: Saudi Arabia Asked Pakistan for 30,000 Troops

(MEMRI)

Saudi Arabia has asked Pakistan to dispatch two divisions of its army (some 30,000 troops) to the kingdom as part of a bilateral defense agreement currently being formulated between the two countries, the Urdu-language daily Roznama Naya Akhbar reported on Feb. 8.

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The West Has Entered Into The Land Of Magog Web Of Its Spider Putin!

Please scan back to the following Blog Part 4 issued on February 9, 2014

“Come Into My Parlor Whispered Land Of Magog Spider Putin – Part 4”

Before Reading The Blog of March 6, 2014, Which Immediately Follows:

I don’t expect final Middle East War till after Obama leaves Office

Weapon flow to Arab foes must be limited as war Approaches

Israeli Subs, Satellites, and water surface ships in Middle East

Coordinating with American Naval vessels Shall Do Well in Cold

War and in the Three Plus Years Israel Is trapped in the Negev

If Israel can Hold on to the Negev Wilderness Sea Port at Eilat!

March 6, 2014

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Daniel 11:40 – And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, AND WITH MANY SHIPS; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.

The king of the north is the ruler of Greater Syria

The king of the south is the ruler of Israel

The king of the north will drive the king of the south into the Negev

Egypt and Saudi Arab will be among those countries he Overflows

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Israeli naval raid nabs rocket shipment

Associated Press

By JOSEF FEDERMAN

March 5, 2014

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli naval forces on Wednesday seized a ship laden with rockets allegedly bound for militants in the Gaza Strip, and officials accused Iran of orchestrating the delivery in an elaborate 5,000-mile (8,000-kilometer) journey that included covert stops across the region.

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The Atlantic Wire

The Syrian-made M-302 rockets would have put Israel’s biggest cities well within range of Gaza, where militants already possess thousands of less powerful rockets. During eight days of fighting in 2012, armed groups fired 1,500 rockets into Israel, including several that reached the outskirts of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.

The naval raid, which took place in the Red Sea hundreds of miles from Israel, came as Iran showed off powerful new ballistic missiles equipped with multiple warheads. The arms bust drew renewed Israeli calls for world powers to toughen their stand in negotiations over the Iranian nuclear program.

“Iran has been exposed for what it is. It smiles in the Geneva talks about its own nuclear ambitions, gives soothing words, and as they’re doing that, they’re shipping these deadly weapons to the world’s worst terrorists,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in California during a U.S. visit. “Such a regime must not be able to have the capacity to make nuclear weapons.”

Israel believes that Iran is trying to build a nuclear weapon, a charge Iran denies. Israel says a nuclear-armed Iran would pose a threat to the existence of the Jewish state, citing Iranian calls for Israel’s destruction, its development of long-range missiles and its support for hostile militant groups.

Netanyahu has been an outspoken critic of the efforts by six world powers to negotiate a deal with Iran that would substantially scale back its nuclear program in exchange for ending international sanctions. He says a current, interim deal gives Iran too much relief while getting little in return, and fears a final agreement would leave Iran with the capability to make a bomb.

Since the global powers reached their interim deal with Iran last November, Netanyahu’s warnings about Iran have been largely ignored by world leaders.

Iran’s announcement Wednesday that it now has missiles with multiple warheads, greatly boosting their destructive power, only heightened Israeli concerns. The semiofficial Fars news agency said the new Qiam missile was specifically built to target U.S. bases in the region. Iran already possesses missiles capable of striking Israel and parts of Europe.

Israeli officials said that Wednesday’s naval raid took place in international waters about 100 miles (160 kilometers) off the coast of Sudan, and came after months of painstaking intelligence work.

They said the rockets had been flown from Syria to Iran months ago, then shipped from Iran’s Bandar Abbas port to Umm Qasr, Iraq, before being loaded onto the KLOS C civilian ship destined for Sudan. From there, Israeli officials said they were to be smuggled overland through Egypt to Gaza — a route that has been used in the past.

“We have been following this shipment for a long time through impressive intelligence work,” Israel’s military chief, Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, told reporters. He did not elaborate, but Israel is believed to use satellites and on-the-ground spies to collect information on its enemies.

Rear Adm. Yaron Levy, the navy’s chief of operations, said the long distance from Israel, about 900 miles (1,500 kilometers) away, and the presence of foreign navies and merchant ships, complicated the mission and made it difficult to protect secrecy. He said Israel deployed a “strong naval force” but halted the Panamanian-flagged ship without incident.

“We got on the ship with the captain’s permission. We found what we found, and you know the rest of the story,” he said.

Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said the circuitous route, stretching nearly 5,200 miles, or 8,300 kilometers, was meant to conceal the shipment.

“It was an Iranian attempt to bring weapons to the Gaza Strip without leaving Iranian fingerprints,” he said. “Apparently they tried to conduct a secret operation that we managed to thwart.”

In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the U.S. had been in close coordination with Israel throughout the mission.

“Even as we continue our efforts to resolve our concerns over Iran’s nuclear program through diplomacy, we will continue to stand up to Iran’s support for destabilizing activities in the region, in coordination with our partners and allies,” she said.

The ship was far out at sea Wednesday and was being brought to Israel. It was expected to arrive in the Israeli port of Eilat in the coming days. Video released by the military showed Israeli soldiers on the ship inspecting the rockets, shipped in large crates. The video also showed beige bags containing cement with the words “Made in I.R. Iran,” in English, written on them.

Military officials gave no evidence to support their claim the rockets were headed to Gaza, though militant groups in the past have used Sudan as a transit point for arms shipments. The smuggling tunnels along Gaza’s southern border with Egypt traditionally used for weapons have been all but shuttered by Egypt’s new military government, making it unclear how militant groups would have been able to get the rockets into Gaza.

Officials would say only that the claim was based on firm intelligence assessments. The Islamic militant group Hamas, which governs Gaza, as well as smaller groups like Islamic Jihad and al-Qaida-inspired Salafist groups, all possess significant rocket arsenals.

Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency, close to the country’s elite Revolutionary Guard force, called Israel’s claims “mere lies.” Salah Bardawil, a Hamas spokesman, said the group “knew nothing” about the Israeli claims and said they were part of “the occupation’s systematic campaign” against Gaza. Islamic Jihad, which has close ties with Iran and appeared to be the most likely target of the shipment, did not immediately comment.

Israel believes militants have had a tough time restocking their arsenals since the 2012 fighting. But officials said the M-302s would have upgraded the capabilities of Gaza militants, thanks to their longer range and heavier payload.

The M-302s have distances of 60 to 120 miles (100 to 200 kilometers) and can carry warheads of 220 to 385 pounds (100 to 175 kilograms). The higher end versions would nearly double the range, and carry a payload nearly 10 times as powerful, as the current arsenal in Gaza.

“It’s not a precise rocket, but that doesn’t matter when it explodes in a densely populated area,” said Uzi Rubin, a former head of Israel’s missile defense program. “An apartment building wouldn’t hold up to a direct hit from a 150-kilogram warhead.”

Israel has moved to intercept weapons shipments in the past, carrying out similar raids in 2011 and 2009. More recently, it has carried out a series of airstrikes in Syria to halt advanced weapons from being transferred to the Lebanese group Hezbollah. Last week, an Israeli airstrike hit a Hezbollah arms shipment in Lebanon for the first time since 2006.

Israel is also suspected of carrying out airstrikes in Sudan on arms shipments believed to be bound for Gaza. Israel has never confirmed carrying out the strikes.

Associated Press writers Ian Deitch in Jerusalem, Ibrahim Barzak in Gaza and Matthew Lee in Washington contributed to this report.

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Cold War Soviet Union Operations revealed future Black Sea Plans

I was involved in monitoring war Games Invasions in the Black Sea

Using Ground And Aerial Intelligence Of Soviet Units In The Ukraine

There is an Excellent Map of The Whole Black Sea Area in Wikipedia

Which can be Enlarged by Clicking Once on It to obtain Enlargement

March 5, 2014

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Soviet Cold War Istanbul straits takeover plan IF war occurred was as follows:

The Sea of Azov, east and northeast of the Crimean Peninsula, is the shallowest sea on the earth. Please note the narrow water entrance between Kerch on the Crimeam side and what looks like a turtle head about ready to snap up Kerch across the narrow water channel.

Now note the narrow water entrance to the Black Sea seen at Istanbul between Turkey and the European Mainland.

The Cold War Soviet Union conducted well coordinated land-sea-air operations with rival friendly Soviet divisions on opposite sides of a water channel between Kerch and the Turtle Head.

They conducted this exercise to be able to quickly conquer the Istanbul channel if war broke out. Turkey was a trustworthy ally of NATO during the Cold War.

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What Ukraine can learn from Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Op-ed: Borders are not sacred; only people and their right to self-determination are worth being viewed as such; it’s as true in the settlements as it is in Kiev and Crimea.

Rafael Castro

Historians still heatedly debate the origins of World War I, yet most agree that the unreserved support Britain, France and Russia gave to Serbia in the summer of 1914 helped drag the European continent into the bloodiest military conflagration it had ever known.

And today, on the very eve of the centennial of the start of World War I, events in Ukraine are taking an ominous turn. This somber unfolding of events is not only due to the recklessness of Russian President Vladimir Putin, but also the incompetence of Western leaders.

The issue that should determine Western diplomatic moves is not whether Putin is a despicable autocrat (he was one long before this crisis), but deciding which cardinal mistakes made a century ago should be avoided in modern times.

Unfortunately, evidence suggests that the West is still playing its cards as haphazardly as the allies did a hundred years ago. US Secretary of State Kerry’s warning of the tremendous price Russia will pay for its “aggression” will boomerang on two counts: Firstly, portraying Russian support for Russian ethnic minorities in Ukraine as an act of aggression helps Putin’s propaganda machine to market him as a brave Russian patriot. Secondly, and more gravely, the Western blanket critique of Russia will foster inflexibility in the Ukrainian leaders, and, on the basis of unconditional US support, allow them to overreact in a way that does not serve the interests of any of the parties involved. Indeed, if Western leaders do not want a rerun of 1914, they should pause for a more sober analysis of the Ukrainian reality.

Ever since its independence in 1991, Ukraine has been on the cusp of joiing the club of failed nations. Despite its vast agricultural potential and enviable natural resources, Ukraine’s contemporary history has been marred by straggling economic performance and political paralysis. The root of this sorry state of affairs is the demographic split between Ukrainians in the West who look to the European Union and the western world, and the ethnic Russians in Eastern Ukraine (and Crimea) who look to Mother Russia.

Demographic realities

This split in Ukraine is as deep, if not deeper, than the one between the Czechs and Slovaks who won their independence in the early 1990s. There is no reason why ethnic Russians should not be encouraged to follow suit, thereby transforming Ukraine from a scene of political paralysis and revolutions into a viable nation-state.

The solution that best serves the interests of all parties in the conflict – namely Ukraine, Russia and the West – is for the ethnic Russian population in Ukraine to be given a chance to vote for either the status quo, autonomy within an independent Ukraine, or annexation by Russia. In order to secure support for such a plan from Ukraine’s leadership, the West should promise them speedy admission to the European Union and NATO. This would have the advantage of uniting Ukrainians who want to be Ukrainians behind a common goal and to greatly reduce the number of advocates for Russian annexation.

Although it might appear immoral to reward Russian aggression with a referendum on self-determination for ethnic Russians, let us not ignore the fact that Russia’s latest foray could well be the great opportunity to cut the Gordian knot that has choked Ukraine since its independence.

In this context, the experience of Israelis, Palestinians and American negotiators in addressing the Israeli-Arab conflict is invaluable. There is a great lesson in the fact that demographic realities in the West Bank must be taken into account in determining the final borders of Israel and Palestine:

Borders are not sacred; only people and their right to self-determination are worth being viewed as such. The former is as true in east Jerusalem and the settlement blocs as it is in Kiev and Crimea.

Let us pray that Secretary of State John Kerry will apply the lessons he should have learnt in Jerusalem and Ramallah to stop the conflict between Ukraine and Russia from escalating into military conflict and catastrophe.

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I do not believe Putin will give back All of the Crimean Peninsula

I don’t expect Israel to be Attacked before Obama Leaves Office

US foreign policy will contribute to Israel being pushed into Negev

March 4, 2014

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President Obama’s Pressure On Apple Of God’s Eye Is Unwise

As Excerpts from the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs Indicate.

I Believe God Used An Egyptian Pharaoh To Accomplish His Desire,

And I Also Believe President Obama is being used to Close this Age.

Jerusalem will fall but is eventually be restored at Jesus’ 2nd Advent

To Start The Rebuilding of A larger City of Jerusalem and Its Temple!

Rebuilt City of Jerusalem And Temple is Followed by the Heaven Age!

John is still prophesying to this generation in Revelation 10:5 to11:2!

What the Old Testament Prophet Zechariah Wrote in Chapter 2:1-13

HAVE YOU BEEN SHOWN THE MYSTERY? – Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed. (I Corinthians 15:51) Web: http://www.tribulationperiod.com/

ARE YOU READY FOR THE MYSTERY TO BE FINISHED? – But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets. (Revelation 10:7)

Revelation10:5 to 11:2 – And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, [6] And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer: [7] BUT IN THE DAYS OF THE VOICE OF THE SEVENTH ANGEL, WHEN HE SHALL BEGIN TO SOUND, THE MYSTERY OF GOD SHOULD BE FINISHED, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets. [8] And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth. [9] And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. [10] And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. [11] And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings. [1] AND THERE WAS GIVEN ME A REED LIKE UNTO A ROD: AND THE ANGEL STOOD, SAYING, RISE, AND MEASURE THE TEMPLE OF GOD AND THE ALTER, AND THEM THAT WORSHIP THEREIN. [2] But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the GENTILES: AND THE HOLY CITY SHALL THEY TREAD UNDER FOOT FORTY AND TWO MONTHS.

Zechariah 2:1-12 – I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and BEHOLD A MAN WITH A MEASURING LINE IN HIS HAND. [2] Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, TO MEASURE JERUSALEM, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof. [3] And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him, [4] And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein: [5] For I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her. [6] Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the Lord: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the Lord. [7] Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon. [8] For thus saith the Lord of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye. [9] For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me. [10] Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord. [11] And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto thee. [12] And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.

Zechariah 14:9 – And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one.

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The President’s Threats to Israel

John Podhoretz

(Commentary)

In an extraordinary interview, President Obama warns Israel and its leader that a failure to “make peace” now with the Palestinians will have terrible consequences.

Palestinian rejectionism plays almost no role in the Obaman calculus. The Palestinians, in Obama’s view, do not actually need to make changes; astonishingly, he says, they’re ready for peace, overlooking every piece of polling data we have about the opinions of the Palestinians.

60% of the Palestinians reject a two-state solution. They are so eager for peace and coexistence with Israel that they remain the only significant Muslim population that still has a favorable view of suicide bombings, according to a Pew survey.

Obama said: “Nobody would dispute” that Abbas is committed to “diplomatic efforts to resolve this issue.”

Yet in 2008, offered a peace deal by then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert giving the Palestinians 92-95% of the territory, Abbas basically fled the table and didn’t return.

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Palestinians Weigh Calls for Successor to Mahmoud Abbas

John Reed

(Financial Times-UK)

As PA President Mahmoud Abbas turns 79 in less than a month, Palestinians are broaching the sensitive topic of who will succeed him.

The PA’s ruling Fatah movement has held discussions on creating an office of vice-president to establish a clear successor.

“All of the world’s leaders have deputy presidents, vice-presidents; we can’t be the only country in the world that doesn’t have a number two,” said Tawfiq Tirawi, a member of Fatah’s central committee.

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Obama to Israel: Time Is Running Out
Jeffrey Goldberg
When Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu visits the White House, President Obama will tell him that his country could face a bleak future – one of international isolation and demographic disaster – if he refuses to endorse a U.S.-drafted framework agreement for peace with the Palestinians. Obama told me in an interview Thursday that he views Abbas as the most politically moderate leader the Palestinians may ever have. It seemed obvious to me that the president believes that the next move is Netanyahu’s.
Obama said: “If there’s something you know you have to do, even if it’s difficult or unpleasant, you might as well just go ahead and do it, because waiting isn’t going to help. When I have a conversation with Bibi, that’s the essence of my conversation: If not now, when? And if not you, Mr. Prime Minister, then who? How does this get resolved?” (Bloomberg)

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For Netanyahu, a Bombshell Battering by Obama

David Horovitz

Times of Israel

The timing of President Obama’s interview with Jeffrey Goldberg could not have been any more deliberate – an assault on the prime minister’s policies delivered precisely as Netanyahu was flying in to meet with him. At the very least, that might be considered bad manners, poor diplomatic protocol, a resounding preemptive slap in the face: I’ve just told the world you’re leading your country to ruin, Mr. Prime Minister. Now, what was it you wanted to talk to me about?

The president’s comments reinforce years of grievance that have accumulated in Netanyahu’s circles and some distance beyond, to the effect that the president ignores the inconsistencies, duplicities and worse of the Palestinian Authority and its leader Mahmoud Abbas, while placing exaggerated blame for the failure of peace efforts at the door of the Israeli government. The president’s public display of disaffection will hardly encourage the Palestinians to adopt more flexible positions on such core issues as their demand for a “right of return” for millions of Palestinians to Israel.

The president’s resort to an interview on the eve of their talks to issue near-apocalyptic warnings to Netanyahu is unlikely to bolster the prime minister’s confidence in their alliance. (Times of Israel)

Excerpt Number 5

U.S. Officials Do Not Foresee Breakthrough in Obama-Netanyahu Meeting –

Jeffrey Heller and Matt Spetalnick

Reuters

U.S. officials do not foresee a breakthrough in the Oval Office meeting between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on Monday. Israeli officials say the ball is in Abbas’ court, noting his refusal so far to agree to Palestinian recognition of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people. “We are working very close, very intensely with [Secretary of State] Kerry to try to make this process work,” a senior Israeli official said. (Reuters)

Excerpt Number 6
U.S. Pessimistic on Israeli-Palestinian Framework Deal

Barak Ravid

Ha’artz

Two senior Israeli officials who have talked to senior U.S. officials in recent days said that, in contrast to the past, they sensed pessimism regarding the possibility of reaching a framework agreement by the end of March. U.S. pessimism started about 10 days ago after meetings between Secretary of State Kerry and Palestinian President Abbas in Paris. The talks in Paris revealed how far away a framework agreement is.

After reaching certain understandings with Netanyahu, the Americans found they were still far from what Abbas is prepared to accept. Senior Palestinians say that, in light of the poor talks between Abbas and Kerry, the Americans are considering foregoing a written document and making do with general verbal agreements. (Ha’aretz)

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I do not believe Putin will give back All of the Crimean Peninsula

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As Excerpts from the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs Indicate.

I Believe God Used the Egyptian Pharaoh to Accomplish His Desire,

And I Also Believe President Obama is being used to Close this Age.

Jerusalem will fall but will eventually be restored at the 2nd Advent

To start the Rebuilding of a larger City of Jerusalem and its Temple!

Rebuilt City of Jerusalem and Temple is Followed by the Heaven Age.

John is still prophesying to this generation in Revelation 10:5 to11:2!

What the Old Testament Prophet Zechariah wrote in Chapter 2:1-13

March 4, 2014

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HAVE YOU BEEN SHOWN THE MYSTERY? – Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed. (I Corinthians 15:51) Web: http://www.tribulationperiod.com/

ARE YOU READY FOR THE MYSTERY TO BE FINISHED? – But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets. (Revelation 10:7)

Revelation10:5 to 11:2 – And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, [6] And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer: [7] BUT IN THE DAYS OF THE VOICE OF THE SEVENTH ANGEL, WHEN HE SHALL BEGIN TO SOUND, THE MYSTERY OF GOD SHOULD BE FINISHED, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets. [8] And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth. [9] And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. [10] And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. [11] And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings. [1] AND THERE WAS GIVEN ME A REED LIKE UNTO A ROD: AND THE ANGEL STOOD, SAYING, RISE, AND MEASURE THE TEMPLE OF GOD AND THE ALTER, AND THEM THAT WORSHIP THEREIN. [2] But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the GENTILES: AND THE HOLY CITY SHALL THEY TREAD UNDER FOOT FORTY AND TWO MONTHS.

Zechariah 2:1-12 – I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and BEHOLD A MAN WITH A MEASURING LINE IN HIS HAND. [2] Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, TO MEASURE JERUSALEM, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof. [3] And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him, [4] And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein: [5] For I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her. [6] Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the Lord: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the Lord. [7] Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon. [8] For thus saith the Lord of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye. [9] For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me. [10] Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord. [11] And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto thee. [12] And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.

Zechariah 14:9 – And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one.

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The President’s Threats to Israel

John Podhoretz

(Commentary)

In an extraordinary interview, President Obama warns Israel and its leader that a failure to “make peace” now with the Palestinians will have terrible consequences.

Palestinian rejectionism plays almost no role in the Obaman calculus. The Palestinians, in Obama’s view, do not actually need to make changes; astonishingly, he says, they’re ready for peace, overlooking every piece of polling data we have about the opinions of the Palestinians.

60% of the Palestinians reject a two-state solution. They are so eager for peace and coexistence with Israel that they remain the only significant Muslim population that still has a favorable view of suicide bombings, according to a Pew survey.

Obama said: “Nobody would dispute” that Abbas is committed to “diplomatic efforts to resolve this issue.”

Yet in 2008, offered a peace deal by then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert giving the Palestinians 92-95% of the territory, Abbas basically fled the table and didn’t return.

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Palestinians Weigh Calls for Successor to Mahmoud Abbas

John Reed

(Financial Times-UK)

As PA President Mahmoud Abbas turns 79 in less than a month, Palestinians are broaching the sensitive topic of who will succeed him.

The PA’s ruling Fatah movement has held discussions on creating an office of vice-president to establish a clear successor.

“All of the world’s leaders have deputy presidents, vice-presidents; we can’t be the only country in the world that doesn’t have a number two,” said Tawfiq Tirawi, a member of Fatah’s central committee.

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Obama to Israel: Time Is Running Out
Jeffrey Goldberg
When Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu visits the White House, President Obama will tell him that his country could face a bleak future – one of international isolation and demographic disaster – if he refuses to endorse a U.S.-drafted framework agreement for peace with the Palestinians. Obama told me in an interview Thursday that he views Abbas as the most politically moderate leader the Palestinians may ever have. It seemed obvious to me that the president believes that the next move is Netanyahu’s.
Obama said: “If there’s something you know you have to do, even if it’s difficult or unpleasant, you might as well just go ahead and do it, because waiting isn’t going to help. When I have a conversation with Bibi, that’s the essence of my conversation: If not now, when? And if not you, Mr. Prime Minister, then who? How does this get resolved?” (Bloomberg)

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For Netanyahu, a Bombshell Battering by Obama

David Horovitz

Times of Israel

The timing of President Obama’s interview with Jeffrey Goldberg could not have been any more deliberate – an assault on the prime minister’s policies delivered precisely as Netanyahu was flying in to meet with him. At the very least, that might be considered bad manners, poor diplomatic protocol, a resounding preemptive slap in the face: I’ve just told the world you’re leading your country to ruin, Mr. Prime Minister. Now, what was it you wanted to talk to me about?

The president’s comments reinforce years of grievance that have accumulated in Netanyahu’s circles and some distance beyond, to the effect that the president ignores the inconsistencies, duplicities and worse of the Palestinian Authority and its leader Mahmoud Abbas, while placing exaggerated blame for the failure of peace efforts at the door of the Israeli government. The president’s public display of disaffection will hardly encourage the Palestinians to adopt more flexible positions on such core issues as their demand for a “right of return” for millions of Palestinians to Israel.

The president’s resort to an interview on the eve of their talks to issue near-apocalyptic warnings to Netanyahu is unlikely to bolster the prime minister’s confidence in their alliance. (Times of Israel)

Excerpt Number 5

U.S. Officials Do Not Foresee Breakthrough in Obama-Netanyahu Meeting –

Jeffrey Heller and Matt Spetalnick

Reuters

U.S. officials do not foresee a breakthrough in the Oval Office meeting between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on Monday. Israeli officials say the ball is in Abbas’ court, noting his refusal so far to agree to Palestinian recognition of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people. “We are working very close, very intensely with [Secretary of State] Kerry to try to make this process work,” a senior Israeli official said. (Reuters)

Excerpt Number 6
U.S. Pessimistic on Israeli-Palestinian Framework Deal

Barak Ravid

Ha’artz

Two senior Israeli officials who have talked to senior U.S. officials in recent days said that, in contrast to the past, they sensed pessimism regarding the possibility of reaching a framework agreement by the end of March. U.S. pessimism started about 10 days ago after meetings between Secretary of State Kerry and Palestinian President Abbas in Paris. The talks in Paris revealed how far away a framework agreement is.

After reaching certain understandings with Netanyahu, the Americans found they were still far from what Abbas is prepared to accept. Senior Palestinians say that, in light of the poor talks between Abbas and Kerry, the Americans are considering foregoing a written document and making do with general verbal agreements. (Ha’aretz)

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Prophecy now bears little resemblance to pre-1740 Teaching

Prophecy Revisions Occurred During The Period 1740 to 1832,

Evangelical Age And Great Awakening Are Now In the Majority

Please compare what you believe now with pre-1740 Teaching

Concerning the 1st resurrection of the saved at the Last Trump:

I Corinthians 15:51,52 – Behold, I shew you A MYSTERY; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, [52] In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the LAST trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

Archive 78A is a Skeleton Exposition of the 7th Trumpet Position

SPECIAL PROPHECY UPDATE NUMBER 78A – July 27, 2002

HAVE YOU BEEN SHOWN THE MYSTERY? – Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed. (I Corinthians 15:51) Web: http://www.tribulationperiod.com/

ARE YOU READY FOR THE MYSTERY TO BE FINISHED? – But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets. (Revelation 10:7)

ARE YOU READY FOR THE VOICE & TRUMP OF ANGEL 7? – For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: (I Thessalonians 4:16)

ARE YOU READY FOR HIS KINGDOMS ON THE 7TH TRUMP? – And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. (Revelation 11:15)

ARE YOU READY FOR THE LAST TRUMP IN A SERIES OF 7? – In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. (I Corinthians 15:52)

ARE YOU READY TO BE JUDGED AFTER THE 7TH TRUMP? – And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth. (Revelation 11:18)

HIS 7 VIALS OF WRATH COME ON THEM AS WE ARE JUDGED? And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. (Revelation 16:1)

End Skeleton Exposition of 7th Trumpet Rapture Position

ARCHIVE SPECIAL PROPHECY UPDATE NUMBER 74A

June 29, 2002

HISTORICAL RAPTURE TEACHINGS

As a young man I developed an interest in certain historical eras of time, especially the period of time associated with the castles of ancient England. In December of 1961, after I had traveled for some three years from north to south and east to west across England, the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society published my lengthy discourse on “Forecasting Rain Stratus in the Midlands of England.” During those three years I examined most of the ancient castle earthworks found standing after the rampage of Cromwell across England. England is the land of very old books and the meticulous maintenance of these books is carried out rigorously at Oxford and Cambridge Universities. So if you really want to know for sure when a particular Biblical interpretation first came into print, these two institutions should be the place to begin your research.

From my earliest days I had an avid interest in all publications that interpreted Biblical passages concerning the second coming of Christ. When I first began lecturing in churches, seminaries, universities, and colleges in 1978, I had no idea that my travels would take me to more than 700 of these institutions, and that I would be in the immediate vicinity of most of the major colleges and universities in the U.S. The vast majority of our institutions of higher learning began as small institutions under the control of a church or churches. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, most of them individually broke away from their sponsoring churches to become the independent centers of higher secular learning today. The majority of books in colleges and universities in early years were religious books, but after they lost the influence of the sponsoring churches they gradually became more and more secular in their teaching and accredited degrees, so they had to decide what to do with their very large volume of religious books. Some were sold, some thrown away, and some placed in specially created archives. I know I am a sixth generation Missionary Baptist because of the material I collected from just such an archive in Kalamazoo College in Michigan. Its archives documented that Henry McElmurry, of whom I am a direct descendant, was the missionary-pastor of three of our early churches in southeastern Missouri from 1834 to 1839. Some of the books in the archives of these colleges are so old and fragile, that they have a designated person to open the pages for you to prevent the book being damaged.

So why have I labored on so long about old books. I wanted to know when various teachings were published concerning when the Lord would come, particularly in reference to what is called the tribulation period, a period of time that ends with the battle of Armageddon. So, as I traveled, I went to these archives and searched for this information. All of the old books I examined were quite definite that the tribulation period would close with the battle of Armageddon. But the time of the beginning of the tribulation, how long it was to last once it started, and when the first resurrection occurred in reference to it, was quite another matter. The first resurrection, which has taken on the popular title “the rapture,” has been one of the most vigorously debated theological subjects in the Word of God for some 215 years. So, because it still is, I intend to present as accurate a documented history as I am able from my research. I will attempt to show when several beliefs concerning this much debated subject first appeared on the scene in published books.

When Johannes Gutenberg invented the first process of printing from separately cast metal types, used for moveable type, the era of book publishing was soon to begin. By 1450 he had a press in Germany financed by Johann Fust. In 1455 Fust had the first printed Bible in history well under way. Slowly the publishing of books by press immerged. Many of the first books published were interpretative expositions of Biblical scriptures, and among those were expositions of scriptures about the first resurrection. After the 1611 KJV was published, expositions on Christ’s second coming started appearing in books based on the interpretation of passages found in it.

The first printed work that taught a rapture (first resurrection) before the blowing of the seventh trumpet in the book of Revelation was published in 1788. The teaching appeared in a book written by a well-known Baptist preacher of the eighteenth century, Morgan Edwards. It was titled “Two Academic Exercises on Subjects Bearing the Following Titles: Millennial and Last Novelties.” The book was published by Dodson and Lang, Second Street between Market and Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

In my archive search to discover the first printings of various positions held on the time of Christ’s coming, in relation to the end of the tribulation period, I had only found two published positions prior to the War of 1812. The vast majority of all the publications put Christ’s coming at the very end of the tribulation period, and a definite minority placed it at the blowing of the seventh trumpet, just before God’s wrath is poured out on the earth in seven vials. However, Morgan, for the first time in history since books began to be published, taught that a rapture of the saved would occur 3 and ½ years before the end of the tribulation period. There is no record of any printed book historically published prior to 1788, as far as I have been able to discover, that taught a rapture prior to the last 3 and ½ years before the final battle of Armageddon in the tribulation period. I don’t say that such a book or books do not exist, but if they do, they are a drop in an ocean of books.

Dr. Thomas Chalmers, a Presbyterian minister of the Church of Scotland, and the man who first introduced what is known as the “Gap Theory,” had an assistant named Edward Irving. In 1827 Reverend Irving began to teach that Christ would first come for His saints, and then after a period of tribulation, He would come to destroy antichrist and to reign. In 1830 in Port Glasgow, Scotland, a 15-year-old young lady, named Margaret MacDonald, announced that she had received a prophetic vision from God concerning the coming of Christ. Her revelation may be found in a book by Robert Norton entitled “The Restoration of Apostles and Prophets” in the Catholic Apostolic Church, (London, 1861). In his book he declared that from her vision it could be seen that Christians would be taken out before the time of tribulation.

J.N. Darby, a leader among the early Plymouth Brethren, was known to have visited her during the time Margaret was having her visions. The teaching of a 7-year tribulation period came after these visions. The idea of the tribulation period consisting of two 3 and ½ year periods was put in print after John Darby began preaching the Pre-Tribulation Rapture Theory. Prior to that time you will find no publication was ever printed that showed two boxes joined together to form a 7 year period, with the first box representing a period of 3 and ½ years of peace, and the second box representing a period of 3 and ½ years of tribulation. The 7-year theory was developed by proponents of the Pre-Tribulation Rapture Theory. It was developed by letting the “he” in Daniel 9:27 refer to the antichrist rather than Christ. Before 1788 they taught that the “he” of Daniel 9:27 was Christ or Antiochus Epiphanes, but in view of the new revelation in 1788, it eventually became necessary to justify it, and by 1832 a series of new Scripture combinations began to appear, and they were used to teach what came to be known as the Pre-Tribulation Rapture Position. It was the grand joining of the “70th Week of Daniel” prophecy with the Pre-Tribulation Rapture Theory that finally launched today’s popular teaching under a wind filled sail. J.N. Darby taught that the rapture occurs before the last 7 years of the prophecy of 490 years found in Daniel 9:24-27. In Volume 3, page 424, of Darby’s letters, he wrote: “Let it be remembered now that we have no date for the rapture of the church – that the dates BEGIN with a week of Daniel 9, and half a week when the sacrifice is made to cease. But this does not affect the general testimony of Matthew 24, which may begin the week, and be carried on among the Gentiles during the great tribulation at Jerusalem.”

J.N. Darby visited America seven times between 1862 and 1877. Cyrus I. Scofield, minister of a Congregational church, became a student of all the writings of J.N. Darby, and then forever popularized his Pre-Tribulation Rapture position by placing it in the Scofield Reference Bible notes of his 1909 publication. Most of the Bible teachers of Scofield’s day did not accept his new found position, but it was so appealing to religious groups that it spread across the country like wildfire as an exciting new revelation, which taught God’s children would never go into the tribulation period. By the time I was saved in 1944, you were often considered a heretic if you believed anything other than a rapture 7 years prior to the end of the tribulation period.

When I wrote my last two books, Tribulation Triad and Birth Pangs from the Bottomless Pit in the late seventies, I was what was known as a “Mid-Tribber.” In the early eighties I changed my position on when the first resurrection occurs in relation to the end of the tribulation period. Could the Mid-Tribulation Rapture Position be correct? Yes, if God chose to wait some 1788 years after Christ’s birth before letting it first appear in a printed book exposition of Biblical scriptures by a man named Morgan Edwards. Could the Pre-Tribulation Rapture Position be correct? Yes, if God chose to wait some 1830 years after the birth of His Son before letting it first appear in a printed form. To my knowledge, there was never a published printed book prior to 1788, which explained the scriptures found in the Bible about the rapture by advocating a Pre or Mid Tribulation Rapture.

I have read the letters of the early church fathers to see if any such teaching was clearly spelled out in context in their writings on a Pre-Tribulation rapture. And, in so doing, I have searched hoping to find such a reference, but have not found a reference in context that justified such a position with sufficient clarity to be certain.

I did find two that may advocate such a position, but the only thing I can be sure of is that they are much more likely to simply refer to the rapture as being pre-millennial, not specifically pre-tribulation. The references were by Irenaeus and Hippolytus, written on scrolls in about 180 AD.

There was also a document reported by advocates of the pre-tribulation rapture position as being genuine and written by Ephraem the Syria in 373 AD. However, the document is classified by all the antiquity experts as being Pseudo-Ephraem (Pseudo means false). It was titled “On the last times, the Antichrist, and the End of the World.” But the problem with it is threefold: We can’t be sure that Ephraem wrote it, or if the man who did copied it or made it up himself, or WHEN he wrote it.

If you think I didn’t want to find such a reference, you are quite wrong. To not agree with the Pre-Tribulation position only gains you unpopularity with most of the brethren and, being carnal in the flesh, and desiring their acceptance, I certainly hoped to find such a position issued prior to 1788, but found none of which I could honestly state: Yes! This teaches a Pre-Tribulation rapture. Could I be wrong in the position I hold? Certainly! And I will continue to search for the prophetic truth on this subject. I have not changed what I was taught as a youth concerning the doctrines on salvation, baptism, the local church, and its two ordinances, but I have changed my mind about the position of the Lord’s coming in reference to the battle of Armageddon and, quite frankly, will change my mind again if I find a better case than the one you find in Prophecy Update 73D. Any man who is not willing to change his position on the time of Christ’s coming, in relation to the end of the tribulation period, makes it a doctrinal position. There is only one doctrine concerning Christ’s coming – HE IS COMING. When he comes, in relation to the events stated as occurring in the tribulation period, is a matter of opinion, not a matter of doctrine.

So how do all these different positions affect me? They don’t! In our work we have “first of the weekers,” middle of the weekers,” “last of the weekers,” “seventh trumpers,” “split rapturers,” “triple rapturers,” and “progressive rapturers.” It would be ridiculous for me to make what my brethren believe about the rapture a test of fellowship. The doctrine of Christ’s coming is that He is coming – If you don’t believe that, you are a heretic, and I don’t want your fellowship. I have a very simple Biblical principle that I follow to be ready when he does come. I know I will be taken because I am saved. So I daily attempt to be faithful to Him in one of His new testament churches, in order that I will be prepared to stand before His judgment seat whenever He comes.

I do not believe we have a full week of seven years left to fulfill in Daniel’s 70 weeks of 490 years (See Prophecy Updates 55, 56, 57 and 58 in our Prophecy Archives). I am persuaded Christ is coming on the blowing of the 7th trumpet in Revelation 10:7, 11:15, and 11:18, but I live my life like it could be today. I am “watching” daily for that time, whenever it is. I have been told that one cannot do such a thing. Well, just hide and watch me! If it does occur 7 years before the battle of Armageddon, then I will be caught “watching” for His coming

The material contained in this Prophecy Update has been taken from many old books I have perused in the U.S. and overseas during my many years of travel, but a large portion of it came from the research of John L. Bray, a Baptist Minister who was born in 1921 in Macon, Georgia, and was ordained as pastor of a Baptist church in Jacksonville, Florida at the age of 18. He was educated at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, John B. Stetson University in Deland, Florida, and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky and, if he is still living, would be some 81 years in age. By 1990 he had spent 30 years as a pastor of Southern Baptist Churches, and completed 21 years as a full time evangelist. I am indebted to him for some of the extractions I took from his writings in compiling this update.

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