When Sudden Destruction Comes

"Now as to the times and the epochs, brethren, you have no need of anything to be written to you. For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night. While they are saying, “Peace and safety!” then destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape. But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day would overtake you like a thief; for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of night nor of darkness; so then let us not sleep as others do, but let us be alert and sober. For those who sleep do their sleeping at night, and those who get drunk get drunk at night."

Those were the words of apostle Paul written to the church of Thessalonica nearly 2000 years ago. I was reminded of that verse when a dear friend of mine who rarely receives any prophetic dreams and visions told me about a dream vision she did have on October 16 th of this year.

In this dream vision she was watching TV when a regular programming was interrupted with a message "destruction in 400 days." She felt that it was a warning that was issued once before and she had a sense of unease and foreboding, as well as a desire to warn others, but had no specifics of where this would take place and what kind of destruction it would be.

When we calculated 400 days from the time she received this vision, we arrived at the date of November 20, 2016. This day interestingly coincides with the end of the "holy year of mercy" of which the beginning Pope Francis proclaimed just yesterday and celebrated it with a show of nature photography using St. Peter's Basilica in Rome as the background.

Could it be referring to Rome? It is quite possible, but we just don't know for sure as we were not given any more information. What we do know for sure though is what the Scriptures tell us will happen in the end times.

The Book of Revelation clearly describes the destruction of the city of Rome in the end times and the Roman Catholic prophecies of st. Malachy as well as the third secret of Fatima seem to echo this as well, though I do not give them the same credence as I do to the Scriptures. But it is a very interesting convergence nevertheless.

Apostle Paul stated clearly that this sudden destruction will be a form of judgment upon  unbelievers and their world system and he charges us to be "sober" and "alert." We can see that the various parts of the world system are unravelling right now and the world leaders including the Pope are trying to use the issue of climate change to bring global unity, calling effectively for UN to begin acting as de facto world government.

This in turn will only pave the way for the appearance of the man whom the Bible calls the Antichrist, who will eventually become a global dictator. In addition to that, just recently, there was a conference held in the United States regarding the ethics of a new technology of DNA editing  that will in theory allow scientists to delete genetic mutations that cause a disease, but it will also alter a person irreversibly in possibly unforeseen ways as well.

Now we have the power  not only to destroy our environment, but also to alter our own genetic code. The Bible warned us of the consequences of that in the story of Noah's flood, in which God was forced to intervene because His creation was being corrupted by genetic experiments done on both animals and human beings by fallen angels. Most people focus on the sin of violence as a reason for this judgment, but a careful study reveals that there was much more going on than that.

Jesus warned us that the days before His second coming would be just like the days of Noah and this is what is happening now. God promised that he would not completely annihilate the world, but He will intervene by destroying the corrupt world system before it destroys the earth.

I encourage all my readers to watch  following video that deals with those very issues.

 

             

The Hour of Darkness : Paris Attacks Open New Chapter In War With ISIS

We were all rocked to our core by the recent terror attacks that killed more than 100 people in Paris last week. The question on most people's minds is, "Where will they hit next?"

Others are wondering why God is allowing this madness and how can people do such things in the name of God. Those were the very questions on the minds of Jesus' disciples when they witnessed Him being arrested like some criminal in the garden of Gethsemane over 2000 years ago.

He explained this by saying to those who were arresting Him, "When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched not forth your hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness."(Luke 22:53)

It looked like the evil was having an upper hand when Jesus was arrested, brought to false trials, tortured, and executed. And so it does today when we see people, most of them innocent civilians including women and children being tortured, raped, and killed in the name of Islam by ISIS fighters.

Even though it is easier for us to identify with the victims of Paris attacks, we still realize that much greater carnage is going on everyday in Middle East with no end in sight.

The conflict is intensifying with more world powers being drawn into it and more fanatics, as many as 30, 000 fighters recently, are being recruited by ISIS militants from around the world. It is the hour  and  power of darkness.

But we know the end from the beginning already. We know from the Bible that this hour will not last. There will be those who will resist and who are already resisting and overcoming this evil by the blood of the lamb ( Jesus), by the word of their testimony, and by laying down their lives  for their faith if they have to.

It is midnight on the prophetic clock. It is dark, but there is a call going out for all the virgins ( Christians) to wake up because the bridegroom is coming. So, it is time for us to trim our lamps, fill them with oil and shine in the midst of this darkness.

It is not right to hate or worse to attack the Muslims now because majority of them are not fanatics at all. We have the opportunity now to reach them with the Gospel, which now contrasts more than ever with the hate of the fanatics.

We are to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us. While we condemn the violence of ISIS and expose Islam for what it really is, we must still share the love of God with Muslims, we must reach them with the Gospel before the fanatics reach them with their message of violence and hate. And we must pray against more of those attacks and pray for our political leaders to be wise, vigilant, and not to underestimate the enemy.

After Paris attacks, we know that the new chapter in war with ISIS had just opened. It is no more  a far away Middle East problem. It could happen anywhere, but we cannot give in to fear. It is time to shine  our light forth brighter than ever before.

Radical Islam vs. Radical Christianity

 
 












Many people around the world, including the Muslim people are horrified today when they are learning about the atrocities that radical Islamists are perpetrating on Jews, Christians, and even fellow Muslims who are not as radical as they are. It filled many people with disgust, horror, and some even with fear.

But we must remember that these people are doing all this because they are taking the teachings of their religion, especially their holy book Koran, and the commandments of their founder literally.

But what radical Christianity would really look like? What would happen if billions of followers of Jesus took His teaching, His commandments, and His life example literally and actually practiced them in their everyday lives?

In my view, it would literally turn the world up side down, in a good way. Below are excerpts from the Koran of what the Islamists were being taught by their founder:

" Fight against those who (1) believe not in Allah, (2) nor in the Last Day, (3) nor forbid that which has been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger (4) and those who acknowledge not the religion of truth (i.e. Islam) among the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians), until they pay the Jizyah with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued... O you who believe! What is the matter with you, that when you are asked to march forth in the Cause of Allah (i.e. Jihad) you cling heavily to the earth? Are you pleased with the life of this world rather than the Hereafter? But little is the enjoyment of the life of this world as compared with the Hereafter.
 If you march not forth, He will punish you with a painful torment and will replace you by another people." ( Surah 9:29, 38-39)

Now contrast this with what Jesus had taught us as His followers:

“If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount. But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful." (Luke 6:32-36)

So, they were taught even threatened by their god to fight against, kill, and subdue those who are disobedient to him and this is what they are doing with unimaginable cruelty, but we were commanded to love our enemies and do good to those who hate and persecute us.

They are being guided by hatred, we must be guided by divine love, which is the only antidote to the hatred and our most powerful weapon. Radical Christianity is following the commandments of Jesus and His example of  not only not killing anyone, but being even willing to sacrifice His own life for all of us while we were still sinners.

What it would look like if we all did that? I believe that it would transform our families, communities, even entire countries For all those who wonder what it would look like in practice I recommend watching a very inspiring movie recently made by Pureflix titled, "Do you Believe?"

You can buy it on Amazon or rent it from your local movie rental store. Watch it with your family, friends, and church family and think of ways that you can all individually and together put your faith in practice, so together we can transform this world and win the battle over the souls of unbelievers around us.

The Final Blood Moon

                                                                 

Weather permitting, tonight many people around the world will be able to watch the final total eclipse of the moon of the 2014-2015 tetrad, which will be the very last of its kind ever.

While there will be more tetrads happening in the near future, the next one beginning in 2032, this one is the LAST one that has all four of its eclipses coincide with the first days of Biblical feasts and that is why, many Christians and Jewish people around the world believe this tetrad to have a special significance.

This does NOT mean as many people in the media have wrongly reported that we believe that the “apocalypse” or “the end of the world” will take place immediately after tonight, but many of us do believe that it is indeed a sign from God who is letting us know that it is indeed the beginning of the end of this present age that will actually end with Jesus’ return and not the end of the world.

It has nothing to do with astrology, superstition, or omens as even some badly informed fellow Christians have accused us of believing in, but it could be exactly what The Lord Jesus Himself predicted will signal the beginning of the very end of the end times by stating the following in the Gospel of Luke chapter 21 verses 25 through 28.

“There will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves, men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things which are coming upon the world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. “Then they will see THE SON OF MAN COMING IN A CLOUD with power and great glory. “But when these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”

Was Jesus superstitious? Obviously not and I don’t think that He was talking here about any ordinary eclipses of the moon and the sun either as so many of them do take place quite often and are really nothing extraordinary, but a tetrad of eclipses falling on the first days of The Lord’s feasts including the total eclipse of the sun that also falls on a Biblical feast day is something else entirely.

As a Christian , I believe in Jesus’ words because He is the Son of the living God and  He knew the future that is why it is foolish to dismiss such signs as “superstitious nonsense” and attack fellow Christians for believing in it.

I am also convinced that because of these and other signs that I discuss on this blog, we can expect the fulfillment of many Bible prophecies in the coming years and perhaps decades that will eventually culminate and the literal, physical return of Jesus to this earth to reign here for 1,000 years.

As you can see, “the end of the world” is still quite far off though quite turbulent times are ahead of us. That being said, those of us who belong to Jesus have nothing to fear. Yes, many of us will be persecuted, especially when the Antichrist shows up on the world’s scene and establishes his global dictatorship, but we have the promise that the gates of hell itself will not prevail against us.

We will overcome him by the blood of the lamb, and the word of our testimony even if many of us will have to and already do lay down their very lives for our faith. Still, we will have the power from on high to destroy the works of the evil one and shine ever brighter in this darkening world. There will be harvest of souls like never before with people by the billions turning to our Lord and the power of the Holy Spirit will be demonstrated even in a greater measure than in the days of Pentecost. The Lord always leaves the best wine for last.

The Long Term Consequences of Syrian Refugee Crisis

As Elul 29, which is today, also known as the last day of Shemitah draws to its end, the world is railing amid the Syrian refugee crisis, the greatest migration of displaced people since the second world war.

And I am sorry to say, but it will not get better. The world leaders are not dealing with the root cause of it, which is the rampage of so called Islamic State through Middle East and to be fair there isn't really that much that they can do as military options are limited due to the nature of this enemy.

ISIS militants are not any conventional army that can be fought out right and defeated by sheer military power, though western troops who are helping the Kurdish army in Iraq are keeping it from taking over all of Iraq, but it is not enough to defeat it.

The equally ruthless army of Syria's government under dictatorial regime of Bashar Assad despite of all the help they are getting from Iran and Russia are not succeeding either, barely keeping ISIS from taking over all of Syria and the fight is now that much harder since those terrorist fighters are also using chemical weapons that they either are making themselves or have stolen  from Syria.

Now enter Europe that was even before that facing economical challenges with EU countries such as Greece, Spain, and Italy being on a verge of economic collapse which were kept from the catastrophe thanks to the money flowing to them from Germany, who is now dealing with a flood of mainly Muslim refugees from the region, the number of which will probably reach close to one million by the end of this year as they are arriving at the rate of 2,000 persons a day in Greece and Turkey.

This will have huge economical and social implications because Germany alone simply does not have the money to take care of all the basic needs of these people. It will cost a lot to find them shelter, provide their food, clothing, and medical care.

Most of the refugees do not know any language other than Arabic, so it will take some time until they learn German and will be able to work and take care of themselves, and even then the jobs will not be easy to find.

And what happens when ISIS will get even stronger, with no one there to fight them? Many of those fleeing are able bodied men who could have been trained to fight, now there will be no one left to train.

What happens when countries such as Jordan and Saudi Arabia get attacked, and God forbid, their governments fall? Who will then take care of the next flood of millions of more refugees?

Then, there are social implications as well, as many Europeans are wary of accepting more Muslims into their country because of social unrest some of those who came as immigrants during the past decade or so are still causing, creating Sharia zones within European cities and harassing native nationals, sometimes even raping unveiled women and committing terrorist acts such as London subway bombing in England or Charlie Hebodo shooting in France, openly saying during public demonstrations that their aim is to take over Europe for Islam and subjugate all who live there under Islamic law.

We have already seen far right nationalists in Germany attacking refugee shelters and I am afraid there will be more violence, eventually from both sides. God only knows how it will all end, we do not know all the details, but we know from the Scripture that eventually Israel will be puled into it all and will be forced to confront the ISIS forces, especially if they attack Jordan with whom Israel has peaceful relations, which is the very reason that the terrorists want to attack Jordan, seeing its King as a traitor and if Palestinians decide to join ISIS fighters against the king of Jordan and Israel, then God will have to intervene and we know that He will win and defeat Islamic forces both as an army and as an ideology.

On the other hand, there are thousands of Muslims who are coming to Christ in Germany, Turkey, and other places where Christians reach out to them with the love of Jesus even as Christians who could not get away are being martyred daily, so amongst all this evil there is always much good that is happening. We need to pray for wisdom for our political leaders, for salvation of the Muslims even the fanatical ones, and for strength of faith for those who are laying down their lives for their faith in Jesus.

There were also clashes today between the Palestinian youth and Israeli police on the Temple Mount, which might be the beginning of a larger conflict over this holy site.

Author's note: Photo courtesy of  www.ibitimes.co.uk

Dreams of The Future

 

Because God is outside of time and space, He is as much in what we call past, as in the present as well as the future. That is why sometimes He lifts the curtain of time and shows us glimpses of the future in our dreams. These dreams of the future are also called prophetic dreams.

 I received several such dreams in past 14 years and I am going to share with you a couple of them. They came to me before the turn of the millennium in December, 2000. They were two separate dreams, but they had a similar message of what is to come in this new century.

 In one of them I saw a rough see with dark deep blue water and high waves and people being thrown into this sea. Most of them were acting on their survival instincts, thrashing about in the water and trying to fight the waves. All who did that, died. Then it was my turn to be thrown in, there were people shouting that I had no chance and that I would die, but as I felt the cold water enveloping me I had a strong conviction not to fight the waves even though my mind was telling me that I am going to die if I do that. I kept doing nothing and began sinking. I sank deeper and deeper until I reached the bottom, which then suddenly changed into a clean dry room with an open gate.

 I was shocked to find myself there and not only being alive, but free to go out. I felt sad about all those people who believed the angry voices and fought for their lives, which was the very thing that made them lose it and glad that I have listened to my conviction.

 In the other dream I stood outside of some town, by the fence and looked at the sky. I saw a very dark cloud approaching and a huge tornado forming. My mind told me to seek shelter, but an inner small voice told me to trust and hold on to that fence. But it is impossible, I reasoned. This tornado will kill me, but I listened to the voice nevertheless. I saw the tornado approaching and felt the wind. I closed my eyes, preparing myself to die, but the storm passed over me without doing any harm to me.

 I was shocked, but I saw other people by that same fence who likewise survived against all odds. We began gathering together and went into the town looking for any other survivors.

 In both dreams there was the external life threat to me and others and in both of them I had a conviction to act against my survival instinct and trust in other means of salvation, which came despite me not having much hope. The sea always symbolizes the nations and/or international type of events. Its darkness symbolized the danger as were the waves. The tornado was more local, but also dark, violent, and dangerous.

The biblical term for a tornado is “whirlwind" and it appears often in the Bible in connection to God's judgement or the world trials facing us. The Lord was warning me here of the difficulties facing me and other Christians in the future as the world becomes more hostile towards us and we can certainly see it happening today.

From the killings of Christians done publically by ISIS, to the bashing by the western media of anyone who as a Christian opposes promotion of homosexuality. Those whirlwinds are already here and they are going to increase, but our God is greater than any storm and always present to give the strength to face any trial thrown at us by this world.

 

 

 

Iran Deal And The Coming Ezekiel 38 War Against Israel

While President Obama tried to make this nuclear deal with Iran to prevent war, he simply paved the road for another one. But there is nothing anyone could do about it. The Bible is clear that this war will take place and therefore cannot be prevented, though it could have been delayed if Obama and his European partners have not chose the way of appeasement towards Iran.

But again perhaps they were blinded because it is supposed to happen at this juncture of world history? Either way, Iran got everything it wanted and some, but never changed its goals. Ayatollah Khamenei as well as President Rouhani saw this as a triumph of Islamic Republic over the West and told "brothers in Palestine and Lebanon" to rejoice. Now, why would Palestinians rejoice over this deal?

It is simply because it brought Iran this much closer to gaining nuclear weapon, so it could "liberate" Palestine by wiping Israel off the world's map. And they will do what they say that they will do and Israel for one knows this very well. That is why Israelis will try to stop Iran from getting the nukes on their own, if they have to.

This in turn will draw the military response not only from Iran, but also from its allies. Russia already declared that a strike on Iran is the same to them as a strike on Russia itself. Turkey under its current leadership also would join any coordinated attack against Israel and those three nations just happen to be listed in the Ezekiel 38 prophecy as part of the alliance of nations who in the last days will go to war against restored Israel.

It is very possible that we will see it unfolding very soon. Perhaps this is the war that the blood moons and the Jubilee cycle point to? I would not be surprised. If it is so, then we already know the end even before the beginning because the Scriptures clearly declare that this alliance will be supernaturally defeated by God Himself who will fight for His people like He did in the days of old.

There will be a mega earthquake and perhaps a volcanic eruption as well that will rain fiery hailstones on this army destroying it completely. The Al-Aqsa Masque will be destroyed too. God of the Bible will prove Allah a false god, thus destroying the problem of Islamic terrorism that plagues the world today and the Iranian people will take back their country that was hijacked by Islamic fanatics back in 1979.

We are living in truly amazing days!

Markets Shake As The Shemitah Year Draws to Its End

Many people were very skeptical when a Messianic rabbi, Jonathan Cahn, first began speaking on the mystery of shemitah last year warning that if the pattern holds, then we should expect a major upheaval in global economy.

By now those skeptics are not so skeptical any longer as news of the slow down in global economy following the crash of oil prices and continuing lay offs from many companies around the world began to emerge shortly after the year of the shemitah began on September 25, 2014. It is also a fact that most if not all stock market crashes in the history happened during Shemitah years.

As recently as yesterday the investors in China, which already surpassed the United States as the largest world economy, went into panic mode causing a major Stock Market fall just as the reported technical glitch shut down the New York Stock Exchange for more than 3 hours on the same day, even as Greece continues to ask for more bail out money without any intentions of paying them back. I think in the coming two months it will get even worse.

Politicians and analysts are still refusing to acknowledge what is happening, but most of us watching it all know already that we are heading into a major economical crash that will be even worse than the last one which not coincidently also happened in the last year of shemitah 2008. Only the causes of that so called Great Recession were never dealt with, the financial practices were never changed and America turned away even further from God.

Therefore it will not be surprising if this Shemitah the judgment on America's and the world's economic systems will be even greater than before. It is not only shemitah, but a super shemitah year that precedes directly the year of Jubilee. A time of blessing for those who are faithful to God, but the time of judgment for those who are not.

If you want to know more about this mystery , I encourage you to google it or search for Jonathan Cahn's teaching on You Tube were you will find lots of information about this free of charge.

Do not make any major financial decisions before the year of the shemitah ends on Elul 29, which is September 13 of this year on Gregorian calendar. We are living in very prophetic times.

Renewed Call To Prayer For ISIS Fighters

It is very easy to begin to resent or even hate ISIS fighters as well as their religion when we are being now daily bombarded with increasingly more revolting images of the atrocities that they commit.

Many well intentioned Christians post those pictures on their blogs and social media pages to bring awareness to how wrong it is what they are doing afraid that if Islam gains foothold in the West, then this kind of violence will reach them too, but we have way more powerful weapons at our disposal in this holy war and it is the authority that God had given us, the power of His Holy Spirit, the Blood of Jesus, the word of our testimony, the Love of God and the power of prayer.

Have you ever thought why Jesus told us to love our enemies? Why He commanded us to pray for those who hate, persecute, insult, spitefully use, rob or even kill us? Well, today it dawned on me even clearer than ever before. He did so because He wants to save them! Yes, you read right. He wants to save them because He died for them too.

We have to remember that these people as vicious as they might be are only tools in the hands of the real enemy, the demonic hordes of hell who drive them to do what they are doing and we were promised the authority over them.

Jesus said, "Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you...and upon this rock I will build my church, and all the powers of hell will not conquer it." ( Luke 10:19 ; Mat. 16:18)

We have the power, so let us use it! Since I issued the last call to prayer for ISIS fighters on this blog earlier this year, I have heard amazing stories of salvation of those who not only used to kill Christians and other innocent people, but even enjoyed doing it, how some of the had visitations from Jesus asking them why were they killing His people and revealing the truth about Himself to them.

This happened because of our prayers. These people are all deceived poor souls desperate for salvation. They cannot conquer their own sinful nature, so they go to Syria and Iraq to fight in the "holy war" because they are brainwashed into thinking that this will assure them eternal life. let us continue to storm the gates of hell by raising our prayer for their salvation daily to heaven. Every minute of prayer counts!

When The Supreme Court Judges Stand Before The Supreme Judge

It was sad, but expected. The Supreme Court of the United States joined its Canadian counterpart in ruling that gay marriage is constitutional according to the human law, but that still does not make it legal by the divine law.

The Supreme Judge of the Universe already ruled from eternity that marriage is a union between one man and one woman. Nothing is ever going to change that. I do not fear for the people like myself who still choose to say the truth about it, but for the supreme court judges who will one day have to stand before The Supreme Judge who created mankind and instituted marriage. What they are going to tell Him? I pray they will repent before the day of their judgement comes.

Many Christians in America are feeling shaken by this, but they should not be surprised. We are living in the last days and we were warned in the Bible that as the end times progress, the world is going to get spiritually darker, but we are children of the light who should not fear the darkness.

All the more we need to let our light shine before men, so that they will see that light and will be drawn to it. We need to live the gospel out without diluting it and without compromising its integrity. We cannot allow ourselves to become salt that has lost its flavour.

How can we advocate for traditional marriage when the divorce rate is so high? This needs to change. We must submit to God in all things and begin to live by the Spirit, not by the desires and selfishness of our flesh. We have to stop living like the world, so we will not be suffering like it does.

We can only lead by example and things came to this point mainly because many of us don't. I am very blessed to have a godly husband and because we chose God's ways above our flesh, we are happily married now for over 15 years. But we did build our marriage on a solid foundation. We waited for sex until we were married, we did not even kiss before our wedding night. We also chose to do everything we can to make our marriage work by submitting to one another and placing the good of the family above our own desires.

It is sad to see when other Christian couples do not do that because it causes their marriages to suffer or even end in divorce. It doesn't have to be this way, it should not be this way.

As Christians we will one day stand before The Supreme Judge too to answer for what kind of examples we were to the world. The world cannot be changed by politics, but it will be changed by the power of the gospel and the very living presence of God. Let us draw near to Him, so He would draw near to us and shelter us when the judgement falls on the ungodly.

Remember that every nation and culture in history that embraced and celebrated same sex eventually imploded on itself. Sodom, Gomorrah, Greek and Roman empires, where are they today? I am afraid that Western civilization as we know it will meet the same fate. There will be more and more lawlessness, religious extremism, and violence until the freedom the West so cherished will be lost to ruthless dictatorship. For freedom can be enjoyed fully and can last only in godly societies where people practice the golden rule. Democracy will never work for the lawless, godless, selfish, and greedy-it never had.

The Harvest Dream

This dream followed immediately after the wave dream, which I shared with you on this blog back in May 2014. You can find it in the archives if you have not read it yet.


The scenery changed, but I knew that it was a continuation of the wave vision which means that there will be the passage of some time between the fulfillments of them.

Since the city was destroyed by the wave, I saw myself and many others walking through the country side with back packs containing our few belongings on our backs. The day was sunny and the grass on the hills was vibrant green and as we walked on a narrow straight dirt path we came before the view of a huge field of wheat. I noticed that the grains were very large and the stalks were bending slightly under their weight as they were moved back and forth by a gentle wind.

I thought to myself "what a rich harvest this will be for this country." While I was admiring the harvest, I heard a voice from heaven saying "But you have to be careful not to lose any of it."

The interpretation that came to me was that as the future move of the Holy Spirit and God's judgment will remove the ministries that were built by our human efforts ( the city, high rise buildings) to feed human pride rather than to build the kingdom of God, the Lord will call out of this present church system people who are willing to humble themselves (modest backpacks, few belongings) and be led by the Holy Spirit on a narrow straight dirt path of God's righteousness that not too many people are willing to walk on because it does not bring visibility, acclaim, or money like running big ministries does, but God will enable them to reap great harvest of souls for His kingdom.

And I think that this is already beginning to happen. Many large ministries are being exposed for compromise and watering down of the gospel message in order to maintain themselves. Many of them have fallen to greed and manipulation in order to maintain their visibility, so their effectiveness in affecting real change in people and truly winning souls for God's kingdom went down. The tangible presence of the Holy Spirit has left them, there is no more anointing to break the yoke of sin, so they began preaching false doctrines such as that there is no need for repentance and that God's grace covers you even when you rebel against God and His Word and live your life in sin.

So, the people who truly love The lord and desire to walk His narrow path of righteousness disgusted by the perversion of the gospel there and rampant lifestyles of sin began leaving those churches and ministries. Many of them left to smaller churches that are still faithful to the gospel, others began forming house churches and fellowships with other like minded believers and this will continue.

In another post, I will share the third and final part of this dream vision in which I believe the Lord showed me what He is going to do in the future in and through His church, so we would not be discouraged.

The Rapture Dream

 Before I ever read about the rapture of the saints in the Bible, I had the following dream that ultimately led me to faith in Jesus Christ as my personal Saviour.

Growing up a Roman Catholic, I had never even heard of the idea or the term "rapture of the saints." I never read about it in the Bible either because I did not own one until  receiving a New Testament as a gift from a young priest that used to teach us both religion and martial arts, but even then I read only the gospels and the Book of Revelation.

So, one night back in 1997 or 1998, I had a following dream. I was walking outside when suddenly my body became light and I began to rapidly rise to the sky. I felt the air blowing on me, as I rose and saw the earth getting smaller, then I began approaching the clouds. I felt a tremendous sense of excitement while wondering what or who am I going to see there and  wondered where was I going. Then as I passed through he clouds, I saw a very bright light and woke up.

It was a very realistic type of dream, more like dream vision really, and I never knew what it meant until a couple of years later when reading a passage from apostle Paul describing pretty much the same thing I experienced in my dream with an explanation of what it meant.

"But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words."( 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)

When I read that, I understood that God was showing to me the same future event that both Jesus and Paul the apostle talked about. I also understood that He wanted me to be in the words of Jesus among those "counted worthy to escape the things which are coming upon the earth." It also proved to me that it was really God personally reaching out to me through dreams and visions and showing me things I could not have otherwise known.  It also proved to me that the Bible is indeed inspired by Him and not made up by people alone.

Now, I don't know whether I will in fact be physically alive during the time of rapture, but from this biblical passage, I do know that even if I physically die before it happens, I will still be part of it as one of those whom God will raise from the dead and take to Him on that day, and if you trust your life to Jesus and faithfully follow Him for the rest of your life, then you can be sure that you will be there as well. What a glorious Day it will be!

Also read: The Second Rapture Dream

Four Pale Horses And the Man Coming Out Of The Sea

This dream that I had back in December, 2010 falls into a category called in the Bible as "night visions". Whereas dreams have more fluid and dream like quality, dream visions are very clear, sometimes hard to distinguish from reality.

This dream vision was very intense. I first shared it publically on March 8, 2011 not really knowing fully what it meant. Below is an excerpt from that article with a link for those of you who would like to read the whole thing. It is very interesting in the light of what had happened in the Middle East since I had this dream vision.

"Last December, I had a very strange dream vision. There was a great dark sea before me, and along with many other people, I stood on the beach. Suddenly we saw four pale ghost-like horses galloping out of the sea.

Following these horses was a man who looked similar to the late pope, John Paul II, also coming out of the sea. We could all feel an intense sense of fear, even dread as they all appeared. I remember encouraging those around me not to be afraid and trust in God.

It was quite disturbing. I did not know what to make of it really, though from the Bible of course, I knew that “great sea,” always signifies either many nations of the world or geographic region of the Mediterranean Sea, which is the Middle East.

I shared it only with my husband and couple of friends. We prayed that if this vision was from God that He would make its meaning clear to us. From my previous experience with dreams and visions, I also know that sometimes the meanings of them become clearer as the time of their fulfillment draws near."


Read more: http://relijournal.com/christianity/the-pale-horse-of-apocalypse-unleashed/#ixzz3XiIiyKMt

Then I went on to say how a friend showed me a video clip that she saw on TV of a flare during an Egyptian revolution that took the shape of a pale horse and a death rider on it. She said it reminded her of my dream vision.

The horses of death keep galloping through the Middle East as ISIS grabs more and more territory even as the Western forces try to stop it and there is also a new "man of peace" who appeared on political as well as religious world scene in a person of pope Francis who is very often being compared to late pope John Paul II. Could he be the man from my vision?

It is quite possible as this pope is heavily involved in peace process in the Middle East. Perhaps as the violence from ISIS and other Islamic militant groups keeps spreading there and more moderate Islamic countries such as Jordan are going to be attacked or perhaps even fall to the fanatics, there will be a greater push to solve Israeli-Palestinian conflict as Islamic radicals have it as their goal to destroy Israel and reclaim their land for Islam.

This pope often said that he is against "proselytising" because he believes that everyone can be saved when he does what is "good" regardless of the religion or lack of it and the Islamists often use the argument that they have to fight for their faith because of Christians who proselytize Muslims.

Perhaps the pope would strike some sort of a deal with Muslims and the condition would be that the proselytizing efforts by Christians must stop and it will cause all Bible believing Christians who obey the call of God to share the gospel with others to be persecuted by this new world religion created by pope Francis or another man acting in the same spirit.

Future will tell, but whatever happens we must obey God rather than man.

The Third Blood Moon

Early this morning during the first day of Jewish Passover and on anniversary of the day Jesus of Nazareth was crucified by the Romans, there was a third total lunar eclipse called a "blood moon" because of the color the moon takes during such event.

It is a third one in a rare astronomical occurrence called a "tetrad" when in a span of two years there are four total lunar eclipses. What makes it even more rare is that those eclipses fall on the first days of Jewish feasts of Passover and Tabernacles respectively.

In the first chapter of the book of Genesis in the Bible we read that the sun and the moon were given not only for us to use them to tell times and seasons , but also for them to be God's signs to His people and so it happened historically that every time such tetrad occurred, it preceded, accompanied, or followed major historical events in Jewish as well as world history such as the destruction of the temple and dispersion of Jewish people among all nations in AD 70, the rebirth of the nation of Israel in 1948 and the Six Day War in 1967.

What is interesting about this third blood moon is that it follows the total solar eclipse that took place on a Jewish New Year, Nisan 1, and the recent announcement of "historic deal" with Iran and increased tension in U.S.- Israel relations because of this deal.

While many seeing how it paves the road for a future attack on Israel by Iran, currently led by fanatical Shia Muslim government that even released a propaganda video showing their planned destruction of Israel with a nuclear bomb and mocking the Americans while negotiating with Obama and U.N. are horrified, it should not surprise those who are ardent students of the Bible.

All prophetic old Testament Books clearly state that in the last days, after Israel's miraculous rebirth, all nations will turn against it and Israel will stand alone. Right now her enemies explain to themselves the continual existence of Israel with American protection of it. They say that if it was not for America, Israel will cease to exist, so God will allow America to stop its protection of Israel in order to prove to the world that He is the one who protects her.

It will also force Israeli people to trust in God and not their worldly "friends." We can draw comfort from that knowing that God will not allow Israel to be destroyed. Iran and her Russian as well as Muslim allies will try to destroy her and perhaps this will happen in a very near future, but they will be supernaturally defeated according to the Book of Ezekiel chapters 38-39. Perhaps the defeat of Iran's army and its leadership will be the very thing that will free the Iranian people from under their oppression. There are promises in the Bible for the Iranian exiles as well who, like my very own husband, cannot even go back to visit their country of birth because of the Islamic regime ruling their country right now. It looks very scary right now, but God will have the last word and He works in mysterious ways.

The Face of Jesus and Crown of Thorns Dream

Shortly before the end of 2010, I had the only dream in which I saw our Lord's face.

I saw a modest room that was dimly lit and a man on his knees by his bedside with his eyes closed praying. Then I saw the Lord Jesus standing by the window near that man with a very sad expression on his face. He looked just as He must have looked during His earthly ministry, very similar to the famous "Prince of Peace" painting.

I was an observer in this dream and only the Lord acknowledged my presence. He did not say anything to me, only motioned towards the praying man and placed a crown of thorns on his head and stood by him, though the praying man did not see Him. I did not hear what the man was praying for, but I had a sense that He was distressed. I did not immediately fully understand this dream, though I knew that the crown of thorns was the symbol of our Lord's suffering, but when the news of increased persecution of Christians by terrorist group called ISIS emerged in 2011, then I was reminded again of this dream.

Now, I understand that through this dream the Lord was telling me that the time was coming in which Christians would share in His suffering for His name's sake and that it could not be stopped. Just as I shared in the previous post, I believe the Lord is calling us all to remember those Christians and their persecutors in our prayers. I will be coming up to date here with more of some significant prophetic dreams that the Lord gave me over the years as well as any new ones I might have, perhaps it would encourage you to pay attention to your dreams as well and help you interpret them. God bless!

Author's Note: The photo used here is of the painting "Prince of Peace" by Akiane Kramarik who grew up in an atheists family and saw the face of Jesus in dreams and visions, and later painted it. It is the only painting of Jesus' face that other children who saw Him in visions confirm is the closest to what they saw as well.You can see more art by her by clicking on her name in the credit i gave above.

One Minute a Day Prayer Challenge

Last Sunday, I was rather shocked by what the pastor of a church I attend had said during his sermon. Don't get me wrong. It was a great message and I really love this pastor. He is sincerely trying to help more than 5,000 people who attend his church to grow spiritually. Most of all he is a godly and humble man, but apparently he did not know that Christians are still being crucified for their faith today because after explaining what a horrible death a crucifixion really is, he commented, "Thank God nobody is being killed this way anymore."

Well, he was wrong. And in case you did not follow the news, Islamic fanatics who control big parts of Iraq and Syria called ISIS are doing this very thing to Christians in the Middle East. They crucify them or behead them if they choose not to renounce their faith in Jesus and that includes children. It is a sheer horror and I find it troubling that so many Christians in the West do not know about it or choose not to talk about it in their churches. I thought, there should be more awareness, more prayer for our persecuted brothers and sisters. And not only for them, but also for all the Muslim people who are being persecuted in like manner if they will not accept the fanatical Islamic ideology groups such as ISIS promote.

We might not be able to physically stop this senseless violence and we certainly cannot know each person who suffers there everyday by name, but our God knows them all and knows what they are going through. The least we all could do is to pray for them and it is not really a small thing. Prayer is the most powerful weapon in our disposal. It is a weapon that can change destinies of entire nations. Behind all world events that are right now unfolding is an underlying spiritual reality and spiritual battle is going on.

Satan enslaves various groups of people with various ideologies, both religious and secular, in order to kill, steal and destroy. He knows that he is already defeated by God, knows that he will eventually end up in the lake of fire, so the only way he can get back at Him is to try to drag to hell with himself as many people as he possibly can because he knows that God cares about them. That is why it is so important for us to pray and ask God to intervene on the behalf of those who are being killed for His name's sake all day long as well as for their tormentors. Yes, pray for these deceived and misguided ISIS men and women.

Remember that our warfare is not against flesh and blood. They are also victims of the evil one. When they kill Christians, they go to heaven, but when the oppressors die themselves, they go straight to hell and instead of the promised 70 virgins they get hundreds of demons to torment them forever! They are the greatest losers in all of this because while thinking that they are serving God, they really are serving the devil.

We must pray for their repentance, pray that God will revel the Truth to them and set them free. So, what I am asking you today is to commit to take just one minute ( or more if you can) out of your day everyday in order to pray daily for those who are being persecuted and killed for their faith in Jesus around the world as well as for those who are persecuting and killing them.

Now this is spiritual warfare, so first ask God to cover you and your family by the precious blood of Jesus, then spend 5 Minutes praying for God's presence and comfort upon all those who are suffering for Him today wherever they might be. From the Middle East to North Korea and Africa. Then pray that those who persecute them would be convicted by the Holy Spirit of their wrongdoing that their sins be heavy upon them until they repent. Remember that the apostle Paul was also such a religious fanatic at one time, if he could be saved, so can they.

Finally, if you are reading this and it is you who are being thus persecuted, remember that you are not alone. We might not know each other by name, but because we follow Jesus we are part of His body and members of heavenly family and kingdom. I am praying for you and many others will be praying as well. Stand fast in your faith. And if you are the one who persecutes, you will probably hate me right now, but I love you because God loves you. My God, the God of the Bible taught me to love my enemies and to pray for those who hate me. True God is Love and He does not ask us to kill for him, but He already sent His son to die for you. If you ask Jesus right now to forgive you for your sins, He will forgive you. No matter what you have done and you will go to heaven when you die because of His love for you, if you will choose to live and die for Him. Furthermore, He will give you freedom from those sinful desires that you are struggling with and will set you free from them. You don't have to kill anyone to be forgiven. You just need to repent. After you do, get hold of the Bible online, read the New testament and learn how to live for God. God bless you all.

John Paul Jackson's Memorial

In case some of you did not follow brother John Paul on Facebook, I thought it would be good for me to share with you the link to the Daystar TV page where you will be able to watch it. I still cannot believe he is gone from this earth and agree with brother Anthony Pappalardo, who commented on my previous post about the untimely passing of JPJ, that he might have been just to eager to get back to the work of ministry after his recovery from cancer thus weakening his body instead of giving it enough time to fully restore itself.

I also remembered a dream I had about JPJ shortly after he won the battle with cancer. It was the only dream I ever had of him. In this dream, I saw him in the library type of building there were many books and it was well lit, but the floor was slippery. He walked with a slight limp, but insisted that he is doing just fine and could even run if he wanted to. I proceeded to warn him not to do it and feared he could slip on that floor, but he ran anyway. That was the end of dream. Not too long after, on July 10, 2014, I read his medical update on Facebook in which he was giving God glory for his recovery and saying that he has faith that he will be able to return to his running routine soon. He really loved this type of exercise and he used to run most days of the week for as much as 10 miles before he got sick.

I left a comment on that warning him against running and said that walking had the same health benefits, but would not weaken the body like running does. I have no idea if he ever read all those comments personally, but I did pray for him often and now I believe too that this could have had weakened him. Again, he will be every much missed. May we all learn from his example both from all the wisdom he had and from the mistakes he had made. Here is the link to brother JPJ's memorial site: http://www.daystar.com/watch/live-stream/ It will be aired on Monday, March 9th at 11 am to 12 pm CST.

Tornado Dreams

I had my first tornado dream in December of 1999. It was a very vivid dream. In this dream, I stood outside with a very good view of the country side when suddenly, I saw a huge dark tornado approaching me fast. In reality, I never saw a tornado except on the news or in movies, so this sight really frightened me. I wanted to seek shelter, but could not move. The tornado kept coming, I could feel the wind and hear its roar by now. "I will never survive this." I thought and began preparing for my death, praying for the Lord to accept my spirit when I heard a still, but clear voice in my mind saying, "Just hold on to that fence and trust Me."

Then I noticed this shaky fence in front of me, so I grabbed it as it was really way too late to run anywhere anyway and closed my eyes as this tornado hit me. I could feel the wind, its power and fury, but shockingly it was not affecting me at all! I still just stood there holding on to that shaky fence. I opened my eyes when the wind was gone and saw the calm. The sky was still cloudy, but clear of the storm. I looked to my side and saw bunch of other people holding the fence just as I did. We began banding together and looking for any other survivors. We saw devastated houses, but no people. The only ones who stayed alive were those who held onto that fence.

I knew it was a prophetic dream, so I prayed for an interpretation. What came to me was this. The storm (tornado) was some kind of trouble the enemy was going to cause in a near future and it is going to affect everyone. Believers and unbelievers alike will have to go through this, but only believers who trust God in the midst of this storm will be supernaturally protected from its effects and they are going to be brought together for His purposes. It seems that I am not the only one who had this kind of dream. The late John Paul Jackson was asked often for interpretation of similar dreams and his guidelines for its interpretation agreed with the interpretation I received as well. Just this past Sunday my pastor from Poland also shared a similar dream with his congregation. This storm is already upon us and will intensify, but all of us who know their God and listen to His voice will stay strong and carry out great exploits. (Daniel 11:32) I find it very interesting that this particular verse came to me just now as I am writing this because it is about resisting the evil in the person of Antichrist and his deceptive flattery. Is he about to appear on the world stage soon? I would not be surprised...

What To Make of The Untimely Passing of John Paul Jackson

I was terribly shocked and saddened, when I learned of John Paul's passing yesterday and like many of you I wondered why in the world did The Lord allowed this to happen. John Paul Jackson was a very godly man and his ministry blessed millions of people over the 30 years of his ministry. He was also one of the very few prophetic ministers in the church who still preached repentance.

In fact, teaching about sin and against sin was his very last message recorded on his TV program "Dreams & Mysteries" that is still available to watch free of charge on the website by the same name. I encourage you to watch it as well when you finish reading this post.

As I wrote before, this was a man of God, but even when he was still among us, he was accused by many of being a "false prophet." There will be many in the following days and years who will continue saying so. They will bring up such things as, "he said many times that The Lord revealed to him that he will be living into very old age, but look, he is already gone at the age of 65, so he must have been a false prophet." And other such things they will write and say, but this is not true.

What I believe had happened to John Paul was the same thing that happened to Moses and Elijah. They had a very close relationship with The Lord and were greatly beloved by Him as was brother John Paul, but they made some mistakes too. They were not infallible.

Moses died on the mountain and was not permitted by The Lord to go into the promised land because he hit the rock with his staff to give the people water just like he did before instead of following God's command to speak to it, so the Lord took him home earlier than He first had planned.

The Lord similarly dealt with Elijah who despite of very supernatural power that God displayed to confirm His message to Israelites, then got intimidated and ran away from Jezebel, even hiding in the rocks because of fear. The Lord then decided to take him to Himself in a fiery chariot and put Elisha as a prophet in his place.

I believe that a similar thing might have happened to John Paul. He often admitted himself that he had a very hard time delivering the messages of God's judgment to His people. Perhaps The Lord wanted John Paul to confront someone or some things in the church and John Paul was reluctant to do it, so the Lord took him home early and will raise someone else to deliver this difficult message.

The other possibility is that the Lord wanted to protect him from something. We know that the enemy planned to kill him. Even John Paul himself shared a dream a friend delivered to him shortly before his battle with cancer began. You can watch it yourself on  the Daystar Television archives:

http://www.daystar.com/ondemand/video/?video=3740101682001 

Either way, it was The Lord's will for him to pass at this time or else He would have prevented it from happening. For all we know, The Lord even now can raise him from the dead if his ministry is not complete yet. But if this does not happen, then we will know that the 11th hour ministry is now over and we must therefore be much closer to midnight than ever before.

The Bible teaches us that the Lord disciplines those whom He loves and I have strong conviction that we are entering the time of Church history during which The Lord Himself will separate the wheat from the chaff and discipline His people beginning with its leaders. John Paul was the servant of His and is now home with Him in heaven. He left an amazing legacy and his teachings will continue to bless many in the church. He will be greatly missed.

Image the courtesy of Wikipedia.com

Prophetic Vortex of 2015

What is in store prophetically this year can be characterized in no other way than "prophetic vortex." Let me show you what I mean.

There are of course the remaining two blood moons falling on the first days of the Jewish feasts of Passover( April 4) and Tabernacles (September 28), which I am more and more convinced relate to some difficult times for Israel coming soon (possibly another war or peace with Palestinians) that will result in the return of the access to temple mount back to the Jewish people, but there are also other prophetic signs at hand.

Next month, there will be parliamentary elections held in Israel that will decide who will lead Israel in those crucial times. Three days later there will be another celestial sign in the form of a total solar eclipse, which also falls on a Jewish holiday. This time it will be Nisan 1 ( March, 20) which coincides with the beginning of the Jewish religious year as well as the Persian New Year. It was on this day that the tabernacle was consecrated in the Sinai desert and the Aaronic priesthood was established.
Then in September besides the final blood moon, which will be also a super moon and visible from Israel, there will be the end of the Shemitah year on Elul 29, which is September 13 on our Western calendar.

It is on this day (Elul 29 which fell on different days of the Western calendar) that the two previous Stock Market crashes of 2001 and 2008 happened. Will there be another one? It is quite possible. But there is something else prophetically special that will happen on September 13 of this year and this is the beginning of Roshashana a.k.a. The Feast of Trumpets. It is on this very day that Messianic Christians expect the event that is popularly called " Rapture of the Saints," an event spoken of by Jesus Christ Himself and explained in more detail by Paul the Apostle in the New Testament and as he said himself we are not in the dark that this day should overtake us as a thief. We know the day, we only do not know the hour or the year and that is why we should watch, pray and be always ready. I am not saying that it will happen this very year, but it could.

It would for sure be the best Shemitah (release from debts) ever! But even if it does not happen this year, I believe that these signs show us that this time is getting closer because the Shemitah also finishes one biblical jubilee cycle ( 50 years) and begins another, of which many both Jewish and Christian Bible scholars believe it will be the last. They believe this last Jubilee will be the one during which the Messiah returns, so we have then really anywhere between 8 months to 50 years if they are correct, which is still not a very long time left anyway. Exciting days to live in for sure. I have no doubt that all the millions of persecuted Christians right now would not mind at all stepping into eternity and having themselves vindicated before their enemies by The Lord's return and neither would I. Come quickly Lord Jesus!