Prophetic Outlook: What Can We Expect in New Year 2020 And a New Decade?

Today concludes both the year 2019 and the present decade, so what can we expect going forward? The Bible

gives us a large scale scenario and signs of the times and seasons, but no specific dates. I never claim to know the future, but I always share some biblically educated guesses as to what  is coming.Sometimes I get a prophetic dream or two that foreshadows the coming decade. I did receive one a couple of days ago and it was ominous.

In this dream I was in a large  office- type building in some city with many people on one of the higher floors when the building began to sway violently back and forth as if it was on a swing. We were experiencing a very strong earthquake. The building was swaying too much for us to even run out for safety, so I began praying and commanding it to stop in the name of Jesus for fear of it collapsing altogether. It stopped as soon as I uttered the prayer. We then ran out to see large scale damage. Many buildings were leveled,  bewildered people flooded the streets, then one woman shouted that she saw news on her phone that it is happening everywhere around the globe, and that other places sustained much worse damage.

There were reports of fires, raptures of the ground, many causalities, but we did not know what caused this global earthquake. Then, we ran to the nearest store that had a TV working and we saw authorities giving an update, urging people not to panic, or turn to violence or looting, but to cooperate and help one another as much as possible, as it would give people much higher chances of survival until help could be dispatched. Somehow, I had a strong conviction that this was the prelude to the  releasing of the sixth seal spoken of by Apostle John in the Book of Revelation. I knew Jesus would be coming soon for us, but also did not know exactly at which point during the upcoming events His return would take place. We were still here to share the gospel and help the people who were about to face the Great Tribulation and the Judgments to follow.

Is this really coming this decade?  Is there some kind of global "shaking" about to take place? I don't know because I wasn't given any dates, but I think that it will be wise that we prepare both spiritually and physically. Other prophetic voices in the Church have received similar warnings in their dreams and visions. Tom Horn just released a book titled "The Wormwood Prophecy" about a possible threat to earth from asteroid Apophis, which according to some scientists has a substantial chance of hitting the earth on April 13th, 2029 and how it fits with biblical prophecy, which reminds me about another prophetic dream I have received back at the end of 2012. which I am going to share in another post.

There will for sure be many changes on the geopolitical and technological scene as we will have another historic presidential election in the United States in which according to the prophecies shared by late Kim Clement and Mark Taylor author of "Trump Prophecies", Donald Trump will be elected for the second term, which will further enrage the radical Left around the world and cause greater fight for Internet freedom and freedom of speech as the Leftists will continue to try to silence all who don't agree with their values and their version of "justice", labeling them as "dangerous", " alt-right",  and a threat to their vision of the future society. Elon Musk will launch his neuro-link, which he hopes can help people interface with Artificial Intelligence so that humanity will not be destroyed by it, but it will eventually lead to the loss of free will and humanity as we know it in people who take it, leading to the struggle between the enhanced and those who choose to stay "organic."

The world will be a much different place for sure by the time this new decade ends and we will have to be ready for it. God will continue to bless individuals and nations that walk in His ways while He withholds His hand of protection from those who choose to walk away from Him by allowing them to face the consequences of their actions and it is up to each one of us, in which group we want to be. Besides the geopolitical turmoil and scary technologies, global economic instability will come as the largest generation of Baby Boomers retires and/or dies in their largest numbers and stops contributing trillions of dollars into the economy, thus ending an unusual and unnatural bubble in human history. Credit will become more and more expensive again ( i.e., interest rates will be higher) and harder to obtain while the costs of living will continue to grow. Many of those who overextended themselves financially in the time of plenty will begin to default, but those who were wise and have put their finical house in order will be more blessed than ever as their savings will increase.

I believe that with each decade we are coming closer to the times prophesied of old by both Old and New Testament prophets as well as by Jesus Himself:


“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.” ( Luke 21: 25-28)

What Would Happen If World Politicians Listened to Greta Thunberg's Demand

This article is not an attack on Greta Thunberg. She is a very brave young woman that I admire and

respect for her resolve and commitment to the cause of combating climate change. I am not going to challenge her, but the ideas behind the movement she is part of.   I agree with Greta that this is a conversation that we all need to have, and should have had  very long time ago, and that we do need to act.
I also agree that the world does need to get off of its dependency on fossil fuels as soon as possible, but I am also a realist. I know that  we cannot  do it unless there are alternative sources of energy developed to replace fossil fuels, and here is why.

Suppose that the politicians did listen to Greta's plea and banned the use of fossil fuels today. What this would mean for all of us tomorrow? First, it would mean no air travel because jet fuel is made of fossil fuels, which means that Greta will not travel from Sweden to speak in New York, Montreal or anywhere else for that matter. It also would mean that she nor anyone else would be able to travel by plane or boat anywhere either,nor transport anything. So, we would not be able to transport any goods around the world and we could only use what we can produce in our local areas, which includes basic life necessities such as food. That means no food export, import or aid from countries that produce extra food to the countries that don't produce enough. This in turn would mean death by starvation to millions of people simply due to lack of food. Would that be justice? The same thing with medical aid. No global medication transport either. How would we help victims of environmental disasters?

Millions of people, especially, those in developed countries with diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and many others would die without their medications. What will people do when they are hungry and doomed to die because they cannot get food nor medication? They would riot, so we might add to our scenario social unrest and violence. This is the reality. Fossil fuels helped to create comfort and prosperity that we all benefit from now. It also helped to lift billions of people out of poverty. It is not only the "rich" who benefited, but more so the poor. It is easy to talk only about negative consequences of Industrial Revolution, but are we prepared to go back to  the lifestyle of the 1800's?

The Climate Change movement, if it wants to succeed, must demand things that can be done now and the activists must understand what it takes to  create the world independent of fossil fuels. It would take drastic changes in lifestyle of nearly everyone on the planet. The politicians cannot do much of themselves without cooperation from their citizens, unless they become dictators, and we know that dictatorships are not great for the environment. China is the greatest example of that fact. It is really up to each one of us to change. I hope that Greta's generation would make those changes instead of just shouting slogans. I hope the brightest of them would get an education that will allow them to develop alternative fuels.I hope that they will stop buying and driving gasoline cars and walk, bike, or take public transit unless they can afford an electric vehicle. This is what I am doing by the way.

I hope that  some of them would begin to construct affordable and green housing, begin producing local organic foods, and stop buying things that they don't really need. I hope that each one of them would begin to live in environmentally friendly way and teach it to their children instead of pledging to have none. This is something that I have done as well. Our family has only one fuel efficient car. I take bus to school most days of the week, and walk anywhere I can.We buy mostly local foods.  As a general rule, we buy what we need and use reusable materials. Our electricity comes from hydro power and solar sources. Many people made many of these changes. Our emissions are going down, but it does cost us more.

The environmental activists complain that it is the greed of corporations that drive the pollution, but they would not be able to do that if we did not buy their products, so again the ball is in our own court. Also the environmentalists need to stop ignoring the science and acknowledge that human activity is not the only cause of climate change, and that besides lowering the emissions, we have to adapt to climate changes as well because there are forces impacting our climate that we cannot control such as changes on the Sun, changes in the earth's magnetic field, and changes of the very axis of the earth, which are all being presently ignored. That  means that we have to relocate threatened communities, stop building too close to the ocean, build bigger barriers to withstand higher storm surges, and we cannot do that if we destroy our economy by getting off of the fossil fuels now before alternatives are ready.

It is possible to marry economic growth with environmental responsibility, and we will have to do that to deal with consequences of the damage we have already done. Getting off of fossil fuels now is a nice sounding slogan, but as I argued above it would mean adding more salt to the wounds of people who struggle with the impact of climate change by taking away the ability to help them in any way and that is not justice at all.

The world will not end in 8 years even if the world temperature rises to 1.5 degrees. But if we set realistic goals and will all make needed changes, we can deal with the consequences of that. The environment has a great way of bouncing back if we treat it responsibly.  Responsibility and adaptation is what is needed.The Bible teaches us that the earth is waiting and longing for mankind to begin walking with God. Walking with God means taking responsibility for our environment.

Author's Note: Image the courtesy of Wikipedia

Bible Prophecy: The Fifth Seal Opened?

Back in 2010 I had a prophetic dream, which I described in one of my previous blog post titled: "The Face of Jesus and the Crown of thorns,"in which I believed that it was revealed to me that the increase in martyrdom of

Christians was coming.

Sure enough, in 2011 what was called an "Arab Spring" began and the rise of vicious Islamist terrorist groups such as ISIS and Boko Haram and an unprecedented slaughter of Christians began.  According to Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary research group nearly 1 million Christians died for their faith during the last decade.

This is just my personal theory, but could it mean that we are living in the period of time prophesied by Apostle John in the fith seal ?

 "When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered because of the word of God and the testimony they had given. They cried out with a loud voice: “Lord, the one who is holy and true,how long until you judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood?”  So they were each given a white robe, and they were told to rest a little while longer until the number would be completed of their fellow servants and their brothers and sisters, who were going to be killed just as they had been."  (Revelation 6:9-11)

Now, we are not told is this passage how long this time period would be, only that it will be marked by unprecedented number of Christians martyred for their faith, and it is certainly is the most intense time of Christian persecution worldwide in modern times.

Even in Western countries where Christians enjoyed an unprecedented freedom for more than 100 years, Christianity is being verbally attacked more and more often and Christians are being restricted, even challenged in the courts of law for adhering to their Christian beliefs.

if I am right, and this is indeed where we are on the prophetic clock, then indeed we might be closer to the rapture of the saints, which I believe will happen  right after then opening of the sixth seal, than we might have thought. Let us remember those who are persecuted in our prayers and get ready to face it ourselves, for it will only continue to increase as the end times unfold.

2019: The Year of Historic Events

The Lord often works in cycles and that is why history has a tendency to repeat or at least to rhyme.

The year 2019 is the last year of this decade and therefore will be a harbinger of things to come, and as such following the historic pattern of ushering in major changes on the world stage.

We can follow this pattern by looking back on previous decades. There was a global financial crisis in  2009, and the  Yugoslavia war in response to Serbian ethnic cleansing in 1999, also Euro currency was created that year. Further back we saw the fall of communism beginning in 1989, and the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979. In 1969 humanity landed on the moon, in 1959 Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba,  in 1949 Soviet Union ended the blockade of Western Germany, Israel signed peace treaties with surrounding nations, and NATO was created. The WWII began in September of 1939, the Wall Street crashed in 1929 and the Great Depression began, and in 1919 the Treaty of Versailles began, which officially ended WWI and the League of Nations was created, also Great Britain received control over Palestine. The pattern seems to hold for the last 100 years.

I am not saying of course that there were no major historic events happening in other years, but the kinds of events described above would also set a tone for the next decade, and often what began in those last years would extend to next year and beyond, so we can expect some major trend setting events to happen this year that will extend to 2020 and beyond.

Let us hope and pray that whatever happens will be positive in nature. It might be the fall of Islamic Republic of Iran, which would end the 40 years of oppression for the Iranian people and dry up the funding for global terrorism, ushering in a decade of hope and  peace?  I pray that this will be the case. But I guess we will find out as the year unfolds. I also wish that it will be the year of blessing and drawing closer to the Lord for all of us. Whatever happens, we are always safe under the shadow of His wings. ( Psalm 17:8)