The Need For More Prayer As U.S. Continues to Be Hit By Powerful Storms

As I mentioned in my previous posts, we are currently on the Hebrew month of Elul. It is a month of

prayer and repentance leading up to the Day of Atonement. Following the total solar eclipse on Elul 1 ( August 21) over America, the entire continent, but especially the United States had been dealing with one natural disaster after another.

From the catastrophic forest fires in Western Canada, to mega earthquake in Mexico, to double whammy of storms in form of hurricanes Harvey and  Irma that devastated the states of Texas and Florida respectively.

As believers we must pray for the Church of America to rise up in prayer of repentance for their nation from which quite clearly God's hand of protection has been lifted as most of the nation turns away from the Gospel.

The Church must return to their first love, begin walk in holiness, and stand up in prayer for their nation and as example to the nation. Jesus is the answer. We must also continue to pray for the hedge of protection over those who are walking faithfully with Him, but are in the midst of destruction because of the sins of the nation as a whole.

These are the "last days" and the "end time" indeed. Jesus predicted that before Hos return all these things will begin to happen I greater intensity :

"And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves, people fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world. For the powers of the heavens will be shaken. And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. Now when these things begin to take place, straighten up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” ( Luke 21:25-28)
Doesn't it sound just like what we are looking at right now? But the key is the last sentence. Don't be discouraged by all these things. Natural disasters, wars, rumours of wars, mega earthquakes in various places, the moral decay, the set up of global political system that one day will be taken over by the Antichrist. These are all the more reasons to draw ourselves and others more closely to The Lord. It is time to shine in the darkness and pain of this world. When the plagues were hitting Egypt, God's people where in the land of Goshen, protected and awaiting their redemption, and so are we.

And The Shofar Begins To Blow: The Great American Eclipse

Today, people all over America will be looking to the sky at the total solar eclipse. A special

astronomical event that last time happened in 1979. Solar eclipses happen often in different parts of the world, but they are rare over land. But what is even more special about this eclipse is that it falls on Elul 1 on a Hebrew calendar.


According to the research done by pastor Mark Biltz, the same thing happened in Nineveh just before God sent Jonah to preach that it would be destroyed in 40 days if people there did not repent, but of course they did repent and the city wasn't destroyed then.


There was a total solar eclipse on Elul 1 over Europe and the territory of the Ottoman Empire just before WW I began. the people there did no repent and that war destroyed the Ottoman Empire.


Could it be that God is warning America through this sign about an impending judgement and is calling them to repentance? The Hebrew month of Elul is a month of repentance and is leading up to Roshashana, the Feast of Trumpets, and culminates with the The Day of Atonement. And  33 days after Elul 1, there will be the sign of the virgin in the sky over Israel, exactly 7 days before the Day of Atonement.


Is The Lord trying to tell us something here? I think it is very likely as we are living in crucial times. America is still in danger of falling into the chaos similar to the civil war and we need to pray for American Church to wake up and continue to intercede for their country.


I believe The Lord has raised up Jewish men of God who follow Jesus as the Messiah and who understand the Hebrew calendar, such as Jonathan Cahn and Mark Biltz to sound an alarm and to help the church to be prepared for what is coming. We are after all living in the end times and just as Lord Jesus predicted we are seeing signs in the heavens and on the earth that the time of His return is drawing near. Now, we do not have to fear, but we do need to be alert.


I encourage you to watch the presentation by pastor Mark Biltz on this very subject where he shares many more fascinating details. Below is the  link:


Eclipse 2017

Study: What Is The Great Tribulation?

The Great Tribulation is mentioned four times in the New Testament. One of these mentions

is by Jesus Himself found  in the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 24 in which He linked this period to the time of  "trouble" such as never happened  since there was a nation prophesied of by Daniel ( Daniel 12:1). Both Hebrew and Greek words used in these passages for "trouble" and "tribulation" mean adversity, suffering, and persecution.

There were of course many times in history, including, even now when God's people were being persecuted and suffered greatly because of it, but it is evident from Scripture that during the time of Great Tribulation it will be worse than ever before, and that there will not be another time like this after.

Jesus placed this period after the "abomination of desolation" is set up in the Holy place. Many Bible scholars concluded that this event will be the Antichrist proclaiming himself God in the rebuilt Third Temple in Jerusalem, which is very plausible since the description of his global reign in the Book of Revelation 13:7-10 includes great persecution against both Israel and the gentile believers in Jesus:

"And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months. It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling, that is, those who dwell in heaven. Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them. And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation, and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain. If anyone has an ear, let him hear:

If anyone is to be taken captive,
to captivity he goes;
if anyone is to be slain with the sword,
with the sword must he be slain.

Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints."

 

The reason why Bible scholars think  that the reign of the Beast ( Antichrist) and the Great Tribulation are one and the same is that both last for 42 months, but the good news is that this period will be shortened by God Himself when He returns to Judge the earth and throw the Beast and his false prophet into the lake of fire before His 1000 year reign.

 

It is not clear from the Scripture exactly when in this chain of events the Rapture of The Saints will take place, whether before the Great Tribulation, during, or after it, but nowhere it these passages do we see Great Tribulation described as the wrath of God. Furthermore, Jesus told us Himself that in this world we will have tribulation, so I think it is wise that we prepare ourselves spiritually and physically for it just in case.

 

There is also a description of the great assembly of the saints who washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb who according to Scripture " came out of the Great Tribulation." It is found in the Book of Revelation chapter 7:9-17:

 

"After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”

Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?” I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

“Therefore they are before the throne of God,
and serve him day and night in his temple;
and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence.
They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore;
the sun shall not strike them,
nor any scorching heat.
For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd,
and he will guide them to springs of living water,
and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

 

So, we know for sure that there will be believers in Jesus living during this terrible time. though we don't know whether it will be the Church or the people who will come to faith in Jesus after the Rapture, one thing is certain, God will deliver them out of it in one way or another, and those who die during Great Tribulation for their faith will share  the victory of Christ over the Beast:

 

"And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death. Therefore, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!”

Great Tribulation therefore is the reign of the Beast ( Antichrist) and a short lived wrath of the devil, and not of God.

Author's Note: Image courtesy of pintrest.com

Millions of Children From Around The World Having Dreams and Visions of Heaven

Another spiritual sign of the times that is increasing lately is that of children, often very young ones,

sometimes even from non Christian homes having dreams and visions of Jesus and heaven. They often bring a simple message : "Jesus is coming soon!"

Jesus told us that He is coming soon over 2000 years ago, so very often when  we hear that we just smile and say,"Yes, He is," and move on with our everyday lives because we have really no idea how soon that "soon" really is.

The Bible teaches us that God is outside of space and time, so for Him 2000 years is a mere moment in eternity, but perhaps God is trying to catch our attention by speaking to little children because now, it is sooner than ever before on our time scale?

The Lord always reveals Himself to those of pure heart and you cannot find a purer heart than that of a little child. I just talked to our nephew and his wife who are missionaries and have two young sons. They told me how just recently their 2 year old woke up from a nap during a car ride  very excited saying: "Mommy! Daddy! I had a dream from God. Jesus is coming soon!"

They said that their hair stood on their bodies, because even though they are Christian missionaries and their children hear about Jesus often, they never really talked to their son about Jesus'  return to earth or the end times, thinking it is beyond the scope of understanding for  such young child.

If you put into  Google  or You Tube search words such as : "Children have dreams and visions of heaven" you will get as many as 23, 100, 000 results! All filled with stories of children of various ages and backgrounds telling about Jesus' return, of heaven, sometimes even hell, and of the end time events that they could not have known about  in the natural, but that confirm the biblical end time narrative.

I encourage you to try it yourself and read/ hear some of those stories, it is very fascinating to see so many common themes that show up in them. God is for sure doing everything He can to get our attention, and those are only the ones who are being reported and uploaded onto the Internet, so in reality the numbers are even higher.

Is Great Tribulation The wrath of God?

This question is very important as it is the key to resolving a big debate among Christians today about the timing of an event predicted in the Bible called "Rapture of the Saints" or simply "The Rapture." There seems to be two or even three camps. 

The first camp claims that the period of time called in the Scripture "the great tribulation," is the time when God pours out His wrath on the earth and therefore the Church will be taken away before it begins, and everyone agrees that it will begin with the appearance of a man called "The Antichrist" on the world's stage.

The second camp believes that God's wrath will begin to be poured out in the second half of the great tribulation period and that the church will witness  appearance of the Antichrist, but will be snatched away before he shows his true face as all agree that he will be a very charismatic man, highly respected by the world community who will succeed in bringing peace to the world, especially Israel for a short time and will be even accepted as the Messiah  by Israel, but they will reject him when he desecrates the newly rebuilt third temple by proclaiming himself God, after which he will seek to destroy Israel and will be ultimately destroyed by the return of the true Messiah, Jesus Christ of Nazareth to earth.

And then there is a third camp that believes that Jesus will take up His Church to heaven very shortly before His physical return to earth at the end of the great tribulation period, and then He will judge the wicked of the earth for their wickedness, but all three positions depend on the timing of God's wrath and whether or not the great tribulation is indeed the judgement of God or not.

Personally, I take neither of those positions, but I choose to remain open to each one of these three possibilities. I would love it if the rapture happened before the great tribulation, but just in case it does not, I am preparing myself mentally, emotionally, and spiritually to endure it by the grace of God by walking close with Him and listening to His Spirit.

In the parable of the foolish and wise virgins( Matthew 25), Jesus warned us against not being ready for His coming. All of them were virgins, which symbolizes the believers and all of them woke up when the call went out that the  bridegroom ( Jesus) is coming, but it took longer than they all thought it would and half of them did not have enough oil in their lamps to last until the end. I am putting  extra oil in my lamp by being open to the idea that the end time prophetic events written in the Bible might not come to pass in the order or the timing that I expect. I think it would be wise of all of us to be more flexible in this regard, and to focus more on  filling ourselves with the Word of God and His Holy Spirit, growing  spiritually stronger, and into greater maturity,  and on preaching of the gospel to this dark world instead of fighting amongst ourselves over eschatology.

The Bible admonishes us that we must endure until the end. Jesus told us that we will have tribulation in the world, especially the closer we will get to His return. That means that we are not immune from persecution, as a matter of fact there are more Christians being persecuted and killed for their faith right now than at any other time in the history. What makes the Western Christians who at the moment enjoy relative freedom to practice our faith think that somehow we are better than our brothers and sisters who live elsewhere? Jesus said that the time will come when the whole world will hate us because it hated Him first, so let us toughen up and not get offended at God when things are not easy for us and remember in our prayers those who have it even worse.

He is with us no matter what and  He gives us the power to overcome Satan himself and his hordes of hell by the blood of the Lamb and the Word of our testimony if we stay faithful to Him and do not love our lives even unto death. ( Revelation 12:11)

One Year To Jerusalem 2018

All eyes again begin to turn towards Israel as we enter one last year to its 70th anniversary of rebirth as a nation, and as I explained exactly 9 years ago when I first published the "Countdown to Jerusalem 2018," the number 70 is very significant in Israel's history, therefore we expect something historically significant to happen in Israel between now and May-September 2018. 

Already there are news coming out that some landmark treaty is about to be signed by the Palestinians as a result of Donald Trump's efforts in mediating peace between the two nations, the holy grail of every new American administration.

But of course this game was played before by Mahmoud Abbas and Yasser Arafat before him with every new American President, only for the agreement to be broken by another wave of Palestinian violence, so everyone is wondering why this one should be any different?

I guess we will believe it when we see it, but if indeed this agreement will be successful in creating even some temporary peace and stability in the region, then it could lead to more work of restoration in Israel, perhaps even the rebuilding of the Third Temple in Jerusalem or if it falls apart it could lead to another war against Israel that the Jewish people will yet again win.

Either way, be prepared to hear more and more in the news about Israel as this year unfolds, and to see more intense upheaval in the world as the birth pangs of Messiah's Kingdom continue to intensify. Europe will continue to deal with the refugee crisis that wars in the Middle East have caused, and so  will United States and Canada as greater number of refugees from Central America and Africa continue to pour in because of the continued conflicts, famine, and economic instability there.

The British spat with European Union over its exit from it will cause in turn economic fears in the euro zone, which may lead to the fall in the value of euro, and if our late brother John Paul Jackson heard from the Lord right, this in turn will cause the crash of the U.S. dollar, which may send a shock wave through the Canadian economy and cause the long overdue housing and credit bubble to burst. And there is also a possibility of a cyber attack on U.S. financial institutions and/ or the electrical grid for which the current "ransom" cyber attacks might well be a test run.

But will all that is going on for all those of us who know the Lord there are reasons for hope and we don't have to fear these things as many of us are being prepared for theses things. The Lord has been speaking to many of us personally about this for decades now and He warned us about it through the Bible thousands of years ago. If we put our trust in Him instead of the system of this world, we will be fine, especially if we have not entangled ourselves in it, if we live content owing nothing to no one except love, but if some of you don't, if you are in financial debt then it is the last minute to get your house in order.

There is plenty of sound advice on how to do that out there, so do not delay and begin to learn to live within or even below your means. Pay off all those credit cards as fast as you can, even if it means to live on rice and beans for a year, sell the stuff that don't really need and store some non perishable foods and other essentials, even if no crush happens, you will be better off this way anyways.  "Contentment with godliness is a great gain." ( 1 Timothy 6:6)

Discerning Between True and False Apostles and Prophets

There is no doubt that we are living in the end times. The Lord Jesus warned us that during this time period, especially the closer we get to His glorious return, we will see the emergence of false

prophets, and His apostles warned us on the pages of The New Testament against false apostles and teachers as well.

So, how do we know if someone is a false apostle, teacher, or prophet? Well, we just need to carefully study the Bible as it spells out very clear criteria for those individuals, though we have to be also careful not to give anyone a label of  a false prophet, teacher, or apostle rashly. Too often people these days call someone a false prophet just because they do not agree with their message or do not believe in the operation of the gifts of the Holy Spirit in modern day Church. The Bible teaches us that God is the same yesterday, today, and forever, so His Words and works do not change from one era to another. The New Testament encourages us to receive and to operate in the  gifts of The Holy Spirit, so calling people whom we do not know without biblical basis for it a "false prophet" is slander and it is very dangerous to denounce men and women who truly serve God as such because it can bring you under judgement. We are to discern and judge  teachings, dreams, or visions that we come to contact with, but unless we know someone very well and clearly see that their fruit is bad, we should not give anyone such label.

That is why I am not going to give any particular names or people as examples here, but  I am going to share with you instead biblical principles that will help you to discern between true servants of God and impostors, so that you can stay away from the latter.

God is in the process of restoring to the Church the true apostolic and prophetic ministries and it is a great blessing to all of us. Apostle Paul taught us in his first letter to Thessalonians chapter 5 and verse 20, not to despise prophetic utterances and Apostle John in the Book of Revelation states that, "...the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy." ( Rev.19:10)

But whenever there is a fresh move of the Holy Spirit on the earth, there is also a counterfeit from the enemy, so we must judge and discern prophecies without rejecting the prophetic altogether. I encourage all of you to read the Bible from cover to cover ( you could do it by reading 3-4 chapters a day in one year) paying special attention to the way in which God communicated through the ages with humanity. You will notice that He often spoke to people  and revealed things to them through dreams and various visions. Studying those biblical dreams and visions will teach you the symbols God uses to communicate with us as well as His heart.

Right now I am studying the Old Testament book of Jeremiah, which clearly states what is the difference between true and false prophets. It boils down to one major difference. True prophets call people to repentance when people of God go astray, while false prophets prophesy only what the people would like to hear. God's heart is to bless His people, but when they begin to walk away from Him and engage in sinful activities, He will call them to repentance and if they refuse, He will discipline them, by removing His hedge of protection from them in hope that they will repent and return with their hearts to Him.

Moreover false prophets and apostles promote and elevate themselves  instead of being humble and seeking to give glory to God. They use their God given spiritual gifts for selfish gain. The Bible teaches that gifts and calling of God are irrevocable, so it is possible for someone to operate in them while living in sin. That is why accuracy of prophecies,  healings, deliverances, or miracles themselves are not a sign that someone is truly serving God those these are still the works of the Holy Spirit, because He will always honor the name of Jesus. This explains why Jesus said that in the future some will come to Him and say that they did all these things in His name, but He will still call them the "workers of iniquity" and reject them saying that He never knew them. (Gospel of Matthew 7:23)

It means that it is possible to operate in the gifts of the Holy Spirit and not have a personal relationship with Jesus anymore. That is why we should not fellowship or sit under the ministry of those who claim to His followers, but live in sin such as greed, adultery, fornication, or idolatry and not wanting to repent of it. it can sometimes happen to people of God to fall into a time of backsliding for a time, or to commit a sin because of temporarily walking in the flesh, and they can be restored if they truly repent, but if you see that someone is just sorry that they have been caught or begin to excuse their sins because they are "under grace and not the law." Keep away from such people. True servants of God have repentant hearts, they are also not stuck au on titles.

You know an apple tree or banana tree does not need to proclaim that they are an "Apple Tree" or "Banana Tree" because everyone can see that they bear apples and bananas. In the same way and apostle or prophet do not need to use their offices as titles and demand that people call them that, people will simply know them by their fruits.

So, if you are called to prophetic ministry refrain from calling yourself a prophet, especially during your training. Do not say "The Lord told me" if you did not actually hear His voice telling you that because it is a presumption. That is why I never call myself a prophetess even though I do operate in prophetic gifts. I also avoid saying , "The Lord told me" or "Thus says The Lord" unless I clearly heard Him say that. Instead, I just share my dreams, visions, and what I see in the spiritual realm and let you judge it. Judge it against the Bible and also ask the Holy Spirit to show you if something is true or not, He always confirms that which truly comes from Him.

"Do Not Fear The End Times"

I watched a very encouraging message this week by  a messianic rabbi, Jonathan Cahn, in which he

said those very inspiring words: "Do not fear the end times." He reminded the audience that though the end times are full of fearful signs to the world and  persecution against both His people Israel and the Church of Jesus Christ, they are also a sign if impending return of our Lord and wonderful sings and wonders of God among those of us who remain holy and faithful to Him.

God is doing amazing things around the world, and we should not be afraid or discouraged by the evil we see daily around us. Instead, we must come closer to the Light and be more dedicated to what is holy and good, only then we can overcome the darkness that is deepening day by day.

But in the deepest darkness the light always shines brighter. We are living in the times when the culture of the world is hostile towards the gospel of Jesus, just as it was when our message just began to be preached. And we know what happened. The empire that persecuted the Church and destroyed the Temple fell apart, her might is no more. So, it will be with that last of empires that is rising now as well as with any other anti-Christ ideology or movement, such as Islam.

The more they will persecute the Church, the greater their fall will be. We must have a long view of things, just as our eternal Father who has an eternal view of things. He may allow evil to triumph for a time, just to uproot and destroy it completely later on. He is the one who fights our battles, so do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but can do no harm to your soul. The victory is on our side.

Below is the link to that video message. Please watch it in your free time and do not fear the end times. I dedicate it especially to our brothers and sisters in Russia, who are also mentioned in this video.

UK Voted To Leave The EU: What It Means For Europe And Global Economy

As of 7 AM this morning UK time, it became official. Great Britain decided by the margin of 4% to

leave European Union. It is no doubt a historic event as it will shape the future of not only UK and EU, but the rest of the world as well.

The people of Great Britain decided to reclaim its sovereignty despite of bullying and scare tactics from the globalists. This will be a big shock to already weak EU, but I believe it will work for good despite of initial scares on the stock market, unless of course the elites decide to make an example of Britain and initiate global economic crush in order to scare all nations into some sort of global economic and later a political union instead.

This would kind of fall in line with what late brother John Paul Jackson predicted about some major event in Europe triggering  a sharp decline in the value of euro, which then US dollar would follow within a week. He also said that this same event would lead to the reform of the EU in which Poland would play a major role, I guess we will have to wait and see if he was correct.

I think it just depends on how EU will react to this news. People on the Brexit side made it clear that though they will be leaving EU, they desire a  good economic relationship with the rest of Europe, and that there will be no radical change in the way Great Britain conducts business. The process of leaving itself will take minimum 2 years according to the EU regulations, which other EU members will be watching closely.

We must pray now for wisdom for both British politicians and EU politicians to wisely implement the will of  majority of the British people. It would be great if EU became once again more of an economic than political union, though the global elites who dream of ruling one world government will not be happy about this.

Prophetically, I think it would slow down the implementation of the new world order and give us more time to pray for people, nations, and to share the gospel with them. My country of Poland had never as yet experienced a strong move of God , and  keeping their sovereignty following the example of Great Britain would open the door to that and bring more stability once again in Europe. In a long run, I think it will make UK stronger, and will force the rest of EU to reform for the better. I hope and pray that this will be the case.

What's Behind The Rise of Donald Trump And Other Rogue Politicians

Main stream media all over the world are watching in fear as Donald Trump wins state after state in

the United States' primaries, wondering how their own politicians and the public would react to the possible future election of President Trump.

Trump seems to defy all political rules with his highly divisive and politically incorrect statements that in the time past would render a politician unelectable, and he is not the only Western politician who has done that.

Everyone, including the left leaning media, were stunned when Justin Trudeau won the Canadian Federal Elections back in October. To be fair, his rhetoric was not  the same type as Trump's, but it was extreme nevertheless.

Trudeau used to praise Chinese dictatorial regime for the ease with which they pass legislation, admitted to smoking pot while in office as an MP, fought for the right of convicted terrorists to keep their Canadian citizenship, and promised to run $10 billion deficits  each year as Prime Minister.

It seems that everywhere in the world the people show rebellion against establishment whatever that establishment is at the time in each respective country.

Rebellion against the establishment is at the root of current war in Syria, out of which ultra terrorist group known as ISIS was born turning the majority of Middle Eastern countries into turmoil, which then spilled into Europe in the form of the ongoing refugee crisis.

And while the Churches of Asia, Africa, and Middle East are dealing with the most widespread persecution in the history with thousands murdered daily for their faith in Christ, the majority of Western Churches are falling away from their faith by embracing doctrines that are clearly against what  was taught by Jesus Christ and the early Church fathers. They are embracing sexual immorality of various kinds in the name of "love" and "tolerance", some have even denied Jesus and God the Father altogether...other major Western Church leaders deny Jesus as the Only way to The Father preaching that good deeds are enough to get to heaven, and that heaven and hell are not even real places, but only "states of the soul." Professing men of God think nothing of cheating on their wives, divorcing them, and then marrying another.

So, if the majority of the Church is in such a state of apostasy how can we expect any discernment on the part of general population? In the words of Jesus, if the salt lost its flavour, then how can one expect to flavor anything with it?

These are the signs of the times that our Lord Himself had predicted, "Then will they hand you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations on account of My name. 
At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another,  and many false prophets will arise and mislead many. 

Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.  But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved. 

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. " ( Matthew 24:9-14)

 

So what is behind the rise of Donald Trump and other rogue politicians in the West and elsewhere? It is rebellion that is rampant in the society because the love of the Church has grown cold. Let us not count on politicians to change the world. We are the salt of this earth, let us make sure that each one of us individually retains His flavor. Let us all as many as read this be the ones who persevere staying true to Jesus, and preaching the true undiluted gospel as a testimony to all nations before the end of this age finally comes. The Judgement of this world has already begun and the nations who rejected God are allowed to face the consequences of it, but those who continue to serve The Lord will grow strong and carry out great exploits. It is both the worst of times and the best of times in the history of this world.

 

Author's Note: Image the courtesy of  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump

ISIS Declares War On Europe

No one is actually calling it this way, but by the wave of recent suicide bombings in Turkey,

France, and today in Belgium, the infamous Islamic terror group known as ISIS, ISIL, or DAESH effectively declared war on Europe, thus spilling the violence from Middle East to the Western world.

It is clear that the politically correct approach to the problem of Islamic violence is not working. It would be wrong to go from this  into another extreme of penalizing all Muslim people for this like the American Presidential hopeful, Donald Trump, suggested when he stated that he would "ban all the Muslims from entering America," but it is clear that the authorities need to be more vigilant and the hateful ideology that is feeding this violence must be confronted, otherwise these attacks will increase in frequency and severity.

These people clearly are attacking the Western way of life and want us all to live in fear. America and Canada are not immune to this either. Both Barack Obama and Justin Trudeau need to step up the security, or North America will sooner or later suffer the same problems as Europe now does. ISIS is losing in Middle East and will try to appear stronger than it really is by attempting more attacks around the world.

As Christians, we need to in turn step up our prayers for the Muslim people. We need to pray that God would reveal the Truth to them and set them free from satanic ideas that cause them to commit these murderous acts, even if it is just one minute of your time everyday, make sure that you pray. It is an ever intensifying spiritual war that manifests itself in physical violence. Satan knows that he doesn't have much time left, so he causes unstable and desperate people to wreak havoc around the world. Pray also for wisdom for our political leaders, so that their actions or the lack of it would not make the problem worse.

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.

 

             

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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The First Blood Moon And Why It Is Special

There has been a lot written lately about the astronomical event called the “Tetrad” by astronomers and “The Four Blood Moons” by the rest of us.  It is a series of total lunar eclipses happening over a period of two years that will make the moon appear blood red in colour, hence the nickname of blood moons. So, what is so special about it?

 

Well, lunar eclipses are very common, but tetrads are not happening that often. According to NASA there will be 8 tetrads in total this century, but only he tetrad of 2014-2015 will have those four eclipses occur on Jewish Feasts called “The Feasts of The Lord” in the Bible.

 

This kind of tetrads happened only 7 times in the past 1000 years and always accompanied important events in the history of Jewish people. This tetrad is the first and the last in this millennium.  There will not be another tetrad with eclipses falling on Jewish feasts until year 3000, NASA does not have any forecast beyond that year.

 

And that is what makes this tetrad, so special. It also has a biblically prophetic importance as Jesus predicted that before His return to earth “... there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations...”(Luke 21:25) he also mentioned that “the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light...” echoing similar prediction made by the Old Testament prophet Joel, “The sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes.”

 

I don’t think that The Lord Jesus and prophet Joel were talking about regular lunar or solar eclipses and we must remember that they were talking to the Jewish people who lived by the Biblical calendar. Lunar and solar eclipses falling on the feast days would catch their attention and as we can see they do and not only theirs, but also all of those who consider the Bible sacred text inspired by the Spirit of God.

 

In addition to this tetrad falling on the first days of Passover and Succoth in both 2014 and 2015, we will witness a total solar eclipse on Nisan 1(20/03/2015), which God taught the Israelites to observe as “the beginning of months” that in turn led many rabbis to conclude that it might have been an anniversary of the very creation of the world, the day that time itself began.

 

It therefore makes Biblical sense to expect some important events to unfold during this time period, which also leads to the significant year 2018 that marks the 70 th anniversary of Israel’s rebirth also itself prophetically significant number as well as the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy.

 

Could those be the very last signs Jesus and the prophets predicted thousands of years ago? Could they signal the beginning of the Tribulation period or a significant war against Israel that would begin the end of the period of last days we are currently living in? It is very possible.

 

As the first blood moon appears in the sky this very night, there are many tensions around the world even talk of possible World War III starting over the Ukraine Crisis. Jesus warned us this would happen, nation rising against nation, wars, pestilences, and that no one would stay alive if God did not intervene to “shorten” these days, which is a good news. We are set to watch all these events and glory of God in the midst of it all.

 

And as Jesus charged us to do, so let us do, “ watch and pray so that you might be counted worthy to escape all the things that are coming upon the earth and to stand before the Son of Man.” ( Luke 21)

Is Pope Francis "Peter The Roman", The Last Pope?

Article originally written by me on the day of Pope Francis' election on March 13, 2013

There was much anticipation all over the world at the election of the new pope as various prophecies, the most notable one being st.Malachy’s prophecy of the popes, declared him to be the very last pope of the Roman Catholic Church.

At last, today on March 13, 2013, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was elected Pope Francis I. On the face of it, this election seems to prove St. Malachy wrong as he described this pope as Peter The Roman during whose papacy Rome would be burned with fire and judged, ending with the ominous words, “The End.”

Even though  Pope Francis  was born in Argentina, he is the son of the Italian railway worker according to his biography. It would be interesting to know if he indeed hailed from Rome or not. Regardless of whether he matches the prophecy of the popes or not, I find this election quite spooky for several reasons.

The first one is the fact that on the very evening of the day Pope Benedict XVI publically resigned, the St.Peter’s Basilica in Rome was hit twice by lighting evoking the prophetic words of Jesus recorded in the Gospel of Luke 10: 18, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.”

Then, his election falls on a 13 day of the 13 year of this century; the number 13 being famously important number in the satanic, masonic, and occult circles. Even adding up the numbers in the date comes to 13, he was also ordained a priest on December 13, which led him on path to becoming the pope.  Then, the white smoke indicating his election rose from a Sistine Chapel precisely on 7: 06 PM Italian time, the numbers again adding up to 13. In the Bible number 13 indicates rebellion from the very first time this number is mentioned in Genesis 14:4, where we read, "Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they REBELLED." And not by accident, I believe, the Beast of Revelation is described in chapter 13.

He chose as his Francis as his papal name, after St. Francis of Assisi, who is known for supernatural signs called “stigmata” and having visions of Jesus and Mary as well as being the one who had successful agreements with the Muslims, which might be a hint as to the direction of this papacy. He is also the first Jesuit priest ever elected to be the pope.

Does this mean anything? Are these numbers just coincidences? Personally, I don’t believe in coincidences. As a Bible believing Christian, I know that everything has its meaning. There are the plans that God has for mankind, and there are also the plans of Satan who always does everything possible to try to prevent God’s plans from being fulfilled. In this effort he infiltrates even Christian churches in order to corrupt them from within and The Roman Catholic Church is not only no exception, but really the prime example of it.

Please do not think that I am here criticising or condemning all Roman Catholics, far from it, as I know that there are many faithful followers of Jesus within the Roman Catholic Church. I have Roman Catholic roots myself, but I also recognize that the Roman Catholic Church system does not operate according to God’s design found in the Bible and therefore it is not representing of the real universal(catholic) Church of our Lord Jesus Christ and is described in the book of Revelation as “Mystery Babylon” or “The Great Harlot.”

 According to the Book of Revelation, it is to be destroyed in the last days with fire. Revelation 18:2-9 states:

“Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great!

She has become a dwelling place for demons,

A haunt for every unclean spirit,

A haunt for every unclean bird,

A haunt for every unclean and detestable beast.

 For all nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality,

And the kings of the earth have committed immorality with her,

And the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living.”

Then I heard another voice from heaven saying,

“Come out of her, my people,

Lest you take part in her sins,

Lest you share in her plagues;

 For her sins are heaped high as heaven,

And God has remembered her iniquities.

 Pay her back as she herself has paid back others,

And repay her double for her deeds;

Mix a double portion for her in the cup she mixed.

 As she glorified herself and lived in luxury,

So give her a like measure of torment and mourning,

Since in her heart she says,

‘I sit as a queen,

I am no widow,

And mourning I shall never see.’

 For this reason her plagues will come in a single day,

Death and mourning and famine,

And she will be burned up with fire;

For mighty is the Lord God who has judged her.”

 

Notice the emphasis on the “sexual immorality” in this passage of Scripture as the new pope will be dealing with the very problem of sexual immorality among its very leadership, its high ranking clergy. Whether this will be the very last pope still remains to be seen, but we should all keep in mind that unlike other prophecies, those written in the Bible will always come true. We should never put trust in human beings for they are all without any exception fallible. Only God Himself is infallible and only He deserves the title of the Holy Father. To call any man by this title is nothing short of blasphemy according to the Lord Jesus Himself who thus exhorted us, "And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.""( Matthew 23:9-12)