Or How stupidity of leaders killed 20 million people
Forward by Bob Barney: We live in an EOE (equal opportunity employment) world, fed to us in dung piles by our worthless leaders. All major firms hire EOE employees. Most never really get any power, they just fill positions and do nothing---no harm done. Recently many firms have actually promoted inferior workers into high positions with disastrous results. JC Penny, being the last example. In 2008, America put an EOE into the White House, dumber than his predecessor, and only elected because of his color. In is my contention that we will not just experience one of the greatest depressions of all time in our very near future, I believe we will find ourselves in another war - maybe even a WORLD WAR. So I decided to run an article on the causes of WWI. The first World War was a totally unnecessary war, fought because of the enormous stupidity of the world leaders. Great Britain, France, Germany and Russia were all lead by complete morons that by shear stupidity allowed the assassination of a minor person from an even lesser known nation (Serbia) result in the First World War with millions of deaths. The great war produced the famous “lost generation” written about by Earnest Hemingway. The war destroyed France forever, reducing her into a laughing stock of all nations to this day, and took the greatest power in the world, Great Britain, and reduced her into a second rate power. The end result of WWI was WWII, and if America was not the growing world power on the scene in the 1920’s, when England declined in power - the English today would be speaking Germany saluting Hitler’s successor. For America, our own hubris and moronic EOE leadership will result in the destruction of us as a world power. The following is a piece on WWI causes ---- compare them to today!
We have conquered for ourselves a place in
the sun. It will now be my task to see to it that this place
in the sun shall remain our undisputed possession, in order that the
sun's rays may fall fruitfully upon our activity and trade in foreign
parts... The more Germans go out upon the waters, whether it
be in journeys across the ocean, or in the service of the battle flag,
so much the better it will be for us.
A speech by Kaiser
Wilhelm to the North German Regatta Association, 1901.
The argument which follows suggests
that Europe in 1914 was RIPE for war to break out - that the causes of
World War One went back long before 1914, and had so set Europe at odds
that it only needed a tiny spark to push all Europe into war.
You will need to understand, not only WHAT the
situation was in 1910-14, but HOW each element made war more
likely...
1.
Militarism
This is not just an arms race, but also a government's attitude of
mind, seeing war as a valid means of foreign policy. (This
often includes the influence of government by the generals.)
All the nations of Europe were militaristic, but
the governments of Germany and Austria-Hungary were especially
so.
Iran
ratcheted up its vitriol against Israel and the United States over the
weekend, warning that an attack on the Islamic regime’s nuclear
facilities could lead to global war.
The rhetoric eerily matched that currently coming out of North Korea against its perceived enemies.
“Iran will not stand by in the face of such aggression,” Ali Ahani, Iran’s ambassador to France, said Sunday, according to the Islamic regime’s PressTV.
“This can entail a chain of violence that may lead to World war III. A
potential Israeli attack against Iran with an objective of destroying
its scientific and nuclear facilities is sheer madness. Its consequences
are disastrous and uncontrollable.”
The deputy chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces, Brig. Gen Masoud
Jazayeri, warned the United States on Saturday that Iran would continue
its nuclear program.
“We would not trade off our rights,” he said, adding that Iran would stand with North Korea in its faceoff with America.
According to Mehr News, Jazayeri blamed the tension on the Korean Peninsula on the U.S. presence in the region.
“Whenever necessary, we would stop the U.S. excessive demands,” he
said. “The Islamic Revolution will never leave its past and present
friends. The U.S. and its allies will suffer great losses if a war
breaks out in this region.”
The commander of the Islamic regime’s ground forces, Brig. Gen. Ahmad Reza Poordastan, in his speech at Friday Prayers,
also warned “the enemies” that the country’s army has its finger on the
trigger and that any attack on the country will make the “enemy” regret
its actions.
All enemy activities at Iran’s borders and in the region are being
monitored by the country’s intelligence analysts, and Iran’s armed
forces are prepared for any scenario, he said.
The regime’s PressTV ran an op-ed analysis on Saturday
with a headline “Iran deals deathblow to U.S. global hegemony.” The
analysis, by Finian Cunningham, an Irishman whom the outlet calls “a
prominent expert in international affairs,” blames America for much of
the world’s problems and warns of its decline.
“Iran, however, presents a greater and more problematic challenge to
U.S. global hegemony,” Cunningham wrote. “The U.S. in 2013 is a very
different animal from what it was in 1945. Now it resembles more a
lumbering giant. Gone is its former economic prowess and its arteries
are sclerotic with its internal social decay and malaise. … Iran exerts a
controlling influence over the vital drug that keeps the American
economic system alive – the world’s supply of oil and gas. Any war with
Iran, if the U.S. were so foolish to embark on it, would result in a
deathblow to the waning American and global economy.”
Cunningham said the story will not end there: “The attainment of
world peace, justice and sustainability does not only necessitate the
collapse of American hegemony. We need to overthrow the underlying
capitalist economic system that gives rise to such destructive hegemonic
powers. Iran represents a deathblow to the American empire, but the
people of the world will need to build on the ruins.”
The world powers once again failed at Almaty, Kazakhstan, to get Iran
to stop its uranium enrichment program and allow further inspections of
its nuclear facilities by the International Atomic Energy Agency. The
talks, which lasted two days, were held last week between Iran and the
5-plus-1 powers: the United States, Britain France, Russia, China, plus
Germany.
As reported exclusively on WND on March 20 and in a follow-up in The Washington Times
the next day, information provided by a high-ranking intelligence
officer in the regime’s ministry of defense revealed yet another secret
site where Iran is engaged in completing its nuclear bomb program and
arming its ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads.
The source added that not only does the regime have enough plutonium
for several bombs, but it also has enriched uranium to weapons grade.
The new site, 15 miles from another previously secret site exposed in
2009 (the Fordow nuclear facility), is approximately 14 miles long and
7.5 miles wide, consisting of two facilities built deep into a mountain
along with a nearby missile facility with over 380 missile garages and
silos, surrounded by barbed wire, 45 security towers and several
security posts.
American experts who viewed satellite imagery
of the new site are concerned that Iran may be much further along in
its nuclear bomb program than perceived and that the images of the site
are a clear indication that the regime’s strategy is to put together an
“objective force” and not just one or two nuclear bombs. An objective
force is defined as the level of military forces needed within a finite
time frame and resource level to accomplish approved military
objectives, missions or tasks.
Last week, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, in a hasty and unusual press conference,
denied the existence of this site, dubbed “Quds,” at which the rogue
nation is making great progress in creating nuclear warheads for an
array of long-range missiles stored underground nearby. He did not
elaborate as to what the site is and what work is being done out of the
facilities.
The satellite images clearly show this vast site is visible to the
naked eye and that it is a high-priority site with secret work conducted
deep within the mountain.
Parallels between the United States and ancient
Rome
Rome
America
today
Battles between the Senate and the Emperor
Bad Blood between the President and Congress, and Democrat vs
Republican
Political corruption was rampant
Political corruption is rampant
Decline in morals – especially in the rich upper class.
Decline in morals – especially within the entertainment and
sports industries.
High unemployment - increased dependency on government by the
poor.
Real 15% unemployment within the working class.. Need for 49
million to be on welfare
Regulations: Expansion of governmenteverywhere
in the day to day lives of the people.
Expansion of government. Telling us what to eat, when to eat,
what to wear and to do. Everything is regulated by a government
agency today.
Class warfare between the rich and the poor.
Class warfare between the rich and the poor. Look at any Obama
speech. “Wealthy to pay their fare share” which is already
90%!
High cost of the government services – called Bread and
circuses (food and entertainment)
High cost of government weldfare programs, including food
stamps, Medicaid, extended unemployment insurance ...etc.
Free trade agreements with foreign nations, resulting in Roman
citizens not being able to compete with foreign trade.
Nafta and other Free Trade agreements causing loss of American
jobs. Complicity of greedy unions and megabusiness.
Circuses: The ever rising cost of games – the roman
government provided circuses for the unemployed.
Government now supplies cell phones and appear at Oscar events
and other sports, acting to drug the people.
Increased government subsidies enabled citizens to live
comfortably without working.
Increased government entitlements allow citizens to live
comfortably without working.
High taxes were instituted to fund growing government and its
programs.
High taxes on the so-called wealthy (actually the working class
– rich people don't pay much taxes) to fund growing government
and its programs.
Decline in ethics and values – the decline in Roman ethics
and values is well-known just watch the Cable show Spartacus!
Decline in ethics and values: Rap, Satanic rituals disguised as
art. Promotion of homosexuality and free sex. Women's lib
Decline in morals led to the destruction of families. The
family unit was totally broken
Decline in morals is leading to the destruction of families. It
is now common to have single parent households, or multi parent
households (divorced sharing kids)
Government went from protecting the people to becoming their
nanny
The Nanny State is increasing exponentially.
Decline in education, which had previously been conducted
privately within homes. Prosperous Roman families began to hire
Greeks to teach their children. The Greeks taught humanistic and
godless philosophies.
Decline in education by government-run schools. Our
government-run schools teach secular humanism and evolution, which
portends that supernatural creation did not occur.
Practices of infanticide were justified and legal.
Abortion is legal and highly promoted as “choice.”
Citizenship granted to foreigners
We follow the same way as Rome, which allowed citizenship by
birth, or adoption and not by blood right.
Decline of the military and especially the rise of the
professional soldier.
The professional soldier instead of those joining only to fight
wars.
Gladiator games, chariot races, and forms of violence were
considered entertaining.
Violent games of all kinds are considered entertaining. Reality
TV. Football – stock car racing
Paganism and religious tolerance ruled – except for
Christianity.
Paganism and religious tolerance ruled – except for
Christianity.
Romans became globalists instead of nationalists.
Americans are encouraged to become globalists, abandoning
patriotism. The New World Order.
Constant Wars
Constant Wars
Barbarian Invasion
For America, this can be considered to be Islamic terrorists.
Body Worship instead of God worship
Everything from mother-earth, to all sorts of self centric
“wellness” regimes that actually promote Satanism
Economic factors included:
Trade deficits
Inflation
Poor management by government
Poor leadership in government
Economic factors include:
Trade deficits
Inflation
Poor management by government
Poor leadership in government
Rome fell — a fact of history!
But why? The reasons have never been fully understood. The lessons
have not been learned. Many of the same basic mistakes that weakened
the once mighty Roman Empire before its toppling by barbarian hordes
are now being repeated in America, Britain and the Western world. You need to understand!
This
booklet contains a shocking message — a warning for our day. And unless
our peoples and nations wake up and immediately alter their course,
they will — in modern fashion, and much more rapidly — suffer a similar
crashing downfall!
This article offers a fresh look at biblical concepts of time, to the
intent that we might know more about the impending "day of the Lord"
that comes as a thief on unbelievers. Here are several concepts.
1.The Signature of God by Grant Jeffrey
2. The Bible teaches that a thousand years are like a day, 2Peter 3:8.
3. In Bible times, they could work their land, trim their trees and
harvest their crops for six years, but they were to rest the land and
themselves on the seventh year. Leviticus 25. And after seven cycles of
seven, in the 49th year, they were to blow the trumpet to announce the
jubilee year.
4. The 50th year was also the first of the next sequence so that
jubilees were 49 years apart. The is seen in the famous Messianic
prophecy of Daniel 9:24--"Seventy weeks [of years] are determined... "
is computed as 70 x 7 or 490 years, so that it's not an exact 500. In
1,000 years, like Peter's text above, 20 jubilees would span 980 years,
leaving 20 years left over, but where do they fit?
5. Based on a New Scientist article, the European edition of TIME Magazine published this factoid: "May 5, 2000:
One of the most important topics that anyone should understand about world events, the Bible and their future is the answer to this question: ARE WE LIVING IN THE LAST DAYS.. Unfortunately the average Jane or Joe is bombarded with views of this event from either Hollywood or even worse modern Christian evangelism looking to line their pockets much more than trying to explain the word of GOD! Everyone has heard “the Gospel.” Many love Gospel music, Gospel names and even “sharing the Gospel”, but most of us don’t know what the word GOSPEL actually means! Gospel is an old English word that just means “good news.” The Gospel is the Good News of God’s plan for mankind and YOU! Jesus was a newscaster! So too was John the Baptist, Peter, Paul and John the Apostle. Daniel, Jeremiah and even Moses were newscaster! Unlike Dan Rather, they got their news from God Almighty! One third of the Bible is prophecy, or FUTURE NEWS of what is going to happen in the world and when GOD returns to this world to establish a GOVERNMENT on Earth! Yes, Heaven is coming to you, you are not going to Heaven! Remember these words, “Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” ON EARTH! God’s Kingdom is coming to Earth after the reign of man is over with. The exact order of this is given by Christ himself in Mathew 24. Jesus is plain about the end times. One, nobody knows the exact hour or time of the return of Christ. No man, no Angel and especiallynot a single Demon. So the next time you hear your favorite preacher tell you the rapture may come tonight realize that he is either: A) A fraud or B) Just ignorant! The truth is that since the time of Paul, we have been living in “the last days!” (Heb 1:2). Even the Apostles of God did not know when Jesus would return, why should a TV preacher know?
2013-02-11 Vatican Radio Pope Benedict XVI on Monday said he plans on resigning the papal office on February 28th. Below please find his announcement.
Full text of Pope's declaration:
Dear Brothers,
I have convoked you to this Consistory, not only for the three
canonizations, but also to communicate to you a decision of great
importance for the life of the Church. After having repeatedly examined
my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my
strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate
exercise of the Petrine ministry. I am well aware that this ministry,
due to its essential spiritual nature, must be carried out not only with
words and deeds, but no less with prayer and suffering. However, in
today’s world, subject to so many rapid changes and shaken by questions
of deep relevance for the life of faith, in order to govern the bark of
Saint Peter and proclaim the Gospel, both strength of mind and body are
necessary, strength which in the last few months, has deteriorated in me
to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately
fulfill the ministry entrusted to me. For this reason, and well aware of
the seriousness of this act, with full freedom I declare that I
renounce the ministry of Bishop of Rome, Successor of Saint Peter,
entrusted to me by the Cardinals on 19 April 2005, in such a way, that
as from 28 February 2013, at 20:00 hours, the See of Rome, the See of
Saint Peter, will be vacant and a Conclave to elect the new Supreme
Pontiff will have to be convoked by those whose competence it is.Dear
Brothers, I thank you most sincerely for all the love and work with
which you have supported me in my ministry and I ask pardon for all my
defects. And now, let us entrust the Holy Church to the care of Our
Supreme Pastor, Our Lord Jesus Christ, and implore his holy Mother Mary,
so that she may assist the Cardinal Fathers with her maternal
solicitude, in electing a new Supreme Pontiff. With regard to myself, I
wish to also devotedly serve the Holy Church of God in the future
through a life dedicated to prayer. From the Vatican, 10 February 2013 BENEDICTUS PP XVI Listen to Pope Benedict XVI make his announcment:
For the past three weeks we have been running this feature exposing many of the greatest false doctrines of modern Christianity. These articles are not written by authors of The Plain Truth, but by http://www.end-times-prophecy.org, in which we have no connection. These are very well written articles that The Plain Truth wanted to publish for our readers.
There are many doctrines taught in the mainstream Christian
churches today that are false teachings, which are not supported by the
Word of God
in the Bible. But how can so many people around the
world be wrong? Because they have been deceived by the "wine" (false
doctrines)
of Babylon the Great. The whore of Babylon has made the whole world
drunk with her false teachings and as Revelation 13 confirms, she has made the "WHOLE world wonder after the beast."
The purpose of this page is to enlighten you with the
TRUTH of God's Word regarding these teachings. And I would urge everyone
to prayerfully
study these things for themselves. Asking God to reveal
the truth, because it is only through the truth that we will be able to
stand against
the deceptions of Satan during the last days before
Christ Jesus returns.
2 Thessalonians 2:8-12 ...'And then
shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the
spirit of his mouth, and
shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even
him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs
and lying wonders,
and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them
that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they
might be saved. And
for this cause God shall send them strong delusion,
that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who
believed not the truth, but
had pleasure in unrighteousness.'
Do you see why seeking the truth is so important? Do
you have a love for the truth? I hope so, because it is the TRUTH that
will set us free (John 8:32),
which is found only in the Word of God (John 17:17) and
those who live the truth (John 3:21) will worship God according to the
truth (John 4:23-24) through Christ
Jesus who IS the truth (John 14:6) and the ONLY way to
salvation.
Ephesians 6:14 ...'Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth.'
False Doctrine 1 - The Immortal Soul
The majority of professing Christians today believe that when we die, we have a separate "soul" that continues
to
live on. Those who are
lost will go to "hell" and the saved will go to heaven.
Did you know that Christians were not the first people to believe in the
immortal soul? No, this belief came from the Pagan
world. All throughout the Old Testament, you will not see one verse
where God or His people
proclaimed an immortal soul teaching. And the same goes
with the New Testament, apart from some vague statements made by the
apostle Paul, which
do not support an immortal soul at all. So what is the
truth? Take a look at how we were created:
Genesis 2:7 ...'And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life;
and man became a living soul'
Now according to the popular belief today, we were GIVEN
a soul that lives on after we are dead. But can you see the truth in
the above Bible verse?
Man BECAME a "living soul" with the breath of God
(spirit) in him. So what will happen when that breath of God (spirit)
goes out? ...
Genesis 3:19 ...' In the sweat of thy face shalt thou
eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou
taken: for dust thou
art, and unto dust shalt thou return.'
Can you see the clear truth of this? We are made out of
the dirt of the ground. And it is ONLY the breath of God that keeps us
alive and makes
us "LIVING SOULS". But without that breath of God in us,
we become DUST again! We we not given a soul, we ARE living souls while
we
are alive.
All throughout the Old Testament we are taught that
after death we know NOTHING (Ecclesiastes 9:5,10; Psalm 115:17). And in
Isaiah, we are given
a remarkable prophecy concerning the second coming of
Christ Jesus and the doctrine of what happens when we die:
Isaiah 26:19 ...'Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye
that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.'
Do you see? Where do we DWELL until the second coming of
Christ Jesus? In the grave! Awaiting the resurrection. Friends, this is
the Bible truth.
When we die, we return to dust and await the second
coming of Jesus when He will resurrect us. We do not have an immortal
soul, because ONLY Christ
Jesus has immortality (1 Timothy 6:16). And it is only
through Him that we can GAIN immortality (1 Corinthians 15:53).
Christ Jesus Himself taught that when we die, we sleep
(Matthew 9:24; John 11:11-14). And this falls in line with the Old
Testament teaching that
we "wait" in the grave until the resurrection. Friends,
we need to know the TRUTH about this important subject, because Satan is
going
to use it to deceive the nations in the last days.
Spiritualism is on the increase, and we need the truth so that we do not
get caught in it's trap.
For more truth and information about this doctrine, please see THIS PAGE.
False Doctrine 2 - Eternal Hell Fire
Now this is a false teaching that is a complete
abomination. And I'm not ashamed to say that it is a doctrine of devils!
Mainstream Christian churches
believe and teach (some rather exuberantly), that when
the lost person dies, he/she will be sent into the "fires of hell",
there to remain
and burn in anguish and extreme pain and suffering for
ALL ETERNITY!
So let me get this straight. Our God of LOVE is going to torture
the lost with fire for the ceaseless ages to come? And all for a SHORT life of sin, in a body that is PRONE
to sin because of the fall
of Adam and Eve? Does this sound like love? Not one bit.
But wait, maybe the Bible teaches this? ... No it doesn't!
John 3:16 ...'For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have everlasting life.'
The most well known Bible verse in the whole world. And
yet so few people actually KNOWS what it is saying! There are only TWO
options for us. One is to
follow Christ Jesus and GAIN eternal life. The other is
to not follow Christ Jesus and PERISH. We all know what perish means
right? To be COMPLETELY
destroyed ... nothing left! And when you learn the truth
that we don't have an immortal soul, then this really makes complete
sense.
Now don't get me wrong. The lost WILL be judged and
punished with "hell fire", which Revelation chapters 19 and 20 describes
as the
"lake of fire". But that fire will "burn them up"
(Malachi 4:1) and they will die the "second DEATH" (Revelation 21:8).
And this agrees with what God foretold long ago, when He
said ... "the soul that sinneth, it SHALL DIE." (Ezekiel 18:20).
For more truth and information about this doctrine, please CLICK HERE.
False Doctrine 3 - The Rapture
The rapture doctrine is based on a couple of flimsy (at best) Bible verses, and yet those who push it
completely ignore the crystal clear Bible verses that
100 percent PROVE the rapture theory to be false.
And not only is this a false teaching, those who believe in it cannot
even agree on WHEN it is going to
happen - pre-trib, mid-trib or post-trib. There is just
complete confusion regarding this doctrine. And yet the Bible is so
clear ... there is NO rapture.
The word doesn't even exist in the Bible. So let me give
you some Bible verses that expose this false doctrine.
Matthew 13:24-30 ...'Another parable
put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a
man which sowed good
seed in his field: But while men slept, his enemy came
and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the blade
was sprung up, and
brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So
the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not
thou sow good seed in
thy field? from whence then hath it tares? He said unto
them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou
then that we go and
gather them up? But he said, Nay; [NO] lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the
harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together FIRST the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but
gather the wheat into my barn.'
Oh how I love the true Word of God. It's sharper than
any two edged sword! Praise the Lord! So what does this rapture theory
teach? It teaches that
Jesus will suddenly rapture away the church BEFORE the
end of the world and BEFORE the lost (tares) are gathered, and then the
world will CONTINUE another 7 years, during which there will
be great tribulation. So the rapture doctrine teaches
that Christ will take the saved FIRST. But what does the above Bible
verses confirm? They
confirm that the wheat (church) and the tares (lost)
grow TOGETHER UNTIL THE HARVEST, and then the LOST are taken FIRST. And
when is the harvest?
Matthew 13:38-40 ...'The field is
the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares
are the children of the
wicked one; The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. As therefore the tares
are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.'
No matter what flimsy texts they try to base their
belief on, the rapture theory is dead against the above clear Bible
truth. And do you know what
is so dangerous about the rapture teaching? It makes
people relax and think they will get a second chance after the rapture
to be saved. This is
a deception from Satan. Because when Christ Jesus
returns soon, every case for saved and lost will have ALREADY been
judged and decided. And there
will be no second chance.
For more truth and information about the second coming of Christ and the rapture, see THIS WEBSITE.
False Doctrine 4 - The Sabbath Day Abolished
Although
I have labelled this as the sabbath day abolished, there are a few
differing views and beliefs concerning the sabbath day throughout
the mainstream Christian churches. Some believe that the sabbath day
of
the 4th commandment has been abolished completely. Some
believe that
the sabbath day has been changed from the 7th day of the
week to the 1st. And others believe that we can keep any day as the
sabbath day. But,
you guessed it. They are all wrong, because the 7th day
sabbath still stands exactly as per the 4th commandment today. Let me
share with you an
interesting statement made by Christ Jesus Himself:
Matthew 5:17-18 ...'Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For
verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.'
Now many Christians look at this verse and for some
strange reason use it to defend their belief that Jesus "did away" with
the ten
commandments. And yet that is a clear contradiction to
what Jesus actually said above. Look, Jesus said He DIDN'T come to
destroy the law, He
came to "fulfil". And that word fulfil in the original
language actually means "to bring FULL MEANING" to the law. And the
next verse is even more clear:
"Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law."
Do you see what Christ Jesus is saying here? It is so clear. One jot or tittle shall NOT
pass from the law till the end of this world.
What law? Read the rest of Matthew 5 and you will see
that Jesus was talking about the ten commandments. Friends, if one jot
or tittle has NOT
passed from the ten commandments, then the 4th
commandment concerning the sabbath day remains EXACTLY as it was, which
means the sabbath day
is the 7th day of the week (our Saturday), not the 1st
(Sunday).
If you study the creation account, you will see that God
instituted the seventh day sabbath BEFORE there was any sin in this
world. Meaning He meant
it to be an eternal weekly day of rest, which the
prophecy of Isaiah 66:22-23 confirms. And the seventh day of the week is
the ONLY day that God
has ever blessed and set apart for holy use.
For more truth and information about the sabbath day, see HERE. and HERE.
False Doctrine 5 - Mark of the Beast a Physical Mark
There is a huge amount of professing Christians who do
not even look into this important prophecy, and yet it is one that will
decide the fate of
the world in the last days. And those who do study the
mark of the beast, the majority believe that the mark is going to be a
physical mark like
a microchip (RFID) or an ID card, or something similar.
But the mark of the beast CANNOT be a physical mark and I will tell you
why.
Study the WHOLE Bible and what will you see with
certainty that God is concerned with? He is concerned with WORSHIP and
KEEPING HIS COMMANDMENTS
right? And if you study Revelation 13 and 14 concerning
the beast's mark, what is the central theme?
Revelation 13: ...'vs 4 ...And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast,
saying, Who is like unto the beast? ... vs 8 ...And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship
him, whose names are not written in the book of life of
the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world ... vs
11-12 ...And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth ... and
causeth the earth and them
which dwell therein to worship the first beast ... vs 15 ...and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be
killed.'
Revelation 14: ...'vs 6-7 ...And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven ... Saying with a loud voice ... worship him that made heaven,
and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters ... vs 9-10 ...If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead,
or in his hand ... The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God.'
Would you say that this is an issue of WORSHIP?
So what has worship got to do with having a physical mark like a
microchip or ID card FORCED upon you?
And how does a microchip or ID card STOP you from giving
true worship to God? It doesn't. Which is why the mark of the beast
CANNOT be a physical mark. It is
a spiritual mark that is to do with worship. Now look at
this verse:
Revelation 14:12 ...'Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.'
Right after the angel warns about receiving the mark of
the beast, we are told that those who DON'T get the mark, ie, the
saints, are the one's who are KEEPING
God's commandments and following in the footstep of
Jesus Christ. So the mark of the beast will be to do with God's ten
commandments. The beast will enforce a
law that will go against one or more of God's ten
commandments. And those who accept this law of the beast will in effect
be giving their WORSHIP to the beast,
rather than God. Then they will have a spiritual mark
that God can see and they will be lost.
Now don't get me wrong. I believe that technology like a
microchop or biometric ID card will be used to help ENFORCE the mark of
the beast. But in of themselves
it is impossible for them to be the actual mark.
For more truth and information about the mark of the beast, see THIS SITE.
False Doctrine 6 - Antichrist Has Not Come Yet
Again, like the mark of the beast issue, there are huge
numbers of professing Christians who are not interested in finding out
who the antichrist is.
And those who do study it, the majority believe it will
be a man who will rise to power in Europe, sometime in the near future.
This false teaching
was popularized by the "Left Behind" books, amongst many
other false teachings. And there are many who just accept those books
as truth,
rather than study it for themselves in the Word of God.
The amazing thing about this one, is that the antichrist
was revealed HUNDREDS of years ago by the Protestant reformers. These
brave men and women
of God stood up for the truth and declared the
persecuting Roman Catholic Church as the main Bible antichrist, and the
Pope as that "man of sin"
which Paul speaks about. And yet virtually ALL of
Protestantism today has now turned away from the great truths that God
revealed through the reformers,
and has embraced the whore of Babylon, their MOTHER.
The main Bible antichrist constitutes the little horn of
Daniel 7. The sea beast of Revelation 13 and Babylon the Great of
Revelation 17 and 18. And this
antichrist system is lead by that man of sin in 2
Thessalonians 2. And all these point UNMISTAKENLY to the Papal Church of
Rome. Let's just look quickly
at that man of sin.
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 ...'Let no man
deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come
a falling away first, and that
man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth
in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.'
What does the Bible say the temple of God is today? 1
Corinthians 3:16 tells us that WE (the church) are the temple of God. So
for the man of sin
to "sit
in the temple of God", he would need to reside and sit
in a position of leadership in the professing Christian church right?
And he would need to be looked
upon and venerated and exalted higher than other men and
be placed in a position like God right?
Did you know that the word "anti" in antichrist can also mean "IN PLACE OF" Christ?
So do we have a leader in the professing Christian church who is exalted higher than other
men and is regarded as being in place of Christ on earth?
Yes! The Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. And what is he called? The Holy Father!!
Who else would sit in the church
on a throne between two golden cherubim, as God, called "holy father",
other than the man of sin?!
This is your man of sin - the Roman Catholic Pope, and the Roman Catholic Church is the Bible antichrist.
For much more information about the antichrist, see HERE.
Friends, these are important doctrines that Satan has
twisted and is going to use to deceive the masses in the very last days.
And the only way
we can be guarded against the attacks from the enemy is
by studying and learning the truth. Why has God bothered giving us His
Word in the Bible?
Why have many people given their very lives to bring us
the Word of God in our own language? Because the TRUTH is vital for us
to know and understand.
I pray that you will study these things for yourself.
Don't even take my word as truth, but prayerfully study it yourself in
the Bible and Christ
Jesus will open your eyes to wonderful things that He is
longing to share with you, so that you may stand in the day of
temptation and not be
deceived.
Editor's note: This article was the very first one ever published on The Plain Truth back on December 14th 2007!
By Bob Barney We have war in Afghanistan, war in Iraq, war is maybe coming to Iran, Israel and Syria. It has been this way since before you were even born. Why? After all, we had war in Europe in 1914 and 1940, but not today. War in Japan in the forties, but not in the past fifty years, so why has every decade seen a problem in the Mid-East? Is it Oil? Is it another reason.
In the late 1940's, the USA was the world's largest oil producer. We did not need oil from the middle east, yet war erupted between the newly formed Israel and its Arab allies. The same thing happened again in the fifties, and the sixties and we still really didn't need the Arab's oil. By 1973 we did need their oil and thus today, everyone without a view on history mistakenly assumes that war in the middle east is about oil. IT IS NOT!
This war has nothing to do with oil, or George Bush or even The United States per say; it has everything to do with religion and about God and God's role in world events. This article can be read anytime in the future and there will still be strife in the middle east. The strife ends, according to the Bible ONLYafter Christ returns and not a day before. We realize that we claim to be a news site, and we are, but if there is a God, and it is the God of the Bible and if Jesus Christ is that God of the Bible, then what he has to say is news, is it not?
After 14 years of glacial negotiations, Israel and the Vatican are on the verge
of signing a long-elusive agreement that would formalize diplomatic relations,
Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said on Tuesday.
Ayalon’s comments
to The Jerusalem Post came after a meeting in Jerusalem of a working commission
that has been trying to iron out various issues between Israel and the Holy See
since 1999. Read the rest of the story here>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
This is not surprisimg to anyone that reads the Bible and believes their prophecies. In Daniel 11: 45 "He
will stop between the glorious holy mountain and the sea and will pitch
his royal tents. But while he is there, his time will suddenly run out,
and no one will help him."
The "he" in this prophecy is the King of the North, under the leadership of the Holy Roman Church and the reborn Holy Roman Empire. The Holy Mountain, is of course the site of the rebuild Temple (where today the Dome of the Rock stands). It is after this event occur, that the end is very near, and the return of Christ happens. Always KEEP YOUR EYES FIXED ON the Middle East, and especially Jerusalem and events in Europe and the Catholic Church.
I believe in the Bible. I believe in Armageddon and the return of Christ. I also believe that God gets His message out and it is up to us to look around and find the those messages. One of the best minds who understood humanity, God and the possible fate of mankind was the genius Rod Serling, creator of the Twilight Zone. In the next few weeks, I will play some of those best episodes with some commentary on what to watch for. In this episode, we are transformed into a futuristic world where God is outlawed and the state is worshipped, and the rights of man is all but forgotten. A clean, sanitary world that so many modern day Progressives would love to live in. In this story, Serling explores what the state does with those who become “Obsolete” and in this case, a librarian is sentenced to death because librarians have become obsolete because all books were all confiscated and burned in an attempt to keep the masses in check. The next time you see FOX NEWS blast Wikilinks, or ridicule those who want to see a birth certificate, or oppose the Patriot Act, think of this story. I PROMISE YOU that if you watch the first 5 minutes-- YOU WILL watch the entire 26 minutes! I am moved to tears every time I listen to Serlings final comments (PART 3) concerning the fate of any government that ignores the God given rights of mankind! WATCH and see our possible future unless we wake up!
The horror of Connecticut shows us that
gruesome human behavior is also a sign of the time, that it is equal to a
storm, that it rattles us like a quake, that it scorches like a volcano
and often seems to come from nowhere (like asteroids). We are in an era
whereby there are series of serial killers, so many that often they
do not make national news. And then there are the massive killings as in
Newtown where twenty little grammar school kids and six courageous adults were
mowed down by a twenty-year-old man the details of whom are sketchy but
who is part of another aspect of the violent trend that we have seen in
other schools, on college campuses, in shopping malls, in churches, in
cults, and in movie theatres the darkness purveyed in movies now
materializes in full form. Also Friday, in China, twenty-two children were
slashed (though not fatally) by a "psycho." Last summer, there was the "zombie"
outbreak. Immediately after the Friday shooting a trauma psychologist came
on TV to explain that this type of mental "illness" commonly "presents"
itself in men when they reach their twenties but she had it wrong as
psychology too often does because while we can tag names on it like
psychosis and schizophrenia or multiple personality or "autism" or blame it on
loneliness and dejection the real cause hides behind and below the modern
labels and is called the devil or Satan -- yes, playing on those who are
misguided, playing on the lonely, playing on mental disturbances, on
"personality disorders," finding access through drugs, through alcohol,
through the occult, arriving where there is anger -- where there is family
dysfunction and break-up (there is mental illness) -- but the devil, Satan, nonetheless.
He is what Pope Paul VI
said: "perverted and perverting." It was
the governor who diagnosed it properly when he told reporters that "evil
has visited our town" and later spoke at Saint Rose of Lima Church, which
could not accommodate all who flocked there, as churches will not be able
to accommodate all who flock there in years to come. The patina of evil,
the darkness that shines, is clearly seen in too many mug shots, in the
glazed eyes of perpetrators, in the dark clothes they wear, the skull
tattoos, the cutting music in their ears, the body mutilation, the
nihilistic approach to life because they are disoriented by the evil of
society as a whole. In mowing down the young, perhaps this twisted
mentality thought he wasn't doing much more than an abortion doctor.
Reportedly, the young shooter was a loner in the "goth" subculture
(as were the shooters at Columbine), which has all appearances of witchery
(dark clothes, darker music, vampiric makeup on women). Examples of "goth"
magazines: "Morbid Outlook," "Deathrock," "Asleep By Dawn." He needs our
prayers also. They all do. It is not until we uncover the true reason for mayhem that we will begin
to solve it, to purge it, to cast it out; it also will not be solved until
we call evil what it is (once more, the word "live" spelled backwards)
and stop it from infiltrating to
begin with.
Volcán de Fuego, Guatemala. Erupcion 8 aug07 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
"For
nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and
there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places." (Jesus- In Matthew 24)
Out of an estimated 1,500 active volcanoes around the world, 50 or so
erupt every year, spewing steam, ash, toxic gases, and lava. In 2012,
active volcanoes included Guatemala's Volcan de Fuego, New Zealand's
Tongariro, Russia's Plosky Tolbachik, Chile's Puyehue, Italy's Etna, and
a new island appearing in the Red Sea. In Hawaii, Kilauea continues to
send lava flowing toward the sea, and locals living near Mexico's
Popocatepetl continued to deal with ashfalls. Collected below are scenes
from the wide variety of volcanic activity on Earth over the past year.
[39 photos]
The end of the Mayan calendar in just days, reports of sarin gas
production in Syria, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad demanding a nuclear bomb and
the possibility al-Qaida is tapping into a Middle East supply of
ground-to-air missiles – possible catastrophes seem to be thick on the
ground just now. And then there’s Washington.
German troops storm Greece. Putin's tanks crush Latvia. France humbles the British Army. Unlikely, yes, but as Angela Merkel says euro meltdown could endanger peace, a historian's imagination runs riot...
The date is October 29, 2018, and Britain faces its darkest hour. On the battlefields of Europe, our Armed Forces have been humiliated.
In makeshift prison camps on the continent, thousands of our young men and women sit forlornly, testament to the collapse of our ambitions.
From the killing grounds of Belgium to the scarred streets of Athens, a continent continues to bleed. And, in the east, the Russian bear inexorably tightens its grip, an old empire rising from the wreckage of the European dream.
The mission of The Plain Truth is to warn the world of the coming events which will change their lives. These are not new warnings, in fact, they are thousands of years old. They can be easily found in the Bible. However, most people do not understand biblical prophecy because they cannot see a connection to today when reading these ancient predictions from people with names like Ezekiel, Micah and Zechariah. The Plain Truth scans world events and tries to connect the dots between biblical forecasts of what God has warned us of, and today's headlines. One of the reasons why most do not understand prophecy is that they are not armed with the keys to understand who the players are in the world today. When we read prophecies concerning nations like Assyria, Ephraim and Edom, we don't recognize those nations today. Once our readers are given these keys and are educated that Assyria is Germany, Edom is Turkey and Ephraim is the United States, then their eyes are opened in understanding that God is talking to us today from the pages of the Bible.
It is important to understand that the United States, Great Britain, Scandinavia, France and most of the nations of Western Europe are actually the lost tribes Israel. Since most prophecies concerns these 10 lost nations, we can then understand that many if not most of these warnings from God were meant for our eyes!
In today's topic, it is important to understand that we may be on the verge of an earth shattering event in the next two years which could alter life in the western world as we know it! This is no chicken little warning, in fact, it is a warning from NASA and many of the top scientists of the world! This warning fulfills God's prophecies concerning the destruction of our nation by both natural and man-made events. Please take the time to educate yourself and be prepared for what could be the most life changing event in your lifetime. If you prepare yourself, you can survive what may befall us. If you are not prepared, you will end up like the victims of Katrina or Japan!
WATCH these videos and learn for yourself how to prepare for this event. God gives us these warnings so those who listen to them can survive! They are not meant to be hidden from you.
The Middle East is imploding. The newspapers and other media have been caught off guard yet again because they simply do not understand what is the force behind these riots. The modern media report only on what they can see and hear, but not on what God predicted long ago, what would happen. To Bible readers, prophecy is news - but the news that hasn't happened yet. When it does happen, fulfilled prophecy merely becomes NEWS! The Plain Truth concerning the unrest in the Muslim world is that it is being caused by the unseen world ruled by the Devil and his ministers. Strange as it may be to some, this world is under the control of the Devil and not God! (John 12:31).
In the Book of Daniel, we are allowed by God to see a vision of the end-time world, just before the return of Jesus. What Daniel is told from Heaven is that two SUPER POWERS would be enemies during the last days, fighting each other until Christ's return. A THIRD SUPER POWER would enter this World war, just a fraction of time before Armeggeddon. That third super power is clearly China.(Rev 9:16).
The two great waring super powers are called: The King of the North (Europe) and The King of the South (a great United States of Muslim nations- from Iran-North Africa.). You can read the entire battle in Daniel11: (my notes in blue)
3 "Then a mighty king will rise to power who will rule a vast kingdom and accomplish everything he sets out to do. (this is Alexander the Great) 4 But at the height of his power, his kingdom will be broken apart and divided into four parts. It will not be ruled by the king's descendants, nor will the kingdom hold the authority it once had. For his empire will be uprooted and given to others. 5 "The king of the south (United Muslim Nation) will increase in power, but one of this king's own officials will become more powerful than he and will rule his kingdom with great strength. 6 "Some years later, an alliance will be formed between the king of the north (Europe and the revived Holy Roman Empire) and the king of the south (United Muslim Nation) . The daughter of the king of the south will be given in marriage to the king of the north to secure the alliance, but she will lose her influence over him, and so will her father. She will be given up along with her supporters. 7 But when one of her relatives becomes king of the south (United Muslim Nation), he will raise an army and enter the fortress of the king of the north and defeat him. The Invasion of Europe by Muslims 8 When he returns again to Egypt, he will carry back their idols with him, along with priceless gold and silver dishes. For some years afterward he will leave the king of the north alone. 9 "Later the king of the north (THE CRUSADES) will invade the realm of the king of the south but will soon return to his own land. 10 However, the sons of the king of the north will assemble a mighty army that will advance like a flood and carry the battle as far as the enemy's fortress. THE CRUSADES 11 Then the king of the south, in great anger, will rally against the vast forces assembled by the king of the north and will defeat them. (The Muslim leader-Saladin- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saladin) 12 After the enemy army is swept away, the king of the south will be filled with pride and will have many thousands of his enemies killed. But his success will be short lived. 13 "A few years later, the king of the north will return with a fully equipped army far greater than the one he lost. 14 At that time there will be a general uprising against the king of the south. Lawless ones among your own people will join them in order to fulfill the vision, but they will not succeed. (World War 1 and 2 and the formation of the JEWISH STATE in Palestine) 15 Then the king of the north (MAYBE HITLER???) will come and lay siege to a fortified city and capture it. The best troops of the south will not be able to stand in the face of the onslaught. 16 "The king of the north will march onward unopposed; none will be able to stop him. He will pause in the glorious land of Israel, intent on destroying it. (HITLER??? or beyond today) 17 He will make plans to come with the might of his entire kingdom and will form an alliance with the king of the south. He will give him a daughter in marriage in order to overthrow the kingdom from within, but his plan will fail. (Hitler allied himself with the Muslim world) 18 "After this, he will turn his attention to the coastal cities and conquer many. But a commander from another land will put an end to his insolence and will cause him to retreat in shame. (England, Denmark, Holland, France and the USA) 19 He will take refuge in his own fortresses but will stumble and fall, and he will be seen no more. (1945- refuge = a bunker????) 20 "His successor will be remembered as the king who sent a tax collector to maintain the royal splendor, but after a very brief reign, he will die, though neither in battle nor open conflict. (A NEW HITLER YET TO BE FORMED!!!!) 21 "The next to come to power will be a despicable man who is not directly in line for royal succession. But he will slip in when least expected and take over the kingdom by flattery and intrigue. 22 Before him great armies will be swept away, including a covenant prince. (The King of England!) 23 By making deceitful promises, he will make various alliances. With a mere handful of followers, he will become strong. (An Antichrist - the End Timed King of the North- The Beast of Revelation) 24 Without warning he will enter the richest areas of the land and do something that none of his predecessors ever did -- distribute among his followers the plunder and wealth of the rich. He will plot the overthrow of strongholds, but this will last for only a short while. (The formation of the WORLD GOVERNMENT!!! Only China and the Muslim world will excluded) 25 "Then he will stir up his courage and raise a great army against the king of the south (The Muslim Unified Nation). The king of the south will go to battle with a mighty army, but to no avail, for plots against him will succeed. 26 Those of his own household will bring his downfall. His army will be swept away, and many will be killed. 27 Seeking nothing but each other's harm, these kings will plot against each other at the conference table, attempting to deceive each other. But it will make no difference, for an end will still come at the appointed time. 28 "The king of the north will then return home with great riches. On the way he will set himself against the people of the holy covenant, doing much damage before continuing his journey. (He will war against Christians! THE TRIBULATION BEGINS!- and the reign of the TWO WITNESSES of Revelation (Rev 11)) 29 "Then at the appointed time (THE END TIME) he will once again invade the south, but this time the result will be different. 30 For warships from western coastlands (THE USA???) will scare him off, and he will withdraw and return home. But he will vent his anger against the people of the holy covenant and reward those who forsake the covenant. 31 His army will take over the Temple fortress, polluting the sanctuary, putting a stop to the daily sacrifices, and setting up the sacrilegious object that causes desecration. (The third Temple is HERE at this time) 32 He will flatter those who have violated the covenant and win them over to his side. But the people who know their God will be strong and will resist him. 33 "Those who are wise will give instruction to many. But for a time many of these teachers will die by fire and sword, or they will be jailed and robbed. 34 While all these persecutions are going on, a little help will arrive, though many who join them will not be sincere. (FALSE CHRISTIANS!) 35 And some who are wise will fall victim to persecution. In this way, they will be refined and cleansed and made pure until the time of the end, for the appointed time is still to come. 36 "The king (of the NORTH) will do as he pleases, exalting himself and claiming to be greater than every god there is, even blaspheming the God of gods. He will succeed -- until the time of wrath is completed. For what has been determined will surely take place. 37 He will have no regard for the gods of his ancestors, or for the god beloved of women, or for any other god, for he will boast that he is greater than them all. (He will be a SOCIALIST-Nazi-Communist) 38 Instead of these, he will worship the god of fortresses -- a god his ancestors never knew -- and lavish on him gold, silver, precious stones, and costly gifts. (Socialism-Communism) 39 Claiming this foreign god's help, he will attack the strongest fortresses. He will honor those who submit to him, appointing them to positions of authority and dividing the land among them as their reward. 40 "Then at the time of the end, the king of the south will attack him, and the king of the north will storm out against him with chariots, cavalry, and a vast navy. He will invade various lands and sweep through them like a flood. (Armeggeddon) 41 He will enter the glorious land of Israel, and many nations will fall, but Moab, Edom, and the best part of Ammon will escape. 42 He will conquer many countries, and Egypt will not escape. 43 He will gain control over the gold, silver, and treasures of Egypt, and the Libyans and Ethiopians will be his servants. 44 "But then news from the east and the north (China and maybe Russia) will alarm him, and he will set out in great anger to destroy many as he goes. 45 He will halt between the glorious holy mountain and the sea and will pitch his royal tents there, but while he is there, his time will suddenly run out, and there will be no one to help him.
In conclusion, what we are witnessing today is the re-birth of both the King of the North and the King of the South, the rise of China and the decline of the United States of America. We are at the edge of the time of the end. We could have many more years ahead of us yet, as there is no Temple and other signs that must occur, but we would be blind not to see that the stage is being set for the coming Kingdom of God!
English: woodcut of the pope selling indulgences, from Passionary of the Christ and Antichrist (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Reuters is reporting that the Vatican is happy about the UN's
decision to recognize a Palestinian state on Thursday and called for
an internationally guaranteed “special status” for Jerusalem,
“something bound to irritate Israel.” as reported by the news
agency. The U.N. General Assembly approved the resolution which
upgraded the Palestinian Authority's observer status at the United
Nations from "entity" to "non-member state," the
same status as the Vatican enjoys. Readers of The Plain Truth are
welled informed that the Vatican (headquarters of the Pope and the
Catholic Church) will become aligned with a newly formed EU, under
the authority of a dictator, which the Bible calls the antichrist.
The Pope is the False prophet who gives “power to the beast.”
It is
important to note here that ALL the major Protestant Reformers taught
that the Pope was the an antichrist, and probably the false prophet
mentioned by Jesus to John in Revelation. Whether you agree with
them or not, it's important to realize what they taught. The
following quotations are not intended to foster ill will toward any
human being, for this would be contrary to teaching of Jesus Christ
(John 13:34, 35), but rather to simply present what some of the most
influential Christian leaders who have ever lived believed about "the
little horn" (Daniel 7:8), "the beast" (Revelation
13:1), and "the man of sin" (2 Thessalonians 2:3) - about
Antichrist.
Martin Luther (1483-1546) (Lutheran):
"Luther
... proved, by the revelations of Daniel and St. John, by the
epistles of St. Paul, St. Peter, and St. Jude, that the reign of
Antichrist, predicted and described in the Bible, was the Papacy …
Based on prophetic studies, Martin Luther finally declared, "We
here are of the conviction that the papacy is the seat of the true
and real Antichrist."
John Calvin (1509-1564) (Presbyterian):
"Some persons think us too severe and censorious when we call
the Roman pontiff Antichrist. But those who are of this opinion do
not consider that they bring the same charge of presumption against
Paul himself, after whom we speak and whose language we adopt... I
shall briefly show that (Paul's words in II Thess. 2) are not capable
of any other interpretation than that which applies them to the
Papacy."
John Knox (1505-1572) (Scotch
Presbyterian):
John Knox sought to counteract "that tyranny which the pope
himself has for so many ages exercised over the church." As with
Luther, he finally concluded that the Papacy was "the very
antichrist, and son of perdition, of whom Paul speaks."
Roger Williams (1603-1683) (First Baptist
Pastor in America): Williams
spoke of the Pope as "the pretended Vicar of Christ on
earth, who sits as God over the Temple of God, exalting himself not
only above all that is called God, but over the souls and
consciences of all his vassals, yea over the Spirit of Christ, over
the Holy Spirit, yea, and God himself...speaking against the God of
heaven, thinking to change times and laws; but he is the son of
perdition (II Thess. 2)."
Cotton Mather (1663-1728) (Congregational
Theologian): "The
oracles of God foretold the rising of an Antichrist in the Christian
Church: and in the Pope of Rome, all the characteristics of that
Antichrist are so marvelously answered that if any who read the
Scriptures do not see it, there is a marvelous blindness upon them."
Taken from The
Fall of Babylon
by Cotton Mather in Froom's book, The
Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers,
Vol. 3, pg. 113.
John Wesley (1703-1791) (Methodist):
Speaking of the Papacy, John Wesley wrote, "He is in an
empathetical sense, the Man of Sin, as he increases all manner of sin
above measure. And he is, too, properly styled the Son of Perdition,
as he has caused the death of numberless multitudes, both of his
opposers and followers... He it is...that exalted himself above all
that is called God, or that is worshipped...claiming the highest
power, and highest honor...claiming the prerogatives which belong to
God alone." Antichrist
and His Ten Kingdoms,
by John Wesley, pg. 110.
A Great
Cloud of Witnesses: "Wycliffe, Tyndale, Luther, Calvin, Cranmer;
in the seventeenth century, Bunyan, the translators of the King James
Bible and the men who published the Westminster and Baptist
confessions of Faith; Sir Isaac Newton, Wesley, Whitfield, Jonathan
Edwards; and more recently Spurgeon, Bishop J.C. Ryle and Dr. Martin
Lloyd-Jones; these men among countless others, all saw the office of
the Papacy as the antichrist." Taken from All
Roads Lead to Rome,
by Michael de Semlyen. Dorchestor House Publications, p. 205. 1991.
There are two beasts described in
chapter Revelation chapter 13; one from the sea (vs. 1), and one
from the land (vs. 11). With the beast out of the sea, we come to
that one who, regardless of his claims as the white horse rider or
peace maker, comes as a great source of darkness into the world. He
comes not to save the world, but to damn the world. In essence, what
we have in this chapter in the rise of the beast and the false
prophet is nothing short of the ‘trinity from hell’ in that both
are the product of the machinations of that old serpent, the devil or
Satan.
So it is important to understand
why the Vatican is coming down in favor of the UN resolution. In the
end times, the prophesied “King of the North” (the first beast)
will not only guarantee peace in the Middle East (and be declared
“the messiah” by most jews living there, he will put Jerusalem
under UN (which he will rule over) control, with ARMIES surrounding
the city! In Luke 21:20 Jesus said, “When
you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you will know that its
desolation is near.”
The Obama Administration appears to be
in agreement already with what the beast from the sea! Here is a
headline from WorldNetDaily:
Obama
plan: Global troops to protect Israel
WND – May 25, 2010
NEW YORK – A U.S. plan
envisions stationing
international troops along Israel’s border
with a future Palestinian state, WND has learned.
Palestinian Authority
officials privy to the plan say the Obama administration proposed
deploying NATO soldiers along the Palestinian side of a future border
with Israel as well as along
the borders of Jordan
and any future Palestinian state.
Israeli government
sources confirmed such a plan has been proposed.
The sources said the
concept is not exclusive to the Obama administration. Both Presidents
Clinton and Bush broached the idea of stationing international troops
along the borders of a future Palestinian state.
20 But
when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its
desolation is near. (Luke 21:20)
15 “Therefore
when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel
the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him
understand), 16 “then let those who are in Judea flee to the
mountains. (Matthew 24:15-17)
And while the Obama plan per se is NOT the
direct fulfillment of that prophecy as the armies are not technically
to surround Jerusalem.
Yet, the reality is that it is likely that the coming
European power will cite Obama’s plan as part of its own
justification when it does, in fact, surround Jerusalem with armies.
Daniel wrote:
31 And forces shall be
mustered by him, and they shall defile the sanctuary fortress; then
they shall take away the daily sacrifices, and place there the
abomination of desolation. (Daniel 11:31)
The “he” above is the final King of the North –
the beast, an antichrist type figure, riding the white horse who is
also identified as such in Daniel 11:40. It is believed by most
biblical scholars that when Jesus was referring to Jerusalem being
surrounded by armies, He was referring to the same incident that
Daniel wrote about above.
Continuing
with the Reuters story: "The
Holy See welcomes with favor the decision of the General Assembly by
which Palestine has become a Non-member Observer State of the United
Nations," a statement said.
“But it also said it was a "propitious occasion" to
recall a "common position" on Jerusalem expressed by the
Vatican and the Palestine Liberation Organization when the two sides
signed a basic agreement on their bilateral relations in 2000.
“Thursday's statement called for "an internationally
guaranteed special statute" for Jerusalem, aimed at
'safeguarding the freedom of religion and of conscience, the identity
and sacred character of Jerusalem as a Holy City, (and) respect for,
and freedom of, access to its holy places.'”
Philip Pullella also recognized in his article that “The Vatican's
re-stating of its position on Jerusalem, which has remained mostly
dormant for years, was bound to irk Israel, which says there is no
need for an international status for Jerusalem because those
guarantees already exist.
“Israel declared Jerusalem its "united and eternal"
capital in 1980 after annexing East Jerusalem in the Six Day War in
1967. World powers have not recognized the annexation.
“Palestinians want East Jerusalem to be the capital of an eventual
state.
“Israel has always resisted the
concept of any form of international mandate over Jerusalem.”
Israel maintains that it already
guarantees the city's special nature as sacred to the three great
monotheistic religions - Christianity, Judaism and Islam.
The Vatican and Israel established full diplomatic relations in 1994.
Both Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict visited the Jewish state and
Palestinian territories.
(Reuters Reporting By Philip Pullella,
Editing by Stacey Joyce)
What
did the major Protestant Reformers teach about the Antichrist? Whether
you agree with them or not, it's important to realize what they taught.
The following quotations are not intented to foster ill will toward any
human being, for this would be contrary to teaching of Jesus Christ
(John 13:34, 35), but rather to simply present what some of the most
influential Christian leaders who have ever lived believed about "the
little horn" (Daniel 7:8), "the beast" (Revelation 13:1), and "the man
of sin" (2 Thessalonians 2:3) - about Antichrist.
Martin Luther (1483-1546) (Lutheran): "Luther ... proved, by the
revelations of Daniel and St. John, by the epistles of St. Paul, St.
Peter, and St. Jude, that the reign of Antichrist, predicted and
described in the Bible, was the Papacy ... And all the people did say,
Amen! A holy terror siezed their souls. It was Antichrist whom they
beheld seated on the pontifical throne. This new idea, which derived
greater strength from the prophetic descriptions launched forth by
Luther into the midst of his contemporaries, inflicted the most terrible
blow on Rome." Taken from J. H. Merle D'aubigne's History of the Reformation of the Sixteen Century, book vi, chapter xii, p. 215.
Based
on prophetic studies, Martin Luther finally declared, "We here are of
the conviction that the papacy is the seat of the true and real
Antichrist." (Aug. 18, 1520). Taken from The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, by LeRoy Froom. Vol. 2., pg. 121.
John
Calvin (1509-1564) (Presbyterian): "Some persons think us too severe
and censorious when we call the Roman pontiff Antichrist. But those who
are of this opinion do not consider that they bring the same charge of
presumption against Paul himself, after whom we speak and whose language
we adopt... I shall briefly show that (Paul's words in II Thess. 2) are
not capable of any other interpretation than that which applies them to
the Papacy." Taken from Institutesof the Christian Religion, by John Calvin.
John
Knox (1505-1572) (Scotch Presbyterian): John Knox sought to counteract
"that tyranny which the pope himself has for so many ages exercised over
the church." As with Luther, he finally concluded that the Papacy was
"the very antichrist, and son of perdition, of whom Paul speaks." The Zurich Letters, by John Knox, pg. 199.
Thomas
Cranmer (1489-1556) (Anglican): "Whereof it followeth Rome to be the
seat of antichrist, and the pope to be very antichrist himself. I could
prove the same by many other scriptures, old writers, and strong
reasons." (Referring to prophecies in Revelation and Daniel.) Works by Cranmer, Vol. 1, pp. 6-7.
Roger
Williams (1603-1683) (First Baptist Pastor in America): Pastor Williams
spoke of the Pope as "the pretended Vicar of Christ on earth, who sits
as God over the Temple of God, exalting himself not only above all
that is called God, but over the souls and consciences of all his
vassals, yea over the Spirit of Christ, over the Holy Spirit, yea, and
God himself...speaking against the God of heaven, thinking to change
times and laws; but he is the son of perdition (II Thess. 2)." The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, by Froom, Vol. 3, pg. 52.
The
Westminster Confession of Faith (1647): "There is no other head of the
church but the Lord Jesus Christ. Nor can the pope of Rome in any sense
be head thereof; but is that Antichrist, that man of sin and son of
perdition that exalteth himself in the church against Christ and all
that is called God." Taken from Philip Schaff's, The Creeds of Christendom,With a History and Critical Notes, III, p. 658, 659, ch. 25, sec. 6.
Cotton
Mather (1663-1728) (Congregational Theologian): "The oracles of God
foretold the rising of an Antichrist in the Christian Church: and in the
Pope of Rome, all the characteristics of that Antichrist are so
marvelously answered that if any who read the Scriptures do not see it,
there is a marvelous blindness upon them." Taken from The Fall of Babylon by Cotton Mather in Froom's book, The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, Vol. 3, pg. 113.
John
Wesley (1703-1791) (Methodist): Speaking of the Papacy, John Wesley
wrote, "He is in an emphatical sense, the Man of Sin, as he increases
all manner of sin above measure. And he is, too, properly styled the Son
of Perdition, as he has caused the death of numberless multitudes, both
of his opposers and followers... He it is...that exalteth himself above
all that is called God, or that is worshipped...claiming the highest
power, and highest honour...claiming the prerogatives which belong to
God alone." Antichrist and His Ten Kingdoms, by John Wesley, pg. 110.
A
Great Cloud of Witnesses: "Wycliffe, Tyndale, Luther, Calvin, Cranmer;
in the seventeenth century, Bunyan, the translators of the King James
Bible and the men who published the Westminster and Baptist confessions
of Faith; Sir Isaac Newton, Wesley, Whitfield, Jonathan Edwards; and
more recently Spurgeon, Bishop J.C. Ryle and Dr. Martin Lloyd-Jones;
these men among countless others, all saw the office of the Papacy as
the antichrist." Taken from All Roads Lead to Rome, by Michael de Semlyen. Dorchestor House Publications, p. 205. 1991.
VATICAN CITY—Pope Benedict XVI called on Christians Sunday not to heed doomsday warnings that the world will end on December 21.
During his weekly Angelus address from the window of his Vatican
apartments on Saint Peter’s Square, Benedict spoke of extracts from the
bible which speak of “the sun and moon going out, the stars falling from the sky.”
Several films
and documentaries have promoted the idea that the ancient Mayan
calendar predicts that doomsday is next month, on December 21, 2012.
But Benedict said that Jesus “does not describe the end of the world, and when he uses apocalyptic images, he is not acting the prophet.
“On the contrary, he wants to stop his disciples of every epoch
from being curious over dates, forecasts, and wants to give them the key
to… the right road to walk today and tomorrow to enter into the eternal
life,” he added.
So far the new Muslim Brotherhood regime in Egypt has withdrawn
its ambassador, sent its Prime Minister into Gaza, apparently
accompanied by a special Egyptian army unit, to show solidarity with
Hamas. And President
Morsi has begun threatening Israel in increasingly blunt terms"
"Egypt will continue to support Gaza against continued
attacks from Israeli armed forces, President Mohamed Morsi reiterated
on Friday.
“The price will be high if the aggression continues,”
Morsi said after he performed Friday prayers in Fatma Al-Sharbatly
Mosque in Cairo’s Fifth Settlement.
“Egypt is different from yesterday,” he added. “We
assure them [Israel] that the price will be high for continued
aggression, and [we tell them] you have to bear the responsibility.”
During Morsi’s speech, worshipers chanted: “Khaybar,
Khaybar, Oh Jews, the army of Mohamed will return,”
That’s the equivalent of German soccer fans chanting,
“Auschwitz, Auschwitz.” It’s a reference to the
historical Muslim ethnic cleansing, enslavement and massacre of Jews.
Is this the start of a final conflict that the Bible predicts WILL occur? Probably not, as probably the Plain Truth is that we have some more time left: But this attack is coming. It is long overdo, and the world will be spun into turmoil over it. Gas prices will double, food prices will surge and a God predicted Anti-Jew and Anti-American (we are Israel too) feeling will dominate the media and world leaders. Eventually a Middle Eastern conflict will cause the world leaders to get dragged into a World War III, and Armageddon: The eventual return of Christ. Sounds incredible, but God says this will happen. The time is getting shorter, and the more we leave God out of our lives (and nation) the sooner these events will unfold.
from The Telegraph:
Battleships, aircraft carriers, minesweepers and submarines from 25 nations
are converging on the strategically important Strait of Hormuz in an
unprecedented show of force as Israel and Iran move towards the brink of
war.
Western leaders are convinced that Iran will retaliate to any attack by
attempting to mine or blockade the shipping lane through which passes around
18 million barrels of oil every day, approximately 35 per cent of the
world’s petroleum traded by sea.
A blockade would have a catastrophic effect on the fragile economies of
Britain, Europe the United States and Japan, all of which rely heavily on
oil and gas supplies from the Gulf.
The Strait of Hormuz is one of the world’s most congested international
waterways. It is only 21 miles wide at its narrowest point and is bordered
by the Iranian coast to the north and the United Arab Emirates to the south.
In preparation for any pre-emptive or retaliatory action by Iran, warships
from more than 25 countries, including the United States, Britain, France,
Saudi Arabia and the UAE, will today begin an annual 12-day exercise. More>>>>>>>>>>>
English: Orthographic map of Libya (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Bob Barney: Before this latest news, last night I republished articles on why we need to always be watching events in the Middle east. Our Bible, yours and mine, regardless of the translation warns us that the end of man's rule will be in the Middle East.
For years many
religious experts and ministers have taught that the plagues described
in the Bible (Matthew 24 and the Book of Revelation) as already
happening. However these experts have made a serious error concerning
these prophecies. They are correct to say that we are living in the "end
times" but honestly the first century Church and the epistles of the
Bible tell us that! We have been living in the "end times" now for about
1900 years! Jesus, in his famous Olivet prophecy (Matthew 24) gave
exact clues to help us pinpoint the times right before he returns to
earth. Although he goes on to say that no man (including Jesus) would
know the exact time, if we look for certain signs, we will have an idea
about when these times are very close.
I have been warning people that many
things must still occur before the return of Jesus. Here is a short list
of what HAS NOT happened yet:
1) The rise of the King of the North (Assyria) 2) The rise of the end time King of the South (Saudi Arabia and the entire Muslim world) 3) The rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem 4) The near destruction of Israel. 5) The revealing of the false prophet and the beast (as a part of this King of the North) 6) The plagues of Matt 24 and Revelation
The events in Egypt, Syria and Libya are just a start of the formation of the God predicted "King of the South," which will be a kingdom of Muslim states that will make war with the King of the North (Europe). America, on the other hand, and Canada and Britain will be at the end time, in captivity and no longer a world power (read this incredible prediction here.) STAY AWAKE! YOU ARE WITNESSING GOD'S PREDICTIONS THIS VERY DAY!
Gunmen had attacked and set fire to the U.S.
consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi, the cradle of last year's
uprising against Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year rule, late on Tuesday evening
as another assault was mounted on the U.S. embassy in Cairo.
The
California-born ambassador, Christopher Stevens, was trying to leave
the consulate building for a safer location as part of an evacuation
when gunmen launched an intense attack, apparently forcing security
personnel to withdraw.
"The
American ambassador and three staff members were killed when gunmen
fired rockets in their direction," a Libyan official in Benghazi told
Reuters. Airport sources said the bodies were due to be flown from
Benghazi to Tripoli.
The attack was
believed to have been carried out by Ansar al-Sharia, an al Qaeda-style
Sunni Islamist group that has been active in Benghazi, a Libyan
security official said. Witnesses said the mob also included tribesmen,
militia and other gunmen.
The
attack raised questions about the future U.S. diplomatic presence in
Libya, relations between Washington and Tripoli, the unstable security
situation in post-Gaddafi Libya and whether more protests might take
place in the Muslim world.
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - FEBRUARY 26: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “is determined to attack Iran before the US elections,” Israel’s Channel 10 News claimed on Monday night, and Israel is now “closer than ever” to a strike designed to thwart Iran’s nuclear drive.
The TV station’s military reporter Alon Ben-David, who earlier this year was given extensive access to the Israel Air Force as it trained for a possible attack, reported that, since upgraded sanctions against Iran have failed to force a suspension of the Iranian nuclear program in the past two months, “from the prime minister’s point of view, the time for action is getting ever closer.”
Asked by the news anchor in the Hebrew-language TV report how close Israel now was to “a decision and perhaps an attack,” Ben-David said: “It appears that we are closer than ever.”
He said it seemed that Netanyahu was not waiting for a much-discussed possible meeting with US President Barack Obama, after the UN General Assembly gathering in New York late next month — indeed, “it’s not clear that there’ll be a meeting.” In any case, said Ben-David, “I doubt Obama could say anything that would convince Netanyahu to delay a possible attack.”
The report added that Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak believe Obama would have no choice but to give backing for an Israeli attack before the US presidential elections in November.
There is considerable opposition to an Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, the report noted — with President Shimon Peres, the army’s chief of the General Staff and top generals, the intelligence community, opposition leader Shaul Mofaz, “and of course the Americans” all lined up against Israeli action at this stage.
But, noted Ben-David, it is the Israeli government that would have to take the decision, and there Netanyahu is “almost guaranteed” a majority.
Other Hebrew media reports on Tuesday also said Netanyahu had despatched a senior official, National Security Adviser Yaakov Amidror, to update the elderly spiritual leader of the Shas ultra-Orthodox coalition party, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, on the status of the Iranian nuclear program, in order to try to win over Shas government ministers’ support for an attack.
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MAY 29: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)
By Dan Williams
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's prime minister and defence minister would like to attack Iran's nuclear sites before the U.S. election in November but lack crucial support within their cabinet and military, an Israeli newspaper said on Friday.
The front-page report in the biggest-selling daily Yedioth Ahronoth came amid mounting speculation - fuelled by media leaks from both the government and its detractors at home and abroad - that war with Iran could be imminent even though it might rupture the bedrock ties between Israel and the United States.
"Were it up to Benjamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak, an Israeli military strike on the nuclear facilities in Iran would take place in the coming autumn months, before the November election in the United States," Yedioth said in the article by its two senior commentators, which appeared to draw on discussions with the defence minister but included no direct quotes.
Spokesmen for Prime Minister Netanyahu and Barak declined to comment.
Yedioth said the top Israeli leaders had failed to win over other security cabinet ministers for a strike on Iran now, against a backdrop of objections by the armed forces given the big tactical and strategic hurdles such an operation would face.
"The respect which in the past formed a halo around prime ministers and defence ministers and helped them muster a majority for military decisions, is gone, no more," Yedioth said. "Either the people are different, or the reality is different."
Israel has long threatened to attack its arch-foe, seeing a mortal menace in Iranian nuclear advances and dwindling opportunities to deal them a blow with its limited military clout. Washington has urged Israel to give diplomacy more time.
The war talk is meant, in part, to stiffen sanctions on Tehran - which denies seeking the bomb and says its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes - by conflict-wary world powers. Israel and the United States have publicly sought to play down their differences, the latter saying military force would be a last-ditch option against Iran. Continued...
It has become a distressingly familiar question. With the price of agricultural staples such as corn, soyabeans and wheat soaring for the third summer in five years, the prospect of another price shock is once again becoming a prominent concern for investors and politicians alike.
Forward by Bob Barney: A Workd War is coming. But it will not take place the way most think. The final World War (maybe some will occur first, but ultimately the one predicted in the Bible) will happen when a worldwide depression causes the reformation of the Holy Roman Empire. This is the "King of the North" as described by the prophet Daniel. He will battle against the King of the South, which will be a unified Muslim Empire which will include all of North Africa, the Middle east, Turkey and parts of the far east. It will happen, count on it. The form of government in this end-time Holy Roman Empire will be some sort of Catholic Church led socialism. See my article on this in The Plain Truth
A continuation of bailouts in Europe could ultimately spark another world war, says international investor Jim Rogers.
As an alternative, he recommends a combination of capitalism and socialism to weed out weak European banks and companies and to support the strong.
“This is how we got into World War II,” Rogers tells Yahoo, referring to Europe’s handling of its financial crisis.
“Add debt, the situation gets worse, and eventually it just collapses. Then everybody is looking for scapegoats. Politicians blame foreigners, and we’re in World War II or World War whatever.”
The Rogers solution: “Let the people who have failed, go bankrupt,” he says. “The banks and bondholders would lose money, but then you start over.”
That’s classic capitalism, Rogers says. “Bailing out zombie companies and banks has never worked. Look at Japan."
But free markets alone can’t solve the problem, Rogers says. Governments must help choose the winners and losers – and quickly.
“If you wait two years from now, five years from now, when no government has any credibility and nobody will give you any more money, then it's finished. You better get yourself a rifle and head to Asia."
Pope Benedict XVI on Monday said he plans on resigning the papal office on February 28th. Below please find his announcement.
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