PROPHETIC SIGNS THAT WE ARE IN THE END TIMES [A good summary of SOME key evidences--QX]

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The Bible gives many examples of signs that should warn us of the coming end of the age. Six such signs are given by Jesus, two characteristics are given by Paul, and eleven other occurrences are given by the prophets to occur prior to or soon after the end of the age. While we are also told we will not know the time of the End, God obviously wanted us to know when that time was getting closer. As the Christian church is increasingly drawn into the interfaith movement, and as more and more churches go into isolation, preparing to sleep through the growing attacks on their faith, perhaps God knew it would take a few signs to wake us up and remind us that we have work to do.

Unfortunately, many Christians take the verses that tell us we won't know the time of His coming to mean they should ignore any and all scripture that might warn us of this time of tribulation. Others have fallen into the trap of fearing being labeled a "conspiracy theorist" should they display an interest in the Biblical prophecies about our future on Earth. My philosophy is simple. God included it in the Bible and, since God is all knowing, we should trust that it is something we should know and study along with the rest of His Word.

It is increasingly obvious that the time of our Lord's coming is drawing near. Prophecy is being fulfilled daily, and at a faster pace than ever before. Whether you believe in a pre-tribulation rapture, or believe Christians will be witness to the full tribulation, wrath, and final judgments, matters not. The beginning of birth pains and the signs of the times should have the same effect on all of us. It should motivate us to save as many souls as we can in the time that we have left. The Great Commission tells us to be disciples to all nations, bringing the message of salvation through Christ to all people. If the Church is raptured before the tribulation, it is important that we leave behind an explanation for the trials and judgments those left behind will face. How else will they recognize the deception of the anti-Christ and seek instead the truth of the Bible? If we are to endure the tribulation along side them, we will need to be prepared to not only share the message of salvation, but share with them the reasons for God's judgment and hold it up as further proof of their need to be saved.

Below is a study of the prophetic signs God gave us as a warning of the approaching end of the age. Many of them are being fulfilled now and many will be fulfilled in the near future. I would encourage you to study prophecy, know what is coming and be prepared to share it with others.

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In Matthew24:3 Jesus was asked, "Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?" Jesus told his apostles to look for the following signs prior to his second coming and the end of the age.

Matthew 24:5 "For many will come in my name, saying, I am Christ, and will mislead many."

In the last several years many have claimed to be the Messiah. Jim Jones and David Koresh are examples of these false christs as well as countless others who are not as newsworthy. These false prophets are a prelude to the ultimate false christ, the antichrist. Many New Age groups, some even NGO's working for the United Nations, are anxiously awaiting the antichrist, preparing the way for his acceptance as the head of the hierarchy of gods and the one who will usher in world peace.

Matthew 24:6 "And you will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end."

Rumors of wars in all areas of the world now occur frequently thanks to instant media coverage and the availability of a multitude of 24-hour news sources.

Matthew 24:7 "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes."

More people have been killed in warfare in this century than at any other time in history. As the death toll rises in the Middle East, more and more countries work feverishly to develop devastating weapons of mass destruction. Add to that the expanding threat of terrorism and unpredictable dictators such as Saddam Hussein, and the potential for the outbreak of war exists in nations, kingdoms and places across the globe.

Matthew 24:7 "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes."

As white, Christian farmers are driven out of Africa in increasing numbers, and foreigners move in to replace life-sustaining crops with poppies that now supply 25% of the worlds drugs, famine spreads across the African continent. The undernourished are not limited to Africa, however. A large portion of the worlds 5 billion people suffers from a shortage of food.

Matthew 24:7 "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes."

The number and intensity of earthquakes this century is at a level higher than any other time in history. A staggering number of seismic events occur around the world daily. The earthquake seismic monitor IRIS shows all major earthquakes for the last year. Indicated by yellow and red circles, the seismic events of the last 15 days provides strong evidence of the fulfillment of Matthew 24:7 in our day. By contrast, in the years from 1890 to 1900 there was only one major earthquake in the world.

Matthew 24:8-9 "But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs. Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations on account of my name."

Christians are under attack throughout the world today. In the United States Christians still enjoy freedom to worship God without suffering much more than ridicule, hatred, or discrimination at work and school. However in many other countries such as China, Sudan, Africa, Saudi Arabia, Korea, Russia, and many Muslim nations, Christian suffer much greater persecution and often times death for their faith. During the tribulation this suffering will be worldwide and will continue even to the point of martyrdom. These first 5 signs will increase in intensity and severity as the tribulation approaches, much like the birth pangs or contractions of a pregnant woman worsen as the delivery time approaches.

Matthew 24:14 "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a witness to all the nations, and then the end shall come."

This prophecy has already been fulfilled through television, radio, missionaries, the translation of the Bible into many languages, and the internet. People all over the world now hear the message of Christ from missionaries who have the means to travel the globe, and via technology that allows us to communicate with people on the other side of the world right from our own homes, churches and offices.

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II Timothy 3:1-5,7 "But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of god; holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth."

For anyone who has watched television, read a newspaper, lost a retirement to corporate greed and corruption, or just walked outside their front door, it is obvious this prophecy has been fulfilled by our generation. Our leaders are often corrupt; our cities are filled with crime, brutality, and neon signs proclaiming our sinful, godless nature. The New Age Movement brings in increasing numbers of mystics who claim to be the enlightened ones. They are some of the most educated and influential people in our societies, and yet the most lacking in real truth.

I Timothy 4:1-3 "But the spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons. By means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron, men who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from foods which God has created to be gratefully shared in by those who believe and know the truth."

Churches today are becoming more and more ecumenical, embracing the New Age interfaith agenda, and denying Christ as the only way to salvation. Giving in to the politically correct media and a corrupt society, they have embrace homosexuality as an acceptable alternate lifestyle and preach tolerance and compromise in place of God's truth for the salvation of the world. The environmentalist movement within the New Age movement lures them into a worship of mother earth, belief in past lives, reincarnation, and Karma while demonizing all those who would eat the meat God gave us as nourishment for our bodies.

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Revelation 9:16 "And the number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them."

An army of that size had never existed until China's army reached that number in the 1960's.

Daniel 2:32-33 "The head of the statue was made of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze, its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay."

Daniel 2:40-43 "Then there will be a fourth kingdom as strong as iron; inasmuch as iron crushes and shatters all things, so like iron that breaks in pieces, it will crush and break all these in pieces. And in that you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter's clay and partly of iron, it will be a divided kingdom; but it will have the toughness of iron, and partly of pottery, so some of the kingdom will be strong and part of it will be brittle. And in that you saw the iron mixed with clay, they will combine with one another in the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, even as iron does not combine with pottery."

The fourth kingdom of iron is the Roman empire according to Daniel's interpretation of King Nebuchadnezzar's dream. The two legs are the division of the Roman empire into an eastern portion called the Byzantine empire which ended in the 1400's and a western portion based in Rome which ended in the 400's. The nations of Europe since the Roman empire dissolved have never adhered or formed one empire but continue as separate nations, however, the European Union now has 15 Member States and is preparing for the accession of 13 eastern and southern European countries.

Zephaniah 3:9 "For then I will return to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent."

Prior to the restoration of Israel in 1948, Hebrew was a dead language. Now Hebrew is spoken throughout Israel.

4. REBUILDING OF THE TEMPLE, RESTORATION OF TEMPLE WORSHIP AND ANIMAL SACRIFICES IN JERUSALEM

For several end time prophecies to be fulfilled, the temple will have to be rebuilt.

Revelation 11:2 "Leave out the court which is outside the temple and do not measure it, for it has been given to the nations; and they will tread under foot the oly city for forty-two months."

Daniel 9:27 "And he will make a firm covenant with the many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering; and on the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolation, even until a complete destruction, one that is decreed, is poured out on the one who makes desolate."

Daniel 9:26 "Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary."

Some archeologists believe that the temple mount is actually 340 feet south of the Dome of the Rock site, putting the Dome of the Rock within the Court of the Gentiles. This may be the court outside the temple that is left out.

There are many groups already working on preparations for the new temple. The blueprints are already done, the temple garments have been made, and there have already been attempts to lay the cornerstone of the temple. The only thing standing in the way of the construction of the new temple is Islam's third holiest site, the Dome of the Rock and government support for such an undertaking. Some possible scenarios for the rebuilding of the temple are as follows:

1. The persuasion and performing of miracles by the Antichrist and False Prophet convinces the Islamic world to approve the rebuilding.

2. The United Nations will negotiate the rebuilding of the temple following a war with the armies from the North (Russia and Islamic forces). This assumes that the war with the armies from the North is not the battle of Armageddon as some feel and that this attack occurs before the rapture or tribulation period begins. The supernatural destruction of the Russian army and Islamic forces will cause an outpouring of Christian worship and zeal amongst the Jewish people who will reconstruct the temple.

3. It is determined that the site of the first two temples is actually south of the Dome of the Rock, and the court of the gentiles (Dome of the Rock) will be left out of the 3rd temple.

A group in Israel called the Temple Mount Faithful have obtained most of the clothing, instruments and other equipment required for temple worship and are actively preparing for the laying of the third temple's cornerstone.

Numbers 19:2-7 "This is the statute of the law which the Lord has commanded, saying, "Speak to the sons of Israel that they bring you an unblemished red heifer in which is no defect and on which a yoke has never been placed. "You shall give it to Eleazar the priest, and it shall be brought outside the camp and be slaughtered in his presence. Next Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and sprinkle some of its blood toward the front of the tent of meeting seven times. "Then the heifer shall be burned in his sight; its hide and its flesh and its blood, with its refuse, shall be burned. "The priest shall then wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward come into the camp, but the priest shall be unclean until evening."

A red heifer will be required to be used in the process of purification described in the book of Numbers. In May 1997 the first Red Heifer was born in 2000 years. Another red Heifer was born in Israel in March of 2002.

Daniel 12:4 "But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time; many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase."

Billy Graham was quoted as saying, "ninety percent of all the engineers and scientists who have ever lived are alive today." Air travel, space travel, DNA research and human cloning are all examples of the rapid increase in knowledge in our generation.

Zephaniah 3:10-11 "From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia My worshipers, My dispersed ones, will bring My offerings. In that day you will feel no shame because of all your deeds by which you have rebelled against Me; For then I will remove from your midst your proud, exulting ones, and you will never again be haughty on My holy mountain."

In 1984, Operation Moses saw the airlift of 15,000 Jews who had already fled to refugee camps in Sudan to escape starvation. In 1991, Operation Solomon flew 20,000 Jews to Israel from Ethiopia itself. A further airlift began in June of 1999, aimed at transporting the last 3,000 members of the Quara Jewish community from northeastern Ethiopia to Israel.

Ezekiel 38:2,4,8 "Son of man, set your face toward Gog of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him. I will turn you about and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them splendidly attired, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them wielding swords. After many days you will be summoned; in the latter years you will come into the land that is restored from the sword, whose inhabitants have been gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel which had been a continual waste; but its people were brought out from the nations, and they are living securely, all of them."

In order for some end time events to occur Russia will have to be a strong nation with a strong military.

Jeremiah 23:7-8 "Therefore behold, the days are coming declares the Lord, when they will no longer say, as the Lord lives, who brought up the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, but as the Lord lives, who brought up and led back the descendants of the household of Israel from the north land and from all the countries where I have driven them. Then they will live on their own soil."

In the 1970's and 1980's there was a mass exodus of Russian Jews out of Communist Russia. In 1999 the Associated Press reported a dramatic increase in the number of Jewish immigrants from Russia, bringing the largest number of Russian Jews to Israel since the early 1990's.

Revelation 13:16-17 "And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name."

On May 10, three members of a family in Florida became the first people to receive the biochip implant. Each device, made of silicon and called a VeriChip, is a small radio transmitter about the size of a piece of rice that is injected under a person's skin. It transmits a unique personal ID number whenever it is within a few feet of a special receiver unit. VeriChip's maker describes it as "a miniaturized, implantable, radio frequency identification device (RFID) that can be used in a variety of security, emergency and healthcare applications."

Is the biochip the mark of the beast to be used by the antichrist? We can't really know. What is significant is that people are being softened to the idea of a mark or an implant as a means of maintaining security, providing medical information, and regulating a more interdependent world. As attitudes change, fears subside, and people are convinced of the need for such a mark, the true mark of the beast will be easily introduced to the world by the antichrist.

The United Nations, World Trade Organization, International Criminal Court, UN peacekeeping/police force, numerous UN NGO's, and other agencies are preliminary steps to the formation of a one world government. We now have the communications technology, transportation, and the pro-globalization media necessary to usher in the one world government headed by the antichrist. The increasing terrorist threat and the middle east conflict will only speed up the formation of this governing body as fear and promises of better security make more people willing to give up their national sovereignty for global governance.

Revelation 11:3, 7-10 "And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophecy for twelve hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth. When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them and kill them. And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which mystically is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. Those from the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days, and will not permit their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb. And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate; and they will send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth."

Television and the 24-hour news networks make it possible for people around the world to see the dead prophets and rejoice at their deaths.

Luke 21:28 "But when these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near."

Luke 21:32 "Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all things take place."

This is a FREEPMAIL I felt constrained in my spirit to share with a BELOVED FREEPER. It may be of value to others.

Some things have been changed to protect identity.

Please check out post #1402 in the PROPHETIC SIGNS OF THE END TIMES thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/1274030/posts?page=1367

God is going to increasingly make that the litmus test.

Organized RELIGION will fail and be swept onto the dung pile with the rest of 'modern' society.

A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD will be crucial for survival though many true believers will be martyred. And that post about the devout Buddhist monk's true life story says it all.

Post #1423 of that same thread is further sobering.

I wish I could say that goodness and light will win the day regarding your loved one and your family. That will only be the true for those who learn the lessons the Buddhist monk learned. I hope they don't have to go through his school and pay his tuition. Millions WON'T have THAT extra chance.

It's not a matter of wishing trouble on your loved one. It's a matter of saving her from themselves; their bankrupt values and from eternal isolation from God. The stakes are getting stark. The same is true for all of us.

I don't think that mamby pamby prayers will do a lot for anyone any more. Mamby pamby que sera sera days are over.

It's a dramatic and awesomely--brutally desperate to have to pray--WHATEVER IT TAKES, LORD, SAVE MY LOVED ONE.

BUT IT'S WORSE to NOT pray that way and have the loved one dance and slide their way into hell and eternal isolation from God when they might have been rescued from the jaws of eternal death by such desperate praying.

Wish I didn't have to speak so firmly. I just have no peace or quiet in my spirit to be less than honest with you. Prayers for all of you. Thanks for your vulnerable sharing with me.

LUB,

As for the heavy Word through Samuel Doctorian, have been crying in my heart to the Lord to do His sovereign will in each life and to anoint us to be bright lights and convicting presences and lively words everywhere through the time that remains.

As the Twin Towers fell in 2001 and three years later the earthquake happened with resulting tsunamis through Asia, seems like a pretty brisk pace to the fulfillment of all of them.

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Luke 21:34-36

34“Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap. 35For it will come upon all those who live on the face of the whole earth. 36Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.”

Rev.3:14-19, church of Laodica (lukewarm church) is the church of today.

I don't think that the messages in Rev to the churches were prophetic of the entire body of Christ... then or in the end times. If you select one message to represent the entire body of Christ (God's church... not churches) at a particular time, then you must also use the other messages to represent the entire body of Christ at some other period in time. And, since these messages are so different in nature, the body of all messages would represent a rollercoaster ride that God's Church simply hasn't been on.

I believe that the messages in Rev were specific to groups of believers at that time... however all of the common successes and failures of different churches throughout this age are most likely represented in these messages.

I'm pretty confident that my challenge is unbeatable for this reason... Failure of God's Church would have to be defined as "no Spirit-led evangelism which results in the winning of soles'. That is what the Church's mission is... and as long as the Holy Spirit is here, that Spirit-led evangelism will continue until the Holy Spirit is removed (along with us with Him)

As for a massive revival occuring, there is no revival, only attempts to minic one. What translation are using?

The signs and wonders are only beginning.
The things this world will see THIS YEAR and in the remaining years (if there are any) will be NOTHING like man has ever seen before... Lots of prophesies in the bible on this.
Think about it... what happened immediately after 9/11? If you remember, more than half of this nation was practically on it's knees!... Talk of God was all over the TV... and continues in even greater frequency today. What do you think will happen when even greater events (such as the Tsunami) start occurring with the type of frequency which leaves little doubt that God is involved? Yes... the massive revival IS occuring... it is occuring now... Bush's massive victory at the polls speaks of it. The unprecedented coverage of God and Christianity in the news today speaks of it. God's Church is winning more lost soles today than it ever has before, and this trend will continue until we have reached all corners of the earth.

While it is true all seven churches could be found operating during any one particular age, one type seemed to define the age as such.

Thus, this age, the laodican period is defined as being 'lukewarm', rejecting sound doctrine, having itching years.

As for a 'revival'much of what is preached as the Gospel is not the gospel, but a new age substitute "come join Jesus'.

The diasters that we are seeing in these days are not changing mens hearts, but after a short time they return to their old ways.

The re-election of Bush was an encouraging sign that God in His mercy maybe giving this nation some more time to repent.

Winning souls is not a sign of revival, since even in the Tribulation, souls will be won.

HERE'S A DREAM THAT CAME via FREEPMAIL from another
FREEPER. It rings true to my spirit. Would love discerning comment from those gifted in such:

"There is going to be a major disruption in a region of the world that will affect everyone. The world is now seriously out of conformance with the Will of God and what He created and intended.

There are those who would reconfigure the very creatures He has formed, and who meddle with the texture of life. For this reason, the Lord will allow a huge reorientation. If not for the action of Heaven, what God has created on earth will soon be damaged beyond recovery.

A very dramatic effect already is in progress as regards the support structures of what man calls nature. Such cannot be allowed to take the final realization of total realignment when it comes to the very way elements and life forces interact.

The event to come will surprise everyone who has offered a prognostication, and will show even recalcitrant scientists, though not all, that there is a fundamental alarm in Heaven over their arrogant and wayward course. Nothing that is artificial in a way that disrupts what God intended will be allowed to stand.

"Heed this too: the politics of denial will be struck as with a plague.

"The smallest of what lives is precious in My sight.

"The angels have their instruction from east to west, and now a timetable has been set in motion.

"When the huge light is seen, I will act in a way I have not acted before."

It was an unusual light, seen in the skies over Europe, that constituted the "great sign" of Fatima in 1938.

Sorry I didn't reply earlier... had to chew on this for a day.
First let me reclarify what we are arguing about here...
It is my belief that the church will grow stronger in the last days before the rapture... not weaker. There is a common misconception based upon an errant translation of 2 Thes. 2:3... "...that day will not come unless the falling away comes first" (some versions say apostacy, which is a mis-translation of the mis-translation). The correct translation is found in the Hebrew Names version which uses the word 'departure' (or rapture) which of course lines up with verse 7 which mentions the rapture again as the removal of the Holy Spirit from the earth (giving free reign to the anti-christ) And, of course, since the Holy Spirit indwells us, and the Lord would never leave us nor forsake us, we who have the Holy Spirit will depart with Him.

How does this relate? God's Church does not become apostate as a sign of the end times according to this verse... Of course if you believe the mis-translation, then you would have to conclude just the opposite... which leads me to my original challenge: Show me a confirming prophetic indication that God's Church (not many individuals) becomes apostate... you wont find one. I do not see evidence that there is any laodican period... only a city of Laodicea

Now to what I was chewing on for a day... Consider what we are REALLY arguing about; What prompts God to end the age of Grace and begin the age of judgment? Is it the failure of His own children? or is it the sin of the Godless? When does God decide He has had enough, and begins the great tribulation? Of course nobody knows when, but we should know why... because He has done it before. Who is the judgment against? The saved or the lost? I submit that the judgment is against the lost... for His own children escape judgment through the Blood Of Christ.

Now... about who is really winning the soles... is it christians? the church as a whole? or is it the Holy Spirit? If God really loves ALL men, then wouldn't He increase His efforts in EVERY way possible to reach the lost before He drops the hatchet? I would think so. I seriously doubt that God would give up on the lost because His bride has grown lukewarm.

I certainly understand and identify with your sentiment regarding the state of the Church. It is certainly not all that God would like it to be. Our complacency and idleness I'm sure is very frustrating to God. This is one of the reasons we will begin seeing signs and wonders... the beginning of birth pains... the beginnings of the end. These events WILL awaken a sleeping church, and the result will be revival and cleansing. Will it be that noticeable to the world? Probably not. Will it be noticeable to christians? Some are already noticing.

Bottom line... It's not about what the christians are or are not doing... it's about what the Holy Spirit is doing.

This sounds like one of those strange people with strange mystical ideas. My first reaction is that this person is what would be described as a "mystic" today. In other words a person who is inluenced more by the"paranormal" (spirits or spirit world) than by God Himself. A very deceptive thing in the last days. If you notice there is very little said about the Word of God, and that is the true measure of anything. There will be a lot of "paranormal" (above the normal) things taking place in order to deceive and prepare the way for the anti-christ, who will be the "master deceiver". The emphasis in the article was on the course of "nature", and not necessarily on the disobedience to God's Word. Jesis said that in the last days many would come saying here is Christ, or there is Christ (i.e., this represents Christ or that represents Christ). It is a fact that nature is going to go through a convulsion of sorts because of what "God's Word" says in reference to the last days before Christ's return.

Re. post #1402, I believe this is worth repeating and will do so:

'Lake of fire

But my spirit was wide awake I found myself in a powerful storm which blew everything away. Not a single tree, nothing was left standing. I was in an empty plain. After some time, I crossed a river, and saw a terrible lake of fire. I was confused, because Buddhism knows no such thing. I did not know that it was Hell until I met Yama, the King of Hell. His face was that of a lion, his feet like snakes, and he had many horns on his head. When I asked his name, he said 'I am the King of Hell, the Destroyer'. I then saw the saffron-coloured robes of Myanmar's monks in the fire, and upon looking closer, saw U Zadila Kyar Ni Kan Sayadaw's shaven head. 'Why is he in the lake of fire?' I asked. 'He was a very good teacher; his cassette "Are you a human or a dog?" helped thousands of people recognise that they are worth more than a dog.' 'Yes, he was a good teacher,' said Yama, 'but he did not believe in Jesus Christ. That's why he is in Hell.'

Buddha in Hell

I was then shown another man, with long hair bound in a ball on the left side of his head. He also wore a robe, and when I asked who he was, I was told 'Gautama, who you worship (Buddha).' I was distraught. Buddha in Hell, with all of his ethics and moral character?' 'It is not important how good he was. He did not believe in the eternal God, so he is in Hell,' answered the King of Hell. I also saw Aung San, the revolutionary leader. 'He is here because he persecuted and killed Christians, but mainly because he did not believe in Jesus Christ,' I was told. Another man was very tall, wearing armour and carrying a sword and shield. He had a wound on his forehead. He was larger than anyone else I could see, around eight feet tall. The King of Hell said 'That is Goliath, who is in Hell because he mocked the eternal God and his servant David.' I had never heard of either Goliath or David. Another 'King of Hell' approached me and asked 'Are you also going into the lake of fire?'. 'No,' I said, 'I am just here to look.' 'You are right,' the creature said. 'You only came to look. I can't find your name. You'll have to go back to where you came from.'

Two paths

On the way back, I saw two paths, one wide, one narrow. The narrow path, which I followed for about an hour, was soon made of pure gold. I could see my own reflection perfectly! A man calling himself Peter told me 'Now go back to tell the people who worship Buddha and other gods that they will end up in Hell if they do not change. They should believe in Jesus. ...'

This is a powerful example of the saving power of the Lord Jesus and of His unique position as the only savior, the only way to the Father.

#1404 snip:

'I study earthquakes and seismology in my spare time. Quake effects don't just end in a few days. They go on for weeks and there are many factors involved. This one was pretty well centered in Indonesia. I can guarantee you that it won't stay there. In my opinion, the USA is the next big target either directly or indirectly as quakes bounce. Some who study quakes know this and if they live on the West Coast, they are very nervous. It is an argument of mammoth proportions.

The SAF [San Andres Fault] in California is in bad shape, the Cascadia subduction zone is worse, and the two together could hit the diagonal line from BC to SC through the New Madrid Seismic Zone causing the fulfillment of dreams and visions like this one ... '

If this is accurate, those of us in the USA can't just send dollars to Samaritan's Purse and Operation Blessing and feel like we are finished responding to what is said to be the biggest natural disaster in 400 years. It means the next quake may be here at home, affecting our loved ones and our fellow Americans out on the west coast. Or maybe in other parts of North America.

Which means praying even more for those we know and love out thattaway as well as for everyone out there and to continue seeking Him for a revival, a harvest of souls.

Hi oceanperch, you said,

' ... just woke up from a dream ... I did have a sign in the dream when I yelled out for GOD and he DID reveal a something, it may be my mind or it may be revelant. My dream stopped and everything went White and on this blank white canvas (everywhere I looked was white) A horn of plenty was filled with fruits and vegetables as you would esee at Thanksgiving. While looking at this colored horn of plenty the Lord said "there will be MANY different events" and showing me each fruit and vegetable in the horn of plenty representing a flood, earthquake ...

Then the white all around with the one graphic of the horn of plenty left and my dreamed resumed of the tide rising around my home and in each swell I was running to King Vanity through wet sand and my heart ached with pain as I tried to rescue him. ... The pain of losing him was SO REAL. ... when I cried out to the Lord why and everything went white then the colored horn of plenty appearing with his words spoken. THAT may have been a sign as it was so out of context to the rest of the dream and he actually answered me.'

Thank you for sharing that dream. It is sobering. And my heart goes out as you want to take excellent care of your son and to keep him safe. The Lord does hear a mother's prayers, so do continue praying for King Vanity.

Might I suggest a prayer such as:

"Father God, in Jesus' Name I ask You to watch over me and my son. I ask for You to pour deliverance, salvation, and healing into us now and always until the end of time. In Jesus' Name please do Your sovereign will in our lives and bring us to the place where we seek after, choose, and walk in that. I plead the Blood of Jesus over myself and my son. I ask You to be with us always. I entrust myself and my son to Your care, in this life and in the world to come. I place my trust in You and I ask You to help me trust You more and more. I call on the Name of Jesus and it's in Jesus' Name I pray, Thank You Father God, AMEN."

re. #1421, the prophecy of great impact, towards the beginning is,

'I had seen myself in a great meeting of multitudes, and I was preaching in English. ... I was prophesying this message: "My church, you preach love, you teach love, but you need to practice love - to show love. There is need of unity in my body. There are many divisions among you. My spirit will not move and work where there is no unity. There is carnality in my church; too much uncleanness in my church. I desire and I want a holy people. I died to made you holy."'

The Samuel Doctorian prophecy is long and possibly overwhelming. I note here that it starts out with a call to the church for unity, an end to divisions. The Lord's Spirit will not move and work otherwise. We are to rid ourselves of uncleanness. He died to make us holy.

Let us take heed of this. We need a move of the Spirit. Let's not hinder that.

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