Mat 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those
days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the
stars shall fall from heaven,
and the powers of
the heavens shall be shaken:
Mar 13:24 But in those days, after that tribulation,
the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
Mar 13:25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the
powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.
Luk 21:25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in
the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with
perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
Luk 21:26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for
looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of
heaven shall be shaken.
Signs.
Gen_1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the
firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for
signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years
Signs in the sun,
the moon, the stars- the lights that are
in the firmament of the heaven.
We've seen signs in
the sun, moon, and stars, and we cannot discount these signs.
The scientists of
our world love to explain away any sign.
Yet even as they explain it away with natural phenomena, don't they
realize who controls the natural phenomena?
They explain that away as well.
Jesus went about
casting out evil spirits- spirits that would TALK to Him as separate entities,
and our scientists today would simply say that those people had multiple
personalities. We read our Bibles and we are told that Jesus was tempted in the
wilderness by Satan himself, and the scientist would simply say- He was
hallucinating. The Bible tells us that
there is a great controversy between Christ and Satan, between Love and evil-
and scientist simply say that those figures are just made up people that don't really exist.
Do you believe in
God?
If you believe in
God then you have to believe in all He says in His Word.
People can explain
away anything they'd like to explain away, it's easy to do and they do it all
the time.
I believe in God. I
believe in His word. I believe in what He tells me. The sun, moon, and stars are to be used as
signs.
We've had signs- The
Great Dark Day, Moon as Blood- May 19, 1780. The Star Shower of November 13,
1833. And yes, scientist can explain
them away- smoke and not unique. That
doesn't matter not a single bit because GOD uses all things for His
design. The smoke, the rare natural
occurrence, all wrought by GOD!
What are these signs
designed for? Gullible people? Gullible for what purpose? Salvation?
Seriously- if you
believe in God, in salvation, you are hurting NO ONE at all. You are choosing
to believe in LOVE, true LOVE.
The signs God gives
to us in the sun, moon, and stars are ALL designed to open our eyes! To wake us
up! To make us look! To shake us out of our stupor! WAKE UP! He wants us to WATCH and PRAY!
In Luke we read even
more--
Luk 21:25...upon the
earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
Luk 21:26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for
looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of
heaven shall be shaken.
Distress of nations
with perplexity- sea and waves roaring.
Let's read an
excerpt-
'"The Distress
of Nations" -- Verses 24 and 25 of Luke 21 are closely associated
together. The KJV tends to obscure this close relationship. In both verses, the
English words, "Gentiles" and "nations" are translated from
the SAME Greek word. Using the word - nations - in each instance, these verses
would read - "And Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the nations (eqnwn),
until the times of the nations (eqnwn) be fulfilled. And there shall be signs
in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars, and upon earth distress of
nations (eqnwn), with perplexity." In other words, the ending of "the
times of the Gentiles," or nations is closely associated with "the
distress of nations, with perplexity."
The Greek word for
"DISTRESS" is Vunoch which means "imprisoned, in the narrows, or
straits." The added phrase - "with perplexity" (en aporia)
conveys the picture of nations unable to meet the demands placed upon them
financially, or the inability to solve the monetary stress. (See The Vocabulary
of the Greek New Testament by Moulton & Milligan, both articles, aporew
& aporia)
It is an interesting
fact that the same year which marked the closing period of the times of the
Gentiles - 1967 - is also the year which marked the beginning of the financial
woes of the nations. In a Special Issue (July 4, 1974) of Myers' Finance &
Energy, C. V. Myers wrote: [Gordon Tether in the London Financial Times (June
28, 1974) noted Myers as being "the well-known Canadian financial
expert."] - It has now been established over the course of the last seven
years - since 1967 - that there is nothing in this world the international
monetary authorities can do to stem the advance of gold, or to stem the
collapse of inflation - or to avoid the enormous deflation - the global
liquidity crunch - and the resulting depressions. Don't doubt this. The
monetary morons have demonstrated it to you time and again. Fail! Fail! Fail!
For seven years
things have gone from bad to worse; the US$ has been devalued; inflation has
undermined world confidence in money; and now the bankruptcies come.(pp. 2-3)
Again in 1975, Myers
wrote: -- From all that I have observed of international [monetary] conferences
since 1967 I do not believe that any conference is going to come up with any
workable answer. It seems that the situation will just continue to deteriorate.
Only six months ago
we heard every monetary authority in the world shouting, "either we lick
inflation or we are doomed. This is the battle of the century." President
Ford said, we have a war, and we intend to fight this war against inflation. The
way he is fighting the war against inflation is to add a $70 to $100 billion
deficit to the U.S. budget. What happened to all the dire predictions of the
result of inflation?
All brains are
stunned. They see no answer - so now they begin to think no answer is
necessary. Or at least they have decided there is no use thinking about it at
all. Therefore, I can only see as the end product, as I have repeatedly said in
these letters - and especially after attending the big world meetings of IMF -
the answer is a total collapse.
Either the countries
will have to go back to a system which will stabilize the money, such as gold -
or the social order, not only of the United States, but of all the industrial
world, will disintegrate, and from the enormous confusion new governments will
arise after much suffering and
p 8 -- bloodshed,
starvation and horror. Those governments would be dictatorships.
Recently D'Estaing
observed: "The world is unhappy. It is unhappy because it doesn't know
where it is going, and because it senses that if it knew, it would discover
that it was heading for disaster. ... The crisis the world knows today will be
a long one. It is not a passing difficulty. It is actually the recognition of
permanent change." (Ibid., March 11, 1975, pp. 1-2)
In the May 24, 1976
issue of his financial letter, Myers again cites the year 1967 as the base year
for the beginning of the monetary perplexities which have gripped the nations
since then. He wrote - "An enormous war has been going on between the forces
of paper and the forces of gold since 1967 when SDR's were first
proposed." Then he lists a "score card" in the battle between
gold and the paper, Special Drawing Rights:
(1) The IMF recommendation of Special Drawing
Rights in 1967.
(2) The IMF official acceptance of SDR's, 1969,
and the creation of 9.5 billion SDR's during 1970, 1971, and 1972.
(3) Nixon's break with gold, August, 1971, and
the end of the world monetary system devised at Bretton Woods.
(4) The IMF decision to sell 25 million ounces
of gold at 16 auctions over the next two years - thus depleting the
international money system of important gold reserves. (p. 1; see Exhibit #4)
In a letter dated,
April 23, 1976, Myers noted - "Gold is to money what DEITY is to religion.
Without a deity the moral code disappears. Without gold the morality of money
disappears: Morality because money loses its store of value, and the man who sweated
and worked has lost the fruits of his labor, and that is immoral." In
Newsweek (June 19, 1978, p. 21) in an article on the tax revolt, the writer
noted "Since 1967, the value of the dollar has declined 47.6 percent, and
the average American working family is now barely better off in real dollars
than it was a decade ago." The connection between the sign Jesus gave to
mark the conclusion of the times of the Gentiles or nations, and the beginning
of the "distress of nations" is inescapable. The fact that we are
living in this very time should cause us to do some very serious thinking. --
This excerpt was
taken from the following--
THE HOUR AND THE END
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Luk 21:26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for
looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of
heaven shall be shaken.
Truth.
Recently we've had A
LOT of reaffirmation of the nearness of our Savior's return.
We've had more and
more natural disasters, we've had meteorites falling to earth, we've had an
economy tank here in the U.S. and worldwide, and truly we are living in the
times of FEARFUL living.
We are studying the
SIGNS and we are doing this so we will NOT be caught unaware!
Please LORD, help us
to keep our eyes opened allowing the Holy Spirit to guide us in all ways! Let
us see the signs and hold FAST to YOU remaining safe and secure in YOUR LOVE,
knowing that no matter what comes upon the earth that we are not to be afraid
in YOU!
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