johnny botwright said:
Its not about being worked up, or spending time and money unwisely.
Jesus says, you shall know the truth and the truth shall set/make you free.
He said that under the condition that IF we stay in His Word. It's easy to get distracted from what His Word declares, especially today with all the things happenning on this earth. These are exciting but perilous times we're living in.
johnny botwright said:
I spoke to a man once, his eight month pregnent wife, three lovely children, himself, had just made it out of Rwanda by the skin of their teeth.
2500 plus people were massacred behind them, at the refugee crossing point,
he and his family were tutsi, had they been caught by the hutus, they would have all been slaughtered.
they had lost every thing, he was a lawyer, for an oil company in Rwanda,
there friends reletives, still trapped in Rwanda, gone was their home, money, he had about $2.00 to his name,
but the reality in his face, when he said, i thank God so much , we are alive and together.
Yes, I'm aware of how the worst persecutions going on today appears to be in foreign nations outside the West. I also hear of The LORD doing a lot of miracles there too among those who believe on His Son. It's like the tribulation has already started for those. Yet that's the very point I'm talking about, as to just what type of tribulation the "great tribulation" upon God's people is to be, per God's Word.
When our Lord Jesus warned about the time of "great tribulation", He was especially giving a warning about a false messiah doing wonders and great signs that would almost deceive His own elect (Matt.24). That's pointing to a time of safety for some, that as long as you believe on and bow to that false messiah. That's why it's the deceived who will be saying "Peace and safety" like Apostle Paul showed. We have yet to see that happen in any nation today, and the prophecy sets it to happen in Jerusalem specifically.
johnny botwright said:
also if the kings of the East, is not an army, why is the river dried up so they can cross.
The Euphrates river was the northern border of the lands God promised to Israel (2 Sam.8:3). It also serves as a symbolic border between God's people and Satan's host.
Rev 9:12-15
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
(KJV)
The four angels bound at the river Euphrates is a 6th trumpet event. It's on the 2nd woe period, which is covered from Rev.9:12 to Rev.11:14 (Rev.10 is parenthetical, a chapter giving more info, like a look at the forest instead of focusing on the trees). These four angels are prepared to be loosed at a certain time, a set time. That "for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year" is an expression for a set time. That is pointing to the time of the great tribulation, the 6th trumpet - 2nd woe. But Christ returns on the 7th trumpet - 3rd woe, which is also when the battle of Armageddon happens. That's why this 2nd woe event is not Armageddon. The idea is the symbolic border (Euphrates) between God's people and Satan's host being opened, in order to begin the great tribulation time. It is linked with Rev.12:7 forward when the dragon comes to the earth to persecute the symbolic woman.
johnny botwright said:
Jesus also spoke about the abomination surrounding Jerusalem, armies, not just standing where it should not be standing.
Where did our Lord Jesus say the "abomination of desolation" was about an army? He did not teach that idea. Instead, that's a twist by man used to confuse what He did teach about the abomination of desolation, the setting up of idol worship inside a temple in Jerusalem (Dan.11; Matt.24). Don't you remember the end of Rev.13 teaching of how the dragon sets up a image of the beast for all to bow down in worship to? Nebuchadnezzar did the same thing in Daniel's days. With the placing of the abomination that makes desolate per Dan.11, that's to occur in Jerusalem.
johnny botwright said:
how many armies surround Israel at the present. including the different factions, hamas, ect
im not talking about rumours of war, im talking about armies that will come agaisnt Israel,
many feel things could kick of sooner rather than later, any time soon,
are you saying this is not going to be the case, and as watchmen, we do not need sound the alarm in zion,?
Don't put words in my mouth. What I'm writing here is not difficult to understand. I'm not writing in some foreign language here. We are definitely seeing today the alignment of nations given in Ezekiel 38 coming forth, but it's still not complete yet. That's pointing to Russia, Libya, Ethiopia (Sudan), the area of Armenia, Turkey, and Iran-Iraq, all together, coming to invade the land of Israel, all at once. We definitely have not seen all those nations gathered as one army coming upon Israel at the same time. Instead, they are only pecking at Israel, just as they've done for most of the last 50 years. But keep watching that event, you're very correct to be watching for that.
Jerusalem has been seiged and taken by different armies something like 27 times in its history. There will be a 28th time, but that will be after the tribulation, not before it. The Pre-trib doctrines try to move that event to before the tribulation, which is totally out of line with Bible prophecy.
johnny botwright said:
would you also say there is no truth, that there is an agenda,? concerning those in the ruling elite pyramid, illuminati, free masons bilderberg, skull and bones ect, who serve satan, to start world war three, nuclear, bio, the depopulation of the planet,economic collapse. while they go to ground in their under ground bases.
as some people suggest. johnny
Yes and no. Caroll Quigley, a Georgetown University professor and an 'insider', revealed some things in his 1960's book Tragedy And Hope which got his book knocked out publishing. He showed the northeastern U.S. "establishment" often works with the Communists, and has no problem doing so. That suggests to me an insider operation to do whatever works in order to bring their one world government idea into existence. They're using the concept of 'the end justifies the means.' That just so happens to be the ultimate goal of Communism too. They both are working together to join all nations together under their one world system. It's about control over all nations. Quigley revealed that even though many U.S. military leaders were against using atomic weapons upon Japan, the insiders pushed to use it, and that for the purpose of ushering the world into the idea of nuclear war so as to 'force' the concept of nations joining in world peace, i.e., one world government.
So would they use nuclear weapons in order to bring all nations into a one world government? They already have, and it was upon Japan. The real truth in that, is their goal for a one world government. That is the ONLY reason they would create strife and wars, to make the people and nations say, 'uncle'. After WWI they pushed the League of Nations idea, and many western nations refused it, especially the United States. What happened later? WWII. And in 1945-47 the United States signed onto the U.N. Charter, giving up some of its national sovereignty. (I think it was a guy named Hiss that was one of the main U.S. State Dept. reps at that U.N. signing in San Francisco. He was later discovered to be a Soviet spy).
But do they want to destroy the earth and all people off it? No. They want to rule over the earth, and try to create a world kingdom to their liking in order to serve their god, the devil. And what is it the devil most wants? The devil wants to be GOD. He wants to be worshipped and recognized as GOD. He wants to sit in God's Place over the congregation (Isa.14; Ezek.28).
So like I said, and our Lord Jesus showed, don't be deceived by wars and rumours of wars, for as long as that is going on, the end is not yet (Mark 13:7). Also, God is in control of all this. He has ordained to let the nations gather together in the end so as to pour out His cup of wrath upon them (Zeph.3:8). We need to see His Victory in that, and not see the enemy as having any real power of their own. I sometimes laugh at the thought of their future defeat, especially with all the time and planning for centuries Satan's servants on earth have spent on their one world agenda. And in one hour The LORD is going to strike it all down.