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| 1 Timothy 4:1-2 "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the last days some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron." |
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| Luke 21 17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. 18 But there shall not an hair of your head perish. 19 In your patience possess ye your souls. 20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. 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; 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. 27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. 32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. 33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. 34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. 35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. 36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. |
| Wake Up!!! Romans 13 11And do this, understanding the present time. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. 12The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. 13Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. 14Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the sinful nature.[3] |
| Warning!!!!!! Ephesians 5 1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; 2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. 3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; 4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. 5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. 7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them. 8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: 9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) 10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. 12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. 13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. 14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. 15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, 16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. 18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; 19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; 20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; |
| 2 Timothy 3 1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, 12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. 13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. 14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; 15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. |
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| Hal nails it.... Planet Earth's Wake Up Call by Hal Lindsey - www.hallindsey.com At least 150,000 lives were suddenly snuffed out. A shocking percentage of them were under the age of twelve years old. This disaster has forced nearly everyone to confront the uncomfortable issue of sudden and unexpected death. Yet there is one thing in life we must all face – we are all going to die. We may hurl charges against 'god' that He has 'unfairly allowed' such catastrophe to snuff out the lives of so many young people, but in the end – death is a certainty to us all. Because most people today act as though this life as all there is, death is the ultimate tragedy. Especially, if those who die didn't have a chance 'to get the most out of this life.' Death is to be avoided at all costs for as long as possible. People who normally do not believe in God nevertheless pour outrage at God for allowing such 'unjust tragedy' to happen. In one-way or another the world charges, "Why does God allow such horrible things to happen 'to good people'"? In view of all this, I am going to present God's perspective of this question. First, God declares that He created all men to live forever. But because of mankind's rebellion against Him, man now has two destinations in eternity. Every person who does not restore his relationship with God will spend eternity away from God in a place of isolation and outer darkness. This consequence is so great, that God Himself stepped out of eternity into time in the person of Jesus Christ in order pay our penalty for rebellion. On that basis, God offers each person who will receive it a free gift of pardon and eternity with Him. The most familiar verses in the Bible are based on this reality, "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil." (John 3:16-19 NAS) You see, from God's perspective the ultimate tragedy is not the age or nature of your death. The ultimate tragedy is to die without resolving where you will spend eternity. Now I know that this is not a popular idea for he world to confront. But Truth is truth no matter how much man chooses to deceive himself about it. Second, when you look at life from the perspective of eternity, what may be considered a tragedy to the world may not be so at all. God says this world is only a preparation for eternity. Therefore if a person dies suddenly at a young age, it may be a blessing rather than a curse. The Bible teaches that if a person dies before the age of accountability, he is automatically covered by the atonement of Jesus Christ because he didn't have the ability to make a decision. There are many people in heaven from the Tsunami that wouldn't have been there if they had lived out their life. In great catastrophe, true believers in Jesus Christ are killed along with those who are not. However this is not a tragedy to the believer. God says, "Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints." (Psalm 116:15 NKJ) To the world, such a statement is incomprehensible. But the Bible teaches that every believer is a saint in the eyes of God. The word means one set apart as God's possession. So when he dies, it is a homecoming. All pain, sorrows and tears are over. God says, "Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord – for we walk by faith, not by sight – we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home [literally face to face] with the Lord." (2 Corinthians 5:6-8 NASU) Third, the one who understands life in view of eternity lives with a different purpose. He realizes that there is no guarantee on the length and condition of this life. God says, "Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. Instead, you ought to say, 'If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that'." (James 4:14-15 NAS) Each one of us is blazing a vapor trail across the sky of time. God tells us it is the love and good we do for our fellow man what He will remember from our brief 'vapor trail' in time. And we will be rewarded forever for everything we do in faith for Him. Finally, Jesus Christ spoke out about those who self-righteously look upon catastrophes and pass judgment that those who perished most have been greater sinners than everyone else. "Now on the same occasion there were some present who reported to Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. And Jesus said to them, 'Do you suppose that these Galileans were greater sinners than all other Galileans because they suffered this fate? I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. Or do you suppose that those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them were worse culprits than all the men who live in Jerusalem? I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish'." (Luke 13:1-5 NAS) Such catastrophes as The Sumatran earthquake-tsunami should be viewed with humility and compassion. Apart from God's intervening grace, we could all fall victim to "natural disasters". The Bible teaches that such catastrophes are the result of an earth that is living on the curse resulting from man's fall. We live in "Cosmos Diabolicus". The Bible says, "We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the Evil One." Jesus warned that Satan is "The Ruler of this world." (John 14:30) The book of Job reveals that Satan has the authority and power to unleash great "natural disasters." Jesus also warned that as the time for His Return drew near, natural catastrophes would increase in frequency and destructive power. He particularly mentioned great earthquakes and paralyzing fear because of the "roaring of the waves of the sea." We are at the time of these signs that Jesus called "birth pains." Therefore the greatest priority is to win as many people to faith in Christ as possible and to grow in faith so as to be able to face the crises that surely are coming. The time is at hand. Make sure that you have received God's free gift of pardon through Christ's death in your place. Pray right now and receive Him. Tell Him you want Him to come in and change your life to His will. Your eternal destiny depends upon your decision. |
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| Missing the essential point - Hal Lindsey WorldNetDaily.com - www.hallindsey.com The blame games have begun. The Democrats are blaming George Bush and the Republicans for the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe. The New Orleans mayor is blaming the federal government for not acting quickly and adequately enough. The Louisiana governor is also blaming President Bush for insufficient action before the disaster. The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Homeland Security are both seeking to dodge blame by pleading that "Katrina was beyond anything their departments could have anticipated." All of this quibbling about "who's to blame" misses the essential point. The essential point is this: If all of our politicians and agencies could not properly prepare to handle a catastrophe like Hurricane Katrina – when we had at least 48 hours prior warning – how can we possibly handle multiple, simultaneous nuclear strikes by Muslim terrorists on our cities? Whoever is to blame, the handling of Katrina was unnecessarily more catastrophic than it should have been. Our jihadist Muslim enemies saw how unprepared we are to cope with a large natural disaster. And what they saw proved in real time how effectively a single massive strike on an American city can throw the entire country into disarray. All political partisanship and rear-end-covering arguments need to be set aside in order to focus all our energies on preparing for a certain forthcoming holocaust. By virtually unanimous agreement, a nuclear strike on the United States by Muslim terrorists is inevitable. Endless parades of experts have testified before Congress that it isn't a case of "if," but "when." Osama bin Laden claims to possess nuclear weapons. By now, we should know enough to take his claims seriously. His claim is feasible. Former Russian security adviser Aleksandr Lebed testified before Congress in 1998 that some 80 to 100 suitcase-size nuclear weapons are missing from the Russian arsenal. Shortly thereafter, Lebed was killed in a mysterious helicopter crash. Putin's government denies any missing Russian nuclear weapons. But Alexey Yablokov, an adviser to former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, has also repeated Lebed's claim. Former U.S. Deputy Energy Secretary Charles Curtis doesn't buy Kremlin assurances either: "We believe we have a full accounting of all of Russia's strategic weapons, but when it comes to tactical weapons – the suitcase variety – we do not know, and I'm not sure they do, either." Indeed, a Russian defense official in charge of nuclear weapons security isn't sure at all. Igor Valynkin, chief of the Defense Ministry's 12th Main Directorate, recently told Izvestya that Moscow has ruled out joint security cooperation with the United States in securing nuclear arms. Valynkin said, "Russia's nuclear weapons storage facilities are not yet fully equipped with modern means of physical protection." Following the collapse of the old Soviet Union, the Ukraine found itself in possession of several hundred nuclear suitcase devices the KGB designed for use as demolition weapons by Russian Special Forces. Each of these nuclear devices has a yield of about 600 kilotons. That is about the same as the Hiroshima bomb dropped on Japan in 1945. The Soviets always denied they existed. But following the Soviet Union's collapse, we learned that the KGB not only miniaturized nuclear weapons, they also developed "backpack nukes." These terrorist dream weapons remain unaccounted for to this day. The nuclear suitcases that went missing in 1991 from the former Soviet Union only weigh about 60 pounds, yet they pack the power that leveled Hiroshima. It is rumored that bin Laden bought as many as 20 of these from Chechen rebels. The Arab newspaper, al-Hayat, reported in February 2004 that Osama bin Laden bought some of these devices from the Ukraine in 1998. Al-Hayat wrote that "bin-Laden is storing them for possible use somewhere, some time – most probably against American cities." Suppose a Muslim suicide jihadist drove up to the center of a major city with one of these devices in his trunk and pulled the trigger? Where his car was would be a radioactive crater 200 feet deep and a thousand feet wide. Nothing recognizable would remain within at least 3,200 feet from the center of the crater (that's more than a half mile). There would only remain a few building foundations. For two miles in all directions, only the strongest buildings would remain standing. Ninety-eight percent of the population within that radius would have died instantly. Three miles out, nearly everything would be destroyed. Half of the population within this ring would be dead. At least 40 percent would be seriously injured. At five miles from ground zero, most single-family homes would be destroyed. Five percent of the population within this ring would be killed, and 40 percent would be injured. Seven miles out, flying glass, debris and thermal radiation would injure 25 percent. The remaining seventy-five percent would not be visibly injured, but most would absorb lethal doses of radiation from the radioactive debris. And we must remember – al-Qaida always coordinates multiple attacks in the same operation. Therefore, we should expect that many cities in the United States would be hit with this nightmare scenario in the same hour. I am not trying to frighten you. I am reporting what every reliable indicator warns is coming. In this kind of disaster, only Christians with a firm faith in Jesus Christ and His promises will be able to emotionally survive. So prepare now. This is exactly the kind of situation for which I wrote "Faith for Earth's Final Hour." But I believe there is another essential point being missed. Since America has forsaken the Christian principles on which our country was founded and on which all our founding documents were based, God's gracious protection that is so evident in American history is being withdrawn. We are also forcing God's people, Israel, into indefensible positions in the land God swore on oath to give them forever. I believe unless there is a major national repentance, America is in for worse catastrophes than can possibly be imagined. God help us. |
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