This is a free copy of my book with 10 recurring signs/events from the Bible that repeat themselves 4 times and say we are at the End Time. It was seven posts and I condensed it to one and got rid of a lot. It is a long post, but still free and now all in one piece.
A Little Further Down the
Path
(This is a
Meat Only Version)
A Question Asked
Many years ago when I first started walking the way the Lord wanted me
to walk. At least I felt it was the way he wanted me to walk. Many things
troubled my
mind.
Some things I could not grasp. The rest of what I am about to write
started because I asked this simple
question “If you are a kind, caring and loving God and if the Jewish people are
your Chosen People, how could you allow what happened the Jewish People in
World War Two to happen to them?”
The question was answered one day shortly later as I was going through
the Bible and came to the verses in Jeremiah the sixteenth chapter. It talks about the Lord bringing the Jewish
people back into the land of Israel and tells in detail how he will do it. However when I got to verse eighteen it
jumped out at me. Suddenly it was all
clear and made sense to me. God punished
the people when he kicked them out of the land.
He also punished them again before he bought them back. He punished their sin double for their
iniquity just as he had said. Double, just as his Word said. That is what the King James Version of the
Bible says. It was not the answer I had expected, but it was very clear to me.
God said it and God did it. That gave me a certain peace that even in this day
and age God could and can still be counted on to honor his Word. It especially touched me as the second part
happened within the span of my life.
There is a warning that comes with it though. The Bible says all the
prophecies shall come to pass before this generation passes from the earth.
That verse has been preached to me all my life. I was born on December 7th the day World War
II started for America. Not the same year though. My father was born on August 6th the day it
ended, or at least the start of the end, as it is the day they dropped the bomb
on Hiroshima. My father often quoted the
verse that says the first shall be last and the last shall be first. This Bible
study has bought that verse home to me.
Sometimes the road of life takes a detour. As a truck driver, or should I say a retired
truck driver, that is one thing I do know about. At forty some pages into this I went on a long break. However my
own mortality is pushing me to get this finished. My God is an awesome God. Just before sitting down here I was reading a
story in Chicken Soup for the Soul. The story related how sometimes in life it
isn’t about winning, but about finishing.
Well this story has been forty one plus years in the writing. Hopefully the Good Lord will let me stick
around long enough to finish.
My goal is to try and explain my understanding of a revelation or
experience I had back in January 1967.
More correctly it is an ongoing revelation that has unfolded itself over
an extremely long period of time. It has
taken long enough that I have been dead once already. I have come to understand
the concept of mortality. Since my
experience in 1967 this has been an ongoing thing. It all started, at least the
revelation part, from asking the Lord a simple question. At least I thought it was simple.
At this point let me clarify one thing. Do I feel called in a special
way? The answer is a great big “NO”, but
I do feel blessed? Yes I do beyond measure.
The revelations I am speaking of are not some great new thing that
nobody else knows, but revelations in the sense that I have read some things
many, many times and never got them, but suddenly for whatever reason it makes
sense in a new and powerful way. Things
that make me see God’s hand has always been and still is working for the
benefit of mankind.
Suddenly the light came on and it finally became clearer to me where the
Lord had been leading me. About 1992
when I was helping my daughter Angelica, do a paper on Martin Luther and his
impact on the world, things started to come into focus. As we studied I realized that from the time
Martin Luther nailed his treatise on the door of the church in Germany. It had been exactly four hundred thirty one
years later that the nation of Israel had been founded. My heart almost skipped a beat when I
realized what I was reading. When I
consider the other events and people who were contemporaries with Martin Luther
which is just a coincidence I am sure, except the Word of God says In Daniel
that there will be an explosion of knowledge and understanding. I find it strange that at about the same time
the printing press was invented.
Leonardo Da Vince, Michelangelo, Columbus and Galileo were some of his
contemporaries. It was an explosion
which opened the whole world up to the Bible which was predicted many times in
the Bible.
The prophecy in Daniel 12: 4 also agrees
that this is the end time. Knowledge is
definitely being increased and the whole world is going to and fro, just as the
prophecy says. Traveling and knowledge
are both in explosion modes. You would
have to live in a cave or be in total denial not to see these things going on
in the world around us. My goal is not
to prophesy, but to present the events contained in scripture in a manner that
anyone in the world may plainly see it.
Then they can decide what to do with it.
A verse from Exodus 12:41, had
been stuck in my head for years and I did not know why. However the Lord started opening my
understanding. Soon I would have four
periods of 430 years rolling around in my head.
Then I found the verse in Micah 7:15 and I knew I was onto something and
it would not let me rest. It kept
drawing in more numbers, dates and events that all fit together like the pieces
of a puzzle.
As intrigued as I was at finding this time span, it did not work. It had to be “four hundred thirty years to
the day” to confirm and coincide with prophetic scripture given in Exodus
12:40-41, which had troubled me for years.
Maybe I was wrong in my understanding.
My belief was that Israel had become a nation in nineteen forty
eight. So I got out the World Book
Encyclopedia and researched Israel’s history.
Much to my surprise I was wrong.
Israel had been officially approved as a nation by the United Nations in
November 1947. It was not a physical
fact till May of 1948. However I understand at the moment God says it, it is
fact. There are several Bible scriptures
that bear that truth out. It had to be
the very selfsame day as proclaimed in Exodus 12:40-41. It had to be 430 years
to the day. At present it is only twenty
days off, but if one goes back to day they started writing the paperwork, it
may be exact. That is something I will
have to do some research on.
Over the years I had discovered three periods of 430 years in the Old
Testament and a verse from Micah 7:15 which made me sure that there was some
significance. Then reading in Amos it
talked of God judging nations for three times and then a forth. Having found
three time frames in the Old Testament this time frame from Martin Luther, till
the founding of Israel made a forth.
Just like all the other nations.
As I said there is a 430 year period mentioned in Exodus and I think we
are in one now. The other two are pretty
easy to find Ezekiel 4:5-6 lays out a period, but you have to use a little math
as one period is 390 years followed by a 40 year period which totals 430. A 430 year period is also mentioned in
Galatians 3:17 which references from the rebuilding of the temple till coming
of Jesus.
The 430 year periods alone are significant, but there are about ten
other events that I have found that have a recurring patterns. Together they all say we are in a time that
was prophesied from the beginning of time. The fact that Jesus spent his last
night on earth warning us to be ready for the end says it is important. He would not have mentioned it or wasted His
time if it had not been something that would affect us. Especially if we are that end time
generation.
The Chart Above Gives All The References
The Killing of Children
Some things come in steps and they kind of slap you in the face when you
are least expecting them. I was reading
in Matthew about the birth of Jesus and how the king sent and killed all the
children less than two years of age. His
seers and prophets warned him that an heir to the throne of Israel was due to
be born according to the historical writings.
That it was time for the Messiah to come. His method of dealing with the
situation was to eliminate the problem, namely the children.
This reminded me of the story of Moses and how as a baby his family had
hid him. It had been because the ruler of Egypt was worried that there were too
many Jewish slaves and that they should be reduced in number. The Pharaoh
passed an edict that all Jewish male children should be drowned. However the
girls would live. At this time it became clear to me that Satan works in the
same way all the time. Some may not believe in Satan, but if you believe the
Word of God then you do.
These two events did not take long for me to connect them with the
abortions happening in this day and age.
There is definitely a pattern of Satan trying to prevent God from
bringing forth his messengers to each age.
Knowing there are to be two witnesses to the end time, this made
the pattern plain. So I started looking
for a connection to the 430 years that led to the Babylonian captivity and
found it in Isaiah 57:5. It wasn’t till
I read Leviticus 20:2-5 that I saw God’s view on the matter and then I realized
quickly why America has had such a fall from Grace and decline as a
country. If you would like further
confirmation take time to read Deuteronomy 28 and the Blessings and Curses the
Lord puts on nations that follow him or fail to.
In John 10:10 it says “the thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to
kill and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might
have it more abundantly.” It does not say devil or Satan in this verse. However John clarifies it in 1st John 3:8
when he makes it clear who Jesus was talking about. In chapter ten it was Jesus talking about the
thief. However in 1st John it is John
speaking when he says “He that commits sin is of the devil; for the devil was
sinning from the beginning. For this
purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the
devil.” Any group that uses murder to accomplish their goals is working for the
devil or Satan. They certainly are not working for God. Therefore if Allah
condones murder, he is not representing the God of Abraham. Sorry but you can’t have it both ways. On the other hand you can’t be a Christian
nation and have a constitution that guarantees the right to life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness and be killing newborn children. If God creates life in both cases you are
acting against God.
In Genesis 9:6, which is long before Abraham, it says “Whoso sheds man’s
blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.”
This is long before the Ten Commandments. It shows God considers taking a life
a very serious offense. God abhors violence. Any group that advocates it is
certainly not speaking for God. John made it clear who they are speaking for.
In Genesis 6:5-11 it makes clear that man’s heart was evil and that the earth
was filled with violence. That is why
God bought the flood on the earth. It was to punish evil.
In Leviticus 20:2-5 God makes it very clear what his opinion of people
who destroy children is. God says it is society’s duty to destroy a person who
kills children. If society does not
punish the individual they will share in his judgment. God has no tolerance for
it. Just as it happened in Moses time, God judged the people of Egypt before he
took the Israelites out by killing all their first born.. It also happened in the time period that
caused Israel to go into captivity in Babylon.
It makes clear that Solomon in 1st Kings 11: did build a place for
Molech before Jerusalem. 2nd Kings 23:10
that King Josiah had to deal with the alter’s of Molech. Molech was the God children were sacrificed
to. In Jeremiah it is made clear as to
how God felt about the issue. In Jeremiah 32:30-36 God tells them what their
short comings were and that there was a price to pay. Verse thirty five in particular refers again
to the sacrifice of children. Even
Isaiah spoke of the matter in 57:5.
In this day and age people think nothing of sacrificing the children to
get what they want. Is it a house, a
car, a career, or maybe they just do not want the problems of raising
children. Me, Myself and I are the most
important things to most of this generation. Anything that interferes with
their personal wants and desires is not acceptable to them. If it feels good do
it. Consequences do not matter. They will deal with that when the time comes. Then
they wonder why their lives are so messed up. Why no one cares about them and
what they want. Hate to say this but caring is a two way street. When they
treat the world like their door mat why are they surprised when the dirt comes
back on them?
Realizing the attitude toward abortion and sex in this day and age made
me realize we are ripe for the pouring out of God’s wrath on the world.
Remember in Amos it said and for a fourth time. Is this the fourth time. Does
the time we live in have similarities to the earlier times? Looking at the violence alone is enough to
make one realize this is not the best of times.
Are we as Christians to blame for not showing the world there is a
better way? When Christianity is mass marketed and made to fit in the garbage
bag the world has become one has to wonder.
Ten minutes of watching television and your morale values will take a
serious beating if you have any. It is
okay though it is just part of the package. At least that is what most of the
world believes. Am I saying there is nothing good on television? No I am not,
but I am saying what little good it offers is buried under a pile of
garbage. Who or what is the guide to
determine the path we walk? A life
without direction is a life without hope as far as I am concerned. It is not my
responsibility to change the world is it?
In Isaiah 57:5 that tells of the destruction of children. It is part of the reason they were sent into
the Babylonian captivity. So now if I
count the killing of the children in this day and age, there are
four times the killing of children is mentioned. So are we are in a 430 year period at this
time in history. It is clear God’s time
clock is still ticking. Discovering this
made me take a harder look at recurring events in the Bible, especially events
that are in or follow 430 year periods.
The Seventy Year Periods
With the discovery of the 430 year periods came another time frame.
Israel went into the captivity in Babylon for seventy years. The Bible makes clear that they went into the
captivity for polluting the Sabbaths.
They did not observe the Sabbath as a day of rest as they were supposed
to do. Think that might have anything to
do with the falling standards in America.
It seems pretty possible to me. Especially when looking back on my youth
and knowing just sixty years ago America pretty much observed the Sabbath and
the churches were full of people.
With very little research I found that from the birth of Jesus to the
destruction of the temple in Israel was a period of seventy years. That was
fine and dandy but I did not see a seventy year period at the time of Moses,
but it did not take me long to find one.
God is good to His Word. I found
the seventy year period entirely by accident while reading in Joshua.
In Joshua 14:7, Joshua says that when Moses sent him in to search out
the Promised Land he was forty years of age.
That means after wondering in wilderness for forty years he was eighty
years old when he actually entered the Promised Land. It then says in Joshua 24:29 that Joshua
having done all God gave him to do laid down and died being 110 years old. Well forty years from one hundred and ten
leaves a period of seventy years. It means it took him thirty years to conquer
the Promised Land once they entered into it.
The Messengers
Each age or period of time had or has a messenger also. In the time of Moses it was him. In the time of the captivity it was the prophets. In the time of Jesus it was Jesus, in the
final time is to be the two witnesses to the end time. The Bible says the two witnesses will be slain for their testimony and
the whole world will see them lying in the streets of Jerusalem for three
days. At the end of three days they will
be called up to heaven with a shout from God. You would find that in Revelation
11:7-12. They shall be raised from the
dead. Fulfilling the scripture that says
the dead in Christ shall rise first.
Lastly those that are left in Christ shall be called up. One point that definitely makes this is an
end time event, and in the here and now. Is that the whole world shall see
them. That is something that could not
have happened till this present time and the advent of satellite technology.
In Matthew 24:6 Jesus is giving a description of the things that are
going to come to pass and what must happen.
He clearly says they shall hear of the things to come. In 24:14 Jesus states once his gospel is preached
in all the world, the end shall come. He
follows that in verse 15 by saying, they shall “see.” That is not a slip because the rest of the
way through his description he continues to use the word see. I believe it is significant and intentional.
The Word
God gave or sent His Word to each age also. In the time of Moses, God
wrote on the tablets and gave them to Moses to share with the people. During the period of the captivity II
Chronicles 34: 15-18 tells the story of finding God’s Word behind the alter and
bringing it out and reading it to the people.
Jesus was the Incarnate Word of God and gave the Word to his time. Finally the one I find interesting is that
the Dead Sea Scrolls were found in 1946.
After World War II but before Israel physically reoccupied the land. The scrolls prove God’s Word is unchanged
over almost a 4,000 year period. God
confirmed the Bible we have is still valid especially the Old Testament.
It amazes me and makes my head spin.
The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in the short period between the end
of World War II and the birth of the nation Israel. The scriptures found after more than two
thousand years verify the truth of the Bible we have today. That they were found by a shepherd boy is
another proof of God’s being in the details.
He revealed many of his plans through shepherds he called up as
prophets.
It was as if God was saying here you go.
This is no coincidence it is all in my plans and here is proof I said
it. Yet they did not bring it out and read it to the people. The powers that be
hid it and supposedly studied and verified it.
That is appropriate for the mind set in this day and age. When they found a lost book of the law in II
Chronicles 34, they bought it out and read it to the people and they
repented. Today mankind is not in the
mood to repent or be bothered by such matters.
Some people do want to know what God has to say, but in this day and age
they are searching in a dry land. There
is a great thirst that needs to be tended to. In this day and age many of the
mega ministries are too busy proclaiming the eminent doom of the world to
preach the gospel of salvation.
Spreading the gospel is what Christ commanded us to do. He did not tell us to go out and meddle in
world affairs and try and set the stage for his coming. That is what many mega churches are trying to
do.
Egypt
Each time period in the Old Testament had a tie to Egypt, or Africa, in
some way also. Moses led the people out
of Egypt, Jeremiah was taken to Egypt during the captivity. Joseph took Jesus and his family and fled to
Egypt till kind Herod would no longer be a threat. What about this day and age. We need to keep looking but it is interesting
that Obama’s Father was from Africa. I
do not think he is the Anti-Christ, but he could definitely be the fore
runner. Just as John the Baptist was for
Christ.
Blood
When the Israelites prepared to come up out of Egypt they spread the
blood of the lamb on the wooden doorposts as a sign for the Passover. During the captivity it says in Habakkuk 2:11
that the pouring out of blood was a sign and the doorposts (wood) would cry
out. Christ was crucified on and wooden
cross and it was his blood on the cross.
This one is a stretch but think about it. Martin Luther nailed his treatise, on the
Word of God, to the wooden door of the church.
To me it signals the return of Christ in the Spirit. I say that based on Acts 1:11 and that the
Angels said as they saw him go up, so he would return. He went up nailed to the Cross. At least that is where it started.
Fire
Each period has a period or test of fire. In Deuteronomy 4:20 it says
they came up out of the furnaces of Egypt.
At the time of the captivity it tells how in Daniel 3 they were cast
into the furnace. Jesus several times
spoke of and warned of the fires to come.
Finally in Revelations 9:18 it speaks of a third part of men being
destroyed by fire and brimstone.
God’s Timetable not Mans
One last revelation from scripture at least as I see it. First Peter 3:8
says a day with the Lord is as a thousand years. Also in Matthew 16: 4 Jesus states the only
sign that shall be given is the sign of Jonah.
That has been a problem for many people as in Matthew 12: 40 Jesus says
he shall be in the earth three days and nights as Jonah was.
Many say Jesus was killed on Friday and resurrected on Sunday that is
only three days and two nights. It has
made for many interesting speculations and interpretations that sometimes are a
stretch. Well here is another one. Using
First Peter 3:8 as a basis, or time frame, it works out a little
different. If the period before the
cross was at the end of the fourth day it makes for some interesting
speculation.
It was followed by two thousand years or two days on the Lord’s
timetable. So when Jesus breaks the
eastern sky it will be the start of the seventh day, or the Day of the
Lord. It says in Revelations 16: 10 that
the beast and his kingdom is full of darkness.
With a concordance and looking up the word darkness one discovers from
Jesus word that those who do not follow him will be in darkness. Those that are caught up to be with him are
in his presence and that God is the light of heaven
It is also interesting that since the Biblical start of the world we are
entering the seventh day or the Day of the Lord. There were roughly four thousand years before
Christ’s birth and two thousand years since.
At a thousand years for a day we are definitely dawning on the seventh
day. Another reason to believe we may be
nearing the end. Actually there is no
end. There is only a change of situation
and relationship.
Mark of the Beast
Another thing people are dwelling on is the mark of the beast. That can get very weird, but there may be a
simple explanation for it. If one takes
the alphabet and attributes numbers for letters. Such as A= 1 B=2 C=3 and so on. Then take the Hebrew alphabet and the letter
that translates into the English W is the sixth letter. Based on that the letters WWW in Hebrew could
be translated 666. As Satan is not
omnipotent the web is as close as he can come.
It is something to ponder.
If you turn on the news channel on your television it quickly becomes
clear who is at work in the world today.
It says in Isaiah 54:16 God created the waster to destroy. In other words Satan does all God allows him
to do. It will all work out the way God
plans for it to in the end. That is
something Satan does not seem to grasp. He
has no power over us other than what we give him. We chose to be weak and surrender to get
things and our way in this world. What
many do not realize is that God’s way is the High Way. If we are not living in
line with God’s Word we are living a dangerous life.
The purpose of this writing is not to try and set a date for the
end. Jesus made it clear we would not
know the hour or the day. However he did
say we would be able to discern the time.
Seventy years from 1947 would be 2017.
That would be the end of the 500 year period, but in Daniel he speaks of
a 490 y He also mentions and additional forty five years. ear period. That would put the end in 2007 but guess what
we are still here. Was the first half of Daniel’s seventieth week fulfilled at
the time of Christ? It is not why he
informed us of the events that were to come.
He informed us so we could help lead other souls to the Lord. That is our purpose for being and it should
be the focus of our lives.
It is funny Jesus taught in parables and most of us do not get
them. When you consider his first
miracle was in essence a parable it would pay us to get it figured out. The
Word of God makes it clear that knowledge can keep us from destruction. Yet many wander aimlessly without a
clue. Not knowing and not caring. Often
I hear it said God’s love is unconditional.
That is not true, because if it were we would still be in the Garden of
Eden and Satan would still be in heaven.
However we are not, so that means he expects things of us. One of the
principle ones is obedience and reverence for him and his Word.
The parable I was speaking of is when Jesus turned the water into wine.
He took six [the number of man] earthen vessels [what man is made from] and
filled them with water [the substance of life] and turned it into wine [filled
it with the spirit]. That is pretty neat
I think. Even with that God created plants at a higher level than us. Why is
that, well plants make oxygen, they can live without us but we can’t live
without them. They need carbon dioxide
to survive, but they can get that from the smoke of fires. God loves green
things. That can be proven by reading
Revelations 4: 3 where it states God’s throne is surrounded by and emerald
[green] rainbow. If you have ever flown
you have seen some of the many shades of green that make up the earth. It also says in the Bible that God hates
those who destroy the earth. Just some
points to ponder if you are one of those that has it all figured out.
Basically if we are lost it is because we do not want to be found. Many Christians do not want to deal with
issues and problems in their lives. They
feel they would have to give up to much.
The truth is they would be free from the
bondage of life if they would surrender
to the Lord. That is hard to do. God won’t force His Will on us. Satan does not hesitate to try and make things
look good and enticing, but that is how he operates.
If one is not walking in the way one should that can be a very humbling
experience if you are smart enough to learn from your mistakes. If God or the
Bible mean nothing to you it may be easy to overlook it all. However my understanding is that ignorance is
not bliss. It is just a way of heaping
fire on the coals so to speak. In James 2:19 it makes it clear even the demons
know God and tremble. The Bible also
says all one has to do is look at all the signs of creation before us and we
cannot help but believe. Some say I do not believe all that stuff. I believe in
evolution.
It is far easier for me to believe
some divine force created it all than believe that order springs from chaos. It
really denies the laws of physics as I understand them. Once things come into existence they begin to
decay not create or become something new. The only thing evolution does is deny
the view that we are responsible for our actions. It is much easier to go thru
life, for some, not feeling the need to be accountable. After all I am just “surviving” is the logic
they operate from.
Creation means things have order and from order comes purpose and
reason. Things do not just happen. As for me that means a lot. It gives me
peace and a sense of direction in my life.
I am not hopelessly drifting waiting for the next asteroid to wipe us
out. Even if it does wipe us out. My
life had purpose and meaning while I was here.
God does not answer to me. He is in charge and there is purpose in all
he does.
To me one that has no direction, no
purpose and no meaning to life is a person I cannot understand. If all we can
do is hang on till we die. Why waste the time.
It is not going to matter anyhow.
Why not just get in the checkout line.
Which is what a lot of the people on substance abuse are doing one high
at a time. After all it does not matter. We are not going to get out of here
alive anyhow. If one can truly believe all that, it makes for the saddest state
of existence I can even imagine. It
seems to me that somewhere down the line they missed something. Of course they say I found something that
does not exist or matter.
In answer to that I have to say this.
I can’t prove either one of us is right beyond a shadow of a doubt. However if I am wrong, all I have done is
lived a life where I tried to hurt no one and help others as much as I am able
and make my existence mean something. If I am wrong, and they are right,
according to them, all that happens to me is nothing. Yet if I am right and they are wrong where
does that leave them? Well I do not even
like to think about that. That is scary.
Are We in the End Times?
The question of if we are in the end times is one of the most frequent
questions I hear as I travel around and talk to people. What is surprising to me it that people who do
not believe in the Bible or God do believe the world is headed towards destruction
or an end as we know it. What is strange
is that many of the reasons they give are the same ones that Jesus gave as
signs of his coming.
Even the apostles believed it was the time of the end and that the end
was eminent. When you read in Revelations
22:12-13 and 19-20 Christ says, “Surely I come quickly.” Also James 5:8, 1st
Peter 2:9, 1st Peter 4:7 for a few references.
It also says in Jude 18 that many will mock those who say it is the end
time. Peter reinforces that in 2nd Peter
3:3-4 by telling how there will be scoffers walking after their own lusts and
saying where is the promise of his coming.
They will argue nothing has changed since the beginning of
creation. They go even farther today and
even question if there was a creation at all.
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