The State of the World Today! Is it the Endtimes??????

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kaylagrl

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Yes they are. Imagine I came into your house and said your house and everything in it is mine now. You can still stay here but I get to decide which rooms you can use, ECT
But that's not what happened. Palestinians were given a chance at half the land in 1948, they refused because they didn't want to share with the Jews. Israel has given land for peace, the Palestinians don't want peace. Israel has tried for years. Finally, under Trump they went around them and made peace with other countries. Ball is in their court, always has been.
 

Dude653

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I grew up Baptist and I was always taught that no one knows when the end times will be as only God knows
A lot of Christians disagree on the interpretations of scriptures and that's why you have so many different denominations
The problem is a lot of people think disagreeing is a personal front against them.
 
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kaylagrl

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I grew up Baptist and I was always taught that no one knows when the end times will be as only God knows
A lot of Christians disagree on the interpretations of scriptures and that's why you have so many different denominations
The problem is a lot of people think disagreeing is a personal front against them.

Not the day, but the season. 1948 started God's prophetic time clock.
 

shittim

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Thank you kaylagrl
"No man shall know the day or the hour" , it doesn't speak of month or year.
There is mention in the Koran that the holy land belongs to the Jews .
 

Dude653

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I have not read the Quran but even though I disagree on how the Israelites are treating the palestinians, if you were to reverse that power dynamic there's no question in my mind it would result in genocide.
 

Gojira

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Nehemiah6

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...and soon we'll hit a decline we'll never reverse.
When the judgments of Revelation come upon the earth the World Economic Forum along with all the evildoers will also be decimated. While Satan has his evil agenda for humanity, he is not in ultimate control and his time will be limited before the Second Coming of Christ. It is high time for all those who do not know Christ to be saved.
 

Dude653

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No way to know for certain. There've been other moments in history in which people thought that 'this was it'. It wasn't. Be careful not to interpret prophecy through the front page.

That being said, it sure looks like the enemy's pushing hard. Prayer for wisdom, and preparation for whatever's coming.
Yeah that's the point I'm making. 2,000 years ago people were talking about we are in the end times
 

ZNP

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No way to know for certain. There've been other moments in history in which people thought that 'this was it'. It wasn't. Be careful not to interpret prophecy through the front page.

That being said, it sure looks like the enemy's pushing hard. Prayer for wisdom, and preparation for whatever's coming.
What newspaper stories are you talking about? Israel being reformed? The prophecy on that is the generation which can be as much as 80 years. So you have until 2029 before we see Jesus returning in the clouds.

Are you talking about the newspaper story with the Euphrates drying up?

Or are you talking about the newspaper story with the 5 red heifers coming to Israel so they can rebuild the temple and begin the oblation and sacrifices again?

Or are you talking about the newspaper stories concerning the rabbis saying they are talking with the Messiah?

Or are you talking about the news story that Chrislam just went up Mt. Sinai to come up with 10 new commandments for their one world religion?

Or are you talking about COP27 and the one world government?
 
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You are a joke. Quote your Bible verse. You made a claim that the Bible said something that it doesn't now, back it up!

Everyone needs to be warned this is who is telling you to not watch for the Lord's return. You want to listen to him or to the Lord Jesus?

Matthew 24:42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

Matthew 25:13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

Mark 13:33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

Mark 13:35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:

Mark 13:37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
I agree we are in the end times the sings are all around us, the coming NWO is probably the beast, people should wake up we are at the begining of the end times.
 

JohnDB

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Yeah that's the point I'm making. 2,000 years ago people were talking about we are in the end times
Exactly...
There are "ages" listed in scripture...which is why Jesus was so sad when John the Baptist was beheaded...it was the signal that Jesus's time left on Earth was going to be close to the end of that "age".

Temple worship "age" ended about 40 years later and the Jews were scattered.

Constantine's victory signified that another "age" had ended and another was to begin.

The "Dark Ages" was another "age" that came and went.

The Reformation was another "age" that came and went.

The slow fall and dissolution of the British Empire was another age that came and went just like the Roman Empire. (The sun truly never set on the British Empire....from China to Canada and many points in between in both Southern and Northern Hemispheres)

All viewpoints are represented in scriptures and history....Preterist, Partial Preterist, Historicist, Futurist....and the A-millenial viewpoints.

Does this mean that there's not going to be a final eschatology?

NO

God said to Adam, "Cursed is the Earth because of you". Meaning that the world will end.

If we are always ready then "we" have nothing to fear because God is always good to those who love him...God alone has his finger on the big red button that will destroy the world. Nobody can do it unless God ordains the pushing. (Past Presidents have tried and gotten jerked up and stopped if you want to know the whole truth)

And as you have said numerous times...we won't know when the day, week, month, or year will come. We just know to be "always ready".
 

ZNP

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2Thessalonians 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

 

Gojira

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What newspaper stories are you talking about? Israel being reformed? The prophecy on that is the generation which can be as much as 80 years. So you have until 2029 before we see Jesus returning in the clouds.

Are you talking about the newspaper story with the Euphrates drying up?

Or are you talking about the newspaper story with the 5 red heifers coming to Israel so they can rebuild the temple and begin the oblation and sacrifices again?

Or are you talking about the newspaper stories concerning the rabbis saying they are talking with the Messiah?

Or are you talking about the news story that Chrislam just went up Mt. Sinai to come up with 10 new commandments for their one world religion?

Or are you talking about COP27 and the one world government?
All of this kind of weird nonsense we hear all the time. This sign, that person... supposedly the Mullahs in Iran have the Imad Mahdi, but are hiding him or something. That guys fits the description of the beast like none other. Yet.. the beast is apparently supposed to originate in Rome. This is why it was the Italian dictator of the last century who some believed was the antichrist. Before that, it was the line of popes. The EU was supposed to be the 10-horned beast. Now, it's what... 26? So, I watch these things come and go and have learned to not take them seriously until one of them actually sticks.

And, we keep hearing prognostications of Christ's return. You think by 12/31/29 Jesus is returning? I challenge you then to start a fast on the 31st and commit to remaining on it until He returns.

I do believe these things are going to happen. But, those prophecies will not make sense except to that generation for whom they apply. Until then, we need to be careful about this conspiracy theory or that event that shows things are (supposedly) lining up. Secularists laugh at us when we start making predictions and they fail to come to pass. They hate us without cause. Let's not add to that by giving cause to them.

That being said, I could really see this virtual currency thing (or, some future similar development) being used by the antichrist to make sure that people who are on the "wrong" side of the spiritual fence don't get to buy food.

Either way, we are to be perpetually ready -- no matter what our personal opinions are or how the times appear.
 

Gojira

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Yeah that's the point I'm making. 2,000 years ago people were talking about we are in the end times
Well, while we need to be careful about jumping at everything that looks like a prophetic fulfillment, it is ultimately on God's timetable. Peter wrote (2 Peter 3:3-9)...

Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.” But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water. By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed. By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.

But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
 
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this parable will appliy to you if you are not ready. the sings of the times , globalisation etc... are now evident. get some oil now before it is too late.

matthew 25

The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins
25 “Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, 4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept.

6 “And at midnight a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom [a]is coming; go out to meet him!’ 7 Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ 9 But the wise answered, saying, ‘No, lest there should not be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’ 10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut.

11 “Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ 12 But he answered and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.’

13 “Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour [b]in which the Son of Man is coming.
 

ZNP

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All of this kind of weird nonsense we hear all the time. This sign, that person... supposedly the Mullahs in Iran have the Imad Mahdi, but are hiding him or something. That guys fits the description of the beast like none other. Yet.. the beast is apparently supposed to originate in Rome. This is why it was the Italian dictator of the last century who some believed was the antichrist. Before that, it was the line of popes. The EU was supposed to be the 10-horned beast. Now, it's what... 26? So, I watch these things come and go and have learned to not take them seriously until one of them actually sticks.

And, we keep hearing prognostications of Christ's return. You think by 12/31/29 Jesus is returning? I challenge you then to start a fast on the 31st and commit to remaining on it until He returns.

I do believe these things are going to happen. But, those prophecies will not make sense except to that generation for whom they apply. Until then, we need to be careful about this conspiracy theory or that event that shows things are (supposedly) lining up. Secularists laugh at us when we start making predictions and they fail to come to pass. They hate us without cause. Let's not add to that by giving cause to them.

That being said, I could really see this virtual currency thing (or, some future similar development) being used by the antichrist to make sure that people who are on the "wrong" side of the spiritual fence don't get to buy food.

Either way, we are to be perpetually ready -- no matter what our personal opinions are or how the times appear.
When they release Man's ten commandments, God will release the real ten commandments

Daniel 9:27 And He shall confirm the covenant with the many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease.


John 5:43 I am come in my Father's name and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.


Why are they smashing ten commandments on the top of Mt. Sinai? What do the ten commandments have to do with climate change or environmental activism? Obviously it has nothing to do with that, but it does tell us what is coming. They will blame all environmental catastrophes on people who hold to the ten commandments, in other words, people of faith. What they are saying is they refuse to be held accountable for stealing, idolatry, covetousness, rebellion, and murder. There is going to be a scape goat and it will be Christians and Jews. What does the Lord call people who claim to be Christians and yet go along with smashing the ten commandments? That is the synagogue of Satan. This isn't conjecture, they are calling all the faiths of the world to unite. Are they uniting in stomping on the Tripitaka? How about on the Koran? How about the Kojiki?

So they claim the problem is the carbon footprint and this will open the door for the mark of the beast. With this digital currency they can control everything you consume and thereby determine if you have exceeded your carbon totals. But in reality it gives the government total and complete control over people, just like you brand cattle. The Christians will refuse to take this mark and so they will be called environmental terrorists and executed.

So don't be confused, they say this was kicked off by an Israeli activist, in other words it was a staged act of repentance. However, Edom was the brother of Jacob and they have always acted in this sinister way of trying to wipe out the Jews. They claim to be Jews but they aren't they are Edomites. A good example is the Rothschilds. The name means Red Sign. People accuse the Jews of being evil bankers, running Hollywood and being behind all kinds of evil. Actually they are Edomites masquerading as Jews.

Please note: Ron Wyatt was told by an angel that "when they release man's ten commandments, God will release the real ten commandments". God will release these truths before He brings the final judgement on the Earth. (Ron Wyatt, 1991).

They call what they are doing "repentance" but instead of repenting of sin they are repenting of the Bible, of following the Bible, of listening to God condemn sin. It is the ultimate rebellion of sinners against God. Laodicea refers to the "church of the people", it is the church with their own rules that rejects Jesus as Lord. It is the synagogue of Satan.

The table they smashed had "broken promises" written in Hebrew. Not only are they rebelling against God they are accusing God of being a liar.

But the bottom line is they are calling for "a new covenant". We have never seen this before.

Total hypocrisy. They claim that since they are part of humanity "they have a right to survive"! What about the babies they abort? Oh, in that case they have a right to kill.


https://rumble.com/v1vd6fy-mans-10-commandments-confirmed-11182022.html
 

ZNP

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Well, while we need to be careful about jumping at everything that looks like a prophetic fulfillment, it is ultimately on God's timetable. Peter wrote (2 Peter 3:3-9)...

Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.”
Does this really apply to Dude, did he ever say this? I mean it is quoted for a reason. Hmmm, OK, I guess that is exactly what he said, you are right, my bad.

But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water. By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed. By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
Come on, has Dude "deliberately" forgotten? That would only be true if he is deliberately ignoring all the recent fulfillment of prophecy. Well, the Lord will judge, He knows the thoughts and intents of the heart.

But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
Thank God, He doesn't want us to go to hell and is giving us every possible warning because He is merciful and wants everyone to repent of their sins and come to the full knowledge of God.
 

shittim

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Amen, it is NOT His will that any perish.
Dude and any who lean on their own understanding are missing the mark.

We will know neither the day or hour, by default then we can know the season.
He has made it very clear we are to be aware.