As I was typing this I looked up and it had disappeared so that said here I go again--

As I was typing this I looked up and it had disappeared so that said here I go again-- Several decades ago (strange even my 4 sons recall this) let's go down memory lane-- Do ANY of you recall a WATCH NIGHT SERVICE where we all met at church on New Years Eve and from 11:30-12 midnight you could find us in a circle holding hands PRAYING IN THE NEW YEAR--as the bells tolled our prayers were at the Throne of God this was followed by TRUE fellowship in the fellowship hall until 2 or 3 a.m. We never missed that time as it was the most important time in the year we as a family after I married did this for many years (some church friends could NOT understand what we were doing--) Those prayers I am convinced still ring down through the portals of Glory and have covered me,my family and friends That said GOD BLESS YOU ALL MY FACE BOOK FRIENDS AND FAMILY--you will find me in MY WAR ROOM Thank you all for being a part of my life this year and years to come LOOK UP HE COULD COME TONIGHT!!!! 2016 welcome. In The Masters Service

What a glorious day

What a glorious day --it started with skype from Cebu and seeing my grands aND Charles and Melody what A BLESSING IT WAS MY Christ mas CALL (WE ALL KNOW THE CONNECTIONS WOULD BE BAD ON Christ mas DAY) they are all well and loking good THEN later this a.m. I log on and boom MY 2 GRANDS from Virginia Beach are smiling at me what a blessing I SAW/heard from ALL 4 of my grands--wish I could give a collective group huggggggg followed by a single hugggggggggggggg for ech one Thank you Lord for blessing me far more than I deserve Thanks Jon n Trista and Charles and Melody for these wonderful blessings maybe next year we can be together in one home never know what the Lord has in store. Hugggsss and kissesssssssssss Honey loves you all so much

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, January 5, 2015 For-Profit College Kaplan To Refund Federal Financial Aid Under Settlement With United States

Over $1 Million will be paid in the form of tuition refunds for 289 students Over $1 Million will be paid in the form of tuition refunds for 289 students Kaplan Higher Education (“Kaplan”), a leading for-profit education company with campuses located throughout the country, will pay roughly $1.3 million under a civil settlement with the United States Department of Justice. The settlement resolves whistleblower allegations that the company employed unqualified instructors at its campuses in Texas, Acting U.S. Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr. announced today. Kaplan operates for-profit colleges on several campuses in Texas, including Kaplan College – San Antonio (San Pedro) and Kaplan College – San Antonio (Ingram). These campuses offer a mix of degree and diploma programs, such as a Medical Assistant Diploma program designed to train students for entry-level positions in the health care field. Many of Kaplan’s students receive financial assistance under federal programs that help eligible students obtain higher education. These federal programs, authorized under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (“Title IV”), include the Federal Pell Grant Program, Federal Direct Loan Program, and Federal Family Education Loan Program, among others. The Department of Justice began investigating Kaplan after a whistleblower, Leslie Coleman, filed a qui tam lawsuit under the False Claims Act accusing Kaplan of employing unqualified instructors to teach Medical Assistant courses at its San Antonio campuses. The suit alleged that Kaplan knowingly requested, received, and retained federal tuition funds for courses taught by individuals who did not meet the minimum requirements established by Texas law. Following the United States’ investigation, the parties negotiated a settlement pursuant to which Kaplan will pay $1,329,753.25 to resolve the whistleblower claims. The majority of the settlement – roughly $1,077,000 – will be paid in the form of tuition refunds. These refunds will benefit 289 students, whose student loan debt will decrease as a result of the settlement. Kaplan fully cooperated with the government’s investigation and negotiated the settlement in good faith, stated Acting U.S. Attorney Durbin. The settlement is not an admission of liability by Kaplan or its affiliates. The Department of Education Office of Inspector General (DOE-OIG) and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas investigated the allegations raised in the whistleblower suit captioned United States ex rel. Leslie Coleman v. Kaplan, Inc., The Washington Post Company, Kaplan Higher Education Corporation, Kaplan College – San Antonio (San Pedro) and Kaplan College – San Antonio (Ingram), no. SA:12-cv-0459-FB (W.D. Tex.) DOE-OIG Special Agent Edd Cole, Assistant U.S. Attorney John J. LoCurto, and ACE Auditor Jamie Cole, CPA handled the investigation for the Government. Individuals who suspect Title IV fraud, waste, or abuse are encouraged to report their information to the Department of Education by calling the Inspector General’s fraud hotline at 1-800-MIS-USED. USAO - Texas, Western Education Updated January 5, 20

Female Killer In Las Vegas Shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ As She Ran Over 40 Innocent People Last Night

Now The End Begins Female Killer In Las Vegas Shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ As She Ran Over 40 Innocent People Last Night by Geoffrey Grider A woman in a car with its windows down screamed "Allahu Akbar" as she ran up onto the sidewalk and ran-over upwards of 40 people in Las Vegas last night According to one eye witness "As we were walking across the street, this car comes flying through the red light. She ran up on the sidewalk and smashed into a group of people walking accross the street and into the group of people at the corner. She did not slow down and appeared to accelerate as she hit the sidewalk." According to that witness. there is a huge row of plants and bushes separating the sidewalk and the strip, but the woman driver ran through both, at a speed he guessed to be 40-45 miles per hour. "People were flying off the front of her car and people were smashing into other people as she plowed through the crowd." Reports of multiple people injured when car rampages thru Paris Blvd...Las Vegas Blvd shutdown pic.twitter.com/xzWaTIcEiv — Kevin Casas (@TheKevinCasas) December 21, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js The witness went on to say "As this unfolded, the only thing I recall as this happened is the insane sound of her car accelerating and the voice from the car was screaming "Allah Akbar!" I've heard the sound enough times on the news that I was waiting for a bomb to blow up or guns to start firing. " According to Police, 37 people were hit and one person was killed. Six of the victims were listed in Critical Condition but they have since been upgraded to stable. The crash occurred about 6:40 PM local time in front of the Paris Hotel & Casino, and Planet Hollywood. Police are quite explicit in saying the crash was intentional. This was an act of Islamic Terrorism, perpetrated by an Islamic woman driving a car with a three year old child inside, who INTENTIONALLY rode onto the sidewalk to strike innocent people. Police, however, have been instructed by their superiors to NOT use the word "terrorism" in relation to this incident, because Las Vegas does not want tourists to be frightened away from the city.

An open love note to my two daughters in law-

An open love note to my two daughters in law- -I was blessed with a house full of sons and YOUR husband was one of them--I had asked for a girl so what did my Lord do??? WELLLLLL HE blessed me with 2 one from Colorado and the other from the Philippines--YOU are both beautiful people inside and out and you love my sons and have blessed me with 4 wonderful GRANDS (and trust me they ARE GRAND) Both of you 'girls' love me and treat me with respect--you are good wives and moms I KNOW I am not the perfect mom in law but I LOVE you girls and TRY to show it OH by the way--YOU ARE BOTH on my daily prayer list where I place YOU before the Father and ask HIM to bless,protect and love you!!! That said thank you for making the family complete by being YOU Love you Trista Ann and Melody you girls rock:):) Have a blessed Christmas and know I always have your back in prayer!!! Honey/Mom LikeCommentShare Charles Charmel Labajo Schmier and Jon N Trista Schmier like this. Comments View 1 more comment Donna Schmier Donna Schmier Like · Reply · Yesterday at 6:22pm Donna Schmier Donna Schmier Like · Reply · Yesterday at 6:22pm Charles Charmel Labajo Schmier Charles Charmel Labajo Schmier I love you to mom,we are bless also to have you as my mother in law and a grandmother to my kids and a mom of my husband...I am blessed already to my mom but i am twice bless from u as my mother in law.. Unlike · Reply · 1 · 21 hrs Donna Schmier Donna Schmier You girls make me cry:):)Love you both so much!!

call from mark owen and also the awarning I gave the peeps

ALERT ALERT watch what you post--I had a very upsetting and horrible phone call at 5:30 a.m. last week--since my family is abroad I assumed it was from them and answered before looking to see who it was (who else calls at 5:20 a.m.???) It was a caller from FACE BOOK and I was so floored-- I asked where he got my number??(I do NOT give it out at all) The caller MARK OWEN just snickered and didn't answer but said I was being watched and they(???) were listening to the phone call and on and on--he threw out a couple of Jesus refs. but made NO SENSE at all-- again I pressed him for answers but he avoided the answers--he didn't hesitate to tell me over and over he had a gun and could blow my head off--he is a hunter you know(??) either live for God or I can and will blow your head off--he said it over and over during the call I kept him on the line until I FOUND OUT how he got my number--hold on folks it gets better--when we post anything (even a recipe) our photo comes up--all you have to do is pres the photo a menu will come up with call and boom press it and the phone rings-- I WILL be leaving face book in mid January 2016 it is increasingly a dangerous and back biting place-----IF a person named MARK OWEN tried to be your friend do NOT ACCEPT I de friended and blocked him he is dangerous--IF he could get my phone number so easily then my address too?????????? watch what you say and who you say it too-- BE BLESSED AND BE SAFE IN THE MASTERS SERVICE I am copying this and will send it later if it is taken down

mark zuckerberg face book support ---amazing

Now The End Begins As ISIS Rages, Mark Zuckerberg Says Facebook Will Fully Support Islam And Muslims by Geoffrey Grider Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday said he supported Muslims in his community and around the world. If you are a Christian or Jewish American patriot who posts stories on Facebook regularly, you may also be a member of a select group of people who find their posting privileges suspended without warning quite frequently. It goes like this: You find an article you like, maybe something exposing the Obama government's support for Islamic terrorists, you grab the link and post it to your Facebook page and a handful of groups you are a member of. People start engaging with your post, information is being spread, everything is good. A few hours later, you come back from lunch and attempt to post again. But this time, a little box pops up and says this: You're temporarily restricted from joining and posting to groups until Tuesday at 4:22pm. And there it is, you are blocked. There was no warning message, and no reason why your privileges were taken away. You start scratching your head in puzzlement, then it comes to you. The last story you posted was CATHOLIC CHURCH PAID $79 MILLION BY OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO FORCE MIGRANT INVASION, exposing how Obama pays the Catholic Church millions each year to force Muslim immigration to the United States. You start talking with some of your friends, and dozens and dozens of them have a very similar story. Well, the "mystery" has been solved in a post Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg put on his personal page just yesterday. On his official Facebook page, Mark Zuckerberg declared his love and support for the 1.4 billion followers of the Prophet Mohammad around the word with this official statement: "I want to add my voice in support of Muslims in our community and around the world. After the Paris attacks and hate this week, I can only imagine the fear Muslims feel that they will be persecuted for the actions of others. As a Jew, my parents taught me that we must stand up against attacks on all communities. Even if an attack isn't against you today, in time attacks on freedom for anyone will hurt everyone.If you're a Muslim in this community, as the leader of Facebook I want you to know that you are always welcome here and that we will fight to protect your rights and create a peaceful and safe environment for you." See? Everything does happen for a reason. Notice that his post does not mention his support for people of Arabic descent worldwide, only for the Muslims. Why is that important? Because you can be an Arab and also be a Christian or a follower of Judaism. But if you are a Muslim, that can only mean that your religion is Islam and you are a follower of the Prophet Mohammed. Being an Arab is a bloodline, like me being Dutch and Irish. Being a Muslim means your religion is Islam. As the circle of real freedom, both online and in day-to-day life, continues to grow smaller and smaller, standing up for Biblical truth and the American way of life will come at an ever-escalating cost. But don't stop, don't quit, and don't get discouraged. Jesus Christ is coming soon to gather his blood-bought body of believers up and out of here at the Rapture. Keep your eye on the Prize, keep looking up. The war is real, the battle is hot, and the time is short. To the fight!

I just mainly meant on FB! I took it was welcomed for me to call you Faith!

I was amazed at a recent post by a lady here on facebook!! Those of you who REALLY know me for the past few years KNOW her request is not an option for me!!! Read her comment and my response I WILL RE POST this often in case anyone questions I DO have the answer!!! AND I WILL KEEP on ‘scaring people’ with the TRUTH Donna, with all due respect, I want to ask you if you have given the Now much thought. I don't want to spend so much of the day thinking about the tribulation. We are not supposed to worry about tomorrow, yes we are supposed to be ready for his return but I don't feel that we should talk about it constantly . They have been waiting on Jesus to return ever since he left! I know you are a dedicated person to our Lord, but quite frankly I am getting frustrated with the constant subject of His Return. I would rather be fed the Word to live by from you as I know you Are well versed in thAt also. Please do not take offense to this because it is not intended that way. I feel like scaring people is less effective than giving them lessons to serve and obey God. I just feel the positive approach would produce more fruit. I am getting weary of hearing about the end of time. Christians are informed and I believe well aware that it is sooner than later, but meanwhile I want to sing praises and speak of our gift of Grace and love! He will come in on a white horse but until then I plan to worship happily and with Thanksgiving!!Thanks for listening to an old woman with a strong Faith as well. Love you and thanks for your help. I DO use the POSITIVE approach—I AM POSITIVE PEOPLE WILL GO TO HELL if not warned and SAVED!! This is my response: No offense taken as you know of me these past few months I DO live in the NOW:):) I am VERY VERY active in the Mongolia Missions,International Fellowship Christians and Jews,I have a ministry for widows "WIDOWS MITE MINISTRY" I am doing a Christmas Bear giveaway to all the children on the peds unit of our local hospital on Christmas eve PLUS I WITNESS every breath--with the 4 books I have written (have you had time to even check them out??- -'Sometimes God Speaks In A Whisper' based on 1 Kings,UNSHAKABLE FAITH based on Hebrews, HOW BIG IS YOUR FORGIVENESS? based on the life of Joseph and most recent GOD'S LAST NAME IS NOT DAMN based on all scriptures starting with the TEN COMMANDMENTS:):):) Amazonbooks.com Donna Schmier is where you can find my work-- PLUS getting my Masters in Business Administration-- That said my friend I would be remiss if I did NOT warn others this passage is a warning to ALL not just me and HE knows when HE CHOSE ME HE picked the MOUTH OF THE SOUTH and I do 'run it for HIM':):)*:) happy There MUSt be an equal balance in a Christians life of love meted with WARNING (there is a saying there are none so deaf as those who will not hear:) Like the steam train coming directly at a person standing on the railroad tracks--don't warn them?? well they will perish--so Here is another scripture I base my life on:):) Ezekiel 33:6 - But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take [any] person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand. I do not want to stand before the Master with blood on my hands for not warning my fellow man or woman. And Daniel also has something to say about witnessing (yes both the good news of Jesus and the warnings) Daniel 12:3 | Read whole chapter | See verse in context And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. Must run for now (OH I also am helping my son raise his two children ages 13 months and 2 weeks while his wife recovers and returns to work, so my 'now plate' is really full:):) Thanks for your gentle input but HE USES US ALL TO HIS GLORY and OUR GOOD:):)I found my place in HIM long ago*~^o^~ cheer HAVE A BLESSED DAY YOU ARE A BLESSING IN THE MASTERS SERVICE FAITH (I DON'T LIKE DONNA AND MY CLOSE FRIENDS CALL ME FAITH:):) Guess she got the message—one thing to get the message quite another to LIVE IT. HER RESPONSE: Faith, THANK YOU AND JESUS SPEAKS THROUGH YOU LOUD AND CLEAR! You are a true Blessing and I know the rekindling of our friendship is Divine intervention! I do hope you did not take the here and now statement as meaning you were not doing God's work elsewhere. I just mainly meant on FB! I took it was welcomed for me to call you Faith! . Have a great day and be sAfe on the road I can reach thousands on face book with HIS WORD!! Thank YOU JESUS for letting me be the person YOU CHOSE to share YOUR WORD!!

rosemarie j melodys friend who has both cw cars

you. Hope you're doing well too NOV 9TH, 6:59PM 0:05 3:56PM Glad to see you online PLEase please CALL ALL YOUR PRAYER WARRIORS AND PRAY FOR sISSY AND lIL MAN BOTH HAVE REALLY BAD COUGHS THAT WON'T GO AWAY mELODY TOOK cHARMEL LAST WEEK TO THE DOCTOR THERE IN CEBU BUT HE SAID IT WAS A COLD--AM very CONCERNED ABOUT THEM mEKLODY AND cHARLES ARE ALSO SICK MELODY WITH TOOTH ACHE ND CHARLES WITH THE START OF BRONCHITIS. They were on the way to the hospital at 1 p.m. here you KNOW the type of medical care they will get there---I have been so very busy here but was hoping to see you guys sorry was coming to the restaurant the other day but I had another engagement PLEASE PLEASE pray for all 4 on their extended vacation.Thanks I've been praying for them all the time. I just spoke to Melody 3 days ago. I'm not working in the restaurant anymore. I hope you're well... She never calls me but all I know is what I am told yes I am FINE I am NOT a sickly person thanks for asking Hope you find another job you will like soon

Did You Know That Matthew 24 Has All 6 Seals From Revelation 6 And In Order?

Now The End Begins Did You Know That Matthew 24 Has All 6 Seals From Revelation 6 And In Order? by Geoffrey Grider Matthew 24 is in perfect harmony with Revelation 6 "And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?" Matthew 24:3 (KJV) The book of Revelation is one of the most awe-inspiring books in all the Bible, and it tells of things that "must shortly come to pass". It talks about the Church age, the Rapture of the Church, the opening of the "sealed book" of prophecy, and in chapter 6 we see the start of the time of Jacob's trouble. The Great Tribulation. On our weekly Bible study radio show that we do for two hours every Sunday evening from 9:00 PM - 11:00 PM EST, we looked in depth at chapter 6. Well, I studied for tonight's show as I do will all the shows, but tonight was different because He gave me what I call a "live revelation" into what we were studying. That is to say that He led me to teach something that even I was learning for the first time. Isn't the Holy Spirit amazing when He does stuff like that? Because what He showed me was not in my notes, nor in my memory banks. I had never stopped to connect them before, and in fact have never read any commentary on what I am about to show you. There is an astounding connecting between what Jesus is teaching in Matthew 24 about the time of the Tribulation, and with what John sees in Revelation 6 about the same period of time. Seal #1: The start of the time of Jacob's trouble reveals the false messiah - Antichrist! In Revelation 6, we see the start of the Tribulation which opens with the appearance of the Antichrist: "And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer." Revelation 6:1,2 (KJV) Now look what Jesus says is the first thing to happen in Matthew 24: "And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many." Matthew 24:3-5 (KJV) Wow, check that out, perfect harmony. Seal #2: Wars and Rumors of War! "And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword." Revelation 6:3,4 (KJV) Just coincidentally, that's also what Matthew says happens next: "And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet." Matthew 24:6 (KJV) Seal #3: Famine and starvation "And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine." Revelation 6:5,6 (KJV) And that's what Matthew says happens next as well: "For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows." Matthew 24:7,8 (KJV) Seal #4: Death for the Name of Jesus "And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth." Revelation 6:7,8 (KJV) Look what Jesus says next in Matthew: "Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake." Matthew 24:9 (KJV) Seal# 5: The souls under the altar "And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?" Revelation 6:9,10 (KJV) Matthew stays right even with Revelation: "And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved." Matthew 24:10-13 (KJV) Seal #6: Earthquakes and other natural disasters "And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?" Revelation 6:12-17 (KJV) What does Matthew say about that? "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: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory." Matthew 24:29,30 (KJV) All the years that I have been reading and studying Matthew 24 and Revelation, and not until the Holy Spirit showed me tonight, did I ever connect that Matthew 24 contains all 6 Seals from Revelation chapter 6. And has them in the order they happen in Revelation. Amazing. This is also further proof of the Pretribulation Rapture of the Church because Paul, writing long after Matthew, introduced the doctrine of the Church Rapture as a "mystery" previously unknown. That means that Matthew could not have been talking about the Rapture of the Church. He didn't know anything about it. Understanding that Matthew 24 is actually giving us the first 6 Seal Judgements from Revelation 6 is a huge clue in helping to put events within a timeframe. Another piece of the puzzle now in place. Keep looking up, brethren, the Rapture is right around the corner! "Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets." Amos 3:7 (KJV)

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va evidence on the way

· HIT THOSE KNEES PRAYER WARRIORS pray for safety of my family members all of them especially those overseas on vacation-- It has been many years that I have fought the red tape and corruption of the VA many cl.aims denials and always appeals--it is down to the wire they ALWAYS ask for new and material evidence yah yah PEEPS I HAVE IT and boom it is now MY TIME for the Father to move in MY FAVOR IF IT IS HIS WILL If not then grant me the grace to move forward . The new evidence is en route via snail mail sooooooooo as always I AM TRUSTING MY FATHER (I always anoint my mail before I send it out asking it to be placed in the right hands) when I WIN this matter there can be and will be NO STRINGS ATTACHED no chip in exchange for my award- That said keep those prayers going never be to busy to withhold prayers for another IN THE MASTERS SERVICE

HE IS COMING LOOKING FOR THAT BLESSED HOPE

1 Thessalonians 5:1-4 (King James Version) 1. But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. 2. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 3. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. 4. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Those who know God's word will not be surprised when He comes.

Jack Kelly with the Lord this is amazing 10/18/2015

Life After Death In the death of a believer we have to understand two things. The first is that we’re all infected with a terminal disease. It’s not a case of if we’ll die but when. No one dies a natural death because it’s not natural for eternal beings to die. Death came into the world as a result of sin. And the second is that for a believer, death is the ultimate healing. Death brings the life we were always intended to live, and would already be living if not for our sin nature. For the “dead” believer, all of this life’s problems, pains, and sorrows are over and a glorious eternal life of blessing and abundance awaits. The more we know about the life after death the less we cling to the life before. And since only God knows the end from the beginning, only He can know the pain and suffering He’s prevented in calling someone home early. The righteous perish, and no one ponders it in his heart; devout men are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil. (Isaiah 57:1) So what about the surviving friends and family? How can the death of a loved one bring good to the survivors? First is the obvious knowledge that the separation is only temporary for believers and a glorious reunion will follow. We have the benefit of an eternal perspective. And for non-believers it presents an opportunity to be saved from the 2nd death, the permanent one, and be reunited forever with departed loved ones. But then our faith comes into play. If we believe God’s promises, then there has to be a more direct and beneficial cause and effect relationship between the death of a loved one and the life of the survivor. Our job is to look for it. We’re told to walk by faith not by sight, but our enemy will try to keep us focused on what we see, the absence of our loved one, causing our faith to falter and hindering us from experiencing the good that can come. God’s promises are more real than our reality, So we fix our eyes not on what is seen but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary but what is unseen is eternal. (2 Cor. 4:18) By far the most heart wrenching experience of this sort I’ve ever encountered was the case of a mom and dad I know. While walking along on the city sidewalk with their 2 year old son, a delivery truck jumped the curb, fatally striking the toddler. The driver was drunk, and in fact had a history of drunkenness on the job. In the lawsuit that followed the court awarded a substantial settlement to the devastated parents. They took the money and founded a Christian pre-school in their son’s name that soon expanded into a private Christian school for pre-kindergarten through eighth grade on a beautiful safe campus. Several thousand children have since benefited from a quality, affordable Christian primary education and this couple has helped dozens of grief stricken parents cope with similar losses along the way. It’s an example of 2 Cor. 1:3-4 that all who know them feel privileged to have observed. Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. They took these verses seriously based on their belief that for all of us, our life is a ministry and our sorrows are our credentials. In other words, each of us is uniquely qualified to minister to someone experiencing similar tragedies to those we have faced. They had every right to become angry, bitter victims, and to yell and scream at God for allowing this to happen to them. But they chose a more excellent way. They understand that God didn’t kill their son. That was the work of the evil that pervades this dark place. We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. (1 John 5:19) And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28) God never promised us that nothing bad would happen to us. In fact, He promised the opposite. “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33) What He did promise is that He could make even the bad things that happen work for good. It’s up to us to believe that promise and look for its fulfillment. For my friends, the school keeps the memory of their son alive in their hearts while their faith tells them that soon they’ll be reunited forever. The blessing they’ve provided for thousands of others through this tragedy is obvious. Unanswered Prayer? Where our prayers are concerned there are also a couple of things to keep in mind. The first is that God reserves for Himself the right to choose both the timing and the means by which He answers prayers. We have to understand that His ways are not our ways and His timing is always perfect. We neither lose time by waiting nor gain time by trying to force His hand. He answered Abraham’s prayer for a son, but waited 25 years before doing so. The world is paying a huge price today for Abraham and Sarah’s refusal to wait upon the Lord. Just because we don’t get something when we want it and in the exact way we want it doesn’t mean that God has stopped answering our prayers or keeping His promises. There may be some other things we have to take care of first, or God may choose another way to answer the prayer that we don’t see, a better way. For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. (Romans 15:4) God has promised Israel a Kingdom and a King who will bring them peace. They’ve been praying for Him to keep that promise for thousands of years. The world, even much of the Christian world, laughs at them and tells them that God has forgotten them. It’s never going to happen, they say. God is faithful, and He fully intends to answer their prayers and keep His promise. But there’s something they have to do first, and until they do it He has to wait. They have to recognize who their King is and restore their relationship with Him. Then God will act. Union And Fellowship So it is with us, and this is the second thing to keep in mind. This may not sound familiar to those of you who’ve been taught “Christianity Lite” but there are two components to a believer’s relationship with God. One is called Union. It concerns our eternity and is irrevocable, guaranteeing our place in His Kingdom. (Ephesians 1:13-14) Union happens at the moment we hear the Gospel and believe it, and God seals His Holy Spirit within us. The other is called Fellowship and it comes with Union. But Fellowship affects our life here on Earth and is subject to suspension. (1 John 1:8-9) When we fail to confess our sins, we temporarily suspend our relationship with God, because He can’t dwell in the presence of sin. We can’t lose our salvation (Union), but during those times when we’re out of Fellowship we don’t have the right to ask God for anything except forgiveness. And what’s more, we’ve stepped out of His protection and are fair game for the enemy’s mischief. The Book of Job is an example of the difference between Union and Fellowship. Job’s righteousness made him proud, a sin in God’s eyes. When Satan asked to torment him, God had to agree in spite of the fact that Job was one of the most righteous men on Earth, because he hadn’t confessed his sin. As long as Job relied on his own righteousness he was vulnerable to attack, and none of his complaints could change that, even though he remained a child of God. When he confessed, God put a stop to the torment and restored him. The lesson Job learned through his ordeal (and that we’re supposed to learn as well according to Romans 15:4) is that when we justify ourselves, we condemn God. Whenever we start thinking that we don’t deserve something bad that’s happening to us, we in effect accuse God of being unjust. It’s part of our human nature to look outside of ourselves for the blame, but it delays our reconciliation with God. For a New Testament example, read the Parable of the Prodigal Son. (Luke 15:11-32) The prodigal never stopped being his father’s son, but while he was living a sinful life he was out of fellowship, deprived of his father’s blessings. When he came to his senses and confessed, he was restored. All Christians have Union with God and are guaranteed a place in His Kingdom, but many live their whole lives out of Fellowship because of their unconfessed sins and miss out on untold blessings, stacking up mountains of unanswered prayers. Because of the cross, maintaining our Fellowship is as easy as invoking 1 John 1:8-9. If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. God is just and righteous and cannot lie. He has a 6000 year track record of unblemished performance. Whenever it seems like His promises aren’t coming true, you can bet that it’s due to our lack of understanding, not His lack of integrity.

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Now The End Begins 6 Horrific Facts About Hell That Your Pastor Never Told You by Geoffrey Grider God didn’t want you to burn in Hell, that’s why He shed every drop of blood he had. I don’t want you to burn in Hell, that’s why I’m witnessing to you. "But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him." Luke 12:5 (KJV) What is the purpose and goal of NTEB? One of the main purposes and goals of NTEB is to lead sinners to Christ, help prodigals come home, and to preach and stand for the truth of God’s word in last days of this age. Unfortunately however, there will be some readers of NTEB that will one day awake in a Devil’s Hell. I do not rejoice over this, but it is the sad reality. One of the reasons for this is that the vast majority of professing Christian churches in 2015 are no longer preaching on Hell. It upsets too many people, so most pastors just stopped talking about it. As a result, many people who mistakenly think they are saved because they are "good people: will wind up in a place that God never intended for them to go. Some readers have already predetermined within themselves that they are going to trust in whatever their religion says to the very end, no matter what God’s word has to say about it: whether it’s commandment keeping for salvation, enduring to the end for salvation, tongue speaking, trusting in lying signs and wonders they’ve “seen”, water baptism regeneration for salvation, etc. Some readers will just simply not believe on the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation. Once again, I do not rejoice over this. Maybe it’s not a reader. Maybe this article gets passed along to a lost relative, friend, or co-worker. Maybe this article gets read right before a lost man or woman goes out to celebrate the Devil’s holiday on the 31st. I don’t know, but I pray that all will come to the Lord Jesus Christ as a broken sinner with no means of justification outside of the blood that Christ shed on Calvary’s cross for them; but this just won’t be the case for everyone. Before you mark me as simply being negative, notice that both Moses and Joshua had similar views about the nation of Israel regarding their eventual refusal to heed God’s word: "And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them. Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?" Deuteronomy 31:16-17 (KJV) "And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods; For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed: And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God. And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good. And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD." Joshua 24:16-21 (KJV) 6-horrific-facts-about-hell-you-need-to-know-sheol-hades-gehenna "...And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments" If you are saved and reading this, be sure to a) thank God for your salvation! And, b) be encouraged to witness to those lost around you. Time is so very short. Here are 6 horrific facts about Hell that you might want to take note of: Horrific Fact #1 – You didn’t have to go to Hell I believe that one of the many reasons why God refers to atheists as fools (Psalms 14:1 KJV) is because only a fool would choose to burn in Hell when they didn’t have too. I mean seriously, what the heck are you doing down there?!? Did you not read where the Lord Jesus Christ specifically stated the Hell was prepared for the devil and his angels? "Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:" Matt 25:41 (KJV) Are you the Devil? No. Are you one of the devil’s angels? No. Then WHAT ARE YOU DOING DOWN THERE?? God didn’t want you to burn in Hell, that’s why He shed every drop of blood he had. I don’t want you to burn in Hell that’s why I’m witnessing to you. The Devil wanted you to burn in Hell, but he couldn’t FORCE YOU to go. Why did you choose to go?? Talk about a mind-boggling question that will hunt you throughout eternity. Horrific Fact #2 – In Hell, you’ll be a misfit What do Jacob Taylor Roberts, Elliot Rodger, and Asa Coon all have in common? Well on top of being Atheist active-shooters, all three of them decided to take the cowards’ way out after their mini-murder spree by committing suicide. Many ask why they would commit suicide. That answer is simple in my opinion. In the atheist worldview, after death there’s nothingness. Nothingness is a thousand times better than being a young white or Asian adolescent male in prison these days! You talk about being a misfit! How is a middle-class young male that had just about all the privileges and opportunities in life going to “fit in” with some of the world’s most hardened rapist, career criminals, gang members, serial murderers, habitual abusers, and sadist that are doing life in prison? You think that’s going to be some sort of walk in the park?? In eternity, you’re down in Hell with the Devil and his angels after you were given several chances throughout your life to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal savior. You think you’re going to get along with the devil and his angels down there?? You think you’ll have something in common with them?? They were damned since the book of Genesis with no plan of redemption like you had; what will they think of you whom God choose to manifest in the flesh for, paid your price for sins you committed and you refused it?? You’ll be an eternal misfit. Horrific Fact #3 – You’ll be burning in Hell AT LEAST 1000 years before God judges you Once again, Rightly Dividing the word of truth shows up (2 Tim 2:15 KJV). The Great White Throne Judgement does not occur until AFTER the Lord Jesus Christ 1000 year Millennial Reign on earth. Meaning that you’ll be burning in Hell for AT LEAST 1,000 years before God officially judges you face to face at the White Throne Judgement. Think about a lost sinner going to Hell at the age of 17, 27, 37, 49, 62, 99, or 100. What’s 100yrs on this earth compared to at least 1,000 years in Hell! That alone should make to want to repent and come to Christ! Horrific Fact #4 – Hell is currently located right below your feet; in the heart of the earth As a lost sinner, do you know what will drop your soul to Hell after you die? It’s called gravity. Your sins have a weight to it (Heb 12:1 KJV). Your sins burden you down. When you breathe your last breath, that weight of sin is manifested upon your soul (Ezekiel 18:20 KJV) and your soul plunges down into Hell. You see, death for the lost is not like what the world’s movies show you on television. There are no demons that come up and have to fight with your soul to take you to Hell, it’s not like that. When a lost man dies, gravity continues to do what is always does. There is nothing inside that lost man to bring it up, he’s dead in trespasses and sins. The saved man however DOES have something inside him to bring him up to Heaven! "But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you." Romans 8:9-11 (KJV) Horrific Fact #5 – No such thing as annihilation Contrary to what science, religion, or worldly education has taught you, there is no “nothingness” after death. There is also no such thing as “nothingness” in Hell. Don’t believe the religious heresies that come from Jehovah’s Witness or Seventh day Adventist that teaches you there is no literal fire in Hell and no eternal torment. They are both VERY REAL: "And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched." Mark 9:43-44 (KJV) "And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame." Luke 16:22-24 (KJV) "And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus." Revelation 14:9-12 (KJV) "Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field; And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein. And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched. Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?" Ezekiel 20:45-49 (KJV) Don’t believe the lie when they say the rich man in Hell was a parable. The Lord Jesus Christ never referred to that as a parable. In Hell you will burn. You will burn good and you will burn forever! Horrific Fact #6 – God specifically reserves the greater damnation in Hell for false teachers and preachers "But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation." Matthew 23:13-14 (KJV) The greater damnation in Hell doesn’t go to the murderers, pedophiles, sadist, homosexuals, no. God specifically reserves the greater damnation to the unsaved false teachers and preachers. What exactly that is I don’t know, but it’s a greater damnation then just burning in Hell. That is precisely why having the right doctrine is CRITICALLY important. People ask me all the time why the Pre-Time of Jacob’s Trouble catching away vs the Post-trib rapture is such a big deal. It’s a big deal because the Post-trib doctrine teaches that the sinner must “endure to the end” to be saved. This consist of not worshipping the beast or his image, nor getting his name, number, or mark in your forehead or hand. If a sinner trust that as the “plan of salvation” for today, he’ll bust Hell wide open when dies. WORST YET, if he teaches or preaches that as the plan of salvation to others, he shall receive the Greater Damnation in Hell. The same goes with other false doctrines such as baptismal regeneration, sacraments, commandment keeping for salvation, etc. When it comes to false doctrine, God has ZERO tolerance: "Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men." Matthew 15:7-9 (KJV) "Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread. Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread? Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees." Matthew 16:6-12 (KJV) "Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself." John 7:16,17 (KJV) "Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple." Romans 16:17,18 (KJV) "That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;" Ephesians 4:14 (KJV) In the end, it all comes down to this. In our dispensation of the Church Age, God has ordained the word to go out by good, old-fashioned, Bible preaching. It's not about "7 Steps To A Better Marriage", or "The 12 Traits Of Successful People". It's about JESUS CHRIST, and Him lifted up to draw all men unto Him. "Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables." 2 Timothy 4:2-4 (KJV)

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Now The End Begins The Bible Believers Guide To Learning How To Rightly Divide Your Bible by Geoffrey Grider "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth" 2 Timothy 2:15 (KJV) CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE when the show starts TONIGHT at 9:00PM EST! The apostle Paul gave a command to Timothy to study the Bible, and not to just study the Scripture but to know how to "rightly divide" it. Why would the Holy Spirit write this? Because the whole Bible is written for us, but the whole Bible is not written to us. There is an enormous gap between those two things, and failure to recognize that will lead you very quickly into a Biblical mess. rightly-dividing-bible-study-prophecy-doctrine-now-the-end-begins-radio In this live, 2-hour show we show you from the Bible how God wrote it, who He wrote it to, and how to apply what's written to us in our walk with Him. When you rightly divide as God commands us to, there are no contradictions or discrepancies anywhere to be found from cover to cover.

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Matthew 16King James Version (KJV) 16 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. 2 He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. 3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times? 4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.

John Hagee Invites Joel Osteen To ‘Preach’ At Cornerstone Church This October

Now The End Begins John Hagee Invites Joel Osteen To ‘Preach’ At Cornerstone Church This October by Geoffrey Grider sd "Can two walk together, except they be agreed?" Amos 3:3 (KJV) On Friday, October 23, John Hagee is having Joel Osteen as their keynote guest speaker at Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas. Hagee's website does not mention what "Pastor" Osteen's "sermon" will be on, but you can be sure it won't contain any of those old-fashioned, bigoted, intolerant references to the Holy Bible. No sir, no fear of that happening. john-hagee-invites-joel-osteen-to-preach-cornerstone-church-san-antonio-texas-false-teachers “God said in Numbers 11:23, ‘Moses, is there any limit to My power?’ He was saying, ‘Moses, you saw Me part the Red Sea, stop the sun for Joshua, keep three Hebrew teenagers safe in a fiery furnace, don’t you realize that I can bring water without rain?’ There’s no limit to God’s power.” - posted on Joel Osteen's verified Facebook page, September 15, 2014. Perhaps Joel will regale his audience with the sermon that Oprah, who says that Jesus is not the only way to Heaven, loved so much, "The Power Of I Am". Maybe he will take the time to tell Pastor Hagee's church why he doesn't ever preach against homosexuality, and what his secret connection to Houston's notorious anti-Christian mayor, Annise Parker, is all about. If nothing else, Joel can always share with them his superior Bible knowledge as he displayed on his Facebook page back in September of 2014: “God said in Numbers 11:23, ‘Moses, is there any limit to My power?’ He was saying, ‘Moses, you saw Me part the Red Sea, stop the sun for Joshua, keep three Hebrew teenagers safe in a fiery furnace, don’t you realize that I can bring water without rain?’ There’s no limit to God’s power.” - posted on Joel Osteen's verified Facebook page, September 15, 2014. Deleted after people started checking the Bible. The real question, and better question, is why John Hagee would allow this mess into his church. Whatever the reason, I am sure it has nothing to do with Dual Covenant Theology or the infamous Chapter 10 of "In Defense Of Israel", where John Hagee made these ridiculous, unbiblical assertions about Jesus Christ: "This book will expose the sins of the fathers and the vicious abuse of the Jewish people.'In Defense of Israel' will shake Christian theology. It scripturally proves that the Jewish people as a whole did not reject Jesus as Messiah. It will also prove that Jesus did not come to earth to be the Messiah. It will prove that there was a 'Calvary conspiracy' between Rome, the high priest, and Herod to execute Jesus as an insurrectionist too dangerous to live. Since Jesus refused by word and deed to claim to be the Messiah, how can the Jews be blamed for rejecting what was never offered?" - from John Hagee's book, 'In Defense of Israel" Share this video before Hagee's lawyers have it taken down, they like to do that. Hagee's book was rewritten shortly after it was released to deal with the firestorm of protests from people who actually know that Jesus really did come to be the Messiah, and that the Bible teaches that He did, right here in fact: "The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he." John 4:25,26 (KJV) Well, you know what? Maybe having Laodicean Bible know-nothing, motivational speaker Joel Osteen is the perfect man to fill the pulpit at Cornerstone Church.

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2 Thessalonians 2:8-12 - And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. (Verses like 2 Thessalonians 2:8) 2 Peter 2:1-3 - But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

Obama Initiative Orders DARPA To Implant US Soldiers With Brain Chips

Now The End Begins Obama Initiative Orders DARPA To Implant US Soldiers With Brain Chips by Geoffrey Grider For decades, DARPA, the secretive research arm of the Department of Defense, has dreamed of turning soldiers into cyborgs. And now it’s finally happening. The super-secret agency has funded projects that involve implanting chips into soldiers’ brains that they hope will enhance performance on the battlefield and repair traumatized brains once the fog of war has lifted. “Of the 2.5 million Americans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, 300,000 of them came home with traumatic brain injury,” journalist Annie Jacobsen told NPR. “DARPA initiated a series of programs to help cognitive functioning, to repair some of this damage. And those programs center around putting brain chips inside the tissue of the brain.” darpa-implants-brain-chips-to-create-super-soldier-obama-initiative First Lieutenant Jay Park is pictured undergoing cognitive testing at the Fort Campbell Army Base in Kentucky. It's estimated more than 280,000 soldiers have some form of brain injury. The DARPA project is a section of President Obama's BRAIN initiative. In her new book about the history of DARPA, titled “The Pentagon’s Brain,” Jacobsen writes that soldiers have had chips surgically implanted in their brains, but that despite her multiple appeals to the Defense Department, she was not allowed to interview any of the “brain-wounded warriors.” Creating super soldiers isn’t the only thing that DARPA is trying to do. According to Jacobsen’s new book, published by Little, Brown, government scientists hope that implanting chips in soldiers will unlock the secrets of artificial intelligence, and allow us to give machines the kind of higher-level reasoning that humans can do. “When you see all of these brain mapping programs going on, many scientists wonder whether this will [be what it takes] to break that long-sought barrier of AI,” said Jacobsen in a phone interview. For Jacobsen, digging through DARPA documents provided a glimpse at the future of war, but also raised questions about whether that future is one we really want. “Are hunter-killer robots right around the bend?” she writes in the book. source The U.S Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has revealed more details about its memory stimulator. Its implants will be used to restore memories in wounded soldiers, as well as Alzheimer's sufferers, and could involve stimulating the hippocampus, highlighted, the part of the brain involved in processing memories. The DARPA project is a section of President Barack Obama's BRAIN initiative, created to fund research that could treat common brain disorders. But DARPA is not in the medicine and rehabilitation business, DARPA makes weapons. Has Obama ordered the creation of brain chip-infused 'super soldiers" under the guise of brain injury research? It sure looks that way, stay tuned...

Pope Francis Adulation Proves People Are Ready To Receive Antichrist

Now The End Begins Pope Francis Adulation Proves People Are Ready To Receive Antichrist by Geoffrey Grider In watching the millions of deluded, adoring worshippers of Pope Francis, you are seeing exactly the type of reception that they Antichrist will receive when he shows up. "And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things. Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God." Revelation 22:8,9 (KJV) Everywhere he goes, Pope Francis attracts worshipful crowds of people, straining and reaching to touch any part of him as if something spiritual and holy could be imparted to them by doing so. People weep, they cry, they hope up their sick children and beg him to touch them in the hopes they will be healed. Pope Francis has no power to perform any miracles of any kind, yet the throngs of people come and worship at his feet as if they were in the presence of Jesus Himself. How does the Pope react to all this attention, does he tell them that he is only a man and then point them to Jesus? No, he does not. Francis allows them to pay him homage, and accepts their worship as if that was his due. pope-francis-worship-false-prophet-revelation-17-end-times-catholic-antichrist Worshipping another human being who openly receives your worship is a spiritual delusion of the highest magnitude. A congressman stole the water glass Pope Francis was drinking out of during his address at the White House on Thursday. Representative Bob Brady, a devout Catholic and Democrat from Pennsylvania immediately made his way to the podium after Pope Francis finished speaking and grabbed the glass that was still filled with water. He then drank the water, gave some of the water to his wife Debra, and saved the rest for his grandchildren. Representative Brady took photos as well, and had his staff send them out to the press. He also shared some of the water with members of his staff and assistant, also a devout Catholic. As for the saved water, he plans to sprinkle it on his grandchildren and one great-grandchild. That is insane! Why would anyone want to do that? Drinking after someone else you don't know is disgusting, but thinking that "sprinkling the water" on your grandchildren imparts some sort of "papal blessing" reveals something else altogether. Worshipping another human being who openly receives your worship is a spiritual delusion of the highest magnitude. The Bible says that when the Antichrist shows up, he is worshipped as if he were very God Himself. In watching the millions of deluded, adoring worshippers of Pope Francis, you are seeing exactly the type of reception that they Antichrist will receive when he shows up. He is called "His Holiness" and "Holy Father" as if he actually were those things. The Apostle Peter in Acts 3, after healing the impotent man, publically declared he had no innate "holiness" within himself: "And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?" Acts 3:12 (KJV) But not so with the Catholic pope, he uses that title as if it were a birthright. In the book of John, Jesus talking of God the Father refers to Him as "Holy Father". It is one of the very names of God Almighty. It is also one of the main titles that Catholic popes give themselves, stolen right out from the mouth of Jesus.

How A Bible Believer Should Be Looking At This Weekend’s Blood Moon

Now The End Begins How A Bible Believer Should Be Looking At This Weekend’s Blood Moon by Geoffrey Grider The timeframe that Joel is seeing in his prophecy of the blood moon is the time of the Day of the Lord "The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come." Joel 2:31 (KJV) All over the world, various Christian and Christian-like groups are gritting their teeth as they await the coming of the 4th blood moon this weekend. Many books have been written attempting to explain the "prophetic significance" of these red-colored moons and corresponding tetrads. But here at NTEB, we don't base our eschatology on commentaries and books written by men, however well meaning they may be. We are Bible believers who believe the Bible (there's a crazy concept for you). Blood Moons 101 For Dummies: On April 15, 2014, there was a total lunar eclipse. It was the first of four consecutive total eclipses in a series, known as a tetrad; a second one took place on October 8, 2014, third one on April 4, 2015 and the remaining one will take place on September 28, 2015. what-the-bible-says-about-joel-3-blood-moon CLICK FOR THE NTEB BIBLE DOCTRINE TEACHING LIBRARY So what does the Bible say about blood moons? Not much really, but where it mentions them it is very specific. In the book of the prophet Joel, he talks about a blood moon, but not the kind that today's commentators talk about. For you see Joel's "blood moon" is not a moon that turns an orangey-red glow. On the contrary, Joel's blood moon is the actual moon turning to actual blood. Think about that for a moment and let it sink in. And while you do, ponder on this as well. The timeframe that Joel is seeing in his prophecy of the blood moon is the time of the Day of the Lord: "The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come." Joel 2:31 (KJV). When does the Day of the Lord occur? It happens after the Rapture of the Church, at the end of the time of Jacob's Trouble (Jeremiah 30:7 KJV), and at the Battle of Armageddon. So what that means is because the Rapture has not yet happened, the Great Tribulation cannot start, and we certainly won't be seeing the Battle of Armageddon any time soon. Not unless you can jam all that in by this Saturday night! Having said that, the Bible believing Christian is ready any day to either face their own death or be taken up in the Rapture. Could it be today? Could prophecy be fulfilled this weekend? Yes, it certainly could. But a better question is are you ready for what comes next? You better be. We will not give into scare tactics and fear-mongering brought on by Christian authors who are trying to sell more books. Another place it talks about a blood moon is in Revelation 6:12: "And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;" Now from the wording here it could be either actual blood or blood-colored, but since Joel's view of the same day sees actual blood. I will view it in the same way as well. Acts 2:20 has Peter quoting from Joel and seeing actual blood as well: "The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:" Acts 2:20 (KJV) Now I know this is not nearly as exciting as whipping you up into a fever-pitch and being terrified awaiting a blood-colored moon this Saturday night, but it's what the Bible teaches. I will close with this. The next event that Christians are waiting for is the Rapture of the Church. The Rapture and the Second Coming are two different events. We will not be here for the time of Jacob's Trouble. But as far as the Battle of Armageddon goes, we indeed will witness that, and yes more than witness it, we will fight in it. Revelation 19 tells us how it will go for us in that Day: "And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean." Revelation 19:11-14 (KJV) That's the Day of the Lord from Heaven's perspective. The "armies in Heaven" is the Church, that's us, and part of our inheritance is that we get to participate in the Battle of Armageddon in our glorified, resurrection bodies. In that Day we will certainly see the Blood Moon of the Lord, we will ride right past it on white horses! And that's how a Bible believer looks at the current blood moon debate. I think if anything might happen on the 28th, it could be the Rapture. "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words." 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 (KJV) Keep your eye on the eastern sky this weekend!

The Shocking Message Pope Francis Preached At New York’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral

Now The End Begins The Shocking Message Pope Francis Preached At New York’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral by Geoffrey Grider The Pope, the self-proclaimed "vicar of Christ", preaching a message of the FAILURE OF JESUS on the cross. "For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God." 1 Corinthians 1:18 (KJV) Like many people, I missed the message that the Pope preached at St. Patrick's Cathedral because it was not streamed live as far as I was aware. And honestly, I was much more interested from a prophecy perspective in what he was going to say to Washington and the United Nations. So I did not bother to take a peek and see what he preached at St. Patrick's. When I did, I about fell off my chair. pope-francis-failure-of-the-cross-st-patricks-cathedral-new-york-city "We need to remember that we are followers of Jesus Christ and his life, humanly speaking, ended in failure, the failure of the cross. First of all, Pope Francis gave a shout-out to his "Muslim brothers and sisters" when he said this - "I would like to express two sentiments for my Muslim brothers and sisters: Firstly, my greetings as they celebrate the feast of sacrifice." In case he doesn't know, Islam clearly teaches that their God, Allah, has no son. None at all. So for a Christian to be a spiritual brother or sister with a Muslim is impossible. The Qu'ran boldly declares that Allah has no son: "It is not [befitting] for Allah to take a son; exalted is He! When He decrees an affair, He only says to it, "Be," and it is." Surah 19:35,36 Pope Francis has been wooing the Muslims into the Vatican tent for sometime now. In November of 2014, he prayed inside a Mosque in Istanbul, in December of 2014 Pope Francis defended Islam as a "religion of peace", and just a few weeks ago issued the order for all Catholics in Europe to take in Muslim migrants to live with them in their homes. But it didn't stop there, not by a long shot. Pope Francis declared the work of Jesus on the cross to be a failure Perhaps the most shocking, the most stunning words to ever come out of the Pope's mouth had to do with him talking about the "failure of the Cross". What?? It is because of Jesus on the cross, that we have salvation. It is because of the cross that we now have access to the Father and a FULL pardon for our sins. It is because of the cross that Heaven, and not Hell, is our destination. This is what he said: "The cross shows us a different way of measuring success. Ours is to plant the seeds. God sees to the fruits of our labors. And if at times our efforts and works seem to fail and not produce fruit, we need to remember that we are followers of Jesus Christ and his life, humanly speaking, ended in failure, the failure of the cross." That was it, not another word. You would expect him to say something like "while it appeared to be a failure to His disciples, the cross was actually a victory..." or some such thing. I have heard that preached many times before in church. But the thing is, he didn't say that. He just simply stated that the life of Jesus on the cross "ended in failure", which is a complete and total lie. How he could just leave it there, in defeat, to declare the cross a FAILURE and not expound one, tiny bit more is beyond imagination. The Pope, the self-proclaimed "vicar of Christ", preaching a message of the FAILURE OF JESUS on the cross. Honestly, words fail me at this moment. Truly. What better way could Pope Francis end a "sermon" whose opening remarks call Christ-rejecting, Hell-bound Muslims our "brothers and sisters", and whose main point is the "failure of Jesus on the cross", than by praying to Mary and asking for her blessing: "Dear brothers and sisters, in a few moments, we will sing the Magnificat. Let us commend to our lady the work we have been entrusted to do. Let us join her in thanking god for the great things he has done..." You can click here to read the full transcript of this sermon from the pit of Hell, but honestly, why would you want to?

Massive Vatican Anti-Immigration Wall Shows Hypocrisy Of Pope Francis

Now The End Begins Massive Vatican Anti-Immigration Wall Shows Hypocrisy Of Pope Francis by Geoffrey Grider Mr. Pope Francis...tear down this wall! Pope Francis has been tirelessly and relentlessly hammering America for not allowing in more illegal immigrants and for having a southern border wall. Well, guess what? The Vatican that he is the CEO of has a massive, huge, super-high brick and concrete wall that circles all around it. Liar, liar, pants on fire, Frankie Boy. When are you going to take YOUR wall down? And speaking of immigration, guess what country has the strictest immigration policy on the face of the Earth? You guess it, it's Vatican City. With the Pope, it's clearly a case of do as I say, and not do as I do. vatican-city-anti-immigration-wall-pope-francis Is Vatican City welcoming to illegal immigrants? Hmm, you tell me. During his speech before Congress, Pope Francis implored U.S. politicians to embrace migrants seeking to come into America. “Our world is facing a refugee crisis of a magnitude not seen since the second World War,” the pope said, according to USA Today, including “thousands of persons (who) are led to travel north in search of a better life. “We must not be taken aback by their numbers, but rather view them as persons, seeing their faces and listening to their stories, trying to respond as best we can to their situation.” “To respond in a way which is always humane, just and fraternal. We need to avoid a common temptation nowadays: to discard whatever proves troublesome.” So, hey, Pope Francis, until you tear your wall down, America is not going to stop building ours. Donald Trump, are you listening?? @oldjimmymac @realDonaldTrump maybe you missed the giant wall around Vatican City. Here's a pic for you. pic.twitter.com/px2mkKTkOn — Adam Graham (@adamcraiggraham) September 24, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Pope Francis Gives Illuminati Hand Signs To Start Historic Address Before Congress

Geoffrey Grider posted: "In an ironic twist. he left out the fact that the Vatican is the world's richest corporation and has incalculable riches within it's vaults. "And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast" New post on Now The End Begins Pope Francis Gives Illuminati Hand Signs To Start Historic Address Before Congress by Geoffrey Grider In an ironic twist. he left out the fact that the Vatican is the world's richest corporation and has incalculable riches within it's vaults. "And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet." Revelation 16:13 (KJV) Pope Francis speaking before Congress this morning did something highly unusual for a "man of God", he didn't open up in prayer. He did not invoke God in any way, shape or form. Instead, he jumped right into preaching the Laodicean gospel of social justice. What a phenomenal opportunity to bring Jesus Christ to the spotlight as the entire free world was watching! But no, Jesus never even got an 'honorable mention" from the "vicar of Christ". Wow. I preached in church this past Sunday, and we wouldn't even begin until we had prayed and asked for the Lord's blessing. How much more should the Pope have done this? Take a look at the photo below and see the Pope starting his remarks by giving the Satanic Illuminati "OK" sign, and you'll know why he didn't bother to pray to God before speaking, he was already talking with his god. And you wonder why we call him the False Prophet? pope-francis-addresses-congress-september-24-2015-false-prophet-antichrist-obama-revelation-17 In Satanism, when making this sign the three fingers not used to make the circle are considered symbolic of the unholy trinity — horned God, Goddess, and offspring (antichrist). The bent three fingers are shaped as three number six's, or 666. Thus, we have 666, the sun deity (Lucifer), the Goddess (Mystery, Babylon the Great, Mother of Harlots), and the beast (antichrist, 666), all in one unitary hand sign. After that stunning spiritual flop, Pope Francis then spoke about how much he wished to "enter into a dialogue" with the American people. This is where the rambling started, and the audience in attendance began to grow confused, not sure where to applaud or even if to applaud. At the 15:00 mark, he began to talk about out of control capitalism, and the evils of money. In an ironic twist. he left out the fact that the Vatican is the world's richest corporation and has incalculable riches within it's vaults. At the 24:00 mark, he started promoting illegal immigration, and chastising America for not letting more illegals in over our borders. He called it a sin to not allow more illegals in, and that we should "reject a mindset of hostility" towards them. What part of the word "illegal" does the Pope not grasp? At this point he invoked the "golden rule" and got the obligatory standing ovation. It's now the 30:00 mark, and I am still semi-patiently waiting for the "vicar of Christ" to give Jesus a shout out. Crickets., nothing but crickets. Pope Francis completely ignored the Catholic priest pedohile sex scandal victims "And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH." Revelation 17:4,5 (KJV) Pope Francis make a fogged reference to the Catholic church priest sex scandals, and spent nearly 23 seconds talking about it. He said there should be "hope, forgiveness and rehabilitation" for the gay pedophile bishops who committed decades of vile sex crimes. He said NOTHING to the victims and their families. Not one word. The message the Pope sent is that the Catholic church has no desire to do one bit more than the law will force them to do. If I was a Catholic, at this point and for this reason alone, I would instantly abandon the wicked Vatican institution known as the Catholic church. Shameful and disgusting. Francis talks incessantly about "healing the world", and he won't even help to heal the victims that his own church created. Spoken like the lying, hypocritical False Prophet that he is. At the 51:00 mark, Francis again invoked the memories of Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King, Jr. in an ongoing bid to call America to social justice. Still no references to God, Jesus Christ or to the Holy Spirit. The 4 Iranian hostages with one of them being a Christian pastor? Not a word. I guess they don't count. He then closed his "sermon" by saying "God bless America". Finally, the "vicar of Christ" mentioned God. America, behold your False Prophet. Please step up and take the Mark. Geoffrey Grider | September 24, 2015 at 10:58

Nearly 1,000 Muslims Trampled To Death In Hajj Stampede In Mecca

Now The End Begins Nearly 1,000 Muslims Trampled To Death In Hajj Stampede In Mecca by Geoffrey Grider At least 717 Muslims have been crushed to death in a stampede outside Mecca and more than 850 injured in the deadliest disaster on the annual Hajj pilgrimage in a quarter of a century. The tragedy unfolded in a dusty, overcrowded valley a few miles outside Mecca as pilgrims were preparing for one of the last major rites of their trip. Panic broke out when two groups collided at an intersection in the Mina valley, where a temporary city of 160,000 tents house over 2 million people for a few days each year. nearly-1000-dead-in-hajj-stampede-mecca-muslims-islam-september-2015 The crush left dishevelled bodies of victims and injured survivors sprawled amid rubbish and abandoned wheelchairs, videos and photos from the site showed. More than 4,000 rescue workers raced to the scene to offer first aid and rush the most critical cases to nearby hospitals, but even as ambulances ferried bodies and injured survivors from the site of the disaster, the recriminations began. More than 40 Iranians were among the dead, and Tehran blamed Saudi authorities for letting crowds get out of control. “Today’s incident shows mismanagement and lack of serious attention to the safety of pilgrims,” Said Ohadi, the head of Iran’s hajj organisation, was quoted saying by AFP. “There is no other explanation. The Saudi officials should be held accountable.” The Saudi health minister, Khaled al-Falih, was equally quick to point a finger of blame at the dead themselves saying the tragedy could have been avoided if undisciplined pilgrims had “followed instructions”. The two countries are old enemies, whose mutual distrust is amplified by sectarian differences. They have vied for regional influence for decades and are backing opposite sides in the wars in Yemen and Syria. source

September 21, 2015 Islam and Its Cursed Grand Mosque

September 21, 2015 Islam and Its Cursed Grand Mosque A construction crane has crashed through the roof of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, killing 107 people and injuring nearly 400. The disaster was the result of a violent rainstorm that swept over the city. For the past four years, a series of cranes have been used for a massive expansion of the northern area of the Grand Mosque. The work is part of a $10.6 billion project that, after completion, will allow it to house over 2.5 million worshipers. The failure of the crane begs for comment on its incredible irony. The devastating crash occurred right on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on America. First, the crane was struck by lightning, and then it was blown over by a fierce thunderstorm that occurred in a nation that only gets two inches of rainfall each year. Also the owner of the crane is the Saudi Binladin Group; the family of the late al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. I looked at dozens of news stories on this event, and not a single news organization has dared mention the ironic nature of the situation. This is the type of willful ignorance that we have come to expect from a politician; "If I'm lying, may the Lord strike me dead." (And then is promptly killed by a bolt from the blue.) The press is certainly in one accord about the use of the word "holy" in covering all things related to Islam. The accident happened on a Friday, the "holiest day" of the Islamic week, in the "holy city" of Mecca, at the world's "holiest" mosque in Islam. Of course, this incident happened two weeks ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage: the "holiest" Muslim holiday. I find the Grand Mosque more spooky than holy. It has been the epicenter of an endless series of disasters. Here is a list of what I would call the less significant events: December 1975: An exploding gas cylinder caused a fire in a tent colony and resulted in the deaths of 200 pilgrims. November 1979: Over 500 young jihadists seized control the Grand Mosque. It took two weeks for a massive Saudi army effort to retake the Mosque. By the end of the fighting, 127 soldiers as many as 1,000 civilians lost their lives July 1987: A clash between Iranian demonstrators and Saudi security forces brought death to more than 400 pilgrims and injury to thousands more. April 1997: 343 pilgrims were killed and 1,500 injured in a tent fire that raged for two hours. Since then, all tents are required to be fireproof. January 2006: A concrete multi-story building located in Mecca close to the Grand Mosque collapsed. The building, the Al-Ghaza Hotel, is said to have housed a restaurant, a convenience store, and a hotel. The death toll was 76 and the number of injured was 64. A more significant and creepy list cites the calamities that have a direct link to the Stoning of the Devil Ceremony. As pilgrims pass by to throw small stones at pillars representing Satan, deadly stampedes have been a regular part of this ritual. Some notable incidents include: July 2, 1990: A stampede inside a pedestrian tunnel (Al-Ma'aisim tunnel) led to the deaths of 1,426 pilgrims. May 23, 1994: A stampede killed at least 270 pilgrims at the stoning event. April 9, 1998: at least 118 pilgrims were trampled to death and 180 injured in an incident on Jamarat Bridge. March 5, 2001: Thirty five pilgrims were trampled to death in a stampede during the stoning ritual. February 11, 2003: The Stoning of the Devil ritual claimed 14 pilgrims' lives. February 1, 2004: 251 pilgrims were killed and another 244 injured in a lethal crush. January 12, 2006: A stampede, during the ritual on the last day of the Hajj, killed at least 346 pilgrims and injured at least 289 more. It's not like the Grand Mosque is such a uniquely busy place where mass deaths are to be expected. On the list of the largest peaceful gatherings in history, the Islamic Hajj only ranks in the 17th place. Pope John Paul II had some gatherings that were twice as large, and there was no death angel that plagued his events. On every New Year's Eve, one million spectators pack into Time Square. After the ball drops, everyone goes home in one piece. The Saudi government has done everything humanly possible to prevent more tragedy. The Grand Mosque has a small army of security forces, and every new incident results in more safety measures. These untimely deaths keep coming because the spiritual head of Islam is Satan himself. Because Lucifer is also the god of this world, he is able to cover his tracks after each kill. "Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour" (1 Peter 5:8 NIV). "In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them" (2 Corinthians 4:4 KJV). --Todd No Longer in Kansas Listening to Dr. David Jeremiah the other day, I heard him ask whether anyone in his congregation or his TV audience had ever, in these strange days in which we live, suddenly come to the realization that everything was totally changed around them. He said, "Suddenly you just look around and realize you are 'no longer in Kansas.'" The reference, of course, was to the famous 1939 movie, The Wizard of Oz. Dorothy (Judy Garland), one day after a terrible storm had hit their Kansas farm house, looked around her and saw that she was in a strange, unfamiliar land. She was no longer in Kansas. Dr. Jeremiah then spoke on how America and the world had changed so drastically within recent times that it was almost unrecognizable. The political terrain and the cultural and societal landscape of our nation have changed in ways that would have been inconceivable only a few short years ago. He talked about how the culture war was lost, and that there would never be a return to the America those who are older once knew. I then listened to Dr. Charles Stanley, who dealt with much the same theme in his sermon. He asked: "How did we get to this point?" He meant by that, "How has our nation reached its sad state of affairs? How has society and culture become so changed for the worse?" We are no longer in Kansas, but we aren't in the Land of Oz, either. That's for certain. Things around us aren't bright and beautiful, with fanciful prospects for a better future, in terms of what the deteriorating world conditions portend. There is no Yellow Brick Road to show the way to a future of fun and fantasy. There is only a dark pathway that leads toward the plains of Esdraelon--the Valley of Jezreel. And, the movement toward that vast staging region for man's final attempt to achieve his long-desired collective goal is almost unquestionably on its biblically prophetic track. The stage is set and the actors are getting into position to fulfill their designated roles for the great end-times scene. No, it isn't the God of Heaven who wrote the script or who is directing the nation-state actors. The actors themselves wrote the devilish scenario, and their director is Lucifer, who controls their minds and movements. It is a production that he has since far-distant past ages intended to one day bring him glory equal to the Creator of all things. But, it is the Creator who controls the script. He knows every nuance of storyline in His omniscience. He keeps each scene within timeline and stage boundaries through His omnipotence and omnipresence. So, it is no wonder with all this staging going on behind the curtain that obscures our view that the world around us suddenly appears unrecognizable. The Kansas of our familiar, comforting American culture and society of a decade ago has been irreversibly transformed. As a matter of fact, our current president was perfectly clear and up front in promising that he was going to work to fundamentally change America. He's a man of his word in that regard. Our familiar healthcare is gone. In its place is a system that is obviously designed to transfer power to the Washington, D.C., bureaucracy, giving government greatly increased control over the individual American. This president has been at the center of completely redefining marriage, changing the most basic institution God designed for mankind. We are now forced to accept homosexuality as something even better than heterosexuality or face jail time.This administration has put in place economic conditions that now have 94 million eligible workers on the unemployment dole, and have increased the welfare roles immeasurably. The racial divide has been made part of the president's agenda for change, provable by looking at the hatred of civilian police that has burgeoned as results of actions by the U.S. Attorney General and the Justice Department in places like Ferguson, Missouri, and Baltimore, Maryland. The U.S. Constitution has been assaulted and turned upside-down by the changes an apparently fearful, impotent Congress has failed to resist. The president and leftist judges now rule by fiat a nation that allows them to lead us away from God. Mainstream media, along with much of America's clergy, while Planned Parenthood and their like carry on the slaughter of children in the womb --documented on video in doing their murderous activity--not only look the other way, but vigorously defend this organization that perpetrates such Nazi Dr. Josef Mengele-type evil. Geopolitically, this administration, without pushback from our representatives in government, works incessantly to destroy America's once-strong alliance with Israel. Not only has this administration done things diplomatically to severely damage the relationship, but it now joins with enemies of Israel to assure they have the nuclear weaponry to annihilate the Jewish state as the Iranian supreme leader often promises--and, by the way, to destroy America as well at some point in the not-too-distant future. Yes, Dorothy (America), you are no longer in Kansas. You will never be there again. But, you don't have to stay on the path that leads to the abyss. The true Yellow Brick Road that leads to the brightest of all futures is as near as a moment of genuine repentance. Individually, to step upon this golden pathway of light that leads to forgiveness and a real, not fanciful, utopian world, requires only the following: "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation" (Romans10:9-10).

The Devil's Chapel

The Devil's Chapel The Devil's Chapel By: Wendy Wippel Back from my second honeymoon and we saved the best for last, St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Breathtaking. Majestic. Utterly beautiful. Remember, however, that God called Satan beautiful (Ezekiel 28;12), and warned us that he would seek to destroy the church. God promised that Lucifer will fail. But He also warned us there'd be casualties. That's basically what the churches of Revelation are about. At least partially. The opening verses of the book define the book's purpose as to show the saints what would shortly come to pass. And although the seven churches addressed existed as churches when John wrote about them, (he founded six of them), the text of Revelation two and three indicates that the audience is broader than just those six specific churches. (Every church, and every church age, has its share of all the churchgoers described. And remember, the whole book is prophecy. What is to come. So... at this stage of church history, Bible scholars have come to the realization that the churches themselves, in the order described, present a very clear picture of church history. (If you are familiar with this way of looking at these chapters, my apologies. I am not real sure how familiar this really is among the body as a whole. But hang on. This explanation will be brief, and then we'll move on.) And even their names betray their slot in church history. Starting with Ephesus. 1) Ephesus ("desirable,"), the zealous early church that was nonetheless losing their first love. 2) Smyrna, (root word myrrh, the embalming spice), the church persecuted church by two centuries of Roman rule, with an estimated 5 million martyrs. 3) Pergamos, (thoroughly married,or mixed marriage), the church under the Emperor Constantine, who essentially married the pagan religious system of Rome with the fourth century church, introducing a host of pagan concepts that eventually created the church at ... 4) Thyatira, (continual sacrifice), the Papal Church of the Middle Ages, forerunner to the Catholic Church today, which has elevated Mary to co-redemptrix (the most important cult of worship in Rome was the Temple of the vestal virgians), worships of multitude of saints (just like Rome had a blue million Gods) and literally believes that the wafer baked by the priests turns into the body of a God. And what's more, when you eat that God, you're safe for another day! Which means that you have to keep making sacrifices to stay on God's good side. (Ergo "Our lady of perpetual sacrifice"). Host and perpetual sacrifice courtesy of Roman worship practices. Not any verse in the Bible. 5) Sardis, (to come out), the church of the reformation, who rediscovered the gospel but nonetheless continued to be highly anti-semetic and for the most part sterile. 6) Philadelphia, (brotherly love), the church that spurred on primarily (finally!) by bibles in their own hands and in their own language, rediscovered God's word and took the gospel to heart, creating the great evangelical movement of the last three centuries. 7) Laodicea, (the people rule), the apostate church, with nothing that can be said of them that's good. And since the Lord is outside of this church, trying to get in, it would seem that this is the "church" of the tribulation. The one ruled by the antichrist, after the rapture has taken all church age believers home. OK. Back to the Basilica of St. Peter. It really is just incredible. Michelangelo's statue of the Virgin Mary, cradling the dead body of her son (the Pieta). It's hard to believe that a block of cold marble could make you weep. The dome over Peter's grave. Also by Michealangelo. Just incredible. With seemingly thousands of other works of art by every Italian painter or sculptor of note, on every wall and in every corner. And though the church is a work in progress, It's easy to see why centuries of good Roman Christians, literate or not, must have believed that God must be accessible in that place. And that everything the man that preached in that place (nearly 1800 years of popes), according to the Roman Catholic Church, must be absolutely true. But, as we saw in the "what's to come" that John's prophecies promised to clue us into, things starting going south in the time of the church of Pergamum. The mixed marriage church, when Constantine married the pagan worship of Rome to the Christian church, putting pagan priests, in fact, in charge of some Christian congregations. (And apparently, like the frog being boiled alive) things changed slowly enough that the true Christians didn't recognize the threat. Or maybe the true believers had pretty much all been martyred in the age of the church of Smyrna. It was, in fact, Constantine himself that had the original Church of Saint Peter built over Peter's traditional burial site. And something like 3500 generations of worshipers have (largely by the selling of indulgences) added to its earthly grandeur since, making it, according to one guide book, "the greatest of all churches of Christendom". If popularity counts, no doubt it deserves the title. It draws nearly a million visitors a year. Ditto for quality (and amount) of decoration. It's also the largest Christian church covering nearly three square acres. But for me, the wonder of the sheer glory of the place began to be pierced by other perceptions. Much of the decoration consists of sculpture or pictures of the popes, or recognitions of their awards, anniversaries, or accomplishments. And about 45 minutes in, the tour guide totally burst the bubble by cheerfully informing us that the nave of the edifice was built specifically to the dimensions of the Pantheon. The pantheon being another ancient Roman building, on the other side of the ancient city core, whose purpose was defined in its name, pantheon, meaning "all Gods". It was a temple built to worship a multitude of gods. And that formed the basis of St. Peter's Basilica. You may have heard that Constantine became a Christian. He didn't. (Although his mother did). He was, in fact, forcibly baptized on his deathbed. But he served his purpose. He married the Christians of Rome to the system of pagan worship, and the pagans got the last laugh. Today, the pantheon has few visitors, but St. Peter's is always packed. Wasn't it Luther that said "wherever God builds a church, the devil builds a chapel"?