Saturday, April 6, 2013

Signs of the Times

How can you understand the times we live in?

In 1986, I was traveling from Wichita Falls to San Antonio, when I came across a barn with a sign painted on it in the vicinity of Lampasas, Texas .  The sign was weathered and had been there for many years.

I had often seen barns with a sign painted on them in various places across the US.  This had once been fairly common where a farmer would get his barn painted for free if he allowed the sign to painted on the barn.  This was how large signs were often made along roads before bill boards became popular.

It was the message of the sign that got my attention.  This sign near the very center of Texas was an advertisement was for Merrimack Caverns at Stanton, Missouri which was not far from Saint Louis, Missouri.  I had seen many signs for Merrimack Caverns but none of them so far away.  I could hardly believe that there was a sign for Merrimack Caverns more than five hundred miles away.

In fact, when I traveled to Saint Louis I had often see signs for Merrimack Caverns on the route.  The closer you got to Merrimack Caverns the more signs you would see.  The signs not only became more numerous but also gave you more details about Merrimack Caverns.  There were signs about Merrimack Caverns being the hideout of Jesse James and the like.  When you were really close to Stanton, Missouri the signs were really large and numerous.  The signs were just screaming for attention.  You would have to be asleep or blind to not see the signs.  The only way that you would not know that you were right on verge of arriving at Merrimack caverns was if you did not know how to read the signs.  If you were going to Merrimack caverns then the signs of the time of your soon arrival were everywhere.

The signs of the times of the soon arrival of the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) for the Children of Truth (those who obey The Father of Truth because they love Him) are also everywhere.  These signs are shouting for attention.  You have to be asleep or blind to not see the signs.  The only way that you cannot know that you are right on the verge of the arrival of the Man of Truth is if you do not know how to read the signs.  The signs should be apparent to the Children of Truth that are going to be with the Man of Truth.

Can the signs of the times be seen by everyone?

The signs of the times are as clear to see as the signs of the weather if we are willing to see them (Matthew 16:3).   The signs of the times are as clear as the signs of that summer will soon be here (Luke 21:29-30).

What are do the signs of the times consist of?

The signs of the times are the condition of Israel, the world and the church.

What are some of the signs of the condition of Israel?

The nation of Israel is the fig tree that must be watched.  The fig tree has long been a symbol of the people of Israel living in the land of Israel (1 Kings 4:25).  The Man of Truth told us to watch the nation of Israel so we could know that his arrival was soon (Matthew 24:31-33).  The fact that the nation of Israel is flourishing is a sign that the arrival of the Man of Truth to gather to himself the Children of Truth is right at the door (Mark 13:27-29).

The people of Israel, the Jews, have came back to the Land of Israel and created the nation of Israel.  The Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) has gathered Jews out of every country on Earth where he had scattered them and brought them back to the land of Israel (Ezekiel 11:15-17).  The Father of Truth brought them back into the land of Israel with great fury when he destroyed their enemies - the Nazis (Ezekiel 20:34).  The Father of Truth has not brought the Jews back to the land of Israel because of their faithfulness to Him but so the Gentiles could see His faithfulness to Abraham (Abram), Isaac (Yitzhak) and Jacob (Ya'aqob) (Ezekiel 20:41-42).  The Father of Truth brought the Jews back to the land of Israel so that the Gentiles could see His faithfulness to keep His promises (Ezekiel 28:25).  The Father of Truth of Truth has cause the Jews to possess the Golan heights as well as all of the mountains of Israel (Ezekiel 34:12-14).  The Father of Truth has cause there to no longer be two nations of Jewish people but only nation called Israel (Ezekiel 37:21-22).  The Father of Truth has brought back from the sword the land of Israel and gathered it from the many Gentile rulers that have been over it since Judaea was destroyed in 135 AD so that the Jews could live there as the nation of Israel (Ezekiel 38:8).  The Father of Truth has caused the places, which Mark Twain testified were desolate of any inhabitants or livestock in 1867, to be filled with Jewish people and their livestock today (Ezekiel 38:12).  The Father of Truth has brought the nation of Israel back into existence so that the Gentiles can understand that the Father of Truth is the one true God (Ezekiel 39:27).  The Father of Truth has done this so that the Gentiles will be able to see the Jews as a blessing instead of a curse (Zephaniah 3:19-20).

The Jews that are following the Man of Truth in the land of Israel continue to grow larger in numbers, greater in holiness and stronger in influence.  The Father of Truth has began to bring the Jews back to Himself as He promised He would after He brought them back into the Land of Israel (Ezekiel 11:18-20).  The Father of Truth has began turning the Jews from their wickedness in the Land of Israel (Ezekiel 20:43-44).  The Father of Truth has began pouring out the Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) on the Jews in the Land of Israel (Ezekiel 39:28-29).  The Father of Truth has began to cause Jews in the Land of Israel to sing and shout praises to Him in Hebrew instead speaking lies in other languages (Zephaniah 3:9-14).

The Father of Lies (HaShatan aka Satan aka The Devil) is mobilizing his forces against the nation of Israel.  The Muslims show their hatred for the Father of Truth by rioting and shouting "Allah is greater", the Arabic name of the ancient god of war (Psalm 83:2).  The Muslims are conspiring to kill every Jew and every follower of the Man of Truth (Psalm 83:3).  Many Muslim leaders have openly stated that they wish to wipe Israel off the face of the Earth and do not even show Israel on their maps (Psalm 83:4).  These nations that are united in their hatred for Israel consist of those that live in the countries that control some of the land that the Father of Truth promised to the Jews including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the Palestinians in Gaza Strip, Jordan, the so-called Palestinians in the West Bank, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon (Psalm 83:4).   There are even alliances being formed against Israel by nations that have always been enemies with each other like Russia and Persia (Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan) that are outside of the land that the Father of Truth promised to the Jews (Ezekiel 38:3-5).

The nations seek to divide the land of Israel like in the Camp David Agreements and the Oslo Accords.  No one has a right to divide the land of Israel or sale it for peace, not even the Jews, because it belongs to the Father of Truth (Leviticus 25:23).  The Father of Truth will bring terrible judgment upon those that try to divide the land of Israel because the land of Israel and the people of Israel belong to the Father of Truth (Joel 3:2).

The nations seek to divide the city of Jerusalem instead of recognizing it as the capital of Israel.  The Father of Truth commands Children of the Truth to pray that Jerusalem remains undivided (Psalm 122:6).  [The Hebrew word translated as "peace" is "shalom".  The word "shalom" literally means "The peace that comes from being whole - nothing broken, nothing missing, nothing added and nothing out of place."]  The Children of Truth are to never let the Father of Truth rest from hearing their prayers for the wholeness of Jerusalem until the Man of Truth cause righteousness to go out from Jerusalem to the Gentiles (Isaiah 62:1-2).  The Father of Truth commands the Children of Truth to never give Him rest concerning Jerusalem until He makes it the capital of all the Earth for the Man of Truth (Isaiah 62:6-7).  The nations of the Earth that seek to divide Jerusalem shall be destroyed (Zechariah 12:1-3).  Even today, Jerusalem is not completely in the hands of the Jews for the Muslims control the Temple Mount and the Gentiles will continue to control some part of Jerusalem until the Man of Truth comes to reign when the Gentiles will no longer rule the Earth (Luke 21:24).

The Temple Mount faithful and others have already put everything together to build the Third Temple quickly once the Jews gain control of the Temple Mount.  The Man of Truth said that the Third Temple will be standing when the Man of Lies (The Antichrist aka The Beast aka The Man of Sin) is ruling (Matthew 24:15).

What are some of the signs of the condition of the world?

The Children of Truth can now understand things that have been hidden from all previous generations.  We have the ability to travel anywhere in the world within a day.  The total knowledge of the human race is doubling about every eighteen months instead of every two hundred or so years that it has taken throughout most of history.  This is due to the wide spread use of computers, the internet and vast wireless networks.  People can indeed travel very quickly as well as gather knowledge and understanding very quickly (Daniel 12:4).

Every religion in the world, including Islam ,has added a person called Jesus to their religion, even religions that existed before the Man of Truth came to the Earth.  There has been an unbroken chain of Jewish people that have been called Messiah including Manachem Schneerson that began the Chabad movement.  There are indeed many that have came in the name of the Man of Truth and claimed to be him (Matthew 24:5).

There are more wars currently going on than any other time in history and they all involve Muslims.  There has been more fighting between ethnic groups like the Kurds and their fellow Muslims than any other time in the last two thousand years.  There are great famines like the one in Sudan and great plagues like Aids going on.  There has been damage caused by earthquakes (the cause of tsunamis) that has rarely been seen.  While all these things have happened through history, this is the first time that they have happened simultaneously with such magnitude in the last two thousand years.  These are all signs of the soon return of the Man of Truth (Matthew 24:6-7).  The truth is that we haven't seen nothing yet for these are only the beginning of the birth pains (Matthew 24:8). We truly live in perilous times (2 Timothy 3:1).

There is a general moral decay throughout the Earth. People are in sexual relationships that the Father of Truth condemns like they were in the days of Noah (Genesis 6:4). The minds of people are continually on evil things like they were in the days of Noah (Genesis 6:5). The Earth is full of violence like it was in the days of Noah (Genesis 6:11-13).   The Earth is becoming like it was in the days of Noah (Matthew 24:37).  People are either asleep or blind to the signs of the times like they were in the days of Noah (Matthew 24:38).

Homosexuality is rising in practice and acceptance as normal.  The Father of Truth called those that do what the people of Sodom did exceedingly wicked (Genesis 13:13).   The thing that makes them exceeding wicked is their practice of homosexuality and acceptance of homosexuality as normal (Genesis 19:4-5).  Those that practiced homosexuality and that accepted it as normal are either asleep or blind to the signs of the times just like the people of Sodom (Luke 17:28-30).

The Bible has not yet been translated into every language.  Not every individual on Earth has heard the Gospel.  However, the Gospel has been preached to every ethnic group on Earth (Matthew 24:14). There is not a nation on Earth that does not have those that have believed the Gospel and became the Children of Truth (Mark 13:10).

What are some of the signs of the condition of the church?

Prophets of Lies that do not tell people what the Father of Truth has said have risen up in the places of leadership in many congregations (Matthew 24:11).  These religious professionals put on a show of being religious but they deny the power of the Man of Truth to cause people to live like the Man of Truth because they love pleasure more than they love the Father of Truth (2 Timothy 3:2-5).  These religious professionals often get caught up in adultery and fornication (2 Timothy 3:6).  These religious professionals are always studying religion, often achieving titles of education like doctor, but unable to accept the truth that is written in the Book of Truth (2 Timothy 3:7).  These religious professionals cause trouble for anyone in their congregation that speaks the truth because they have no faith in the Man of Truth (2 Timothy 3:8).

The love of many of the Children of Truth for the Man of Truth has grown cold due to the wickedness that has abounds due to the teaching of these religious professionals (Matthew 24:12).  Many say that they are children of the Father of Truth when they have really turned aside to follow the Father of Lies (1 Timothy 5:15).  The time has come when many in the church will not listen to the sound doctrine that is found in the Book of Truth (The Bible) but instead listen to the Ministers of Lies that tell them that they can live outside of the House of Truth to carryout the will of their flesh and still be saved (2 Timothy 4:3).  Many in the church have turned from listening to the truth that is found in the Book of Truth because they have turned towards the fable that they can be the Children of Truth without living in the House of Truth (2 Timothy 4:4).

There have been many Prophets of Lies that have set a date for the Man of Truth to come when only the Father of Truth knows that date (Matthew 24:36).  This has lead to many scoffers who deny that the Man of Truth will soon come for the Children of Truth because they desire to fulfill the sinful desires of their flesh (2 Peter 3:3-4).

All of these things are leading to many falling away from following the Man of Truth so that the Man of Lies can be revealed (2 Thessalonians 2:2-4).

Perhaps now that you can read the signs of the times you realize that you are in trouble.  You may have found yourself fighting against the Father of Truth by joining those that are against Israel or the Jews.  You may have found yourself living like people in the days of Noah.  You may have come to realize that you have been being lied to right inside the walls of your own church.

There is good news in the signs of the times!  The Man of Truth has not yet came back for the Children of Truth so you can still come into the House of Truth to avoid judgment.  Even if your sin has been as bad as that of Sodom you can be forgiven if you will turn from it and come into the House of Truth (Matthew 11:23-24).  You can be saved if you will not leave the House of Truth to follow after the teachings of the Prophets of Lies (Matthew 24:13).  The Father of Truth has been waiting for you to come into the House of Truth just like He waited for Noah to come into the Ark (1 Peter 3:20).  The Father of Truth has delayed judgment on all this wickedness so that you could repent and come into the House of Truth (2 Peter 3:9).

You need to take action because you understand the signs of the times (1 Chronicles 12:32). You need to come into the House of Truth by obeying the Man of Truth in everything because you believe that the Father of Truth has raised the Man of Truth from the dead (Romans 10:9).  Do not put this off for even another moment for today is the day to come into the House of Truth (2 Corinthians 6:2)!

Come into the House of Truth.

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