Today's post will be more along the lines of a warning to all Christians and Non-Christians alike. Our days our growing shorter and shorter, just as the Bible predicted.
Matthew 24:7 "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes."
The past 30 days alone have seen 25 earthquakes that were at a magnitude 6.0 or greater. Some of these regions are as following:
6.0, MARIANA ISLANDS
6.5, SOUTHWEST OF SUMATERA, INDONESIA
6.6, NEAR COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE
6.0, NEAR COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE
6.3, NORTHERN CHILE
6.4, VANUATU ISLANDS
6.1, OFF COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE
6.4, TAIWAN
6.0, NEAR COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE
6.2, CHILE-ARGENTINA BORDER REGION
6.3, NEAR COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE
6.3, SALTA PROVINCE, ARGENTINA
6.0, OFF COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE
6.1, NEAR COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE
6.9, OFF COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE
6.0, NEAR COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE
6.0, NEAR COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE
6.2, NEAR COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE
6.0, SAN JUAN PROVINCE, ARGENTINA
8.3, NEAR COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE
8.5, NEAR COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE
7.0, RYUKYU ISLANDS
6.3, E. RUSSIA-N.E. CHINA BORDER REG.
6.2, BANDA SEA
6.2, TONGA ISLANDS
6.2, SOUTHWESTERN RYUKYU ISLANDS
There are also hundreds of 5.0 or greater listed. Source:
www.iris.edu/seismon/So what does all of this mean, you ask? Revelations was written around 96 B.C. If a book written from way back then is predicting events that are happening currently, then it HAS to be God inspired. Not enough proof, you say? I'll show you more.
Matthew 24:5 "For many will come in my name, saying, I am Christ, and will mislead many."
Matthew 24:11 "And many false prophets will arise, and will mislead many."
"In the last several years many have claimed to be the Messiah. Jim Jones and David Koresh are examples of these false christs as well as countless others who are not as newsworthy. These false prophets are a prelude to the ultimate false christ, the antichrist. Many New Age groups, some even NGO's working for the United Nations, are anxiously awaiting the antichrist, preparing the way for his acceptance as the head of the hierarchy of gods and the one who will usher in world peace."
Matthew 24:6 "And you will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end."
Rumors of wars in all areas of the world now occur frequently thanks to instant media coverage and the availability of a multitude of 24-hour news sources.
Matthew 24:7 "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes."
"More people have been killed in warfare in this century than at any other time in history. As the death toll rises in the Middle East, more and more countries work feverishly to develop devastating weapons of mass destruction. Add to that the expanding threat of terrorism and unpredictable dictators such as Saddam Hussein, and the potential for the outbreak of war exists in nations, kingdoms and places across the globe."
Matthew 24:8-9 "But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs. Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations on account of my name."
"Christians are under attack throughout the world today. In the United States Christians still enjoy freedom to worship God without suffering much more than ridicule, hatred, or discrimination at work and school. However in many other countries such as China, Sudan, Africa, Saudi Arabia, North Korea, Russia, and many Muslim nations, Christian suffer much greater persecution and often times death for their faith. During the tribulation this suffering will be worldwide and will continue even to the point of martyrdom. These first 5 signs will increase in intensity and severity as the tribulation approaches, much like the birth pangs or contractions of a pregnant woman worsen as the delivery time approaches."
Matthew 24:14 "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a witness to all the nations, and then the end shall come."
"This prophecy has already been fulfilled through television, radio, missionaries, the translation of the Bible into many languages, and the internet. People all over the world now hear the message of Christ from missionaries who have the means to travel the globe, and via technology that allows us to communicate with people on the other side of the world right from our own homes, churches and offices."
II Timothy 3:1-5,7 "But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of god; holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth."
All of these descriptions describe today's generation. Every single one of them.
I Timothy 4:1-3 "But the spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons. By means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron, men who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from foods which God has created to be gratefully shared in by those who believe and know the truth."
"Churches today are becoming more and more ecumenical, embracing the New Age interfaith agenda, and denying Christ as the only way to salvation. Giving in to the politically correct media and a corrupt society, they have embrace homosexuality as an acceptable alternate lifestyle and preach tolerance and compromise in place of God's truth for the salvation of the world. The environmentalist movement within the New Age movement lures them into a worship of mother earth, belief in past lives, reincarnation, and Karma while demonizing all those who would eat the meat God gave us as nourishment for our bodies."
Revelation 9:16 "And the number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them."
An army of that size had never existed until China's army reached that number in the 1960's.
Daniel 12:4 "But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time; many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase."
Billy Graham was quoted as saying, "ninety percent of all the engineers and scientists who have ever lived are alive today." Air travel, space travel, DNA research and human cloning are all examples of the rapid increase in knowledge in our generation.
Revelation 13:16-17 "And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name."
On May 10, three members of a family in Florida became the first people to receive the biochip implant. Each device, made of silicon and called a VeriChip, is a small radio transmitter about the size of a piece of rice that is injected under a person's skin. It transmits a unique personal ID number whenever it is within a few feet of a special receiver unit. VeriChip's maker describes it as "a miniaturized, implantable, radio frequency identification device (RFID) that can be used in a variety of security, emergency and healthcare applications."
Is the biochip the mark of the beast to be used by the antichrist? We can't really know. What is significant is that people are being softened to the idea of a mark or an implant as a means of maintaining security, providing medical information, and regulating a more interdependent world. As attitudes change, fears subside, and people are convinced of the need for such a mark, the true mark of the beast will be easily introduced to the world by the antichrist.
Take heed to this verse: Luke 21:28 "But when these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near." If you're falling away from the faith, or feel just down and empty, remember that all trials put into your life are to make you grow spiritually stronger. God will not give you any trial or temptation that you cannot handle.
This is my warning to Christians and Non-Christians alike, God has warned us now we must follow His instructions and give our lives for Him otherwise we will go to hell.
This post isn't here to scare you. It's here as a reminder from God for us Christians to hurry up and finish their job that we have on this earth.
This is also a reminder for those fallen away from the Christian faith or are not yet Christians that it isn't too late yet. You still have time before us Christians are taken to heaven.