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THERE IS no doubt that Russia is to invade Israel in the Last Days and that she will do this in association with four  Muslim countries actually named in  Ezekiel chapter 38.  But there is some confusion among some Bible teachers as to when this invasion will occur. Some teach that the Russian invasion could occur before the Rapture, others teach that it will occur in the first half of the Tribulation while others place it at the end of the seven years of the  Tribulation at the time of the battle of  Armageddon.  If we rightly divide the Word of Truth there can be absolutely no doubt that the Russian invasion must occur in the first half of the Tribulation.  It Cannot Occur at the End of the Tribulation  It cannot occur at the end of the  Tribulation because only five nation s  are involved in the Russian-led invasion  whereas the battle of Armageddon  at the end of the Tribulation involves  ALL nations (Compare Joel 3:2 with  Ezek.38:1-6).   The Russian invasion is led by  Gog the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal (Russia) whereas the battle  of Armageddon is led by the Beast (Antichrist) who is the leader of the Revived Roman Empire. The Russian invasion concludes  with the land of Magog (Russia) being  burned and 1/6 of the invading army  will escape to Siberia (Joel 2:20) whereas none of the invading armies  that attack Jerusalem in the Battle  of Armageddon will escape. They,  together with Antichrist will be all  destroyed and cast into the lake of fire  (Dan.7:11, Rev.19:20).  Israel must be a converted nation  waiting for Messiah to return when  Jesus comes (Isa.25:9) at the end of  the Tribulation. At the beginning of  the Tribulation there will be 144,000 Jews preaching the Gospel of the  Kingdom “in all the world”. They are  the “firstfruits” of the nation and will  be persecuted by fellow Jews at  first (Matt.10:16-23). The 144,000 are all martyred by the mid-point of the  Tribulation and are in heaven around  the throne in Rev.14.  Israel is converted at the time of  the Russian invasion (Ezek.39:22-29)  and in the midst of the Tribulation,  Israel will be singing praises “from the  utmost parts of the earth” (Isa.24:16)  and will give thanks for having “a  refuge from the storm ” (Isa.25:4). If  the Russian invasion was the battle  of Armageddon then Israel would not  sing praises during the Tribulation.  It will be too late for anybody, Jew or  Gentile, to repent when Christ returns  “ in flaming fire taking vengeance on  them that know not God” (2Thess.1:8).  During the Tribulation Israel will have great victories over her enemies “ like  a torch in a sheaf ” (Zech 12:6). This  cannot happen while she is rejecting  Messiah. The Palestinian Covenant  promises victories only when Israel  seeks the Lord (Deut.30:1-10).  It Cannot Occur BEFORE the Rapture  i) If the Russian invasion must occur  before the Rapture that would remove  the doctrine of imminence. We should  be looking for the Russian invasion  and not the Lord to call Christians  home. The Bible clearly teaches that  nobody knows the day or hour when  the Son of man will come. The angels  don’t know and even Jesus does not  know when the Rapture will happen  (Mark 13:32).  ii) When the Russian invasion occurs  “the whole house of Israel” receives  mercy from the Lord (Ezek.39:25;  Jer.31:34).  If this occurred before the Rapture  every Jew would be raptured and  there would be no Jews here for the  Tribulation but the whole purpose  of the Tribulation is to bring Israel  to repentance. Israel cannot reign  with Christ in the Kingdom while  unrepentant.   iii) The Tribulation is the “ Time of  Jacob’s trouble ” but if they are  saved before the Rapture they would  become part of the Gentile Church  and there would be no Jews here  for the Tribulation! The Tribulation  is determined upon Jerusalem  and Daniel’s people i.e. the Jews  (Dan.9:24) therefore Israel cannot turn  to the Lord BEFORE the Rapture.   Acts 15:14 tells us that God will “visit  the Gentiles” to “take out of them a   people for His name” BEFORE the Lord  returns to rebuild Israel. We cannot  mix the Church Age with Israel’s 70th  “week”.  It MUST occur BEFORE Antichrist  begins to Reign at the Mid-point of  the Tribulation  a) The Book of Revelation is a  chronological outline of the events  occurring during the seven years  of the Tribulation from chapter 4 to  chapter 18.  Chapters 6 to 9 describe the first half  when the seal and trumpet judgments  are poured out and chapters 10 to 14  describe events occurring at the mid point while chapters 15 to 18 describe  the “seven last plagues” (Rev.15:1)  which are the seven Vial (Bowl)  judgments.  At the mid-point of the seven years  Satan is cast down from heaven to  the earth (Rev.12:12) and Antichrist is  demon possessed. Antichrist reigns  for 42 months (Rev.13:5).  Then at the mid-point of the  Tribulation, Satan is wroth with Israel  and persecutes those who “keep the  commandments of God, and have the  testimony of Jesus Christ ” (Rev.12:17).  Daniel describes this:   “Therefore he shall go forth with  great fury to destroy, and utterly to  make away many” (Dan.11:44).  Since Israel has the testimony of Jesus  Christ when the Beast takes universal  control, Israel must be converted  before the mid-point of the Tribulation!  b) During the second half of the  Tribulation God will provide protection  for Israel from the attacks of Antichrist.  Isaiah speaks of this:  “Come, my people, enter your chambers , and shut thy  doors behind you: hide yourself as  it were for a little moment, until  the indignation is past . For,  behold, the LORD comes out of his  place to punish the inhabitants of  the earth” (Isa. 26:20-21).  John wrote about this in Rev.12:6.  He states that Israel would flee from  Jerusalem when Antichrist moved into  the Temple. She would go into the  wilderness, where she   “where she has a place prepared by God,  that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days ” (Rev.12:6, 14).  Jesus told Israel in the Olivet Discourse  that when they saw the  “abomination of desolation…stand in  the holy place…then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains” (Matt.24:15-16).  Somewhere in the Judean wilderness  there are caves “ prepared of God ”  where redeemed Israel will be able  to find refuge from the attacks of  Antichrist for the last 1,260 days  before the Lord returns. God would  not be providing a place of refuge  for Israel if they were still rejecting  His beloved Son and Antichrist would  not be attacking Israel if they were not  repentant.  At the time of the Rapture Israel makes  a covenant with Antichrist as the head  of the EU and the reason for his hatred  at the mid-point is because Israel has  turned to Jesus Christ. Therefore the  Russian invasion must occur in the first  half of the Tribulation.  The 144,000 Jewish men from the  12 tribes of Israel will no doubt be responsible for leading Israel to  seek the Lord in the first half of the  Tribulation and Joel prophesied that  when the “ northern army ” comes into  the land like a plague of locusts, that   “THEN will the Lord be zealous  for His land, and pity His people”  (Joel2:18).  Furthermore it is when the “northern  army” is removed that God pours out  His Spirit upon the nation (Joel 2:28).  This conversion of Israel will be  accompanied by   “wonders in the heavens and in the  earth, blood and fire and pillars of  smoke. The sun shall be turned into  darkness, and the moon into blood,  BEFORE the great and terrible day  of the Lord come (Joel2:30-31).  These signs occur at the Russian  invasion which is the 6th seal  Judgment (Ezek,38:19-23; Rev.6:12-14).  And after this Joel describes the  battle of Armageddon and the second  advent of Christ:   “For behold in t hose days , and in that time ,  when I bring back the captives  of Judah and Jerusalem, I will ALSO gather all nations, and will bring them  down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat,  and will enter into judgement with them there on account my  people …” (Joel3:1-2).  Chapter three of Joel’s prophecy  describes the second half of the  Tribulation and the return of Christ  “immediately after” the Tribulation  (Joel 3:15-16) so it is perfectly clear that  the conversion of Israel that occurs  when Russia invades must be BEFORE  the second half of the Tribulation.  In the first half of the Tribulation God  deals with Israel and brings them to  repentance but in the second half He  judges the nations.

Yes it does say in the Scriptures we have to go through all kinds of testing, trial & tribulations. Also the Lord Jesus says that he sent out his disciples as sheep among wolves & warned us that in this world we have troubles. But that is not referring to the Great Tribulation! But it doesn't say anywhere that we as born again believers in the Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ, the Son of God, will have to go through 3 series of plagues, which is clearly defined as the period of God's Wrath on this earth & the gentile nations & bring the Jewish people as a nation back to Him & repentance. Yes you can stubbornly hold on to "Israel Replacement Theology" & "Dominion Theology". But please believe the Scriptures what it says, not reading what you believe I am over hearing the stereotype arguments of the anti Pre-Trib crowd: *All you guys want is to escape - Do you want to stay here on this corrupted earth? *Rapture believing Christians are passive, they don't fight for righteous in society- That might be true for some, but you got passive , lazy Christians in any denomination or doctrinal flavour. *It all started with Darby & Scofield. Nonsense it started with Apostle Paul in the letters to the church in Thessaloniki. Please read these Scriptures (Amplified Bible) & notes from one of my messages on this topic below: Ten confirmations that the snatching away (rapture) of the church will happen before the Antichrist is revealed & the 3 series of plagues in Revelation 1- He will keep us from the hour of trial Revelation 3:10 Because you have kept the word of My endurance [My command to persevere], I will keep you [safe] from the hour of trial, that hour which is about to come on the whole [inhabited] world, to test those who live on the earth. 2- We are not destined to suffer wrath 1 Thessalonians 5:9 For God has not destined us to [incur His] wrath [that is, He did not select us to condemn us], but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 3- The Antichrist is being restrained till the appointed time 2 Thessalonians 2:5-7 5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you, I was telling you these things? 6 And you know what restrains him now [from being revealed]; it is so that he will be revealed at his own [appointed] time. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness [rebellion against divine authority and the coming reign of lawlessness] is already at work; [but it is restrained] only until he who now restrains it is taken out of the way. 4- What must take place after this..... Revelation 4:1 After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a [war] trumpet speaking with me, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things.” 5- Rescues us from the coming wrath 1 Thessalonians 1:10 and to [look forward and confidently] wait for [the coming of] His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus, who [personally] rescues us from the coming wrath [and draws us to Himself, granting us all the privileges and rewards of a new life with Him]. 6- Escape all the things that are going to take place Luke 21:36 36But keep alert at all times [be attentive and ready], praying that you may have the strength and ability [to be found worthy and] to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand in the presence of the Son of Man [at His coming].” 7- The body of Christ, His Church will face the judgement seat of Christ, not the great day of His wrath Revelation 6:17 for the great day of their wrath and vengeance and retribution has come, and who is able to [face God and] stand [before the wrath of the Lamb]?” 8- The location of the seven lampstands (churches) indicates that they are not any longer on earth A) The lampstands are here on earth Revelation 1:20 As for the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are the angels (divine messengers) of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. B) The lamps (indwelt by the Holy Spirit) are in heaven in front of the throne Revelation 4:5 From the throne came flashes of lightning and [rumbling] sounds and peals of thunder. Seven lamps of fire were burning in front of the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God; C) The divine outline in Revelation *Write the things you have seen, (The Vision of Christ, Ch 1) and *the things which are, (The 7 churches, Ch 2 & 3) and *the things which will take place after this; (Which follows after the churches; Ch 4-22) *The word is “Meta Tauta” meaning “hereafter”, or “after these things (Revelation 4:1) 9- Will believers in Christ mourn when he comes back? Revelation 1:7 Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes (nations) of the earth will mourn over Him [realizing their sin and guilt, and anticipating the coming wrath]. So it is to be. Amen. All born again, Spirit filled believers will long for & welcome His appearing! 2 Timothy 4:8 In the future there is reserved for me the [victor’s] crown of righteousness [for being right with God and doing right], which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that [great] day—and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved and longed for and welcomed His appearing. Hebrews 9:28 so Christ, having been offered once and once for all to bear [as a burden] the sins of many, will appear a second time [when he returns to earth], not to deal with sin, but to bring salvation to those who are eagerly and confidently waiting for Him. 10- The word church is not any longer mentioned after Revelation 4 & the titles of Christ change Revelation 1-3 has over 24 titles for the Lord Jesus Christ, but none of these are distinctly Jewish. But starting from Ch 4 the titles of Christ change, they become distinctly Jewish: e.g. The Lion of the tribe of Judah, Root of David, The Lamb

The God of this universe is a Zionist, and, therefore, the question I have for you is simply: Are you? If you’re not, you are heading on a collision course with God, and you will have to give an account one day of what you did or didn’t do to “the least of these” Jesus’ brothers and sisters, the Jewish people. If God is a Zionist, we ought to be! Now, maybe you’re wondering, “ What is Zionism?” Very simply, it means that you identify that the Jewish people have a right to return to their ancestral homeland. Douglas Murray, a British author, conservative political commentator, journalist, and solid advocate for Israel and the Jewish people, laid out Zionism very well in a recent Munk Debate in Toronto, Canada. Here are just a few highlights of what he said in that debate: You would’ve thought after an attack like the one that Hamas instigated that started this terrible war, [there] would be some sympathy from the world. You might have thought the world would pay attention to the attack and at least pay attention to the people behind it. You might have expected, like me, that there might have been a worldwide opposition to the terrorists, rapists, and murderers of Hamas. You might have thought there would be hatred around the world erupting that the government of Qatar and its mouthpiece, Al Jazeera, [are] funding Hamas and hosting the leadership of Hamas in Qatar. You might have thought there would have been an outpouring of rage at the Islamic Revolutionary government of Tehran. But, no. There was an immediate outpouring of rage against the State that had been attacked. Douglas went on to say: The interesting thing about antisemitism is, as my late friend Jonathan Sacks said, it’s a shape-shifting virus. It moves across the centuries. When you could hate people for their religion, the Jews were hated for their religion. Then, you couldn’t hate people for that anymore, so people hated the Jews for their race. Then, after that, in the 20th century, people realized that wasn’t a great idea either. Now, Jews are hated, not for their religion or their race, but for having a state. People around the world hate them so much for it that Israelis are attacked when they have hostages taken, and they’re also attacked when they rescue their hostages. The interesting thing about antisemitism is the Jews can never win because, historically, they’ve been hated for being rich and for being poor. They’ve been hated for integrating and for not integrating. They were hated for being stateless; now, they’re hated for having a state. Today, the only really acceptable form of antisemitism, aside from the far-right, is anti-Zionism. Zionism is simply the right of the Jews to self-determination in their historic homeland—that’s all. He continued: Antisemitism is double standards against Jewish people or cruel and unfair treatment of people because they are Jews. This isn’t very far away from here. If this isn’t antisemitism, can the audience here tell me why the following things have happened since October 7th? Why in a Montreal suburb was a synagogue firebombed, as happened in November, and gunshots against a yeshiva? Why in Toronto was a bookstore owned by a Jew attacked? Why was a Molotov cocktail thrown through a Jewish community center in Montreal? Why was a Toronto Jewish deli in North York firebombed? Why in Toronto was the Orthodox synagogue vandalized? Why in Toronto did two men open fire the other week on a Jewish girls’ school? One question hovers over all of it above all—the question of who would protect the Jews. Who would you trust to protect them? The Europeans? The Arab world? No, history shows only one people protect the Jewish people: the Jewish people. That’s what Zionism is. Well said, Doug! In the end, the most important thing to consider is whether or not God is a Zionist. We must look to His Word, and there we will find that it is God Himself who has chosen Zion, the land of Israel, to put his name forever. That’s what we read in Psalm 132:13-14 , “For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.” Seeing that God owns the land, He can give it to whomever He wants, and God has given it to the physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as an everlasting possession. Even though God had scattered the Jewish people to the four corners of the Earth because of their disobedience to Him, His word is very clear that He would also regather them back in the latter days—the days in which we are living. One day, when the kingdom comes, when Israel’s Messiah Returns, the law will go forth out of Zion to the world. The pre-eminence is going to shift from the Gentiles to the Jewish people as their Messiah, Jesus, is going to be ruling and reigning on the throne of His father David for a thousand years. Isaiah 2:2-4 states, “Now it shall come to pass in the latter days That the mountain of the Lord’s house Shall be established on the top of the mountains, And shall be exalted above the hills; And all nations shall flow to it. Many people shall come and say, ‘Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, To the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach us His ways, And we shall walk in His paths.’ For out of Zion shall go forth the law, And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. He shall judge between the nations, And rebuke many people; They shall beat their swords into ploughshares, And their spears into pruning hooks; Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, Neither shall they learn war anymore.” There you have it. God is a Zionist, and He’s also jealous for Zion with a great jealousy—simply read Zachariah chapter one. He’s jealous for His people and He’s regathering them back to the land He has given them right before our very eyes. As Douglas Murray pointed out, anti-Zionism is antisemitism. You cannot separate the two. Therefore, the question is, friends, what side of history do you want to be on? Even Douglas Murray, who didn’t point to the Bible, can clearly see that the Jewish people have a right to return to their ancestral Homeland. He also stated that it is only the Jewish people who will protect the Jews. I’ll go one step further. It’s not the Jewish people that are going to protect themselves, but it’s the God of this universe that is ultimately going to protect the Jewish people. Jeremiah 31: 35-36 reads, “Thus says the Lord, Who gives the sun for a light by day, The ordinances of the moon and the stars for a light by night, Who disturbs the sea, And its waves roar (The Lord of hosts is His name): ‘If those ordinances depart From before Me, says the Lord, Then the seed of Israel shall also cease From being a nation before Me forever.'” As long as the sun, moon, and stars are shining in the sky, Israel will not cease from being a nation before Him forever. Again, I ask, what side of history do you want to be on? I trust you want to be on the side of history that lines up with God’s passions and God’s love. He has an everlasting love for Israel and the Jewish people. Continue to pray for the Peace of Jerusalem. The Jewish people need our prayers more than ever. If they ever needed a friend, now is the time. As believers in God’s Word, we ought to stand, support, and love Israel and the Jewish people. We need to be pro-Zionists. We need to be Christian Zionists who come alongside them every chance we get against those who hate them. Psalm 129:5 says, “Let all those who hate Zion be put to shame and turned back.” May it be said of us Believers that we love Zion.

1 Thessalonians 5:23 New King James Version Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. As a pastor I am first & foremost the overseer of the flock & peoples souls. But the Scriptures also admonish us to take care of our bodies. Since the COVID mandates we have become more aware that not only the Pharmaceutical Industry has become corrupted but also the Food processing industry So please listen to this interview Dr Phil is doing with somebody who has worked in this industry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioQ386q5ecQ

Sexual immorality is often promoted under the guise of "liberalism." Today, all forms of debauched behaviour are presented as freedom from that stuffy, archaic moral rigidity left over from our grandparents’ generation, as though outdated morals are all that’s at stake. But what if that steady march of “progress” under the banner of “moral liberation” is leading us somewhere else? Somewhere that even the staunchest progressive wouldn’t necessarily want to end up? What if the prize at the end of the road isn’t freedom after all? What if it’s the exact opposite? That is a question R.J. Rushdoony addressed in a chapter of his book titled, The Foundation of Social Order: Studies in the Creeds and Councils of the Early Church. In the piece, Rushdoony explains that a means by which the power state, or budding tyrannical governments, increase in power over the populous, is by maintaining a perpetual state of guilt. Not the sort of guilt that would drive a sinner to Christ for the forgiveness of his sins, but a guilt with no end, a guilt with no relief. It’s the sort of guilt that makes a man, not only feel guilty for indulging in vice, but guilty for experiencing that natural sense of guilt that arises. As such, we have a generation or more whose first response to an unsettled conscience is not to properly deal with their guilt, but to prop up distractions that seemingly help to divert the mind’s attention. The guilt remains, but only in the back of the mind. The sin is never dealt with, and that’s the point. Fearful men are weak men, and few things terrify a man more than the public airing of their dirty laundry. Children might be scared of monsters under the bed, but it’s the adults who are terrified of the skeletons in the closet. Conscious or otherwise, it is this fear that shackles the mind and enfeebles the man. And for the tyrant-in-waiting, his job is half-done through the peoples’ self-inflicted, mental enslavement through fear and never-ceasing guilt. Rushdoony explains: "The power state has a stake in perpetuating sin because guilty men are slaves. A man with a guilty conscience is not a free man; he is in bondage, and his life will reveal his inner slavery. More than a few wives have on occasion tried quietly to push their husbands into adultery in the knowledge that a guilty man is less independent and less confident in making a state in terms of his rightful authority and responsibility. As Shakespeare’s Hamlet observed, ‘Conscience does make cowards of us all.’ "The effects of a bad conscience are enslaving. The power state therefore works to promote immorality as though it were a necessary aspect of human liberty, and to destroy Christianity, in order to eliminate the remedy for sin, the relief and healing for an enslaved conscience. "Without the liberating power of Christianity, the forgiveness of sins through Jesus Christ, there is no possibility of overthrowing tyranny. The gospel of the tyrant state becomes the assertion that liberty is license to sin, and slavery is the liberty of moral self-government. "In every such state, the courts and schools decree and interpret liberty as freedom from morality. The people are deluded into believing they are a more free people because they now possess a licence to fornicate, to commit adultery, indulge in perversions freely, and read pornography. "Meanwhile, as the people wallow in this ‘new freedom,’ the state rapidly extends its powers over the people, over family life, economics, education, business, labor, and agriculture, over the churches, art, science, and all things else. "The promulgation of the idea that sexual and moral irresponsibility is liberty is thus the usual and necessary prelude to the destruction of liberty and the rise of statism. The ‘new freedom’ produces the old slavery."

Many of us might remember various movies or series from about 10-15 years ago, which we thought then was really Science Fiction & far fetched, inspired by Hollywood's script writers having a large & vivid imagination of reality. There have been various testimonies of stuntmen & actors that have left the Hollywood scene, that the CIA has a large influence in the themes & scriptwriting. Whether this is true or not we don't know with 100% certainty, but they definitely getting very close to the things we see now around us & start lining up with Biblical End time doctrines & eschatology. I have never watched the series X-files myself, but this content of this particular Episode is uncanny, realistic & applicable in regards to what we see around us now, not just in the US but world wide! Check this one out: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3358408277792554

Among the many Bible verses that are either misquoted or taken out of context is the famed statement of Jesus in John’s gospel: John 16:33 KJV – “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” The word “tribulation” here means “anguish, burdens, persecutions, and troubles”. It does not mean “wrath”. Jesus was not saying, as many propose, that the church will go through the Great Tribulation. We know this because the Great Tribulation is a time of God’s wrath, which we do not have an appointment with (1 Thessalonians 5:9). The purposes of the Great Tribulation are well-defined in scripture. To finish the years determined for Daniel’s people and holy city (Daniel 9:24) and to punish a Christ rejecting and disobedient world (Colossians 3:6). The Bible also states that there are plans for the church during the Great Tribulation that are “out of this world,” quite literally. 2 Corinthians 5:10 KJV – “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.” Revelation 19:6-9 KJV – “And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.” The judgment seat of Christ is in heaven as is the marriage of the Lamb and the next thing John records in Revelation 19 is the bride returning to earth with the Lord. To return with the Lord requires already being “where He is”. Thus, when the Lord ends the Great Tribulation with His return, the church will have already experienced the marriage of the Lamb and have stood at the judgment seat of Christ. Therefore the church cannot be on earth during any of the Tribulation. The Great Tribulation, the Day of Jacob’s trouble, the Great and Terrible Day of the Lord are not in the church’s future. The Day of the Lord centres on Israel and a Christ rejecting world. We will be safely in heaven, forever to be with the Lord, “in that day”. And in that, we can greatly rejoice! Even so, come quickly Lord Jesus.

2 Timothy 3:1-5 Amplified Bible “Difficult Times Will Come” 3 But understand this, that in the last days dangerous times [of great stress and trouble] will come [difficult days that will be hard to bear]. 2 For people will be lovers of self [narcissistic, self-focused], lovers of money [impelled by greed], boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy and profane, 3 [and they will be] unloving [devoid of natural human affection, calloused and inhumane], irreconcilable, malicious gossips, devoid of self-control [intemperate, immoral], brutal, haters of good, 4 traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of [sensual] pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 holding to a form of [outward] godliness (religion), although they have denied its power [for their conduct nullifies their claim of faith]. Avoid such people and keep far away from them. Matthew 24:8  Amplified Bible But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs [of the intolerable anguish and the time of unprecedented trouble]. I don't know about you, but reading the news headlines is mind blowing lately. I will never again say: It can't get any worse, because when we reached a low, things are still getting worse by the week, or should I say by the day. Some of the low points over the last weeks: We are now in "pride" month. Who would have ever thought that sexual perversion is celebrated for a whole month. Australia under the "leadership" of Anthony Albanese & Penny Wong voted in the UN for a Two State "Solution", which effectively is supporting Hamas The weak & biased leadership of the 2 mentioned above is indirectly encouraging all the insidious protests around the country against Israel, who has like any other nation the right to defend itself against terrorists. Last month at the UN & US Senate the had a moment of silence to honour the death of "The butcher of Teheran", honestly has the world gone mad? The Au government & Biden's policies are uncanny similar: Unbridled immigration, bad economical policies, soft on crime. It seems somebody else is pulling the strings. Can it really be God's will that His children be silent at a time like this? It is time for battle, not a time for "fence sitting" & cowardice that masquerades as as godly meekness &  obedience. There are haunting similarities between today's "Western" church and the German church of the 1930's.  "Cheap grace" has taken the spiritual vitality of millions of Christians.  Paying lip service to the Gospel, they shrink from resisting the evils of our time.  As Bonhoeffer & other heroes of the faith insisted; the church has a vital role in the culture & condition of a nation.  It is our  duty to fight the powers of darkness, especially on behalf of the weak & vulnerable. Silence is not an option. God calls us to defend the life of the unborn, to confront the lies of cultural Marxism, and to battle the globalist tyranny  that crushes human freedom.

Daniel 12:4 New King James Version “But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.” PEOPLE ARE on the move as never before and illegal immigration is  actually being encouraged by left-wing governments. It is one of the  signs given to Daniel of the last days.  The World Migrant Report for 2022 states that Europe and Asia each  hosted 87 and 86 million international migrants while North America  has taken 59 million. More than 40% of international migrants were  born in Asia. The number of foreign-born people living in the US in 1970 was 12  million but in 2019 it was 51 million. Illegal immigration is hard to estimate but America expects 10 million  during the Biden term of four years as President. In March 2024 Elon  Musk claimed the Biden Administration had flown 320,000 illegal  migrants into the country. Middle East and African nations have been  pouring into Europe changing the political, religious and economic  character of European countries. Left wing Governments see multiculturalism as a means of breaking  established Judeo-Christian social structures and changing the entire  character of Western nations. They encourage illegal immigration  and flood Western countries with Muslims, Hindus, Communists and  anybody else till Christmas Carols are considered offensive, mosques  and pagan temples fill the skyline. But migration is not the only evidence that men are running to and  fro in the last days. It is estimated that 10 million people fly every day  on 100,000 flights. That amounts to 3.65 billion per year. Of course  many people make mulitple flights each year.  The number of Cargo ships is 17,784; Bulk Carriers 12,941; crude  Oil Tankers 8,258; Chemical Tankers 6122; Container ships 5,574;  Passenger ships 5,369 and Liquified Gas Tankers 2,180. These continually ply the high seas. In addition there are more than 10,000  naval vessels. In 2009 the United Nations estimated that 3 million people moved  to cities each week. That’s over 150 million per year! At that rate it  won’t be long before most of world population will dwell in cities with  no means of supporting themselves when famine and earthquakes  strike during the Tribulation. In 1950 there were 750million living in cities and this increased to 4.8  billion in 2018. Our generation has seen people moving nationally and internationally  as never before and it is a sign that we are in the last days. The next great sign will be the disappearance of Christians at the  Rapture and then the Great Tribulation will burst upon this world.  Jesus Christ is coming soon. Signs are multiplying. He came 2000  years ago to provide a free pardon for all our sin and all who call  on Him for God’s mercy receive eternal life and a home in heaven.  Eternal life is a free gift for all who turn from sin to Christ for John 3:16 New King James Version "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life".

Before I was called to mission work to the former Soviet Union & the Eastern European countries behind the "Iron Curtain" I grew up in Holland or better said; the Netherlands. Everybody immediately thinks of the stereotype "cute" & not so nice things about this country below sea-level. But what is lesser known that it also has a very strong history of extreme "ingrained" Calvinism, especially in the rural towns & among the farming & fishing communities. Amsterdam in that regards is not good representation of the country as a whole. The reason I am starting with this introduction is that I grew up with experiencing & observing the "fruit" of Calvinism. You not only need to look at the theological aspect which I will come to soon, but study the life & actions of John Calvin himself & observe the fruit of this teaching in the life of the church & believers. Well it's not pretty & I will spare you the details. When I as a young man found Christ & surrendered my life to Jesus Christ as my Lord & Saviour, it became even more clear to me it is a false teaching. Besides observing the "fruit" I also did my "homework" and the more I delved into this matter the more disgusted I became with this abhorrent "doctrine" I not only concluded that it is a false teaching, but it is doctrine of demons: Calvinism is from the pit of hell. Calvinism" & the so called "TULIP" has some Biblical truths, but like most false doctrines & religions they are "sandwiched" with some truth. But don't forget that most poisons consists largely of water. The reason I am writing this blog is, that there seems to be a resurgence of Calvinism & unfortunately still influences many pulpits today across many denominations. You don't have to take my word for it, but if you want to find out more, please study, read & listen to links below: Watch "One Christian Truth Calvinists CAN'T SAY" https://youtu.be/bLIiq6kiBMw?si=uU0iiyr5bdaSruBt For more info see links below:                                                                                                                https://www.heraldofhope.org.au/reformed-theology-faulty-flower/                                                   https://www.heraldofhope.org.au/who-are-the-elect/ https://youtu.be/hXeFRQ3qsqY?si=mwynHipGQXIVP3qc ​

Because I take the Bible literally, even when some kind of poetic language is used like symbol, or metaphor, something literal is being referenced. The Apostle Paul was chosen by God to be His Apostle with delegated authority to the Gentiles. And that, For the specific purpose of revealing the mystery of Salvation by Grace alone through faith alone as stated clearly in 1st Corinthians 15:3 and 4.. INCLUDING FOR THE FIRST TIME Gentiles into the plan of God. We see this plan unfolding very rapidly RIGHT NOW. I HAVE NEVER SEEN THE BIRTH PANGS OF MAJOR END TIME EVENTS, AS ARE COMING ON THE WORLD LIKE RIGHT NOW. ISRAEL IS AT THE CENTER JUST AS PROPHESIED, BEING PRESSURED BY THE WORLD TO COMPROMISE AND BACK DOWN. THE WORLD STAGE IS BEING SET FOR THE ANTICHRIST.. and the rapture is imminent like never before..

Titus 2:13 awaiting and confidently expecting the [fulfilment of our] blessed hope and the glorious appearing of our great God and Saviour, Christ Jesus, 2 Peter 3:3 First of all, know [without any doubt] that mockers will come in the last days with their mocking, following after their own human desires The closer we get to that special day, the more resistance & even mocking. I never attack people who have different views on this, but the opposite is often true. If people visiting our church & ask me about this, I will try to explain how I come to this conclusion with gentleness & respect. I have now studied the Word of God & end-time prophecy for about 40 years & still learning, but to me the doctrine of the "Rapture" is rock solid. The "accusation" that pre-tribulation Christians are passive & don't care about the state of the world & pull back from society is completely unfounded. This false statement has been repeated so many times that many start actually believing this. Yes there are possibly "lazy" Christians in any denomination, flavour & doctrine, but my own life & testimony & from many others & recent church history prove the opposite. I don't care how famous, popular or size church these anti-rapture "preachers" represent, wrong is wrong. The Scriptures only, not opinions based on the so called "New Apostolic Reformation" , "Israel replacement Theology" & "Kingdom Now Doctrine" etc , has the final authority. Watch "The Rapture is Demonic?? RESPONSE to The Eric Metaxas Show" on YouTube https://youtu.be/zJVjMwDh0xc?si=qm7M7lepaRXg_Ji2 https://harbingersdaily.com/the-rampant-practice-of-mocking-the-rapture-should-remind-us-that-time-is-running-out/