A LOOK AT END TIME PROPHECY THROUGH THE EYES OF AN UNWORTHY SERVANT

Standing with Israel Is Standing with God - Rev. Rebecca J. Brimmer International Executive Director - Bridges for Peace International Israel is in the news every day. You can pick up any newspaper or newsmagazine or watch the television news, and there will usually be something about Israel. You will hear about many of the problems, issues, and conflicts Israel faces, both on an individual and a corporate level. You will hear about suicide bombers, terror attacks, and war. But, as strange as it may sound, these are only symptoms of a bigger problem. That problem is spiritual. The world is at war against God. You can see evidence of the spiritual struggle from Genesis to Revelation. The evils of earthly war, violence, and hatred are all by-products of the war raging in the spiritual realm. The first time we read of this conflict is in Genesis when the serpent comes to Eve and tells her that God is a liar and not to be trusted: "Then the serpent said to the woman, 'You will not...

Why Do You Worship God? Chip Ingram Why is your God better than all the other gods in the world? I was asked that question on an international flight by a Chinese woman who had grown up under communism. For the first 20 or so years of her life, she had been taught there was no God, but for the last 10 years, she had been reading about various religions and beliefs, and she honestly wanted to know why I worshipped God. I spent the next two hours telling her everything I could think of to help her understand the uniqueness and character of the God of the Bible, and to explain why the God of Christianity is, in fact, the one true God. At the time, I hoped and prayed that I gave her some pretty solid answers, but if I had it to do over again, I would simply focus on the sovereignty of God. Why? Because it is the sovereignty of God that sets Him apart from all other gods. So what does the phrase "God is sovereign" really mean? If you were to look up the word "sovereign" ...

FAITH UNDER FIRE Christmas in America becomes battleground As holiday traditions draw national controversy, believers, pagans grapple over Jesus' inclusion Posted: December 14, 2002 1:00 a.m. Eastern By Joe Kovacs © 2002 WorldNetDaily.com Every December, a call goes out from the nation's pulpits to "put Christ back into Christmas," but growing numbers of Americans – including fundamentalist Christians – are claiming Jesus Christ had nothing to do with the holiday, and news items from across the country this week indicate that the U.S. has become the new battleground for Christmas. Cases in point: * A first-grade teacher in Sacramento Co., Calif., says her principal has prohibited instructors from uttering the word "Christmas" in class or in written materials; * A school superintendent in Yonkers, N.Y., banned, then unbanned, holiday decorations that contained religious themes more than the generic "season's greetings"; * New York Ci...

Behold a Pale Horse Avian Flu - by Chuck Missler - www.khouse.org We tend to presume linearity in our environment: we assume that tomorrow will be like yesterday; next month like last month, etc. It's understandable and it makes a workable hypothesis for most of the practical priorities we face in life. However, it is also clear that our reality is often disturbed by "non-linearities," which can come in many forms. Certainly Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the Gulf Coast and the recent earthquake in Pakistan are traumatic examples. But earthquakes and hurricanes are not the only "non-linearities" we face in our reality - pestilences have also been promised as a sign of the end times: 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 birthpangs. Matthew 24:7-8 The fourth of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse also suggests the same: And w...

Syria, Iran, Russia, China, Israel—End Time Prophecies In Play Today By Bill Wilson, KIN Senior Analyst - www.watch.org WASH—KIN—Nov 2— This weekend time prophecy took a step forward as the United States, France and Britain agreed to drop demands for sanctions against Syria at the U.N. Security Council. America, Britain and France dropped their demands, including that Syria renounce support for terrorism, in order to secure the votes of Russia and China on a watered down version that required Syrian cooperation under the threat of "further action" by the Security Council. The sanctions were proposed because Syria refused to cooperate in an investigation that Syrian assassins participated in killing Lebanon's former Prime Minister and that arms supplied by Russia were being distributed to Islamic terrorist groups for use against Israel. That "further action" could be deadly as the resolution was adopted under Chapter VII of the U.N. Charter, which is militarily e...

Right with God, or Left Behind? "Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter" (Rev 1:19). "hast seen" ch. 1: glimpse at glorified Christ, eternity past. "are" chs. 2-3: church age, the present age of Grace. shall be hereafter—begins in 4:1, end of the world & eternity future. Revelation 1:1-last word= “hereafter”…the 3rd and final section of Revelation begins right here! The church [born again believers] has had the center stage until now…as a matter of fact, the word church appears 19 times in chs. 2 & 3, but in Revelation 4:1, the church disappears! And is not seen again until ch. 19, when we find the church returning with Christ to earth at the battle of Armageddon! To use radio language, we would say that in Revelation 4:1, the church goes “off the air”. Why does the church go off the air in Revelation 4:1? I’ll tell you why, because the church goes “in the air” in Revelation 4:1!! Th...

A world without America' - By Steven Stalinsky The Islamic student competition and conferences likely ignored by your hometown "mainstream" paper http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | President Ahmadinejad's speech to the Iranian student organization Union of Islamic Students Association's "World Without Zionism" conference last week stating, "Very soon, this stain of disgrace [i.e. Israel] will vanish from the center of the Islamic world" has been widely condemned internationally. In Iran, however, his speech was surrounded by celebrations and proclamations — which were part of Al-Quds Day. This included a reception for ambassadors from Muslim countries "thrown in their honor" by Iran's Foreign Ministry on October 27. A legal adviser to the Palestinian Authority on "peace negotiations," Diana Butto, was pictured by the Islamic Republic News Agency on October 28 speaking to an audience in Iran about "her support of the...

Is the choice Abbas or the abyss? - By Jonathan Tobin Strategy on Palestinians a mockery of president's stands on democracy and terror http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | In any descent into folly, there is a tipping point. Before that happens, there's a chance to reverse course and avert disaster. But after the crucial moment arrives, failure is inevitable, and the only question is just how badly things will actually turn out. No, I'm not talking about the Bush administration's Iraq policy, its hurricane recovery efforts or the fallout from the Valerie Plame leak case. Rather, the really bad mistake Washington is about to commit is one that has generated no outrage from the press or worries about declining poll numbers. Ironically, it was at Bush's meetings with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas last week — an event that provided a respite from bad press — at which the greatest administration blunder of the month occurred: Bush gave Abbas the green light...

PROPHETIC VISIONS OF JUDGMENT A Prophetic Vision Given to Nita Johnson Jan. 27,1989 [editor's notes in brackets] I was awakened in the middle of the night. The Lord said to me, "Why do you think I gave you that vision of the United States?" I replied, "I don't know, Lord, why did you?" He then responded, "A surrogate mother won't work. Sarah could not be one to Ishmael. It's not My way." As I was pondering what that could possibly mean, He followed with, "Only what is born of faith can work." While the Lord gave birth to America's liberty and planted in her bosom a hope, He promised to be her protective covering if she would meet His conditions. He did not give birth to this sinful and rebellious nation. Although He has given birth to His church, a nation within a nation, He did not give birth to this antagonistic entity we call America. It was the blood, sweat and tears of man that gave it birth. Humanists sw...