REPORT 482 DECEMBER 2011
AMAZING THINGS OUR BIBLE TELLS US
“For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope”. Romans 15:4
For the Christ-one believer it is nothing short of miraculous that when he/she considers the Bible as we know it, it is obvious that the Father has provided the reader with a record of what He did at creation, His selection of a nation to be special to Him, and in careful and thorough diction, an invitation to every reader to become an immortal person in a world renewed by His Spirit.
The Bible which most of us have in our home, consists of the Hebrew Bible which covers from Genesis to Malachi and the “Christian Bible” which contains the writings of the Apostles, concluding with the ‘Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto Him…” (Rev.1:1)
In the first verse of the Bible we are told that God (Elohim) created the heaven and the earth which is confirmed in Genesis 2:4, where we are told that Jehovah Elohim was not only the creator of heaven and earth but also of Adam (v.7) and Eve (v.22).
The amazing revelation of the Bible shows us in Revelation 4:8 that the Lord Jesus showed John a picture of God’s throne, where He is called Lord God Almighty and in v.11 it is recorded in simple terms, “thou hast created all things”. Gone then are the doubts about creation. The Father is the creator and Jesus His Son testifies to this amazing revelation.
In Genesis 3:16 the Bible tells us of the enmity that would exist between the descendants of the serpent and that of the woman, which descendant in this instance is the Lord Jesus. The role of the Lord Jesus was to ‘bruise the head’ of the serpent power, and destroy it and the apostle John tells how this came about. John tells us in 1 John 3:8 that Jesus was “manifested , that he might destroy the works of the devil”, devil being the Bible name for sin. In the same chapter in v.5, the apostle John shows this to be true for he writes, “He (Jesus) was manifested to take away our sins”.
John thus shows us that the Bible forecast of the descendant of the woman bruising the head of the serpent (devil-sin) came about through Jesus’ death. The writer to the Hebrews (2:14) states so clearly, “that through death he (Jesus) might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil.” Jesus opened the way for people to banish sin through Him. C.F. 10/11
THE BIBLE TELLS US ABOUT ISRAEL NOW:
About 3,500 years ago, Moses wrote of Israel in our days. In Deuteronomy 29 the Father speaks of the calamities that would come upon Israel, but in ch.30 He speaks of our days when He, God, would gather Israel from all the nations to which they would have been scattered. “(I) will return and gather thee from all the nations….And bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good ,and multiply thee above they fathers…and the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee” (Deut. 30:1,3,5,7)
In Ezekiel 36 we read of the Father speaking to the ‘mountains of Israel’ representative of Israel. “I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings”(v.11)
Who can deny that Israel has been and still is being gathered to its rightful land and is being blessed. The economy of Israel goes from strength to strength whilst the economies of the nations round about and across Europe sink into the mire of self-indulgence. Ezekiel, writing for the Father, speaks of the nations round about Israel, Surely the heathen (nations and people) that are about you, they shall bear their shame”(Ezek 36:7) WHY?
Ezekiel gives the answer in ch.35: “Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine and we will possess it”. In Ezekiel 35:14 the Father promises to destroy and make desolate those nations around Israel today.
THE BIBLE TELLS US MORE ABOUT ISRAEL TODAY:
Isaiah 43, speaking of Israel in our days, says, “Thou art mine…fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thee from the east, and gather thee from the west….you are my witnesses, saith the Lord.” (Vs 1,5,10) The Father associates ‘thou art mine’ with the regathering of Israel and the fact that Israel are His witnesses. Add to this the assurance found in Daniel ch. 12, where the Father assures Israel that Michael, the archangel would ‘stand up for the children of thy people’ (v.1)
The picture that these words portray is one in which Israel need have no fear of the nations round about as the Father gathers His people from the nations of the world and He assures them that His special angel Michael is in charge of all things to do with Israel.
The power and strength of Israel must surely be a witness to the nations that the Father has ‘returned’ to Israel and is blessing them, even as the millions of Islam dedicate themselves to Israel’s destruction, but they fail at each and every venture.
The reason Islam fails is simple to understand. The God of Israel states quite positively in Isaiah 54:17, No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper: and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn.”
Every day now we watch with interest as the nations around Israel spend their substance on expensive weapons of war instead of feeding their own people, and shout enormous blasphemies against God’s people. God says, “Fear not, I am with thee.”
THE BIBLE TELLS US ABOUT THE NATIONS OPPOSING ISRAEL TODAY:
There are many nations of the world opposing Israel. Many of them ‘have two machine guns and a gunboat, and talk big.’
But, the chief among them are the nations listed in Psalm 83, all of them joined with Islam and all of them saying of Israel, “Come and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.” (v.4) Some of these nations/people are around Israel: Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Gaza. and Jordan. But Asaph the Psalmist calls upon God to “Persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with the storm...let them be put to shame and perish.”(v.15)
The words ‘tempest and storm’ also have the meanings of hurricane and whirlwind and evoke in our minds a picture of terrible destruction upon these nations which continually blaspheme against Israel and their God.
A graphic picture of that destruction is spelt out in Zech 14:12 and it is a frightening scenario. “And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD shall smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem. Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. And it shall come to pass in that day that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them…”
Needless to say, the nations around Israel don’t read the Hebrew Bible, BUT, people who do read, must fear the judgments to come.
THE BIBLE TELLS OF ISRAEL’S AMAZING FUTURE:
“For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody”. (Isaiah 51:3)
The modern day Israelites have transformed their land in the last 90 years, but the Father looks further head, to the transformation of the Land to appear as Eden, when it will be the capital of the world “Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion ; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean”. (Isaiah 52;1)
The Lord pictures the land as the perfect place He desires in which to dwell, with everything which could offend Him cast out. “The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel”. (Isaiah 60:14) This is an amazing picture of the nations which despised and fought against Israel, being forced to bow before Zion, ‘the City of the Lord. “Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him”. (Isaiah 62:11) A wonderful picture of the coming of the Lord Jesus, to ‘save the tents of Judah first’ CF 11-11
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NO 223 TURKEY MOVES TOWARD FUNDAMENTALISM AND SUFFERS: Turkey has probably felt ‘lonely’ being the only real progressive Islam State, but after turning its back on Israel, its economy is starting to look like those of Portugal and Greece. Read about God’s enemies.
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NO 225 THE TURKISH LIE: The Turkish PM Tayyip Erdogan talks big but his budget deficit is 9.5 % of GDP, compared with that of the country he now hates, Israel, which is 3 %. Read more about Turkey’s economic woes.
NO 226 ENDTIME ROLE OF MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL: There are many references to God’s help to and protection of Israel before the Lord Jesus returns. His work for Israel became significant during ‘ a time of trouble such as never was’ and continues. Read our writer’s interesting comments.
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REPORT 481 SEPTEMBER 2011
THE BIBLE PROMISES A WONDERFUL FUTURE
“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him”. (1 Corinthians 2:9)
The Apostle Paul preached the Gospel of the Kingdom (of God) in many countries and in their cities and one part of his teaching concerned ’salvation’. The salvation he was teaching was salvation from eternal death, in which state people perish utterly
Paul in writing to the Brethren at Ephesus, associates “the word of truth” with “the gospel of your salvation”( Ephesians 1:13) and the Lord Jesus made the positive and enlightening statement, “He that believeth and is baptised, shall be saved: but he that believeth not shall be damned (condemned)” (Mark 16-16)
Jesus seeks our belief in His gospel message. He seeks people to be baptized, in return for which He promises ‘salvation’, which of course is salvation from eternal death. But, for those who reject both the Gospel message of enlightenment and His call to baptism, He promises ‘condemnation’ to eternal death. But the redeemed are rewarded
. The Lord Jesus own words, recorded 60 years after His ascension, are quite clear and positive. He records the prophetic ‘song’ of the 24 elders before the throne of the Father, as they proclaim ‘thou hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth”. (Rev 5:10) These are those redeemed out of every nation and people, who sought the Lord in the days of their mortality.
John heard a great voice out of heaven, speaking of the same redeem-ed, “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away”. (Rev 21:4)
The Apostle Paul warned sinners of their future, eternal death, but to the true Christ-ones he speaks of a far better reward that is available in the future. “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord”.(Roman 6:23). Millions think they have an immortal soul now, bit it is a delusion C.F. 8-11
PALESTINIAN STATE. TO BE OR NOT TO BE?
One of the oldest recorded prophecies is the one made by the God of Israel to Abraham, the father of the Hebrew/Jewish race.
“For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed FOR EVER” (Genesis 13:15)
That this promise/covenant was to see fulfillment through Isaac and not Ishmael as Islam claims, is shown to be true for we read in Genesis 17:19, “Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him”
The Father emphasized His purpose by assuring Abraham that the seed of the promise was Isaac (Gen 21:12) and then Jacob (Gen 28;4,13) and to his seed, the Children of Israel.
Even the Koran agrees that God made these covenants with Israel for Koran 2:39 reads. “Children of Israel, remember the favour I have bestowed upon you. Keep your covenant,and I will be true to mine”
However, the latter day Ishmaelites and the House of Esau claim that God (Allah to them) cast aside those people of the promise, Israel, and the promise is now to them (Palestinians and Islam) and NOT Israel. For nearly a hundred years the Arabs in and around the land have said, as foretold, “These two nations and these two countries shall be mine and WE WILL POSSESS IT” (Ezek 35:10).
But Ezekiel writes that the God of Israel hears these claims and regards them as blasphemy. “I have heard all thy blasphemies…..ye have boasted against me…When the whole earth rejoices, I will make thee desolate”. (Ezekiel 35:12-14). Why will the whole earth rejoice? The answer is simple. It will rejoice at the coming of the Lord Jesus, when those who oppose the purpose of the Father in the regathering of the latter day Children of Israel, will be destroyed.
Israel’s prophet Zechariah, states quite clearly “This shall be the plague wherewith the Lord shall smite all the people that have fought against Jerus-alem(Israel). Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth”. (Zechariah 14:12).
It is quite clear then, that the God of Israel gave the land to Israel (the Jews) and NOT to the Arabs and from the above Scripture, it is abundantly clear that the Palestinian Arabs of Islam will suffer a terrible fate as they continue their claim for the land promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
There cannot be a State for the House of Esau (Palestinian Arabs) in or on the Land promised only to Israel. The immediate future will show this to be true, even though 66 % of the Arabs in the Land and in Gaza claim there will be one Palestinian State!
WHO IS JESUS? Is He god the Son? Is He co-eternal with the Father? Did He pre-exist?
It is little wonder that the New Testament reminds us that the “law and prophets” of the Old Testament is the basis of our understanding of Christ (Acts 26:22; 28:23; Rom. 1:2,3; 16:25,26). Jesus himself warned that if we do not properly understand “Moses and the prophets”, we cannot understand him (Lk. 16:31; Jn. 5:46,47).
That the Law of Moses pointed forward to Christ, and the prophets prophesied of him, should be proof enough that Jesus did not exist physically before his birth. The false doctrine of the physical ‘pre-existence’ of Christ before birth makes a nonsense of the repeated promises that he would be the seed (descendant) of Eve, Abraham and David.
If he were already existing up in heaven at the time of these promises, God would have been incorrect in promising these people a descendant who would be Messiah.
The genealogies of Jesus, recorded in Mt. 1 and Lk. 3, show how Jesus had a pedigree which stretched back to those people to whom God had made the promises.
The promise to David concerning Christ precludes his physical existence at the time the promise was made: “I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels...I will be his father, and he shall be my son” (2 Sam. 7:12,14).
Notice the future tense used here. Seeing that God would be Christ’s Father, it is impossible that the Son of God could have already existed at that point in time when the promise was made. That this seed “shall proceed out of thy bowels” shows that he was to be a literal, physical descendant of David.
“The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David...Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne” (Ps. 132:11).
Solomon was the primary fulfillment of the promise, but as he was already physically in existence at the time of the promise ( 2 Sam 5-14) , the main fulfilment of this promise about David having a physical descendant who would be God's son, MUST refer to Christ. (Luke 1-31/33). " I will raise up unto David a righteous Branch" (Jer 23-5) i.e The Messiah
Similar future tenses are used in other prophecies concerning Christ. "I will raise (Israel) up a prophet like unto (Moses)" (Deut 18-18) is quoted in Acts 3-22/23, which defines the "Prophet" as Jesus. "A virgin (Mary) shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel" (Isaiah 7-14) This was clearly fulfilled in Christ's birth. ( Matt 1-23)
(Reproduced from Bible Basics . DH)
THE SEA AND THE WAVES ROARING.
“And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and waves roaring”. (Luke 21:25)
In the first part of this chapter the Lord Jesus speaks of what would befall the Jews in Israel up to AD 70-135. From Verse 25 He then describes the ‘time of the end’, just prior to His second coming, when nations and people would be perplexed with troubles of their own making as they ignore the God of heaven and strive for national and economic power. But we see countries such as Greece, Spain, Ireland and Italy in deep economic trouble within the EU as partners in the new Roman Empire, where Israel is despised and reviled on a daily basis.
England is not escaping the Father’s ire. He took His protecting arms from around them in 1940 when they abandoned Israel after 400 years of blessing from the Father. We see England descending further into chaos, as recent public riots tear apart its capital city.
USA is following the same path to economic ruin, with hatred of all things Israeli strong in the corridors of power
The ‘sea and the waves roaring’ relate to nations and people in turmoil, as we indeed see people of many nations rioting as they demand of their governments greater freedom from overbearing authority.
The Islamic nations across the top of Africa and around the Middle East are under siege as Islam moves Moslems to unseat tyrants of years and work towards an Islamic Caliphate in which they think that the combined power of the Islamic nations will eventually get rid of their enemy of centuries, the ‘hated Jew’
Read of their end foretold in Ezekiel 35 and the coming of the Lord Jesus.
C.F. 8 – 2011
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NO 218 . IRANIAN DEATH SPIRAL. Greed & self interest plus fear of ‘exposure’ by supreme leader Khameini and Pres Ahmadinejad of each other is taking its toll of stability in Iran. Will the nation implode. Read our Bulletin
NO 219 . AN ARAB SPRING. The Israeli ‘spring’ brings wonderful renewal to the nation but the Arab ‘spring’ brings death, destruction and economical suicide. Islam fights Islam and Moslem blood flows freely whilst Jews remain indestructible. Read our Bulletin to ‘see’ what happens.
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REPORT 480 JUNE 2011
WILL HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF?
“And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir…….come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit. O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee. (2 Chron. 20:10,11,12)
2 Chronicles chapter 20 contains the amazing record of the destruction by the God of Israel of the armies of the ancient people of Moab and Ammon (Jordan of today), and of Mount Seir, the House of Esau (Islamic Arabs in and around Israel today). He put it into their minds to kill each other.
King Jehoshaphat was on the throne of Judah about this time, BC 871, and the Father greatly prospered him, for he worshipped the true one God, the God of Israel. He had sent ‘teachers’ throughout Judah to instruct the people in the Law and thus bring his people back to the God of Israel (v.24).
Suddenly he was confronted with a vast multitude of people from Moab, Ammon and Mount Seir, who were encamped at Engedi and about to attempt to destroy his kingdom
His first impulse was the right one. He sought the help of the Father, praying, “ they come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit” . (2 Chron. 20:11). The Father’s answer was swift. We are told that the spirit of the Lord came upon a man called Jahaziel who told Jehoshaphat and all Judah where they should go to witness God’s judgments on this multitude: “The LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.” (2 Chron 20:22).
The next verse tells us that the Moabites and Ammonites turned against the host of Mt Seir and killed all of them. Then they turned on each other and finally “they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped”. (v.24).
In this year of 2011 the same people are on the Middle East stage. Israel is confronted again by the House of Esau, the Islamic Palestinians who are not only within Israel, but also in Gaza, Lebanon and Jordan, that latter being the restored Moab and Ammon (see Jeremiah 48:47, and Jeremiah 49:6)
The Islamic House of Esau, Arabs, and Palestinians , are encompassed in the promise of the Father in Zechariah.
Zechariah 14:12 “And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth”.
Zechariah 14:13 “And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbor”.
In our heading we asked the question, Will History Repeat Itself? Zechariah assures us IT WILL and then the prophecy in Obadiah will be a reality,
“And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it”. Obadiah 1:18,
You and I live in thrilling but terrifying days as we stand back and watch the Islamic House of Esau basking in the power they hope to use in confronting Israel, but little do they know that the Father proclaims in Malachi 1:3 “I hated Esau”. He promises He will destroy those who seek to destroy Israel.
THE TEMPLE:
“Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH;
and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD” (Zech 6:12)
Ever since the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in AD 7O, there has burned in the hearts of many Jews the desire to rebuild the Temple on its old site. And indeed, some of the artif-acts used in the Temple ceremonies have been reproduced ready for use in such a Temple.
However, a new Temple cannot and will not be built on the site of the old one, for when the Lord’s feet touch the Mount of Olives, the whole topography of Jerusalem and surrounding areas, will be changed and there will be a plain reaching from Geba, 12 miles north of Jerusalem, to Rimmon, 30 miles south west of Jerusalem, (Zech.14:10) all leveled in preparation for the building of the House of Prayer for all nations. (Isaiah 56:7).
This means that the present ‘Abomination of Desolation’ on the Mount will be destroyed. You will note that Jews are not allowed on the Temple Mount and for a good reason, for when the buildings there are destroyed as the topography changes, all who are in the buildings, both above and below ground, will no doubt perish.
This means that, as there are sometimes up to 5,000 of the House of Esau worshipping allah on the Mount, they will be in grave danger of death. But the Father has seen to it that His people, newly returned to the Land He gave them for an everlasting possession, will not share in that danger
BLESSINGS AND CURSES:
“And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed” (Gen.12:2)
It’s over three thousand five hundred years since the Father made those promises to Abram and they have NEVER been rescinded.
Matthew believed those promises (Matt 8:11), as did Luke (Luke 1:72). Paul (Acts 3:25 Rom 11:1 Gal 3:29 Heb 11:8), as did all Israel and we are assured in Romans 11:2 that God ‘hath not cast away his people’, and thus the promises made to Abram, as above, are still NEW and REAL.
Of particular interest to us in 2011 is the promise the Father made that He would ‘bless them that bless thee and curse him that curseth thee’. Note that whilst the ‘blessing’ is to ‘them’, plural the curse can come upon everyone, down even to individuals who speak evil against Abraham’s descendents, the Israel of today.
Note that the economies of Canada and Australia are the envy of others and it is to their credit that they do not curse or speak against Israel.
Spain ‘blessed’ the Jews for 400 years, but it lost its wealth and its Empire when it turned against the Jews
England blessed the Jews for 400 years, but turned against them and lost its Empire and wealth. Many of their cities were destroyed & thousands died.
Russia turned against the Jews and suffered 70 years of debilitating communism.
Germany deliberately murdered over six million Jews who ignored the pleas of their Rabbis to ‘flee from the land of the north’ (Zech 2:6). Germany lost millions of their own and their cities were destroyed
Now we watch USA gradually turn against Israel and storm, tempest, hurricanes and floods afflict the nation, resulting in the further decimation of its once great economy.
BUT…Islam/Mount Seir is the one to watch. Mount Seir comprises the Islamic Arabs within and around Israel who daily scream curses on Israel, proclaiming they will kill the Jews and take their State, in total opposition to God’s will.
Ezekiel the Prophet records that these people will say “these two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it” (Ez 35:10). But the Father says, “I have heard them. When the whole earth rejoices [at the coming of His Son] I will make thee desolate” (Ez 35:13,14.
But, there is another remarkable prediction in this 35th ch. of Ezekiel. In verse 6 the Father proclaims to Mt Seir/Islam, “I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: as thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee”.
Is it not remarkable that, as all Islam seeks the blood of the Jews and all others who would dare to oppose them, they are killing each other. Countless thousands of the sons and daughters of Islam have been killed in Africa, Egypt, Syria, Iran and indeed as these words are being prepared, there is news of the killing in Pakistan of 80 more Islamists in supposed retribution for the killing of Bin Laden. C.F. 5/2011
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Our new CD comprises of over 115 subjects, all suitable as background mater-ial for the preparation of exhortations or general talks. They are drawn from the wide range of material, supplied by the ‘Isolation League’. This CD can only be read on a Computer, but each or every article can be printed out.
ITEM 5 INTERESTING BOOKLETS FOR YOUR LIBRARY
1 AntiChrist and the Great Deception Our booklet deals with the ‘Spirit of AntiChrist’ only spoken of by the Apostle John in his 1st and 2nd Epistles.
2 The Destiny of Israel and Her Neighbours An interesting study of the future of Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.
3 The 2000 years of Daniel and the Revelation An intensely interesting study of the Father’s revelation of 26 centuries of world history.
4 The Current Battle for the Holy Land The writer discusses Israel’s right of possession, the background to and the end of, the present Islamic demands that the whole Land be given to the descendants of Ishmael & Esau.
5 Armageddon. Which of the Six Last Day and Kingdom Battles? It is possible to identify at least 6 ‘last day’ and Kingdom Battles. Which one is it?
6 The Return of Jesus and the Declaration of the Kingdom. What lies between? The writer examines several theories but seeks the Bible details.
7 Israel’s Islamic Conflicts Compared with War With Gog! The writer isolates the present Arab conflicts from the Gogian exercise, using Bible proofs which show some startling revelations.
8 Today’s Headlines Revealed: Ezekiel chs. 34-39. Our booklet shows the remarkable progression of events through to the attempted Gogian invasion.
REPORT 479 MARCH 2011
WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?
As far as humans can tell from experience, the time left for each of us to live our lives is unknown. The next moment could bring death by any number of causes, from health problems to natural disasters to fatal accident. The very earth itself seems to have an uncertain future according to many scientists, who point to the pollution and exhaustion of earth’s resources by exploding and consuming populations.
So the future is a topic for concern, fear, dread; for we do not know what it will bring. When we turn to the Bible, however, we read of the possibility of eternally extended life for individuals and a glorious, pristine restoration of the earth itself.
THE BIBLE AND YOUR FUTURE
In the Gospel of Matthew 7:13-14, Jesus teaches that there are two possible futures for each of us. One future is typified by a narrow path that leads to life, which few people discover; the other is a broad path that leads to destruction, which most people travel along.
There is no doubt that the ‘life’ Jesus refers to is eternal life; while the destruction is eternal death, from which there is no coming back.
What happens to those on the narrow path who don’t reach the destination of eternal life before death claims them? For such as these, Jesus makes a promise: John 6:44
“No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day”.
It’s evident from this promise that a day is coming (the last day) when true believers are ‘raised up’. Other passages of scripture show that this last day refers to the time when Christ will return to earth, to claim to himself and exalt his faithful followers, whether dead or alive at that time. The dead followers will be raised from their graves to die no more, and the living faithful will be changed to eternally living beings. The Apostle Paul details this teaching in his sublime chapter 15 of the First Epistle to the Corinthians. Here are several relevant verses from that chapter:
1 Cor. 15:22 “For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming… 51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed The ‘changing‘ referred to by Paul is the mighty miracle of giving eternal life (incorruptibility) to Christ’s faithful followers.
What is your future going to be? Will you be among those blessed ones?
THE BIBLE AND YOUR DEVIL
Jesus, immediately after being baptised in Jordan’s waters and receiving Holy Spirit power, was led into the wilderness to suffer temptation by ‘the devil’ (Matthew ch. 4). It is a mistaken view of many that this incident was a plot by a Holy Spirit ‘third person of the Trinity’ in league with a supernatural evil being called ‘the Devil’. Such a view is really blasphemous.
A more Biblically warranted view is that Jesus voluntarily entered the wilderness to submit to a testing of his spiritual qualities. He had just been given a great measure of power from God. How would he use this power – to satisfy his own fleshly desires or in obedience to God’s blueprint for the ministry of salvation?
The ‘devil’ in the Biblical ‘detail’ is the temptation of human beings to disobey God; that is, to sin.
This tendency was shared by Jesus with all fellow human beings, but he did not submit to any temptations. (Hebrews 4: 14-15 “Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast [our] profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as [we are, yet] without sin”.)
In a telling description of the process of temptation that ends with sin, James makes no mention of involvement of a supernatural evil being. Sinning is something that we must individually take responsibility for – we can’t blame it on a mythical, powerful ‘fallen angel’. It’s the result of our own lust!
James 1:13-15 “Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death”.
This ‘lust’ (unlawful desires) is ‘the devil’ we must defeat. We should battle against it daily, but the victory over our ‘devil’ is ultimately achieved by Christ’s selfless work of grace: (Ephesians 1:7 “ In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace”.)
Your, and my, devil has no long-term future!
THE BIBLE AND YOUR MORTAL SOUL
Moses, by inspiration, reported the creating by God of the first humans in Genesis 2: 7 And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
You will notice that Moses said ‘man became a living soul’. It does not say that man was given a living soul; so this living being (Adam in the first instance) was a living soul – a living person. And when he died he became a dead person. The Hebrew word for ‘soul’ is ‘nephesh’ and this same word is used some eight times of animals in the Genesis record (Gen 1:20, 21, 24; 2:19; 9:10, 12, 15, 16).
There is no support here (or anywhere else in the Bible) for the concept of ‘the immortality of the soul’ as taught by some Christian churches.
Note that souls die: Ezekiel 18:20 “The soul that sinneth, it shall die”. This chapter of Ezekiel is speaking of the putting to death of sinners by decree of judges. As all humans (except Christ) are sinners, they deserve to die. Put another way, this means that their souls will perish in the grave unless …
What follows ‘unless…’ is explained in these words from Romans 6:21-23, where Paul is addressing the baptised follower of Christ. “What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things [is] death. But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. For the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord”.
What is the future of your mortal soul? A deserved eternal death - or change to eternal life by the grace of God.
THE BIBLE AND YOUR BREATH OF LIFE.
Harking back to Genesis 2:7, which we quoted above, we see the words: [“God] breathed into his nostrils the breath of life”. The Hebrew for ‘breath’ is ‘neshamah’.
Some are confused about this part of the verse, thinking that ‘the breath of life’ is the ‘immortal soul’ that God implants in the created human being. Consider Genesis 7:15 “And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein [is] the breath (neshamah) of life”.Does anyone suggest that animals have an immortal soul?
The breath of life is that mysterious life-spark that energises living, breathing creatures. If the breath goes, the creature dies.
The life-spark was implanted at Creation by the spirit power of God to empower the new creatures and for them to pass on to their progeny by the process of procreation. Thus the Bible speaks of the God’s spirit that supports life on earth. Without that spirit-support all life would cease. In Job 34:14-15, Elihu, a young man of great understanding, testifies to this truth: “If he [God] set his heart upon man, [if] he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust”.
The writer of Ecclesiastes agrees with Elihu: “Then [in death] shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it” (Eccl. 12:7).
The breath of life, then, that spark of God’s spirit, goes back into the ‘reservoir’ of God’s power upon the death of the individual whose life it supported. This returning spark is not an immortal imprint of the identity of the dead person. It is merely raw power that once was given by God to energise life.
Job writes: “The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty
hath given me life.” (Job 33:4)
Persons approved by God will be energised again, after death, by His spirit, to live a new and more glorious life. This is the resurrection spoken of in 1 Corinthians 15:52 …” the dead shall be raised incorruptible”.
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ITEM 2. NEW BULLETINS AVAILABLE:
No 211 These serious days: Jesus is near. Down through the centuries since Jesus was crucified, there have always been a few people here and a few there who have believed the certain message of Jesus’ second coming. It is a Bible truth and our Bulletin speaks of it and even gives a hint to the nearing time when He will return, and how Israel will be delivered from certain disaster
N 212 JORDAN CUTTING INTELLIGENCE TIES WITH ISRAEL:
There are few people who read the Bible carefully. Even fewer realise that the Father promised that Moab and Ammon would be restored “in the latter days”, our days. See Jeremiah 48:47 and Jeremiah 49:6. Today Moab and Ammon is known as Jordan and includes the ancient area of Gilead which is to return to Israel’s control.
No 213 ACCELERATED EVENTS IN LEBANON:
Our Bulletin deals with the sudden change in political circumstance in Lebanon and what it means to Israel and its prophetical import
ITEM 3 A NEW BOOKLET PLANNED:
We hope this year, God willing, to present to our readers a simple and concise booklet examining the ‘doctrine’ of the TRINITY, a theory which presents a god which is not in the Bible. It is recorded in John 17:3 that Jesus, speaking to the Father, said. “This is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, (the Father) and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent”. Jesus thus emphasises that God, the Father, is the only God, excluding ‘god the Son and god the Holy Spirit’. C.F 2-11
GOSPEL PUBLICITY LEAGUE REPORT
REPORT 478 DECEMBER 2010
WHAT OF TODAY & TOMORROW ?
“The disciples came unto him (Jesus) 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) His answer
:-
Matthew 24:37
“But as the days of No’e were, so shall also the coming of the Son of
man be”.
On the day the disciples asked Jesus ‘when shall these things be and what shall be the sign of thy coming and of the end of the world?”, they were on the Mount of Olives with Jesus, whence they had gone after Jesus told them of the coming destruction of the beautiful Temple . His words shown above, were followed by 33 verses of ‘doom’ and cryptic prophecies of future events that were to occur before He came again,
But He showed that whilst the prophecy of His second coming was certain, even that would be accompanied by the ‘sign’ they requested, but it was one they surely had not anticipated. We need have no doubt that the disciples knew all about Noah and the terrible flood the Father used to cleanse the earth of wickedness and Godlessness and its results and here was Jesus answering their question with the terrible news that the world would be in a similar situation at His coming as it was when Noah’s ark (of safety) brought salvation to only 8 people out of a few millions.
Bible students know in their minds that
another 2,000 years had to pass before
the ‘times of the Gentiles’ (Luke
21;24) would come to an end and the Lord Jesus would be revealed to a wicked
world,
“In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ” ( 2 Thess 1:8)
There are countless millions who do not know the true God of the Bible
and indeed prefer not to know Him, for they have their own god(s), such as
money, power, sexual objects or idols of wood or stone. Our days are so similar to those of Noah’s
day that we could be amazed at the accuracy of Jesus’ description.
Thus the majority of people today know nothing about the Gospel of the Kingdom of God on the earth and the simple rules to observe if one wants to be a part of that Kingdom. Write to the GOSPEL PUBLICITY LEAGUE…P O BOX 4129 EDGEWORTH NSW Australia for information on salvation from eternal death in a world renewed.
DANIEL VERSUS BABYLON’S LIONS!
When Daniel, and many others, were
taken captive into Babylon, they entered a world
where hatred of Israel
and Israelites was ‘the order of each day’. But Daniel, by God’s grace and
favour, rose to be the premier President of the three to whom the 120 princes
of the kingdom had to give account
Daniel 6:4 shows how the
hatred towards the Israelites caused the ‘presidents and the princes to
find occasion against Daniel’,
but were unable to do so’, for he appeared to be without fault,. Thus they caused King Darius to establish a royal statute forbidding anyone
in the kingdom from asking ‘ a petition of any God or man for thirty
days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions’,
Darius signed the decree not understanding immediately what the final outcome
of the decree would be.
Daniel ignored the royal
proclamation and continued to face Jerusalem three times each day in prayer and petition
to the God of Israel, to the delight of the presidents and princes. They
immediately took the matter to King Darius, demanding he honour his
royal decree and throw this hated Israelite to the lions. The King argued with these men all day, but
lost the battle to save Daniel and the ‘sentence’ was carried out. Daniel was cast into the lion’s den.
In v.16 there is recorded the
strange and respectful attitude of King
Darius toward Daniel, for as they shut Daniel into the lion’s den, King Darius
said to him, “Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver
thee”. After the entrance to
‘the den’ was sealed Darius fasted
and spent a sleepless night in his
palace. He hurried to the lions den
early the next morning and cried out to Daniel, “Is thy God, whom thou
servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?” To the King’s amazement and enormous relief,
Daniel answered saying, “My God hath sent his angel and hath shut the
lions mouths”
Daniel was immediately
released from the lion’s den and the men who had accused him were in turn
thrown to the lions, with their wives and children, and Darius proclaimed that
the God of Daniel be feared throughout the realm.
A whole chapter is devoted to
this incident, showing that it had an important part in the Father’
purpose. What was in the Father’s mind ?
If Darius was still alive
today and the glory of Babylon of that day still visible, Darius could drive
through the Ishtar gate, the massive gate named for the Mesopotamian godess of
love and war, whose symbol was the lion, and down the ‘Processional Way’ past
120 (or more) lions inscribed in the walls he would see to one side.
It is obvious then, that the
Father’s purpose in this matter was not only to strengthen the Israelite captives in the land by a
demonstration of His omnipotent power, but he intended to confront the ‘god(s)’
of Babylon and
this He did very convincingly.
Is it a co-incidence that in a
compound in Uday Hussein’s’ palace was found a lion’s den where three lions were probably fed on live or dead
bodies ? Saddam and his sons tried to
recreate some of the past glory of Babylon,
but like others before them, they perished without succeeding
SHADRACH, MESHACH AND
ABEDNEGO
Also taken captive to Babylon was Hananiah,
Mishael and Azariah, whose names were changed by the ‘prince of the eunuchs’
to Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, names
which that man thought to be more appropriate in Babylonian life and worship of
the gods of the nation.
In Daniel 1:20 we are informed
that Nebuchadnezzar found these men, including Daniel, ‘….in all matters
of wisdom and understanding……ten times
better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in his realm’ When
an opportunity arose, Daniel requested of the King that Shadrach, Meshach and
Abednego “be set over the affairs of the province of Babylon” and
this was done and thus they became very powerful by God’s will and purpose,
which aroused the anger of the presidents, the princes and governors.
These men then sought some means of discrediting the three Israelites, but found no success until Nebuchadnezzar
built the 110 feet high gold statue in
the plain of Dura (Daniel 3:1).
At this time it was commanded that “people, nations and languages
would fall done and worship the image …” when they heard certain music and if they did
not do so, they would be thrown in the fiery furnace. Verses 5 and 6)
Needless to say, the three
Israelites in question did not do so and were accused before the King and when
they would not repent… “we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the
golden image….”, the King was enraged and committed them to be flung
into the fiery furnace, which was to be heated
to be seven times hotter than usual.
The fire was so hot that the three men entr- usted with the task of
throwing the men into the furnace were killed by the enormous heat.
By the natural course of
events, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego should have been dead the moment they
entered the furnace but, when the King looked he saw FOUR men ‘walking in the
midst of the fire’ and one of them he described as having the form of a ‘divine
being’ and it was obvious to him that “they have no hurt’.
When the three men
were called to come out of the furnace, all those who had sought the death of
these men were astounded to discover that not one hair of their heads was
singed, nor their clothing and there was no smell of fire on any part of
them.. The King was so overwhelmed by
the remarkable deliverance of the three men, that he commanded than any person
who might ‘speak anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach
and Abednego shall be cut in
pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill:
because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort “ (Daniel
3-29)
God’s purpose in these amazing
events, was to show the Israelites in their captivity that the Father had not totally abandoned them and
to show them and the people of Babylon also,
that Kings or nations , principalities or powers, or idols, had no power
over those He had chosen for his own.
His chosen nation is again under siege but ‘they will be saved out of it”.
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ITEM, 1. NEW
BULLETINS;
No 208.You (Israel)
are my Witnesses:
This Bulletin shows how and why Israel survives in the face of opposition from countless nations
and millions of people of the nations round about..
No 209 The History of anti-Semitism in Britain: President Peres accuses Britain of anti-Semitism and a prominent writer agrees
No 210 A European Gogian Host??: Our Bulletin shows the impossibility of the European nations being a part of the Gogian host . The Bible shows that Gog is destroyed before the nations of Europe oppose the new King in Jerusalem , Jesus the Christ.
ITEM. 2 ‘BIBLE VIEWS ON THE NEWS’ BULLETINS:
In between
each issue of the Present Day
Events Review, we
publish the Bible Views on the News paper.
The last several issues are as follows:
BVN-24 The Flying Birds of Isaiah 31-5 protect Israel: Our paper shows how the prophecy of the ‘birds flying’ to protect ‘Jerusalem’ is being remarkably fulfilled by the Israeli development of new anti-missile systems.
BVN-25 Israel’s Isolaton Has Begun: The Arab nations surrounding Israel, in their attempts to destroy Israel and its Jews, have tried armed conflict and that failed; they have tried terrorism and that failed; now they try isolation by deligitimisation. The Arabs think they see this working, but can it succeed?
BVN-26 Even the Qur’ran admits Israel is entitled to its Land. Its strange that the Arabs take no notice of their own ‘sacred’ book and daily and strenuously deny Israel’s right to its own Land.
BVN-27 The Arab-Israeli ‘peace deal’ ----NOT POSSIBLE! Our paper shows quite clearly why there can be no ‘peace deal’ bet ween the Arabs and Israel. The Bible shows no indications of any such peace, but rather destruction of the nations that come against Jerusalem
CONCLUSION: Not since the
days of the Babylonians and the Romans has Israel been faced by such an array
of power dedicated to its destruction!
The Bible assures us Israel
survives. C.F
11-2010
GOSPEL PUBLICITY LEAGUE REPORT
REPORT 477 SEPTEMBER 2010
WE MOURN A FAITHFUL SERVANT:
It is with great sadness that we report the death of our friend, colleague and fellow servant in the Lord’s Vineyard, GRAHAM SCOTT BACON who passed away on June 4 2010.
When the GPL founder, Charles H. French died in December 1970, Graham Bacon (GSB) willingly took up ‘the fallen pen’ and faithfully wrote the majority of the GPL material for the following 40 years.
In 1970 Graham was working as a Flight Engineer with the Australian QANTAS Airways and thus traveled the world, including the area of special interest to the GPL, the Middle East. With his extensive Bible knowledge, which included the prophetical area, he was ably suited for the GPL task which he enthusiastically embraced.
Thus from the end of 1970 to June of this year, Graham Bacon wrote countless millions of words, all relative to the Bible Gospel message and the various prophecies related in the Scriptures
Until recent years he not only wrote most of the GPL material but also printed it on his own equipment at his home, thus saving the GPL thousands of dollars in printing costs. The pain from his Rheumatoid Arthritis finally won and he was then unable to continue that task,
For many years Graham’s printed thoughts and words on some areas of prophecy were rejected by some who adamantly followed the thinking and the understanding of writers in the 1800’s. But it has been particularly noticeable in this last year that his sensible and logical approach to many latter day prophecies is starting to be adopted by other writers of note.
It will be hard to replace Graham Bacon’s part in the Gospel Publicity League. He was not only a great writer and a patient and kind family man, but he was also a valuable servant of the Lord, who now awaits the call to come forth to his reward.
C.F 9-2010
EZEKIEL TELLS US WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TODAY Chs. 34-39
“So I will seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered” Ezekiel 34:12
Over the years the GPL has compiled articles similar to the following and we present our updated, though abbreviated version, for your thoughtful appraisal.
It is quite obvious that the events of Ezekiel chs. 34-39 are a continuous record of events which began before the 10 tribes of Israel went into captivity in BC722
CHAPTER 34: In this chapter the Father berates the shepherds of Israel, the Priests, Kings and Princes, for failing to feed the flock of Israel with His word and thus they, the flock, became a prey to the nations of the world as His protection deserted them because they deserted Him. He promised to destroy ‘the fat and the strong’, the very shepherds which had abandoned His people (v.16) and this He did in AD70 when the Temple and its services were destroyed. But He shows that He had not abandoned His people for ever for He promised to “deliver them out of all the places where they have been scattered….” v.12 . Many oldies of this present era have seen, and are seeing, the continuation of this process with their own eyes, as Jews from many nations have been ‘drawn’ back into the Land promised them for an everlasting possession. Genesis 17:8.
CHAPTER 35: In this chapter the Father shows that, coincidental with their regathering to their Land, Mount Seir and Idumea, all part of the House of Esau in Edom, the present Palestinians in the Land, are shedding the blood of the Children of Israel, “in the time that their iniquity had an end” (1948), and are violently proclaiming “These two nations and these two countries shall be mine and we will possess it” v.10. The Father states He has heard their blasphemies ‘against the mountains of Israel’ and thus ‘When the whole earth rejoices, I will make thee desolate”v.14. The reason for ‘the whole world rejoicing’ is shown in v.11, I will make myself known among them (Israel), when I have judged thee”(Mount Seir). This is probably the only verse in the Bible which comes near to identifying the actual time of the return of the Lord Jesus. It shows that great judgments come upon the House of Esau when the Lord Jesus returns.
CHAPTER 36: In this chapter the Father switches from the ‘actual’ to the metaphorical throughout the chapter, For instance He calls on the ‘mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord’(v.1) for the ‘enemy’, referring to the House of Esau, “hath said against you, even the ancient high places are ours in possession”. v.2; but in v.7, speaking of the House of Esau surrounding Israel, “they shall bear their shame.” Then in v.8 He calls on “the mountains of Israel to….yield your fruit to my people of Israel FOR THEY ARE AT HAND TO COME”. In the previous chapters the Father has referred to the regathering of Israel, but now he is ‘exhorting the Land to bring forth’ in plenty to sustain many more “for they are at hand to come” indicating that the ‘regathering’, by the will and purpose of the Father, will continue. The Father then admonishes Israel, “I do not this for your sakes O House of Israel. but for mine holy name’s sake.” He had PROMISED and, because of His own perfect righteousness, His word MUST come to pass! Israel must return and possess their ancient lands. In v.19 He admits He scattered Israel but, in v.24 He proclaims He would gather Israel from all the countries, cleanse them and take away their stony heart
CHAPTER 37: This chapter reveals the final re-establishment of the dry bones of Israel, in the land, the final gathering after the Lord Jesus comes. They are no more two nations, Judah and Ephraim, but one, with the Lord Jesus sitting on David’s throne.(Luke 1:32) reigning over a land without walls, bars or gates, dwelling in peace and safety (Ezekiel 38:11) The House of Esau in the Land has gone (Obadiah 18) and Israel’s security is the Lord Jesus. The Israeli weapons are gone, not needed because Jesus is their salvation.
CHAPTER 38: Ezekiel has previously revealed that the first part of God’s plan for Israel has passed and the land and the people have been cleansed and Israel is enjoying the ‘wealth of the nations round about’ (Zech 14:14). Gog of the furthest part of the north, is pulled by ‘hooks’, probably Islamic, to assemble a group of nations to come against ‘the mountains of Israel’ (Israel) v.8. The group consists of Persia, Ethiopia, Libya, Gomer and Togarmah (Turkey), and they collude together to ‘go up to them that are at rest, dwelling safely without walls, bars or gates’, ‘to take a spoil and prey’. They are opposed by Sheba, Dedan and the Merchants of Tarshish. Ezekiel records that at this time God will express His enormous anger against Gog and his group and v.22 details His judgment. He sends upon the Gogian host plague, bloodshed, enormous rain with hail, fire and brimstone. The display of His power is described as, “Thus will I magnify myself and sanctify myself…they (many nations) shall know that I am the Lord” is great fury his great anger against Gog and his hordes and V:
CHAPTER 39: God assures the reader He is against Gog and his host, but He causes Gog to come against Israel (v.2). He renders Gog’s weapons useless (v:3) and destroys Gog and his host on ‘the mountains of Israel’ (Israel) (v.4), which by this time reaches nearly to Damascus. Gog is destroyed on the large plain south west of Damascus, (v.5) in Bashan (v.18), and God’s anger is showered on the land of Magog and ‘the isles’. “It is done…This is the day I have spoken of” (v.8). The Jews “come out of their cities (they are not captive somewhere else) and burn the enormous accumulation of weapons for 7 years” (v.9), taking 7 months to bury Gog’s host. Gog is destroyed before he can overthrow Israel !
You, the reader, will notice there is no mention in these latter two chapters, of phase 1 of God’s plan, the destruction of Mount Seir/Idumea/Edom, and no mention of phase 3, the destruction of the Beast of Europe. Each phase is separate to the other.
C.F (8-2010)
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ITEM 1: NEW BOOKLET:
ISRAEL’S ISLAMIC CONFLICT COMPARED TO WAR WITH GOG:
Our booklet points out the obvious differences between these conflicts, showing that they are two separate conflicts, one in progress now and the other, the Gogian conflict, to follow at a later date. This is a handy reference book for all those interested in Bible prophecy. Order your copy now, or copies for family or friends.
ITEM 2: A NEW WRITER FOR THE PDEs:
Following the untimely death of our much loved writer, Graham Bacon, Harold Lafferty of the USA has agreed to take up ‘the fallen pen’ and thus the present issue of the PDE bears his signature. This issue will mark the end of a format we have been using this last year or so and from the next issue we will revert to a former format with narrower external margins and thus an increase in interesting copy.
ITEM 3. NEW BULLETINS AVAILABLE:
No 201: Building Peace Without President Obama’s Interference.
No 202: Pres. Obama confronts the God of Israel. Who wins?
No 203: Proximity Talks…..Disastrous and Useless.
No 204: Gaza and the Global Village. Billions of dollars disappear!
No 205: Pres. Peres calls on Jews to pray for Israel and To ’come home’!
No 206: Showdown on The Two State ‘solution’.
No 207: The Two faces of Mr Abbas. His message to Arabs so Different.
ITEM 4: DVD…THE REVELATION IN AN HOUR:
This interesting commentary on the book of the Revelation is still available and will help you in your study of the Revelation. Single copies free.
CONCLUSION: Few people these days believe in the second coming of the Lord Jesus. Sad to say, the majority of people today have abandoned religion and the Bible and its promise of eternal life in a world renewed. Don’t let that happen to you and your family.
C F 9-2010
Ezekiel --- Part 3
Coming
Retribution Against
Mount
Seir (House of Esau /
Edom/Arabs in the Land/ Palestinians ) Ezekiel
35:2
“Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir (Edom) and prophecy against it, And say unto it…’Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and will stretch out mine hand against thee, and make thee most desolate.” That intention of the Father is further detailed:
I will lay thy cities waste – vs. 4 I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee – vs. 6 I will fill his mountains with his slain men – vs. 8 I will make thee perpetual desolations – vs. 9
In verse ten we begin to understand the reason for this sentence. It is because Edom has said, “These two nations (Judah and Israel) and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it, whereas the Lord was there.” Since the desire of Jews to return to their Land was raised, this has been the mantra of the “Palestinians” who are the “Edom” of the prophet Obadiah. At the present moment the Palestinians are demanding Jerusalem as capital of a desired “Palestinian” state, and all of Judea and Samaria for their territory. They will not recognize the legitimacy of Israel as a state although it was founded under UNO auspices in 1948, and by UNO resolution.
For years these aggressors attempted to take the land by force, but could not, losing heavily in every conflict. Then they tried diplomacy but could not agree on a plan, so it failed at Camp David, Annapolis, Oslo and Madrid. Now their approach is de-legitimization of Israel by such tactics as The Goldstone Report, which accuses Israel of war crimes in its recent surge into the Gaza Strip to thwart terrorism against its people. But neither shall these tactics be successful, for. The Father is finally in the process of favoring Zion (Psalm 102: 16)
it is “the time (in which) their (Israel’s) iniquity has an end.” He warns Edom: “With your mouth ye have boasted against Me, and have multiplied your words against Me. I have heard them!” Soon their defeat shall be far more decisive than it has been in the four hot wars they have already fought against Israel, because their ‘account’ grows daily as their threats mount , and their blasphemies increase.
The prophecy of Obadiah is a clear prophetic record of Edom’s defeat in five areas lying within and adjacent to Israel, including Ephraim and Samaria, Jordan, Lebanon and Gaza It is important that, for the first time, these specific areas are the ones in which the “Palestinian” population is concentrated. This showdown is at the point of execution at this moment, although we surely don’t know when it will happen. God will do it in His own good time. The successive failures of Edom to gain any solid ground whatever in its struggle is growing evidence that their cause is a failed one, and correlates with God’s plan for their destruction. Edom cannot win!
AGAIN, BIBLE PROPHECY PROVES THE BIBLE TRUE
EZEKIEL 36-1, “Son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel…hear the word of the Lord!” The Father is here addressing the physical soil and mountains of the Land, as if it had ears to hear; but His intent is to reveal to Ezekiel’s hearers the details of His plan for the Land in the Endtime.
Similar to the content of Ezekiel 35, the Father decries the oppression by “the heathen (nations) that are about you.” (vs. 2) The enemy hath said against you, “Aha, even the ancient high places (the Temple mount itself!) are ours in possession,” which is the precise claim being made by the PA,. However, the Revelator addresses the physical land in a poetic statement of intent for His people. “Ye, O mountains of Israel, shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to My people:, for they are at hand to come. “For behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown! And I will multiply men (people) upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it; and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded; And I will multiply upon you man and beast, and they shall increase and bear fruit; and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.” All of this is happening now. Israeli agriculture is now foremost in the world, the cities are rebuilt and Israelis come from the four corners of the earth! “They are at hand to come”.
AGAIN, BIBLE PROPHECY PROVES THE BIBLE TRUE
When Shall Israel “Know the Lord?”
There are several instances when this phrase is used prior to the Gogian conflict with Israel – a statement recorded in Ezekiel 38: 22. Some of these are here listed; more to follow, God willing…
It is evident that Psalm 83, in the Hebrew/Jewish Bible, is a prophecy of the utter defeat of the Islamic entities by Christ, along with the Saints, and Israel’s army. Surely, given those conditions, Israel shall “know the Lord.”
Ezekiel 35: 11. Speaking of Israel, God says, “I will make Myself known among them (Israel, consistent with ‘them’ mentioned earlier) when I have judged thee (Mount Seir, or Edom – vs. 2).
Isaiah 34: 1 – 9.”Come near ye nations to hear”. Here the Islamic world shall behold the slaughter of Edom (vs. 5 – the same scenario as Obadiah). “The indignation of the Lord is upon all nations…He hath utterly destroyed them.” This is not all the nations of the earth; he is speaking ONLY of the proximal foes, including Edom/Bozrah/Idumea. Indeed, it is “the day of the Lord’s vengeance, and the year of recompenses for the controversy of Zion.” We have beheld it for 62 years to date.
Isaiah 63 surely depicts the personal settlement by Christ of His score with Edom, and is a vividly detailed picture. “The year of My redeemed (Israel) is come” – vs. 4. It is in this episode that He “brings down their strength to the earth” – vs. 6. This is the unmistakable defeat of Edom, again, and Israel shall know the Lord as a result , , when “the King of Glory shall come in” to them.
Joel 3: 16, 17. Here, the Lord “shall roar out of Zion, and utter His voice from Jerusalem…the Lord will be the hope of His people, and the strength of the children of Israel. SO SHALL YE KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD DWELLING IN ZION, My holy mountain…” The closing verses expose a time of tranquility and peace, when :”Judah shall dwell forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation” (vs. 20). This entire third chapter occurs “…when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem.” THEN, note verse 2: “I will also gather ALL NATIONS, and will bring them down into the Valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with (will judge them – footnote) them there for My people Israel.”
[To be continued next Quarter.] Harold Lafferty, Maryland, USA
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NO 201- ‘BUILDING PEACE WITHOUT PRES. OBAMA’S INTERFERENCE… The Bulletin is an article by Tom Cross of the Wall Street Journal who points out that the Palestinian West Bank is experiencing a remarkable financial boom without the help of Pres. Obama. He disputes the Pal claim of repression and financial distress in Gaza and the West Bank
NO 202- PRESIDENT OBAMA CONFRONTS THE GOD Of ISRAEL! WHO WINS?. The Bulletin points out that the God of Israel said He will build the cities of Israel and Jews will inhabit them., whilst Pres Obama says NO, it must not happen. Who Wins?
ITEM 2; AN INTERESTING DEVELOPMENT ON OUR WEBSITE www.gpl.org.au
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CONCLUSION:
The FEW who read their Bible carefully are reinvigorated each day by God’s words of wisdom and His revelation of His plan and purpose with this earth and mankind. Read your self rich on the Scriptures. God’s word not only tells us what happened in the past . It lays out a clear pattern of future events and also of rewards for righteousness, plus a promise of eternal life. C.F. 6-2010
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BIBLE PROPHECY PROVES THE BIBLE TRUE:
Ezekiel - Part 2
The prophecy by Ezekiel is a fertile source of divine forecasts about the future of God’s people, Israel. His revelation in Ezekiel 20: – foretells the momentous events of the end-time in which He shall save Israel. “ I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up Mine hand to give it to your fathers….And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have wrought with you for My name’s sake…” (V 42, 44)
We are witnessing the clear beginnings of this process in our own day – and even now observe its ongoing progress as the invisible hand of God re-gathers His people to their ancient homeland. At the present time about half of the known Jews in the world live in Israel, so the ingathering is in full strength. It will continue until ALL the Jews of both the Two Tribes (“Judah”) and the Ten Tribes (“Israel”) are re-gathered into the Land.
AGAIN, BIBLE PROPHECY PROVES THE BIBLE TRUE
Ezekiel 26: I will cause many nations to come against thee (v. 3). They shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her (v. 4). It shall be a place for the spreading of nets (v. 5). I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon (v.7).
This remarkable prophecy was fulfilled in two distinct historical periods. The first portion, relating to the above quotations, concerned the Babylonian invasion of the Levant when Jerusalem was taken in 604 BC. At the same time, Tyre was under siege by Nebuchadnezzar’s armies but resisted his assault for 13 years! After Babylon’s siege engines had breached the walls of Tyre the king found that the inhabitants had moved to an island some hundreds of meters offshore and fortified it against attack. He was stymied and dropped the issue.
AGAIN, BIBLE PROPHECY PROVES THE BIBLE TRUE
“Behold, I am against thee Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the great dragon that liest in the midst of his rivers, which said, ‘My river (the Nile) is my own, and I have made it myself.’” Ezekiel 29: 3.
This was a statement of blasphemy against the God of heaven and reflected idolatry directed toward their life-giving stream. Egypt is likened to a ‘dragon’ with scales. A dragon is a fearsome beast. Egypt was a fearsome nation, and had promised to help Judah resist the Babylonian invader but reneged on its promise (cf. verses 6-7). Their failure to aid Judah incensed the Almighty and they proved how insensitive Egypt could be toward His people. Therefore there follows several verses of curses upon Egypt…
‘I will make the land of Egypt desolate…and will scatter the Egyptians (verse 12)…And I will bring again the captivity (captives) of Egypt…into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom.”
After a long period of prosperity Egypt became destined to fall from her high place among the nations. God gave Egypt into the hands of the Babylonians and then the Medo-Persians and gradually Egypt became a base kingdom, stripped of her wealth and power, a base nation indeed!
AGAIN, BIBLE PROPHECY PROVES THE BIBLE TRUE
“And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come…..Thus saith the Lord, Remove the diadem, and take off the crown…I will overturn it…..until he comes whose right it is and I will give it him”(Ezekiel 21:25,27)
Zedekiah (Mattaniah) was the last king of Israel and it is recorded in 2 Kings 24:19 that “he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord….For through the anger of the Lord it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out of his presence”.
Thus the Kingdom in Israel was temporarily ended, but reserved until the day of the coming of the Lord Jesus “He whose right it is”. We stand at the door of this great event
AGAIN, BIBLE PROPHECY PROVES THE BIBLE TRUE
The Ninth of Av – or, Tisha B’Av – in the Hebrew calendar:
The 9th day of the Hebrew month of Av is a remarkably unique and important fast day on the Jewish calendar. It commemorates not only the destruction of the Jewish Temples, but also other catastrophes in Jewish history that have had a profound impact on the world. Here is a list of some of those events.
The 12 spies returned from Canaan with their report on this day. Israel lost faith and a whole generation was condemned to die in the wilderness.
On this day Shlomo’s (Solomon’s) Temple was destroyed by the Babylonians in 587 BCE.
On this day the Second Temple was destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD
On this day the Roman army plowed Jerusalem with salt in 71 AD.
On this day, in the year 130 AD, the Roman Emperor Hadrian ordered Governor Tineius Rufus to plow Jerusalem over. This “plowing” fulfilled Micah 3:12 to erase Judea from memory.
The final destruction of Simeon Bar Kokhba’s army occurred on this day, in 135 AD In this crushing defeat of the “Second Revolt,” the last Jewish fortress at Betar fell. Bar Kokhba and his men were killed and Rabbi Akiva was executed.
One year later, in 136 AD, on this day, Hadrian established a heathen temple on the site of the Jewish Temple and rebuilt Jerusalem as a pagan city which was renamed “Aelia Capitolina” to which the Jews were forbidden to enter. Hadrian also changed the name of the region from Israel to “Palestina.”
On this day in 1096, the Crusades began, killing more than 1.2 Million Jews along the way, as’Christians’ marched across Europe to the Land of Israel to liberate it from the Muslims.
On this day in 1290, under orders from King Edward I, England banished all the Jews. They were given until “All Saints Day,” November 1, to depart.
On this day in 1306, the Jews were expelled from France.
On this day in 1492, the Jews were expelled from Spain.
On this day in 1626, the birth of Shabbetai Tsvi, a false Messiah, was recorded.
On this day in 1882, the Pograms against Russian Jews began.
World War I was declared on this day in 1914, and as Russia mobilized for WWI, it launched persecutions against the Jews in Eastern Russia.
On the 7th of Av, in 1941, SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich was appointed by Goering to carry out the “Final Solution,” the murder of all the Jews in Europe. Two days later, on the 9th of Av, 1941, SS commander Heinrich Himmler formally presented his plan to the Nazi Party on The Final Solution.
One year later, to the day, the plan was formally implemented.
On this day in 1942, the first killings started at Treblinka. The first transport of “deportees” left Malkinia on July 23, 1942, in the morning hours. It was loaded with Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto.
In 2005, on the 10th of Av, Jewish settlers in Gaza were forcibly expelled from
their homes to enable the transfer of Gaza to the Arabs.
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NO. 198 THE DANGEROUS IILUSION OF THE PEACE PROCESS. “Talks will be an exercise in futility”
NO. 199 THE GROWING ENCIRCEMENT OF ISRAEL.
The list of nations hating Israel grows daily
NO. 200 ISRAEL : A LIGHT TO THE NATIONS: Those who demonize Israel are either misinformed or malevolent
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CONCLUSION:
Those who read the Bible even only casually, cannot help but be impressed by the accuracy of God’s word. It foretells the second coming of the Lord Jesus. Are you ready to meet Him?
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