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Stirring a Hornets Nest of Apocalyptic Islam?

March 24, 2019 By Bear Ian Leave a Comment

Like him or hate him, President Trump has courageously stood up against a host of hostile Islamic countries and defended Israel by:

1. Declaring that the US recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and moving the US Embassy there.

2. Pulling out of the Iran nuclear treaty and reactivating sanctions against the Islamic theocracy.

3. Declaring that the Golan Heights belong to Israel, not Syria.

4. Essentially eliminating all United States financial aid to the Palestinians in Gaza since US taxpayer money was being used by Hamas to finance the rockets they fire into Israel and the tunnels they dig under the border.

If there ever was a better reason for apocalyptic Islamic leaders to be so mad they could spit fire I don’t know what it is. Perhaps they are as mad as a nest of hornets that have been disturbed. It is not difficult to speculate that Iran might encourage Bashar al Assad of Syria to take some foolish military action against Israel regarding the Golan Heights to try and regain stature in the Islamic world or favor in the eyes of allah. Syria has already said that they are determined to recover the area ”through all available means”.

Prime Minister Netanyahu has likened Trump’s declaration on the Golan Heights to a “Purim Miracle”, referring to the book of Esther where God provided and gave victory to the Jews over their enemies who wanted to destroy them.

Unlike almost half of the voting population in the United States, in Israel, President Trump is looked upon as a champion of the Jews and likened to King Cyrus from the Book of Ezra in the Old Testament or Tanakh. King Cyrus was the Persian ruler who 2,500 years ago decreed that the Jews should return from exile to Jerusalem to rebuild their temple.

Prime Minister Netanyahu said, “I want to tell you that the Jewish people have a long memory, so we remember the proclamation of the great king, Cyrus the Great, the Persian king 2,500 years ago. He proclaimed that the Jewish exiles in Babylon could come back and rebuild our Temple in Jerusalem. We remember a hundred years ago, Lord Balfour, who issued the Balfour Proclamation that recognized the rights of the Jewish people in our ancestral homeland. We remember 70 years ago, President Harry S. Truman was the first leader to recognize the Jewish state. And we remember how a few weeks ago, President Donald J. Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Mr. President, this will be remembered by our people through the ages.”

All of these significant historical events add to the great anticipation of finally knowing what the undisclosed details are in the upcoming Peace Treaty which it is said will be revealed sometime after the Israeli elections on April 9th.

Our God is sovereign and only He decides when the time is right. God can always press the ‘pause button’ on the Biblical script which is being played out here. However, it doesn’t seem likely that any pause would last for long. All signs point to the soon return of Yeshua, Jesus, King of the Jews, Messiah, Savior. People look up, your Redemption draws near.

15 Signs of Jesus Christ’s Imminent Return

March 5, 2018 By Bear Ian Leave a Comment

Jan Markell, of Olive Tree Ministries, discusses 15 signs of Jesus Christ’s imminent return as reflected in the current world events and individuals that fulfill Word of God.

Calls for Peace and Security
Business as Usual Around the World
Mocking and Scoffing
Rise of Wickedness
Soaring Strong Delusion
Surge in Mark of the Beast technology.
Third Temple Talk
Mideast Alignment and Activity
Longing for a Leader
Rome is Mystery Babylon
A World Without Borders
Counterfeit Christianity
Escalating Birth Pains
Doctrines of Demons
Convergence of Signs

Is the Blue Blood Super Moon the Last Sign?

January 30, 2018 By Bear Ian Leave a Comment

BLUE BLOOD SUPER MOON WEDN MORNING JANUARY 31, 2018 @ 4:51 a.m. PST, the total phase starts and lasts until 5:29 a.m. PST
Totality ends at 6:07 a.m. and the moon is set to emerge from the umbra at 7:11 a.m PST.

Q: Will the moon appear blue?
A: No, a Blue Moon is the name given to the 2nd Full Moon in a calendar month.

Q: Will the moon appear blood red?
A: Yes, as a result of the sun’s rays bending around the Earth’s atmosphere before illuminating the moon.

Q: Do any other planets in our solar system have lunar eclipses?
A: No, not that anyone is aware of.

Q: What are the other astronomical signs that people are talking about?

A: Google andy of these:

The 2014-2015 Blood Moon Tetrad
The Great Solar Eclipse of Aug. 21, 2017
The Revelation 12 Sign, Sept. 23, 2017
The Mercury/Jupiter conjunction, Oct. 18, 2017
The Venus/Jupiter conjunction, Nov. 13, 2017
The Blue Blood Super Moon of Jan. 31, 2018

Q: Is it the End of the World?
A: No…but….

More than anything, Jesus instructed His followers to ‘Watch’ for the signs of His return. The Bible tells us that there will be ‘signs in the sky’ heralding the return of Christ. The signs involve the sun, moon, stars, and planets. The Greek word ‘planetai’ means ‘wandering’. Today, what we know as planets were referred to as ‘wandering stars’ some two thousand years ago. Many Christians believe that Jesus will come to take His church of believers out of this world in an event known as the Rapture. The strongest argument can be made for the timing of the Rapture to occur before the seven-year period of Tribulation when God’s wrath is poured out upon Earth. Only after the seven years does Jesus return to set everything right again. The Bible tells us that our Messiah will rule from the throne of King David in Jerusalem. We know that there will be peace on Earth for 1,000 years, so ‘no’, the Earth does not end on January 31, 2018.

Q: When is the Rapture?
A: Nobody knows for sure, apparently it can be anytime if one believe’s in the ‘pre-eminent’ return of Christ, meaning nothing remains on the prophetic calendar which must happen before He does return.

Q: Will the Rapture be on January 31, 2018?
A: The Blue Blood Super Moon does qualify as a ‘sign’. There hasn’t been a similar occurrence since 1865. The Rapture probably won’t be on January 31, 2018 … but ‘What if?’

A few more thoughts about the Revelation 12 Sign of September 23, 2017

October 4, 2017 By Bear Ian Leave a Comment

Few people will probably read this, so my fear of ridicule is small. As I’ve mentioned, I’ve been fascinated with the controversy and arguments surrounding the Revelation 12 Sign of 09/23/2017. Publicly, my personal position on the whole thing is and has been ‘Maybe’ and ‘What if?’ Because I honestly don’t know.

I’m intrigued by how compelling the narrative has become, the mathematical curiosities associated with it and the very long list of what are either associated coincidences, or possibly not coincidences. To my knowledge, historically speaking, nothing quite like this has very happened before, and I’m not just talking about the astronomical alignment, but how this topic has evolved and created such division. It’s difficult for me to understand how anybody can easily dismiss the observation that a literal reading of the Bible verses in Revelation 12:1-5 describes the astronomical alignment which occurred on 09/23.

Either:

a) it is legitimate to be watching for a literal fulfillment of what is described in Rev. 12:1-5 or

b) it is purely symbolic.

If ‘a’, then the ‘Great Sign’ will involve the Sun, the Moon and the Stars. Our only common knowledge of anything representing a ‘woman’ in the sky would be a constellations of stars.

Of the 88 constellations covering the entire sky in the northern and southern hemispheres, I believe only 3 are of women; Andromeda, Cassiopeia and Virgo.
Of these three constellations, only Virgo appears in the ecliptic, which is the path that the sun travels across the sky from sunrise to sunset.
Virgo is the only constellation in which both the Sun and the Moon are ever in proximity to.
So by the process of elimination, the sign would involve the constellation Virgo (symbolic of the Virgin) the Sun, the Moon and 12 stars.

If ‘b’, then any attempt to apply a literal fulfillment to the ‘Great Sign’ would be a waste of time. But I don’t think there are any examples of ‘signs’ which were not manifested in the physical world. By definition, a ‘sign’ would suggest that there is evidence of something specific.

Revelation is a tricky book to decipher. What is symbolic and what is not? and Who is to say?

Pondering the Lyrics of The Days of Elijah Song by Robin Mark

October 1, 2017 By Bear Ian Leave a Comment

According to many in Israel, this is the Year of Jubliee. Yesterday was Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Seven days ago was the astronomical alignment being termed ‘The Revelation 12 Sign’ which involved the Sun, the Moon, the planets Mercury, Mars, Venus and the constellations Virgo and Leo. Ten days ago is when Yom Teruah, the Feast of Trumpets began. Other than two major volcanic eruptions in Bali, and a handful of ISIS related terrorist attacks on innocent civilians, what have become almost everyday, commonplace occurences, no global events on a Biblical scale have happened yet, like the Rapture.

Rabbi Samuel Ben Judah, who died in 1517, used Torah to base his opinion that 2017 would be a Year of Jubilee. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proclaimed from the United Nations last week that this was currently Israel’s Jubilee in that it has been 50 years since the liberation of Jerusalem and 100 years since the Balfour Declaration.

This Sunday morning, someone posted a YouTube video clip from a few years ago, of American soldiers during a worship service singing ‘Days of Elijah’ written by Robin Mark in 1994. I’m not yet sure why I’m also seeing “Francis Robert Mark” as being credited with the lyrics. Anyhow, I’ve always liked this song, and especially hearing so many of our men and women in uniform passionately signing it, but today you might say that the lyrics struck a chord for me…the scriptures which Robin Mark chose to create the lyrics of this song closely parallel the Blessed Hope of those who are currently watching for the Rapture, anticipating hearing the Trumpet Call at any minute.

These are the days of Elijah
Declaring the word of the Lord, yeah
And these are the days of Your servant, Moses
Righteousness being restored

These are the days of great trials
Of famine and darkness and sword
Still we are the voice in the desert crying
Prepare ye the way of the Lord!

Say, behold He comes, riding on the clouds
Shining like the sun, at the trumpet’s call
Lift your voice, it’s the year of Jubilee
Out of Zion’s hill, salvation comes

And these are the days of Ezekiel
The dry bones becoming as flesh
And these are the days of Your servant, David
Rebuilding the temple of praise

And these are the days of the harvest
The fields are all white in the world
And we are the laborers that are in Your vineyard
Declaring the Word of the Lord

Behold He comes, riding on the clouds
Shining like the sun at the trumpet’s call
Lift your voice, it’s the year of Jubilee
Out of Zion’s hill, salvation comes
(x2)

There’s no God like Jehovah!
There’s no God like Jehovah!
There’s no God like Jehovah!
There’s no God like Jehovah!
(x6)

Behold He comes, riding on the clouds
Shining like the sun, at the trumpet’s call
Lift your voice, it’s the year of Jubilee
Out of Zion’s hill, salvation comes
(x2)

Some who have been heavily invested in the belief that ‘The Revelation Sign’ of 09/23/2017 is heralding the return of Jesus/Yeshua for His Church are still committed to the idea that THIS is the time, even though nothing has happened…yet. Their latest proposed ideas of how this might turn out are:

Some are looking at the Barley Harvest, which if not mature enough by a certain date pushes the Feast of Trumpets out 30 days as an extra month is mandated to be added to the calendar that year. It has been reported that this year the Barley harvest hadn’t been this immature this 2005.
Jesus rose from the dead on Sunday, and Sunday is recognized as the sabbath by the Church.
Some believe that the Jubilee doesn’t end until Sunday, Oct. 1st due to celestial relationship of the sun and moon on Elul 1.
Some attach significance to 400 days from a conjunction of Venus and Jupiter on Aug. 27, 2016 ends on Oct. 1st at sundown. I checked this, the conjunction was right next to Virgo’s head at sundown as seen from Jerusalem and would have been visible for 1 hour before sunset.
Some have suggested that if God gave Noah 7 days warning before the Flood began, then it began on the 8th day and 8 days from Sept. 23rd would be October 1st.

One skeptical pastor who I’ve had a lengthy conversation with on this topic has suggested that the Revelation 12 Sign needs to have a ‘shelf life’…if nothing happens within a reasonable period of time, then it wasn’t what people thought it was.

From here, all we can do is wait, Watch, and see.

Maranatha!