THE PROPHETIC YEAR IN REVIEW
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FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
AND
WHAT MAY COME NEXT
A Review of the top prophetic issues of 2022 and what
may be coming in 2023.
“How did it get so late so soon? It’s night before it’s afternoon. December is here before it’s
June. My goodness, how the time has flown. How did it
get so late so soon?” - Dr. Seuss.
Here we are at that time again where I get out my
prediction hat and give my reply of the year past, but also my predictions for
the year ahead. These are just MY
predictions based on my understanding of both geopolitical and biblical
goings-on. I’m not a prophet. Neither am I a date-setter, or a son of a date-setter. Again I’m just giving you my opinion as to where I think
things are heading for the upcoming year.
FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
“And
there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the
waves roaring…” Luke 21: 25.
As we close out the year of our Lord 2022 and get ready
to enter into 2023, we do so with perhaps the greatest trepidation that I’ve ever witnessed. …
It
seems the longer we remain here, the more things people are becoming fearful
of, and yet, they are afraid of all the wrong things. They are afraid of misgendering
people. They are afraid of the public backlash that will come if they don’t tow the line of wokeness.
But they aren’t afraid of the horrific hour of testing (Daniel’s 70th
Week) that will be coming upon the earth. People aren’t
afraid of dying in their sins and spending eternity in pain and darkness. Well,
for those that remain on the earth (the left behind - [after the select, pre-tribulation rapture of
those “accounted worthy to escape” (Luke 21: 34-36; cf.
Rev. 3: 10]) - this
fear is only going to get worse.
ANTICHRIST ZEITGEIST
These things have I spoken unto you, that in Me ye might
have peace. In the world
ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer;
I have overcome the world. John 16: 33.
It also feels this way because … [political
parties are]
- cramming in their agendas despite setbacks like a federal judge blocking them
or losing a court case. They just keep on working on new angles to push it
through, all the while, Republicans and Conservatives are
becoming worn down at trying to stop every new wave of evil.
In
fact, this feeling of losing is so pervasive and smothering. It’s
become this blanket of overwhelming oppressiveness.
Well,
let me just tell you up front that this “feeling”
of losing, is every bit a part of the spirit of Antichrist. It is a demonically-designed spiritual [psychoses] to
both oppress and discourage you (the believer) from believing in the victory
Christ already won at the Cross.
Thanks
to the non-stop Operating Moacking Bird style of media propaganda, weak-kneed
politicians, woke pastors, and silent pulpits, this perpetual tsunami of bad
news is designed to keep you in a perpetual state of
depression and deflation. Conversely, it is also very much a battle of
distractions so that you focus on the never-ending litany of drama coming out
of Washington DC.,
Do
not fall for it! We’ve not just won the battle, we’ve
already won the war!
At
the darkest point of the Tribulation and presumably at the very height of the
Antichrist’s power, we see this oddly-placed
declaration long before the 70th Week is even over. It is placed there (at the seventh trumpet judgment)
strategically and intentionally to remind everyone that even though things
appear at their very darkest, Christ has already won.
Then
the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in heaven saying, “the kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord
and of His Christ, and He shall reign for ever
and ever!” Revelation 11: 15. …
TOP ISSUES FOR 2023
1. Globalism vs. Regionalism:
The continued push for WEF policies and candidates will
prove unpopular top-down control over participating nations. Contrastingly,
bottom-up support will be for nationalism and nationalist political leaders
ultimately meeting in the middle to create regional power blocs. Think about it
like this. If a one-world government was the intent all along, it should fall
in line with the Hegelian dialectic model for implementation.
Thesis: How to
get to a one-world government?
Antithesis: Force impractical and dysfunctional (and highly
unpopular) globalist policies (courtesy, WEF, Great Reset, Agenda 2030, 4th
Industrial Resolution, etc.) on nations to create chaos and unrest. Simultaneously, destroy successful capital
markets by imposing politically driven (and completely
untenable) socialist policies that bend capitalism towards fascism. Then add a programmable, surveillance-based
digital currency to the world economic infrastructure to replace the ailing US
Dollar as the world’s reserve currency.
Synthesis: Regional government will be the meet-in-the-middle
solution that reduces the number of individual autonomous nations, and
diminishes individual national sovereignty, but is not so far
overreaching that is immediately rejected as geopolitically unnatural.
Nevertheless, achieving seven, ten, or even twenty regions is far more
manageable (from a one-world government perspective) than 193 individual
nation-states. Ultimately, we know where the world ends up by Revelation 13, so it seems that this is the approach they are running with to achieve those
ends.
2 Central
Bank Currencies (CBDC’s)
are
programmable, digital, surveillance-based currencies. The rapid strengthening
of CBDC policies and technologies
across the world is (along with AI and Quantum supremacy) the new ‘arm’s races’ for the 21st century.
World
powers will use the current inflation (they created), failing legacy fiat
currencies (they enabled), and massive national debt (they created) as excuses
to expedite the implementation of digital centralized currencies. Spectacular
and even, patsy-like collapses of companies like FTX (and perhaps later Tether)
will only highlight the need for more government control over decentralized cryptocurrencies.
Again,
the two main problems going forward are this: if the
3. The EU Army:
The Russian invasion of
Ultimately,
the failure of the - [World Health Organisation] - NATO structure, as well as the
continued decline of the
4.
Global Religion:
With the completion of the Abrahamic House in
The
WHO was a medical advisory
organization that worked with other national Centers for Disease Control (CDCs) and other similar
organizations to promote global health incentives. Then think how much power
and influence it’s had since 2020. Now it seems every
major medical decision (with pandemics and vaccines) has to have the backing of
the WHO in order to gain traction. Furthermore, global medical policies (e.g.,
global vaccine passports) are being crafted by the WHO
and are being enforced by nations who submit to their medical authority.
So
that was a medical crisis [so called], and it greatly bolstered the WHO’s standing with
regard to global authority. Consider economic crisis and how global authorities
(not national) are being used as the ‘final word’
in matters pertaining to economics and currency. Now think about the world’s
next major crisis (the [select] Rapture, and how much
influence this new house of Chrislam will have after
that religious/supernatural crisis.
4.
Depopulation:
The
world’s leaders are increasingly convinced (or so they say publically) that
climate change is the world’s greatest existential threat. At the same time,
the world’s population just passed eight-billion persons. As 2023 opens up, we
are going to see a greater push to reduce the carbon footprint of humans by
endorsing (and enforcing) things like abortion, euthanasia, and medically
induced “died suddenly” medical experiments
that will continues killing millions.
Paradoxically,
the world’s global leadership is now more concerned than ever about our health and
security and has offered Orwellian-type medical surveillance (even under the
skin) to keep us safe. They are saying this out of one side of their mouths,
while equally and aggressively pushing policies designed to kill off the human
population. Ironic eh? Not to worry though, if
depopulation is their chief concern, the 21 [divine] judgments inside the 70th Week will correct
that problem supernaturally.
5. Changing the Guard:
The world’s two major superpowers (the
The
Nevertheless,
Rapid
advancement of Technology: The world is continuing to race ahead in every
spectrum of technology. This is both quickly outpacing our ability to defend
against all of the threats, and is moving beyond the technological capabilities
as described in the book of Revelation (e.g., artificial super-intelligence, colonizing the
moon and Mars, etc.) Mankind has reached (or is about to
reach) the Tower of Babel moment where God puts His thumb down and stops
mankind in his tracks through a sudden, calamitous event known as the sudden
Rapture of the - [repentant and obedient members (see Luke 13: 35; Acts 26: 19, 20; cf. Acts
5: 32; 1
John 3: 24, R.V.)] - of the Church. Consider
the race is afoot in all below categories:
Biotechnology
- Biometrics - Bioweapons - Artificial Intelligence - Space-related technologies
- Next-generation communications - Robotics/drones - Quantum technology - Human cloning and genetic manipulation.
7. Quantum Technology:
Speaking of out-of-control technology … the real arms
race in the 21st century will not be found on
nuclear weapons, aerospace, or even outer space, but in quantum technology. The term is ‘quantum
supremacy’ and the goal is to create a stable, usable, system that
everything is linked to and can run everything (thus fulfilling the - [North Atlantic
Treaty Organisation] - NATO prophetic
mandate of achieving the (Internet
of Things). The crazy thing is, one quantum computer is capable of doing just that.
While
there are races concurrent with CBDCs and - [Artificial Intelligence] - AI, achieving
Quantum Supremacy will be the edge that puts whosoever gets to it first,
victorious. Currently, the big three American companies in the race toward
quantum supremacy are IBM, Google, and Microsoft. These companies all have
European-based headquarters as well, so if the
1.
Make medical experiments no longer necessary as Quantum programs will be able
to model every conceivable scenario (except the supernatural!)
2.
To co conceive and create new building materials (e.g. grapheme oxide) at an
increasingly fast pace.
3.
Answer the cosmic riddles that once plagued mankind.
4.
Enable artificial intelligence [AI] to rapidly outpace man’s ability to control it. Don’t
worry though, demonic forces will do this.
5.
Be used to enhance cyber security through a merger between nanotechnology and
biometrics.
6.
Render cryptocurrency
(encrypted currencies) useless. Will require biometrics be implemented for
security (i.e., hence in part, why the Mark of the Beast has to be put into
humans).
7. Be used for military applications.
8.
Be used to enhance machine learning.
9.
Be used to forecast the weather.
10. Be used to enhance investment portfolios (think Blackrock’s
A.L.A.D.D. I. N.
11. Quantum Transportation (as the Seal, Trumpet, and Bowl judgments continue
to higher global movement, this may become the primary mode of transportation).
So
what is the big deal with quantum?
Essentially,
quantum computing, which uses subatomic particles to create new ways of
processing and storing information, is a technological leap that’s expected to
bring us computers capable of operating a trillion times more quickly than the
fastest traditional process available today.
The
potential danger of quantum computing is that it could render our current
encrypton practices useless - so any nation that develops quantum computing at
scale could break the encryption of other nations, businesses, security
systems, and more. This is a trend to watch
carefully in 2023 as countries like the
Now
the experts in the fields of quantum physics and technologies,
are more conservative in their expectations for where they see that capability
being both 2023 and 2030. However, as we all know, crisis is the mother of
invention, and it’s likely, that a great global crisis (such as the - [foretold pre
tribulation and select] - Rapture) would allow for the fast-tracking of these technologies on a scale we’ve
not seen since World War I by removing the restraints for demonic intelligence
to make it happen.
8. Black Swan Events Wildcard Options:
Last but not least, is the innumerable wildcard and black swan events
that we mortals can’t know or can’t see coming. In no
particular order.
a.
Israeli strike on
b.
c. The
deaths of aging world leaders.
I fully expect that Globalists like Kissinger
(99 years old), and George Soros (92 years old) to pass this year. Perhaps it’s why they’ve been so invested in passing on their
globalist agendas to the next generation. Other notables are Klaus Schwab is 84. Joe Biden is 80 but in failing mental health. Pope Francis
is 86. Will these be the leaders to carry on - [their agenda]
- into the seven-year [‘great’] tribulation?
d. New
pandemic planning event.
Quote: Evidence is piling up that this “pandemic”
had been scheduled long in advance. This article
refers to three “simulations” that the
Gates-funded Johns Hopkins undertook in the last two decades. This is on top of
what has already been covered.
Gates provides 75 Million dollars for GAVI start-up
(1999).
Dark Winter (2001).
Atlantic Storm (2005).
Rockefeller’s Lockstep Narrative (2010).
Theresa Tam & “Outbreak”
(2010).
Gates/Pirbright & CV
patents (2015).
Raj Saina
& M-132 (2017).
GAVI lobbying
Clade X (2018).
Event 201 (2019) End
quote.
e. Natural
calamity of global sequence.
The earth is groaning and we are starting to get these “once in a generation” storms and events happening more and more
frequently. I don’t expect this trend to suddenly
reverse or end in 2023.
f. Last but not least, is the - [Pre-tribulation * (see Luke 21: 34-36; Rev. 3: 10)] - Rapture of
the church. Although it does not
start the 70th Week, it certainly sets the conditions for all that
follows.
[* NOTE: Those who neglect to mention our Lord’s conditions for the ‘disciples’
undisclosed standard of personal righteousness (Matt.5: 20; 7: 21, R.V.),
He requires for their escape from coming Great Tribulation, are deceiving multitudes
of believers, by a false hope, based on regeneration alone!
“For he that doeth wrong shall receive again for
the wrong that he hast done: and THERE IS NO RESPECT OF PERSONS” (Col. 3: 25, R.V. Cf. Malachi 3: 1-3, 6, “FOR I THE LORD
CHANGE NOT…”)]
Conclusion:
Indeed, how did it get so late so soon? I don’t know if it’s because I’m 48 or we as a human race are
just that much busier. But 2022 flew by very quickly.
I reckon the longer we wait on the Lord, the faster things here on terra firma will
continue to speed up, this adding new understanding to the Lord’s return coming
quickly. And while much of what we see is coming at us
like a freight train, just remember what Christ’s words were to the
Because you
have kept my command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial, which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell upon the earth. Behold, I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you
have,
that no man may take your crown. He who overcomes, I will make him a
pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on him
the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes
down out of heaven from my God. And I will write on him
My new name.
“He
who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
says to the churches.” Revelation 3:
10-13.
Originally published at Rev310.net - reposted with
permission.
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11 Ominous
Predictions For 2023
There is a growing consensus that 2023 is going to be a
miserable year for the
In
fact, in all the years that I have been writing I have never seen so many big
names on Wall Street be so incredibly pessimistic about the coming year. Of course much of that pessimism is due to the fact that 2022
went so poorly.
The
cryptocurrency industry imploded, trillions of dollars
in stock market wealth evaporated, inflation became a major problem all over
the industrialised world, and a new housing crash suddenly erupted.
Considering
all of the pain that we have experienced over the past twelve months, it is only
natural for the experts to have a negative view of 2023. The following 11 Ominous warnings that they have issued for the year ahead…
1. The IMF: “We expect one-third of the world economy to be in recession.
Even countries that are not in recession, it would feel like recession for
hundreds of millions of people.”
2.
Bloomberg: “Economists say there is a
7-in-10 likelihood that the
3. The world
Bank:
“As central banks across the world
simultaneously hike interest rates in response to inflation, the world may be
edging toward a global recession in 2023 and a string of financial crisis in
emerging market and development economies that would do them lasting harm,
according to a comprehensive study by the World Bank.”
4.
Bank of
5. Mohamed El-Erian: “Many ‘high-conviction’
6. Nouriel Roubin: “No, this is not going to be
a short and shallow recession, it’s going to be deep
and protracted.”
7. Larry Summers: “My sense is that it’s much
harder than many people think to achieve a soft landing.”
8. Goldman Sachs CEO David Soloman: “Economic growth is slowing,”
Goldman Sachs - [Company Executive Officer] - CEO David
Soloman said at the same conference. “When I talk to
our clients, they sound extremely cautious.”
9. Charles Schwab & Co’s Liz Ann
Sonders: “We
have to take our medicine still, meaning a weaker economy and a weaker labour
market. The question is, is it better to take our medicine sooner or later.”
10. Black Rock: “Central bankers won’t ride to
the rescue when growth slows in this new regime, contrary to what investors
have come to expect. They are deliberately causing recessions by
over-tightening policy to thr to reign in inflation.”
11. Michael Burry: “Inflation peaked. But it is not the last peak of this cycle. We are likely to
see CPI lower, possibly negative in 2H 2023, and the
As you can see, there is a general
consensus that things will be bad in 2023, but there is disagreement
about just how deep the coming economic downturn will turn out to be.
If
the worst of these forecasts turn out to be accurate, that will actually be incredibly good news.
Because
the reality of what we will be facing in 2023 is likely to be significantly
worse than any of these experts are currently
projecting.
With
each passing day, we continue to get even more numbers that indicate that big
trouble is ahead.
For
example, we just learned that luxury home sales absolutely created during the
month of September, October and November…
Sales
of luxury homes fell 38.1% year over year during the three months during
November 30, 2022, the biggest decline on record, according to a new report
from Redfin, a technology-powered real estate brokerage. That outpaced the
record 31.4% decline in sales of non-luxury homes. Redfin’s data goes back to
2012.
The
luxury market and the overall housing market lost momentum in 2022 due to many
of the same factors: inflation, relatively high interest rates, a sagging stock
market and recession fears.
We
haven’t seen anything like this since 2008.
And we
remember what the housing crash of 2008 ultimately did to the financial
markets.
Normally,
the beginning of a calendar year is a time of optimism. As we look forward to a
completely clean slate, it can be easy to forget the difficulties of the
previous 12 months.
But this
year things seem completely different.
On
some level, just about everyone can feel that very challenging times are ahead
of us.
Decades
of very foolish decisions are starting to catch up with us in a major way.
Our
[political] leaders
[worldwide], tried very hard to - [censor the truth!] - and keep the party going for as long as possible, and to a
certain extent they were quite successful in doing so.
Our
politicians in
And the
Federal Reserve kept the financial markets artificially propped up for years by
endless pumping giant amounts of fresh cash into the system.
But such
foolish measures only made our long-term problems even worse, and now our
leaders are losing control.
All
of the “mega-bubbles” are starting to burst,
and the system is beginning to fall apart all around us.
It
is time to turn out the lights, because the party is over.
We
all had a lot of fun while it lasted, but now the bill is due and an
extraordinary amount of pain is ahead.
Originally published at the Economic Collapse Blog - reposted with permission.
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What will 2023 be like?
‘LIFE’S what you
make it’ goes the old saying.
So the short answer to the question
above is, it’s up to you what the future holds, because we all create it for ourselves, every day.
Many in the world are highly restricted by either
direct state control, or poverty of resources and education. But
for the majority in the
And while
there are those who are talking openly about restricting those choices
permanently, we still have ample opportunities to learn, grow and direct our
lives in the way we want to.
Every
day we can make new enriching connections, create useful ideas and new value,
and be genuinely productive with our lives.
But if we
eat terrible food, drink too much and sit at home or at a job we hate - then
end up with very little energy to get through the week - it is little wonder we
might feel our lives are beyond our control, tiresome and not making much
difference in the world.
We
may then turn to more bad food, booze, drugs and other comfort blankets, in
order to escape the uncomfortable truth. This is a well-known self-destructive
cycle.
But if we decide we are going to be in charge of our
lives, and have our body perform at its best, so we are primed from the moment
we wake up to the moment before we nod off, able to handle work, home and relationships
with ease and with an attitude that enjoys serving and playing with others,
then this is exactly what will happen for us.
We
all need something that is genuinely going to motivate us to jump out of bed
first thing, and remembering the last time we had something to get excited
about might be a clue as to where we could take our lives next.
It
does not matter what the government, [ World Economic Forum] (WEF), the Federal
Reserve, your boss or anyone else do
or think about your plans. There is absolutely nothing they
can do about them, and certainly not the decision to meet whatever life
throws at you on your journey there, with an adventurous, warrior spirit,
instead of a feeling of weariness, dread and doubting.
There
are thousands of different situations, but there is not a
single one of us who cannot decide, right now, to fill our lives with energy,
hope and action. The secret to getting things done is to make sure that the stuff that needs to get
done is worth doing in the first place.
Why
waste your life doing things you’re not interested
in? Yes, most have to do service jobs to
get where we want to go - but nearly everyone in those places is passing
through, except for those who own the business.
No
one, whether it’s an agent of the government or
council, a police officer or a business, can create an obligation for another, without that person’s consent. That is
what the Bill of Rights guarantees, and it
is still the current law of the land. Constitutional laws are superior to
all other laws and statues by definition, and cannot be altered without the express will of the
people.
Governments
are not there to tell the people what to do, nor steal our money to keep the richest getting even richer, while pocketing millions for themselves in
the process.
Although the courts have rightly struck out almost all
individual lockdown fines, any attempt at a prosecution of
those proven to be deceiving people and causing serious harm with these
unlawful policies,
has been met with a sacred judiciary - [i.e.,
‘the branch of government dealing with justice’
(Heinemann English Dictionary, p.p. 588).]
- unsurprising given the known historical - [and unlawful] - tactics of those who wish to preserve their power at
all costs.
What
judges would do is uphold the law, if
the people demanded that it be upheld. The government is not above the law, and it
is not the law. All each of us has
to do is refuse their unlawful legislation, citing and upholding pre-existing constitutional law that presents
them from doing exactly what they are doing - ‘nothing
to the prejudice of the people’.
We
have a God-given, natural right to live our lives according to our own wishes. So long as we cause no harm or loss, and allow everyone else the same freedom,
then we are perfectly within the law.
If
I open my business and police arrest me because a government has ruled, against my consent, that businesses like mine can’t open, then they are breaking the law, not me.
But like
most things, if I stand alone in my conviction, then the lawbreakers will win. If the people had stood together against
the inquisitors in the Middle Ages, then very few people would have been
tortured and burned.
No
one should accept laws and orders that harm us or our
families, and our ancestors - [had hopefully] - guaranteed
that we would never have to - they had been through tyranny, and wanted to preserve freedom for all future generations.
Keep
sharing the information that is hidden - [by governments throughout the world] - from the public, and keep setting the example of
being fully responsible for making all the - [correct
and godly] - choices in your own life.
No
one wants to be a slave, or stuck in an office or warehouse for years, doing a
job they know is pointless - [illegal, and harmful
to all others] - ‘go climb that goddamn mountain.’
- THE LIGHT (Issue 28, December 2022)
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Holocaust survivor calls out modern day
fascism
By Jerry
Roberts *
Hate-filled propaganda emerging again**
Vera Sharav was
three-and-a half years old in 1941, when Romanian collaborators sent her
family away to a concentration camp in the
Her
In
an interview following the speech, she urged us to forget our differences as we
face a common enemy. In my interpretation, those differences include ancient
hang-ups of race and religion, as well as contemporary distractions, such as
gender and net zero carbon.
We
need to be clear about what we are fighting against and what we are fighting for. We are fighting against the authoritarian surveillance state predicted by George Orwell in
the novel 1984, perfected by today’s
Chinese Communist Party, and now being
implemented throughout the world under the guidance of the World
Economic Forum.
We
are fighting for freedom. We are fighting for sovereignty over our own bodies
and over our own countries. After we have reclaimed these fundamental
liberties, we can argue the toss about boys wearing dresses, farting cows and
melting icebergs.
Speaking
to the ‘German Corona Committee’, Sharav warned:
“Those of us who lived
through the holocaust were rescued. There will be no rescuers now. There will
be no armed forces who would rescue, we have to do it ourselves or it is over.”
Here
are some excerpts from her speech on the 75th anniversary of the
publication of the Nuremberg Code:
“The Holocaust did
nor begin in the gas chambers of Auschwitz and Treblinka. The Holocaust was preceded by
nine years of incremental restrictions of personal freedom, and the suspension of legal rights, civil rights and - eventually - human rights. The stage was set by fear-mongering and
hate-mongering propaganda. A
series of humiliating government edicts demonised Jews as spreaders of disease.
We were compared to lice.
“The real viral disease that infected Nazi
Sharav’s
comment on education should speak to high school teachers and university
lecturers: “If we are to prevent another Holocaust, we
must identify ominous current parallels before they poison the fabric of
society.
“Since the Nazi era, the study of
history and most of the humanities including philosophy, religion and ethics has been overshadowed
by an emphasis on utilitarian science and technology. As a result, few people
recognise foreboding similarities between current policies and those under the
Nazi regime.
“The
“By declaring a state of emergency in 1933 and 2020, constitutionally-protected personal freedom,
legal rights and civil rights were swept
aside. Repressive discriminatory
decrees followed. In 1933, the primary target of discrimination was
Jews. Today, the target is people who refuse to be injected with experimental, genetically engineered so-called vaccines.
“The powerful billionaire technocrats who gather at Davos, Big Tech, Big
Pharma, the financial
Oligarchs, academics, government leaders and the military
complex - these megalomaniacs have paved the road to another Holocaust. This time,
the threat of genocide is global in scale. Instead of Zyklon B gas, the weapons of mass destruction are
genetically engineered, injectable Bioweapons
masquerading as vaccines.
“Today there will
be no rescuers. Unless all of us resist, never again is now.”
Sharav’s
speech at
* Jerry Roberts is a Western Australian journalist who has reported
on politics, manufacturing and Aboriginal affairs.
** This
article first appeared in ‘The Light’
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THE LIGHT (Issue 28, December 2022)
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Thoughts And
Meditations
For The Last Days
“The Church has [now]
caught the spirit of the age. She has confederated in - [i.e., has become ‘united or joined by agreement’ with] - organizations that are far-reaching and
marvellous in power. If these confederations were wholly within her own bounds, it might not become a matter of this
treatise. But they overlap the walls of
the Church.
The Church stands prominent in the confederacy for world-wide disarmament, and universal peace. She is in partnership in this earth’s great
diplomats and statesmen, with kings and emperors, princes and presidents. Herein the Church (ecclesia)
out of the world, but He prophesied war and Armageddon, until He, the ‘Prince
of Peace’
should come.
The Church has joined partnership with the world in many efforts
for social regeneration. Prominent, in her councils, conventions and assemblies, are resolutions commending all sorts of moral
uplift societies. Her pulpits are the centre of the arena where the battle is being fought. They are open to opponents in
the liquor traffic, and to the heralds of practically any new
movement for any phase of economic,
social, or moral benefit. …
The Anti-christ is to sum up all that men adore. He will not only head
nations but he will head
divine worship. He will federate the
State and the Church, he will unite
politics and religions. That he will attempt to inaugurate - [i.e, install an
official introduction to] - a
reign of peace without the Prince of Peace, and to bring in a millennium without Christ,
is quite as certain. He
will make league with the Jew, - he will cause men [and women] to worship himself, he will consummate the most colossal combines
ever known on earth, until ‘no man can either buy or sell save he that
hath the mark of the beast’.
Confederations are stepping stones to that ‘day’ when the ‘whole world will wonder after the
beast,’ when ‘the kings of the earth and the rulers
thereof will take council
together against the Lord and against His anointed, saying, let us break their bands asunder, and cast their cords away from us.’ In that day, ‘He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh, and the Lord shall have them in derision.’ In
that day, ‘He shall speak
unto them in His wrath and vex them in His sore displeasure’. In
that day,* Jesus shall come, and ‘He shall break them with a rod of iron and
dash them in pieces as a potter’s vessel.’ ‘The Lord shall
strike through kings in the day of His wrath.’*
[* See also 2 Peter 3: 8. 9, R.V. Cf.
Isaiah 35: 1-4; Jeremiah 33: 15, 16; Ezekiel 38: 18-23; Joel 3: 18;
Hosea 2: 18; Amos
9: 11, 12; Micah 5: 10-15; Zechariah 14: 4-9, R.V.]
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