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Scriptural Proofs We are in the Final Days
Part 2
In part 1 we focused on relevant scriptures which were prophesied for the final days of earth’s history and compared them to the actual condition of which exists in our society today, and as I quoted in the first part, it’s as though the Apostle Paul made a 2000 year journey through time to observe the world of the 21st century and the comparison to the scriptures are extremely frightening to say the least, as it is as he prophesied.
We now are going to look at some other aspects of fulfilled scripture pointing to the final events of this sinful and decadent world we call Earth.
Again, I make the statement that I intend no disrespect or offense to any religion or denomination, and pray no one takes offense, but we need to hear and know the truth as laid out in God’s word to His creation.
In 2nd Thessalonian’s 2:3-4, Paul is giving us another future prophetic event which we should pay very close attention to as this is in progress as I write. We saw the falling away in the first part and now we are going to look at another intriguing event.
2nd Thessalonian’s 2:3-4 3Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
A very straight forward and blunt statement from Paul concerning the rising of the MAN OF SIN. Who is Paul speaking of and should we be concerned about this person and what he represents? Daniel also speaks of this individual in Daniel 7:25.
Daniel 7:25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws:
We know according to Daniel and Revelation that this is a religious order, not a civil order so what laws will he think to change
This is the “Little Horn” Beast power of Revelation and Daniel. (since the reformation in 1400’s Luther, Wycliff, Tyndall, Huss and others have taught that the Roman Catholic Church is this beast power, as it fits all the details of the prophecy)
14. This power will prevail because of a falling away from the truth — 2 Thessalonians 2:3.
15. Opposes God — 2 Thessalonians 2:4.
16. Exalts itself above God — 2 Thessalonians 2:4.
17. Opposes true worship — 2 Thessalonians 2:4.
18. Sits in the temple of God — 2 Thessalonians 2:4.
Here are direct quotes from the Roman Catholic Church in reference to the Pope and I would refer you back to Revelation 17:1-6 in relation to the Whore of Babylon, (I am presently finishing up a lengthy article/book on the whore of Babylon and the identifying marks as foretold in the Bible.)
"The Pope is not only the representative of Jesus Christ, he is Jesus Christ himself, hidden under the veil of flesh." Catholic National July 1895. (. Exalts itself above God — 2 Thessalonians 2:4.)
We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty" ...Pope Leo XIII Encyclical Letter of June 20, 1894,( . Exalts itself above God — 2 Thessalonians 2:4.)
Have you not any other way of proving that the Church has power to institute festivals of precept?" "Had she not such power, she could not have done that in which all modern religionists agree with her, she could not have substituted the observance of Sunday, the first day of the week, for the observance of Saturday, the Seventh day, a change for which there is no Scriptural authority" Stephen Keenan, A Doctrinal Catechism 3rd ed. p. 174
The Catholic Church is boasting of her changing God’s law to fit their agenda
Sunday is our MARK of authority… The Church is above the Bible, and the transference of Sabbath observance is proof of that fact, Catholic Record, September 1, 1923 (Ontario)( . Exalts itself above God — 2 Thessalonians 2:4.)
Let’s see what God has to say about the mark.
Exodus 31:16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.17 It is a sign(Mark)between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
PERPETUAL= FOREVER, WITHOUT END, CONTINUALLY
And according to Gal.3:28,29 we are all the children of Israel
Isaiah 66:23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.
Here God is reminding us that the seventh day Sabbath will be honored throughout eternity
Isaiah 58:13,14 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
We are to keep the Sabbath Holy, not doing our pleasures or any servile labor, the only work we are to perform is helping others as Jesus showed in His various healings on the Sabbath. Today very few honor the 7th day Sabbath and a good many of those do not keep it Holy. Just as those who keep Sunday as the Sabbath, they make it a point to go out for lunch after services, go shopping, to ball games and other entertainment venues. They don’t even honor Sun-Day.
Rev.22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and enter in through the gates into the city.
Here we see the fulfillment of 2nd Thess. As the Church of Rome has arisen to the occasion by claiming to sit in the temple of God in place of God and has through its influence over the centuries instituted and changed God’s Holy 7th day Sabbath to the first day of the week, Sun-Day, which is the venerable day of the Sun god Ra, in which all Sun worshippers have worshipped throughout history. The initial change was made in 321 AD by the Edict put forth by Constantine to incorporate Christianity and paganism into one religion for better political control.
“On the venerable Day of the sun let the magistrates and people residing in cities rest, and let all workshops be closed. In the country, however, persons engaged in agriculture may freely and lawfully continue their pursuits: because it often happens that another Day is not so suitable for grain sowing or for vine planting: lest by neglecting the proper moment for such operations the bounty of heaven should be lost” Constantine’s edict of 321 AD
The Council of Laodicea of 364AD ratified and then instituted their edict;
“Christians shall not Judaize and be idle on Saturday (Sabbath), but shall work on that Day: but the Lord’s Day, they shall especially honour; and as being Christians, shall, if possible, do no work on that day. If, however, they are found Judaizing, they shall be shut out from Christ.”
We see in these edicts the complete changing of, watering down, and ignoring of God’s 4th Commandment. Let’s look at the 4th commandment; Exodus 20;8-11
8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.9 Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
No where in this 4th commandment is there a hint of compromise for reasons of farming or working in any manner. But Constantine and the Catholic Church took it upon themselves to make changes to God’s law for their own agenda.
Daniel said he would think to change times and laws; Daniel 7:25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws:
The Sabbath is God’s gift to humanity right from the Creation week itself (Gen. 2:1-3). At Creation, 3 distinctive divine acts established the Sabbath: (1) God rested on the Sabbath, (2) He blessed the 7th day, and (3) He sanctified it. These three actions instituted the Sabbath as God’s special gift to His creation.
Rev.14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus
Let’s take a quick look at God’s health laws as instituted in the book of Leviticus. God ordained that man could consume flesh as part of his diet after the flood as there were no vegetation for food. God had told Noah to take seven of the clean animals into the ark and only two of the unclean; the clean to be used for food and sacrificing. The unclean to continue their lineage as what I like to refer to as God’s housekeeping crew since all the unclean animals are mostly carnivorous and clean up the decaying carcasses and droppings of the other animals.
We were created and designed to subsist on a vegetarian diet, but man has taken it upon himself to overrule God and we see the disastrous results in the average person’s state of health in today’s world. Diseases such as high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes and cancer are so prevalent hardly anyone has not been affected by it personally. Obesity in children has become epidemic resulting in early childhood diseases which in the past only affected the elderly and adults.
Churches today are teaching that all food is clean and fit to eat. A direct contradiction to what God said in Leviticus in which He gave a list of animals we are allowed to eat, and those which are an abomination to you and Him: and among these abominable foods, are pigs, vultures, shell fish catfish and any fish that does not have fins are scales.
Today you go to any church function other than Jewish, Muslim, or Adventist, and there are a couple of others, the first thing you spot on the serving line is at least one and sometimes more large hams. There is not a verse in the Bible which negates God’s health law from the book of Leviticus. Some cite Acts chapter 10; it has nothing to do with food and verse 28 proves that the entire previous 27 verses are not speaking of food, but, referring to man. Acts 10:28 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
And in Acts 11, Peter again emphasizes the vision was not about food
Let me cite one other verse of scripture that so many fail to see or recognize as a scripture which backs up and proves that God did not change or approve of changing His laws.
Turn with me to Isaiah 66: 15-17 15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. 16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many. 17 They that sanctify themselves and purify themselves, in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
A little side note on this verse proving that we are in the final days of earth’s history.
For many years I wrestled with the 17th verse of this scripture, searching, praying for an answer to the meaning of “the abomination and the mouse” I understand through scripture that to touch any unclean animal is an abomination, and you are considered unclean for a period of time, and that we, as a rule do not eat the flesh of rodents, so what is the answer to this verse.
Several years ago, God answered my prayer and led me to the answer of what the “abomination and the mouse was in relation to.”
Today, scientist and researchers are into the Genetic modification of any substance to increase the harvest of food crops and now are into the modification of human and animal genes. In researching and studying I ran across this bit of information which solidified and fulfilled a portion of Isaiah 66 concerning the eating of swine flesh.
A university in Canada several years ago genetically modified a pig to grow faster, give more meat and emit far less methane gas to help the environment, and was dubbed the “ENVIRO PIG” for its ability to grow faster produce more meat and emit less methane gas into the atmosphere. A win-win situation for the pork industry and for the environmentalist. But how does this relate to the prophesy of Isaiah 66 15-17?
In order to create the new breed of swine the scientist took the DNA from the pig, the DNA from the mouse, and the DNA from E-Coli bacteria. We’ve all heard of e-coli bacteria the disastrous effects on the humans which consume contaminated foods, and lately the lettuce harvest of California, with recall after recall along with sickened individuals across the nation.
The e-coli bacteria are found in the intestinal tract of all animals and human fecal matter and according to the Levitical laws, contact with this is an abomination to God. So, now we can look again at verse 17 and get a better understanding of what Isaiah is foretelling.
17 …….eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD. We now see that the abomination is the e-coli bacteria and the mouse is the plain old rodent and all three are an abomination against God for us to consume. The verse tells us that God will destroy by fire those consuming this swine flesh. Regardless of what the theologians and the pastors are preaching, God has never changed His laws, the Ten Commandments, or the Health Laws.
Folks we are in the final countdown to the soon appearance of Jesus and we need to be ready as Daniel 12:1 & Rev.22:11-12 warns us.
Daniel 12:1
Daniel 12:1. And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
I believe Michael has His hands on the chair-rails and is preparing to rise.
And when Michael stands folks, it’s all over but the shouting, as the seven last plaques of Rev.16, begin to fall on this wicked earth. The door to the ark has been shut at this point, so to speak, and the lost are forever lost, the saved in Christ are being protected, , and I believe God will protect His obedient followers through these plagues just as he did for the Hebrews in Egyptian captivity, Daniel in the lion’s den and the Shadrach, Meschach and Abednego in the fiery furnace. Revelation 22:11 tells us
Rev.22:11,12 12 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. 12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
Whatever state of spirituality you are in at this point, that is where you will remain friends.
John 9:4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
Night has fallen and no one is working for the lost at this point. Amos 8 tells us that the Holy Spirit has been withdrawn and the people are searching, but it is too late.
Amos 8:11-12 11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.
Folks be forewarned of the deceptions Satan has instituted into the churches to lull the people into a state of complacency and a false sense of security.
THERE WILL BE NO 7 YEAR TRIBULATION THERE WILL NOT B E AN ANTI-CHRIST TO MAKE A 7 YR TREATY WITH ISRAEL THERE WILL NOT BE A SECOND CHANCE FOR REDEMPTION
Luke 13:27,28 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. 28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.
Jeremiah 8:20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
Today you have one of 2 choices;
- 1. Submit to the will of God following His way and reject the world for an eternal reward that we cannot fathom.
- 2. Continue to follow the pied piper of political correctness and worldly ways straight to lake of fire resulting in eternal death.
THE CHOICE IS YOURS ; CHOOSE WISELY
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