Since there has been some people who want to discuss certain issues on this blog, I have started a discussion group:
http://groups.google.com/group/the-end-and-the-beginning . Feel free to join in, but make sure your Bibles are with you...any discussions MUST have full scriptural support.
Michael
Monday, June 25, 2007
Friday, June 22, 2007
An interesting observation
In my 'Universe today' email I received a story about a 'nearby' star(7500 light years away)which is about to supernova(explode, in simple terms). Those in the science of astronomy say that it will be highly visible when it does. I just felt I should post this, as this is an unusual event which could occur in our lifetime. An additional comment follows the article.
Thanks to http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/etacar/etacar.jpg for the image here.
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/etacar/ is the link for the story.
Eta Carinae is a mysterious, extremely bright and unstable star located a mere stone's throw - astronomically speaking - from Earth at a distance of only about 7,500 light years. The star is thought to be consuming its nuclear fuel at an incredible rate, while quickly drawing closer to its ultimate explosive demise. When Eta Carinae does explode, it will be a spectacular fireworks display seen from Earth, perhaps rivaling the moon in brilliance. Its fate has been foreshadowed by the recent discovery of SN2006gy, a supernova in a nearby galaxy that was the brightest stellar explosion ever seen. The erratic behavior of the star that later exploded as SN2006gy suggests that Eta Carinae may explode at any time.
Eta Carinae, a star between 100 and 150 times more massive than the Sun, is near a point of unstable equilibrium where the star's gravity is almost balanced by the outward pressure of the intense radiation generated in the nuclear furnace. This means that slight perturbations of the star might cause enormous ejections of matter from its surface. In the 1840s, Eta Carinae had a massive eruption by ejecting more than 10 times the mass of the sun, to briefly become the second brightest star in the sky. This explosion would have torn most other stars to pieces but somehow Eta Carinae survived.
Hubble Optical Images of Eta Carinae The latest composite image shows the remnants of that titanic event with new data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope. The blue regions show the cool optical emission, detected by Hubble, from the dust and gas thrown off the star. This debris forms a bipolar shell around the star, which lies near the brightest point of the optical emission. This bipolar shell is itself surrounded by a ragged cloud of fainter material. An unusual jet points from the star to the upper left.Chandra's data, depicted in orange and yellow, shows the X-ray emission produced as material thrown off Eta Carinae rams into nearby gas and dust, heating gas to temperatures in excess of a million degrees.
Animation of Massive Star Explosion This hot shroud extends far beyond the cooler, optical nebula and represents the outer edge of the interaction region. The X-ray observations show that the ejected outer material is enriched by complex atoms, especially nitrogen, cooked inside the star's nuclear furnace and dredged up onto the stellar surface. The Chandra observations also show that the inner optical nebula glows faintly due to X-ray reflection. The X-rays reflected by the optical nebula come from very close to the star itself; these X-rays are generated by the high-speed collision of wind flowing from Eta Carinae's surface (moving at about 1 million miles per hour) with the wind of the companion star (which is about five times faster).The companion is not directly visible in these images, but variability in X-rays in the regions close to the star signals the star's presence. Astronomers don't know exactly what role the companion has played in the evolution of Eta Carinae, or what role it will play in its future.
Eta Carinae, a star between 100 and 150 times more massive than the Sun, is near a point of unstable equilibrium where the star's gravity is almost balanced by the outward pressure of the intense radiation generated in the nuclear furnace. This means that slight perturbations of the star might cause enormous ejections of matter from its surface. In the 1840s, Eta Carinae had a massive eruption by ejecting more than 10 times the mass of the sun, to briefly become the second brightest star in the sky. This explosion would have torn most other stars to pieces but somehow Eta Carinae survived.
Hubble Optical Images of Eta Carinae The latest composite image shows the remnants of that titanic event with new data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope. The blue regions show the cool optical emission, detected by Hubble, from the dust and gas thrown off the star. This debris forms a bipolar shell around the star, which lies near the brightest point of the optical emission. This bipolar shell is itself surrounded by a ragged cloud of fainter material. An unusual jet points from the star to the upper left.Chandra's data, depicted in orange and yellow, shows the X-ray emission produced as material thrown off Eta Carinae rams into nearby gas and dust, heating gas to temperatures in excess of a million degrees.
Animation of Massive Star Explosion This hot shroud extends far beyond the cooler, optical nebula and represents the outer edge of the interaction region. The X-ray observations show that the ejected outer material is enriched by complex atoms, especially nitrogen, cooked inside the star's nuclear furnace and dredged up onto the stellar surface. The Chandra observations also show that the inner optical nebula glows faintly due to X-ray reflection. The X-rays reflected by the optical nebula come from very close to the star itself; these X-rays are generated by the high-speed collision of wind flowing from Eta Carinae's surface (moving at about 1 million miles per hour) with the wind of the companion star (which is about five times faster).The companion is not directly visible in these images, but variability in X-rays in the regions close to the star signals the star's presence. Astronomers don't know exactly what role the companion has played in the evolution of Eta Carinae, or what role it will play in its future.
The editor of the email posts from 'Universe Today' wrote this...
When it does explode, Eta Carinae is going to be spectacular. It's thought to have between 100 and 150 times the mass of our own Sun. Not only that, it's a mere 7,500 light years away. Its brilliant display of fireworks will rival the light of the full Moon, and should be easy to see in the middle of the day; you could read a book by it at night.
The timing could prove to be interesting....or nothing at all.
Michael
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Who do you say I am?
By request, I'll do a study here on WHO Yahshua is, in relation to the entire Kingdom of Heaven. I will point out scriptures which, hopefully, will give you some semblance of the heirarchy to His World, and yes, there is an order to the Heavenly Kingdom.
Where to start? How about with our question...'Who do you say I am?'
Mat 16:13 Now when Yahshua came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say that the Son of man is?
Mat 16:14 And they said, Some say John the Baptist; some, Elijah: and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.
Mat 16:15 He saith unto them, But who say ye that I am?
Mat 16:16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Messiah, the Son of the living God.
Mat 16:17 And Yahshua answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar–Jonah: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
This shows that His disciples KNEW He was the SON of God. That was also the charge given against Him when He was taken to the Pharisees....
Mat 26:63 But Yahshua held his peace. And the high priest said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Messiah, the Son of God.
Mat 26:64 Yahshua saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Henceforth ye shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.
Mat 26:65 Then the high priest rent his garments, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy: what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard the blasphemy:
Mat 26:66 what think ye? They answered and said, He is worthy of death.
An interesting point to bring out...notice in verse 63 they ask 'Are you the Messiah, the Son of God?' They KNEW that the MESSIAH would be called THE SON OF GOD!Notice in ALL the testimony all references to Yahshua were as 'THE SON' and not GOD HIMSELF! Indeed, the voice from heaven said 'This is MY SON...'
Now, I want to counter point this with something. What was LUCIFER'S DOWNFALL? Let's look...
Isa 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O day star(Halel--KJV: Lucifer), son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst lay low the nations!
Isa 14:13 And thou saidst in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north:
Isa 14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.
This is why the NAME is very important. When you call the Messiah J-sus(Greek: Ie-sous), and when you say He is GOD the FATHER, you are actually putting Him where LUCIFER WANTS TO BE! Reference books(including Strongs)try to tie ie-sous with Yahshua, saying they are one and the same. THEY ARE NOT! Otherwise these scriptures CANNOT BE TRUE:
Joh 5:43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
That bears witness to this...
Exo 23:20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. Exo 23:21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him. Exo 23:22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
Finally, to keep this short, count how many times Yahshua references HIS FATHER. It can be no other way.There is FAR FAR MORE to this, including why 'The Father is greater than I' and 'THe Father and I are one' is NOT a contradiction. But this could lead to pages and pages....
Where to start? How about with our question...'Who do you say I am?'
Mat 16:13 Now when Yahshua came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say that the Son of man is?
Mat 16:14 And they said, Some say John the Baptist; some, Elijah: and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.
Mat 16:15 He saith unto them, But who say ye that I am?
Mat 16:16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Messiah, the Son of the living God.
Mat 16:17 And Yahshua answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar–Jonah: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
This shows that His disciples KNEW He was the SON of God. That was also the charge given against Him when He was taken to the Pharisees....
Mat 26:63 But Yahshua held his peace. And the high priest said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Messiah, the Son of God.
Mat 26:64 Yahshua saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Henceforth ye shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.
Mat 26:65 Then the high priest rent his garments, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy: what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard the blasphemy:
Mat 26:66 what think ye? They answered and said, He is worthy of death.
An interesting point to bring out...notice in verse 63 they ask 'Are you the Messiah, the Son of God?' They KNEW that the MESSIAH would be called THE SON OF GOD!Notice in ALL the testimony all references to Yahshua were as 'THE SON' and not GOD HIMSELF! Indeed, the voice from heaven said 'This is MY SON...'
Now, I want to counter point this with something. What was LUCIFER'S DOWNFALL? Let's look...
Isa 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O day star(Halel--KJV: Lucifer), son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst lay low the nations!
Isa 14:13 And thou saidst in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north:
Isa 14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.
This is why the NAME is very important. When you call the Messiah J-sus(Greek: Ie-sous), and when you say He is GOD the FATHER, you are actually putting Him where LUCIFER WANTS TO BE! Reference books(including Strongs)try to tie ie-sous with Yahshua, saying they are one and the same. THEY ARE NOT! Otherwise these scriptures CANNOT BE TRUE:
Joh 5:43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
That bears witness to this...
Exo 23:20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. Exo 23:21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him. Exo 23:22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
Finally, to keep this short, count how many times Yahshua references HIS FATHER. It can be no other way.There is FAR FAR MORE to this, including why 'The Father is greater than I' and 'THe Father and I are one' is NOT a contradiction. But this could lead to pages and pages....
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Armageddon/Who is Gog?
Here is a study I did, which started as a look at Armageddon(Har-Megiddo). As most people who have studied scriptures and/or Israeli history, many battles have been fought at Megiddo. The LAST one will involve Yah Himself. By the way, I reference a couple of maps I've found, both using the E-sword bible program. You can find the program, along with the maps, at www.e-sword.net . A majority of downloads there are free, and it's a great program.
On to the study....
I did some research on Har-Megiddo/Armageddon as mentioned in Revelation 16. There is some POWERFUL stuff to understand when you start looking at WHO is involved with this. In a nutshell, there are TWO 'battles' or judgements: one for Babylon, the other for the GENTILES. If you have the American Bible society maps from E-sword, then look at the map of the Assyrian and Babylonian Kingdoms, 9th to 6th century BC. You'll find 'TUBAL' and 'MESHECH" are located in what is now GREECE. If you download the CLASSIC BIBLE MAPS(also free), and look at the MAP OF THE WORLD, you'll see the same thing, as these are children of JAPHETH(given in Gen. 10). These are important things to remember when you go through the scriptures.
Assuming you've gotten this far with this, I'll show you the NT reference, then highlight some important passages in the OT as far as the TIMING of these things....
Rev 16:12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
Rev 16:13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
Rev 16:14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. Rev 16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
Rev 16:16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
First of all, you have to come to understand the LINK between Gog/Magog and the battle given above. That is given in Revelation 20....
Rev 20:7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
Rev 20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Rev 20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
Rev 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night forever and ever .
Why are these passages linked together? Compare the following....
Rev 16:13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
Rev 16:14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
Rev 20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Notice the result of this is the same.....
Rev 20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
Eze 38:19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
Eze 38:20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
Eze 38:21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
Eze 38:22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
So it is important to understand WHO this battle involves and WHEN it takes place. Now that Gog/Magog is established as to the WHO, we can then further see WHO this is....
Gen 10:1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
Gen 10:2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
Gen 10:3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
Gen 10:4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
Gen 10:5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
I saw something else in that Gen 10:5 verse, notice the phrase 'isles of the Gentiles'. There is a reference to that in Ezekiel too....
Eze 39:6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
If you look at Revelation 20, there are two 'battles': the first one is when satan is thrown into the pit for 1000 years, the SECOND one is Gog/Magog/Armageddon. This is also confirmed by the Ezekiel passages....(Notice that this says it comes to mind as PAST TENSE, that is, that it has ALREADY HAPPENED at this point)....
Eze 38:10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
Eze 38:11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
Eze 38:12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
Eze 38:13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
Eze 38:14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
SO, by this reckoning, guess what? THE RAPTURE(really, the ingathering to the land)has ALREADY OCCURRED.(That may twist your thinking a bit about the rapture theory, I'm sure). Armageddon occurs AFTER the 1000 year rest, when there are people living securely in the land.
This also CONFIRMS what Paul was teaching. Check this out...
1Th 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
1Th 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
1Th 5:4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
1Th 5:5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
1Th 5:6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
1Th 5:7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
1Th 5:8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
1Th 5:9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Messiah Yahshua Hamashiach.
This confirms Rev. 16 and Ezekiel 38....
Rev 16:14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
Rev 16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
Rev 16:16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
Eze 38:7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
Eze 38:8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
Eze 38:9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
One other thing to consider....recall I said there were TWO battles, Babylon and Armageddon. Check out Daniel...
Dan 10:12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.
Dan 10:13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.
Persia was to the east, which included Babylon(Shinar), and those countries that are now MUSLIM. Note later in that same chapter of Daniel....
Dan 10:20 Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Greece shall come.
Now that we've come this far, we can identify BOTH PRINCES...Persia is of Mohammed(Muslim), Greece is of GOG(Gentiles). Pretty interesting stuff, and I'm sure there is more here than I'm seeing. More later, as it is revealed...
Michael
On to the study....
I did some research on Har-Megiddo/Armageddon as mentioned in Revelation 16. There is some POWERFUL stuff to understand when you start looking at WHO is involved with this. In a nutshell, there are TWO 'battles' or judgements: one for Babylon, the other for the GENTILES. If you have the American Bible society maps from E-sword, then look at the map of the Assyrian and Babylonian Kingdoms, 9th to 6th century BC. You'll find 'TUBAL' and 'MESHECH" are located in what is now GREECE. If you download the CLASSIC BIBLE MAPS(also free), and look at the MAP OF THE WORLD, you'll see the same thing, as these are children of JAPHETH(given in Gen. 10). These are important things to remember when you go through the scriptures.
Assuming you've gotten this far with this, I'll show you the NT reference, then highlight some important passages in the OT as far as the TIMING of these things....
Rev 16:12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
Rev 16:13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
Rev 16:14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. Rev 16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
Rev 16:16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
First of all, you have to come to understand the LINK between Gog/Magog and the battle given above. That is given in Revelation 20....
Rev 20:7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
Rev 20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Rev 20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
Rev 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night forever and ever .
Why are these passages linked together? Compare the following....
Rev 16:13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
Rev 16:14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
Rev 20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Notice the result of this is the same.....
Rev 20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
Eze 38:19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
Eze 38:20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
Eze 38:21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
Eze 38:22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
So it is important to understand WHO this battle involves and WHEN it takes place. Now that Gog/Magog is established as to the WHO, we can then further see WHO this is....
Gen 10:1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
Gen 10:2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
Gen 10:3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
Gen 10:4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
Gen 10:5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
I saw something else in that Gen 10:5 verse, notice the phrase 'isles of the Gentiles'. There is a reference to that in Ezekiel too....
Eze 39:6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
If you look at Revelation 20, there are two 'battles': the first one is when satan is thrown into the pit for 1000 years, the SECOND one is Gog/Magog/Armageddon. This is also confirmed by the Ezekiel passages....(Notice that this says it comes to mind as PAST TENSE, that is, that it has ALREADY HAPPENED at this point)....
Eze 38:10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
Eze 38:11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
Eze 38:12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
Eze 38:13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
Eze 38:14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
SO, by this reckoning, guess what? THE RAPTURE(really, the ingathering to the land)has ALREADY OCCURRED.(That may twist your thinking a bit about the rapture theory, I'm sure). Armageddon occurs AFTER the 1000 year rest, when there are people living securely in the land.
This also CONFIRMS what Paul was teaching. Check this out...
1Th 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
1Th 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
1Th 5:4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
1Th 5:5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
1Th 5:6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
1Th 5:7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
1Th 5:8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
1Th 5:9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Messiah Yahshua Hamashiach.
This confirms Rev. 16 and Ezekiel 38....
Rev 16:14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
Rev 16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
Rev 16:16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
Eze 38:7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
Eze 38:8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
Eze 38:9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
One other thing to consider....recall I said there were TWO battles, Babylon and Armageddon. Check out Daniel...
Dan 10:12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.
Dan 10:13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.
Persia was to the east, which included Babylon(Shinar), and those countries that are now MUSLIM. Note later in that same chapter of Daniel....
Dan 10:20 Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Greece shall come.
Now that we've come this far, we can identify BOTH PRINCES...Persia is of Mohammed(Muslim), Greece is of GOG(Gentiles). Pretty interesting stuff, and I'm sure there is more here than I'm seeing. More later, as it is revealed...
Michael
Monday, June 04, 2007
New blog
Since stories concerning 'global warming' are increasing, I decided to create a blog reserved for those posts, rather than to 'clutter' this blog with that information. You will find it at http://ferventheat.blogspot.com . Please tell your friends about it.
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