“For the Lord Himself
will descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of the archangel and with
the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain will be
caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so
we shall l always be with the Lord.
Therefore comfort one another with these words” (1 Thess. 4:16-18).
Hey Gang: And so I
come to the end of the Kermit’s list of the more subtle Signs of the Times. If you recall, in the very first one of -
When All These Things Happen Look Up- I mentioned the twenty- two prophecy gurus who listed the number one sign
for this day as “convergence”, the converging of all the Signs of Times that
are listed throughout God’s Word. The gurus also mentioned the fact that not
only are all of the signs coming into view but they are coming with such speed
that one wonders if Jesus is not preparing His troops for the final battle.
As I have mentioned before, I receive a weekly update from
Bill Koenig, a White House Correspondent, and in his recent opening dialog he
wrote these words that we need to place on our bathroom mirror and
refrigerator, “His future comments will
be based on such words as “unpredictable,” unprecedented,” “record-setting,”
apocalyptic” and “biblically significant” that will appear in 2016”. I believe we have seen many examples of this
in 2015, but his feeling is “we ain’t seen nothing yet!”
The end of the year was a rich time for study, with reports
of fulfillments of prophecy in the past year and predictions for the coming
year. It is interesting to me that in past year, if
you received two predictions, one was a Felix the Cat-type prediction and the
other biblically based with credibility.
If I were to put a one-word description of a growing problem that exists
in many of the writings that are being spread around the internet, it would be
“non-truth or deceptive.”. In essence they
are predictions of the human brain, not based on what God has placed in His
word so that we will not be misled.
There are a lot of so-called authorities, according to their
personal opinions, that are leading many folks down the “Prime Rose Path”. But that should not be of any great surprise
to a Bible believing Christian. Jesus
made it abundantly clear that in the last days there would be great deception-
even in the church- that will lead to apostasy.
So, I have chosen as my tenth and final subtle Sign of the
Times “convergence”. You might look at
that as a bottomless barrel that you can keep dumping things into and it never
fills. That is not a bad description of
trying to stay up to speed in the areas of ‘What is Happening, Man?’
The following items were also reported in the Koening report
and are worthy of you placing in your
think tank. So What is Happening
Man? Now!
Item One: Predictions have been coming in from the four
corners of the earth on the dangers that lurk in the shadows on the economies
of the world. In 2016 we will have the
Biblical Jubilee Year ending when Yom Kippur begins at sundown on October
11. There are major concerns with the
world’s economies and financial markets, a major impact, El Nino, is expected
to cause famine, which also fits the 40-year-crisis-cycle; a disruptive U. S.
president in his final year in office is determined to use executive orders to
get his way on immigration, climate-control and refugees; and other areas known
and unknown.
Item Two: A major
migrant crisis in the European Union will worsen, along with a refuge debate in
the U.S. Christians will remain under
attack in the Middle East, and around the world. Major actions by the leaders of Russia, Iran,
Turkey, Sunni vs. Shiite caliphates, and the United States and EU will affect
and influence the course of 2016.
Free Speech will come under further attack in the U.S. In December, Democratic members of Congress
introduced, to the House Judiciary Committee, House Resolution 569 - condemning
violence, bigotry and the hateful rhetoric towards Muslins in the United States
for consideration. It is suggested that
ministers will have to be very careful what they say from the pulpit!
These are just a few but, be advised, if I were to choose to
do another ten subtle prophecies that have been fulfilled or in the process of
being fulfilled, I would have no problem choosing my subjects and it would take
some picking and choosing for there are many more than ten. But I do want to alert you to one last danger
that is gaining rapid attention around the world.
The term El Nino, which means Christ Child, has been around
for many years but never in the context it is being used today. It is predicted by the U.S. Space Agency NASA
that the effects of the current El Nino weather phenomena could be as bad of
those of 1998, the strongest on record.
The current El Nino has been linked to several floods and unusually warm
conditions in the Northern hemisphere.
The current El Nino weather phenomena is the biggest and
most powerful it has ever been since records have been kept. The cycle of warm and cold temperatures –
which is caused by warm water from Australia spilling out across the Pacific
Ocean – has already caused havoc across the world this year including in America.
It is reported by the scientific world that if this El Nino
continues to accelerate in power it could cause hunger, drought and disease to millions
of people. In the 1997-98 El Nino 20,000
people were killed and caused almost $97 billion worth of damage as it caused
floods, droughts, fires, cyclones and mudslides around the world.
Well, my friends and neighbors, if that does not fire you up
to make sure you are a member of God’s “In Gang” and that your name is written
in the Lamb’s Book of Life, you best get serious about your salvation and
commitment to the Lord. He said
“Go”. So my young friends keep in mind
that one day you will stand before the Lord and answer the question “What did
you do with My Son, Jesus?
I pray this series has built a fire in your heart for the
lost souls all around you.
Blessings,
Gramps
P.S. As mentioned, we
will be reducing the number blogs from this point on. We have set up a file to share very special
reports that come across our computer.
If you would like to be included on that list send name and web address
in the comment section or send an email to me.
If you are reading this and not a part of grampsmorningthoughts.blogspot.com, the 2 missing pieces are on the that blog on the last 2 Fridays of January 2016. WE found that 4 & 5 blogs a week was too much at this time.
