What attention span?
I have been reminded that my articles, posts and blogs are too long. I try to keep them to a 5-minute read or less. Sometimes I go a little longer, but then I break the article or post into a series, each being under 5 minutes.
Still, many folks don’t seem to want to stay focused on these complicated matters for more than a few minutes at a time. I GET IT.
The information I am sharing is so important that I must try again. So, here we go…again…please.
#1. We, that is, everyone on planet earth, are entering a strange new world, where black is white and white is black, good is being called evil and evil is being called good, sweet is sour and sour is sweet, the truth is a lie and lies and the truth.
You can see it in the written media, government policies, university programs, television programming, in the military in churches, etc. Men are relegated to followers and buffoons, being managed by ruled by females; women are elevated and portrayed as brilliant and tough leaders, dispatching men twice their size with a flip of the wrist. Men are feminine, women are masculine, boys look like girls and girls look like whatever they choose.
Beyond the social aspects are the corporate and political ramifications. They are being called “A New World Order”, “The Great Reset”, “Globalism” or “Our New Global Community”. Some are even calling it by the more nefarious name, “One World Government”.
(a). Who is it saying these things and using these names? To name a few, it is:
(i). The United Nations.
(ii). UNESCO or The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization which claims to be a specialized agency of the United Nations aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.
(iii). The World Economic Forum, an international non-governmental and lobbying organization based in Cologne, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded on 24 January 1971 by German engineer and economist Klaus Schwab.
(iv). The American Democrat Party, et al., and specifically presidents William “Bill” Clinton, and George W. Bush.
(v). The United Nations’ Agenda 2030.
#2. So, what’s the big deal?
(a). This Globalist movement has been progressing, ever-so-slowly, since the earliest writings in the Book of Genesis over 6,000 years ago. Now, in the 21st Century, we have the technology necessary to attempt and accomplish things that were unthinkable in 4,000 B.C.
(b). The main characters in this effort, in our day and time, are known Socialists, Marxists and Communists.
(c). Their named objectives are lofty-sounding and would seem to be beneficial for the world if implemented. But their methods will require strict compliance, which will undoubtedly lead to dictatorial and despotic means, as they always have throughout history.
(c). The forenamed entities are now publicly announcing completion and success by the year 2030 – Hence, Agenda 2030. They are quick to point out the United States Treasury will be used to complete these goals; The recommendations of the Commission on Global Governance, when implemented, will bring all the people of the world into a global neighborhood managed by a world-wide bureaucracy, under the direct authority of a minute handful of appointed individuals, and policed by thousands of individuals, paid by accredited NGOs, certified to support a belief system which contains ideas that are foreign to the American experience, and ignores other values and ideas that are precious to the American experience.
IT IS A BIG DEAL.
#3. Where did this come from?
(a). These things were foretold in the Bible, perhaps as early as 6,000 years ago.
(b). The Bible lays out a progression, from beginning to the end (‘from the Alpha to the Omega’ as the Bible puts it), complete with details through metaphors, similes, imagery and direct quotes. It is voluminous and complex, but extremely precise.
(i). Then around sometime around 4,100 years ago, the Bible records the building of the Tower of Babel, which is a direct foreshadowing and the perfect metaphor of what was and what is to come.
(ii). The coming of ‘the times of distress’ or the tribulation (small ‘t’), are told about in various old and New Testament books of the Bible. (The Book of Daniel gives a complete outline of what is to come, hidden in actual precursor events and in mysterious prophecies known as Daniel’s Seventieth Week.) This period began around the time coinciding with the birth of Jesus. The first 4 Seals of the tribulation have been opened consecutively, overlapping and intensifying as time has passed.
(iii). Then, about 75 years ago, the 5th tribulation seal appeared to be opened and things prophesied began to accelerate and take on recognizable form. We have seen the spirit of the antichrist operating since around A.D. 1, and now we anticipate the revealing of the antichrist, himself. We are now being caught up in a long-prophesied One World Government, which is a Marxist net and tentacles. Time is short.
(iv). The breaking open of the 6th Tribulation Seal (capital ‘T’), also known variously as ‘The End of Days’, ‘The Great and Terrible Day of The Lord’, ‘The Wrath of the Lamb’, is near.
(c). Much of the ‘foreshadowing’ or prophecies from the Bible have been overlooked, misunderstood or ignored, but in these Last Days, they are coming into focus for those ‘who have eyes to see’.
#4. Where do we go from here?
(a). In brief (not really), we will see the breaking of the 6th Tribulation Seal – Terror, Cosmic disturbances. (This event is yet to come, but soon).
The Interlude – during the 6th Seal.
The sealing of the 144,000 – during the 6th Seal.
The Multitude from the Tribulation gathered around the Throne of God in Heaven ( This is The Rapture)!
(b). 7th Seal – Silence in Heaven for ‘half an hour’.
(c). THE TRUMPETS: Revelation chapter 8:1 – chapter 9
1st Trumpet – hail and fire, mixed with blood – a third of the earth was burned
2nd Trumpet – something like a great mountain burning – a third of the sea became blood; and a third of the creatures died; a third of the ships destroyed.
3rd Trumpet – a great star called Wormwood fell from heaven, fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of waters; a third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the waters, because they were made bitter.
4th Trumpet – a third of the sun and a third of the moon and a third of the stars were struck, so that a third of them would be darkened, and the day would not shine for a third of it, and the night in the same way.
5th Trumpet – The Bottomless Pit. A star from heaven which had fallen to the earth; and the key of the bottomless pit was given to him. He opened the bottomless pit; smoke, of a great furnace; the sun and the air were darkened; came locusts, and they hurt only the men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
6th Trumpet – The Army from the East
The 7th Trumpet marks the beginning of the second half of the 7 years of Great Tribulation and the beginning of the Third Woe.
Revelation 12 – Christ’s Reign Foreseen
The Red Dragon.
The Male Child, Christ.
The Angel, Michael.
Revelation 13
Revelation 13 introduces the DRAGON, THE BEAST FROM THE SEA AND THE BEAST FROM THE EARTH. Then, I will give a chronology of the Bible, leading up to Revelation 13, and to the end of the Book of The Revelation, to help frame the timing of these events.
A Scene of Heaven.
The Lamb and the 144,000 on Mount Zion.
Vision of the Angel with the Gospel.
Doom for Worshipers of the Beast.
The Reapers.
Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels who had seven plagues, which are the last, because in them the wrath of God is finished.
Revelation 16 – Six Bowls of Wrath
1st Bowl of Wrath – loathsome and malignant sores.
2nd Bowl of Wrath – the sea became blood.
3rd Bowl of Wrath – the rivers and the springs of waters became blood.
4th Bowl of Wrath – the sun scorched men with fire.
5th Bowl of Wrath – it became dark.
6th Bowl of Wrath – the Euphrates and its water was dried up.
Armageddon
7th Bowl of Wrath – “It is done.”
The Doom of Babylon.
Victory for the Lamb.
Babylon Is Fallen.
Lament for Babylon.
The Fourfold Hallelujah.
Marriage of the Lamb.
The Coming of Christ.
Doom of the Beast and False Prophet.
Satan Bound.
Satan Freed, Then Doomed.
Judgment at the Throne of God.
The New Heaven and Earth.
The New Jerusalem.
The River and the Tree of Life.
The Final Message:
Revelation 22:6 “And he said to me, “These words are trustworthy and true. And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.”
(Detail of the above outline is found here: “After All These Things”
#5. What should you do?
(a). Be informed.
(b). Get Ready and Stay Ready, Move to Action.
Read these articles for an overview:
The Journey along God’s Plan of Perfection
Read some of these articles for details – lots and lots of detail, about:
Watching from the Wall – Your Brother and Friend,
Mike Young
Whitestone Fellowship 