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It is my firm belief that, though Satan certainly helped to inspire the perpetrators of the 9-11 attacks, this epic tragedy was a warning judgment against America by God.
The USA is a nation like the kingdom of Israel before it was destroyed, full of arrogance and pride. And rather than fasting, repentance and prayer after they were hard hit by their enemies, the people of Israel responded by rebuilding and ignoring God’s warning - to their everlasting peril.
The fascinating 90-minute film embedded below drives that point home exceedingly well. If you haven’t watched it yet, I highly recommend it.
Your Sister In Yahshua,
Helena Lehman
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"SYCAMORE"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDuShOO_dSQ
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
AMERICA & THE WORLD:
Text of “Wake Up Call” sermon
Posted: September 13, 2011
by Joel C. Rosenberg
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Link to this Post at Joel's Blog:
http://flashtrafficblog.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/four-reasons-why-god-is-shaking-america-the-world-text-of-wake-up-call-sermon/
The following is the text of the sermon Joel delivered Sunday night, September 11th during the “Wake Up Call.” The video of this sermon will be posted online at Joel's Blog Soon.
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“FOUR REASONS WHY GOD IS SHAKING
AMERICA AND THE WORLD”
The Wake Up Call Event
Joel C. Rosenberg
September 11, 2011
Thank you. It is an honor to be here tonight — especially at this critical moment in American history, and in the history of the world.
Thousands of years ago, through the Hebrew Prophet Haggai, God told us what He was going to do — that He was going to shake us. “For thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘Once more in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry land. I will shake all the nations…. I am going to shake the heavens and the earth. I will overthrow the thrones of kingdoms and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the nations.’” (Haggai 2:6-7, 21-22)
That’s what Bible prophecy is – an intercept from the mind of the all-knowing, all-seeing God of the universe….a weather report from the future….a storm warning from the future — not so that we will be afraid, but so that we will be awake and ready and faithful and walking close to Jesus when the storms come.
•Do you remember where you were on September 11th, 2001?
•Do you remember how you felt when you saw the Pentagon burning, the smoldering wreckage in Pennsylvania, the two towers imploding?
•Not since Pearl Harbor had so many Americans been killed in a single attack – more than 3,000 that day.
None of us will ever forget that day — nor should we.
God didn’t cause 9/11 to happen….fanatics devoted to the false teachings of Radical Islam caused 9/11 to happen….but the True and Living God — the God of the Bible — let it happen to shake America….to get our attention….to wake us up.
I want to ask you some questions tonight as we reflect on 9/11, as we reflect on the state of our union, and the state of the Church, both here and around the world: On this anniversary of 9/11, are you morally and spiritually better off ten years ago? Is your family? Is your church?
Now is an appropriate time to take a spiritual audit — to assess how you’re doing morally and spiritually, how your family is doing, how your congregation is doing. Ten years ago, God shook us – the question is: Were we listening?
In the Book of Hebrews we read: “See to it that you do not refuse Him who is speaking. For if those did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape who turn away from Him who warns from heaven. And His voice shook the earth then, but now He has promised, saying, ‘Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heaven.” Hebrews 12:25-26)
Our Lord Jesus Christ — sitting with His disciples on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem — also warned in Matthew 24 that we would be shaken in the last days, those days leading up to Jesus’ return. “The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the power of the heavens will be shaken,” Jesus said. And then, when men least expect it, Jesus said, “the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory. (Matthew 24:29-30)
America was shaken on 9/11. Today, God is shaking us again.
•Nine of the ten costliest – most expensive – hurricanes in American history have happened since 9/11. The worst was Hurricane Katrina which nearly wiped out an American city and ended up costing $108 billion.[i]
•Hurricane Irene will likely rank in the top five and has made 2011 the worst year in American history for natural disasters, with ten separate catastrophes costing $1 billion or more.[ii]
•This year, we’ve seen the worst outbreak of tornadoes in nearly half a century.[iii]
•The worst fires in the history of Texas – amidst the worst drought in the history of the state.[iv]
•The biggest earthquake on the East Coast since 1875.[v]
•The biggest earthquake in Colorado since 1882.
At the same time, our economy is being shaken to its core.
•42,000 American factories have shut down since 9/11.[vi]
•Fourteen million Americans have lost their jobs just in the past few years.
•Millions of families have lost their homes.
•Washington is running up the national credit card to jump start our economy, but it’s not working.
•Our federal debt is now more than $14 trillion – that’s trillion with a “t.” It’s hard to imagine so much money. But put it this way: if we were to pay one dollar per second every hour of every day of every month to pay down our national debt, it would take us more than 32,000 years just to pay off $1 trillion – but we have more than $14 trillion of debt.[vii]
•No wonder nearly eight-in-ten say America is on the “wrong track.”[viii]
•No wonder nearly half of all Americans fear we’re heading for another Great Depression.[ix]
People are beginning to wonder if we can turn this thing around, or whether we’re heading towards an economic collapse, an economic implosion. Sometimes, it feels like we’re out on the middle of a frozen lake and suddenly we begin to hear the ice cracking under our feet. We haven’t plunged down into the icy waters yet, but we’re not sure where to step, or whether we can get back to the safety of the shore.
That’s the economy. But what of the state of our culture?
•Since 1973, more than 53 million abortions. More than 53 million children murdered, and there is no end in sight.[x]
•Pornography revenues today exceed the revenues of ABC, CBS and NBC – combined.[xi]
•Today the pornography industry is larger than the revenues of Microsoft, Google, Amazon, eBay, Yahoo!, Apple, Netflix and EarthLink – combined.[xii]
Where are the Christians? What difference are we making? The answer is painful too hear. Too many people who say they are Christians are asleep, or distracted, or intoxicated by the world. Like the old country and western song, “Looking for love in all the wrong places,” too many people who say they are Christians have been looking love and meaning and purpose outside of Christ and His love.
George Barna, the Christian pollster and researcher, has just released a fascinating but sobering book entitled, Futurecast, Which I commend to your attention. In it, he devotes consider time to analyzing the state of Christianity in America today, and it is revealing:
•85 percent of Americans identify themselves as Christians.[xiii]
•“84 percent consider it a holy or sacred book” and “the typical American household owns four Bibles” [xiv]
•Yet only 56 percent believe that “the Bible is accurate and without error.”[xv]
Clearly, there’s a disconnect between who we say we are, and what we say we believe, and how we’re living. Barna offers many examples. Let me share just two.
•First, there is no statistical difference between the percentage of non-Christians who get divorced (33 percent) and the percentage of “born-again Christians” who get divorced (32 percent).[xvi]
•Second, only half of all born again Christians say they even try to share the Gospel with even one unsaved person one time – one time – a year.[xvii]
How is this possible? How can we be salt and light to the lost world around us if we are no different than that lost world? How can possibly hope for a spiritual revival or a Third Great Awakening in this land if we are barely all sharing our faith in Jesus Christ with one person a year? Jesus said in Luke 6:46, “Why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?” This is an important question for us tonight.
Yet God isn’t merely shaking America — the Lord said through the prophet Haggai, “I will shake all the nations.”
•Japan is suffering what her Prime Minister calls the worst disaster since World War II – a devastating earthquake, the resulting tsunami, and multiple nuclear meltdowns all at once.[xviii]
•Australians have faced devastating flooding this year – one headline read: “Australia Faces Biblical Floods”[xix]
•God is shaking the Arab world through revolutions and uprisings. The prophet Haggai said, “I will overthrow the thrones of kingdoms and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the nations.” And sure enough we have see rulers and regimes overthrown and destroyed in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, and Libya – and more may be coming.
•Russia is suffering the worst drought in 100 years.[xx]
•China is currently suffering its worst drought in 200 years.[xxi]
•The earthquake in Christchurch last year was the worst in the history of New Zealand and left 1/3 of the city’s buildings facing demolition.[xxii]
•Last year, God shook Haiti – the deadliest earthquake in nearly 500 years, and the second deadliest in all of human history.[xxiii]
The question is: Why is God shaking us?
The Bible teaches us that at this stage in history, God is shaking us not to punish us — though judgment will come.
There are, however, four reasons, I believe.
First, God is shaking us because He loves us and He wants us to repent – What is repentance? Some people think of it as a very heavy religious word. But my wife, Lynn, and I have tried to teach our four sons what repentance means in a very simple way. Our youngest is Noah, and so I’ll bring Noah over to my side and say, “Noah, start running away from me, out of the family room, through the kitchen and to the dinning room. Ready? Go!” So Noah starts running. Then suddenly I say, “Stop, Noah!” And he stops. And I say, “Repent, Noah.” And he turns around. And I say, “Come back to daddy!” And he comes running to me and jumps up in my arms and I hug him and kiss him. That’s repentance.
God is telling us to stop, because we’re running in the opposite direction, away from Him. He tells us to repent – to turn around – and to come running back to Him so that He can forgive us and dust us off and restore us. And that’s why He shakes us. He is trying to get us to let go of anything and everything we are holding – every form of ideology, or philosophy, or religious beliefs, or political beliefs, or material possessions – whatever we’re holding onto that we think will give us hope and peace and security other than Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son.
Second, God is shaking us because He wants us to realize there is no One else who can satisfy us or give us true peace and security except Jesus Christ – no other water that will quench our spiritual and emotional thirst except His living water, and He wants us to discover Him and draw near to Him and drink the water only Jesus Christ gives us.
Third, God is shaking us because He has a mission for His Church, a mission for each follower of His – good works that He prepared before the world began that we should walk in them – and He doesn’t want us to miss the blessing of serving Him and seeing Him bear fruit through our lives of obedience.
I’ve had the opportunity to travel into Iraq four times in recent years. Last year, we were invited to bring a team of pastors and staff from The Joshua Fund to do a pastors conference in northern Iraq, near the province of Ninevah. We have a son named Jonah, and he really wanted to go with me so he could see Ninevah. Lynn and I weren’t so sure about that, but we prayed, and felt God’s peace, so Jonah came with me. But as we were flying in, a big storm came up and prevented our flight from landing in northern Iraq. We were diverted back to Amman, Jordan.
There, I texted Lynn and told her what happened and said Jonah and I were disappointed and weren’t sure what was going to happen next. She texted back to say, “Don’t worry. This would be the first time in history that a Jonah wanted to go to Ninevah and God prevented him from going. But I think God is going to actually let you and Jonah get to Ninevah after all.” And she was right.
Now, in the Bible, the Lord gave the Hebrew prophet Jonah a mission — to take a warning of judgment and the urgency of repentance to the people of Ninevah in modern day northern Iraq, but Jonah refused to listen to the word of the Lord, and tried to run away from the Lord by boarding a ship that was heading for Tarshish, which is modern day southern Spain.
What happened? God began to shake Jonah’s world. We pick up the story in Jonah 1:4-6. “The Lord hurled a great wind on the sea and there was a great storm on the sea so that the ship was about to break up. Then the sailors became afraid and every man cried to his god, and they threw the cargo which was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone below into the hold of the ship, lain down and fallen sound asleep. So the captain approached him and said, ‘How is it that you are sleeping? Get up, call on your god. Perhaps your god will be concerned about us so that we will not perish.’”
Jonah — a man of God, a prophet of God, a teacher of God’s Word — was on the run from God, and asleep to His voice.
How convicting is this: that a pagan ship captain had to shake a teacher of God’s word, and wake him up, and beg him to pray for his salvation?
What about you? What mission has God given you? Are you obeying, or are you on the run from the Lord and asleep to His voice?
There is a fourth reason, too — the Lord is shaking us because Jesus Christ is coming back soon, and the time to get right with the Lord is running out.
How do we know Christ is coming back? Because He said so.
Revelation 22:12 – Jesus said, “Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to render to every man according to what he has done.”
John 14:1-6 – Jesus said, “‘Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also. And you know the way where I am going.’ Thomas said to Him, ‘Lord, we do not know where You are going, how do we know the way?’ Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.’”
When is Jesus coming back? We don’t know exactly, because He didn’t tell us. “But of that day and hour no one knows,” Christ said, “not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.” (Matthew 24:36)
But our Lord Jesus did give us signs to watch for that would tell us when His return was near.
In Matthew 24, and Luke 21, and Mark 13, and throughout the Scriptures we find lists of signs:
•wars and rumors of wars
•uprisings and revolutions
•earthquakes
•natural disasters
•lawlessness
•false prophets
•false teachers
•false messiahs
•the rise of evil in our cultures previously unimaginable
•persecution of the believers
•betrayal
•apostasy
•…to name just a few.
Jesus said we will experience “birth pangs.” Are we not experiencing all these today?
But you say, Joel, when in history have we not had wars and revolutions and earthquakes and apostasy? What makes this period of time different from all others?
The answer is Israel. Bible prophecy makes it crystal clear that in the last days before the Second Coming, the world would witness the miraculous, prophetic rebirth of the State of Israel, Jews coming back to the Holy Land after centuries of exile, Jews rebuilding the ancient ruins, Israel becoming the epicenter of international attention, and growing international hostility and isolation — and we have seen all this happen in our lifetime.
The prophetic rebirth of Israel on May 14, 1948 — together with the reunification of Jerusalem under Jewish control in June 1967 — is what Bible scholars call the “super sign,” the definitive sign that we are truly in what the Bible calls the “last day” before the return of Christ. Throughout the Old Testament, Israel is symbolized as a “fig tree.” Jesus told us the “parable from the fig tree” in Matthew 24. Jesus said, “Now learn the parable from the fig tree; when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near; so, you too, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near, right at the door.” (Matthew 24:32-33)
•We are seeing the signs that will precede Christ’s return.
•We are experiencing the birth pangs that will come before Christ’s return.
•We are being shaken, as prophecy warned, because Jesus wants to wake us up.
We don’t know the day or the hour, but Jesus said we would know the season, and we should be living as though His hand is on the door, ready to come back.
Matthew 24:42 — “Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming.”
Matthew 24:43 – Be “on the alert.”
Matthew 24:44 – “For this reason you also must be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will.”
Are you ready to see Jesus face to face? Have you given your life to Jesus Christ? Are you absolutely sure that if you were to die tonight that you would go to heaven? Tonight, you can be certain.
Maybe you are already believer — maybe you have given your life to the Lord….but in your heart you know you’re not walking faithfully with Him….you’re drifting….or far away….tonight, God is calling you back to Him….He’s calling you to repent, turn around, come running back into His arms, asking for His forgiveness – for a fresh start, for a righteous and willing spirit. And the Scriptures tell us, “if we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (I John 1:9)
But to start, we need to wake up.
The Hebrew Prophet Joel wrote: “Wake up and weep, you drunkards!” Why? “For the Day of the Lord is coming; surely it is near.” (Joel 1:5, 2:1)
The Lord Jesus said in the Book of Revelation to the Church in Sardis: “I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead. Wake up, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die; for I have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God. So remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent. Therefore if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.” (Revelation 3:1-3)
Is that you tonight? Is that your family? Is that your church? Perhaps you have a reputation that you’re spiritually alive — but maybe that’s not how Jesus sees you. Maybe He sees you as dead inside. Maybe you’re not obeying Him. Maybe you’re not worshipping Him — not really — not with your heart. Maybe you’re not sharing the gospel with family or friends. Maybe you’re not making any disciples. Maybe you’ve never made a single disciple. Maybe you don’t know what it means to make a disciple, even though Jesus commanded, “Go and make disciples of all nations.”
Where are you tonight? Are you awake, or asleep? Are you running with Jesus, or are you running from Him, and from the mission He has for your life — like Jonah?
Ten years ago, Americans got a wake up call. The 9/11 attacks stunned us, and they drove us back to church by the millions. But did it last? George Barna’s research shows that “after the 9/11 attacks, religious activity surged, but within two months, virtually every spiritual indicator available suggested that things were back to pre-attack levels.”[xxiv] In other words, the wake up call came and people jumped out of bed — but before long, they went back to sleep, back to business as usual.
But look at the list of signs that the Bible says we will see in the last days. Then look at what is happening in our world. Wouldn’t you say the list is being checked off, one by one? I would. Which is why I would this: if you consider yourself a follower of Jesus Christ and you’re planning any major sins in your life right now, can I urge you to postpone those plans, or better yet, cancel them outright. This is not a good time to be goofing around. This is not a good time to be doing something, watching something, listening to something, reading something, spending time with someone or something for which you would be ashamed when Jesus comes back.
The Apostle John put it this way: “Now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He appears, we may have confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming.” (1 John 2:28)
Let’s be clear: the Bible tells us that these shakings are going to continue, and get worse, like birth pangs, increasing in frequency and intensity — contraction and release, contraction and release. Our Father is trying to wake us up before it is too late. Our Lord Jesus Christ is giving us time…
•to rekindle our first love with Him
•to embrace Him
•to eat of the Bread of Life
•to drink of the living water
•to follow Him no matter what the journey
•to serve Him no matter how high the cost
•to discover His mercies afresh every morning
•to discover that when the world is being shaken, you don’t have to be – not in your heart, not in your soul – because your hope and trust is fully in Him.
Hebrews 12:28 — When we give our lives to Christ, the Scriptures say we will “receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken”
The Psalmist wrote: “I have set the Lord continually before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.” (Psalm 16:8)
And, “Cast your burden upon the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.” (Psalm 55:22).
Where are you tonight? Are you ready to meet Jesus face to face?
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Footnotes:
[i] Eric Blake, et al, “The Deadliest, Costliest, and Most Intense United States Tropical Cyclones From 1851 to 2010,” NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS NHC-6, National Weather Service/National Hurricane Center, August 2011, p. 9, http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pdf/nws-nhc-6.pdf
[ii] “2011 Record Year For Weather Disasters,” UPI, August 19, 2011, http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/08/19/2011-record-year-for-weather-disasters/UPI-57581313783153/
[iii] Marty Roney and Carolyn Pesce, “Dozens of Tornadoes Kill At Least 297 People In South,” USA Today, April 29, 2011, http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/tornadoes/2011-04-28-deadly-tornado-south_n.htm?loc=interstitialskip.
[iv] See “Worst Fires On Record Ravage Texas,” Voice of America, http://www.voanews.com/english/news/usa/Worst-Fires-on-Record-Ravage-Texas-129366213.html; see also, “Worst Drought In Texas History Ravages Crops, Livestock,” PBS NewsHour, August 31, 2011, http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/weather/july-dec11/texasdrought_08-31.html,
[v] Katharine Q. Seeyle, “Above All, Eastern Quake Rattles Nerves,” New York Times, August 23, 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/24/us/24quake.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all.
[vi] Richard McCormack, “The Plight of American Manufacturing,” American Prospect, December 29, 2009, http://prospect.org/cs/articles?article=the_plight_of_american_manufacturing.
[vii] 1 trillion seconds is 31,688 years; see http://www.defeatthedebt.com/understanding-the-national-debt/millions-billions-trillions/
[viii] A Reuters/Ipsos poll taken in August 2011 found 73 percent of Americans believing the country was on the “wrong track.” See Steve Holland, “Most Americans say U.S. on wrong track: poll,” Reuters, August 10, 2011.
[ix] Specifically, some 48 percent of Americans believe a Great Depression is coming, CNN poll released June 8, 2011.
[x] National Right To Life fact sheet, January 27, 2011, http://www.nrlc.org/Factsheets/FS03_AbortionInTheUS.pdf.
[xi] Jerry Ropelato, “Internet Pornography Statistics,” Internet Filter Software Reviews, http://internet-filter-review.toptenreviews.com/internet-pornography-statistics-pg2.html.
[xii] Ibid.
[xiii] George Barna, Futurecast (Carol Stream, IL: Barna/Tyndale House Publishers, 2011), p. 124.
[xiv] Barna, p. 132-134.
[xv] Barna, p. 132-134.
[xvi] Barna, p. 35.
[xvii] Barna, p. 172.
[xviii] “Japan Quake Worst Crisis Since WWII, Says PM,” BBC, March 13, 2011.
[xix] Nick Meo, “Australia Faces Biblical Floods,” U.K. Telegraph, January 1, 2011, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/8235159/Australia-faces-biblical-floods.html.
[xx] “Russia Struck By Worst Drought In 100 Years,” Voice of Russia, July 18, 2010, http://english.ruvr.ru/2010/07/18/12667465.html.
[xxi] “East China wheat basket braces for worst drought in 200 years,” Xinhua news service, February 8, 2011.
[xxii] “Christchurch earthquake leaves third of city buildings facing demolition: New Zealand’s PM says quake is country’s worst-ever disaster as death toll climbs to 145 and much of business district in ruins,” The (U.K.) Guardian, February 26, 2011.
[xxiii] The deadliest quake in all of human history occurred in 1556 A.D. in China. See “Earthquakes With 50,000 Or More Deaths,” U.S. Geological Survey, http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/most_destructive.php, accessed September 2, 2011.
UPCOMING EVENTS WHERE JOEL WILL BE SPEAKING THIS FALL:
•September 24: Joel will speak and have a Q&A session at North Syracuse Baptist Church in Syracuse, NY, hosted by Dr. T.E. Koshy
•October 7 & 8: “Understanding The Times” conference at Grace Church in Eden Prarie, Minnesota
•October 22: “The Gathering Storm” national simulcast – please encourage your pastor to host this simulcast in your church; this event can only be viewed at churches hosting the special simulcast; it won’t be available on Oct. 22 for individuals hoping to watch on the web.
This Is Perry Stone At His Best!
I'm sharing this embedded Video Series featuring Perry Stone to encourage and uplift all my brothers and sisters in Yahshua who are anxiously awaiting His arrival in the Rapture!
Keep Looking Up!
Maranatha!
Love, Helena
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Part Two: http://youtu.be/KZbPgmUnFK0
Part Three: http://youtu.be/Nu-jg6AUIkk
Part Four: http://youtu.be/qSvfXFGcn44
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Part Seven http://youtu.be/Yst_j0VbUGU
Sunday, September 11, 2011
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Have Been Released, Initializing the First Four Seals!
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NOTE: This Article is related to a complimentary article that I published at the same time as this one entitled: “A Study of the Four Holy Watchers Appointed Over the Four Corners and Winds of the Earth.” It would be helpful in understanding my conclusions in this article if you read the Four Watchers article first. To read this article, click on the following link: http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2011/09/study-of-four-holy-watchers-appointed.html
For those who have read my books “The Language of God in History” and “The Language of God in Prophecy,” (to find out more about these books and to purchase them to support POEM, visit http://pillar-of-enoch.com), the following outline will be much easier to follow and will make much more sense. For those who are not familiar with my books, I highly recommend that you read the last half of Chapter 6 in “The Language of God in History” and the first part of Chapter 11 in “The Language of God in Prophecy” (which includes about 100 pages of original material) to understand all that I am referring to in this article, as the material is not readily available from anywhere else.
This article will attempt to show that the first Four Seal Judgments spoken of in the Book of Revelation may have already been opened and that we may be living in the time of the Tribulation spoken of in the Book of Revelation. However, this article also maintains that the 3-1/2-year Great Tribulation has not yet begun and will not until after the opening of the Sixth Seal, when the First Rapture may be set to occur.
Before rejecting my hypothesis, please keep in mind that the Seal Judgments do NOT appear to be part of God's Wrath, but are related to God's withdrawal of His Protection from various once Christian Nations as they become more apostate and wicked. As the nations become more rebellious, the curses for not keeping God's Moral Law begin to be inflicted. These curses can come upon a nation or people group at any time in history, and they can also be reversed if peoples and nations repent and turn back to follow the Lord. This is why the Seal Judgments are NOT God's Wrath, for which there will be NO turning back or reversal possible.
The Book of Revelation, Chapter 6 clearly states that the Wrath of God will not begin to be poured out until the Sixth Seal is opened. Furthermore, the Sixth and Seventh Seal Judgments and the Trumpet Judgments indicate that God's Wrath will originate from the heavens with Celestial bombardments of the Earth and from massive Earth changes that no earthly man, nation or weapon could possibly mimic or stop, while the Seal judgments mostly are the result of mankind's inhumanity to man, and widespread wickedness and greed.
I will explain my thoughts on this more after explaining what my research has revealed about the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and the fact that they may have already been released. This became evident to me when I realized that two prominent American political figures are tied to the Riders on the White and Pale Horses of Revelation. This suggests that a powerful political figure may be linked to all four of the horsemen, and though I am not positively sure who the other two horsemen are, I will present the most likely candidates. Before doing so, however, let me give some tidbits about the symbolic spiritual meaning of the Four Horsemen
Ask any Native
American Medicine Man, and he will likely tell you that the colors that God chose for the four horses associated with the first Four Seal Judgments have to do with the
directions of a compass pointing to the Four Corners
of the Earth. White is North and the White Races (Japeth), Red is West and the
Red Races (Noah), Pale or Yellow (not Green) is East and the Yellow Races
(Shem), and Black is South and the Black Races (Ham). In other words, the four
horsemen indicate that the plagues associated with them will be happening
worldwide. It is also interesting to note that real horses come in shades of red,
black, white and yellow (or beige), but not in green!
From my own studies, I have also discerned that the White
Horse is tied to Sagittarius the Archer denoting the West coasts of the Americas , where
the White Races eventually settled. The Black Horse is tied to Libra the Scales
and to Australia , New Zealand , Southwest Asia, and Africa - where the Black or dark skinned races are
predominant. The Red Horse is tied to the sign of Taurus the Bull and to the
Yellow and Red Races, including the Semitic people of the Middle
East , Native Americans and Asian people.
Now let's examine the First Seal and its rider…
The Rider on the White Horse:
“The Lamb opened one of the seals; and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, ‘Come and see.’ And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.” - Revelation 6:1-2The Rider on the White Horse and the White Horse are united as one in the Centaur called Sagittarius the Archer. This half man and half beast signifies Yahshua sacrificing Himself on the Cross for our sins rather than a bull or ram on an altar.
The region of the world that is tied to Sagittarius is Alaska, and it has become clear to me that Sarah Palin, who was the Governor of Alaska in 2008, signifies the Rider on the White Horse. Not surprisingly, due to Sarah Palin’s amazing historic role, there was an avalanche of hatred released against her immediately after she appeared on the world scene. As Sarah valiantly stood upon Christ her Solid Rock during the 2008 Presidential Campaign as John McCain’s running mate, the world’s hatred of her increased until it reached epic proportions. As a result, Sarah Palin eventually left politics altogether and pursued a different calling as a political activist and spokesperson for Christian family values and biblical morality. Remarkably, despite the fact that many people still revile and belittle her, Sarah Palin has become a powerful spokesperson representing Christian wisdom, love and morality in America and around the world. She is not perfect, just as none of us are perfect, but even though she may be misguided or wrong at times, her love for her Savior and her fellow Americans is evident in her life and work. It is also through people like her that the Good News of the Kingdom of God is being spread, and is taking root around the world. In this regard, Sarah Palin is truly an Esther figure for our time.
(10-4-2012 Update Note: Despite the bad press that she has received from some Messianics, Christians and Non-Christians alike, I still hold firm to my conviction that Sarah Palin is NOT an evil Illuminati plant working for Lucifer, but a bona fide Evangelical Christian and servant of God who has been grossly misrepresented, and who truly loves Yahweh God and His Son. Though her “Dominion” or “Kingdom Now” theological views of Eschatology may be misguided, I believe God is using Sarah as an instrument of His Will.)
The Rider on the Red Horse:
“When He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, ‘Come and see.’ Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword.” - Revelation 6:3-4The Red Horse is Taurus the Bull and the Rider on the Red Horse is Orion the Hunter, and both of these figures can signify Yahshua as the Kinsmen Redeemer and Avenger of Blood for His people Israel.
Reveal the Zodiac Connection of the Middle East:
Click to EnlargeAs shown in my book “The Language of God in History”, the Middle East is the region of the world that is governed by Taurus and Gemini. Taurus signifies the Bull given as a sin offering for Israel, while its Messianic decan Orion the Hunter signifies the Messiah Yahshua coming to conquer sin, death and the Devil both on the Cross and at the Battle of Armageddon. Meanwhile, Gemini the Twins shows the struggle between the opposing twin brothers Jacob and Esau and the only solution to it in the holy covenant of marriage to Yahshua, the Messiah of Israel.
Tied to the Taurus, Gemini and Libra Longitudes:
Click to EnlargeInterestingly, the Rider on the Red Horse is also connected to the Messianic figure of Perseus, who rode Pegasus the flying White Horse to rescue Andromeda, the Chained Woman that represents both the Jews who have not yet accepted Yahshua as their Messiah as well as the apostate portion of the Church that is left behind after the First Rapture.
Though Perseus is a decan of Aries, he is standing directly above Taurus in the heavens and is depicted there holding the snake-covered head of Medusa. In truth though, Perseus depicts David, the future king of Israel, holding the severed head of the Anakim Giant named Goliath.
Click to EnlargeThis severed head signifies the deceit and rebellion of Satan, who turns people’s hearts to stone against one another. This stone-cold hatred in people’s hearts causes them to desire to kill one another, just as Satan and his followers desire to kill and destroy. Unfortunately, the stone-cold hatred between some Jews and Muslims and some Christians and Jews is legend, and it will inevitably lead to the coming Battle of Armageddon.
The sign of Taurus shows that a large portion of Gentile believers will be on the wrong side of the spiritual conflict. This can be seen in the Pleiades star cluster that is located on the neck of Taurus, as if it were riding on its back. The Pleiades is a representation of the Seven Churches spoken of in the Book of Revelation minus the born-again Church of Philadelphia, which will be taken in the First Rapture. After the Rapture, the people in the apostate church of the ecumenical movement that are left behind after the Rapture and do not repent will become the Woman (Church) Who Rides the Beast (Taurus).
Incidentally, Taurus also represents the material wealth that Joseph's descendents would accrue and bless the world with. Hence, Taurus signifies economic wealth and material prosperity. It is also interesting to note that the tribute paid in gold to King Solomon was 666 gold talents yearly (See 1 Kings 10:14). This strongly suggests that those who love the world and its material blessings more than God (like the Church of Laodicea) will be far more susceptible to taking the Mark of the Beast than those who love God and their fellow man more than gold or riches.
Fascinatingly, the nation of Kenya in Africa - where Barack Obama’s father was born - lies in the region of the Earth that can be associated with Perseus, Medusa and Andromeda, and Obama has been fomenting suspicion of and hatred toward Conservative White Americans and Fundamentalist Christians ever since he was elected President of the United States in November of 2008.
However, the Rider on the Red Horse is not Obama, who holds the distinction of being connected to the Rider on the Pale Horse. Rather, it is connected to two political figures that both lead a powerful nation in the Middle East, but who are on opposite spiritual sides. This is reflected in the head of Medusa held by Perseus, as well as in the neighboring sign of Gemini when it is viewed as two warring brothers. In addition, this opposition can be seen in the two horns of Taurus that have opposing spiritual meanings, as well as in Taurus’ secondary connection to Jacob’s rebellious son Reuben.
The Rider on the Red Horse that can be connected to the messianic figures of Orion and Perseus is the Prime Minister of Israel named Benjamin Netanyahu. He is a Jew just like Yahshua was, and he is also a religious man who loves his country and his people, just as Yahshua did. It is therefore no accident that a godly man like Netanyahu is leading the nation of Israel today.Fascinatingly because Netanyahu can be associated with the right or righteous horn of Taurus connected to the followers of Yahshua called Ephraim in love and fellowship, he can also be connected to the horn of a ram spoken of by the antediluvian prophet Enoch the Sethite. This horn will help his nation rise up above their enemies in the last days. Following is an excerpt from the Book of 1 Enoch with my explanatory commentary inserted within it in parentheses:
“And I saw till horns grew upon those lambs (the Jews), and the ravens (the Gentile enemies of Israel) cast down their horns; and I saw till there sprouted a great horn of one of those sheep (Yahshua Ha Mashiach), and their eyes were opened (The Jews finally accept Yahshua as their Messiah during the Tribulation). And it looked at them [and their eyes opened], and it cried to the sheep, and the rams saw it and all ran to it. And notwithstanding all this those eagles and vultures and ravens and kites (Israel’s neighboring Radical Muslim neighbors and her Gentile enemies all over the world) still kept tearing the sheep (the Jews) and swooping down upon them and devouring them: still the 12 sheep (the nation of Israel and all born-again Tribulation Saints living in Israel during the Tribulation) remained silent (the Jews and Christians in Israel did not retaliate against their enemies), but the rams (leaders of Israel) lamented and cried out. And those ravens fought and battled with it (The Two Houses of Israel) and sought to lay low its horn (the Prime Minister of Israel), but they had no power over it. - The Book of 1 Enoch translated by R.H. Charles, Chapter 90, verses 9 thru 12My commentary explains this passage of 1 Enoch as mostly pertaining to modern Israel’s unparalleled political and spiritual predicament, especially as it will stand in the middle of the Great Tribulation with the whole world arrayed against it. Despite the hatred of her enemies, however, the Book of 1 Enoch declares that the nation of Israel will prevail. In addition, verses 13 through 19 of Chapter 90 in the Book of 1 Enoch detail the Second Coming of Yahshua to save Israel and destroy her enemies.
But, just as there is a righteous little horn or leader that can be associated with the right horn of Taurus, there is an opposing Rider on the Red Horse that can be associated with the left or unrighteous horn of Taurus. This is the President of Iran named Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Due to his lineage and his antagonism toward Israel, President Ahmadinejad can also be associated with the little horn of a goat spoken of by the Prophet Daniel. As my commentary within the Scripture indicates, the little horn pertains to the leader of Iran:
“Therefore the male goat grew very great; but when he became strong, the large horn was broken (Alexander the Great dies), and in place of it four notable ones came up toward the four winds of heaven (Alexander’s empires split into four kingdoms, with one of them being Persia, which became Iran and Iraq). And out of one of them (Persia) came a little horn (the leader of Iran) which grew exceedingly great toward the south, toward the east, and toward the Glorious Land (Israel).” - Daniel 8:8-9
In 2009, after standing down charges of fraud in the Iranian presidential election, Ahmadinejad was reelected to a second term as Iran’s president. In late September of 2010, Ahmadinejad was invited to speak at the United Nations General Assembly and at Columbia University in New York City. At the time, he made it clear that Iran will never recognize Israel’s right to exist, and that he believes that the United States government was behind the 9/11 attacks. In addition, Ahmadinejad slanderously suggested that Al Qaeda is linked to the American government and military, and more inquiries should be made to find out the truth.
Of course, this has been done by many conspiracy theorists that have painted America guilty as charged, but without any substantial evidence to prove their accusations. To those who believe and promulgate these theories, it is clear that they are actually traitors to the nation also, siding with America's enemies and painting the entire nation as wicked while absolving America's enemies of any crimes.
Unfortunately, many Americans also believe this lie and have painted both former Presidents George H. Bush and his son George W. Bush and certain members of the CIA as hidden enemies of the state. Although there are likely many traitors to America in high offices today, and possibly even in the CIA, and some of America's recent Presidents are likely guilty of being traitors to the nation (including Muslim sympathizer Barack Obama), the following photograph of President George W. Bush that was taken at the moment he was informed of the 9-11 Attacks tells a different tale of a man genuinely horrified by the news:
as he is first informed of the 9-11 Attacks:
Click to EnlargeIt is also interesting to note that President George W. Bush spoke at length about the fact that America was engaged in an "IDEOLOGICAL WAR" with Radical Islam, and this is quite clear when viewing the state policies and beliefs of the fascist Radical Muslim leaders of Iran, and those of the United States, which once fostered and protected the Democratic principles of government.
Fascinatingly, shortly after Ahmadinejad spoke at the UN in September of 2010, the Middle East erupted with one people’s rebellion after another in what the world has called "the Arab Spring". This frightening movement is being fomented by radical Muslims that wish to take over in countries that were formerly friendly to the West politically (at least on the surface). This revolt against governments that were neutral in their relationship with Israel and friendly toward the West officially began with a civil uprising in Tunisia in December of 2010. Then, in January of 2011, Egypt erupted with violent protests against the government and toward then President Hosni Mubarack.
The terrible rioting in Egypt (which was interestingly tied to the Rider on the Pale Horse by a spectral image that appeared in an Egyptian riot scene video) was followed by a civil war in Libya, which has resulted in the fall of Muammar Gaddafi’s stabizing national regime, and led to heightened local religious fervor for "jihad" and continued civil unrest. After that, civil uprisings erupted in Bahrain, Syria, and Yemen. More major protests followed in Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, and Oman, and minor protests have occurred in Kuwait, Lebanon, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and the Western Sahara.
Clashes at the borders of Israel in May 2011 and the September 2011 takeover and destruction of the Israeli Embassy in Cairo, Egypt were also likely inspired by the regional Arab Spring. Furthermore, the destruction of the Israeli Embassy in Cairo made the leaders in Israel realize that military action against Egypt might soon be necessary. Whatever the case, what the Arab Spring has clearly shown is that the Psalm 83 War and Psalm 108 War beginning in the Middle East and centered around Israel and the West’s right to exist free from the terror of Radical Islam are soon going to reach their fulfillment. (Note 6-1-2015: This article was written before the civil war in Syria escalated and ISIS raised its ugly head. These events have further exacerbated the IDEOLOGICAL and spiritual conflict between the Middle East and the West, and there is no doubt that it is soon going to ignite the world into a massive all-out war of destruction and death - the likes of which the world has never seen before, or will see again.)
The Rider on the Black Horse:
“When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, ‘Come and see.’ So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, ‘A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.’” - Revelation 6:5-6The Rider on the Black Horse is carrying a pair of scales that signify the sign of Libra, the Scales of Justice and Judgment. However, the horse and rider are likely meant to be depicted in the constellation called Centaurus the Centaur, which is connected to the neighboring sign of Virgo the Virgin. This Centaur can be found directly below the scales of Libra in the heavens.
Adjacent to Each Other in the Mazzaroth or Zodiac:
Click to EnlargeThe region of the world that is most closely tied to the longitude for Libra and Centaurus are New Zealand, the eastern seaboard of Australia, and the most northern coastlines of Japan (See the Earth Map in the section of this article on the Rider on the Red Horse above for the countries in and near the Libra Longitude). In light of the Zodiac connection of the Four Horsemen and the ancient Zodiacal associations of the longitudes of the Earth that can be connected to them, it is no wonder that - beginning in September of 2010 - highly destructive fires, storms and flooding in Australia and New Zealand and two spiritually meaningful and destructive earthquakes at Christchurch, New Zealand occurred in this region.
Then, on March 11th, 2011, a massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of northern Japan, causing a huge tsunami to inundate the island and kill many thousands of people while wiping out whole towns. The combined earthquake and tsunami were so severe that they permanently changed the northern coast of Japan, moved the northern portion of the island of Japan out of its place, and caused the melt-down of several nuclear plants on Japan’s northeastern coast. This is turn has caused nuclear radiation poisoning to occur in the Pacific Ocean waters surrounding Japan, which has in turn contaminated the entire ocean with heightened radiation levels that have resulted in diseased fish - with some that have washed up dead on shore now showing visible tumors on and inside their bodies. As such, it is likely that this radiation is part of the plagues associated with the Riders on the Pale and Black Horses that are tied to the Pacific Ocean nations, including the many island nations of the South Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, the Philippines, and Japan.
Fascinatingly, since the Rider on the Black Horse is tied to both Libra and Virgo, and Virgo is a woman, it is startling that the Prime Minister of Australia (as of 2011) is a woman named Julia Gillard, and that she has served in this role from June of 2010 to the present. It is also interesting to note here that the armed forces of Australia are the only ones to have served alongside the Armed Forces of the United States in every major world conflict since World War II. Australian political leaders have also shown a staunch desire to uphold Australia’s Christian roots in the face of constant pressure from an ever-growing body of Muslim immigrants to adapt to their religious beliefs and way of life. As such, Australia and New Zealand are being called to represent Christian values and the light of Christ shining out toward the Asian countries and the many Muslims living in the countries surrounding these British Commonwealth nations. Unfortunately, the earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand in September 2010 and February 2011 suggest that Yahweh God is not pleased with the lukewarm response from the Evangelical Christians in that region and around the world to stand up for truth, especially in resisting the push to legalize abortion in every circumstance and to promote homosexuality and gay “marriage” as an acceptable way of life. In addition, the terrible earthquake and tsunami in Japan suggests that God despises mankind’s love of materialism and worldly things, which the Japanese are experts at manufacturing.
Ominously, the many disasters in Australia, New Zealand, and Japan severely affected the eastern coasts of all three countries, where flooding was a major cause of destruction and death. This ties these disasters to the far more deadly pole shift and crustal displacement that is connected to the Sixth Seal Judgment.
The Rider on the Pale Horse:
“When He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, ‘Come and see.’ So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger… and by the beasts of the earth.” - Revelation 6:7-8The Rider on the Pale Horse is Ophiuchus the Serpent-Holder, and his Horse is Scorpio the Scorpion. Ophiuchus is a powerful Christ figure that signifies Yahshua dying on the Cross for our sins so that He can bring healing, restoration and life to all those who love Him and His Father Yahweh. In my book "The Language of God in History", I showed how Ophiuchus the Serpent Holder is also tied to the power of the United States and the huge moral and political struggles that have ideologically divided the nation into two warring factions. This is well-depicted by the giant writhing serpent in Ophiuchus' mighty arms!
Tied to the Sagittarius and Scorpio Longitudes:
Click to EnlargeThe region of the world that is tied to Scorpio and Ophiuchus are the Hawaiian Islands and the South Pacific Islands. This is where the only remaining Nephilim hybrids may have survived after the Israelites and other people groups hunted down and destroyed the Anakim that lived elsewhere. In particular, it is possible that the modern day people of Samoa who are known for their great size and strength have some degree of Anakim blood in their veins.
Hawaii is where American President Barack Obama is said to hail from, although he is also connected to the predominantly Muslim nation of Indonesia. Interestingly, Indonesia is located in the region of the world where the followers of the Way of Cain (a.k.a. the Way of the Serpent) that were descended from Adam’s wayward son Cain first settled and spread out before the Flood, with some of them eventually settling in the Hawaiian and Samoan Islands. Due to Barack Obama’s connection to both Indonesia and Hawaii, it is my firm belief that this man is meant to signify the Rider on the Pale Horse.
This assumption is reinforced by the fact that several Bible scholars including myself see an allusion to the Nephilim in the scripture phrase “beasts of the earth” in the last sentence pertaining to the Rider on the Pale Horse. Some scholars have also surmised that many of the world’s ruling elite are distant blood relations to the Nephilim giants that survived the Flood. In addition, it has been proposed that some of these ruling families are interested in using and may already be using advanced technologies in an attempt to destroy up to two-thirds of the world’s population.The motivation behind the evil actions of certain leaders among the elite may not only be fear that human beings may rise up against them like they did in ancient times, but out of a perverse desire to kill and destroy those whom these descendants of the Anakim privately hate. But make no mistake! These part-hybrid and human leaders would have no power to kill and destroy anyone if it were not granted to them by God the Father, who has allowed this evil to flourish due to the increasing wickedness of mankind throughout the Earth and their hatred and violence toward one another.
Initial Conclusion
Since Sarah Palin appears to be connected to the Rider on the White Horse in the Book of Revelation and she emerged on the world political scene in late August of 2008 (just before the Jewish month of prayer and fasting called Elul began that year), it is highly probable that the start of the initial Tribulation period being spoken about in Matthew, Chapter 25 and the Book of Revelation, Chapter 4 began on Nissan 1 on April 6th, 2008. However, I believe the seven-year final Tribulation before Christ's Millennial Rule began in 2011, and the actual Great Tribulation likely has not begun yet, and will not begin until the Sixth Seal is opened. This is the period when the Earth will experience a severe worldwide earthquake and a massive pole shift and crustal displacement that will likely cause numerous tsunamis to occur:
“I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood. And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind. Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved out of its place. And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, and said to the mountains and rocks, ‘Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?’” - Revelation 6:12-17This passage aptly described what would happen if the Earth’s outer crust began to slide into a new position due to a massive worldwide earthquake, thereby causing even more earthquakes when the Earth's crust slides into a new position. This, in turn, would move the Earth’s poles out of place and change its magnetic poles - even as deadly and highly destructive volcanic eruptions and earthquakes crushed the interiors of all of the continents, and tsunamis inundated coastal areas around the globe. As a result, the human, fish, bird and animal death toll from this single Seal judgment will likely be more massive than the 40 million civilians and soldiers that died in World Wars I and II and the long general tribulation period in between them leading up to the opening of the Sixth Seal.
The loss of life at this time will be beyond imagining, and perhaps billions of people will die. The devastation will be so great that even the elite leaders who have helped to bring about these judgments on the Earth will not be safe in their elaborate underground bunkers. This is why I believe the First Rapture has to occur before this massive pole shift takes place.
The Timing of the First Rapture
A clue to the timing of the First Rapture can be found in the Book of Revelation, Chapter 7:
“After these things I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree. Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God. And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea, saying, “Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.” And I heard the number of those who were sealed. One hundred and forty-four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel were sealed…” - Revelation 7:1-4The four angels standing at the four corners of the Earth mentioned in Revelation 7:1 are likely the very same angels who will assist Yahshua in gathering all of the Raptured saints from one corner of the globe to the other in Matthew, Chapter 24:
“And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.” - Matthew 24:31The nature of these four mighty Watcher angels is explained in my related article “A Study of the Four Holy Watchers Appointed Over the Four Corners and Winds of the Earth.” (To read this article, click on the following link: http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2011/09/study-of-four-holy-watchers-appointed.html).
Now, since these four angels are occupied in holding back the winds on the Earth that will help to unleash the judgments associated with the opening of the Seventh Seal and blowing of the First Trumpet at the beginning of Revelation, Chapter 7, it strongly suggests that these angels will have already collected the Bride of Christ and lifted her out of harm’s way before that time. This ties in perfectly with my deductions in my article: “The Rapture Connection to the Sign of the Son of Man”, which explains why the Second Coming of Christ described in Matthew, Chapter 24 pertains to the Rapture rather than Yahshua’s return to fight the Battle of Armageddon. (Click on the following link to read the Sign of the Son of Man article online: http://pillar-of-enoch.com/essays/index.html#Son-of-Man).
In addition to revealing the fact that the four Watcher angels that will gather the elect are now poised to bring judgment on the Earth for Yahweh, Revelation Chapter 7 reveals that the Bride has already been caught up to Heaven by this time in the following passages:
“After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, saying, ‘Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!’ All the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God…” - Revelation 7:9-11So, though the open door that is a clue that the Rapture is about to occur appears in Heaven before the First Seal is opened in Revelation Chapter 4:1, the First Rapture’s fulfillment is not revealed until after the Seventh Seal is opened. Therefore, the First Rapture may be set to occur AFTER the events of the Fifth and Sixth Seal BEGIN to occur but before the judgments connected to the Seventh Seal and First and Second Trumpet Judgments of Revelation. (UPDATE 4-20-2015: The Fifth Seal also shows signs of now being opened as the jihadists in ISIS slaughter Middle Eastern and African Christians by the thousands in Syria, Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Iraq, Iran, Ethiopia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya and elsewhere in Africa and Asia)
As I have shown many times in my Language of God Series Books, Armageddon Shows and previous articles, there have been many Signs in the Heavens including the Comet Elenin and Comet Honda 45P that indicate that the events of the Sixth Seal Judgment are fast approaching and the First Rapture cannot be far off. In addition, this article shows that the Four Horsemen may have indeed begun their rides! Indeed, though the events associated with these ominous riders announcing the impending doom of the wicked have not yet reached full fruition, their judgments will soon be made fully manifest on the Earth.
All that remains to occur before the full affects of the terrible judgments associated with these riders is the First Rapture. After this, God’s Wrath on the wicked will become so pronounced on the Earth that no one will be able to ignore it any longer. As a result, the apostate Church that is left behind will finally awake from their long slumber and be forced to choose whose side they are on.
Whether it be to choose God’s or the Devil’s side, all the people who are left behind will be faced with having to live through the life and death struggle between good and evil that will soon come to a violent and bloody climax at the Battle of Armageddon. In the meantime, as we await the Rapture, let’s pray that many of these lost sheep will choose God’s Way and the path that leads to life through Christ before it is too late!
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