The World is Escalating to Apocalyptic Times
The Book of Revelation is the present textbook for understanding our future. The stage is set for Revelation chapter four to open. The throne of God in Heaven is circled over by a rainbow that declares mercy is still the Father’s heart. There will be seen four cherubim preparing to defend God’s holiness in this “out of control” world. The Seven Spirits are actually the Holy Spirit acting in the seven expressions of His omnipresent powers. Twenty-four elders complete the scene as the opening of eternal redemption and perfect judgment begins.
God’s phenomenal Book of Revelation was written precisely for our generation. When you understand that the total universe must be purified and set free from over six thousand years of pollution and every expression of sin must be adjudicated and eliminated, the task is breathtaking. The process is universal. Every angel in Heaven will be involved. All of Heaven and its holy persons, all of the earth and its occupants, and all of Satan’s masquerading spirits and lies will meet in prophetic order. Nothing, and no one, in God’s great universe will be excused. This is the fateful hour to settle the score of what happened in Heaven and in the Garden of Eden.
All the indescribable signs and wonders that began in 1948, when Israel was born a new nation, have only escalated for sixty plus years. In this period of one generation, every Biblical sign of the End Times has become visible. It is not possible to look at the Holy Bible and its picture of the total scene and not know that God’s Word is perfect. If the signs of the times mean anything, the final hour of Gentile history is closing. At the exact same time, as we watch the Gentile world withering, we watch Israel blooming. Israel still has a lot to suffer, but the evidence of faith is budding.
Israel’s fateful hour, called “Jacob’s trouble,” will conclude two thousand years of sorrows. The prophets of both testaments speak of the future moment when His chosen people will come to faith in Jesus Christ. Zachariah stated by the Spirit, “I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree” (Zechariah 3:9b-10). The Apostle Paul wrote, “And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins” (Romans 11:26-27).
The chosen people of Israel have long been considered a kind of time clock of prophecy. Watching this nation setting on military alert and actually speaking of the War of Gog and Magog as eminent cannot be explained except by the Bible. Ezekiel wrote the script for this war twenty-five centuries ago. It was positioned right before the great Millennial Temple and the return of the Messiah. The Bible is thrilling to search when one sees the nation of Jesus Christ’s very family pictured in future propriety and greatness. Their most glorious kingdom is on the horizon. But, we are beginning to see that Israel is only a small part of the picture and all that it represents.
The entire world is suddenly becoming just as prophetic as Israel. No longer do we talk about the One World Order; we watch it developing. There is not one problem our world is facing that is a single nation’s problem. North Korea has the world wondering, “What is next” with this rogue government? The Bear of China is quickly becoming a monetary giant. The slow demise of America is troubling to every nation, large or small. Russia is quickly revealing new fangs of military recovery.
Earthquakes have been a “weather barometer” throughout human history. Nothing strikes fear in mankind more than when the ground begins to shake and divide. The Bible makes this phenomenon a centerpiece of prophetic events. Jesus emphasized this as one of the key End Time signs. “And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from Heaven” (Luke 21:11).
While we must allow for new technology in determining the frequency of earthquakes, it is clear that they have escalated beyond measure. The world is averaging approximately forty earthquakes over 2.5 magnitude and many smaller ones every day. The words “divers places” should be noted. Checking the reports, it is clear that earthquakes are no longer occurring just at known fault lines, but worldwide in “divers places.” The national news media seems reluctant to even speak of these kinds of developments, lest they make the Bible prophecies of even greater interest.
Let’s take one twenty-four hour period and document the earthquakes that occurred. Over the twenty-four hour period of January 23, 2011, there were forty-one (41) earthquakes that registered over 2.5 magnitude; eighteen (18) registered more than 3.5; eleven (11) registered over 4.5; and eight (8) registered over 5.0. Here are the parts of the earth where earthquakes occurred in that one day: Alaska, Puerto Rico, the South Sandwich Islands, Japan, California, the Virgin Islands, Figi, Dominican Republic, Chili, Idaho, Mexico, Indonesia, Arizona, and Nevada. The earth is trembling, spurring, and shaking like a troubled universe.
Mysterious deaths of animals have often occurred around the world, but I cannot find a report of a worldwide series of events on every continent in the proportions that we have seen in the last few weeks. These events seem to be spreading like wildfire around the world. It appears to have started in Beebe, Arkansas, where it was reported that four thousand (4,000) red-winged blackbirds fell from the sky. Seeing pictures of them scattered in mass up and down the highways looks apocalyptic regardless of one’s Biblical opinion. There were also reports from Rockwell, Texas; Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana; numerous other states; and in different countries of the world. Quickly, the death of massive numbers (even tons) of fish surfaced. The Chesapeake Bay area reported two million dead spot croakers had washed ashore. Then there was the announcement of hundreds of tons of sardines, catfish, and other species of fish in New Zealand and Brazil.
Within a few days there was the news of 8,000 doves falling dead from the skies of Italy; crows in Sweden; water birds in Houston and Minnesota; and flocks of birds near Nashville, Tennessee. If that isn’t enough, forty to forty-five thousand velvet crabs were found dead on the beaches of Kent, England, and many penguins were reported dead in New Zealand. Just days ago, it was 10,000 cows and buffaloes in Vietnam. A few days earlier, it was 200 cows in one pasture in Arkansas. The reports of similar events continue to come in from all over the globe. The Bible clearly promises this kind of strange death to the population of fowls and fish. Zephaniah wrote as he spoke the words of God, “I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the Heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD” (Zephaniah 1:3). Hosea promised, “Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of Heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away” (Hosea 4:3).
Add to this the strange events touching the Heavenly bodies and affecting the atmosphere of our world. Here is a report from Project World Awareness that makes us think of the Bible warning of Luke 21:11b “and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from Heaven.”
“The angry sun – For months mounting fear has driven researchers to wring their hands over the approaching solar storms. Some have predicted devastating solar tsunamis that could wipe away our advanced technology, others voiced dire warnings that violent explosions on the surface of the sun could reach out to Earth, breach our magnetic field, and expose billions to high intensity X-rays and other deadly forms of cancer-causing radiation. Now evidence has surfaced that something potentially more dangerous is happening deep within the hidden core of our life-giving star: never-before-seen particles—or some mysterious force—is being shot out from the sun and it’s hitting Earth.” (www.projectworldawareness.com)
A publication from Natural News speaks of the possibility of poisonous gases in our third Heaven above. “The really concerning part about all this is the sudden realization that if these poisoning clouds of Hydrogen Cyanide could reach into our lower atmosphere, they could also theoretically reach ground level. That’s where humans live, of course, and if such a poisonous cloud reached down into a major city such as New York, it would cause the mass instantaneous death of potentially millions of people. Nobody is prepared to survive a sudden cloud of Hydrogen Cyanide — not even the preppers. I own stored food and some emergency gear, but even I probably wouldn’t survive a sudden Hydrogen Cyanide gas attack from outer space. Notably, Hydrogen Cyanide has been used as both a rodent killer and as a chemical precursor in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals.” (www.naturalnews.com)
There is enough scientific talk about what is happening in our atmosphere or the third Heavens to fulfill the words of Christ, “Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of Heaven shall be shaken” (Luke 21:26).
I have not even mentioned the news of a developing One World Order with a universal mark to control all commerce. What is darker than a One World Economy in a One World Religion? It is quickly becoming completely unacceptable to be exclusive in your religious views. To say that Christ alone is the Savior of the world is narrow-minded and considered hate language. Two things are going to be the watch word of the religious One World System. The first is that there are many religions and many ways to Heaven and only mentally deficient people believe otherwise. Second, is a gender free concept of mankind. Same-sex marriage must be considered equal with heterosexual marriage. Any concept of adultery or fornication is considered nothing but restriction of past religious bondage. The Passport Department of our U. S. Government has just changed the wording on the question of your sex status. It is no longer husband or wife, but parent one and parent two.
The fulfillment of the Book of Revelation, and the great day of reconciling this world back to God is at hand. The fact that our world is forsaking all truth and righteousness is additional proof of how close that grand hour is upon us. Every saint needs a backbone set in the Holy Scripture. It does not matter how big the name or how great the reputation. If a person forsakes the Word of God, they are in trouble. Our duty is to live in the Scripture. If you are not full of the Holy Spirit, you need to find an altar and pray until the witness of God floods your heart. Only the Word and the Spirit can keep your soul in this Antichrist world. Be a prayer warrior and walk in truth.
Robin McCann
What makes this a great article for me is that it speaks of going Home very soon. I see all the signs all around and I try to warn others of what is coming. There is, now, a new threat coming. This ARK super storm is potentially brewing in the tropics and expected, sooner or later, to hit California. They way scientists talk, it will be 5 times worse than any earthquake California has ever seen. If this does occur, it would dump 10 feet of water on the west coast and just sweep across the nation, freezing as it moves. I live in Ohio so, I can see us getting, like, 10 feet of snow. But, in all fairness, if this were to happen, I believe it is an event reserved for tribulation.
I love the painting shown for this article, the four horses of the apocalypse, I have this puzzle hanging in my home. Notice the fourth horse that carries the rider of death……has not breath?
Roert L. Kramer
Joseph: You say”In this generation,every Biblical sign of the End Times has been visible” Nonsense! Where are God’s two witnesses? Where is the Beast (antichrist) who must reign three & a half years before He comes? Where is the world wide earthquake that is to alert us that He is near? Where are the six trumpeted events that precede Christ’s return (7th. trumpet)?
Further, you write much about earthquakes. They are not signs of the end unless and until one is world wide. Luke 21:11 and Matt. 24:4-28 is all about signs leading up to the destruction of the temple and Jerusalem in AD 67-70.
My Friend,
You have a simple problem. The events during the Great Tribulation are not signs but part of the Tribulation. When anyone misses the Pre-Tribulatioal Rapture it messes up their understanding.
Pastor Chambers
Tim Sturm
Good article. It is worth the thought. bUT ONE MUST CONSIDER THE TIMES WE LIVE IN. YES THERE
WILL BE SIGNS BEFORE THE TRIB AND DURING THE TRIB. BEFORE THE TRIB, THE BODY OF CHRIST IS OUT
OF HERE. THAT IS WHY SALVATION IS A FREE GIFT. WE ARE SEALED PERMENNETLY. THAT IS WHY WE
CAN NOT LOSE OUR SALVATION. ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED. THAT IS ONE INHERITENCE IT IS A FREE
GIFT. ANOTHER INHERETENCE WE RECEIVE IS EARNING A REIGN WITH JESUS. WE DO THAT BY SUFFERING WITH HIM. ANY CLOWN THAT TEACHES YOU CAN LOSE YOUR SALVATION, HAS NOT RIGHTLY DIVIDED THE WORD
OF TRUTH, AND THEY BRACKET SCRIPTURE IN THE WRONG DISPENSATION. IN ZECH 3, AND ROMANS 11 THAT IS
FOR THE TRIB JEWS WHO KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS AND HAVE THE TESTIMONY OF CHRIST. THEY ARE THE VIRGINS IN MATTHEW 25. IT ALLIGNS UP WITH HEBREWS 9:28, YOU MUST LOOK FOR HIM TO APPEAR..YOU MUST
BE RIGHHTOUS, YOU MUST BE HOLY….WRITTEN TO THE HEBREWS, WITHOUT HOLINESS NO MAN SHALL SEE
THE LORD….THIS RAPTURE IS A SPLIT RAPTURE….
Ed Wood
Well, one certainly can’t argue with hard facts, Pastor Joseph and there are plenty as you pointed out.
Solar activity is expected to rise as we approach the 2013 Solar Maximum. Though astronomers can’t be sure if this will be any more vigorous than its predecessors, it certainly could be.
If so, we can expect disruptions in our power grids and global communications networks upon which we are increasingly more dependent with each passing day. If severe enough, we could conceivably have months-long power blackouts, no access to our banking accounts, no cell phone or Internet functioning for prolonged periods as well.
Add these stresses to the increase of natural disasters already occurring, the economic and political tensions in our world and you have the “Perfect Storm” – just as the Bible indicated would be the case at the end of this age.
I believe we are already in the “beginning of sorrows” time Jesus mentioned in his Olivet Discourse (Matthew 24:8) and that it will only get worse, especially after the Rapture when the judgments of Revelation then begin.
If you have not fully accepted Jesus, then NOW would be a very good time to do so!
Joe Boes
Dear Mr. Chambers!!
Faith without works is dead. You got to walk it not just talk it Mr. Chambers. What is the purpose of this newsletter? Who is it addressed to? To the unbelievers? They don’t read this stuff. Another nice summary of past, present and future events, explained and unexplained with a brief saving solution from this by getting filled with the Holy Spirit and pray.
I like a more in-depth explanation on the Holy Spirit being the Seven Spirits acting in the seven expressions of His omnipresent powers.
But here is where I have a real problem: In your “Statement of Faith” on your webpage http://www.pawcreek.org/statement-of-faith under paragraph 13 it states; In the pre-millennial second coming of Jesus. First, to resurrect the righteous dead and to catch away the living saints to Him in the air. Second, to reign on the earth a thousand years. We look to be caught away before the Great Tribulation.
If this is what you believe why do you have food and emergency gear stored away? Why would you be worried about a hydrogen cyanide attack not to survive?
. I own stored food and some emergency gear, but even I probably wouldn’t survive a sudden Hydrogen Cyanide gas attack from outer space.
Remember, you should not be here for this according to paragraph 13. Are you afraid you starve to death before you are raptured away? Did the Lord tell you to store some food, maybe he is telling you that you might not fly away and hang around for a while?!
Unfortunately, you are not prepared for any of what you so boldly have written and neither are the sheep your are tending. May the Lord open your eyes and lead you to repentance before it’s too late!
It is time to return to sound, biblical truth and not to adhere to ear tickling fables.
Joe Boes
jaimie
Dear Pastor,
This is a great reference article for Christians to distribute, i am sure there are many like Ann Marie out there that need to hear the Gospel Truth. I do, this is the Church that the gates of hell shall not prevail against: In Spirit and Truth we are to proceed.
Bless you Pastor for such insight.
On the Jewish rapture, does not a remnant end up in Petra when the earth splits from a great earthquake and they walk out ( kinda through the sea of reeds again!) So why not a Christian rapture that defies earthly sense so to speak.
jaimie
Brian Gemmell
Beloved Joseph,
Many thanks for this and other timely articles; with such material available globally online, the world is without excuse. Indeed such Godly warnings are a fulfilment of the prophetic Word.
I have taken a little time this morning to lift you to our wonderful loving Father for your continued protection and blessing and also that He may continue to give you revelation through His Word.
With love in the Lord Jesus,
Brian,
A fellow labourer in England.