It has been an extraordinary period.
And it is currently a wildly disturbing period. And exciting too.
Just what is going on in the world?
Where are we in time?
Right where I said all along. We
are at the time of Jesus’ return to earth.
The timing is imminent. It is
going to be soon. Now the precise date
we don’t completely understand, but we do know it has to be soon, for Jesus
himself made the point that all those prophecies in Luke 21 happen within one
generation, and that includes his return.
There is not a whole lot of time left for him to return, whether it is
in a day or week or year or a few years; soon is the word.
We have been marching right through the completion of the prophecies
and right up to the beginning of the Tribulation. For years now the one-world gang, those in
government in Europe and in the United States and in the United Nations and
some other places too, along with all the supporting media and others, have
been taking steps and moving their governments and their conception of the
world to get to that one world government.
Remember, it is that type of government the anti-christ leads.
All those many actions in recent years that continually increase the
power and authority of government, that take away the individual freedoms and
rights, that prop up world institutions such as the United Nations, such as the
European Union, such as global trade agreements – that has all been in the
direction of the one-world government, and that has been in line with what is
to happen here at the end of the age.
Then, suddenly, surprisingly, when all these globalists and
one-worlders were feeling pretty good about how rapidly things were evolving,
the people of the United Kingdom voted to withdraw from the European
Union. What? Really?
Yes they did. Known as Brexit, it
was a great shock to the rulers of the western world especially.
But the United Kingdom is not really a world leader today. It is important to be sure, but not a world
empire anymore. Still, what a
shock.
While that was resonating in the background, a strange phenomenon was
happening in the United States.
Bizarre, over a period of months that culminated last November 8 with
the election of a revolutionary president determined to redo and turn out all
these one-world activities. His focus is
on America, not the world. Highly
successful in business, he really is not a politician but a negotiator. An independent that captured the hearts of
so many American citizens who were fed up with the national government and
Washington and the media.
So right when everything was going swimmingly for the globalists, the
one-worlders, there suddenly was a shocking change of events.
What does this mean? Isn’t the
anti-christ supposed somehow to preside over a one-world government at some
point, or at least an attempt at that?
Yes, he is.
Well, is it going to happen?
Yes, it is.
So what happened here?
Two ways of looking at it, both accurate:
First, this
election in the US – and likely the Brexit one in the United Kingdom – are
great examples of God stepping in and turning things around. Against great views of the so-called leaders,
these events happened. Just look at the
opening of the word I received late at night in February and sent out just a
few days ago: “God puts kings in places.
And God takes them from their thrones.”
So now we see extraordinary actions
being taken in Washington. We do see the
US supporting Israel more, although maybe not entirely as it should. We see Christians in America feeling they
have a little more breathing room, although the courts and so many government
structures and rules and the general media seem to be to the contrary.
It surely appears that God has given
humanity a window, a breathing period, perhaps one last gasp, a time to reach
as many as possible for the Lord. How
long will this last? Who knows? The appointed day of the return has not
changed. That is the meaning of
appointed. It is. Appointed.
But for right now there is a tiny
interruption in the smooth cakewalk to Armageddon that was under way.
Second, there is
this other way of looking at what has happened and is happening. It is not so positive as the first. With the shocking election results, I suppose
we might expect some in the one-world camp to be greatly upset. But have you noticed the wild, irrational
behavior of many prominent people in politics, entertainment, sports, and
academia who were shocked at the presidential election results (I’m sure you
have.)? Have you noticed the wild and
inconsiderate behavior of so many, unlike any behavior after an election that
we have ever seen (I’m sure you have.)?
Are you paying attention to all the
efforts to delegitimize the election results, to throw the leader out even
though he was elected under the existing system? Are you aware of the organizing efforts of
some in society to put forth violent demonstrating groups, agitators, maybe as
some reports indicate even paramilitary groups in support of the
“opposition?”
Have you noticed the great growth in
evil in our society, the end of civility in discourse of ideas? Have you seen the recent rise of absolute
evil very publicly, such as New York City putting up the arch of the temple of
baal, the ceremonial opening of the big tunnel recently in Europe which was
described as a long satanic demonstration, efforts to organize satanic clubs in
schools for after hours, the organized witchcraft attack on the president?
There is a lot more we could report, but
the point is made: the devil, satan, the
evil one is running amuck and his intensity is increasing. Attacks on those serious born-again,
spirit-filled persons who step out for Jesus are serious and real – attacks on
them and their families, personal and financial and in all areas.
The reason things seem so
irrational in the world system today is that they are being greatly influenced
by the most irrational being ever. So
many of those who behave so horribly now in our society and we see speaking so
deceptively in the various media are people who quite apparently do not know
Jesus. Imagine, can you, what this world
must look like to people who do not know the Lord. It must look horrible, frightening, out of
control, wild, random. Yes, random. Things just happening for no reason at all.
Except – that is not how things happen. Proverbs 21:1 (NKJV) makes it clear:
The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord,
Like the
rivers of water;
He turns it wherever He wishes.
Not random. Not crazy.
The second Psalm asks why does
the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? It notes the kings of the earth set
themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against
his anointed. And then the truth of the matter
is made: He that sits in the heavens
shall laugh; the Lord shall have them in derision.
It is laughable to think that all
those unbelievers so violently opposed and confused and behaving so badly
really have a long-term chance in their efforts. Still, we know from the prophecies, from the
only book of truth the world has, the Bible, that indeed things will get wildly
out of control in the last days. (see 2
Timothy 3:1-5 which describes these perilous times).
So where are we now?
We have passed through many of
the birth pangs. We have come through
many of the prophecies. Now we are in
the deeper prophecies, as I like to refer to them, the one where Jesus warns us
not to be deceived and the one where Paul says the day of the Lord will not
come until there is a falling away (a rebellion, an apostasy) and the man of
lawlessness has been revealed.
The only thing that has not
happened is that the man of lawlessness has not been revealed.
May God keep and protect you and
your family always. Be sure to put on
God’s armor and wear it and use it – live behind that shield of faith and wield
that sword of the Spirit always. That
sword is God’s word, his quickened word from the Bible. And thank God and be aware of the wonderful
ministering spirits, the angels, he has sent to serve each person who will
inherit salvation. They are eagerly
attentive to listen to and to do God’s bidding.
It’s only a matter of time
now. God’s time. His plan.
It always was.
Keep Your Eyes on Jesus!
(March 2017)
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© 2017 by John Newlin
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