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April 2013 update!  ANCIENT PROPHECY BEING FULFILLED BEFORE OUR VERY EYES!!!

Turkey becomes partner of China-Russia led security bloc! 

The average person would likely wonder why this even matters.  Yet, those who understand biblical prophecy know this is a very significant event.  Why?  The reason this is so huge is that Turkey is the final piece of the predicted coalition of armies that will invade Israel as foretold to us in Ezekiel  38. 

A Turkish official has said, "Now, with this choice, Turkey is declaring that our destiny is the same as the destiny of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) countries." Turkey had been pro-West and stubbornly attempted to become a part of the European Union for decades. This is no small turn of events!

 

This is noteworthy, because the SCO is now made up of numerous countries that are listed in the Ezekiel 38. The SCO includes Russia and the southern Islamic republics that were once a part of the USSR, which with Turkey make up the northern part of the alliance predicted by Ezekiel.  The southern part of the coalition is primarily controlled by the Muslim Brotherhood.

In Ezekiel chapter thirty-eight, we are given the names of those involved in the attack on Antichrist in the battle at midpoint of the Tribulation, along with a decent quantity of specific information to be able to determine the outcome of the battle. In verses one through six the players are mentioned. “Son of man, set your face toward Gog of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, and prophesy against him, . . . Persia, Ethiopia, and Put with them, . . . Gomer with all its troops; Beth-togarmah from the remote parts of the north with all its troops—many peoples with you” (Ezekiel 38:1-6). Historically, Magog has been traced to the land that the Scythians dwelled in, which is now modern day Russia. Meshech and Tubal were peoples who lived in what is now much of modern Turkey. Persia is easily identified as modern day Iran. Ethiopia (Cush) and Put are traced back to what is now northern Sudan and Libya, respectively. Gomer is not as clearly traced back as the others, but it is believed they resided somewhere in the vicinity from the Ukraine down to through eastern Turkey. Beth-togarmah is a group that lived in southern Turkey near the Syrian border.

All these groups of peoples and nations are either under the influence of communism or Islam and are bound together in treaty and a common purpose to rid the earth of the nation Israel, except Turkey was not included with them, until now. The current Turkish government is secular and in treaty with Israel, but Islamic fundamentalism rules all of Turkey outside of the secular government, which is based primarily in the capital city of Ankara and the commercial city of Istanbul. Most Middle East experts, who actually understand Islam, believed we should have expected a change in the Turkish government, with Turkey joining itself to the anti-Israeli northern alliance. This is the completion of the geographical areas of people groups that God declared would be in existence over 2,500 years ago! As it is for the small remainder of things not yet fulfilled within biblical prophecy, it is only a short matter of time before they become a reality, because God’s word is true.

Important Note: War will soon breakout in the Middle East, but this will not be the battle that Ezekiel has predicted, though many are likely to proclaim it as such.  The battle of Ezekiel 38 is qualified by Daniel's prediction of the same event (Daniel 11:40), which states that the king of the South and the king of the North will come against the Antichrist when he is in Israel.  The antichrist will not appear on the world's scene until after the global New World Order has been established (with its ten regions/"horn"/"toes" {Daniel chapters 2 & 7}).  He will be reveal (or known to those who understand biblical prophecy) when he signs his unique seven year peace covenant.  This peace treaty seems an almost guaranteed certainty to follow the war that is about to break out in the Middle East currently.  This will likely be the case as this coming war will become very serious and even spread to other parts of the world, while very likely involving limited nuclear warfare and an escalation of war that will have most everyone believing we are on the brink of World war III and the end of the world.  Yet, it won't be the end, but rather it will merely be the beginning, as the seven year peace treaty will start the 70th week of Daniel, or the seven year Tribulation.  The battle Ezekiel described in Chapter 38 will not actually take place until near the midpoint within the seven year "peace" treaty, after the Antichrist has gained power and positioned himself as Israel's protector in their land.    

As it is written, “EVERY FACT IS TO BE CONFIRMED BY THE TESTIMONY OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES."

insider informants (messager's from the "Captains") and financial experts Jerry Robinson and Porter Stansberry (as well as many others like Don McAlvany, Dr. Kirk Elliott - {Economic Tsunami 1 & Ecomonic Tsunami 2} etc.) have each given us their own independent testimony concerning the coming economic crisis and the demise of the US Dollar, which will soon take place.  Also, in the first video, directly below**, Brian Camden, a structural architect of survival bunkers/living quarters, inadvertently blurted out the real reason the government has been on a secret and massive bunker building spree for the last decade - they are "specifically designed for an economic collapse"  Amazingly, this piece of information went right over Jesse Ventura's head in the interview.  Nevertheless, this is one more independent confirmation of a very sinister plan that is now in place, and it matches the individual testimonies of the financial experts.

         

Some of the first phases of tyranny have already been enacted.  Veterans ARE being rounded up illegally by the Dept. of Homeland Security, an estimated over 200,000 so far!   A reportedly planned false flag cyber attack is supposedly designed for sometime just ahead of the financial collapse, for the Federal Reserve banking system.  If this comes about, it would likely be blamed on a foreign nation (or nations - Iran? - Syria?) to justify the war(s) the Rothschild Cartel wishes to uses for further profit and control. ATMs and credit cards could be temporarily turned off and accounts would likely be inaccessible, while all that is owned in dollars gets reduced to next to nothing.  Martial law would likely be enacted during this time because of the chaos that would follow the collapse.  This could quickly set the stage for tyranny.  [If you wish to know more, then listen to this broadcast from 8-28-2012 on YouTube concerning the governments movements!    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bASgYO7D1Ec&list=FLDViqBtqwOUaqE_0oEgoIdw&feature=plpp] SPECIAL NOTE OF CLARIFICATION TO UNDERSTAND HERE:  The collapse only occur after the actual time the combined debt load on the nations reaches the level the Rothschild Cartel Bankers deem necessary for absolute global domination.  When the debt load reaches a critical point of no return, where the nations will be at the complete mercy of the Bankers, then the collapse will take place.  With hundreds of trillions leveraged in the Derivatives Market (D.M.), they can orchestrate a collapse with ease by exposing the vulnerability of the lack of real funds in the D.M., with just the tiniest amount of stress applied.  The Cartel will do this when they are ready to bring the whole house of financial cards down into ruin and chaos, which will give them the leverage for establishing their global currency (likely IMF Bancor / digital Special Drawing Rights {SDRs}) in the great reconstruction of the financial system.  This, combined with all the deadly and threatening havoc they will bring in wars they have prearranged (both domestic and foreign), will literally force the world to (gladly) accept their New World Order.  There own insiders had been stating repeatedly that they will accomplish this before the end of 2012.  They are very, very close to achieving the debt load levels they need.  Also, the Petro-Dollar began its disintegration in early September of 2012.

A former Deputy Director of the CIA has warned of the coming financial collapse, food crisis, riots, violence and martial law that is coming to the USA SOON!!!   Listen here:  

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The Petro-Dollar has begun to Unravel!!! 
As of September 6th, 2012, China has begun to trade oil in its own currency, the Yuan!  Other nations will follow shortly, which will soon render the need/requirement/demand for U.S. Dollars largely obsolete!  The collapse of the U.S.Dollar is very near and all those Federal Reserve trillions, upon trillions, won't be worth the paper they are printed on!

http://www.hangthebankers.com/dollar-no-longer-primary-oil-currency-as-china-begins-to-sell-oil-using-yuan/ 

Russia follows right behind China as Petro-Dollar disintegrates: 

http://planet.infowars.com/economics/lindsey-williams-on-radio-liberty-with-dr-stan-monteith-on-the-11th-september-2012

Dollar's collapse imminent: 

http://www.infowars.com/dollar-index-headed-for-rapid-collapse-over-next-3-to-4-weeks/

FEMA Being Mobilized for "Mass Fatalities"! (10-6-2012)
http://www.hangthebankers.com/fema-to-mobilize-for-mass-fatality-planning/

Will the Euro be the first domino to fall?

  

If the financial instability in Europe begins to crumble, within two weeks, or less, the U.S. Dollar would follow suit with a likely collapse of the Derivatives Market playing the major role, that would ultimately bring about a global financial crisis.  Additionally, some are concerned that after the (Rothschild cartel controlled) Fed initiate QE3, it will eventually infuriate the Chinese, (among other nations), for the continued and unrelenting watering down of the Dollar.  They may very well refuse to continue to buy U.S. Treasuries to the tune of ~$100 Billion per day that has kept the U.S. Government afloat.  The “Petro-Dollar” (a requirement for foreign countries to use U.S. Dollars to buy oil) will collapse entirely at this point and the multiple trillions of U.S. Dollars everywhere around the world will become unwanted and practically worthless.  Hyper-inflation would instantly kick in at this point and the average citizen in the USA would be dirt poor nearly over night. Every nation that is left holding the valueless U.S. Dollars (with the equivalence of a roll of colored toilet paper) will become like an angry mother bear who thinks her cubs have been robbed from her.  This only spells one thing W-A-R!

 God is about to judge the idol of “the American Dream”and He will certainly let it come to its complete destruction.  All those who are clinging to this idol will be like the man who built his house on sand next to the ocean with a hurricane blowing in.  Get informed, pray and act righteously before God, for the time is short.

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2012/09/10/greece-the-euro-and-the-ecb-is-it-time-to-panic.aspx#.UE_FmrJlQ_E 

http://www.hangthebankers.com/gold-silver-and-a-major-october-surprise-celente/

**As you watch this video clip of Jesse Ventura's investigation into 2012, it is significant to realize that Ventura is investigating a possible 2012 connection to scientific projections of increased electromagnetic activity from the sun that could potentially take down the U.S.A.'s power grid and cause many associated, life-threatening problems.  Perhaps this is one reason why Ventura did not understand the significance of Brian Camden's statement concerning the actual reason for the massive bunker construction - the deliberately planned collapse of the economy!**  The timing of the financial collapse has been delayed to the spring of 2013 according to the latest reports from insiders.  The Rothschild Cartel is waiting until the nations of the world have an irreversible debt load.  We are very close to that tipping point. 

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• Middle East Wars to spread until Saudi government is overthrown (Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Jordan, Syria, Oman and lastly Saudi Arabia, then the Rothschild Banking Cartel will have accomplished what they want).  [Editor's note:  If the Prophecy in Ezekiel 38:13 concerning Sheba and Deban is a reference to the Arab peoples, as many historians believe, then Saudi Arabia, U.A.E., Kuwait, Qatar, and Oman could  be spared the Rothschild Cartel's takeover and remain "neutral" in the great battle for the Middle East that will take place during the middle of the seven year Apocalypse.]
• Muslim Brotherhood (manipulated by MI6 agents within the leadership) is being given the reigns of power in the Middle Eastern countries that are being overthrown.  Oil from Middle East will be cut off at a key point to drive up the price.
• Oil and Gas prices have been slightly repressed from the previously stated goal temporarily, because the people were starting to awaken and react against the illegal wars in the Middle East, the higher prices and the tightening government control through organizations like the TSA.

• China is the Big One!  Stated with emphasis, but the details concerning China are still being withheld at this time.
• Gold will go to $3000 per oz. and Silver to $75 per oz. before they bring in the new global IMF (SDRs) currency, which they will base on Gold and silver.
• The U.S. Government will default on its multi-trillion dollar debt and this will ruin all paper assets, impoverishing most Americans. 

The Present Crisis Is Turning Into Hyperinflation

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Anyone who disagrees with Washington D.C. politics and the mainstream

media’s propaganda is now being labeled a “conspiracy theorist”!

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Faking It - How The Media Manipulates The World Into War

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Warning - Doing business as usual is about to end!

Friend,

Is your business, property and/or house completely paid for?  Most would say there is still a mortgage to be paid and that is normal.

What is NOT normal is the deliberate devaluing of the Dollar by the Federal Reserve (an entity that is as “Federal” as Federal Express and controlled by the elite European banking families through their subsidiary interests).  This will continue to worsen over the next 18-24 months as they keep flooding the market by printing more and more Dollars (daily devaluing what is already in circulation) to the eventual point that the 1970 Petro-Dollar agreement will completely collapse, as it is becoming less and less stable with each passing day.

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The Petro-Dollar agreement strong arms other nations to use U.S. Dollars to buy their oil, making the Dollar the world’s currency.  Currently, this is why the U.S.A. is the only country in the world that can take paper, throw some ink on it, and exchange it for oil or other commodities (worth “trillions”, but in real value).  That’s a great advantage for the U.S.A., but as you can imagine, the rest of the world no longer desires to give the U.S.A. their hard earned goods in exchange for the Fed’s funny money. 

The elite bankers will allow the complete disintegration of the Petro-Dollar pact to take place and all those extremely over inflated Dollars (tens of trillions in paper Fed US Dollars) will become worthless relatively overnight, as the rest of the world will neither need or want them any longer.  By the way, the same bankers that are manipulatively staging the collapse of the US Dollar have plans to collapse the Euro 1-2 weeks prior to the collapse of the US Dollar as well.  So, this will be an unprecedented crisis that will change the entire face of global economy, like nothing the world has ever seen before.  This will make the “great depression” look like a road with deep ruts in it, as compared to a deep canyon.  The former being a lot easier to get through and survive.

But, what will this really mean to the average person?  Let’s look at one small, but insightful example.  Immediately following the collapse, the debt on your loan(s) will be changed (increased) by the bankers who will not loose the value of their property.  They will “adjust” (inflate) your loan(s) to reflect the new diminished value of the paper money (it's called "re-indexing" the debt); a debt the bankers and politicians  conveniently and deliberately created through their "bailouts" and repeated "quantitative easing".   

So, for instance, say you owe $100,000.00 on your home loan and you are making a payment of $1000.00 a month.  When the paper Dollar goes bust, your newly adjusted debt will become much higher; say the first adjustment makes your new debt $2,000,000.00, with a monthly payment of $2,000.00.  Yet, that is just the first increase, imagine 10, 20, 100, or 1000 times the value as re-indexing is applied during the run-a-way hyperinflation.  Additionally and unfortunately, by design, no one will be getting paid adjustment increases from their corporate employers to keep up with the debt adjustments increases in the hyper-inflated economy.  So, what do you think will happen to any property you may now have a loan on, as well as any equity you have in it? 

The same bankers that are creating the crisis, while stealing people blind with the phony money they are printing, as well as strapping the tax payer with the liability of the debt they are creating while doing it, plan to take (steal) all property that has any debt attached to it. 

DEBT & SLAVERY:

Even worse, prison terms for debts are being implemented by creditors today for as little as $85.00 (even though it was previously outlawed in the 1800s) to punish delinquent debtors.  Imagine what the bankers might do to those who can't pay back their home loans and cause them to loose value from “their” property?  Since they cannot build enough prisons to hold all their debtors and it would become too expensive to do so, we can expect to see some new "restitution" laws enacted, which would generally be nothing short of enslavement labor contracts for the indebted, and because of the hyper-inflated debts, most contracts will be for life and could be sold to the highest bidder.  (The come back of slavery was predicted for the end times by the biblical prophets - Revelation 13:16 & 18:13)  Those who don't do what they are told will likely be "disposed of", like broken furniture.   The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower becomes the lender’s slave. - Proverbs 22:7  Get out of debt now.

Sadly, this is just the tip of the iceberg of what the bankers have planned for the USA and the world, once they reduce the USA to a third world status economically and have martial law in place.  Basic commodities will become hard to afford, as they will become very, very expensive.  Freedom, good food and fun living are about to become really scarce.  But, there are things we can do now to prepare for this economic tsunami. 

You may be thinking at this point, the scale for this type of crisis would be just too grand and they would never allow such a thing to get that bad, then it simply means you do not understand the true goal behind such evil, which is not mere theft, but rather the depopulation and control of the planet by these same elite European banking families (i.e. The House of Rothschild). 

They have enough money already, so money is not what they are truly after.  What they really want is a “suitable” number of people (a vastly reduced population) to be RFID chipped, controlled and utterly subservient to their will (serfs or slaves completely at their wicked mercy).  If that sounds like Revelation 13:16-18 and the mark of the beast to you, then you are starting to get the picture of what this is all about. 

Thus, we must move quickly and decisively to do what we can now, in paying off all debt immediately (if we can), making basic commodity preparations and warning everyone we know and care about to do the same.  Further, if Christians hope to be a strong force of salt and light in this crisis, then preparation should be made to have extra food available (reserves, gardens, chickens, etc.), a good, clean water source, or at least several hundred gallons of stored water, and shelter with an alternative power source (for most non-mobile individuals, a natural gas generator is the best way to go), along with extra medicines.  Additionally, converting all non-operational, phony paper dollars and all other paper “valuables” into silver, gold and hard commodities of real value A.S.A.P.  Also, things which you can barter with would be a real good idea. [And no, I’m not selling any of that stuff.] 

Counting Down The Top Ten Signs Of The Final Generation

The Number TEN Sign …:

Knowledge and travel will expand to a great degree at the end of the age  (Daniel 12:4). The exponential factor of increasing knowledge is one very significant and undeniable sign, as the total global knowledge of all that mankind now understands is doubling every year and one half to two years!  The computer chip, which was invented in 1948, as well as the emergence of the Internet, has aided dramatically in this historically unprecedented upsurge of knowledge.  Also, transportation has gone from the ancient mode of walking, riding animals, animal drawn carts and chariots, and small sailing vessels, to cars, curse ships, helicopters, airplanes, jets and space crafts. The amount of travel that people are currently doing in this generation is phenomenal and was completely unthinkable to most past generations.  All that this single verse of prophecy encompasses is even more amazing when you consider that it was written over 2,500 years ago, long before such things could have even been imagined!  Thus, this one verse of prophecy, alone, should cause even the most hardened skeptics to take pause and give some consideration to what the Bible has to say for our modern era.

The Number Nine Sign …:

False prophets, too, are prolific. They are both inside and outside the Church.  The false prophets outside the accepted norm of the Church are not real hard to spot, like the Edgar Cayce, Nostradamus and Jeane Dixon types, along with the other sources for the tabloid magazines that get about three out of one hundred predictions right, but usually the three “correct” predictions are so vague and general that they could fit just about anything. These false prophets are fairly numerable; especially when one considers and takes into account all of the psychics with their 1-800-hot-lines.  In stark contrast to this, the biblical prophets have a track record of 100% accuracy, which is far more intelligent and rational to rely upon, but they point to personal accountability, which is unpopular, so their words are commonly ignored, or worse, mocked and scoffed at by skeptical minds, who must believe they are so much wiser that their Creator.

Excessive lawlessness will mark out the final generation.  Jesus indicated that lawlessness was one of the signs that would precede His return.  “And because lawlessness is increased, most people's love will grow cold” (Matthew 24:12).  Lawlessness would be seen inside the Church, “Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven.  Many will say to Me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?  And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS'” (Matthew 7:21-23).  And lawlessness would grow in the world, until the ultimate lawless one (the Antichrist) would come to rule over the earth - “Now we request you, brethren, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together to Him, that you may not be quickly shaken from your composure or be disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.  Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God. … And then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming; that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders, and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved.” (2 Thessalonians 2:1-10).  Lawlessness is rapidly growing in all areas of government and the corporate business world.  Stories of corruption and scandals are becoming regular headline news on a much more frequent basis.

The ability of people around the entire globe to witness a single, local event is now a reality (Revelation 11:7-13).  Revelation mentions two witnesses of the true God, who Antichrist will finally be allowed to kill just prior to the end of his reign, at the end of Daniel’s seventieth week.  Their dead bodies will be seen by people from all over the world and the wicked will throw their last party on earth to commemorate it, by celebrating the death of these righteous witnesses.  Amazingly, this type of global gala event was not possible up until the past few decades. Through planetary coverage of events, by sources like the BBC and CNN, through television, cell phones and computer technology, with satellites, it has become possible for the whole world to be connected to view a single local event, together instantaneously. This is just another one, of several prophecies, in which its fulfillment was not possible before our modern day of hi-tech tools.

The ability to keep track of every person and every “legal” transaction will be required (Revelation 13:16-17). Technology, modern economics and big government control are in position to make this a reality. No other generation ever faced this, much less fathomed how such a thing could exist. This is another of many firsts for our current generation.  Imagine Marco Polo, Magellan, Columbus, Captain Cook, Lewis and Clark, along with every other great explorer being made to carry their national ID card, passport and visa every where they went! Only in this current time period have we known such restrictive measures of control, which are setting the stage for the global acceptance of the mark of the beast, by which no one will be able to buy or sell or even function in modern society without taking this mark on their right hand or forehead.  This type of modernistic sign proves that those from many past generations, who thought Jesus could return in their time, were strongly ill-informed in their understanding of biblical prophecy, just as so many misunderstand today in contrast, being utterly clueless as to how close we really are to seeing Jesus' return, very, very soon.

By manipulating and collapsing of the economy, combined with a deliberate gutting of the infrastructure, through the GATT and NAFTA treaties by outsourcing companies and jobs, it will assure that the U.S.A. won’t have the resources to recover.  This could possibly lead to confiscation and transfer of key elements of the military arsenal, public lands, private property and even Citizens, as payment for the debt.  The free world must give way to a coming tyrannical world rule (Daniel 7:23).

 “See to it that no one misleads you” (Matthew 24:4). The Holy Spirit throughout the New Testament prophecies echoes this admonition several times. “But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons, by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron” (1 Timothy 4:1-2). Also see, 2 Timothy 3:1-8 and 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12. The Lord has specified guidelines in the Bible, so that His followers would not be deceived and could easily distinguish the truth, from that which cleverly seeks to mimic it. 

However, since this is a sign primarily given to believers in Christ and not the world, which lives constantly under the influence of secular society’s seductive lies, quite often reinforced by false religion, most people don’t benefit from the warning.  The problem with deception is that if someone is deceived, they really don’t know it, and this ignorance is what empowers deceit.  Thus, because the majority of the people on the planet are relatively clueless concerning biblical truth, it leaves them helpless to be able to apply any discernment in defense of the deception surrounding them. And even though it is a sign of warning to believers, many in the Church do not practice the discernment they have been clearly instructed to employ in their lives from the Bible, which unfortunately reveals the serious lack of respect and care for the authority of God’s word, in their lives. 

Still, deception can be just as much a willful choice, as it is trickery and ignorance (2 Timothy 3:13 & 4:3-4).  One example of this can be found in the left versus right, false paradigm of politics that deceives and divides most people; when the real issue should be right versus wrong according to Biblical authority.

This could well be a big part of the reason behind the atheistic Russian leadership’s desire to destroy Israel, as well, for they have allied themselves with Islam in their desire for global conquest, but underneath it all lies the hatred for God and His chosen people. For what material value is there in that tiny piece of land that everyone seems to want so badly? This is clearly a spiritual battle, and Ezekiel predicted this unholy alliance would come together long ago, before Russian communism and Islamic fanaticism were even a thought in anyone’s mind.  Yet, their evil desire to thwart the purposes, plans and promises of God will be met with God’s fierce wrath and their armies will be utterly destroyed once they come into Israel to attempt to possess it (Ezekiel 38:14-23).

Destructive powers will have to be so great that the very existence of the whole of humanity will be in real jeopardy of extinction.   “And unless those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days shall be cut short.” (Matthew 24:22). Biological, chemical and nuclear weapons with the ability to have them delivered by laser guided missile technology has put the entire world’s population in extreme peril of actual extinction, like never before. Bows and arrows and even the invention of gunpowder were never a real threat toward the planetary annihilation of humanity.  Yet, we now have a nuclear arsenal, just by itself, capable of destroying the world three times over.  Also, we must realize biologically that plague-like diseases were generally limited to specific geological areas, but no more, because of modern travel. Only in this generation has human extinction become a very real and ever present threat.

Further, Jesus’ reference from the book of Daniel (Matthew 24:15-21) demonstrates that Israel will be right in the thick of end time events listed in Matthew 24 (verse 22 states that, “and unless those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved” – only possible after the nuclear build up in this generation), which is included as part of the signs that the final generation (Matthew 24:34) was to watch for {the word “generation” in the Greek, literal means “a whole multitude of men living at the same time” – Thayer’s Lexicon, Page 112}, which means that Israel's second regathering (rebirth as a nation) could not happen at any time prior to the end (i.e. 100, 200, 300 or 2000 years) ahead of all the other signs.  Israel's rebirth had to coexist with the other end time signs according to the prophets, because Daniel’s prophecies could not truly be unsealed until Israel came back into existence at the fulfillment of the SECOND regathering (Isaiah 11:11-12).

This is one of many very powerful reasons that demonstrate why attempting to use 1st Century events to say that end time prophecy has been previously fulfilled, or that Israel is no longer a significant piece of the prophetic puzzle, really doesn't work within any honest framework of history or logical thought.  So, the meaning in Matthew is clear, when we see Israel blossom as a nation, the return of Messiah is very near.  Moreover, the fact that Israel is constantly being threatened for utter annihilation by its enemies (the growing Iranian/radical Islamic nuclear threat) puts Israel in a very vulnerable position, to ultimately be willing to sign a peace covenant with someone who could offer them protection, which means that we are not only the concluding generation, but we are on the very precipice of the beginning of Daniel’s seventieth week (the seven year Tribulation) that will start when the Antichrist forges a unique seven-year Middle East peace pact!

 
If you found this insight helpful, then you may wish to obtain a copy of The Revelation Unveiled! by author Terrance G. Johnson, as the book plumbs the depths of the Bible’s end time prophecies and coordinates everything together to make sense out of it all. 

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