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Communist Defector Speaks Out on America's Marxist Future

Communist Defector Speaks Out on America's Marxist Future

According to Ion Pacepa, stating some pretty glaring associations that the U.S. media dosen't touch, Obama is a Marxist, and is following the Communist Manifesto for the "land of the free".

Pacepa speaks out, saying that, in addition to the White House hiring Van Jones, he saw the Marxist agenda at work in the agenda of the White House and the Democrat-controlled Congress during Obama's first two years, when they "began dutifully following in Marx's footsteps by redistributing our country's wealth and putting under government control a part of its health care, banking system, and automobile industry." His observation is this regard is not unique, but Pacepa goes further, citing evidence of how planks in the Communist Manifesto parallel the Obama legislative agenda. Yet, Romney doesn't want to call Obama a socialist because of what the liberal media will say about the charge.

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The False Prophet IS HERE?

  I don't know if you know of St. Malachy's prophecy of the popes, it was of 112 popes, down to the last pope. This prophecy has been right on for every pope, and our current one is next to last. Many theologians, both protestant and Catholic, think this next one is the false prophet Prophecy of the Popes.   I listened to an Internet radio interview last night, and they think they know who it is. There are two individuals within the Roman Church which are candidates, though one seems to fit better. The radio interview is at www.blogtalkradio.com/omegaman. You can also go to http://www.raidersnewsupdate.com/ to find out more info.  THE MAN IS HERE!
This is also going to be the year the aliens, UFOs, ascended masters make contact with the earth.  The papacy has been making way for the acceptance of extra-terrestrials and their version of salvation.  Will the Anti-Christ, the Maitreya, the world teacher be an Ascended Master or all-wise Master from Space sent to aid humanity in its quest for divinity?

Turkey Struck after Striking Apple of God's Eye

The Bible teaches that Israel is the apple of God's eye (Zech. 2:8). 

Over the past few months, Turkey has been growing increasingly hostile to its Israeli neighbors, with whom they were on good terms.  This coincides with a simultaneous turning towards a more radical form of Islam, and a desire of Turkey's president Erdogan to reestablish the ancient Islamic Ottoman empire.  Turkey was struck Sunday with a 7.2 magnitude earthquake. 

Islam sees itself as having a divine mandate from Allah (600 years after the gospels were composed and the New Testament sealed) to spread/enforce through jihad an Islamic Caliphate worldwide.  But as Turkey grows in solidarity with the Muslim nations that are surrounding Israel, they overlook the promise that Yaweh God made to Abraham in Genesis 12:3 ³ And I will bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed."

We know that all in the world who believe are blessed in Jesus Christ, through the covenant promise first made to Eve, traced down through Abraham, and on through Isaac and Jacob (Jn 3:16-17).  As tensions mount int he Middle East, and Israel is continually made the scapegoat of the nations' problems, we can expect things to get worse in the Middle East, and soon culminating in a battle spelled out in Is. 17:1 and Psalm 83.

And as these conditions develop in the Middle East, the power and extent of the one-world government continues to extend.  The one-world government is here now, they are merely waiting for the right opportunity to impose it over the world's citizens.  Will it occur through the rapture occurring, which would lead to a global financial collapse?  If it were, military law would be imposed and the new methods of identification and tracking would be enacted for the "safety" of the world's citizens. 

The battle of Psalm 83 being fulfilled, would enlarge Israel's borders, and allow her the building of her temple, and the official reinstatement of the Old Covenant sacrificial religion.  This will set the stage for the battle of Magog, where God Himself will fight for Israel supernaturally (Ezek. 38:19,22).

Should we be concerned for the peoples in the Middle East, certainly, and we should pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Ps. 122:6), and support them as we are able, as responsible citizens.  But we should not live in fear or be in dread of the things coming upon the earth.  If we have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, and seek to live our lives to His glory, then we should live in joy and expectation (Mt. 24:33).

The Timing of the Return of Christ

It has become apparent to me that there is some confusion as regards my teachings as to the return of the Lord Jesus Christ. Now certainly I'm no Harold Camping, but I do believe that the signs outlined in scripture, evidenced all around us, bear witness to the fact that Jesus' return is near in God's redemptive plan. As a one who was called into ministry by the LORD, I have a burden for people to know and understand the word of the LORD.

How near is near? It is evangelical belief that the rapture is imminent (meaning nothing has to happen, it could happen now, or next month or in 7 years at the end of the tribulation. Now Jesus, at his first coming, fulfilled the four prophetic Jewish spring feasts. He fulfilled the feast of Passover, crucified as the Passover Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world (Jn. 1:29, Matt 26:2, Lk. 22:7ff). He fulfilled the feast of Unlevened bread (Lk. 22:7) when He was buried and raised three days later (Lk. 24:2). He fulfilled the feast of firstfruits when He rose on the third day from the grave, as a firstfruits (1 Cor. 15:20) of those resurrected to eternal life. And He fulfilled the feast of Pentecost, when He poured out the Holy Spirit on believers who confess His name (Acts 2:1ff).

In 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, it says the Lord will descend from heaven with a shout, the voice of an archangel and the trumpet of God. Mark Bilz, a Messianic Jew and founder of El Shaddai ministries explained in an interview on prophecyinthenews.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isj-eumZnuQ about the feast of Trumpets.

The Feast of Trumpets begins at the sighting of the news moon at the beginning of the month of Tishri, which is late September on the Gregorian calendar we follow (Lev. 23:24). Six pm tonight (Sept. 28, 2011) begins the month of Tishri for the Jewish calendar, where their days run from 6 pm to 6 pm. Since the beginning of the festival begins on the sighting of the new moon, as Pastor Biltz explains, the Jews have a saying, that "no one knows the day nor the hour" of its starting. And when it is sighted, people awake the next morn, their day half over, but the must keep the festival a full day, often running into the 2nd of Tishri, being one long day, so "no one knows the day or the hour" of its coming.

Do we know if the LORD is to return this week, tomorrow, which will be the first, going on the second of Tishri? I believe the LORD's return for the Church in the rapture is imminent. It could happen any time, but when my Messianic Brother teaches these facts about the fall feast of trumpets, I take heed. As believers we are not to despise prophetic utterances, but to examine everything, and hold fast to that which is good (1 Thess. 5:20-21).

I believe that the formation of the one world government prophesied in Dan. 7, which tramples and devours the whole earth (Dan. 7:7-8) is very near. The groundwork is being laid around us, and has been for decades. The groundwork for the battle of Ps. 83 and Ezek. 38 are in the works and appears likely a war will break out in the Middle East, knowing that God's word is truth, and He has declared the end from the beginning. (for a great study resource, see http://www.arewelivinginthelastdays.com/)

Ezek. 39 teaches that it will take Israel seven years to clean up from the destruction of the battle when Russia, Iran and the other countries come against it for battle (Ezek 39:9), and it will take them 7 months to bury all the bodies (Ezek. 39:12). Crises are mounting in the Middle East as we hear of wars and rumors of wars. We have seen Isaiah 19 begin to be fulfilled as the sons of Egypt have turned against one another (Is. 19:2) and it appears that a hard king is coming to rule over them in the likes of the Muslim brotherhood (Is. 19:4)

Is Christ’s return near? Emphatically, I say YES!. Is it going to be this week, tomorrow? I HOPE SO! I’m ready to leave this world of sin and strife, of physical pain, suffering and sorrows. I’m ready to go and be with the LORD forevermore!

Will it be this week? MAYBE. Jesus said Matthew 24:33-34 33 so, you too, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near, right at the door. 34 "Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

This generation He was speaking of began in 1948. That was almost a generation ago. But Jesus, the Truth, said this generation will not pass away. The time is close.

Now what happens if Thursday is not the day of the Lord’s return for His people. Then we didn’t understand fully the teaching of the LORD. The evangelical church, who hold to a view in the pre-seven year (in place of “tribulation”) rapture of the church must believe it is coming soon, for the world stage is being set, and the people are being conditioned to accept a “savior” to deliver humanity.  I appears from the events scripture lays out, the coming battles of Ps. 83 & Ezek. 38, that for Yhwh to turn back his focus to the Jews for the 70th seven ("week" or "shabua"; Dan. 9:27) the church will be raptured at least by the timing of the battle of Magog (Ezek. 38).

But if this teaching doesn’t pan out, some believe Christians will live into the time of the seven year treaty heralded by the antichrist. We will applaud the two witnesses when they come to earth from heaven and testify in Jerusalem. We will either be put to death as “domestic terrorists” or will starve to death, not being able to buy or sell because we refuse to take the mark of the one-world leader.

Regardless of which theological, eschatological (end-time) position you hold, hard times are coming. The LORD's prophecies concerning the last days are being fulfilled.  Those who remain upon the earth are going to see the judgments of God poured out upon earth as never before. They are going to see terrors that will literally frighten them to death, and make the drop in their tracks, according to God’s word (Lk. 21:26).

Those who are in Christ? We belong to the Lord, and are looking for the blessed hope and glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good works! Amen, even so, come Lord Jesus.

Islamic Roman Empire

Between the students of Bible prophecy, there are two camps; those who think the final government will be of the European Roman Government, and those who say it will be an Islamic empire.  Even I have been torn between the two, seeing strong arguments for both sides.  Jack Kelley presents a good blog describing how these two might be reconciled, being both Roman and Islamic.


Islam And The End Times


This Week’s Feature Article by Jack Kelley
http://gracethrufaith.com/ikvot-hamashiach/islam-and-the-end-times/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Gracethrufaith+%28GraceThruFaith%29


All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast-all whose names have not been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world. (Rev. 13:8)



There’s a lot of interest these days in the role of Islam in the End Times. And from what I’m reading, a lot of misunderstanding, too. Recent surveys are shedding some light on the subject.


It’s clear that followers of Islam are increasing in number faster than any other religious group in the world. Their current growth rate is said to be four times faster than that of Christians. According to a recent survey by The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, those who practice Islam now make up nearly one-fourth of the world’s population at 1.57 billion members, second only to Christianity. This is revolutionary in nature and even though it’s happening right before our eyes, most Western Christians haven’t even noticed. And not only are Moslems the fastest growing religious group in the world, they also hold that distinction in the United States, Canada and Europe, with Europe perhaps being the model of where Canada and then the US are headed.


Comparing the current birth rates of native Europeans with Europe’s Moslem immigrant population leads us to one very clear and surprising conclusion: the Europe we have known is very quickly changing into what some already refer to as Eurabia, and will soon find itself under the power and control of Islam. Today there are more Moslems in Germany than there are in Lebanon. France’s Moslem population, while fewer in number than Germany’s, represents a greater percentage of French citizenry, and given the current rate at which church buildings are being converted there will soon be more mosques in England than functioning churches.



Following the rapture of the Church, Islam will be the most populous religious system on Earth by a wide margin. Whether you believe that Islam is a religion of peace or not, it’s pretty obvious that they’re not going to just go away after the rapture and abandon their long held dream of becoming the world’s dominant religion just at the point of realizing it.



What About Ezekiel 38?

Don’t make the mistake of thinking that Islam will no longer be a viable religious force after the Battle of Ezekiel 38 either. According to The Pew Forum report, the countries who will unite against Israel and be defeated there are a small percentage of the total Islamic population. For example, the four largest Islamic countries by population aren’t even involved. In fact, two thirds of all the world’s Moslems live in 10 countries and of those only Turkey (5) and Iran (6) are named by Ezekiel. Rough estimates indicate that as little as 15% of the Islamic world will be represented by the forces aligned against Israel, and remember it’s only their soldiers who die in battle, not their total populations. And given their dismal past performance in battles against Israel, it’s unlikely that the followers of Islam will desert their religion because of one more defeat at the hands of the Jews.



And then there’s the fact that the end times leaders called the King of the North and the King of the South will both came from places that are decidedly Moslem today. Just because they emerged from the Greek Empire doesn’t make them Western European. The first King of the North built his capital city, Seleucia, on the Tigris river in modern Iraq and the first King of the South lived in Egypt. Daniel 11:40 tells us the end times personifications of these two kings will still be contending for world dominance just prior to the beginning of the Great Tribulation.



Compare that to what will likely happen to the 2.2 billion strong “Christian” world in the Rapture and it’s not hard to see that Islam will be the strongest religious force on Earth as Daniel’s 70th Week begins. (After all, none of them will be raptured.) Islam would be the obvious choice for a man who wants to use a religious system to gain control of the world.



And remember, the anti-Christ won’t be confirming a covenant with Israel for the purpose of helping them. He’ll be doing it to help himself. By means of peace he’ll deceive many, Daniel warned (Daniel 8:25). And with the exception of the fleeing Jewish remnant, the world will be deceived, saying “Peace and safety” just as sudden destruction comes upon them (1 Thes. 5:3). But God will not be deceived. He’s already on the record, calling it a covenant with death (Isaiah 28:15). Doesn’t this covenant serve God’s purpose, you ask? Well of course everything that happens serves God’s purpose, but that doesn’t mean everything that happens is good for man. The Jews will think they’re getting a guarantee of peace but God will use the covenant to usher in Daniel’s 70th Week, a time when He’ll completely destroy the nations and purify His covenant people. It’ll be anything but peaceful.



Over 5 years ago I first reported on the similarities between Islamic prophecies of al Mahdi and Christian prophecies of the anti-Christ. I noted how both are said to come on the scene during a time of great turmoil on Earth, both come claiming a desire to restore peace, both have a seven year reign, both head a one world religion and one world government, both claim supernatural origins, and in both cases their reign is prophesied to end in a battle between good and evil that brings Earth’s final judgment. It almost sounds as if they’re the same person.



Back then almost all students of prophecy were still convinced that the anti-Christ had to be of Western European origin, aligned somehow with the Roman Catholic Church. But since then I’ve become aware of more and more people who are taking a second look at this traditional view, and are considering the possibility of a world leader coming from the Eastern leg of the Roman Empire, from which Islam sprang.



Another Lesson From Daniel

Our first glimpse of Gentile Dominion, the period of Gentile rule over the Earth, came in the form of a large poly-metallic statue from Nebuchadnezzar’s dream (Daniel 2:31-45) When Daniel had his vision of Gentile Dominion (Daniel 7), it was represented by four great beasts. The first was a lion, symbolizing Babylon. The second was a bear, the Medo-Persians, and the third was a leopard, Greece. Then in Daniel 7:7 he said, “After that, in my vision at night I looked, and there before me was a fourth beast-terrifying and frightening and very powerful. It had large iron teeth; it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the former beasts, and it had ten horns.” This is a reference to Rome. In animal imagery, the horn stands for authority, and when used symbolically the number 10 denotes the completion of divine order. Comparing this with Daniel 2:44 we can see that this 4th beast would have complete authority over Earth and would never totally relinquish it until the Lord comes to take it by force.



The anti-Christ will make his first Biblical appearance in Rev. 6:2, disguised as the man on the white horse. According to Daniel 8:25 he’ll seem to be a great peacemaker, but his intent will be to conquer the world. His true identity won’t be revealed until Revelation 13:1-2 where it becomes clear that he’s been empowered by Satan. Verses 1- 2 describe him thus. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. He had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on his horns, and on each head a blasphemous name. The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.



Compare Rev. 13:1-2 to Daniel 7:7 and you’ll see that while the 10 horns show that he’ll have all the authority of the fourth gentile kingdom, his identifying characteristics will be more like the first three of Daniel’s beasts. Babylon, Persia, and Greece were all oriented toward the East. Only Rome had a western orientation (which made it different from the other three, as Daniel noted) Could this mean that the anti-Christ will also look first to the East (Isalm) to consolidate his power?



Time will tell. In his interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream, Daniel told us how the end times version of the 4th kingdom would be characterized by inner conflict. He said that where it had once been as two strong legs of iron (the Eastern and Western divisions of the Roman Empire) rebuilding it at the end it would be like trying to mix iron and clay. (Daniel 2:40-43) He could have been describing some of the social unrest we’ve witnessed in several European countries since their native populations have not always responded well to Moslem immigration.



My purpose in writing this is not in any way to confirm or endorse the views of some self-proclaimed experts on Islam who’ve burst on the scene recently with all sorts of new interpretations of Christian prophecy. It’s to remind us all to keep our eyes open. Things are happening fast and will continue to challenge our traditional perspective. Daniel was told that as the End of the Age approaches knowledge will increase (Daniel 12:4). That means we’ll be given a clearer understanding of how events will unfold than those who came before us. This will happen through careful observation, actually seeing the pieces of the puzzle fall into place and comparing them to Scripture. But God knows the end from the beginning, so none of this is new to Him. Where we see change, He just sees a closer alignment of Earthly events with Heavenly truth. It’s time to keep an open Bible handy as we watch the headlines because we now have another reason to search the Scriptures daily (Acts 17:11). You can almost hear the footsteps of the Messiah. 05-21-11

The End Comes Like a Flood...

“The end will come like a flood…”


Matthew 24:39 39 and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of Mn be.

2 Peter 2:5 5 and did not spare athe ancient world, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when He brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;



I don’t know about you, but it seems like things are happening almost too fast to be writing about.



People have said for ages that “things have gone this way for thousands of years!” Indeed they have. But now events are escalating, just as Jesus taught, “these things are the beginning of birth pangs.” In the Bible, God says that everything should be judged on the testimony of two or three witnesses.



In keeping with His characteristic faithfulness, the Lord gives us a number of categories, which can be broken to subcategories, to judge His return. These categories are



1) Return of Israel,



2) Natural Disasters/Catastrophes,



3) Wars/Globalization,



4) Religious Movements Offering a Works Salvation/False Christs



5) Proclamation of the Gospel to All Nations (Matt. 24:14)

*These five categories can be read about in Matthew chapter 24.



The purpose of this blog is not to detail all five of these categories, but to bring the enormity of signs the Lord has given to us to be able to discern His returning. In fact, in Matt. 24:33, Jesus says, “so too, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near, right at the door.”



This morning as I typed, CBN news reported the amount of earthquakes in Oklahoma have increased tenfold!

The year 2010 began with a deadly earthquake in Haiti. But before the year ended, more than 20 earthquakes struck worldwide, reaching a magnitude of 7.0 or higher -- the largest number of major earthquakes in 40 years. That trend is continuing, most recently in New Zealand.

There was a 5.4 magnitude earthquake in southwest China, near the border region of Myanmar.



In April of 2009, if some of you remember, 300 tons of Sardines, fish and 1300 penguins washed ashore dead in Chile. As of March 8th, 2011, millions of dead Sardines wash up in Redondo beach, California. Earlier in January of this past year, birds were falling dead from the sky by the hundreds and thousands everywhere from Arkansas to Sweden



In researching the sources for this, UFO Chronicles makes an attempt to connect the dead birds and fish… I mean, it all did happen at the same time. Cosmic coincidence? Not likely. But the UFO Chronicle’s story was cut short right after “What Bible Prophecy says” At the hyperlink, it is reported the article was removed due to “violation of terms.”



It seems that hostility toward Christians or even conservatives or those who hold Judeo-Christian values, is on the rise. In Germany several parents of school children were jailed, because they did not want their nine and ten-year olds being made to participate in a mandatory same-sex education class, where the children have to participate in an interactive play.



According to the attorney, many Christian parents objected to the programs' content. "They believed that under international law and [under] German law, they had every right to remove their children from those classes and instill in their children their own Christian beliefs about sexuality and love and marriage and chastity -- and for this, ten parents have been sent to jail."



In seminary, it was told us by our seminary professor, that Europe is about 15-20 years ahead of us. That was five years ago we were told that. I’m not so sure the gap is so great now. The desensitization towards immorality and vulgarity on societies has gone a long way, and with the advent of personal technological gadgets, even Christians have a hard time sitting down to read and meditate on the Bible.



Not only in Germany is this discrimination by political elites and agencies on the rise, but also in America. One of the board members of NPR was caught on tape lambasting tea party goers as racist, and saying it was some sort of fringe “evangelical Christian” group. Ummm…. Let me check, Christians view all humanity as created in the image of God, and able to find reconciliation to their Maker if they repent of their sinful ways, and confess Christ, who died for them, as their Savior and Lord. Therefore, Christians (who by the way, in America are becoming a minority of world Christians) can not be racist. And this blog is not the place to speak of all the good Christianity has brought the world. And no, Roman Catholicism is not Christianity, it is a Christian heresy that teaches salvation by works, denying the central message of the New Testament.



Which is another point of concern, the man known as “America’s Pastor,” who sold millions of copies of the Purpose Driven Life, is beginning to show his true colors. Besides being on the board of Tony Blair’s ecumenical organization, which seeks to unite the world religions, he has instituted a program at his church this year, known as the “Daniel plan,” using a Biblical name to give it legitimacy. To lead his parishioners in this plan, he has brought on board three doctors who are new age proponents.



To the shock and dismay of many Christians, a well-known, intelligent and zealous pastor, John Piper, has decided to stand by Warren for a second time. Many are defending him in this move, and trying to give him the benefit of the doubt, but many others feel that this give legitimacy to Warren and all his teachings, which, according to the New Testament teachings, would make him considered anathema (Gal. 1:8-9).





Finally, one more category that I would like to mention, that is on most everyone’s radar screens right now, especially as it drives our gas and inflation rates up, is the Middle East tensions. I haven’t spoke too much of the uprising in Libya until now, but it is addressed in the Bible, playing a large role against Israel in the last days, in Ezekiel 38. Joel Rosenberg wrote a nice piece on this on his blog. But essentially, the uprisings are moving the whole world along in God’s prophetic plan, and the nearing day of Messiah.



Gas and Oil prices continue to climb in the midst of this unrest and governmental wars of the peoples revolting against their governmental leaders, kings in most cases, within the Muslim countries. But as the prices continue to rise, and everything else along with it, and the spirit of anarchy spreads and grows worldwide, this whole situation could lead us right into the one world government.



If the spirit of unrest continues to grow, and war breaks out in America, and nations are made into military states, then the U.N. would be able to seize control, and impose upon the world the Global socialist system by which they could consolidate power and money. And then the one-world leader could arise, the Maitreya, the world-teacher, that New-Agers are awaiting, the Psuedo-Christ spoken of in scripture as the man of lawlessness.



23"Thus he said: 'The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom on the earth, which will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth and tread it down and crush it.

24'As for the (AL)ten horns, out of this kingdom ten kings will arise; and another will arise after them, and he will be different from the previous ones and will subdue three kings.

25'He will (AM)speak out against the (AN)Most High and (AO)wear down the saints of the Highest One, and he will intend to make (AP)alterations in times and in law; and they will be given into his hand for a (AQ)time, times, and half a time.

26'But the court will sit for judgment, and his dominion will be (AR)taken away, annihilated and destroyed forever.

27'Then the (AS)sovereignty, the dominion and the greatness of all the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be given to the people of the saints of the Highest One; His kingdom will be an (AT)everlasting kingdom, and all the dominions will (AU)serve and obey Him.'

(Daniel 7:23-27)

Economic Collapse Near?

The Economic Collapse Blog (http://www.theeconomiccollapseblog.com/) had a great post detailing many of the disturbing signs that America's, and the world's econom[ies] is very near collapse.  This post is free for sharing, so I thought I'd re-post it here.
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Tipping Point: 25 Signs That The Coming Financial Collapse Is Now Closer Than Ever


The financial collapse that so many of us have been anticipating is seemingly closer then ever. Over the past several weeks, there have been a host of ominous signs for the U.S. economy. Yields on U.S. Treasuries have moved up rapidly and Moody's is publicly warning that it may have to cut the rating on U.S. government debt soon. Mortgage rates are also moving up aggressively. The euro and the U.S. dollar both look incredibly shaky. Jobs continue to be shipped out of the United States at a blistering pace as our politicians stand by and do nothing. Confidence in U.S. government debt around the globe continues to decline. State and local governments that are drowning in debt across the United States are savagely cutting back on even essential social services and are coming up with increasingly "creative" ways of getting more money out of all of us. Meanwhile, tremor after tremor continues to strike the world financial system. So does this mean that we have almost reached a tipping point? Is the world on the verge of a major financial collapse?



Let's hope not, but with each passing week the financial news just seems to get eve worse. Not only is U.S. government debt spinning wildly toward a breaking point, but many U.S. states (such as California) are in such horrific financial condition that they are beginning to resemble banana republics.



But it is not just the United States that is in trouble. Nightmarish debt problems in Greece, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Belgium and several other European nations threaten to crash the euro at any time. In fact, many economists are now openly debating which will collapse first - the euro or the U.S. dollar.



Sadly, this is the inevitable result of constructing a global financial system on debt. All debt bubbles eventually collapse. Currently we are living in the biggest debt bubble in the history of the world, and when this one bursts it is going to be a disaster of truly historic proportions.



So will we reach a tipping point soon? Well, the following are 25 signs that the financial collapse is rapidly getting closer....



#1 The official U.S. unemployment rate has not been beneath 9 percent since April 2009.



#2 According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are currently 6.3 million vacant homes in the United States that are either for sale or for rent.



#3 It is being projected that the U.S. trade deficit with China could hit 270 billion dollars for the entire year of 2010.



#4 Back in 2000, 7.2 percent of blue collar workers were either unemployed or underemployed. Today that figure is up to 19.5 percent.



#5 The Chinese government has accumulated approximately $2.65 trillion in total foreign exchange reserves. They have drained this wealth from the economies of other nations (such as the United States) and instead of reinvesting all of it they are just sitting on much of it. This is creating tremendous imbalances in the global economy.



#6 Since the year 2000, we have lost 10% of our middle class jobs. In the year 2000 there were approximately 72 million middle class jobs in the United States but today there are only about 65 million middle class jobs.



#7 The United States now employs about the same number of people in manufacturing as it did back in 1940. Considering the fact that we had 132 million people living in this country in 1940 and that we have well over 300 million people living in this country today, that is a very sobering statistic.



#8 According to CoreLogic, U.S. housing prices have now declined for three months in a row.



#9 The average rate on a 30 year fixed rate mortgage soared 11 basis points just this past week. As mortgage rates continue to push higher it is going to make it even more difficult for American families to afford homes.



#10 22.5 percent of all residential mortgages in the United States were in negative equity as of the end of the third quarter of 2010.



#11 The U.S. monetary base has more than doubled since the beginning of the most recent recession.



#12 U.S. Treasury yields have been rising steadily during the 4th quarter of 2010 and recently hit a six-month high.



#13 Incoming governor Jerry Brown is scrambling to find $29 billion more to cut from the California state budget. The following quote from Brown about the desperate condition of California state finances is not going to do much to inspire confidence in California's financial situation around the globe....



"We've been living in fantasy land. It is much worse than I thought. I'm shocked."

#14 24.3 percent of the residents of El Centro, California are currently unemployed.



#15 The average home in Merced, California has declined in value by 63 percent over the past four years.



#16 Detroit Mayor Dave Bing has come up with a new way to save money. He wants to cut 20 percent of Detroit off from essential social services such as road repairs, police patrols, functioning street lights and garbage collection.



#17 The second most dangerous city in the United States - Camden, New Jersey - is about to lay off about half its police in a desperate attempt to save money.



#18 In 2010, 55 percent of Americans between the ages of 60 and 64 were in the labor market. Ten years ago, that number was just 47 percent. More older Americans than ever find that they have to keep working just to survive.



#19 Back in 1998, the United States had 25 percent of the world’s high-tech export market and China had just 10 percent. Ten years later, the United States had less than 15 percent and China's share had soared to 20 percent.



#20 The U.S. government budget deficit increased to a whopping $150.4 billion last month, which represented the biggest November budget deficit on record.



#21 The U.S. government is somehow going to have to roll over existing debt and finance new debt that is equivalent to 27.8 percent of GDP in 2011.



#22 The United States had been the leading consumer of energy on the globe for about 100 years, but this past summer China took over the number one spot.



#23 According to an absolutely stunning new poll, 40 percent of all U.S. doctors plan to bail out of the profession over the next three years.



#24 As 2007 began, there were just over 1 million Americans that had been unemployed for half a year or longer. Today, there are over 6 million Americans that have been unemployed for half a year or longer.



#25 All over the United States, local governments have begun instituting "police response fees". For example, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has come up with a plan under which a fee of $365 would be charged if police are called to respond to an automobile accident where no injuries are involved. If there are injuries as a result of the crash that is going to cost extra.



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Hiding in Plain Sight: The One-World System

Pastor Joe Schimmel continues to fight the good fight. I was at his site, checking out his blog, Cup of Joe, and was reminded of this blog once again, and thought it deserved a re-posting, for all those who haven't seen it. For all of you who didn't notice at the 2009 Pittsburgh G-20 conference, the U.S.A. was placed under control of the Central Bankers of Europe.

The Bible predicted a one-world, totalitarian government, that would trample and crush the world under its feet. To see how this system is already in place, at least economically, read here:

Hiding in Plain Sight: The One-World System

Will there be a 'Google implant' leading to the Mark of the Beast?

The news just keeps getting better and better, or scarier and scarier, depending on what sort of perspective you have about it. Google CEO announced last month that Google may invent a "implant" to put under the skin. Sound scary?

As the Book of Revelation says, in Chapter 13 verses 16-17:And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a MARK in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the MARK, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.A mark in their right hand that allows people to buy and sell? The match is so close that it’s almost as if the proponents of the “Google implant” – which is just an idea, neither endorsed nor planned by the company – were going out of their way to fulfil the prophecy of Revelation.

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At the same time, Schmidt envisions a future where we embrace a larger role for machines and technology. “With your permission you give us more information about you, about your friends, and we can improve the quality of our searches,” he said. “We don’t need you to type at all. We know where you are. We know where you’ve been. We can more or less know what you’re thinking about.”
Hmm. Judging by that last paragraph, I’m not sure I trust Schmidt to locate anyone’s creepy line. And why is he so relaxed about people naming the subcutaneous implant after Google? I have just two words of warning for him: Procter and Gamble.

to read the entire blog, go to:
Talk of the 'Google implant' will alarm fundamentalist Christians worried about the Mark of the Beast

Satan - Prince of the Air; Have You Been Indoctrinated Lately?

"... In which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience."  Ephesians 2:2

A nefarious, in fact, the Diabolical being himself, Satan, once holding the title of Lucifer (Light-bearer), is very active in our world, and yes, even in our nation today.  Today our culture makes light of him, of his existence/reality and moving among our midst.  And most of the time, we don't recognize his work.  In fact, many who are reading this, have probably already classified this blog as "one for the looney bin." 

I wanted to take a minute to promote http://www.goodfight.org/.  I've mentioned the site before.  Pastor Joe has done some excellent research and putting information and facts together that are out there, but overlooked or dismissed by most of society.

My wife and I ordered one of the DVD sets after viewing the theater portion of his site.  TRULY, we were dumbfounded by what we saw!

Many of the music groups you listen to today have been influenced either directly or indirectly by the adversary and his minions.  In the late 1800s, Aleister Crowley, raised in a household of Plymouth Brethren Chrisitans, surrundered himself to the devil,and came to view himself as the devil's "chief of staff." 
Crowley went on to write a book, The Book of the Law (that is, Satan's Law) that goes on to say, "The whole of the Law is, 'Do what thou wilt.'"  Sound familiar?  You've heard it through many media and messages in our world/society.  "Have it your way!"  "Make your own decisions."  "Don't let someone else tell you what to do!" and the list could go on ad naseum (great little Latin phrase).  It sounds very much like the Humanist manifesto.  Hmmm... do you think Humanists and Satanists have the same values?   Hmmm.... naaaahhh.... nevermind.

In one of the clips, Pastor Joe features a interview with Elvis' stepbrother Rick Stanley.  Rick (and some of the other crew) discussed how Elvis viewed himself as the reincarnation of Jesus.  Though, I guess the second time, Jesus' morals were alot lower.  Stanley mentioned a time when they were on the road, between shows, and there was a dark rain storm, and Elivs had had enough, and said "That's it!" and he raised his arms through the sunroof much like Moses leading the Israelites through the red sea, and the clouds parted over the highway, still raining on the right side and the left.  His crew was amazed.  Elvis considered them his disciples. 

Elivis read a book by Madame Blavatsky called The Secret Doctrine.  Once at an intermission, he was reading form Blavatsky's book, and began speaking with her voice.  He had to get one of the band members to continue the reading!  Oh, by the way, Crowley said that he and Blavatsky were one.  Blavatsky also influenced Anne Bailey who went on to work for the U.N. and took dictation from a spirit called "The Tibetan," (a.k.a. Dwjahl Kuhl).  This dictation Bailey took from the Tibetan consisted of a "World Curriculum," a globalist educational document which the U.N. publishes and follows down to this day.

Back to Crowley... he has influenced people like the Beatles (remember Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?  Guess who Sgt. Pepper was.  You guessed it, Mr. Crowley himself.)  He's also influenced the likes of Charles Manson (interestingly through the Beatles ~ all you need is love, right?), who set a great precedent historically in California.  Not to mention other bands like the Beach Boys; yes Brian Wilson himself received music from spirits that othewise normally tormented him as a "low-rumbling" noise in his head. 

Jimmi Hendrix's girlfriend mentioned Hendrix's torture of spirits in his mind.  Other notables like Carlos Santanya who've had great musical fame and reach have delievered to us angelic music.  Many of the heavy-metal/death-metal bands have much more pronounced linkages to the demonic/Satanic.  AD/DC, Van Halen, Mega-death... need I go on?  Other groups who produce albums with biblical themes like U2, and then go on to sing lyrics, "I still haven't found what I'm looking for!"  Really, why not?

Working as a substitute teacher, a yound child in one of my classes was delighting in the music group, Insane Clown Posse, also mentioned on the DVD, shown in a self-made video where they boast of having greater influence on your children than you do!  Scary?  I'd say.  Burn those albums!

The reason I write about this stuff is to raise a warning, to sound an alarm!  The Bible tells us about who is controlling world events:  1 John 5:19 We know that we are of God (Christians), and that the whole world lies in the power of the evil one. 


As a believer in the true Lord (John 20:28), who is returning for His creation in accord with the Biblical prophecies spoken by the prophets (yes, the Old Testament is still relevant), I can see there is a spiritual conspiracy leading us back to the days of Noah and afterwards when humanity came together as one, to build a temple reaching to the heavens to make a name for themselves.  And angels came and married women on earth.  Today, angles are still interacting with mankind on a daily basis, though their means have been modified. 

Those who took on human form have been thrown into hell (2 Peter 2:4; Jude 6).  The LORD God would not permit Satan and his minions to wreck His creation beyond salvation, by their tampering with the human gene pool.  The remaining demons do not want to hasten their time to hell, they fear it.  But they are deceiving humans through music, through movies, through internet websites, keekping us from looking around/enjoying God's creation, and being influenced by the witness of God's goodness (Rom. 1:19-20).  The LORD of all commands us to meditate on His word all the day (Jos. 1:8; 2 Tim. 2:15; Ps. 119:15, 48, 148), but these modern media that have so filled our lives keep us from thinking on/about, being filled with God's word.

The next time you hear Elvis, or listen to the radio, the music may indeed be angelic... but which angels inspired the song?  Music was created to glorify God, and point men to Him and His greatness and goodness (Jas. 1:17).  Let us guard ourselves, use music for its true nature.  If you do not have a relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ, and the thought of living under the rule of wicked spirits frightens you, Christ Jesus commands you to turn from your sin (anything opposed to the righteous will of God) to One who is Good, and trust Christ to be your Lord and Savior, and study your Bible every day (Rev. 22:6-17; 2 Tim. 2:15).

Jeremiah 29:11-13 ¹¹ 'For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope. ¹² 'Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. ¹³ 'You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

Effingham deputies call feds after arresting Russians with shovel, wire cutters outside Georgia Power plant | savannahnow.com

Hmmm... Interesting. It seems three Russian men were caught trying to break into a Georgia power plant. What in the world? Might they be Russian spies seeking to bring an attack to the homeland?

Deputies reported the men, who were inside a 1995 Nissan Pathfinder, had a machete, shovel, wire cutters and ski masks. One man also had black silk stockings in his front left pocket.

for more, read:
Effingham deputies call feds after arresting Russians with shovel, wire cutters outside Georgia Power plant savannahnow.com

While that's interesting... it's not nearly as interesting as what the U.N. is planning on doing!

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/09/08/years-setbacks-looks-world-leader/

'Hiding in Plain Sight: The One-World System'

In the link below, Heidi Swandler at Olive Tree Views, details for us how we are all living in an economic one-world system since 2009, at the G-20 summit. Now the bankers and international leaders are working over just how to "implement" this one-world system on us.

'Hiding in Plain Sight: The One-World System'

Here's an excdert of Swander's article:
"On April 2, 2009, the work of July 4, 1776 was nullified at the meeting of the G-20 in London." So begins an article written by author and commentator Dick Morris on April 7, 2009, titled, "European Socialism to Run Our Financial System." According to Morris, a communiqué from the meeting "essentially announces a global economic union with uniform regulations and by-laws for all nations, including the United States." Please note: This took place last year. (bold mine)
The Bible says that htis system is in place for a very short time, and the one world leader will emerge. Many religions are seeking the 'teacher' that will lead us into global harmony, whther he be Maitreya, Buddha, Boddhisatva, the 12th Imam or the Messiah. The Bible predicts this man claiming to be all of these, will emerge.

The book of Revelation details who the wrath of God is poured out upon the earth during the rule of this "man of lawlessness" who will end up persecuting the Jews. If you want to escape this dreadful reality on earth, repent (turn from) your sins, and ask Jesus to come in and save you.

"But God demonstrated His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Rom. 5:8