The Cloud, The Stone, And The Serpent: Stranger Things (Part II)

In June I wrote about a strange string of occurrences that seemed prophetic in nature—unusual "happenings" that closely matched the Scriptures and prophetic themes we at Unsealed had been discussing in the immediately preceding months.

With just four days left until historic midterm elections in the United States, and weeks to go until the big unveiling of the Trump-Kushner Middle East peace plan, which itself could be the forerunner or basis of the covenant mentioned in Daniel 9:27, it seems another series of strange things have happened...

The Emerald Theme—Again

Back in June we noted that the Kilauea eruption in Hawaii was literally raining emeralds upon the southeast portion of the island.  A Throne surrounded by an emerald is the first thing the Apostle John saw when he was raptured to Heaven (Rev. 4:3).  This theme is again in the news:

Massive, 5655-Carat "Lion Emerald" Unearthed in Africa

Falling Stones

On Monday, July 23rd, a 220-lb stone became dislodged high up on the Western Wall and came crashing down, nearly crushing a lone Jewish woman who was praying mere feet away.  From where it dislodged, it almost looked as if the boulder had been "punched out" from within the wall itself, but no one could have done that.  How it fell remains a complete mystery with Israeli archaeologists offering paltry answers like "moisture buildup" or "plant growth".

Perhaps this serves as a powerful reminder that Jerusalem is about to come crashing down, but the woman, Israel, will narrowly escape harm when she flees into the wilderness.

Daniella Goldberg, the Jewish woman who survived the incident, is 79 years old.  Notice that in Psalm 90:10 the potential maximum length of a biblical generation is 80 years.  She escaped destruction just months short of the max length of a generation.  For Israel, that would likely be 2028.  Will Israel persevere through the final seven years of the age before 2028, its 80th birthday?

Her name is the feminized version of Daniel, the prophet who foretold of 70 weeks of years that will transpire before Israel's redemption is completed (Dan. 9:24–27).  The final week of years—the Tribulation—was prophesied to be the worst period of time in human history, but near the end of this terrible time the Jews will finally recognize Jesus Christ as LORD and Messiah.

You can watch Daniella Goldberg's harrowing near-miss below:

Shekinah Cloud

On September 30th, the eve of Hoshana Rabbah (the final day of the Feast of Tabernacles), a blue-hued mist mysteriously appeared on the Temple Mount.  Jewish worshipers across the Kidron Valley on the Mount of Olives were awestruck by the sight, which instantly brought to mind the luminous Shekinah Glory of God that once shone from the Temple.

Amazingly, the mist actually appeared to come up out of the ground of the Temple Mount.  Video footage captured the whole thing:

Three weeks later, eerie, blood-red skies appeared over England.  Many Brits were spooked by skies the likes of which they had never seen:

Video below:

The Serpent

The chief enemy of God's people is none other than the corrupted cherub (Ezk. 28:12–19) who appeared as a serpent in the Garden of Eden to deceive Eve into eating the forbidden fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.

The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray.  He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

- Revelation 12:9

God's people and the seed of the serpent have been at war ever since (Gen. 3:15), but soon and very soon the Church will crush him underfoot (Rm. 16:20) when we go up and the devil and his angels come down (see more about this here, here, and here).

When that serpent is finally hurled down once and for all, he will seek to possess Jerusalem and its Temple Mount, during which time he will greatly persecute the Jews and the Gentile Tribulation Saints.

Could it be anymore fitting then, that on Halloween Day, just two days ago, a snake emerged from the Temple Mount, wriggling out from between the stones of the Western Wall as Jews were praying below.  The snake lunged for a pigeon, which managed to fly away to safety.

When the dragon saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.  The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time, out of the serpent’s reach.

- Revelation 12:13–14

Someone captured the incident on video:

After the serpent's unsuccessful attack, a man pulled the snake down (video here).  Compare this foreshadowing to Revelation 20:1–2 in the immediate aftermath of the Tribulation:

And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain.  He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.

But that's not all.  Just a few days earlier at a White House Halloween party, President Trump commandeered a child's serpent staff.  The President waved the staff at the media:

You can't make this stuff up.  Consider for a moment that this fallen cherub/serpent/dragon being commonly called "the devil" or "satan" makes important appearances at the beginning, middle, and end of the Bible (the serpent in Eden, the devil tempting Jesus and possessing Judas in the gospels, and the fallen dragon in Revelation).

Now, let's take a look back to the Israelites' wandering in the wilderness following their failure to trust God's providence when they arrived at the Promised Land.  Despite God's visible miracles and deliverance they remained rebellious, impatient, and, quite frankly, whiny.

Their whining reached God's ears and He sent venomous snakes upon them.  Yet, in the midst of His judgment upon the Israelite camp, He provided a means of physical salvation in the form of a serpent staff called the Nehushtan.  Any Israelite who looked upon the serpent staff was saved even if they had been bitten.

They traveled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, to go around Edom.  But the people grew impatient on the way; they spoke against God and against Moses, and said, 'Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness?  There is no bread!  There is no water!  And we detest this miserable food!'

Then the Lord sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died.  The people came to Moses and said, 'We sinned when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord will take the snakes away from us.'  So Moses prayed for the people.

The Lord said to Moses, 'Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.'  So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole.  Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived.

- Numbers 21:4–9

In the beginning, the serpent succeeded in having Adam and Eve eat the poisonous fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.  The poison from the fruit killed their spirits and permanently damaged and altered their genetics.  Thus the Fall of Mankind.  The poison has been passed down to all of us.

But God became man to suck the poison out:

Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.  For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.  Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.

- John 3:14–18

How amazing is it that this very year, during the Trump/Pence ("Trumpets") administration, shortly after the 70th anniversary of Israel, in the aftermath of the Revelation 12 Sign(s), the symbol of the serpent shows up once again via the serpent from the Western Wall and the Nehushtan held by Trump.

Let everyone be reminded by this that if you want to be delivered at the sound of God's trumpet, you better look to the Son of Man who, like the snake in the wilderness, was lifted up so that you, too, could be lifted up and taken away—healed and delivered from the serpent's venomous bite.

As I've said several times lately, we're now living in a short intermission of time at the crossing of the dispensations/eons.  The Revelation 12 Sign is passed.  Israel's 70th birthday is passed.  Israel's biblical identity is now law once again.  And the deliverance of the Church into Heaven and the onset of the Day of the LORD are on the near horizon.

It is the worst possible time to harden your heart, believing that your Master delayeth His coming.  Get right with the LORD and get aboard the Ark.

There will be no delay.

~ MARANATHA ~

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