Third Israeli Election While Coronavirus Panic Takes Hold
UPDATE (3/4/20): With virtually all votes now counted (> 99%), Likud's coalition has now lost another seat, down to 58 [source]. Though an improvement over the September election, this is actually a smaller coalition than the original April 2019 election that started this whole ordeal. Netanyahu is now three seats short of a majority. Were Kaduri and Shoshani right after all? Three elections in a row without a majority! The only way Bibi ekes this out is to get three other MK-elects to defect or to get Avigdor Lieberman to join the coalition. Neither proposition looks promising.
UPDATE (3/2/20): Polls have now closed across the country. Israeli media is reporting "unexpected results": three different exit polls are showing Likud with around 37 seats vs. Blue and White with 33. This would mean an improvement for Netanyahu's chances, but his conservative coalition would need 61 seats to secure a majority.
Polling stations have just opened across Israel as voting gets underway to decide the yearlong battle between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his rival Benny Gantz. Recent polls have shown a slight lead for Netanyahu, but will it be enough to secure a majority? Today's vote will be a test of some of the speculation around purported prophecies from several Jewish rabbis, including Yitzhak Kaduri and Sasson Hai Shoshani.
Demonstrating just how global the Coronavirus contagion has become, Israeli authorities have set up special polling stations to handle the 5,000 or so Israelis currently under quarantine for observation. As if a scene from the book of Numbers or one of the gospel accounts, an Israeli under quarantine orders could be seen complaining to the police about being treated like a leper:
Significantly, the U.S. government had withheld support for the annexation of the additional land proposed in the Deal of the Century until after today's elections. With the elections happening today and the six-member mapping committee moving steadily along, we are growing close to the division of the land.
Despite global panic over the virus, it's shocking just how aloof most remain as a monumental prophecy is set to unfold before our very eyes—the division of the land God allotted to the descendants of Jacob. The Great Sign two-and-a-half years ago wasn't enough to awaken the world and it seems a more concrete fulfillment won't be enough either. It's going to take something much greater to finally remove the blinders from their eyes.
Brother Barry summed it up well this morning:
This upcoming Saturday, March 7th, the morning star Venus will conjunct with Uranus (a transliteration of the Greek word for "Heaven"). Then 28 days later, Venus, nearing its brightest point of the year, will have its closest conjunction with the seven stars of Pleiades for the first time in hundreds of years. If September 23, 2017 was the astronomical aspect of Revelation 12:1–2 and October 8, 2018 was the alignment of Revelation 12:3–4, perhaps April 3–4, 2020 is the astronomical fulfillment of Revelation 12:5.
How much will the world change in 28 days following the Israeli elections and the continued spread of this viral contagion?
UPDATE (3/2/20): Polls have now closed across the country. Israeli media is reporting "unexpected results": three different exit polls are showing Likud with around 37 seats vs. Blue and White with 33. This would mean an improvement for Netanyahu's chances, but his conservative coalition would need 61 seats to secure a majority.
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Polling stations have just opened across Israel as voting gets underway to decide the yearlong battle between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his rival Benny Gantz. Recent polls have shown a slight lead for Netanyahu, but will it be enough to secure a majority? Today's vote will be a test of some of the speculation around purported prophecies from several Jewish rabbis, including Yitzhak Kaduri and Sasson Hai Shoshani.
Demonstrating just how global the Coronavirus contagion has become, Israeli authorities have set up special polling stations to handle the 5,000 or so Israelis currently under quarantine for observation. As if a scene from the book of Numbers or one of the gospel accounts, an Israeli under quarantine orders could be seen complaining to the police about being treated like a leper:
But as the stations opened Monday, some of the Israelis under quarantine were not happy with the way they were treated at their special voting stations.
A Jerusalemite who is under quarantine for fear of being infected caused a scene at the Jerusalem coronavirus polling station, according to a report by the Hebrew website Mako. He screamed through a megaphone 10 meters away from a police officer, “Don’t treat us like lepers.” [source]
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An Israeli votes at one of these special polling stations |
Despite global panic over the virus, it's shocking just how aloof most remain as a monumental prophecy is set to unfold before our very eyes—the division of the land God allotted to the descendants of Jacob. The Great Sign two-and-a-half years ago wasn't enough to awaken the world and it seems a more concrete fulfillment won't be enough either. It's going to take something much greater to finally remove the blinders from their eyes.
Brother Barry summed it up well this morning:
2nd US COVID-19 Death in Washington; Italian Soccer Teams play to empty stadiums and many companies cancel all travel, even domestic. French death toll doubles overnight and the Senior Advisor to the Ayatollah in Iran is dead from the virus. Jesus is coming soon, folks! BELIEVE on the Son of God! John 3:16
This upcoming Saturday, March 7th, the morning star Venus will conjunct with Uranus (a transliteration of the Greek word for "Heaven"). Then 28 days later, Venus, nearing its brightest point of the year, will have its closest conjunction with the seven stars of Pleiades for the first time in hundreds of years. If September 23, 2017 was the astronomical aspect of Revelation 12:1–2 and October 8, 2018 was the alignment of Revelation 12:3–4, perhaps April 3–4, 2020 is the astronomical fulfillment of Revelation 12:5.
How much will the world change in 28 days following the Israeli elections and the continued spread of this viral contagion?
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ReplyDeleteAn observation we made last night at our family dinner. The Democratic field for POTUS is Bernie, Biden, Beth and the billionaire. (Bloomberg) Funny eh?
DeleteA coronis (Ancient Greek: κορωνίς, korōnís, pl. κορωνίδες, korōnídes) is a textual symbol found in ancient Greek papyri that was used to mark the end of an entire work or of a major section in poetic and prose texts..
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is this coronis a mark that we are nearing the end of the church age?
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DeletePraying for Nashville, TN (US) as the city took a direct hit by tornado overnight. Our friends and associates there are okay there. Massive damage being reported on this "Super Tuesday" in Tennessee.
There is absolutely a connection between the dividing of the Land, which I've warned will lead to disasters, and the coronavirus. Did you all know that the four colors on the Palestinian flag correlate to the four colors of the four horses in Revelation (white, black, red and pale/green)? It's true.
ReplyDeleteThis virus have been wreaking havoc all over the world since the Deal of the Century has been released on January 28th. There is a forty day period between that day and the Feast of Purim, a war may erupt in the Middle-East this week, or a total financial collapse. This Covid-19 virus is meant to destroy the current world order as we know it.
DeleteI believe war starts today. The peace deal, Brexit, pestilence and economic collapse have arrived. War is next. And it looks like Turkey has declared it on Syria.
ReplyDeleteDuring the war in the Middle-East, Covid-19 virus increasingly wreaking havoc in especially Europe and a total financial collapse, the antichrist will arrive on the scene.
DeleteCould it be that this war will start when its overnight in Israel and Europe? Rocket and airplane attacks usually occurs when it is dark in Israel.
DeleteIf it is war that precedes our departure then it may likely be of a global nature (not regional). The regional conflict that seems to be growing has potential to touch on greater powers, namely NATO, and that has global implications.
DeleteSyrian air defences are such that they appear to down a significant amount of incoming fire from air-launched missiles. AAA and SAM sites would have to be neutralized along the path of an attack if ensure success. SAM suppression is a role the F-35 is well suited for. Missile carriers like the F-15 and F-16 might bring-up the rear.
IMHO, the fighting between Syria and Turkey is the one to watch.
A regional war in the Middle-East has severe global impacts on both the economy and society. Think about skyrocketing oil and fuel prices, trade being disrupted, terrorist groups wreaking havoc in Europe and other western nations, refugee crisis.
DeleteIt is possible that the Rapture precedes a regional war in the Middle-East (Psalm 83 war).
Harbinger time. We're still in this period of grace. He's calling out for the people to repent and come to Him for salvation. What a great God we serve. Long-suffering and full of compassion. Our redemption draws nigh. Also, Ezra 9:12 is interesting for Israel. Make no treaty with them nor was them peace.
ReplyDeleteAmen!
DeleteCovid-19 is a harbinger of what will happen during the Tribulation Period. Maybe a wake-up call to accept our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ as your redeemer and Lord?
DeleteDefinitely a wake-up call! You can almost hear the approach of the four horseman. Even so, the seals are yet to be broken. It is not yet their time.
Delete(Romans 10:9-10)
Looks like other way around maybe. Exit polls showing at least 60 seats for the right-wing block... maybe.
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ReplyDeleteCoronavirus death toll in the U.S. has gone up to 6.
ReplyDeleteGary, one aspect of the Deal of the Century I'm still not clear on. Isn't the dividing of the land predicated on the Palestinians ACCEPTING the deal? They've given indication they are NOT interested in any part of Trump's peace proposal. And if they don't accept, does this mean the land will not be further divided? Or is the very fact that it was SUGGESTED enough to bring God's judgement?
DeleteThat's a good question. The Palestinians may not have accepted yet, but the six-member committee is drawing FINAL BORDERS. They are effectively ceding 2/3rds of Judea and Samaria.
DeleteMy thoughts on this, based on a family member who understands the situation much better, is that the palestinians are irrelevant in the equation. There's so much money on the table now, wrapped up in contracts with the other countries like Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, etc, that they're the real powers at the table, and the palestinians will be forced to go along with whatever deal is signed regardless of their opinion of it. Money outweighs the Koran in those countries, and if you wave enough of it under their noses, allah will suddenly be okay with whatever the decide.
DeleteWell to be fair, God made a covenant with Israel, not the palestinians. It's Israel breaking the covenant, not anyone else breaking it with God. The fact that Israel is accepting it shows that they're breaking it. I don't think it matters what any other party wants.
DeleteSo then, God should definitely judge Israel. But will other nations, including America, be judged for being complicit in the agreement?
Delete(Jeremiah 18:1-10 ESV)
DeleteI read somewhere that Christian leaders are calling for a global day of prayer tomorrow (March 3) for coronavirus. For it to stop spreading and for healing for the victims and protection for those helping and for the gospel to be spread through this somehow and for us not to have a spirit of fear. Thought I would pass it on. Thanks for keeping us updated. Blessings to everyone here.
ReplyDeleteCovid-19 isn't a new flu strain at all. Influenza is caused by the HxNx viruses, but Covid-19 is actually similar to viruses which cause the common cold.
DeleteBibi won
ReplyDeletehttps://www.jpost.com/Israel-Elections/Benjamin-Netanyahus-Right-bloc-wins-majority-exit-polls-619513
ReplyDeleteIs this accurate : https://www.jpost.com/Israel-Elections/Benjamin-Netanyahus-Right-bloc-wins-majority-exit-polls-619513?fbclid=IwAR2DARyG_jvJhhHGl_ADLPuVEV7pCwmuFPVhsD3Bag_I7c8-3EdN1-nAowI
ReplyDeletehttps://www.nowtheendbegins.com/turkey-launches-operation-spring-shield-against-syria-demands-summit-putin-russia/
ReplyDeleteI heard Bibi’s majority number could change a bit overnight. I think not all of the military votes are in.
Turkey has destroyed a significant amount of Syrian military hardware in addition to the two planes it shot down on Sunday, said Akar, including “two drones, eight choppers, 135 tanks, five air defense systems, 86 cannons, howitzers and multiple rocket launchers, 16 anti-armors and mortars, 77 armed vehicles,” and “nine ammunition depots.”
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DeleteAs it stands now with 97% of the vote in, Netanyahu does not have enough seats. He would need 2 more (59 + 2). Likud is pressuring other MK-elects to defect. If that doesn't work, they'd have to have Avigdor.
ReplyDeleteTHIS DAY IN JEWISH HISTORY: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 (7 Adar, 5780)
ReplyDeleteQuoting, source: Chabad.org
Moses' Birth & Passing (1393 and 1273 BCE)
Moses was born in Egypt on the 7th of Adar of the year 2368 from creation (1393 BCE) and passed away on his 120th birthday -- Adar 7, 2488 (1273 BCE)
The Spanish Inquisition (1481)
The Inquisition was created in the twelfth century to find "Christian heretics" who would be punished or killed. Eventually, Jews too were open to such charges of heresy, simply for being Jewish; and torture was routinely used to extract "confessions." Over the years, the inquisition, which operated with Papal consent, spread to many countries.
In 1481 the Inquisition began to function in Spain to expose the secret Jews, known as the Anusim or Marranos. This Inquisition was anti-Jewish more than in any previous countries. The first public sentencing and burning alive of six marrano men and one woman by the Spanish Inquisition was held on this date in Seville in Southern Spain.
Praying for our brothers and sisters in Nashville, TN (US) in the wake of the tornado that tore through the heart of the city on this Super Tuesday.
DeleteThank you Pastor Rich, and everyone else praying for my home state. Love you Tennessee!!! Prayers lifted up for y'all!!!
ReplyDeleteSo Corona (Covid-19) has even reached the emerald isle (Ireland) we have had our 2nd case confirmed this week. You know it is a pandemic, when a small island gets infected!!
ReplyDeleteUpdate from this morning at the top!
ReplyDeletehttps://www.breakingisraelnews.com/146212/pre-purim-cyclone-esther-brings-unexpected-blessings-to-australia/
ReplyDeleteNow Netanyahu cannot form a majority in the Knesset with his right-wing government, what does that mean for the timing of the Rapture, rebuild of the Temple and confirming the Covenant with the many by the antichrist?
ReplyDeletehttps://youtu.be/SCsL5BUlC2k
DeleteThe following video suggests a possible rapture on Purim upcoming in the next few days. Moin, any thoughts on the above?
I haven seen this video, but it is very speculative! But at Purim, or shortly after, we can witness the collapse of the current financial and monetary systems, the stock markets are crashing due to the Coronavirus outbreak.
DeleteAt https://www.zerohedge.com/health/globalization-and-our-precarious-medical-supply-chains "Globalization And Our Precarious Medical Supply Chains".
ReplyDeleteIs this Covid-19 virus also meant to destroy the healthcare systems, paving the way for the diseases which will spread across the globe during the Tribulation Period (The fourth horseman on a pale horse from Revelation 6)?
I'm increasingly wondering how this virus fits with the season we are in. Whether it's a serious virus or not it is wreaking havoc on governments, financial and healthcare systems, ect. Makes you think about how things must be to bring in the AC. All the info on this virus is strange, one day in the US at least they act like it's a big deal but then the next they say it isn't. The media acts like we should be comforted because it's a survival of the fittest virus- what the globalists have been touting for years. It's a great opportunity to panic people into quarantines and martial law. It's a great chance to tank the global markets (look what it's doing to the top ones- China, US, Germany, ect), a great chance to put through/ suggest the mark (already pushing not using cash because of germs). Honestly you could go on and on with how this virus could make the world ripe for accepting someone bringing peace/safety/ a plan for the world. I see Moin what you are saying about the fourth horseman- I honestly see the potential for shadows of all the seals in this virus- right down to what the cost of a loaf of bread could be with the locusts, supply chains disrupted, and people unable to work right now in several countries. Then you add this with what is going on in Syria with Turkey, Russia and possibly US. The tornado in TN ripped up the very foundations of homes- really reminds us about whether your home is built upon the rock or sifting sand.
ReplyDeleteAny word on the Pope?!
ReplyDeleteGuys, this is scary. Coronavirus has hit our city. The shelves of the supermarket are bare. The great tribulation has started and Jesus hadn't come for us. We have been left to die in the tribulation with all the other sinners.
ReplyDeleteWe must change the name of this blog to "Left Behind"
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DeleteOk everyone, lets take a breath...breathe....big inhale and haaaaaaaa...yes!
DeleteYour OK, the Lords gotcha!
Luke, so what there scared, but not you right, you can spread the word of
the Lord, don't act so scarred brother!
Were in good Hands, our care is His constant concern.
At https://wallstreetonparade.com/2020/03/two-charts-explain-why-wall-street-banks-are-under-so-much-selling-pressure/ "Two Charts Explain Why Wall Street Banks Are Under So Much Selling Pressure" about the collapsing financial markets by this virus. In this article the following:
ReplyDelete"All of these banks have one thing in common: they each are exposed to tens of trillions of dollars in derivatives. And according to a 2016 report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the German mega bank, Deutsche Bank, is heavily interconnected via derivatives to each of these Wall Street banks. (See chart below.) Deutsche Bank’s stock lost 5.49 percent yesterday, bringing its losses to 30 percent in just the past 15 trading sessions. That’s common equity capital that Deutsche Bank can’t afford to lose: its shares have lost 75 percent of their common equity value in the past five years. The IMF concluded that Deutsche Bank posed a greater threat to global financial stability than any other bank as a result of these interconnections – and that was when its market capitalization was tens of billions of dollars larger than it is today."
I think that this virus is causing the mother of all financial collapses, economic and societal devastation. At https://volcanocafe.wordpress.com/2013/09/13/friday-volcanic-riddles/comment-page-1/#comment-100487 I compared the financial crisis of 2008, when Lehman Brothers collapsed, with a severe volcanic eruption.
From Monday March 9th to Tuesday March 10th the Jews will celebrate Purim. On Sunday March 8th it will be exactly 40 days after the revelation of the Deal of the Century. Could the oncoming Purim mean the total collapse of the current financial system?
At https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/07/world/coronavirus-news.html "Italy is locking down much of the north, its economic engine". See also https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51787238 "Coronavirus: Northern Italy quarantines 16 million people".
ReplyDeleteLocking down an economically important region of Italy is asking for a total financial and economic disaster in Europe, causing panic, collapsing financial markets, failing banks and civil unrest. Europe is being severely hit by this virus and its financial, economic and societal impacts. It has to do with the arrival of the antichrist from Europe, of course.
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ReplyDeletehttps://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/single-toilet-paper-roll-sells-for-1000-as-coronavirus-panic-buying-reaches-new-level-c-729542
ReplyDeleteAt https://www.raptureready.com/2020/03/08/shaking-the-nations-by-daymond-duck/ "Shaking the Nations :: By Daymond Duck":
ReplyDelete"Eight: Know that God established Israel’s borders and warned people not to divide His land and scatter His people (Joel. 3:2).
On Jan. 28, 2020, Pres. Trump revealed the political part of his peace proposal; it accepted Israeli sovereignty over Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria, and it included “conceptual” maps of what Israel will look like.
Prime Min. Netanyahu seemed ready to annex Judea and Samaria right away, but Pres. Trump asked him to replace the “conceptual” maps with detailed maps that show Israel’s new borders.
A team from the U.S. and Israel was established to develop detailed maps, and they met for the first time on Feb. 24, 2020.
On that same day, the UN Security Council met and agreed to continue support for a negotiated two-state solution.
On that same day, the U.S. Dow Jones stock market dropped 1,031 points.
The U.S. and Israel map committee continued to meet all week, and the Dow Jones continued to drop all week, and it had lost almost 4,000 points by week’s end.
If that isn’t enough, the news was filled with stories about the Coronavirus going global.
Some will question the suggestion that there is a connection between redrawing the borders of Israel, the UN position on the two-state solution, the decline of the Dow Jones stock market, and the global spread of the Coronavirus, but the fact that all of this started on the same day is undeniable."
How should we live?
ReplyDeleteKnowing that this world is more being usurped by the nwo, the rapture and the Lord's coming is nigh, seemingly within years, how should we live?
Should we still try to study hard for those good grades to get into the best college, should we still embroil ourselves in high stress jobs to earn a bigger salary, busy our minds with business to earn a living - or should we all leave it behind, let it go, and live in simplicity, awaiting the Lord?
I'm pressed between the two - to continue to strive for more business opportunities or simply to key out all go, live with what's been saved up do far for me and my family.
How about you? What is your approach?
Living in simplicity of course and doing simple community jobs in return for your social benefit (Workfare, work for the dole).
DeleteWe are living to love the LORD and love others as Christ commanded. I am still working as a church planter and we are still looking toward a tomorrow but with the knowledge that everything is subject to change.
DeleteBut when you get right down to it -- how is that different from any other day before the advent of the R12S?
It's not.
At https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8079553/Supermarkets-prepare-FOOD-RIOTS-coronavirus.html "Supermarkets prepare for FOOD RIOTS as part of emergency plans to feed the nation as panic buying Brits strip shelves faster than they can be refilled.. but high streets and shopping centres are deserted". And oil prices are plummeting now ,see https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/08/investing/oil-prices-crash-opec-russia-saudi-arabia/index.html "Oil crashes by most since 1991 as Saudi Arabia launches price war".
ReplyDeleteI think that we can brace ourselves for a total collapse of the economy, financial system and society.
I believe in mentally, physically, financially and most importantly, spiritually preparing for what will be the worlds greatest evangelistic times ahead.
ReplyDelete...the greatest of these is being prepared to give an account for who we are and what we have done to one another as a witness, yes, but most of all for when we stand before the King.
DeleteUntil then we do have the greatest evangelistic times ahead -- your personal story shared with those you meet today! Share it with joy, love and enthusiasm.
Pastor Rick....We will be evangelizing 3 years from now. I was slapped very hard for saying that in 2017. We have just started receiving but a pin prick. My faith grows every day, but I shake my head at the festive atmosphere. We have some serious down trodden people ...and this is nothing compared to what Christian's have been going through on the other side of this sphere.
DeleteBrother, you've shared your heart with me and I love you and respect you for that. I celebrate that your faith grows daily!
DeleteMy wife and I cannot abide what the world calls living business as usual. This is not usual. The business we're concerned with is that of our Father. I say that not to you as much as I do our fellow guests in this space.
Although you and I do not agree on the *when* of our going -- we agree that it is a fact that we are going! As long as Christ Himself is always at the centre of our faith -- I'm good with calling you friend and brother!
Pastor Rich...Amen brother! We all here will go up together...and my mind goes numb trying to fathom how long eternity with Christ is. As the lyric says..."When we've been there...10,000 years, bright shining as the sun...we've no less days to sing God's praise as when we first begun."
DeleteThank you Rich for having me feel welcome and inclusive.
No Rapture on or after Purim, but exactly 40 days after revelation of the Deal of the Century the financial markets are crashing financial markets and the price of crude oil has collapsed. I think that we are seeing the beginning of a total crash of the current financial system.
ReplyDeleteA PIN-POINT: Transportation stocks plunge into a bear market
ReplyDeleteQuoting, CNN,
"Oil prices may be plummeting, but that's small consolation for crude-dependent airlines, trucking companies and railroads.
The Dow Jones Transportation Average (DJT) plunged 6.6% Monday morning before the market was halted for a circuit breaker. The index was still down more than 5% when stocks resumed trading.
The transports are now officially in a bear market -- more than 20% below its recent peak. Lower fuel costs won't offset the massive drop in demand that transportation companies are facing in light of the coronavirus outbreak.
The index, which counts major airlines United (UAL), Delta (DAL), Southwest (LUV) and American (AAL) among its 20 members, has plunged 26% from the 52-week high it hit in January.
This is bad news for the global economy, as these companies are responsible for getting goods and people around the world.
Investors are clearly worried the bear market for transportation stocks could be a harbinger of a long protracted pullback for stocks -- and perhaps even a global recession -- on the horizon."
At the very least, it now seems that the "days of Noah" argument which made the case that the rapture would occur in times of normalcy and complacency was not correct. The markets are in free fall, the pandemic is spreading exponentially, and things are anything but "normal". Using conservative estimates regarding infectivity, epidemiologists are predicting that all ICU beds in the US will be full by early to mid May 2020. Once sick patients are left to recover on their own at home, mortality rates in the 15% range (among those ill) are reached, as this is roughly the percentage of ill patients who require intensive care. This appears to be what happened in China, and is why they were erecting 1000 bed "hospitals" in a mad dash to care for the ill. This plan failed, and then the crematoriums were fired up and run at full capacity. Then additional furnaces were brought in. Most of those who died, did so at home, and were not counted toward official death totals.
ReplyDeleteWe are left with two possibilities: either the rapture has already happened, and very few went, or the rapture will occur in a time of growing real world calamity. I don't believe we have missed the rapture, and I do subscribe to the "pretribulational" model based on scriptural evidence. How far we go into this crisis before we are pulled out is anybody's guess at this point.
Or does the "Days of Noah" argument mean that our Lord intervened with the Coronavirus which is wreaking havoc now? That virus began in a time of normalcy and complacency.
DeleteThe sudden destruction from no one will escape (1 Thessalonians 5:3), is that the current Coronavirus and the collapsing financial markets?
Keep in mind that all was well in the days of Noah on the hour it began to rain.
DeleteMankind has seen flu epidemics that wiped out millions. This time it seems to be different. I cannot help but see parallels to the passage of death over Egypt.
As in the days of Noah, a moment before the first raindrop fell all was well according to the world.
How quickly that changed...
How quickly that has changed since president Trump has revealed his Deal of the Century. Maybe that the Rapture will still occur during or even after the Tribulation Period?
DeleteThe times of Noah being peaceful and calm? I read instead that there was great violence and evil throughout the earth in those days... Along with a population boom and the rise of 'celebrities' (It says 'men of great reknown')
DeleteWhat I see in the world is that we got some places that look like Noah's time, and other areas looking like Lot's time... and other parts looking a bit like Egypt during Moses' time...
I humbly submit that "maybe" is not a word God uses. With God, all things are possible. He operates with possibilities not probabilities.
ReplyDeleteWe all know that are not given to have all of the answers in this place. I don't even know that we'll have the answers even standing before the King. But I do know there is no Plan-B with God.
Each of us must give an answer for ourselves. We must make an account for who we are and what we have done. Who I am is who I am in Christ. Jesus is my account. What I once was is now dead. What I am is forgiven. Renewed, redeemed.
We are called to take up our cross daily and follow Him. This is the reason we cannot be concerned for ourselves -- we are to be concerned with the work given us today by our Father in heaven. We are to be busy about our Father's business.
It's perfectly fine to ask questions as there is no question you cannot take to your Father -- but may I remind our readers do so with a Bible in your hands and a prayer on your lips. Take these matters to the Father and allow Him to lead you in discovery on who He Is by the teaching of His Holy Spirit.
Wisdom is something He gives freely to those who ask.
We are witnessing that the Coronavirus is already damaging/devastating the financial system, the economy and society. Think about the lock down measures in several countries and collapsing financial markets which can make banks to fail. Did you also notice that this virus has been wreaking havoc since president Trump has revealed his Deal of the Century?
ReplyDeleteHowever, we have entered the age of chaos and misery since Trump has revealed his Deal of the Century. But how does it fit with according to these Bible verses below that the Rapture will happen during a time in which the daily life is business as usual and people are complacent? Because of that devastating Coronavirus and its associated panic I see that the daily life and the economy are going into a complete shutdown and that financial markets are collapsing. Non-Christians also notice that something wrong is going on. When this virus and its associated panic is causing so much chaos that both the economy and society are collapsing, it isn't as in the Days of Noah at all. And is the sudden destruction what this virus is wreaking havoc and its dire economical and societal consequences?
"Matthew 24:37-39 King James Version (KJV):
37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Luke 17:26-27 King James Version (KJV):
26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
1 Thessalonians 5:3 King James Version (KJV):
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape."
In my opinion, these verses have more to do with Mid-Trib and/or 2nd Coming, not Rapture
ReplyDeleteDuring the first 3.5 years of the Tribulation Period the daily life won't be business as usual at all, because the Four Horsemen of Revelation 6 will cause widespread devastation, war, famine and diseases.
DeleteVery true, but we have all of that now, and life still goes on.
DeleteAs far as the "Days of Noah" implying that everything is going about business as usual, I don't think we can look at current events and discard that idea quite yet. First, for the average person, despite the Corona virus, despite the stock market gyrations, life really is continuing as normal. Media hype doesn't equate to actual practical impact for the majority of people. To me, it's like saying that an earthquake destroyed a village/city, or a hurricane swept through Florida. Yes, for a percentage of the population, that's devastating, but most of the world just continues business as normal. So, a world-wide great depression would certainly change the situation, so would US gov't economy collapse. But I view the current situation as a birth pang. Possibly set up for future Trib events, but not excluding the idea that the Rapture could be near.
ReplyDeleteI think what you mean is that YOUR life hasn't been greatly affected. Your "average person" translates as "average American". An individual in China, Italy, or Iran might have a different perspective. I think one of the problems the American Christian community has is a fundamental belief that they are special. People in other parts of the world have tragic things occur, but not here. It will never come here. We will be whisked away long before. If anything, I would say the mainstream media has downplayed current events. They have entirely failed to investigate the string of evidence linking the pandemic to the Wuhan level 4 biolab. They have largely failed to question China's state controlled narrative on the severity of the outbreak. They have overlooked odd "coincidences" linking the Gates Foundation and the World Military Games to the John's Hopkins "Event 201" coronavirus pandemic simulation on 10/18/2019. Legitimate journalism would turn over every rock looking for answers. What we have instead is media containment and propaganda, not investigation. Also, I am seeing the idea surfacing among Christian conservatives that the entire event is some sort of Leftist conspiracy to remove Trump from office. This has now passed the Rubicon into total insanity. Rational people would not believe that entire foreign nations would destroy their own economies in order to remove Trump from office via some sort of media conspiracy. The sad reality is, Trump is a narcissistic tool of the very "Deep State" he pretends to oppose. Take a look at his Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, his past relationship with Trump, and his connections to the Rothschild banking empire. It will be enlightening. It's time to wake up people! America is not "special". We have murdered millions of unborn innocents. We have spread pornography around the world. We have engaged in numerous foreign wars chasing false flag-generated boogy men, slaughtering more innocents in the process. All in the name of empire building. Judgment will come to America too.
DeleteOn the Dutch commercial broadcast RTL-Z was an item about a severe outbreak of this Coronavirus in the US, see https://www.rtlz.nl/z-zoekt-uit/video/5051301/waarom-de-coronacrisis-groot-kan-worden-de-vs "Waarom de coronacrisis groot kan worden in de VS".
DeleteThere in the US are no health insurances and no payment of wages during illness. In the US the healthcare system isn't coronaproof and that can be very dangerous for both the US economy and the US society.
When the Coronavirus is wreaking havoc in the US, we can expect a total financial meltdown and the Collapse of the Dollar, will that be God's punishment for the Deal of the Century?
Actually, I meant that ALL disruptive events effect someone somewhere. And don't effect the majority elsewhere. The Tsunami in Japan several years ago was debating to Japan. But not to, say, Peru. What I was originally responding to was the idea that "well, the Corona virus means people aren't going about their lives like normal, therefore either we're wrong that life will be normal right before the rapture or the rapture isn't going to happen soon". My argument was simply that life is still normal for most people on the planet. Which I still maintain is true.
Delete*devastating to Japan
DeleteOr the Rapture will happen DURING the TRibulation Period.
DeleteNightfall has come to Israel and the sun is beginning to set in the Americas.
ReplyDeleteIt is Purim.
We can remember it as being marked by the greatest single day drop in history of the Dow as stocks loose 2,014 points (or 7.8%) for the day.
Just out of curiosity here is what Strong's (G2014) has to share,
Quoting, Biblehub.com
Strong's Concordance (G2014)
epiphainó: to show forth, i.e. to appear
Original Word: ἐπιφαίνω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: epiphainó
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-fah'-ee-no)
Definition: to show forth, to appear
Usage: I appear (as of a light in the heavens or from the heavens), shine upon.
HELPS Word-studies
Cognate: 2014 epiphaínō (from 1909 /epí, "suitably on," which intensifies 5316 /phaínō, "appear") – properly, to appear to achieve the fitting purpose, i.e. as it builds on (Gk epi) on the particular situation. See 2015 (epiphaneia).
Our missionary to the Philippines got out of country just-in-time. Reports from a local pastor say that Manila is shut-down. I have not personally dug on that news yet.
ISRAEL ELECTIONS
Reports from last week indicate that the official election results will go to President Rivlin tomorrow. Also on the horizon is the corruption trial of PM Netanyahu on 21 Adar or Tuesday, March 17th.
Will the PM get the mandate again? Will a government be formed?
We'll have to wait and see...
Water turning to wine? (If you didn't know how it happened, it could be interpreted that way, heh. Even CNN occasionally prints something interesting now and then)
ReplyDeletehttps://www.cnn.com/travel/article/italy-lambrusco-wine-from-faucet-castelvetro-trnd/index.html
1,000 litres accidentally dumped into the local water system. Apparently it affected about 20-homes. Fascinating!
DeleteLooks like Gantz has the mandate. However, can he form the government? Interesting times for Israel.
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