Apr 2
Inventors of Evil Things
In the first chapter of Romans, the apostle Paul lists one of the best insights into why mankind has given itself over
to unrighteousness. Probably the most famous quote from that chapter is, "Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools"
(Romans 1:22). In verse 30, Paul mentions "inventors of evil things," and I really think it is a perfect fit for the 21st century.
In the past few years, the Islamic faith has been very busy inventing new forms of evil. If hell were awarded patents for new forms
of iniquity, the followers of Allah would probably hold more of them than any other group on the planet. Every time I turn on the TV, I see
new examples of some of their research work. Here are some of their more infamous accomplishments:
The 9/11 attack included a series of new innovations. The highjackers used box cutters as weapons, they targeted four aircraft at
once, they selected planes that were full of jet fuel, and the aircraft were targeted against buildings.
No religion has a monopoly on the mistreatment of women, but Islam is still one of the worst in this category. What sets Islam apart is how it brainwashes women into thinking they are better off than non-Muslim women. Over the years, I’ve received several emails from Islamic
followers who try to promote this twisted lie.
Islamic militants have pioneered the field of videotaping murder. Historically, most acts of butchery have been conducted in secret. For example, millions of people were systematically murdered during World War II, yet there are only a few photos or films of the perpetrators' handiwork. Today,
there are many people who are proud to document their evil deeds. Several of their gruesome videos have been posted on the internet.
Last year, we had the scare regarding liquids on planes when Britain’s intelligence service uncovered a plot to hide liquid explosives
in shampoo bottles that would be hand-carried onto the aircraft. Terrorists were planning on bringing down a dozen or more
planes by mixing and detonating the bombs in mid-flight.
Muslim terrorist groups have been highly innovative in the area of suicide bombings. They were not the first to use this method
of killing people, but they are credited for taking it to a new level. The average Islamic suicide bomb is designed to kill the
maximum number of people. Most of these devices are packed with projectiles that are dispersed over a wide area.
Much imaginative thought has been applied to truck bombings. Islamic cells in Iraq have found all sorts of new ways to
deliver explosives to their intended targets. One time a cement truck was used to carry the deadly load.
They continue to this day to experiment with the size of the bombs. Just last week, a truck bomb carrying two tons of explosives
killed more than 150 people. It was the deadliest single bombing of the four-year-old war.
We have now seen terrorists use chemical weapons. I had previously stated that we would see chemical terrorist
attacks because of the progressive nature of sin. I now realize the inventive nature of Islamic terrorists will be the driving force
behind the use of chemical agents to kill large numbers of innocent people.
The ongoing crisis with the 15 British sailors and marines is another example of Islam's drive for innovation. Most
newspapers are calling them either hostages or captives. If it is true that these people were taken by ambush in Iraqi waters, they
should be called prisoners of war. Iran captured them to use as a ploy to distract the West from its nuclear program.
Showing the captives on television and forcing them to make confessions is a major step backwards for the Geneva Conventions.
I find it very frustrating to see Islam playing the role of "Teflon religion." The evil deeds of its followers never come back to
taint the mother faith. It's like Adolf Hitler walking away scot free from any blame after the defeat of Nazi Germany.
Because a unified global religion is part of Satan's master plan, we are not going to see Muslims portrayed as inventors of evil things.
Judgment will eventually come to the Islamic world. Someday, it will side with Israel's enemies and suffer a series of defeats.
--Todd
End-of-Days Scenarios Part 5
We have seen that Jesus forewarned that the time of His coming again to Planet Earth will be “as it was in the days of Noah.” That is, the characteristics
of the endtime generation will be like in the days presented in Genesis, chapter 6. When we look at that chapter, we conclude that it must have been a
terrifying time. This must have been true especially for Noah and his seven family members while the time just before the Flood surrounded them. But, the
whole generation of earth-dwellers must have lived under threat of violence. Violence filled the whole earth, God’s Word reports (Gen. 6: 11, 13). Even though business was moving along at a good, even accelerated pace, violence–terroristic activity--filled the earth.
Does this sound familiar? What did the president call the war declared upon an almost unidentifiable enemy following the 9/11 attacks? That’s correct,he called it “the war on terrorism.” And now the whole international community is uptight about the possibility of ramifications of the terror–the violence—that threatens to ignite war in the Middle East.
Every time such sparks begin to fly, members of the media begin to contact Todd and me, as well as others who have studied and expounded upon Armageddon and the “end of days,” as media like to frame the endtime. Violence of the deadliest sort fills the world with terror, and the cry for peace and safety from media and government diplomatic types proves it.
Jesus also said in His Luke 17 prophecies that things of society and economy would be pretty much business as usual at the time of His return at the end
of days. People will be eating and drinking. Men and women will be marrying, divorcing, just like nothing fearful was going on in their world. Daniel the prophet said in Daniel chapter 12 that great progress would be made in technology, travel, and communications at the time of the end.
Again, does any of this sound familiar? As we can see from the strength of the American economy, things are booming, despite the fact that we are now a
debtor nation at an unprecedented level. The United States is inarguably the most materially blessed nation-state in the history of the world. The greatest
king of Bible times lived at nowhere near the level of luxury and comfort as do even lower middle-class Americans today.
So, in that sense, business is going along, in this country at least, better than merely business as usual. It is just at such time as described that Jesus will step out on the clouds of glory and shout “Come up hither!”
Bible prophecy tells us that the day of the Lord will come (will begin) as a thief in the night. A thief suddenly breaks in. He doesn’t say “Hey! I’m
coming to break in!” That is how we can know that the thief-in-the-night-coming analogy is for another coming, not for the second advent –the time when
Jesus’ foot will touch down on the Mount of Olives, which will then cleave in half and create a rift all the way to the Mediterranean. Nearly two-thirds
of the world’s population will have perished in God’s full-blown wrath by the time of that Revelation 19:11 coming back to Planet Earth. Everyone on the planet still alive will see Christ’s coming to the earth’s surface.
The coming as a thief reference is to the rapture. It will be sudden, it will be stunning, it will be catastrophic.
Let us look at the potential calamitous things that will likely immediately follow the twinkling-of-an-eye intervention into this humanistic, last-days
world of earth-dwellers.
In the United States, a young mother, pregnant with her second, and with a small daughter riding in the basket, will be walking down an aisle in a supermarket. A truck driver will be steering a semi-tractor/trailer rig onto a superhighway in order to merge with the heavy traffic flow. A 757 captain will push the throttles to full power, headed down a runway at JFK in New York. A surgeon at a major hospital in Minnesota will begin to make the initial scalpel cut that will open a heart patient’s chest for a bypass procedure. A funeral director will straighten a collar of the starched white shirt worn by a corpse, whose funeral is next on the services schedule.
In less than the time it takes for a neuroelectrical synapse firing in the brain to take place, the young mother’s womb is empty. She sees her little girl vanish as she, herself, starts her fall to the floor from the shock of the physiological changes that are taking place in her body. The 18-wheeler is careening into the traffic, driverless, out of control, crushing and demolishing vehicles and their passengers, while raging ahead in its ungoverned course.
The 757 on the JFK runway is at full take-off speed, but the pilot and co-pilot are not at the controls, while the right wingtip dips toward the runway and catastrophe. The surgeon in Minnesota finds the scalpel cutting air, rather than flesh, because the patient is gone. The funeral director staggers backwards, astonished, because the burial apparel he has been making just right for presentation has collapsed, and the corpse is no longer in the casket.
We will have to leave, until next time, those scenario snippets as still-frame snapshots of the paradigm-changing dynamics of the rapture. Those will geometrically burgeon from the instant this stunning event takes place. It will be the most powerful occurrence of human history since Christ’s first advent intervened into the affairs of mankind.
--Terry
