The End Times Are Here :: By Nathele Graham

 

Too many Christians walk around with blinders on. They are being led by blind shepherds who follow the latest trend found in books that aren’t God-breathed. That leads to a malnourished flock. God spoke His words to men who honored Him and wrote those words as a guide. From Genesis through Revelation, God wrote it all. If we study and pay attention to the Holy Spirit’s guidance, we will be better able to understand things we read in Scripture, and why many pulpits are dead.

Sadly, many Christians have little, if any, knowledge of Scripture. They trust pastors to speak God’s truth, but we are in the final days, and many pastors don’t preach the pure word of God. Ask a fellow Christian who won last night’s baseball game, and you’ll get an enthusiastic recount of the game. Ask that same person about their faith in God, and you get an offhand answer like, “I go to church.”

“Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth” (1 Timothy 4:1-3).

Are you one who is more interested in secular happenings than in the all-important subject of eternity? If so, ask yourself if any celebrity or sports figure died for your salvation. The answer is simple. Only Jesus Christ, God incarnate, gave His life willingly for your salvation. Why, then, do you care more about this life than eternal life?

In the above passage, the Apostle Paul warned the young pastor, Timothy, about the “later days.” He said that corruption of God’s truth will happen. Paul was correct. It was Timothy’s job in those early days to teach God’s pure truth. If Timothy and the other pastors in those early days had deviated from God’s Holy Spirit-breathed truth, Christianity would have died long ago. We can see many “doctrines of devils” that have corrupted the faith. Many pastors allow and encourage yoga, contemplative prayer, and other non-Christian practices. It’s important to meditate upon God’s word, but that’s very different than Eastern meditation where you clear your mind and open yourself to be entered by a demon.

“I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways” (Psalm 119:15).

When you meditate upon God’s word, your mind isn’t emptied but filled with God’s words. If you practice yoga or eastern meditation of any kind, you are in disobedience to God.

Another corruption that has happened over time is in the mission field. Missionary work has moved away from sharing the Gospel to a works-based welfare type of effort where you repair houses, plant crops, and give gifts, hoping the lost will ask about Christ. If you want to be a missionary, study Paul’s method and stop being ashamed of the Gospel.

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek” (Romans 1:16).

Jesus told the story of the good Samaritan, but that wasn’t talking about spreading the Gospel. That was about doing what is right. Jesus said to preach the Gospel.

“And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15).

It’s always wise to listen to Jesus and obey. Good works have their place, but if that’s how you’re doing missionary work, then you need to get back to studying Scripture.

Today there are some religions, even ones that claim to be Christian, that forbid marriage by the clergy. Paul wrote that forbidding to marry is one of those doctrines inspired by the devil. Marriage is a very sacred covenant between a man and a woman and was first instituted by God in the Garden of Eden. Why, then, is marriage forbidden in some denominations? Marriage between a man and a woman was established in the Garden of Eden and is a picture of Christ and the ekklesia (His church).

Paul does mention in His first letter to the Corinthians that it isn’t wrong not to marry. “I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, it is good for them if they abide even as I. But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn” (1 Corinthians 7:8-9). Paul had chosen not to be married and found it was easier to serve Christ. But we know that Peter was married; also, Priscilla and Aquilla were husband and wife. Singleness needs to be ordained by God, not forced upon a person in order to be a leader in a denomination.

Through the centuries since Paul wrote to Timothy, human thoughts have slipped in, and much of the ekklesia won’t tolerate sound doctrine. Doctrines of demons are very evident today. In order to keep the collection plates full, the pastor has no problem teaching doctrines that are inspired by devils. Those sermons might be nice and tickle the ears, but they have no place being preached from a pulpit.

I saw a video once that talked about “The Christ Conscience” (a doctrine straight from Satan’s mouth). One person loved attending services on Sunday because she could just relax and be made to feel good about herself. It’s good to know that Jesus loves you and that He died for your sin, but you have to understand that you are a sinner saved by grace.

“But if we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us” (1 John 1:8-10).

Unless you recognize the sin in your life, you will never turn from it. You won’t grow in grace and wisdom. The time has come when people won’t put up with sound doctrine. Many pastors preach New Age, prosperity Gospel, replacement theology, all faiths lead to Heaven, purpose-driven lies, etc. These are all doctrines of demons.

Many will depart from the faith, and we see that happening today. Some public Christians have hardened their hearts and publicly departed from the faith… denying Christ who shed His blood. The real question is, did they ever sincerely accept Christ in the first place. Have you? Would you rather hear jokes from the pulpit and a feel-good gospel rather than be fed meat from Scripture to help you grow? You can’t blame others for your lack of Scriptural understanding. With prayer and guidance by the Holy Spirit, you will be led into understanding.

“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness” (2 Timothy 2:15-16).

Keeping Christ outside and apart from the congregation is a sign that the Rapture is very close. “Behold I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me” (Revelation 3:20). That was written in the last letter which Jesus dictated to the Apostle John. It describes how congregations will be just before the Rapture. You need to answer Christ’s knock on the door of your heart before it’s too late.

The end times are here, and we are in the latter days of which Paul wrote about. Don’t be deceived. Study Scripture for yourself. It’s much more interesting than any form of entertainment you might indulge in. It’s straight from the heart of God.

God bless you all,

Nathele Graham

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www.raptureready.com
www.prophecyupdate.com
www.raptureforums.com

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25 Jul 2022

Wickedness in High Places

“Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, Before the evil days come, and the years draw near when you say, “I have no pleasure in them” (Ecclesiastes 12:1). Those days are here with a vengeance! “See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil” (Ephesians 5:15-16).

MINDS, BODIES, AND SOULS OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH ARE IN DANGER

Skittles Candy unfit to consume; lawsuit claims Skittles contain “heightened levels” of titanium dioxide (TiO2). It can build up over time, as the body doesn’t excrete it well. It’s potentially genotoxic (can change DNA), and can cause cancer.

Arsenic and lead prevalent in baby food. The FDA released disturbing statistics on widespread contamination in the food supply as high levels of toxic lead and arsenic are found in the majority of mainstream baby foods. Of 384 baby foods sampled, 51% were positive for arsenic. 65% for cadmium, 21% for lead, and 3% for mercury. Toxic heavy metals endanger infants’ neurological development and long-term brain functioning. Babies and children are most vulnerable to neuro-toxic effects.

Autism Rate Now 1 in 30 Among American Children says a new study published in JAMA Pediatrics. In a recent article, Dr. Mercola wrote, “Improved diagnosis alone cannot explain this trend. One in 30 children and adolescents were not autistic in the 1980s, with or without diagnosis. No, something is going on. One or more environmental factors are clearly having a devastating impact on our children.”

Preferred Pronouns and More: What I Saw at Teachers Union Convention. The National Education Association (NEA) convention again proved public schools aren’t safe for families with traditional values. It’s evident that the teachers union is a lobbying arm of the Democrat Party. The NEA claims “preferred pronoun practice” is essential for a more inclusive society, and speakers were encouraged to state their “preferred” pronouns. The list of business showed the NEA only represents those with radical left views. It doesn’t want public education to be neutral ground in developing critical thinkers with an emphasis on academic achievement. The NEA only cares about indoctrination and has willing minions to do its bidding.

Under Guise of ‘Learning English,’ Boston High School Teaches Newly-Immigrated Students That Physical Violence and Political Assassinations Are Legitimate Form of “Resisting Oppression.”

At least 181 K-12 educators charged with child sex crimes in first half of 2022. 140 involved sex crimes against students.

…AND THEN THERE’S THE ABORTION ABOMINATION…

House passes bills to protect abortion access at the federal level. Next, it goes to the Senate.

…IN THESE DAYS OF LOT RETURNED…

House Passes Bill to Strengthen Same-Sex Marriage Rights. Next, it goes to the Senate.

Gender Activists Urge Anthropologists to Stop Labeling Human Remains’ Male’ Or ‘Female.’

Women and transgender may soon feature on Israel’s road signs as its transportation ministry joins the road sign nonsense going on in a number of countries. What’s next? Perhaps people who identify as animals [furries]?

WITH INIQUITY ABOUNDING

1 arrested in Washington State Walmart shooting, 2 still at large. Gang members confronted rival gang members. Not content with shooting only rival gang members, an elderly customer was shot in the leg as he fled and a young security guard was shot numerous times.

Law & Order film crew member shot to death while reserving parking places for the show in NYC.

Supermarkets, Restaurants Hire Security, Limit Hours to Combat Crime.

Restaurant owner testifies crime now ‘a daily part of life’ in Twin Cities. All of Brian Ingram’s restaurants and offices have been robbed numerous times, on many occasions by the same criminal who is released within 24 hours, then robs him again a few weeks later.

AND APOSTASY AND DOCTRINES OF DEMONS

House Democrats refused to consider resolution condemning ongoing violence against churches and pro-life pregnancy centers and groups across the country.

LAST DAYS TRAITORS (GLOBALIST GOBLINS AND THEIR PLAN FOR TOTALITARIAN GOVERNMENT)

On Tuesday, the Biden regime said climate change can “force” military invention after once again calling it a “national security issue.”

Flashback: In Their Own Words: Climate Alarmists Debunk Their ‘Science.’ Though Forbes has since bowed to the globalist hoax, it published an article in 2013 debunking it.

CAUSING ECONOMIC INSECURITY

Saudi Prince trashes Biden asking for more oil: Says ‘He’s a much-diminished president.’ America is the laughingstock of the world. We needn’t be dependent on other nations for oil. But the Biden regime shut down our pipelines in its globalist communist agenda to destroy our nation.

Ford plans to lay off 8,000 workers to fund electric vehicle push. Um, um, um! Read the report “Mean and Unclean: Electric Cars Powered by Child Labor in Africa.”

Canadian Energy Firm Declares Force Majeure On Keystone Pipeline After Power Outage. Force majeure is a provision that frees parties from obligation if an event prevents one or both from performing. Canadian energy firm TC Energy cut crude shipments on the Keystone pipeline after a power failure at a pump station reportedly driven by extreme heat across the US. This affects shipments from Canada to the US.

The US: AT&T Crashes as Americans Can’t Afford to Pay Their Phone Bills.

‘Deafening media silence’ on global protests. There are significant protests around the world against globalist elites. The media and the political campaign against so-called “disinformation” is part of a broader attempt to “undermine” organized protests against the elites’ agenda. Globalists know the way to prevent pushback from large numbers of people is if they don’t know what’s going on.

…INCLUDING FOOD INSECURITY

Globalist Victory: Food Shortages in Italy – Hungry Citizens Storm Town Hall, ‘No Money for Bread.’ Many don’t have €2 ($2) for bread with rising costs, loss of income due to lockdowns, and unvaxxed denied work in most jobs. Video shows a huge line at the food bank.

New environmental regulations in Netherlands threaten to decimate the country’s cattle industry. Claimed cow flatulence and human-caused global warming is a lie from globalist goblins and “Mother Earth” (Gaia) worshipers. The Netherlands is currently one of the world’s top 10 food exporters, but “new rules are ridiculous and unscientific. Mankind has raised cattle since the beginning of time without issue, but suddenly we’re supposed to believe most cows need to die to stop the planet from “warming”? Even in a “green” economy like the Netherlands has, citizens are realizing the “climate change” narrative they’ve been fed is a ploy to eliminate meat, strangle the economy, and ultimately depopulate their country and the world.

In Britain, Security tags put on cheese, butter, and baby milk amid soaring costs.

Food security crisis could kill more people than Covid, says Senegal minister at G-20 summit.

Bad news on the coming global harvest. As harvest time looms for the world’s main wheat producers, countries that import wheat hope for a bumper global crop so record prices might fall. Poor health of crops around the world suggests it’s unlikely. Russia could be the only big winner. There are fears that Russia could use grain for political leverage, and it appears it’s what Russia is doing. Drone footage shows Russian artillery destroying Ukraine’s wheat fields. Ukraine and Russia are the largest exporters of the world’s wheat. And we see where that’s going.

In the Tribulation: “When He [Jesus] opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, ‘Come and see.’ So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, ‘A quart of wheat for a denarius…” [a day’s wages] (Revelation 6:5-6).

PLAGUE

Monkeypox now in 79 countries. In the US, New York leads the way with 30% of cases. California is number 2. Controversy over monkeypox messaging divides NYC Health Dept. Some health officials say the city should encourage gay men to reduce their number of sex partners amid the monkeypox spread till health officials can hopefully get a handle on it; others argue the message will backfire. [Hmm… there’s no problem condemning those who won’t get Covid jabs, but warning homosexuals to lessen their sex activity is taboo? Such are the times in which we live.]

UK authorities now trying to target CHILDREN with monkeypox vaccines, even though it’s primarily spread through gay sex. In a mad rush to unleash another round of “vaccine” injections from Big Pharma, the powers that be are once again using children, this time to drive fear and hysteria over monkeypox.

Sardinian farmers suffer worst locust invasion in over 30 years.

Russia: Huge swarms of locusts have descended on farmlands in southern Russia.

Pharmaceutical pollution found in large portion of world’s rivers.

THE PLANNED-DEMIC

Good news: Natural Immunity acquired from the Omicron virus is strong against virus subvariants.

On The One-Year Anniversary of Biden Saying ‘Vaccinated People Can’t Get COVID,’ Fully Vaxxed Biden Tests Positive. Isn’t it ironic, don’t you think?

US agencies aren’t ‘following the science’ on COVID; staff too scared to complain. Doctors and scientists from CDC, NIH, and FDA agreed to be quoted anonymously. Their biggest complaints are what’s being done to children, from babies and up.

Don’t buy into continued Covid fearmongering: As Mask Mandate Looms, L.A. Hospital Officials Mock COVID “Media Hype.” One said they’re just seeing a lot of people at urgent care or ER with mild disease who don’t get admitted to the hospital.

At least 11 Vacationers Drop Dead on Italy’s Beaches in 24 hours. How many more haven’t been reported? As of July, 90.1% of Italy’s population over age 12 has received 2 Covid vaccines. 3 out of 4 have also received the booster. There should be investigations into these deaths.

WEATHER EVENTS

Despite the globalists’ agenda and media minions promoting it, we know GOD CONTROLS THE CLIMATE, NOT HUMANS AND COW FLATULENCE. We’re close to the Tribulation; God’s warning signs are increasing in intensity and frequency.

Dangerous US heat impacts millions of Americans.

In the US, Montana dust storm causes 21 car pile-up, 6 dead, many injured.

Soldier killed, at least 9 others injured after lightning strikes Army base in Georgia.

Over 1,000 heat-related deaths in Spain and Portugal over the past 8 days in the second heatwave to hit Europe since mid-June.

Destructive tornados hit at least 11 villages in China. 1 person was killed, 25 others critically injured; thousands of houses and crops were damaged.

480,000 told to evacuate as record rainfall hits southwestern Japan.

HATRED OF JEWS AND ISRAEL

Russia seeks to dissolve Jewish Agency, thus endangering the Aliyah of Jews from Russia to Israel.

ISLAMIC TERRORISM

In Germany: 3 Muslim Airport Employees Make ISIS Salute on Tarmac at Düsseldorf Airport.

WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS

Russia’s former president: Any attack on Crimea will ignite ‘Judgment Day’ response. Refusal of Ukraine and the West to recognize Russia’s control of Crimea poses a “systemic threat,” he said.

Hezbollah Threatens Israel with Escalation in Maritime Border Spat. Israel and Lebanon each claim the same part of the Mediterranean Sea as their territory.

Ezekiel 38-39 News: Putin and Erdogan head to Iran for talks on Syria, future of Middle East. The trip signifies a new era of Turkey-Iran-Russia relations.

Iran’s maritime drone threat grows. Iran’s drones are increasingly used to target US forces in Iraq and Syria as well as in Israel and Gulf countries. Iran may also export drones to Russia. Also, Iran is now capable of making a nuclear bomb, Iranian senior official says.

Israel IDF chief: attack on Iran ‘at the center’ of IDF preparations. Aviv Kohavi acknowledges the ‘possibility’ that the IDF will need to strike Iranian nuke facilities. Efraim Inbar: Israel Needs to Confront Iran Militarily, Deal or No Deal. He is president of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security.

TWO-STATE ‘SOLUTION’: COVENANT WITH DEATH AND HELL

On Wednesday, 10,000 young Israelis camped out in tent villages across Judea and Samaria in an effort to eventually turn those campsites into permanent towns and villages. The initiative by the Nachala (inheritance) is part of a greater cause to assert sovereignty over the Land of Israel and prevent creeping Arab land grabs. Police arrested five and injured several during the excessively violent evacuation of one of the settlements. [Update: The others were removed the next day.]

Meeting ‘Palestinian’ leader Abbas, France’s Emmanuel Macron calls for renewed peace talks. Jupiter Man Macron supports the two-state so-called solution, as does Demented Man Biden. Both recently met with M. Abbas, the so-called ‘Palestinian” Authority terrorist supporter.

Saudi Arabia said it would fully normalize relations with Israel only upon implementation of two-state solution. The Foreign Minister said “peace comes at the end of this process, not at the beginning.” However, the Crown Prince said Israel is “a potential ally” that “shares many interests…”

This lines up with Bible prophecy. Saudi Arabia (ancient Sheba and Dedan, Ezekiel 38:13) will not be part of the coming Ezekiel 38-39 attack upon Israel. Many world leaders say ‘peace and safety’ will only occur when Israel is divided. That’s not what the Bible says.

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” (1 Thessalonians 5:3).

CONCLUDING SCRIPTURE

But ye, brethren [those in Christ], are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief…. let us watch and be sober…. God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ…. Wherefore comfort yourselves…” (1 Thessalonians 5:4-11).

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand” (Ephesians 6:10-13).