God will shake the earth at the end of the age, and that could be coming on the scene (Isa. 2:19-21, 13:13, 14:16; Joel 3:14).

One: Jesus said men’s hearts would fail them for fear, and for looking after those things that are coming upon the earth (Luke 21:26).

The Coronavirus is definitely not fun and games, but multitudes have accepted Jesus when they got a bad disease or wound up on their deathbed.

This could result in a harvest before the Tribulation Period.

Two: Before the Second Coming occurs, humankind must have the ability to destroy all flesh (Matt. 24:21-22), and it is easy to see that day could be near.

Three: Concerning the Coronavirus, the advice that people are giving is contradictory and confusing.

Prime Min. Netanyahu told the Israeli Knesset it is better to overprepare than to underprepare and, due to the seriousness of this situation, this writer agrees.

Four: The U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security and others have advised people to have enough supplies to stay in their house for two weeks, if called upon to do so.

The most important thing is to prepare spiritually by making one’s salvation sure, but know that God commanded Noah to put food on the Ark, and Noah acted on faith when he did (Gen. 6:21-22; Heb. 11:7); God told Joseph to store food during the seven fat years, and Joseph did (Gen. 41:34-49); God told the Hebrews in the wilderness to gather enough manna on the sixth day to provide for the seventh day, and they did (Ex. 16:5).

Depending upon the circumstances, preparation can be a lack of faith or an act of obedience and wisdom (Prov. 6:6-11).

In some places, the declaration of a quarantine to control the Coronavirus has resulted in an immediate run on the stores and left the store shelves mostly empty.

People that don’t prepare may find themselves in a crowded store at a time when it would be wise to avoid others.

Five: At first, Iran downplayed the Coronavirus, called it a joke, and denied that any Iranians had it.

Since then, the Chairman of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission has tested positive; Iran’s Deputy Health Minister has tested positive; Iran’s Vice-Pres of Women’s and Family Affairs has tested positive, a former Ambassador from Iran to the Vatican has tested positive and died, and one of Iran’s top advisors to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has died.

At the time of this writing, praise God, the death toll in the U.S. is low, but the quarantine of 60 million Chinese, a 4,000-point drop in the Dow Jones Stock Market in five days, and Amazon telling its 798,000 employees not to travel unless it is absolutely necessary is fact.

Some say that China is close to containing the Coronavirus by paying a very heavy price, but the virus could ramp up again when millions of people go back to work.

Six: At the end of the age, Turkey, Russia and Syria will be allies in the Battle of Gog and Magog, but lately Turkey has had some major confrontations with Russia and Syria.

Dozens of troops (some say hundreds) have been killed; and helicopters, tanks, air defense systems and other weapons have been destroyed.

At the time of this writing, Russia has two warships loaded with missiles heading toward Syria.

Pres. Putin and Pres. Erdogan have talked on the phone and scheduled a meeting to try to calm the situation.

I have no explanation for this other than to say God’s Word says the troops that attack Israel in the Battle of Gog and Magog will start fighting each other.

They are already fighting each other and destroying some of the troops and weapons that might otherwise be used against Israel.

Seven: Jewish priests have been practicing animal sacrifices on Jewish Feast days for eight years.

The only thing preventing them from offering real sacrifices on the Temple Mount is the Israeli government.

They have applied for permits to set up an altar and perform a real sacrifice on the Temple Mount on Passover this year [2020].

In the event that the Israeli government rejects their permit (and that seems unlikely), they have also applied for permits to set up an altar and perform a real sacrifice on the Temple Mount three days before Passover this year.

The Jewish Sanhedrin is stressing the fact that Pres. Trump’s “Peace to Prosperity” proposal recommends that all people of faith should be permitted to pray on the Temple Mount.

The Jewish Sanhedrin is saying this is a watershed moment and “Peace to Prosperity” opens the door for the Temple to be rebuilt.

In the event that the Israeli government rejects both requests, they have applied for permits to set up an altar at a location in Jerusalem near the Temple Mount to offer an animal sacrifice.

One rabbi said we have faithfully prepared to do this; now it is up to God to bring it about.

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.

For whatever it is worth (and many people know this), all disinfectants (anti-bacterial Clorox, Lysol, bleach, etc.) will kill the Coronavirus.

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One, God said, “If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land” (II Chron. 7:13-14).

Notice the words “no rain,” “locusts” and “pestilence.”

The drought in Australia has caused the smallest harvest ever recorded there; the locusts are spreading from Africa to the Middle East, India, Pakistan and China; and the Coronavirus pestilence is spreading from China to So. Korea, Japan, Vietnam and Italy (notice no rain, locusts and pestilence).

God’s solution is humility, prayer, seeking Him and repentance.

Concerning the Coronavirus, it should not be taken lightly. It is very dangerous (perhaps more dangerous than we know); the suffering and hardship are great. But obey God, look up and be thankful because there have been no deaths in the U.S. at the time of this writing (and 97% or so of the Chinese victims have survived).

Remember that the Jews that obeyed God by putting the blood of a lamb on the side posts and upper posts at the front door of their houses were protected from the tenth plague, and the 144,000 that will be sealed by God during the Tribulation Period will be protected from the plagues (Gen. 12:7; Rev. 7).

The gates of Hell will not prevail against the Church.

Two, there will be famine and a global economic collapse after the Rapture (Rev. 6:5-6).

It has been reported that the locusts in Africa are devouring enough crops to feed 35,000 people a day and the Coronavirus has millions of people shut up in their homes, not working and not able to pay their bills; factories, malls, restaurants and hotels closed; banks closing or being bailed out, etc.

On Feb. 24, 2020, the Dow Jones Stock Market lost more than 1,000 points.

God may be showing us what plagues can do, that His Word is true and that the need to accept Jesus is great.

Three, in 2001, Israel decided to build an underground high-speed railroad from the Ben-Gurion International Airport to downtown Jerusalem.

In 2016, the railroad was almost complete, and Israel decided to extend it to the Temple Mount and to build a railroad station there to accommodate visitors.

In 2017, Israel decided to name the railroad the King David Railroad because King David made Jerusalem the capital of Israel.

Israel also decided that the train station near the Temple Mount will be called the Donald J. Trump Station because Pres. Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

The design work is now complete, and Israel will dig a 1.8-mile long tunnel under downtown Jerusalem (and the old city of Jerusalem) to the Temple Mount. (There is no information on how long this is expected to take.)

Four, according to the Bible, Israel will have silver and gold, cattle and goods in the latter years and latter days (Ezek. 38:8, 12, 16).

Israeli farmers and ranchers have been raising and selling cattle to the Palestinians. In Sept. 2019, the PA launched a boycott of Israeli beef.

The boycott has been settled and Israel will sell 120,000 head of cattle to the PA each month (more than 1.4 million head per year).

Five, according to the Bible, Jerusalem will have to be expanded to accommodate all of the Jews at the end of the age (Zech. 2:1-13).

On Feb. 19, 2020, Prime Min. Netanyahu announced that he has approved permits to build 6,200 housing units in two suburbs of Jerusalem.

Six, some are teaching that we are in the Tribulation Period.

God may be giving us a glimpse of the Tribulation Period, but we are not in the Tribulation Period.

The Church is still here, the world government and world religion do not yet exist, the covenant with many does not exist, people are not being forced to take the Mark, etc.

We are seeing a convergence of the signs, and they are a reminder that we are getting close.

Seven, many readers of Rapture Ready know who Jan Markel, J.D. Farag and Amir Tsarfati are.

These well-known and highly respected prophecy teachers have been interviewed in a new movie called “Before the Wrath” (before the Tribulation Period).

It is available on DVD at www.beforethewrath.com.

Jan reported that she learned from Brent Miller, Jr., the producer of the movie, that a Lifeway Research study found that “98% of the church will not talk about the glorious news that Jesus will return any moment.”

Think about that: according to the Bible, the Rapture is our blessed hope and 98% of those that call themselves Christians don’t talk about it (Titus 2:13).

Perhaps that is why it will come upon the world like a snare, and so many Christians think prophecy teachers are fanatics.

Jesus is coming soon and most are not ready.

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Daymond & Rachel Duck
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