Tribulation Showdown Signs
First, Jesus was talking about the signs of His coming when He said, “And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all” (Luke 17:26-29).

Among other things, Jesus was pointing out that the people of Noah’s day and Lot’s day were going about their ordinary pursuits (eating, drinking, marrying, etc.) with no thought that God would soon judge them for their sin.

Because of sin in Noah’s day, the Flood would deluge the world. And in Lot’s day, fire and brimstone would soon destroy Sodom and Gomorrah; but the people were not concerned that the judgment of God would fall on them.

In their eyes, everything was normal. They continued their godless pursuits with no thoughts of a showdown with God.

A recent Gallup Poll reminded me of this. The pollsters found that pornography is morally acceptable to 27% of all Republicans, 43% of all Americans, and 53% of all Democrats. Multitudes are simply ignoring how God might respond.

Second, Jesus also said there will be “earthquakes in divers places” (Matt. 24:7).

The Church Age has always had earthquakes, but some Bible verses indicate that they will increase in frequency and intensity (like birth pains) at the end of the age.

Third, it was recently reported that there were more than 500 earthquakes near the summit of Kilauea in one 24-hour period (the most ever in 24 hours at that place) and more than 12,000 earthquakes there in the last 30 days.

This was not an increase in intensity, but it was definitely an increase in frequency.

Fourth, God said on earth there will be “fire and vapour of smoke” (Acts 2:19).

Two volcanoes (Kilauea and Fuego) have been spitting fire, smoke and hot toxic gases for several days. Kilauea has burned hundreds of houses and structures.

Fuego has caused burns on thousands of people.

The Steamboat geyser in Yellowstone National Park has erupted 8 times since March. This is unprecedented in such a short period of time. Some explosions have been very strong.

The combined activity of Kilauea, Fuego and Steamboat is causing concern for some scientists.

Fifth, wars and rumors of wars are also a sign (Matt. 24:6), and more and more it looks like a showdown with Iran is on the horizon.

Pres. Trump and Prime Min. Netanyahu have made it clear that the U.S. and Israel will not let Iran develop nuclear weapons.

Pres. Trump plainly said there will be “devastating consequences” for Iran if the nation restarts its nuclear development program.

On June 6, 2018, Iran announced that it will resume construction on a factory that will produce centrifuges for the enrichment of uranium for nuclear weapons. Their military expects the construction to be complete in about one month.

Also, on June 6, 2018, Pres. Trump approved a strengthening of America’s military forces in Israel in preparation for a military showdown with Iran.

He has also approved an increase in Israel’s military capabilities by sending a large number of tankers to refuel Israel’s Jets in the air during attacks on Iran.

Sixth, at the June 2018 G-7 meeting in Canada, Pres. Trump was scorned; Prime Min. Trudeau stabbed the U.S. in the back; there was talk of isolating the U.S. from the remainder of the G-7; and Angela Merkel called for the EU to take a stronger role in global affairs.

This corresponds to the opinion of many prophecy teachers that the U.S. will decline and the EU will dominate a New World Order during the Tribulation Period.

Seventh, a group of nations called the Kings of the East will invade the Middle East during the Tribulation Period (Rev. 16:12).

The Bible does not identify the Kings of the East, but some prophecy teachers suggest that they are China, North Korea, and perhaps India, Japan and others.

A few months ago, it looked like Pres. Trump was close to destroying the North Korean military, and that would have brought this prophetic scenario into question.

Pres. Trump’s historic agreement with Kim Jong Un allows the North Korean military to hang around for its Tribulation Period showdown with God.

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A reader sent me two surveys that he wrote with permission to amend and pass along without attribution. His surveys recalled two incidents in the Bible that reminded me of Pres. Trump, so I’m adding to them and passing them along.

First, God put Daniel in a position to be the second most powerful person in the kingdom of the Medes and Persians, but some of the corrupt leaders in the kingdom didn’t want Daniel to have that position.

They colluded to create a way to trap Daniel so they could bring false charges against him. Their scheme appeared to work.

Daniel was thrown into a den of lions, but God sent an angel to shut the lion’s mouths so they could not harm him.

The next morning, King Darius released Daniel and ordered his accusers to be thrown in with the lions. Their collusion backfired on them, and they perished (Dan. 6:1-28).

It is beginning to look like the Russian collusion idea has backfired on the Democrats, RINOs and others.

Second, God called Nehemiah to rebuild the wall around Jerusalem, but some of the corrupt leaders in the area opposed it. They mocked, ridiculed and falsely accused Nehemiah, but he worked on rebuilding the wall anyway (Neh. 2:1-20).

Nehemiah’s enemies even plotted to kill him; but he didn’t fall for their scheme, and the wall was eventually rebuilt (Neh. 6:1-15),

It will be interesting to see if Pres. Trump eventually completes a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico.

One thing is sure: If God put Pres. Trump in office, he will accomplish what God put him there to do before he is removed (if he is).

Moving on to other matters, I read an interesting story about Avi Lipkin. Avi was educated in the U.S. but moved to Israel more than 50 years ago.

He served in the IDF and worked for the Israeli government. He has returned to the U.S. many times to speak at churches and to be interviewed on radio and TV.

He has founded a new Judeo-Christian political party in Israel called the “Bible Bloc,” and the Israeli government has approved it.

Half of the party leaders will be Jews and the other half will be Bible-believing (notice Bible-believing) Christians.

Only 8% of Israel’s population is Christian; but if the “Bible Bloc” can win some seats, Bible-believing Christians will have representation in the Israeli government for the first time in history.

This writer is wondering what will happen if there are Christians in Israel’s Knesset, and the Bible-believing Christians are the only ones that get Raptured.

One must wonder if that will impact the 144,000 Jewish evangelists that start preaching the gospel after the Rapture.

On May 23, 2018, it was reported that a one-year long survey by Gallup in 2017 found that about 4.5% of U.S. citizens are LGBT. This means the laws and textbooks of the U.S. are being changed, and many denominations of the Church are abandoning Bible teaching to accommodate 4.5% of the U.S. population.

On May 25, 2018, it was reported that Israel and Russia have reached an agreement for Israel to allow Syrian troops on the Golan Heights near the Israeli border, and for Russia to keep all Iranian and Hezbollah forces away from the border.

The ink was hardly dry on the report before Israel accused Syria of allowing Iranian and Hezbollah troops dressed in Syrian military uniforms to take up strategic positions near the Golan Heights.

Now Iran has said her troops will not leave Syria. Most students of Bible prophecy probably knew they wouldn’t leave.

On June 3, 2018, the Ayatollah Khamenei threatened to destroy Israel; and on the next day, he told the nation’s Atomic Energy Organization to prepare to start enriching uranium without delay.

Preparing to enrich uranium is one thing. Actually, enriching uranium is something else. But the Ayatollah is playing with fire, because Pres. Trump and Prime. Min. Netanyahu have both said they will not let Iran enrich uranium to military grade.

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