Current Prophecy Eye-Openers

Here are several items that caught my attention this week:

First, in his November 2017 Newsletter, prophecy teacher August Rosado (www.todayinbibleprophecy.org) wrote, “According to the Israel HaYom Newspaper,  70 percent of Israelis not only want unhindered access to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, but the rebuilding of the third Temple.”

If the newspaper is right, the pressure to grant unhindered access to the Temple Mount and to rebuild the Temple is growing. If this keeps up, the pressure will ultimately become too great for the Israeli government to resist.

Second, in early November 2017, Israel announced two things: 1) The creation of a new 200-member police force to protect visitors to the Temple Mount, and 2) The use of the most advanced technology on Earth in Jerusalem within two years to protect the Holy City, its citizens and its visitors.

The most advanced technology on Earth in Jerusalem will allow the whole world to see the bodies of the Two Witnesses lying in the street for three and one-half days, their resurrection from the dead and their Rapture into heaven (Rev. 11:7-12). That will open a lot of eyes (over and above those of the Two Witnesses).

Third, it is believed that Muslim terrorists are detaining three living Israelis and the bodies of two deceased Israelis in Gaza; and the terrorists won’t give Israel, the Red Cross, the families or anyone else any information on them.

The terrorists have spent years and millions of dollars digging tunnels in Gaza. They have even extended some of those tunnels into Egypt and Israel.

Israel has developed the technology to locate those tunnels, and the IDF blew one up on October 30, 2017, that extended inside Israel. The blast killed several terrorists. Israel has recovered the bodies of five.

The terrorists want Israel to release the bodies, but so far Israel has refused to do so until the terrorists agree to a prisoner swap.

There are two eye-openers here: 1) What the terrorists were trying to do to Israel has come back on them (Obad. 1:15, 1:2) No weapon (including tunnels) formed against Israel will prosper (Isa. 54:17).

Fourth, students of Bible prophecy are familiar with the fact that the False Prophet will tell people on Earth to make an image (perhaps a statue) of the Antichrist that will speak and cause those that won’t worship it to be killed (Rev. 13:14-15).

Some technical writers are now predicting that people will build robots in the next 25 years that will know more than any human being.

Some others are predicting that in the next 50-100 years, someone may build a robot that not only knows more than everyone on planet Earth, but predict that this robot could speak and people could be influenced to worship it.

The idea that people will worship a man-made statue is mind-boggling, but King Nebuchadnezzar made one more than 2,500 years ago that people worshiped (Dan. 3:1-30).

Fifth, Apple has come out with its iPhone X that unlocks with a face scan. Many prophecy teachers believe face scans will play an important role in identifying everyone and tracking all buying and selling (Rev. 13:16-18).

Sixth, on November 3, 2017, it was reported that a high-ranking official in the Roman Catholic Church said God told him to warn Christians that Pope Francis is a false prophet. This former doctrine chief of the U.S. Conference of Bishops has published a letter accusing Pope Francis of leading his people astray and trying to usher in the New World Order (world government).

It is probably not possible to identify the False Prophet (Rev. 16:13; 19:20; 20:10) at this time; but many of the Pope’s teachings and speeches are now on record, and he has clearly distorted Scripture and supported world government.

Seventh, the Bible teaches that a 200 million-man army will invade the Middle East during the Tribulation Period (Rev. 9:15-19; 16:12). Many prophecy teachers believe the 200 million-man army refers to China and others.

But for almost 2,000 years China couldn’t move a 200 million-man army to the Middle East. China has now built a highway and a railroad to the Middle East. And on October 18, 2017, China’s Pres. Xi Jinping promised to make China the dominant superpower in the world in the next 30 years.

For those who haven’t already done so, it is time to open your eyes and start looking up.

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Daymond & Rachel Duck
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A Robot and a Road

As Jesus was leaving the Temple for the last time before being crucified, His disciples called His attention to its buildings. He replied, “There shall not be left here one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down” (Matt. 24:1-2).

Jesus went out to the Mount of Olives and sat down. His disciples approached Him with questions about when the Temple would be destroyed, the sign of His coming, and the end of the age (Matt. 24:3).

After mentioning several things, He said, “When ye, therefore, shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place . . . Then let them who are in Judaea flee into the mountains” (Matt. 24:15-16).

There are three references to the abomination of desolation in the book of Daniel (Dan. 9:27; 11:31; 12:11). The one Jesus was talking about is found in Dan. 9:27.

The abomination of desolation will take place at the middle of the Tribulation Period and will be so detestable that the Jews will evacuate the Temple and leave it desolate for the next three and one-half years.

It will signal that persecution is about to intensify and the Jews in Judaea need to immediately run for their lives.

It is a statue that will be set up in the holy place at the Temple.

It will probably coincide with the Antichrist’s visit to the Temple and his declaration that he is God (II Thess. 2:3-4).

It might even be the same statue that is mentioned in the book of Revelation. If it is, it will impact every person on earth, not just the Jews in Judaea.

We read that the False Prophet will say “to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast (statue of the Antichrist), which had the wound by a sword, and did live. And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast (make it appear to breathe and move), that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name” (Rev. 13:14-17).

Will it be possible for someone to make a statue that looks like a person (the Antichrist) by the middle of the Tribulation Period? Will someone be able to make a statue that can talk and order the death of all who refuse to worship it (idolatry)? Will someone be able to make a statue that will order everyone to take the Mark of the Beast? Yes, yes and yes!

Companies are making robots that look like movie stars, that expand and contract to make them look like they are breathing; that are warmed to body temperature; that speak different languages; that have their own programed personality; that smile, move their head, move their arms and more.

The military is making robots that can carry objects, kill, sink ships and more.

A company called Hanson Robotics has created a robot called “Sophia.” On the “Tonight Show” Sophia joked about her “plan to dominate the human race.”

At a UN meeting, Sophia was used to promote planetary totalitarianism (world government).

She recently spoke at the Future Investment Initiative summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where she was recognized as a citizen of that country. That made her the first robot to be a citizen of a nation.

When John the Revelator wrote about making a statue that can speak, 2,000 years ago it was impossible. Robots like Sophia are evidence that the Bible is the Word of God, the Tribulation Period is getting close, and as this writer sees it, the Rapture is even closer.

Concerning a road, a highway will be built in the future that will run from Egypt to Assyria (Isa. 19:23).

On Oct. 24, 2017, Saudi Arabia announced plans to build a new city on the Red Sea and a highway to connect Asia, Europe and Africa.

This could very well be the beginning phase of a highway that will exist during the Millennium.

I close with a reminder to readers that some veterans are asking football fans to respect the U.S., it’s flag and it’s military with a message to the NFL and it’s protesters by not watching NFL games on Veterans Day weekend (Sunday and Monday, Nov. 12-13).

Prophecy Plus Ministries, Inc.
Daymond & Rachel Duck
duck_daymond@yahoo.com