“A time of trouble and distress” is a description of the Tribulation period (Zeph. 1:14-18). The information below appears to indicate its approach.

Economic Collapse

Sept. 25, 2014 through Sept. 13, 2015 was a Shemitah year. Jonathan Cahn caused quite a stir when he warned that there could be economic problems as the end of the year approached.

Many questioned his theology, but in late June and early July of 2015 China’s stock markets lost about 35-40%. A few weeks later (mid-Aug. of 2015), China devalued its currency three days in a row. Less than five months later (early Jan. of 2016), China’s stock markets plunged again and trade was suspended two days in a row. It took Chinese intervention to settle the collapsing market down.

China is the second largest economy in the world so her economic problems had a negative impact on the global economy. For example, it caused the Dow Jones stock market in the U.S. to get off to its worst four-day start in history.

This is a troublesome sign because the UN has agreed to establish a world government by 2030 and globalists never want to let a crisis go to waste. Many think a global economic crisis could be used to restructure the world into ten groups of nations and create ten regional currencies as a prelude to a world government.

The Antichrist

On Jan. 8, 2016, an article in a Kuwaiti newspaper called Al-Jaridasaid Pres. Obama is pushing to replace Ban Ki-moon as UN Sec.-Gen. when Mr. Ki-moon’s term ends on Dec. 31, 2016. According to the article, Mr. Obama has already discussed this move with Democrats, Republicans and Jewish officials in the U.S.

The article said Prime Minister Netanyahu remembers how Pres. Obama has acted toward Israel. He remembers that Pres. Obama brushed aside Israeli objections and forged ahead with his deal to let Iran get nuclear weapons so Mr. Netanyahu is trying to rally moderate Arab nations to sabotage Pres. Obama’s move.

The coming world government will have only one leader and he will be destroyed at the Second Coming of Jesus. Many think Pres. Obama is the Antichrist and Pope Francis is the False Prophet. This writer thinks Pres. Obama is clearly a type of the antichrist, but not the real Antichrist.

Some contend that Pope Francis is the False Prophet based on his questionable theology and the Prophecy of Malachy (112th Pope). Others might contend that his age at 2030 (beginning of world government) and 2037 (end of world government) indicates that he can’t be the False Prophet.

Still others might suggest that the Ten Horns (Ten Kings) must appear before the Little Horn (Dan. 7:24) and they haven’t appeared so Pres. Obama becoming Sec. Gen. of the UN is meaningless. Only God knows what is going to happen, but Pres. Obama in charge of the UN would not be a pleasant thought to many.

Death of Multitudes

On Jan. 6, 2016, North Korea, probably one of the Kings of the East, bragged that her scientists carried out a test explosion of a hydrogen bomb. Peter Pry, a former CIA Analyst and expert on EMP weapons, said it was an Electromagnetic Pulse Explosion (EMP).

An explosion such as this over the right place in the U.S. could destroy America’s power grid, cause unimaginable destruction and, if this writer remembers correctly, lead to the death of up to 90 percent of America’s population during the next twelve months.

Deception

House Speaker Paul Ryan and Sen. Mitch McConnell supported and passed a bill that funded Planned Parenthood and Obamacare. They did this even though Planned Parenthood was caught selling body parts and Obamacare was based on lies. After funding these programs, Ryan and McConnell supported and passed a bill to defund these programs knowing that Pres. Obama said he would veto it.

Put another way: They funded Planned Parenthood and Obamacare. But they want the voters to think Pres. Obama is the reason why they can’t defund them. These men can no longer be trusted and this is one reason why Franklin Graham decided to abandon the Republican Party. Check their ratings at the link below. [1]

The truth that faith in Jesus and the Rapture of the Church is the Christian’s only hope becomes more obvious every day.

Distress of Nations, with Perplexity

On Jan. 6, 2016, Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn, former head of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, told Megyn Kelly (The Kelly File), “The importance of this next national election is huge because whoever is the president of the United States is going to deal with an absolute mess on their hands and it is going to last for a long time, potentially their entire presidency.”

Gun Control

Pres. Obama is now wants to use executive action to disarm the mentally ill. That might not be so bad if the government wasn’t the one to say who is mentally ill (those who oppose global warming, Islam and same-sex marriage; veterans, TEA Party members, Bible thumpers, etc.).

Endnotes

[1] www.conservativereview.com).

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Daymond & Rachel Duck

2015 ended with a flurry of articles that clearly show that world events are moving in the direction of the Tribulation period.

For example, on Dec. 18, 2015, it was reported that there is a digital knowledge divide in the world because most of the households in the Middle East don’t have access to the Internet. And to overcome this digital knowledge divide, the UN agreed to build the infrastructure for the whole world to have access to the Internet by 2030.

This desire to increase the knowledge of multitudes in the Middle East is a reminder of something that God said, “But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book,even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased” (Dan. 12:4).

This expansion of the Internet will also enable people to see the abomination of desolation stand in the holy place at the middle of the Tribulation period (Matt. 24:15; Rev. 12:6). And it will enable people to see the Antichrist kill the Two Witnesses, see their bodies lying in the street of Jerusalem, see them raised from the dead and see them ascend up into heaven (Rev. 11:7-12).

On Dec. 24, 2015, it was reported that more than 25 prominent rabbis from Israel and abroad have issued a statement calling for a renewed look at Jesus, Christians and the New Testament faith.These outstanding Orthodox rabbis said they are not ashamed to exalt the name of Jesus and to welcome the carpenter from Nazareth back into the Jewish fold.

It is important to understand all Israel will get saved (Rom. 11:26), but before that happens the Jews will rebuild the Temple and resume the animal sacrifices. They won’t get saved as a nation until all of them accept Jesus as their Messiah at the end of the Tribulation period (Zech. 12:10-12).

However, 144,000 Jewish servants (12,000 from each of the 12 tribes of Israel) will be saved and sealed at the beginning of the Tribulation period (Rev. 7:1-8). They will be the firstfruits unto God and Jesus during the Tribulation period (Rev. 14:4).They will lead multitudes to Jesus (Rev. 7:9-17). And this new Jewish attitude toward Jesus could be preparing the hearts of Spirit filled Jews who will evangelize the world after the Rapture.

On Dec. 25, 2015, Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, warned in his Christmas sermon that an apocalypse is taking place and Christians are facing elimination in the Middle East. He said ISIS hates anyone who thinks differently from them; ISIS will not tolerate an opposing point of view; and ISIS has killed thousands and uprooted many communities.

World Net Daily employed Clout Research to conduct a national opinion poll of registered voters in the U.S. It is somewhat disturbing to hear that Clout found that 45 percent of Democrats, 36 percent of Independents and 20 percent of Republicans think Christians are a greater threat to the U.S. than Muslims.

America’s voters are clearly turning away from the truth (II Tim. 4:3-4).Concerning the signs of His coming, Jesus said, “Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake” (Matt. 24:9).

Our Lord was speaking primarily about the Jews, but His teaching has implications for Christians. The hatred and persecution of Jews and Christians are signs of the approaching Tribulation period.

On Dec. 31, 2015, the armies of Russia, Iran, Syria, Hezbollah and Israel ended the year on their highest level of war alert. It is prophesied that all of these nations will be involved in wars as the Tribulation period nears (Ezek. 38-39; Isa. 17).

Finally, as a new year begins, it is being reported that Pres. Obama said the idea of a lame duck presidency is nonsense. He said he plans to be very active in 2016 starting with a strong move on gun control.

Gun control laws haven’t worked in France, Chicago, San Bernardino or anywhere else and they won’t work in the U.S. They are a scam to disarm America before the globalists try to establish their New World Order (world government).

Gun control laws disarm honest citizens, but they don’t prevent gangs, criminals and terrorists from getting guns on the black market. They don’t prevent radicalized Muslims from buying, storing and distributing guns at mosques. Guns are non-violent, but gangs and radicalized Muslims kill people.

Many believe that Pres. Obama (a committed globalist) is trying to take control of the local police and that he may try to stay in office illegally after his present term ends. This writer doesn’t know what Pres. Obama’s gun control laws will do or if he will try to stay in office (he is a chronic liar. But all of us are probably less than 12 months away from an answer.

Many signs seem to indicate that the world is trending toward the Tribulation period and only a few are aware of how close it is tobecoming a fundamentally changed global police state. Billions will perish. Praise God! Jesus will come for His Church first.

Prophecy Plus Ministries
Daymond & Rachel Duck