On Jan. 20, 2016, Prophecy News Watch carried an article by Jack Minor that every Christian needs to read. His article is titled, “Polls Reveal Churches Are Increasingly Losing Their Saltiness.”

(http://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=63#lItIrbf1UWae2A8q.99).

Mr. Minor begins with some disappointing facts about the decline of the church in America. The decline of the church is fulfilling Bible prophecy (Matt. 13:31-32; 13:33; 2 Thess. 2:3; 1 Tim. 4:1-2; 2 Tim. 3:1-5, 4:3-5).

But the thing that really caught this writer’s attention is Mr. Minor’s statement that “the reality (of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage) is they were just following the lead of some churches.

Think about it! Prior to the ruling, the New Hampshire diocese of the Episcopal Church had ordained an openly gay bishop. There were reports of a gay lobby in leading positions of the Roman Catholic Church. The Presbyterian Church USA had changed its constitution to redefine marriage as a “commitment between two people.”

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America and the United Church of Christ were allowing same-sex marriage. The United Methodist Church had defrocked and then restored a pastor that had performed a same-sex marriage for his son. A group of 100 pastors in Omaha had signed a proclamation that homosexuality is not a sin.

Polls showed that the church was becoming more liberal. Many church members thought pastors should stop preaching against homosexuality. Many church members were accusing pastors of using hate speech when they said the Bible condemns homosexuality. Gay congregations were cropping up, and more.

But this is the point: Before the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the Bible a large number of so-called Christians and Christian groups had already abandoned the Word of God on this issue. The U.S. Supreme Court simply affirmed the practice of people in the church that have departed from the faith. Religious people led this rebellion against God.

Wickedness in Israel reached its peak during the reign of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel. When they sat on the throne in Israel the tide of evil was so strong that it appeared as though the knowledge of God was going to be wiped out.

But it wasn’t. Why? Because God called a prophet named Elijah.

Elijah was one of the greatest prophets to ever walk the face of this earth; a prophet not afraid to speak out against idolatry, false prophets, and false teachings; a prophet so great, he went to heavenwithout dying ( 2 Kings 2:1); a prophet so great, God ended the Old Testament with the promise that Elijah will come back (Mal. 4:5-6); a prophet so great, that many thought that Jesus was Elijah (Matt. 16:14).

One day, this great prophet boldly walked into the palace of King Ahab. He said, “As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew or rain these years, but according to my word” (1Kings 17:1). Then, Elijah turned around, walked out of the palace and left Israel.

Three and one-half years passed without rain. A devastating drought gripped the land. The vegetation wilted. Many animalsdied. Many wells dried up.

Famine struck. Israel was in deep trouble.

Finally, after three and one-half years of drought, God told Elijah to, “Go show thyself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the earth.” Elijah returned to Israel. He went to King Ahab’s palace.

The king was the first to speak. “Art thou he that troubleth Israel? And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy fathers house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord, and thou hast followed Baalim” (1 Kings 18:17-18).

There’s a great truth here. Those who abandon the Word of God are troublemakers.  And when the judgment of God falls, it is their fault not God’s fault.

The U.S. is in trouble and some of the worst troublemakers are Laodicean church members that have abandoned the Word of God.

“If a man also lie with mankind as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination” (Lev. 20:13).

“For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet.

And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient” (Rom. 1:26-28).

“Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband” (I Cor. 7:2).

Jesus said, “If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me” (John 14:23-24).

What is the value of belonging to a church that refuses to follow the sayings of God?

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It is common knowledge among students of Bible prophecy that events are happening every day that appear to have Scriptural relevance. Below are a few items that recently made the news and seemingly fit into that category.

Statue of Antichrist

Lately, there has been a flurry of articles about robots. Some scientists are now building robots that look and sound like humans. Some of these robots have human hair, they can smile, they can blink and focus their eyes; they wear human clothing, climb stairs, lift boxes and more.

One robot named Nadine is working as a university receptionist. Another robot named XiaoIce is working as a weather reporter on a Chinese TV station.

There will be others in the next 5 to 10 years and this is the point; John the Revelator predicted that the False Prophet will be an evil deceiver:

“And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, 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” (Rev. 13:14-15).

John didn’t reveal any details about the appearance of the False Prophet’s statue of the Antichrist, but people should know that it is becoming more and more possible to create robots that look, speak and act like humans.

Rape and Slavery
A supposedly well-known moderate female Islamic Professor in Egypt recently said Islam is against Muslim men having Muslim concubines and slaves. But when a Muslim man captures a non-Muslim woman he owns her just like he owns a piece of property. He can have sex with her just like he has sex with his wife. The Islamic Professor said the Koran allows this as a way of degrading and humiliating non-Muslim women.

It seems unbelievable to some, but the Bible actually teaches that wealthy people will own slaves during the Tribulation period (Rev. 18:13). And, in recent months and years, multitudes of women have been captured, raped and sold into slavery by Muslim men who claim to be following the Koran.

To this writer, the unbelievable thing is not that the Koran allows Muslim men to rape, enslave, degrade and humiliate non-Muslim women; or that the Bible teaches that there will be slaves at the end of the age; the unbelievable thing is that so many global leaders, religious leaders and feminist groups won’t condemn it or do anything to try to stop it; and that so many politicians want to bring this into the United States.

Assaults, Rapes and Terrorist Attacks

In the fall of 2015, the EU threw open its doors to Muslims from Syria and other countries. The EU open doors marked the beginning of a sharp increase in assaults, rapes and terrorist attacks in Europe. This criminal activity has become so serious that some believe it could cause the collapse of the EU. Those who study Bible prophecy know that won’t happen.

In the next few months, Pres. Obama wants to bring 100-200,000 Muslim immigrants into the U.S. This is an unpopular proposal with many citizens. Donald Trump has called for a temporary halt to it until Congress can figure out how to check out the immigrants.

Many established Republicans are strongly criticizing Donald Trump for trying to slow down Pres. Obama’s proposal. Many of those Republicans are RINOS (Republicans in name only) that are trying to deceive the voters by calling themselves Conservatives.

They are not Conservatives. They are RHINOS that fast tracked the TPP, removed the debt ceiling, fully funded Planned Parenthood, called the Conservatives in the TEA Party extremists, etc. They are trying to redefine conservatism and dupe the voters.

Because of the danger and unpopularity of Pres. Obama’s Muslim immigration plans, a bill to stop him was submitted and passed in the U.S. Senate. But Pres. Obama plans to veto the bill and there are not enough votes to override his veto due primarily to Senate Democrats that are helping him.

After these Muslim men arrive in the U.S., American citizens can expect sexual assaults, terrorist attacks and the humiliation of non-Muslim women to sharply increase just like they have all over the EU.

Democrats claim to support women’s rights, but they blocked the bill to temporarily stop Pres. Obama and that endangers women. They appear to be deluded and that is another sign that the end of the age has arrived (2 Thess. 2:10-11).

But the problem is greater than Democrats who falsely claim to care about women rights. The RHINO’s that criticized Trump’s temporary halt to Muslim immigration  are going to be partly responsible for the increase in wickedness and violence that the Bible predicts will happen at the end of the age (Gen. 6:4-13; Matt. 24:37).

Even worse, they are letting thousands of people into the U.S. that view our non-Muslim children and grandchildren as potential slaves that need to be sexually abused and humiliated.

Finally, I don’t feel good about being so political.  But robots, slavery, deceit, delusion, economic collapse and violence are all signs of the end of the age.  The next presidential election could be the most important election in the history of the U.S.

Prayer and repentance are badly needed.

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