She is the epitome of a good Christian lady. She and her mission-minded husband have gone on many mission trips. She came to hear me update her church on recent events relating to prophecy and the Middle East. She brought a list of questions. I didn’t write them down, but one question went something like this: “It seems like the Rapture is so close, what should we do?”

The Old Testament prophet Habakkuk was praying about the rampaging sin and violence in Judah. He wanted God to stop the violence and save his nation, but he thought God was ignoring Judah’s sin and his prayers. Habakkuk accused God of letting His Word slide, not listening, and exercising poor judgment (Hab. 1:1-5).

In essence, God told Habakkuk that He wasn’t guilty of any of those things. He was aware of Judah’s sin, He had heard Habakkuk’s prayers, He wasn’t letting His Word slide and there was nothing wrong with His judgment.

God told Habakkuk to pay attention and be amazed. He said, “I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.” In response to Judah’s sins and Habakkuk’s prayers, God said He intended to use Babylon to destroy Judah.

The destruction of Judah was not what Habakkuk wanted to hear. He couldn’t believe that God would use a nation (Babylon) that is more wicked than Judah to destroy Judah. He asked God several questions and resolved to wait until God answered them and to think about how he would respond to God (Hab. 2:1).

God told Habakkuk to clearly or plainly write (engrave) his words on tablets so that those who read them could run and tell others. The destruction of Judah would come at God’s appointed time. His judgment wouldn’t fall one day before or one day after He wanted it to fall. What God says will happen will take place right on schedule because God does not lie (Hab. 2:2-3).

God told Habakkuk it may take longer than you think so you should be patient and wait for His Word to be fulfilled. His Word can be trusted. Current events will conform to what is written (Hab. 2:3). But these things happen when God says they will happen.

What should people do as they face God’s coming judgment? The proud (lost) will trust in themselves, but the just (saved or justified ones) will live by faith (Hab. 2:4). Those who don’t care about the things of God (salvation through the Messiah, that Holy City not made with human hands, etc.) will continue on the broad road to destruction. But those who do care about the things of God will put their trust in Him, try to do His will and continue on the narrow road to victory. Perilous times will come but God’s people will rely on God’s power to faithfully live for Him.

This teaching that the just shall live by faith appears in three other places in the Bible (Rom.1:16-17; Gal.3:11 and Heb.10:38). And one of many interesting things about it is the fact that it has application for the Second Coming of Jesus in the passage to the Hebrews.

The writer to the Hebrews advises us “not to forsake the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching” (Heb. 10:25). He reminds us that “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God” (Heb. 10:31).

He talked about how the early Christians were persecuted (Heb. 10:32-34). He urged them to remain faithful (Heb. 10:35). Then, he said, “For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. Now the just shall live by faith” (Heb. 10:37-38a).

Jesus won’t tarry. He will come at the set time. He was dead, but He is alive and He can raise the dead. So if perilous times come, don’t back off. Put the pedal to the metal (accelerate) and go forward harder than ever by faith based on the Word of God.

Prophecy Plus Ministries
Daymond & Rachel Duck

Normally, when I think of a disaster I think of natural disasters: Floods, droughts, hurricanes, tsunamis, tornadoes, earthquakes, ice storms, forest fires, volcanic eruptions or something like that. But the subject of disasters can cover much more; a business failure, a terrible accident, a plane crash, a sunk ship, a marital failure, the death of someone, etc.

Normally, when I think of a disaster plan I think of two things: 1) a plan to avert an anticipated disaster, or 2) a plan to overcome the effects of a disaster that has already happened. The first plan focuses on disaster prevention and the second plan focuses on disaster recovery.

But this article is about a different kind of disaster plan. It is a man-made disaster plan that our president and others call the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership).

In the past, I have written about Pres. Obama’s request for fast track authority to negotiate and sign this agreement. Some reports say the TPP will surrender the sovereignty of the U.S. to an international tribunal with authority exceeding that of the U.S. Supreme Court, speed up Agenda 21, turn large areas of America over to the UN for World Bank Administration, and make Congress irrelevant.

It would integrate some of the politics and policies of the nations that sign it create a trading block of nations patterned after the EU and send American jobs out of the country, speed up the development of the North American Union—a major step toward world government.

If these reports are true this really is a planned disaster for the people of this world and especially the U.S. The Bible clearly predicts that a satanic world government and unprecedented wars and disasters are coming and this scenario would be setting the stage for that.

Most of the TPP negotiations have been done in secret which is a bad sign for everyone that will have to live under the effects of what they do. It already has more than 2,000 pages of regulations and only a few people know what is in all of them (but there are enough people in the 11 countries involved who know what is in them to allow for information leaks).

Also, enough information has leaked out to cause opposition in Hollywood, the Gay Lobby, Labor Unions, Environmental groups, Hispanic groups, some faith-based groups and many influential Democrats. One would think this would be enough to stop it, but it hasn’t up to this point.

As late as March 2015, it was being reported that the TPP will require America’s Constitution and laws to be changed to conform to the TPP and Congress will never be allowed to change them back. I have even read that America’s policies on things like Common Core, immigration, gay issues, Globalization, environmental issues and more will be dictated by the TPP (run mostly by foreigners) and our elected representatives will be powerless to change what is in it.

In mid-April 2015, Congress voted on a deal between mostly Republicans and a few Democrats to let Pres. Obama complete the negotiations of this man-made disaster plan. They gave Pres. Obama fast track authority to finish the negotiations on the condition that they are allowed to see the final bill at least four months and the public is allowed to see it at least 60 days before Pres. Obama signs it.

The report said if this does not happen our Senators can kill the TPP with 60 votes in the U.S. Senate. Congress can vote it up or down, but Congress cannot change it.

In late April 2015, Pres. Obama’s request for fast track authority cleared the U.S. Senate Finance Committee with the support of all, but one Republican and only a few Democrats. The next day, this 11-nation created catastrophe cleared the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee with Republicans overriding the votes of several Democrats who opposed the issue.

Many powerful Democrats rightly opposed this Republican blunder. But oddly, Pres. Obama and his Republican allies teamed up against them and he even chastised those Democrats for being wrong. Some of those Democrats want U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren to seek the Democratic nomination for President of the U.S. and Pres. Obama even said she is wrong.

What did U.S. Senator Warren say that Pres. Obama thinks is wrong? I don’t know what she said in the U.S. Senate, but she answered Pres. Obama’s accusation with a blog in The Washington Post that said the TPP would undermine U.S. sovereignty.

On April 24, 2015, Pres. Obama accused Elizabeth Warren and the Democrats that agreed with her of being dishonest. She fired back that what he said was “both untrue and unlikely to serve the best interests of the American people.”

The public needs to know that Pres. Obama thinks he can complete this diplomatic disaster plan in the next four months. Concerning the surrender of U.S. sovereignty, either Pres. Obama is right or Sen. Warren is right, but both can’t be right. If Sen. Warren is right,America’s legal system will be turned upside down and made subject to pretend courts with judges who are not impartial.

According to her, Americans should be outraged, offended and join the opposition. I think she is right and there is no time to waste. The deliberate destruction of America’s Constitution, courts and legal system; the loss of American freedoms and the ability to change things; and the loss of many American jobs and the impact it will have on our entire nation is a disaster plan that demands prevention.

Prophecy Plus Ministries
Daymond & Rachel Duck