Dangerous Days :: By Daymond Duck

Published on: July 19, 2020 by RR7

Please know that I voted Democrat for many years, but I was a Bible-believer, and the time came when I concluded that the Party had changed and left me.

I started registering as an Independent, but couldn’t vote a split ticket in nominating elections in the state I live in, so I started registering as a Republican.

God is not a Republican or a Democrat, and I do not want to be political, but there are major Biblical differences between the two candidates in the upcoming election.

One is for world government, and the other is against world government.
One is for the Global Ethic, and the other is against the Global Ethic.
One is for open borders, and the other is against open borders.
One is for abortion, and the other is against abortion.
One defends those that kneel during the National Anthem, destroy statues, etc., and the other is against those that kneel during the National Anthem, destroy statues, etc.
One is for higher taxes and wealth redistribution, and the other is against higher taxes and wealth redistribution.
One is receiving millions of dollars from those that want to defund the police, and the other is against those that want to defund the police.
One is willing to cut U.S. support for Israel, and the other is a strong supporter of Israel.
One has some Muslim advisors, and the other has some Evangelical Christian advisors.
One does not accept the Bible definition of marriage, and the other supports the Bible definition of marriage.
One is in favor of forcing the U.S. to pay for transgender surgeries, and the other opposes the U.S. paying for transgender surgeries.
One is in favor of forcing Christian family businesses and Christian charities to provide contraceptive insurance coverage to employees, and the other is opposed to it.
One wants to replace the oil and coal industries with wind and solar power, and the other wants to keep the oil and coal industries.
One was part of an administration that signed a deal that would eventually let Iran have nuclear weapons, gave Iran access to multiplied billions of dollars, and airlifted more than 1 ½ billion in cash to the terrorist nation, and the other withdrew from that deal and put sanctions on Iran.
One will fill vacancies on the Supreme Court with liberals, and the other will fill vacancies with conservatives.

Some will say I am being political, and I am concerned about that; but in my mind, the next election is about opposing or supporting what the Bible says about many issues.

I believe the election of one candidate will signify that God is ready to let the U.S. destroy itself, and the election of the other candidate will signify that God is not ready to let the U.S. destroy itself, at least for the time being.

God is in control, and Trump will either be re-elected or removed.

If Trump is re-elected, the Deep State and their minions will keep trying to remove him from office because they want to include the U.S. in the New World Order.

If Trump is removed, Trump’s replacement and those behind him seem ready to surrender U.S. sovereignty to the New World Order, and it could happen fast.

There is a second issue, and it may be the most dangerous of the two.

God gave all of the Promised Land to Israel and warned the nations that He will be against those that divide it (Gen. 17:8; Joel 3:2; Zech. 12:3).

Biden clearly supports the Two-State Solution (dividing Israel).

Trump is clearly the most pro-Israel president in the history of the restored nation.

Trump is clearly ready to endorse the Israeli annexation of about 30% of Judea and Samaria.

The problem is that God gave all of Judea and Samaria to Israel and more (not about 30% of it), and God will not allow Trump, the U.S., Netanyahu or anyone else to give part or all of the remainder away and get away with it.

These are dangerous days no matter who God decides to raise up over the U.S.

The Rapture is the hope of those that have accepted Jesus; and hopefully that is close, but it could also be what brings the U.S. down on those that are left behind.

Here are nine more reasons why these are dangerous days:

One, prophecy teachers have long warned that the approval of same-sex marriage will not end the demands of the LGBQT community.

The Scriptures teach that God will give these people over to a reprobate mind, and there will be no end to this perversion until the Second Coming of Jesus.

On June 29, 2020, the Mayor of Somerville, Mass., signed a bill to legalize polyamorous relationships (open relationships between people who have several lovers at the same time; a person of one sex living with multiple partners of another sex at the same time; a perverted picture of the relationship between Jesus and the Church.).

Two, lawlessness (a characteristic of the Antichrist) is surging big time in major U.S. cities, especially those run by liberal Democrats.

A large area of Minneapolis looks like a war zone (approximately 1,500 businesses destroyed; the Governor of Minnesota asked Trump to declare it a major disaster area and provide 500 million dollars to pay for damages; Trump refused).

The Governor of Georgia declared a state of emergency and deployed 1,000 National Guard Troops to protect the monument at Stone Mountain.

The Governor of Utah declared a state of emergency when it was declared that the death of a man there was justified.

The St. Louis, Missouri, couple that used guns to defend their lives and home in late June when gun-carrying Black Lives Matter protestors (a George Soros financed, Democrat Party fundraising group) and others broke into their gated community and threatened to kill them, steal their possessions and burn their house – their home has been raided by the police, and their guns have been seized.

Reports say the St. Louis couple legally owned their guns, and they have a constitutional right to defend their lives and property, yet their home has been raided, their guns have been seized, and they are being investigated.

On the other hand, the gun-carrying mob that illegally broke into the gated community and terrorized the couple is being called peaceful protestors, they are not being investigated, and their guns have not been seized.

On July 6, 2020, it was reported that between June 15, 2020, (when hundreds of police were reassigned) and July 2, 2020, shootings in New York City surged when compared to the same period in 2019.

Black citizens are being slaughtered, and the only thing that I know that Mayor de Blasio has done at this time is to paint “Black Lives Matter” on the street in front of Trump Tower (which will do absolutely nothing to improve the lives of black people).

Three, despite the Islamic threat, many Jews believe that they will be safer in Israel than they are in the U.S. and other nations where they live.

Israel is expecting about 90,000 immigrants in the next 18 months and more than 250,000 in the next 3-5 years (perhaps more than they can absorb).

The immigrants are being drawn by the Holy Spirit, and this is a literal fulfillment of end-of-the-age Bible prophecy (Jer. 31:10; Ezek. 11:17-20).

Four, on July 6, 2020, Pres. Trump notified the UN that the U.S. is withdrawing from the World Health Organization (WHO) effective July 6, 2021.

If Pres. Trump is not re-elected, his replacement can rescind Trump’s decision.

But this is one reason why globalists and Democrats want Trump out of office.

They have started building their one-world government, and they want every nation, including the U.S. and Israel, to surrender their sovereignty.

Pres. Trump’s withdrawal from the WHO could be a very big deal.

The WHO is trying to get the nations to grant them the authority to force everyone on earth to be numbered, tattooed, vaccinated, and tracked.

Bill Gates is their largest contributor, and they are letting him tell them what to do.

Five, several companies have reported that they expect to start vaccinating people for the Coronavirus in late Dec. 2020 or early Jan. 2021.

True Christians will not be faced with taking the Mark of the Beast, but some, or all, of these vaccines may have cell lines that come from aborted babies.

The Bill Gates vaccine will be accompanied by a tattoo, and he wants to force people to take it under the threat of not being allowed to work, buy, or sell if they refuse.

This is the point: This is a clear indication that this generation is approaching the Rapture and the Tribulation Period.

Six, on July 6, 2020, it was reported that the State of Rhode Island has employed an Israeli company to identify citizens that have been infected and/or are at risk of being infected by the Coronavirus.

Those that have been identified can be tracked and forced to be treated and/or go into lockdown.

Seven, in early July, the Governor of California temporarily banned singing and chanting in churches, and he limited indoor worship attendance to 25% of building capacity or a maximum of 100 attendees, whichever is the smallest amount.

About that time, the ACLJ announced that it is preparing a lawsuit against the State of Cal. for its unconstitutional discrimination against the Church.

Eight, in 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that family-owned businesses that are objecting on religious grounds cannot be forced to provide contraceptive insurance coverage for their employees.

In early July 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that charitable religious groups cannot be forced to provide contraceptive insurance coverage for their employees.

On July 8, 2020, Joe Biden pledged to reverse these two decisions.

Nine, as an elected member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Ilhan Omar took an oath to defend the Constitution of the U.S., but she is openly calling for the dismantling of America’s political and economic systems.

She is one of the first to call for the dismantling of the police in Minneapolis, is anti-Israel, and a very influential and outspoken member of the Democrat Party.

Ten, as of July 9, 2020, there have been 8 mysterious incidents (explosions, fires, etc.) in 14 days that have killed dozens of people and destroyed several important military and civilian targets in Iran.

Coupled with this is the fact that Israel has struck more than 1,000 Iranian, Hezbollah and Syrian targets in Syria in recent years.

Iran’s leaders seem helpless to do anything about it, and some of the Mullahs are demanding answers.

Only God knows how much longer this will drag on, but sooner or later, Iran will be forced to respond.

God loves everyone, and He paid the sin debt of all who will trust in Jesus when He sent His only begotten Son to die on the cross (John 3:16).

These are dangerous days (armed terrorists are roaming the streets and being praised; honest citizens are being disarmed; the police are being vilified; Church attendance is being limited; some Christians are being told they can’t sing in Church, etc.), and as I understand Bible prophecy, God will soon allow all Hell to break loose on earth.

The way to avoid that is to bow your head; acknowledge the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus; ask Jesus to forgive your sins; sincerely promise to give up your sins and live for Him; and ask Jesus to come into your heart.

Prophecy Plus Ministries, Inc.
Daymond & Rachel Duck
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Premillennialism: Key to Survival in a Chaotic World :: By Jonathan Brentner

Published on: July 19, 2020 by RR7

Life in the eternal state will be spectacular, far beyond even our best experiences in this life. Randy Alcorn, in his book Heaven, does a superb job of expanding our imaginations regarding our future life on the new earth and in the New Jerusalem. We have much to look forward to when the words of Revelation 21-22 ring true throughout the universe at a time when death, suffering, sorrow, and pain no longer exist (Rev. 21:1-4) as we explore the new earth and dwell in the most glorious city imaginable, the New Jerusalem.

In the meantime, we live in a world submerged in chaos. The fear of COVID-19 has created a culture of fear unlike anything we have ever seen. Riots and violence continue as powerful and wicked forces seek to overthrow America and eliminate the freedoms we enjoy.

Is our fate a worldwide form of Marxist government from which we will never escape? Will God judge those who kill our police, destroy businesses, and spread lawlessness and murder on our streets? Will we see the end of the despair and panic prevalent all around us?

Only premillennialism provides biblical answers to these questions. It alone provides the basis to discern the signs of the last days in which we live. It alone offers hope for our day rather than a distant and vague end-of-the-age return of Jesus that offers little comfort for our most pressing concerns or the fear that swells up inside us as we hear reports of violence around us.

Our beliefs in in a literal tribulation and millennium are not matters of stuffy theology without relevance to our lives. Premillennialism enables us to base our hopes, even our survival, on the sure foundation of God’s Word. The Bible assures us of God’s sovereignty over history as well as His coming judgment of the wickedness and violence so prevalent in our world. These beliefs, grounded in Scripture, offer us hope in a chaotic world.

We know premillennialism is true because:

The Father Cannot Break His Promise to the Son

In Psalm 2:7-8, we read this promise of the Father to the Son, “. . . The Lord said to me, ‘You are my Son; today I have begotten you. Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession.'” The context clarifies this as a physical rule over the nations of the world in which Jesus rules with a “rod of iron” and dashes the nations “in pieces like a potter’s vessel” (Psalm 2:9-10). This cannot be a spiritual realm nor can it refer to the church; this remains an unfulfilled prophecy.

The millennial rule of Jesus as described in Psalm 2 is a biblical necessity because it denotes a promise of the Father to the Son. If Jesus does not reign over the nations as passages such as Zechariah 14 and Revelation 20:1-10 describe, it would signify that the Father has reneged on a promise to his Son.

Only premillennialism preserves the Father’s promise to the Son and assures us of a future kingdom in which we will reign with Jesus.

It Must Be the Future Millennium

Psalm 2:9 describes Jesus’ future rule in this way, “You shall break them with a rod of iron / and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.” Some versions have the word “rule” rather than “break.” Either way, does this describe Jesus’ headship over the church today or something that Jesus fulfilled with His first coming? Certainly not! This cannot be a promise for the church age.

The presence of rebellion and harsh judgment during this reign of Jesus also differentiates it from the eternal state where sin and death will no longer exist (Rev. 21:4). No other time fits with the conditions described in Psalm 2; it must be the millennium where Scripture tells us sin and rebellion will occur (Zech. 14:16-19; Rev. 20:1-10).

Only premillennialism fits with the prophetic conditions of Psalm 2.

The Original Intent of the Prophets

One cannot deny the reality of a future millennium state and at the same time interpret the prophetic words of Scripture in the way the authors intended them when they wrote them, or in the way that their original audience would have understood them at the time. Only premillennialism maintains the original intent of biblical prophets.

Take the words of the prophet Zechariah, for example. He prophesied about a time after Jesus’ crucifixion when a great number of the Israelites would repent and recognize Jesus as their Messiah. Using words that cannot apply to anyone else but those of Jewish physical descent, the prophet pictures a time of much weeping as the Jewish people recognize the one “they have pierced” as the Messiah and weep signifying their great regret and repentance (Zech. 12:10-13:1).

Those who dismiss a future physical kingdom for Israel cannot take the words of Zechariah the way the prophet intended. Instead, they must retrofit an unrelated and foreign understanding to the text that is light years away from how the faithful in Israel would have understood it at the time, or for that matter, centuries later.

If Scripture can mean one thing when written and have an entirely different sense centuries later, we would no longer be able to trust it. The use of allegory erodes both the trustworthiness and objectivity of Scripture by allowing interpreters to impose their own viewpoint on the text, interpretations that have nothing to do with the text at the time God inspired it.

Only premillennialism protects the original intent of biblical prophecy.

The Prophetic Intent of the Book of Revelation

The book of Revelation begins with these words: “The revelation of Jesus Christ.” From beginning to end, the book contains Jesus’ revelation to us, His church. Unfortunately, many today treat the book as an allegory from which they can pick and choose what is symbolic and what is not, and then decide how they will interpret it.

John’s choice of words negates the allegorical approach to the book of Revelation. The apostle uses the word “saw” 44 times by itself and 12 times with the word “looked.” He uses the word “heard” 30 times to indicate he was writing down words he heard. The apostle purposely used the words of someone communicating God’s message based on what he both saw and heard. Those writing allegory do not write as eyewitnesses to events. The apostle confirmed over and over again that he was recording future events as he saw them, writing down what he heard at a future time.

Yes, he employs symbolism and imagery in relating Jesus’ message about the future. His overriding intent, however, was to tell us specifically what he saw and heard concerning the future, especially during a time of tribulation that will come upon the world. Jesus Himself confirmed the words of the book as prophecy (Rev. 22:6).

Only premillennialism interprets the book of Revelation as future prophecy, which assures us of God’s coming judgment of the wickedness in our world.

The Allegorization of Scripture Opens the Door to Heresies

The allegorical method of interpreting Scripture, which forms the foundation of those who deny the millennial rule of Jesus, leads to a further erosion of biblical truth, and opens the door to heresy. It has done so in the past; it is happening now; it will certainly occur in the future.

In order to deny the restoration of a kingdom for Israel, one must relegate a multitude of Old Testament prophecies regarding the future of Israel to allegory. Such interpretations diminish the importance of words in the Bible and thereby open the door for other biblical texts to fall victim to allegory.

The church in the United Kingdom exemplifies how amillennialism morphs into further false beliefs and errors. I receive several e-mails from a great number of premillennialists who live there, and many there receive my newsletters. However, I also know that many leaders and pastors in the Church of England have long since rejected this teaching in favor of false viewpoints that deny the prophetic significance of Israel and her future restoration.

A pastor once used the church in the United Kingdom as proof that I should give up my premillennialism. He scoffed when I told him that amillennialism always leads to further false teaching.

During January of 2020, churches in Scotland and England disinvited Franklin Graham to speak because of his views on the LGBTQ agenda. Bryan Kerr, a Church of Scotland pastor in Lanark, said this, “Franklin Graham isn’t the voice of Christianity.” The path to such a misguided statement began with a denial of the restoration of Israel, AKA amillennialism, which led to such a great erosion of the integrity of Scripture.

Once a teacher or pastor treats future biblical prophecy as allegory, others eventually apply this methodology to other scriptural texts. This expansion of allegorical interpretations to other texts eroded the purity of the Gospel during the dark ages, and it’s happening again in our day.

Only premillennialism guards the integrity of all the words of Scripture.

The Dismissal of Biblical Prophecy Redirects the Focus of Believers to the Temporal

Those who deny what the Bible teaches about the millennium and tribulation believe the next prophetic event is Jesus’ return at the end of this age to wrap things up, judge humanity, and initiate the eternal state. They give lip service to the imminency of Jesus’ return, but neither they nor those listening to them really believe this could happen in their lifetime or during that of their grandchildren or great grandchildren.

As a result, they focus on the things of this world rather than on eternity. “Why watch for Jesus’ return if it’s still centuries away? Why adopt an eternal outlook on life if I expect to live a lengthy life and then go to be with the Lord after I die? I have plenty of time to think of eternity when I am old.”

In stark contrast to such a mindset, the biblical perspective conveys a message of imminency regarding Jesus’ appearing. New Testament saints waited for Jesus’ appearing with great eagerness (1 Cor. 1:7; Phil. 3:20-21). They watched for Him to come (1 Thess. 1:9-10) just as the Lord told his followers to do (Matt. 24:44, 25:13). The Apostle Paul believed Jesus could return for him in his lifetime (1 Thess. 4:17).

I know some amillennialists maintain the Apostle Paul’s two-world perspective of 2 Corinthians 4:17-18, but they are the exception rather than the norm.

Only premillennialism naturally leads to a biblical two-world perspective.

The words of Alva J. McClain in his wonderful work, The Greatness of the Kingdom, sum up the importance of a premillennial outlook on our world.

“The premillennial philosophy of history makes sense. It lays a biblical and rational basis for a truly optimistic view of human history. . . . It says that life here and now, in spite of the tragedy of sin, is nevertheless worth-while; and therefore all efforts to make it better are also worth-while. All the true values of human life will be preserved and carried over into the coming kingdom; nothing worth-while will be lost. Furthermore, we are encouraged in the midst of opposition and reverses by the assurance that help is on the way.” [i]

Only premillennialism offers hope for us in a world marked by violence and deception. It alone makes sense of our world today, encourages us to remain faithful when despair seems like our only option, and assures us of God’s sovereignty despite the chaos we see on our streets.

The Bible reveals the future formation of a totalitarian one-world government, but it also tells us that Jesus will destroy it at His second coming. The book of Revelation tells us that the Lord will severely judge the violence and evil of our day. As for us, we will be with Jesus before the Lord pours out His wrath on this Christ-hating world, only to return with Him and reign with Him in His glorious kingdom.

Jonathan Brentner

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[i] [i] Alva J. McClain, The Greatness of the Kingdom (Winona Lake: BMH Books, 1974), p. 531.