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End-times Briefing 10 cont’d: key signs and prophecies

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[First posted 1.7.20]
We continue Annex A to Simplicity and examine some items in earlier Briefings:

KEY END-TIME (or SECOND ADVENT) SIGNS and PROPHECIES

An awareness of End-Time signs will help us to see if any world events, as they unfold in the weeks, months and years ahead, can honestly be described as fulfilling Biblical prophecy. Analysis of world events in relation to prophecy requires care and integrity, both to ensure genuine spiritual significance, and to avoid “false news”, conspiracy theories and the pronouncements of false prophets. It will be exceedingly hard to convince a sceptical world that prophecy is being fulfilled!

Some prophecies in the Bible seem particularly significant, in light of current world events, especially in the Middle-East. The following prophecies are worth bearing in mind, especially by those who are intentional about marrying historic prophecies with contemporary occurrences. They are, in short, signs of the End-Times:

  • Egyptian will turn against Egyptian (Isaiah 19:2)
  • Damascus will be in ruins (Isaiah 17:1)
  • Gaza will writhe in agony (Zechariah 9:5)
  • There will be false teachers and prophets who lead people astray (2 Peter 2:1-2)
  • Earthquakes, famines, plague and pestilences will intensify (Luke 21:11)
  • People will prefer fantasy to reality, myth to Christian truths (2 Timothy 4:3-4).

Some other signs of note:

  1. The Jews have returned to their Biblical homeland, however, not all of the Jews have returned, and not to all of what was originally the Promised Land. We can expect to see more Jews returning and there may be further expansion of the current borders of Israel.
  2. The desolate land of Israel has become fertile and fruitful – Zechariah 7:14.
  3. The Gospel will be preached to all nations – Matthew 24:14. The Gospel is being preached in many nations, though not yet in all nations. It may be difficult for us to determine when full coverage has been achieved! At the same time, it is surely significant that in a matter of a few years from now the Bible, or parts of it, will have been translated into every known language.
  4. We can expect that in any communication on End-Time prophecies the message, and the messenger, will be mocked and ridiculed (2 Peter 3:3-4).
  5. Jerusalem will be seen as a problem by the whole world (Zechariah 12:2-3). Zechariah made this prophecy in about 520 BC, when Jerusalem was in ruins. Today, as foretold, Israel and Jerusalem are the focus of massive media coverage that is totally disproportionate to the size of the city or nation.
  6. Christians will be persecuted and martyred (Matthew 24:9).
  7. Many will turn away from the Christian faith (Matthew 24:10).
  8. The governance of Jerusalem will be free of Gentile involvement (Luke 21:24).
  9. The “Man of Lawlessness” (the Antichrist) will appear on the world stage. He will be seen as a great and very effective unifying world leader (Revelation 13:3-8). He will establish a seven-year covenant of peace with Israel which, after 31/2 years, he will break when he declares himself as god in the Temple in Jerusalem.
  10. A worldwide financial system will be established requiring people to register and show allegiance to the Antichrist, as a prerequisite to being able to shop and trade (Revelation 13:16-17). We hear talk today of a “new world order”, the need for a worldwide economic organisation and a world government.
  11. A 31/2 year period of desolation and despair, the “Great Tribulation”, will follow the “Abomination of Desolation” by the Antichrist in the Temple.
  12. In order for the prophecy at 11 above to be fulfilled, assuming it is not allegorical, we can expect to see the Temple rebuilt in Jerusalem.
  13. All nations will gather to fight against Jerusalem (Zechariah 14:2).
  14. Jesus will return and defeat the attacking nations at Armageddon (Zechariah 14:3-4, Revelation 16:14-16, Revelation 19:11, 19-21).
  15. The awesome realisation that Jesus is the Messiah, and all that that implies, will come to the nation of Israel in absolute certainty (Zechariah 12:9-10).
  16. Nations will be judged according to their treatment of the Jews (Joel 3:1-2).

(Annex A) CONCLUSION 

Undoubtedly, more signs could be added. However, time and space dictate a degree of selectivity. Jesus gave us pointers for the circumstances that will prevail when he returns, but makes it clear that the specific time of his coming cannot be known. It seems clear that we are well along the time line of prophetic events. Those signs that await fulfillment could happen very quickly. Reading the Bible, watching what is happening, particularly in Israel and Jerusalem, and seeking to understand the spiritual significance of unusual signs and symbols in the world around us, are all key elements in our being ready for the return of Jesus.

Neil Mackereth, 21 May 2020

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End-times Briefing 10: the centre line – where are we now?

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[First posted 1.7.20]
Simplicity of the Gospel and in Evangelism and in End-Times – Neil Mackereth
Annex A to Neil Mackereth’s paper Simplicity goes deeper into Matthew 24 signs than earlier Briefings 2: the ‘When?’ and 3: the ‘What?’ of Watching [cross-references to the book of Daniel are mine]:

1 Then Jesus went out and departed from the temple, and His disciples came up to show Him the buildings of the temple. 2 And Jesus said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left here upon another, that shall not be thrown down.”

THE CENTRE LINE OF END-TIME PROPHECY – WHERE ARE WE NOW?

At the start of Matthew 24 the disciples are seeking Jesus’ acknowledgement that the Temple is a beautiful building.  They were shocked by His response, that the Temple would be utterly destroyed, not one stone left on another.  This startling prophetic statement leads them to ask two very significant questions: “When will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” (Jesus responds to this as two questions, the second having two parts) Before answering these questions, Jesus warns the disciples against being deceived by people falsely claiming to be Christ. This thread of potential deception by false prophets continues throughout the chapter. Question 1: “When?” The answer to the first is most clearly given in Mark 21:20-24: “When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you will know that its desolation is near. Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country not enter the city. For this is the time of punishment in fulfilment of all that has been written.  How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people. They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.”   The exact fulfilment of this prophecy came in 70 AD. It is worth noting that the Roman General Vespasian was in the process of establishing a siege around Jerusalem when he was recalled to Rome to be installed as Emperor. Thus, a lull occurred which allowed many to escape the city before Vespasian’s son, General Titus, fully established the siege which led to the destruction of the city and Temple. There was nothing metaphorical about the siege of Jerusalem and its destruction: those who knew what Jesus had said, and were obedient to His advice, escaped.  Since then, the sacred Temple site has been “trampled on by the Gentiles”. Question 2: “What?” – 2nd Part In answering the second question, which has two overlapping parts, Jesus addresses part 2 first: “the sign of the end of the age”. He summarises several signs before giving the sign. He makes it clear that while the various catastrophic events constitute the “birth-pains” for what is to come, and these along with persecution will cause many people to turn away from faith, they are not the final sign.  That sign is given in v 14: “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.”  This can be seen as the required culmination of the “Great Commission”; the task given to the disciples in Matthew 28, to go and make disciples of all nations.  Determining when this task has been completed will be difficult! These early verses of Matthew 24 emphasise the need for Christians to stand firm during the labour pains that indicate the imminence of the “birth” of the Kingdom of God on earth. From verse 15 to 25 the focus narrows to Israel. When “the abomination that causes desolation” [Daniel 9:27,11:31,12:11] is seen in the “holy place” [9:23, 8:13 ‘Wonderful Numberer‘] it is time to flee.  The continued warnings of deception, the sense of great distress and the indications of extreme urgency given in these verses cannot be overstressed. The words were spoken by Jesus and he tells us how to pray. Note that Jesus does not say that we should pray against these things happening, rather that they won’t happen in winter, or on the Sabbath. What is “the abomination that causes desolation”?  It seems that the events of AD 70 were a “model” or “shadow” of what will happen at the end of the age.  When Titus destroyed the Temple, he set up an idol on the site.  Prophecy relating to the end times (2 Thessalonians 2:4; Revelation 13:14,15) says that the antichrist will declare himself god, set up an image of himself in the temple, and order everyone to worship it.  This is the “abomination” that mocks God. Jesus goes on to say (Matthew 24:24) that some false Christs and false prophets will be so convincing that even the “elect” (well established, strong Christians) may be deceived, and that things will be so bad that no one would survive if the “days had not been cut short”. Question 2: “What?” – 1st Part Jesus then addresses part one of question two: what will be the sign of His coming? The order in which He answered the two parts to the question is significant.  Jesus’ return will be unmistakeable! If we think that Jesus might have come, then He hasn’t!  If we don’t believe that Christ can make His second and glorious coming to Earth obvious to everyone, then we seriously underestimate the power, authority and capability of our God. In the closing verses of chapter 24, Jesus urges us to be both watchful and prepared and that His return will be swift and sudden. We are not told the “day or the hour” (verse 36) and it seems clear that we should not speculate on these matters. However, we do have some indication of the events leading up to the end of the age, and that things will be as they were “in the days of Noah” (verse 37). 

IN THE DAYS OF NOAH – END-TIMES’ TRENDS

As shown in Matthew 24:27, the characteristics of end-times world activities and conditions are likened to the circumstances in the days of Noah.  This parallel is repeated in Luke 17:26. In Luke 17:28 the comparison is expanded to include the conditions in Sodom during the time leading up to Lot’s departure from the city. The account of Noah’s righteousness and the situation before the flood is given in Genesis 6. How do the conditions then and now compare? The earth was full of wickedness and evil thoughts (v 5), violence (v 11) and sexual corruption (v 12).  It seems that materialism, violence, corruption and immorality were accepted as the norm. The positive features of the story of Noah are that he was supernaturally warned.  Noah “walked with God” and “found favour in the eyes of the Lord”. He was obedient to God and, as head of his family, took full responsibility for his household and led them to safety. The conditions in the end-times are summarised by Paul in 2 Timothy 3:1-5: “But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.” So, are the conditions in the world today as they were in the time of Noah?

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End-times Briefing 9: the significance of Hourglass & End-times Harvest dream

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[First posted 25.6.20 and further to Briefing 8]

A couple of hours ago Veronika published this from our dear brother:

“Today I bring yet another striking, in-depth interpretation to the dream I submitted to you all yesterday…Prophet Abel Praise submits some revelation for the purposes of prayer. ENJOY!!!”

DREAM INTERPRETATION…; “THE GOLDEN REVOLVING DOOR OF THE AGES AND OF ETERNAL DESTINY…AND THE HOUR GLASS OF THE END-TIME HARVEST…!!

‘Oh such great honor that The LORD grants us eyes to see and pours out HIS Spirit that we may discern what The Spirit Of The LORD is saying that we may know how to march in this hour.

‘The profound calling this prophetic dream brings us at this time is a call to contend for; recover; and administer the time-gates; or better put; the prayer-watches assigned to us in this hour; as that is how we will effectively partner with The LORD in birthing in time and eternity; being the earth and the heavens under the jurisdictions we are assigned in this hour; the predestined counsels of great awakening; revivals, victories harvest and advance into territories; the Kingdom is destined to make in this season. Continue reading →

Prophet’s Intel Briefing: Cyclical nature of Bible and history – 2 Kings, 2 Presidents prophecy, 2 God-incidents

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“Whether people know it or not, they’re caught up either directly or indirectly in prophecy. There’s just no way they’re out of it. Everybody’s involved in it, whether they know it or not!” Robin Bullock, 21 March 2024.

Saturday Men’s Breakfast ‘rabbinic-style’ gathering focused upon current news aspect of Romans 11 on The Remnant of Israel. Later, I read Chris Moyler’s recommendation on his Telegram about a broadcast on Thursday of Elijah Streams, but I didn’t watch until this morning, Monday. So, I’m grateful to be able to publish his note.

That timing is clearly God-incidental because, before Robin Bullock gets onto what Chris covers, what he says surprises me on two personally pertinent items that happened on the intervening two days! Chris writes:

‘Dear Friends,
Please don’t miss this very important prophetic briefing from Robin Bullock in which he expounds, in great detail, the dynamics of Kim Clement’s “Two Presidents” prophecy.

He explains that what is happening to President Trump today is precisely mirrored by King David’s relationship with King Saul.

King Saul’s Reign had two parts.
  • In the first part he had a sound mind, an anointing and a crown.
  • In the second part, the anointing was removed and he lost his mind, even though he continued to have a throne.

Meanwhile, the anointing of the kingship was placed upon David. He became King when the prophet Samuel anointed him, but for a long while he had no throne.

Obama is the modern representation of Saul, and President Trump the modern representation of David.

Obama’s anointing was removed from him while he was yet President. When Saul’s anointing was removed, at the time when he tore Samuel’s robe, he also lost his mind!

Biden represents the second half of Obama’s Presidency, the time in which Saul lost his mind.

And Donald Trump is actually President Trump, because the anointing remains upon him.

Furthermore, the night before the recent Iowa caucus, the prophets gathered to anoint him for a third term. This wasn’t done in person, but it was done in the spirit realm.

This is all of immense importance. Robin’s most detailed exposition serves to greatly strengthen our faith during this long time of waiting for President Trump’s full restoration.

And most importantly, this empowers us, not to be mere observers of this transition of power, but as God’s prophetic people to boldly declare in the spirit realm that this great and historic change in the Presidency will indeed be completely fulfilled by the LORD in President Trump.

God bless you all.

The Two Kings section begins at 35:00. There are many very important details.

Chris’

Click image to play video (overwrites this screen). Discussion begins at 6 minutes and there’s many noteworthy points:


1st Personal Point:

At the breakfast study, someone remarked upon verse 3’s reference to Baal, but, although I’d have gladly responded, it wasn’t taken up.

Now, from 14 mins into the Intel Briefing, Robin speaks at length on Baal as a leading demonic opponent of the One and Only Living God, and not only in biblical times but also today – and especially in child sacrifices. He cited several examples of the current onslaught of this evil.

2nd Personal Point:

From 23:15 mins Robin talks about receiving a word from the Lord at a high-level public meeting and being told by Him to state: “There’s only one God; the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob and God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the King of Glory”. Robin was impelled to repeat it soon afterwards and then announce,  “You know there’s only one God and He’s called ‘The Living God’ – that means all the other ones are dead!“

He and Steve talk about Mar-a-Lago and (29:45 mins) recall Donald Trump holding up and emphasising the Bible in his capacity as President, as well as having pointed upwards in a political rally to God and saying, “We need help from the Boss!”, as reported in this post:

President Trump gives glory to Jesus Christ in public!

NOW NOTE > The day before I heard any of  that conversation, at our Palm Sunday service on teaching from Mark 11 I’m most pleased to hear guest speaker Pete Gilbert using – and repeatedly stressing – that very same term Donald Trump uses to describe Jesus’ and our heavenly Father:

He begins at 26 minutes into the service and, after a personal introduction and likening an aspect of this scripture to an encounter with the author of Sherlock Homes mysteries, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Pete delves into the scripture at 34 mins. At 42 minutes Pete’s exposition goes up a level:

“…There’s a very interesting – a very unique little part in verse three, where again Jesus is making it as clear as he possibly can as he enters Jerusalem into the final climactic events of His earthly life. What does He say at the end of verse three? ‘If anyone asks you why are you doing this tell him the Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly’ – He needs it and will send it back.
…this is the only time before His resurrection when this title is used of Jesus. Jesus uses it Himself after the resurrection, others use it after the resurrection – but before the resurrection has happened, before the crucifixion has happened this is the only time – this is Jesus saying I’m coming in > make way!
I’m doing it gently, I’m not forcing My way in, I’m doing it humbly but this is who I am. I am indeed the Lord – ‘kyrios’ is the word there in the original language and it it means God and God’s chosen one – the very Messiah of God.
SO, Jesus is making it abundantly obvious what is going on. Here the word ‘Lord’ does get used of Jesus in other places but it’s not this title… about half the times that you read the word Lord relating to Jesus in the New Testament it is not kyrios which is the Lord, the God the Messiah; it’s a word which carries a function. The word Lord applied to Jesus (Himself) usually means ‘Boss’ – not just Messiah, not just God, but actually who is He to me. He is ‘Boss’. So for as many times as you read Lord Messiah, especially after the resurrection, as often the word means ‘Boss’ – and I suppose my question to myself and my question to you this morning is: is He that to you, He wants to humbly, He wants to gently, He will not force His way in, but He does want you to acknowledge Him as Messiah but also as ‘Boss’…”

SELAH!

PS Finished without full check but publishing at ‘coincidental’ 17:22 hrs

End-times Briefing 7: Daniel and ‘The Wonderful Numberer’ Jesus Christ

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Now we examine one of the sparkling radiant diamonds, found in the treasure trove of Unlocking the Biblical Watch of Messiah’s Return. First a brief recap: 

‘DANIEL’S VISIONS

‘Daniel was privileged to receive extraordinary visions which were sealed until the ‘time of the end’ when many will run ‘to and fro’ and knowledge will increase. An apt description of our current world when knowledge and data are readily available via the internet.

Daniel 12:4 (NKJV) – “But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.”

‘The prophetic words of the Book of Daniel were sealed until the ‘time of the end’ – confirmed again later in the same chapter (Daniel 12):

Daniel 12:9-10 (NKJV) – And he said, “Go your way, Daniel, for the words are closed up and sealed ’til the time of the end”. 10 Many shall be purified, made white, and refined, but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand.

‘Daniel’s ‘time of the end’ is now.

‘Earlier in the Book of Daniel a ‘when’ question was asked, regarding the desolation of the Temple in Jerusalem. The question was asked to someone called the ‘Wonderful Numberer’ [19]. The questioner (the ‘holy one’) clearly knew that the ‘Wonderful Numberer’ had the answer to the ‘when’ question.

Daniel 8:13 (YLT) – “And I hear a certain holy one speaking, and a certain holy one said to the wonderful numberer who is speaking: ‘Until when [is] the vision of the continual [sacrifice], and of the transgression, an astonishment, to make both sanctuary and host a treading down?’”

‘As will be seen [20], the wisdom of the ‘Wonderful Numberer’, who answered the ‘when’ question, is part of the ‘understanding’ sealed until the ‘time of the end’, when the ‘wise’ will understand. Moreover, the ‘Wonderful Numberer’ will be shown to hold the ‘Key of David’ [21] – the significance of which will be examined in detail [22].’

‘Notes:

‘[19] The Hebrew word for ‘Wonderful Numberer’ in Daniel 8:13 is ‘Palmoni’ (Hebrew ‘לפלמוני’ – Strong’s number 6422) and is only found once in all scripture . It is a ‘contracted’ word and contains the elements of two Hebrew words. The first is ‘pele’ and the other is ‘ma-na’. The Hebrew word ‘pele’ means ‘wonderful’ (see Isaiah 9:6) and the word ‘ma-na’ means ‘numbered’ (see Daniel 5:25-26). So, this contracted Hebrew word ‘Palmoni’ literally means ‘Wonderful Numberer’”. Taken from F.C. Gilbert’s book, Practical Lessons for the Church of Today, pp. 606-608, published by The Review in 1902.

Gill’s Exposition states: ‘another angel said to him that spoke, whose name is unknown, only called such a one, or ‘Palmoni’, which some render ‘the wonderful numberer’ or ‘the numberer of secrets’ or ‘that has all secrets numbered’; and apply it to Christ, whose name is ‘Pele’, wonderful; the eternal Word of God, that is in the bosom of the Father, and knows all secrets, and the number of times and seasons, how long they will last; what created angels know not, he does; and therefore they apply to him for instruction and knowledge in hidden things.

The ‘Wonderful Numberer’ is found in few translations yet many commentaries acknowledge this translation including Albert Barne’s Commentary, John Gill’s Exposition, Geneva Study Bible, Calvin’s Commentary, John Trapp’s Complete Commentary, Matthew Poole’s Annotations, Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and E. W. Bullinger’s Companion Notes. (See StudyLight.org Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary Daniel 8:13)

‘[20] See chapter ‘Numbers, Triangles and Pyramids in Scripture’ and section ‘The ‘Wonderful Numberer’ as the Seventh Pyramid’.

‘[21] See chapter ‘Tools of the Watch’ and section ‘The Key of David’.

‘[22] See chapter ‘Tools of the Watch’ and section ‘The ‘Wonderful Numberer’ Holds the Key of David’.’  [Isaiah 22:22 << THAT NUMBER AGAIN! – RB]

Daniel 8:13-21 [Scripture For All Interlinear OT Hebrew]

NB: reference at note 19 to Jesus as knowing hidden things, ie ‘mysteries’, per recent post Kingdom Mysteries – Jesus Points to Mathematics (originally posted 6 April 2018).

Now let’s take a peek at some of my many tabbed pages:

In the subsequent chapter ‘Tools Of The Watch’, Jonathan writes, :The guiding principles or ‘tools’ include the ‘Key of David’, the ‘Wonderful Numberer’ and the importance of ‘days’ in the Bible…’ 

NOW, on page 224 note the double reference to ‘8’, one to it being ‘the number of resurrection’; hence, a fresh cycle or new octave as stated in the previous post!

As you may be able to read on the last tab, p 239, under ‘The Application of the Tools’:

‘The three (now established) tools of the watch, the ‘Key of David’, the ‘Wonderful Numberer’ and the ‘hidden days’ of Daniel, work together in unlocking the biblical watch. The ‘Key of David confirms that biblical numbers unlock ‘understanding’; the ‘Wonderful Numberer’ confirms that biblical numbers unlock ‘understanding’ whichheralds the first resurrection. Both these tools work together with Daniel’s ‘hidden days’ in the word of God regarding that ‘which the Lord is about to do’ and before the divine judgement (the Tribulation).’

I trust you’re able to read these snippets and appreciate it’s worth taking time to study Jonathan’s magisterial theses at leisure, and to visit his website Books.JRHill.com for more information and updates.

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End-times Briefing 6: New Ager sees first pieces of God’s ‘jigsaw’

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[First posted 16.6.20]

How a New Age follower got hooked into the Bible’s prophecies.

A unique take from die-hard anti-Christian confronted by facts in non-Christian book!

As an ex-unbeliever rescued by Jesus Christ in person and ‘born-again’ by Holy Spirit into life everlasting through His sinless blood, I reiterate Chuck Missler’s concern:

“You may not believe what the Bible says, but what’s utterly astonishing is that so very many claim to believe in Jesus yet have no grasp of the idea Christ is to literally return and rule!”

The aim of these Briefings is to help my readers be better informed and thus grasp that truth. If an ardently anti-church guy deeply involved in New Age teachings, who viewed ‘Bible-bashers’ as bigots, could grasp and keep hold of this mind-blowing stuff, then how much easier is it for believers in Jesus to fully appreciate these things?

So, come on a revelatory journey with me that hints at the relevance of Bible ‘coding’:

BACKGROUND

Personal events over the last couple of years brought insights into formative events in my childhood that have a bearing upon why I must write – as if pre-ordained destiny!

Mulling over one particular memory suggests the Lord played a direct role in what had happened – as though He instigated the ‘first contact’ and thus strongly stimulated what became an abiding fascination within my spirit. That is, His grace in action…

Then at the right time decades later, He revisited the sown seed that was emerging from below ground and simultaneously brought together two things – a book and a television – to kick-start life-changing events!

Moreover, last year when speaking about prophecies being like ‘jigsaw pieces’ I shared what had got me interested in prophecy. BUT only then did it dawn upon me that’s what I’d seen on those pages and that screen: two ‘jigsaw pieces’! I hadn’t put two and two together until over 30 years later! Dohh!

By covering the identical topic, the printed and spoken words I read and heard in mid-80s got connected and opened up a much bigger intellectual, historical and spiritual picture. They were the very first two physical ‘jigsaw pieces’ I’d encountered and fitted together tightly, as though in an awesome ‘invisible jigsaw’ – one I’d begin blogging about twenty years later.

And only now do I notice two more ‘pieces’!

‘FIRST CONTACT’

Having Catholic parents, it was church every Sunday. As soon as I was able to read, my mother showed me how her Missal explained what’s said during Mass. Each Sunday had a page with picture depicting the liturgical theme, as in this copy page.

Being very keen on astronomy I was intrigued by the picture for the First Sunday in Advent. It shows Jesus standing on clouds in the midst of the sun, moon and shooting stars; but over a burning earth!

Back then I didn’t know it indicated events predicted to precede his Second Advent!

Being a visually-minded boy gifted in drawing, my favourite cartoon stories were those on science fiction. Also, a richly illustrated book By Spaceship to the Moon is a much-thumbed Christmas present of 1955 from my grandmother. And so in the next couple of years we’d go picking blackberries near the huge radio telescope being built at Jodrell Bank, Cheshire.

As you may surmise, that Advent picture had left a subtle impact upon my fertile imagination.

Jodrell Bank radio telescope (1959)

Years later my historical interest led me into Elizabethan-Jacobean codes and self-publishing a booklet on how the misquotation from The Tempest on the Shakespeare monument in Westminster Abbey has a geometrical code of the name of Sir Francis Bacon. (He was involved with producing the King James Bible – see Bio Info).

1st & 2nd PIECES – JERUSALEM

Invisible Hand

By mid-1980s, as editor/publisher for a New Age group, I was well-placed for one of its leaders who dealt with mail-order books to hand me a brand new book on international politics and the Middle-East. Moreover, it examined ancient predictions on those highly complex issues!

So, whilst watching a documentary about the then current Iraq-Iran war, I grabbed the book to casually flick through, pausing at illustrations and charts and noted repeated references to the significance of Jerusalem.

Thus, I was stunned upon hearing the TV narrator say: “Elite units from opposing forces are rehearsing an attack upon Jerusalem” – despite being at war with one another, these opposing armies united to rehearse their ‘liberation’ of Jerusalem – ie. its recapture from the Jews!

Immediately, my head sung to see film footage of that violent rehearsal – my jaw dropped! Wouldn’t yours?

Therefore, this book most definitely is be taken seriously. It grabbed and got my full attention and became of seminal value in understanding these End-times well before I started reading the Bible a few years later!

Thus, began my appreciation as a non-believer in the Bible as prophecy. This reality got confirmed by peculiar instances (‘God-incidents’) after I’d begun blogging, especially at the time of this blog’s 4th anniversary in November 2013 [The Invisible Hand Reappears and Did My Triple Warning About Iran Affect WordPress Connections?] and two year later [What’s Weird About Writing About Iran].

More importantly, that mid-1980s event began loosening my disdain of churchgoers. It needed, however, a visit from the Lord to rescue me from the devil’s camp before that decade was out. [Read I’m FREE! for my full testimony.]

Furthermore, upon revisiting The Invisible Hand I now recall a couple of other ‘jigsaw pieces’ confirming this ‘heaven-sent’ book was just right for me.:

3rd PIECE – BIBLE CODES

Being interested in codes and writing a booklet on one of significance to literature, my attention was drawn to Victor Dunstan’s claiming the Bible holds coded and plain-text prophecies by ancient seers and which relate directly to Britain’s Mandate in Palestine. He also covered historical data on the Mandate and the Middle-East’s religions and politics.

Consequently, I became more alert to Middle-Eastern and globally-related events, which suggest things may not be as they seem at first glance – or as reported in the media, and definitely not the BBC! I was amazed to learn that many modern events are of Biblical significance. Therefore, I began watching events unfold – occasionally and slowly at first, but rapidly and accelerating after we entered the new Millennium, or ‘3rd Day’ since Christ.

Also, I was well-acquainted with the Western esoteric tradition and the Kabbala in Jewish mysticism, so I was at ease with Dunstan’s term ‘ancient seers’.

Using prophet Daniel’s mathematical coding of ‘Time’, this author extrapolated that all prophecies would come to a climax in 1992 with Russia being the lead villain against Israel. However, he didn’t foresee the collapse of communism in 1989! Yet that year proved pertinent because the ‘Middle East Peace Process’ had just got under way in October 1991 and led to the Oslo Accords of 1993. [Latest: New details emerge of how Russia prevented Obama’s anti-Israel resolution.]

Furthermore, Dunstan accurately foresaw the resurgence of Islam as a militant force:

‘We are about to witness a mighty and almost unbelievable upsurge in Islam. Though we see the first signs of an Islamic-revival (it) has a long way to to go but it’s going to go that ‘long way’ very quickly.’ [page 198]

Consequently, his seminal book has received a number of mentions during the course of my blogging (Invisbl_Hand tag refers).

Here’s the book’s fold-out table I saw on cross-links between prophet Daniel and the Book of Revelation, under a photo of the Dome on the Rock mosque in Jerusalem…

The author’s easy, conversational and non-religious style was clear from the outset as he introduced his material gleaned from ‘ancient seers’ and what they call “the time of the end” – the days in which we’re living. He emphasises the mathematical skill of Dr Grattan Guiness’ in his Light for the Last Days (1887) in using those sages’ writings to foretell the deliverance of Jerusalem from the Turks 30 years later.

However, his book opens with a prediction I’d been personally been aware of for twenty years.:

4th PIECE – JFK’s ASSASSINATION

Doubtless you recall where you were and what you were doing when you heard news of the terrorist attack on New York’s twin towers on 11th September 2001? Similarly, I well recall being outside my school’s dining hall on 22nd November 1963 upon hearing news of President Kennedy’s murder. The next year, however, I was intrigued to read about a lady who’d predicted that alarming event, and to which Victor Dunstan refers and uses as a lead-in to the thousands of years-old predictions of the Old Testament prophets:

ON THE SECOND COMING

The author’s frank admission shown below indicates his frank opinion on the possible return of Jesus and suggests why The Invisible Hand is free from church jargon and ‘Christianese’.:

P 307 Chpt 18 – Ancient Seers Foretell Event to ‘Out Science Fiction’ Science Fiction

WHY 1992?

To expand upon the above reference on 1992, the next image (which I hope you can read) tells how Dunstan sees the ‘Times’ in the Book of Daniel point to 1917 and 1948, as well as to 1992. And he demonstrates how these periods can link not only into the Christian calendar but also into the Muslim one – asking if that implies a linkage to the ‘abomination of desolation’ (Daniel 9:27) and thus to the Anti-Christ.:

All to the glory of God alone

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Scripture on post-mortem Jesus connects with personal vision – and with ‘singing butterflies’! (GPS 104.1)

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My personal footnote to “This is That!” is only half of what the Lord was bringing on Sunday 10th March. The ‘audio-visual’ impression dropped into me whilst making our first ‘cuppa’ developed more extensively three hours later during worship in church. Yet what happened in between ‘prepped’ me for ‘more’!

After breakfast I booted up my phone and checked BibleGateway’s Verse Of The Day (1Peter 3:15) and then read its source chapter, where Holy Spirit opened up an insight. In reading chapter 3 in my Bible I got well and truly ‘hit between the eyes’ by verse 18 :

18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring [c]us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, 19 by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison, 20 who formerly were disobedient, [d]when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water. 

Obviously, we all know dead bodies are not alive, BUT Jesus had become truly alive in His own spirit and thus, The ‘firstborn from the dead’ – Col 1:18, Heb 12:23, Rev 1:5 !!

Now, a notification had arrived from a friend which I then opened and am ASTONISHED how it relates directly to and thereby confirms the insight into scripture. I cannot fully put into words about Jesus’s change from death to life in the Spirit and in heaven – before His Resurrection – and soon afterwards going into the underworld to address spirits imprisoned during the Flood, also known as ‘The harrowing of hell’.

With that background to the prophetic vision Theresa Sullivan kindly sent that directly relates to that insight, let’s proceed to an unusual Global Prophecy Signal of ‘singing butterflies‘ (!!!) in the next post…

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End-times Briefing 3: the ‘What?’ of Watching > Signs!

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So far we’ve considered the Who, Why and When we’re to watch. Now to the rationale of this blog, as stated in its title’s strap-line, ‘Looking for the signs of Jesus’ return‘ and we examine what Jesus told us to look out for:

WHAT?

Omitting Jesus’ prediction of the destruction forty years later of the Temple in AD70, here’s a selection of signs stated in the first Gospel (Mark 13), and as augmented by Matthew (chapter 24) and Luke (chapters 17 & 21) plus insertion of Paul’s first and follow-up letters to believers in Salonika, to whom he stressed the origin of his teaching; ‘For this we say to you by the word of the Lord…‘

    1. “This gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations [‘ethnos’ – people groups], and then the end will come.”
    2. Disciples will stand before and councils, rulers and kings, beaten in religious assemblies:
    3. Many will come in Jesus’ name, saying, “I am He,” and will deceive many.
    4. Wars and rumours of wars – nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom: “See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet
    5. “And there will be famines, pestilences and earthquakes in various places and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven ; All these are the beginnings of sorrows.
    6. “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you and you will be hated by nations all for My name’s sake.
    7. “And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another…Brother will betray brother to death – a father his child – children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death and…
    8. “And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.
    9. “But he who endures to the end shall be saved.”
    10. “SO, when you see the ‘abomination of desolation’, spoken of by Daniel the prophet standing where it ought not (let the reader understand!), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.” [This refers not only to the Roman standard placed in the Temple’s Holy of Holies but also to profane objects or person therein at any time (including its mount?)]
    11. “…in those days there will be tribulation such as has not been since the beginning of the creation which God created until this time, nor ever shall be.
    12. “And unless the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake, whom He chose, He shortened the days….
    13. “Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or, ‘Look, He is there!’ do not believe it for false christs and false prophets will rise and show signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.”
    14. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven…’and the dead in Christ will rise first,
    15. ‘then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up [‘harpadzo’ = rapture] together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air…’
    16. ‘You know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. For when they say, “Peace and safety” then sudden destruction comes…’
    17. ‘Let no one deceive you…for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first (Apostasy), and
    18. ‘the man of sin (lawlessness) is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped,
    19. ‘so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God…
    20. ‘The coming of the lawless one is according to the workings of satan with all power, signs and lying wonders, and
    21. ‘with all unrighteous deception among those who perish because they didn’t receive a love of the truth, that they might be saved…
    22. ‘For this reason God will send them strong delusion that they should believe the lie (!!)…’
    23. “As it was in the days of Noah, so also in the days of the Son of Man: “They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.”
    24. “Likewise as it was in the days of Lot…on the day Lot left Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed all. Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.
    25. “In that day, he who is on the housetop, and his goods are in the house, let him not come down to take them away. And likewise the one who is in the field, let him not turn back. Remember Lot’s wife: Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.
    26. “I tell you, in that night there will be two men in one bed: the one will be taken and the other will be left. Two women will be grinding together: the one will be taken and the other left. Two men will be in the field: the one will be taken and the other left.”
    27. “After that tribulation, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light. (“And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars…of heaven will fall and the powers of the heavens be shaken”)
    28. “and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring;
    29. “men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth...
    30. “Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
    31. “Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.”
    32. “Then He will send His angels, and gather together His elect from the four winds, from the farthest part of earth to the farthest part of heaven.” [The Rapture]

Jesus said, “Take heed; see, I have told you all things beforehand.“

Details from The Apocalypse, the book recording ‘the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants’ penned by His apostle John, will follow later.

IS THE END NIGH?

Not necessarily! I’m not of the alarmist brigade because, in my humble opinion, Jesus is coming back for a bride who’s ‘made herself ready’, which I understand to be a church that has been restored to move fully in the ‘greater works’ – one that has arisen with the glory of the Lord appearing over her and piercing the ‘thick darkness covering the peoples’ (see Revelation 19.7, Acts 3.21, John 14.12 and Isaiah 60.1-2). YET, it may be just over the horizon!

There’s clear indications this preparation is already happening through many ministries. Jesus did say, “I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” (Matthew 16.18).

On praying to our Heavenly Father, He instructed us to petition, “Your Kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven…” (Matt 6:10).

The Lord’s Kingdom rule has yet to come in its fullness so, in my opinion, a reworking – even a significant sifting or pruning – may be necessary as the Lord finishes building his Church and believers make themselves ready for the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.

Next, in End-Times Briefings read an expert’s extremely excited opinion in Briefing 4…

Notes:

The above listing covers prophecies from the New Testament only, but not completely. For my blogs on prophecies from the Old Testament visit Bible Updates, Daniel, Ezekiel and Gog-Magog links.

  1. Regarding Daniel’s prophecy on the Temple see Notes to About Watching
  2. Sign #5 – see Fulfilled Prophecy #34 on quakes within hours of prophetic word and on increased activity around the Pacific ‘Ring of Fire’.
  3. Sign #10 – for an incisive opinion read What Not To Watch For In The End-Times.
  4. Sign #15 – an interesting clarification of ‘watch’ regarding pre-Tribulation rapture theories at Nelson Walter’s What Does ‘Watch’ Mean?
  5. Sign #16 “when they say” – the theme of the UN’s Year 2017-18 is ‘Together for Peace, Dignity, Safety  & Respect For All’, as outlined in Three Prophetic Jigsaw Pieces.
  6. Sign #17 – the great falling away from faith by church leaders has already begun, as may be seen under this blog’s Apostasy tag.
  7. Sign #21 – the acceptance of same-sex marriage, in defiance of biblical teaching, and its ‘wedded’ association with Sign #20 should put the holy fear of God in folk!
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End-times Briefing 2: the ‘When?’ of Watching > NOW!

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Knowing the ‘who’ and ‘why’ for watching for the End-times, we must consider timing:

WHEN?

Jesus’ major End-time teaching was given immediately after leaving the Temple with some of His disciples and He foretold its complete destruction, which was fulfilled about 40 years later with the infamous Roman siege of Jerusalem.

Jesus on the Mount of Olives:

As He sat on the nearby Mount of Olives, two sets of brothers (Peter & Andrew, James & John) asked Jesus to expand upon that prophecy, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign when all these things will be fulfilled?” (see Mark 13, Luke 21, Matthew 24).

He answered in some depth, and by examination of the details we can conclude that not only does Jesus describe later events in that First Century but also those of a much later time, one yet to come but which is now at the door!

So Jesus did – but didn’t – tell them precisely “when”.

In talking of that future time however, He tells them a parable about the appearing of leaves on a fig tree – which many believe refers to the establishment of the Jewish state of Israel.:

“So you also, when you see these things happening, know that it (or ‘He’) is near – at the doors! Assuredly, I say to you this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place..But of that day and hour no-one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

“Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is…Watch therefore…I say to all: Watch!” (Mark 13:28-37 NKJV emphasis mine)

Other passages of the New Testament imply that He, or Holy Spirit, subsequently gave those leading disciples, and Saul of Tarsus who became Apostle Paul, further insights on the approximate timing of those signs, as below:

Peter Preaching in the Temple:

Soon after Jesus’ Ascension into heaven and the Holy Spirit falling in flames of fire upon the prayer group of about 120 believers (Acts 1:!5), Peter and John went to the Temple at the hour of prayer. You may recall the account of their stopping to heal a lame beggar “In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth” – it led to everyone heading for the Solomon Portico to become ‘filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him’!!

Peter was then inspired to preaching about it not being either him or John who’d done the healing, but faith in Jesus’ powerful name and he reminded them about how badly the leaders had dealt with Him. So Peter called all the people to:

“Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before, whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of His holy prophets since time began…” (Acts 3:19-21 – my emphasis.)

So there’s a huge contribution followers of Christ have yet to make across all spheres of society towards such restoration – we’ve hardly started; not to mention both human and demonic opposition – but however do we restore ‘all things’? We must conclude that only The Almighty is able to bring about the ‘restoration of ‘all things’ – and doubtless in the manner Zecharia prophesied to governor Zerubbabel:

“Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit”, says the Lord of hosts. (Zech 4:6 NKJV)

Although we need to beware of false prophets, Acts 3:21 implies that the Lord will keep His prophets informed of His intentions in bringing this about (Amos 3:7). Hence the important relevance of contemporary prophecy.

Paul Writing to the Thessalonians:

We know from Acts and accounts in Paul’s Epistles that this Apostle to the Gentiles was blessed with visions of and revelations from Jesus Himself as, for example, in the main scripture quoted by ‘pre-Tribbers’:

‘For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep.
‘For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.’ (1 Thess 4:15-17 NKJV)

‘But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness.’ (1 Thess 5:1-5 NKJV – emphases added)

As modern history attests, Palestinian/Gazan leaders have been defiantly intransigent over any so-called ‘peace plan’ with Israel and, like Iran and Hezbollah, want to wipe Israel off the face of the map! Even so, let’s keep watching!

Note: UN’s theme for 2017-18 was ‘Together for Peace, Dignity, Safety & Respect For All’, as outlined in Three Prophetic Jigsaw Pieces.

20th CENTURY ‘KICK-START’

Although our focus is upon New Testament prophecy, we must not overlook not only that Jesus taught the parable of the ‘Fig Tree’ but also within our lifetime Old Testament prophecies of the future of the Jewish people were fulfilled by the stunningly rapid establishment of the state of Israel in 1948 – as recounted below:

Ten Scriptures Prophesying Israel’s Rebirth – Neil Mackereth

With Jerusalem no longer being “trampled down by Gentiles” (Luke 21:24) after the 1967 Arab-Israel war, that earlier date of 1948 could be regarded as ‘kick-starting’ the fuller aspect of the End-times.

Next, in Briefing 3 we consider what we are to watch out for that’s yet to come…

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End-times Briefing 1: the ‘Who?’ and ‘Why?’ of Watching

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In view of current events it’s time to reconsider the End-times foretold in the Holy Bible.

The mini-series published in February 2018 and filed in the main menu for reference purposes was preceded by a couple of re-blogs referring to one of eight eschatological scenarios – that is, on the pre-Tribulation Rapture. Along with a theology blog’s debate, I was prompted to expand upon one of this blog’s earliest entries – ‘Why Watch?’

So now, lets’ reconsider the ‘Who, Why, When and What’ of our watching:

WHO?

Messiah Jesus Himself is the WHO and is thus the basic reason we should be watching for. because He instructed His followers to do so.

YET the ‘Who’ includes you, me and everybody alive – including unbelievers! SO, If you’re not familiar with who Jesus really is and the fact we can be in a close, loving relationship with Him, then dip into my question: “Do You Know Jesus?”

WHY?

For me, a totally unexpected and very spectacular, life-changing event in 1989 made watching very personal and connected into relevant, directive scripture. (Years later I realised that it was truly a blessed foretaste in every way of His ‘Second Advent’.)

Then in 2008, wanting to check Jesus’ parable of the wheat and tares in Matthew 13, I opened my Bible and IT EXPLODED! as I heard:

“This is ALL about to be fulfilled!”

Thus impelled, in February 2009 I began emailing friends and church leaders on current events and prophecy in The Endgame Is Now In Play, wherein I write:

‘Jesus urged His disciples to look out for and observe signs of the times. Regarding their questions about His return at the end of this Age, the earliest Gospel account has Jesus stressing 7 times, “Watch…be alert…on your guard“ (Mark 13). Matthew 24 reports Jesus saying 4 times, “Watch…and when you see…” followed by the parables of the burglar (Jesus coming “like a thief in the night”) and of the virgins > “Don’t be caught napping!” (is the Church still asleep?).
Luke’s account has, “Be always on the watch…” at Luke 21:36 and chapter 12 (NIV) has sections on watchfulness and interpreting the times. In each Gospel Jesus commands, “Learn the lesson of the fig tree…”. Also, the Apostles went on to give more indicators (Acts 3:20-1, Hebrews 12:26-7, 2 Peter 3, 2 Timothy 3 and the first and second letters to the Thessalonians).’

It’s claimed that for every OT prophecy about Jesus Christ’s birth and life there’s seven to eight times as many about His eventual return or ‘Parousia’, also called ‘The Second Advent’ or ‘Second Coming’. I’m of the opinion the likelihood of that event in our lifetime is rapidly increasing !

Jesus stressed the great importance of His return. Eg, His instruction to the four who’d been with Him from the outset of His mission is given at Mark 13:33-37 (NKJV):

“Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is. It is like a man going to a far country, who left his house and gave authority to his servants, and to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to watch.

“Watch therefore, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming – in the evening, at midnight, at the crowing of the rooster, or in the morning – lest, coming suddenly, he finds you sleeping! And what I say to you, I say to all, ‘Watch!’.”

That’s why I’m watching and, believer or not, you too are included, as is implicit in Jesus’ admonition: “I say to ALL…“

So, watching for Him is and always has been THE ‘inclusive’ activity – and one with divine warrant!

How Can We Be Sure?

You may object and say, “But even if that’s an accurate quotation it’s only guesswork”. That is, prophecies don’t always come to pass. First, in synopsis only, I offer this key to foretelling the future.:

We’re privileged to learn what Almighty God has decided is to happen. He shared his plans with a select number of ancient sages, or prophets, over a long period that started 29 centuries ago, and several centuries before Christ. Amidst extensive instructions He told the prophet Isaiah:

“For I am God and there is no other, I am God, and there is none like Me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand and I shall do all My pleasure’…” (Isaiah 46:9-10 NKJV)

In fact, some years before Isaiah the first of the ‘writing prophets’ had received a distinct word about God’s intention to divulge His plans. This is recorded in Amos’ scroll at the seventh verse of the third chapter (in modern notation):

“Surely the Lord God does nothing, unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.”

MOREOVER, 10 OLD TESTAMENT PROPHECIES WERE FULFILLED OVER TWO MILLENIA LATER WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL IN 1948, as Neil Mackereth writes in his two-part article’s Annex published on 4 April 2025.

Next, in Briefing 2 we learn about when we’re to be watching for whatever’s coming >>

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God-incidents, GPS and Deut 19:15 witness law – “four makes sure!”

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Timing is everything, especially for holy scripture’s prophecies and contemporary prophetic words coming to pass – as well as input from Holy Spirit by means of God-incidents and Global Prophecy Signals. Also, as when just passing incomplete jigsaw puzzles we’re surprised to spot pieces that will slot into those already laid, it ‘just so happens’ with ‘pieces’ of the Lord’s Invisible Jigsaw. Continue reading →

End-times Great Apostasy in Rome; pope versus the faithful

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Further to the two-part report on papal apostasy confirmed by a sign from heaven on the pope’s birthday, when lightning struck a statue of Saint Peter at a Catholic church near his home diocese Buenos Aires, the co-founder and CEO of LifeSiteNews John-Henry Western writes a profound, shocking short paper upon more proof of the pontiff’s heretical leanings:

Click to read in full:
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/pope-francis-has-declared-war-on-faithful-catholics/

It is a veritable ‘must-read’ about the pope’s strong support of abortion (child sacrifices to the false-god Molech) and thus empowering so-called Catholic Biden to threaten US Supreme Court Justices attending his abysmal speech on the disastrous state of the Union (click image to read and watch clip):

Biden Threatens Supreme Court Justices to Their Faces (Video)

The crumbling of mountains is not devil’s doing (but the Lord’s) – Wanda Alger, 2020

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[Published herein 18th August 2020, thank you Chris Moyler for the reminder.]

Only having time to publish a covering note and link to the video of yesterday morning’s insights from Dr Sharon Stone and Emma Stark – AND affected by inexplicable power cut in our house – I didn’t get around to watching them until much later in the day. Then a notification arrived from Wanda Alger that not only supports their prophetical wisdom but also tells of a vision that speaks straight into an open vision of Britain being ripped open by the emerging Rock of Christ that startled me in 2004 (and which Dr Stone later confirmed). Now, Wanda brings more details and explanation from the Lord of what He’s doing in today’s great Shaking: Continue reading →

The Shaking – A final warning! – Chris G Bennett

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YES, AT LONG LAST: about 25 years ago the Lord dropped these verses in Hebrews 12 onto me in a house-group. I asked my leaders if it may mean anything to them (“Not specifically”):
25 See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks. If they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven? 26 At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.”

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‘Invisible Jigsaw’ pieces: a surprise Psalm for a surprising President!

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MORE PIECES OF THE LORD’S INVISIBLE JIGSAW – I did NOT expect this lot but love its internal consistencies so indicative of the Lord’s hand putting pieces in place:

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Well before I got to my desk this morning and opened Facebook to see a posting by Yvonne Coombs and search for Veronika West’s latest, the Lord had nudged me on scriptures and someone to whom they apply today regarding personal and political events. I reported this on Richard’s Watch Telegram and later found confirmation in what my sisters in the Lord had also brought, plus a mix of numbers turned up too and two, to confirm! < deliberate, not mis-spell 🙂

First and beforehand, however, over our morning cuppa I read Day 52 in Sanctuary – Moments In His Presence on the Lord fulfilling within 24 hours Elisha’s declaration of His provision during the king of Aram’s seige of Samaria (2 Kings 7).

1st PIECE

Next, I grabbed my study bible and it opened at Psalm 109. As our Lord often refers to Donald Trump as being “My David”, I noted how apposite this is to the unremitting deep hatred in America’s political and judicial realms against him. Perhaps prophetically, I continued reading onto Psalm 110, headed: Announcement of the Messiah’s Reign

A Psalm of David.

The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,
’til I make Your enemies Your footstool.”
2 The Lord shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion.
Rule in the midst of Your enemies!

3 Your people shall be volunteers
In the day of Your power;
In the beauties of holiness, from the womb of the morning,
You have the dew of Your youth.
4 The Lord has sworn
And will not relent,
“You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”

5 The Lord is at Your right hand;
He shall [a]execute kings in the day of His wrath.
6 He shall judge among the nations,
He shall fill the places with dead bodies,
He shall [b]execute the heads of many countries.
7 He shall drink of the brook by the wayside;
Therefore He shall lift up the head.’

SELAH – AMEN

Only then did I go online via phone to encourage readers on my Telegram channel Richard’s Watch, starting with BibleGateway Verse Of The Day:  at 8:27 hrs…

Upon opening the phone’s browser I noticed ‘22‘ once more cropping up, as in the last  image above:

Next, I added a collection of items saved yesterday relating to Trump and the cryptic use of number 17, meaning Q (17th letter of the alphabet) for he’s often made oblique references to ‘Q’ in connection with intelligence ‘drops’. Here’s the first item:

2nd PIECE

I added a few more similar items regarding ’17’ to that thread and sometime later got to my desk only to find upon checking Facebook that Veronika West had republished her urgent prayer for Donald Trump issued 5 years ago yesterday!   A God-incidence?

Well, my supposition from the preceding scriptures must be along the right lines!

Moreover, I saw double-two crop up again today in preparation for tomorrow and shows House of Cards falling down and was posted is 22.02.2022  > (NB> IN TRIPLICATE!)

3rd PIECE

Next, the personal page of the editor of His Kingdom Prophecy somehow popped up on my home page!. It included Veronika’s above prayer plus set of TRIPLICATE TWO’s!

Therefore, it just had to be republished as soon as possible. Upon reading it, I note in  Yvonne also refers to a 17, and which is also appropriate for the Lord’s modern ‘David’ -she writes:

‘We are to remember verse 17 of 2 Chronicle 20, (RB’s emphasis)

“You will not need to fight in this battle. Position yourselves, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord, who is with you, O Judah and Jerusalem!’ Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them, for the Lord is with you.”

Also, her quoting Jehosophat’s prayer and subsequent verses can relate to President Trump and his battle.

MOREOVER, look at the date of Yvonne’s Fbk original posting – the 17.02.2024:

[By the way: it so happens full draft was completed at 17:17hrs]

Vision of a Door in Space and Time – Yvonne Coombs

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Number two’s yet again, as earlier today, AND relating to a favourite topic as on blog’s hub Time: A Primer… and parts of what Yvonne brings confirms my understanding:

A few nights ago, I dreamt I was opening a Door in space and time with the number 222.

Last night I had a Dream that seemed more like an experience, a transitioning sense that had no detail in it.

It felt as though the dream went on all night and every time I awoke, I had a beautiful sense of peace and praise in my mouth.

All I know is that many of us were on an exodus. Family was present. I felt like I had to keep repeating out loud, “We have five thousand (5000) hours to go”.

The only detail was that an extremely large caravan appeared just before the dream ended, maybe 5 times larger than an average caravan.

As I came to the end of the dream, I found myself changing the words to “We have five (5) hours to go before we leave this place.” There was peace surrounding this move.

I was praying and praising on my dog walk discussing this dream with The LORD and five (5) Canada geese flew over my head. I was led to look at 2 Chronicles 20.

Five (5) represents God’s Grace. I do not believe there’s a literal time here, but I do believe The LORD is encouraging his pioneers that His Grace and Favour is being quickened.

Many are sensing time being sped up.

I later saw that a line of camels are called a Caravan. They carry supplies and trade goods on the journey.

Camels are also called trains and The LORD is reminding us that His Glory Train is moving at speed.

In the last few years, this Train needed to build momentum, yet now it is at full speed. Prepare to board beloved.

As with the Dream of 222 and the Door. Isaiah 22:22 says,

“I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open”. Isaiah 22:22

There is an establishing of the apostolic works and the Five-fold Ministry, to trust and enter new promise.

David’s Song of Praise (2 Samuel 22).

David sang to The LORD the words of this song when The LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said:

“The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer,” 2 Samuel 22:2

We are to praise the King of Glory in 2024 – (Psalm 24).

We are to remember verse 17 of 2 Chronicle 20, (RB’s emphasis)

“You will not need to fight in this battle. Position yourselves, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord, who is with you, O Judah and Jerusalem!’ Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them, for the Lord is with you.” 2 Chronicles 20:17

Yes we are in a spiritual battle and need to intercede, yet to remember he has ALREADY established us in the spiritual, and now we are readied to witness it in the natural.

Press and Praise it in!

Jehoshaphat’s Prayer
“Behold, they reward us by coming to drive us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit. O our God, will you not execute judgment on them? For we are powerless against this great horde that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.”

Meanwhile all Judah stood before The LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. And the Spirit of The LORD came upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly. And he said, “Listen, all Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat: Thus says The LORD to you, ‘Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed at this great horde, for the battle is not yours but God’s. Tomorrow go down against them. Behold, they will come up by the ascent of Ziz. You will find them at the end of the valley, east of the wilderness of Jeruel. You will not need to fight in this battle. Stand firm, hold your position, and see the salvation of The LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem.’ Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed. Tomorrow go out against them, and The LORD will be with you.”

Then Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before The LORD, worshiping The LORD. 19 And the Levites, of the Kohathites and the Korahites, stood up to praise The LORD, the God of Israel, with a very loud voice. And they rose early in the morning and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. And when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in The LORD your God, and you will be established; believe his prophets, and you will succeed.” And when he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who were to sing to The LORD and praise him in holy attire, as they went before the army, and say, “Give thanks to The LORD, for his steadfast love endures forever.”

And when they began to sing and praise, The LORD set an ambush against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah, so that they were routed. For the men of Ammon and Moab rose against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction, and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they all helped to destroy one another.”

The LORD Delivers Judah
“When Judah came to the watchtower of the wilderness, they looked toward the horde, and behold, there were dead bodies lying on the ground; none had escaped. When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take their spoil, they found among them, in great numbers, goods, clothing, and precious things, which they took for themselves until they could carry no more. They were three days in taking the spoil, it was so much.” 2 Chronicles 20:11-25

Please also see linked Glory Train Word:  Arrival of the Glory Train

End-times Great Apostasy in Rome confirmed by sign from heaven! – Part 2

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Continued from Part 1, and in case you may have missed comments by Tony thereon he prefaces them; “Because of the nature of the vision I would ask that all who read it take it to the Lord in prayer and see what He speaks to your heart.”  The first has a similar theme to the statue struck by lightning (hence my underscoring):

A READER’S NIGHT VISIONS

11 Mar 2018 –  Doorway of Evil Opened

I had a vision yesterday where I saw the current pope. He was in a room by himself and what would seem a room only he knew about. There was a large door in the room in front of him. I noticed that he had a large gnarly-looking skeleton key in his right hand. I watched as he used it to open this door and when he did I saw many demonic beings fly out.

10 Jan 2016 – The Roman Church

“I had a dream 01/10/16 where I saw, who I believe to be, the current Pope. He wasn’t standing addressing the crowds as I’ve seen on many occasions; instead, he was seated on the Papal throne. The throne was at the top of St Peters Basilica with the Pope seated upon it. Then I saw the building begin to implode with the Pope and his throne disappearing first within the building so that he disappeared from view. Then the building itself began to crumble in upon itself until there was nothing left. I don’t remember seeing rubble from the collapse of the building.”

EXPLOSIVE FURORE!

The document Francis issued the day after his birthday 6 weeks ago today, and on which lightning struck and broke off the keys held in the right-hand of a statue of St Peter near the pope’s home in Argentina, as reported in Part 1, brought immense indignation globally – on top of preceding Vatican actions against, even censorship of, priests and bishops. Archbishop Vignano, on whom I’ve blogged many times, isn’t alone but may be the most outspoken on this latest issue:

https://www.lifesitenews.com/episodes/servants-of-satan-archbishop-vigano-responds-to-pope-francis-blessings-for-homosexual-couples/

Archbishop Viganò Calls for Swiss Guards to Arrest Pope Francis and Cardinal Responsible for Pornograhic Book

A GOD-INCIDENCE!

Moreover, please note, I never expected it to have personal relevance to my Roman Catholic upbringing, as recounted in “You shouldn’t be at our school!”, together with a recent insight on my birth gained at the Nativity service played by children at 3Counties Vineyard church. SO, I had plenty to brood upon, but more was yet to come.

A fortnight ago, a brother at church told me about having a poignant dream on New Year’s Eve and I agreed it’s possibly of especial import because of the date. I was reminded of when Pope Benedict died on New Years’s Eve 2023 being most significant. So I mentioned the great upheaval that’s being happening in that church, as indicated in my posts about Pope Benedict.

On the intervening weekend I was very surprised to receive a message from Laszlo, a neighbour who knows we attend a church but who’s unaware of my blogging, and wherein he asks, “Hi Richard, please listen to this. What do you think?”

In my investigations into prophecy since learning about a visionary’s warning fifty years ago to President John Kennedy not to visit Dallas I came across the accounts in 1917 of some children in Portugal being astonished to have apparitions in which Jesus’ mother Mary gave them prophetic messages. Being concurrent with the Russian Revolution she requested prayers for the conversion of Russia and its return to the Christian fold.

Therefore, it’s not being an unfamiliar topic I found the half-hour video easy to follow and took particular note of how the narrator gives an intriguing nuance into the first four verses of Paul’s Second Letter to the Thessalonians and the Son of Perdition being seated on Peter’s throne! – for reference: BibleGateway’s Douay-Rheims version.

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God’s greatest move ever and enemies into Lake of Fire! – Dr Patricia Show

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Here’s the message given to Dr Patricia Show on New Year’s Day, as mentioned in my Going Full Circle… . Note the Lord stresses and explains Matthew 13 parable of wheat and tares IS NOW about to be acted upon and….

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End-times Great Apostasy in Rome confirmed by a sign from heaven! – Part 1

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Just can’t resist mixing metaphors of a lightning strike having supra-natural after-strikes like snowing jigsaw pieces!  I’d intended blogging this news quickly after posting on Richard’s Watch Telegram on Thursday 4th January but a long weekend intervened – and then more was to follow (in Part 2). Not for the first time does delayed blogging actually slot into what the Lord is doing! (Hence a hint at Part 2!!)

LIGHTNING STRIKES St PETER STATUE

‘Multiple journalism outlets have confirmed that lightning demolished the keys and blessing hand of a statue of St. Peter in Argentina on December 17, Pope Francis’ birthday and the day before the publication of the Vatican document Fiducia Supplicans endorsing homosexual “blessings.”

Source > https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/lightning-st-peter-statute-pope-francis/

NEXT DAY’S NEWS FROM THE VATICAN, ROME:

Source > https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-pope-francis-publishes-norms-for-clergy-to-bless-homosexual-couples/

COUPLE OF CONTEMPORARY PROPHECIES

Veronika West – Update on The Beginnings of Sorrows For Nations ,18 Sept 2022 closes:

“…See!  For The Nations shall yet be shaken in a greater way in the days ahead, and for those who think they are infallible and untouchable, shall suddenly fall and never recover!

I say, look to what will take place in Rome in the days ahead!

Yes Rome!  For the head of the serpent spirit shall be cut off, and all its demonic tentacles shall be fully exposed for the eyes of the world to see.

For when My Stone of Retribution flies, giants will fall, and when My Sword of Justice falls, heads will roll, for great will be their fall, in the fall that is to come!”

Chris Reed – Praying for 2024 and Beyond, 17 Jan 2024

On February 16, 2019, I saw a devastating earthquake hit the nation of Italy. It was a sign of the shaking happening in Rome and the Vatican. I share this now because I believe this will be the year. The time the earthquake happens will be close to the time this shaking happens in the Roman Catholic Church. This should not surprise us given that the current pope just gave priests and bishops the right to bless same-sex couples. This physical shaking will be a sign of institutional shaking.

Continue reading at Part 2 (29 January)

Key verse on God’s plans, including apostasy and election integrity!

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Eagle-eyed by John Mark Long: courtesy http://www.propheticartists.com

In figuratively circling like an eagle, eyes fixed upon a prey’s position and activity, my mind’s been upon the focus of this week’s opening posts. I was nudged upon “Seek first the Kingdom” and news prompted frequent ruminations upon apostasy and election integrity.

NEXT, just like this morning’s GPS God-incidence, the Lord had Chris G Bennett write on the very same topics, even asking, “Have you ever had a look at this?”…apostasy!!

Soon after waking yesterday I mulled over with the Lord my intended next postings on apostasy. A notion sprang to mind and was amazed to get confirmation in Verse of the Day, which I checked before we got on with our day’s business, viz:

Upon reading this Verse I believe the Lord is saying this is KEY in HIS ‘BATTLE PLAN’ for the salvation of humanity, as outlined in the Best Instructions Before Leaving Earth, especially in correcting our falling prey to satan’s schemes to twist human sexuality.

So I read through the whole of Jesus’ lead-apostle’s letter to early believers dispersed northwards out of Jerusalem and Judea into Asia Minor.

Upon returning home later, as it’s quick and easy, I posted that image and thought onto the blog’s Telegram to start any news items for Wednesday. Then, I added (emphases mine):

1 > “So I read through Peter’s letter and pray it soaks into me, and found another verse (1 Peter 5:8) confirming that impression:

‘Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.’

2 > “Also, 1 Peter 4:17 applies to apostasy:

‘For it is time for judgment to begin with God’s household; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God?’

3 > [On Chris Moyler’s channel I remark] “LOLOL am only now catching up and find Chris, you’ve used a word that came to mind upon my waking up 5 hours ago!! So I’d better forward my Tgm items.”

4 > [On mine I insert his short videos then this, noting his references to ‘Battle’..]

5 > “SO GOD MADE TRUMP!

To outsiders, it could easily appear that those of us who support President Trump worship him in an idolatrous way. But nothing could be further from the truth.

We actually believe that God raised up this man as a world-class leader for those who desire good government and who desire the destruction of the Luciferian Global Cabal who have hijacked our governments.

This Cabal has one desire – to enslave all mankind in order to enrich themselves, reducing all of us to a feudal system of masters, serfs and slaves, and disposing of the unwanted.

Therefore, we support those who will expose and bring down this Cabal.

The Bible is very clear that Our Creator will not rest until evil is removed from the entire earth, and he sent his Son, Our LORD Jesus Christ to make this a reality.

He is the One whom we worship, and he calls men and women everywhere to join him in his battle for life and for truth.

So, when we see men and women who demonstrate by their lives, and not merely their words, that they also are committed to this battle, we warmly support and encourage them, and we cheer them on!

1 John 3:8
Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning.  The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.

Chris xx

PS. (16:30)