Why should we watch?
This entry was posted on 9/6/2006 10:14 PM and is filed under End Time Signs.
Jesus commanded His followers to watch and be ready - what excuse will we have if He comes and catches us sleeping? God knew exactly what was going to happen and gave us specific signs and events that would occur and even the time frame they would happen in, namely, the generation that saw Israel become a nation again would not pass away until all things were fulfilled. That happened in 1948 - how long can someone live? No matter how you look at it we have a finite period of time in which the following things would have had to happen.
1. Israel become a nation - 1948
2. That generation would not pass away - 80 to 100 years?
3. The Revived Roman Empire - the "beast" - The European Union
4. A master diplomat would arise out of the "beast" - The High representative of the EU
5. The number of the "beast" would be the number of a man - in 1998 the EU published Article 666 creating the position of the High Representative of the EU. In 2000 Recommendation 666 gave the High Representative full emergency powers. ( If the EU is the "beast" and its own documents created the position for the "man" the antichrist, and those documents were both numbered by the EU 666 then it seems that that prophecy has been fulfilled.
6. That the antichrist would make a covenant with many for 7 years and in the middle of the 7 years the Jews would not be able to sacrifice unblemished animals. - Jan. 1, 2007 starts the 7 year European Neighborhood Policy drafted by the High Representative of the EU. There is also a mid-term review of the treaty that will occur in 2010.
Also in 2010 the Animal Welfare study the EU started this year will come into effect whereby the EU will require that all animals must be rendered unconscious prior to killing by either a gunshot or by electrical shock - both of which would render the Jewish sacrifice unacceptable to God. Since Israel signed onto the European Neighborhood Policy it could be required to abide by the EU's laws if the EU. Especially if the only way Israel felt it could ensure its peace was to enter into a covenent with the EU for protection.
7. That the antichrist would have sufficient military power to wage war and kill so many people - The EU has a document called "Headline Goal 2010" which details how the EU will have an army of the combined military might of all 25 nations currently a member of the EU as well as any subsequent members. Also on June 18, 2006 all 25 nations of the EU agreed, in spite of there being no EU constitution, to place all Police, Civil and Military powers under the control of the High Representative.
8. That there would be a great falling away from the true faith in Jesus Christ - the 75th Episcopal convention this year proclaimed that homosexuality was from God and they refused to even consider a resolution that would have stated that Jesus Christ was the only name by which one may be saved.
I believe we are right at the moment God planned out before the foundation of the world for Christ's return - don't go on your feelings because in Noah's day they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage right up to the time Noah entered the ark. God is not going to give you another sign just to wake you up.