"QUE SERÁ, SERÁ!" --"Whatever Will Be, Will Be!"

 

Soon-coming political events as predicted in the Bible!:

               1. Some type of World Agreement Concerning Israel and the Palestinians                               or some other Global Problems!

               2. The rise of a One-World Government and a powerful World Leader! 

               3. The coming new Economic System!

               4. The Invasion and Occupation of Israel by the Antichrist!

               5. How it will all End!

            Some followers of Christ may have become disappointed when some of their ideas about Bible Prophecy did not occur exactly as they had expected them to, or when they had expected them to, according to their own misinterpretations or misapplication of those prophecies.  Nevertheless, the Prophetic events will happen when God is ready for them to happen. The warning has been given. We are without excuse. Let us look at some of the prophetic words yet to be fulfilled.

             Jesus said, "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away." "Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read: not one of these shall fail, none shall want their mate: for My mouth it has commanded, and His spirit has gathered them." "Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure." God will bring His word to pass. [Matthew 24:35, Isaiah 34:16, Isaiah 46:10.]

             "And ye know in your hearts and in your souls, that not one thing has failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spoke concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing has failed thereof. Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the Lord your God promised you; so shall the Lord bring upon you all evil things, when ye have transgressed the covenant of the Lord your God, which He commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourself to them." "For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction shall come upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape." [Joshua 23:14-16., 1 Thessalonians 5:3]

             Like Daniel Webster, Secretary of State for three of the first  Presidents, is quoted as saying, "If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to prosper; but if we and our posterity neglect its instructions and authority, no man can tell how sudden a catastrophe may overwhelm us and bury all our glory in profound obscurity."

           "Que Será Será!" --"Whatever will be will be!"--Because God has said it will be, it will be, regardless of the unbelievers, scoffers, and mockers who will continue to live as they always have, eating, drinking, being merry, married, given in marriage, and planting and building as times wax worse and worse, as it was in the days of Noah, making fun of God's Ark and fools of His prophets until suddenly the flood of God's judgements shall descend upon them and sweep them all away! [Father David]

             "Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation." "For the time will come when they shall not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap unto themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables."[2 Peter 3:3-4, 2 Timothy 4:3-4.]

             We of the older generation have definitely seen the world move away from Godly principles over our lifetime. We have seen the rise of evolutionary and atheistic teaching in our schools and universities. We have seen abortion approved of and sanctioned in most parts of the globe. We have seen marriage attacked through the acceptance of gay-marriage and the propagating of birth control pills and contraceptives. Because of our lusts, we have turned away our ears from hearing God's word and following His admonitions. 

             "But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be." "But evil men shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived." "And every one that hears these sayings of mine, and does them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house: and it fell: and great was the fall of it." [Matthew 24:37-39, 2 Timothy 3:13, Matthew 7:26-27.]

             The book of Genesis says that in the days of Noah the earth was filled with violence. The world today is every day more violent than the day before. As it grieved God that he created man in those days of Noah, even so God's patience with the present generation must be coming to its end.

              "For this Gospel of the kingdom must be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations before the End can come." "Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but (or unless) He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets."[Matthew 24:14, Amos 3:7.]

              God has revealed in His word the events that would precede His coming. We have been duly warned. 

              "For when ye shall see Jerusalem encompassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh," "and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles shall be fulfilled." "And the holy city shall they trod under foot forty and two months."[ Luke 21:20, 24; Revelation 11:2.]

               The Bible prophecies speak a lot of the nation of Israel and the gathering again back of her people to the land a second time. Isaiah prophesied that Israel's desert would blossom like a rose and fill the nations of the world with fruit. Jesus told us in the parable of the fig tree, and the fig tree traditionally represents Israel in the scriptures, that when the fig tree or Israel begins to bring forth leaves the prophecies concerning the Great Tribulation and His second coming are nigh. Since 1948 those prophecies have been coming to pass. 

              Finally, the prophecies speak of the Antichrist, a political and military ruler, perhaps coming from the Middle East or Russia, invading Israel and placing what is called "the abomination of desolations" in the holy place. Some interpret the holy place as being the holy mount where the Mosque of Omar stands on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem today.

              "For out of one of them (Egypt or Turkey or elsewhere?) comes forth a little horn (king or ruler) which shall wax exceeding great toward the South (Africa), toward the East (Asia) and toward the Pleasant Land (Israel)." "By him the daily sacrifice (religious worship of all faiths or specifically of the Jews?) is taken away and the Abomination of Desolation set up," (his own image?). "He shall be a king of fierce countenance and understanding dark sentences and his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power," (but by Satan's power). [Daniel 8:9, 11, 11:31, Revelation 13:15, Daniel 8:23-24.]

               The Antichrist will be the incarnation of the Satan as Jesus was the incarnation of God the Father.

               He shall destroy wonderfully and prosper and practice and destroy the mighty and the holy people (USA?) and by peace shall he destroy many! He shall destroy the Holy City and the Sanctuary with a war of desolations, and confirm the Covenant with many for seven years. But in the midst of the seven years (at the end of the first three-and-a-half years) he shall cause the sacrifice to cease and set up the Abomination of Desolation unto the End (of the seven years--another three-and-a-half years of the "Great Tribulation"). [Daniel 8:24-25, 9:26-27, Mathew 24:15 & 21.]

               The Antichrist seems to be the initiator of some global agreement which the Bible calls the Holy Covenant. Some believe the covenant will allow the Jewish nation to renew sacrificial worship on the Temple Mount in exchange for some type of autonomy for the Palestinian people. The seven year agreement confirmed by many nations, perhaps the United Nations, will last but 3 and 1/2 years before it's broken by the Antichrist when he invades Israel for her rebellion against some of the agreements made. 

              "He shall come in peaceably and obtain the kingdom by flatteries." He shall work deceitfully and become strong with a small people. He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places (America and Europe?). He shall do that which his fathers have not done, and scatter among the (common poor) people the prey, spoil and riches, forecasting his devices against strongholds (America!). [Daniel 11:21, 23-24.]

               Many believe that the entering into the richest countries of the world has been taking place for decades or hundreds of years. The influence of the Bible on men's minds and behaviours has diminished over time. Atheistic, naturalistic, humanistic, anti-God philosophies have taken the minds and hearts of many so that men openly proclaim, as Nietzsche prophesized, "God is dead." Communism, socialism, the World Economic Forum promise a just salary for all through the Great Reset and the help of the United Nations Agenda 30. 

            And his heart shall be against the Holy Covenant, and such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries, but the people that do know their God shall be strong and do exploits, and they that understand among the people shall instruct many. But some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them and to purge and to make them white, even to the time of the End.[ Daniel 11:28, 32,  33, 35.]

            Nevertheless, God always raises up a remnant who refuse to compromise, who speak the truth no matter what the cost. Men and women who are willing to die for what they know to be true.

             "This king (the Antichrist) shall do according to his own will exalting and magnifying himself above every God and speaking marvellous things against the God of Gods, and he shall prosper until the Wrath of God be accomplished. Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers nor the desire of women nor any god, for he shall magnify himself above all!" [Daniel 11:36-37.]

             Today's modern and yet ancient philosophies encourage us to follow our dreams, to follow our passions, to follow our self identity, to "just do it." Jesus tells us to deny ourselves and take up our cross and follow Him. Apostle Paul tells us to crucify our flesh and bring it under control that we may follow Christ and not ourselves.

             "But he shall honour the God of forces (Atomic Power or Artificial Intelligence?), a god whom his fathers knew not, a strange god by which he shall enter even the greatest strongholds (America!) and rule over many, dividing the land for gain." [Daniel 11:38-39.]

              "And at the time of the end he shall enter into the glorious land (Israel) and many countries shall be overthrown. But these shall escape out of his hand: Edom and Moab (Jordan) and the Chief of the children of Ammon (the king of Jordan). He shall stretch forth his hand also upon other countries, and the land of Egypt shall not escape! He shall have power over all the precious things of Egypt, and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps." [Daniel 11:40-43.]

             The prophecies in Ezekiel 38 and 39 show a similar depiction of the invasion of Israel. God will judge Israel and the world for their sins. The Antichrist will be the instrument God will use to judge the church and the world, until he himself is judged.

            "He shall plant his palace between the seas (the Mediterranean and the Dead seas?) in the glorious holy mountain (Mount Moriah in Jerusalem, where the Temple once stood and the Mosque of Omar now stands?). Yet shall he be broken without hand and shall come to his end and none shall help him!" "For when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the Holy People, all these things shall be finished." [Daniel 11:45, 12:7.]

            "Many shall be purified and made white and tried, but the wicked shall do wickedly, and none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand." "But go thou thy way till thy End be, for thou shall rest and stand in thy lot at the End of the days!" [Daniel 12:10, 13.]

            "There shall be signs in the sun and in the moon and in the stars, and upon the earth distress of nations with perplexity and confusion, the sea and the waves roaring, men's hearts failing them for fear and for looking upon these things which are coming upon the earth, for the powers of the Heavens shall be shaken." [Luke 21:25-26.]

            We have been seeing various signs in the heavens with recent eclipses, northern lights, which many claim are signs of the end. The confusion within the nations because of economic and social uproar are surely like the sea and waves roaring. They have happened in the past as well as they are happening in the present. Men are anxious for what the rest of the year will bring with new elections in USA and elsewhere. The daily journals fills our hearts and minds with fear for today and tomorrow. Fear incapacitates us and causes us to be more easily led into the lies of a demonic system.

            "Because iniquity shall abound the love of many shall wax cold, but he that shall endure unto the End shall be saved!" [Matthew 24:12-13.]

             Because of the sin and violence in the world men's hearts seem to be hardening. Mankind has a lack of trust in his fellowman. Each side sees the other as his arch enemy even in a single country or state. The nations are divided within themselves. A house divided against itself, shall not stand. The end is coming.

             "But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet standing in the holy place where it ought not," "for then shall be Great Tribulation such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor shall ever be," "but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened." [Mark 13:14, Matthew 24:15, 21-22.]

             Jesus gave us the sign of the mysterious "abomination of desolation." Many scholars believe the abomination will be set up in Jerusalem on the Holy Mount at the beginning of the Great Tribulation period. The tribulation will be that short 3 and 1/2 year period before the return of Christ which is spoken of many times in the prophetic Scriptures. 

             For the gentiles shall tread the Holy City under foot for forty-and-two months--one-thousand-two-hundred-and-three-score days--while God's witnesses shall prophesy in sackcloth with great power and wonders until they have finished their testimony. Then the beast shall make war against them and kill them because their message has tormented those that dwelt on the earth! [Revelation 11:2-7.]

            God will raise up a powerful remnant willing to speak out against the injustices of the Antichrist and who will expose his hypocrisy and anti-God doctrine. The antichrist system will come down hard on any resistance to the Antichrist's anti-God policies. Christians and true believers will be hated for their seeming "fascist" or "antiquated" ideas and ways.

            For the great red beast shall have power over all the earth for three-and-one-half years, (42 months), speaking great blasphemies and doing great wonders and miracles, so that all the world shall wonder after him and worship him saying, "Who is like unto him, and who is able to make war with him!" [Revelation 13:2-5.]

           No doubt, using modern technology to his advantage, the Antichrist will woo the masses to his themes and ways. He may use some new technology to gain control of the world militarily, also. He'll have the whole world in his hands. Is the red beast a reflection of the red flag of a reborn materialistic, atheistic, world communism?

            And he shall blaspheme against God and His name and His people and all Heaven and make war with the saints and overcome them, and have power over all kindreds, tongues and nations, and all that dwell upon the earth whose names are not written in the Book of Life shall worship him! [Revelation 13:6-8.]

Here we see depicted that horrible period of tribulation spoken of by Jesus in the Gospels and by Apostle John in the book of Revelation and elsewhere in Scripture, that terrible "day of the Lord.".

           And they shall make an image unto him that shall speak and have the power of life and death and cause those who refuse to worship him to be killed! And no one will be able to buy or sell without his mark, name or number in their hand or forehead! [Revelation 13:13-17.]

           Will some new technology be used to bring into fruition some diabolical financial system that confirms ones dedication to the worship or acceptance of the doctrines of Satan, a digital identity of some type? 

           "But he that kills with the sword must be killed with the sword, so here is the patience and the faith of the saints: Blessed are they which die in the Lord that they may rest from their labours!"--"Their works do follow them!" [Revelation 13:10, 14:13.]

            Many of God's people will die for their faith rather than accept the diabolical "mark of the beast."

             "Therefore when these things begin to come to pass, look up and lift up your heads, for your redemption draws nigh! "--"Know ye that the Kingdom of God is at hand! For this generation which sees these things come to pass shall not pass away till all these things shall be fulfilled." "So be not soon shaken that the day of (the 2nd Coming of) Christ is at hand." [Luke 21:28, 31-32; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-2.]

             He's warned us ahead of time so that we will be ready for those days when they come.

             "For that day (of Christ's 2nd Coming) shall not come except there come a falling away first and that man of sin be revealed, the Son of Perdition (the Antichrist) who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshipped, so that he as God sits in the temple of God claiming that he himself is God." [2 Thessalonians 2:3-4.]

             Christ's second coming will not come until first the Antichrist, the man of sin, is revealed and walks upon the earth and is worshipped as God.

            "His coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders and deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish because they receive not the love of the truth that they might be saved. For which cause God shall send them strong delusion that they should believe a lie and that they all might be damned who believe not the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness." [2 Thessalonians 2:9-12.]

            Those that reject God will fall into deception. The god of this world will be given permission to blind the minds of those that believe not.

            "This mystery of iniquity does already work, only God holds him back until he is released. Then shall that Wicked One be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume and destroy with the brightness of His coming!" "For when they shall say, "Peace and safety!" then cometh sudden destruction!" [2 Thessalonians 2:7-8, 1 Thessalonians 5:3.]

             God and Godly men have been holding back these diabolical winds. As the sins of man augment, God will step aside and allow the evil to break forth, so that men will reap what they have sown.

            "Immediately after the tribulation of those days they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory! And He shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet and they shall gather together His elect from the four corners of the Earth and the four winds of Heaven." For the Lord Himself shall descend from Heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trump of God!" "And them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him when He comes." [Matthew 24:29-31, 1 Thessalonians 4:16, 14.]

            The Rapture occurs only after the tribulation of those days, at the end of the seven-year period.

            "The dead in Christ shall rise first, then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord! Wherefore comfort one another with these words." "But ye, Brethren, are not in darkness that that day should overtake you as a thief: Ye are the children of the day, the children of light!" [1 Thessalonians 4:16-18, 1 Thessalonians 5:4-5.]

            That day will not overcome us that are informed like a thief. Those that are eating, drinking, marrying, and being married, or, in other words, the people of the uninformed world, will be caught unawares. They didn't read the signs of the times.

           "Therefore, let us not sleep as do others, but let us watch and be sober." "Watch, therefore, and be ye also ready. Who, then, is a faithful and wise servant whom his Lord hath made ruler over his household to give them meat in due season?--Blessed is that servant whom his Lord when He cometh shall find so doing!--Verily I say unto you that He shall make him ruler over all his goods!" [1 Thessalonians 5:6, Matthew 24:42.47.]

            Let us keep busy with the Lord's work of warning others and bringing His light and life to the weary world. 

            "But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, "My Lord delays His coming," and shall begin to smite his fellow servants and to eat and drink with the drunken, the Lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looks not for him and in an hour that he is not aware of and shall cut him asunder and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth!" [Matthew 24:48-51.]

            Be not weary and faint in your mind. Keep fighting the fight of faith. Don't look back.

            "For unto everyone that has (Salvation and Good Works) shall be given, and he shall have abundance! But from him that has not shall be taken away even that which (he thinks) he has!" [Matthew 25:29.]

            For we shall not all die, but we shall all be changed in a moment in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump! For the trumpet shall sound and the dead in Christ shall be raised incorruptible  and we shall be changed." "Death is swallowed up in victory!" "Thanks be to God which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!" [1 Corinthians 15:51-52, 54, 57.]

            "Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, for  as much as ye known that your labour is not in vain in the Lord." "For in the days of these kings shall the God of Heaven set up a Kingdom which shall never be destroyed or left to others, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these other kingdoms and shall stand forever!" [1 Corinthians 15:58, Daniel 2:44.]

             "And the kingdom and dominion and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High, Whose Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey Him!" "They that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever!" [Daniel 7:27, 12:3.] 

             God has told us that he that wins souls to the kingdom is wise and shall have a place of refuge.

             Are you prepared for these coming events? --If not, and you'd like to know more of the details of the days ahead and how to survive them, write me at the following e-mail: dennismedwards@gmail.com --Tomorrow may be too late! Above class taken from the writings of Father David, May 1974. Edited and abridged by Dennis Edwards