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Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Prophecy of 1968 from a 90 Year Old Norwegian Woman

An old woman of 90 from Valdres in Norway had a vision from God in 1968. The evangelist Emanuel Minos had meetings (services) where she lived. He had the opportunity to meet her, and she told him what she had seen. He wrote it down, but thought it to be so unintelligible that he put it in a drawer. Now, almost 30 years later, he understands he has to share the vision with others.

The woman from Valdres was a very alert, reliable, awake and credible Christian, with a good reputation among all who knew her. This is what she saw:

"I saw the time just before the coming of Jesus and the outbreak of the Third World War. I saw the events with my natural eyes. I saw the world like a kind of a globe and saw Europe, land by land. I saw Scandinavia. I saw Norway. I saw certain things that would take place just before the return of Jesus, and just before the last calamity happens, a calamity the likes of which we have never before experienced.

She mentioned four waves:

1. "First before Jesus comes and before the Third World War breaks out there will be a ‘détente’ like we have never had before. There will be peace between the super powers in the east and the west, and there will be a long peace. (Remember, that this was in 1968 when the cold war was at its highest. E. Minos) In this period of peace there will be disarmament in many countries, also in Norway and we are not prepared when it (the war) comes. The Third World War will begin in a way no one would have anticipated - and from an unexpected place.

2. "A lukewarmness without parallel will take hold of the Christians, a falling away from true, living Christianity. Christians will not be open for penetrating preaching. They will not, like in earlier times, want to hear of sin and grace, law and gospel, repentance and restoration. There will come a substitute instead: prosperity (happiness) Christianity.

"The important thing will be to have success, to be something; to have material things, things that God never promised us in this way. Churches and prayer houses will be emptier and emptier. Instead of the preaching we have been used to for generations -like, to take your cross up and follow Jesus, - entertainment, art and culture will invade the churches where there should have been gatherings for repentance and revival. This will increase markedly just before the return of Jesus.

3. "There will be a moral disintegration that old Norway has never experienced the likes of. People will live together like married without being married. (I do not believe the concept ‘co-habitor’? existed in 1968 - E. Minos.) Much uncleanness before marriage, and much infidelity in marriage will become the natural (the common), and it will be justified from every angle. It will even enter Christian circles and we pet it - even sin against nature. Just before Jesus return there will be TV- programs like we have never experienced. (TV had just arrived in Norway in 1968. E. Minos)

"TV will be filled with such horrible violence that it teaches people to murder and destroy each other, and it will be unsafe in our streets. People will copy what they see. There will not be only one ‘station’ on TV, it will be filled with ‘stations.’ (She did not know the word ‘channel’ which we use today. Therefore she called them stations. E. Minos.) TV will be just like the radio where we have many ‘stations,’ and it will be filled with violence. People will use it for entertainment. We will see terrible scenes of murder and destruction one of the other, and this will spread in society. Sex scenes will also be shown on the screen, the most intimate things that takes place in a marriage." (I protested and said, we have a paragraph that forbids this kind of thing. E. Minos.) There the old woman said: "It will happen, and you will see it. All we have had before will be broken down, and the most indecent things will pass before our eyes."

4. "People from poor countries will stream to Europe. (In 1968 there was no such thing as immigration. E. Minos.) They will also come to Scandinavia - and Norway. There will be so many of them that people will begin to dislike them and become hard with them. They will be treated like the Jews before the Second World War. Then the full measure of our sins will have been reached (I protested at the issue of immigration. I did not understand it at the time. E Minos.)

The tears streamed from the old woman’s eyes down her cheeks. "I will not see it, but you will. Then suddenly, Jesus will come and the Third World War breaks out. It will be a short war." (She saw it in the vision.)

"All that I have seen of war before is only child’s play compared to this one, and it will be ended with a nuclear atom bomb. The air will be so polluted that one cannot draw one’s breath. It will cover several continents, America, Japan, Australia and the wealthy nations. The water will be ruined (contaminated?). We can no longer till the soil. The result will be that only a remnant will remain. The remnant in the wealthy countries will try to flee to the poor countries, but they will be as hard on us as we were on them.

"I am so glad that I will not see it, but when the time draws near, you must take courage and tell this. I have received it from God, and nothing of it goes against what the Bible tells.

"The one who has his sin forgiven and has Jesus as Savior and Lord, is safe."

WHEN THE OIL FLOWS

An elder in the Pentecostal Church at Moss, Norway, Martin Andersen, heard the following prophecy in 1937, in Moss:

‘When oil comes out of the North Sea and along the Norwegian coast, things will begin to happen, and the return of Jesus is approaching.’

When these words had been proclaimed, people stood up in the congregation and asked the man to sit down and not speak such nonsense. In 1937 it was indeed nonsense to talk about oil being pumped along the Norwegian coast. Today all the world’s big oil companies are pumping oil along the coast of Norway. Norway is the world’s second greatest exporter of oil - after Saudi Arabia.

The sum of it all is: Jesus is coming soon (suddenly).

Original source editor’s note: The above account was originally transmitted from Israel to friends in the US. It was sent by a Norwegian Christian worker by the name of Ragna Von Porat. Ragna states in a footnote that it was translated from Danish. She further states that Emanuel Minos, the evangelist mentioned in the account, was her friend’s closest neighbor in Oslo. She says, "I heard him in my young days. My parents knew him."

Because of my fear of transmitting false prophecy, I have diligently inquired concerning the information in this letter. Publication has been delayed until permission could be secured from Ragna in Israel. In my contact with her, she has assured me that these accounts are true and reliable. In fact, she relates that the first account has already been published in one of Norway’s Christian newspapers.

I have found in my own research that the first account was also published by the Christian Information Service in Germany. The website of Dr. Emanuel Minos is active today and can be accessed for verification. Although the language on this site is Norwegian, the very similar story of the woman and her vision is posted there in English. The above accounts are transmitted just as they were received.

Ragna took it upon herself to verify as much of the above information as she could. In contacting the Embassy of Norway she learned that Norway has now dropped to the world’s third largest oil exporter.

Ragna states, "I certainly have no objection to your going ahead [with publishing]. It must be now-if ever."

Monday, May 2, 2022

The Power of Blessing Others!

 


Good news all the time and especially good news this month--as we've just finished Ramadan! Thanks for your prayers! And over 5,000 benefited from food boxes, financial aid, clothes, toys, dinners, bread and more.--A lot to celebrate. As well, below is something I hope will bless your life--how to bless others intentionally  through your words. And...you can be blessed by blessing others. Praying you all have a blessed May, with safety, happiness, health and provision. Love in Jesus, Jacki 

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THE POWER OF BLESSING OTHERS.

There is power in “blessing” someone, even a simple “God bless you.” And anybody can do it. Recently when reading through the Old Testament & seeing how people would bless others it was apparent we have lost an ancient privilege & secret to bettering & adding to others’ lives in a powerful way.  A blessing was sacred & people knew when they blessed someone, that the God would follow up on it.  When you bless someone, the Lord does it. The Lord takes you at your word, & every word counts.

You can see this when Jacob stole Esau’s blessing. Jacob disguised himself as Esau to get his blessing, so when Isaac pronounced the blessing over him, Jacob received the full blessing, anointing, prosperity & favor of the Lord—even though Esau was supposed to get it. It proves there is power in the words of a blessing. Esau then asked Isaac for a blessing too, but it wasn’t like Jacob’s. There is power in blessing others, & God is behind it.  Blessings & cursings were really serious things back in Bible times, it wasn’t just empty words. And the blessings were there not just for the one person who was blessed, but their children too, for generations!—The blessing usually covered & included their houses, possessions & well-being.

Now we say, “God bless you” so repeatedly & redundantly that we have become so accustomed to it that  it’s lost much of its meaning, we’ve become numb to it. But if you want to bless someone, & you say it with intention & as a prayer, that person is blessed, because the Lord will honour His Word. It’s a vow He will keep. We can bring back this powerful gift into our lives by sincerely saying to people, “God bless you” not just as a by-word or non-thinking habit, but as an intentional prayer, & the Lord will add blessing to their life. You can also add what kind of blessing you want to give. You can say, “God bless you with a safe trip”, or “God bless your work today to be fruitful”, or “God bless your pregnancy & keep you safe & healthy”, or “God bless your children to grow up knowing the Lord.” You can bless strangers or those you meet, such as to the taxi driver, “God bless you with a safe day”, or to a teacher, “God bless you with joy in your work & teaching the next generation.” But as the household of God we are especially privileged to bless each other. What do you want the Lord to do for those in our Christian Family? Give them a good financial state? Joy & happiness? Health & a safe life from Covid?  Protection from accidents?  A blessed home life full of love?

In ancient times blessings were so powerful a prophecy would sometimes accompany it. These blessings were coveted, respected & sought after. The Patriarchs many times just before they passed on to their heavenly reward, would gather their sons & grandsons around them & bless each one. For example, Jacob, before dying called his 12 sons that became the 12 tribes & blessed each one & a prophecy followed telling how the blessing would be fulfilled in their future. Quite amazing! (Asher, Dan, Ephraim, Gad, Issachar, Manasseh, Naphtali, Reuben, Simeon, Zebulun, Joseph and Benjamin.)

To give an idea of how a blessing was used, which was even a sacred rite, here are a few examples:

Gen_12:3  If you want to be blessed, you get a blessing for yourself when you bless others. It comes back to you. “And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee.”

Gen_27:36 Blessings were like money, they were valuable & came to pass.  “And Esau said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me? And Esau said unto his father (Isaac), Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept…”  The blessing for Jacob included prosperity & inheritance for generations, “And God Almighty bless thee (Jacob), and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people.”

Gen 32:26 Jacob wrestling with the Lord demanded a blessing.  You can request a blessing from the Lord—if you’re doing your part.   “And Jacob said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.”

 

Gen_39:5  Because we are blessed, others that we work & live with can be also blessed because of it. Our blessing rubs off on even the unsaved.  “And it came to pass from the time that Potiphar had made Joseph overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.”

Exo_23:25  Blessing over food & water & against sickness. Pray that your food will be blessed—good one during Covid.  “And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.” 

 

Lev_25:21 You can command a blessing for people to be prosperous.  “Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.”

Aaron's BlessingThe priests were commanded to bless the people, so the Lord could follow-up on blessing them. Here is a prayer you can use to bless others. Blessing the people was an assignment & part of the priests’ job & ministry so that they could be blessed, even up until Jesus’ time.  Num 6:23  “Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them: The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:  The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:  The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. And they shall put My name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.” This blessing is still good today!

 

Num 23:19  The power of a blessing, to be taken seriously: “God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?  Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.”

 

Deu_23:5  If someone does curse you, the Lord can turn it into a blessing!—That’s powerful!  “Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD  turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.”

 

2Sa_6:20  You can ask the Lord to bless people & their homes. “Then David returned to bless his household.”

 

2Sa_7:29 You can ask that your family be blessed for generations. “Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.”

 

1Ch_4:10  You can ask the Lord to bless you in keeping you from evil. Blessings are for the asking. “And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast (territories & lands), and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.”

 Mat_5:44  Jesus asks us to even bless our enemies, & He will do it.  “But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.”

Rom_12:14  “Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.”

1Pe_3:9  If we bless others who are mean to us, we will inherit a blessing! “Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.”

And God bless all of you as you read His Word, work for Him in the harvest, pray for others, & be His light in today’s world. God bless you with strength, wisdom, love, patience & endurance to run the race & finish well.  God bless you with passion for the mission He’s called you to, & blessed with all the support & tools to do the job! And God bless you as you bless others with His love.  In Jesus’ name!



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