There is nothing better than winter light. That wonderful contrast of the cold winter breeze and snow with the heavenly light is so glorious.
The best light-filled winter pictures I have are these next six from February of 2014. I remember that it was very cold, but beautiful.
These last five are from March of 2019 after a heavy snow.
In an earlier post I mentioned how Daniel’s prophecy (Daniel 9:24-27) clearly shows both the time line and the purpose of the rapture. We will continue now in this post to look at the situation of the prophecy, which is Daniel’s prayer. We will also look briefly at God’s immediate answer, which is the prophecy.
Daniels prayer (Daniel 9:3-19). From Daniel 9:2 we learn that Daniel knew of the writings of Jeremiah and of his prophecies regarding their seventy years of captivity. He was also aware of the reason for their captivity: mainly because for so long they had not obeyed the Lord in keeping the laws of the Sabbath rest; thus by their exclusion God intended to restore the land by giving it rest for the exact number of Sabbath years that it had been violated—seventy years.
Long before Daniel’s time God clearly prophesied these things.
Leviticus…
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A lot has been said in the media about Trump and his followers, especially regarding the last few days. Unfortunately, most or all that has been said is false. So, I want to give my thoughts to try to correct some thinking. I know I am not an expert on everything, but I think I know when falsehoods have been made. I will give my thoughts on four things:
Who is lying about voter fraud?
When Trump said that his election was stolen, was he lying? The media said he was lying. When Trump said that there were multiple cases of voter fraud, was he lying? The media said he was lying. And many others said he was lying. Even Bill Barr said there was no evidence of wide spread voter fraud. And McConnell also seems to be saying it.
Who is lying? Was there voter fraud or not? And was the election stolen? Yes! And Yes! The media is lying! And many others are lying. There are mounds and mounds of evidence to prove voter fraud and to prove that Donald Trump did win the election, but at the very end it was stolen. And just because the courts refuse to hear the evidence doesn’t mean that the evidence isn’t there.
We all know who is lying; and you, whoever you are, will be held accountable for your lies—at the judgment.
Did Donald Trump incite his followers to violence?
Well, that’s a good question? He certainly made his thoughts known; and they were true and true to him. But I don’t think President Trump intentionally intended to stir his followers up to do violence to the police or to the Capitol. I don’t think he really thought everything through. He just wanted justice to be done and wanted to convey it to others. I think he was very hopeful that his vice president would reject the fraudulent electoral votes, and maybe he thought his rally would convince him to do it. Certainly, the President made some wrong decisions, but that doesn’t mean he is totally to blame for the violence—maybe partially to blame. Those who did violence certainly should be held accountable for what they did.
Black Lives Matter followers vs Trump Followers
I have heard many of the media, and also Biden, say that the police treated the Trump intruders much better than the BLM rioters. Yes, I would say that is true. And the reason is because the BLM rioters were much more unruly and rude. They were yelling and cursing at the police. The Trump crowd was not. The BLM people were burning down buildings, overturning police cars, and throwing bombs; and the Trump people were relatively peaceful. The only time they were violent was when they were breaking into the Capitol. Also, the BLM rioters (those who were true believers in BLM) are Marxists and they hate America. But the Trump people love America and they were fighting for America. So, there is a big difference in the two groups and so they should have been treated differently.
Trump’s Legacy
There is no question that what happened at the Capitol Hill will hurt the Trump legacy. But, knowing Donald Trump, he will find a way to get through it and survive. I think President Trump has been treated very badly and unfairly during his entire presidency. In spite of it all, he has accomplished many good things for America. It is just too bad that much of it will be reversed during the Biden term, and because of the China Virus.
This article is an excerpt from my book, Prayer A to Z.
There is really only one prayer that a non-Christian can pray with the assurance that God will hear him. It is the prayer for mercy—from a humble heart that sincerely has decided to go God’s way. Any other prayers that are uttered by a non-Christian are an abomination to God and are not heard. Why? Well, it is not because God is not good. He is good (Read Matthew 5:43-45). It is because He can not grant any other request of the unsaved, because they naturally do not do what is right or seek after God (Romans 3:10-11). Isaiah 64:6 tells us that the unsaved are unclean and all their righteousness are like filthy rags to God. Therefore, God will not listen to their prayers because all their requests are made with selfish, ungodly motives.
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I was just informed through Bill Koenig’s Eye View at watch.org, as he cited the Gateway Pundit, that “at least one bus load of Antifa goons infiltrated the Trump rally…” That makes a lot of sense to me. I would guess that many of those people who were scaling the White House walls and breaking windows and entering the white house were paid Antifa goons—paid big money by billionaires like George Soros. They were hired to discredit Donald trump and his Presidency, and also in an effort to put a black mark on him in order to dissuade people from supporting him in the future.
According to a former FBI agent on the ground at the US Capitol, at least one bus load of Antifa goons infiltrated the Trump rally as part of a false flag operation.
Chaos erupted at the US Capitol building on Wednesday after Vice President Mike Pence announced he would not block Biden’s electors.
Trump supporters are being blamed for all of the violence and chaos but according to a former FBI agent, Antifa has infiltrated the Trump rally.
Via investigative reporter Paul Sperry: Former FBI agent on the ground at U.S. Capitol just texted me and confirmed that at least 1 “bus load” of Antifa thugs infiltrated peaceful Trump demonstrators as part of a false Trump flag ops
The rapture is never mentioned in the Old Testament. It was kept a secret until the New Testament. But through our enlightenment provided by the New Testament, we see now that Daniel 9:24-27 clearly shows both the time line and the purpose of the rapture. Many have disagreed with this, but those who have taken the time to closely inspect this passage will have to admit that there is something to what I am saying.
If you are at all interested in this topic, stay tuned to my next several blog posts. But for now, for this particular post, I will just copy the text and let you read it.
Daniel 9:24-27
“Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision…
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There is so much talk lately about the Great Reset. It has been in the works for many years; but now, with so much lawlessness, the riots, Covid-19, and voter fraud, it seems to be coming fast. In this blog post I will present my information from two sources: first, from an article by Klaus Schwab, the founder of the World Economic Forum; secondly, by a Jan Markell interview with two Bible prophecy experts, pastor Billy Crone and pastor Brandon Holthaus.
I. From an article by Klaus Schwab: Now is the time for a ‘great reset’
Klaus Schwab is the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, which I would say is one of the main promoters and architect of the great reset. Here, in six points, is his promotion of this great reset:
1. Klaus Schwab wants to “reset the world.”
2. Schwab says, “In every crisis there is an opportunity [for the reset].”
3. He said, “We can emerge from this crisis [Covid-19] a better world, if we act quickly and jointly.” (My words: Obviously, he is a globalist, not a nationalist.)
4. Schwab said, “We could be facing the worst depression since the 1930’s. To achieve a better outcome, we need to act quickly to revamp all aspects of our societies and economies. Everything must be transformed. We need a great reset.” (Italics for emphasis)
5. Schwab said, “We must build entirely new foundations for our economic and social systems.”
6. Schwab gives these three components to the great reset (shortened and summarized in my words).
II. From Jan Markell’s Interview entitled, Antichrist Kingdom Rising (Part 1)
The following information is from my notes of this online radio interview. I will present it in four main points with subpoints.
What is the Great Reset and how will it work?
The Church
Unfortunately, most of the church is in the dark as to what is going on, because pastors refuse to learn and teach their people anything about Bible prophecy. Much of the blame should go to the Seminaries and bible colleges, most of which are a-millennial.
Voter Fraud
It has been going on for decades in Communist countries, and now it is here in America. I think it will continue to be used by the globalists in order to control the nations and all people. It recently has been used to stop Donald Trump and his hold on America. Soon we will see America join the socialists of the world and be connected to world power and the Antichrist.
Vaccines
Governments won’t force vaccines on the people. We will instead see big businesses forcing it. We have already heard, mainly from Israel, that people won’t be able to buy anything from stores, or go anywhere by planes unless they are marked with the vaccine. These new vaccines aren’t like any normal vaccine. They will modify your DNA. It is a genetic modification technology. It could be a permanent change in your DNA. And it will somehow mark you so that scanners will know if you have taken the vaccine or not. Also, another element of the vaccine is called hydrogel, or nano-technology (little robots inside your body), which will connect you to artificial technology.
If this all sound scary, it is (but I am not sure I believe it entirely as Billy Crone has described it). But the Christian doesn’t have to worry anyway, because I think we will be gone, raptured by that time—which may be very soon. Yes, if this new vaccine does what I have just described, maybe that means the rapture is very very soon. But even if it is delayed, I still am not too worried, and I probably will get the vaccine along with everybody else. God will protect me until He comes.
The following article is an excerpt from this book.
Here are three possible reasons why your prayers aren’t answered–from my e-book Prayer A to Z.
1. You really aren’t abiding in Jesus and His Word as you think you are. A good test of whether you are abiding or not is whether you bear fruit. Jesus said, “He who abides in Me, and I in him bears much fruit (Jn. 15:5). Fruit is that evidence that you are a Christian—a true Christian that abides in Christ and grows to be like Him.
Are you becoming like Christ? Do you love others as He did? Do you reach out to others and share the love of God with them? Do you have the faith that Jesus had? When you pray do you expect God to answer you? If you can’t say yes to any of these questions I suggest that…
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I have been reviewing the sermons of D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones on Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. I am now covering his chapters on the Lord’s Prayer, from Matthew 6:9-13. So far, from my previous blog post, I wrote shortly on the first line, “Our Father in heaven.” That is the invocation, or we could say, that which takes us into prayer. Those words remind us that He is our Father and a mighty Father-God who is in heaven.
Now we come to the rest of the prayer, which is really an outline that Jesus has given us in order to pray better. And it consists of six petitions as follows:
1. Hallowed be Thy name.
2. Your kingdom come.
3. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
4. Give us this day our daily bread.
5. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
6. And do not lead us unto temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Notice that the first three petitions have regard to God and His glory, and the second three have reference to ourselves. And please take note of this order; for it is the way He wants us to pray. We must never start with ourselves; we must always begin first praying for God and His glory. In this blog, we will examine these first three petitions.
Hallowed be Thy name.
At first glance it doesn’t really appear to be a petition, or request, but more of a statement—that we are sort of willing His name to be hallowed, or holy. But it is definitely a petition, that His name would be hallowed on this earth.
Here are two other translations that may help:
“May your name be honored” (NLT).
“Reveal who you are” (the Message).
Hallowed means to sanctify, or to revere, or to make and keep holy. The petition is that God, in all that is true of Him, would be revered (God has many names, and it would be good to study those names).
Your kingdom come.
This petition is that His kingdom would come into every heart. Then it is also that His kingdom would come into the world and light up the world. His kingdom is His reign, His law, and His rule. This I think is a good missionary prayer. Every Christian should pray this prayer—that all would come to know Him and reign and rule in his or her life.
Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
This is the result of His kingdom coming, that His will would be done on earth just as it is in heaven.
1 Corinthians 15:51-52
Behold, I tell you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.
Here the rapture is spoken of as a mystery, or as something previously hidden, but now revealed—for it was never mentioned in the Old Testament and only mentioned one time in the gospels, in John 14:1-3. The Corinthians had not heard of it before, but apparently it was revealed to Paul by the Holy Spirit.
The teaching of the rapture here is quite self-explanatory: (1) all those of the church, living and dead, at the point of the rapture will be changed, or transformed—our corruptible bodies will become incorruptible; (2) it will happen very rapidly—as fast as…
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