[Kaelepulu Stream Near Kailua Beach Park, Oahu, Hawaii]
My photograph above was taken, obviously, a long time before social distancing and any "lockdown." Many unexpected events have occurred since then - even since January of this year, which is obvious to everyone in the world by now. But not everyone is aware of what's "behind the scenes". Following is a 54 minute video by Bible Prophecy experts which gets down to the nitty gritty of our current situation. It is a MUST that you view this video, for your own safety and life, even. Featured in the following video are Jan Markell, and pastors Tom Hughes and Brandon Holthaus.
Many of you believers are no doubt familiar with the Scripture about "peace and security" found at 1 Thessalonians 5:3 which follows:
"For when they shall say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape." - (speaking of sinful and wicked persons who do not know Christ.)
Also in 1 Thessalonians 5, verses 4 - 11 concerns true believers in Jesus as the Savior; those verses follow:
"But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light , and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him. Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do."
It would be beneficial for everyone to read all of 1 Thessalonians 5.
[A day at Kailua Beach, Oahu, Hawaii]
Here is a link to Jan Markell's newsletter which is found at her website: olivetreeviews.org . Her entire website is one that you might want to visit often, not only for her newsletter, but other pertinent information concerning our prophetic times (the last moments of the last days). There you will find articles by various pastors and others, as well as videos.
The information in the newsletter link above is a must read! Following is a quote in the above newsletter link from an E-mail sent to Jan by a pastor: "We don't live in uncertain times. Not at all! These times are as certain as any time in all of human history, and the God of the universe laid out this time in great detail, point by point, and in fact with all the details needed by His people, to live in times of absolute certainty !! So no, there is nothing uncertain about the times we live in to the believer who is seeking to live by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God."
In the link above, on the newsletter, there is included a recent video that is very enlightening so far as our current world situation is concerned. I will post a link to it here, in case you do not check out Jan's newsletter. It is a "Prophecy Roundtable - Globalism and the New World Order", featuring Jan Markell, Amir Tsarfati, and Pastor Barry Stagner. It is well worth your time (and your mind) to watch all 70 minutes of this recent video.
Note: Having difficulty with the link. You can go to Behold Israel on You Tube and look for the video by Amir "Prophecy Round table : Globalism and the New World Order" posted on August 29, 2020. Or simply go to the above link to Jan Markell's newsletter and you will, as said previously, find the video there.
[Kailua Beach, Oahu, Hawaii]
Lately on this blog, there have been mostly posts concerning salvation. I feel as if this is most important for Christians to share with others. Jesus said to His disciples:
"Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world." - Matthew 28:19,20
Again, to Martha at John 11:25,26: I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die. Believest thou this?"
Belief in the Gospel; belief that Jesus died for our sins and took our place on the cross and shed His precious blood so that by believing that He is the Savior, and that His shed blood (as of a sacrificial Lamb) can wash our sins away.... wipe the slate clean, and we become a new creation . This is the most important message Christians can preach !
"Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things have passed away; behold, all things are become new." - 2 Corinthians 5:17
However, almost 1/3 of the Bible consists of prophecy! Since God included it in His Holy Word, it should be considered important too! Many, because of prophecies in the Bible, and how they came true in the past and they are coming true right now as well.....many persons have come to faith in Christ by knowledge of Bible prophecy - they were convicted that the Bible is true, and therefore all of God's Holy Word concerning Jesus and Salvation must be true as well.
In Ezekiel 33, much is said concerning us to be "Watchmen on the wall." Obviously, it meant those in Ezekiel's time, but the same principle definitely applies to true believers today - to sound the alarm in these times as well. Part of Ezekiel 33 applied to sounding the alarm about the danger of war. Verse 6 says:
"But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand."
Also verses 7-9.... "So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at My mouth, and warn them from Me. When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul."
So we see that not only should we warn people to turn FROM SIN and instead turn to belief in JESUS AS THE SAVIOR, but we should also warn of war (as in Ezekiel 33) and other dangers; to alert people of the signs of the times and caution them to avoid certain things; especially to avoid things that go against God's Holy Word.
All true believers should be "ministers" in a sense, as well as "watchmen" that warn of evil and corruptness and dangers to avoid; (the signs of the times... these last days) and to obey only God. That is, we should obey traffic laws and other such things, but do not do anything that God's Holy Word says to avoid!
Please watch the following 15 minute sermon by deceased Pastor David Wilkerson titled "The Only Hope In The Coming Storm."
Very moving!
Keep looking up ! Jesus will return soon!
