HAS RAPTURE TAKEN PLACE BEFORE AND HOW MANY RAPTURE WILL TAKE PLACE?

As my Pastor always say "we thank the Lord for everything". Truly, we ought o give thanks always no matyer the condition we found ourselves. God is faithful... What a fast month of July.

Now, in our previous teaching, i have taken time to lay a detailed foundation on what is Rapture. For those that miss it, kindly click here. Therfore lets move faster as the time is very short, even the leaders of this world and the people of the false prince to come also knows that time is short....

Let me start with this quote from German Chancellor in her opening address to the G-20 leaders (except Nigeria leader) in Germany on July 7, 2017....The G20 (Group of Twenty) is a summit for 19 countries, both developed and developing, plus the EU. In her summit opening statement, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said: "We are all aware of the great global challenges." "We know that time is short and therefore solutions very often can only be found if we are ready to compromise and work together without bending over backwards too much because, of course, we can express different views on some issues." 

The World leaders are looking out for solution to the great global challenges, and this is how the Antichrist will rise bringing the solutions, and the world, including the foolish Christians and the Jews will also accept this satan incarnate man. Watch and Pray always.

 Now, to the topic of today.... Which is - Has there be Rapture before and How many will take place? In this teaching we shall also touch a little on Paradise and the Two Witnesses in the book of Revelation. I believe Holy Spirit has make me to put this traching in a simpler and detailed form, for our better understanding. So make sure you carefully read the full teaching, read along with your Bible. God bless your Heart.

Has Rapture Taken Place Before?

Yes, there has been raptures before in the bible.

How Many Rapture will Take Place? 

Accoding to the scripture, there is going to be Six raptures, four raptures had taken place already, and there are two more to come. Three of them took place in the Old Testament. There are three raptures of the New Testament. One has come to past and it remain two. Three raptures of the Old Testament, all of them has come to past.

 The Six Rapture The Bible Reveals To Take Place.

(1) THE FIRST RAPTURE 

This was when ENOCH was caught away to heaven before the Flood came in Noah’s days (Genesis 5:24)

Genesis 5:22-24 

[22]And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: [23]And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: [24]And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. 

Hebrews 11:5 

[5]By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. 

 (2) THE SECOND RAPTURE 

This was when ELIJAH was taken away alive in a chariot of fire (II Kings 2:11) leaving his mantle to Elisha.

 2 Kings 2:1,11 

[1]And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. [11]And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. 

(3) THE THIRD RAPTURE 

This was when the Old Testament Saints (Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, and others) rose up from the dead during the time when Jesus shouted with a loud voice at the cross of Calvary. The graves of those saints were opened and their glorified bodies arose and appeared unto many.

 MATTHEW 27:50-53 - ”Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.” 

In order for these Old Testament saints to be transported beyond the curtain of time, their sins had to be totally blotted out. The blood of bulls and goats in the Old Testament never had the power to do that. It just covered their sins temporarily and they always had to offer a sacrifice every year in order to maintain their cleanliness before God. They had to wait for that “Perfect Sacrifice” to come, the “Lamb of God” Himself who takes away the sins of the world. Jesus’ precious Blood finally released them from the guilt of sin. All of mankind’s sin problem was settled when Jesus died at the cross (John 3:16).

 Now , a quote from William Branham Sermon explains better...

 "Notice, it was the loud voice of Jesus that awakened the Old Testament saints just exactly like the loud voice wakened Lazarus. See? The loud voice awakened. And the Old Testament saints ascended up at His loud voice when He screamed and give up the ghost. why? Because The sacrifice, their propitiation of their sins that they'd waited on... Believing that perfect Lamb was coming, they'd offered the sacrifice of the lamb. And when He died and yielded up the ghost, He screamed with a loud voice, and the Old Testament saints awoke. Watch the shout and the voice over here, the same thing at His coming. See? Yielded up the ghost, and when He did the sacrifice was perfect, and paradise emptied out; and the Old Testament saints came to the earth again, walked around on earth, and entered in with Him at His rapture. David said over there, "Lift up, ye everlasting gates, and be ye lifted up." He led captives and give gifts unto men. When the Old Testament saints went in with Him, they said, "Who is this King of righteousness?" "The Lord of glory, mighty in host--mighty host." Here they come in, marching. Jesus led captivity captive. And here He comes with the Old Testament saints, and the--went into the new gates up there, and said, "Lift up, ye everlasting gates, and be ye lifted up, and let the King of glory come in." The voice come from the inside, said, "Who is the King of glory?". "The Lord, mighty in battle." The gates flew open. And Jesus the Conqueror led captives, them that had believed on Him, and the Word had come to them. There the Old Testament saints laying in there waiting. He led captivity captive, ascended on high, took the Old Testament saints, and went in. Three Rapture happened in the Old Testament to them that are prepared, who the Word of the Lord came to. See? The Word of the Lord came to Enoch. The Word of the Lord came to Elijah. He was a prophet. Now, the Word of the Lord is Jesus." End of Quote.....

The Old Testament saints has gone into their waiting place in the paradise when the paradise was moved higher, now in the third heaven. Talking about paradise, this is the right time to explain a little about the paradise... This will be a degression but it is needed. 

Paradise - God's Wisdom 

Without wasting time i will just take a quote from the writting of Neal Frisby ,this quote is enough for the wise ...

 “Let us discuss the different sections of Paradise. For there are many mysteries and secrets concerning the place of the saints! . . . We know the apostle Paul was caught up into the third heaven; and he saw the most amazing things in this section of Paradise! And he was actually forbidden to tell all he had seen!– It was so marvelous, evidently the Lord did not want Satan or the world to know anything about this particular area! The Scriptures say, Paradise, a place of many mansions! And it is prepared by the hands of the Lord Jesus himself!” (Luke 16:22) “Lazarus suffered many things, but at death he went to Paradise!– You know according to the Scriptures there is a section of Paradise for those who have gone on beforehand and are in a waiting place!– When a person dies they are immediately in the presence of the Lord! (Eccl. 12:7– II Cor. 5:8) “Angels carry the righteous at death to Paradise! (Luke 16:22)– The repentant thief found a place in Paradise with Jesus . . . Verily I say unto thee, today shalt thou be with me in Paradise! (Luke 23:43)– Also the Tree of Life is in the section of Paradise called, The Midst of Paradise of God!” (Rev.2:7)– “The obedient to enter the gates of the city of Paradise!” (Rev. 22:14) “So we see in another section of Paradise is a beautiful Holy city!– One can hardly describe the magnificent splendor within its walls of living glory. Colorful beyond our imagination! Sparkling and glowing place prepared of God’s wisdom! – You know at last the people of God will feel right at home!” “The book of Revelation did not describe all of the secrets and things about Paradise, for it is saved to be revealed to His chosen people! And my, what a revelation they will receive. The Scriptures say, it has not entered into the heart and thoughts of man what he has prepared for those who love Him!” End of Quote......

I believe this short article above on paradise explain many things to you, in our consequent teaching we will dig deeper into the teaching of the Paradise proper, thus is just to sensitize your spirit.

(4) THE FOURTH RAPTURE 

This took place when our Lord Jesus Christ himself finally ascended up into the heavens, as it is written in the Book of ACTS 1:9 to 11- 

“And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. 

(5) THE FIFTH RAPTURE

This is that which is spoken of in I THESSALONIANS 4:16-18 and I CORINTHIANS 15:51-54, which concerns all the true Bible-believing Christians who had lived from the Day of Pentecost, along with the living saints that are still in our age, the Laodecian Church Age. All these saints are bound to meet the Lord in the air comes rapture time. They are the ones who are spoken of in “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”.

Only the wise virgins are considered in this FIFTH RAPTURE. These are those who have received “OIL” in their lamps, which is the “Baptism of the Holy Ghost,” by heeding and believing this End Time Message and hearing what the Spirit speaketh of this age. This “OIL” is the basic requirement for one to go in the Rapture. This End Time Message has now been made available on-line, satellite, TVs, Radio, mobile , soft copies, hard copies e.t.c. to give the elect of God the required “OIL” for the Rapture. (And thats what we are doing on end time hub). Believe it and be worthy to be able to escape the wrath of God that’s to be poured out upon this wicked and adulterous generation. The time is at hand, church. The time is at hand. Dont wait any longer.

See, how do you know the rapture’s going on? First thing you know it’ll be past, one disappearing here, and there, and judgment will strike the world. You say, “Well, I thought this...” “It’s too late now.” You remember, they didn’t know it until the day they entered into the ark, and then it was too late. The foolish virgin didn’t know until she come back and found the wise virgin gone. Then she was left for the tribulation period. Many people are expecting the coming. But when He comes this time, hardly none but those who are ready will know when He comes. There’ll just be an absence of people. They won’t know what happened to them. They’ll just be caught away in a moment. And that... They’ll just come up missing, changed in a moment in a twinkling of an eye. So just be ready for that. It’d be horrible some morning to miss a loved one, no one can find them. Wouldn’t it be too bad to know it’s done past and you missed it? So just keep before God.

I want to live so close to Him that I know He’s going to take me when He comes; I believe it. So if there—if everybody else misses it, I’m going to be there by His grace, ‘cause He promised me that, and I know that I’ll be there, ‘cause He can’t lie, and I know my soul and life bears record, and I try to live daily just like He was coming. If there’s going to be eight, I’ll be one of that eight. What about you? And to many that has been made to believe a lie by their so called false pastors and teachers in sheep clothing, they will all shed their blood at the great tribulation. This teaching is to convince you that God is the same today, tommorrow and forever, what He has done before in the Past, He will surely do it again. So, you better accept the engrafted Word of God with meekness and run for your life, as my Pastor always warn us. 

(6) The Sixth Rapture

 THE SIXTH RAPTURE 

This will transpire when the Two Witnesses (Moses and Elijah) of Revelation 11 will have come to Israel to call out the 144,000 Jews back to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Remember that the Jews were blinded to this truth until the fullness of the Gentiles be fulfilled. Moses and Elijah will come to Israel to testify to them about Jesus Christ being their true Messiah. They will show signs and wonders following their ministry.The AntiChrist will hate these two prohets and will kill them, but God will raise them up again after three days and be caught up into heaven. Make no mistake about it.

 The Two Witnesses 

In the Book of Revelation Here it is written in REVELATION 11:3-12: 

“And I will give [power] unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred [and] threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy (Elijah): and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will (Moses). And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. And their dead bodies [shall lie] in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves. And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth. And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them. And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.” 

Now, as soon as this Church, the Bride is drawed together, she’s taken up. And the JEWS is called by the TWO PROPHETS, Elijah and Moses. These two prophets, what will they do? It’s Moses and Elijah. They’ll rise on the scene. They’ll tell those Jews their mistake. And out of that Jewish bunch that’s there now to be the 144,000, God will call with these prophets... What is it? The Spirit of Elijah off of this Gentile church will just continue right on into that Jewish church, go right on in and call Moses with him. Hallelujah. You see it? And he’ll preach the same message of Pentecost to those Jews, that they rejected the Messiah. Amen. You see it? It’ll be the same Pentecostal message that these Jews will preach right over to them. And they’ll hate those Jews so bad till they’ll kill them. And they were hated by all nations, and in the midst of the week... Because that they’d raised up a great powerful 144,000... They had the Holy Ghost, talk about doing miracles; They stopped the heavens, and it didn’t rain in the days of their prophecy, smote the earth with plagues as oft they wanted to. They give plagues and everything else. And have power over the waters to turn them to blood and to smite the earth with plagues as oft as they will... What is it? What can bring these things but the Word? They can do nature anyway they want to. With the power of God, the Word of God, they just condemn nature. They can send earthquakes, turn the moon into blood, the sun can go down or anything at their command. Amen. And now here’s these two prophets standing here with the Word of God to do anything to nature they want to, and they shake the earth. And it shows exactly who does it. It’s Moses and Elijah, ‘cause there’s their ministry reimpersonated again: both men.

But remember, the church is in glory. Amen. The wedding supper’s going on in heaven. Yes. Now, notice. That’s where we seen her coming back to the millennial temple over here at the end of the Jewish age—the anointed. Here He come riding on a white horse; those followed Him on white horses (horse, powers), dressed in white, vesture dipped in blood, wrote on Him, “The Word of God.” He cometh, the mighty Conqueror (Yes, sir.) to set up the millennium temple. Glory. There He meets that 144,000 jews. I believe in our series on post rapture, the two witnesses will be expantiate better by the Holy Spirit. Now we see, Rapture is not a new doctrine, it has been since the time of old. There is nothing new under the sun. Rapture is the perfect way of escape God use to deliver His 100% Word Bride before any great persecution. So,like wise He shall do very soon before the Great tribulation and the Antichrist Horrors. Christ is coming Soon, Are you ready?

Brethren, the fifth rapture is the one we are talking about in this Rapture series... It is God's Promise and it will surely come to pass, there are many prerequisites and conditions needed in other to go up in this fifth rapture. This we shall see in our next article...

Stay connected....

Oladokun Sunday Emmanuel, 

Dominalti For CHRIST, 

On behalf of End Time Hub!!!

THE PROPHETIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MIDDLE EAST CRISES IN THE END OF TIME - PART 1

Where were you on Sept. 11, 2001? If you’re like most people, the horrifying images and emotions of that day are per- manently etched into your mind. Who can forget the sight of a giant airliner slamming into the World Trade Center, USA, the trapped men and women plunging to their deaths, the collapse of the towers and the cloud of pulverized concrete and debris that covered Manhattan?

At the beginning of a new century, it heralded a new age of mass terrorism directed at civilians

. America’s sense of securitythat it could never happen on its shores was forever shattered. Other nations quickly realized that similar catastrophes could strike their cities (and indeed, deadly attacks soon followed in Turkey, Spain, Russia, Germany, Belgium, France, England, Jordan and other countries).

The shocking suicide attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, showed that events in the Middle East impact the entire world.

Terrorism has become a very real threat for millions around the globe. That day’s horror also catapulted the Middle East to the forefront on news programs around the world. Suddenly, what was happening thousands of miles away could affect people regardless of where they lived. A region that, to many, had seemed irrelevant now became the focus of attention as nations everywhere awakened to the reality of how the Middle East impacts us all.

The reality quickly came home that problems thousands of miles away can have a greater impact on us than decisions made by our own local or national governments. The fall of the Twin Towers had an immediate effect on the American economy far greater than any decision made on nearby Wall Street, with an estimated $100 billion loss in direct damages and $2 trillion in short-term stock market losses.

The Middle East affects us all but Sept. 11 was not the start of terrorism, Islamic fundamentalism or confict in the Middle East. As part of a historic continuum, it was simply the date on which the accumulated problems of thousands of years finally reached America’s shores.

Considering how much the Middle East now dominates the news, it’s hard to believe that at the beginning of the last century the Middle East “was of only marginal concern” to the Western world. “The region had become a political backwater,” according to historian David Fromkin, author of A Peace to End All Peace (1989, p. 24), a book about the birth of the modern Middle East.

A century later, however, nations around the world are all affected by what happens in this volatile region. The global economy runs on oil, most of which lies under the sand of Middle Eastern deserts. Oil is the lifeblood of Western economies and affuence, and a plentiful and cheap supply is essential to continued Western prosperity. This dependence on oil has fundamentally altered the Western nations’ relationship with the region, transforming it into a strategically vital part of the world.

A second fundamental change has taken place in the Middle East in the last 100 years—the creation of many new nations, which has vastly complicated the politics of the area. The establishment of one country in particular has led to a cycle of violence and upheaval that is seemingly without end. Yet, surprisingly, the Bible prophesied the establishment of this nation thousands of years ago and predicted the growing confict that would follow its rebirth.

World War I was often called “the war to end all wars.” At the close of the peace conference following the worst confict in history, Archibald Wavell, an offcer who served with the British Army in Palestine and was later promoted to feld marshal, prophetically declared, “After ‘the war to end war’ they seem to have been pretty successful in Paris at making a ‘Peace to end Peace’” (Fromkin, p. 5).

Before World War I the Middle East was dominated by the Ottoman Empire, the empire of the Turks who ruled over all the lands whose names are now so familiar to us. The countries that are now Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Kuwait, Jordan, Israel and others were all ruled by a declining empire that had once also presided over vast lands in both North Africa and southeastern Europe. Within this empire different peoples lived in relative harmony. About 40 percent of the people were Turks and 40 percent Arabs, with the remainder a mixture of different ethnic groups—Armenians and Jews being the most numerous of these.

It might have continued this way were it not for World War I. At the onset of war, it was not clear which side the Ottoman Empire would support. Both the British and the Germans courted the Turks. Finally the sultan opted to support the German kaiser, a fatal decision that ulti- mately led to the birth of many new nations—and wars seemingly with- out end. One of the nations that eventually came into being was the Jewish state of Israel, complicating the geopolitical situation in the region and destined to affect all nations on earth.

What few realize is this one crucial fact: After 1,900 years, the restoration of a Jewish homeland in the Middle East was necessary to fulfll ancient prophecies you can find in the Bible. This region, once a “political backwater” of little or no interest to the Western powers, is destined to become the center of the final global crisis that will usher in cataclysmic events leading humanity to the brink of extinction and ultimately change our world forever.

You need to understand what is prophesied to yet happen in the Middle East. Whether you realize it or not, or understand it or not, events there are destined to have a significant influence in the second coming of Jesus Christ and the Rising of the Antichrist.

Why does the Middle East Dominate The Headlines so often?

One obvious answer is oil, the lifeblood of modern economies. Without oil to run factories, heat homes, fuel transportation and provide energy and raw materials for thousands of uses, the economies of many nations would grind to a halt. The crucial importance of oil alone ensures that the Middle East will remain in the headlines for few more years till the Antichtist take over the oil.

But there’s more that keeps the Middle East in the news. It is the birthplace of the world’s three great religions Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Too often it has not been just their birthplace, but their battlefeld, with adherents warring against each other for control of territory they consider holy.

Nowhere are these conficts more obvious than in Israel, and specifcally in Jerusalem. If you’ve never been to Jerusalem, it’s hard to imagine how so much history, religion and culture can collide and stand in literal heaps. Nowhere is this more evident than at the Temple Mount, flash point for many a confict over the centuries.

The site first came to the attention of Israel’s King David, who bought a threshing floor and built an altar on it, intending it for the site of the temple (1 Chronicles 21-22). The Temple Mount is so named because it is the location of the temple built by David’s son Solomon (destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 B.C.) and its replacement built by Zerubbabel and later enlarged by Herod the Great (ultimately razed by the Roman general Titus in A.D. 70).

Here Jesus Christ, The Lord worshipped, taught and confronted the money changers, scribes, Pharisees and other religious authorities. After His death and resurrection, Christianity was born in the temple’s shadow. His followers continued to worship and teach there for several more decades until the legions of Rome crushed a Jewish rebellion and carted away most of the Jewish population they hadn’t killed. A later Jewish rebellion, in 132-135, led to a Roman decree that no Jew was to set foot in Jerusalem on pain of death.

Centuries later, in 638, Muslim Arabs took the city. In 691 Muslims built the Dome of the Rock on that same Temple Mount, enclosing the spot from which, Muslims believe, Muhammad ascended to heaven (A lie from the pit of hell). Today Muslims consider it the third-holiest site in Islam, after Mecca, where Muhammad was born, and Medina, where he found refuge and died (He died not ascended)

Several more centuries passed before the Crusaders captured Jerusalem, slaughtered Muslim and Jew alike and converted the Dome of the Rock into a church. Their hold on the city lasted less than a century before Muslims recaptured it. Jerusalem changed hands three more times before Muslims took control of the city and held it from 1244 until 1917, when the Ottoman Empire lost its hold in World War I and the city came under British administration.

In 1948 the modern state of Israel was born, and in the 1967 war the Israelis gained control of all of Jerusalem, though leaving the Temple Mount under Islamic authority.

Today one can watch Muslims praying at the Dome of the Rock atop the Temple Mount, Jews praying at the Western Wall barely a stone’s throw below and Christians praying along the Via Dolorosa and at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher a few hundred yards to the north and west. And all around one sees the rubble of the centuries of confict over this holy place.

Who will write the next chapter in the history of this troubled city? Believe it or not, the final chapters are already written— prophesied centuries ago in the pages of the Bible. Ominously, they mesh remarkably well with today’s headlines.

In the next few articles under this series, we will see where all these events happening in the middle east will lead to and their significance in the Translation of the Bride at Jesus Coming.

I believe you now have the detailed understanding of the history of the temple mount and the different buildings inside it.

Stay Connected....

Dominalti For CHRIST
On Behalf of End Time Hub!!!

LATEST END TIME NEWS ANALYSIS - WORLD WIDE NUCLEAR WEAPON THREATS

Good day to you readers and followers of End Time Hub's write-up and teachings. I apologize for a long break in posting. Today, i want to write on the nuclear perial worldwide, nuclear weapon threat especially from North Korea in recent days. But before that, in order to avoid a long article, below is a video of end time latest news (early July). You can download or watch online.

 Later i will post a detailed end time news in the last two weeks including screen shots...

So, lets go to the bussiness of today....

New Nuclear Peril - Russia, North Korea and Iran

The United States and its global allies face dangerous adversaries armed with nuclear weapons or who will likely possess them soon. How signifcant are these threats, and how do they play into Bible prophecies about what will occur at the “time of the end”? And what should you do to prepare?

On Aug. 29, 1949, the Soviet Union successfully detonated its first atomic bomb at a remote experimental site in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (today’s Kazakhstan). Tis came as a shock to many U.S. officials, who didn’t think the Soviets could develop atomic weapons capability so soon afer World War II.

Following that episode and throughout much of the 1950s and 60s, the fear of a Soviet nuclear attack against America and its allies was profound. During that time many experts believed that the immediate danger from a nuclear blast would come as a result of its intense heat and from debris and glass fying through the air. Consequently, civil defense “duck and cover” safety drills were conducted by schools and communities across the United States.

Although such civil defense drills are a thing of the past, the threat posed by nuclear weapons remains very real. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991, thou- sands of nuclear weapons remained in Russia’s possession. Today, besides the United States and Russia, seven other countries possess nuclear arsenals—China, France, India, Israel, the United Kingdom, Pakistan and North Korea.

For decades the greatest danger to America and its allies was Russia, but now North Korea seems to have taken that position due to its unpredictability and open threats to use nukes against the United States. Plus, Iran will almost certainly pose a nuclear peril to the world within several years. To understand this overall problem, let’s examine the sobering security situations these nations present.

Nuclear weapons threat: Russia

Today most Americans think very little about nuclear weapons. However, this powerful, deadly technology matters a

great deal to the Russian people and their leaders. Russia relies on its nuclear arsenal as a source of national pride, being one of the last vestiges of its former superpower status. According to the Federation of American Scientists, which calculates nuclear weapon stockpiles, the Russian Federation currently possesses more than 4,300 operational warheads.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is not averse to using his country’s nuclear capability to pressure and threaten his adver- saries. For example, to express dissatisfaction with perceived NATO incursions into a portion of Russia’s “neighborhood” (former Soviet bloc countries along its western border in the Baltic Sea region), Putin used his nation’s mobile nuclear missile launchers to project power.

This occurred in October 2016 when he ordered nuclear- capable Iskander ballistic missiles to be placed in Kaliningrad, a Russian province between the NATO states of Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea. Putin’s action prompted an anxious response from those nations and others in the region.

Putin said at the time, “We must take counter-measures, that is, strike with our missile systems the targets that in our opinion begin to threaten us” (quoted by Nicole Stinson, “Vladimir Putin Moves Nuke-Capable Missiles Closer to Europe in Latest Move Against NATO,” Daily Star, Nov. 22, 2016).

Besides its moves in the Baltic region, Russia has fexed its muscles in other ways, such as its annexation of Crimea in 2014, its overt support of Russian-separatist forces in eastern Ukraine beginning that same year, and its military ground and air operational support (beginning in September 2015) of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the Syrian civil war.

Russia’s confrontational approach to the United States and its allies has taken an even more troublesome turn with its eforts to develop a new intercontinental ballistic missile system. Putin’s action was in response to perceived threats related to NATO’s missile defense system, which became operational in Europe in July 2016.

Newsweek recently reported: “Russia has for months been testing a giant nuclear weapons delivery system that can carry 10 heavyweight warheads. Russia began testing the Sarmat last year and had been expected to enter it into service in 2018. Te Russian weapon was designed to push through U.S. missile

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis declared North Korea’s push to acquire nuclear-armed missiles a “clear and present danger” and an “urgent military threat.”

defenses. It is expected to replace the RS-36M, which was known as ‘Satan’ by NATO in the 1970s” (Cristina Silva, “Russia’s New ‘Satan’ Nuclear Weapons System Could Wipe Out Texas or France,” March 23, 2017).

In addition, as TIME magazine pointed out, “Moscow has also returned to a habit of nuclear threats, while in its military exercises, it has begun to practice for a nuclear strike, according to the NATO military alliance” (Simon Shuster, “Why Russia Is Rebuilding Its Nuclear Arsenal,” April 4, 2016).

Nuclear weapons threat: North Korea

Another peril facing the United States and its allies comes from North Korea, with its accelerating missile development program and nuclear attack capability. Although it’s the world’s 51st most populous country, North Korea according to some sources felds the earth’s largest army with 1.3 million men under arms, led by “supreme leader” Kim Jong un.

Its armed forces face South Korea’s 625,000 frontline military personnel and 28,000 U.S. troops stationed in South Korea. North Korea is “equipped with 20,000 artillery pieces, 1,000 short- and medium-range missiles, 70 submarines, more than 400 patrol/missile boats and 563 combat aircraf. A strike against

[South Korea’s capital] Seoul would be devastating” (Christopher Wallace, “North Korea’s Army: 1.2M Men, Obsolete Equipment and Nukes,” Fox News, April 28, 2017).

Seoul is a city of 10 million people— the most densely populated in the world. And it’s located only 30 miles from the demilitarized zone, the disputed boundary between the two nations.

While a military confict in that region employing only conventional weapons would be dreadful in terms of loss of life, injury and property damage, the carnage and destruction resulting from a nuclear strike or exchange would be

unthinkable. Despite that, considering based nuclear weapons possessed by North Korea is estimated at 10 to 30. “Unless something changes, North Korea’s arsenal may well hit 50 weapons by the end of [President Donald] Trump’s term. American officials say the North already knows how to shrink those weapons so they can ft atop one of its short- to medium-range missiles— putting South Korea and Japan, and the thousands of American troops deployed in those two nations, within range” (David Sanger and William Broad, “As North Korea Speeds Its Nuclear Program, U.S. Fears Time Will Run Out,” Te New York Times, April 24, 2017, emphasis added throughout).

Admiral Harry Harris, Commander of U.S. Pacifc Command, told the Armed Services Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives in late April: “North Korea vigorously pursued a strategic strike capability in 2016. Kim’s strategic capabilities are not yet an existential threat to the U.S., but if lef unchecked, he will gain the capability to match his rhetoric” (“Hawaii Treatened by North Korea Now, U.S. Commander Tells Congress,” McClatchy DC Bureau, April 26, 2017).

On June 3, at an international security conference in Singapore, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis declared North Korea’s push to acquire nuclear-armed missiles a “clear and present danger,” an “urgent military threat” and “a threat to all” (quoted by Robert Burns, “Mattis: North Korea a ‘Clear and Present Danger’ to World, ABC News website, June 3, 2017).

President Donald Trump and Chinese its belligerent rhetoric and actions, North President Xi Jinping have agreed to work with the international community to try to achieve a peaceful solution to the North Korea nuclear threat. China has since suspended some imports of North Korean coal, consistent with UN.

Korea appears to be preparing for such an eventuality—afer having conducted five successful nuclear tests between 2006 and September 2016. The country’s central news agency Rodong Sinmun declared on May 2, 2017, sanctions, and began urging Kim Jong un that the state will launch a devastating strike to “reduce the whole of the U.S. mainland to ruins.” An American expert, highly knowledgeable about the menace posed by electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapons, suggests this threat should not be taken lightly (see “Terrorism and EMP Weapons: Iran and North Korea” on page 15).

President Trump’s approach is to pressure North Korea into dismantling its nuclear, ballistic missile and proli- feration programs by instituting robust economic sanctions and taking stronger diplomatic actions.

After an April 26, 2017, White House briefng to U.S. senators regarding North Korea’s progress in nuclear weapons and missile capabilities, Defense Secretary Mattis, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Director of Intelligence Dan Coats said in a joint statement: “The United States seeks stability and the peaceful denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. We remain open to negotiations towards that goal. However, we remain prepared to defend ourselves and our allies.”

In an interview following that briefng, U.S. Senator Chris Coons of Delaware commented on the nuclear threat posed by North Korea by stating, “This is a very dangerous circumstance.”

Nuclear weapons threat: Iran

A third potential nuclear weapons danger to the United States and its allies arises from Iran. For more than six decades Iran had been engaged in eforts to develop nuclear energy technology. However it has always declared that all its nuclear activities are for peaceful purposes.

Various authorities have disagreed with that claim and some have reported on evidence of Iran’s eforts to acquire the capacity and expertise to build nuclear weapons. In a report from Nov. 25, 2015, the United Nations atomic agency assessed “that a range of activities relevant to the development of a nuclear explosive device were conducted in Iran prior to the end of 2003 as a coordinated efort, and some activities took place up to 2009” (George Jahn, “UN Atomic Agency Believes Iran Conducted Experiments Meant to Develop Nuclear Weapons,” US News & World Report, Dec. 2, 2015.

On July 14, 2015, Iran and six world powers—China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States—reached an agreement to limit Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for relief from economic sanctions. Tese negotiations lef ambiguity as to whether Iran would build nuclear weapons. But as noted above, Iran had previously developed the technologies needed to accomplish this in a relatively short period.

Added to its previous work on nuclear weapons science, Iran is formulating advanced missile delivery capability. “Tehran is developing increasingly sophisticated missiles and improving the range and accuracy of its other missile systems” (Anthony Cordesman, “Iran, Missiles, and Nuclear Weapons,” Center for Strategic and International Studies, Dec. 9, 2015).

An Iran with nuclear weapons would pose a severe threat to the security of the United States and its allies, along with the

world at large. Consider the danger in these circumstances:

• A nuclear-armed Iran, coupled with the ability to miniaturize nuclear warheads so as to be mounted on intercontinental

ballistic missiles, would create an existential threat.

• America’s Arab allies, such as the United Arab Emirates

and Saudi Arabia—which are anxious about Iran’s provocative regional actions—would feel signifcantly more vulnerable and

threatened by a nuclear-armed Iran.

• If Iran develops nuclear weapons, it would likely trigger

nuclear proliferation to other countries in the Middle East— such as Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia—which would lead to even greater regional instability.

• Iran could share its nuclear weapons technology and proficiency with extremist groups such as Hezbollah, which is virulently hostile to Israel and the United States.

These are some of the reasons why the development of nuclear weapons capability by Iran is unacceptable to the United States and its allies (especially Israel).

Prophetic and Scriptural Significance

Prophecy will continue to light up the parts of the elect if and on if we just study it again and again, the days of fulfilment is here. Nuclear weapon threat, the prophet, Neal Frisby predicted these events and it's outcome - 

1. Scroll 44:6 "it will make the US to rather work with the enemies (Russia etc) than taking the chance of been destroyed.

2. Nuclear weapon threat will unite the world  in search for solution (given room for the emergence of the  antichrist).

3. And one of the sign pointing to Jesus soon return is the alians of  US with Russia  

scroll 44:5

This is just one out of the many events that will unit the world under the antichrist rule.

What does the future hold?

But beyond the present dangers and threats posed by Russia, North Korea and Iran, what lies ahead for the United States and its allies? Will they end up locked in armed confict? The immediate answer for the short term is that no one really knows. Nevertheless, the Bible is very clear regarding trends and events that will take place in what it describes as “the time of the end” (Daniel 12:4, 9). That future period will be incredibly dangerous and disastrous. As Jesus Christ Himself foretold: “For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened” (Matthew 24:21-22).

This time of “great tribulation”—described also as “a time of trouble” and “Jacob’s trouble” (Daniel 12:1; Jeremiah 30:5-7)— will be so fearsome that if Jesus Christ doesn’t return to earth to end it, the entire human race will face extinction. When warfare, which includes the use of nuclear weapons, is combined with immensely destructive natural and supernatural forces, the future period of savagery and upheaval will make all previous periods of war seem tame by comparison.

The coming great tribulation will strike principally, but not be limited to, the modern-day descendants of ancient Israel. This includes the United States, Britain, other British- descended peoples and the present-day Jewish state of Israel. As Bible prophecy indicates, these nations will be attacked and plundered by malicious enemies at that time.

The downfall of the United States, Britain and other modern descendants of ancient Israel might occur because their citizens will have largely turned away from God in reckless disobedience and lost His divine protection. Prior to that coming destruction, the former and latter rain prophets came from the United States, they will have been the recipients of abundant blessings and great prominence in the world.

It’s important to note that Bible prophecy ofen has dual application and fulfllment—in both ancient times and the end time. The prophet Isaiah described both the people of ancient Israel and their contemporary descendants: “This is a rebellious people, lying children, children who will not hear the law of the Lord; who say to the seers, ‘Do not see,’ and to the prophets, ‘Do not prophesy to us right things; speak to

us smooth things, prophesy deceits. Get out of the way, turn aside from the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us’” (Isaiah 30:9-11).

Not only have many people in these nations abandoned God, they have also disregarded or spitefully despised His laws. This includes disgracing the sacred marriage relationship through rampant divorce and pervasive sexual immorality as well as the horrifc murder of multiple millions of children through abortion.

During ancient Israel’s time, God admonished His chosen people repeatedly to forsake their lawlessness (Ezekiel 14:6; Jeremiah 8:6). But because they refused, God told them they would be punished (Amos 3:2; Leviticus 26:19). Trough His prophet Ezekiel, God said: “Now upon you I will soon pour out My fury, and spend My anger upon you; I will judge you according to your ways, and I will repay you for all your abominations . . . Then you shall know that I am the Lord who strikes . . . The vision concerns the whole multitude, and it shall not turn back; no one will strengthen himself who lives in iniquity” (Ezekiel 7:8-9, 13).

Be ready all the time

To accomplish this we need to study the Bible diligently, apply its instructions faithfully and build a strong, close and enduring relationship with God. We also need to carry out unwaveringly our duty to preach and publish the gospel, even if people ignore or oppose it.

Those who refuse to follow God’s instructions to be obedient, watchful and prayerful will find themselves spiritually unprepared and then suffer the consequences of their neglect (Matthew 25:1-13). “Constantly be on your guard so that your hearts will not be loaded down with self- indulgence, drunkenness, and the worries of this life, or that day will take you by surprise like a trap, because it will come on everyone who lives on the face of the earth” (Luke 21:34-35, International Standard Version).

What else are we advised to do? 

We should be mindful of the current nuclear peril posed by Russia, North Korea and Iran, but let’s realize also that times will only grow increasingly worse prior to Jesus’ return to earth.
But sadly, as the end of this age draws near, the Bible explains that men, women and even children will become increasingly selfish, corrupt and intractable. The apostle Paul describes vividly their attitude and temperament:
“And know this: in the last days, times will be hard. You see, the world will be flled with narcissistic, money-grubbing, pretentious, arrogant, and abusive people. Tey will rebel against their parents and will be ungrateful, unholy, uncaring, coldhearted, accusing, without restraint, savage, and haters of anything good. Expect them to be treacherous, reckless, swollen with self-importance, and given to loving pleasure more than they love God. Even though they may look or act like godly people, they’re not. They deny His power. I tell you: stay away from the likes of these” (2 Timothy 3:1-5, The Voice).

Because the vast majority of people today don’t know God or His Word, the Bible, they will be blind to danger signs increasing throughout society. As a result they will be shocked and frightened by numerous terrible conditions and events that will transpire (Matthew 24:37-39).
But what about you and me? Are we disregarding God, or are we willing to change our ways and sincerely obey His Word? And are we preparing for what the Scriptures tell us will occur in the coming days?

Those who know and understand the truth are admonished to recognize clearly “the signs of the times” and to especially be spiritually awake and alert (Matthew 24:3; Luke 12:40; 1 Tes- salonians 5:4).
1 Thessalonians 5:7-8
[7]For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
[8]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.

Be spiritually prepared and ever vigilant. “You also must be ready all the time, for the Son of Man will come when least expected” (Matthew 24:44, New Living Translation). “Be ready” includes maintaining zeal for God and His Work on earth while pre- paring energetically for Christ’s second coming (Matthew 25:1-13; Luke 21:36; Revelation 3:3).
We need to make every efort, with God’s help, to abound with love, joy and faith through His divine Spirit, while jettisoning all spiritual weariness and lethargy (Philippians 1:11; Acts 13:52; Galatians 6:9; Revelation 3:14-17). As we’ve seen, the Bible gives us ample instruction as to what we need to do in preparation for His return at the rapture.

Finally, although we should certainly be mindful about the current nuclear peril posed by Russia, North Korea and Iran, let’s realize that times will grow increasingly worse prior to Jesus’ return to earth. To survive and even thrive through that future catastrophic period, let’s make sure our full attention and concentration is on developing our spiritual condition and relationship with God, studying and understanding Every Word of God and full of His anointing and Translative faith.  This is what is most important and what He would have us do right now. Is it what you are doing?

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