MEANING OF THE LETTERS TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES IN REVELATION PART THREE

Posted on January 6, 2025 by Ron Edwards

The last post: Meaning of the Letters to the Seven Churches in Revelation Part 2 ( December 17th, 2024) covered the second church, the Church of Smyrna. The third church is the church of Pergamum.

In Revelation 2:12, we read about one of the seven churches, “the church in Pergamum …where Satan’s throne is.” The ancient city of Pergamum with the altar of Zeus, was the center of pagan worship in Asia Minor. Of significance, the altar was excavated and taken stone by stone to Berlin where it was reassembled in its own museum.

Albert Speer, was commissioned by the new chancellor, Adolf Hitler, to design the parade grounds for the party rallies in Nuremberg. Speer turned to the Pergamon Altar for inspiration. Using the altar as a model, Speer created a colossal grandstand, known as the Zeppelin tribune. In the following years’ mass rallies were held there. From the altar’s podium, Hitler mesmerized the crowds as they swore a “holy oath” to Germany. It was also in Nuremberg that Hitler used the phrase Final Solution for the first time in public. Hitler’s Final Solution is known as the Holocaust, a word that comes from a Greek word meaning “a wholly burnt animal sacrifice.” On the ancient Altar of Zeus in Pergamom, burnt sacrifice was practiced. Centuries later in Germany’s Nuremberg, in the redesigned Pergamon Altar, Hitler announced his Final Solution to the world and this time, the burnt sacrifice was six million Jews.

Since the 1990s, Turkey has been conducting an intensive diplomatic effort for the return of the altar, which belongs to the Anatolian territory. Recently, Berlin’s official in charge of anti-discrimination efforts, Saraya Gomis, has suggested the return of the Pergamon Altar to Türkiye. Could it play a role in the Antichrist’s rule?

The Third Year of the 70th Week will begin the improper, seemingly-forced “marriage” of many churchgoers to the Antichrist. As food becomes scarce, many will take the Mark of the Beast and suffer eternal condemnation, rather than trust God, because the threat of starvation will surround them.

One meaning for the name Pergamum: “all-surrounding marriage” (Gk: PERI meaning “around or all-surrounding” and GAMOS meaning marriage). This will be the situation facing Christians in the third year being forced to take the mark of the Beast.

ATTRIBUTES OF JESUS: In the Letter to Pergamum, Jesus is described this way, “The One who has the sharp two-edged sword says this“. In the Second Year, the rider of the Red Horse is given a “great sword.” In the Third Year, Jesus counters with his two edged sword.

“Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.” Hebrews 4:12-13

Most people who have been around the church for a while know the verse which refers to the two-edged sword. Most don’t know the context. As the passage progresses, it says that we are to be diligent to enter that rest. There is a risk of falling away if we follow the example of disobedience the Jews charted after Joshua’s day. It is into this context that God’s Word is compared to a two-edged sword. It seems this verse is the reference Jesus wants us to consider in the Letter to the church of Pergamum, in the third year of tribulation.

He wants His Word to lay our intentions bare when faced with the choice of taking the Mark of the Beast. He does not want us to enter into an “improper marriage.” Ultimately, it is this sword that comes out of Jesus’s mouth (the Word of God), which will strike down the nations:

“From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty.” Revelation 19:15

Jesus also wants us to remember that Satan may appear to be winning, but He alone will ultimately triumph. The Mark of the Beast may provide a few morsels of food, but little else in this life, but eternal condemnation by God at the second resurrection. It can’t be emphasized enough, NEVER take the Mark of the Beast.

CONDITION OF THE CHURCH OF PERGAMUM: We can see from what Jesus writes to the Church of Pergamum that the persecutions have already begun in the Third Year:

“I know where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is; and you hold fast my name, and did not deny my faith even in the days of Antipas, my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.” Revelation 2:13

Around the time that Revelation was recorded by John, Antipas, the Bishop of Pergamum, was martyred. This cemented the satanic reputation of the city and some accounts have it, that he was killed on the altar of Zeus.

In year two of the 70th Week (the Letter to Smyrna), we saw that imprisonment of Christians would begin that year and that the imprisonments would eventually lead to death. Now in Year Three we see that martyrdom has begun. The name “Antipas” means “in place of all.” His martyrdom is a symbol of what is to come.

In the Letter to Pergamum, Jesus is also telling us that he sympathizes with us. He knows the tribulation Christians will be facing in those days, and he is pleased with the faith of those who stand fast. In the next verses, he also reveals that this is the time when some churchgoers, faced with the choice of taking the Mark of the Beast, will commit apostasy. He also shows that for some who have not taken the Mark, there is still time to repent:

“There some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit acts of immorality. So you also have some who in the same way hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans. Therefore repent.” Revelation 2:14-16

Notice that Jesus uses names we have seen earlier: Balaam and the Nicolaitans. Balaam is a foreshadow of the False Prophet and the Nicolaitans are a symbolic word for followers of the Antichrist (Muslims). The sins that are listed: eating food sacrificed to idols and sexual immorality, are indicative of the Third Year.

This verse is talking about food, but the sacrifice isn’t the sacrifice of bulls and goats, rather it is the sacrifice of churchgoers’ souls to Satan. By taking the Mark of the Beast these churchgoers will be allowed to buy and sell, and thus eat. They will lose their salvation, however—-a terrible deal. This is especially true given the promise Jesus gives at the end of the Letter to Pergamum: To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna. Obviously, this speaks of some kind of provision: spiritual, physical, or both.

THE WHITE STONE: The symbol of a white stone at the end of the Letter to Pergamum has baffled commentators. The one I like best makes complete sense and is the only one that is directly connected to Pergamum. Ray Vander Laan of That The World May Know video series has shown that white stones with names on them still line the Sacred Way in Pergamum, a mile long road leading to the shrine of Asclepius, the god of healing. After a person was supposedly healed by this god, they inscribed their name on one of these stones. In my opinion, Jesus is saying that there will be a sacred way in the Kingdom lined with white stones of those He eternally heals. The aspect of a “new name” is intriguing. God gave Abram a new name: Abraham. He renamed Sarai: Sarah. He renamed a man named Hosea and called him Joshua. In Isaiah 62:2 he tells the city of Jerusalem that he will rename it. In Revelation 19:12 we learn Jesus has a name written on him that no one else knows. This last example is almost a direct quote from Revelation 2:17. When God changes someone, he renames him. I think these names inscribed on the white stones will be our new names, our new names that announce Jesus’s victory.

In the next post, we will look at the church of Thyatira, the fifth church, in the fifth year of Daniel’s 70th week. Related to the fourth letter, the Letter to Thyatira, commentators are uncertain as to the meaning of the name Thyatira. Some have proposed that it is a Turkish word, not Greek. The Turkish equivalent of “Thyatira” means “graveyard on a hill.” If this is the correct meaning, it fits perfectly with the Fourth Year of the 70th Week of Daniel—-the year the Green Horse rides, signifying death.

It is fascinating that the colours of the horses of the apocalypse are WHITE, BLACK, RED, and GREEN. It is no coincidence that the following Muslim countries flags are those colours: Palestine, Syria, Iraq, UAE, Kuwait, Libya, Sudan, Western Sahara, Jordan, and Afghanistan. Iran has three of the colours, white, red, and green. Turkey has two of the colours, white and red.

WHAT IS AHEAD FOR 2025?

Posted on January 5, 2025 by Ron Edwards

The AI and Robotics technological breakthroughs in 2024 set the stage for 2025 as outlined in my previous post: Review of Economic Events for 2024.

The chart below shows exponential growth but not the kind we like to see. In fact, it’s the kind that can result in the outright debasement of a national currency and a collapse in its bond markets. U.S. national debt-to-GDP now stands at 123%. The U.S. government is already running a cumulative fiscal deficit for fiscal year 2025 (starting October 1) of $622 billion. Current forecasts for fiscal year 2025 exceed $2 trillion.

U.S. National Debt Outstanding 1900–2024 | Source: U.S. Treasury

When the fiscal irresponsibility of any government reaches this level, there are usually only two choices to address the problem: Austerity, which is the least politically desirable. Reductions in spending and entitlements always have a degree of economic impact and certainly don’t make voters happy. Devalue the national currency. This is obviously what has been taking place. About 27% of U.S. national debt has been created in the last four years. Money “printing” always results in the devaluation of U.S. dollars and reduced purchasing power.

JEFF BROWN (BROWNSTONE RESEARCH) SUGGESTS THERE IS A BETTER WAY OUT OF THIS MESS

A large productivity boom would accelerate economic growth, lessen the impact of the current debt load, help reduce interest rates, and – if done right – could result in a fiscal surplus.

The USA is on the cusp of the greatest productivity boom in history. And it will be entirely technology-driven. Artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and automation technologies will be the underlying productivity drivers. With cheap energy, the USA will compete with China as robotics beats cheap labour. Robots operate 24 hours a day 7 days a week: no time off, sickies, or holidays, and do not make mistakes.

With Trump at the helm, the U.S. regulatory environment will shift quickly in support of technological innovation, investment, onshoring of manufacturing, blockchain technology as the next generation of payment and settlement rails, and energy production to support economic growth.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will materially reduce the fiscal year 2025 deficit by at least $250 billion, and by more than $1 trillion by fiscal year 2026 under the leadership of Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk.

The Centers for Disease Control, the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health, and the Food and Drug Administration will return to evidence-based medicine practices and streamline the clinical trials process with higher standards for drug approvals, driven by the leadership of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Jay Bhattacharya. This will be a net benefit for the biotech industry.

Interest rates will decline mostly in the second half of the year by another 50–75 basis points. It will take some for the fiscal and economic policy changes to tame inflation. The larger cuts will come in 2026, an even better year for the economy and the markets.

Not surprisingly, AI will continue to be the hottest growth trend in 2025. Hundreds of billions will continue to be spent on the hyperscale “AI factories” being built to train AI foundation models. Jeff believes that we’ll see at least one company develop an artificial general intelligence (AGI) by the end of 2026. We’ll see the equivalent of genius-level IQs from the foundational models of OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta (Llama), Alphabet (Gemini), and xAI (Grok). And the outlier – the big surprise in 2025 will be from Elon Musk and his team at xAI. The entire industry has discounted xAI because it was a bit late to the game of building a foundation model for AI. That’s a mistake, for two reasons. Within a few months, xAI will have the largest training cluster of GPUs, at least 200,000 GPUs developing Grok 3.0. xAI is also developing a “maximum truth-seeking AI.” When training an AI, the quality and accuracy of a model’s outputs depend heavily upon the quality and accuracy of the inputs. Other companies trying to program their foundational models with clear bias and/or political narrative actually slow down their own technological development. Doing so adds complexity. xAI is avoiding that trap by designing, building, and performance training. This is a large competitive advantage that will catch the rest of the industry off guard. xAI’s Grok will outperform the rest of the industry.

2025 will also be the year when we experience Level 5 autonomous transport without any geofencing, entirely driven by vision models. This is different than Waymo, Cruise, or others that are heavily dependent upon LIDAR and require very precise maps allowing them only to operate in geofenced areas. And there is only one company capable of this technology – Tesla.

This year will be the first year when we experience unsupervised full self-driving technology. Unsupervised means that no one will have to sit in the front seat and monitor the full self-driving software for safety. Tesla will succeed in “turning on” this technology in at least one U.S. state this year. This will also enable Tesla to launch a robotaxi network, enabling Tesla owners to opt their Teslas into the network, enabling their electric vehicles to earn income. This will change the entire dynamic of the automotive industry, as Teslas will become affordable to an even larger percentage of the market. And it will, of course, be bullish for Tesla as the only EV company capable of this technology.

Humanoid Robots Overtake Offices & Factories

We’ll also see impressive advancements in AI in the manifested form of humanoid robots. Again, Tesla will lead here with its forthcoming release of Optimus Gen 3, which will be capable of autonomous operations in both industrial and consumer settings. While I don’t expect Tesla to start external sales of Optimus until 2026, it will widely use its production of Optimus in both its own office and factory settings. Optimus will set the standard for humanoid robot productivity, and investment will increase dramatically in other major players in this field. 1X Technologies, Agility, and Boston Dynamics will work hard to catch up to Tesla’s technology.

LLM’s (Large Language Models): The Year of Agentic AI

Let’s define agentic AI. Unlike traditional AI, which linearly executes commands, agentic AI systems interact with tools and databases autonomously and in logical order to achieve more reliable and robust results. If you were to query an agentic AI system with a multi-step problem, it would parse your request in the most logical order instead of moving from the top down.

These Agentic AI agents will be capable of reasoning and solving tasks that require multiple steps to complete. Agentic AI will be capable of transacting on behalf of anyone. The technology will be able to interface with the internet and fill out fields to complete assigned tasks. This technology will extend even further to the blockchain industry, where AI agents will be capable of managing smart contracts and engaging in self-directed economic activity. Blockchain technology is particularly conducive to agentic AI technology because of the ease of transacting with digital assets and the construction of smart contracts using blockchain technology. Which brings us to the digital assets industry.

The Year of Digital Asset Revitalization

The Trump win means pro-crypto, pro-innovation, and a plan to put clear regulations in place for digital assets. Fortunately for the digital assets industry, we’re already seeing a complete revitalization of the blockchain industry concerning investment in the U.S. 2025 will be a big year for crypto.

New regulations will be put in place, providing clarity and clear guidance on industry rules. And the enforcement of baseless and antagonistic actions against the leaders in the industry will come to an end. This will be bullish for high-quality cryptocurrencies. We should expect to see a lot of speculation in the industry, as well.

Jeff has relaunched his Neural Net Profits research service. It is powered by a sophisticated neural network that Jeff’s team developed at a cost of more than $1 million, called The Perceptron. It picks up on short-term trading signals in cryptocurrencies. Additionally, we’ll see U.S. dollar stablecoin projects thrive this year, as more and more financial transactions happen and settle on blockchain technology.

Lift Off for the Space Economy

Jeff expects that Boom Supersonic will succeed in flying its one-third-scale aircraft supersonic in the first half of this year. Boom is the most advanced aerospace company in building a supersonic commercial aircraft capable of traveling at Mach 1.7 with 64-80 passengers. It is an answer to what comes next after the Concorde.

The Trump/Musk partnership will also put NASA back on track for its return to the moon program – Artemis – by 2026. SpaceX will launch at least 15 Starships this year, as it refines the technology of the largest rocket and spacecraft in history.

Radical Shifts in Defense Spending

The U.S. will stop the absurd spending and funding of overseas wars and focus instead on rebuilding a technologically advanced defensive capability for the U.S. military… a peacekeeping military. Representative companies will be Anduril and perhaps General Atomics. The key will be uncrewed, autonomous drones and aircraft. Given the advancements in artificial intelligence and autonomous technology, the nature of warfare has dramatically changed. The use of autonomous drones and uncrewed aircraft will be an explosive trend in 2025, as will the development of intelligent cybersecurity agents to protect against nation-state attacks – most notably those of China on U.S. infrastructure that has commanded an alarming number of headlines in 2024.

Investment will accelerate in advanced technologies in the defense sector, as opposed to the more traditional technological approaches. Western adversaries are using unconventional weapons to infiltrate and fight, and the industry must adjust. We’ll also see an increase in spending on defense as it applies to the U.S. Space Force. The progress with hypersonic technology in 2024 will make space-based defense systems and communications that much more critical as a deterrent to war.

Nuclear’s Next-Generation Renaissance

Energy policy will also become a cornerstone development in 2025 for the new administration. The “pause” that we witnessed in natural gas production in the last four years will be lifted and the industry will start to invest heavily again in natural gas. Energy produced from coal will drop, just as it did during the first Trump administration. There will also be a major policy push to bring both oil prices, and thus gasoline prices, down. The last four years seriously depleted the U.S.’s strategic petroleum reserves – to levels that we haven’t seen since the early ‘80s. Lower prices will be critical to refill those strategic reserves and to ensure energy security for the U.S. economy.

In parallel, there will be strong regulatory support for the recommissioning of nuclear reactors in the U.S., as well as for the commissioning of new fourth-generation small modular reactors (SMRs) to address the shortages in energy production. Nuclear energy will experience a rebirth in 2025. That will be true for both nuclear fission as well as nuclear fusion technology.

Front runners in the nuclear fusion race are General Fusion, Helion, Zap Energy, Commonwealth Fusion, and China-based private company ENN. There may even be a national laboratory in South Korea, China, Japan, Germany, or the U.K. that may make the claim. Jeff predicts record levels of investment in nuclear fusion companies in 2025… precisely because the path is so clear toward net energy production. Institutional capital can now see a path toward commercialization – and ultimately returns – on their invested capital.

The solar power industry will continue to thrive. Investment will continue in solar in markets where it makes sense. And as interest rates come down, solar will benefit from improved project financing.

Energy production from wind, however, will suffer, as it should. Wind power is not economical and environmentally destructive. The carbon footprint of wind turbines is terrible when considering all the minerals that need to be mined, and petroleum needed to keep the wind turbines turning. Not to mention the short lifespans and the fact that turbine blades cannot be recycled. They simply end up in a dump.

AI WILL DRIVE A BIOTECH RESURGENCE

Novel therapies will be developed in a fraction of the time and for a fraction of the cost of the traditional drug discovery process. The use of AI will also reduce toxicity and improve the safety of drugs. When we couple the positive impact of AI on the drug discovery process with the cleanup and streamlining of the relevant health agencies in the U.S., we will naturally see an increase in investment in the biotech sector.

Jeff is confident that 2025 is the year when the government will step back from destructive policies, restore trust, and push ahead on pro-energy, pro-growth, and pro-innovation policies.

How does all of the above fit into Biblical end-times prophecies? It doesn’t, Biblical end-times prophecies is Middle-East centric with Satan’s focus still on destroying Israel. The next major battle is given in Daniel 8, the goat (Yvan) Sunni Turkey putting down (Persia) Shia Iran in an attempt to re-establish a Neo-Ottoman Empire. Watch for it and use it to prove the Bible is God’s word. We know how this ends.

Next on God’s agenda for planet Earth is Jesus’ Millennial Kingdom – http://www.millennialkingdom.net

REVIEW OF 2024 ECONOMIC EVENTS

Posted on January 4, 2025 by Ron Edwards

It was a pretty remarkable year in the world of high-tech: The shining light and path towards a world of abundance. 2024 marked the beginning of what Jeff Brown of Brownstone Research calls manifested AI. It is a good framework for how we think about this concept. It is that we humans will manifest artificial intelligence (AI) into forms that will be easy for us to understand and interface with and this is an unstoppable trend and it will be the key driver behind the gains in the NASDAQ in 2025.

The composite index rose an impressive 32% this year. The rise wasn’t across the entire market. The Magnificent Seven, Alphabet, NVIDIA, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Tesla, and Meta had an outsized impact on the index returns for the year. A further rise was fueled by the explosion of artificial intelligence (AI), which defined the year’s performance. And of those seven stocks, it was really NVIDIA, Tesla, and Meta – that drove the average returns of the seven of almost 70% this year.

OpenAI’s ChatGPT became a household name this year. Generative AI from various tech companies is now common in households and workplaces across all demographics and industries. Further, the rate at which AI technology is advancing is astonishing.

Microsoft has been closely linked to the success of OpenAI due to its “controlling” interest in the private company. Meta has developed one of the leading large language models (LLMs). NVIDIA has released its new Blackwell GPUs, which is an impressive jump in performance compared to last year’s model. And Tesla has not only manifested AI in the form of its latest self-driving cars, trucks, and now robotaxis and robovans using its full self-driving (FSD) software – version 13.2, It has also manifested AI in the form of its humanoid robot, Optimus, which will ultimately become a market larger than that of electric vehicles. The incredible investment in AI and the application of AI in businesses is what drove the best gains in the stock market. For reference, hundreds of billions of dollars were spent this year building “AI factories” – data centers designed to both train – and run – AI applications. This has driven outsized share price gains for the key companies powering this trend forward.

The energy required to power these AI factories is huge. The USA with its oil and natural gas reserves and commitment to nuclear energy is well placed to maintain its leadership in the AI space.

Nvidia (NVDA) is finishing up the year with a gain of about 183%. And several of Jeff’s recommendations in Exponential Tech Investor have done even better: AppLovin (APP) is up 732% for the year (and it was up as high as 935% in early December). Credo Technology (CRDO) is up 276% in 2024. Real Brokerage (REAX) has gained 206% this year. In addition, Vertiv (VRT) is up 152% this year. The bottom line is that the right AI stocks were the place to be in 2024.

A look at the video below reveals the big issue facing the USA in the years ahead: robots and AI replacing workers. Amazon was the first to introduce robots to replace workers in their warehouses and now Walmart, Costco, and others are following their lead. Also, imagine the impact driverless cars and trucks will have on jobs. 2025 will be a year of massive change and I am not including the spiritual battle that is coming to a final showdown between Jesus and Satan at the Battle of Armageddon.

In the next post we will take a look at what Jeff Brown thinks of 2025.

CHRISTIAN MINISTER, REALTOR FOUND GUILTY OF ‘HATE SPEECH’ FOR POSTING BIBLE VERSES ON SOCIAL MEDIA

Posted on January 4, 2025 by Ron Edwards

A Virginia realtor and Christian minister has been found guilty by an ethics panel after he quoted Bible verses on social media.

Wilson Fauber, 70, a longtime realtor with over four decades in the industry, was found in violation of National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) Code of Ethics, which prohibits realtors from using “harassing speech, hate speech, epithets, or slurs” related to “race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, national origin, sexual orientation or gender identity.”

The posts in question, which were made years before the NAR’s adoption of the rule in 2020, included Fauber’s views on marriage and human sexuality according to traditional Christian teachings, attorneys said.

In a statement released Thursday through his attorneys at the Founding Freedoms Law Center (FFLC), Fauber said: “In 44 years as a realtor, I have loved and served all people. Regularly, I hear from other faith-based realtors that live in fear of being similarly prosecuted for their faith, and potentially losing their livelihoods, if they don’t hide their faith well enough.”

The posts, which Fauber shared as part of his personal ministry, went unnoticed until two fellow realtors, who Fauber had never met, filed formal ethics complaints against him. The complaints alleged that his posts violated NAR’s vague “hate speech” rule. The VAR panel determined that Fauber’s views on marriage and sexuality, expressed through Bible verses and Christian doctrine, violated NAR’s Standard of Practice 10-5.

One of the two men who filed the original complaint with the VAR is reportedly an “openly gay man.” Complainants are not typically identified publicly in real estate ethics complaints.

Victoria Cobb, president of The Family Foundation, of which FFLC is a part, called the decision “nothing short of anti-Christian bigotry in the real estate profession,” adding, “Wilson’s punishment will have the effect of chilling the religious speech of over 1.5 million other realtors in the U.S.”

The good news is that this persecution is exactly what Jesus said we can expect before His second coming. This warning from Jesus indicates worse persecution is to come. so we cannot say we have not been warned.

“Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name’s sake. And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another. And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.” Matthew 24:9-13

WHY LIVING ETERNAL NOW?

Posted on January 3, 2025 by Ron Edwards

“Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.” Romans 12:2 instructs: “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.“, and 1 John 2:15 states, “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.”

Jesus said during the Sermon on the Mount, “You cannot serve two masters” Matthew 6:24. Repeatedly, Scripture talks of the perishable and the imperishable, the temporal and the eternal. As Christians, we simply cannot give our attention to both. We either live in this world with eternity in mind or we don’t. As Blakey put it, we must ask ourselves: “Do I want the new Heaven and new Earth later or this world now?”

Asking the question, however, is just the beginning. We should have an answer to it as well. Especially because our answer to that question says a lot about what we love, where our hope is placed, and, perhaps most strikingly, where we may be headed when we’re no longer walking the earth. Our answer is a matter of life or death; obedience or rebellion; truth or deceit. Our answer may well determine whether we truly understand the difference between being in the world and being of the world.

To desire this world implies a desire for the temporary. Fading pleasures and perishable goods often lure people astray. Instant gratification and selfish ambition cause many to feel as though this world offers more than it really does. After all, life is a highway, right? “We only live once,” as they say, so why not make the most of it by doing whatever we want whenever we want?

To choose this world now inevitably means whatever lies beyond the grave is a mere afterthought — if even a thought at all. The author of Ecclesiastes makes this point throughout the whole book: “All is vanity.” Ecclesiastes 8:15a states, “And I commend joy, for man has nothing better under the sun but to eat and drink and be joyful.” Within its proper context, this verse is not advocating for a hedonistic lifestyle — one that places pleasure as the highest good and aims for pleasure. Rather, the point it’s making reflects the primary theme of Ecclesiastes, namely, that nothing really matters apart from God.

All is vanity when we try to live separately from our Creator and rely on our own devices. Our purpose is uprooted and lost in a flood of uncertainty. Hopes and dreams may live on, but to what end? Without objective truth in mind, love, joy, peace, and all biblical fruit carry completely different meanings. In fact, at the heart of some of the most secular ideas is this sense of “I can be my own god,” “no truth is final,” and “this life is ultimately about me.” Almost anyone can walk around believing they’re not voluntarily choosing hell. Who in their right mind would boast about such a choice? However, by choosing this world, one is, in effect, choosing that which we dare not consider.

It’s easy to laugh off the decisions we make in our day-to-day. “Oh, I didn’t know any better.” “I was just having a bad day.” “We all make mistakes, right?” Sure, we are allowed to make mistakes and have bad days. The natural conclusion of living as sinners in a fallen world is that we will make mistakes and have bad days. But for those who are called to righteousness, we cannot allow that to become our excuse for letting poor decisions and misguided priorities be the norm.

As Christians, we should not crave the world we currently reside in but look to God for what He has for us when Jesus Christ returns first to rapture the Saints and then to pour out His wrath upon an unrepentant world. Biblical end-times prophecies reveal that Satan’s rule over planet Earth is coming to an end. What is next on God’s agenda for planet Earth is Jesus’ Millennial Kingdom. Jesus and the glorified Saints will rule and reign on this Earth for 1000 years to complete the Abrahamic, Davidic, and New Covenants. This Earth still has 1,000 years with Jesus and the Saints ruling with a rod of iron. “

“She gave birth to a male child (Jesus), one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne, and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished for 1,260 days.” Revelation 12:5-6

“The one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received authority from my Father.” Revelation 2:26-27

“From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron.“ Revelation 19:15a

It is obvious that on the new Heaven and new Earth where only righteousness dwells Jesus and the Saints will not need to rule with a rod of iron. Jesus Millennial Kingdom is a transition period. Jesus must reign over his kingdom until he has defeated all his enemies. Once this is accomplished, Jesus will hand over the kingdom to the Father. When the Kingdom of God is handed over to the Father, it will be free of sin and death, identifying it as the Eternal State (Revelation 21:4, 8).

” Peter described us as “sojourners and exiles” (1 Peter 2:11). The truth is, we don’t actually belong here. When we were born again we were made to be with Christ, worshipping and having fellowship with Him and His people. As Christians, we understand we have a role in this world and should strive to walk in a manner worthy of our calling. We should be salt and light, using our gifts and abilities to serve, bless, and care for others. Christians should be trying to have influence, and we do so by tying everything back to the gospel.

As forgiven sinners, Christians should be defined by our gratitude for what Christ did on the cross for our sake. Believers should be bursting at the seams to share this gloriously Good News with those who are of the world! We do this because we are not of the world. We’re merely in it for a time. We’re just passing through. The church cannot choose this world now because our entire existence is rooted in what comes next – Jesus’ Millennial Kingdom.

END OF YEAR PROPHETIC ROUND-UP 2024

Posted on January 1, 2025 by Ron Edwards

Jonathan Cahn reviews the key prophetic events and mysteries of 2024 as we head into the next.

Apostasy in the church is a major Biblical end-times prophecy. Jonathan shows us that the Pope has led the way with apostasy and that most institutional/denominational churches have also fallen away from Biblical truth. Could the Pope be the Biblical False Prophet? More recently, the pope’s decision to have a special pilgrimage for the LGBT community in the 2025 Jubilee Year, titled “Church: Home for All, LGBT+ Christians and Other Existential Frontiers” proves he has departed from Biblical faith and is leading the Catholic church into apostasy. What he is proposing will involve a prayer vigil for LGBT Catholics on September 5th, 2025 at the Church of the Gesù in Rome. They will then pass through the Holy Doors of St. Peter’s on September 6th.

The world cannot see it but the choice is clear. It is repent or perish, revival or ruin, Christ or chaos.

BIBLICAL END TIMES PROPHECY HAS TURKEY ATTACKING IRAN ENDING ITS EFFORT TO DOMINATE THE MIDDLE EAST MUSLIM WORLD

Posted on December 31, 2024 by Ron Edwards

Turkish President Recep Erdogan has implied a number of times since 2020 that Jerusalem belongs to Turkey. Most recently, on December 22, 2024, in response to the loud chants of “Mr. President, take us to Jerusalem” from a crowd of young people at a speech he gave in Mardin, Turkey, he shockingly responded, “Patience brings victory”. Instead of chiding the crowd about their inappropriate demand, he embraced it. Lest there be any misunderstanding about the intent of this exchange, Devlet Bahceli, the leader of the Nationalist Movement Party, a coalition partner of President Erdogan, on the next day, December 23, 2024, in an address to a group of his supporters, reportedly assured them that the goal was for Turkey to take Jerusalem. This is in line with the resurgent neo-Ottoman posture of Turkish President Erdogan. In recent years, he has been promoting a concept known as “New Ottomanism,” which aims to revive the country’s historical legacy and position Turkey as a major player on the world stage.

As to Erdogan’s other fatuous remarks about Jerusalem, pictures are worth a thousand words. Just view photographs of the Temple Mount in the 19th century, showing an abandoned site with the Dome of the Rock and other structures in disrepair. They do not depict what might be expected if this were indeed a highly venerated site, important to the Muslim religion, which, after all, was the official and dominant religion of the Ottoman Empire that occupied and was in firm control of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount, at the time.

By way of background, a good portion of the Middle East, including the Land of Israel, was conquered and controlled by the Ottoman Empire (with Istanbul, Turkey as its capital) during the period 1517–1917. Then, the Ottoman Empire was on the losing side of World War I. This set the stage for the establishment of new or reconstituted sovereign states out of the portions of its former empire, which it ceded to the victorious allies, under the Treaty of Sèvres that was signed on August 10, 1920.

Article 95 of the Treaty confirmed the agreement to establish the territory labeled Palestine, within such boundaries as may be determined by the Principal Allied Powers, as a national home for the Jewish people. The Treaty of Lausanne, signed on July 24, 1923, with Turkey, in effect reaffirmed the foregoing, as detailed in the San Remo Resolution of 1920 and unanimously adopted by the League of Nations in 1922.

In summary, under Treaties to which the Ottoman Empire and Turkey are bound and by international law, the Jewish people’s right to return to their homeland of Israel (then called Palestine with no connection to the Arabs who now call themselves Palestinians), join fellow brethren there, and reconstitute the Jewish State there was recognized.

As Winston Churchill stated, in 1922, the Jews had returned to Palestine “as of right and not by sufferance, and that this was based on their ancient historical connection.” Speaking before the Peel Commission years later, in 1937, Churchill snapped at a Commission member who referred to the Jews in Palestine as a “foreign race” and said, “The Jews had Palestine before that indigenous population [the Arabs] came in and inhabited it.”

“It is recommended that the Jews be invited to return to Palestine and settle there, being assured by the Conference of all proper assistance in so doing that may be consistent with the protection of the personal (especially the religious) and the property rights of the non-Jewish population and being assured that it will be the policy of the League of Nations to recognize Palestine as a Jewish State, as it is a Jewish State in fact.”

The San Remo Resolution, unanimously adopted by the League of Nations, and the Anglo-American Treaty of 1924 attest to the validity of these recommendations.

PROOF JESUS IS WHO HE SAID HE WAS

Posted on December 30, 2024 by Ron Edwards

Scripture

Prophecy

Fulfillment

1. Gen. 3:15	Seed of a woman (virgin birth)	Galatians 4:4-5, Matthew 1:18
2. Gen. 3:15	He will bruise Satan’s head	Hebrews 2:14, 1John 3:8
3. Gen. 3:15	Christ’s heel would be bruised with nails on the cross	Matthew 27:35, Luke 24:39-40
4. Gen. 5:24	The bodily ascension to heaven illustrated	Mark 16:19, Rev. 12:5
5. Gen. 9:26, 27	The God of Shem will be the Son of Shem	Luke 3:23-36
6. Gen. 12:3	Seed of Abraham will bless all nations	Galatians 3:8, Acts 3:25, 26
7. Gen. 12:7	The Promise made to Abraham’s Seed	Galatians 3:16
8. Gen. 14:18	A priest after the order of Melchizedek	Hebrews 6:20
9. Gen. 14:18	King of Peace and Righteousness	Hebrews 7:2
10. Gen. 14:18	The Last Supper foreshadowed	Matthew 26:26-29
11. Gen. 17:19	Seed of Isaac (Gen. 21:12)	Romans 9:7
12. Gen. 22:8	The Lamb of God promised	John 1:29
13. Gen. 22:18	As Isaac’s seed, will bless all nations	Galatians 3:16
14. Gen. 26:2-5	The Seed of Isaac promised as the Redeemer	Hebrews 11:18
15. Gen. 28:12	The Bridge to heaven	John 1:51
16. Gen. 28:14	The Seed of Jacob	Luke 3:34
17. Gen. 49:10	The time of His coming	Luke 2:1-7; Galatians 4:4
18. Gen. 49:10	The Seed of Judah	Luke 3:33
19. Gen. 49:10	Called Shiloh or One Sent	John 17:3
20. Gen. 49:10	Messiah to come before Judah lost identity	John 11:47-52
21. Gen. 49:10	Unto Him shall the obedience of the people be	John 10:16
22. Ex. 3:13-15	The Great “I AM”	John 4:26; 8:58
23. Ex. 12:3-6	The Lamb presented to Israel 4 days before Passover	Mark 11:7-11
24. Ex. 12:5	A Lamb without blemish	Hebrews 9:14; 1Peter 1:19
25. Ex. 12:13	The blood of the Lamb saves from wrath	Romans 5:8
26. Ex. 12:21-27	Christ is our Passover	1Corinthians 5:7
27. Ex. 12:46	Not a bone of the Lamb to be broken	John 19:31-36
28. Ex. 15:2	His exaltation predicted as Yeshua	Acts 7:55, 56
29. Ex. 15:11	His Character-Holiness	Luke 1:35; Acts 4:27
30. Ex. 17:6	The Spiritual Rock of Israel	1Corinthians 10:4
31. Ex. 33:19	His Character-Merciful	Luke 1:72
32. Lev. 1:2-9	His sacrifice a sweet smelling savor unto God	Ephesians 5:2
33. Lev. 14:11	The leper cleansed-Sign to priesthood	Luke 5:12-14; Acts 6:7
34. Lev. 16:15-17	Prefigures Christ’s once-for-all death	Hebrews 9:7-14
35. Lev. 16:27	Suffering outside the Camp	Matthew 27:33; Heb. 13:11, 12
36. Lev. 17:11	The Blood-the life of the flesh	Matthew 26:28; Mark 10:45
37. Lev. 17:11	It is the blood that makes atonement	Rom. 3:23-24; 1John 1:7
38. Lev. 23:36-37	The Drink-offering: “If any man thirst”	John 7:37
39. Num. 9:12	Not a bone of Him broken	John 19:31-36
40. Num. 21:9	The serpent on a pole-Christ lifted up	John 3:14-18; 12:32
41. Num. 24:17	Time: “I shall see him, but not now.”	John 1:14; Galatians 4:4
42. Deut. 18:15	“This is of a truth that prophet.”	John 6:14
43. Deut. 18:15-16	“Had ye believed Moses, ye would believe me.”	John 5:45-47
44. Deut. 18:18	Sent by the Father to speak His word	John 8:28, 29
45. Deut. 18:19	Whoever will not hear must bear his sin	Acts 3:22-23
46. Deut. 21:23	Cursed is he that hangs on a tree	Galatians 3:10-13
47. Joshua 5:14-15	The Captain of our salvation	Hebrews 2:10
48. Ruth 4:4-10	Christ, our kinsman, has redeemed us	Ephesians 1:3-7
49. 1 Sam. 2:35	A Faithful Priest	Heb. 2:17; 3:1-3, 6; 7:24-25
50. 1 Sam. 2:10	Shall be an anointed King to the Lord	Mt. 28:18, John 12:15
51. 2 Sam. 7:12	David’s Seed	Matthew 1:1
52. 2 Sam. 7:13	His Kingdom is everlasting	2Peter 1:11
53. 2 Sam. 7:14	The Son of God	Luke 1:32, Romans 1:3-4
54. 2 Sam. 7:16	David’s house established forever	Luke 3:31; Rev. 22:16
55. 2 Ki. 2:11	The bodily ascension to heaven illustrated	Luke 24:51
56. 1 Chr. 17:11	David’s Seed	Matthew 1:1; 9:27
57. 1 Chr. 17:12-13	To reign on David’s throne forever	Luke 1:32, 33
58. 1 Chr. 17:13	“I will be His Father, He…my Son.”	Hebrews 1:5
59. Job 9:32-33	Mediator between man and God	1 Timothy 2:5
60. Job 19:23-27	The Resurrection predicted	John 5:24-29
61. Psa. 2:1-3	The enmity of kings foreordained	Acts 4:25-28
62. Psa. 2:2	To own the title, Anointed (Christ)	John 1:41, Acts 2:36
63. Psa. 2:6	His Character-Holiness	John 8:46; Revelation 3:7
64. Psa. 2:6	To own the title King	Matthew 2:2
65. Psa. 2:7	Declared the Beloved Son	Matthew 3:17, Romans 1:4
66. Psa. 2:7, 8	The Crucifixion and Resurrection intimated	Acts 13:29-33
67. Psa. 2:8, 9	Rule the nations with a rod of iron	Rev. 2:27; 12:5; 19:15
68. Psa. 2:12	Life comes through faith in Him	John 20:31
69. Psa. 8:2	The mouths of babes perfect His praise	Matthew 21:16
70. Psa. 8:5, 6	His humiliation and exaltation	Hebrews 2:5-9
71. Psa. 9:7-10	Judge the world in righteousness	Acts 17:31
72. Psa. 16:10	Was not to see corruption	Acts 2:31; 13:35
73. Psa. 16:9-11	Was to arise from the dead	John 20:9
74. Psa. 17:15	The resurrection predicted	Luke 24:6
75. Psa. 18:2-3	The horn of salvation	Luke 1:69-71
76. Psa. 22:1	Forsaken because of sins of others	2 Corinthians 5:21
77. Psa. 22:1	“My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”	Matthew 27:46
78. Psa. 22:2	Darkness upon Calvary for three hours	Matthew 27:45
79. Psa. 22:7	They shoot out the lip and shake the head	Matthew 27:39-44
80. Psa. 22:8	“He trusted in God, let Him deliver Him”	Matthew 27:43
81. Psa. 22:9-10	Born the Saviour	Luke 2:7
82. Psa. 22:12-13	They seek His death	John 19:6
83. Psa. 22:14	His blood poured out when they pierced His side	John 19:34
84. Psa. 22:14, 15	Suffered agony on Calvary	Mark 15:34-37
85. Psa. 22:15	He thirsted	John 19:28
86. Psa. 22:16	They pierced His hands and His feet	John 19:34, 37; 20:27
87. Psa. 22:17, 18	Stripped Him before the stares of men	Luke 23:34, 35
88. Psa. 22:18	They parted His garments	John 19:23, 24
89. Psa. 22:20, 21	He committed Himself to God	Luke 23:46
90. Psa. 22:20, 21	Satanic power bruising the Redeemer’s heel	Hebrews 2:14
91. Psa. 22:22	His Resurrection declared	John 20:17
92. Psa. 22:27-28	He shall be the governor of the nations	Colossians 1:16
93. Psa. 22:31	“It is finished”	John 19:30, Heb. 10:10, 12, 14, 18
94. Psa. 23:1	“I am the Good Shepherd”	John 10:11, 1Peter 2:25
95. Psa. 24:3	His exaltation predicted	Acts 1:11; Philippians 2:9
96. Psa. 30:3	His resurrection predicted	Acts 2:32
97. Psa. 31:5	“Into thy hands I commit my spirit”	Luke 23:46
98. Psa. 31:11	His acquaintances fled from Him	Mark 14:50
99. Psa. 31:13	They took counsel to put Him to death	Mt. 27:1, John 11:53
100. Psa. 31:14, 15	“He trusted in God, let Him deliver him”	Matthew 27:43
101. Psa. 34:20	Not a bone of Him broken	John 19:31-36
102. Psa. 35:11	False witnesses rose up against Him	Matthew 26:59
103. Psa. 35:19	He was hated without a cause	John 15:25
104. Psa. 38:11	His friends stood afar off	Luke 23:49
105. Psa. 38:12	Enemies try to entangle Him by craft	Mark 14:1, Mt. 22:15
106. Psa. 38:12-13	Silent before His accusers	Matthew 27:12-14
107. Psa. 38:20	He went about doing good	Acts 10:38
108. Psa. 40:2-5	The joy of His resurrection predicted	John 20:20
109. Psa. 40:6-8	His delight-the will of the Father	John 4:34, Heb. 10:5-10
110. Psa. 40:9	He was to preach the Righteousness in Israel	Matthew 4:17
111. Psa. 40:14	Confronted by adversaries in the Garden	John 18:4-6
112. Psa. 41:9	Betrayed by a familiar friend	John 13:18
113. Psa. 45:2	Words of Grace come from His lips	John 1:17, Luke 4:22
114. Psa. 45:6	To own the title, God or Elohim	Hebrews 1:8
115. Psa. 45:7	A special anointing by the Holy Spirit	Mt. 3:16; Heb. 1:9
116. Psa. 45:7, 8	Called the Christ (Messiah or Anointed)	Luke 2:11
117. Psa. 45:17	His name remembered forever	Ephesians 1:20-21, Heb. 1:8
118. Psa. 55:12-14	Betrayed by a friend, not an enemy	John 13:18
119. Psa. 55:15	Unrepentant death of the Betrayer	Matthew 27:3-5; Acts 1:16-19
120. Psa. 68:18	To give gifts to men	Ephesians 4:7-16
121. Psa. 68:18	Ascended into Heaven	Luke 24:51
122. Psa. 69:4	Hated without a cause	John 15:25
123. Psa. 69:8	A stranger to own brethren	John 1:11; 7:5
124. Psa. 69:9	Zealous for the Lord’s House	John 2:17
125. Psa. 69:14-20	Messiah’s anguish of soul before crucifixion	Matthew 26:36-45
126. Psa. 69:20	“My soul is exceeding sorrowful.”	Matthew 26:38
127. Psa. 69:21	Given vinegar in thirst	Matthew 27:34
128. Psa. 69:26	The Saviour given and smitten by God	John 17:4; 18:11
129. Psa. 72:10, 11	Great persons were to visit Him	Matthew 2:1-11
130. Psa. 72:16	The corn of wheat to fall into the Ground	John 12:24-25
131. Psa. 72:17	Belief on His name will produce offspring	John 1:12, 13
132. Psa. 72:17	All nations shall be blessed by Him	Galatians 3:8
133. Psa. 72:17	All nations shall call Him blessed	John 12:13, Rev. 5:8-12
134. Psa. 78:1-2	He would teach in parables	Matthew 13:34-35
135. Psa. 78:2	To speak the Wisdom of God with authority	Matthew 7:29
136. Psa. 80:17	The Man of God’s right hand	Mark 14:61-62
137. Psa. 88	The Suffering and Reproach of Calvary	Matthew 27:26-50
138. Psa. 88:8	They stood afar off and watched	Luke 23:49
139. Psa. 89:9	He calms the wind and the sea	Matthew 8:26
140. Psa. 89:27	Firstborn	Colossians 1:15, 18
141. Psa. 89:27	Emmanuel to be higher than earthly kings	Luke 1:32, 33
142. Psa. 89:35-37	David’s Seed, throne, kingdom endure forever	Luke 1:32, 33
143. Psa. 89:36-37	His character-Faithfulness	Revelation 1:5; 19:11
144. Psa. 90:2	He is from everlasting (Micah 5:2)	John 1:1
145. Psa. 91:11, 12	Identified as Messianic; used to tempt Christ	Luke 4:10, 11
146. Psa. 97:9	His exaltation predicted	Acts 1:11; Ephesians 1:20
147. Psa. 100:5	His character-Goodness	Matthew 19:16, 17
148. Psa. 102:1-11	The Suffering and Reproach of Calvary	John 19:16-30
149. Psa. 102:25-27	Messiah is the Preexistent Son	Hebrews 1:10-12
150. Psa. 109:25	Ridiculed	Matthew 27:39
151. Psa. 110:1	Son of David	Matthew 22:42-43
152. Psa. 110:1	To ascend to the right-hand of the Father	Mark 16:19
153. Psa. 110:1	David’s son called Lord	Matthew 22:44, 45
154. Psa. 110:4	A priest after Melchizedek’s order	Hebrews 6:20
155. Psa. 112:4	His character-Compassionate, Gracious, et al	Matthew 9:36
156. Psa. 118:17, 18	Messiah’s Resurrection assured	Luke 24:5-7; 1Cor. 15:20
157. Psa. 118:22, 23	The rejected stone is Head of the corner	Matthew 21:42, 43
158. Psa. 118:26	The Blessed One presented to Israel	Matthew 21:9
159. Psa. 118:26	To come while Temple standing	Matthew 21:12-15
160. Psa. 132:11	The Seed of David (the fruit of His Body)	Luke 1:32, Act 2:30
161. Psa. 129:3	He was scourged	Matthew 27:26
162. Psa. 138:1-6	The supremacy of David’s Seed amazes kings	Matthew 2:2-6
163. Psa. 147:3, 6	The earthly ministry of Christ described	Luke 4:18
164. Prov. 1:23	He will send the Spirit of God	John 16:7
165. Prov. 8:23	Foreordained from everlasting	Rev. 13:8, 1Peter 1:19-20
166. Song. 5:16	The altogether lovely One	John 1:17
167. Isa. 2:3	He shall teach all nations	John 4:25
168. Isa. 2:4	He shall judge among the nations	John 5:22
169. Isa. 6:1	When Isaiah saw His glory	John 12:40-41
170. Isa. 6:8	The One Sent by God	John 12:38-45
171. Isa. 6:9-10	Parables fall on deaf ears	Matthew 13:13-15
172. Isa. 6:9-12	Blinded to Christ and deaf to His words	Acts 28:23-29
173. Isa. 7:14	To be born of a virgin	Luke 1:35
174. Isa. 7:14	To be Emmanuel-God with us	Matthew 1:18-23, 1Tim. 3:16
175. Isa. 8:8	Called Emmanuel	Matthew 1:23
176. Isa. 8:14	A stone of stumbling, a Rock of offense	1Peter 2:8
177. Isa. 9:1, 2	His ministry to begin in Galilee	Matthew 4:12-17
178. Isa. 9:6	A child born-Humanity	Luke 1:31
179. Isa. 9:6	A Son given-Deity	Luke 1:32, John 1:14, 1Tim. 3:16
180. Isa. 9:6	Declared to be the Son of God with power	Romans 1:3, 4
181. Isa. 9:6	The Wonderful One, Peleh	Luke 4:22
182. Isa. 9:6	The Counsellor, Yaatz	Matthew 13:54
183. Isa. 9:6	The Mighty God, El Gibor	1Cor. 1:24, Titus 2:13
184. Isa. 9:6	The Everlasting Father, Avi Adth	John 8:58; 10:30
185. Isa. 9:6	The Prince of Peace, Sar Shalom	John 16:33
186. Isa. 9:7	Inherits the throne of David	Luke 1:32
187. Isa. 9:7	His Character-Just	John 5:30
188. Isa. 9:7	No end to his Government, Throne, and kingdom	Luke 1:33
189. Isa. 11:1	Called a Nazarene-the Branch, Netzer	Matthew 2:23
190. Isa. 11:1	A rod out of Jesse-Son of Jesse	Luke 3:23, 32
191. Isa. 11:2	Anointed One by the Spirit	Matthew 3:16, 17, Acts 10:38
192. Isa. 11:2	His Character-Wisdom, Knowledge, et al	Colossians 2:3
193. Isa. 11:3	He would know their thoughts	Luke 6:8, John 2:25
194. Isa. 11:4	Judge in righteousness	Acts 17:31
195. Isa. 11:4	Judges with the sword of His mouth	Rev. 2:16; 19:11, 15
196. Isa. 11:5	Character: Righteous & Faithful	Rev. 19:11
197. Isa. 11:10	The Gentiles seek Him	John 12:18-21
198. Isa. 12:2	Called Jesus-Yeshua	Matthew 1:21
199. Isa. 22:22	The One given all authority to govern	Revelation 3:7
200. Isa. 25:8	The Resurrection predicted	1Corinthians 15:54
201. Isa. 26:19	His power of Resurrection predicted	Matthew 27:50-54
202. Isa. 28:16	The Messiah is the precious corner stone	Acts 4:11, 12
203. Isa. 28:16	The Sure Foundation	1Corinthians 3:11, Mt. 16:18
204. Isa. 29:13	He indicated hypocritical obedience to His Word	Matthew 15:7-9
205. Isa. 29:14	The wise are confounded by the Word	1Corinthians 1:18-31
206. Isa. 32:2	A Refuge-A man shall be a hiding place	Matthew 23:37
207. Isa. 35:4	He will come and save you	Matthew 1:21
208. Isa. 35:5-6	To have a ministry of miracles	Matthew 11:2-6
209. Isa. 40:3, 4	Preceded by forerunner	John 1:23
210. Isa. 40:9	“Behold your God.”	John 1:36; 19:14
211. Isa. 40:10.	He will come to reward	Revelation 22:12
212. Isa. 40:11	A shepherd-compassionate life-giver	John 10:10-18
213. Isa. 42:1-4	The Servant-as a faithful, patient redeemer	Matthew 12:18-21
214. Isa. 42:2	Meek and lowly	Matthew 11:28-30
215. Isa. 42:3	He brings hope for the hopeless	Mt. 12:14-21; John 4:1-54
216. Isa. 42:4	The nations shall wait on His teachings	John 12:20-26
217. Isa. 42:6	The Light (salvation) of the Gentiles	Luke 2:32
218. Isa. 42:1, 6	His is a worldwide compassion	Matthew 28:19, 20
219. Isa. 42:7	Blind eyes opened.	John 9:25-38
220. Isa. 43:11	He is the only Saviour.	Acts 4:12
221. Isa. 44:3	He will send the Spirit of God	John 16:7, 13
222. Isa. 45:21-25	He is Lord and Saviour	Philippians 3:20, Titus 2:13
223. Isa. 45:23	He will be the Judge	John 5:22; Romans 14:11
224. Isa. 46:9, 10	Declares things not yet done	John 13:19
225. Isa. 48:12	The First and the Last	John 1:30, Revelation 1:8, 17
226. Isa. 48:16, 17	He came as a Teacher	John 3:2
227. Isa. 49:1	Called from the womb-His humanity	Matthew 1:18
228. Isa. 49:5	A Servant from the womb.	Luke 1:31, Philippians 2:7
229. Isa. 49:6	He will restore Israel	Acts 3:19-21; 15:16-17
230. Isa. 49:6	He is Salvation for Israel	Luke 2:29-32
231. Isa. 49:6	He is the Light of the Gentiles	John 8:12, Acts 13:47
232. Isa. 49:6	He is Salvation unto the ends of the earth	Acts 15:7-18
233. Isa. 49:7	He is despised of the Nation	John 1:11; 8:48-49; 19:14-15
234. Isa. 50:3	Heaven is clothed in black at His humiliation	Luke 23:44, 45
235. Isa. 50:4	He is a learned counselor for the weary	Matthew 7:29; 11:28, 29
236. Isa. 50:5	The Servant bound willingly to obedience	Matthew 26:39
237. Isa. 50:6	“I gave my back to the smiters.”	Matthew 27:26
238. Isa. 50:6	He was smitten on the cheeks	Matthew 26:67
239. Isa. 50:6	He was spat upon	Matthew 27:30
240. Isa. 52:7	Published good tidings upon mountains	Matthew 5:12; 15:29; 28:16
241. Isa. 52:13	The Servant exalted	Acts 1:8-11; Eph. 1:19-22, Php. 2:5-9
242. Isa. 52:14	The Servant shockingly abused	Luke 18:31-34; Mt. 26:67, 68
243. Isa. 52:15	Nations startled by message of the Servant	Luke 18:31-34; Mt. 26:67, 68
244. Isa. 52:15	His blood shed sprinkles nations	Hebrews 9:13-14, Rev. 1:5
245. Isa. 53:1	His people would not believe Him	John 12:37-38
246. Isa. 53:2	Appearance of an ordinary man	Philippians 2:6-8
247. Isa. 53:3	Despised	Luke 4:28-29
248. Isa. 53:3	Rejected	Matthew 27:21-23
249. Isa. 53:3	Great sorrow and grief	Matthew 26:37-38, Luke 19:41, Heb. 4:15
250. Isa. 53:3	Men hide from being associated with Him	Mark 14:50-52
251. Isa. 53:4	He would have a healing ministry	Matthew 8:16-17
252. Isa. 53:4	Thought to be cursed by God	Matthew 26:66; 27:41-43
253. Isa. 53:5	Bears penalty for mankind’s iniquities	2Cor. 5:21, Heb. 2:9
254. Isa. 53:5	His sacrifice provides peace between man and God	Colossians 1:20
255. Isa. 53:5	His sacrifice would heal man of sin	1Peter 2:24
256. Isa. 53:6	He would be the sin-bearer for all mankind	1John 2:2; 4:10
257. Isa. 53:6	God’s will that He bear sin for all mankind	Galatians 1:4
258. Isa. 53:7	Oppressed and afflicted	Matthew 27:27-31
259. Isa. 53:7	Silent before his accusers	Matthew 27:12-14
260. Isa. 53:7	Sacrificial lamb	John 1:29, 1Peter 1:18-19
261. Isa. 53:8	Confined and persecuted	Matthew 26:47-75; 27:1-31
262. Isa. 53:8	He would be judged	John 18:13-22
263. Isa. 53:8	Killed	Matthew 27:35
264. Isa. 53:8	Dies for the sins of the world	1John 2:2
265. Isa. 53:9	Buried in a rich man’s grave	Matthew 27:57
266. Isa. 53:9	Innocent and had done no violence	Luke 23:41, John 18:38
267. Isa. 53:9	No deceit in his mouth	1Peter 2:22
268. Isa. 53:10	God’s will that He die for mankind	John 18:11
269. Isa. 53:10	An offering for sin	Matthew 20:28, Galatians 3:13
270. Isa. 53:10	Resurrected and live forever	Romans 6:9
271. Isa. 53:10	He would prosper	John 17:1-5
272. Isa. 53:11	God fully satisfied with His suffering	John 12:27
273. Isa. 53:11	God’s servant would justify man	Romans 5:8-9, 18-19
274. Isa. 53:11	The sin-bearer for all mankind	Hebrews 9:28
275. Isa. 53:12	Exalted by God because of his sacrifice	Matthew 28:18
276. Isa. 53:12	He would give up his life to save mankind	Luke 23:46
277. Isa. 53:12	Numbered with the transgressors	Mark 15:27-28; Luke 22:37
278. Isa. 53:12	Sin-bearer for all mankind	1Peter 2:24
279. Isa. 53:12	Intercede to God in behalf of mankind	Luke 23:34, Rom. 8:34
280. Isa. 55:3	Resurrected by God	Acts 13:34
281. Isa. 55:4	A witness	John 18:37
282. Isa. 55:4	He is a leader and commander	Hebrews 2:10
283. Isa. 55:5	God would glorify Him	Acts 3:13
284. Isa. 59:16	Intercessor between man and God	Matthew 10:32
285. Isa. 59:16	He would come to provide salvation	John 6:40
286. Isa. 59:20	He would come to Zion as their Redeemer	Luke 2:38
287. Isa. 60:1-3	He would shew light to the Gentiles	Acts 26:23
288. Isa. 61:1	The Spirit of God upon him	Matthew 3:16-17
289. Isa. 61:1	The Messiah would preach the good news	Luke 4:16-21
290. Isa. 61:1	Provide freedom from the bondage of sin	John 8:31-36
291. Isa. 61:1-2	Proclaim a period of grace	Galatians 4:4-5
292. Jer. 11:21	Conspiracy to kill Jesus	John 7:1, Matthew 21:38
293. Jer. 23:5-6	Descendant of David	Luke 3:23-31
294. Jer. 23:5-6	The Messiah would be both God and Man	John 13:13, 1Ti 3:16
295. Jer. 31:22	Born of a virgin	Matthew 1:18-20
296. Jer. 31:31	The Messiah would be the new covenant	Matthew 26:28
297. Jer. 33:14-15	Descendant of David	Luke 3:23-31
298. Eze.34:23-24	Descendant of David	Matthew 1:1
299. Eze.37:24-25	Descendant of David	Luke 1:31-33
300. Dan. 2:44-45	The Stone that shall break the kingdoms	Matthew 21:44
301. Dan. 7:13-14	He would ascend into heaven	Acts 1:9-11
302. Dan. 7:13-14	Highly exalted	Ephesians 1:20-22
303. Dan. 7:13-14	His dominion would be everlasting	Luke 1:31-33
304. Dan. 9:24	To make an end to sins	Galatians 1:3-5
305. Dan. 9:24	To make reconciliation for iniquity	Romans 5:10, 2Cor. 5:18-21
306. Dan. 9:24	He would be holy	Luke 1:35
307. Dan. 9:25	His announcement	John 12:12-13
308. Dan. 9:26	Cut off	Matthew 16:21; 21:38-39
309. Dan. 9:26	Die for the sins of the world	Hebrews 2:9
310. Dan. 9:26	Killed before the destruction of the temple	Matthew 27:50-51
311. Dan. 10:5-6	Messiah in a glorified state	Revelation 1:13-16
312. Hos. 11:1	He would be called out of Egypt	Matthew 2:15
313. Hos. 13:14	He would defeat death	1Corinthians 15:55-57
314. Joel 2:32	Offer salvation to all mankind	Romans 10:9-13
315. Jonah 1:17	Death and resurrection of Christ	Matthew 12:40; 16:4
316. Mic. 5:2	Born in Bethlehem	Matthew 2:1-6
317. Mic. 5:2	Ruler in Israel	Luke 1:33
318. Mic. 5:2	From everlasting	John 8:58
319. Hag. 2:6-9	He would visit the second Temple	Luke 2:27-32
320. Hag. 2:23	Descendant of Zerubbabel	Luke 2:27-32
321. Zech. 3:8	God’s servant	John 17:4
322. Zech. 6:12-13	Priest and King	Hebrews 8:1
323. Zech. 9:9	Greeted with rejoicing in Jerusalem	Matthew 21:8-10
324. Zech. 9:9	Beheld as King	John 12:12-13
325. Zech. 9:9	The Messiah would be just	John 5:30
326. Zech. 9:9	The Messiah would bring salvation	Luke 19:10
327. Zech. 9:9	The Messiah would be humble	Matthew 11:29
328. Zech. 9:9	Presented to Jerusalem riding on a donkey	Matthew 21:6-9
329. Zech. 10:4	The cornerstone	Ephesians 2:20
330. Zech. 11:4-6	At His coming, Israel to have unfit leaders	Matthew 23:1-4
331. Zech. 11:4-6	Rejection causes God to remove His protection	Luke 19:41-44
332. Zech. 11:4-6	Rejected in favor of another king	John 19:13-15
333. Zech. 11:7	Ministry to “poor,” the believing remnant	Matthew 9:35-36
334. Zech. 11:8	Unbelief forces Messiah to reject them	Matthew 23:33
335. Zech. 11:8	Despised	Matthew 27:20
336. Zech. 11:9	Stops ministering to those who rejected Him	Matthew 13:10-11
337. Zech. 11:10-11	Rejection causes God to remove protection	Luke 19:41-44
338. Zech. 11:10-11	The Messiah would be God	John 14:7
339. Zech. 11:12-13	Betrayed for thirty pieces of silver	Matthew 26:14-15
340. Zech. 11:12-13	Rejected	Matthew 26:14-15
341. Zech. 11:12-13	Thirty pieces of silver cast in the house of the Lord	Matthew 27:3-5
342. Zech. 11:12-13	The Messiah would be God	John 12:45
343. Zech. 12:10	The Messiah’s body would be pierced	John 19:34-37
344. Zech. 12:10	The Messiah would be both God and man	John 10:30
345. Zech. 12:10	The Messiah would be rejected	John 1:11
346. Zech. 13:7	God’s will He die for mankind	John 18:11
347. Zech. 13:	A violent death	Mark 14:27
348. Zech. 13:7	Both God and man	John 14:9
349. Zech. 13:7	Israel scattered as a result of rejecting Him	Matthew 26:31-56
350. Zech. 14:4	He would return to the Mt. of Olives	Acts 1:11-12
351. Mal. 3:1	Messenger to prepare the way for Messiah	Mark 1:1-8
352. Mal. 3:1	Sudden appearance at the temple	Mark 11:15-16
353. Mal. 3:1	Messenger of the new covenant	Luke 4:43
354. Mal. 3:6	The God who changes not	Hebrews 13:8
355. Mal. 4:5	Forerunner in spirit of Elijah	Mt. 3:1-3; 11:10-14; 17:11-13
356. Mal. 4:6	Forerunner would turn many to righteousness	Luke 1:16-17

The chart was taken from http://www.gobible.org

MOST UNLIKELY INTELLECTUALS COMING TO CHRIST

Posted on December 29, 2024 by Ron Edwards

There seems to be a significant movement to Christianity among some of the most influential intellectuals today. This story is taken from an article in The Australian on Dec. 20th, 2024 by Greg Sheridan: “How historian Niall Ferguson became a religious believer“

Pictured below: Douglas Murray, J.D.Vance, Jordan Peterson, Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Niall Ferguson

Jordan Peterson famously says he’s no longer an atheist. Last year he told Greg Sheridan he now believes that Jesus Christ is the son of God, not just symbolically but truly. His wife, Tammy Roberts, herself an influential podcaster, this year became a Catholic after a long illness.

US vice-president-elect JD Vance went through a long atheist phase, but he too has since renewed his Christian belief and become a Catholic.

Tom Holland, the brilliant historian who wrote the influential book Dominion, about the Christian origins of the Western mind, has described his journey of belief. Paul Kingsnorth, once a radical atheistic environmentalist and a bestselling author, embraced Eastern Orthodox Christianity.

Niall Ferguson is perhaps the most influential historian, and one of the most influential intellectuals, today. But here’s the most striking thing you’ll learn about Ferguson. Quietly, but with great commitment, Ferguson has become a religious believer. With his wife, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and their sons, he has become a churchgoing Anglican Christian. He is, in his own words, a “lapsed atheist”. Much more important, he’s a believing Christian. Though Ferguson sees profoundly the crisis of our times, and the contribution to that crisis brought about by the abandonment of Christianity, this is not primarily a political conversion. It’s a deeply personal and deliberate turn to faith by a man who was formerly a lifelong atheist.

Prolific author Douglas Murray represents another kind of intellectual who has grown to appreciate more and more the cultural contribution, a necessity even, of Christianity but, while immensely sympathetic to it and therefore opposed to the militantly secular spirit of the age, has stopped just short of actual personal belief. However, he’s moved, he says, from “Christian atheist” to “Christian agnostic”.

I wonder how long it will take for those who have turned to institutional/denominational churches such as Catholic and Anglican to realise that these churches have turned away (apostasy) from Biblical faith and compromised with the world on LGBTQ issues.

PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS AT RECORD LEVELS

Posted on December 28, 2024 by Ron Edwards

Members of religious groups faced harassment by either governmental actors or social groups in a record number of countries and territories as a new Pew Research Center analysis finds acts of hostility against Christians are on the rise.

The release of Pew’s report, “Government Restrictions on Religion Stayed at Peak Levels Globally in 2022,” marks the 15th time it has conducted research examining government restrictions and social hostilities toward religion in 198 countries and territories. Imagine what a 2024 report will show as persecution has escalated in 2023 and 2024. Significant other Biblical end-times prophecies have already been fulfilled particularly the re-establishment of Israel as a nation back in 1948 and now the falling away from Biblical faith by most of the institutional churches (apostasy).

The research revealed that in 2022, “harassment of religious groups by governments or social actors occurred in 192 out of the world’s 198 countries and territories.” This constituted “an increase by two countries from 2021 and a new peak level for the study.”

“Governments harassed people for their religious beliefs and practices in 186 countries in 2022, up from 183 in 2021,” the report states. “Social groups or private individuals harassed people due to their religion in 164 countries, the same number as in 2021. Governments and/or social actors harassed religious groups in 192 countries, including 158 countries where both governments and social groups or private individuals engaged in harassment.”

As has been the case in every installment of the study, Christians experienced harassment in most countries, reaching a record high of 166 in 2022.

One example cited in the report was the arrest of a man whose son brought Bibles and other Christian literature across the border into Mauritania from Senegal.

Another example is a Syriac Catholic Church leader in Bartella, a historically Christian town in Nineva province rebuilding after the defeat of the Islamic State, who said militias “sought to ‘seize and occupy Christian properties’ in an attempt to drive out Christians and alter the religious composition of the town.”

The study identified property damage, assaults, detentions, displacements and killings as examples of physical harassment experienced by religious groups. It highlighted how at least one instance of physical harassment toward a religious group occurred in 145 of 198 countries, marking an increase from the 137 measured in 2021.

Governments used physical force against religious groups in 111 countries, while social groups or private individuals were determined to have engaged in such harassment in the same number of countries.

The most frequent form of physical harassment directed at religious groups was property damage, occurring in 61% of countries. Detentions occurred in slightly less than half (47%) of countries, while the share of countries where physical assaults, displacements and killings occurred were measured at 45%, 26% and 25%, respectively.

According to a detailed appendix accompanying the report, the only countries where absolutely no harassment of religious groups occurred at the hands of the government in 2022 were Cape Verde, Fiji, Grenada, Macao, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Portugal, San Marino, Senegal and Suriname. The United States was listed as one of 110 countries where there was widespread intimidation of religious groups “by any level of government.”

Religious groups in the U.S. found themselves subject to property damage and physical assaults, while no displacements, killings or detentions were recorded. Another adverse experience faced by religious groups in the U.S. involves organized groups using “force or coercion in an attempt to dominate public life with their perspective on religion, including preventing some religious groups from operating in the country.”

Share this:

JEFF BROWN (BROWNSTONE RESEARCH) SUGGESTS THERE IS A BETTER WAY OUT OF THIS MESS

Nuclear’s Next-Generation Renaissance

AI WILL DRIVE A BIOTECH RESURGENCE

Share this:

Share this:

Share this:

Share this:

Share this:

Share this:

Share this:

Share this:

Share this: