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Cornerstone
Narrative Chapter of the great Olivet prophesies of:
Matthew
24 Second Coming: The Endtimes Olivet prophecy of Jesus Christ: Maranatha!
By
Rev. Prof. Barie Fez-Barringten
52,156
words on 155 pages (include illus)
The
sign of the second coming of Jesus, and of the end of the world; is the rudder
out of this world‘s mess.
Christ‘s
prophesies
as written by Mathew, John, Isaiah, Daniel, David, Moses, Luke and others.
Prolog:
Not
unlike the perceptions of the realities of the signs of our deteriorating
mortal bodies we too see the signs of our deteriorating world. Not the planet
(although ecologist, environmentalist and politicians see
this
as well) but the world‘s
social/political/economic
structure balance and stability. But these are normal in the ebb and flow of
life and the nature of world. However, it is the interventions, quirks and
their dynamic and frequency which quicken our hearts and souls to believe
the
prophecy of the end of time.
Current
world crisis:
Faced
with a world which desensitizes about the person, works and purposes of Satan,
cries for a new world order and rampant violations of the word of God this work
is intended to refocus attention on the second coming of Jesus, and G
od‘s vengeance
on
the sin, deception and lies of Satan. The world has accepted Satan as a
condition of normal, so-called, modern life; life and the Godly as nonsense and
abnormal The word of God is being perverted, misquoted and defaced by adept
Satanist who hides behind church robes, national leaders and corporate
management. Christians must have confidence in their salvation, and the truth
of the word of God which is summed up in Jesus Sermon on the Mount of Olives
:
―
The
sign of the second coming of Jesus, and of the end of the world
.‖
Here
is what former president Bush proclaimed:
―
Until
now, the world we've known has been a world divided
—
a
world of barbed wire and concrete block, conflict and cold war. Now, we can see
a new world coming into view. A world in which there is the very real prospect
of a new world order. In the words of Winston Churchill, a "world
order" in which "the principles of justice and fair play ... protect
the weak against the strong ..." A world where the United Nations, freed
from cold war stalemate, is poised to fulfill the historic vision of its
founders. A world in which freedom and respect for human right
s
find a home among all nations‖
Here
is what
has
been perverted:‖
Acts
1:14
says
that Jesus' disciples were praying with one accord after Jesus' ascension
to heaven. Also,
Romans
15:6
says
that Christians should glorify God with
one
accord‖
The
―
so-called
‖
one
world is totally against the will of God which he made very clear in
Genesis
11:1-9;
1
―
Now
the whole world had one language and a common speech
‖
.
2
2
As
people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.
3
They
said to each other, ―Come, let‘s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.‖ They
used
brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar.
4
Then
they
said,
―Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the
heavens,
so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over
the
face of the whole earth.‖
5
But
the L
ORD
came
down to see the city and the tower the people were building.
6
The
L
ORD
said,
―If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do
this,
then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.
7
Come,
let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each othe
r.‖
8
So
the L
ORD
scattered
them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
9
That
is why it was called Babel
—
because
there the L
ORD
confused
the language of the whole world. From there the L
ORD
scattered
them over the face of the whole earth
‖
Undoing
this is obviously not the will of God! Rev. Adrian Dieleman writes (in part):
―
As
man began to multiply in number they moved eastward from Ararat, the resting
place of the ark
.‖
They
found a plain in Shinar and settled there" (
Gen
11:2).
(Gen
11:3-4)
"Come,
let's make bricks and bake them thoroughly; Come, let us build ourselves a
city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens ..."
Here
man made an unholy alliance with fellow man. Here man proposed an ungodly
covenant. More specifically, we can fault both the motive and the purpose for building
the city with its tower. The motive for building the city with its tower was
pride:
(Gen
11:4)
Then
they said,
"Come,
let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so
that we may make a name for ourselves ..."
The
citizens of Babel wanted to build a monument to themselves. They wanted to be
able to point to that high tower and say, "
Look!
Look at what we built
–
a
tower that stretches to the heavens."
They
wanted to be remembered for years to come for their engineering skill,
intelligence, ambition, organization, and administration
.
In
contrast to this, over and over again in Scripture we are given the message
of
Micah
6:8
–
that
man is to walk humbly with his God. Like the psalmist we are to look at the
works of God's hands
–
the
sun, moon, stars, and vast reaches of outer space
–
and
ask,
"What
is man?" (
Ps
8:4).
Man
is transitory, merely a temporary resident of this earth.
(
Gen
11:4)
"Come,
let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so
that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the
whole earth."
3
Man
was afraid of being divided, separated, spread out, of being
"scattered
over the face of the whole earth.
‖
The
tower served, then, as a kind of landmark. But more than that, it also gave
identity, a sense of belonging, a feeling of security
.
God
say to man,
(
Gen
1:28)
"Be
fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the
fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that
moves on the ground."
In
fact, God blessed man to do this. God's grace and favor rests upon man so that
man will go out and humbly fill and subdue the earth. Man's purpose, then, in building
the city and tower was in direct disobedience to the command God gave at the
time of man's creation.
Now,
at that time, according to Scripture,
"the
whole world had one language and a common speech"
(Gen
11:1).
Can
you imagine a time when man was not divided into nations, tribes, peoples, and
languages? Can you imagine a time when there existed only one culture, when all
people shared a common heritage, history, and even thought patterns?
In
the days of Peleg, says Scripture,
"the
earth was divided"
(Gen
10:25).
At
the time of Babel man was divided into different languages. This caused man to
scatter over the face of the earth. This caused the formation of different
cultures. Even thought processes were changed. It was at Babel, then, that man
was separated and divided into different languages, tribes, peoples, and
nations. This division was both a curse and a blessing for man. It was a
blessing in that man was now obedient to God's command to fill the earth and
subdue it. It was a blessing in that the division of mankind made it possible
for the many-sided abilities of the human race to come out. It was a blessing
in that the division of mankind prevents all of humanity banding together in
acts of evil. But, the division of mankind was also a curse in that mankind was
no longer one even outwardly. Mankind was now marked by suspicion,
estrangement, hostility, and even hatred towards those who were different in
either language, race, nationality, or place of residence. It was at Babel, as Scripture
says, that
"the
earth was divided" (
Gen
10:25).
What
happened on Pentecost? Luke's intent is to reveal to us that Pentecost is the
reversal of the curse of Babel. At Babel the earth was divided; God brought
about the formation of different languages and cultures. But on Pentecost the
unity of humanity was restored. For, notice what happens when the Spirit is
poured out and indwells the disciples: they begin at once to address themselves
to people of every nation and every tongue. The Spirit enabled them so to speak
that all their listeners understood.
At
Babel
"the
Lord confused the language of the whole world" (
Gen
11:9)
so
that man could no longer understand and communicate with each other. But on
Pentecost a new language was spoken, a language they all could understand a
language that united in spite of linguistic, cultural, and racial barriers.
According to Acts2:41, some three thousand "
from
every nation under heaven
"
was joined together as part of the church that day
.
In
his book,
―
Pentecost
and Missions
‖
,
Dr. Harry Boer has this to say,
4
―
At
Pentecost Babel was reversed. People of every language, tongue, tribe, and
nation are now united by the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Their culture and language
may be different but the message they hear is the same
–
the
message of the wonders of God, of salvation in and through Christ. Through the
Spirit this message calls upon all men to repent and believe so that sins
may be forgiven. Pentecost has come but we wait with eager longing for the
second coming of Christ. For at that time a new language will be spoken: the
language of all the redeemed. It is the language of the new heaven and new
earth. It is the language spoken when sin with all its consequences is overcome
by the power of God's grace in Christ. The prophet Zephaniah speaks of that
time. According to the prophet, the Lord says:
(Zeph.
3:9)
―
Yet,
at that time I will change the speech of the peoples to a pure speech, that all
of them may call on the name of the Lord and serve him with one accord. Then,
finally, there will be true and perfect unity between persons of every nation,
tribe, language, and people
‖
And,
until He comes again, scattered is how He wants us so that we turn toward Him
and not the world for strength and survival. He is our sure security and source
of for everything per
John
15:
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―I
am t
he
true vine, and my Father is the gardener.
4
―
Remain
in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must
remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
5
―
I
am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will
bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
7
―
If
you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will
be done for you.
8
―
This
is to my Father‘s glory, that you bear much fruit, showi
ng
yourselves to be my disciples
‖
;
So
many of G
od‘s
covenants with us are exactly what Satan ―cons‖
us
out of by beguiling, confusing, tempting and tricking. Here is what Chip Berlet, an American investigative
reporter specializing in the study of right-wing movements in the U.S., writes:
―
When
President Bush
5
announced his new foreign policy would help build a New World Order, his
phrasing surged through the Christian and secular hard right like an electric
shock, since the phrase had been used to represent the dreaded collectivist One
World Government for decades. Some Christians saw Bush as signaling the End
Times betrayal by a world leader. Secular anticommunists saw a bold attempt to
smash US sovereignty and impose a tyrannical collectivist system run by the
United Nations.
Hughes,
a professor of religion, warns that no religious idea has greater potential for
shaping global politics in profoundly negative ways than "
the
new world order"
.
He writes in a February 2011 article entitled
Revelation, Revolutions, and the
Tyrannical New World Order:
―
The
crucial piece of this puzzle is the identity of the Antichrist, the tyrannical
figure who both leads and inspires the new world order. [...] for many years,
rapture theologians identified the Soviet Union as the Antichrist. But after
Sept. 11, they became quite certain that the Antichrist was closely connected
with the Arab world and the Muslim religion. This means, quite simply, that for
rapture theologians, Islam stands at the heart of the tyrannical "new
world order." Precisely here we discover why the idea of a "new world
order" has such potential to move global politics in profoundly negative
directions, for rapture theologians typically welcome war with the Islamic
world
‖
.
As Bill Moyers wrote of the rapture theologians, "
A
war with Islam in the Middle East is not something to be feared but welcomed
—
an
essential conflagration on the road to redemption
‖
.
―Further
,
rapture theologians co-opt the United States as a tool in their cosmic vision
—
a
tool God will use to smite the Antichrist and the enemies of righteousness
‘.
This
is why Tim LaHaye, co-author of the best-selling series of end-times books,
could lend such strong support to the American invasion and occupation of Iraq.
By virtue of that war, LaHaye believed, Iraq would become "
a
focal point of end-times events.
"
Even more disturbing is the fact that rapture theologians blissfully open the
door to nuclear holocaust. Rapture theologians have always held that God will
destroy his enemies at the end of time in the Great Battle of Armageddon. But
since World War II, they have increasingly identified Armageddon with nuclear
weaponry, thereby lending biblical inevitability to the prospects of nuclear
annihilation. As one prophecy writer put it: "
The
holocaust of atomic war would fulfill the prophecies."
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