- Lost when we were driving home across the mountains.
- Not sure where we were going ov even if we were going the right direction
- When the sun came into to our eyes we knew then we were driving the wrong way
- Sun gave indication of direction we were to be going in
- So today the SON shows us the direction we are headed
- End time prophecy compared to:
- A woman in labor.
- Mt 24:8 – sorrows – Gk “to suffer birth pains”
- A woman has many warnings that her baby is on the way
- Birth follows a very precise set of events
- Fig Tree Mt. 24:32
– See the leaves summer is close
- Sun setting - From Daylight to Darkness
Twilight gives warning it’s going to be dark
- At what moment is it dark?
Warning Signs
- Slow down!, Rough Road!, Steep Hill!, Bridge is Out!, Detour!
-Mt. 24-25 - Judgment is Coming
- Mt. 24:38-39 Does eating, drinking and marrying justify judgment?
- Warnings for judgment of sin
- Flood, Sodom, Judges, Captivity Cross, Tribulation, Hell,
- All because of Sin
- 2 Timothy 3:1-5 KJV
- 2 Timothy 3:1-5 NLT
- Judgment Is Coming
BIRTHPAINS IN OUR LIFETIME
■ Atom
- We have seen mankind harness the atom
- Man has developed capabilities to destroy the entire earth in less than 30 minutes
- (War Jeremiah 8:15KJVWe looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!,
- 2 Peter 3:10KJVBut the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.)
■ Technology (Knowledge Da 12:4)
- In 20th century we have gone from horse & buggy to space travel
- Daniel 12:4KJV
But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
■ Israel
- From the time of the Romans Israel kept their ID
- Nation Established in 1948
- The Jews return to Israel by the hundreds of thousands (just as the Bible predicted would happen just before Christ returns)
- Israel has become the hub, the hotbed of all that goes on in the world
- 1967 Jews recapture the city of Jerusalem for the first time in 2000 years, in a war that took only 6 days
- Zechariah 8:13KJV
And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.
- Zechariah 12:2NLT
I will make Jerusalem like an intoxicating drink that makes the nearby nations stagger when they send their armies to besiege Jerusalem and Judah
■ Computers Have changed the world…linked together with instant communication
2 Timothy 3:7KJVEver learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
WarGames
(1983 movie) – 27 years ago Nominated for 3 Oscars
A young computer whizz kid accidentally connects into a top secret super-computer which has complete control over the U.S. nuclear arsenal. It challenges him to a game between America and Russia, and he innocently starts the countdown to World War 3.
Reuters 11/29/07 24 years later- A "cyber cold war" waged over the world's computers threatens to become one of the biggest threats to security. About 120 countries are developing ways to use the Internet as a weapon
Stuxnet
CNET 9/21/10 Stuxnet is the first malware known to specifically target critical infrastructure. It takes control of a computer system without the user taking any action or clicking any button other than inserting an infected memory stick.
Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear plant may already have been wrecked by Stuxnet
■ The Cashless Society is nearly a done deal
Revelation 13:17KJVAnd that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
- Sweden World Coin News 9/13/10 Marie Jarvas, a bank employee
- “If we can reduce the amount of cash in the banks and in society in general, robberies will also be reduced. … If in the long term we abandon cash completely, there will be no robberies because there’s no point in robbing a bank if there’s no cash there to steal.”
- Telegraph UK 1/11/10 - Steve Perry, executive vice president of Visa Europe reports that Visa has recently published an extensive report on the cost of cash to society vrs. electronic transactions
- Moving to cashless banking.
The Australian 1/4/10 Australia is moving towards a cashless society, with the number of consumers making ATM cash withdrawals dropping to the lowest point in more than six years.
Newsweek Japan 9/27/08, People are already doing away with cash. Instead, they use their cell phones to pay for everything from coffee to lunch to a new pair of shoes. To add money to their cell phone smart cards, users can put cash into docking stations, and in return their phone is credited with electronic cash.
ACT Canada The Canadian Bankers Association (CBA) estimated that in the last fiscal year, ending June 30, 2000, over 85 per cent of consumer banking transactions were done electronically.
■ Earthquakes
Mark 13:8KJVFor nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
We have had more earthquakes in our lifetime than the last 500 years put together
- The Epoch Times 2/28/10 After the Chile earthquake reports Over 250 Significant Earthquakes Shook the World in Past 7 Days
- Reuters 10/4/10 – Japan Okinawa magnitude of 6.4 earthquake
- Associated Press 10/6/10 – San Diego County magnitude-4.0
- NEWKERALA – 10/12/10 6.3-magnitude earthquake hits eastern Indonesia
- Fox News 10/14/10 Norman OK a 4.3-magnitude quake struck at 9:06 a.m and felt as far away as Wichita, Kan.
Hope Is Wrapped Up In The Coming Of Jesus
- Titus 2:11-14KJVFor the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; 13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Chile Mine Collapse – NO ESCAPE
- Aug 5 Gold & Copper mine collapsed without warning
- 17 days no word
- 33 Chilean miners were trapped for 69 days in darkness stench and dirt and despai
- Spanish - "We are okay in the shelter, the 33 of us"
- CNN Reports during their entrapment Campus - Crusade for Christ sent down the mine an MP3 audio version of the Jesus film and an MP3 audio version of the New Testament in Spanish
- Came out with tee shirts over green coveralls with the words 'Gracias Senor' – 'Thank you Lord.'" And on the sleeve Jesus film logo
- On the back Psalm 95:4.
(‘In His hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to Him.’)
- No way out a half mile underground
- Help had to come from another
- The way out was the way up
Psalm 95:4NIV In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him.
