“It’s at the Doors!”
By
Greg May
The Rapture is
imminent…it can
happen at ANY
moment. How do
we knowthis?
Because ALL of
the prophecies
pertaining to
the Rapture have
been fulfilled…
the Rapture is
the NEXT main
event to occur
on God’
prophetic
calendar. Now,
let's not
confuse the
Rapture with the
Second Coming of
Christ - these
are two
different
events. During
the Rapture
Jesus does not
come down to
earth, we meet
Him in the air.
A few more
things have to
happen in the
world before the
Second Coming
occurs - that’s
when Jesus
returns to earth
with His church.
Jesus tells us
in the 24th
chapter of
Matthew: “No man
knoweth the day
nor the hour” of
His return, not
even Jesus
Himself, who
sits at the
right hand of
God. But in the
same chapter
Jesus tells us
the season and
He hints at the
year. I am
referring to the
Parable of the
Fig Tree.
“Now learn
this parable
from the fig
tree: When its
branch has
already become
tender and puts
forth leaves,
you know that
summer is near.
So you also,
when you see all
these things,
know that it is
near-at the
doors
.Assuredly, I
say to you, this
generation will
by no means pass
away till all
these things
take place.”
Now, the fig
tree is
referring to
Israel - that’s
how Israel is
described in the
Old Testament.
The kingdom of
Israel
disappeared
thousands of
years ago - its
inhabitants
scattered across
the globe. The
Jews wandered
the earth for
centuries and
everywhere they
went they were
persecuted. Do
you remember the
little song we
used to sing in
grade school?
“In the year
1492 Columbus
sailed the ocean
blue.” While
Christopher
Columbus was
sailing to
America from
Spain, the king
and queen of
Spain ordered
the Jews to
leave the
country. The
ultimate
persecution
occurred during
World War II
when Hitler
murdered over
six million
Jews.
Why
were the Jewish
people
persecuted
throughout
history? Do you
remember when
Pilate had to
make a choice as
to who to
release: Jesus
or Barabbas? The
Jewish people
clamored for the
blood of the
Messiah, saying,
“Let His blood
be on us and our
children.” Ever
since that day
God's wrath has
been upon the
Jews BUT God
promised to
restore them to
their homeland
someday. What
homeland? Israel
was gone -
having
disappeared off
the face of the
earth. This is
where you see
prophecy being
fulfilled in a
miraculous way:
almost overnight
- in May of 1948
- Israel became
a nation.
Newspapers
across America
carried the
headlines on
their front
pages. This is
the single, most
significant
prophecy to be
fulfilled
pertaining to
the return of
Christ. See,
Jesus could not
return until
Israel was
reborn so the
fig tree
“blossomed” in
1948. That makes
Israel 65 years
old. Now if we
are to believe
that a
generation -
according to the
Bible is 70
years, see what
I mean?
It’s at the
doors!
The disciples
asked Jesus if
He would give
them a sign as
to His return.
The disciples -
bless their
hearts - just
KNEW that Jesus
would return in
their life time,
they just KNEW
the Rapture was
imminent. But
here we are -
over2,000 years
later - still
watching and
waiting. Why is
that? That’s
because prophecy
had to be
fulfilled see,
Jesus prophesied
to His disciples
that day on
the Mount of
Olives and this
is what He told
them: before I
come back, Jesus
said, “There
will be wars and
rumors of wars.
Nation will rise
against nation.”
Do you know that
more wars have
been fought
within the past
100years than in
all of the
world’s history?
And they are
continuing today
in the Middle
East. Jesus said
there will be
famine and
pestilence. Do
you know more
people have died
from famine
since 1950 than
in all of the
world’s history?
Pestilence -
just look at the
AIDS epidemic.
And new diseases
are coming
around like this
Asian bird flu
we are reading
about and old
diseases such as
tuberculosis,
malaria and
cholera are
making a
comeback.
Jesus said
there will be
earthquakes in
“diverse or
various places.”
If this isn't a
sign of the end
times I don't
know what is!
Not a week goes
by when there
isn't an
earthquake
shaking some
part of the
world. These
earthquakes are
causing
volcanoes from
Russia to
Indonesia to
erupt like
Fourth of July
fireworks - some
of these
volcanoes have
been dormant for
hundreds of
years.
There has been a
2,000 percent
increase in
earthquakes
since 1950. Now,
notice how these
things are
predating from
the year 1950.
Remember what
happened two
years earlier in
1948? Israel
became a nation.
And, Jesus said
the gospel shall
be proclaimed
throughout the
earth. Within
the past
100years, just
look at the
advancements in
communications
that have taken
place with the
invention of
radio,
television,
satellite and
Internet.
Because of the
Internet - which
is difficult to
control - the
gospel is being
proclaimed in
communist
countries.
Missionaries
continue to go
into the remote
areas of the
world such as
the jungles of
Africa, Asia and
South America to
bring the gospel
to the primitive
cultures. Do you
know that head
hunters and
cannibals still
exist in some
parts of the
world? And many
a missionary
have lost their
lives to these
people. So there
isn’t a spot of
earth in which
the gospel has
NOT been
proclaimed. So
these prophecies
have been
fulfilled.
Jesus warned
His disciples of
false teachings
and false
doctrine that
would arise in
the last days
and people would
come, performing
signs and
miracles in His
name - but be
not deceived.
This false
doctrine
includes the New
Age Movement,
this “collective
consciousness”
belief that we
are “one with
the universe”
worship of
Mother Earth,
astrology,
transcendental
meditation and
even people who
practice yoga
are opening
themselves up to
demonic
influence
because these
teachings are
not God-based
principles.
Many people have
come performing
signs and
miracles in
Jesus’ name but
the latest is
the magician on
the Las Vegas
circuit who
calls himself
Chris Angel -
get it? He
levitates over
his audiences
with his arms
outstretched
like the Savior
and he can walk
on water! Satan
empowers people
to do these
things in order
to deceive
because he mocks
and mimics God.
Now here's
where it gets
interesting: The
Bible says there
will be signs in
the sky. People
have been seeing
things in the
skies for
hundreds of
years.
Interestingly,
back in the
Middle Ages
people saw
“ships” in the
sky and armies
marching across
the sky in
battle. They
were called
“spectral
armies.” In the
1890s there was
a wave of
airship
sightings across
America
before airships
were even
invented. In
1947 a pilot
named Kenneth
Arnold was
flying his
airplane near
Mt. Ranier in
the state of
Washington when
he observed nine
silvery-metallic
objects he
estimated to be
flying as fast
as1000 mph.
BOTH of these
blood moons will
be preceded by a
solar eclipse.
Joel 2:31: “The
sun shall be
turned into
darkness and the
moon into blood
before the
coming of the
great and
awesome day
of the Lord.”
Now look at Joel 2:30: “And I will show wonders
in the heavens
and in the
earth: blood and
fire and pillars
of smoke.” The
“blood” is the
blood moons, the
“fire” are the
solar flares
that is worrying
NASA scientists
and the “of
smoke” are the
volcanoes that
are erupting due
to all this
earthquake
activity!
Joel is the
only prophet in
the Bible to
prophesy about
blood moons.
Now, when
something that
is prophesied in
both the Old AND
New Testaments
(the book of
Revelation) that
is occurring in
our time, you
know Jesus is
about to return.
Greg May
gregmay39@yahoo.com
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