Showing posts with label civil unrest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label civil unrest. Show all posts

Saturday, July 3, 2021

A Soon-Coming Kingdom


Think About This…

Personally, I firmly believe the following – and it surely makes a lot of wonderful sense. It certainly beats believing – and having never been shown God’s truth – and thinking that at death you’re going off to a never-ending torture and torment caldron of fire, or floating off upon clouds to endlessly play the harp and maybe, just maybe, God might pet you on the head.

Sounds like an unjust God and a double dose of misery.

But, the Bible doesn’t back this twisted and satanic ideology of your future.

God’s living word shows us a far more wonderful picture of our future.

Let us break down events that are soon-coming and see – according to biblical prophecy – just what is scheduled to occur –

In the United States of America – it will soon fall.

The nation will become so weak that a greater foreign power will come in and completely take over – the nations could easily be a United Europe or China.

Our peoples will be under subjugation – a type of slavery.

A prophesied end-time final United States of Europe will have finally risen, with its mouthpiece the Roman Catholic Church.

The United States of America’s sovereignty as a nation will be gone.

The majority of our people in America will be living off the electric grid in rural areas just to survive.

The land will be as it once was – a harsh environment.

There will be race and cultural wars.

There will be a civil war like never before.

There will be communist/socialist government takeovers that will cause people to come into extreme poverty, where starvation will occur in great masses.

Also, seeing and hearing the word of God – the true gospel – will be limited.

Only the extreme few who have God’s living words set in their hearts and minds will be the only source of hearing God’s living truth - cf.
“'Behold, the days are coming,' says the Lord GOD, 'That I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine of bread, Nor a thirst for water, But of hearing the words of the LORD'" - Amos 8:11
Because of the utter chaos and destruction which will occur there may not be very many physical Bibles around.

The majority of people will blame God for this utter chaos and destruction.

The greater majority of physical worldly churches, synagogues, and mosques will be destroyed.

Abuse and disrespect of our elders will be the norm.

There will be massive deaths, and blood will flow in the streets.

The land will become a land of great lawlessness.

There will come a great third world war.

Jerusalem will become the world’s focus.

The third temple will be built. Animal sacrifices will begin at the temple once again.

There will be a great religious leader to come into the temple and set himself up – calling himself “God.” This will be a pope of the Roman Catholic Church – possibly and most likely a pope with a Jewish background.

The Islamic religion will be the dominant religion of the greater part of the Middle East.

Massive Islamic armies will surround Jerusalem for a great attack.

There will be massive amounts of death and mayhem.

The population of the earth will dwindle down to 10% of the previous world population.

The prophesied Two Witnesses (possibly starting with twelve end-time prophets) will come on the scene and will be hated by the followers of Satan the devil.

After 3 ½ years of witnessing and warning the Two Witnesses will be murdered in the streets of Jerusalem and will lay dead in the street for three-and-a-half days.

After three-and-a-half days the breath of life from God enters them, and they are resurrected.

This will be during a period of time called the ‘great tribulation’ by Jesus Christ.

THEN THINGS REALLY BEGIN TO HAPPEN!

All those who are left alive will see ‘the sign of the Son of Man in heaven’ and all nations of the earth will mourn seeing the Son of Man coming with power and great glory.

And, on the Day of Pentecost (also known as the FEAST OF THE FIRSTFRUITS), He will send His angels with the sound of a trumpet to gather together His chosen elect from the four winds – the resurrection of His saints will begin. Those that are dead in Christ will rise first then we who are alive - will rise and meet Jesus Christ in the atmosphere. 
“In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the LAST TRUMPET (the SEVENTH TRUMP). For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed” – 1 Corinthians 15:52.
His holy and incorruptible saints will be brought up to the SEA OF GLASS – cf. Revelation 15:2 – which will be in low earth orbit. Every saint will be judged according to their deeds while they were in the flesh, to account for their assignment they will be given, and by where to place them within the kingdom of God. Going by the way in which their judgment is based.

The saints will be trained for their position in office. Some may be rulers of nations, or provinces, or cities. Some may be mayors or governors. And some – the 144,000 – may be the executive office and staff of Jesus Christ Himself, ‘the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes.’

Some saints might be school teachers – maybe a teacher assigned to teach one-on-one with a particular student!?

Each saint of God will have a particular job to do within the kingdom of God – based upon their capabilities and by how they were judged by Jesus Christ – the King of kings and the Lord of lords. He knows just what position He has for each of His saints.

Each saint will be given their new name.

They, with God the Father and Jesus Christ, will have the bridle supper.

Many of His saints will be issued a white horse for battle.

This will certainly take some time – possibly months.

In the meantime the people of the earth, who do not have this understanding, nor the faith of God, will look upon the object they see in the night's sky (the SEA OF GLASS; the New Jerusalem), and because of the state of the world, will not have rockets capable of reaching low earth orbit to try and attack it. Besides, they won’t know what it is – to most it will appear as a gigantic pyramid-shaped UFO – cf. Revelation 21:10-16.
’ Men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth’ – Luke 21:26.
The armies of the nations will prepare for attack out of great fear and apprehension. They will be an entire population of godless people.

Every single abomination that the most perverted mind can think up will be occurring in this wicked and godless world. 
’ And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man’ – Luke 17:26.
Then, on the Day of Trumpets – the great trumpet of WAR will be sounded!

That great and terrible Day of the Lord comes!

The saints of God, led by JESUS CHRIST, will come down from the Sea of Glass (also known as New Jerusalem) on their assigned white horses of battle and with the seventh angel sounding and with voices in the atmosphere shouting, “The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord [God the Father] and of His Christ [Jesus Christ], and He shall reign forever and ever!” 

The KINGDOM OF GOD is established upon the EARTH!

GREAT CHANGE BEGINS TO HAPPEN UPON EARTH!

FOR A MELLINNEUM THERE IS PEACE – cf. Isaiah 2:4 – 
“ … out of Zion [New Jerusalem] shall go forth the law, And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. He shall judge between the nations, And rebuke many people; They shall beat their swords into plowshares, And their spears into pruning hooks; Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.”
Then, at the time of the second resurrection, every person that has ever lived will be resurrected and taught the WORD OF GOD, the TRUTH OF GOD, and the PLAN OF GOD!

All people will be guided by the saints of God.

They will begin to walk in the light of the LORD!

Those that were sexually immoral will no longer want to be sexually immoral.

Those that were evil-minded will be lovingly guided and taught and shown the glorious Way of God and how to live according to His will.

The millions upon millions of aborted babies will be resurrected and now have a chance to live and know life with God’s glory.

Each saint of God will be assigned to oversee positions of training for these resurrected potential children of God.

After the full establishment of the Kingdom of God, the E A R T H will become the headquarters of the universes – where the very throne of God the Father is established in New Jerusalem and where Jesus Christ and His saints will reside –
’ In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. …’ – John 14:2.
Truly, truly, the large majority of those some 21.6 sextillion planets in the known observable universe will become like the planet earth.

The greater majority of planets (because there will still be a need for large gas giant planets; which act as giant vacuums) will be terraformed for additional humans.

* God gives us the example of our future by what He has done and what He is doing even now.

There is a position for everyone in the coming establishment of God’s Kingdom!

Now, as for those extremely rebellious knuckleheads who refuse to repent and change –

Well, their ultimate fate awaits them being cast into a huge pit where a superheated fire will completely and instantly consume them and they will perish and be no more – eternally blotted out as if they never were. The righteous shall walk upon their ashes – cf.
“’ You shall trample the wicked, For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet On the day that I do this,’ Says the LORD of hosts.” – Malachi 4:3.
As for Satan the devil and his demons!?

They will ultimately be cast into the Abyss – and will be eternally tortured and tormented (mentally). This torture and torment will surely cause them to eternally blame each other, working against each other for all eternity – cf.
“ … raging waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.” – Jude 1:13.
Thus, NEVER AGAIN with that evil be around to influence others.

Friends, this is your great potential! It’s the greatest good news anyone could ever hear!

Almighty God’s plan is PERFECT!

Personally, I believe this with every fiber of my being! These things will come to pass and in the ultimate plan which God has set it up!

This is our belief. If someone doesn’t believe this, that’s alright. You are free to believe whatever makes you happy.

But as for us, we are ‘earnestly contending with the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints’ from our Lord Jesus Christ!

Love to all! □


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Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Our Top Ten Articles of 2020

Greetings! The Church of Jesus Christ Online Ministries is pleased to bring you our top ten articles of 2020!


Now, where did we get those things!? Why do millions observe them!? Why would one observe Lent!? Just where did it come from, do you know!?


God's living word has more to say about light - and the absence of it - than you may have thought!


A first-hand witness to some amazing miracles from Almighty God and our Lord God Jesus Christ!


Hello everyone! Welcome to Owensboro, Kentucky. Welcome to NOT a weekly church service of the Owensboro Church of Jesus Christ - but rather - welcome to an annual Holy Day!


Even in regards to clean and unclean meats (Leviticus 11:1-8; 47; Deuteronomy 14:1-29) let us PROVE ALL THINGS AND HOLD FAST TO THAT WHICH IS GOOD (1st Thessalonians 5:21-23).


God and our Lord Jesus Christ set aside a commanded day of rest. A day to 'remember and to keep holy.' Not only is this day given to mankind to take a break from his six-days of labor, but it also serves as a sign between God and His begotten children.


The Old and the New Testaments indeed mentions the FEAST of Unleavened Bread. The great spiritual meaning behind the Days of Unleavened Bread can be found in John 6 when the LORD our God said, 'I AM the bread of life. ... Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood [the breaking and eating of the unleavened bread and the drinking of the wine of Passover], you have no life in you.' Minister Michael C. Garrett explains this God-given gift of His knowledge in this wonderful and extremely educational sermon.


Are Christians to use fermented wine or grape juice for Passover?


I thought our very astute friends would enjoy this!


A greater amount of armed Americans could very well mean the greater possibility of civil unrest. It is prophesied within the living words of the Eternal God - the Holy Bible - of future violent civil unrest!

Saturday, March 28, 2020

Is Civil Unrest Increasing in America?


A good friend messaged me via Facebook with the following:


Also, notice the following:
Coronavirus causes gun sales surge amid fears of civil unrest
The coronavirus is not just causing a shortage of toilet tissue, cleaning supplies and bread, it is prompting an increase in gun and ammunition sales from people fearful of the disease’s potential aftermath.
People like Daniel Hill, who had never purchased a gun prior to the coronavirus pandemic. Last week, Hill picked up two guns, a 9-millimeter Taurus handgun, and an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle, from Hyatt Gun and Coin, a gun store in North Carolina …
Hill, 29, who works as a kitchen manager in Charlotte, N.C., told The Times that the unknown aftermath of the coronavirus caused him to fear a potential lapse in public safety —complete with lootings, robberies and “everything shutting down, like in a zombie movie.” Hill said he feared an America that “just won’t have any sense of lawfulness anymore.”
Gun and ammunition dealers say Hill is not alone. Gun stores are reportedly seeing a sharp increase in customers who share Hill’s fears. Some states have sold out of particular models of firearms and other survival prep gear, including in California, New York, Ohio, Washington State, and Alabama. One Twitter photo showed a long line of people outside of a Los Angeles gun shop, waiting to purchase their firearms. …
Like gun shops, ammunition suppliers are also seeing a sizable increase in sales.
(Read More: https://thegrio.com/2020/03/18/coronavirus-gun-sales-civil-unrest/).
A greater amount of armed Americans could very well mean the greater possibility of civil unrest. It is prophesied within the living words of the Eternal God - the Holy Bible - of future violent civil unrest!

Also, consider - which I posted this morning from The Guardian @aservant1God, "Record 3.3m Americans file for unemployment as the US tries to contain Covid-19".
26 March 2020
Labor Department figures show the number of claims rose to 3.3 million, beating a previous record of 695,000 in October 1982. ...
Experts warned of a "catastrophic unemployment crisis" after the labor department announced jobless claims filed by individuals seeking unemployment benefits rose by more than 3 million to 3.28 million from 281,000 the previous week. ...
US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin has predicted unemployment in the US - close to record lows only last month - could reach 20%. ...
"This morning's jobless claims confirm that the United States is in the thralls of a catastrophic unemployment crisis, the likes of which we haven't seen since the Great Depression," said Andrew Stettner, [a] senior fellow at the Century Foundation thinktank. ...
(Read More: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/26/us-unemployment-rate-coronavirus-business).
Friends, businesses are not merely just "cutting" jobs around the US to save money, a great many businesses are cutting costs so that the business has a chance to continue operating.

Well, truthfully, as increased unemployment goes, what should we expect when various governments declare the shutdown of "non-essential businesses" and the ordering of "shelter-in-place"!? It was our governmental actions (whether right or wrong) that is the cause of the increased unemployment. And, of course, with the grave increase in unemployment means the production and the increase of economic fears.

What is the "solution" that our leaders should make - in the United States and abroad!? As I asked my wife last night - "What is the greatest risk!? The contracting of COVID-19 or the worsening of our national debt!? - which now stands at $26.6 TRILLION! Is it the increasing of our national debt, the promise of cash payments, the relaxing of mortgage rules, and the printing of money out of thin air!? Well, from a prophetic perspective, these decisions will not end well. The United States of America has been surviving from borrowed money for decades. And, it is so bad now that Bloomberg back in 2019 reported that if the US stopped borrowing - she would slip into severe economic depression! Indeed, as Almighty God has led me to understand - according to biblical prophecy, there is coming a time when the US debt will be invoked as a reason to "enslave" the United States as per Habakkuk 2:6-8.

Let us all also consider this which was posted 9 days ago from CIDRAP News:
Modeling study suggests 18 months of COVID-19 social distancing, much disruption
“Each policy has major challenges,” the authors wrote. Mitigation “might reduce peak healthcare demand by 2/3 and deaths by half. However, the resulting mitigated epidemic would  still likely result in hundreds of thousands of deaths and health systems (most notably intensive care units) being overwhelmed many times over.”
To avoid that, the country would need to focus on suppression. But suppression requires social distancing measures far longer than the 14 to 30 days Americans have been told to prepare for. Instead, they would need to be in place for 18 months, or until a vaccine is made available.
“I think the model’s broad conclusion is correct that there is a terrible dilemma of very long-term social distancing, or overloading healthcare systems, or both,” said Marc Lipsitch, DPhil, a professor of epidemiology and the director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics at Harvard University. “With the options currently available I do not see a way to get out of this dilemma.”
Model considers 3 scenarios, predicts high death count
To understand how mitigation or suppression would play out, the Imperial College team, led by Neil Ferguson, OBE, ran a model based on three scenarios. In the first, US officials do nothing to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, schools and businesses are kept open, and the virus is allowed to move through the population.
This would result in 81% of the US population, about 264 million people, contracting the disease. Of those, 2.2 million would die, including 4% to 8% of Americans over age 70. More important, by the second week in April, the demand for critical care beds would be 30 times greater than supply.
If mitigation practices are put in place, including a combination of case isolation, home quarantine, and social distancing of those most at risk (over age 70), the peak critical care demand would reduce by 60%, and there would be half the number of deaths. But this scenario still produces an eightfold demand on critical care beds above surge capacity.
In order to suppress the pandemic to an R0 of below 1, a country would need to combine case isolation, social distancing of the entire population, and either household quarantine or school and university closure, the authors found. These measures “are assumed to be in place for a 5-month duration,” they wrote.
In addition, the authors said, these measures may have to be put back into place if restrictions are lifted and cases surge again.
“I don’t think it is attractive, [I] just don’t see a way out of it,” said Lipsitch.
(Read More: http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/03/modeling-study-suggests-18-months-covid-19-social-distancing-much; retrieved 27 March 2020).
So, certain models are suggesting that a large amount of Americans and a large amount of Germans will contract COVID-19!

And in my case, since my wife works with the public (especially with elderly people, many of which absolutely needs to be driven for their daily dialysis treatments), the odds of contracting COVID-19 are higher. Now, indeed, I pray to Almighty God and our Lord Jesus Christ for Their divine protection for myself and my family and also take appropriate hygienic precautions and the government recommended social distancing, but that is not the case for many around the world - such as @re4lity7 who Twittered me and said, "Thanks but I am an atheist."

Friends, what will happen when, despite the use of social distancing, the shelter-in-place, the closed businesses, the medical treatments, and more, a whole lot more people die!?

Will the survivors increase judgment!? - will civil unrest greatly increase!?

This is what God's Word says it will be like in this end-time - in the latter days - this 11:59 hour:
"But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2) For men [and women] will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers [against God], disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3) unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4) traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5) having a form of godliness but denying its power. AND FROM SUCH PEOPLE TURN AWAY!
And the apostle Paul continues:
Verse 6 - "For this sort are those who creep into households and make captives of gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts, 7) always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 8) Now as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men [and women] of corrupt minds, disapproved concerning the faith" - 2 Timothy 3:1-8; the NKJV throughout, unless noted.
Let us not ever be like them, friends!

We should keep ALWAYS IMPORTANT in our life Jesus Christ, the principles of the New Covenant, the kingdom of God, the Word of God, the Truth of God, and understanding the ultimate Plan of God!

God's living WORD says:
"'Sanctify them by YOUR TRUTH. Your WORD [the Holy Bible] is TRUTH'" - John 17:17.
"For this reason ['for you who walk worthy of God who has called you into His own kingdom and glory!'] we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the WORD OF GOD which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the WORD OF GOD, which also effectively works in you who believe. 14) For you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus. For you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, just as they did from the Judeans" - 1 Thessalonians 2:13-14.
"[B]y the WORD OF TRUTH, by the POWER OF GOD, by the ARMOR OF RIGHTEOUSNESS ON THE RIGHT HAND AND ON THE LEFT [See Ephesians 6:10-18]" - 2 Corinthians 6:7.
"In Him [Jesus Christ] you also trusted, after you heard the WORD OF TRUTH, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise" - Ephesians 1:13.
And this "gospel" in a nutshell is - The resurrected saints of God are not going off to Heaven, but rather Heaven – the throne of God, the Kingdom of God – is coming to the Earth!

As I said in our latest Letter to our Friends, the Church of God is not lost! We understand that these events with prophesied pestilences are going to come about. But we also understand that we have the greatest hope - we have the greatest faith. We have direct communication with the God of our fathers and to the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! And so we don't have fear. We're not afraid of what this COVID-19 is going to bring about! Indeed, we are saddened for those we lost to death - yes. But we know it's not the end - don't we!?

O' dearest friends, in whom we love and indeed pray for always - in this grave stressful time in this world, with this COVID-19, the closed businesses, the travel restrictions, remember the words of Jesus Christ:
"' These things I have spoken to you, that IN ME [remember, the Days of Unleavened Bread will be here soon! A wonderful time of the year to have 'CHRIST IN YOU'!] you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world'" - John 16:33.
"'Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom'" - Luke 12:32.
Yes, friends, a great many of us throughout the world are facing various tribulations, but let us 'be of good cheer, our Savior of the world has overcome the world!'

Notice some Scriptures of great inspiration:
"Happy is the [person] who finds wisdom, And the [person] who gains understanding; 14) For her proceeds are better than the profits of silver, And her gain than fine gold. 15) She is more precious than rubies, And all the things you may desire cannot compare with her. 16) Length of days is in her right hand, In her left hand riches and honor. 17) Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace. 18) She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, And happy are all who retain her" - Proverbs 3:13-18.
"Happy is the [person] who is always reverent, But [the person] who hardens [their] heart will fall into calamity" - Proverbs 28:14.
And, in the Book of Deuteronomy, the great prophet Moses had written the very Words of our Lord GOD, a GRAVE WARNING TO ALL:
"'I call heaven [the atmosphere] and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; THEREFORE CHOOSE LIFE, that both you and your descendants may live; 20) that you may love the LORD your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, FOR HE IS YOUR LIFE AND THE LENGTH OF YOUR DAYS; and that you may dwell in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them'" - Deuteronomy 30:19-20.
Indeed, wisdom can be found in the Holy Bible - the WORD OF GOD - and the Tree of Life for those willing to seek and to retain this wisdom. Yet, those who harden their heart will fall into calamity.

Let us not be like others who do not even acknowledge the LORD God in their heart and mind - let us understand that there is a reaction to every action. Let us live God's Way and let the light of His Spirit shine forth:
"' You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15) Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. 16) Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven'" - Matthew 5:14-16.
So, how should we all live!?
"' It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God'" - Matthew 4:4.
"Pure and undefiled religion before God [Jesus Christ] and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted FROM THE WORLD" - James 1:27.
However, sadly, this world [the very world which the apostle Paul calls 'this present evil age'], for the most part, does not accept God and His revealed truth! Like this morning, I had mentioned to my wife that a greater majority of people didn't like an article I had posted in which I had said - when you turn your back on God, He will turn His back on you! She said, "No, I don't like that either." She feels that this COVID-19 pandemic has nothing to do with one turning their back on God. Yet, we know, that the LORD our God had told the house of Israel (and by extension all of us as well):
"'IF you will return, O Israel,' says the LORD, 'Return to Me; And IF you will put away your abominations out of My sight, Then you shall not be moved. 2) And you shall swear, 'The LORD lives,' In TRUTH, in JUDGMENT, and in RIGHTEOUSNESS; the nations shall be bless themselves in Him, And in Him they shall glory'" - Jeremiah 4:1-2.
I have said to her, part of the reason that our LORD God has taken His blessings from off the nations of Israel is the very fact that -  TODAY in America and Britain: According to the Pew Research Center, up to 25% of Muslims in the United States are converts. Meaning, they were of another religion and they converted to Islam. The United Kingdom 2011 Census gives the UK Muslim population in 2011 as 2,516,000, 4.4% of the total population.

And, she disagreed and said, "Any religion is better than no religion."

Friends, this COVID-19 should serve as a WAKE-UP CALL to all the world!

GOD - the very Creator of all life, all spirit, HAS A PLAN!


Ultimately, His glorious KINGDOM is going to replace the kingdom's of this world (Revelation 11:15) and THEY - God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ - will reign forever and ever! That is the gospel - the GOOD NEWS!

But, you do not need to wait until then.

You can strive to live according to our living God NOW! □