Shhh...
Here’s something I think the world doesn’t know:
As arms cascade, and armies parade,
Show-casing arms, they’ll use against foes,
They’re arming for what Scripture portrays.
It’s earthly foes, they all have in mind,
As new weapons, they crave, then design.
They speak in terms, their foes to malign,
Like young bullies act, in ways benign.
See the Discerning Delusions series here
There’s a strange paradox I perceive,
On both sides of the ‘Christian divide’,
Folks Christian and Christianesque alike,
About good deeds, and what they believe.
What The Bible says, they over-ride,
And think, with The Lord, a deal they’ll strike!
I perceive some Christians may agree,
‘Good deeds salvation’ just isn’t their thing,
But something for other religions.
They ‘signed up’ for salvation that’s free!
So the ‘good deeds thing’, they’re not buying!!
About this, they’ve got strong convictions.
‘Therefore wait for Me,’ says The Lord, ‘Until the day I rise up for plunder; My determination is to gather the nations to My assembly of kingdoms, to pour on them My indignation, all My fierce anger; all the Earth shall be devoured with the fire of My jealousy. For then I will restore to the peoples a pure language [a global unitary language, like pre-Tower of Babel], that they all may call on The Name of The Lord, to serve Him with one accord. From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, My worshipers, the daughter of My dispersed ones, shall bring My offering. In that day you [Jews worldwide] shall not be shamed for any of your deeds in which you transgress against Me [disbelief, denial, denigration, etc.], for then I will take away from your midst [population of Jews worldwide] those who rejoice in your [Jewish and typical human] pride, and you shall no longer be haughty in My holy mountain [global government in the Millennial Reign age, the ‘seat’ of which will be Jerusalem, in a greatly expanded Israel]. I will leave in your midst a meek and humble people [the post-apocalyptic population of Jews worldwide], and they shall trust in The Name of The Lord [The Messiah]. The remnant of Israel shall do no unrighteousness, and speak no lies, nor shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth; for they shall feed their flocks and lie down, and no one shall make them afraid [because of the presence of The Lord God Almighty ruling the Earth].’ (Zephaniah 3:8-13)
This prophecy was given in the 7th century BC, during the 2nd age of human history. It looks forward to the dawn of the The Millennial Reign age, the 5th age of history, when The Lord will have ended the apocalypse at Armageddon.
Ever since this amazing prophecy was pronounced, penned, preserved, propagated and preached, I imagine people who were, and are now familiar with it, may have wondered:
The Bible, history, human nature, and current events, together,
give us more than adequate information to guesstimate
the age-ending conditions in the 3rd-through-6th ages.
Come along as I imagine their ‘Genesis 6 equivalents’.
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1 And it came to pass in the latter days of the 3rd age, that multitudes filled the Earth with the fruits of their evil desires.
2 Many approved Salvation Interns in The Lord’s Kingdom looked upon the ways of the world, and found them pleasing. They mingled their loyalties, and compromised their Internship covenant with those not of His Kingdom.
3 The Lord determined He would vomit them out of His mouth, as He had threatened to do to many in the 1st century Church at Laodicea.
4 There are giants on the Earth in every sector of life: giant corporations and executives; giant political personalities; giant entertainment/social media stars; giant criminal enterprises; and much more. These are the mighty upon the who corrupt all the Earth.
5 Thus, distinctions between The Lord’s righteous Interns, and the profane peoples of the world, began to blur in the eyes of all peoples. The thoughts of their hearts are only of evil, continually.
6 It grieves The Lord how love for Him and His covenant ways had grown cold in the hearts and lives of all peoples, including many in His Church. Their worship is loud and vigorous, with hands lifted high, but their hearts and lifestyles are far from Him, and they refuse to labor in His vineyard.
7 Because they ignored His many, passionate warnings, He turned them over to the spirit of delusion, that they might believe errant teachings and obvious lies they call ‘alternative facts’.
See the introduction and series here
2nd Age Genesis 6 Equivalent
The 2nd age is history.
What follows is my summary
of what I imagine may have been Heaven’s perspective
of that age, as it prepared for the birth of Jesus,
The Lord God, as a man.
1 After King Cyrus released the Babylonian captives, many Jews returned to Judea and began to rebuild Jerusalem, and re-establish Jewish customs across the region. Some men married pagan wives, contrary to The Lord's inter-marriage law. Because the Law was far from their minds, The Lord sent prophets to remind the people of His requirements for them to remain safe in the land. In response to their hard-headedness, The Lord kept His Word to His prophets to send ‘a famine of His Word' across the land. *
2 Now as the end of The Lord’s promised years of ‘silence from Heaven’ approached, ALL in Heaven began to activate their assigned roles, written in The Scripture of Truth, concerning the Birth of The Lord as a human man.
3 Angels dutifully began to orchestrate the assignments of people into their designated roles in the many miraculous events to occur—Roman governors and soldiers assigned to Judea, Mary and Joseph betrothed, degeneration of Temple worship and related affairs, etc.
4 And The Lord said, ‘The time for My birth and sacrificial offering are close at hand. For My Word, and that of My prophets across the 2nd age, shall become historical. From then on, many people will come to know I am The Lord.’
5 The Roman Empire was the giant hegemon in those days—represented by the thighs and legs of iron in the statue about which Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar had long ago dreamed. Rome spread its ruthlessness and wickedness across all regions it controlled.
6 And the kingdom of satan was greatly stirred, understanding something BIG was about to explode on the Earth. Thus, it magnified its deceptions and temptations across the world to distract from what it perceived Heaven may have been planning. satan remembered The Lord’s word in Eden, ‘…The seed of a woman shall crush your head!’
7 Preparing to perform His Father’s will on Earth, The Lord was sustained by The Spirit of Joy for His pending transition from God Almighty, to a fetus in the womb of a virgin.
See the introduction and series here
4th Age Genesis 6 Equivalent
The Bible, history, human nature, and current events, together,
give us more than adequate information to guesstimate
the age-ending conditions in the 3rd-through-6th ages.
Come along as I imagine their ‘Genesis 6 equivalents’.
1 Now it shall come to pass, as the judgments of the 4th age intensify, that multitudes will cry out under the weight of plagues, persecution, and confusion caused by the final anti-Christ leader (the beast), and the apocalypse he will have triggered.
2 The saints who remain—those not yet martyred—will look upon the beast’s systems of the world with fear and trembling. Some will resist; others will compromise, taking the mark of the beast to preserve their lives.
3 And The Lord will say, ‘My witnesses have prophesied, My judgments have fallen, and yet many refuse to repent. The time of My wrath is nearly complete, for satan has empowered the beast and his false prophet to perform lying signs and miraculous wonders, to deceive all who dwell on the Earth.’
4 They are the 4th age giants—of deception and temptation, who corrupt and consume the entire Earth.
5 And The Lord will see the fully-matured iniquity of mankind, that every remaining heart, not sealed by Him, delights continually in rebellion and wickedness.
6 He will be grieved that such a relative few responded to His Gospel, preached by His 144,000 witnesses, and by angels in mid-heaven.
7 Therefore, at the appointed time, The Lord will come, not in silence but in power and blazing GLORY, with all His holy ones and the armies of Heaven behind Him.
The Bible, history, human nature, and current events, together,
give us more than adequate information to guesstimate
the age-ending conditions in the 3rd-through-6th ages.
Come along as I imagine their ‘Genesis 6 equivalents’.
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1 Now it shall come to pass in the closing years of The Lord’s Millennial Reign, that multitudes will begin to decry and resist His righteous requirements, just as their forefathers had resisted monarchal rule in earlier ages.
2 The latter-born sons and daughters of apocalyptic survivors will have no understanding of the intensity of His past judgments upon the sinfulness of mankind, and will only seek to be free from all righteous constraints.
3 And The Lord will say, ‘My presence will not be among this people for much longer. The time of My departure, and of the return of the evil one, is approaching.’
4 Giant-like, influencer personalities will arise among the people, to deceive and stirred them to increase acts of rebellion and corruption.
5 And, to fulfill His strategic purposes, The Lord will extend Grace during their gradual resistance and rebellions. Like their forefathers, the thoughts of their hearts will increasingly be evil.
6 He will Glorify His Father that all things are unfolding according to His plan, purposes and timing.
7 So The Lord will instruct His entourage of angels and immortal saints to begin gradually preparing for their planned, phased departure from the Earth.
The Bible, history, human nature, and current events, together,
give us more than adequate information to guesstimate
the age-ending conditions in the 3rd-through-6th ages.
Come along as I imagine their ‘Genesis 6 equivalents’.
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6th Age Genesis 6 Equivalent
1 Now it shall come to pass after The Lord’s departure from Earth, that the full kingdom of satan will be released from its millennial imprisonment in a bottomless pit.
2 Word of the departure of The Lord and His vast entourage of immortal saints, will quickly spread across the entire Earth. It will be widely greeted with joyous celebrations, as people born during the 5th age will have grown up under His strict, iron rod authority and insistence on righteous lifestyles.
3 But they will be oblivious to the consequences of their celebrations, yet unaware of an evil that is far, far greater than that of sinful human nature.
4 Leaders The Lord’s saints will have appointed at all levels of governance, will have been informed of the evil to come, but they, too, will be swept-up in spontaneous celebrations, as they ponder what post-Millennial Reign life across the world will be like.
5 Influencer personalities who arose during the closing years of the Millennial Reign age, will be well-positioned to usurp leadership roles, especially at the national levels. Some will also quickly rise to greater global influence and power, unaware of their hidden, growing source of power.
6 Within a short time, at the threat of execution, these influencers will have deposed all of the leaders who were appointed by The Lord’s saints.
7 The saints in Jerusalem will not be untouched by these developments. Many will be overcome with great fear, and some will seek to leave Jerusalem to blend in with the general populations across the world, abandoning their faith in The Word of The Lord.
‘Apeacemint’…
It hides the taste of war’s decay,
For peace at any cost!
It seeks a peace that may last days,
Then shows who is the boss! 2
‘Apeacemint’…
Japan attacked Manchuria.
The League of Nations balked.
Japan then took more of China,
By which the League was shocked! 3
During my childhood, I heard lots about ‘going home to be with Jesus’. Only as a young adult did I learn about returning to Earth to reign with Him for a thousand years. But only when I dedicated serious time to dissecting and deciphering the overall, strategic plan and message of The Bible, was I able to ‘connect the dots’ between these two events. That sparked a hunger and thirst to perceive more, much more than is written in The Bible! The Lord pointed me to His promises, first in Joel 2:28-29, written several centuries before the end of the 2nd age of human history; and second, through Peter in Acts 2:17-18 (written during the 1st century AD). (Please study, meditate and keep those passages in mind.)
During The Lord’s 3-year ministry as a man, during the closing years of the 2nd age, He joined other ‘attentive prophets’ in His day, to personally activate His first promise. Imagine that! He released a trove of fresh, un-written insights into Heaven’s plans for humanity, elucidating, and then going far beyond what Old Testament prophets had seeded. You recall the flak He encountered from the Pharisees of His day. They ordered His crucifixion, essentially because He claimed to be 'The Son of God', and His teachings did not parrot exactly and ONLY what Moses had written some 15 centuries earlier! Imagine that… Here's what I intuit...
