Some
Foretelling of Our Future, but Not From Me
by Web
pastor Paul J. Bern
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This
week as I continue to warn people about certain cataclysmic events
that will happen in the fairly near future, I'm going to change the
focus from one centered on the United States to that of a global
focus. We seem to be headed for a combination of events in human
history of great importance. Much of these traumatic events will be
economic in nature. As you know, the US dollar is on the ropes, being
in the process of being replaced by the Chinese Yuan as the World
Reserve Currency. A major devaluation of the dollar is sure to
follow, likely by 50% or more, and Wall Street will be just another
financial center like the FTSE in London and so on. Never mind what
the main stream media tells you, they lost all their credibility
after the 2016 elections and have yet to regain it.
The
Bible also prophesies about natural disasters of all kinds as the End
Times come upon us, just as they currently are. For example, in
Revelation chapter 8, where the apostle John wrote about the 2nd
Trumpet, verses 8-9 read, “The
second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain,
all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned to
blood, a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third
of the ships were destroyed.”
Further down in 'the 7 Trumpets' by just a few verses, John
elaborates on a gigantic earthquake of unprecedented proportions, and
Jesus corroborated this in Mathew 24 and Luke 21. But for today I'm
going to go to a new place in the Bible where we haven't been before,
the Book of Joel towards the back of the Old Testament, right between
Hosea and Amos. There is a lot of prophetic stuff in this short
little book that bears our attention, but for the sake of brevity I'm
going to be sticking to the main points. For starters, let's go to
Joel chapter 2, verses 1-2, and I quote:
“Blow
the trumpet in Zion, sound the alarm on my holy hill. Let all who
live in the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming. It is
close at hand – a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and
blackness. Like dawn spreading across the mountains a large and
mighty army comes, such as never was of old nor ever will be in ages
to come.”
In
the above verses, “Zion” is the hill just outside Jerusalem that
is sometimes called “Mount Zion”. This is the small mountain –
just 2,510 feet at its summit – from which Jesus Christ ascended
into heaven, and to which he will return someday soon, just as we
studied 3 weeks ago in part 3 of Luke chapter 24. “Blow
the trumpet in Zion, sound the alarm on my holy hill.”
On the surface this would appear to be a prophecy directed at the
nation of Israel, and in fact that would be correct (see Deuteronomy
6: 4; Isaiah 27: 6; Mark 12: 29; Romans 9: 6; and Ephesians 3: 6).
However, in order for this to be occurring the United States,
Israel's greatest ally by far, would have to be either taken out of
the way or would turn against Israel somehow. But I have searched the
Scriptures and can find no such instance of that occurring. There are
only three ways the United States could be neutralized or otherwise
removed from its position as a global superpower – by military
defeat, by a natural disaster or an economic collapse of some kind.
“Let
all who live in the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming.
It is close at hand – a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds
and blackness.”
As I wrote just above, this seems to describe a huge calamity of some
kind. “.... darkness
and gloom” and “clouds and blackness”
could be the aftermath of the mountain-sized boulder striking the
ocean as described in Revelation chapter 8, or what's left of the
planet after a nuclear war. “Like
dawn spreading across the mountains a large and mighty army comes,
such as never was of old nor ever will be.....”
Currently the largest and most potent military by far is that of the
USA. So this is either a reference to American military power in the
Last Days, or to a military alliance greater than that of the United
States. Well, you probably know that Russia and China signed a
sweeping treaty agreement a couple of years ago. This agreement
pledged cooperation between the two giant nations both militarily and
economically. Only time will tell whose military this is referring to
in Joel's prophecy, but a Russia-China alliance is a distinct
possibility.
In
the closing verses of the Book of Joel he wrote: “Proclaim
this among the nations: Prepare for war! Rouse the warriors! Let all
the fighting men draw near and attack. Beat your plowshares into
swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weakling say, 'I
am strong!' Come quickly, all you nations from every side, and
assemble there. Bring down your warriors, O Lord.....The sun and the
moon will be darkened, and the stars no longer shine. The Lord will
roar from Zion and thunder from Jerusalem; the earth and the sky will
tremble. But the Lord will be a refuge for his people, a stronghold
for the people of Israel.”
(Joel 3, verses 9-11, 15-16)
As
you can clearly see, there in nothing ambiguous at all about this
passage of Scripture. This is about as blunt and direct as you can
get. Notice, too, all the armies of the world are gathering around
the nation of Israel. As I wrote earlier, the only way this could
occur would be for Israel's main ally, the USA, to be taken out of
the picture completely. This doesn't necessarily mean the US will
cease to exist, but it will be unable to respond to Israel's cries
for help. This is ominous for America, to say the least. This also
means Israel will be effectively isolated strategically, militarily
and economically. “Prepare
for war! Rouse the warriors! Let all the fighting men draw near and
attack.”
Israel
is strategically situated at the junction between the Middle East,
Africa and Europe, facing the Mediterranean sea. Moreover, one of the
world's largest deposits of oil and natural gas were found a few
miles off Israel's coast back in 2015, making Israel energy
independent just like most of the other Arab countries with large oil
and gas deposits.
“Let
the weakling say, 'I am strong!'” Everybody
wants to get in on this future war, even some of the smaller
countries (like Syria, Lebanon and Yemen, maybe?). Why? Because there
is no one to oppose them, since Israel's primary ally, the United
States, is evidently no longer in the picture. “Come
quickly, all you nations from every side, and assemble there. Bring
down your warriors, O Lord...”
Hurry up, there's no time to waste! All you various armies, take your
positions and prepare for the order to attack! Strike now while the
iron's still red hot! But what does the next sentence say? “Bring
down your warriors, O Lord.” You want to fight with God, do you?
OK, bring on your soldiers and God will bring forth his. That is
precisely what the prophet Joel was saying here. This battle between
the forces of good and evil, of God and Satan, is likely a reference
to the Battle of Armageddon that is prophesied in Daniel chapter 12,
Revelation chapter 19 (not Rev. 18, that's another battle), and other
places.
“The
sun and the moon will be darkened, and the stars no longer shine. The
Lord will roar from Zion and thunder from Jerusalem; the earth and
the sky will tremble. But the Lord will be a refuge for his
people....”
What would cause that to occur, not being able to see the sun, moon
and stars? What would blot out the sky both day and night? More smoke
and soot than any of us could imagine, most likely. I can only think
of 3 things that could produce that much smoke and soot to the point
of nearly blotting out the sun and moon, while rendering the stars
invisible at night. Every night, in such an event, would be like a
new moon. Either a massive volcanic eruption, or the earth being
struck by a comet or meteor, or the fires of World War Three –
those are the three main things I can think of that would cause such
a calamity as that. Any of the three possibilities based on today's
scripture I have just named would be catastrophic. For any of us to
fail to heed these warnings that are in Bible prophecy – and Bible
prophecy is right 100% of the time – would be equally catastrophic.
Remember, this isn't just my opinion, I'm taking this message right
straight from the Bible. Be sure and receive this message the same
way. Shalom....
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