The Last Days Church

You are experiencing the final days of “last days” of this age. Jesus is coming back in the flesh very soon! The Bible gave us a lot of clues about when the end of this age will come, and those signs are all around us! This is very exciting! However, we must wake up

For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather. ‘Immediately after the distress of those days ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’ Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door. Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. (Matthew 24:27-34)

There are 4 kids of responses to the “time of the end.”

1) People who deny and refuse to get involved in prophecies regarding the “time of the end.” This is the majority of the world. All 5 largest world religions refuse to deal with “time of the end” because of its complication, fear elements, and in credible diversity. Why do you think Noah preached 120 years, and NO ONE except his family were saved? Same today. (Mathew 24:37)

2) People who obsess over “time of the end” prophecies, theories of interpretation, charts, conspiracy theories, esoteric information, date setting, and predictions. Very often behind this drive there is an obsession for tangibility, idolatrous knowledge, and let’s face it an intense lust for results. Fear creates results, followers, and money. People pay for pleasure and fear.

3) Denominations, cults, and groups who use “time of the end” information to elevate themselves and define WHO IS RIGHT AND WHO IS WRONG. This approach creates a “we versus the rest” mindset that is also very reassuring. Group mind is very powerful.

4) Those honestly accept the main prophetic pillars that point to the “time of the end,” but do not obsess over details. How do you know when you are stepping into a territory not blessed by God? Simple. When 27 other “time of the end” experts are fighting regarding details and they all disagree on the details.

Seek to understand and believe the signs of the times as presented in the Bible. Do not obsessed over details because I promise you, for every detail you believe, someone else will come and tell you, you are wrong!

Satan’s Final Last Days Deception #

Your BRAIN, your MIND is the territory the devil seeks; control of the physical just follows the control of your BRAIN.

Look at 2 Corinthians 4:4.

What part of your SELF does the devil blind? Its not the physical eyes, HE IS AFTER YOUR BRAIN, your MIND! He wants to slowly align those 100 billion neurons to work efficiently for him, until he gets total possession. The Greek word for mind is “novhma Noema”, which translates mental thought or perception, that which thinks. Here is where Satan fights for control. All for the purpose of blinding you from the truth of God. He uses a variety of tools, strategies, skills to win the battle of your brain.

How you THINK, the inner-person YOU are, guides your perceptions. Here is where Satan is at work, and here is where the Bible warns us to set our guard. God’s word implores with you to protect YOUR BRAIN against the ways of this world, which are demonic in nature.

Satan and his fallen-angels, through the proxy of fallen-humanity, battle for the control of YOUR BRAIN. When a person surrenders to God, their perceptions change, because the Spirit of God, the presence of God, the Holy Spirit is now GUIDING THE BRAIN, THE THOUGHTS, THE MIND, THE WILL in a different direction. Satan looses total control over their mind. The kingdom of God has advanced on his territory.

“The heart is hopelessly dark and deceitful, a puzzle that NO ONE can figure out.

But I, God, search the heart and examine the mind. I get to the heart of the human. I get to the root of things. I treat them as they really are, not as they pretend to be.”

While religion, morality and culture define what’s “right” and “wrong”, God always goes deeper! The world says, “Do what your heart tells you. Follow your heart.” That is a creed believed by millions today. It is one of the great cultural myths of the Western world, a gospel proclaimed in many movies and songs and television programs and stories. People spend hours watching movies that promote one of the devil’s most accepted myths! Not only that, what they wouldn’t dare do openly, because of the judgmental legalism and morality they would face, they live, accept, and caress in the depths of their hearts. Thus, their walk with God is incongruent! They follow religion, but in their fantasy world, they follow the devil! God says, “Your heart is deceitful.” Even, when it looks like you are obeying the 10 commandments, and have the truth, and follow the truth, and do the religious stuff. (Rich Young Ruler Mark 10:17-27) Under all of that, there is a deeper reality. The condition of your heart is what God looks at! Your heart matters to God, more than your outward behavior! Your heart must be filled by God’s presence, and His drive, to do His will, then your behavior will reflect it! I don’t believe in judging externals. It is deceiving. Religion does that all the time. Whether it’s adultery, homosexuality, abortion or whatever! Externals are always deceiving. When a person surrenders to God, and accepts Him in his/her heart, God changes people from the inside out. There is peace. There is harmony. The fruit of the Spirit blossoms fully. Galatians 5 We need a higher standard of authority than our heart, our feelings, our emotions. A higher standard of authority than mere opinion from the culture, from morality, legalism, and religion. We must ask God to seek the depths of our hearts. That takes time. It takes a walk with God. It takes listening to God. It takes a commitment to reading God’s Word in its totality. It takes prayer. And above all things it takes a humble heart! The problem we have today is a watered-down gospel. Religion has replaced the radical call of Jesus to look deep into our hearts. That’s why religion is so quick to judge some sins such as adultery, and very, very, very slow to call on the deeper sins of the heart: namely, pride, greed, materialism, money obsession, and insensitivity towards poverty, and injustice. Because of that, many have a watered-down understanding of what it means to be a disciple of Jesus, a follower of God. We have Christians who have become so much like the world, that the world doesn’t even want to become like them. Remember Peter? And this is the truth! Have you ever watched Christians in “worldly” circles trying to “fit” and be “cool.”? Here is the truth, Friend. What was considered normal followship of Christ in the first and the second century, before Christianity became an institution, would be considered RADICAL by today’s standards. But that is what we need today: RADICAL FOLLOWERS OF GOD. To put it another way, we need followers of God that are willing to stand for God no matter what. We need followers of God that know that the only real TRUTH is the one God reveals in the heart! God transforms the human heart. The human heart without God is deceiving. I see all day long the results of behavior caused by the human heart. Give God a chance, Friend! Instead of trying to accommodate the Word of God to our changing culture, we need to accommodate our culture to the unchanging Word of God.

What is the Apocalypse? #

We live in a time when increasingly numbers of people, from all walks of life, are familiar with the phrase, “time of the end,” or “apocalypse.”

There are 5 things you need to know about the time of the end.

1) The condition of the world before the coming of Jesus. Matthew 24:12

“In the confusion, [time of the end] lying preachers [false religion] will come forward and deceive a lot of people. For many others, the overwhelming spread of evil will do them in—nothing left of their love but a mound of ashes." “The love of most will grow cold.” (NIV)

Three aspects deserve attention from this passage.

False religion

The five major religions of the world are infested with errors and erroneous concepts about God. Religion is driving much of the confusion of the world. I define religion: “As the human attempt to conceptualize, systematize, define, anthropomorphize (project humanity on God), use God to drive human behavior, create morality, question Him, (agnosticism), or reject His existence (atheism). All for the purpose to affect human behavior. Religion begins with the human search. A relationship with God begins with Him reaching out to humanity. Thus, He invites us FIRST to let Him love us.

I believe there are followers of God all around the world, who are hearing the voice of God and following Him in their personal lives. These people come from all walks of life, all religions and persuasions.

Chaotic conditions

• Climate change, natural disasters
• Hostilities among nations
• Military or militarized conflicts in the US, and geopolitical regions of the words
• Economic crisis
• Conflicts between the “left” (the majority of the world, poor, oppressed), and the right (1%, 10%, greed, political powers)
• Pandemics
• Hopelessness and loss of meaning

Most people will lose their ability to love, and accept love.

The absence of love will increasingly create the vacum for violence to escalate at all levels. Loveless marriages, divorce, generational tensions, lack of compassion, greed, and demonic forces driving people to do the unthinkable.

Word of Jesus about conditions in the time of the end. Matthew 24

“Later as he [Jesus] was sitting on Mount Olives, his disciples approached and asked him, “Tell us, when are these things going to happen? What will be the sign of your coming, that the time’s up?”

[False religion] “Jesus said, “Watch out for doomsday deceivers. Many leaders are going to show up with forged identities, claiming, ‘I am Christ, the Messiah.’ They will deceive a lot of people.”

[Armed conflicts] “When reports come in of wars and rumored wars, keep your head and don’t panic. This is routine history; this is no sign of the end. Nation will fight nation and ruler fight ruler, over and over.”

[Natural disasters] “Famines and earthquakes will occur in various places. This is nothing compared to what is coming.”

[Persecution - Violence] “They are going to throw you to the wolves and kill you, everyone hating you because you carry my name. And then, going from bad to worse, it will be dog-eat-dog, everyone at each other’s throat, everyone hating each other.”

[False religion - Chaos - Absence of love] “In the confusion, lying preachers will come forward and deceive a lot of people. For many others, the overwhelming spread of evil will do them in—nothing left of their love but a mound of ashes.

[Key to victory for followers of God] “Staying with it—that’s what God requires. Stay with it to the end. You won’t be sorry, and you’ll be saved. All during this time, the good news of the kingdom—will be preached all over the world, a witness staked out in every country. And then the end will come.”

[AntiChrist-Mark of the beast-Religio-political allegiance (Daniel-Revelation)] “But be ready to run for it when you see the monster of desecration set up in the Temple sanctuary. The prophet Daniel described this. If you’ve read Daniel, you’ll know what I’m talking about. If you’re living in Judea at the time, run for the hills; if you’re working in the yard, don’t return to the house to get anything; if you’re out in the field, don’t go back and get your coat. Pregnant and nursing mothers will have it especially hard.

[Chaotic conditions as never seen-God will put an end before the world self-destroys] “This is going to be trouble on a scale beyond what the world has ever seen, or will see again. If these days of trouble were left to run their course, nobody would make it. But on account of God’s chosen people, [you, Friend] the trouble will be cut short.

[False religion] “If anyone tries to flag you down, calling out, ‘Here’s the Messiah!’ or points, ‘There he is!’ don’t fall for it. Fake Messiahs and lying preachers are going to pop up everywhere. Their impressive credentials and dazzling performances will pull the wool over the eyes of even those who ought to know better. But I’ve given you fair warning. So if they say, ‘Run to the country and see him arrive!’ or, ‘Quick, get downtown, see him come!’ don’t give them the time of day."

[The truth about the Second Coming of Jesus] “The Arrival of the Son of Man [Jesus] isn’t something you go to see. HE COMES like swift lightning to you! Whenever you see crowds gathering, think of carrion vultures circling, moving in, hovering over a rotting carcass. You can be quite sure that it’s not the living Son of Man pulling in those crowds.”

[The Second Coming of Jesus] “Then, the Arrival of the Son of Man! [Jesus] IT WILL FILL THE SKIES—NO ONE WILL MISS IT. UNREADY people all over the world, OUTSIDERS to the splendor and power, will raise a huge lament as they watch the Son of Man blazing out of heaven. At that same moment, he’ll dispatch his angels with a trumpet-blast summons, pulling in God’s chosen from the four winds, from pole to pole. [What a spectacular description]

[SIGNS of the Second Coming of Jesus is what we have, NOT A SPECIFIC DATE. Watch out for obsessive date setting] “Take a lesson from the fig tree. From the moment you notice its buds form, the merest hint of green, you know summer’s just around the corner. So it is with you: When you see all these things, you’ll know he’s at the door. Don’t take this lightly. I’m not just saying this for some future generation, but for all of you. This age continues until all these things take place. Sky and earth will wear out; my words won’t wear out.

“But the exact day and hour? No one knows that, not even heaven’s angels, not even the Son. Only the Father knows."

[Conditions in the culture by the time of Jesus’ Second Coming] “The Arrival of the Son of Man [Jesus] will take place in times like Noah’s. Before the great flood EVERYONE was carrying on as USUAL, HAVING A GOOD TIME right up to the day Noah boarded the ark. They KNEW NOTHING—until the flood hit and swept everything away.”

[The Second Coming of Jesus will happen all of a sudden] “The Son of Man’s Arrival will be like that: Two men will be working in the field—one will be taken, one left behind; two women will be grinding at the mill—one will be taken, one left behind."

[Warning from Jesus] “So stay AWAKE, ALERT. YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT DAY YOUR MASTER WILL SHOW UP. But you do know this: You know that if the homeowner had known what time of night the burglar would arrive, he would have been there with his dogs to prevent the break-in. Be vigilant just like that. YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THE SON OF MAN IS GOING TO SHOW UP.”

[I have to confess I get very impatient with people who try so hard to predict the time of Jesus’ coming. You can read books and books of conspiracy theories and ignore what Jesus’ said! NO ONE KNOWS! You have no idea!]

[This is for Pastors and leaders] “Who here qualifies for the job of overseeing the kitchen? A PERSON THE MASTER CAN DEPEND ON TO FEED THE WORKERS ON TIME EACH DAY. SOMEONE THE MASTER CAN DROP IN ON UNANNOUNCED AND ALWAYS FIND HIM DOING HIS JOB. A God-blessed man or woman, I tell you. It won’t be long before the Master will put this person in charge of the whole operation."

[I want to be this person. People who tend to obsess about the events of Jesus coming, prediction, date setting, conspiracy theories should be avoided. Do what God has called you to do. Fulfill your purpose. Live every day as if Jesus won’t come for 1.000 more years, be ready as He would come back tomorrow. That’s the key. By the way, most of “time of the end terrorists, and expert speculators” (Pastors, teachers), are making very good money out of scaring people, and satisfying an obsessive, neurotic need to know… ]

[Religious hypocrites] “But if that person only looks out for himself, and the minute the Master is away does what he pleases—abusing the help and throwing drunken parties for his friends—the Master is going to show up when he least expects it and make hash of him. He’ll end up in the dump with the hypocrites, out in the cold shivering, teeth chattering.”

Nothing can be more clear than the teachings of Jesus regarding the time of the end.

2) The mark of God’s followers in the time of the end. John 13:35

“This is how EVERYONE will recognize that you are my disciples—when they see the love you have for each other.”

Notice it’s not a message, doctrine or a teaching that will tell the world who are God’s people. But the witness of LOVE, compassion, and care.

Followers of God to let God love them, which then enables them to love others, have compassion, and not respond violently to persecution and attacks from the world. LOVE and the absence of it will divide the world in two groups: The majority of the world will be unable to love, and a small minority will continue to respond in compassion, and love to people, regardless of adverse circumstances. Most Jesus said, “will quit loving” (Matthew 24:12)

We are told by historians of the early church called “The Way,” (followers of Jesus. Acts 9:2 is the first mention of this church out of 6 times), that the way in which pagans and secular people KNEW followers of Jesus, was by the way they expressed love. They way they cared for each other. An anonymous onlooker from that epoch is said to have described them as, “Look how they love each other” They were truly a community of love and compassion. Imagine a community of wealthy people and poor, followers of God, who sell all their real estate properties, possessions, expensive cars and take the money back so everyone will have their needs taken acre of. That’s what marked that early church. Capitalism, individualism, and the greed of Wall Street would have shocked them!

I know there are people who think this “love” concept is too soft. There must be some substance, some doctrine that will distinguish followers of God in the time of the end.

To those who worry about legalistic issues, obedience, doctrines, and who “has the truth,” I say, “when you let God love you, you will obey out of love whatever God directs you to do.” Lovers don’t need lessons on how to love. A young mother learns very quickly how to love her baby. Love is a driving force.

3) The specific events to take place between now and the Second Coming of Jesus are revealed to us in the Bible as prophetic statements. God has not left us without information about the time of the end.

• Daniel 11, 12
• The book of Revelation
• Statements by Jesus
• Statements by writers of the NT

There is: 1) a prophetic message in the Bible followers of God must understand, and 2) a prophetic worldwide movement composed by people who choose to follow God. (This is not to be confused with “time of the end terrorists,” paranoid fanatics, conspiracy theories, obsessive date setting, and fear-mongering predictions.) Fear is not from God. Love is (1 John 4:18).

We must keep in mind what matters! The devil is in the details. If you are a follower of God, He will reveal to you what you must do. God will not leave you at the mercy of you understanding volumes of volumes of details. You must know the main sings and be ready to follow God, not the world.

4) There will be a critical decision followers of God will have to make before the Second Coming of Jesus. Revelation 14: 9-11

“A third Angel followed, shouting, warning, ‘If anyone worships the Beast and its image [false religion] and takes the mark on forehead or hand, that person will drink the wine of God’s wrath, prepared unmixed in his chalice of anger… No respite for those who worship the Beast and its image, who take the mark of its name.” MEANWHILE, the saints stand passionately patient, keeping God’s commands, staying faithful to Jesus.”

I believe, rooted in intense study of Biblical prophecies that the world will be called to go back to God, due to the calamities falling upon the earth. In a last desperate attempt to calm the wrath of God, religion will call the masses to go back to church. A Sunday law will be legalized and imposed as a sign of loyalty to God. Except for the fact that “Sunday keeping” is the mark of false religion. Those who observe the commandments of God will be called by God to observe Sabbath (Saturday) as a day of worship. That will signal the beginning of fierce persecution of followers of God by religion and political powers. Make no mistake about Sunday keeping. The Catholic Church has clearly acknowledge from the beginning the Church had the authority to change God’s day of rest for a Church’s chosen day. The Catholic catechism is clear. The reformation kept Sunday among all the reforms, and evangelicals today twist Scriptures, the Bible to say that Sabbath is not abiding for followers of God. I can dialogue with Catholics because the issue is not Sunday or Sabbath (Saturday) but the authority of the church and the Bible. For evangelical Christians the issue is hermeneutical maneuvering, and distortion of the Biblical text.

Just for your information I post one statement which shows that Protestants all follow the Catholic church.

“The Bible everywhere enforces the sanctification of Saturday the seventh day of the week…You Protestants have to admit the authority of the Roman Catholic Church that is branded on you when you observe Sunday because you have no other authority for Sunday but that of the Roman Catholic Church.”- James Gibbons (American Catholic Cardinal, Virginia; July 23, 1834 – March 24, 1921)

5) God’s promise to His people in the time of the end. Daniel 12: 1-3

This is a phenomenal promise for followers of God.

“At that time [time of the end] Michael, [Jesus], the great prince who PROTECTS YOUR PEOPLE, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. BUT at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—WILL BE DELIVERED. Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt. Those who are wise[a] will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.”

The Bible, in the Book of Revelation, warns us that a POLITICAL-RELIGIOUS LEADER will arise in the LAST DAYS of the history of this world WHO DRIVE THE WORLD INTO A ONE-WORLD RELIGION. This is not a new idea. It was predicted 2.000 years in a vision God gave the apostle John in the Island of Patmos.

“I saw ANOTHER Beastrising out of the ground. It had two horns like a lamb but sounded like a dragon when it spoke. (This “beast” in prophetic terms represents the USA as a world power). IT WAS A PUPPET OF THE FIRST BEAST, (The first beast has been traditionally understood to be the Catholic Church)… (The second beast) made earth and everyone in it worship the FIRST BEAST, which had been healed of its deathblow.” (This last description of the first beast provides us with a historical anchor to know what it means) Revelation 13: 11-18

The deathblow inflicted on the first beast has always been considered the 59 years the Vatican was invaded as a “Papal independent State” and invalidated on September 20th, 1870. The deathblow was the abolition of “church-state” kind of government. On February 11th, 1929, an historic treaty was signed between the Italian Government and the Vatican re-establishing the political power and diplomatic standing of the Catholic Church. Back to church-state kind of government. The agreement signed 70 years ago by Benito Mussolini and Cardinal Gasparri, on behalf of the King Victor Emmanuel III and Pope Pius XI, restored the full diplomatic and political power of the Holy See of Rome. And today, all the world indeed “wonders” at the revived power of the Roman Catholic Church, which is the epitome of CHURCH and STATE combined in one institution with ambassadors all over the world, its own bank, government entities, and a major player in global politics all under the headship of a political-religious person, namely, the Pope.

Continues John in the Book of revelation:

“This second Beast (The USA) worked magical signs, dazzling people by making fire come down from Heaven. It used the magic it got from the Beast to dupe earth dwellers, getting them to make an IMAGE OF THE BEST that received the deathblow and lived. It was able to animate the image of the Beast (give power to the first beast) so that it talked, and then arrange that anyone not worshiping the Beast would be killed. It forced all people, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to have a mark on the right hand or forehead. Without the mark of the name of the Beast or the number of its name, it was impossible to buy or sell anything.”

“Solve a riddle: Put your heads together and figure out the meaning of the number of the Beast. It’s a human number: 666.”

The second beast (The USA) will have the appearance of a lamb (Revelation 13:11), which means it will “appear to be a follower of God.” However, in reality he is an impostor and a deceiver. The true identity of the second beast, is the one of the false prophet. His campaign to unite the world’s religions will ultimately lead people of all faiths to come together for the purpose of WORSHIPING THE FIRST BEAST, THE ANTICHRIST.

This is what you need to catch. The model of church-state government under the papacy, will be implemented in the United States under the direction of the Vatican. That’s what the prophecy says.

Ellen White, prophet of God, said 150 years ago the following:

“WHEN the leading churches of the United States, uniting in such points of doctrine as are held by them in common, shall INFLUENCE THE STATE TO ENFORCE their decrees and to sustain their institutions, THEN Protestant America will have formed an IMAGE TO THE ROMAN HIERARCHY, and the infliction of civil penalties upon dissenters inevitably result.” (Great Controversy, p, 445)

Only a “political-religious” leader, following the the model of the Vatican, like the United States could fulfill the requirements of having the appearance of a lamb and leading the world in worship.

So believers have been warned in advance to be on the lookout for this movement which I believe is happening very quickly now. Our alarms should be blowing when we see someone taking actions to unite the religions of the world. However, since the Bible does not tell us the dates we are instructed to be on the alert, be sober, aware of the schemes of the devil. We are warned not to be spiritually asleep like those who are in darkness.

The Lord Jesus warned his followers, “Be on the alert then, for you do not know the day nor the hour” (Matthew 25:13). So those who are committed to obeying God should be paying close attention to the events happening in the world around them.

Today we see a religious leader taking action to unify the religions of the world in ways that are unprecedented. His name is Pope Francis, the leader of the Catholic Church.

Pope Francis appears to be on a crusade to unite the religions of the world into one. He started fast from the beginning and has not slowed down. Since being elected Pope on March 13 2013, he has launched initiatives to reconcile differences between leaders of every major religion, including longstanding rifts between Christian denominations.

I believe the United States will follow the direction of the Pope in all political affairs, and the direction of the government, beginning September 23, 2015. In fact, I am convinced the next Presidential election will be heavily influenced by Pope Francis’ agenda. The United States will order the world to follow the message of the Pope regarding the following issues:

• The environment

• Socio-economic issues. Compassion. What could be more “religious” than to cover the poor, eliminate discrimination, and create a sense of openness to all people. Forgiveness for abortion. Forgiveness for divorce.

• A message of love and compassion for sinners which will unite all religions. De-emphasize differences and proclaim the love, the mercy and the forgiveness of God.

God’s last message to the world is a message of compassion, love, mercy and grace.

“Legalistic” denominations with cultic tendencies like to speak of JUDGMENT. I believe in judgment. But if the judgment of God is not framed by GOD’S LOVE, His judgment will be used to create FEAR and religious behavior modification which is not healthy. There is a strong confrontation around the world right now between compassion, and intolerance. Intolerance is often used under the umbrella of religion. Ask God to give you a spirit of discernment.

I believe the world will become involved in a “new spiritual revival” like we have never seen before. Under the umbrella or love and compassion there will be great deception and confusion between the TRUE REDEMPTIVE TRANSFORMING LOVE OF GOD, and a SUPERFICIAL RELIGIOUS LOVE AND COMPASSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF UNITY.

The reason why I believe this point is so important it’s because God’s last message to the world is HIS LOVE… Inviting people to LET HIM LOVE THEM, and allowing the transforming power of His grace to follow Him. I have said this for years. THE DEVIL and GOD will preach the “SEEMINGLY SAME MESSAGE” to the world, and the ones who will know the difference will be those who have a RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, away from religion and legalistic dogma.

“All the world needs is LOVE” will sound like true religion. There is false love and true love. You can only be a true lover if you let God love you, FIRST!

There will be great tension between RELIGIOUS LEGALISM on one extreme, (Disenchanted people fighting a religious battle), THE ONE WORLD RELIGION that will influence governments and political moves at all levels, and a true RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD which calls for true loyal love to Him and His commandments, even unto death. Matthew 25:12 is about to begin its major fulfillment:

Due to FALSE RELIGION, (The ONE WORLD RELIGION. Many in the religions of the world will be disenchanted and will open up to God’s love and grace), and the chaos, violence, environmental disasters, and the confusion of the world, MOST people will lose their ability to love and be loved.

• The world will become a jungle of conflict BETWEEN the absence of LOVE on one extreme, and FALSE LOVE, driven by fear, on the other extreme.
• Perhaps a major global attack against ISIS and Muslims who do not surrender to the ONE WORLD RELIGION.
• A possible economic global crash.
• Persecution against those who remain loyal to God, and refuse to follow the ONE WORLD RELIGION.

This message of unity has been the ongoing theme by Pope Francis in meeting after meeting, and nation after nation. Pope Francis has not only sought unity among Catholics, but has ventured much farther than any previous Pope in reaching out to people of other religions. This is a pre-requisit for the second beast, the United States, to call the world to follow the Pope.

“And he makes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed.” (Revelation 13:12)

Believers everywhere should be watching and praying, on the alert, sober and fully awake for the devil comes craftily, cloaked as a lamb. Vigilant but not rooted in FEAR, legalism and a judgmental spirit.

Rejoicing because the end is near. Sharing the GOOD NEWS of God’s love with neighbors, family. Loving people, expressing compassion, praying for miracles of transformation. Keeping our marriages and families together under the umbrella of God’s grace, healing power, and LOVE.

The DEVIL and GOD will be preaching the “seemingly same” message in the time of the end. That’s why it will be so confusing. The devil just wants to copy, imitate everything God does. The is the false light.

It’s a misconception to believe that the DEVIL will be preaching LOVE, compassion, unification to the world, while GOD calls his followers to preach LEGALISM, RIGIDITY OF DOCTRINE AND DOGMA. I want you to catch the subtlety of what I am saying.

Don’t put your TOTAL TRUST IN END-TIME PROPHECIES, the fear mongering details some Pastors and churches use to create obsessive addiction to details, and predictions of the end. This is all part of what I call RELIGION. Speculation and conspiracy theories run high in the realm of RELIGION. INSTEAD PUT YOUR TRUST IN GOD. Let God LOVE YOU, and develop a RELATIONSHIP with Him, by surrendering your life to Him! God will never let His people be deceived. Study prophecies for awareness without falling into human obsession!

The prostitute riding the beast. UNION OF CHURCH AND STATE AS ONE CONTROLLING WORLD POWER.

Revelation 17 is delineated into two parts: (1) the vision (17:1–6a), in which John the revelator observes a woman who is depicted as a prostitute riding the beast; and (2) the audition (17:6b–18), in which the interpreting angel explains to John the meaning of the vision of the prostitute and the beast that carries her.

In the vision, John is invited to witness the judgment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters, seductively deceiving the inhabitants of the earth (vv. 1, 2). This woman is subsequently identified as “ ‘Babylon the great, the mother of harlots’ ” (v. 5).1 In the Hebrew Scriptures, a prostitute symbolically refers to God’s people in their apostasy (Isa. 1:21; Jer. 3:1; Ezek. 16; 23; Hosea 3; 4). The portrayal of the prostitute in Revelation 17 shows that she represents an entity that was once faithful to God before aligning herself with the end-time opponent of God and His faithful remnant. Babylon is thus a corporate name for an end-time apostate entity.

Note that the prostitute is first referenced to as sitting on “ ‘many waters’ ” (v. 1); however, when John actually sees her, she is seen as sitting on a scarlet beast (v. 3). This should not come as a surprise due to such a literary feature occurring regularly in the book (see Rev. 5:5, 6). Therefore, the waters and the beast are two symbols that represent the same reality. According to Revelation 17:5, the waters upon which the prostitute was seen symbolize UNION of the civil, secular, and political powers of the world. Remember I spoke about this in my last “Chats.” The book of Revelation points us in the direction of ONE WORLD RELIGION, CHURCH OR POWER that will control the destiny of the world.

Jeremiah 51:13 shows that “many waters” refers to the Euphrates River. Just as the ancient Babylon depended on the Euphrates River for its existence, so will the end-time Babylon depend on the civil, secular, and politi­cal powers of the world to enforce its plans and purposes.

Furthermore, the beast stands as a symbol of a political power or system. That the prostitute Babylon sits (or rides) on the beast shows that this religious system will have control over these worldwide political powers at the end of time. End of the separation of church and state, and the “marriage” of state and church in one entity. Thus, the prophecy shows us that at the end of time, there will be a religious-political union when the political powers of the earth will unite with the end-time apostate religious system named Babylon.

The three phases of the beast, The beast that WAS, WHO IS NOT, and WHO IS TO COME.

In the second part of the chapter, John is described as greatly aston­ished when he sees the prostitute. He recognizes in her the woman that had fled into the wilderness in order to escape the persecution of the dragon during the prophetic 1,260-day period of the Middle Ages (Rev. 12:13, 14). In response to John’s astonishment, the interpreting angel promises to disclose the “ ‘mystery’ ” of the prostitute and of the scarlet beast that carries her as well as their function at the time of the end (Rev. 17:7).

John describes the beast as the one that “ ‘was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss’ ” (v. 8). This identification of the beast brings to mind the divine title “ ‘who was and who is and who is to come’ ” (Rev. 4:8). Thus, this title identifies the beast as a parody of God. However, this tripartite formula also shows that the beast has passed through three phases of exis­tence. This, in turn, links the scarlet beast of Revelation 17 with the sea beast of Revelation 13 (cf. Rev. 13:1 with 17:3).2

• First, the beast “was.”

In other words, this beast existed in the past. The “was” phase of the beast refers to its activities during the prophetic period of 1,260 days or years (Rev. 13:5). The year A.D. 538 marked the beginning of this prophetic period when the church of western Europe, led by the Roman papacy, established itself as an ecclesiastical power and dominated the Western world throughout the Middle Ages. In our time characterized by religious tolerance, such statements can be regarded as harsh and unfair; but the present reality cannot erase the historical facts.

• Second, the beast came into its “is not” phase of existence in 1798 when, as a result of the events of the French Revolution, it sustained its deadly wound (Rev. 13:3).

This brought an end to the church’s oppressive political power. The beast disappeared for some time from the world’s scene, yet it survived.

• Third, with the healing of the deadly wound, the beast will resur­rect to life in full satanic rage against God’s faithful people. The prophecy thus shows that the religious-political oppressive system that dominated the world during the Middle Ages will be revived at the time of the end and will dominate the world as it did in the past.

This revival of the beast will fill the inhabitants of the world with awe and admiration (Rev. 13:8; 17:8b).

Therefore, Revelation 17 clearly describes the sea beast of Revelation 13 at the time when its deadly wound has been healed. Upon this resur­rected beast, John sees the end-time prostitute Babylon sitting. Thus, the end-time religious system that will play a key role in the final conflict is a continuation of the religious-political power that harmed and oppressed God’s people during the prophetic 1,260-day period of the Middle Ages.

I want you to catch this. Revelation tells us that THE TIME OF THE END WILL BE ALL ABOUT RELIGION. Religion will once again dominate and control politics as it did in the past, even if it’s for a short time.

However, there is a noticeable difference between its power during the medieval period and the time of the end. While the sea beast, representing the medieval CHURCH, was a religious-political power, the SCARLET BEAST is exclusively a politi­cal power driven by the religious power. These two are distinct at the end of time.

Here is my strongest conviction about the time of the end and the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation. When understood properly, the prophecies of Revelation have PRACTICAL PURPOSES AND APPLICATIONS: to teach us how to live today and prepare us for the future. NOT THE CREATION OF FEAR, AND SUPERIOR ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE that gives you an edge on the rest of the people. A RIGHT understanding of prophecy will inspire and motivate you to reach others with the gospel of God’s GRACE, not make you denominationally ARROGANT, full of idolatrous certainty. That is not the spirit of God!

“God’s grace is not defined as God being forgiving to us even though we sin. GRACE IS WHEN GOD IS A SOURCE OF WHOLENESS, which makes up for my failings. My failings hurt me and others and even the planet, and God’s grace to me is that my brokenness is not the final word … it’s that God makes beautiful things out of even my own shit. Grace isn’t about God creating humans and flawed beings and then acting all hurt when we inevitably fail and then stepping in like the hero to grant us grace - like saying, “Oh, it’s OK, I’ll be the good guy and forgive you.” It’s God saying, “I LOVE THE WORLD TOO MUCH TO LET YOUR SIN DEFINE YOU AND BE THE FINAL WORD. I am a God who makes all things new.” ― Nadia Bolz-Weber, “Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner”

I believe there will be two churches in the last stretch of the “time of the end” before the Second Coming of Jesus. “The parable of the sheep and the goats: TIME OF THE END.” Very few Bible students see a prophetic message in this parable.

1) All the world’s issues at a local and global level will all be about RELIGION. You must be aware of this! I know it sounds impossible, but we are slowly moving into that era.

Just a careful listening at the events that took place this week in the USA as result of Pope Francis’ visit, will give you a glimpse of the future.

The issues we face globally are geo-political conflicts, ecological, environmental, financial disintegration, violence, crime, family values, the increasing number of young people who choose to cohabit instead of marrying, issues of sexuality, pornography, drug abuse, injustice, the value of life, death penalty, euthanasia, incarceration, poverty, discrimination, xenophobia, immigration and disease, among the main themes shaping our political, cultural and global debate. You see, Friend, at the bottom of the global landscape, are the spiritual issues, the issues of the heart, the kind of relational life we choose to live.

It’s my conviction that soon or later, all those issues will fall under the umbrella of RELIGION. We are almost there. The 5 large religions of the world are speaking to those issues, and in some instances the conflicts we face are driven by religious motives, particularly in the case of the 3 Abrahamic religions which tend to be religions of violence. I believe Pope Francis this week bundled up together the major issues we face under the big themes of God, church, humanity, life, love, compassion, community and the urgency to “rebuild our home.”

2) There will be a FALSE church with FALSE RELIGION. This is what Jesus and the Bible say.

3) There will be a TRUE church (God’s church) composed by people who LET GOD LOVE THEM, and they respond to God and the world in LOVE and COMPASSION!

First, let me deal with a religious misnomer, which rolls in the hallways of churches, cults, sects, and denominational gatherings which tend to obsess regarding the details of the time of the end.

“Time of the end” experts often tend to define the final conflict of 2 opposite ideologies as a very clear set of beliefs and propositions. They love to do that!

Such perspective provides people and members of those groups what I call an “idolatrous certainty.” What do I mean by “idolatrous”? A false sense of certainty which you worship as an idol. Like you go to an exam knowing exactly what will be asked of you, and you expect to know the answers to those questions. The whole emphasis is on dogma, beliefs, doctrines, behavior, “who is right and wrong,” and LEGALISM! Every word I wrote on my last statement is intended to be there.

What The End Times Are Really All About #

The MESSAGE of the false and the true church of God in the “time of the end” will be SIMILAR on the surface. Thus, causing an ocean of confusion!

Does this make sense? There would no confusion if the messages of both churches would be diametrically different, and clearly defined.

Revelation 13:13 (NLT) says that the FALSE CHURCH will perform “astounding miracles, even making fire flash down to earth from the sky while everyone was watching.” Unless you are totally in tune with God, in a deep relationship with Him, you will be deceived by these manifestations of supernatural power. How will you know what is from God and what is not?

Matthew 24:24 says, “Fake Messiahs and lying preachers are going to pop up everywhere. Their impressive credentials and dazzling performances will pull the wool over the eyes of EVEN THOSE WHO OUGHT TO KNOW BETTER.”

This simply means that the “false religion/church” will not show up with manifestations and messages that are seemingly “contrary” to God’s message directly. It will be a subtle underground form of deception like what the “serpent did in the Garden of Eden with Eve.” (Genesis 3:1).

If God performs miracles, the devil will also perform miracles. If God calls people to worship Him, the devil will also show up encouraging people to worship a “false god.” If God says “I love you” the devil will show up and say, “I love you better!” If God shows up and says, “It’s all by grace and grace alone, the devil will show up and say, “Ok, that means you are free to do whatever you want!” (Playing games with God is called legalism). The devil is a master at deception, lying and confusing the human mind.

Confusion in the End Times #

Here is the parable Jesus used to stop all “religious experts” from hurrying up to predict what’s next, and judge motives.

Matthew 13:24-30:

“He [Jesus] told another story. “God’s kingdom is like a farmer who planted good seed in his field. [The good farmer is God] That night, while his hired men were asleep, his enemy [The devil] sowed thistles all through the wheat and slipped away before dawn.”

“When the first green shoots appeared and the grain began to form, the thistles showed up, too.”

“The farmhands came to the farmer [God] and said, ‘Master, that was clean seed you planted, wasn’t it? Where did these thistles come from?’ “He answered, ‘Some enemy did this.’

“The farmhands asked, ‘Should we weed out the thistles?’ [Notice the anxiety driving the farm workers. They wanted to clean up the field. They were anxious to define what was good and what was bad! They sound like preachers and religious people trying to define who is RIGHT and WRONG, doesn’t it? Such anxiety, presumptuous, and arrogant sense of superiority is not from God. Read God’s answer to those farm workers (preachers, denominations)]

“He said, ‘NO, if you weed the thistles, you’ll pull up the wheat, too. LET THEM GROW TOGETHER… [please notice the following] UNTIL HARVEST TIME. [Don’t miss the following statement]. THEN… [WHO?, a denomination, preachers, time of the end experts, a religious sect? NO!] “I” [God] WILL INSTRUCT THE “HARVESTERS” TO PULL UP THE THISTLES and tie them in bundles for the fire, THEN GATHER THE WHEAT and put it in the barn.’”

Notice the points of Jesus’ parable. TWO FARMERS: A good one, and a bad one. THE FARM represents the world. THE FARMERS, the workers of the field paid to keep the soil good, watered, and in good condition. THE FARMERS see the difference between the wheat and the tares, and they want to clean up the field. The GOOD FARMER SAYS, “NO, don’t do it!”

Who are the harvesters? at the end of the age?

The original Greek, and most versions such as the NIV, say, “The HARVEST IS THE END OF THE AGE, and the HARVESTERS ARE (Greek: “ἄγγελοί” ) ANGELS” So, the “judgment” of God will happen at the end of the age, and until then, unless you are one of God’s angels specifically sent to be a harvester, you are not responsible for separating the wheat from the tares. Do I make sense?” This is a symbolic image of what will happen at the Second Coming of Jesus.

I believe the subject of this parable is RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE. This is Jesus’ message told to people who were anxious to clean up the field! Have you met any religious person like that?

Religious tolerance is about reserving judgment till the HARVESTERS get the job done. We can till, we can garden, we can nurture, we can water, we can argue about whose wheat is the “wheatiest” or whose thistles is the “thistleiest,” (which is mostly what legalism is all about), BUT judgment of what is fruitless and what is fruitful must be left to the ONE who is greater than the farmers!

God is the only ONE who will perform the final judgment. Don’t take God’s job into your own hands. Aren’t you glad, you are not in charge of pulling the tares from the field?

The 5 parables are prophetic parables because they reveal and conceal the existential reality of the Kingdom of God on earth all the way from the time when Jesus told them to the disciples, to the time of the end.

The language of the 5 parables follows the “agro-bio-linguistic” mindset of the Hebrew/Aramaic milieu. God meant for His people to walk out unto the world and find manifestations of His universal principles in nature. He used the idea of a potter to explain how He wants to shape us. He used the symbol of the bread, light, salt, birds, plants, flowers, trees, soil, seeds, examples of nature. The parables of Jesus are not linear like the Hellenistic culture, but dynamically alive, rich in meaning, multifaceted, and subtle. They are meant to make you think. They are often counter-intuitive. All 5 parables of Matthew 13 profile from different angles the two churches at the “end of the age” prior to the coming of Jesus: namely the CHURCH OF GOD, His followers, and the FALSE CHURCH, those who reject His love.

New Heaven and New Earth #

When the final judgment has been completed following the 1,000-year peaceful reign of Jesus, the Bible says that God will roll up Earth and the heavens like a scroll, and a “new heaven and earth” will appear, with the “New Jerusalem” coming down out of heaven from God. God’s dwelling place will then be among His people on the new earth. His beautiful and eternal dwelling place is described in Revelation 21-22.

Thus will begin a whole new chapter in this story God is writing. We have no idea what happens next, but we can be assured that we will spend eternity with our savior, ruling and reigning with Him as he continues to create and do new things!

“You live fully in Me and now I live fully in them so that they will experience perfect unity, and the world will be convinced that You have sent Me, for they will see that You love each one of them with the same passionate love that you have for Me.” (John 17:23 TPT)

Here is the promise to those who stand firm in times when it seems like everyone is surrendering to popular pressure. “Though they stumble, they will never fall, for the Lord holds them by the hand.” Psalm 37:24

Christ-centered unity in love (selfless compassion) in the true mark of believers in the end-times.

Nothing to fear, Friend! God will protect His people. There will probably be some that will die standing for God. The resurrection of saints will happen shortly after, and we will enter eternity. Are you a follower of God Friend? Are you developing a relationship with Him, so when troubled times come you can hear His voice directing you? Are you spending time with Him in prayer, learning to depend on Him, reading the Bible, loving others?

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