Harvey Kartel wrote on 08/05/15 at 19:17:37:Please note before you decide to brush this off and not read any further that I do not intend this as a joke topic, this is something to be taken seriously as a warning to all of the world.
There are many signs today pointing to the end of the world that we know as coming very soon, perhaps later in this very year. I am talking of course about the final World War that will end the global civilization as we now know it, which is very, very likely to be accompanied by the Rapture of all of the world's Christians and children and ultimately, the return of Jesus Christ to our Earth.
The first and most obvious sign that we all see is the deal that the West had made with Iran concerning its nuclear program. Iranian leaders have said before that their goal is to wipe Israel off the map, and what better way to do that than with nuclear bombs? By lifting economic sanctions on Iran, the West has only succeeded in giving it more money to continue its nuclear program by moving it underground, while they finish a bomb with Israel's name on it behind the rest of the world's backs. Such an attack on Israel would almost certainly trigger Armageddon as God unleashes utter devastation upon the world for seven years as punishment to all those who chose not to stand by Israel or live in Christ. The purpose of the Rapture is to spare all of the innocent people from seven years of Hell on Earth. This will come as a complete surprise to the entire world, when absolutely nobody is expecting it, and those left behind will be left to wonder what happened to their disappeared loved ones until the reality dawns on them that it was indeed the Rapture and everyone left on Earth is about to face an almost decade-long apocalypse.
A second sign is the Tetrad of Blood Moons of 2014-15. Now, I have watched the film Four Blood Moons in theaters. It's based on a book, so if you never got the chance to see this great documentary film during its limited theatrical run, pick up this book or perhaps check it out from your local library. The Blood Moons are a special series of lunar eclipses in which the moon appears to become a red color. Several times throughout history, when Blood Moons coincided with Jewish holidays, Jews of the world faced serious threats but God always protected them through divine intervention. The last blood moon of this tetrad will be on September 25. This could very well be the day when Iran launches its first nuclear weapon at the Holy Land. We know that God will intervene somehow to protect the Jews, His chosen people. Exactly what will happen cannot be known, of course, at this present time. And if you happen to think that this may not mean the end of the world after all, then...
...there's also the Prophecy of the Popes. I don't know the exact details but a list was made given vague hints to the identities of all of the Popes who have presided would preside over the Roman Catholic Church. I think there were, like 266 popes on this list. And guess what, we are now on the very last one of the list... The Prophecy says that Rome and Vatican City will be destroyed in a cataclysm during the reign of the final pope. This is yet another sign that points to a worldwide apocalypse that will wipe out most, if not all, of the world that we recognize today.
There is also the fact that the Western world, including the U.S., is turning away from God. I won't go into all of the possibly controversial details, but there is even a movement to produce U.S. currency that lacks the words IN GOD WE TRUST that have been on our money since the beginning, and America's schools are doing everything from removing "Under God" from our Pledge of Allegiance to suspending students who mention God in their school. It is said that this country, and possibly much of the rest of the world, is the new Sodom/Gomorrah (which, according to some interpretations, were actually destroyed by something not unlike a nuclear explosion!). When the world turns away from God, God then destroys the world. It happened to Sodom and Gomorrah already, and other kingdoms who denied God met some unpleasant fates of their own.
When I put these signs together, it gives me much reason to believe that the end times are right around the corner. I'm thankful for every day that goes by now without a nuclear attack on Israel, though I have faith that Jesus will hopefully rescue me from the seven-year Tribulation via the Rapture of the Church, and I'll be in Heaven with all my loved ones as the world left behind falls completely apart.
Last week I watched a television program on H2 (History Channel 2) called Revelation: End of Days. It's a four-hour, two-part dramatization of just how the end times will play out, and I think everyone should watch it if they get a chance (if you don't get H2, or the show isn't going to be aired again, see if you can find it online-- it is WORTH the time!) The fact that it's on the History channel and not a religious channel... ought to tell you something. I don't necessarily agree, though, that a massive mega-storm is supposed to gather across the entire world as the Rapture occurs-- I've always been taught that the event will be a complete surprise with absolutely no advance warning. All of the world's children will vanish in the blink of an eye, and unborn babies will even be Raptured out of their mother's wombs. I was told that people who are being Raptured will hear a trumpet sound (though this could be merely Biblical symbolism) but all unbelieving adults will not be able to hear anything at all. If you do not get taken in the Rapture, you may see someone who does get taken vanish into thin air, instantaneously, leaving behind only their clothes/jewelry (which, in some accounts, then get neatly folded on the ground in the place where their wearer once stood). If you're on, say, a plane, and your pilot(s) gets Raptured and you don't, then, well too bad, hope somebody still left on the plane can somehow land it safely. The world left behind is not going to be pretty.
The Anti-Christ-- Satan incarnate-- will then rise to power. According to the TV special, the acting U.S. president (the president and vice-president were offed by a powerful infectious disease that escaped from a lab via supernatural means) is the Anti-Christ. But my aunt tells me that the Anti-Christ will come from the Middle East instead, because this region is currently Satan's headquarters. But it doesn't really matter where he comes from, it's what he will do (and what you do in response) that will matter and ultimately decide your eternal fate. The Anti-Christ will begin as being a charming, likable individual who makes peace with Israel and performs miracles. He will attempt to convince the entire world that he is Jesus. But halfway through the Tribulation, the Anti-Christ reneges on his peace agreement and that's when the world truly goes to hell (perhaps literally).
You may be required to receive a special "marking" announcing your loyalty to the Anti-Christ in order to buy or sell anything, and you might even be put in prison if you refuse to be marked. No matter what the penalty is for not taking the mark, I cannot stress this next part enough...
DO NOT TAKE THE MARK OF THE ANTI-CHRIST, EVER, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
If you accept the Anti-Christ's mark, THAT'S IT. You will never go to Heaven, you will never get to meet Jesus or any of your loved ones who are in Heaven. You will go to the Lake of Fire. For the rest of eternity. I repeat, DO NOT TAKE THE MARK!
Opinion varies on what exactly "The Mark" will be, it could be anything from a tattoo to a bar code to an implanted microchip. You will be required to get it to function in society but by doing so you are condemning yourself to the Lake of Fire, forever! To simply let yourself starve to death or spend even the rest of your earthly life in prison for renouncing loyalty to the Anti-Christ is infinitely better (literally) than being punished forever for taking his mark.
At the end of the Anti-Christ's seven-year reign on Earth, Jesus-- the real Messiah, not the evil imposter-- will return from the clouds along with an army consisting all of his followers, past and present, who will defeat the Anti-Christ and his evil army. Satan will be bound in chains for 1,000 years and there will be a millennium of world peace. It will be a new Heaven and a new Earth. At the end of this millennium, Satan will be unleashed on the world for one last time, but will soon be defeated once again where he will spend the rest of eternity in the Lake of Fire along with all those who chose to follow him (which includes everyone who took his mark during the Tribulation)
I know many of you will not take this message seriously, and I may get a lot of criticism, but I am just trying to give everybody here a big heads-up because it is quite possible that the End Times will be here within the year, the signs are present, and I do not want to see anyone here meet the worst of all possible fates, and that is to spend the rest of eternity in the excruciating pain of the Lake of Fire. Though we can't be certain, of course, that the End Times really will be so soon, I am prepared for its possibility, and everyone else needs to be, as well.
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