BIRTHPANGS!!!

"But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs" - Matthew 24:8

Just as the words of Christ indicate in Matthew, the events surrounding the endtime will be like that of the labor pains of a woman. With the intensity we began to see at the beginning of summer, there had been a lull over the last couple of weeks. The candidates had taken center stage, the price of oil and gas had waned, and the economy seemed to be headed up. Well, the 'birth pangs' have once again started - with even greater intensity! At the posting of this blog, Russian forces are moving against Georgian forces in Ossetia. There have been a reported 1000 deaths already. The news outlets continue to report a fear of all out war. We are once again seeing the rise of the Russian bear.


Earlier in the week, with Iran not giving an adequate response to the world community, the UN 5+1 were considering further sanctions. The Jerusalem Post reported that on August 7th the Kuwait Times posted an article that their country had learned that the US was sending two additional naval aircraft carriers to the Gulf and the Red Sea. With this news, the Kuwait government began to finalize their emergency war plans. There are already two U.S. naval battle groups operating in the Persian Gulf. The war drums sure appear to be beating.


A report out on August 8th in the Jerusalem Post has indicated that Israel has issued a warning to Russia. "If Russia goes through with the sale of its most advanced anti-aircraft missile system to Iran, Israel will use an electronic warfare device now under development to neutralize it and as a result present Russia as vulnerable to air infiltrations" stated an Israeli defense official. These are pretty harsh words, especially in light of what is currently going on in Georgia.

What is of prophetic interest that these nations - particularly Russia, Iran, and Israel - will be involved in a war in the last days. Just take a quick read of Ezekiel 38 & 39. Are we witnessing the prelude to the Gog/Magog war? Only time will tell.

"What I say to you I say to all, 'Be on the alert!'" Mark 13:37

It's All Coming Together!

On July 4th, while our nation was celebrating her independence, a special meeting was taking place in Brussels (link 1, link 2). Russian and EU leaders met for the first of three strategic meetings to bring about a stronger pact between the nations. This alliance appears to have already been foretold in the scriptures. If you recall from my first posting "Urgent Initial Message," Russia and the EU were prophesied to arise in the end of days in Daniel 7, along with the United States and what appears to be the United Nations. Revelation 13 shows these "beast nations" forming an alliance at the time of the end, creating the vehicle in which the antichrist would rise to power. This strategic partnership would be part of what Daniel 2 describes as a loosely united group of nation states at the end of days, run by 10 kings. Although the United Nations is not run by kings per se, she does have a Security Council with 5 permanent members (Britain, the U.S., China, France , & Russia). There has been a push, however, to extend that number to 10! Back in January, PM Gordan Brown proposed the expansion of the permanent members to the Security Council to include India, Germany, Japan, Brazil, & an African nation (link). Notice the 10 proposed nations would be split 50-50 in regards to east-west just as Daniel 2 describes. An even more important feature is that when the antichrist (the little horn) in Daniel 7, he uproots 3 kings but when we see the rise of the antichrist beast in Revelation 13, all 10 horns are present. If the 10 permanent member Security Council were to come about as PM Brown has suggested, 3 of those members ("kings") would belong to the European Union and thus could be uprooted and replaced by one individual!

We are much farther along than most realize - it is all coming together - what are you waiting for?


"And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh." Luke 21:28

Sooner Than Later?

Over the weekend, Iran has vowed to continue their pursuit of uranium enrichment, one day after giving what appeared to be a positive response to the incentives package drawn up by the world powers (link). As of today (6/7/2008) the Telegraph, one of Britain's leading newspapers, has reported that Iran has restarted their work on 'highly sophisticated equipment' that is used primarily for the construction of atomic weapons (link). Also on Sunday, an Iranian military leader has reiterated that they will close the Strait of Hormuz (link) and created blitzkrieg in the Gulf if provoked (link). With the increased sword rattling, and given that President Mahmud Ahmadinejad of Iran has repeatedly threatened the U.S. and Israel with destruction (link), how much longer will it be before someone forcefully reacts??? I believe it may be sooner than later! We need to watch and pray.