The Bible gives us several timelines of key end-times events that transpire before Christ returns. We covered one such timeline in Daniel 7. In this article we will look at another timeline, this one from Daniel 9.
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About the Israel/UAE Peace Treaty, August 2020
This post is a follow-up to a popular page, Why does the Bible talk about Israel signing a peace treaty? This is my own research into the covenant with Israel, a peace treaty brokered in August 2020 by the Trump administration. Is it the end-times peace treaty Christians are expecting between Israel and the Antichrist? Here are the facts so you can judge yourself. The information on this page addresses and answers the question.
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Christ is Not Far Away
Christ is not far from us. “But the righteousness which is of faith says this, ‘Don’t say in your heart, “Who will ascend into heaven?” (that is, to bring Christ down); or, “Who will descend into the abyss?” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead.)’ But what does it say? ‘The word is near you, in your mouth, and in your heart;’ that is, the word of faith which we preach”(Rom. 10:6-8). He is as close as our mouth and heart. He is not way beyond our reach, not too far above or too deep below.
What is attractive about this Christ? In Him “all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden” (Col. 2:3). In Him is all wisdom and knowledge. All power and peace. All of salvation and life everlasting.
And where is this Christ to be found among His followers? In you. “Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Col. 1:27). Yet we keep seeking wisdom and life and knowledge from many other sources. We weary ourselves seeking something God has already supplied in his Son.
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Now as to prayer. You find great resistance to prayer from outside because Satan fears prayer. Through prayer and the teaching of the Spirit you take hold of all the resources of God to live a holy life that is well pleasing to Him. Your enemy doesn’t want this. “Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour” (1 Peter 5:8).
You open your bible. You humble yourself to God, admitting you don’t understand it. These are expressions of faith in God and they open the heart and mind for the Spirit to teach you. ” ‘For my hand has made all these things, and so all these things came to be,’ says Yahweh: ‘but I will look to this man, even to he who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word’ ” (Isaiah 66:2).
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I started a channel on YouTube where I read selected portions of my books. You can listen to my (terrible) voice in my channel found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6UPOqg6J4Q&list=PLPQQ4ORCPeQA7tqGZal2VI0sJQVzuGGEc
I’ll be adding more Author Reads over the coming weeks until I’ve included most of my books. The first reads will be from my book, Doubt Busters. Each book will be in its own playlist.
Father’s Day
As I was growing up, I didn’t know that I was supposed to feel an emotional love of a father. I was young and full of me, myself, and I. I was busy with different things, doing magic tricks, slot cars, stop-motion clay animation, martial arts, and never far from an open book.
My dad went from owning a Shell service station to being co-owner of a company that designed and built radio-controlled race cars. He designed nitro-powered cars in 1:8 scale, designed an RC engine that other engine manufacturers borrowed. He managed the race team, going around the world for the larger events, including World Championship events. He loved cars.
Me–not so much. We had few interests that overlapped. He liked giving Christmas presents. I liked receiving them.
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Meditation, “Full of Trouble”
Man, who is born of a woman,
is of few days, and full of trouble.
He grows up like a flower, and is cut down.
He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue.
Job 14:1-2
Job’s pains go on and on, full of trouble as the good years are remembered no more.
This is the curse we experience because of the choice of the first man and woman. A woman heeded the smooth words of the fallen angel. God’s word was disobeyed and sin entered the world. Adam and Eve were thrust out of the Garden lest they eat of the fruit and live forever. So we are “of few days, and full of trouble.”
Then another woman entered the scene. She heard the glad tidings of the angel of God. She responded, “Behold, the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to Your word.” With her submission to God, a new era was ushered in.
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One of the pieces of financial wisdom I’ve read again and again is that when you invest your money for retirement, you think long-term.
You don’t yank the money out every time the stock market appears to be sinking and reinvest when it appears to be rising. You ride out the ups and downs, knowing that historically the market has always corrected its course over the long haul.
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How Many Judgments of God Take Place in the End Times?
Regarding the end times, there are different scenarios and much disagreement. What follows is my understanding of what happens. I am using “judgment” in an elastic sense here, for they are happening whenever the Lord is making decisions that affect our future.
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But those who wait on the LORD
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.
Isa. 40:31
How do you wait and renew your strength?
When we think of waiting, we think of an agonizing period of doing nothing. We feel it is a waste of time; there are better things to do than wait. Yet there are times of waiting patiently such as in a doctor’s waiting room or for a signal to turn green and let us go. The expectant mother has a long wait ahead of her while she bears this growing burden and longs for it to be over with.
So how do you wait in such a way to renew your strength?
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