For he has set a day for judging the world with justice by the man he has appointed, and he proved to everyone who this is by raising him from the dead.” Acts 17:31 NLT
Rise up, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are your inheritance. Psalm 82:8 NIV
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad. 2 Corinthians 5:10 NIV
He was not seen by all the people, but by witnesses whom God had already chosen—by us who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead. All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name." Acts 10:41-43 NIV
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The big "T" Tribulation continues. (Pray for our brothers and sisters):
Christians warned: Accept Islamic law - 'New Hamas rule means real changes,' missionaries to be 'dealt with harshly'
Emails from Christians caught in the Gaza Strip
• Egypt: Mobs Attack Churches Near Alexandria
Muslim rioters attacked two Coptic Orthodox churches, damaged Christian-owned shops and injured seven Christians in two unrelated incidents in northern Egypt during the past week, local Christians said.
Added: Jun 18th, 2007 4:48 AM
• Eritrea Christians Missing After Mass Detentions, Investigators Say
Twenty Christians, including young children, were reportedly still missing Wednesday, June 13, more than two weeks after being detained by Eritrean security forces for allegedly attending a prayer meeting of a banned independent church.
Added: Jun 14th, 2007 3:39 AM
• Lebanon Christians Fear Civil War As Anti-Syrian Legislator Is Assassinated
Lebanese Christians, already shaken by several bombings, faced the prospect of civil war Wednesday, June 13, as officials confirmed that a key anti-Syrian legislator and nine others were killed in an explosion in Beirut, apparently from a bomb-rigged car.
Added: Jun 14th, 2007 3:24 AM
• India: Hindu Mob Beats, Strips, Parades Pastor
A mob of Hindu extremists on Friday (June 8) beat a pastor and tried to set him on fire before parading him naked in the suburbs of Bangalore, capital of Karnataka state.
Added: Jun 13th, 2007 4:54 AM
• India Christian Workers Murdered Amid Spreading Anti-Christian Violence
Active Christians in rural areas of India, including pastors and evangelists, faced another potentially dangerous day Monday, June 11, after reports that two Christian workers were killed by suspected militants in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh while elsewhere Hindu extremists threatened to burn alive church leaders.
Added: Jun 12th, 2007 4:02 AM
• Philippines' Seminarian Stabbed To Death
A tense calm returned Saturday, June 9, to the Galas district of the Philippines' Quezon City after a seminarian was stabbed to death there by a lone assailant, police said.
Added: Jun 11th, 2007 2:37 AM
• Indonesian Sunday School Teachers Released From Prison After Two Years
Three Indonesian women who were serving a prison sentence for including Muslim children in a church program in West Java, Indonesia, were released early Friday, June 8, amid international pressure, BosNewsLife learned.
Added: Jun 11th, 2007 2:36 AM
• Vietnam Police "Publicly" Torture And Kill Degar Montagnard Christians To Warn House Churches
Police in Vietnam publicly torture and kill Degar Montagnard Christians in the country's Central Highlands as a warning to house churches to stop their activities, a major advocacy group alleged Wednesday, June 6.
Added: Jun 7th, 2007 12:50 AM
• India: Extremists Step Up Efforts for 'Hindu Nation'
Televised attacks on Christian workers and a spurt in persecution in various parts of the country point to a renewed attempt to win support for Hindu nationalistic goals, Christians say.
Added: Jun 7th, 2007 12:49 AM
• Sri Lanka: Christians Arrested for Destruction of Statues
A pastor and two associates from Mt. Carmel Theological College in Kandy, Sri Lanka, were arrested on May 27 and charged with destroying Buddhist statues.
Added: Jun 6th, 2007 2:05 AM
• Iraqi Christians Mourn Deaths Of Priest And Other Believers
Iraqi Christians are mourning the deaths of a Catholic priest and his three assistants who were gunned down by Islamic militants over the weekend, shortly after another Christian couple working for the US embassy was reportedly killed, BosNewsLife established Tuesday, June 5.
Added: Jun 6th, 2007 1:39 AM
• India Militants Threaten To Kill Missionary And To Harm Evangelicals
Suspected Hindu militants have threatened to kill a native missionary and to attack dozens of evangelical Christians in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, a major mission group has said.
Added: Jun 4th, 2007 1:43 AM
4 comments:
And so it has begun all over the world! May G_d grant us the words and bravery we will need to withstand the persecution and He has told us he will!
Howdy Endtime!
I've posted a few times on Joel's blog site but I mostly just lurk around, enjoying everyones thoughts/opinions on everything.
I read through your link a few weeks back entitled "Behold the Beast" and found it very interesting. Already lightly familiar with its subject matter from your comments on Joel's blog it shed some additional light on Ellis' position.
I must say it was well thought out and interesting. I have always found it hard to believe that things and people such as the USA, Islam, Hitler, etc. would not be mentioned in Scripture given their close and profound dealings with Israel/Jewish peoples. He certainly makes a case that they were/are.
I can't say that I buy into everything 100% on his theories though. Although to be fair on two points a.) he is much more of a Bible scholar than I and b.) I can't think of any one of my brothers/sisters in Christ that I probably agree with 100% all the time.
So this leads me to ask you a question. Is there any area of Ellis' teachings that you are not in 100% agreement with? Or that outright disagree with?
I understand if these are questions that you don't feel comfortable enough to answer. They are not meant to put you on the spot.
It is just that everyone makes excellent cases for their point of view in regards to eschatology, etc.
I appreciate your time and enjoy your blog. It is one of the very few I take the time to visit.
jG
jg,
I don't mind "being put on the spot". I display my opinions on this blog 24/7 for the whole world to see...literally.
Regarding Mr. Skolfield's theories, I have some issues with his contention that the "mark of the beast" is limited to the populated world at John's time of writing Revelation. I think Ellis refers to this as an ethnogeographic or ethnographic view that the mark of the beast will be forced only on people in the Middle east, while Revelation implies the whole world.
As well, I'm checking up on Skolfield's contention about Daniel's 70th week being translated from the Hebrew word "Shavium". Mr. Skolfield contents that this word actually should be translated as "be-sevened", or a "series of 7's". Skolfield uses Messianic Jew Dr. David Lurie as backup to this contention. I think that the truth of this contention is so critical to supporting or completely killing the traditional belief of a future 70th week, that I actually hunted down Dr. Lurie's hard-to-find book, entitled The Covenant, the Holocaust, & the Seventieth Week online in a book store in India, . I'm working through this book now. Interestingly, I'm finding a lot of truth in words coming from Messianic Jews - like Dr. Lurie and Joel Rosenberg. Could they be especially blessed in interpreting the times? I don't doubt it.
Findings of Mr. Skofield that I find particularly striking are Daniel's days prophesies that place the Dome of the Rock as the Abomination of Desolation, and the days prophesies that pinpoint 1948 and 1967 as significant dates in the remnant of Israel's history. Obviously I've found these findings of Ellis' significant since I permanently posted their graphical depiction on the right margin of this blog.
Mr. Skolfield has made some amazing findings I think. Do I categorically agree with every finding? No, but I think he's on the right track.
I'd better go, I've got a day job to attend to. My above comments are based on memory (because I'm at work), so I may have made some mistakes, since for the moment I'm still in my imperfect, earthly body. But who knows what will happen in the next moment? :)
God bless. Thanks for visiting my blog and for your kind comments.
Thanks Endtime!
I appreciate your taking the time to respond.
I guess where I end up with everything is that I find things from most major Christian points of view that I feel are plausible (in regards to eschatology). I hope that is not as wishy-washy as it sounds. :)
Or to put it another way: we are all a little too right to be 100% wrong and a little too wrong to be 100% right.
I suppose it is better to be like the sons of Issachar (who understood the times and knew what to do about it, 1 Chron. 12:32) then to make every attempt to be a prophet when we haven't been gifted for that.
Thanks again and time will tell!
jG
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