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The Harpazo Rapture

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The Harpazo Rapture

Although the word Rapture as it is commonly known today is not found in the English Bible, the event most certainly is.

“For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.” (1 Thessalonians 4:14-18 KJV)

Christ foretold that He will return for all that are His, all that believe in Christ who have accepted His atonement for our sins and know Him as Lord.

“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.” (John 14:1-3 KJV)

Jesus has been preparing this dwelling place for us since he ascended to Heaven over 2000 years ago and at that time the Apostles gazed into the sky as Jesus ascended. And then angels appeared , “Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.” (Acts 1:11 KJV)

So a day is coming when Jesus will return for His own. He will not be born like last time. He already has a physical and yet spiritual immortal body that he took with him when he ascended! And He will return as He left us… In the heavens..literally right out of the sky!

“For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.” (1 Thessalonians 4: 15-18 KJV)

Believers who accepted Christ’s atonement will be snatched off the planet swiftly. The Original Greek for ‘caught up ‘ is  ‘harpázō’ which means ‘properly, seize by force; snatch up, suddenly and decisively – like someone seizing bounty (spoil, a prize); to take by an open display of force (i.e. not covertly or secretly).’ 

At the Rapture, the dead in Christ will rise first. Then believers living at the time of the rapture will be given new spiritual, yet also physical bodies like Christ received when he rose from the dead and then “whoosh” we will meet him in the air. (And this all happens in a “twinkling of the eye” (1 Corinthians 15:52) – less time than an eye blink!

New Spiritual Bodies, Free From The Fleshly Sin Nature Think In The Mind

When Jesus resurrects the dead in Christ, they are given the same kind of spiritual/physical body Christ had when he rose from the dead. He could appear out of no where, walk through locked doors, yet he could be touched and felt. 1 Corinthians 15 starting verse 35 says of the new body at our resurrection,

“But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.”

1 Corinthians 15 continues,

“So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.”

And it continues showing that we all fell into sin from Adam’s original sin yet we are saved from the second Adam that knew no sin but died for us; Jesus the Christ!

“The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.  
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written,

Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?  

The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.”

The last to be conquered is DEATH! At the Rapture event, Christ returns when unbelievers (and some believers too) are not expecting it. It is an event that can happen at anytime now. The Rapture is an Emergency Escape From The Tribulation period, from the Antichrist system ruling and the very Wrath of God coming upon the Earth.

The Apostle Paul told the Thessalonians,

“But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

BUT YE, BETHREN,  are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.

But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.

For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.” (1 Thessalonians 5: 1-11 KJV)

Take notice that this is saying that God has not appointed believers to face His Wrath. That is, the wrath of the Day of the Lord, the Tribulation period wrath judgements on Earth. It does not mean that Christians will never face persecution on Earth – that has been happening since Pentecost.

Christ said,

“These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33 KJV)

The Amplified Bible shows this verse in this way,

“I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted]! For I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33 AMP)

So redeemed Christians will face troubles and persecution and trials in life. But that is NOT the WRATH of God. It is the world placing these things on a Christian. The Wrath of God is on the unbeliever because an unbeliever has not accepted forgiveness of sins through Christ and as such their sin remains and they remain condemned already and the wrath of God is on them now (John 3:18). And the wrath of God will be poured out during the Day Of The Lord – a time period from the start of the Tribulation Period until he end of Christ’s 1000 year Kingdom age to come on Earth.

Remember, that Christ died on the cross and took away the sin of the whole world (1 John 2:2) and He gives us a free gift of salvation: a full pardon for our sin against God (Jesus and the Father are one and the same). As God, he is perfectly loving, yes. But he is also perfectly just. And since we know that the wages of sin is death, (Romans 6:23) what can God do? So He became human never sinning and died on the cross and took upon Himself the punishment for our sins. In His perfect mercy and love it was the only way to satisfy his very being. He was perfect in love and mercy to forgive us and His justice of death for sinning was also satisfied.

God will not force anyone to accept His free gift of salvation and eternal life. Those that reject such a great love and sacrifice have chosen themselves to reject God’s only way to save them from His wrath against sinners.

“And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.” (Acts 17:30-31 KJV)

What more do you want God to do? We sinned. He saved us and all we have to do is change our mind from good works for salvation and to believe the Gospel of Jesus Christ to receive His free gift of salvation. We are fast approaching Christ’s return for His bride of believers. The signs of the End times provided by Daniel and Jesus are already beginning to take place (Matthew 24:3-8), next on God’s appointed timeline is the Rapture and then the Seven Year Tribulation Period on those left behind. Christ’s offer of Salvation to you still stands!

“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.” (Revelation 3:20 KJV)

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” (John 3:16-18 KJV)

Will you accept the forgiveness of Holy God Almighty? The simplicity of the Gospel message is, ask Jesus to forgive all your sins, past, present and future, believing He is God and that He died on the cross and took the punishment we deserved upon Himself so we could escape His wrath to come.

Repent Of How You Deal With Your Sin

The world’s way to God is through doing good works and religious rituals to make up for our sins and wrongful deeds against God and others. But the real way to God is by God’s grace through faith:

“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9 KJV)

This is what true repentance is. It is God reaching out to us and providing a way for us sinners to be forgiven completely and for us to turn back towards God and His ways. It is acknowledging that we can not work our way to heaven. We have a fleshly sin nature since the fall (Adam and Eve). It is acknowledging that we have ALL sinned against God and we accept Jesus sacrifice for our sins. It is allowing God to change and renew our minds from the world view to God’s view. We turn from working away our sin debt, or out right ignoring it, (the World’s way) to accepting His love and forgiveness (God’s way).

A simple prayer in belief from your heart and your life will start changing. God will start changing you from the inside out through the Holy Spirit that dwells inside everyone who accepts the atonement of Christ. I am testifying that this is the truth. And believe me, if it could happen to me, it can happen to you!

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Parable Of The Fig Tree: The Last Days. How Close Are They?

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Parable Of The Fig Tree: The Last Days. How Close Are They?

At least one third of the Bible is related to prophecy of future events. Some prophecies have been fulfilled exactly as foretold while others are still to be fulfilled in our future. Bible prophecy FULFILLED in specific detail is one of the main reasons we can know that the Bible is the true word of the true God.

“Remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure. (Isaiah 46:9-10)

In fact, God Himself says to false religions and false prophets,

“Present your case’, says the Lord. ‘Set forth your arguments,’ says Jacob’s King. ‘Bring in your idols, to tell us what is going to happen. Tell us what the former things were, so that we may consider them and know them and know their final outcome. Or declare to us the things to come, tell us what the future holds, so we may know that you are gods…” (Isaiah 41:22-23 )

This is how we know that the Bible is the true word of the True God. NO other religion has prophecy fulfilled in specific detail like the Bible does. Every prophecy has come true except those to yet be fulfilled. This fact is what made a believer out of me and since accepting Christ as my personal savior my knowledge of God has and continues to grow exponentially.

Eventually, I will start adding to a new articles in the category “Bible Prophecies For Our Time”, but for now let’s just get a quick and single prophecy that tells us how close we are to the Second Coming of Christ and the Rapture.

In Matthew 24 the apostles asked Jesus when would be the time of His coming and the sign of His coming again.

Jesus mentioned many various things which you can read for yourself in Matthew 24 such as wars and rumors of wars, earth quakes in diverse places, pestilences increasing, kingdom shall rise against kingdom (ex: Christian verses Islam/ east verses west)

All of these describe today but also other times in the past. But then Jesus gets very specific…

“Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near—at the doors! Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place.” (Matthew 24:32-34)

What does that mean? Well if you read the Bible it is very clear throughout the old and New Testament that Israel has always been known as “the fig tree”. So when the fig tree starts showing leaves (arises again as a nation) then Christ’s return is at the door. We also see a prophesy of the same event in Isaiah 35:1 where the desert blossoms as a rose. (Today Israel which was once just dry desert is blossoming! So much so they are one of the largest producers of fruit.)

Understand that Israel was not a nation for thousands of years and on May 14, 1948 Israel became a nation once again. In fact, there is a huge exodus from around the world as millions of Jews are returning to Israel (another prophecy fulfilled by the way, Deuteronomy 30:3-4, Isaiah 11:11-12, Amos 9:14-15)

So all the Bible prophesies, yet unfulfilled, that Jesus spoke of will be fulfilled in our generation. Here we are in 2014. So it has been 60+ years already since this HUGE sign pointing us and showing us that the time has come and we are already in the last days! In fact, we are like near the end of the last days and what do we see happening?

Bible Prophecies are being fulfilled almost monthly now. Daniels vision of seventy weeks is being setup for the last week. Economic world collapse, forming of a world wide economy (the new world order – NWO), famines, sea and waves roaring, large Earthquakes in diverse places, the Islamic goals for a Caliphate, ISIS in Iraq and their goal for the world, the Countries forming against Israel to wipe them off the planet – the same nations the Bible says would be doing so in the Last Days. (Psalm 83), nation rising against nation and kingdom against kingdom (Islam verses Christianity and the Jewish faiths, East against West), the rise of Christian persecution by Muslim extremists, the falling away of the true Biblical Gospel of Jesus Christ in western nations… it is all here in front of our eyes. It seems everyday more of what the Bible says is going to happen in the Last Days is already started and in full swing to be 100% fulfilled.

Jesus Is Returning Soon

The Rapture event can occur at any moment now. Do not delay, accept Christ into your life. Ask Him for forgiveness before it is too late. He is waiting for you to return to Him. Come as you are.

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Is The Bible Is The True Word Of The One True God?

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Is The Bible Is The True Word Of The One True God?

Before you believe anything about Christianity, you should want to know “why” you should believe that the Bible is the true word of the one true God Almighty. This is at the very core of belief in Jesus as the Son Of God for our salvation. This article is focused on why we should believe everything written in the Bible – a foundation of the truth. A foundation we can have that is built on facts to give us full confidence in the Word of God.

Proof One:
Bible Prophecy Fulfilled

It is the most important question that all of us must ask of all religions in order to believe that the one you choose is the true religion of the true God. God’s prophecies made a  believer out of me. Without them I would still not know what to believe. Many do not realize the importance of Bible Prophecy but the fact that it comprises 30% of the Bible should send a signal to all of us. How can we know that the prophecies of the Bible are true and will occur? If we look at the prophecies from the past that have already been fulfilled we can see just how accurate God’s prophecies are. If we look at the Old Testament it is clear that the Jewish people (God’s Chosen People) looked toward the Messiah’s first coming and his death on the cross. This is because of the prophecies about His first coming found in the Old Testament. We now look back at Christ’s first coming and death on the cross because of the precision with which the Old Testament prophecies were fulfilled. Here are just a couple of the many historical prophecies of the Old Testament that were fulfilled.

Fulfilled: The Coming Of The Messiah (Jesus the Christ)

The list of prophecy fulfilled regarding the birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus the Christ is an overwhelming proof that the Bible is the true word of the true God. Here are some of the amazing prophecies fulfilled in Jesus:

1. He would be born of a virgin.

Old Testament: Isaiah 7:14,
New Testament fulfillment: Matthew 1:18-23

2. He would come from the tribe of Judah, one of the 12 tribes descended from Jacob.

Old Testament: Genesis 49:10
New Testament fulfillment: Luke 3:23-24

3. He would be born in Bethlehem.

Old Testament: Micah 5:2,
New Testament fulfillment: Matthew 2:1

4. He would be preceded by a messenger.

Old Testament: Isaiah 40:3,
New Testament fulfillment: Matthew 3:1-2

5. He would enter Jerusalem riding on a colt.

Old Testament: Zechariah 9:9,
New Testament fulfillment: Luke 19:35-37

6. He would be betrayed by a friend.

Old Testament: Psalm 41:9,
New Testament fulfillment: Matthew 26:47-50

7. He would be sold for 30 pieces of silver.

Old Testament: Zechariah 11:12,
New Testament fulfillment: Matthew 26:15

8. He would be beaten and spit upon.

Old Testament: Isaiah 50:6
New Testament fulfillment: Matthew 26:67

9. He would be wounded and whipped by his enemies.

Old Testament: Isaiah 53:5,
New testament fulfillment: Matthew 27:26

10. His hands and feet would be pierced.

Old Testament: Psalm 22:16,
New testament fulfillment: Luke 23:33

11. He would be crucified with thieves.

Old Testament: Isaiah 53:12,
New Testament fulfillment: Matthew 27:38

12. Men would cast lots for his clothing.

Old Testament: Psalm 34:20,
New Testament fulfillment: Matthew 27:35

13. He would not answer, or speak, to His accusers.

Old Testament: Isaiah 53:7
New Testament fulfillment: Matthew 27:12-14

14. He would live again after dying.

Old Testament: Job 19:25,
New Testament fulfillment: John 2:19, Matthew 12:39, 16:3

This is just a very small example! In fact, there are at least 250+ Prophecies that Christ fulfilled from Old Testament Prophecies about the foretold coming of the Messiah. This cannot be BY CHANCE. The statistical odds are astronomical and too great to dismiss the truth of God’s prophecies concerning the first coming of Christ.

Consider that in statistical probability,

  1. 1 person fulfilling 8 prophecies is 1 in 100,000,000,000,000,000
  2. 1 person fulfilling 48 prophecies: 1 chance in 10 to the 157th power

Now, consider the statistical probably of Jesus having fulfilled all these listed Old Testament prophecies above about the Messiah that would come! And this is not all the prophecies about Jesus as Messiah either. It is not off the charts my friends. In fact, it is well beyond the charts!

Some skeptics go as far as to say that Christ simply read the Old Testament prophecies and then did what they said. But how could anyone predict where he would be born and under what circumstance he was born? How could anyone predict that exactly two thieves would be crucified with him, or that men would cast lots for his clothing? And why would any man actually want to die such a horrible death on a cross? These are only a few of the prophecies of the Bible that have been fulfilled to the letter regarding Christ’s first coming. There are in fact over 300+ prophecies fulfilled for Christ’s first coming alone! There are many other prophecies fulfilled and many prophecies are coming to pass right before our very eyes in this modern time.

Fulfilled: Rebuilding of the First Temple Prophecy Fulfilled

During the First Temple Period of Jerusalem there was a Prophet named Isaiah. Isaiah prophesied doom for a sinful Judah and for all the nations of the world that oppose God. He warned Israel to turn back to God as there had been a falling away. Isaiah wrote the following Scripture,

“That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.” (Isaiah 44:28 KJV)

A look at the history of Jerusalem shows that the First Temple was not built by anyone by the name of Cyrus.

“According to Hebrew scripture, King David reigned until 970 BCE. He was succeeded by his son Solomon, who built the Holy Temple on Mount Moriah. Solomon’s Temple (later known as the First Temple), went on to play a pivotal role in Jewish history as the repository of the Ark of the Covenant.”
(Quoted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem#Temple_periods July 9/2014)

So we know that at the time of Isaiah writing this the temple in Jerusalem was already in place. So this is Isaiah writing what God told him to write and is a Prophecy. History records,

“For over 450 years, until the Babylonian conquest in 587 BCE, Jerusalem was the political capital of firstly the united Kingdom of Israel and then the Kingdom of Judah and the Temple was the religious center of the Israelites. This period is known in history as the First Temple Period. Upon Solomon’s death (c. 930 BCE), the ten northern tribes split off to form the Kingdom of Israel. Under the leadership of the House of David and Solomon, Jerusalem remained the capital of the Kingdom of Judah. The Tower of David as seen from the Hinnom Valley when the Assyrians conquered the Kingdom of Israel in 722 BCE, Jerusalem was strengthened by a great influx of refugees from the northern kingdom. The First Temple period ended around 586 BCE, as the Babylonians conquered Judah and Jerusalem, and laid waste to Solomon’s Temple.”
 (Quoted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem#Temple_periods July 9/2014)

So we can see that when the Babylonian’s took control of Jerusalem they laid waste to Solomon’s Temple. It was destroyed. Looking a little further into the history of this line of events we can see the fulfillment of the prophecy Isaiah had given.

In 538 BCE, after fifty years of Babylonian captivity, Persian King Cyrus the Great invited the Jews to return to Judah to rebuild the Temple. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem#Temple_periods July 9/2014) Here again was the prophecy given:

“That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.” (Isaiah 44:28 KJV)

We see this prophecy was fulfilled just as written over 100 years after Isaiah wrote the words given to him by God.

Fulfilled: The Birth Place Of The Messiah, Jesus The Christ

Around 700 B.C., the Prophet Micah foretold of the birthplace of the Messiah as Bethlehem. This is an incredibly accurate Prophecy spanning such a long time span until it was fulfilled.

“But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.” (Micah 5:2 KJV)

There is only one that came forth from everlasting and that is Jesus Christ, the Son Of God. Jesus’ Earthly parents, Mary and Joseph, resided in Nazareth but Jesus was born in Bethlehem just as foretold.

Prophecy Fulfilled: A Proof That The Bible Is The True Word of The One True God

These are just some of literally thousands of Bible Prophecies that have already been fulfilled. All of which have such specific accuracy proving without a shadow of a doubt that the Bible is the word of the true God.

There are also many Bible Prophecies regarding time period that the Bible calls “The Last Days” and the “End of The Age”. This time period is when Christ will return for His church at the Rapture, as well as His Second Coming. Many of the Last Days Bible Prophecies have already recently been fulfilled and others are starting to come to pass. You can see them right on your television news reports! In fact, much of the stage is set and the final act of the church age is nearing an end when Jesus will return to Earth and setup His eternal kingdom on Earth.

Bible Prophecy For The Last Days; The Time Period In Which We Now Live

God set Israel apart from all other nations in history; it is the nation of God’s chosen people, the Jewish people. It is not that they are any better than any other people on Earth, the Bible shows they too sin. It is God who chose this as His chosen people. From the time Jesus spoke this it has been thousands of years and yet, in 1948 Israel became a nation once again and that started the time period the Bible calls the Last Days. It is not the “end of the world” as you may have heard so many times. It is the Last Days of the church age and we are about to witness the return of Jesus Christ, first at the Rapture of believers and then when believers return to Earth with Christ at His Second Coming to setup His 1000 year Kingdom reign on Earth. The signs are everywhere now.

Here are just some of the Last Days signs:

  • Israel once again becomes a nation in 1948.
    (Matthew 24: 32-34, Jeremiah 31:10-11. Isaiah 35:1)
  • Massive exodus of Jews returning from the nations they were scattered back to Israel
    (Deuteronomy 30:3-4, Isaiah 11:11-12, Amos 9:14-15)
  • Jerusalem will be a “cup of trembling” and a “burdensome stone” to all nations
    (Zechariah 12:2-3)
  • Like Birds flying (Fighter Jets/Airplanes)
    (Isaiah 31:5)
  • Israel desert blossoming as a rose – This has been fulfilled in our time! This once desolate land has been blessed by God. In fact, Israel is one of Europe’s largest exporters of fruit today!
    (Isaiah 35:1)
  • Knowledge Explosion, People running to and fro. An Increase in travel as never before.
    (Daniel 12:4)
  • Gospel of the kingdom will be preached to all the world
    (Matthew 24:14) Television. YouTube®. Mobile devices.
  • In the end times people will be “lovers of themselves, covetous, proud, boasters, disobedient to parents, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God, having a form of Godliness but denying the power thereof.” – This describes the times in which we live very well.
    (2 Timothy 3:1-5)
  • Scoffers mocking the Second Coming of Christ
    (2 Peter 3:3-4)
  • Large earth quakes in various places around the world in increasing numbers
    (Matthew 24)
  • Mass animal deaths in the air, sea and land [ Watch This ]
    This is starting to happen around the globe in various places.
    (Hosea 4:2-3)
  • Euphrates River Dries up to make way for the army of kings from the east. A prophecy to happen in the Last Days is fulfilled. Armies can now cross the Euphrates River in Iraq/Iran over dry land because of a man made dam. (Revelation 16:12)
  • Establishment of a one world government (The NWO, New World Order) which is in full swing process now! Our leaders are openly telling us about the soon coming New World Order which is soon to come. (Revelation 13). [ Watch Here ]
  • Rivers and waterways turning blood red around the world
    [ Watch This ] (Ezekiel 32:6, Revelation 16: 3-4)

Again, this is just a small handful of Bible Prophecies for our time that have come to pass and there are MANY MANY more!

God’s Counsel Shall Stand!

God uses prophecy fulfilled to let us discern the truth from the fallacy. To let us know without doubting that the Bible is the true word of the one true God.

“I am God, and there is none else; I am God and there is none like me, declaring the beginning from the end, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure” (Isaiah 46:9-10) [KJV] “I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them;” (Isaiah 48:5 KJV)

Proof Two:
The Bible is consistent from Genesis to Revelation

If a single author sits down and wants to write a story book that is consistent from beginning to end, they work out the index and start writing. In this case, it is clear and understandable that a single person has done this and made everything written to be consistent throughout the book as to be believable right? Many think that this is the way it is with the Bible but that is simply not the case at all.

There is no one person that wrote the Bible. In fact, there are 66 books in the Bible with 40 authors that span 1500+ years . These authors were from different time periods, cultures, and occupations. From the highly educated like Moses to simple fisherman like Peter. They wrote in different time periods spanning thousands of years. Many did not even understand what they wrote such as Daniel who did not understand the end time prophecies God told him to write down (God told him it is not for him to know but those in the last days would understand – and we do understand them today!).

From Genesis to Revelation the entire Bible tells a factual and detailed consistent story about historical events, who we truly are, why we exist, why there is evil and why there is so many problems and wars and ultimately with the main theme being our need for salvation through Jesus the Christ.

Proof Three:
Historical Accuracy Of The Bible

The books of the Bible are not just stories told by these writers. They are historically accurate as well. The Bible is comprised of historical facts. There is much evidence from archaeology that confirm the Biblical accounts as historical facts. Even the school system (where God is not valid and prayer is prohibited) recognizes Biblical accounts as historical truth! The historical accuracy of the Bible has been vindicated many times over as have no other religious writings. Archeology continues proving that what the Bible says happened.. actually happened.

I found one website that does a very good job of some examples of such archaeology finds. It is called “https://answersingenesis.org” and cites finds such as:

Enuma Elish  – This is the Babylonian Creation Record
The Epic of Gilgamesh includes the Babylonian Flood Story.

I encourage you to read this website at https://answersingenesis.org/archaeology/does-archaeology-support-the-bible/ for more interesting facts.