The Whole Creation Groans in Travail

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Once again it is our privilege to greet you in the precious Name of our Lord Jesus Christ; we appreciate your fellowship.

It is with pleasure that we present another article from contributing author, Henry Makow. Ongoing developments in the federation of world religions under a revived Holy Roman Empire feature in our current news and in one of the links in friend Henry's article. It is important that you read the links and references to confirm the fidelity of our teachings and to ensure your complete understanding based upon Scriptural and other factual material.

Developments in Rome, Israel, the Middle East, Russia and China are moving the actors of Daniel 11, Ezekiel 38 and 39, and Revelation 7 – 19 into their positions. In this regard, Newsletter 545 noted, "At the end of the Gentile dispensation Russia and her Muslim allies will attack Israel, living in overconfident careless security. Sheba (Yemen) and Dedan (United Arab Emirates), and the merchants of Tarshish (a colony of Tyre in southern Spain), though not taking an active part against Israel (being Jewish-ruled), are well pleased to see others do it, and ready to deal in the ill-gotten spoil of the invaders. Gain is before godliness with these mercantile peoples, and as a secondary thought Russia will purpose to lay claim to the mineral riches of the Dead Sea." Are Britain, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, etc., the "young lions," offspring, or colonies of Tarshish prophesied in Ezekiel 38:13? Along with the UN they appear weary of 60 years of chutzpah; Israel is Rothschild's fiefdom, another colony of the 'City of London' whose future they have planned. Will they lift their hand and allow Russia and her Islamic neighbours to discipline this loose cannon? One of the titles of Spanish king, Don Juan Carlos, a frequent traveler to the Middle East, is King of Jerusalem; hereby he is king not only of the Israelis but also of the Palestinians.

Should you happen to be in Nigeria this Easter, be sure you attend the Gathering of the End-time Saints at Bible Believers' Church in Owerri. You will be blessed.

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Benedict XVI visits Lutheran Church in Rome

Benedict XVI delivers holily in Lutheran church

March 14, 2010 — On Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI visited a Lutheran church in Rome with the purpose of promoting unity by emphasizing the ways in which Catholics and other Christians bear common witness to Christ. In the German-language service, in which both the Pope and a Lutheran pastor gave homilies, the Pontiff affirmed, "We hear many laments about the fact that there are no new developments in ecumenism, but we must say, and we can say it with much gratitude, that there have already been elements of unity". . . Full story: kandle.ie

Comment: "A cage of every unclean and hateful bird uniting for the second crucifixion" (Revelation 18:2; Hebrews 6:6).

Jakob Fugger and the Reformation

Jakob Fugger played important roles in the unfolding of the protestant reformation. It turns out that in the year 1500 the city of Rome and its Holy Places were in disrepair . . . the Papacy that was highly dependent on Pilgrims expenditures and donations for support . . . in modern terms . . . religious tourism.

Pope Leo X (born Giovanni de' Medici, the second son of Lorenzo the Magnificent, ruler of the Florentine republic) decided to renovate the old religious sites. This included building the modern St. Peter's Cathedral, the Sistine Chapel and related buildings as well as the plaza in front of the Cathedral. To do this took skilled artists like Michelangelo and lots of money. . . Jakob Fugger financed the building of what we know of as Vatican City . . . the beginning of a major financial crisis for the Catholic Church.

Leo sold high church office to Princes who could pay the necessary money (between 1495 and 1520, 88 of 110 bishoprics in Germany, Hungary, Poland and Scandinavia were appointed by Rome on the basis of Fugger money transfers). And allowed the sale of indulgences not only for past sins as had been customary in the past but for future sins (so you could guarantee in advance that your planned affair would not lead to a painful afterlife). Dominican Friar Tetzel was the best known of the indulgence sellers. The Friar's most famous jingle was "As soon as the coin in the coffer rings a soul from Purgatory upward springs."

Around 1520 there were many people both inside and outside the church concerned about financial and moral corruption of the church and her clergy. . . Cardinal Cajetan told Luther to recant his many statements at odds with the Papacy's positions. It was a Jakob Fugger's house where Luther refused to recant. . . There will be a FUGGER EXHIBITION in Munich from March 10 to May 22, 2010. Full story: globalregional.de

Baku will host the Next Summit of Religious Leaders

announcing Baku 2010 Summit of Religious Leaders

March 15, 2010 — Baku will host the summit of world religious leaders from April 27-29, said Sheikh ul-Islam Haji Allah-Sükür Pashazadeh, chairman of the Caucasus Muslims. "More than 150 religious leaders are expected to participate, including eleven patriarchs of the Orthodox Church along with representatives of all traditional world religions." An invitation may be extended to the Chief Bishop of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Full story: wiadomosci.monasterujkowice.pl

Comment: "Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them" (Matthew 13:30; Hebrews 6:8).

The First Time I heard of Barack

November 11, 2008 — One evening, during a trip to Moscow early in 1992, as the evening wore on, the wife of my host said, "What if I told you that you will have a black president very soon and he will be a Communist? . . . This is not some idle talk. He is already born and he is educated and being groomed to be president right now. You will be impressed to know that he has gone to the best schools of Presidents. He is what you call "Ivy League." You don't believe me, but he is real and I even know his name. His name is Barack. His mother is white and American and his father is black from Africa. That's right, a chocolate baby! And he's going to be your President."

"It's all been thought out. His father is not an American black so he won't have that social slave stigma. He is intelligent and he is half white and has been raised from the cradle to be an atheist and a Communist. He's gone to the finest schools. He is being guided every step of the way and he will be irresistible to America." She rattled off a complete litany. He was from Hawaii. He went to school in California. He lived in Chicago. He was soon to be elected to the legislature. "Have no doubt: he is one of us, a Soviet." America would have to be converted to Communism and Barack was going to pave the way. Full story: rense.com

Comment: As a student at Columbia University, Obama was recruited over 25 years ago by Zbigniew Brzezinski to be groomed as the president to succeed George W. Bush in 2008. (See Newsletter 620). Neil Sankey, a former British policeman who's now a licensed private investigator in Los Angeles, initiated a preliminary background investigation of Barack Obama and uncovered 49 addresses and 16 different Social Security numbers.

Final Destination Iran?

March 14, 2010 — Hundreds of powerful US "bunker-buster" bombs are being shipped from California to the British island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean in preparation for a possible attack on Iran . . . the US government signed a contract in January to transport 10 ammunition containers to the island . . .

Experts say that they are being put in place for an assault on Iran's controversial nuclear facilities. There has long been speculation that the US military is preparing for such an attack, should diplomacy fail to persuade Iran not to make nuclear weapons. . . The Sunday Herald reported in 2007 that stealth bomber hangers on the island were being equipped to take bunker-buster bombs. . . Superior Maritime Services will be paid $699,500.00 to carry many thousands of military items from Concord, California, to Diego Garcia. Crucially, the cargo includes 195 smart, guided, Blu-110 bombs and 192 massive 2000lb Blu-117 bombs.

"They are gearing up totally for the destruction of Iran," said Dan Plesch, director of the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at the University of London, co-author of a recent study on US preparations for an attack on Iran. "US bombers are ready today to destroy 10,000 targets in Iran in a few hours," he added. . . Full story: heraldscotland.com

Comment: Interestingly, the very people the US is serving in this cowardly and treacherous premeditated slaughter will blast the United States from the face of the globe seven years after this latest US genocide.

Israeli Professor Martin Levi van Creveld has threatened, "We possess several hundred atomic warheads and rockets and can launch them at targets in all directions, perhaps even at Rome. Most European capitals are targets for our air force. Let me quote General Moshe Dayan: "Israel must be like a mad dog, too dangerous to bother." We have the capability to take the world down with us. And I can assure you that this will happen before Israel goes under." Golda Meir stated, "If ever Israel was in danger of being defeated on the battlefield, it would be prepared to take the region and even the whole world down with it".

Candid testimony to Israel's utter dearth of faith and dependence on self-works. With a death wish, the US overlooks the fact Israel has nuclear-armed submarines roaming the oceans able to destroy any US city.

March 17, 2010 – Powerful forces have maintained the fiction that Malachi Martin left the Jesuit Order voluntarily or on principle. In fact, this prominent church critic was forced to leave the priesthood because he was a scoundrel and a philanderer.

By 1962, he had alienated the affections of at least four housewives and then dropped them.

When one spurned woman asked Martin's brother in Dublin where Malachi was, she was told:

"Dear girl. I don't know. I must tell you, you are the fourth woman who has come here asking me the same question about Malachi. All of them have essentially the same story to tell. That they were in love with Malachi and thought Malachi was in love with them."

"Four woman?" she demanded. "The same story?"

He nodded, and said, "And one rather attractive young man."

This account can be found in Robert Kaiser's book, "Clerical Error" (2002). The woman was his wife (p. 284-285).

Kaiser was the TIME magazine correspondent in Rome in the early 1960's. Martin was a source who became a close family friend. Martin didn't just break up Kaiser's family. (Kaiser and his wife Mary had two young children). It was much darker. To allay suspicions, Martin mobilized a network of influential contacts to smear Kaiser and have him committed as a paranoid schizophrenic.

Zionist Agent and Liar

Martin's books exposed satanic practices in the Catholic church and the Pope's role in the New World Order. While pretending to be against world government and the decline of traditional faith and practice, Martin went a long way to discredit the church. His many books were published by Illuminati mind-controller Simon and Schuster, which was a sign that something was fishy.

Kaiser's book, on the other hand, is published by Continuum which bills itself as "unconstrained by the interests of any global media group or academic institution, and based in London and New York."

In it, Kaiser recalls that Martin started hanging out with two officials of the New York-based American Jewish Committee and flashing $100 bills. The Jews were particularly concerned that the 1962 Second Vatican Council pass "the Jewish Schema" which absolved Jews of blame for Christ's Crucifixion and by implication accept guilt for 2000 years of anti-Semitism.

This is a typical example of how Illuminati mind-controllers invert good and evil. The Crucifixion of Christ was part of an ancient conspiracy against God and man that is reaching fruition with the New World Order.

"Martin was their lobbyist." Kaiser wrote. "These Jews were using him and paying him well for his help (p. 190).

Martin was the secretary to Cardinal Augustin Bea, a Marrano who spearheaded the Schema and a general liberalization of church dogma and practice. And according to an article in Wikipedia, Martin passed confidential documents to the American Jewish Committee, which is a front for Illuminati bankers. He also wrote under pseudonyms many inflammatory articles for Illuminati magazines like Harper's describing the foot dragging of Vatican conservatives.

Martin had a reputation as a liar. Mark Owen cites psychiatrist Dr. Morgan Scott Peck's book "Glimpses of the Devil" about possession and exorcism. According to Peck, Martin, although a formidable scholar and polyglot (17 languages), could by turns be a "pathological liar" and a "leprechaun."

In an email, Owen told me that Peck said that in his book "Hostages to the Devil" Martin claimed he performed exorcisms that were actually performed by Peck.

Maturity

Bob Kaiser's book, "Clerical Error" is also about attaining maturity. Kaiser spent 10 years as a Jesuit himself. He makes the point that immaturity is really a function of having "idols" and taking guidance from "authorities" like the Jesuits or "experts."

Kaiser was fooled by Martin's collar and couldn't see what was happening in his own home. Then instead of taking action, he sought help from the Jesuit Order, who generally prevaricated. His so-called friends didn't alert him.

Kaiser learned that maturity is not so much gaining wisdom as confidence in one's own judgment, trusting oneself no matter one's limitations.

"Thou shalt have no other gods before Me" is really an order from God to all of us: to take charge of ourselves, think our own thoughts, and feel our own feelings. In other words, to "grow up" (p. 262).

For a lot of us, maturity has been realizing that no one knows very much, and there are a lot of unscrupulous, stupid and evil people in the world.

One of these was Malachi Martin. Just a month ago I posted an article about his claims of a "satanic enthronement in the Vatican." I had always regarded him as a good guy although I wondered about his Jewish publisher.

Now, I would avoid his work, because I regard him as a classic example of the Illuminati phony opposition. Martin pretended to oppose the dismantling of the Catholic Church while secretly advancing it. His personal behavior revealed where his true loyalties lay.

Related: Michael Hoffman on Malachi Martin

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China finally learns the Truth about the Jews

March 5, 2010 — The author of the book, "Currency Wars," Song Hongbing, claims that behind world-changing events like the battle of Waterloo, Adolf Hitler's rise to power, President Kennedy's assassination, and the deep recession in Asia during the 1990s stood an intricate conspiracy aimed at increasing Jews' wealth and influence.

Song, a Chinese computer engineer and history buff who resides in the United States, writes that almost every defining historical moment has been instigated by Jewish bankers, and mainly the Rothschild family, which Song says dominates the global banking system, including the US Federal Reserve System. . . Full story: eutimes.net

Comment: Whatever put this into his head?

Toxic Water

February 23, 2010 — Residents in a Tasmanian plantation community are drinking water which kills human cells. The toxin in the water has been matched to the toxin in the leaves of a common and "genetically enhanced" strain of plantation tree, Eucalyptus Nitens . . . sold to plantation companies around Australia. Water from Tasmania's George River . . . has been found by six separate laboratories to kill human cells. . . A local GP had joined forces with a marine ecologist to help pay for research when she noticed a number of patients around the small community of St. Helens had "rare auto-immune diseases". . .

"Three-quarters of the forest plantation estate in Tasmania is planted in these trees . . . there's an export industry here to Chile and China and other states of Australia. "There are billions of dollars involved . . ." Tasmanian director of public health Dr. Roscoe Taylor . . . said a 2004 investigation had not confirmed "unusual rates of illness or cancers" in the area. Oyster farmers on the George River have complained of oyster deaths since 2004, when their entire harvest died.
Full story: weeklytimesnow.com.au

Comment: It has taken a number of years to discover this unfortunate side effect of the genetic modification. I wonder what will be the cost of removing the trees and any traces of their toxin before other problems are discovered? Is it any wonder that the public are wary of consuming GM food? This revelation has proved beyond doubt that the ramifications of GM technology are not detected at the outset. . . Full story: alor.org

By Way of Deception Thou shalt do War

March 18, 2010 – Newly discovered footage of a terrorist attack perpetrated by an Israel Defense Forces soldier in the Arab town of Shfaram five years ago indicates that authorities were aware of plans to commit the attack . . .

In August 2005, Eden Natan-Zada opened fire in a passenger bus in Shfaram with his army-issued M-16 assault rifle, killing four. Immediately following the attack, a large crowd gathered around the bus, surrounding the gunman and beating him to death. Last year, prosecutors charged 12 individuals with taking part in the lynching of Natan-Zada, a move that ignited criticism from the Israeli-Arab community . . . lawyer, Maher Talhami, said the cameras followed the trail of the bus in which Natan-Zada rode in entering Shfaram. Immediately after the attack, the footage shows angry mobs gathering at the scene. . . Talhami said the timing of the filming indicates defense officials knew of Natan-Zada's plan to perpetrate the attack. "We are talking about video shot by a drone," Talhami said. "Obviously not every private individual or civilian agent operates a drone on his own volition. The method of surveillance of the bus proves that there was early information available to the defense establishment". Full story: haaretz.com

Correspondent Barry Chamish wrote: "Back in '97, PM Netanyahu couldn't get his Hebron withdrawal past his cabinet. The next day, an IDF soldier, Noam Friedman, who had just spent 3 months in a psychiatric ward, took a bus to Hebron and shot up the Arab market in front of numerous television cameras which happened to be there as well. Due to international pressure, the withdrawal was passed by the cabinet that evening.

I also told my audience the outrage would come from Kach, since the Shabak runs the organization. It is no coincidence that a few days before, Kach members publicly staged a Pulsa Dinura, death curse ceremony against Ariel Sharon. That trick was played one month before Rabin's murder by Kach members led by one Avigdor Eskin. So, surprise, surprise, the Shabak aided by IDF intelligence pulled the old rabbit out of its hat just when they were supposed to. As usual, the patsy was Yemenite [or Sephardic, not an Ashkenazi "Jew"]. Here are the predictable details:

A Jewish soldier who went AWOL from the IDF one month ago killed four people and wounded 12 others when he opened fire inside a bus in an Arab town in the Galilee.

Jew Opens Fire in Bus, Kills Four Arabs

August 4, 2005 – Angry residents lynched the 19-year-old following the shooting. He was identified as Eden Natan Zada from Rishon L'tzion, a city south of Tel Aviv. Israeli media reported he recently moved to the Kfar Tapuach community in northeast Samaria after turning to religion and becoming involved in extreme political activism, but the administrator of the community said he never heard of the man.

The killer's parents, worried over their son's radical change, said they had asked the army to take away their son's weapon but were told by officers there was no need to do so. Israeli media tried to link the murder with anti-expulsion protests and pointed out the murderer had refused to take part in the planned expulsion. Former MK Rabbi Chanan Porat told questioning interviewers there is absolutely no connection to be made between the anti-expulsion protests and the murder.

The bus reached the town of Shfaram, which is made up of Christians and Moslems from Haifa, when Zada, dressed in a Border Police uniform, opened fire and killed the driver, another man and two girls. He continued to shoot at people inside and outside the bus as the bus continued to roll down the residential street. The bus came to a halt and at least one bus passenger managed to disarm the gunman. . . Zada was in an IDF unit other than the Border Police and it is not known how or why he obtained the Border Police uniform. MK Uri Ariel (National Union) said the IDF must investigate why the murderer had his weapon with him after having been AWOL for an extended period of time.

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said, "This was a reprehensible act by a bloodthirsty Jewish terrorist who sought to attack innocent Israeli citizens. . . I send condolences to the families of those who were murdered and my best wishes for a quick recovery to those who were wounded. The entire State of Israel, regardless of race, religion or sex, strongly condemns this act of terrorism."

The Council of Jewish Communities in Judea and Samaria (Yesha Council) announced its shock, denouncing the murder as being committed by someone "crazy." Yesha spokesmen criticized "the cynical use of the incident by certain political entities to try to make a connection between the serious incident and the democratic, legitimate and nonviolent protest against the expulsion from Gush Katif being waged. "Repeatedly referring to him as 'a settler' even though he was not a resident of any settlement is an attempt to slander a whole population who is leading a democratic protest in an exemplary way. It would be better to act with more responsibility instead of criticizing only in order to gain dubious political benefits." Full story: israelnationalnews.com

Correspondent Barry Chamish wrote: Once again, the sociopath Sharon had four Arabs killed and 16 others shot just to get his little Gaza withdrawal done. The shooter was another in a long line of Shabak patsies which includes Yigal Amir and Baruch Goldstein. As always, the "leaders" of the Right and the religious communities cower in shame over the incident. None dare actually blame the real perpetrators—the government of Israel and its internal security apparatus . . .

In the early 50s, Peres was Director of Israel's Atomic Energy Commission. In his worst of many crimes, he sacrificed the lives some 10,000 Sephardic, mostly Yemenite and Moroccan children, in ghastly atomic experiments, in exchange for American nuclear bomb plans. The horrid details are in the film: The Ringworm Children . . . Perhaps your readers would like these links: youtube 1 youtube 2 youtube 3 youtube 4 youtube 5. While the CFR pushes Israel into the flames, Peres exploits the situation by making it look like the Vatican is pulling the nation out. Watch for a "peace plan" from Rome soon.

US tells Israel: 'You are undermining America, endangering Troops'

March 16, 2010 — The "Special Relationship" is DEAD. Learn some of the "WHY" being kept from you.

Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Clinton and Joint Chief's Chairman Mike Mullen have all recently visited Israel on two issues, reliable information that Israel was planning an attack on Iran, a plan designed to push America into a war our leaders believe is both wrong and likely to risk a global nuclear confrontation with Russia and the building of a massive housing project on the Arab side of Jerusalem in violation of numerous agreements, a project that is likely to cause a spike in world terrorism and send thousands of new fighters to Afghanistan to face American forces there.

This is the worst point in the history of the relationship between the US and Israel since the founding of that nation in 1948 but these are not the only reasons, not these and the arrogant and intractable attitude of Israel's leaders nor being caught in lie after lie, lies told to their financial backer and closest ally, the United States. Here is some background on CENTOM Commander, General Petraeus' shocking briefing:

With nearly all Arab/Muslim governments aligned behind the US, including a softening of tensions with Iran, Israel feels it must act quickly. However, the US no longer has any strategic requirement for a relationship with Israel. What had been seen as a potential ally, perhaps now wrongly so, in the region is now generally perceived as a "runaway train" that the United States can no longer go to the United Nations time after time to protect from sanctions, 32 times thus far. Israel clearly feels it has the United States "over a barrel" with control of media, a massive AIPAC lobby working against American policy and huge new financial influence over the upcoming Congressional elections handed over to them by the highly controversial 5/4 Supreme Court "free speech" election funding decision clearly meant to aid Israel further in her ability to intimidate Congress.

Unofficially, Israel has moved to the top of America's "terrorist watch list" and is now drifting toward "evildoer" status, not only by the White House but, more broadly, through top defense officials who now perceive Israel as a threat to the United States. Full story: veteranstoday.com

Comment: This illustrates how the 'City of London' rules the USA through the Council on Foreign Relations.

The greatest mistake Israel ever made was the 19th chapter of Exodus, after grace had already provided a saviour, had already provided a lamb, had already provided deliverance, they said, "Let us do something" (William Branham, Water from the Rock, #55-0224). 1,400 years later they assimilated the Edomites, "The people against whom the Lord has indignation forever" because their forefather Esau rejected the Holy Spirit for a bowl of stew and married into Cain's lineage, thus his offspring bear the curse of Canaan: not being on the Book of Life, which is the genealogy of Adam, they are irredeemable (Malachi 1:3-4; Genesis 9:25; Revelation 20:15). As a consequence, 160 years later Israel crucified Messiah and called His Blood upon their own heads (Matthew 27:25). 700 years later they assimilated the Khazars—Serpent's seed, sworn to kill the Israelites (Genesis 27:39-41). According to their own statistics, over 90% of them Serpent's seed God set "at enmity" with Adam's race (Genesis 3:15).

These non-Semitic, anti-Semitic so-called or self-styled Jews are the enemy of the children of Abraham, Isaac and Israel whom Moses led from Egyptian bondage. As they deceived Israel and the United States, these "hewers of wood and drawers of water" (Joshua 9) have deceived the church that calls itself Spiritual Israel. Brother Branham warned you! God called Israel out of Egyptian bondage and she followed the Pillar of Fire until overcome by reasoning and was cursed under the Law of sin and death. Today He has called His end-time Bride out from bondage to the world church system to follow the Pillar of Fire, but like Esau you want to patronize Jewry, the mother of Catholicism, under their lewd holy book, the Babylonian Talmud, crucify to yourself the Son of God afresh, and bring His Blood upon your shoulders.

Brother Branham said, "America was founded upon the reverence and the respects of our forefathers. They were religious men; therefore, God will protect this nation forever." He will have no more respects for us than He did for Israel. Israel was His called and chosen people. And when they sowed, they reaped what they sowed. And that goes for individuals. No matter how holy, or [which] church we claim to belong to, or how good we try to live, God is obligated to His Word, to judge us according to what He has said" (Handwriting on the Wall, p. 5:36-37).

The Whole Creation Groans in Travail – Part VI

After the midst of Daniel's Seventieth Week Rome will usurp authority over the self-styled Jews at the dedication of their third temple and abrogate her covenant with the international banksters. She will then force her mark of the beast and martyr Israel's two prophets; after three and a half days Israel will be born in one day and martyred at sometime before Armageddon erupts and destroys life on earth.

Christ-rejecting Gentiles have shut their ears to "sound doctrine." Denominational ministers and many within the circle of this Message are unaware of the promise of His 'parousia' Coming that took place in 1963 but anticipate the glorified Man from Galilee to step down from the sky for which there is no basis in Scripture. Following earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions and the invasion and occupation of Israel and the United States prophesied to mark the close of the Gentile dispensation, the pope (then incarnate by Satan cast down to earth) will unite the world's religions, ostensibly against Judaeo-Communist Russia, restore peace and be universally proclaimed inaugural president of one world government. The world church system reunited with the state in a revived Roman empire will covenant the international Jews of the 'City of London' as prophesied in Daniel 9:27, Revelation 13:11-13 and 17:11-14, refinance the US dollar with gold backing and restore her earthquake-devastated infrastructure and economy. In trying to do God a service without it being His will, the apostate churches will force Rome's trinity dogma—the mark of the beast—on pain of death (Revelation 13:15-18), for "In the day of the earthquake [that cleaves the Mount of Olives] the light shall neither clear, nor dark: but it will be a unique day known to the Lord, not day, nor night, but at evening time it shall be Light" (Zechariah 14:6-8).

In the early days of the Church, Christ made Himself known "and granted signs and wonders to be done by the hands of the apostles . . . [but at the Hegelian dialectic of the First Nicaea Council in AD325] the synagogue of Satan" organized the Judaeo-Roman Catholic church. And from the end of the Roman Empire to the close of the Middle Ages the Dark Ages descended, sinking civilization in Western Europe. Few received schooling, and knowledge from the Romans survived only in a few monasteries and elite institutions; arts and crafts were lost, and superstition overruled understanding. Thereafter the Lord raised up the Reformation with its great teachers. Of Revelation 2:9 Brother Branham said, "The word, Jews, does not describe the religion of the Jewish people. It refers only to the people [residents] of Judah [Judeans] and has the same precise meaning if I were to say I am Irish born. These people were saying that they were actually Jews [Judahites], real Jews ["of the stock of Israel" (Philippians 3:5)] by birth. They were liars. They were not Jews by birth and they weren't Jews by religion. If all this is true, what were they? They were a deceived people who were already part of the church. They belonged to the false vine" (An Exposition of the Seven Church Ages, p. 120). And "I believe the key to interpreting exactly what each of these wonderfully descriptive phrases means is found in Revelation 3:9. . . because it deals with the [self-styled or so-called] Jews who have always called themselves the children of God to the exclusion of everyone else. They crucified and killed the Lord Jesus Christ. Their terrible deed brought their blood upon their own heads for centuries. All because they refused Jesus as their Messiah, which indeed He was" (ibid. p. 291:2).

Satan countered the Reformation, instituting the Judaeo-Jesuits in 1534, followed by the "Age of Reason," also called the "Enlightenment" or Illuminati, and the "Age of Rationalism," which commenced in the 1600s and lasted until the late 1700s. Its Illuminist leaders included French philosophers—the Marquis de Concorcet, René Descartes, Denis Diderot, Jean Jacques Rousseau, and Voltaire, and English philosopher John Locke, who contrasted reason with ignorance, superstition, and the uncritical acceptance of authority, rightly blaming the Roman Catholic church in particular for keeping men in ignorance in order to maintain its power. These men greatly influenced the leaders of the French and American Revolutions but God sent John Wesley, the angel to the Philadelphian Church Age (1750 – 1906), and the great Wesleyan revival kept the revolution away from Great Britain and saved her to be an instrument in the hand of God for many glorious years.

These philosophers were deists, convinced that the universe could be understood by the human mind, and that after God had finished the universe He left it strictly alone. Consequently they ruled out the possibility of miracles or other special acts by God. Signs, wonders and miracles were soon replaced by lectures and Gospel tracts; but the Church has passed through that era of intellectual half-Light that bound the Holy Spirit by denominationalism, and the evening Light has come to restore us back to the power of Pentecost for the manifestation of the Sons of God under the latter rain "Then the works that I do shall you do also" (John 14:12).

God is Alpha and Omega—the Word at the beginning and the Word at the end, but He is not the PART-Word that was in between, which was why the saints required a Mediator from Pentecost to the close of the Laodicean Church Age. Christ received the revelation of the Word for their day and excused their ignorance of that which was sealed, or lost through Roman Catholic pogrom and persecution, and baptized them into the Body.

Zechariah was referring to spiritual conditions at the end of the Laodicean Church Age when the people were "lukewarm and neither cold nor hot" concerning sanctified living and the strict Word and will of God, and under the delusion they 'have all of God' when they are in fact "wretched, and miserable, Spiritually bankrupt, blind to the faith, naked of the Blood, and know it not" (Revelation 3:16-20). Although Christ's end-time Bride has received "Light in the evening time" this condition pervades the whole world and the elect Israelites will not recognize their "evening time Light" until they enter the second half of Daniel's Seventieth Week.

The same Light that shone in Jerusalem in the morning of the Gospel has been restored in the evening just before the Gentile dispensation ends and Tribulation darkness descends upon the Earth. Matthew 24:22-28, "The tribulation of the Gentile dispensation will be shortened for the elect by their restoration to the apostolic faith and the finish of the mystery of God bringing them into the unity of the faith for the manifestation of the Sons of God and their translation without death" (Malachi 4:5-6; Matthew 17:11; Revelation 10:7; Ephesians 4:13; Romans 8:19; I Corinthians 15:47-56; I Thessalonians 4:14-18;). "At that time if any one tells you, Jesus has arrived at such and such a place, or has appeared here or there, believe them not. For false anointed ones and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to mislead, if it were possible, even the elect. Remember I have forewarned you. So if they say to you, He is in the desert; do not go out: or in the inner room; do not believe it. For as the lightning comes out of the east, and shines even to the west; so shall also the UNIVERSAL 'parousia' Coming of the Son of man be. For wherever the carcass of the fresh food for the hour is, there the saints will be gathered together".

From the perspective of the Church, Zechariah and Jesus spoke in reference to the former or 'teaching rain' of Brother Branham's Message and ministry that revealed the Son of Man in the West with the same signs and wonders He displayed in the East (Luke 17:28-30). From the point of view of Israel, it will be the ministry and Message of the Hebrew prophets of Zechariah 4 and Revelation 11 with their teaching rain reconfirming the New Covenant (Isaiah 4:3-4; Jeremiah 31:31-34; Ezekiel 36:21-30; Daniel 9:24; Joel 2:23; 3:21). So you see in the end-time, the former rain is restored to us Gentiles, and then to the Israelites.

Zechariah 14:6-9, "And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Light shall not be clear, nor dark: but it shall be a unique day which shall be known to the Lord, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be Light [by revelation]. In that day, living waters shall flow out from Jerusalem; half of them to the former sea (Gentile), and half of them to the hinder sea (Israel): in both summer and in winter. And the Lord will become King over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and His Name alone will be worshipped." The evening-time Light of Christ's parousia shining by the fullness of the Gospel first to Christ's Gentile Bride, and then to 144,000 elect Israelites.

The evening Light to the Church is followed by "the Day of the Lord, which is darkness, and not Light, even very Dark and no brightness in it" (Amos 5:18-20).

We will comment briefly on Ezekiel 33-37 in order to lay a groundwork for the remainder of the Book where the prophecy of God's mercy to Israel begins with a renewed call to conversion, and with repeated earnest accusation of Israel (Ezekiel 33; 34; 36), so that His promises are accompanied by the assurance of judgment on the hostile world powers, and their downfall (Ezekiel 35; 38; 39) in contrast and as transition to the glorification of the Lord Jesus in His kingdom. Certainly these chapters were intended to encourage the Captives in Babylon with hope for their return to Judea, however their ultimate thrust and our interest concerns the prophetic events on the immediate horizon following the resurrection and translation of the Church.

As with Jeremiah 26 and Zechariah 6, we see Ezekiel in chapters 2 and 3 given a scroll "written within and without with lamentations, mourning and woe." The writing was almost certainly Israel's Seven Trumpet Judgments, not that their mystery was revealed to him any more than it was disclosed to Daniel, and as Christ's end-time Bride is made to eat the Book and become one with the revelation of the Seven Thunders, which are the revelations contained in the Seven Seals (Revelation 10:8-11), Ezekiel as God's watchman, is commanded to eat the Scroll and "Receive in your heart, and hear with your ears all My Words." In other words, He is to receive the Light of a clear revelation before delivering his Message. God makes him mute until He opens his mouth to warn the wicked to repent, then again the Lord makes him "dumb, so that he should not be a reprover: for they are a rebellious house" like the Gentiles in Revelation 22:10-19.

Up until chapter 25 Ezekiel prophesied judgment upon Jerusalem, God's Temple and the Judeans, but from chapter 25 to 32 he prophesies judgment upon Israel's enemies, Ammon, Moab, Edom, the Philistines, Tyrus, Sidon, and Egypt as a transition to the prophecies of Mercy upon Israel in Daniel's Seventieth Week. So you see, although seeing and declaring the revelation was "as sweet as honey," it was a hard Message to deliver.

In chapter 33:1-7 his commission as watchman is renewed, and turning from foreign nations to Israel he is told (like the angels to the Seven Church Ages) "Speak to the children of your people, and say, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman: if when he sees the sword come upon the land, he blows the trumpet, and warns the people; then whosoever hears the sound of the trumpet, and takes not warning; if the sword come, and takes him away, his blood shall be upon his own head. He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him (John 15:22). But he that took warning shall deliver his soul. But if the watchman see the sword coming, and does not blow the trumpet and the people are not warned; if the sword comes, and takes anyone, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand".

The Lord revealed the capture of Jerusalem to Ezekiel and opened his mouth to prophesy the night before a refugee arrived with the news so that the mocking Judeans would recognize him as a vindicated prophet. As in Zechariah 11, Ezekiel 34 prophesies against the foolish shepherds, the rulers and kings of Israel, and promises the Shepherd of Mercy, David's Greater Son will make a New Covenant of peace with Israel and gather them out of the nations (by the ministry of the two witnesses of Zechariah 4 and Revelation 11) that they may receive "showers of blessing" in the Messianic Kingdom.

Ezekiel 35 – 36:8 expands upon the coming judgment of Edom promised in Ezekiel 25:12-14 "by the hand of My people Israel." This treacherous brood had assisted Nebuchadnezzar in the capture of Jerusalem (Obadiah 1:1-16; 2:11, 16-20) and afterward invaded and held possession of the south of Palestine as far as Hebron until conquered five years later by Nebuchadnezzar. But when the Judeans returned from the Captivity they found Benjamin's allotment occupied by Edom, so Benjamin resettled in Galilee of the Gentiles. Esau married a Hittite and a Canaanite who along with their Edomite offspring were Serpent's seed whom God set "at enmity" with Adam's race (Genesis 3:15). Subsequently he married an Ishmaelite and although their children were of Adam's race they possibly bore some resentment because their forefather did not share with Isaac in the blessing and inheritance of Abraham.

Esau swore that on the death of his father Isaac he would kill Jacob, recover his birthright and steal his blessing (Genesis 27:39-41). He is working toward Jacob's extermination to this day, which is one explanation for the genocide determined on the Palestinians and Muslim lands of the ancient Assyrian empire where the descendants of Israel and Judah abide (Ezekiel 35:10-15). Edom is the type of Israel's last foe (Isaiah 63:1-4). In 130BC, John Hyrcanus, Judah's high priest executed the divine vengeance when he defeated and forcibly assimilated the Edomites who "were hereafter no other than Jews" (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, XIII, 9:1. An editor's footnote on this page quotes the ancient historian, Ammonius, "The Idumeans were . . . subdued by the Jews [i.e. Judahites] and compelled to be circumcised, and to unite into one nation, and be subject to the same laws, they were called Jews"). Despite the subterfuge of names like "Jew" and "Israeli," these impostors are Serpent's seed as are Khazars, and 'cherem' or dedicated to destruction for the glory of the Lord. Ezekiel 36:8-38 speaks of the glorification of the Lord God in the eyes of the heathen when He gathers Israel into the land of the Covenant and into the New Covenant by sanctification and new birth in Daniel's Seventieth Week.

Ezekiel 37 foretells the gathering of the whole house of Israel "cut off from our parts" (7-14) during Daniel's Seventieth Week under the manifestation of the Sixth Seal and Seventh Trumpet as prophesied by our Lord Jesus in Matthew 24:31 and Revelation 7:1-8 and Paul in Romans 11:15 (Psalm 17:7; Isaiah 6:10-13; 11:11-16; 27:13; Jeremiah 3:12, 18; 16:15; 23:8; 31:8; Ezekiel 37:14; 39:27; Micah 5:3; Zechariah 10:9-12; Matthew 24:29-31; Revelation 12:14, etc.), and concludes with the restoration of the Kingdom to Israel under the millennial reign of Jesus Christ. The separation of Israel from the land of the Covenant is the most serious punishment that could be inflicted, for an Israelite outside the land is outside the Covenant and is as one dead. Thus the return of "the whole house of Israel" to the land will constitute the resurrection of the nation. This 'resurrection' and return of the twelve tribes or people of Israel, not the modern non-Semitic Jewish state, will follow an earthquake as the resurrection of our Lord Jesus and the Old Testament saints was called by an earthquake (Matthew 27:50-53; Ezekiel 37:7; 38:19-23). It will call the resurrection of the sleeping Church Age saints (Revelation 6:12; 11:14-19; 16:18-19; Zechariah 14:4-5).

After the siege of Jerusalem, this earthquake by which the Lord slays Israel's foes, and specifically the enemies of the Israelites, will bring glory to the Lord and instill hope in the hearts of the twelve tribes living in exile ("for fear of the Jews") encouraging them to return for their redemption in the land of the Covenant. nl625.htm

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Brother Grigor-Scott is a non-denominational minister who has ministered full-time since 1981, primarily to other ministers and their congregations overseas. He pastors Bible Believers' tiny congregation, and is available to teach in your church.

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