The Dark Skies of Prophecy Chapter 3

Chapter 3

In the attempt to expose fallacy or weakness it is important that we do not generate slander nor label Christians as being heretics. The purpose is to educate the public and those who teach and promote Biblical Truth. It is important to expand our understanding of what God has communicated to us through His Word and the inspiration He continues to give us through the Holy Spirit. With that said, we should be careful how we word critical thoughts and how we label ideas and positions that people take.

It has been a custom among certain groups and television ministries to negatively label anyone who does not agree with their seven consecutive year pre-tribulation rapture viewpoint. They often use exaggeration and critical labeling to demote opposing viewpoints and promote their own ministry. Others use sensational concepts or theories to entertain their followers and raise money. This habit of labeling other groups is a form of slander and a way to put down or box out opposing viewpoints instead of having honest conversation and debate.

To be clear this book does not teach a preterist, partial-preterist, nor the amillennial viewpoint. The viewpoint presented in this book describes: “God’s Mercy and Love expressed through the 3.5-year ministry of Jesus Christ, followed by the Church Age, then closed out by the Rapture, and a 3.5 period of Divine Judgment called the Wrath of God.” Our two thousand yearlong Gospel-age is in the spotlight and embraced by two divine 3.5-year Holy periods that proclaim the Name of God as Savior and Judge, the Lamb and Lion, and the Alpha and Omega (the Beginning and End). The two prophetic 3.5 periods are God’s hands holding up the Church, the Light of God.

This Light points to God’s great mysteries in the Old and New Testament. In Ephesians 3:9, Paul declares that God’s grace was given him so that he could “make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery which from the beginning of the world has been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ.” The Holy Spirit and the Church were mysteries revealed by Jesus Christ. Another mystery was the miraculous birth and survival of the nation of Israel in 1948 and the miracle war of 1967 which released Jerusalem from Islamic control. These are signposts that point to the Lord’s 2nd Coming. The Cosmic Crossroad Countdown book series reveals other divine signs given to us to guide us such as God’s Festivals, the Jubilee years, the 7-Days of Creation, and God’s Great Sign of the Woman in Revelation 12. They show that we are in the “generation” that will see the rapture.

God’s plan was to defeat sin and death and transform His creation from a temporary and corrupt state to one that is eternal and perfect. The Futurists may label this inspired viewpoint as the “classic Pre-Wrath version.”  However, the classic Pre-Wrath end-time scenario demoted by the Futurists was based on a contiguous 7-year tribulation. This prophetic outline does not follow that concept and instead has the two 3.5-year periods embracing and uplifting the two-thousand-year Church Age. It makes sense that God would spiritually and physically embrace His Church as He puts all people in the world through tests and trials that will cause them to look up to Him. He wants to purify the Church and draw unbelievers to the Light so that everyone will have a chance to repent and obey Him. He encourages us by declaring; Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you are involved in various trials, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance,” James1:1-2.

In His Love God has made His Word available to the entire world through every method possible including through the printing press, radio, television, film, and digital drives. He has also allowed the 4 Horses of Revelation to shake the world’s foundation with disasters, famines, wars, rebellion, pestilence, and even the beasts of the earth. This shaking also happened during Old Testament time as shown in the following verses:

1) David called out to God in distress as enemies surrounded him: “My cry reached his ears. The world shook and trembled; the foundations of the mountains quaked, they shook because he was angry. He shot his arrows and scattered them; with many lightening bolts he frightened them,” Ps. 18:7 and 14.

 2) Psalm 97:1: “Hate evil, you who love the Lord. He guards the life of those who love Him, delivering them from domination by the wicked.”

3) Isaiah 40:4-5: “Every valley will be lifted up, and every mountain and hill will be lowered; the rough ground will become level, and the mountain ridges made a plain. Then the Glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity will see it at once, for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”

4) Haggai 2:6-9, “This is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land. I will shake all nations, and what is desired by all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says the LORD Almighty.”

It is IMPORTANT to note that in Haggai’s verse the phrase “in a little while” or others like “in the last hour” and the “70th week” can represent lengthy periods or spans of time now and into the future.

This idea of “super short time” representing a long amount of time is used by Jesus in replying to the woman at the well. Jesus says, “the hour will soon come when worship will not depend on a specific location but will be “in spirit and truth.” The Temple will not be necessary. God will move from the Temple to the human heart. “Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you,” I Corinthians 3:16 ISV).

Paul the Apostle refers to the Haggai verse above suggesting that Jesus Christ “shook all the nations, filling this house with Glory.” Paul states in Hebrew: “Once again I will cause the earth to move. But this time I will cause heaven to move, “Hebrew 12:28. Although Paul does not say that Heaven and earth moved when Jesus defeated Satan and Death, could it still be true? He will again move both Heaven and Earth at the end of the age in the last half of the prophetic 7th Week. Was Haggai comparing earth’s Creation to what will happen at the end of time? During the Wrath of God, all temporary, created things—both in heaven and earth—will be transformed through a final, cosmic “shaking” or judgment. This will ensure that only the eternal, unshakable Kingdom of God will exist.

However, we know that Jesus Christ made all this possible by reversing death, sin, the temporary state of matter, and much of physics through God directed miracles while living in a sin filled world.. When he died a massive earthquake happened and the sky became dark for hours. The supernatural was shaking the natural. Thus, at both sides of our 2000-year period the effect on nature and “permanence of created things” change. Both 3.5-year periods show “cosmic events.” There is much more detail on these special cosmic events in the first Cosmic Crossroad Countdown book.

John the Apostle in Revelation 3:10 shares the strong exhortation given by Jesus Christ to all Churches (and this includes Christian authors, film makers, institutions) that act as His Light to the world: “Because you (Philadelphia Church) have obeyed my command to endure, I will keep you from the hour of testing that is coming in the whole world to test those living on the earth.” This “hour of testing” spans time to include our present age. It is an “hour” that includes world wars, Islamic invasions, worldwide pestilence like the Spanish Flu, and economic dictatorships like China. The White Horse and Rider will test the faith and devotion of the Church. The Red Horse and Rider will test their strength and obedience. And the Black and Green Horses will shake their faith, endurance, and convictions.

Jesus Christ showed his love for everyone including the demon possessed with miracles, comforting words, divine wisdom, and God’s plan expressed in parables and warnings. He set the stage for how a believer can overcome the world. He was purposefully directing a three-and-a-half-year ministry while he fulfilled hundreds of prophecies. Although he does not explicitly say, “I am fulfilling the first half of Daniel’s 70th week,” he implies this in the following Gospel passages:

1) In Luke 13:6-9 in the parable of the unfruitful Fig Tree Jesus Christ speaks of seeking fruit for “three years” and granted “one more year” to nurture and care for it. This is a good reference to his 3.5-year ministry.

2) The Gospel of John records at least three Passovers celebrated during Jesus’ ministry, ending with the Passover of his crucifixion. Since scholars believe that Jesus was born near late September during the Feast of Tabernacles, it suggests that he was baptized by John the Baptist in September during or after the Feast of Tabernacles. That would add six months to his ministry for a total of 3.5 years.

3) If you chose to use the word “confirm” at the Lord’s supper (Matthew 26:28, Mark 14:24, Luke 22:20) one sees Jesus Christ confirming “the blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many.” By doing this he is identifying himself as the “anointed prince” in Daniel 9:27.

4) And in the Olivet Discourse (Matthew 24:15): Jesus directly references Daniel 9:27: “Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation’ standing in the holy place (let the reader understand).” By instructing the disciples using this key passage in Daniel he confirms his ministry and the subsequent events: which include the abomination Nero placed in the Temple in 67 AD and the destruction of the Temple in 70 AD. The Abomination includes the execution the Apostles Paul and Peter by Nero and later the execution of all the Temple priests. It all “confirms” the abomination having been committed during the time of the early church and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

In Matthew 24:3-8:  Jesus replies after the disciples ask him what will happen to them, and what will be the sign of his coming and the end of the age:  “See to it that no one deceives you, because many will come in my name, proclaiming, I’m the Messiah, and they will deceive many people. You’ll begin to hear of wars and rumors of wars. See to it that you don’t panic. These things must take place, but the end won’t have come yet, because nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. But all these things are only a beginning of agonies.”  Could all these events happen between the crucifixion of the Lord and the 70 AD destruction of the Temple? The religious authorities in Jerusalem were determined to quench any talk of the resurrection and to arrest the leaders and smother the message of this new faith. The Roman dictatorship did not want rebellion and so followed the requests of the Pharisees and other Jewish leaders. Rebellion and lawlessness happened despite the caution. There were wars and rumors of wars with nations rising against nations. Deception and false Christs were evident in the book of Acts, so we can assume those were happening.

In Matthew 24:9-14: Jesus states, “Then they’ll hand you over to suffer and will kill you, and you’ll be hated by all the nations on account of my name. Then many people will fall away, will betray one another, and will hate one another. Many false prophets will appear and deceive many people, and because lawlessness will increase, the love of many people will grow cold. But the person who endures to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the inhabited world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.”

Heavy persecution unfortunately happened to the disciples and the Church. The religious leaders executed James the brother of Jesus and stoned to death Stephen. Believers fled their homes and moved to other cities across the Jordan river as they fled Roman edicts issued against Christians throughout Judea.

What does the phrase “and then the end will come” mean here. In Jewish tradition it suggests an end to both the heavy persecution by Rome and the religious leaders but also an end to their present evil age and the beginning of a glorious new age. Soon Rome under Caesar Constantine would accept Christianity and the Gospel would spread throughout the Roman Empire. During and after the siege and destruction of Jerusalem the Roman forces and the religious zealots fought each other for years. The Church had to flee but was able to regroup and survive in various areas inside and outside Israel as archeology shows evidence of Churches in the Decapolis, Macedonia, Greece, Italy, Spain, Egypt, and Turkey.

In Matthew 24:15-20 Jesus states, So when you see the destructive desecration, mentioned by the prophet Daniel, standing in the Holy Place (let the reader take note), then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. Anyone who’s on the housetop must not come down to get what is in his house, and anyone who’s in the field must not turn back to get his coat.  ‘How terrible it will be for women who are pregnant or who are nursing babies in those days! Pray that it may not be in winter or on a Sabbath when you flee”

In this passage Jesus gave a warning to those in Jerusalem warning them to prepare to flee to the mountains of Judea. The Zealot rebellion around Judea begins 30 years later in 66 AD followed by the Roman siege in April of 70 AD. Jesus tells his disciples and the early church to leave Jerusalem before they are entrapped by this conflict. It does not refer to events in our future. Why do we know this? In the Matthew passage Jesus says “flee to the mountains” which is different than what happens at the “end of time” when Jesus sets foot on the Mount of Olives and the mountain splits in two. The believers in modern Jerusalem will flee directly to the Dead Sea area and will not need to “flee to the mountains.” They will not have to flee upwards and southward but will flee through the split open eastern wall of Jerusalem and through the split open Mount of Olives in the East and then downward to the Dead Sea. This will be a quicker and safer route. Zechariah 14:5 explains, “You will run away through my mountain valley…you will flee, as you fled the earthquake under King Uzziah. And so the Lord my God will come with his holy ones to accompany you.” Jesus Christ will guide and protect them and then return with them to establish the Kingdom of God in Jerusalem where Jesus puts His throne. This will begin the Millennium with a “Temple of the Lord” which has a throne and not the Ark of the Covenant.

Another passage in the Old Testament that critics use to “prove” that a pre-Millennium Temple will exist on the present Temple Mount is the vision that Ezekiel has. Ezekiel sees a glowing man with a measuring rod and line at the gate of Jerusalem (Ezekiel 40:3-4). He is measuring the “new temple” which represents the New Testament believers and not a physical Temple. In II Corinthians 6:16, Paul teaches us what God’s plan is: “I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.” Jesus Christ is the cornerstone of the real temple. That temple is within each believer and the Church as a whole.

The Futurist claims that the passage in Ezekiel 40 and later in Revelation 11 points to a new temple that will exist on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount before the Millennium. This is a failure in interpretation. The images of a Temple in both Ezekiel 40-48 and Revelation 11 are a symbolic fulfillment of the Promises and Prophecies made throughout scripture. Examples are in the following verses:

1) Ephesians 2:19, ISV states:

That is why you are no longer strangers and foreigners but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, the Messiah] Jesus himself being the cornerstone. In union with him the whole building is joined together and rises into a holy sanctuary for the Lord.

Jesus Christ is our “cornerstone” that fulfilled the Promises in the Old and New Testament. His spiritual Temple stands on the “foundation of the apostles and prophets” who received and recorded the Word of God and acted upon the commands and inspiration given by God. Even the Qumran community that interacted with John the Baptist and wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls, believed that Ezekiel’s Temple was a spiritual temple. These Essenes helped shepherd the early Church. They hid their scrolls including the book of Daniel in caves. Did they understand that the Messiah was due at any moment and that John the Baptist had baptized him? John did declare openly that he was lesser and Jesus much greater.  Did they hide their scrolls for fear that they would be attacked by Roman forces during the entire period when believers and zealots were on the run?

2) Ezekiel’s vision beginning in Chapter 40 goes on for many chapters describing a symbolic place where his people will dwell forever, Ezekiel 43:7: “Son of dust, this is the place of my throne and my footstool, where I shall remain, living among the people of Israel forever. They and their kings will not defile my holy name any longer through the adulterous worship of other gods or by worshiping lifeless idols erected by their kings.

The statement that God has his throne there forever implies that this is a picture of heaven and not the millennium. The millennium has a limit of 1000 years.

3)  Revelation 11:1 shows the Apostle John using a measuring rod to measure the Temple of God and the altar. John is measuring the Church and the number of martyrs that have given up their lives and are under the altar. Revelation 6:11, states that Jesus Christ tells the martyrs under the altar “to rest a little longer until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers was completed, who would be killed.” God has set the number of saints that will be martyred before His return. Jesus also measures the number of believers as the Gospel reaches people worldwide. The outer courtyard is not “measured” because it represents the number of those who persecute God’s people and who will “trample the Holy City for three- and one-half years,” Rev. 11:2.

All these key passages support the fact that a Jewish Temple for Jews to worship in is not built anytime in the future. The Ezekiel Temple is a spiritual Temple in Heaven representing perfection.

The Dark Sky of Prophecy – Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Was 19th Century biblical prophecy just an intellectual exercise that grew in popularity during a time of philosophical transition? This “renaissance in thinking” also saw the emergence of Marxism, Materialism, and Social Darwinism. The shift in theology began as did Darwin’s Origin of the Species around 1848. The author was Nelson Darby the father of modern dispensational theology. His system of thought predicts a 7-year “Wrath of God” that begins with the Anti-Christ deceiving Israel as he prepares to destroy the Jewish nation and take control of the entire world. The Anti-Christ’s deception involves a “false covenant” with the leader or leaders of Israel.

Darby promoted a new translation of a prophecy given to Daniel by the angel Gabriel in about 532 BC. Gabriel calls it the “70 weeks Prophecy.” The prophecy reveals that Jesus fulfilled 69 weeks when he made his triumphal entry into Jerusalem, a week before his death on the cross. Darby and the Futurists believe that Daniel’s final week of 7 years has not been fulfilled. Today the majority who speak or write on biblical prophecy take this same position. These proponents dominate most Denominations and Prophecy conferences and rarely allow other viewpoints to be represented.

Baptists, Pentecostals, Methodists, Evangelicals, and members of Bible and non-denominational churches agree with the Futurists and teach that Daniel’s final week represents a 7-year “Wrath of God” still to come. They teach that the Anti-Christ will begin this final week of judgment by signing a false covenant with the nation of Israel. Then in the middle of the week or after 3.5 years the Anti-Christ will place the Abomination of Desolation in a Jewish Temple that must be built in Jerusalem on the Temple Mount.

This opens the idea that the Anti-Christ is alive today and may be Trump with his new peace initiative or an influential Jew like Jerud Kushner who recently established the Abraham Accord. We should not be looking for the Anti-Christ but should be looking for and sharing Jesus Christ. We should seek Him with all our heart, mind, and soul. Research shows those who read God’s Word at least 4 times per week will share more, memorize more, learn more, and will live healthier lives.  This may be due to Beta-endorphins that help us deal with stress, anxiety, and any challenge in life.

The 7-year “Wrath of God” concept inspires a false flag mentality that may motivate insecure people to distrust good leaders who are peacemakers with a popular following. The “evil covenant” conspiracy can generate inappropriate behavior and media hype that do not fit the context nor the basic logic of God’s message of love and grace. Why would God intend this? The Archangel Gabriel shared “Good News” of significant impact to both Mary and to Zechariah the father of John the Baptist concerning the births of Jesus and his cousin John. And we know Gabriel did not appear to Joseph to calm his anxiety about Mary’s pregnancy. That was not his mission. Precedence indicates that Gabriel’s purpose focused primarily on events related to the celebration of the coming Messiah.

When Gabriel spoke to Daniel, he was announcing the coming of an “anointed prince” or Messiah who “in the middle of the week” or after a 3.5-year ministry, will introduce a new covenant. Jesus Christ fulfilled this when he died for our sins after ministering God’s grace and love for 3.5 years. Soon after his baptism he manifested his majesty and power by defeating Satan’s temptations. He declared that he was bringing in the Kingdom of God and his public ministry overcame the effects of sin on the body and souls of countless people. He overcame Satan again at the Cross by defeating death and sin at the Resurrection. All this was done in public and it ended the need for “sacrifice and offerings.”

He was the one who was “made desolate” in the “wing of Abomination.” He was betrayed by Judas and in his time of need he” was abandoned by his disciples.  The Roman soldiers whipped, beat, mocked, and spit upon Him. They stripped off his clothes and forced a crown of thorns on his head. Alone on the Cross he took upon himself all the sins of the world past, present, and future. He was “made desolate on the wing of abomination.” No future commander nor Anti-Christ can fulfill this powerful divine prophecy.

Jesus Christ is our eternal sacrifice, and He purposefully ended the need for animal sacrifices and offerings for sin. From heaven He directed Gabriel to share this message of hope with Daniel to encourage the exiled Jewish nation in 532 BC and later as they endured four hundred years of silence. Also, God may have wanted to alert Jews and the young Christian Church in the first century of an impending attack on Jerusalem by a large Roman army.

The Roman Empire which tortured and persecuted both the Jewish nation and the early Church represents the iron-toothed fourth hybrid beast in Daniel’s vision of 4 Empire Beasts. The Roman Empire was also the iron legs in Nebuchadnezzar’s metallic giant. It is interesting to note that in 90-91 AD Jesus Christ gave John the Apostle a vision of two other beasts that would persecute the Church and the tribulation saints.

From a historical viewpoint it was “commander” Titus who ended all Jewish animal sacrifices through the siege and destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple. Titus, as Daniel prophesied was just a commander, and not an emperor and was the one who destroyed “the temple and sanctuary.” As stated, Gabriel’s focus is not on the “commander” in verse twenty-six but on the main subject in the paragraph called the “anointed prince.” He is the one who ends the need for all animal sacrifices through the New Covenant of Grace. His sacrifice offers eternal forgiveness of sin. God’s plan would affect all of Heaven and earth. The New Covenant and Christ’s victory over sin and death is why history has the designation “Before Christ” and “After Christ.”

Gabriel’s message gave the Jewish people hope during their captivity. It would also influence what Daniel recorded on his scrolls. Teachers and students of the Bible agree that Daniel’s scrolls provided information that motivated Magi from the East five hundred years later to study the heavenly lights for a sign of a newborn King of the Jews. Gabriel’s focus was on the Messiah and his birth, linking prophecies given earlier by Isaiah, Malachi, Zechariah, Jeremiah, and King David to this special birth.

Gabriel’s announcement came after Daniel’s earlier vision of the multi-horned mutant beast with metallic teeth and Nebuchadnezzars’ dream of the metallic giant. Those supersized signs are like the Four Apocalyptic Horses and will follow throughout modern history giving each generation a healthy need to look up to God and  seek Him with faith and hope. God will be testing individuals, nations, and tribes and thus, His voice and shaking will impact society. Through trials and testing God will draw people to him as He did with Jacob, Joseph, Gideon, Moses, and the other heroes of the Bible.

According to Revelation 19:16-20, Jesus Christ returns from Heaven after the rapture with an army of Saints and destroys the armies of the Anti-Christ, thus fulfilling the prophecy behind the defeat of the two supernatural metallic-like avatars in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream. Jesus Christ, the Jewish Messiah, is the Rock that destroys Nebuchadnezzar’s metallic giant and the hero that overcomes the final metal toothed mutant beast in Daniel. He will also defeat the two beasts in Revelation. Changing or adding to any part of Gabriel’s important message would affect mankind’s understanding of God’s eternal plan and timing. It could alter our understanding of the Book of Revelation and the timing of the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Note that God has warned us not to add or subtract from the message in Revelation.

Nelson Darby decided to change the interpretation of Daniel’s 70-week prophecy even though the early Church fathers did not entertain his theory. His theory runs contrary to the following comparison of Daniel’s prophecy in the books of Matthew and Revelation. Jesus is warning the disciples to flee Jerusalem when they see the Abomination of Desolation placed by Nero in the Temple. He warns them to immediately flee to the mountains. This is revealed in Matthew 24:15-17 ISV: “So when you see the destructive desecration, mentioned by the prophet Daniel, standing in the Holy Place (let the reader take note) then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. Anyone who’s on the housetop must not come down to get what is in his house.”

Jesus then states, “How terrible it will be for women who are pregnant or who are nursing babies in those days. Pray that it may not be in winter or on a Sabbath when you flee, because at that time there will be great suffering, the kind that has not happened from the beginning of time until now and certainly won’t ever happen again,” Matthew 24:19-21 ISV.  This was a horrific event where all those who stayed in Jerusalem were starved to death, died of diseases, or were brutally killed when the seige ended.

Note that there two separate events where Jesus Christ warned the people to flee. Both were directed to those living in Jerusalem. The other one occurs at the 2nd Coming, when Jesus sets foot on the Mount of Olives and it splits in two. In this instance the people do not flee to the mountains. They flee through the eastern wall and the wide opening in the Mount of Olives. In this case all who see Jesus are saved and cry out “Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord.”  They are all divinely protected as they escape the forces of the Anti-Christ.

Revelation 13:5, describes length of time that the destructive beast called the Anti-Christ reigns. “The beast was given a mouth to utter boasts and blasphemies. It was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months (3.5 years).” Then Revelation 19:20 states: “The beast was captured, along with the false prophet who had performed signs on its behalf. By these signs the false prophet had deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and worshipped its image. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.” This marks the end of the 3.5 years of the Wrath of God.

The above verse clearly states that the Beast, or Anti-Christ will “exercise authority”  for 3.5 years and not 7 years. Jesus Christ will throw him into the lake of fire at the end of the 3.5 year “Wrath of God.”  So, how can the Rider of the White Horse at the beginning of Darby’s 7-year Great Tribulation be the Anti-Christ? The Futurist insists on this because they claim the two 3.5-year periods are just one 7-year period, and that this one 7-year period is the Wrath of God. This requires that the Anti-Christ “exercise authority” for a full 7 years and not just forty-two months. This runs against what we just saw written in God’s Holy scripture.

Revelation 12:13-14 states, “When the dragon saw that he had been hurled to earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. The woman was given two wings of a great eagle, so that it might fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness, where she would be taken care of for a time, times, half time (3.5 years).” Again, this verse warns of an attack on the “Woman” who is the nation of Israel and the male child which is both Jesus Christ and Christians (who have Christ in their heart). Those fleeing include the 144,000 “sealed” Jews and other believing Jews and Christians. This parallels the account in Matthew 24:15-21, where the believing Jews flee into the Judean mountains.

The woman and child are “taken care of” when they are quickly carried or transported on the “wings of eagles.” It is possible those Jewish saints flee Jerusalem in left-over tourist buses organized by Christians who have also prepared “the land” beforehand. This land is the Jordanian wilderness where dozens of Christian benefactors have bought and prepared hotels and motels for these refugees. They will “be taken care of for 3.5 years” while chaos worldwide is happening. As the Trumpet and Bowl judgments shake the entire world, they are protected.

Darby’s theory did not originate from any of the early Church fathers, not with John the Apostle the author of Revelation, nor with his associate Polycarp and Polycarp’s student Irenaeus. Their writings and those of other Church fathers do not entertain Darby’s interpretation. They saw and experienced great tribulation at the hands of cruel Ceasars such as Domitian, Nero, and Antonius Pius and were in the generation that witnessed the death of Paul, Peter, and James, and the destruction of Jerusalem. They were aware of the long rebellion and commotion that led to the seige organized by Titus. They knew that the Church had escaped due to the warning that Jesus gave them.  It had all started when Nero placed an image of himself in the Temple in 67 AD. The city fell 3.5 years later in 70 AD.

This rebellion and seige is the 3.5-year period described in Daniel 12:7.  Jesus refers to this in Matthew 24:9-10 when he says to his disciples, “Then they will hand you over to be persecuted and will kill you. You will be hated by all the nations because of my name. Then many will be led into sin, and they will betray one another and hate one another.” This 3.5-year period foreshadows the 3.5-year Wrath of God that will occur at the end of time. The early Church fathers understood that both Daniel and Jesus had warned the Church and other inhabitants to flee Jerusalem before the total encirclement of the city by the Roman army.  This same warning will remind them to flee Jerusalem 2000 years later when the Anti-Christ invades.

Darby’s focus on a 7-year Wrath and the Anti-Christ covenant has affected the teaching of prophecy in churches around the world? Romans 15:4, states “For everything written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we may endure.”  When we misinterpret scripture will it affect our hope and endurance? Revelation 1:3, states “Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy aloud and blessed are those who hear and obey the words written in it because the time is near!”

The time is near!  This was stated to John the Apostle not us. Note that this is an exclamation. Does this imply that the 4 Horses of the Apocalypse happened soon after John was given God’s Revelation? This was a time when Caesar Domitian and others like Maximus killed many of the leaders of the church and committed severe persecution such as what happened in the Roman Colosseum. Many cults were forming, and many lies were being told. False Christs were trying to deceive young believers and non-believers, and wars and rumors of wars were spreading. The birth pains had begun and would continue to grow for almost 2000 years. Are we not ego-centric to think that our birth pains are the only ones that the Church has seen throughout history?

In his theory Darby sought to remove the idea that the Four Horses of the Apocalypse and their Riders had already been released. Artists, historians, and others however have depicted those “horses and riders” throughout history as causing cataclysmic geo-political events that ravaged nations, tribes, and entire regions. The early church fathers in the time of Irenaeus saw the death and distress caused by this Apocalyptic spirit in their generation. They and following generations experienced horrible wars, pestilence, famine, rebellion, and/or economic hardship such as slavery. We cannot ignore the bloody Arab invasion that occurred in the 8th century and the Ottoman Empire that persecuted Jews and the Church for over 400 years. World Wars and revolutions such as Mao’s cultural revolution and his war of independence killed millions of Christians and others.  Famines and pestilence killed millions more.

Romans 15:4 states, “Whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.”  This refers to prophecy and the correct interpretation of the Word of God. Misguided leaders or teachers can affect the Churches understanding of both the timing and the sequence of prophetic signs, events, and warnings. Can this misinterpretation affect our hope and joy? The phrase, “in the middle of the week, sacrifices and offerings are ended,” is not a future event since Jesus Christ fulfilled it in 32 AD. Darby’s re-interpretation also ignores the true Abomination of Desolation that Nero committed around AD 67 when he put his own image in the Temple. We Christians are now the Temple and there won’t be an Abomination of Desolation in a future Temple.

Nero’s abomination caused a rebellion in Jerusalem that lasted over 3 years under four different emperors and the general Titus who continued the battle against the Jewish zealots and started the siege on Jerusalem. This siege began in April of AD 70 resulting in the death of hundreds of thousands and the total destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem. The five Roman leaders responsible were Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian, and Titus the son of Vespasian. In its entirety it was a 3.5-year campaign against the Jewish leadership and the zealots. Can this atrocity be judged as an abomination? Since hundreds of thousands of innocent people died, it would seem so.

Does Darby’s change in interpretation demote the glorious sacrifice that Jesus made on the Cross for all who believe? No, but as shown, it does confuse all end time theology. The true message given to Gabriel transcends time offering Salvation to all who trust in Jesus Christ as both Savior and standard bearer of the New Covenant. His Name is above all names, and He is the New Covenant which supersedes the Old Covenant. The veil in the Temple was torn in two declaring that Jesus Christ is the mediator between God and man and no Temple is necessary.

In the 1st Coming Jesus Christ fulfils over 350 Prophecies given by God to Daniel and the other prophets. His Resurrection and the Gift of the Holy Spirit mark the beginning of the Church Age. The last 3.5 years or the “Wrath of God” will come after the Rapture of the Church and will begin after the great earthquake described in the 6th Seal Judgment. Following the chaos caused by this worldwide earthquake the devastated world will seek a strong leader who will be the Anti-Christ. He will take political control over the world and will organize a large force that will attack a rebellious nation of Israel and its capitol city Jerusalem.

The Anti-Christ’s army along with the million-man army from the East and the Arab armies will surround and destroy Jerusalem. This will be the third destruction of this great city. The first one occurred when Babylon conquered Jerusalem in 586 BC and the second when Nero claiming to be God put a statue of himself in the Temple. It was Nero who desecrated the Temple and caused the “abomination of desolation” mentioned by Paul in 2nd Thessalonians. He was the perfect Anti-Christ type. History describes him as the one who torched Rome and set live Christians on fire as living torches. Will the modern-day Anti-Christ behave in the same way? He will try to kill all those who do not receive the “number of the beast.” He will also kill the two witnesses that are preaching on the streets of Jerusalem. These two witnesses will begin their ministry before the attack on the city to warn its citizens and the citizens of other nations who sin against God. They will inspire the 144,000 who will be sealed by God, Revelation 7:3. The two witnesses will be killed by the Anti-Christ but will be resurrected by God in 3 days.

As revealed earlier, the last week of Gabriel’s 70-week prophecy bookends modern history with one 3.5-year period happening during the ministry of Jesus Christ and the second one happening at the end of the Church age. The 1st 3.5-year period begins with the baptism of Jesus Christ. It ends with His Ascension in 32 AD. The total time span between the Ascension of Jesus Christ and the uplifting of the Church in the rapture is about two thousand years. The last 3.5-year period might begin in 2028 and end in 2032. The whole “Church Age” covers the gap between these two 3.5-year periods and represents rise and fall of nations and the spreading of the Gospel throughout the world. The final 3.5 years are God’s Judgment on sin and His Victory over Satan, the false prophet, and Anti-Christ. It will end with Christs 2nd Coming, the battle of Armageddon and then the Millennial Kingdom will follow.

Prophets like Daniel, Zechariah, and Joel spoke of this final 3.5-year period as being the “Day of Lord.”  In the book of Revelation, this period has also been described as lasting only 3.5 years.  As stated earlier the Bible never states that the “Wrath of God” lasts 7 years. For instance, why is the White Horse in the first Seal Judgment considered part of the Wrath of God? This horse and rider represent deception and lies and not death. This is an Anti-Christ spirit that has been active since the Gospel began. Apostle John warns about this deception, I John 2:18, “Dear children this is the last hour; and as you have heard the anti-christ is coming, even now many anti-christs have come.” These Anti-Christs will prepare the way for the Rider of the Red Horse who brings death, terrorism, civil war, and even world war. This is man’s wrath upon man and not God’s Wrath.  The Black Horse and Rider represent economic suppression and a digital currency that will monitor all spending and savings. The Green Horse with Death as its Rider and followed by Hades represents the death of all those who are unbelievers. This has happened throughout history as God has guided “redeeming armies” to defeat the forces and powers of darkness.

Prophecy throughout scripture tells us that there will be a massive attack on Israel in the future. This large force will strike Israel and surround Jerusalem, and it will almost succeed since two thirds of the Jewish population will perish (Zechariah 13:8-9), “It will come about in all the land, declares the Lord, that two-thirds of the people living there will perish.”  In the last battle Jesus Christ will intervene as He splits the Mount of Olives in two allowing those who call upon His Name to flee down into the Dead Sea and then southward to lands prepared for their safe habitation. This is the second Coming of the Lord described in Revelation 19:11-21.  They will join the 144,000 Jews sealed by God (Rev.7:3) and others who fled into this southern wilderness over 3 years earlier, Revelation 12:14, “However, the woman was given the wings of a large eagle so that she could fly away from the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she could be taken of for a time, times, half a time” (three and one half years). All of these believing Jews and other Christians will be safe while the Trumpet and Bowl Judgments severely shake the rest of the world. This will be Wrath of God.

The prior chapter explained why Darby’s Anti-Christ will not make a covenant with Israel and will not end all sacrifices and offerings in a future physical Temple. We know that animal sacrifices cannot happen without a Jewish Temple constructed on the Temple Mount. We know that Islam has imbedded itself in nations around the world and will not allow the construction of a Jewish Temple near their Dome of the Rock. They would declare jihad throughout the West. Third we know that the average Jew and most secular people worldwide do not want animal sacrifices. And fourth we discovered that there is no “covenant” made by an enemy “commander of the people.”

 

It is likely that Darby misinterpreted Daniel’s use of the phrase “Most Holy Place” in Daniel 9:24. This phrase refers to the “Most Holy Place” discussed by Ezekiel and Zechariah and is not a future Temple on the Temple Mount.  Jesus would have told him that it was a Temple. No, this Holy Place will have the throne of David and will not bear the Ark of the Covenant. Nations will come to it for it is the Holy Seat of Government and Justice. Jesus Christ sits on throne with an iron scepter. The people who worship Him are the Temple of God.

The message from Gabriel does not point to the nation of Israel nor the corrupted Temple in the time of Jesus. There was no nation of Israel at this time. In his Triumphal entrance Jesus Christ cried for Jerusalem and condemned the religious leaders that had taken it hostage. The Temple Mount was therefore under God’s judgment. The Temple in Jerusalem at this time in history was not the “Most Holy Place.”

Also, the word “sacrifice” is not in italics in Daniel 9:27, but it is in Daniel 8, 11, and 12. This is because the word “sacrifice” was added by early translators, however it was not added in Daniel 9:27 since it was in the original text.  In the KJV any word not in the original text was in italic. The emphasis points to Jesus Christ ending the sacrifice. Note that Jesus, the Lamb of God, did not die in the Temple grounds, He was crucified on a cross “upon the wing of abomination,” or outside the walls of Jerusalem. The Temple Mount will only become the “Most Holy Place” in the Millennial Kingdom when Jesus Christ sits on David’s throne.

Darby’s Anti-Christ or “Commander” cannot and will not end the sacrificial system. There have not been any animal sacrifices since the destruction of the temple in 70 AD. If the Temple and its outer court were reconstructed today, it would be an “abomination of desolation” for the very fact that it would be a denial that Jesus Christ is the Eternal Sacrifice for all who receive Him. Christians, Jews, and even Islamists would be against it. For emphasis, most Jews do not believe that they need a Temple. They have lived two thousand years without animal sacrifices. The only supporters would be the ultra-orthodox and those zealot Christians who want to usher in the Anti-Christ.

The idea that the average Jew wants a Temple is a made-up theory. In fact, what prevents the destruction of Jerusalem by future anti-Jewish forces may be the very fact that the Dome of Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque are still on the Temple Mount. The Israel Defense Forces know that it shielded Jerusalem’s ancient city walls from missile attacks. The future “Commander and his people” will seek to destroy Jerusalem and not the Temple Mount because their focus will be to decapitate the government and kill soldiers and other Jews. The Word of God says that the two witnesses will preach in the streets of Jerusalem and not on the area of the Temple Mount for the very reason that the Dome of the Rock is still there. Islamic religious leaders would not allow this preaching and would incite riots. The rebuilding of the Jewish Temple is not popular with any political group in Israel nor in the world.

The New Book and Current Events:

First is a Preview of the latest edition of the Cosmic Crossroad Countdown: The Invisible War & Final Chapter and following is the summary:

INTRODUCTION: God has warned us, the Invisible War has begun. It has taken many forms from the spiritual to the physical, from angels to demons, from a virus to the deep ocean, across our borders and through our gateways. It enters our mouth, ears, eyes and heart. We are being invaded yet few understand the danger. Like Noah’s time people have ignored the rumbling and stirring of the deep, the signs from the heavens, the growing evil and the day-to-day warnings. Cities and those who celebrate evil along with the innocent nearby are in great danger as a mysterious great Dragon prepares the stage for the Final Chapter.

Just as God used Daniel and heavenly lights to point to Christ’s first coming, does it not make sense that He will again use His Heavenly Lights, Daniel’s 70-week Prophecy, and historical markers to point to His next coming? The Great Sign of Revelation 12 plus four Blood moons and 2 Solar Eclipses, a Virgin with child, a Dragon with a Lion, a comet titled P67, a demonic-like invasion of Israel, followed by Iran’s first attack against Israel, and now today’s worldwide condemnation of Israel point to God warning us about some major event soon to come.

Dr. Hofmann will unravel how carefully God unfolds history to warn us of things to come, linking the natural to the supernatural as he fulfills promises in a mysterious pattern revealed in the Word He gave us.. In the center is the birth of Jesus Christ, a mistake made in the annals of world history, the Great Sign of Revelation 12, God’s city Jerusalem, the mystery of the number 7 & 8, and the divine connection to Hebrew Festivals and Generations. In God’s Light there is a warning beacon drawing us to Him which will protect us in the storm and will solve the puzzle of the century before it is too late. Just as the world missed the Bethlehem Star, most people will not see the truth behind the Great Sign unless they read this book. Unfortunately, it is because our leaders have a skewed view of Revelation 12 due to tradition, a false logic, and/or a reluctance to reveal the truth in this book. People do not want to hear about the Red Dragon and the actual date of his casting down to earth with all his wicked angels. Nor do they want to see how both the Church and the Jewish people are deeply connected to its message.

The Bible has many mysteries, but the greatest combination lies in Chapter 12 of the book of Revelation. Although confused scholars have chosen to cast it and Revelation in the dust bin of “history long ago,” Jesus Christ declares that its truth is a blessing to all who read it, hear it, or understand it, and a curse to anyone who changes it or adds to it. Why? Because God wants each of us to know the Truth before His soon to come Return.

Revelation 12 has many significant Signs: Number one is related to the birth of Jesus Christ, the nation of Israel, and the start of the Church which are timed to happen before the next major Sign:which is the casting out of Satan and his angels from Heaven. They are a warning to all mankind for it states that “Satan is furious because he knows his time is short”. God chose to put this Great Sign in the middle of His Revelation and not in chronological order because He wants us to know that it is has a timeless connection to all Prophecy and to both the beginning of time and to His Return. Like the Bethlehem Star the Great Sign is designed to give us Hope while at the same time serving as a warning beacon in the darkness.

Currently we see tragedies happening all over the world with many innocent people suffering due to the evil of others.  This has also happened in New Orleans & Vegas where evil is celebrated with gambling, prostitution, and dark arts  – And in Los Angeles which is the epicenter of pornography and a movie industry that promotes an anti-Christ agenda and mentality imbued with sex, horror, violence, gross materialism and hedonism.  God is warning us.

God motivated and inspired Dr. Hofmann to share this because the Tribulation period is fast approaching. He gave Dr. Hofmann the vision of a great technicolor scroll flying in the sky with Hebrew letters and showed him that it was not a dream by dividing it into 3 scrolls-each in a Primary color – and bringing them together again. Things are not going back to normal as Satan desires to destroy both Israel and the Church. Billons of people and well-known corporations and lesser-known entities are under his dark spell. Just as with the spread of Covid, every level and sector of society is being affected by invisible forces that celebrate evil. God wants the world to know the truth and to seek Him with open hearts before it is too late. Learn more here: https://youtu.be/fqLjdlPb7Eo?si=ytZ1E0hYQe4nYRA4

The Seed of the Red Dragon vs. the Seed of the Woman

Do you realize how much we depend on signs? Signs tell us how fast we can drive, where to eat, how far to go, where we live, or when our plane arrives. Frankly, we take signs for granted. In ancient times there were few man-made signs, so many people depended on the stars, moon, sun, and shadows to tell them when where, and how to navigate distances and time. This may be the reason why people have failed to comprehend the convergence of 3 important signs. It involved planets, stars, our moon, the Jubilee year, Jewish Holy Festivals, & Generation periods. God had promised that “A Star shall come out of Jacob; a scepter shall rise out of Israel.” He used Heavenly Lights to proclaim Jesus Christ. And when He placed those Lights in alignment and in timely order or patterns such as in the “womb” of the Constellation Virgo for 9 months, then we know He is trying to get our attention.  We know that the main star in Virgo is “Spica” which means Seed, and this suggests a connection between Eve and Genesis 3:15, the Virgin Mary and Jesus, and the Great Sign of Revelation 12 and the Red Dragon. It points to the epic battle in between good & evil.

Over a span of 3-and one-half years the first Blood moon fell on the feast of Passover 2014 and 3 other Blood moons also fell on key Jewish Festivals: each with earth’s red shadow cast on it. It makes sense that they may have been used to announce the Great Sign of Revelation 12 which Jesus Christ revealed to the Apostle John.  The Sign happened on September 23, 2017, as declared by astronomers who were amazed by how Jupiter’s retrograde motion kept it in the “womb” of Virgo for over 9 months. And prior to that, Venus moved in conjunction with Jupiter across the Solar System for exactly 400 days. Then Venus (representing Jesus as High Priest) departed the womb and moved in perfect alignment with Mars (Son of Man) and Mercury (Jesus is the Word) to form a perfect line pointing to the star Regulus (Royalty) which the heart of the constellation Leo.  God gave us constellations to help us, to explain His plan for the Universe and to be a Sign of His Promise to defeat the Red Dragon or Satan and deliver Israel. The Big Dipper for instance pointed out the North Star and the North Star guided navigation on both sea and desert. The constellation Virgo, the Virgin Eve, led the way, with Leo the Lion closing out the epic Promise. Some students of Egyptology suggest that the pagan priests taught that the Virgo-Leo position was a portal into the underworld for eternal bliss in the “Field of Reeds.” This may be why the Sphinx had the head of the Virgin and the body of a Lion.

The Great Sign is also connected to God’s promise to the Virgin Eve and the Serpent Dragon in Gen. 3:15: “I will put enmity between you (speaking to the Serpent) and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.” Both involve the Virgin, the Seed, a Dragon, and the Hero. Both reflect the birth of the Savior and His Resurrection and the defeat of Satan, death, and sin. Jesus’s first coming was announced with Heavenly lights, the Bethlehem Star. It was God’s beacon that was not noticed by the leaders, scribes, and Pharisees. It was “seen” only by the Kings of the East who were trained by the prophet Daniel. Likewise, our Great Sign was not seen by the Spiritual leaders of today. In fact, it was virtually invisible since it appeared so low on the horizon. Plus, the minute the sun came up and positioned itself on the Woman’s shoulder you could not see the sign for the sun would blind you! So why would God call the Sign of Revelation 12 the “Great Sign” if it was “invisible” to the naked eye? God knew that astronomers with their telescopes and star maps would see it. Maybe part of the message was to warn us of “invisible” unseen agents: which can be both supernatural and natural (viruses, hacking, saboteurs).  This is precisely what the Lord told me.

Since then, we have seen unusual increases in wicked, perverse, and corrupt thinking. We have had Invisible attacks in many forms: hacking and cyber-attacks, extreme winds (including hurricanes), and Covid-19. Are we in a final countdown to End-Time Prophecy? This is a warning to those who have wandered from the faith. Jesus who is the Light of the World warned religious leaders of his time that they were oblivious to His Sign and the epic change that was coming. These blind leaders feared the voice of God for it threatened their control and wealth. Is this happening today? Are our faith leaders and those millions who are living comfortably afraid of the voice of God declaring His soon return?  Divine Signs do not mean much to the apathetic. It would be like you or I seeing a sign written in a foreign alphabet. That ignorance, however, does not mean that it will not affect us. If you miss a stop sign or stop light, you may suffer severe consequences.

The Great Sign of Revelation 12 appeared as a war in heaven was taking place and Satan and his angels are cast out. Revelation 12:12 states, “Therefore rejoice O heavens, and you dwell in them! Woe to the earth and the sea, for the Devil has come down to you with great fury, because he knows he has a short time.” There is NOT much time, and have you noticed how crazy and insane things appear to be? This is part of the shadow that is spreading throughout the earth. But God and His angels are here to protect us. We will find refuge in the Shadow of His wings despite the Valley of the Shadow of death.  Since 2017 we have seen increasing chaos, uncertainty, and fear as our enemies grew in strength and God’s people went through dark & wicked threats like Oct.7th, an upturned the Presidency, massive border crossings and the ensuing criminal activity.  Are these warnings?  Will America see Oct. 7th type “internal” attacks on its infrastructure and military bases? What will happen next? Revelation 12: 1-8 explains why we are seeing an irrational war attacking the soul of the family and the individual.  Satan and his angels have been cast out of heaven and “Satan is furious because he knows his time is short,” !2:12.  God’s enemies are ready and eager to pounce and once the Church is raptured the world will fall apart. Right now, God is testing the Church by fire to strengthen it. The book Cosmic Crossroad Countdown: The Invisible War & Final Chapter, exposes the Red Dragon.

Revelation is the only book that promises a Blessing to anyone who reads it, hears it, or understands it.  And it promises a curse to anyone who changes or adds to it.  Yet many Bible translators are willing to change the meaning of the word “Chloros” which is used to describe the color of the 4th Horse of the Apocalypse. We get chlorophyll from that word and chlorophyll is bright green. The color means “Green” and not “pale or ashen?”  Yet these translators use pale or ashen and not “green” because it fits the color of natural horses.  The rider, however, is a supernatural being called “Death,” so, why would he be riding a biological earth dwelling horse? The word Chloros is also used in Mark 6:39 to describe the “green grass” that Jesus and others were sitting upon. God chose Green for a key reason. The colors Green, White, Red, and Black copy the colors of all the Arab nations threatening Israel. In Revelation 6 the martyrs had their heads cut off which points to Islamic executions. Has the Church failed to properly warn the public?  It has now been 7 years since the Great Sign of Revelation 12.  Is this a foreshadow of the 7-years of Tribulation?

Many have heard the powerful story about Rahab, her faith, and the sign she would give to save herself and her family. The sign she used to alert the Israelites was a scarlet threaded rope hung from a window on the wall. The Israelite army marched around the city for 6 days then on the 7th day, they marched around 7 times, and 7 priests blew 7 trumpets 7 times. God used specific numbers and actions to prepare for the divine destruction of evil. He used Rahab’s red rope to remind us that divine Grace runs like a scarlet thread throughout “His story,” tying His Promise to great events and people in history. That is why the Great Sign of Revelation 12 is so important. It is anchored in God’s Grace and starts the “Countdown” to the 4 Horses of the Apocalypse (Greek for “the Uncovering”) and the Return of Jesus Christ for His Bride, the Church. The number 7 also plays a key role in Daniel’s prophecy as it leads to the uncovering of the Anti-Christ and his betrayal of Israel, followed by the defeat of his armies and the casting of the Red Dragon into the Abyss. The judgment upon Satan’s forces and all the evil on the earth will happen with 7 Seals, 7 Trumpets, and 7 Bowls soon after the Church which is represented by 7 golden lampstands is raptured. Whoever reads this must open their heart to Jesus Christ soon.

Why are we seeing an influx of dark unseen forces and invisible agents? We have little clue as to who is crossing the border. We have seen hundreds of military age Chinese without ID’s freely cross into California. Drones are spying on our military bases and large trafficking gangs are threatening cities around the country.  Malware such as ransomware has been used to disrupt and control hospitals & infrastructure.  Other invisible forces include propaganda and censorship on our Airwaves. This comes from elites in High Tech, television, Hollywood, and radio.  The Red Dragon or Satan is behind this invasion for he is the Prince of the Air. He is using radical Islam, Xi in China, and Putin to create division and undermine the superpowers before the great war of Gog and Magog begins. God, however, will fulfill His Promise in Genesis 3:15 with the Seed of the Woman of Revelation 12, and will crush the head of the “seed of the Serpent.” Israel, the Woman, will see Jesus Christ in all His Glory and will believe.  As with Moses, they will follow the Lord into the wilderness “with wings of an eagle”, Rev. 12: 14?  They will be delivered as was Moses and Israel when they crossed the Red Sea into Arabia and to Mt. Horeb.  Presently the Church is under the “shadow of His wings” and will have its own “red-sea” crossing and time of trial. What happens next could be the “great disappearance” of billions of Christians or an intense series of birth pains as God purifies the Church.  A purified humbled Church will act as a Light and Salt to the lost world. God wants the Church to save the lost and help Israel before it is too late. In the meantime, Satan is preparing the world -stage for the Anti-Christ and will seek to destroy everything related to God including the American Constitution, its institutions and the nation of Israel. This will be a time of lies, deceit and severe testing- so we must keep in sincere prayer and in His Word. Go to CosmicCrossroad.com or ToGodBtheGlory.org or my sites on Facebook.

Red Dragon Alert

Until you understand this — you are out of the “warning loop” that God has provided for us to prepare us for what is about to come. This is a Red Alert- the Red Dragon- Satan & his minions are here to cause chaos & confusion.   Israel & the Church stand in his way & he’s furious because he knows his time is short: Rev. 12:12. And note, God does not just use numbers with impunity—those numbers are part of the warning.

God does not play games……and yet countless pastors, prophecy gurus and other “elites” were like the Pharisees of old and discounted God’s Great Sign for our time——-many will pay a heavy price but what is worse is that most have not taken the warning seriously enough to warn others around them especially their loved ones.  At least Noah tried with all the time, ability, resources, that he had to forewarn the world around him to seek shelter in God before disaster hit. We are NOW again in the “time of Noah” and if you cannot see this then you have been blinded by Satan as the countless other lemmings that we can see each day glorifying sex transition, abortion, Kamala and Walz.  As a voice crying in the wilderness — God wants this message to reach you as before it is too late– and as in the message of John the Baptist – seek repentance, baptism, and prepare for the Lord’s Coming.  But the religious leaders in the time of John and Noah did not – nor did those in the time of the birth of Christ see the first great Cosmic Sign given for the Lord’s first coming-Bethlehem Star.

The Great Sign of Revelation 12 happened almost exactly 7 years ago as a foreshadow of events to come.  That is why God has called it a “GREAT SIGN.”  IT WOULD NOT BE A GREAT SIGN IF IT HAPPENED AT THE BEGINGING OF TIME as 40% or more of pastors and prophecy gurus teach, nor would it be a Great Sign if it Happens in the Middle of the 7-Year Tribulation, or Jacob’s Trouble as the other 60% teach!!  Why would God wait until Judgment has already come to give His Great Sign? And astronomers know exactly the date and time of this Glorious arrangement of wandering stars, Sun, Moon, and distant stars that made up the Great Sign of the Woman (and if you do not know how glorious it was – read any of the Cosmic Crossroad Countdown books–that the LORD commissioned me to write and which I openly give away for free at our mission “Answers on the Rock,” at White Rock Lake.)  My friend Angie and I have been giving away these and other free books for the last 14 years!

How wrong can these “teachers” be to ignore God’s stellar or cosmic billboard in the sky? Ignoring God’s Magnificent and Glorious warning may be equal to the apostasy of macro-evolution, changing the sex of children, pushing puberty blockers, homosexuality, and transgenderism.

The Red Dragon has been cast to earth and is persecuting the Woman who is Israel.  The Church, the real Church that is in Christ imbued with the Holy Spirit, is the Power of God holding back Satan and his minions until the right moment when God will lift them up along with the dead in Christ who will meet Christ in the clouds.  This is a warning that God wants all to hear. God has commissioned me and others who sought answers in prayer to announce this warning to those who have ears to hear yet have not heard and eyes to see yet have NOT seen.  Let’s keep in prayer, share God’s Word with each other, share the Gospel, and give God all the Praise and Glory.  Peace and Hope be with you.

The Final Countdown

Understanding the time: seeing with eyes that see and hearing with ears that hear as commanded by Jesus Christ and given as a warning by Him and all the major prophets.

For you who understand the purpose and importance of Biblical Prophecy understand that the Pope for the first time visited the G7 meeting of the Free Worlds Economic Powers —linking the Vatican to the Ai and new technologies and the future one world government all of which leads up to the 10 horns or 10 toes of the End time “super-power” that will be the base principality for the Anti-Christ takeover of the world.
For you who seek Truth and Reality– you have been blinded by the world and church system to see with eyes that cannot see God’s Great Sign for the end-time. Remember the Bethlehem Star? Take note that the ruling powers, the leading scholars, the scribes, the religious leaders and the elites all of whom should have known the Signs that God was giving them about the Messiah missed the Largest Most spectacular Sign given since the Rainbow in Noah’s time. They missed the Sign in the sky, the lights that God gave to mankind for “appointed times” (Moedim”—the word used in Genesis 1:14).
God divided night and day with those billions of lights for appointed times not just for seasons as our blinded interpreters have beguiled us with. God put those stars and planets in our Universe with orbits to define an “appointed time”. He set it up to point to an exact city in an exact kingdom and an exact time—only God can do this. This was the most important time in human history—and thus gave announced it in a massive billboard with incredibly precise movement of stars, planets, sun and moon. NOW understand this the same thing has happened with God’s “Great Sign of the Woman” in Revelation 12.
Incredibly our blinded leaders including most pastors and TV evangelists/ prophecy gurus have ignored this Sign or completely dismissed it as not important! Why? Wake up! Why would God call it a Great Sign and place it in the middle of the futurist Prophetic book of Revelation? Yet most of these same self-proclaimed experts claim that this sign happened at the beginning of time (official position of the Baptist Convention). What? Why would God call it a great sign if humanity was not around to see it? And why even mention it? No, this Sign is for us now. It also cannot happen after Chapter 11 even though it is found in Chapter 12. Why do we know this–because the next paragraph describes the war in heaven and Satan being permanently cast down to earth “for a short time.” Thus, God is telling us that this Great Sign does NOT follow the chronological order of events in Revelation.
The FACT is all the Sun, moon, Planet movements, and Stars required to create the Sign + 5 more highly significant God-markers occurred together on one moment in history to get the attention of the world. This Sign marks the Lord’s 2nd Coming just as they were laid out to mark His 1st Coming in 3AD (to see the evidence supporting this, read the book Cosmic Crossroad Countdown: The Invisible War & Final Chapter).
Those 5 levels of evidence include 1) those “lights” appearing together in the right position ro fulfill the Great Sign 2) those same lights performed 3 amazing pre and post movements to get our attention- one was that Jupiter stayed in the womb of Virgo for just over 9 months in retrograde motion which is the normal gestation period for a baby and Second before this Jupiter traveled with Venus in a conjunction for exactly 400 days throughout the Solar System before they both enter the womb. Then third: Venus, Mars, and Mercury end up aligning with each other pointing directly at the great star Regulus in Leo –meaning that the sign points to Regulus=Royalty, with Jesus as Mars (Man), Mercury (the divine messenger) and Venus (as the High Priest- or the Morning Star.
The next level has to do with extraneous stellar or other lights= Next to all this is the Star Spica in Virgo which means “seed”- pointing to the Prophecy in Gen. 3:15 about the seed of the Woman and the seed of the Serpent. Nearby is the comet titled P 67 pointing to the release of Jerusalem to God’s people. Each of these “lights” can be compared to the “lights” that star maps show appeared at the birth of Jesus in 2-3BC.
The 3rd level points to all the generational periods that pointed to the date of this Great Sign in Sept. 23, 2017. You had the 50, 70, 100, and 500 year connections to major events in history related to the re-birth and liberation of Israel and Jerusalem. The 4th layer were the Festivals–each pointing to the Lord’s return and this Sign happened the day after Rosh Hashanah and the beginning of the Feast of Trumpets and the 10 Days of Awe.
The 5th level points to historical markers that have since happened to cement the importance of this date: As stated in the first book- the Lord forwarned me of an Invisible attack related to this Sign and it happened soon later and during this period as lies tried to unseat the President and then the “invisible” Covit-19 hit. 80 days later we saw President Trump declare his promise to declare Jerusalem the capital of Israel and to move the Embassy. Likewise, this marked the beginning of a 7-year foreshadow of the 7- year Tribulation which I believe will soon happen.
We just saw the most horrendous attack on Jews since the holocaust as another warning. We have seen the Pope appear at the G7, the growth of Hamas in popularity even here in America, the great threat from our open border getting more real every day, the daily mistakes and missteps by our Mr. Magoo president, and the blindness happening in our American intelligence agencies and media, the gross lies being broadcast by liberal media of every kind, and the rebellion reaching deep into policy making throughout America- and the world resulting in the increase of perversion and the attack on our children.
NOW realize that Jesus spoke about the “last generation” after the budding of the fig tree–which I believe is the re-birth of Israel and 2017 marked the end of the 70-year prophetic generation BUT in His Mercy God gave us an 80-year generation marking a New Beginning which would happen at its end. That takes us to election time –which I believe will mark the beginning of a Great Event that will shake the whole world. It could be war, the fall of America, a natural calamity, an attack on Israel —or all of these.
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OBEDIENCE OR REPENTANCE?

Our nation is on the way down as were many of the ancient and modern-day empires.  Only Israel was born again out of the ash-heap of history– a message and Sign that God honors His Covenant with Israel and that He holds that nation in high regard.  A new beginning, however, has happened for Jesus Christ opened the door to Heaven to all who believe in His Name and receive Him as their Savior– a chance to be Born again of the Spirit.

I have a question for all those optimistic pastors that have stated or suggested on TV that God will delay His judgment and thus the Rapture based upon a particular Church or regional revival.  Revival is good, but God did say that these last days are like the Days of Noah and those “people as a whole” did not repent even though they were heavily forewarned by Noah for 100 years. So I ask those leaders and you, do you really think that repentance can happen when half the church believes that Israel is not relevant in Biblical Eschatology and that God no longer has a Covenant with the nation of Israel? Sorry but God has an appointed Day and Hour for the Rapture and the leaders in the Church will unfortunately try everything to convince Christians not to worry but to keep the agenda and things will work out. They want the weekly income and are unwilling to believe that things will change.

The important thing to know is that God is in control but that His control means that He will bring judgment to the nations around us that are directly rebelling against Him. The most rebellious nation may just be America as we are the promoters of gender transition and puberty blockers that are destroying children. Pfizer and other big Pharma make billions on these life altering – soul destroying drugs.

We also have the largest most lucrative gambling, pornography, and drug abuse markets in the world. We generate the most idols and other bad thinking that is hurting the hearts of people throughout the world. So do you really believe that God is going to ignore America and passover the doors of evil that are being glorified by our wicked government? Wake up Church, get your life in order and stop worshipping your idols!!!!!!!!!! Start sharing the Gospel and read the Bible. 7 years ago I was warning of a foreshadowing of the 7 years of Tribulation and warned of prophetic events to happen in 2024 and 2025 or primarily in the Jewish year of 5784-85. Read the book Cosmic Crossroad Countdown: The Invisible War & Final Chapter. All the book does is just point out what the Prophets have said and the Great Signs that God has given us yet we do not see with eyes that see and hear with ears that hear.

We are too confused and distracted by the world and our own anxieties. And do not missunderstand. Repentance is importance but the key element is Obedience to His Word—to His Name. Obedience is better than sacrifice and frankly in America or the average church repentance is not sincere enough to reflect even a big sacrifice. How many really change their habits long term?

Is it just a coincidence that we have a bizzare incompetant leadership in this trying time? Is it coincidence that perversion as mentioned in Romans 1 is a dominant part of our culture? God has already judged our nation and the next stage can be understood if you read the history of the fall of Empires such as the Roman Empire.

Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding Hood- Part 1 & 2

Fentanyl is Poison and China is the mass producer of all the precursor chemicals. Manzanillo, Mexico is the main port where these chemicals enter the continent. China controls this port. The pill presses that can make the pill look like an Adderall or an OxyContin, are made by China. The Chinese gangs provide these presses at a discount rate and the pills are then transported across the border at remote crossings (the get-aways). The cartels use Chinese apps and encryption devises so that the “agents” in America can then hide their communications. Hundreds of small “Chinese bank branches” are used to help finance their enterprises. Tik Tok and other popular apps are then used to merchandise, locate, and target their victims.

Authorities believe this is revenge for the Opium Wars going back to the 19th century. The big difference is that everyone knew they were taking opium whereas here it is a hidden poison. The CCP and these heartless multi-millionaires know that they have the Biden family in their pocket. Hunter Biden and his associates got millions of dollars in forgivable loans from them. One named “Li” and his associate “White Wolf,” a Chinese gang leader, initiated contacts with the Sinaloa cartel. There is a well-documented book called Blood Money, explaining all this, written by Peter Schweizer who, much like an investigative reporter, did a lot of deep research. He reports that the Tik Tok app is the ultimate Trojan Horse to sell and manipulate people online. Now it has been revealed that hundreds of pill presses were sold by eBay without them taking legal precautions such as demanding and recording identifications. .

We are inviting the enemy into our homes and the youth are being brainwashed and tempted. Foolish minds think it wise to bypass pharmacies for a quick upper or pain pill. Sadly, this mimics the tragic fable Little Red Riding Hood. The Wolf is in our homes, our places of work, and in our White House. There is also evidence that many of those same Chinese “families” have donated millions of dollars to the transgender movement to generate chaos and division in our society. America, we need to wake up and limit or get rid of Tik Tok, shut the border, and vote wisely. We should all use our influence, wisdom, and ability to share this information with all we know and love and frankly to the whole world.  We do not have much time.

Part 2

Another major development is the spread of dozens and dozens of illegal black market marijuana farms in Maine (check out the recent report on CBS News). These  farms seek loyal Chinese workers (ie. hence the need for Chinese military age border crossers without IDs) and are operating in many other states such as Oklahoma. They pay no taxes and do not buy the license required in states that have legalized medical marijuana. Some follow the already established drug network to  secure an underground market, and also keep a low profile by converting rural Chicken farms. These Big questions need to be answered:

Why is the public not being properly informed? Why does the President of Mexico, Andres Obrador, insist that this is America’s problem, as if he is not willing to help us? Is he profiting from this smuggling? We do know that the cartels have made billions just from the human smuggling network. Why did the prior Mexican leader successfully use their marines to disrupt the cartels, yet he will not? Why was eBay allowed to sell pill presses in the first place? Why is the big box media slow to report on this crisis and demand more border control and protection?  Why are we allowing very dangerous trans-national crime families to use our normal visa programs  by way of our international airlines- to commit very sophisticated invasions of homes and offices?  These criminal elements are  also trafficking  women and children.   The border crossings in themselves are causing the death of hundreds.  Yet both the media and the administration seem mute. Another abomination to God is the rampant use of puberty blockers despite suicides and other dangers. England, which pioneered the use of puberty blockers has now banned them, yet we are pushing them while Big Pharma makes a big profit.

There is more info related to these dark matters in the new Audible book: Cosmic Crossroad Countdown: The Invisible War & Final Chapter.

 

Dr. Hofmann’s Book Reviews

Book 1:  Dentistry Xposed:  DentistryXposed by Dr. Peter Hofmann is a book written by a man with 43 years of experience as an urban and wilderness dentist. The first few pages of this book got me hooked, as it promises to be a health advocate for those who cannot afford the modern hospital. The truth is that every human being has one or more health concerns. Coming across a book that promises cost-effective tips on staying healthy will surely get your attention. If you want to know about the challenges of modern dentistry, foods that help fight tooth decay, the importance of fibrous foods, and the only recommended healthy sugar, then make sure you finish reading this book.

This book focuses mainly on dentistry practice, the challenges of a modern-day dentist, and the way forward. In advising on how to choose a dental treatment, the author advised you to wait or go online to websites like PubMed or Medline when in doubt about a medical procedure.

The thing I like about this book is that it made me aware of my teeth. I never knew that teeth could erode from over-brushing. My prior conviction is that, just like a dirty cloth, the more you wash and brush your teeth, the cleaner you are. This book proved otherwise. Also, this book said it is good practice to rotate the use of a toothbrush, allowing each to dry out before reuse. This practice prevents bacterial recontamination.

After reading this book, I discovered that one of the greatest enemies of the tooth is sugar. If the world spends fewer billions to produce sugar when compared to the trillions it costs to treat sugar-related illnesses, then to tackle sugar diseases, we have to tackle its production. The healthy sugar recommended for use in this book is xylitol. If you want to learn about the health benefits of this healthy sugar, read the rest of this book.

Another thing I like about this book is the use of diagrams at some points to drive home the writer’s point. I admire the labeling of the parts of the teeth and their functions. Also, this book has a lot of words unique to dentistry. To make reading easier, the author did not leave the readers in the dark but defined the technical terms used in this book. I give it 5 stars.

Book #2  Cosmic Crossroad Countdown—the 3rd book in this exciting Trilogy.

Dr. Peter Hofmann, author of Cosmic Crossroad Countdown: The Invisible War & Final Chapter, unveils the coming events that will shape the future of the world. The series of events will challenge the status quo and bring about a new world order.  Dr. Hofmann draws from the ancient prophecies of the Bible and other sources to warn of a great and powerful war between the forces of light and darkness. He reveals God’s plan to humble the proud and the elite, and to crush the invisible forces that control the Dark Pyramid of false religions and criminal elements.

Dr. Hofmann says, “We are in the Last Days, and the Hour is near as forewarned by the prophets in the Old Testament and by Jesus Christ, Paul, and Peter in the New Testament.” He explains that God gave us a very significant sign, much like the Bethlehem Star, as a warning of invisible “agents,” both natural and supernatural, that have affected every sector and level of society worldwide.

He believes that the purpose of this book is to wake people up, so that they can make changes in their lives. He states, “People must evaluate their eternal perspective and realize that God is fulfilling the plans He set down throughout ancient time.”

Dr. Hofmann’s book is a testament to God’s love and grace even in this time of trial and uncertainty. He hopes that the book will give strength and courage to those who are facing ever increasing hardship and anxiety.

Cosmic Crossroad Countdown: The Invisible War & Final Chapter is Available at Amazon:  and Barnes & Noble: 

What Lies Around the Corner- will we survive?

Debt for 30-year-olds is up 27% since 2019. The younger adults love spending money and act as if they will recipients of free money in the future. The national debt of over 30 trillion and the Administration’s attempt to win our love and buy our votes is lending to this ailment. This Free Money attitude may also be inspiring a whole new generation of “deservers” to act criminally. They feel that they deserve wealth and whatever they want because the world around them is “stealing” their future. This is going to lead to greater and greater amounts of crime – in every category from larceny and shoplifting, to riots and destructive robbery. This may be one of the most difficult summers since the riots of 2020. There is a rebellion rising that will lead to major lawlessness in the big cities (and it may become worldwide).
Everyone will feel the heat as we see inflation in the major areas of life including the increased difficulty in getting small bank loans. People are not putting money into small bands because they pay such a low interest rate compared to T-bills that pay 4 or 5 %. Insurance rates are on the rise due to increased theft and destruction, extreme weather, EV replacement costs, and all the elements that insurance companies have to deal with.
None of this includes external threats and the failures of our central government. Nor does it include the ever-present climate issues or illegal immigration and other invasions and diseases. We are on the precipice of war and our nation is divided in multiple ways without a good sense of direction. Can we survive this trend? The world laughs at those who pray to God for answers. It does not heed the warnings of God’s promises and prophecy related to the End Times and to Israel and an approaching war and rapture of the Church.
The Bible says, “Trust in the Lord with all Your Heart and lean not on your understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him? and He will make your path straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes, fear the Lord and shun evil,- this will bring health to your body.” But most want to do it their way and reject God.
What will summer portend in your neighborhood? It does not look good for our big cities. The good news is that the large snowfall is bringing flood like conditions on the Rio Grande which is hindering human trafficking, drug smuggling and illegal crossings. The bad news is we will definitely see higher gas prices and according to some forecasters – we will see a much hotter and drier summer throughout the nation and in many other parts of the world.
Prosecutors in many big cities go by the philosophy introduced in the movie “The Shack”- that many people are victims of their environment. They say that these poor kids or young adults deserve a break because they were raised in violence or darkness and may not understand right and wrong. This is one big reason why they are letting them go free without bonding or generating a criminal record. LIES have been stoked to the point that there is no freedom of speech in Universities and Christians are being blamed for the deaths at the Covenant School, for shutting down the “right to abortion” and Jews are being assaulted for their connection to Israel– all of this is swimming around in the brains of the youth as it is stoked by CNN, Hollywood talking heads, the money flowing from those like George Soros and other elites. Their argument is that “the environment creates juvenile and adult crime– and therefore they should not be punished. Let them express themselves.”
This summer is going to be a lot more chaotic than people realize. Everything is leading up to a breakdown in our security, the implosion of our democratic system, and the overthrow of the standards and principles that have held our nation together. Our nation is losing its credibility overseas. The real implosion will happen when the dollar fails, and we can no longer just print money to run our debtor nation. In effect we are breaking every standard that gives honor and Glory to God in this downward spiral.
The national debt of over 30 trillion and the Administration’s attempt to win our love and buy our votes is lending to this ailment. This Free Money attitude may also be inspiring a whole new generation of “deservers” to act criminally. They feel that they deserve wealth and whatever they want because the world around them is “stealing” their future. This is going to lead to greater and greater amounts of crime – in every category from larceny and shoplifting, to riots and destructive robbery.
People who have turned to a chronic sin like pornography or homosexuality or transgenderism and felt guilty are now released of that guilt and ill feeling because they are now empowered by society and even their families. Is this what Jesus spoke about when he warned that a demon leaves the person but goes out and finds 7 other demons and returns to the “cleaned out home that is now in order” and brings greater destruction.
The seeds of Darkness has entered our lives through music, TV, movies, gaming, gambling, drugs, fantasy, intellectual lies, dark sex, blood money, and all the other “thrills” that take the mind away from God. The only Answer is God – and do not depend on your perception of who God is—- He cannot be manipulated.
Read His Word for Jesus says you will be saved if you can call Him Lord, and believe in your HEART that He rose from the dead. This means that you have faith because it takes faith to throw away the lies of the world and to just place your trust —-all your life— your thoughts and dreams— on Jesus Christ.
To understand WHY this is happening read the books by Johnathan Cahn and the Cosmic Crossroad Countdown: The Invisible War and the Final Chapter. The first book in this trilogy warned of Covid and other “invisible” agents that have disrupted our way of life.
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The Destroyer Demon- Killing Christians?

Johnathan Cahn as posted a powerful video concerning the Shiddem or destroyer angel that often rises in June to affect Satan’s plans for the world.  In this case this demon or a group of demons found a home in a transgender killer who set and killed 3 adults in the 60’s and 3 kinds all 9.

You will see how this may have an indirect meaning:  The Rise of the Zombie “hollowcost” — demonic possesion and the command to kill Christians including children. We are approaching the month of June when the rise of these demonic spirits have in the past been guided by Sheddim or destroyer to target society. Even Jesus spoke of this when he said that some demon possessed people as in the case of the demoniac men who were delivered by the Lord. Those demons entered the 2 men who “dwelt in the hollows.” The demoiac lived in a cave and had a legion of demons,  Those demons were commanded to enter the pigs nearby. Jesus warned of this type of demon that once exorcised can go out and bring 7 more demons more evil than itself (and thus those 8 can then go out and get 7 more each etc.)  and will then re-enter that now cleaned out but weak “home “. The name of the killer at the Covenant Church in Tennesee– her/his name means “the one who dwells in the hollows.” He killed 3 kids and 3 adults. = 6 and killed adults whose ages were 61, 60 and 61—666. Much is inverted in
Satanism and the ages of the 3 children were 9, 9, and 9 or inverted 6,6,6.
In reality these were innocent souls targeted by this destroyer spirit. To
understand this read Johnathan Cahns books and the revealing book that
explains Satan’s increased activity: Cosmic Crossroad Countdown: the Invisible
War and the Final Chapter.  Here is the link to Cahn’s video: https://youtu.be/_TMhHIqfrrA