The Convergence of End Times Signs – Deep
State Massacre On Maui - Muslims Burn Down Churches - US MILITARY NEWS - Obama
Foundation & CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE – China Enters Doom Loop and more.
Research & Comments by Pastor
Gary Boyd
Aug. 17th 2023
China Enters the Doom Loop - Thursday,
August 17, 2023 - China’s authoritarian gerontocracy has built a Doom Loop with
Chinese characteristics, with over half the economy now crashing. Chinese
exports are now plunging at the fastest pace since the covid lockdowns: Exports
fell 14.5% on the year, driven by a 21% drop in exports to Europe and a 23%
drop to the US. Meanwhile, imports to China are also falling — 12.4% on the
year — as shrinking manufacturing buys fewer inputs and households buy less. https://beforeitsnews.com/libertarian/2023/08/china-enters-the-doom-loop-2807880.html
ATLAS SHRUGS CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE:
Obama Foundation Leader/Hawaii Water Official Refused to Release Water Resources
To Fight Hawaii Fires - Thursday, August 17, 2023 - M. Kaleo Manuel is an Obama
Foundation leader and Hawaii water
official who refused to release water resources and let landowners fight the
Maui fire. Obama’s mega mansion was divinely spared wild rampaging fires.
Manuel claims “water requires true conversations about equity” – only for the
mega rich it seems. https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2023/08/criminal-negligence-obama-foundation-leaderhawaii-water-official-refused-to-release-water-resources-to-fight-hawaii-fires-3670408.html
REAL RAW NEWS: Maui Massacre - By
Michael Baxter -August 17, 2023 - United States Marines in Maui have seen
firsthand atrocities committed by the Deep State—bloated, bullet-riddled bodies
floating facedown in a crimson tide; Hawaii National Guardsmen rummaging
through the pockets of dead islanders and tourists; FEMA and the Red Cross
forbidding citizens access to nearby food, water, and shelter. On Front Street
in Lahaina, a uniformed police officer shoots a pedestrian in the back for unknown
reasons. The cop then spots a bystander filming the incident on a cellphone,
and shoots him, too. A bullet strikes his cranium as he digs into a dead man’s
pockets and tries to yank a wedding band off a lifeless, swollen finger. He
touches his hand to his forehead and glances at his bloodstained fingers in
disbelief. He slumps over, his pistol falling from his other hand. https://realrawnews.com/2023/08/maui-massacre/
US MILITARY NEWS: Restored Republic
via a GCR: Update as of August 17, 2023 - https://theusmilitarynews.com/restored-republic-via-a-gcr-update-as-of-august-17-2023/
Juan O' Savin: Heavy Intel - Shock
& Awe of Maui (Video) - Thursday, August 17, 2023 - In this latest
interview and Intel drop, Juan lays out the Shock & Awe of Maui and what it
all means. https://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2023/08/juan-o-savin-heavy-intel-shock-awe-of-maui-video-3797407.html
Dead Billionaires: SCORCHED EARTH!
Epstein List Exposed On MSM! (Video) - Thursday, August 17, 2023 - The time has
come and SCORCHED EARTH is here! The
much sought after Epstein list finally exposed on MSM.. https://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2023/08/dead-billionaires-scorched-earth-epstein-list-exposed-on-msm-video-3797404.html
Michael Jaco: Dr. Forti Gives Account
of Lahaina Abnormalities and Insights on China Invading America (Video) - Thursday,
August 17, 2023 - In this very special edition of the Michael Jaco Show, he is
joined by Dr. Forti, who gives a shocking account of what really went on in
Lahaina. He also gives stunning insight to the possibility of China invading
America. https://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2023/08/michael-jaco-dr-forti-gives-account-of-lahaina-abnormalities-and-insights-on-china-invading-america-video-3797411.html
ATLAS SHRUGS: Muslims Burn Down
Churches, Burn Homes to the Ground, Torture Christians in Pakistan - Thursday,
August 17, 2023 - Horrors. No media on this, of course. It’s Islam, respect it.
“You would hear about this all over the establishment media if the roles were
reversed, which they would not be and should not be. But you will likely hear
about this only here.” (Robert Spencer). https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2023/08/muslims-burn-down-churches-burn-homes-to-the-ground-torture-christians-in-pakistan-3670381.html
YNET: IDF destroys explosives lab in
Nablus refugee camp - Military and security forces enter the Balata refugee
camp and locate the lab housing 15 fully armed explosives before dismantling
the facility and disarming the bombs – By Yoav Zitun|8-16-2023 - The military
said the lab contained seven devices that were ready for use and eight other
devices found in a storage shed also were destroyed. "The forces operating
in the camp encountered gunfire and responded. They also found and defused an
IUD. No injuries were reported among the troops." https://www.ynetnews.com/article/ryio2rtn2#autoplay
ALL ARAB NEWS: 50,000 mosques have
closed in Iran – Are Iranians seeking truth outside of Islam? Unrest and
distrust of the Islamic government are leading many away from Islam;
Evangelical broadcasts and ministries are leading many to Christ. Mohammad
Abolghassem Doulabi, a senior cleric for Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, gave
a speech to a group of religious students in which he stated that 50,000 of
Iran’s 75,000 mosques have closed their doors. – By All Arabg News Staff - Aug.
16th 2023 - Mohammad Abolghassem Doulabi, a senior cleric for
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, gave a speech to a group of religious students
in which he stated that 50,000 of Iran’s 75,000 mosques have closed their
doors. In his speech, which took place in June during the celebration of Imam
Reza – a descendant of the Muslim prophet Muhammad, Doulabi primarily laid the
blame for the mosque closures on a lack of government funding. However, he also
indicated that Muslims were deserting the mosques for other reasons…. https://allarab.news/50000-mosques-have-closed-in-iran-are-iranians-seek-truth-outside-of-islam/
Indictment Meltdown! He Just Gave
Trump a ‘Free Pass’ Out! Boom! Georgia Hit With” Notice of Removal” - Thursday,
August 17, 2023 - Only moments after the Trump Georgia Indictment drops someone
comes to the rescue and gives Trump the ‘free pass blueprint’ to walk right out
of the Georgia courtroom! This melts down the entire case and changes the
chance this WILL EVER SEE A COURTROOM AT ALL! https://beforeitsnews.com/politics/2023/08/indictment-meltdown-he-just-gave-trump-a-free-pass-out-boom-georgia-hit-withnotice-of-removal-3296389.html
New Major Decode "Major Arrests
Coming" Big Intel 8/17/23 - Thursday, August 17, 2023 - https://beforeitsnews.com/prophecy/2023/08/new-major-decode-major-arrests-coming-big-intel-81723-2544304.html
New Charlie Ward Summer Intel: Global
Bank Crisis, Prepare for the Worst! with James and Adam - Thursday, August 17,
2023 - https://beforeitsnews.com/prophecy/2023/08/new-charlie-ward-summer-intel-global-bank-crisis-prepare-for-the-worst-with-james-and-adam-2544302.html
THE ORGANIC PREPPER: And Just Like
That, The Brazilian Central Bank Goes LIVE with a CBDC - By Fabian Ommar - August
17, 2023 - It’s official: the Brazilian Central Bank has announced the
introduction of its CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency). It’s called DREX, the
acronym for Digital Real Electronic X (real is Brazil’s currency), and the
finished logo reveals the project is, in fact, quite advanced. Here’s the meat
of the Central Bank’s press release: “DREX is coming to facilitate the life of
Brazilians. With a new face, our Central Bank Digital Currency project –
created and operated by the Brazilian Central Bank – has its own name.
Previously called Real Digital, it will provide a safe and regulated
environment for new businesses and more democratic access to the benefits of
digitalizing the economy for citizens and entrepreneurs. https://www.theorganicprepper.com/brazilian-central-bank-cbdc/
The Evolution Of Government Genocide
(Democide) Against Humanity! - Mike Adams - Thursday, August 17, 2023 - https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2023/08/the-evolution-of-government-genocide-democide-against-humanity-mike-adams-3670427.html
Navy Veteran Whistleblower Exposes
Satanic Toxic Leadership at Highest Levels of USA Government - Thursday, August
17, 2023 - As reported in the USA Today Network article by Lisa Conley, Veteran
USNA Midshipman Officer, Victor-Hugo Vaca Jr., who served alongside Carter Page
in the Class of 1993, exposes toxic leadership at highest levels of USA
Government working to undermine the Constitutional Republic. Click on the link
above the first paragraph to watch video. Use VPN in EU and UK. - https://beforeitsnews.com/politics/2023/08/navy-veteran-whistleblower-exposes-satanic-toxic-leadership-at-highest-levels-of-usa-government-3296415.html
by Britt Gillette
Published on: August 8, 2015
Researched by Pastor Gary Boyd
Aug. 17th 2023
Almost two thousand years ago, Peter
prophesied about the end times. He said just before Jesus returns, people will
openly mock the Second Coming. They’ll say, What happened to Jesus? I thought
He was coming back?
Yet everything remains the same as it
has since the world first began (2 Peter 3:3-4). I’ll bet you’ve heard this
argument many times. But is it true? Is the world of today, “The same as it’s
always been?” Absolutely not. In fact, it’s absurd to say it is.
Why? Because the truth is the exact
opposite. Our generation is unlike any before it. Not only can we point to
clear signs of His Return, but almost every sign the Bible says to look for is
present right now! Some signs are completely fulfilled (such as the
re-establishment of Israel as a nation).
Others seem to be in an early stage
of fulfillment (such as the emergence of a loose confederation of European
nations as the dominant world power). But regardless of the stage of
fulfillment, some form of almost every end times sign is converging in our
time. Nevertheless, most people remain ignorant of these signs. And that’s a
shame.
Remember, Jesus rebuked the religious
leaders of His time for their failure to recognize His coming. He said they
knew how to interpret the weather signs in the sky, but they didn’t know how to
recognize the signs of the times (Matthew 16:2-3). Jesus expected the religious
leaders of His day to recognize the signs of the coming Messiah. In the same
way, Jesus expects usto recognize the signs of His Second Coming.
So let’s take the same approach. Just
as you know a storm is coming when you see dark clouds on the horizon, these
signs will alert you to His return:
1) Israel Back in the Land – In A.D.
70, Roman soldiers put down a rebellion, sacked Jerusalem, destroyed the
Temple, and carried the Jewish people to the farthest corners of the Empire to
serve as slaves. They tried to eliminate every trace of the nation of Israel,
even renaming the land Palestine in honor of Israel’s historical enemies, the
Philistines. Rome intended to erase the memory of Israel forever.
Fortunately, God had other plans.
Thousands of years ago, He foretold the long exile of His people. He promised
to call them from “among the nations” (Ezekiel 39:28), from “the farthest
corners of the earth”(Isaiah 11:12), and from “north, south, east, and west”
(Psalm 107:3). He promised to welcome the Jewish people home from the lands
where they were scattered (Ezekiel 20:34), and He promised to restore them to
the land of Israel from distant lands (Jeremiah 30:2, 10).
And this is exactly what He did.
Every person on earth is an eyewitness to the modern miracle of Israel. Long
ago, the prophets said this restoration will precede a monumental event – the
coming of the Messiah to set up His everlasting Kingdom (Isaiah 35, Joel 3,
Jeremiah 23, Micah 4). In other words, Israel’s existence in our day and time
is a sign the Second Coming is near.
Think about that. Then think about
this… For 1,878 years, Christians could not point to this sign. Israel didn’t
exist, and the Jews were not in the land. But today? Jews from around the world
return to Israel on a daily basis.
2) The Jews Back in Jerusalem – When
the disciples asked Jesus to reveal the signs of His coming and the end of the
age, He gave them one of the keys to understanding the timing of His return. He
told the disciples this: Jerusalem “will be trampled by the Gentiles until the
times of the Gentiles come to an end.” And then? After that, Jesus promised to
return (Luke 21:24-28).
So when did this time period begin?
The Gentile trampling of Jerusalem began with the destruction of the Temple in
A.D. 70 by Titus and the Roman legions. For centuries thereafter, Gentile kings
and kingdoms held complete control over the Temple Mount and the Old City of
Jerusalem.
However, in June 1967, the Six Day
War concluded with Israel in control of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount for the
first time since A.D. 70. And according to Jesus, the Jewish repossession of
Jerusalem will immediately precede His return.
For 1,897 years, Christians could not
point to this sign. The Jewish people did not control Jerusalem. For those
1,897 years, numerous Gentile kingdoms ruled over Jerusalem. But today? Today,
Israel controls Jerusalem.
3) Israel’s Neighbors Out to Destroy
Her – More than three thousand years ago, the prophet Asaph claimed the
surrounding nations would be unanimous in their contempt for Israel. He said
they will say “Come, let us wipe away the nation of Israel. Let’s destroy the
memory of its existence” (Psalm 83:4) and “Let us take for ourselves these
pasturelands of God” (Psalm 83:12).
Do those statements sound familiar?
They should. They’re almost word for word what we hear in the Middle East
today. And we’ve heard these same declarations from the Muslim world over and
over again since May 14, 1948.
Ezekiel predicted these same
neighbors would say “God has given their land to us” (Ezekiel 11:14-17), and
“Israel and Judah are ours. We will take possession of them. What do we care if
their God is there?” (Ezekiel 35:10). Isn’t this what we read in the headlines
each day? It is.
The Muslims claim the land of Israel
belongs to them, that “the mountains of Israel have been given to us” (Ezekiel
35:12-13). Syria, which lost the strategically important Golan Heights in the
Six-Day War joins a chorus of Israeli critics in claiming “the Golan Heights
belong to us” (Ezekiel 36:2).
Again, for 1,878 years, this sign
didn’t exist. Israel’s neighbors weren’t out to destroy her because Israel as a
nation didn’t exist. But today it does, and the Bible tells us this hatred
toward Israel will take place “when the time of Israel’s iniquity comes to an
end” (Ezekiel 35:5). In other words, when God brings His people back into the
land after a long exile.
4) Israel With An Exceedingly Great
Army – In his Valley of the Dry Bones vision (where God breathes life back into
the Jewish people), the prophet Ezekiel saw the Jewish people come to life and
stand up as “an exceedingly great army” (Ezekiel 37:10).
Zechariah repeated this promise, speaking
of a day when Israel is like a fire among sheaves of grain, burning up the
neighboring nations (Zechariah 12:6). In fact, he claims even the weakest
soldier among them will be like David (Zechariah 12:8). Do we see this today?
We sure do.
What are the odds of Israel winning
four conventional wars in a 25 year period? Israel barely cracks the Top 100
nations in terms of population, but its military consistently ranks among the
most powerful in the world.
The whole country is less than 13,000
square miles (approximately the size of New Jersey). That’s less than one-tenth
of one percent of the land mass of the surrounding nations that wish to destroy
her. Does this sound like a recipe for “an exceedingly great army?”
Yet, that’s exactly what the Israeli
Defense Force (IDF) is. Surrounded on all sides, a brand new nation that didn’t
even have a formal military emerged victorious in a multi-front war in 1948.
With Syria, Jordan, and Egypt preparing for war, the Israelis struck
preemptively in 1967. The result? They achieved overwhelming victory in just
six days.
Caught by surprise on Yom Kippur in
1973, her enemies almost cut Israel in half within 48 hours. But the IDF
quickly won back all the territory it lost in the opening days of the war, and
the world brokered a truce with the IDF at the gates of Cairo and Damascus.
Against all odds, Israel always seems to come out on top.
And what does the Bible say about the
timing of Israel’s emergence as a world military power? When does it say Israel
will have an “exceedingly great army”? You guessed it. The Bible says, “when
God’s people are re-gathered in the land just before the Messiah returns”
(Ezekiel 12, 36, 37). When the Jewish people have been “brought back from the
nations where they were scattered, and given the land of Israel by God Himself”
(Ezekiel 11:17).
5) An Increase in Travel and
Knowledge – Approximately 2,600 years ago, an angel told the prophet Daniel to
keep his visions secret until a later date. What later date? The angel said,
“Until the end times, when travel and knowledge will increase” (Daniel 12:4).
In other words, a significant increase in travel and knowledge will mark the
end times and the time just prior to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
Have we seen such an increase? I
think the answer is obvious. For all of human history right up until the early
19th Century, the fastest mode of land-based transportation was a horse. Yet
today, we can travel to the other side of the earth in a matter of hours. As
for an increase in knowledge, think about how much information is on the
Internet. In 1990, there was only one website. Six years later, the Internet
featured more than one hundred thousand. And a decade later? One hundred
million. Today, estimates place the number of websites at somewhere around six
hundred million.
6) The Rise of a United Europe – The
Bible repeatedly states a revived version of the Roman Empire will ascend to
power in the end times (Daniel 2, Daniel 7, Revelation 17). This will be the
final world empire before Jesus returns. According to Daniel, it will be a ten
nation alliance made up of weak and strong nations. Some parts will be as
strong as iron, while other parts will be as weak as clay. Do we see this
empire today? No. Not yet. Do we see an alliance of strong and weak nations in
the area of the old Roman Empire. Absolutely!
It’s called the European Union, and
its entire purpose is to collectively strengthen the member nations through
alliance – just as the statue’s iron and clay feet and toes would attempt to
strengthen themselves through “intermarriage” (Daniel 2:43).
As of this writing, the European
Union contains the world’s 4th, 5th, and 6th largest economies (Germany, the
United Kingdom, and France) – but it also contains the world’s 103rd, 112th,
and 136th largest economies (Estonia, Iceland, and Malta). Individually, no EU
nation is a world power. Together, the combined nations of the EU are the
world’s leading economic power. And this is precisely the type of arrangement
the Bible says will exist in the time just prior to Christ’s return.
7) The Gospel Preached Throughout the
World – In answering His disciples, Jesus described many signs to look for.
Among them, He said this: “And the gospel will be preached throughout the
entire world, so that every nation will hear it and then the end will come”
(Matthew 24:14).
Think we’re getting close to that day
now? I do. The Bible is available in hundreds of languages. Satellites
broadcast Christian programming throughout the world. And every day,
missionaries carry the Gospel to people who have never heard it before. We’re
not there yet, but we’re getting close.
Unfortunately, while this sign is all
around us, most people don’t see it as a sign. They don’t think the global
reach of Christianity is a big deal. But think about it. The promise to see the
Gospel preached throughout the world was made by a Jewish carpenter with some
fishermen as followers nearly 2,000 years ago. That’s a bold proclamation, and
its fulfillment is something the world takes for granted.
Even after 1,500 years of
Christianity, the message of Jesus was largely confined to the European
continent. But today, the Gospel is preached in every nation.
The Converging Signs
All the signs mentioned here – the
re-establishment of Israel, the Jews back in Jerusalem, the dramatic increase
in travel and knowledge, and many more point to the near return of Jesus. Not a
single one of these signs existed for almost the entire history of
Christianity—and now they all do! Think that matters? I do.
When the disciples approached Jesus
and asked Him, “What are the signs of your coming and the end of the age?”
(Matthew 24:3). Jesus replied by giving them a list of signs and events to look
for signs such as false prophets, earthquakes, wars, and desecration of the
Temple. But Jesus said one sign in particular is cause to “look up” because
your redemption draws near. Our generation is witness to that sign. So what is
it?
Convergence.
That’s right. The #1 sign is not a
single sign, but the convergence of all the signs Jesus, Moses, and the Old
Testament prophets said to look for. Jesus said, “When you see all these things
occur, look up. For your salvation is near!” (Luke 21:28). Note that Jesus
didn’t say, “When you see one or two of these signs.” He said, “When you see
all these signs.” In other words, the convergence of all the signs He spoke of
are what we should be looking for.
The convergence of so many specific
and detailed events—Jesus told us to look for—should command the attention of
even the most hardened skeptics. Why? Because for more than 1,800 years
following the crucifixion, these signs were noticeably absent. But today?
Today, we see them all around us. For the first time ever, each of these signs
is present. And at the same time! Think that’s a coincidence? I don’t. It’s not
a coincidence. And time will prove it’s not. Jesus is coming. Now is the season
of His return.
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