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Are things changing?

Yes.

We seem to be in what Jesus called the “beginning of sorrows”:

4 And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you.

5 For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.

6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.

8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. (Matthew 24:4-8)

8 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines and troubles. These are the beginnings of sorrows. (Mark 13:8)

We are seeing sorrows and troubles.

Yet, we have seen steps that are getting us closer. In the past year or so, we made many videos related to various world events that are aligning with biblical prophecy. Here are 18 events, most of which have related videos, you may wish to notice in 2018:

I. A highly indebted nation:

6 “Will not all these take up a proverb against him, And a taunting riddle against him, and say, ‘Woe to him who increases What is not his–how long? And to him who loads himself with many pledges’?

7 Will not your creditors rise up suddenly? Will they not awaken who oppress you? And you will become their booty.

8 Because you have plundered many nations, All the remnant of the people shall plunder you, Because of men’s blood And the violence of the land and the city, And of all who dwell in it. (Habakkuk 2:6-8)

The USA is the most indebted nation of all time and keeps increasing its debt (see Official USA debt up nearly $600 billion since Donald Trump’s inauguration and watch Land of ‘Free’ Abortions and Debt). The USA has more than doubled its national debt in the past 9 years–and it stands at over $20 trillion. When interest rates rise up, the USA will eventually face more consequences than most imagine.

II. The King of the North will get gold which end time Babylon will trade:

37 He shall regard neither the God of his fathers nor the desire of women, nor regard any god; for he shall exalt himself above them all.

38 But in their place he shall honor a god of fortresses; and a god which his fathers did not know he shall honor with gold and silver, with precious stones and pleasant things.

39 Thus he shall act against the strongest fortresses with a foreign god, which he shall acknowledge, and advance its glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and divide the land for gain.

40 “At the time of the end the king of the South shall attack him; and the king of the North shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter the countries, overwhelm them, and pass through.

41 He shall also enter the Glorious Land, and many countries shall be overthrown; but these shall escape from his hand: Edom, Moab, and the prominent people of Ammon.

42 He shall stretch out his hand against the countries, and the land of Egypt shall not escape.

43 He shall have power over the treasures of gold and silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt; also the Libyans and Ethiopians shall follow at his heels.(Daniel 11:37-43)

10 … ‘Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.’

11 And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise anymore:

12 merchandise of gold and silver, precious stones and pearls, fine linen and purple, silk and scarlet, every kind of citron wood, every kind of object of ivory, every kind of object of most precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble;

13 and cinnamon and incense, fragrant oil and frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and bodies and souls of men.

14 The fruit that your soul longed for has gone from you, and all the things which are rich and splendid have gone from you, and you shall find them no more at all.

15 The merchants of these things, who became rich by her, will stand at a distance for fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,

16 and saying, ‘Alas, alas, that great city that was clothed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!(Revelation 18:10-16)

Germany has been repatriating gold (watch Germany, Gold, and the US Dollar) and others are looking to use gold for trade to bypass the USA dollar (watch US Dollar being challenged by Gold-Petro-Yuan).

III. Distancing between the Europeans and the USA and UK:

1 How lonely sits the city That was full of people! How like a widow is she, Who was great among the nations! The princess among the provinces Has become a slave!

2 She weeps bitterly in the night, Her tears are on her cheeks; Among all her lovers She has none to comfort her. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; They have become her enemies. (Lamentations 1:1-2). 

The USA and UK have been friends and allies of the Europeans.

Between Brexit (watch Brexit and the fate of Northern Ireland, Gibraltar, the UK, and the USA; for 2016 videos watch: Forbes’ Brexit Monster is the Beast of Revelation and/or Post Brexit Prophecy) and the statements and policies of Donald Trump (watch Trump Presidency: Magic 8 Ball or Bible Prophecy?) Europeans are becoming more distant to both of them. The USA has even been labeled as a “rogue nation” (watch The USA Declared a ‘Rogue Nation’!).

IV. The King of the North will get a great army:

25 He shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the South with a great army. (Daniel 11:25)

The Europeans agreed to something called PESCO (see EU Creates New Defense Pact To Reduce Dependence On US: Brexit & Trump predictions are coming to pass and ‘PESCO helps to ensure a more secure Europe for its citizens’) and have taken other steps to get a great army (watch End of the Anglo-American Order and The New World Order Is Leaving the US Behind and Trump Presidency: Magic 8 Ball or Bible Prophecy?). They want a military independent of the USA and NATO–though they will cooperate for a time.

V. The Beast will develop a marvelous military ability:

1 Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name.

2 Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority.

3 And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast.

4 So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?”(Revelation 13:1-4)

The “sea” is the Mediterranean Sea (Daniel 7:2-8; (Numbers 34:6-7; Joshua 1:4; 9:1; 23:4; Ezekiel 47:13-16). This is a European power. The Europeans have continued to develop technologies, including its Galileo system (see Europe’s Galileo system gained four more satellites) and Large Hadron collider, and is moving to be able to fulfill the prophecies about its military progress–which include eliminating the USA (Daniel 11:39; also see European Technology and the Beast of Revelation and watch Military Technology and the Beast of Revelation and Could the Large Hadron Collider lead to destruction?).

VI. Church-state alliance is starting to form:

1 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters,

2 with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.”

3 So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

4 The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication.

5 And on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. (Revelation 17:1-5).

The United Nations, Vatican, World Council of Churches, and the European Union are pushing versions of this (watch The ‘Unpardonable Sin’ and ‘Climate Change’? and Europe and the ‘Holy Roman Empire’ and World Council of Churches Peace Plan).

VII. Weather problems:

8 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines and troubles. These are the beginnings of sorrows. (Mark 13:8)

7 “I also withheld rain from you, When there were still three months to the harvest. I made it rain on one city, I withheld rain from another city. One part was rained upon, And where it did not rain the part withered.

8 So two or three cities wandered to another city to drink water, But they were not satisfied; Yet you have not returned to Me,” Says the Lord.

9 “I blasted you with blight and mildew. When your gardens increased, Your vineyards, Your fig trees, And your olive trees, The locust devoured them; Yet you have not returned to Me,” Says the Lord. …

12 “Therefore thus will I do to you, O Israel; Because I will do this to you, Prepare to meet your God, (Amos 4:7-9)

The severe hurricanes and other weather issues are consistent with that (watch Hurricanes and Prophecy and Does God Use Weather?).

VIII. Earthquakes:

7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. (Matthew 24:7).

Even some scientists believe that in 2018 and later we will see more serious earthquakes (see Scientists predict increase in earthquakes for 2018). Earthquakes could trigger supervolcanoes (see Massive spike in Yellowstone earthquakes: Does Yellowstone pose a major risk? and watch Are supervolcanoes a real threat?) and cause other troubles (Mark 13:8).

IX. The rising ecumenical movement:

1 Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals; and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, “Come and see.”

2 And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer. (Revelation 6:1-2).

The celebration of the Reformation was highly focused on ecumenism as opposed to separation (watch Ecumenism and the ride of the White Horse of the Apocalypse). Popes have even changed Catholic teachings on Limbo and Purgatory, partially to make this cooperation easier (watch Popes Change on Limbo and Purgatory?). A spiritual ecumenical conquering has begun.

X. Censorship of the word of God:

4 I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work. (John 9:4)

11 “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord God, “That I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine of bread, Nor a thirst for water, But of hearing the words of the Lord.

12 They shall wander from sea to sea, And from north to east; They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the Lord, But shall not find it. (Amos 8:11-12)

Western governments are even going along with some of this (watch Canadian censoring of the Bible) as are private companies like Google, Facebook, and YouTube (watch also Internet Control, Famine of the Word, and 666).

XI. War and rumors of war:

6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. (Matthew 24:6-7)

Many rumors of war related to North Korea and the Middle East, to cite two examples, are happening (watch Donald Trump, Warmongering, and the Red Horse of War and Syria, North Korea, and Prophecy).

XII. Ethnic and regional strife:

7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom (cf. Matthew 24:7;) (The original Greek word translated “nation” was “ethnos,” from which we get our word “ethnic.”)

The United Nations even issued a warning about racial civil unrest in the USA (see USA has too many liars, so relaxes standards to hire border control agents; UN issues civil unrest warning) while Europe had troubles in Spain (watch Ten Kings, Catalonia, and the Future of Europe).

XIII. For a time, Babylon will dominate world trade:

2 And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying, “Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hated bird!

3 For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance of her luxury.” (Revelation 18:2-3).

While ‘Babylon’ will not reign in 2018, with the USA pulling out of trade deals and/or wishing to change them, steps are occurring that are pushing Europe to dominate trade (watch Trade Wars: Are COG warnings coming to pass?). The Europeans have been working with Latin America, China, Russia’s Eurasian Union, and other areas of the world to try to set up its dominance of world trade as well as standards for world trade.

XIV. Control of buying and selling:

16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads,

17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

18 Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666. (Revelation 13:16-18).

Between moves for cashlessness in Europe (watch Sweden going to ‘666’ cashlessness?) and the rise of cryptocurrencies (watch Blockchain, Karl Guttenberg, and 666), the ability to do this is now here. It was not possible in the 1st century when the Apostle John wrote about this back in the first century A.D. The world will not be cashless in 2018, but we are seeing steps towards the ability to control buying and selling.

XV. Europe to reorganize:

12 The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast.

13 These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast. (Revelation 17:12-13).

Various ones are calling for a version of that in Europe (Ten Kings, Catalonia, and the Future of Europe). Even Pope Francis has called for Europe to be creative and think beyond national boundaries (see Catalonians want democracy to work; Pope Francis wants Europe to be more united). The prophesied reorganization will not happen in 2018, but expect calls to reorganize Europe.

XVI. The final time of the Gentiles:

         24 … Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. (Luke 21:24)

See also Revelation 11:2.

More Gentile-dominated groups and projects are appearing to get the world to move away from an Anglo-American dominated world order (watch The Times of the Gentiles and End of the Anglo-American Order). Basically, part of the objective of the BRICS, EAEU, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and even the European Union is to establish a new world order (SCO, EAEU, and BRICS defining a ‘new world order’?)–an order no longer dominated by the USA and its Anglo-Saxon allies, like the UK.

XVII. Armageddon:

13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.

14 For they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

15 “Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.”

16 And they gathered them together to the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon. (Revelation 16:14-16).

With its One Belt, One Road (AKA Silk Road) project, China may be making roads that will transport troops to Armageddon (watch Is China paving roads to Armageddon?). China has over 60 nations involved and, on an inflation-adjusted basis, is expected to pour ten times the amount of money into this than the USA did for its Marshall Plan, which mainly helped 6 European nations.

The gathering of Armageddon will not happen in 2018, but some events to make that gathering happen will.

XVIII. The Gospel of the Kingdom will be proclaimed:

14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations,
and then the end will come. (Matthew 24:14)

While Matthew 24:14 will NOT be fulfilled in 2018, steps to help lead to that fulfillment will. Yet few seem to realize that the Great Tribulation does NOT start until right after the Gospel of the Kingdom of God is preached to the world as a witness (cf. Matthew 24:14, 21-22).

While many erroneously think that this has already happened, God has not seen it that way. Once He does, the end will come. The Philadelphian Christians will be supporting the work of Matthew 24:14.

World events are moving in the direction of properly understood biblical prophecy.

Of course, many scoff. But that, too, was prophesied:

3 knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts,

4 and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.”

5 For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water,

6 by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water.

7 But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

8 But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.

10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.

11 Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness,

12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?

13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

14 Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless;

15 and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation–as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you,

16 as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures.

17 You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked;

18 but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen. (2 Peter 3:3-18)

ALL THINGS ARE NOT GOING THE SAME FOR THE USA OR UK.

Few people were ready for the great flood of Noah’s time.

Relatively few people, and actually relatively few Christians, will be ready for the Great Tribulation as Jesus only promised protection to the remaining portion of the Philadelphia portion of the Church of God:

7 “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write,’These things says He who is holy, He who is true, “He who has the key of David, He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens”:

8 I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name.

9 Indeed I will make those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie–indeed I will make them come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.

10 Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. (Revelation 3:7-10)

14 “And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write,’These things says the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God:

15 I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot.

16 So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.

17 Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’–and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked–

18 I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.

19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent. (Revelation 3:14-19)

Jesus told all that would be His followers:

31 So you also, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.

32 Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all things take place.

33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.

34 “But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly.

35 For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth.

36 Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man. (Luke 21:31-36)

Do not be like the scoffers. Pray, change, and support God’s work in these end times.

Philadelphian Christians (Revelation 3:7-13) truly realize, “the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy” (Revelation 19:12).

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018 at 12:01 am and is filed under Doctrine, Prophecy.

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