Prophecies of Troubles to Come

Ancient and near prophecies that show Planet X's arrival, ISIS's invasion and resulting civil war, treachery divides Britain and the U.S. which has a deceptive alliance with Russia. The Man-child and Bride appear to be in safety and prosperity while saving those who didn't prepare by eating their Passover Lamb. Those who don't listen in time suffer and many die. President Obama is a side issue with many who do not understand he has been sent by God to destroy the apostate Christian institution in the U.S. {Pro.16:7} When a man's ways please Jehovah, He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. Therefore, it is not the president you should battle with but your flesh.

Hildegarde Prophecies

A nun named Hildegarde who lived in the 12th century became famous for her accurate prophecies.

"The time is coming when princes and peoples will reject the authority of the Pope. Some countries will prefer their own Church rulers to the Pope. The German Empire will be divided. (As it was.) Church property will be secularized. Priests will be persecuted. (As all true priests are.) After the birth of Antichrist heretics will preach their false doctrines undisturbed, resulting in Christians having doubts about their holy Catholic faith". (Many have and many are doubting it now with the new doctrine of this Pope.)

At that period when Antichrist shall be born, there will be many wars and right order shall be destroyed on earth. (Which is what we are seeing.) Heresy will be rampant and the heretics will preach their errors openly without restraint. (Fulfilled.) Even among Christians doubt and skepticism will be entertained concerning the beliefs of Catholicism. (All of the above was fulfilled.)

"Toward the end of the world, mankind will be purified through sufferings. This will be true especially of the clergy, who will be robbed of all property. When the clergy has adopted a simple manner of living, conditions will improve.

"At this time as a punishment for their sins Christians especially will attempt armed resistance to those who at that time are persecuting them, sensing no concern for the death of their bodies.

"A powerful wind will rise in the North carrying heavy fog and the densest dust by divine command and it will fill their throats and eyes so they will cease their savagery and be stricken with great fear.

"Then within the Christian people the Holy Godhead will accomplish signs and wonders as if accomplished them at the time of Moses with the pillar of cloud and as Michael the archangel did when he fought the heathen for the sake of the Christians. Because of Michael's help God's faithful children will march under His protection. They will decimate their foes and achieve victory through God's power... As a result of this a large number of heathens will join Christians in true faith and they will say "The God of the Christians is the true God because such wondrous works have been accomplished among the Christians.

"After that there will be so few men left that seven women will fight for one man, that they will say to the man: "Marry me to take the disgrace from me". (Then comes a personal opinion and letter interpretation? "For in those days it will be a disgrace for a woman to be without child, as it was by the Jews in the Old Testament".)

"Before the Comet (Planet X) comes, many nations, the good excepted, will be scoured with want and famine. The great nation in the ocean that is inhabited by people of different tribes and descent (U.S.) by an earthquake, storm and tidal waves will be devastated. It will be divided and in great part submerged. That nation will also have many misfortunes at sea, and lose its colonies in the east through a Tiger and a Lion.

"The Comet by its tremendous pressure, will force much out of the ocean and flood many countries, causing much want and many plagues. [After the] great Comet, the great nation will be devastated by earthquakes, storms, and great waves of water, causing much want and plagues. The ocean will also flood many other countries, so that all coastal cities will live in fear, with many destroyed. All sea coast cities will be fearful and many of them will be destroyed by tidal waves, and most living creatures will be killed and even those who escape will die from a horrible disease. (This sounds like all we have heard of destruction from Planet X / Nibiru.)

"For in none of these cities does a person live according to the laws of God. "Peace will return to Europe when the white flower again takes possession of the throne of France. (This could represent the Lord, for there will be no peace until He comes and destroys the nations.)

This is followed in some places by what some consider prophetic words, which in my opinion were her teachings about the end times. As others have said, she became looked up to for her prophecies but wrongly got into teaching. It can be seen that her teachings were all letter and no spirit, just as with many prophecy teachers today.

Van-Rensburg Prophecies
William Frederick - 12/09/2013
(David's notes in red)

(Excerpts from) Nelson Mandela and the Van-Rensburg Prophecies

In the late 1800s and early 1900s there lived a man in South Africa named Seiner [seer] Van Rensburg. Rensburg gave many prophecies of which many have come true. You can read a short biography here. Here is a list compiled by one author of his fulfilled prophecies taken from the book, Voice of a Prophet.
1. Before anybody could imagine such a thing as an aircraft carrier, he had a vision of this strange ship in a Namibian harbor. At that stage the harbor of Luderitz was not even a proper harbor, it was a small bay where fishing dinghies used to beach.
2. He saw the British destruction of 64,000 Boer farmsteads and the detestable suffering they caused to nearly 180,000 cattle and horses by cutting their fetlock tendons (Achilles tendons). These animals were left to die from thirst.
3. World War 1 and the deceit that led to the USA entering the war.
4. The Russian communist revolution and the Holocaust of Christians during their reign. Estimates have it that the USSR communists killed as many as 50 million people between 1917 and 1945.
5. The Great Influenza epidemic of 1918.
6. Mining riots in South Africa in 1925.
7. The economic collapse of 1929.
8. The Second World War.
9. The 1948 takeover of government by the Nationalists in South Africa.
10. He foresaw the race troubles started by the communists in South Africa (South African government).
11. The creation of a Republic in South Africa 1960.
12. South Africa leaving the British Commonwealth.
13. The rise of black power in South Africa after 1961.
14. The assassination of Dr. HF Verwoerd, the South African Prime minister.
15. He saw SA's involvement in the Angola war against the Russian-backed Cubans.
16. Margaret Thatcher as first woman Prime Minister of England.
17. Nelson Mandela's imprisonment and release.
18. Death of Princess Diana.
19. The first Gulf war.
20. Black takeover of government in South Africa. This happened 80 years after he had the vision.
21. He saw that moderate colored and white people would rule one province, the Western Cape Province, for one term before losing to the ANC again. The ANC is now (as of 2011) arranging for a massive influx of ANC supporters to the Western Cape Province. A law is being prepared for Parliament that will put colored and white people out of jobs in order that black ANC supporters from other provinces can get the jobs. By doing this, the ANC will have imported the 100,000 required voters to win back the Western Cape.
22. The September 11, 2001 attack on the WTC.
23. Iraqi war against Saddam Hussein. This, however, infuriates the Islamic world and sinister planning against the USA takes place. The planning seems to take place within the USA by the same sinister entity that caused the previous two world wars.
24. The murder of the South African mining magnate Brett Kebble.
25. He saw millions of Africans coming into South Africa illegally during black government.
26. He saw a massive dip, similar to 1929, in the world economy. What is difficult to pinpoint is the fact that he appears to indicate that the collapse is caused (planned) by the "capitalists" in order to take control of the world economic system. Remember that he saw this in 1914.

All the aforementioned have already occurred or are in the process of happening.

That looks like a pretty impressive list. Notice above that he foresaw the imprisonment and release of Nelson Mandela. There is more to the Mandela prophecy.

So it looks as if the rest of the prophecy is starting to be fulfilled. And after Mandela's funeral he foresaw violence and civil war that will erupt in South Africa. It just so happens that WND posted an article back in 2004 entitled White Slaughter in South Africa in which they stated "plans are being made by the nation's Communist Party to slaughter all whites in the country upon his death, G2B sources say".

28. England will eventually have a greater black than white population. The International Express (newspaper) in England reports that about 100,000 illegal immigrants are deported monthly.
29. A cataclysmic event will cause many Africans and Indians to flee to Britain.
30. He saw many Islands along the Indonesian, Malaysian area and the Asian Pacific Rim sinking into the sea.
31. He saw the southern part of Australia inundated with water, possibly the sea.
32. Parts of Japan will sink below sea level.
33. He saw turmoil and protracted skirmishes leading to WW3.
34. A civil uprising in the USA. (It appears to be still coming, as there will be many deaths.)
35. The USA, Spain, Germany, Japan and England with some commonwealth countries will be the main allies in WW3. Most of Western Europe will be overrun and devastated by people from the Middle East. This will be so quick that proper defensive action will not be ready in time. (This is just like George Washington's vision of the Middle East and North African peoples invading the U.S. and destroying it. In comes ISIS to destroy the U.S. and apostate Christianity.)
36. A high British official will commit treason against the allies to try and save his country from nuclear destruction.
37. After near total destruction of the West, the West eventually manages to regain the upper hand.
38. Large areas of the USA are totally destroyed and Europe is virtually uninhabitable. Thousands of European refugees come by sea to South Africa. The refugees are transported inland, by train, from Cape Town and tent villages appear over a distance of 400 miles along the railway line as far as the town of De Aar.
39. Civilized and competent government will be reinstated in South Africa after WW3.

In regards to #34, the USA uprising, another prophecy researcher read the entire book about the prophecies of Van Rensburg, and had this to say in regards to WWIII and his prophecies:

Seer van Rensburg's vision doesn't tell us what this is about. However, the Romanian prophet Dumitru Duduman's visions and prophecies tell us very clearly. From Dumitru's book, Through the Fire Without Burning.
"When the Americans will think that it is peace and safety--from the middle of the country, some of the people will fight the government, started by the communists (e.g. socialists/progressives). The government will be busy with internal problems. Then from the ocean...Russia will bomb the nuclear weapons storehouses in one day...and America will burn".

The sequence of events is an economic collapse worldwide. Massive waves of illegal immigration. These cause civil wars to break out in many countries. Then WW3 begins. We are not given the year, but need to watch the signs God has given us through the prophets in order to know the season and times.

In regards to WWIII, here is a more detailed description of the details of the Rensburg WWIII prophecies:

During 1942/43 a member of the Ossewa-Brandwag, 'Oupa' Krause gave an almost unbelievable description to Mr. E.L. Brits, of the Seer's visions on the outbreak of a future world war.
Because England fears a Russian bomb attack, they connive in secret with the Russians. They betray Western military secrets to Russia and sign treaties with Russia against the USA. Russia mistrusts the English; the USA learns of this treachery and realizes the danger of English betrayal against it. The great clash between American and British troops takes place in Egypt after the next world war has started. The English army is defeated and those still alive after the battle are taken prisoner. It is also there where our troops are stopped and disarmed.
The English attempt to get help in secret from the Japanese, but are unsuccessful. During the night Russia storms through Turkey (Iraq) en route to the Suez region, while Turkey offers no resistance. The Russians make contact with the American army in Syria and Palestine where they (the Russians) are stopped by the Americans. Palestine is destroyed during the fighting. Some Arabs side with the Americans. Many oilfields in the Middle East are set alight. The Red Army is defeated by the more advanced secret weaponry of the USA.
The Russians break through to Spain en route to Gibraltar, and when they are stopped there, they turn on England and attack them from the air. England is totally destroyed.
Many secret weapons and gas is used everywhere. While horror (atomic?) bombs sow death and destruction, nations will be annihilated. While some nations cease to exist, others will still survive, but will be worthless. It will be a devastating war and everyone will be expected to go and fight.
Our Boer nation will not be destroyed, for we have a purpose and destination. England will be a very minor factor. Ireland also gains its freedom and drives the English from their country. Holland surrenders without a whimper. France will somehow survive; Russia will be finished and although the USA will not be destroyed, it will be a very weak nation. The Germans declare peace in Europe and become the strongest nation in a very short time.
The Beginning of Oppression War breaks out in Europe around April or May (year unknown) as soon as the thaw sets in, but by the time there is no more ice and snow, it will have progressed considerably--so much so that it seems if the Russians are winning.
An atmosphere of oppression will prevail not only in Europe, but also in our own country. The Germans will make use of the opportunity to take revenge on England, which will be totally annihilated. As usual, the USA in Europe will initially flee, but return later with a strong military force and stop Russia in Spain.

Van Rensburg says the Germans will be fully armed--probably with secret armaments from underground arsenals, which, indeed, is the case. The war will be very swift, destructive and dreadful. Nations will be annihilated very quickly by means of air attacks, horror (nuclear?) bombs and germ warfare. The worst will be 'electric beams' (laser beams?) sowing death and destruction above and below; even the soil will be destroyed and few people will remain alive.

I also found it interesting that he foresaw a great uprising after Mandela's death and that WND reports that such an uprising has indeed been planned. He also told of WWIII starting sometime after the uprisings. At present there are many precursor signs that WWIII is near. I also found it interesting that he foresaw Britain betraying the United States to the Russians. If you remember the Hildegarde prophecies that I posted a few weeks back, an analysis of her prophecy indicates that the Lion (Britain) will come against the USA after the great comet comes.

Along with all of this physical turmoil we will suffer a military loss in WWIII at the hands of the Tiger (China) and England (Lion).

So it looks as if many of Rensburg's prophecies have come true and some more are starting to come true. Thus, that leads to the question, will the rest of his prophecies come true and, if so, what are the implications?

Mother Shipton Prophecies
(David's notes in red)

And now a word, in uncouth rhyme
Of what shall be in future time
Then upside down the world shall be
And gold found at the root of tree
All England's sons that plough the land
Shall oft be seen with Book in hand
The poor shall now great wisdom know
Great houses stand in farflung vale
All covered o'er with snow and hail
A carriage without horse will go
Disaster fill the world with woe.
In London, Primrose Hill shall be
In centre hold a Bishop's See
Around the world men's thoughts will fly
Quick as the twinkling of an eye.
And water shall great wonders do
How strange. And yet it shall come true.
Through towering hills proud men shall ride
No horse or ass move by his side.
Beneath the water, men shall walk
Shall ride, shall sleep, shall even talk.
And in the air men shall be seen
In white and black and even green
A great man then, shall come and go
For prophecy declares it so.
In water, iron, then shall float
As easy as a wooden boat
Gold shall be seen in stream and stone
In land that is yet unknown.
And England shall admit a Jew
You think this strange, but it is true
The Jew that once was held in scorn
Shall of a Christian then be born.
A house of glass shall come to pass
In England. But Alas, alas
A war will follow with the work
Where dwells the Pagan and the Turk
These states will lock in fiercest strife
And seek to take each others life.
When North shall thus divide the South
And Eagle build in Lion's mouth
Then tax and blood and cruel war
Shall come to every humble door.
Three times shall lovely sunny France
Be led to play a bloody dance
Before the people shall be free
Three tyrant rulers shall she see.
Three rulers in succession be
Each springs from different dynasty.
Then when the fiercest strife is done
England and France shall be as one.
The British olive shall next then twine
In marriage with a German vine.
Men walk beneath and over streams
Fulfilled shall be their wondrous dreams.
For in those wondrous far off days
The women shall adopt a craze
To dress like men, and trousers wear
And to cut off their locks of hair
They'll ride astride with brazen brow
As witches do on broomstick now.
And roaring monsters with man atop
Does seem to eat the verdant crop
And men shall fly as birds do now
And give away the horse and plough.
There'll be a sign for all to see
Be sure that it will certain be.
Then love shall die and marriage cease
And nations wane as babes decrease
And wives shall fondle cats and dogs
And men live much the same as hogs.
In nineteen hundred and twenty six
Build houses light of straw and sticks.
For then shall mighty wars be planned
And fire and sword shall sweep the land.
When pictures seem alive with movements free
When boats like fishes swim beneath the sea,
When men like birds shall scour the sky
Then half the world, deep drenched in blood shall die.
For those who live the century through
In fear and trembling this shall do.
Flee to the mountains and the dens
To bog and forest and wild fens.
For storms will rage and oceans roar
When Gabriel stands on sea and shore
And as he blows his wondrous horn
Old worlds die and new be born.
A fiery dragon will cross the sky
Six times before this earth shall die.
Mankind will tremble and frightened be
For the sixth heralds in this prophecy.
For seven days and seven nights
Man will watch this awesome sight.
The tides will rise beyond their ken
To bite away the shores and then
The mountains will begin to roar
And earthquakes split the plain to shore.
And flooding waters, rushing in
Will flood the lands with such a din
That mankind cowers in muddy fen
And snarls about his fellow men.
He bares his teeth and fights and kills
And secrets food in secret hills
And ugly in his fear, he lies
To kill marauders, thieves and spies.
Man flees in terror from the floods
And kills, and rapes and lies in blood
And spilling blood by mankind's hands
Will stain and bitter many lands
And when the dragon's tail is gone,
Man forgets, and smiles, and carries on
To apply himself - too late, too late
For mankind has earned deserved fate.
His masked smile - his false grandeur,
Will serve the Gods their anger stir.
And they will send the Dragon back
To light the sky - his tail will crack
Upon the earth and rend the earth
And man shall flee, King, Lord, and serf.
But slowly they are routed out
To seek diminishing water spout
And men will die of thirst before
The oceans rise to mount the shore.
And lands will crack and rend anew
You think it strange. It will come true.
And in some far off distant land
Some men - oh such a tiny band
Will have to leave their solid mount
And span the earth, those few to count,
Who survives this [unreadable] and then
Begin the human race again.
But not on land already there
But on ocean beds, stark, dry and bare
Not every soul on Earth will die
As the Dragon's tail goes sweeping by.
Not every land on earth will sink
But these will wallow in stench and stink
Of rotting bodies of beast and man
Of vegetation crisped on land.
But the land that rises from the sea
Will be dry and clean and soft and free
Of mankind's dirt and therefore be
The source of man's new dynasty.
And those that live will ever fear
The Dragon's tail for many year
But time erases memory
You think it strange. But it will be.
And before the race is built anew
A silver serpent comes to view
And spew out men of like unknown
To mingle with the earth now grown
Cold from its heat and these men can
Enlighten the minds of future man.
To intermingle and show them how
To live and love and thus endow
The children with the second sight.
A natural thing so that they might
Grow graceful, humble and when they do
The Golden Age will start anew.
The Dragon's tail is but a sign
For mankind's fall and man's decline.
And before this prophecy is done
I shall be burned at the stake, at one
My body singed and my soul set free
You think I utter blasphemy
You're wrong. These things have come to me
This prophecy will come to be.

Like many with the gift of prophecies, they had to hide them in poems for them to survive the hatred of the apostate church against any who corrected them. They burned them as blasphemers against their evil leaders. Their kind have hated and tried to destroy all the prophets and their Master.

These verses were on the outer wrapping of the scrolls.

I know I go - I know I'm free
I know that this will come to be.
Secreted this - for this will be
Found by later dynasty
A dairy maid, a bonny lass
Shall kick this tone as she does pass
And five generations she shall breed
Before one male child does learn to read.
This is then held year by year
Till an iron monster trembling fear
Eats parchment, words and quill and ink
And mankind is given time to think.
And only when this comes to be
Will mankind read this prophecy
But one man's sweets another's bane
So I shall not have burned in vain.
Mother Shipton

According to Wikipedia, at least two men were caught adding to Mother Shipton's prophecies after her time and I have seen lately something I think was added after her time about friendly aliens coming to help us.

This section was kept apart from the other and it appears to have been written together yet was in a separate jar:

The signs will be there for all to read
When man shall do most heinous deed
Man will ruin kinder lives
By taking them as to their wives.
And murder foul and brutal deed
When man will only think of greed.
And man shall walk as if asleep
He does not look - he many not peep
And iron men the tail shall do
And iron cart and carriage too.
The kings shall false promise make
And talk just for talking's sake
And nations plan horrific war
The like as never seen before
And taxes rise and lively down
And nations wear perpetual frown.
Yet greater sign there be to see
As man nears latter century
Three sleeping mountains gather breath
And spew out mud, and ice and death.
And earthquakes swallow town and town,
In lands as yet to me unknown.
And Christian one fights Christian two
And nations sigh, yet nothing do
And yellow men great power gain
From mighty bear with whom they've lain.
These mighty tyrants will fail to do
They fail to split the world in two.
But from their acts a danger bred
An ague - leaving many dead.
And physics find no remedy
For this is worse than leprosy.
Oh many signs for all to see
The truth of this true prophecy.

Confirmations for Now
Lakeisha Davis - 01/10/2016
(David's notes in red)

Lakeisha didn't know I was planning today to share on these things and the Lord gave her a confirming dream and warned her to give it to me today.

I was outdoors and saw in my mind and in front of me the shapes of certain countries: USA, Russia, China and Britain. I knew that the USA and Russia were allies and that the USA as protecting China from Britain. Britain did not like that and was prepared for warfare. We saw our president after he won the first election immediately insult Britain after receiving a gift from the Queen and then ask Putin for patience until he got his administration going good when he didn't know his mic was on.

I ran to find protection. I ended up in front of this apartment. (The church builded together as one.) In the front yard were thick plants. (Those heavy with flesh in the leadership but were spiritually dead.) Some had started to grow but died. They were in dry earth. There were others that were growing but didn't mature. (As in the parable of the sower, there were 3/4 who fell away.)

But there was one plant in the midst of them that was growing very fast. It was very green, thick as a tree, and had thick branches that looked like vines sprouting from it. The root had huge thorns but as it grew the thorns went away. (The Beast kingdom.) I began climbing it rapidly in order to avoid being suffocated or crushed by this giant plant. (It reminds me of Jack and the Beanstalk.) It was growing multistories tall. (Overcomers put it under their feet.)

When I reached the top, the plant was almost finished growing and began to coil around itself. I thought this looked like a snake. (The old serpent, the Dragon of Revelation 12.) And when it finished growing it turned into the form of a green snake. Then it came alive, though unable to move yet, and was yellow and orange. (Danger and warning colors.) It looked mean. I stayed on top of it, knowing I would be safe. (We must overcome it and put it under our feet every day. The apostates and their deceptions and hatred are a part of this kingdom.) (I've had one other dream where I stood on top of a snake's head before entering into a banquet and meeting Jesus ... and I've had three dreams where a monster was frozen but about to come to life to wreak havoc).

Apparently, this was a dream within a dream. I woke up in the dream and got dressed quickly to tell David about this dream. Outside my front door were multitudes of people in a huge courtyard. David's apartment was on the opposite end of the complex. I walked very quickly, passing some familiar faces. I had dropped something small and a man returned it to me. When I got to David's I knocked on his door loudly. He rushed to get up and put on a long-sleeve blue t-shirt. I told him urgently, "I have a dream to tell you; it's a warning for the people!"

When he heard that it was only a dream, he was little upset and laid back down because it was very early in the morning. (Very early in the morning of a new day for the Bride, which is positive, and the apostate Church, which is negative. Things are being switched around. The hunter is the hunted, the persecutor the persecuted. Also a warning to take Lakeisha's dream now.) I became discouraged. But then he thought it might be from the Lord and be important, so he got back up, came outside and asked me to tell him the dream. I said, "No". He asked, "Why not?" I said "Because I'm discouraged". Then a white paper appeared with multiple writings, one of which implied that IF I didn't tell David the dream, "she shall have hers", talking about judgment. So I decided to tell him because of fear of judgment if I didn't. (A warning to give the dream to David now.) When I mentioned that the USA and Russia were allies, he said, "that's deception". I woke up. (This is because Russia is fighting against ISIS and the U.S. has been supporting them covertly with food and weapons, as the Israeli intelligence knows, the leaders in Europe know, the Shiite Arab nations have complained of and even the Russians know. But it is forbidden for the U.S. mainstream media to say this.)

I Am Raising Up the Josephs
Vision given to Rachel Baxter - 01/04/2016
(David's notes in red)

On January 3, 2016 I was awakened and heard, "See". I saw before me twirling figures as if dancing in another time with sacks on their backs. They were adorned by jewelry, fancy clothes and had their hair done up. I was made to understand they were joyful in the Lord for having listened and prepared. (The joy of the Bride in the King's house, as in Esther. She has authority to save the elect of the Church from the Beast.)

Then I heard "I am raising up the Josephs. The date the famine begins is January 16th". (Joseph, the Man-child, and the seven years of famine begin soon. I don't know about the January 16th date. It could be real or it could be a symbol of the beginning of the Covenant because the next day, January 17th is a day of great earthquakes in history, which will come again when they make the Covenant to divide Israel and the Church's land.)

1994 Northridge earthquake - The 1994 Northridge earthquake occurred on January 17, at 4:30:55 a.m. PST .... The set, which is at ABC Television Center, suffered major damage.
Great Hanshin earthquake - The focus of the earthquake was located 17 km beneath its epicenter, on the ... The Mj 7.3 earthquake struck at 05:46 JST on the morning of January 17, 1995.
10 Worst Earthquakes from the Past - Nov 2, 2012 ... Mount Tai is one of the Five Great Mountains within Chinese culture and is .... Adding to the disaster and loss of life, the 17 AD earthquake occurred .... Jordan, likely centered on the Golan Heights on January the 18th 749 AD;...
7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes in ocean north of Japan - EarthSky - Aug 14, 2012 ... A very strong 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck in the deep ocean east of ... The biggest flare recorded in 2003 certainly was a precursor of sorts, for ... end from the 17 January 749 AD earthquake that decimated the region of...

I went back to sleep, but was awakened again and saw in the spirit a huge pile of mechanical bows, but no arrows to go with them. (The Man-child White Horse Rider with bow but no arrows, for they are sent forth in {Rev6:1} And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, Come. {2} And I saw, and behold, a white horse, and he that sat thereon had a bow; and there was given unto him a crown: and he came forth conquering, and to conquer.)

Then I went back to sleep again, but was awakened again and saw in the spirit as if in the corner of my room a very tall figure that appeared to be in a dark robe. I heard, "Tell them what is coming". I said, "Yes, I will tell them anything you say". (This is the Destroyer, the death angel that comes through on Passover but those living under the blood are protected as in Exodus 12. We must tell them.)

In my head, I heard, "There is no God like Jehovah", playing over and over again from deep with in me.

Rachel: Contemplating these things, I believe the first vision represented a picture of those people who will have plenty in the time of famine that is coming upon our nation. We are facing a great famine and I feel like this will be a time of lack of food and a lack of all resources for many people who have been asleep to the times we are living in. But for those who have been and are awake, they will rejoice in the Lord for His great provision.

I asked the Lord to help me understand what the pile of bows with no arrows represents. I feel it will be a time of great war when so many will lose their lives that all the "arrows" will be used up and there will be no more men to carry and fight with the "bows".

The tall figure in a dark robe represents the angel of death and destruction who has been given the key to death and Hades. He is coming to take many who are living outside of the Lord.

Then I heard this: "Write what I have to say to the nations: 'You have not heeded my warnings. You have not stopped to bow to me, and now I will break your back. (Planet X, earthquakes, ISIS invasion, WW3, etc.) You forget that it is I that raises up kings and nations and it is I that causes them to fall. (These will bring down nations.) But you will remember again!'"

"I call to you now My people to awake from your slumber. Sober up so that you can see what is going on around you. Listen to My voice and follow Me. The war will rage around you. Many will fall at your right hand and your left, but determine to keep your eyes on Me. I will lead you through the darkness and into the great light, My children".

I was led to Ephesians 3 where the Apostle Paul writes:

7 Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. (Ephesians 3:7-21 KJV)

I then saw a picture of a great expanse of tents that look like small army tents propped up in a wide open space. (Temporary tabernacles in the wilderness who are not prepared because they are not living under the blood.) They are exposed to all the elements and are defenseless against the forces of nature. (Not keeping the spiritual Passover.) I then see in the distance a mighty and marvelous castle fortress. I'm reminded of the way the Lord made a way for Joseph to be positioned safely in the castle of the ruler and to have authority over the riches of the kingdom. (And Mordecai and Esther safely in the king's castle fortress.

God Almighty is inviting us in to His castle in this late hour. Some of us have been living just outside the gates, so we don't have far to go. We are being made to see the storm coming and He is calling us to come inside. Still, others have erected their flimsy tent covering very far from the mighty castle of the Lord. They have a long journey to get from where they are, living under the lie of the false covering, truly exposed and vulnerable, to where the castle of the Lord is and where safety can be found. They must awaken right now to have time to make it before the great storm arrives and is raging and there is no longer a way. Every false covering will be destroyed and all those who choose to dwell in them. (Amen! Michael Hare calculated that out of seven billion people in the world, only 1.2 billion will survive the first three trumpets.)

Woman Leaves Collapsing Car
Merlene Laughlin - 01/06/2016
(David's notes in red)

I had a brief dream three separate times the same night. I remember seeing that there was a paved road, knowing that it was just outside the city. (Babylon is the Beast city, which conquered God's apostate people.) Then a bright blue car slowly came to a stop. All of a sudden, the driver's door opened and it fell off its hinges to the road. The woman inside who had been driving glanced down at the door but then frantically started reaching for a little boy two to three years old who was strapped to his seat. (The Church's fruit of Jesus is very immature. They represent to the world very little of the Jesus of the Bible.) She had put him in her arms and had just gotten out of the car when the roof lifted off the car, going several feet in the air and crashing down to the road. (Uh-oh, lost their covering, just like Rachel said above.) I remember no explosion. (The structure and organization that contains the Church is fake. They think it is Heavenly, represented by the blue. Their rest is carnal. The Beast will take this false organization, called "the Church" by men, apart piece by piece.) This same dream played out three times. (* As Joseph said, when a dream is doubled, it will surely come to pass.) I would just get to sleep and I would have the dream again. After the first time, I said, "Lord, is this woman in trouble right now?" I prayed in the spirit. The second time, I said, "Lord, why are You showing me this?" And then the third came and I prayed again.

Prophecies of Troubles to Come - 2

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David Eells - 01/13/2016

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A Portion of Dumitru Duduman's Vision

It was late at night, and I couldn't stay inside because of the smell. I was sitting outside on a rock. The light came toward me. The fear of cars started coming within me because the Romanian police always followed me with cars. That's why I jumped up. The light surrounded me. Out of the light I heard the same voice (that was with me in jail and in my house in Italy). It said, "Dumitru, why are you so despaired?"

I said, "Why did you punish me? What did I do that was so rotten that you brought me to the United States? I have nowhere to lie my head down upon. I can't understand anybody".

He said, "Dumitru, didn't I tell you that I am here with you also? I brought you here to this country because this country will burn".

"Then why did you bring me here to burn? Why didn't you let me die in my own country?"

"Dumitru, have patience, and I will tell you. Get beside me".

I don't know what it was, Brothers. I got beside the angel. He showed me all of California. He showed me all the cities of California. Then he showed me Las Vegas. "You see what I have shown you. This is Sodom and Gomorrah. In one day it will burn". He said, "Its sin has reached the Holy One".

He showed me another great city. He said, "Do you know what city this is?"

I said, "No".

He said, "This is New York City. This is Sodom and Gomorrah. In one day it will burn".

He showed me Florida. He said, "This is Florida. This is Sodom and Gomorrah. In one day it will burn".

He didn't let me say a word until he brought me back to the place we had left. He said, "Now, Dumitru, you can talk to me".

He said, "I brought you to this country, Dumitru. I want to wake up a lot of people. I love this country. I love the people. I want to save them. America will burn".

And I said, "How can I save them? I can't even speak their language. Who knows me here? How will they call me?"

He said, "Don't worry. I will be ahead of you. I will make great healings amongst the American people. You will go to television stations, radio stations, and churches. Tell them everything I tell you. Don't hide anything. If you try to hide anything, I will punish you. America will burn".

"How will America burn? It is so powerful".

He said, "The Russian spies have discovered where the most powerful nuclear missiles are in America.

"It will start with the world calling for 'peace, peace'. Then there will be an internal revolution in America, started by the Communists. (Editors note: This civil war will raise up because of sin and rebellion against God's Word. In the eyes of many Americans it will be because of the Islamist invasion and the government defending it. It is a coupe to overthrow America for Islam. Also Americans stood by while their government overthrew other governments using radical Islam. Now we are reaping what we sowed.) Some of the people will start fighting against the government. The government will be busy with internal problems. Then from the oceans, Russia, Cuba, Nicaragua, Central America, Mexico, and two other countries (which I cannot remember) will attack! The Russians will bombard the nuclear missile silos in America. America will burn".

I said, "What will you do with the church?"

He said, "The church has left me".

I said, "How? Don't you have people here?"

He said, "People honor people. The honor that should be given to God, they give to other people. Americans think high of themselves. They say, 'I work', but they don't. In the church there is divorce. In the church there is adultery and fornication. In the church there is sodomy. (Note: In an open vision I saw men who had hidden this sin but God judged and separated them from our ministry by turning them over to faction spirits and rebellion. 1Co.5 demands that the leaven be thrown out. After being cleansed of these by God we saw wonderful miracles.)

In the church there is abortion and all kinds of sin. Jesus Christ doesn't live in sin. He lives in HOLINESS. I brought you here so you could cry out loud. Don't be afraid. I am with you. Tell them to stop sinning. God never stops forgiving. Tell them to repent. He will forgive them. Tell them to start preparing themselves so I can save them in the day of trouble".

Brothers, these aren't fairy tales. I didn't come here to ask you for money. I didn't ask God for money. I came here to tell you the message of God. If you call me, God loves you. That's what the angel of God told me. "Whoever I love, I want to wake up. I will put on their hearts to call you. Don't hide anything, or I will punish you". Stop sinning and repent. He will forgive us, and we will have salvation.

I said, "How will you save the church if America will burn?"

He said, "Tell them as I tell you. As he saved the three young men from the oven of fire and Daniel from the mouth of the lion, that is how I will save them. Tell them to stop sinning and repent. I have blessed this country because of the Jews that are here. I have seven million Jews here. They haven't tasted war or persecution. God blessed them more than anyone else. Instead of thanking God, they started sinning and doing wickedly. Their sins have reached the Holy One. God will punish them with fire".

A Portion of George Washington's Vision of America

George Washington was a man of faith and prayer. The following is an account of George Washington's vision from an old soldier, Anthony Sherman, who recalled it in 1859 and gave it to Wesley Bradshaw, a writer.

The vision depicted three great wars on American soil. The first was the revolutionary war, the second was the civil war and the third was a war yet to come. Sherman informed Bradshaw that the vision would soon be confirmed by a second war in America. This came to pass two years later when the Civil War broke out in 1861.

Washington received the vision at Valley Forge in the bitter, cold winter of 1777. The revolutionary army was facing its darkest hours and most difficult challenge. The bitter cold, disease, and starvation was on the verge of destroying the army and all hopes for independence.

Washington Stated:
"This afternoon, as I was sitting at this table engaged in preparing a dispatch, something seemed to disturb me. Looking up, I beheld standing opposite me a singularly beautiful female. So astonished was I, for I had given strict orders not to be disturbed, that it was some moments before I found language to inquire the cause of her presence. A second, a third and even a fourth time did I repeat my question, but received no answer from my mysterious visitor except a slight raising of her eyes.

"By this time I felt strange sensations spreading through me. I would have risen but the riveted gaze of the being before me rendered volition impossible. I assayed once more to address her, but my tongue had become useless, as though it had become paralyzed.

"A new influence, mysterious, potent, irresistible, took possession of me. All I could do was to gaze steadily, vacantly at my unknown visitor. Gradually the surrounding atmosphere seemed as if it had become filled with sensations, and luminous. Everything about me seemed to rarefy, the mysterious visitor herself becoming more airy and yet more distinct to my sight than before. I now began to feel as one dying, or rather to experience the sensations which I have sometimes imagined accompany dissolution. I did not think, I did not reason, I did not move; all were alike impossible. I was only conscious of gazing fixedly, vacantly at my companion.

The First Peril - The Revolution
The Second Peril - The Civil War
The Third Peril - America's Judgment?

"And again I heard the mysterious voice saying`Son of the Republic, look and learn'. At this the dark, shadowy angel placed a trumpet to his mouth, and blew three distinct blasts; and taking water from the ocean, he sprinkled it upon Europe, Asia and Africa. Then my eyes beheld a fearful scene: From each of these countries arose thick, black clouds that were soon joined into one. Throughout this mass there gleamed a dark red light by which I saw hordes of armed men, who, moving with the cloud, marched by land and sailed by sea to America. (Note: These are the areas where refugees are coming from. You say but they are not coming armed. We don't know that at all. In France they found arms stored in the refugee Mosques shortly after they arrived. The San Bernardino attackers had a bomb factory. They obviously were preparing for much greater atrocities. How many more are doing the same thing? Where did ISIS get Humvees and U.S. military hardware? According to Arab nations and some European leaders they got this from the U.S.. Lightly guarded military hardware was stockpiled in front of advancing ISIS troops who took full advantage of the gift. U.S. Planes were flown into ISIS controlled areas with arms and food. Although it is not permitted to report these things in the National press. They will have no trouble getting weapons. Already they have gotten cell phones, propane tanks, and materials for pipe bombs. When martial law is imposed the victims will not be able to have weapons. Then knives will work. Also at this time foreign armies with no allegiance to the people will be utilized to police them.)

Our country was enveloped in this volume of cloud, and I saw these vast armies devastate the whole county and burn the villages, towns and cities that I beheld springing up. (Note: This is just as we have seen in dreams that the Islamists will do.) As my ears listened to the thundering of the cannon, clashing of sword, and the shouts and cries of millions in mortal combat, I heard again the mysterious voice saying,`Son of the Republic, look and learn'. When the voice had ceased, the dark shadowy angel placed his trumpet once more to his mouth, and blew a long and fearful blast.

"Instantly a light as of a thousand suns shone down from above me, and pierced and broke into fragments the dark cloud which enveloped America. At the same moment the angel upon whose head still shone the word Union, and who bore our national flag in one hand and a sword in the other, descended from the heavens attended by legions of white spirits. These immediately joined the inhabitants of America, who I perceived were will nigh overcome, but who immediately taking courage again, closed up their broken ranks and renewed the battle.

"Again, amid the fearful noise of the conflict, I heard the mysterious voice saying, `Son of the Republic, look and learn'. As the voice ceased, the shadowy angel for the last time dipped water from the ocean and sprinkled it upon America. Instantly the dark cloud rolled back, together with the armies it had brought, leaving the inhabitants of the land victorious!

"Then once more I beheld the villages, towns and cities springing up where I had seen them before, while the bright angel, planting the azure standard he had brought in the midst of them, cried with a loud voice: 'While the stars remain, and the heavens send down dew upon the earth, so long shall the Union last'. And taking from his brow the crown on which blazoned the word 'Union', he placed it upon the Standard while the people, kneeling down, said, 'Amen'.

"The scene instantly began to fade and dissolve, and I at last saw nothing but the rising, curling vapor I at first beheld. This also disappearing, I found myself once more gazing upon the mysterious visitor, who, in the same voice I had heard before, said, 'Son of the Republic, what you have seen is thus interpreted: Three great perils will come upon the Republic. The most fearful is the third, but in this greatest conflict the whole world united shall not prevail against her. Let every child of the Republic learn to live for his God, his land and the Union'. With these words the vision vanished, and I started from my seat and felt that I had seen a vision wherein had been shown to me the birth, progress, and destiny of the United States.

This ended General George Washington's vision and prophecy for the United States of America as told in his words.

Warning to the Church in America

Dr. Jonathan Hansen is the founder and president of World Ministries International. In 1995 he was a Missionary in Africa when God called him and his family home to warn the church in America of God's coming judgment. He now has a world wide prophetic ministry that ministers to the nations of the world.

On December 24, 1995, Dr. Hansen received the following word of the Lord for America:

"America, America, awake out of your slumber; I will shake you, I will shake you with a shake that has never shaken you before".

You flaunted yourselves above the world; you flaunted yourselves above your neighbor and your neighbors: brother against brother, kingdom against kingdom, people against people, Christian against Christian in your ungodly attempt to self-glorify yourselves. Both in the church and throughout America your leaders religiously, politically and economically are vain, corrupt and amoral. You are fast losing the salt, the purity that has held you together; that has made you great, if not the greatest of all nations.

But, I will bring you down; like the wind brings down the tree, so I will bring you down.

You will not escape my wrath; for it is an expression of my love, my deep love that will do all it can to get your attention before my eternal wrath, to remove all those who do not and will not love thy neighbor, will fall.

Some say, many say, 'Oh, we will escape. It will not happen to us; for we are your elect; we are God's chosen'. But, I say, you have blinded yourselves with your own vanity. My elect are not the people, the church in America; but my elect are the people of the world that are called by my name and do my will on earth as it is done in heaven. Not people with a false tongue of divination of thy heart, but of divination of my will.

For you are a thankless, godless, amoral generation that has been raised by the philosophies of the heathen and I will challenge your philosophies till you hate me and my people. My people will not escape your wrath -- the wrath of the world as some falsely teach; for only the world's wrath will open their eyes clearly to what I am saying so they are prepared to meet me.

I am coming quickly for a people, a church without spot or wrinkle; a blood washed, blood soaked people who are really called Christian; not the hypocritical, self-righteous, self-taught, self-educated fool who propitiates his own dogma today.

I will tear down the haughty; the mighty religious leader in my kingdom, in my church who has deceived my people with your ever babbling rhetoric that has filled the pulpits across America. Instead of my church being one, you have become institutionalized where my true servants are not even welcomed because you're protecting your own man-made philosophies and your own selfish interests. You think the people are yours, but I tell you they are mine and your man-made denominational institutions will fail; for I am shaking and calling the very elect to follow me, not you. Awake, awake, oh Jerusalem; for the King of Glory is about to appear and only the true elect, the glorified elect, will live in that New Jerusalem that I am preparing.

America, your religious leaders are vain and corrupt; your church leaders are vain and corrupt; your political leaders are vain and corrupt; your relatives are vain and corrupt; your neighbors are vain and corrupt. A generation of heathen, those that appear to many as the elect -- my chosen, yet, I have not accepted them because I can see their heart. They are imitations of the genuine; a pearl in the rough.

But don't give up; for I will wash you and prepare you through the fire of my love, not the world's wrath, but my love. As a father chastens his children, so I will chasten you and tear down your sand castles, your delusions of grandeur, until you can see the kingdom again".

Warning for 1998 - 2008

During 1998 Dr. Hansen spoke in 40 cities in 30 states about the condition and future of America. The following was in an advertisement in The Seattle Times on December 26, 1997 regarding the United States of America:

Stock Market Collapse.
Nuclear Attack.
Civil Unrest.
Natural disasters; tornadoes; tidal waves; the sea dying; 20 lb. hail stones; water poisoning; food shortages; red tides.
Powerful Northwest earthquake.

On television Dr. Hansen warned concerning what was coming upon America and why.

He read the Seattle Times advertisement then added the following items:

* The 520 bridge will collapse. (This is a 1-mile long floating bridge across Lake Washington from Seattle to Bellevue and Redmond where Microsoft and Nintendo America are located).
* Mt. Rainier will erupt.

On several radio stations Dr. Hansen warned concerning what was coming upon America:

* Nuclear, biological and chemical terrorism in different cities throughout America as well as several attacks. New York, Chicago, New Orleans, Washington D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles and Florida. In remote areas there will be biological, chemical and nuclear experimentation. In the Pacific Northwest and Casper, Wyoming there will be a nuclear incident.

* In the Northwest, volcanic activity will occur.

* Earthquakes across America

Burning of America and Persecution

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Sacrifice the Flesh to Escape the Beast
Deb Horton - 01/23/2016
(David's notes in red)

I asked the Lord that if there was a message in this dream for the body, to give me a clear Word about whether to send it or not, and I received (1Co.13:1) If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. (Gifts are great; they are the power of God to help the brethren and the world, but only fruit like "love" will give entrance into the kingdom. {2Pe.1:9} For he that lacketh these things [attributes of Christ] is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins. {10} Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never stumble: {11} for thus shall be richly supplied unto you the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.)

In a dream, I was in a place that reminded me of Paul Jr. High School, where I attended in DC. It faced 8th Street (new beginnings were before their faces) and was on the corner of 8th & Oglethorpe Street. (From the Norse, Ogle = "remnant"; thorpe = "farm or hamlet"; and Paul = "little" or "humble") (i.e., the small, humble remnant is God's fertile farm. These disciples, meaning, "learners and followers", are in the School of the Lord, while most are playing hooky in Babylon.)

I was in a hallway just outside the auditorium (meaning, "a place of listening/hearing"). (For those who have ears to hear. Outside the auditorium represents a place of sacrifice. {Heb.13:11} For the bodies of those beasts whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest as an offering for sin, are burned without the camp. {12} Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered without the gate. {13} Let us therefore go forth unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.) In real life, it had a wooden stage, wooden floor and wooden seats. (Everything founded on the cutting down of the natural life [trees] as a sacrifice for the spiritual life.) The reason I was there was to give an offering to Emperor Nero (meaning "stern" or "strong") and I knew he was in the auditorium. (Two things we can see here is, 1) Nero sacrificed the flesh of many Christians. 2) Nero reminds me of the head of the Beast who burned Rome to remake it in his own image, much the way the modern head of spiritual Rome, the U.S., will burn it for change. "The things which have been are the things which shall be".

George Washington saw America invaded by Middle Easterners and burned. A prophet friend, John in Florida, shared a vision he had with me many years ago. He said, "The Lord took me to the streets of America and I saw all the cities on fire. We have eight million Muslims in America and when the war breaks out in the Holy Land and when America gets involved, eight million Muslims will burn America to the ground. See America Invaded and Burned. And after this we see the refugee invasion of young military age men to do what they did in the Middle East -- kill Christians. God, who "works all things after the counsel of His own will", is doing this to turn Christians away from their idolatries back to His Word.)

(Our sacrifices of flesh appease the wrath of the Beast toward us and our brethren from the hand of God.) (I asked for a Word about Nero and received by computer, {2Ch.7:14} If my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways (all of this is a sacrifice of the natural life in order to escape this judgment from the Beast); then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.) (This is clear: the Lord wants us to sacrifice what we want to do so He can save our Land, spiritual and physical. The Beast is only a threat to us and the brethren if we do not sacrifice our flesh.)

The offering I was carrying was about 3-5 lbs. of raw ground beef with a strip of raw bacon on top, but I didn't want to give the offering to him raw. (Raw flesh is that which is not sacrificed in the fiery trials of life. These trials are tests of whether we will deny our flesh on our cross to be obedient to the Word. A person with raw flesh is unproven and unacceptable. {1Pe.4:12} Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial among you, which cometh upon you to prove you, as though a strange thing happened unto you: {13} but insomuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory [in you] also ye may rejoice with exceeding joy. {14} If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are ye; because the Spirit of glory and the Spirit of God resteth upon you.)

An unknown male, someone to my right, showed me a microwave oven where I could cook the offering and showed me how to use it. After the offering was cooked, it appeared as if it had been fried or burnt, rather than microwaved. End. (Just as the priests had to offer a continual burnt offering of the flesh of beasts to God, so we as priests must offer up our fleshly desires to destroy the beast in us and serve God and the Kingdom people. {Rom.12:1} I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual [or reasonable] service.)

I asked for a Word about the ground beef/bacon offering and received, {Joh.15:15} No longer do I call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father I have made known unto you. (Those who believe God and sacrifice their own flesh are called "friend", as Abraham was when he proved he would sacrifice Isaac.) Belinda received, {Psa.22:26a} The meek shall eat and be satisfied.

Well, I asked for yet another Word about the ground beef and received via computer, {Php.2:14} Do all things without murmurings and questionings (because this would not be a sacrifice well-pleasing to God) : {15} that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as lights in the world, {16} holding forth the word of life.

All must follow Jesus in the way of the cross if they would follow Him to Heaven: {Luk.9:23} And he said unto all, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. What does it mean to follow Him to the cross? {Mat.16:21} From that time began Jesus to show unto his disciples, that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up. Notice it means we follow Him in persecution at the hands of the religious leaders and their apostate people to spiritual death to self and thus resurrection life. {22} And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall never be unto thee. {23} But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art a stumbling-block unto me: for thou mindest not the things of God, but the things of men. Well-meaning but led by Satan, people will try to talk us out of our cross but this is part of the test. Their false doctrines of prosperity to the flesh will talk them out of their cross and they don't want you convicting them of sin.

{24} Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. {25} For whosoever would save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it. The majority want to save their fleshly life and thus will lose their eternal life while they believe ear-ticking doctrines that permit them to do this. {26} For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? Gain in the world, whether it be ego or selfish ambition or things of the world, will distract many from the cross and discipleship. or what shall a man give in exchange for his life? We must give the self life to have God's life. As Jesus said, "No one hath ascended into heaven but He that descended out of heaven". He is the Word that came down out of Heaven that gives life to man. The parable of the sower is plain. The fruit of the Word in us is what goes to Heaven. This fruit is "Christ in you the hope of glory".)

{27} For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then shall he render unto every man according to his deeds. Our deeds must be the fruit of Jesus, 30-, 60- and 100-fold, to go to Heaven. The power to live up to this comes from God to all who walk by faith that Jesus took away our old works and gave us His works at the cross. {Eph.2:8} for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; {9} not of (your) works, that no man should glory. {10} For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for (His) good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them. True believers will walk in His works or Word. The tares will not. They will be bundled together to be burned, as Jesus said. If a person is dead to self, they need no help from the Beast to go to their cross. Without spiritual death to self there will be physical death. "The soul that sins must die". There will be those who are "alive and remain until the coming of the Lord" at the end of the tribulation trial. The ark lifted off with these people "after seven days" representing after the 70th week called the tribulation.)

Nero Burned Rome and Persecuted the Saints
(David's notes in red)

This is from, Nero Caesar and the Christian Faith by Wayne Jackson.

One of the most despicable manifestations of human flesh ever to disgrace this planet was Nero Claudius Caesar. Born in A.D. 37, Nero was educated at the feet of the philosopher Seneca (whom he eventually forced to commit suicide). Nero murdered his way to the imperial throne, which he occupied from A.D. 54-68. His life was characterized by debauchery, violence (he caused his own mother to be killed), and extravagance.

In A.D. 64, a terrible fire broke out in Rome. It was strongly believed that Nero deliberately torched the city in order to justify building a more splendid one. (The report was that he sent out all of his servants to burn the city.) At any rate, the conflagration raged out of control for more than a week, substantially destroying about 70% of the area.

As a consequence of this tragedy, and the widespread belief in Nero's complicity, the emperor became the brunt of intense criticism. The ruler seized upon a plan. Due to the fact that Roman sentiment was hostile toward Christianity, the emperor would blame the followers of Jesus for this crime. Thus did he, and in A.D. 64, a fierce persecution was launched against the saints in Rome.

We do not know for certain how or when the cause of Christ was planted in Rome. Apparently it was not the result of apostolic mission efforts (cf. Rom. 1:11). It could be that some from Rome, converted on the day of Pentecost (cf. Acts 2:10), migrated back to their home city and established the church there. Regardless, this was the first real test of faith for the saints in the "eternal city".

The Neronian persecution was vicious indeed. Tacitus (c. A.D. 60-120), a Roman historian, has preserved a record of this situation. We quote the following from his Annals (XV.44).

"And so, to get rid of this rumor, Nero set up [i.e., falsely accused] as the culprits and punished with the utmost refinement of cruelty a class hated for their abominations, who are commonly called Christians. Christus, from whom their name is derived, was executed at the hands of the procurator Pontius Pilate in the reign of Tiberius. Checked for a moment, this pernicious superstition again broke out, not only in Judea, the source of the evil, but even in Rome.... Accordingly, arrest was first made of those who confessed [to being Christians]; then, on their evidence, an immense multitude was convicted, not so much on the charge of arson as because of [their] hatred for the human race. Besides being put to death they were made to serve as objects of amusement; they were clothed in the hides of beasts and torn to death by dogs; others were crucified, others set on fire to serve to illuminate the night when daylight failed. Nero had thrown open his grounds for the display, and was putting on a show in the circus, where he mingled with the people in the dress of charioteer or drove about in his chariot. All this gave rise to a feeling of pity, even towards men whose guilt merited the most exemplary punishment; for it was felt that they were being destroyed not for the public good but to gratify the cruelty of an individual". (As always, the fear of this persecution caused many Christians to repent and turn to God.)

There are several interesting things to consider about this topic.

First, Nero was the Caesar to whom Paul appealed when he was unjustly accused by the Jews and falsely imprisoned (cf. Acts 25:11). The apostle was taken to Rome and kept under guard for two years (Acts 28:30), before Nero finally heard his case.

It is incorrect to say: "[I]t is unknown whether Nero took any personal part in the Apostle's trial" (Cross, 945). We know this because an angel had explicitly informed Paul: "you must stand before Caesar" (Acts 27:24). The great apostle won his appeal (as chronological data in First Timothy, Titus, and Second Timothy reveal), only to be later condemned by the malevolent ruler. According to the historian Eusebius, Nero beheaded Paul and had Peter crucified (II.25). (The corporate two witnesses of the Man-child are ultimately killed.)

Next, when Paul wrote to the Christians in Rome, he admonished: "Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers" (13:1). He points out that government, generally speaking, is for the ordering and protection of society. Laws directed to that end ought to be obeyed.

Similarly, Peter wrote: "Be subject to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether to the king, as supreme; or unto governors, as sent by him" (1 Pet. 2:13,14).

These passages are subtle indicators of the inspired nature of the New Testament. Men who were writing under ordinary human impulses would hardly have encouraged brethren to honor and obey one as vile as Nero. But Christians are to be good citizens regardless of the character of their leaders.

Then consider this point. Tacitus mentions "Christus", from whom the "Christians" derived their name. This is a clear reference to Christ. In Greek "Christ" is Christos. The historian affirms that "Christus" was "executed at the hand of the procurator Pontius Pilate in the reign of Tiberius".

In view of this, how can certain atheists, with a vestige of remaining conscience, continue to claim that the ancient historians never mentioned Christ? A recent writer asserts that "there were no references to Jesus by contemporary historians". He even includes Tacitus (Matthews, A10).

Another skeptic classifies Tacitus' testimony as "doubtful", and suggests that the historian was merely reporting what Christians believed, and not what he viewed as actual history (Hayes, 147).

Such writers have forfeited every ounce of literary credibility.

Next, Tacitus says that Nero's persecution resulted in the apprehension of some Christians who, in turn, testified against their brethren so that "an immense multitude was convicted" and put to death. It is of some interest that there were church members in Rome who were willing to surrender their own brethren to the authorities for persecution. (There will always be Judases in the midst but this will separate them, for they will deny Christ, as any good tare would.)

This cannot but remind us of a situation Paul encountered while he was in the city. When the apostle wrote to the Philippians, he exposed the fact that some of the brethren in Rome were envious of his labor in the gospel. Paul charged that they "preach Christ even of envy and strife" hoping to "raise up affliction" for him in his bonds (1:15-17). They would rub salt in the apostle's wounds! (cf. Mt. 24:10).

It is not difficult to imagine that some of these were the very ones who "turned state's evidence" under Nero's brutal assaults.

Tacitus also describes the torture to which Christians were subjected -- thrown to wild dogs to be torn apart, burned alive to serve as torches in the night. What suffering! What faith!! The crucial question is this: In spite of some defectors, why was that "immense multitude" of saints so willing to endure this horrible treatment?

It can only be that they had strong evidence that Christianity was genuine --that Jesus of Nazareth, the founder, had risen from the dead, and that he offered the hope of eternal life to those who endured in faith.

It is a tragic footnote to history that Rome eventually became the focal point of an egregious apostasy from the faith. Can we learn anything from this? (We will, for history always repeats.)

REFERENCES:

Cross, Frank. 1958 The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. London: Oxford Press.
Hayes, Judith. 1996 In God We Trust: But Which One? Madison, WI: Freedom From Religion Foundation.
Matthews, Ralph. 1997. The Record [Stockton, CA]. August 8.

SCRIPTURE REFERENCES:

Romans 1:11; Acts 2:10; Acts 25:11; Acts 28:30; Acts 27:24; 1 Peter 2:13, 14; Matthew 24:10

The Burning of America and Persecution
Pastor T.D. Hale - 12/28/2011
(David's notes in red)

This is a portion of two dreams given to Pastor Hale. I certainly was shocked when I saw what I saw. In the dream I began to see myself going across America. I was floating, suspended in the air going across America. I had no fear about what I was seeing. Then all of a sudden I began to see bombs had landed everywhere. The land was totally destroyed.

It looked like things were totally just wiped off, grass, trees, everything. Everything was gone, burned. There was nothing left. There was nothing on the trees. There was just total disaster. I don't know if it was everywhere but it was everywhere that I could see, from the point I was at.

When I saw this I saw people standing around their homes and things that were left, holding onto each other. I saw people that laid dead, and I heard the cries of the people saying, "This should never have happened, this should never have happened".

It was like they just kept saying it over and over again, "This should never have happened, oh Lord, this should never have happened".

You could tell that life had changed. There was no food. There was no water. I could see babies crying, grownups, men all crying, holding onto their families. They were begging God for mercy. As I moved along I saw people running, looking for their loved ones who were missing and they were completely, completely out of their minds. Insanity had taken over.

I could see people slinging themselves off of bridges, committing suicide. ....

The next part of the dream was the most startling for me. As I left that place, I was going like at the speed of light. I found myself standing on the backside of the White House. As I stood there I looked up. I heard a voice say, "Look up to the Truman balcony". I knew what a balcony was, but I did not know the balcony had a name. I did not know that there was a Truman balcony until I later shared this with a friend who told me there is a balcony by that name at the White House. In my mind, I believe the Lord identified that to let me know that my dream was from the Lord.

I saw the president of United States, President Obama, standing on the balcony and I saw in his hands a shotgun. All of a sudden, to my left hand side I heard a loud scream, real loud. When I turned my head to see where the scream was coming from I saw flying high in the air was a majestic eagle flying in the air around Washington DC. I knew that scream. I knew it was an eagle.

I saw all of a sudden the president of United States point that shotgun and shot that eagle dead and it fell to the ground. When it did I looked back up at him and he just had a smile on his face like a smirk. And these were the words I heard in the dream, "I've done it and I won't have to deal with this in my administration". (Martial law will do away with the balance of powers and will bring totalitarianism.)

Then there was dead silence. Then I heard a voice say "Tell the people that this is my will, that this is my hand, this is the hand of the Almighty both upon the generation of the righteous and the cursed. The righteous will find their way and will know what to do. The cursed will wander around with no compass because the cup is full". .... (There is nothing we can do to stop this but there is something that can be done by us individually so that this judgment not fall on us. Esther, the Bride, was the most beautiful to God and escaped the Beast decree in the King's house. Jerusalem, the Bride, escaped the Beast of the Assyrian Empire.)

The very next night I had a second dream in which I saw the American people going into slavery. In this dream I came upon a wooded area where I saw some people that were camping. They were not camping like we normally think. They were hiding. They were all standing by their tents. There were two tents. The people looked tattered. They looked like they had not taken a bath in ages. There were gallon jugs of water and they were trying to light a fire but they didn't want to bring attention to themselves. But they had already been found out.

I saw some federal officials coming up around and they took these families. They handcuffed the adults and took them to the cars, and they took their children with them. I also saw two elderly people and they took them and put them in the car. I saw the federal agents and they said "We are from the United States government and you are under arrest".

I knew that these people had been running to get away from being arrested. They took these people to some kind of a processing place. I was standing in front of this building where I watched them being taken in and processed. To me, it was like I was looking at the days of Hitler again. The building looked like it had been modernized and updated and painted, but it looked tattered and things were very run down. I knew they were old military bases that had been shut down. I saw them take the people inside where they were being processed. I even saw them being fingerprinted.

I saw rail cars that came up beside this place. I did not go into the rail cars so I did not see inside them. That frightened me. It really disturbed me. I knew America was in trouble when I saw that. I knew we were headed down a path that was not going to be turned around.

I felt like I had entered into a death camp. What I saw literally sickened me. I knew that America was about to change. (We must turn to the Scriptures and walk in righteousness now before it is too late.)

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