Be Ready For the Lord's Return

I have had some internal fighting over this and finally gave in. We know that the Lord can come back for us at any time. That means any day. There are no special days, no feast days etc over the next 30-60 days however I am increasing my personal level of readiness for the Lord's return.

You have seen it written here that we must be patient and have great endurance to wait another 30 years or more if need be. It has also been written here that we must be watching and ready daily for the Lord's return any day now. It is written here because these things are written clearly in the Word of our Lord. This "be ready to wait forever and be ready to leave today" task we have been given is difficult, no doubt but it is what we must do.

That brings us to right now. I do not know times and dates. The Lord has not revealed to me a day of His return however my insides have been in turmoil over not saying anything and resisting this "push" or whatever else we might want to call this internal pressure within me to get ready right now for the Lord's return. As a watchman, I have now seen enough to spark action on my part. What action? We know we should be ready every day so what else are you going to do brother D? I'm going to step up my preparedness and watchfulness over this month and next month (60 days).

We have been tracking earthquakes here and sometime over the next 60 days, I expect (if there is an incoming destroyer) to see one or more massive quakes. I don't know if there is a destroyer inbound for sure yet but the evidence sure does seem to point in that direction so far. Not only that, but looking at the spiritual condition of the world, the removal of restraint (9/11 , NDAA bill passed, etc) , the weird weather )mid-60's today along mid-atlantic U.S.), some personal things the Lord has done to help prepare myself for His arrival that surprised me, massive animal deaths, wars and rumors of wars, weird animal migration patterns, it appears to me that we have hit a new threshold of business is not anywhere close to usual anymore.

I have been resisting writing this post and embracing this idea and I have felt miserable. Now that I am writing this and embracing this idea I feel a release of internal pressure. What idea? Over the next 60 days, step up your watching and readiness. Why? Look around you, read that list I just wrote out, and because at least one brother me is doing it. Am I predicting the Lord's return? No, no and no again. Could He indeed return any day now? Yes, yes and yes again. So why increase our watchfulness and readiness right now?

If you look up at the sky and see storm clouds moving your way, would it be wise for you to have your umbrella and rain gear ready? Yes, its a simple and resounding yes. No difference from what we are doing, storm clouds are moving in what should we do?

What is increased readiness for me? Make an extra effort to do the things I already know I should be doing. Specifically I will make more time for prayer and bible reading. We "watch" through prayer and our readiness comes from the Word of God (gospel of peace Eph 6). So to be watching and ready means we are constantly in prayer and reading our bibles. Its that simple.

Now, as we are praying and staying in the Word if we sense the Lords instruction for us to clean up and area of our lives, we need to get on it immediately. We need to be found doing those things wise servants and wise virgins (Matt 25) do. The Lord has been highlighting Matt 24 and Matt 25 to me for a long time now.

Three places stand out to me in the Bible today (Luke 17, Luke 21, and Matt 25). If you want to know where we are at in time today, read those chapters and think deeply about them.

Pray without ceasing, stay in the Word of God. Obey the command the Master gave us to pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all thats about to happen and stand before Him. Pray also for all the brothers and your family.

Now I have it off my chest. I am not predicting anything, but I am preparing for a time that at least from outward appearances seems to have trouble and opportunity written all over it. If the next 60 days passes business as usual then great, we continue to wait patiently. Great patience and endurance will never fail us.

grace and peace

M6.3 Quake

Well, we made it exactly 7 days between major quakes. Today we had a M6.3 in central Peru:

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/map_detail.php?id=161702

The only reason I am writing today is to post this. I have been asking the Lord for updates and so far I am in a holding pattern. While we wait on the Lord we know what to do: Watch and be ready for His return.

grace and peace

M6.2 Earthquake Just Offshore Bio-Bio Chile, UPDATE:Second Quake M6.3 South of Fiji-Same Day

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/map_detail.php?id=160260

(UPDATE: No sooner had I finished this post when a second quake M6.3 struck south of the Fiji Islands-its getting unreal guys...)

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/map_detail.php?id=160465

Notice with me that we are seeing these large earthquakes almost daily now. A 6.0 is a large quake. I have been watching the earthquake activity around Chile ratchet up over the past few weeks. Today we have a 6.2 right on their doorstep. A trip down memory lane shows us that on 2/27/2010, chile had their 8.8 that shifted the earths axis by a few inches. February is next month and the activity is on the uptick in the same place (Chile) again. Will they get another earth axis shifting quake this year? Time will tell.

Why write about this here? Because the earth is changing in ways that spell bad things for humanity. This writer believes there is a destroyer inbound to the earth. What is it? Who knows? Do we need to label it? Not really, I call it the destroyer, call it whatever you want but what we call it does not change the fact that it is inbound and the evidence is stacking up all around us. What evidence? How about a pattern of earthquakes that has been demonstrating itself for years now. We are now watching these quakes play themselves out again during the months of January through March of this year.

Its a pattern, and it repeats itself which is proof that business is not usual on earth these days. Speaking of business not usual, we can cite temperatures this week in the mid-50's during the heart of winter across the mid-atlantic region of the US, and we can cite tornadoes this week ripping across the deep south in the US which usually starts in the spring/early summer-not in the middle of winter, we can point to the dead birds for year, dead fish by the millions for years, the list goes on.

Again, why write this here? If a destroyer is inbound to the earth then millions if not billions of people could be face to face with their Creator soon. The rapture is one way to meet Him, dieing out is another way. Bottom line? We would be wise to be ready to face the changing circumstances around us by getting ready to meet the Creator. The Lord could come back for us any moment now.

I'm not sure if you have seen the reports on youtube of people hearing strange sounds all around the world over the past weeks. I have thought about this before saying anything here. My conclusion is that events are moving along rapidly and the enemy is going to attempt to counterfeit everything. Deception is going to be (already is) rampant. When the enemy seeks to hide real end time signals among fake signals what are we to do? Take all the end time signals seriously. The presence of the counterfeit is evidence of the real thing somewhere in our environment.

I've listened to the sounds and one word fits them: alien. There are many different explanations for where they come from, what the source is etc. We don't need to know. In my opinion the sounds are one more piece of data to plug into the "business is not usual" picture that is framing itself all around us.

History has proven to me that we need to heed the Lord's Word to be patient. The events taking place around us seem to scream "time is up" but we would be wise not to be hasty. We must be ready for the Lord to arrive immediately, but we must also have great endurance and patience to wait for Him for another 30 years if thats what it takes. My mind cannot even register the Lord delaying that long but He has delayed up through today and I thought He would have come back years ago. The lesson? Don't be hasty in our thoughts.

A part of me on the inside right now seems to be pointing toward something huge going down in the near term future. I cant nail it down. I am expecting the large earthquakes based on the yearly pattern but I'm talking something else. Are we about to see the great deception take place? Is the removal of restraint gradually taking place before our eyes? Is the last act of the removal of restraint the catching away of the true believers in Christ Jesus?

Conclusion

Be watching and ready for the Master to arrive for us. Be watching and ready to see all the things the bible said would happen, happen before our eyes. It feels like something very big is about to take place. The stage has been set for something big to occur. All that remains now is for the curtain to be raised so the show can begin.

The Lord our God is a fortress and a tower and a strong rock. He is a hiding place from the storm. Days like today make me want to beat down the door to get inside the hiding place because what I see outside is so ominous. I have lived a life "in Christ" with varying degrees of success along the way and I can tell you that "in Christ" is the only place of safety anyone in this world has today. Everything else is an illusion. I pray for you, my family and myself that we may be counted worthy to escape all thats about to happen.

grace and peace

M6 Earthquake-South Sandwich Island Region

Another one guys. I'm only tracking 6.0 and larger and these things are coming in regularly now.

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/map_detail.php?id=160139

Matt 24:4And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 6And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8All these are the beginning of sorrows.

9Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. 10And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 12And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. 13But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 14And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

I believe between verse 8 and verse 9 we see the tribulation starting. Evidence? Look at all the things listed in verses 5-8. All those things are happening now. We have not yet seen verse 9 fleshed out in its fullness but we can see it blossoming. It feels like we are close but we could be years away. I don't know. The only wise course of action is to be ready to meet the Lord each and every day.

grace and peace

6.3 Magnitude Earthquake off the coast of Mexico

Another large quake. I wonder what we'll see next month and in March. If the pattern is true we will see quakes next month that are as large or larger than what we saw last year. I am watching with you. I have been asking the Lord for a word about current events. I believe He has been speaking to me but I can't quite unwind all the information enough to give it to you short and sweet.

Today what stuck with me from the Word is from Psalm 37. Rest in the Lord and wait for Him patiently. He could come back for us tonight or 30 years from now.

grace and peace

More Proof (in Jude) For the Pre-tribulation Rapture of the Church

Well, as if we did not have enough evidence already of the incoming destroyer, heres more:

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/map_detail.php?id=158976

This one happened less than an hour ago and was again, just shy of a 7 magnitude earthquake. Update-there have now been 3 large quakes in this same location-a 6.2 a 6.7 and a 6.5. Three quakes not one...

These are strong earthquakes in diverse places that are almost on top of each other on the calendar. To refresh our memory here are the other major earthquakes we have seen over the past 2 weeks:

south shetland islands 6.7- 1/15/2012

northern sumatra 7.3- 1/10/2012

Santa Cruz Islands 6.6- 1/9/2012

izu islands Japan 6.8- 1/1/2012

As a frame of reference for how strong these quakes are, the level 5 quake that occured in Virginia this past year was felt all the way up into parts of New Jersey. If a level 5 in Virginia rattled houses in New Jersey, and earthquakes on the richter scale increase by a magnitude of 10 as they go from 5 to 6 to 7 etc. Then just how strong is a 6.8 earthquake? It is very powerful. Once again this quake took place in a remote region of the world where it can be easily looked over.

You can be sure that the news media will not be tracking these large quakes for you or ringing the warning bell. The media and their masters want you asleep.

I was hoping I could get a post out without another earthquake but it didn't work out that way this time. If a destroyer is inbound to the earth, so is redemption. Thats why earthquake posts are on this blog. We are to be watching and ready for the Lord's return. Are earthquakes a sign? Yes, they are specifically listed as part of the beginning of sorrows which lead into the tribulation/time of Jacob's trouble.

The evidence is clear, spirals in the sky, dead animals all over the earth, increased volcanic activity, a multi-year pattern of earthquakes, it paints a clear picture for me. "So what?" you ask.

So..we have increasing amounts of evidence around us that our redemption draws nigh. We were told to look up when all these things begin to happen. We were promised an escape from all in Luke 21:36. We were told the days of Noah and Lot would be just like the next time the Lord returns. Noah and Lot were both rescued bodily from the judgements of their day.

This brings me to another piece of evidence that supports the pre-tribulation rapture of the church. We find it in Jude:


Jude 1 5I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. (this ties into the rapture in a the way that it is a rebuttal of the doctrine of devils once saved always saved doctrine. He saved the people from egypt, then destroyed them for lack of belief later. That does not sound "always saved" to me.

From the perspective of the rapture, those who believe in the OSAS lie, are in jeopardy of not making it up in the rapture. If we want to be saved we must remain "in Christ." Examples are everywhere in the bible. I just showed one to you, another one can be found in John 15. We must remain "in Him." In Christ all the promises apply to us. If we are cut off (John 15) from Christ, we are no longer "in Him" and what the Lord did for all men no longer applies to us. All men do not get credit for the shed blood of Christ, otherwise all men would end up in heaven. If all men ended up in heaven then Matt 7:13-14 would be an error because all men would be saved not few.

This is getting too long, so to keep it short we must be found worthy of the escape when it presents itself. Re-read luke 21:36 for yourselves. We are saved by grace through faith. If we no longer have faith that equation is broken. If we no longer believe, then what is written here in Jude 1 applies which means destruction. If we love Him we will obey His commands. We must be watching and ready.

Next up in Jude that directly supports the pre-trib rapture:

14And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints

and

21Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life

When the Lord comes back in judgement He is coming back with His saints. Thats us. How can we come back with Him if when He arrives we haven't been raptured yet? This has another tie in that directly conflicts with the post-trib and pre-wrath doctrines that the rapture occurs when the angels "gather the elect from the four winds , from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven. If we are to come back with the Lord and we have already been in heaven for years before the Lord comes back in judgement, we will need to be gathered (not raptured-that already happened) together to form the armies of heaven.

We have now seen in Jude 2 points and we will make the 3rd soon. 1. The Lord saved His people then destroyed them for disbelief later-make a note of that. The Lord does not change, if He did it then He'll do it again and before anyone says that was in the old testament under the old laws note that you are reminded of it by the Holy Spirit in the new testament under the new covenant. Dismiss this at your own peril.

2. The Lord is coming back with His saints who have been raptured, in heaven for 7 years and regathered from heaven and earth to form the armies of heaven that return with the Lord to judge the earth

And last point number 3. that wraps points 1 and 2 up in perfect harmony 21Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life

This one struck me yesterday as I was reading the Word. Keep yourselves "in the love of God." In the love of God is where? "In Christ." Ok we have already been through that but what about this " looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life"

Now I would like you to carefully consider that statement our Lord made to us. Today many people are looking for all kinds of different things. Specifically the pre-wrath (who are not really pre-wrath) and post-trib believers are looking for everything and anything BUT mercy from the Lord. Consider what these "other tribbers" are teaching and preaching today. If you wrap up all their teaching and doctrine it amounts to a complete anti-thesis, a polar opposite of "looking for mercy."

We the pre-tribulation rapture believers are looking for a merciful escape. We do this not because of our own imaginations, but because of what the Lord has commanded and written to us. Luke 21:36 commands us to pray for escape. Many refuse to do this which will likely result in terrible consequences for them and their families. Jude 1 tells us to "look for mercy" and keep ourselves "in the love of God."

Bottom line? We are looking for mercy and an escape. Does this fit with a pre-tribulation, pre-time of Jacob's trouble rapture? You bet it does. Does this also refute and rebuke the doctrines of the "pre-wrath" and "post-tribulation" teachers. Yes, it puts another hole in their doctrine which by now is so full of holes it makes swiss cheese look like an impenetrable wall.

Read the Word for yourselves and do the analysis of what the Lord has told us. We are looking for a blessed hope-that comforts us (1 Thess 4:18). We are looking for mercy (1 Jude 21). We are looking for an escape from all (Luke 21:36) thats about to happen. Noah found escape mercy and comfort in the Ark. Lot found escape mercy and comfort outside the destruction of Sodom. As it was then it will be again (Mark 13, Luke 17, Matt 24).

Put the words together: comfort, mercy, escape....

There are two sides to this equation. Comfort mercy and escape for some, destruction for others. Where will we be found in this equation. The scoffers and naysayers tell us there is no escape but they only prophesy their own destruction. They preach to themselves and their own words will testify against them. Be very careful what you believe because you receive as you believe. According to your faith it will be done unto you:

Matthew 8:13

Then Jesus said to the centurion, "Go! It will be done just as you believed it would." And his servant was healed at that very hour.

What are you looking for today? Escape? Comfort? Mercy? I pray that you are looking for these things. Luke 11:9
9And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. 10For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened

These are the things this writer's spirit is impressed with today.

grace and peace

Major Earthquake 7.3 Just Now

Guys, need more evidence? 7.3 just hit off the coast of northern sumatra

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/map_detail.php?id=158002

Are you awake yet? I pray that you are. Are you keeping track of the evidence staring this world in the face? I hope that you are. Lets go over the events of the past 10 days:

New Years day 2012: 6.8 izu islands Japan

Yesterday, 1/9/2012: 6.6 Santa Cruz Islands

Today, 1/10/2012: 7.3 off the coast of sumatra

This is over the span of 10 days, not 10 months, not 10 years, 10 DAYS.

Let me also remind you if you have not seen it already this is a multi-year pattern. What happened on 1/12/2012? a 7.0 leveled the island of Haiti. We haven't even reached that day yet and already we've had 3 large quakes that rival what happened in Haiti.

Is there a pattern? Yes. Do we have evidence for it? Beyond a shadow of a doubt. Based on this pattern are large earthquakes, larger that what we have seen so far likely in the near future? Yes.

The historical pattern is spot on. January, February, March with large earthquakes, dead birds and fish, and increased volcanic activity.

Now that we are in January we are on the Leo constellation side of the sun. We will remain on this side through June, but the record of evidence points to the first half of that (Jan-March) for these large quakes.

What did Jesus tell us to do when all these things begin to happen? Look up. What do you see when you look up? The heavens. What is coming from the heavens? Our redemption and the destruction of the earth. Proof? Where will we meet the Lord? In the clouds. Where do these large objects that strike the earth (like wormwood) come from? The sky, the heavens.

When The Lord tells us to do something He tells us for a reason. This writer is looking up. What is happening up there? Destruction and deliverance are on their way. Months ago it was written here that I would be watching these months closely for evidence to backup the idea that a repeatable pattern had been formed which supports the theory of an inbound large object like Nibiru, Planet X, a brown dwarf star etc. We are now in January and what are we seeing? The exact evidence I was looking for to support this theory.

Its not even mid-month and we already have 3 large quakes. today was a 7.3, a VERY large quake. What this tells me is there is a destroyer heading toward the earth that will play a part in the exact fulfillment of what was written by the prophets and John the revelator by the power of the Holy Spirit thousands of years ago. The proof is quickly becoming overwhelming.

What does this mean?

If a destroyer is inbound then time is shorter than many people think. If a destroyer is inbound than deliverance is inbound as well. Can we predict a day and hour? No. Is this writer predicting anything? No. What this writer is doing is following the outlines of a pattern seen by following the command to "look up." The pattern points to large earthquakes being likely in February and March as well as possibly the balance of this month. Follow the pattern.

A watchman stands on a wall and warns the people of danger that might be coming. I do not know what I am except the least of the servants of the Most High God, but I can tell you that I am trying to obey the commands given to us and what I see in the process of obeying is danger coming to the people. If the people do not listen then their blood is on their own hands:

EZ 33:1Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman: 3If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; 4Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head. 5He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul. 6But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.

So far, mercifully these large quakes have been in unpopulated areas with no tsunamis. What happens when one of these 7.0 or larger quakes hits directly under the city you live in? I pray this does not happen, but it is worthy of consideration.

A destroyer inbound to the earth causing very large earthquakes, animal deaths. volcanic eruptions all over the earth etc is a problem. This problem is way too big for man to deal with. This problem has its solution in the Lord Jesus Christ. What can a man do when the problems facing him can in no way be solved by himself of other men? He can look to his God for assistance.

The writing here in its entirety seeks to point those with ears to hear and eyes to see, to look to their Creator. The Lord is coming back to this earth. He is bringing reward and judgement with Him. Do not take my word for anything, it is worthless. Open you bible and see for yourselves what the Lord God said would happen. What He said would happen is happening even now.

Today is a day of grace. Men can return to the Lord today in the day of His favor and find redemption for themselves and their families. The day is coming however when the Lord will shut the door and men will find fierce vengeance and wrath on a scale unimaginable. It appears that the days of grace are coming to a close. How much time do we have left? Only the Lord knows but it appears that time is running out for most people.

The writing you see today is a warning to me and a warning to you. Look up, and pray that you may be counted worthy to escape all thats about to happen and stand before the Son of Man. An escape was promised and an escape will be provided. Noah escaped the flood. Lot escaped the fire and brimstone, we too will escape if we are found worthy.

Stay in the Word of God and pray. Do this with patience as wise virgins. That is what the Word tells us to do. We may have years left or just hours before the Lord arrives for us. This calls for patience, watchfulness and readiness. Let us be found doing those things the Master told us to do so when He arrives we will not be ashamed in His presence.

Keep the faith, grace and peace