Comet ISON: Now Things Get Interesting

According to the information at this link, comet ISON is doing just fine.  So much for the talk of "dud of the century."  This article does say that at any point along its path this thing could disintegrate, however any talk of ISON being fragmented or being a dud right now is pure speculation.

What makes things so interesting?  This idea that a new side of the comet will be exposed to the sun when it is around perihelion means the experts have no idea what it will do.  To add to the intrigue, the best guess they do have (from supercomputers) tells them that fragments of the comet could/will?  pelt the earth.  As a reminder, a space rock the size of an car could easily wipe out an entire city.

So, it is an interesting coincidence that all the drama surrounding the economy and the government shutdown is occurring right now huh?  Get people concerned about the banks and the economy then BAM, surprise!  Oops?  Another one of those NASA statements "there is zero chance this thing harms the earth" goes into the dustbin while people clean up blood from the sidewalks (remember the Russian impact?)

Whoa brother D, did you really have to go there?  Had our Lord not gone there first, I would not go there:

Rev 8:7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

8And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood; 9And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.

10And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; 11And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

12And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.

I will be the first person to admit when it comes to timing many of the events of Revelation, I am stumbling around in the dark.  However, when the Lord tells us space rocks falling to the earth is one of the judgements coming and I see stories of fireballs in the sky every night should I not at least wonder if the earth is about to get pummeled?

The same people who tell you the rapture cannot happen right now because of a,b,c,d, etc are the same ones saying these events in Revelation 8 cannot take place right now.  To them I would say "talk to the people in Chelyabinsk, Russia" or talk to the people all over the United States and other parts of the world who are seeing these fireballs nightly.

Why write this?  Why focus on this?  Because the Lord did first.  Why did the Lord write Revelation 6?  Why did the Lord write Revelation 8?  To warn us.  If someone told you it was about to rain, and you felt a couple rain drops on your head would you doubt them?  If the Lord told us the earth was going to be pummeled with space rocks and people begin to see fireballs in the sky every night should you doubt what was written?

Combine these things with outgoing Sec. Napolitano's warning:

Outgoing DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano Warns of ‘Serious’ Cyber Attack, Unprecedented Natural Disaster

Should we keep our heads buried in the sand?

I will leave you with our Lord's own Words to a wicked and adulterous generation:

Matt 16:1The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tested him by asking him to show them a sign from heaven.

2He replied, “When evening comes, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,’ 3and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.^a 4A wicked and adulterous generation looks for a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” Jesus then left them and went away.

grace and peace

M7.7 Pakistan and M7 Peru, Back to Back Days Very Large Earthquakes

M7.7 Pakistan 

and
M7 Peru

Its not your imagination, something is seriously wrong.  What is on the way toward us right now?  Comet ISON.  What have we seen two days in a row?  Very large earthquakes.  These earthquakes are evidence, not someone's opinion or some kind of speculation.  We have seen repeated warnings about 10/1/2013 and beyond.  We have heard with out own ears Secretary Janet Napolitano's words that an unprecedented natural disaster was coming.

Our real proof is what is written in Revelation 6 and Revelation 8.  What should we do?  Pray, be right with the Lord, stock up on short term preparedness items.  And, maybe warn others of what appears to be headed our way.  Comet ISON may not be 'the' destroyer but it may be 'a' destroyer.  What do I mean?  This.  We have been assured by NASA and the 'experts' that ISON poses no threat whatsoever to earth, where have we heard that before?  Oh, yea, the day that asteroid DA14 "posed no threat to earth" and had "zero chance" of hitting us.  That's right, I remember now...

So just like Comet ISON has 'zero chance' of adversely affecting the earth (tell that to the people of Pakistan and Peru yesterday and today), and asteroid DA14 had zero chance of hitting the earth (tell that to the people of Russia), we should be very very skeptical of what the 'experts' tell us.  Whenever they tell you don't worry, be very worried.  The "experts" have a ZERO percent track record, yes ZERO at giving us a heads up on the things that really matter, so should we listen to them?

They are counting on people living with their heads in the sand until it is too late for them to do anything.  The moment a space rock impacts the earth is the wrong time to get right with the Lord, or buy some extra food and gasoline, or tell loved one you love them, etc etc.  Today is the day to do those things.  The 'eperts' would deny all of us that chance if it were left in their power to do so, but we have been warned.  The earth is shaking and quaking beneath our very feet, we are being warned.  Today is the day to do what we need to do.

grace and peace

ISON is Not Planet X, Nibiru Etc, So What?

Why post a video like this ^^?  Because of what the Word of God tells us to expect.  What does this world have coming its way?

Rev 8:6And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.

7The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

8And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood; 9And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.

10And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; 11And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

We know that NASA cannot be trusted to tell us the truth, but maybe DHS is telling the truth.  More here.

People cannot say they have not been warned.  Do we know when things will happen?  Not really, but we know with absolute certainty what will happen.  I have asked the Lord repeatedly what I should do to be prepared for what is coming.  I have received no impression whatsoever to get ready for long term survival in a post-apocalyptic world.  What I have been impressed with is we have been given common sense to forsee the possibility of short term disruptions to our business as usual lifestyles.  Look at what hurricane sandy did to NY.  Look at what Katrina did to Louisiana.  Should we have a little extra stored up for short term disruptions?  Yes.

The only preparedness for long term survival on this earth when the bad things begin to happen will be divine provision.  The Lord will have to take care of His people the way He provided for Israel in the wilderness.  I believe we will escape all of "the" tribulation but the short term tribulations faced by all mankind are something we have always had to deal with.

When will "the" tribulation begin?  Who knows, I don't and I have not come across anyone on the net or in person who I believe knows either.  How will the events of the book of Revelation play out?  I don't know, and I have not encountered anyone else who I believe knows either.  People think they know, but I don't think they do know.  Why?  Notice in Rev 6 and Rev 8 for example, we do not see the time span over which these events occur.  Will all the seals and trumpets be opened over the span of 1 day?  1 week?  1 month?  1 year?  The Word does not say.  The Word speaks of blood moons and sun like sackcloth so people think they have it figured out as one day near the end of the tribulation.  Really?  We have FOUR blood moons coming up over the course of the next two years, so which of those blood moons is "the" blood moon?  They do not know so they are completely guessing.  Which of the solar eclipse "sun turned to darkness" events counts?  We see two of them coming in 2015, and we have seen many in years past, so which one is "the" one that "counts"?

Acts 2:20 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.

People do not know, they are guessing if they tell you they do.  Could there be separate blood moons for separate events?  I don't know, are their separate blood moons on separate appointed days of passover and sukkot in 2014-2015?  YES.

What is going to happen we know for sure.  HOW and WHEN we do not know, they are the Lord's.

What does this all mean?  When we see events shaping up to look like events from the book of Revelation, we should be aware and be ready for possible fulfillment.  Because we do not know the timing of many events we have to be ready always.  Isn't that what the Lord told us to do?

Mark 13:32But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

33Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. 34For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. 35Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:36Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. 37And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

Everyone, and I mean every last person who has ever told us "we can know" has been proven wrong.  All of them to a person.  Don't take my word for anything, I am a nobody.  What DID THE LORD SAY?

But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

And He said watch, watch, watch WATCH, but people do not listen or take heed.  The 'pre-wrath' and 'post-tribbers' tell us there is no reason for us to watch for the Lord right now.  They tell us that to obey the Lord's clear command is foolishness because their man made doctrine tells them a,b,c and d have to happen before we can be caught up in the clouds with the Lord.  They mistake the Lord's descent to the mount of olives (the "second coming") with the Lord's descent to the clouds to catch us up (harpazo/rapture).

Anyone who tells us that it is foolishness to obey the clear commands in the Word, should be considered a threat.  Why?  They teach disobedience.  

We were clearly told to be watching and ready for the Lord.  How and when He appears to us is irrelevant to the point the Lord makes in Mark 13 above.  Watch, PERIOD.  Be ready, PERIOD.  And to drive this point home with a sledge hammer I leave you with this:

Luke 21:36Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

 What does "always" mean?

grace and peace

Objective Evidence: The Approach of Revelation 8

Rev 8:6Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.

7The first angel sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled down on the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.

8The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain, all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned into blood, 9a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

10The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water— 11the name of the star is Wormwood.^a A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.

12The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them turned dark. A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night.

13As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in midair call out in a loud voice: “Woe! Woe! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three angels!”

Please remember, the evidence here is the Word of God, not the video.  We know for a fact what is coming because God Almighty said it was coming.  When the physical evidence begins to appear for what was foretold thousands of years ago, then we know fulfillment must be right around the corner.  This slow increase in fireballs is a warning to the world.  It has been slow and gentle and merciful.  While most people's first reaction is to debunk, deny and refuse any evidence, some people see the warnings and take them to heart.

grace and peace

More Proof of Destruction From Space: The Most Dangerous Occupation in the World: Deep Space Astronomer

Someone, somewhere does not want you or I to know what is coming.  Proof?  Watch the videos below:

We know what is coming, we do not need NASA or anyone else to confirm it for us.  Revelation 6 and 8 are all the proof we need....

grace and peace

"I Just Want My Life Back"

The CEO of BP was recently quoted as saying something like he wants the oil spill to be over with so he can "have his life back," or something to that effect.

The Lord dropped a bunch of things into my heart rapid fire this morning as I was driving home, and a good way to start off is with that quote.

People have been saying for years now, as the world has steadily deteriorated "I just want my life back." It's been housing, the stock market, jobs, floods, earthquakes, war, now this oil mess. This is what the Lord shed light on with me:

A different perspective on:
Luke 17:26“Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

What I believe the Lord impressed upon me about this "eating and drinking and marrying and giving in marriage" text is that I always took it as days of business as usual, and that's it. What I see now is that in spite of the world deteriorating all around them, people don't want to hear about prophesy,the end times or the true God. People could care less, what they want is....drum roll please............"their life back.." You know, back when they were not constantly confronted with these "end times problems." People are trying so hard to just focus on "eating and drinking, planting and building, buying and selling, marrying and giving in marriage." They are trying so hard to act like everything is okay and things will get back to "normal" if they just wait it all out.

Sadly, the bible does not predict people "getting their life back." It predicts "losing your life to save it." Again, 180 degrees out of sync with the thinking of this world. There's a way to deal with the end times and its not anxiety or fear or worry. There's a way to stare everything that is coming on this world straight in the face and retain our joy and peace, but its not by thinking or acting or believing like the world does.

We are told here:

Luke 21:34“Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap. 35For it will come upon all those who live on the face of the whole earth. 36Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.”

There is an escape from all coming, that's a stated biblical fact. We are to pray for escape, thats another stated biblical fact. Those who choose not to pray for escape from all, have an obedience issue with God that if left uncorrected, could cost them DEARLY in the days ahead.

Luke 21 appears to be ripe with meaning for us today, for those who have the eyes to see. Rewind back from Luke 21:36 a few paragraphs to this:

Luke 21:25“There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea. 26Men will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken. 27At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”

Signs in the sun?

How about this for a headline out of this week's news:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627640.800-whats-wrong-with-the-sun.html?full=true

What's wrong with the sun?

and a quote from the article:

"This is solar behaviour we haven't seen in living memory," says David Hathaway, a physicist at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

Haven't seen this kind of activity from the sun in living memory huh? NASA scientist said this....interesting. The bible tells us there will be signs in the sun moon and stars, but they will all be easily dismissable by those who have explanations for everything! Just like the way the oil disaster is unfolding before our eyes, everything is so explanable. We can see bibilical prophesy happen word for word right down to the nitty gritty details and people will still roll their eyes and try desperately to get back to "getting their life back."

Even when the events prophesied thousands of years ago are kicking people in the teeth over and over and over again. When objective and verifiable evidence is flashing across newscreens daily screaming at people, they'll roll their eyes and get back to "getting their life back."

Part of the problem with people admitting that the Word of God is coming true before their eyes is that they will then have to come to terms with the God who wrote and is the Word. That is something that people have had a problem with for a long long time. People like their religion, they like their social clubs, they even enjoy playing church, but when it comes to standing face to face with the consuming fire, the Holy One who will expose all their pet sins, well, that can wait for another day.....as we see here:

Isaiah 30:8Go now, write it on a tablet for them,

inscribe it on a scroll,

that for the days to come

it may be an everlasting witness.

9These are rebellious people, deceitful children,

children unwilling to listen to the Lord’s instruction.

10They say to the seers,

“See no more visions!”

and to the prophets,

“Give us no more visions of what is right!

Tell us pleasant things,

prophesy illusions.

11Leave this way,

get off this path,

and stop confronting us

with the Holy One of Israel!”

All appearances are that these people who are doggedly determined to wait things out to "get their life back," are in for a long wait. The things I've read about whats happening in the Gulf of Mexico scream out that whatever is happening, it is going to be on a biblical scale. There are scenarios that experts who will never be mentioned by the media say could be apocalyptic.

We recently looked at Revelation 8:

8The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain, all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned into blood, 9a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

Here's our checklist so far:
and something like a huge mountain, all ablaze, was thrown into the sea->complete (oil rig before sinking).

A third of the sea turned into blood-> in progress, the oil in the water looks like what? Blood...

9a third of the living creatures in the sea died-> in progress, give it time..

, and a third of the ships were destroyed.-> This was the one I thought, I just can't imagine how this whole oil leak thing could destroy a third of the ships? Lo and behold, each day new articles are shedding light on what's going on in the gulf. I seem to remember BP didn't want to bring their own ships in right after the rig blew and I wondered why? Possibly the same reason all the fisherman are getting sick? Still, that would just be dead sailors, what about the ships? Now we read about possible radioactive oil coming out of the depths? We read about methane blowouts from the well that could cause a 600 mph wall of water death across the ocean? Are we getting any traction here on possible loss of ships? Yep, its possible.

As we continue in Rev 8, what do we find?

10The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water— 11the name of the star is Wormwood.a A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.

Bitter waters huh? A great star? What does the bible call angels? STARS
We don't have to leave the book of Revelation for this proof:

Rev 1:19“Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later. 20The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

And Wormwood? Remember Chernobyl? Nuclear? Radioactive oil? Food for thought.

The last thing the Lord impressed on me was this, again from Luke 21:

Luke 21:25“There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea.

One of the things the Holy Spirit does is bring to our mind remembrance of what has been written.

John 14:26 But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father ... But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach
you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.

Back to Luke 21:25....“There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea. 26Men will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken. As we see the maritime drama playing out in our news daily, it should bring into focus for us what has been written. We can expect more drama from the sea, the Holy Word says its coming. It's going to be really hard for all the people who "just want their life back" to do so when men are "fainting from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world.."

The talking heads of TV will try to explain it all away for you. They have an endless supply of meaningless drivel to spoon feed you every day while the bible unfolds, word for precious word before the eyes of mankind.

My disclaimer in all of this is I am not predicting anything. I have eyes, and a God given mind, and I too have the Spirit of God living within me, as was promised to all true believers. I have a bible in one hand and eyes that are going back and forth from the Word of God to the events around me. What I am seeing is hitting "center mass" as we liked to say in the military with what the Word says would happen. All this, predicted thousands of years ago. Someone please compute the Vegas odds on that....

The Word of God is true, and it is vindicating itself before the eyes of man each and every day now. Blessed be the name of the Lord Jesus.

grace and peace

Thoughts About the BP Oil Spill

A ship's wake cuts through a pattern of oil near the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico Monday, May 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Here are just 2 of the many photos we can find on the net showing us the oil in the Gulf. We also know from news reports that once this oil hits the fast moving ocean currents it can and will spread throughout the the world. Which leads me to this:

Revelation 8:8-9
And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died;

Now think hard about this...how would John (who saw the visions of Revelation) describe 1. The oil rig sitting above water before it sunk while it was an inferno after the initial blast? A mountain burning with fire? Do we really have to be creative to link the two or are the similarities right in our face? I'm just asking....

How about "the sea became blood?" Have you looked at what that oil looks like in the seawater? Blood? Almost exactly like blood...I'm just observing here. Again, little creativity needed for a 1:1 likeness.

I'm also interested at the fact of how this disaster is being reported in the media. Today is a foreshadowing of how all the disasters we see coming in the book of Revelation will be reported and presented to the people of the world. No way "God" or the bible will be mentioned, even when the exact matches to the Word of God are slapping people across the face. CNN and MSN and FAUX news will be reporting everything but the exact match between what's happening and what the Word of God predicted would happen thousands of years ago.

Am I saying that we are witnessing Revelation 8 before our eyes? Nope. What I'm saying is its an exact dead on match and you decide what it means or doesn't mean. We all decide for ourselves.

What else do we see today in the news? Dead fish and birds and everything else that used to live in the water? Yep. Wow, what a coincidence huh? And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died....so as the dead sealife mounts and mounts and mounts, will we EVER hear anyone admit that "hey, did that old book predict this thousands of years ago? Yea, what's that book called again? Oh yea, the bible..." Oh yea....

The Word of God is accurate, down to the letter. Since no man has been found to stop the flow of oil into the gulf, and there are hundreds of millions of gallons left to come out of that great cavern in the earth into the sea, would it really be such a great mental leap to say that maybe a third of the life in the seas may die before our very eyes, like.....soon. Not a big stretch at all, but I'm not saying this will happen, again, I'm just observing. You can decide for yourself.

Watch this video and keep in mind the exact wording of Rev 8:8-9.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iSTpxkaGWM

Another thought is that if we are seeing Rev 8 play out, what does that say about the book of Revelation itself? Accurate? Yea, but another insight would be..its not written chronologically...That leads us down an entire slew of questions and answers in itself. I'm not going there now.

I'm tired, the Lord is good and His Word, which is Jesus Christ, can be trusted to the uttermost. Keep the faith. Grace, peace and love.