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Next on the prophetic agenda will be Israel, again thrust into the limelight and crosshairs! Annexation of Judea and Samaria on July 1^st is a “hard deadline” – Netanyahu.
Riots / insurrections worldwide are being seen and believed to be orchestrated by a central force and financier. (Soros) But it is the force of pure evil that is at work. It’s the devil’s coup attempt! (Psalm 2:1-4)
US jobs report smashes expectations positively. US markets close to all time record highs, with more to come. (Markets are forward looking.)

►Regular readers of The Prophetic Scroll are hereby informed that this Covid19 virus will not come near you. I and my prayer team are praying this as a specific prayer of protection over you.

These will change on Sundays or as the Lord leads.

This verse, below was given to me by our Lord in December last year to give to you as the crowning verse for 2020. This was just before the corona-virus became a world pandemic:

The heading is, “Babylon humiliated.” End-time Babylon is the modern world system:

Isaiah 47:10-11 “You have trusted in your wickedness. You have said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and your knowledge have warped you; You have said in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one besides me.’ Therefore evil shall come upon you and you shall not know from where it arises, and trouble shall fall upon you. You will not be able to put it off, and desolation shall come upon you suddenly.”

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Proverbs 24:21 (Amp) “My son, reverently fear the Lord and king, and do not associate with those given to changing allegiances and revolution.”

Proverbs 28:28 (Amp) “When the wicked arise, men hide themselves; but when they perish, the constantly righteous increase and become many.”

Proverbs 28:2 (Amp) “When a land transgresses, it has many rulers; but when the ruler is a man of discernment, understanding and knowledge, its stability will last long.”

Psalm 9:17 (Amp) “The wicked shall be turned back into premature death, into Sheol (hell), even all the nations that forget God.”

Psalm 120:7 “I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war.”

Shabbat (Sabbath) begins on Fridays at 6pm and ends on Saturdays at 6pm. The purpose of this report is to help the church and Israel become reconciled in Messiah.

5^th June 2020

Shabbat Shalom to all!

Why and when God judges:

But first: What’s happening now is the attempted overthrow of God, His authority structures and the creation of the new world order system of false gods, idols, icons and release of hosts of demons.

The world is redefining God and His word to their standards and values, but it is the standards and values of Satan, their unseen god.

Here is a profound verse which I am applying to the current riots and upheavals:

Isaiah 59:6-8 (Separated from God) “...Their works are works of iniquity, and violence is in their hands. Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths. The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their ways. They have made themselves crooked paths; whoever takes that way shall not know peace.”

I have spoken a lot lately about where we are on the prophetic clock and what is happening now and why. I’ve used the analogy of the forerunners of the four runners of the apocalypse. We are not in the tribulation period yet, but in the time of birth-pangs and forerunners.

The big judgements upon the world of the tribulation period are seen in the events brought onto the stage by the four riders of the apocalypse.

But now I would like to look into the reasons for the big judgements of the tribulation, which are obviously the same reasons for the troubles being brought on now in the form of forerunners.

Big historic judgements of God:

The big judgements from God in the Old Covenant were for these reasons:

●Molech the evil god of child sacrifice: This god was worshipped by the offering of infants, including those from abortions as a sacrifice in fires under his outstretched bronze hands. This occurred in the Valley of the son of Hinnom, (Gehenna). The place became known as cursed for these murders. Today it is still believed to be cursed. (Jeremiah 32:34-35, 2 Kings 23:10) Gehenna is identified with Armageddon.

●Noah: The world then was destroyed by flood for rampant sin, including homosexuality, complacency in the face of predicted judgement, and mocking of judgement to come.

●Sodom & Gomorra: These cities were destroyed by fire for persistent, aggressive homosexuality and refusal to repent.

●Babylon & Babel: Babylon and the tower of Babel were destroyed by God for rampant sin, humanistic unity, false religion, and trying to reach God and be like Him, – man’s way. “Babylon was never to rise again.” (Jeremiah 51:64, Isaiah 13:20) But end-time Babylon is here again, as revealed in many verses. It is NOT the original city. It is now the end-time world system. End-time Babylon has its religion Catholicism and similar orthodox beliefs. The true church is commanded to “flee from Babylon.” (Jeremiah 51: 6-9, and Revelation 17&18)

●Jericho: Was destroyed for rampant sin, and for obstructing the children of Israel on their journey to the Promised Land.

Here are the reasons collectively: ●Rampant unrepentant sin and wickedness. ● Homosexuality which today includes the redefining of God’s institution of marriage and family. ●Abortion. ●Complacency in the face of coming judgement. ●Mocking God’s ways and coming judgement. ●Humanism which includes the philosophy of “I am,” and there is no other. ●False religion of all sorts. ●Coming against Israel.

Here’s the big question: Do you see these sins in the world today? Do you see the world repenting of these things?

Let’s be clear on one thing. The world will not repent, because that’s what the Bible shows. But many individuals in the world will and are repenting even now.

Do you see how difficult it is for the world to repent? These sins have become so normalised and entrenched in modern society that they have become a human right! And even some deceived churches are supporting these judgment-bringing sins!

The gradual normalisation of sin has been done mainly by the mass-media.

So, the four riders of the apocalypse are ready to ride, for the above reasons. When they do, they will race swiftly onto the stage – suddenly!

Because of unrepentant, continuing and worsening sin, God has blinded the minds of the unbeliever and Satan has blinded their minds to the salvation of God.

Matthew 11:25 “I thank You Father Lord of heaven and earth because you have hidden these things from the wise (in self) and prudent, and have revealed them to babes.”

The sin of obstructing Israel:

►But first: Interestingly the organisation “Black Lives Matter (BLM) contains a foundational document rejecting the right of the Jews to their homeland and other anti-Semitic statements.

●Why did God destroy nations and kingdoms that came against the children of Israel, and those that attacked Jerusalem in the Old Covenant?

●Why did God not destroy the nations that divided Israel and Jerusalem in the days since the cross? (For example Jordan, Turks, Britain).

●Why did God not destroy Germany after the Holocaust?

●Why has God not destroyed the many churches including the Catholic church that formed, promoted and practise replacement theology, which is simply the theology of dividing Israel and Jerusalem?

It is because we are in the church age of grace and the longsuffering of God. (2Peter 3:9, Acts 17:30) This is the era of God overlooking these things. (Read those two verses).

But woe to them all when the age of grace ends and the world returns to the Old Covenant ways of doing things. God’s severe, immediate, demonstrative judgement is the main characteristic of the tribulation.

The main verse used by many against dividing Jerusalem is Joel 3:2. But this occurs in the tribulation period if you read the surrounding context. That is not in the church age, but the next dispensation, the seven year tribulation or closing of the Old Covenant.

If this is the case, which I challenge anyone to dispute, then, the current virus troubles and riots are not because the US divided Israel or Jerusalem, which it did not do anyway.

If you recall, I applied the key of David, which no one can remove, to President Trump for his biblical moves on Jerusalem. (Revelation 3:7, Isaiah 22:22) He still holds that key! The world is trying its damndest to get the key out of his hands!

I have mentioned this many times but it bears repeating. The next big thing on the prophetic agenda is war. It will be war against Israel and in the Middle East, as the war-rider rides out of the starting gates.

►►►Jeremiah 4:19 “O my soul, my soul! I am pained in my very heart. My heart makes a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because you, O my soul, have heard the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.”

Peace? Hah!

Once the four riders race out of the starting gates, the world will cry for peace, but this is what they will get:

Revelation 6:4 “Another horse, fiery red went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth and that people should kill one another, and there was given to him a great sword.”

Do you see why it’s not a good idea to go to the races?

It is of utmost importance to know what is going on behind the scenes in all these things.

My friends, true deep, glorious peace and rest is only for the true believer, going deep with the things of God!

✡† Shalom...Joel.

Edition 298: February 10^th 2016

Prophecy and the love of God

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Prophecy and the love of God:

Introduction:

Before we can move on we must define what love is from God’s viewpoint, because this is where one of the huge clashes of the end-times takes place.

The love of God includes everything that is of God and excludes and rejects everything that is not. At the end of the day, only that which has gone through the purifying work of the cross constitutes enduring love, holiness and righteousness.

Holiness and righteousness are close allies with the love of God.

“But I thought love was about nice happy feelings”. “I thought love was tolerance, human rights, democracy and being political correct”. “I thought the world was on the right path because God loves it”! Come on now, the Bible says “For God so loved the world.”

The love of God involves discipline, correction, and training in righteousness, obedience, rebuke, encouragement, yielding, forgiving, and standing your ground and many such things all righty divided and applied. Some may seem contradictory at face value, but when the Holy Spirit is leading and guiding us, the result is “all truth” correctly applied.

Love and truth are eternal bed-fellows.

It is absolutely key and vital to understand that the love of God has many different applications. There are many huge differences in application for the believer and the unbeliever.

What is Bible prophecy?

2 Peter 1:19-21 “We have the prophetic word made more sure (than seeing or hearing, revealed in the previous verse) which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts...no prophecy of scripture is of private interpretation, for prophecy never came about by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.”

Prophecy is the “more sure thing.” It is the very word of God Himself.

Bible prophecy constitutes about 28% of the Bible.

Bible prophecy encapsulates world history from the day dot to the end. The very first prophecy was delivered in the Garden of Eden as Satan gave his great, eternally tragic epitaph – “Has God said...” And God said prophetically speaking- “I will bruise your head.” (Genesis 3:15)

Prophecy paints a picture of the future in relation to the time of the writing. All fulfilled prophecy shows perfectly that it is supernatural in origin, because not one has ever failed. Now, as we come to prophecy yet to be fulfilled, the same pattern of literal fulfilment must continue.

This all plots the fall of sin, evil and wickedness and the victory of holiness, righteousness and truth.

Bible prophecy gives you an anchor of hope. It gives stability and endurance in an ever changing world with no absolutes.

Bible prophecy brings life to dead letter. It makes the Bible real and true. It brings ancient scriptures into the current world now.

Revelation 19:10 “...For the testimony of Yeshua is the spirit of prophecy.”

Bible prophecy is not essentially words. It is spirit! Yeshua is the Spirit of prophecy. It is even more than spirit. It is in fact our Lord, alive and living.

Do you know why non-spirit filled Christians ignore Bible prophecy and in many cases hate it? It is because they don’t have the fullness of the Spirit. What they have is dead letter, which is really boring. When your doctrine is dead letter, it’s like trying to get excited reading the phone book.

How terribly boring to pray to a God who isn’t coming soon! What rubbish to put your faith in a never, never Lord. What bull to trust in a historic God speaking dead letter!

Do you know why the world can’t see the living God – Yeshua? It is simply because they have rejected the Spirit of God...they have no spiritual eyes to see.

It is the Spirit that gives light, sight, and life! It is the fullness of the Spirit of God which leads us into all truth. Do you think that the 35,000 odd different Christian denominations are of the Spirit of truth? – Never! The Spirit of truth requires us to all be one!

If prophecy shows the way to go and the obstacles to be avoided, that has to be love in action!

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The purpose of Bible prophecy:

Proverbs 13:12 “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire (of the hope) comes, it is a tree of life.”

The final and complete purpose of all Bible prophecy is to reveal the absolute, spectacular glory of the living God. It reveals the incredible depth and extent of the love of God. It is to reveal the future world and universe of holiness and glory.

In the process, prophecy reveals the enemy and his ultimate defeat with his host of demons, fallen angels and people who refuse the cross of Messiah.

When Bible prophecy is missing from a church or individual the hope contained in prophecy is missing. Have you ever wondered why people without the hope of prophecy in their lives so easily end up as a stressed out mess?

When the hope contained in prophecy is missing, you are not left in a vacuum in that area, but the hope of a continuing world comes in to replace it. A focus on the world and the things of the world becomes predominant.

People with their lives attached to the world freak out when they do hear prophecy and they see the soon coming destruction of their world!

You can be like a dumb, stupid ostrich with your head in the sand about prophecy. The incredible danger of that is that you will fall away when your world is shaken to pieces. You will not understand that the destruction of the entire world system is part of the incredible love of God leading to a world and universe of absolute perfection!

The Bible speaks of breaking down to build up! (Jeremiah 1:10)

Bible prophecy reveals the ultimate victory and love of God as all evil is destroyed forever.

The purpose of prophecy is to bring you to your knees in surrender. As you see the futility of everything that is to be shaken down, you surrender to the great Shaker of all things! Many believers discover Bible prophecy and think it’s some sort of little side-line fortune-telling game. Be careful, you are messing with something much bigger and more important than you can imagine.

Goodness and severity:

Romans 11:22-23 “Consider the goodness and severity of God; on those who fell (Jews), severity; but towards you (Gentile pro-Israel believers), goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise you also will be cut off. They also (Jews), if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.”

In this very powerful passage of scripture we see what will actually take place at the culmination of history. Multitudes of prophecies throughout the Bible speak of this great end-time return of the Jews to their land and to their Lord.

Mixed in, is a dreadful warning to the church not to come against this in any way or they will be cut off just like the Jews were!

But more important is the phrase “consider the goodness and severity of God.” Bible prophecy contains this theme throughout. If God is love, as He is, then both sides of the coin are true. You can’t cut out the severe warnings, judgements, prophecies and actions of God. They are love in action, leading to the final grand conclusion of love.

Some people and churches cut out the severity side of prophecy and others ignore all prophecy.

Is being silent on Bible prophecy a problem? Does it matter? The funny (terrible) thing is that many churches who are silent on prophecy say that they believe the Bible! “You must be a Bible believer,” they loudly proclaim. How many churches do you know who go by the title, such and such “Bible church” or “Word church”? And they are silent on one third of the Bible!

They are as bad as unbelievers!

The love of the devil:

Some people think the devil is a huge evil- looking monster and they would recognise him easily if ever they saw him. Most people reject the existence of the devil and hell because that is what the devil wants.

Satan may be known by all his names, biblical phrases, titles and descriptions of him. When we look into this gloomy pot we see that he is a counterfeiter. His is the god of camouflage. He is the god of love, but humanistic love with all the severity, discipline and correction removed.

He is revealed in scripture as: ●“The spirit of disobedience” (Ephesians 2:2). ●“The force of darkness and wickedness.” (Ephesians 6:12). ●“The evil one”. (1 John 2:13). ●“The crafty one” (Genesis 3:1). ●“The angel of light.” 2 Corinthians 11:14. ●He “defies God” and “resists the truth.” (John 8:44). ●“He comes to steal, kill and destroy.” (John 10:10.) ●He rules the masses outside of God’s protection. (Ephesians 2:1-3). ●He hides and veils the truth of God. (2 Corinthians 4:3-4). And many more.

Satan is the god of feel-good. He is the god of the masses. He is the god of the majority consensus. He is the god of human rights and democracy. He is the god of pride and self righteousness.

Satan is the god of “me, now”!

Of course he will appear to love you, because he wants you for his doomed kingdom. He will use all of the characteristics revealed above and more to trap you. Then he will kill you with an eternal death!

The devils “prophecy” says this: “Come in and join us. I will give you all you want. You can do anything you want. Unbelievers are welcome. Homosexuals are welcome. Murderers, thieves, liars, and the immoral are welcome. “Christians” (without the cross) are welcome. The religious of all religions are welcome.”

The prophecy of the devil says that you will not go to hell. “You are not accountable for your actions, because the rules and laws of society are guilty.” The prophecy of the devil says that everything will continue as always, “You have no need to fear”. The prophecy of the devil says, “All this end-time stuff is rubbish”. The prophecy of the devil says, “God is a liar and you need not fear Him”. The prophecy of the devil says, “We will all have a great time in our “heaven””.

The prophecy of the devil says, “live for yourself – your life is your own, you can do what you want.”

A legitimate question:

Many people look at the severe judgments coming upon the world and say: “How can this be of a God of love.” Many people look at the verses on hell and say the same thing.

Here’s the answer, but many people won’t like it! The answer is simply because God is holy and pure and can have no part with evil or wickedness. He has tolerated it by extending His grace for 2000 years.

God has dealt with evil, wickedness and judged all sin. He removed it positionally on the cross. He has already set up a kingdom of absolute holiness and shining glory. He has done it all through the cross of Calvary.

In fact, you can accurately say that God has removed and dealt with your sin before you sin! You have been forgiven and cleansed before you sin – 2000 years ago.

Have you ever seen those stupid bumper stickers that say “I’m not perfect, I’m just forgiven”? The truth is that you are perfect and you are forgiven. You are perfect in your born-again spirit. It has gone through the purifying cleansing work of the cross. Sin does not reside in your spirit; it is in your mind and flesh, which is where the renewal takes place.

But the unsaved world has rejected the cross. This is why impending judgment awaits them. It is all part of the love of God.

Do you ever wonder why true Christians get offended at the wickedness of the world? I know I get really mad. Well, that’s the pure and holy Godness in us arising in anger.

Do you ever wonder why the unsaved world rarely gets offended at the sin and evil of the world? It’s simply because they have no re-created spirit, at one with God in them.

God’s love involves cleansing the universes of every trace of Satan. God’s love for you and me involves setting up a pure and holy universe for all time.

The purpose of Bible prophecy:

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The ultimate, overall, final purpose of all Bible prophecy is to reveal our risen Lord and Saviour in all His magnificent, pure, glory now and forever.

The purpose is also to reveal your great potential in Him and the possibility of your magnificent eternal reward, more valuable than diamonds.

This is in stark, tragic contrast to the terrible suffering and doom of the unsaved that don’t wake up in time!

The love of God causes many to run to God. The judgement of God will cause many, many more to come running at great speed to God!

John 9:39 “For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind.”

Amos 3:7 “Surely the Lord God does nothing unless He reveals His secrets to His servants, the prophets. A Lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken!”

I have used this verse above in the previous two editions. Here it comes again. It is most powerful and insightful. Bible prophecy is designed to create fear! You don’t like that idea, you say. Tough, it’s the truth.

It is designed to create fear in the unbeliever and the worldly masses. And also fear for the believer who strays into the world system.

►You can’t say there’s no fear in sin. Sin has been and will be judged. For us believers, it was judged at the cross. Reject the cross and you had better start fearing fast. If you say there is no fear in sin, you are interfering with the character and nature of God and you are in a fool’s paradise.

For us believers, we have been judged in Messiah through His substitutionary payment for our sin in His body on the cross.

If you reject the full work of the cross, you had better start fearing fast – because your judgment is coming soon.

Check your heart and your faith. We are entering terrible times. We are now already in the time of a great falling away from truth and the faith.

The purpose of Bible prophecy is to reveal the fullness of our Lord in all His majesty. His character is revealed prophetically in all His names, descriptions and titles.

Here are just a few of the hundreds of names and titles for our Lord. As you read them, think of the meanings behind each name:

●He is the Passover Lamb. ●He is the Spirit of Prophecy. ●He is the High Priest. ●He is the cloud and the fire. ●He is the Captain of our salvation. ●He is the Kinsman Redeemer. ●He is the Prophet of the Lord. ●He is the reigning King. ●He is the rebuilder of the walls. ●He is our Shepherd. ●He is the suffering Servant. ●He is the wisdom of God. ●He is the Bridegroom. ●He is the Baptizer in the Holy Spirit. ●He is the Burden bearer. ●He is the Mighty Saviour. ●He is the Avenger of the elect. ●He is the Son of Righteousness. ●He is the Ascended Lord. ●He is the Justifier. ●He is the soon coming King. ●He is the Blessed Hope. ●He is the Friend who sticks closer than a brother. ●He is the Great Physician. ●He is the Chief Shepherd. ●He is the King of kings and Lord of lords.

I did use this before in one of the Sabbath Reports. If you have not heard it, it is so very good. Click HERE.

The ignorance of the masses:

The unsaved world has a terrible surprise coming. They think that they are not accountable for their actions! They think God loves them even though they reject His works. They think God will forgive them even though they reject the object of forgiveness – the cross.

Most unsaved people believe that they can hide their sins from God, if there is a God! They believe that God will not see them or remember their sin. Have a look at these incredible verses below:

Isaiah 29:15 “Woe to those who seek deep to hide their counsel far from the Lord, and their works are in the dark; they say, “Who sees us?” and “who knows us?”

Psalm 10:11 “He has said in his heart, God has forgotten (our sin); He hides His face and will never see it.”

Psalm 94:7 “...They say, “The Lord does not see.”

Job 22:13 “You say, ‘What does God know? Can He judge through the deep darkness?’”

BUT:

Job 34:21 “His eyes are on the ways of man, and He sees all his steps. There is neither darkness nor shadow of death where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.”

Psalm 33:13 “The Lord looks from heaven; He sees all the sons of men.”

Luke 12:2 “There is nothing covered that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known.”

Finally:

Bible prophecy is a Spirit. It is the word of our Lord Himself. It is God’s word therefore it is love. It is good and severe. It encapsulates the entire journey of world history and beyond. It reveals doom and gloom for those outside of the work of the cross. It contains all the promises of God for the believer. Bible prophecy is your anchor of hope as a believer. It is the light of your path shining in a dark place.

Without Bible prophecy you are inextricably tied to the world and the things of the world. Without it you are in the forest of me now. Without it you are in a world of variables, where all is relative and everything is relevant and there are no absolutes.

Bible prophecy for many will be their greatest regret ever and forever:

Psalm 34:16 “The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.”

I took this picture sitting at a waterhole in the amazing Etosha Game Reserve. Elephant families are very loving and playful. Right now elephants and wildlife in general is dying at an incredible rate due to drought.

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Shalom and grow in grace!

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