Prophecy: "Mystery" or a "Puzzle"?

 

Welcome, and thanks for visiting Focus on the Prophecies Ministry.  My name is Kevin SwiftAn award-winning author and staff writer for the New Yorker magazine, Malcolm Gladwell, wrote, "Do you know the difference between a mystery and a puzzle?"  According to Gladwell, mysteries do not have simple answers based solely on fact, since they "require judgments and the assessment of uncertainty."  Puzzles, on the other hand, can be solved because we have all the necessary information; we just need to put it all together for the solution.

 

The ancient Hebrew prophecies are mysteries, not puzzles.  Revelation 10:7 says, "In the days when the Seventh Angel is about to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be accomplished."  Not until the very end of the end-times will the mystery of God be unraveled as a completed picture.  However, the last generation of saints have the promise of a more complete understanding of final events that center around the prophetic time periods--the 1,290 days and 1,335 days of Daniel 12.

 

"Go your way, Daniel, because the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end. Many will be purified, made spotless and refined, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the wicked will understand [the prophecies of Daniel], but those who are wise will understand,” Daniel 12:9-10.  That is a great promise to students of prophecy in these uncertain times when there seems to be more questions than answers. 

 

We can and should apply the ancient prophecies to the events of our day, but we will never know every single detail in advance.  Why?  First, we cannot comprehend the mind of God (Romans 11:34); and second, we cannot know the full extent of the struggle in the unseen world--the conflicts between the forces of good and evil, between Christ and Satan (Ephesians 6:12). 

 

US Lead War on Iran Begins the Appointed Time of the End

 

When the US lead war with Iran begins and Middle East turmoil erupts, and when oil prices spite to unprecedented levels and US and world economies collapse, we can know the end-time trial is upon us. This will lead to Russia's nuclear attack on Europe and other major conflicts, causing unimaginable chaos and the loss of millions of lives, and setting the state for Antichrist's cryptic resurrection out of the ashes of destruction to a position of power.  The man of sin will arrive on the world scene with global displays of Satanic signs and wonders (2 Thessalonians 2:9); thereby, winning the adoration and worship of the masses.

 

The Appointed Times & Seasons Calendar of End-time Events

 

The Appointed Times & Seasons Calendar shows how the timelines of prophecy align between God's Festivals (Moedim).  Since the discovery that God's Festivals and the prophetic timelines of Daniel and Revelation align to the day, we can now for the first time set anticipated fulfillment periods, such as years 2009-2012.  Still, we proceed with caution and prayerful consideration.  Winston Churchill once humorously quipped, "I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place." 

 

In spite of past disappointments and the long delay, we must keep on proclaiming the great promise of our soon-coming King.  To do so is to stand in the company of great prophets and saints... John the Baptist, Peter, Paul, James and the Apostle John; they all believed and proclaimed with confidence the end of the age.  Jesus energized the disciples and early church to accomplish great goals in view of the shortness of time.  Each year since those early proclamations brings us that much closer to the Great Day of the LORD.

 

God is faithful to His promises.  There is little doubt we are living on the precipice of World War III and world tragedies.  The normal means of supplies (food, water, etc) will likely be interrupted for extended periods of time.  It is my view you should move out of the larger cities to a rural setting or smaller community as soon as possible, to secure homes and garden spots in preparation for perilous times.  World news and international tensions confirm that momentous events are upon us, likely within months, and God's Hebrew Calendar is soon to be fulfilled. Daniel's timelines will have their historic beginning, and prophetic events will become front page news.

 

Keep looking up, and keep trusting in the LORD!

 

Israel, Iran and the Middle East

 

The world sits on the verge of worldwide disasters, war and nuclear holocaust beyond our comprehension. Years of talk about war with Iran and Middle East conflict culminated in the Annapolis Conference in late November 2007, and words of peace with Iran in response to the NIE report in early December.  President Bush traveled to the Middle East twice this year to promote stability, but also to remind the regional powers about Iran's continued threat to world peace. The Biblical warning is clear: "While people are saying 'Peace and safety,' destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape," 1 Thessalonians 5:3. Request your free copy of the Appointed Times & Seasons Calendar today. And just as important, you will want to order the corresponding book Appointed Times & Seasons Calendar: Divine Dates of End-time Disaster & Deliverance, which explains the Hebrew Calendar with insightful details about current world events and how the end of human history could unfold.

 

God's Word portrays final events with remarkable precision and wonderful details.  These events are worth your attention; after all, upon

their completion we will enter the gates into the Kingdom of God, the great hope of our spiritual journey. We are nearing the time when final events and the last days could begin, starting with the world-changing clash between the West and Iran--the second of twin wars foretold in the Hebrew prophecies (Daniel 8:1-8). The first Gulf War conflict with Iraq started at Shushan Purim, March 19, 2003, and continues to this day and now surpasses its fifth anniversary. The second Gulf War with neighboring Iran is the key prophetic conflict that initiates final events.   The escalation of a Middle East firestorm could begin this year--2008, the 60th anniversary year of Israel's birth as a nation, and the three and one-half (3 1/2) year final events showdown beginning in the spring of 2009, and ending in late 2012.

 

The next Middle East war could be just one rocket away, says Michael B. Oren, a senior fellow at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem. On March 4, 2008, Secretary-General Van Ki-moon of the UNITED NATIONS said Hezbollah is rearming and has an arsenal that includes 10,000 long-range rockets and 20,000 short-range rockets in southern Lebanon.  Syria is 'intensely' arming itself with rockets and missiles to place all of Israel (including Jerusalem) within the firing zone, and Ynet News reports (March 11) that Hizbullah is now ready to fight Israel

 

In February, 2008, Israelis were told to prepare 'rocket rooms' for war all across Israel. It was reported in early April that Israel will be redistributing gas masks, just as they did before the Iraq War, amid renewed fears of war with Iran

 

One online source writes, "The Western Wall (see presentation) is a remnant of Herod's grand temple, and is the most holiest site for Jews. It attracts thousands of Jewish worshippers daily around the clock, who come to pray and lay out their problems and seek for heavenly guidance. They feel the presence of God's spirit, who according to their belief resides for thousands of years in the holy temple."  According to prophecy, daily "tamid" worship at the Western Wall and Temple Mount could be taken away--by bomb, by earthquake, or some unforeseen calamity. Daniel 12:11 says, "From the time that the daily ("sacrifice" was not in the original Hebrew text)... is abolished and the abomination that causes desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days."

 

The Appointed Times & Seasons Calendar shows the taking away of the daily early in 2009, a great "shoah" (calamity) indeed, could be the Jerusalem event that ushers in the 1,290 days of the appointed times and the saints' treacherous march towards the Kingdom of God.   The fragile Middle East will soon be turned upside down and the flames of war will blaze.  This escalation of Middle East conflict ... (continue)

 

 

The Russian Bear's Threat:  Europe in the Crosshairs

 

In Daniel 7, a governmental animal is described as a Bear with three ribs in its mouth. The Bear is told, "Get up and eat your fill of [human] flesh!"  A few verses later a monster creature is described as having ten horns, but "three of the first horns were uprooted."

 

For the last several years, Lesson 4 has taught that the Bear represents the Old Soviet Union, which re-emerges from its slumbering (political/military) hibernation to attack the Biblical creature with ten horns--Western Europe, destroying three European nations with its nuclear arsenal.  This prediction looks to be closer than ever.

 

Beginning in the summer of 2007, articles exposing Russia's (Magog) growing anger with the West, its military alliance with Iran (Persia) and Cush (Northern Nile & Africa regions: Libya; Sudan) as foretold in Ezekiel 38, and military maneuvering to increase the Bear's show of power in the Mediterranean/European theatre began to increase in frequency.  Some of these new articles are listed below: 

 

***Most Important Articles, Audios & Videos

Russian flights smack of Cold War: U.S. fighters ID bombers near Alaska, June 26, 2008

***Understanding the New Russian Threat, June 16, 2008

"The bear is once again set to rampage across the world."

Pentagon sees Russia strengthening nuclear arsenal, June 11, 2008

The Bear is Back, May 24, 2008

Russia's new president names Putin as PM, May 7, 2008

May 9 Parade of Russian Military Hardware on Moscow's Red Square, the First Since the Soviet Era, April 24, 2008

Russia Air Force to get new Tu-160 strategic bomber in April, April 24, 2008

Russia Mulls Stronger Strategic Deterrent, April 8, 2008

NATO Fighters Accompany Russian Bombers Near Alaska, March 26, 2008

Russian Bomber Approaches U.S. Aircraft During Training Off South Korea, March 7, 2008

RUSSIA THREATENS NUKE STRIKE, February 14, 2008

U.S. Assessing Russian Flyovers, Febrary 12, 2008

***Russia on the March: The Return of the Red Square Parades, February 11, 2008

Syria Acquiring Russian Rockets at 'Furious' Pace, February 6, 2008

***Russia Plans Buildup in the Mediterranean, February 5, 2008

Planes Join Russian Naval War Games, January 28, 2008

Russia Warns US, EU over Kosovo Independence, January 28, 2008

***Russia puts on Flashy Display of Military Might, January 23, 2008

Russian Bombers to Test-fire Missiles in Bay of Biscay, January 22, 2008

***"NATO Must Prepare to Launch Nuclear Attack", January 22, 2008

***Russian Army Chief: We'll use Nuclear Weapons if Threatened, January 20, 2008

 

More Russian Threat News Articles

 

 

Converging Lines of Evidence:

God's Festival Calendar & 6000 Years Timeline

vs.

Mayan Calendar & the St. Malachy Prophecy

 

There are two primary sources of information concerning end-of-the-world events: from God and from Satan. As end time events heat up, sources other than the Word of God will be turned to for answers to the overwhelming chaos in our world. I want to address these right up front. God's Word relays final events as the Hebrew prophets were moved by the Holy Spirit.  We can say that God's Word must be our only source of real truth; it is reliable and trustworthy, through and through.

 

Does the world end in the year 2012, as shown on the Appointed Times & Seasons Calendar?  If the Iran war begins in late 2008 or early 2009, and events of God's Calendar begin at Purim in March 2009, we can start to count the timelines of prophecy and know the year (not the day or hour) of the climax of human history.  After-all, this is the purpose of the time periods in Bible prophecy--that the last generation of saints may know the signs of the times and know where we are in relation to Christ's return. The saints will need to know God's final plan in order to counter the nearly overwhelming deceptions about to overtake our planet.

 

There are four converging lines of evidence that indicate we are sitting on the brink of the appointed time of the end.  First is the alignment of God's Festival Calendar to the timelines of Daniel & Revelation, as illustrated here on this website.  This "to the day" connection was made around 15 years ago, and the Appointed Times & Seasons Calendar represents the next alignment period, which starts in early 2009, and ends in the fall of 2012. 

 

Next, we are nearing the end of the 6,000 years of human history in its fallen condition. Dr. Franklin S. Fowler Jr has done a great job in making the case for God's 6,000 year fulfillment of time, followed by the seventh millennium.  He has determined that we are at the end of the 6,000 year period and the ushering of the 1,000 years...(continued)

 

 

George W. Bush:

President of Daniel's Prophecies?

 

"When it comes to choice between bombing Iran and taking some political heat, the President [George Bush] will do what he wants. Look, no decision has been made, no order has been given, I've never said it's going to happen. But I had breakfast this morning in Washington with somebody who's close to a lot of military people, and there's a sense among them that the President is essentially messianic about this. He sees this as his mission. It could be because God is telling him to do it...," Who Wants to Bomb Iran, October 4,2007.

 

Daniel had visions about the future when war with Persia (Iran) would escalate, and daily worship at Jerusalem's Temple Mount would be taken away.  Daniel 8:19b-21 says, "The vision concerns the appointed time of the end. The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media (Iraq) and Persia (Iran). The shaggy goat is the king of Greece (Hebrew "Javan," meaning Western powers), and the large horn between his eyes is the first king (President George W. Bush). The vision indicates that Iraq will be crushed (which has occurred), followed by the larger horn--Iran.  The forthcoming battle against Iran, which seems to be fomenting nearly every day, will initiate the final events and the appointed time of the end. Learn more (click here).

 

 

America's Homeland Security warns...

Get Ready!

 

Please, get your family survival ready.  At a minimum, you should follow the advice of Homeland Security to get a survival kit ready for any potential catastrophe--whether natural or manmade.  BE AWARE AND PREPARED, NOT SCARED! Fear is reduced by education, communication, and both physical and spiritual preparation---not by trying to hide from the real world and dangerous age we live in.

 

The Rapture Debate

 

Some believe Jesus could rapture the Church at any moment.  Others say He won’t do so until the middle of the tribulation.  Still others place the rapture at the very end of a seven year tribulation period.  Are any of them right, or could the Bible teach a different option altogether? (continue)

 

The Times and Seasons No Man Knows: What Does This Mean?

 

An Interview with Messianic Pastor Mark Blitz on the Feasts of the LORD

Source: Prophecy in the News

 

 

"It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts."

-- John Wooden, Legendary Basketball Coach 

 

Jerusalem Time

 

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Iran & the Coming War With the West

According to prophecy, the Iranian clash will usher in the last days, escalating into nuclear war, mass destruction and the rise of Antichrist.

 

ARTICLES ABOUT THE GROWING HOSTILITIES BETWEEN IRAN/RUSSIA

& US/ISRAEL/EUROPE

DISCLAIMER: The following articles are from various online new sources. The views expressed

often DO NOT represent those of this ministry.

 

July 3, 2008

Congress's 'Virtual Iran War Resolution'

July 1, 2008

Financial Forecast: Global Systemic Crisis With 70% Chance of Attack on Iran by October, 2008

July 1, 2008

FACTBOX-The Strait of Hormuz, Iran and the risk

July 1, 2008

DEBKA: August/September best time to attack Iran

June 30, 2008

Ex-agent says Israel must strike Iran soon

June 29, 2008

Preparing the Battlefield: The Bush Administration steps up its secret moves against Iran

June 29, 2008

Top US commander briefed on IDF’s four-front strategy in potential Iran war context

June 27, 2008

Update: Is a New Congressional Resolution Declaring War with Iran?

June 27, 2008

Ex Weapons Inspector Says Iran Not Pursuing Nukes, But U.S. Will Attack Before ‘09

June 26, 2008

Iran's 'Nightmare Scenarios' Are Mulled in Washington

June 24, 2008

Video/Article: Israel Prodding U.S. To Attack Iran

June 24, 2008

Israel 'will attack Iran' before new US president sworn in, John Bolton predicts

June 24, 2008

***The Coming Catastrophe?

June 23, 2008

***Mossad Chief Empowered to Prepare Groundwork for Iran Strike: Iran must be stopped by September or October, 2008

June 21, 2008

EMERGENCY FORUMS – "THE DANGER OF A U.S. ATTACK ON IRAN IS REAL AND GROWING

June 21, 2008

VIDEO: "Rehearsals" Against Iran

June 20, 2008

Attack on Iran would turn Mideast to "ball of fire"

June 20, 2008

'US intel: Hizbullah attack imminent'

coordinated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard

June 20, 2008

Russia's Lavrov warns against attack on Iran

June 20, 2008

U.S.: Israeli jets prepping for Iran

June 18, 2008

ElBaradei: If you attack Iran, I quit

June 17, 2008

Threats to strike Iran concern Israel

June 17, 2008

Is a New Congressional Resolution Declaring War with Iran?

June 16, 2008

Iran Has Technology for a Nuclear Warhead to Fit Shehab-3 Missile

June 15, 2008

Obama, McCain aides agree: Israel, U.S. must discuss strike on Iran

June 13, 2008

Idea of attacking Iran gains traction; Israel lays foundation for military strike if diplomacy fails

June 13, 2008

Bush may hit Iran if Obama wins presidency, US hawk says

June 12, 2008

Strike on Iran nuclear sites under discussion again

June 12, 2008

Editor's View: Run-up to War Deception

Analysis: Bush is reconciled to a nuclear-armed Iran

June 10, 2008

June 9, 2008

The Iran Trap

June 8, 2008

Oil, Israel, Iran, America and the High Cost of a Single War-Like Remark

June 8, 2008

Is the Saber-Rattling for Real or for Show?

June 6, 2008

Oil Surges to New Heights After Israeli Warning on Iran

June 6, 2008

Israel attack on Iran 'unavoidable'-Olmert deputy

June 5, 2008

Yes: Urgency on Iran

June 5, 2008

Rumors of War: Is Bush Gearing Up to Attack Iran?

June 4, 2008

Ahmadinejad says Israel will soon disappear

June 4, 2008

Fischer: US, Israel will attack Iran

June 4, 2008

Iran: Rice Gives Blunt Assessment Of Iran In Speech To U.S.-Israel Group

June 3, 2008

Exclusive: Limited US attack on Iranian Revolutionary Guards bases in sight

June 2, 2008

Alarmed nuclear watchdog board meets on Iranian nuclear bomb work

May 31, 2008

Iran Achieves a Four-Front Missile Command, Breakthrough on Nuclear Missile Warheads

May 30, 2008

Rafsanjani says new trap has been laid against Iran

May 28, 2008

Iranians Would Welcome Airstrikes, Sources Say

May 28, 2008

Bush 'plans Iran air strike by August'

May 28, 2008

UN: Iran hiding weapons studies

May 28, 2008

Iran Aiding, Arming Hezbollah and Hamas, Says Israel

May 25, 2008

The War Camp in Death throes is intent on striking Iran

May 25, 2008

Iran 'paid Iraq insurgents to kill UK soldiers'

May 24, 2008

Clawson & Eisenstadt preparing public for an attack on Iran?

May 24, 2008

Bombing Iran: The Clamor Persists

May 24, 2008

Report: U.S. Will Attack Iran

May 23, 3008

A Dangerous Passage

May 20, 2008

White House denies Iran attack report

May 16, 2008

Bush visit to Israel revives talk of a strike on Iran

May 16, 2008

Israel: US sees need for "tangible action" on Iran

May 15, 2008

Planned US Israeli Attack on Iran: Will there be a War against Iran?

May 13, 2008

Lieberman 'hopes' Iran is aware US airstrikes are 'distinct possibility'

***May 12, 2008

Disturbing Stirrings - Ratcheting Up For War on Iran

May 12, 2008

If the US attacks Iran and if the AKP is shut down...

May 9, 2008

War With Iran Might Be Closer Than You Think

May 8, 2008

Clerics rebuff Ahmadinejad for saying Imam Mehdi is guiding Iranian policies

May 8, 2008

Happy 60th Birthday Israel!

May 8, 2008

Iran president calls Israel a 'stinking corpse'

May 7, 2008

Report: US convenes on Iran war scenario

 

More Iranian News Archives (continued)

 

"Three more kings will appear in Persia [Iran], and then a fourth [Rafsanjani], who will be far richer than all the others. When he has gained power by his wealth, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of... [Hebrew: "Javan"--Western powers]," Daniel 11:2

 

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