The Cold War is over! Or is it? Russia is behind the construction of Nuclear Reactors in Iran. Iran is the second largest producer of oil in the world, yet claims only peaceful use of nuclear power, while the president of Iran states that Israel should be wiped off the face of the earth! I'm sure that Israel has Nuclear Weapons, as does Pakistan. China, another Nuclear Power, depends heavily on Iran for it's oil! Iran has threatened to drastically cut it's production and world supply of oil if it's nuclear ambitions are threatened! As awkward as it seems, we are asking China and Russia, the two who seem to have the greatest interest in promoting Iran's Interests, to intervene and persuade Iran to abandon their Nuclear ambitions! World events today, should provoke a deeper spiritual pondering. One should wonder why the Holy Land is the focal point of terrorism, religious bigotry, military posturing and threatening rhetoric! Why are terrorists and insurgents so determined to hold on to Iraq, the land of their common Father Abraham and the land of the Garden of Eden! Why does the war on terrorism and the terrorist's hatred toward others seem to have much to do with our defense of Israel, God's first chosen people?
Gn:12:3: I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee, and in thee shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. (DRV)
If God's first chosen people are, in fact, wiped off the face of the earth, one can be sure that certain men will not yet be satisfied until God's second chosen people, all Christians, are also annihilated, moving on to all other men of good will, until only those doing the will of their father, the devil, are left. Will man turn?
Not with water shall all flesh be destroyed!
Gn:9:11: I will establish my covenant with you, and all flesh shall be no more destroyed with the waters of a flood, neither shall there be from henceforth a flood to waste the earth. (DRV)
Yet we should not presume that man can once more embrace evil and continue very long in it! Subsequent Scripture warns of this:
Mt:24: 12 And because iniquity hath abounded, the charity of many shall grow cold.
Rv:9: 20 And the rest of the men, who were not slain by these plagues, did not do penance from the works of their hands, that they should not adore devils and idols of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood, which neither can see nor hear nor walk: 21 Neither did they penance from their murders nor from their sorceries nor from their fornication nor from their thefts. (DRV)
Jesus affirms there will be "last days" of great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, neither shall be. What could possibly be worse than the great flood that destroyed all flesh, save seven and those animals in the ark? What could be worse than the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, or Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Will man turn?
Mt:24: 21 For there shall be then great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, neither shall be. 22 And unless those days had been shortened, no flesh should be saved: but for the sake of the elect those days shall be shortened. (DRV)
Saint Paul calls men to turn to God. Will man turn and do works worthy of penance?
Acts:26:20: But to them first that are at Damascus and at Jerusalem, and unto all the country of Judea, and to the Gentiles did I preach, that they should do penance and turn to God, doing works worthy of penance. (DRV)
In the days of Noe, man would not turn from evil.
Gn:6:
11 And the earth was corrupted before God, and was filled with iniquity. 12 And when God had seen that the earth was corrupted (for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth), 13 He said to Noe: The end of all flesh is come before me, the earth is filled with iniquity through them, and I will destroy them with the earth. 17 Behold, I will bring the waters of a great flood upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life under heaven. All things that are in the earth shall be consumed. (DRV)
Not with water shall all flesh be destroyed!
The Gospels reveal what will take place in the last days. Will man turn from evil and toward God? In the wake of the recent distress upon the earth, the global disasters such as the tsunami on December 26th 2004, caused by a massive earthquake in divers places that actually shook the planet on it's axis, speeding up the rotation slightly, killing over 300,000 in Asia; in the wake of the most devastating hurricane season ever, we are worried about the high price of gas for our cars! We are seeing the increase of hurricanes extending well beyond their season. We have seen damage of biblical proportions in the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, wiping out virtually the entire Gulf Coast , killing hundreds and displacing millions, all by reason of the confusion of the roaring of the sea and of the waves. We have seen the recent earthquake in Pakistan, killing nearly 100,000; and the increase of earthquakes in Japan. We are seeing the eruption of volcanos at an alarming rate. We are seeing numerous deadly tornadoes, warnings and watches even in the middle of winter throughout the United States, including New York! In the winter! In New York! (Or am I repeating myself?) We are seeing Polar Bears drowning because the ice they hunt on in the middle of the Sea began to melt rapidly! We are seeing major fires and then ice separated by just a couple hundred miles in the U.S.! We are seeing spring in the north and winter in the south! We are seeing 13 feet of snow in Japan in just 36 hours! We are seeing signs in the sun; huge disturbances of Solar Flares, gravitational pulses and Electromagnetic Pulse Waves shooting out toward earth! We are hearing of Bird Flu pandemics, pestilences, AIDS and famines throughout the world! We hear the rumblings of Nation rising up against Nation as we prosecute the Global War on Terrorism! All The Beginning of Sorrows! Will man turn? We have seen numerous school shootings, abductions, rapes, murders, mothers killing their own children, husbands killing wives, wives killing husbands, children killing parents and siblings, sexual battery and abuse of children, scandals, corrupt judges, attorneys and politicians, suicide and legalized doctor assisted suicide, the end of prayer in school, an attack on the Ten Commandments and the Pledge of Allegiance, pornography, gang wars, drugs, etc. How can we deny the existence of evil? We have been deceived! Look at our society! Good is Bad and Bad is Good! Will man turn?
Mt:24:29: And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be darkened and the moon shall not give her light and the stars shall fall from heaven and the powers of heaven shall be moved. (DRV)
Mk:13:25: And the stars of heaven shall be falling down and the powers that are in heaven shall be moved. (DRV)
Lk:21:25: And there shall be signs in the sun and in the moon and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, by reason of the confusion of the roaring of the sea, and of the waves: (DRV)
Lk:21:11: And there shall be great earthquakes in divers places and pestilences and famines and terrors from heaven: and there shall be great signs. (DRV)
Mk:13:8: For nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places and famines. These things are the beginning of sorrows. (DRV)
Heavens visions to John reveal what will take place in the last days. We are in a spiritual battle with the dragon and his army! We must look behind the scenes of 9-11, Osama Bin Laden, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Russia and China! We will see that it is the Devil's Vengeance toward God that is really behind all of this division, anger, hatred, fear and suspicion! Satan's biggest fear is that man suddenly recognizes his work, and that the Christian, the Jew, the Muslim, and all of mankind, will become aware of the fact that we are all brothers and sisters, children of the same one, true God, Whose enemy, Satan, it is who provokes His children to kill one another! How would man react if faced with a Common Enemy? Would we all not becomes Allies? Would we all not join in battle against this Common Enemy? Yet, we have been under attack from this Common Enemy for thousands of years, but we refuse to see beyond the physical realm! We do not walk enough in the spirit, but spend way too much time in the flesh! We are easily deceived by this non-corporeal enemy and his army, who works quietly behind the scenes, keeping a low profile as undetected stage hands, setting the stage for murder, hatred, suspicion and fear of our own brothers and sisters! Our thoughts are easily influenced by them as they communicate their vain, subtle but poisonous suggestions to our minds and lower passions! We are divided from one another, of mind and heart! Division! This is the sign of his presence; the one who causes division, even from the beginning! Christians are divided against Christians, Jews against Jews, Muslims against Muslims, Muslims against Jews and Christians, brothers against brothers, husbands against wives, wives against husbands, children against parents and neighbor against neighbor! How are we to defeat our Common Enemy if we are divided? How are we to be united if we do not turn from evil, toward good, toward charity and love for one another, our brothers and sisters? How are we to defeat Satan and his army if we don't recognize his works of lies and division? Man's biggest defect is that he does not recognize evil when he sees it! We have eyes but don't see, ears but don't hear, hearts but refuse to love! Blind, deaf and indifferent to all sorts of evil; murders, rapes, immorality and Godlessness! Will man turn to God and do works worthy of penance? God has been merciful to us in the midst of the evil we do and the good we fail to do. We must turn! The purpose of Prophecy is to stir a response from man! One is correct to ask, as in the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, are these visions of what must come to pass or of what may come, if mankind does not turn from sin and do good deeds worthy of penance? We seem to be on the brink of a terrible war! Will man turn? Wars Are Punishment For Sin! What sin do I speak of? Abortion, Birth Control, Divorce, Pornography & Sexual Immorality, Murder, Anger, Hatred, Greed, Envy, Lust, Sloth, Pride, Gluttony, Lies, Idolatry, Avarice and Godlessness. Will man turn?
What good do I speak of? Faith, Hope, Love and Humility!Will man turn?
Wars have always come as punishment for sin. Both will be great in the last days; great sin - great wars! Will man turn?
Rv:6: 3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying: Come and see. 4 And there went out another horse that was red. And to him that sat thereon, it was given that he should take peace from the earth: and that they should kill one another. And a great sword was given to him.
Iran has it's motive for the destruction of Israel, and may soon have the means and opportunity! It would take a great stroke of luck for this to come to pass before there would be a "preemptive strike" by Israel, the U.S. or both! This could possibly have the undesired consequence of a military response from Russia, China and other Arab Nations, together with oil embargos from OPEC! From here, one can easily expect a rapid escalation up to and including a Global Thermal Nuclear War! Not since the Cuban Missile Crisis, has the world been so close to fulfilling these prophecies. If one understands the nature of these weapons of mass destruction, one agrees that they harness the power of the sun and stars because they are of like nature; of hydrogen, fission and fusion! Will man turn?
Rv:6: 12 And I saw, when he had opened the sixth seal: and behold there was a great earthquake. And the sun became black as sackcloth of hair: and the whole moon became as blood. 13 And the stars from heaven fell upon the earth, as the fig tree casteth its green figs when it is shaken by a great wind. 14 And the heaven departed as a book folded up. And every mountain, and the islands, were moved out of their places. (DRV)
Rv:12:4: And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to be delivered: that, when she should be delivered, he might devour her son. (DRV)