May 22, 2009
The SIGNS of the End-Time
“Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near. So you also, when you see all these things, KNOW that it is near [real beginning of previous verses]—at the doors” (Matthew 24:32-34; Luke 21:29-32)
“Coming the Great Depression! — that will lead into the Prophesied famine”
Dear Brethren,
For the last three writings, I have used articles from other respected sources that should enable us to see how close we are to the demise of this country and Britain. It appears to me from the little feedback I receive that such writings, if read at all, are easily dismissed from any real thought about how this will affect all of us for various reasons.
There are many large red flags to be seen all around us in this nation! And they pose grave danger threatening each one of us unless we truly believe what we see and read about these major national problems by respected conservative writers; as they are understood in view of the end-time prophecies.
Distinctions
At such times it comes to be fairly easy to distinguish the difference between the Laodicean members, the members of the Synagogue of Satan, and the members of the Philadelphia Church era.
It is sad to realize there is no evidence of any real fire in any with the exception of those who are truly members of the Philadelphia Church Era; those are actively supporting this Work of Jesus Christ. And they are few indeed at this time.
And for those who do not believe this is the Church that Jesus Christ is using should go where they believe it is. This is what I would do if I were of that state of mind. I remember Mr. Armstrong saying the same thing many years ago in services one Sabbath.
It
seems hardly anyone seems to care enough to check the beliefs of
their corporate Church as to whether they square with the true
doctrinal teachings as found both in the Bible and in the o
riginal
unedited book, MYSTERY
OF THE AGES,
written by Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong during the last year of his life.
The very teacher Jesus Christ sent to all of us during the close of
this age.
They would rather trust in their false ministers who once taught the very same teachings but since his death have strayed away from those teachings.
Final Exams
M
r.
Armstrong wrote we are in the time of final
exams
and we are not seeing
this as we should in our own individual lives. It appears that too
many have their priorities on their personal agenda apart from being
stirred to any real action! One cannot help but wonder about the
quality of their prayer life and Bible study.
The Feast of Firstfruits
Soon we will be observing the Feast of Firstfruits-Pentecost-Feast of Weeks. This pictures a select group of people who have been called by God through Jesus Christ to be harvested upon His return to this earth.
S
cripture
reveals those of the Sardis and The Laodicean Church eras won’t
be counted worthy to escape the Great Tribulation. And only those who
remain faithful to Him during their horrible deaths at the hands of
the military of the Revived Holy Roman Empire will be among those who
will be resurrected in that first resurrection.
Does this strike any real fear in us that we might not make it? If not, we are in bad shape spiritually. It is a sad ongoing fact that many thousands of the membership takes it for granted that they have nothing to be concerned about. This is tragic!
The Seals of Revelation Six
We are now not only perilously close to an economic crash but also the beginning fulfillment of the third and fourth seals as found in Revelation the 6th chapter. This will make possible the fulfillment of the 2nd seal in regard to the nuclear warfare to come upon Ephraim and Manasseh.
Please know there are many others of repute who have also been writing articles and books making known the terrible condition of the country with no real hope for lasting solutions. They are very concerned
The greatest of depressions of all time in this country is being predicted along with a possible pandemic of Swine or Bird Flu.
Dorothea
Lange's
Migrant
Mother depicts
destitute
pea
pickers
in California,
centering on Florence
Owens Thompson, age 32, a
mother of seven children, in Nipomo,
California, March 1936.This
can lead quickly into a real shortage of food supplies
and real hunger. Famine
could very well be at the door.
There
are those on FOX news and elsewhere who speak and write about the
possible threats of a revolution taking place in this country because
of the increase in taxes and the spending out of control in all
phases of government from the top all the way down to the lower
levels.
Out of fear from big government, some states are beginning to pass laws to try and retain their own sovereignty.
Realizing we are going to be affected by these grave problems when they reach their fulfillment, the question comes to mind: why aren’t we as concerned as are these writers?
Our eternal future is at stake! Does this not concern us?
A Curse from God on Israel
G
od
has a curse on the house of Joseph because of our
rejection of Him and His holy righteous laws. As the result our sins
have reached the cup of completeness (Genesis 15:16; Matthew 23:32).
The end is virtually in sight!
Jesus Christ made known the signs to be watching for and writings such as those of the last three weeks should enable people on the outside and those within the Church to see from their perspectives—the signs are pointing to the closeness of the end-time!
It has been said there are none so blind as those who refuse to see even when the facts are presented to them. This idiom clearly makes known why so many in the world and the Church are turning their heads away refusing to see where we are in time; and what they will be soon facing. Unless they come to be awake in time, the result will be horrible and terrifying deaths during the Great Tribulation!
Hopefully and prayerfully the true people in God’s Church are not refusing to see these terrible problems! They should know from their study of their Bibles this country is soon to reap what it has sown!
Otherwise, we will also enter into the Great Tribulation and suffer the same horrors of everyone not within the Philadelphia Era of God’s Church. We MUST remain vigilant and try hard to be close to our God if we hope to escape God’s coming judgment on this nation.
P
resently
in this country we are fully
in the Spring
Time of the year in this country and summer is very close now.
Looking at the newly leafed trees should enable us to think about
what Jesus said in reference to the close of this age and the
judgment of God on the house of Joseph.
Hopefully we are not of those who either are refusing to see the signs or sleeping their way through them. Our very lives and potential could hang in the balance.
Do we not care that much about our promised future with Christ as His bride?
Your brother and servant in Christ Jesus our Lord,
Don Billingsley
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