Knowing
this
first, that there shall come in the last
days scoffers, walking after
their own
lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the
fathers
fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the
creation. II
Peter 3:3-4
We are indeed in the last days. Most people now seem to be
motivated
by their own lusts instead of any desire to know God by knowing His
Word.
They would much rather engage in drugs including alcohol and tobacco,
gambling,
pornography, sex outside of marriage, and every other vice
imaginable.
They are not content in just walking in their own lusts but want to
drag
everyone else around them down with them, even making fun of those that
are watching
for His coming.
Sadly, many scoffers also profess to be Christians. Will God
take
them kicking and screaming in a Rapture they are not only not watching
for, but
one they are making fun of those who do? Of course not. God
does
not force anyone into
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Matthew
24:42
But the scoffers are loud, numerous, and repetitive saying, "Where
is
the promise of his coming?" They sincerely believe one of
the
following:
1. He is not coming back so it is foolhardy to watch for him.
2. He is coming back, but no one will be able to watch the signs
promised
by God and with the help of the Holy Spirit figure out when He is most
likely
to return, so it is foolhardy to watch for him.
Sadly, the scoffers are like germs. They are everywhere.
However,
they don't do much damage as long as they stay outside the body of
Christ. However, once they get inside the body they can spread
throughout
the body, weakening and distracting the whole body of Christ.
Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the
end for
the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus
Christ;
I Peter 1:13
What about scoffers that would want to label all of us that watch as
prophets,
or in their mind, false prophets, when we watch a date that
passes? But
many of us are no more prophets, nor claim to be, than the local
weatherman
looking at the signs and coming up with a forecast. We are like
watchmen
in a tower who call out to those inside the fortress. We watch the
signs
instead of making claims to direct revelations from God. In fact
those
that do claim direct revelations from God of when He is returning for
His bride
should be suspect for two reasons. The first, even though scripture
records:
Surely
the
Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants
the
prophets. Amos 3:7
It
also records
over and over God's command for all of us to watch for His
return. Why
watch if God is going to directly reveal the time?
The
second reason is direct revelation has no signs to watch. With signs,
the
evidence can be made available for others to see. Then, based on the
evidence,
they have the chance to reach the same conclusions. This is just like a
scientist that can make available his evidence and conclusions for
predicting a
future solar eclipse, equinox, or return of a comet.
Does
this mean
that God is then absent from being involved in the process?
Heaven forbid,
any more than He was absent from being involved in Sir Isaac Newton's
or Albert
Einstein's discoveries, to which they both credited their Creator.
And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away
captive
into all nations: and
Those that are watching have seen at least a partial fulfillment of the
times
of the Gentiles as of Jerusalem Unification Day, June 7, 1967,
(Iyar 28,
5727). What follows directly in scripture is:
And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the
stars; and
upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the
waves
roaring; Luke 21:25
There was a sign involving the sun,
and the
moon, and the stars, (planets were called "stars" in days past as they
shine in the night sky. In fact they are
among the
brightest of the "stars" as they are the closest heavenly bodies.
Sometimes they
are referred to as wandering stars as they "wander" because of their
proximity to the earth, against the
backdrop of the other stars that make up the constellations.)
On
May 5, 2000
the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn will be
more or
less positioned in a line with the Sun. Additionally, the Moon will be
almost
lined up between the Earth and Sun.*
Note 5 planets as seen from Earth, on 5/5/00, hence 555. All 5
visible planets were
then
situated in the constellation Taurus. From the God given "gospel in the
stars" (see Joseph Seiss's book and others), Taurus stands for the Lord
coming in great Power as in the Rapture/Ascension. The next
constellation
is Gemini which is of "two human figures closely united, and seated in
endeared affection" as in the uniting of the Bridegroom and the Bride,
the
Body of Christ directly following the Rapture/Ascension.
The attempts of satan to blot out all that is Holy and replace it with
the
corrupt can well be seen in that many Christians have abandoned
watching the
signs in the skies. This is despite the Gospels stating they will be
signs
attesting to His second coming just as they attested to His first
coming as
observed by the Maji. The attempt of satan was made to blot out
all male
babies before the birth of the redeemer of