The Divine Designer

The Divine Designer June 25, 2007
"Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?" (Isaiah 40:12).
The answer to this rhetorical question can only be God, the divine Designer of all the intricate interrelationships of His great creation. Four of the disciplines of natural science are implied here, and in each case a key principle of that science is anticipated.
The emphasis is on the precision of the divinely allocated quantities of each component. First, there is the precise balance of the waters of the earth between the oceans, rivers, groundwater, and atmospheric waters. Hydrology is the science of earth's waters, and life on earth is dependent on the fine tuning of the components of the hydrologic cycle. "He looketh to the ends of the earth. . . To make the weight for the winds; and He weigheth the waters by measure" (Job 28:24-25).
The atmospheric heaven also has been carefully dimensioned in size and composition to make life possible, as formulated in the science of meteorology.
The "dust of the earth" is nothing less than the basic chemical elements out of which all things are made. The accuracy with which elements combine with each other is based on their valences, and all of this is involved in the study of chemistry. The principle of isostasy ("equal weights") is the fundamental principle of the science of geophysics, involving the weights of mountains and hills, continents, and ocean basins.
God does not deal in chance and caprice, even with inanimate physical systems such as mountains and waters. Not even a sparrow can "fall on the ground without your Father" (Matthew 10:29). HMM

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SIGNS OF THE TIMES

Signs of the Times ... Times of the Signs - Jack Kelley -www.gracethrufaith.comThe Pharisees and Saducees came to Jesus and tested Him by askingHim to show them a sign from heaven. He replied, "When evening comesyou say 'It will be fair weather for the sky is red,' and in themorning, 'Today it will be stormy for the sky is red and overcast.'You know how to interpret the signs of the sky but cannot interpretthe signs of the times." (Matt 16:1-3).Events are moving at such a rapid pace just now that it seemsappropriate to stop again and bring you a summary of the week from aprophetic viewpoint. We should closely watch these "signs of thetimes", because it's becoming more and more obvious that we areliving in the "times of the signs".Run-up To WarGet ready, be prepared, you and all the hordes gathered about you,and take command of them. After many days you will be called toarms. In future years you will invade a land that has recovered fromwar, whose people have been gathered from many nations to themountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. (Ezekiel38:7-38a) Every person alive on the planet (everyone who doesn'thold a high executive or diplomatic office in Israel or one of theWestern Countries, that is) knew exactly what would happen from theday the Israeli government first announced its intention to withdrawfrom Gaza. And it has.Thursday, June 14, 2007, world news and intelligence sourcesreported that Hamas has gained control of Gaza and all of its bordercrossings with Israel and Egypt. Palestinian Authority (PA)President Abbas has dissolved the government and declared a state ofemergency.The west's "voice of moderation" among the Palestinians has beendealt a serious blow. Don't get me wrong, the PA is every bit ascommitted to Israel's demise as Hamas, and its Fatah terrorists areevery bit as deadly. But they've convinced western diplomats thatthey're more open to dialog than Hamas in an effort to keep themoney coming in.And come in it will. In an attempt to put the best face on things,the US has indicated it will now lift the boycott on aid to the PAas a reward for forming a new government without Hamas. And Israelis rejoicing that it has a "peace partner" once again. Nonetheless,Israel now also has a strong neighbor on its southern borderpublicly committed to its total annihilation by any means possible.Additionally this neighbor has the unqualified support of Iran, anation with the expressed intention of wiping Israel off the map.By now it should be clear to everybody that Iran will not stop untilit has Israel completely surrounded. Some on site observers believethat Hamas will be ordered into the West Bank next, where they'llcontinue their fight until they've gained total control of all ofthe Palestinian Territory.At the same time Iran, with help from Syria, will obtain similarcontrol on Israel's Northern border by marginalizing the Lebanesegovernment and treating Hizballah as Lebanon's de-facto military.The next step in this process is to have Hizballah confront the UNforces who've been stationed there to keep them away from Israel'sborders. They're betting that the UN will back down, again. Thatwill give a revived and strengthened Hizballah free reign insouthern Lebanon where 20,000 Russian and Iranian rockets, missilesand tank killing RPG's are stockpiled, many more than before the warlast summer.It's Deja Vu All Over AgainSome days it looks like the run up to WW2 all over again with Iranin the role Germany played then. Just like Germany did, Iran makesits intentions clear, backs them up with action, and the worldstands by debating over what the Iranians really mean. Iran hasthumbed its nose at the US, the UN, the EU, Israel, the IAEA, andjust about every other group you can name, and so far they've allbacked down.And now after a lengthy delay Russian Pres. Putin has decided todeliver nuclear fuel rods to Iran to power up the Bushier reactor.He decided to release them after promising he wouldn't in order topunish the US for announcing plans to build a missile defense systemin Eastern Europe. (This week Pres. Putin made a public display ofoffering the use of an operational Russian radar station inAzerbaijan as an alternative. The problem is, while it could detectany launch by Iran, it couldn't detect one by Russia. Get it?)And the special incentive Iran had to pay to finally get the fuelrods they contracted for? $765 million more in Russian arms had tobe bought and delivered to Syria, for use in the coming war. As youread this, the fuel rods are sitting in a ship off the coast of Iranwaiting for the final payment. So Pres. Putin does only somethinghe's contractually obligated to do, but does it in such a way as toembarrass the US and collect a $765 million bonus check from Iran.That's a good day's work. Several international news sources haveverified and reported all this but it has yet to hit the mainstreamUS media.It's A Done DealIt's not surprising then to find most official voices in the MiddleEast talking about war in the Summer of 2007 as a fore goneconclusion. In their minds the only remaining question is how to getit started in such a way that Israel gets the blame.Now this coming war is not the battle that Ezekiel prophesied 2500years ago, but I believe it will put the finishing touches onsetting the stage for it. Following this war, a time of peace willbe forged, but like each one that came before, it will be built onlies and false promises that will serve only to lull Israel into afalse sense of security, making Ezekiel's Battle possible.And then when the time is right, a Moslem coalition led by Iran andarmed by Russia, and including countries from Central Asia, NorthAfrica and Eastern Europe, will storm into Israel from the northover the Golan Heights (Exe 38:5,6,8). God will use this event toreveal Himself to the world as Israel's protector by decimating theattackers (Eze 39:2-4). In the process it appears that theunthinkable will happen. Nuclear weaponry will be used not only onthe battlefield but also against Russia and at least Europe, andperhaps the US (Eze 39:6, 9-10). And when the dust settles, theworld will also be astonished to find that millions of believers,from just about every nation on Earth, have inexplicably gonemissing without a trace.The Man With A PlanIn the aftermath of these twin disasters a charismatic leader willemerge with a 7 year plan to bring peace to the Middle East andindeed to all the world (Dan 9:27). The provisions of this plan willinclude a Temple for Israel, which the Jewish people will havedemanded after realizing that it was the Lord Who defeated theirenemies. They will renew their (old) covenant relationship with Himand Jews from all over the world will return to Israel (Eze39:28-29). Thinking this leader to be their Messiah, unbelieverswill accept him as the object of their worship, and those who rejecthim will be ostracized from society and even hunted as fugitives(Rev 13:15-18). In the middle of this 7 year period, he will standin the new Jewish Temple and publicly proclaim that he is God (Dan9:27 & 2 Thes 2:4).At this point, 3 1/2 years of the most devastating war ever seenwill commence, threatening to annihilate mankind completely (Matt24:15-22). But before that can happen the Lord will return with HisChurch, (Matt 24:29-31) rid the earth of all unbelievers (Matt 25:31-46), bind Satan (Rev 20:1-3) and begin His 1000 year reign (Rev20:6). It's probably not time to note all this in your day timerjust yet, but it is time to recall the Words of the Lord, "Thereforekeep watch because you do not know the day or hour" (Matt 25:13).These are the times of the signs. You can almost hear the footstepsof the Messiah.

CHRIST THE CREATIONIST

Christ the Creationist June 4, 2007
"For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be" (Mark 13:19).
In predicting a future judgment on the unbelieving world, the Lord Jesus referred to "the beginning of the creation which God created," thus affirming the Biblical doctrine of supernatural, sudden creation. In the pagan world of His day, evolutionism was dominant almost everywhere. The Epicureans, for example, were atheistic evolutionists. The Stoics, Gnostics, Platonists, and others, were pantheistic evolutionists. None of the extra-Biblical philosophers of His day believed in a God who had created all things, including even the universe itself.
But Christ was a creationist, and the much maligned "scientific creationists" of today are following His example and teaching. He even believed in recent creation, for He said (speaking of Adam and Eve) that "from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female" (Mark 10:6). The pagans all believed in an eternal cosmos, but Jesus said it had a beginning, and that man and woman were a part of that beginning creation, following which, "The sabbath was made for man" (Mark 2:27).
He also believed that the "two accounts" of creation (Genesis 1 and 2) were complimentary, not contradictory, for He quoted from both in the same context. "Have ye not read," He said, "that He which made them at the beginning made them male and female Genesis 1, And said For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Genesis 2" (Matthew 19:4-6).

Did God Create Life? Ask a Protein!
In 1953 Stanley Miller performed an experiment which rocked the world! He showed that passing a spark through a chosen mixture of gasses will form amino acids, the building blocks of proteins which are the main ingredients of living cells. Given an inch, a mile was taken. We were taught that lightning strikes provided the sparks that formed the amino acids which concentrated in an "organic soup," and linked together to form proteins. These were claimed to have gotten together with DNA to form the first living cell.
But amino acids will not link together to form proteins! It was a bit like claiming that if bricks formed in nature they would get together to build houses. Proteins are so hard to make that in all of nature, they never form except in already living cells. Never! This scientific fact stands in stark contrast to what was taught.
Which viewpoint is best supported by the evidence? Did life begin without a Creator or did God create it? Evidence that life never comes from non-living materials is so abundant that it is a basic principle of science called the Principle of Biogenesis (living things come only from living things). Atheists and many agnostics have faith that contrary to this basic principle of science, life did evolve spontaneously from chemicals at least once. They now call their theory "abiogenesis" which comes from roots that mean "not Biogenesis." They no longer use the term "spontaneous generation."
Is abiogenesis possible? Not only are proteins never formed in nature outside of living cells, the amino acids from which they are built are of two kinds: Half are called left-handed and half right-handed. Only proteins containing all left handed amino acids will work in living things because proteins which contain any right-handed amino acids have the wrong shape and will not connect properly to the proteins around them. It is a bit like when you take a piece out of a puzzle, turn it upside down and try to put it back in where you took it out. It is the same size and shape, but it won't fit. In nature, all left handed amino acids are only formed by living cells. Amino acids formed in experiments like Miller's, are half left, and half right-handed so they will not work in the proteins of living things. This is more scientific evidence that life could not form without a Creator. Add it to the fact that in nature, no proteins at all will form outside of cells.
Cells can make proteins because:
.Think of DNA as the cell's library, and RNA as a book that can be checked out of the library. A kind of RNA checks out information from the DNA to line up left handed amino acids in the exact order required for each individual protein.
.Next the correctly ordered left-handed amino acids are linked together by a "molecular machine." This machine is made up of another kind of RNA working together with several specialized proteins. The machine links the properly ordered left-handed amino acids one to another to make proteins.
The molecular machines that make proteins are a good example of the cell's many complex machines. Because no machine exists that did not have an intelligent inventor, each of the cell's machines is another evidence for an intelligent Creator.
After having taught for 40 or 50 years that amino acids first concentrated, then linked together to form proteins, atheists are abandoning this claim. Why?
.Amino acids do not concentrate in the ocean; they disperse and break down.
.Amino acids will not link together in nature to form proteins; not even when scientists help them by buying all left-handed amino acids from a chemical supply house to make the perfect "organic soup."
.If proteins could form, they could not get together with DNA because DNA does not form outside of living cells either. Scientists can't even make DNA in the laboratory.
The argument that was used to convince two generations that life had come about without a Creator was false in each of these steps. The overwhelming evidence, however, is only one of the reasons that this argument is being abandoned. It is also because atheists now favor another theory: that RNA rather than proteins formed life. Notice the reasons this more recent schoolbook offers:
"Scientists have not been able to cause amino acids dissolved in water to join together to form proteins. The energy-requiring chemical reactions that join amino acids are reversible and do not occur spontaneously in water. However, most scientists no longer argue that the first proteins assembled spontaneously. Instead, they now propose that the initial macromolecules were composed of RNA, and that RNA later catalyzed the formation of proteins."{George B. Johnson, Peter H. Raven, Biology, Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinhehart and Winston, 1996 p. 235}.
I rejoice that this schoolbook tells the truth about proteins. Amino acids do not link together in "organic soup" to form proteins. Theteaching which convinced so many people that God did not create life was false. The quote implies, however, that RNA might form that way. It does not. RNA and DNA, are made of nucleotides, a bit like proteins are made of amino acids. Fry states:
". water greatly interferes with the linking of amino acids and nucleotides into chains, a crucial step in the origin of life."{Iris Fry, The Emergence of Life on Earth, 2000, p.245}.
In fact, even when the nucleotides are dry RNA never forms except in already living cells:
". no one has yet succeeded in creating RNA."{Peter D. Ward, Donald Brownlee, Rare Earth, Why complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe, 2000, p. 65, see also 62-6}. Many atheists today are leaving a false argument about proteins to accept an even more false argument about RNA. The fact that RNA is vital to the life of every cell, and cannot be made except by already living cells is powerful evidence against life forming without a Creator.
To greatly multiply the impossibility that RNA formed by itself, the sugars in RNA must all be right-handed instead of the normal half and half. Hiding these facts, some schoolbooks now make the formation of RNA sound as easy as they made protein formation sound to previous generations of students. Here is an example:
"First, RNA nucleotides formed from simple gas molecules in much the same way as in experiments similar to those done by Miller and Urey. Nucleotides then assembled spontaneously into small chains.. These small chains were able to make copies of themselves. Once replicating molecules like these appear, natural selection and evolution are possible."{Holt, Annotated Teacher's Edition, Biology, Visualizing Life, 1994, p. 201}.
This quote and others like it are science fiction. Scientists have of course repeated the experiment of Stanley Miller and his teacher Urey many times in many variations. Neither RNA nor nucleotides, their building blocks, will form, nor could nucleotides have sorted for all right-handed sugars. This is real evidence that has been put to the test.
Another schoolbook which leads students to believe thatRNA was the source of life is less dogmatic: "Perhaps RNA was the first self-replicating information-storage molecule. After it had formed, it could also have catalyzed the assembly of the first proteins.."{George B. Johnson, Peter H. Raven, Biology, Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1996 p. 230}. Before you get too enthused over the marvelous powers of "perhaps RNA," remember that years of research have not been able to get RNA to form, nor does RNA self-replicate, or catalyze the assembly of proteins.
I have not yet found a science textbook for school kids which admits that RNA is never generated spontaneously, but here is a quote from a philosopher of science which states that not even thenucleotides from which RNA is made will form that way:
"Though a few organic substances-for instance, certain simple amino acids-can form relatively easily under prebiotic conditions, other biochemical building blocks, such as nucleotides and lipids, require for their synthesis a 'real factory.' . The synthesis of these substances involves a series of reactions, each reaction following the previous one in utmost accuracy." {Iris Fry, The Emergence of Life on Earth, 2000, p. 126, 176-177}. "Prebiotic" means before there were living cells, and the "real factory" needed to make nucleotides is any living cell.
Other atheistic scientists also tell it like it is: "Some of the steps leading to the synthesis of DNA and RNA can be duplicated in the laboratory, others cannot."{Peter D. Ward, Donald Brownlee, Rare Earth, Why complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe, 2000, p. 63}. The fact that RNA does not form in nature and scientists cannot even make it from scratch in the laboratory is scientific evidence.
I hope textbook writers who withhold this evidence and imply that RNA forms spontaneously are not doing it to turn students to atheism. Whatever their motivation, teaching kids that life started without a Creator does produce atheists. Doubts grow and faith in God diminishes. Many adopt moral standards based on atheism. If you personally turned to atheism because of statements about proteins forming spontaneously, what are you going to do now that even the atheists admit these statements were not true? Will you be faithful to the religion of atheism that deceived you about proteins, and blindly switch your faith to the false argument that RNA formed spontaneously? Want more evidence? I adapted this booklet from my book How Life Began (Chick Publications, 2002, 160 pages) which backs up everything here with much more evidence, in greater depth, and with more references to atheistic sources.
Whatever you believe about where proteins came from, they are the principle ingredients of living cells and deserve your serious consideration. But I warn you, they provide powerful scientific evidence that living things had an intelligent Creator! Read on if you dare:
Proteins must fold perfectly
When a cell has made a new protein, while it is still moving into place, it folds into the exact shape which will allow it to connect with the proteins next to it. Some scientists use the illustration of a hand in a glove to describe how a protein must fit. Others liken it to the way a key fits in a lock. IBM is building the world's most powerful super computer named Blue Gene, hoping to figure out how proteins fold correctly. The Oregonian describes the new super computer: "The machine, dubbed Blue Gene, will be turned loose on a single problem. The computer will try to model the way a human protein folds into a particular shape that gives it its unique biological properties." {Justin Gillis, The Sunday Oregonian, June 4, 2000, A5}
IBM writes:
"To make proteins, agents known as ribosomes connect amino acids into long strings. These strings loop and fold around each other in a variety of ways. However, only one of these many ways will allow the protein to function properly." {November 2001, IBM Research News October 1, 2001}
". proteins fold into a highly complex, three-dimensional shape that determines their function. Any change in shape dramatically alters the function of a protein, and even the slightest change in the folding process can turn a desirable protein into a disease." {http://www.research.ibm.com/bluegene/press_release.html}
Because of the tremendous amount of computing power the new computer will unleash, running day and night it will only take: "about one year to simulate the complete folding of a typical protein." {Robert F. Service, Science, 12/17/99, p. 2250}. Living cells, however, fold such proteins in less than a second. This evidence shows that the One who invented the way proteins fold in cells is much more intelligent than the new super computer.
After scientists had uncovered this layer of brilliant design and turned the spotlight on it, they found - another layer of brilliant design! Specialized proteins called chaperones or chaperonins, help newly made proteins fold correctly while they accompany them to the places in the cell where they must fit perfectly to work with the surrounding proteins. The chaperones then help fit them precisely with the proteins around them to which they must attach. Evelyn Strauss, Science News, 09/06/97, p. 155} How do the chaperones themselves fold correctly? They too have chaperones!
Intelligent scientists have learned how to link amino acids together in the laboratory to form some of the smaller proteins, but unless their amino acids are all left handed and they fold properly, as far as biological activity is concerned, they are no better than miniature spaghetti.
Addressing proteins
Even though there are huge numbers of wrong places for proteins to go, there is only one correct place in which each newly made protein will fit and function. Proteins are not made where they will be used, and are worthless except in the one spot they fold to fit. How do proteins find their way? ". newly minted proteins contain an amino acid string that determines their eventual home." Tom A. Rapoport of Harvard Medical School, Science News, 10/16/99, Vol. 156 Issue 16, p 246. See also Britannica Biography Collection, Guenter Blobel. The amino acid string which forms the address is usually added as a tail on the end of the longer string of amino acids which make up the protein. This tail has been compared to the address on an envelope.
Before you say this evidence is not important, put a bunch of your letters in the mail box without addressing them. If the right addresses were to form spontaneously, you would probably call it a miracle. Science News says, "Misplacing a protein is more serious than losing a letter, however. There are diseases where proteins are mistargeted in cells." Tom A. Rapoport of Harvard Medical School, Science News, 10/16/99, Vol. 156 Issue 16, p 246. See also Britannica Biography Collection, Guenter Blobel} In 1999, "The Nobel Prize for Medicine went to Dr. Guenter Blobel of The Rockefeller University in New York" {http://www4.cnn.com/HEALTH/9910/11/nobel.medicine.03/index.html} for discovering the amino acid address tags that direct each protein to its proper place in the cell. All available evidence indicates that creating and coding the correct information for each address requires intelligence.
Cells can't live unless each of their many proteins not only folds correctly, but receives the correct address tag. When several things must be in place at the same time for an object to function, it is called "irreducible complexity," and is evidence that it had a creator.
Turning proteins on and off
The cell also needs the right amount of each protein. If it kept making more and more copies of any given protein, it would completely use up some of its raw materials. Also, if there were even one protein that the cell did not stop making after it had made enough, the cell would soon be jammed so full of that protein that it would pop. The production of every individual protein is and must be turned on and off at just the right moments. {Susan Aldridge, The Thread of Life, The story of genes and genetic engineering, Cambridge University Press, 1996, p. 47-53}
If a first living cell had formed without a Creator, the cell would still have had to replace each of its proteins as soon as it wore out. If the cell did not contain the information to correctly turn on and off the production of the replacement proteins, the cell would have died as soon as the first essential protein wore out. This is evidence that there is a Creator who knows how to turn protein production on and off!
So what?
The proteins that make up cells will not form anywhere in nature except in already living cells. One reason cells can make them is because the directions for making them and for turning their production on and off are already present in the cell's library of information called DNA. Once made, proteins could not function unless they were properly folded and addressed. Neither making proteins, folding, addressing, nor regulating their production could invent itself, yet no cell could live unless all were in place working together. These brilliant solutions are scientific facts and constitute evidence for a very intelligent Creator who plans ahead.
Textbook authors who replace scientific evidence with atheistic theory contribute to "dumbing down" the students. Students are not taught some very important scientific facts because they contradict atheistic theory. Instead, time is taken up learning things that are contrary to real science. Christians pay for their own schools to teach that God created. Atheists have that same freedom, but textbooks paid for by our taxes should not hide evidence to promote the atheistic faith.
A Cell Must Have a Membrane
Each cell is contained inside a two layer membrane made of lipids [fats). Bruce Alberts, Essential Cell Biology, An Introduction to the Molecular Biology of the Cell, 1998, p. 348, 363} Lipids are only formed by living cells. Here is a quote that we read earlier when we were considering nucleotides, the building blocks of RNA and DNA. It is important here as well, because it explains why lipids don't form in nature outside of living cells: "Though a few organic substances-for instance, certain simple amino acids-can form relatively easily under prebiotic conditions, other biochemical building blocks, such as nucleotides and lipids, require for their synthesis a 'real factory.' . The synthesis of these substances involves a series of reactions, each reaction following the previous one in utmost accuracy." Iris Fry, The Emergence of Life on Earth, 2000, p. 126, 176-177} Contrary to the false claims of some textbooks that lipid coacervates evolved into cells, lipids are only produced by accurately controlled reactions in living cells. This is important evidence!
What does the cell's membrane do?
Alberts writes: "A living cell is a self-reproducing system of molecules held inside a container. The container is the plasma membrane - a fatty film so thin and transparent that it cannot be seen directly in the light microscope. It is simple in construction, being based on a sheet of lipid molecules.. Although it serves as a barrier to prevent the contents of the cell from escaping and mixing with the surrounding medium.the plasma membrane does much more than that. Nutrients have to pass inward across it if the cell is to survive and grow, and waste products have to pass outward. Thus the membrane is penetrated by highly selective channels and pumps, formed from protein molecules, that allow specific substances to be imported while others are exported. Still other protein molecules in the membrane act as sensors to enable the cell to respond to changes in its environment."{Bruce Alberts, Essential Cell Biology, 1998, p. 347}
A lipid membrane without its protein pumps and channels would let water enter the cell, but would keep nutrients out, starving the cell, Essential Cell Biology, p. 347, 356-357} so proteins had to work together with the lipids from the first, another important evidence, of carefully planned irreducible complexity.
If cells had really formed spontaneously, we would expect their important parts to be made of materials that form easily under natural conditions. However, not one of the four: lipids, proteins, RNA, or DNA, can be made that way at all! Amazing! Not one is formed in nature except by a living cell, yet for a cell to live, all must be there at the same time, each one doing its job. If God had wanted to shout to you that He is here, and show you proof that He created, could you find a more convincing proof for Him to use? Run, don't walk to the nearest Bible and get to know your awesome Creator personally - through His Son, Jesus Christ!
Where Did the Information in Cells Come from?
The DNA of a bacterium contains as much information as a 1000 page book! {Lee M. Spetner, Not by Chance, 1998, p. 30}. What is information? The principle definition in my dictionary is, "knowledge communicated or received.." {Random House Webster's College Dictionary, 2000, p. 678}
Philip Johnson illustrates his definition of information with an egg that becomes a baby something: "By information, I mean a message that conveys meaning, such as a book of instructions.. Information is not matter, though it is imprinted on matter.. Instructions in the fertilized egg control embryonic development from the beginning, and direct it to a specific outcome." Philip Johnson, The Wedge of Truth: Splitting the Foundations of Naturalism, 2000, p. 123, 134}
Information is not produced by the material that carries it
Information is not determined by the material it is written on, whether it be paper, a computer, or whatever. The same sheet of paper can be used to draw a comic strip or to write a chemical formula. The same stretch of DNA that carries the commands for brown hair can just as easily hold the commands that will make blond hair; or teeth for that matter! Information comes from minds. My old Encyclopedia Britannica was on a CD. Now I consult a copy on the Internet. The message is independent of the material it happens to be written on.
Neither does information depend on the particular set of letters or code it is written in. If this booklet is translated into Chinese, the information will be the same. The information in DNA has been copied onto computers in the Human Genome Project, and printed out on paper. It is the same information no matter what it is written on, in, or with.
Many atheists understand, but purposely side step the really difficult question which is, "Where does the information in cells come from?" They substitute made up stories about where one of the materials that caries information might have come from. But there is no way that chance, clay, "organic soup," or natural selection could invent the chemical code of a first cell, and use it to write information instructing the cell to make just the right proteins, fold them properly, and send each one to the only place in the cell where it will fit.
Professor Werner Gitt, who works in the field of information science writes: "There is no known natural law through which matter can give rise to information, neither is there any physical process or material phenomenon known that can do this." Werner Gitt, In the Beginning Was Information, 1997, p. 79} This statement, if true, destroys the whole basis of the idea that no intelligent mind was involved in the formation of the first life. Is his statement true? All languages, alphabets, and codes that we know of, as well as the information spoken or written in them, originated in minds. The blind faith of the atheist that the first life was an exception is contrary to all known evidence.
De Duve, a Nobel Prize winning scientist writes:
"{In all modern organisms, DNA contains in encrypted form the instructions for the manufacture of proteins. More specifically, encoded within DNA is the exact order in which amino acids, selected at each step from 20 distinct varieties should be strung together to form all of the organism's proteins." Christian de Duve, "The Beginning of Life on Earth," American Scientist, Vol. 83, Sept-Oct. 1995, p. 430} Information never happens apart from intelligence, yet cells contain huge amounts of information. I believe this is the most important single evidence that life came from the mind of an intelligent Creator rather than from dumb chemicals.
Can matter compose information?
Many evolutionists claim that life arose from an "organic soup," but how could the imagined "organic soup" know the precise order of each of the amino acids of even one protein, let alone that of the hundreds of proteins that a "primitive" cell would have needed to survive? Others claim that RNA came first, perhaps formed by contact with a clay template, and went on to produce the first cell. They imply that the clay passed on the basic information which natural selection later perfected. Neither soup nor clay has this or any other information, and if they did have information, what chance would there have been that it would have been just the information the first RNA would need? Why not something simpler, like the directions for repairing an airplane engine or for making more clay? Consider the odds against the right information popping up!
Some claim that after the first RNA was formed, the rest of the information came about gradually, one step at a time by mutations. Since each part in a cell depends on other parts, none would work unless others were present. One step at a time would not do. Information always comes from a mind. Therefore the presence of large quantities of organized information in cells is evidence of an intelligent Creator.
If clay had really produced a simple RNA, immediately capable of making copies of itself, and later of making proteins, that clay would have been more intelligent than all of today's origin of life scientists put together. They can't produce any RNA at all, {Peter D. Ward, Donald Brownlee, Rare Earth, Why complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe, 2000, p. 65, see also p. xix, 63-64, 60} let alone one with these special abilities. Out of millions of possible proteins, the "primitive" RNA would have to have made exactly the proteins a cell would need; properly folded, addressed, regulated, and enclosed in a membrane.
The codes which carry the information in DNA and RNA use four nucleotides which work like a four letter alphabet. If that doesn't sound like enough letters, remember that any message can be written with computers or in Morse Code. Both have alphabets of only two letters. The four nucleotide bases that form the "letters" of the DNA code, can be arranged to spell out the instructions for making all the different proteins. All available evidence indicates that it takes intelligence to devise letters or code, and arrange them into instructions.
Some argue that monkeys beating at random on a typewriter or computer keyboard might eventually produce a few recognizable words and that these words would be information. How many words would the monkeys type if no intelligence had invented any language, alphabet, keyboard or computer, and they had to beat on the dirt?
Others pretend their computers can make meaningful messages by random processes. Why theirs and not yours or mine? Their computers choose the right letters because they used their intelligence to write a program that chooses letters.
Others have claimed that the amount of information depends only on the number of letters; that if you add random letters, instead of creating typographical errors, you increase the information. But not in the book they wrote! Neither would sprinkling ink here and there in their book produce more information. The more ink is sprinkled, the more information is covered up. Those who claim chance occurrences add information confuse static with message in a desperate attempt to save their atheistic faith.
Scientists use information as a proof of intelligence
Speaking of static, scientists with the SETI institute are using huge radio telescopes to search for messages from "intelligent beings in space." (The letters "SETI" mean Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence.) The first step in their search is to separate between static and message. So far all they have found is static, but if they find a message from space, they say they will have shown that there are intelligent beings out there somewhere because intelligent messages are created only by intelligent beings. If exceptions existed, and intelligent messages could be sent out without any intelligence involved, their whole search would be useless.
Dr. Charles Thaxton hits the nail on the head:
"If the inference for an intelligent cause for DNA (and for life too, if DNA is truly necessary for life) is in error, then we would likewise be in error to infer the presence of extraterrestrial intelligence upon receipt of intelligible radio messages from deep space. More important, our knowledge of past civilizations provided by archaeologists would be in jeopardy. These supposed "Artifacts" might be, after all, the result of unknown natural causes. Cave paintings, for example.may not be the result of early humans..Indeed, excavated ancient libraries could not be trusted to contain the works of intelligent men and women." {24 Charles B. Thaxton, "In Pursuit of Intelligent Causes" Origins & Design, Summer 2001, p. 28-29}
Scientists use information as a proof of intelligence because the evidence overwhelmingly supports this position. The information in ancient libraries came from real minds of real people. The far more complex information in cells came from the far more intelligent mind of God.
Modern people put symbols in their spacecraft to try to send a message into space that there are intelligent beings on earth. God built cells out of materials so hard to make that in all of nature these materials never form apart from living cells. Into these cells He put information which can only have come from a mind. In doing so, He sent a strong message to all who have minds; a message which helps pry open our stubborn hearts to know Him who said, "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (John 8:32). For greater detail, see my book, How Life Began.
Miniaturization
The evidence that an intelligent Creator made the information in DNA is reinforced by the fact that this information takes up the least space possible.{Andrzej Stasiak and John H. Maddocks, "Best packing in proteins and DNA," Nature, Vol. 406, July 20, 2000, p. 251-252. See also Werner Gitt, In the Beginning Was Information, 1997, p. 195} This is true not only of human DNA, but also of that in "primitive" cells.
After a number of intelligent scientists had worked for many years developing ever better microfilm they fit the entire Bible on one 32 X 33 mm film. Amazing! However, that same space covered with DNA would hold information equivalent to 7.7 million Bibles! {Werner Gitt, In the Beginning Was Information, 1997, p. 192-194} If DNA was formed with no intelligent input as biology books often imply, why did it take generations of intelligent scientists thousands of man hours to develop the millions of times less efficient microfilm?
No matter how strong the atheist's faith may be, his belief that the information in cells formed with no mind involved is contrary to the evidence. The evidence indicates that the information in DNA was put there by a Creator who is so intelligent that we should listen to everything He has to say.
Redefining Science to Eliminate the Creator
You are walking down the road with a friend who knows cars and come to a wreck. You point to one of the fragments and ask, "Is that a piece of the car?
He explains: "It's one of the computer chips that control the motor. If it detects one thing or another in the exhaust, it uses that information to adjust the fuel mixture or the timing to make the motor run better."
What made the chip? You have two choices:
.It was put together by the blind forces of nature.
.It was developed by an intelligent designer.
If you see four bricks stacked one on top of another you know someone stacked them that way, how much more the complex design of a chip. However, in cases in which the designer of a complex object would have to have been God, we are told not to reason like we do for everything else, but to believe that cells had no designer at all even though they control far more complex operations than any chip.
Abiogenesis, the idea that the first life started with no intelligent designer, is contrary to real science. It contradicts:
.The Laws of Probability that calculate the chance of a thing happening,
.The Principle of Biogenesis (life only comes from life),
.The tendency of things to become disordered, described by the entropy of the Second Law of Thermodynamics,
.The observation of what happens in nature,
.The experimental evidence.
As new information about the complexity and information content of cells is discovered, the evidence against life having formed without a Creator mounts up and the case for an intelligent Creator becomes stronger. Something is being done about that! The very definition of science is being changed to get rid of the obvious conclusion that God created living things.
The term "science" once meant "knowledge discovered by experimentation, observation and objective investigation." To be scientific, a thing had to be observable, testable, and repeatable. When one scientist did an experiment, others could repeat his experiment, and obtain the same results. If no one who repeated the experiment came up with the same results, those results had been "falsified" (shown not to be true). Science thrives on this definition. It helps us understand how things work, but it is a big problem for those who don't believe in the Creator. They claim that a first cell came together spontaneously from mindless chemicals, but this is an opinion about ancient history. It is not observable, testable, or repeatable, so it is not science. Public schoolbooks should not teach it as science.
To make the elimination of the Creator appear scientific, science is being redefined. Many are now insisting that science must explain all that we observe by solely natural causes. In Kansas the state guidelines redefined science as, "The human activity of seeking natural explanations for what we observe in the world around us." Peter Keeting, "God and Man in OZ" George, Oct. 2000, p. 87}
The meaning of the term, "natural," in this context, is "naturalistic; without any input by an intelligent Creator." Redefining science like this is probably the only way to make the idea that living cells popped up without an intelligent Creator sound scientific. Some atheists must understand that their naturalistic ideas are contrary to scientific evidence. If not, why in the world would they try to change the definition of science? If science becomes the "activity of seeking natural explanations," then science will have a religious purpose. It is not to find the true explanations, fall where they may, but natural explanations, which means explanations which don't involve an intelligent designer. This is an atheistic religious goal, and it has determined the conclusion a scientist is to reach before he even starts his research!
Fry, a philosopher of science, in her book which explains the work of each of the leading origin of life researchers makes this clear:
". origin of life research consists in looking for a naturalistic alternative to the idea of the creation of life by a designer." Iris Fry, The Emergence of Life on Earth, 2000, p. 184}
Irreducible complexity
Fry also responds to the very influential book, Darwin's Black Box, written by Michael Behe, a professor of biochemistry who makes the point that even the most simple cell could not function without a certain number of essential parts. He illustrates with the common mouse trap, the kind with a base, a wire that snaps down, etc. If even one part of a mousetrap is taken away it will not catch mice. Behe calls this "irreducible complexity." Whether it is a mouse trap or a cell, things that are irreducibly complex will not work at all unless a number of essential parts are working together.
Fry calls the search for a naturalistic explanation of life an attempt to "reduce the irreducibly complex." She says first life researchers are attempting to find some way in which a cell could have functioned without the irreducible complexity that could only have been brought about by intelligent design. Each researcher has hoped that his idea would succeed, but none has. Why not?
In order to live, a cell must at least have parts that will let it:
.Separate itself from the water around it,
.Take in food, and expel wastes,
.Use food to make the energy and materials that the cell needs to do its work,
.Make the working parts that permit the cell to do these things,
.Contain the information that directs these activities,
.Reproduce.
A first cell could not have lived to produce a second cell if it lacked the parts necessary to make possible even one of these abilities! This is irreducible complexity, and it is evidence of design. Many dead cells, however, have the necessary parts. For a cell to live, life is also necessary.
My question to Fry and to the first life researchers, each with his doctor's degrees, standing as it were on the shoulders of the scientists who came before him is: "If after many more years of accumulating knowledge and ability, some brilliant scientist succeeds in creating life in a test tube, will he have shown that life just popped up without an intelligent creator?"
In the meantime, as more is known about cells, more evidence for the irreducible complexity of living things piles up. Is there a point at which we can say, "The idea that life began spontaneously without a Creator has been falsified?" If there is no way to test an idea to show if it is false, that idea lies outside the realm of science; at least as science has been defined in the past.
Put it to the test
The new definition of science: "The human activity of seeking natural explanations for what we observe in the world around us," leads to the conclusion that whatever it is applied to had no intelligent designer but had a natural explanation. A cell? Yes, but also an arrowhead or a computer. Why should a definition which obviously leads to a false conclusion about arrow heads be used on cells? Since it is so obviously false where it can be tested, why would anyone trust the new definition in an area in which it cannot be checked? It is an attempt to convince people to ignore the great mountain of evidence which points to God, and line up like sheep to accept the naturalistic alternative.
Where did presidents come from?
The heads of some of America's most famous presidents have been carved out of the solid rock of the side of Mount Rushmore. A visitor who knew nothing about them could seek a natural explanation: "Did the wind and the rain just happen to shape the rock so it resembles the heads of presidents?"
A visitor could ask that, but no one does because the likeness of the presidents is so perfect that it is obviously the work of a sculptor. Ask a thousand science teachers. All of them will give you that kind of an answer. However, many of these teachers will stand up in class the next day and teach their students that not only the single cell but the very presidents themselves were formed by the blind forces of nature. "There is none so blind as he who will not see!"
Did Time Perform the Miracle of Life?
The odds against life having sprung up from non living materials make it clear that life did not come about in this way. In the past, atheists used billions of years to somewhat reduce the odds against abiogenesis. Here is how one biology book put it in 1979:
"The other important requirement for the origin of life is plenty of time. The events necessary for the beginnings of life were extremely unlikely." {K. Arms and P. Camp, Biology, Holt Rinehart and Winston, 1979, p. 156.}
Even earlier, back in 1955, the Harvard biology professor George Wald had written a famous quote about the beginning of life which dramatized the same idea:
"The time with which we have to deal is of the order of two billion years.. Given so much time the 'impossible' becomes possible, the possible probable, and the probable virtually certain. One has only to wait: time itself performs miracles." {George Wald, "The origin of Life", in The Physics and Chemistry of Life, 1955, p. 12.}
He put life beginning by itself in the class of the impossible, but claimed that so much time had been available for life to begin that it performed miracles that made the "impossible become possible."
Walde's statement is not science! It is more like, "Once upon a time." He was grasping at straws! Time only increases the chance of things being produced without a Creator that can be produced that way.
.None of the major parts of cells (proteins, DNA, RNA, Lipids, information) can.
.As time passes, all the material parts decompose.
.No cell part will work unless others work with it.
This is evidence.
Later evolutionists decided that the huge amounts of time had never really existed. Why? Fossils of ancient bacteria were found and dated at 3.55 billion years ago. According to those who believe in an old earth, this is only a half billion years after the earth had cooled down enough to support life. These fossils, ". look identical to bacteria still on Earth today." {Peter D. Ward, Donald Brownlee, Rare Earth, Why complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe, 2000, p. 57.} The, evolutionists say that a great deal of time would have been required for the first primitive life to evolve enough to look like modern bacteria, so very few years could have been available for the first life to form.
De Duve, a Nobel scientist wrote of these fossils:
"Advanced forms of life existed on earth at least 3.55 billion years ago..It is now generally agreed that if life arose spontaneously by natural processes.it must have arisen fairly quickly, more in a matter of millennia or centuries, perhaps even less, than in millions of years." {Christian de Duve, "The Beginning of Life on Earth," American Scientist, Vol. 83, Sept-Oct. 1995, p. 428.}
De Duve was announcing the new time frame which leaves: No large amounts of time for chance to form proteins or RNA, nor for natural selection to perfect RNA. No time for RNA to make proteins. No time for information to accumulate gradually if information did not require a mind. No billions of years. No millions of years. No time!
The odds are so overwhelmingly against each step in the spontaneous generation of life that even the atheists freely admitted that life could not have formed without huge amounts of time. Today most of them admit that the time never existed either. Now they simply state, "Life must have formed rapidly." If it did, it should be easy to duplicate in the lab. The fact that no one can is evidence.
Did Life Come from Space?
If even one step in the evolution of chemicals to a first cell was scientifically impossible, life could not have formed that way. I have shown huge amounts of valid scientific evidence that not one of the main ingredients of cells: proteins, cell membranes, DNA, RNA, or information will form in nature except in already living cells. If one part could have formed, it would have broken down while it was waiting for the others. All would have to have come about at almost exactly the same time and location and immediately teamed up to form life. Figure the odds against that!
I have not found any valid evidence at all for abiogenesis. Do you know of any? The famous astronomer and mathematician Sir Fred Hoyle once did a mathematical analysis and concluded: "The likelihood of the spontaneous formation of life from inanimate matter is one to a number with 40,000 naughts after it.. It is big enough to bury Darwin and the whole theory of evolution." {Hoyle, Sir Fred, and Chandra Wickramasinghe, Evolution from Space, 1984, p. 148} To provide an alternative to the Creator, Hoyle suggested that life came from some place far off in space.
The evidence against abiogenesis is so overwhelming that even many atheists agree: chemicals could not have gotten together to form life on this earth! Their influence has been a major voice in guiding the governments of the world to spend billions of dollars in search of a far off planet from which life might have come. Those who are still convinced that life evolved here can hardly deny that many of their fellow atheists realize that the scientific evidence is strongly against it.
"Far far away," is similar to "long long ago." It puts life's start up problems out of sight and out of mind. The problems of life forming by itself from chemicals would have been about the same on another planet off in space as on earth. To these would have been added the difficulties of the trip:
.the long time required to travel through space to earth.
.the lack of anything to breathe on the way,
.the destructive effects of cosmic rays,
.the extreme cold of space,
.the heat of friction upon entering the atmosphere, and the shock of striking earth.
Putting the spontaneous beginning of life somewhere off in space only adds the difficulty of the trip to the already impossible.The evidence indicates an intelligent and powerful Creator.
If you would like to know Him personally, the last chapter of How Life Began will help you.

What kind of planet?
A funny thing happened while people who do not believe in the Creator were looking for a planet where chemicals could have formed life. They began to realize that the planet would have to have had a very rare set of features: the right temperature, atmosphere, gravity - the list goes on. They analyzed the data to determine what kind of planet they should look for.
What kind of a planet are they looking for?
A planet just like earth!

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Where did Life come from? The scientific evidence clearly and decisively supports creation by God, and condemns the idea that life was generated spontaneously. People love to debate this evidence, so give copies of Scientific Evidence that God Created Life to your friends. It's a door opener to serious discussions. When Atheists see that the evidence is against them, many will attack the Bible, thus bringing its message into the discussion.
How life Began (165 pages, Chick Publications) presents even more scientific evidence, in greater depth, plus a chapter on how to know the Creator personally.

MORE SIGNS OF THE LAST DAYS:

Signs of the Times of the Last Days The Second Coming of Christ
"And as he sat upon the Mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?" Matthew 24:3
LIST OF THE PRIMARY EVENTS PRECEDING CHRIST'S SECOND COMING
* Spirit to be poured out on all flesh (Joel 2:28) * Universal apostasy (2 Thessalonians 2:1-4) * The watering down of the gospel, teaching the doctrines of man rather than those of God. Even priests will be led astray. (2 Tim 3:5, Matt 15:9) * False prophets and false Christs (Matthew 24:24) * Good will be called evil and evil good. (Isaiah 5:20) * Restoration of all things (Acts 3:19-21) * Gospel to be preached to all the world (Matthew 24:14, Revelations 14:6-7) * Worldly knowledge to increase (Daniel 12:4) * Israel to be restored as a political state (Deuteronomy 28:64, 30:3 Jeremiah 29:14, 30:3 Isaiah 43:5-6, Ezekiel 36:24, Amos 9:14-15 * Earthquakes, floods, famines, plagues and diseases such as the world has never seen. (Matthew 24 and Luke 21) * Peace taken from the earth. Wars increase throughout the earth until war is on every land (Matthew 24 and Luke 21) * Increase in the wickedness, murder and crime among men. Increase in belief in the occult. (Matthew 24, Luke 21, 2 Timothy 3:1-5, 4:3-4) * People will not believe the signs (2 Peter 3:3-4, Matthew 16:1-4) * Increase in persecution of the Christians (Matthew 24:9, Mark 13:9)
WHERE ARE THE REVELATIONS FOUND?
The revelations concerning the last days are found throughout the Bible but primarily in the following books of the Bible:
Isaiah Jeremiah Ezekiel Daniel Hosea Joel Amos Micah Nahum Zechariah Malachi Revelations chapters 4-20.

Signs of the Last Days
Events of the twentieth century have alerted Bible students to the tremendous potential for fulfilled prophecy. Many students of the Bible and eschatology recognize the events unfolding in the world today as signs of the last days.The twentieth century was an unprecedented period of change. At no time in history have more changes occurred in science and in the political structure of the world.
More changes occur in science in a single year than formerly occurred in a century.
With Israel restored as a nation in 1948, the panorama of end-time prophecy came into a focus in which Israel will be a prominent player.
The introduction of the concept of a world government, made real by the United Nations paints a scenario that is in harmony with prophecy concerning a future world government.
We are experiencing the collapse of ethical and moral values.
"Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ, ' and will deceive many. You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains. "Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. [Matthew 24:4-14]
"Armageddon is now near not because of this event or that event which may, in isolation, look like a prophetic fulfillment. Rather, it is because of the very nature of what causes Armageddon, coupled with the fact that our world today is rapidly assuming, on a global scale, the characteristics of that which underlies Armageddon."
Our Lord told us not to be troubled, because these are only the beginning of "birth pains" [Matt. 24:8]. I believe that God is warning the world. The world has broken His covenant and has gone away from Him and these events are warnings designed to turn us to Him. And what we have seen thus far is just a prelude. The warnings are going to continue during the next few years, even building in intensity. After these warnings, the real judgment is going to come.
"So when you see standing in the holy place 'the abomination that causes desolation,' spoken of through the prophet Daniel--let the reader understand-- then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let no one on the roof of his house go down to take anything out of the house. Let no one in the field go back to get his cloak. How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath. For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now--and never to be equaled again. If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened. At that time if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'There he is!' do not believe it. For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect--if that were possible. See, I have told you ahead of time. "So if anyone tells you, 'There he is, out in the desert,' do not go out; or, 'Here he is, in the inner rooms,' do not believe it. For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather. - Matthew 24:15-28

Increase of Wickedness
There is a pattern of lawlessness dominating our society today that throughout history was found in civilizations in the process of decline. It is a pattern evident in nations that rejected God's Word as ultimate authority in their lives and is a pattern prevailing in many Americans today. Scripture tells us that...
Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold. [Matthew 24:12]

Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator--who is forever praised. Amen. Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion. Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them. [Romans 1:24-32]

People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God-- having a form of godliness but denying its power.[2 Timothy 3:2-5]

1. Birth of Israel 1948: Ezekiel 20:34, 37:15-19, 36:33-35, 36:8-10; Jeremiah 32:44, 23:3-6; Genesis 15:18, 28:10-15; Isaiah 35:1-2; Zechariah 8:12; Joel 3:2; Luke 21:29-31 just to name a few...2. Birth of the EU 1948 Revived Roman Empire: Here is the list of the First Ten permanent members as Daniel predicted:
*Belgium 1957
*France 1957
*Germany 1957
*Italy 1957
*Luxembourg 1957
*Netherlands 1957
*Denmark 1973
*Ireland 1973
*United Kingdom 1973
*Greece 1981
**Spain 1985/86
If you take the tem members and compare them with a map in your bible, you will see that these nations are the exact nations or areas of the original roman empire. Since the original 10, the EU has grown to 25 associated members states including the EU's neighborhood members consisting of 75% of the world. The new Euro is now the dominating currency in all of Europe and spreading through the middle east and onto the rest of the world. Since 911, the dollar (as of 2005)is lower that the EU, and a majority of the world seems to favor the Euro over the dollar. 3. World Church 1948: The World Church was established and will be the vehicle to the final world church where Christianity and Judaism will be prohibited. You can find the World Council of Churches website online. Read their charter, it will floor you. The antichrist will use this religious platform to rid the world of those whom have placed their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. www.TheChurchForAll.org; located under the mission statement. Revelation 3:14-18,13 and 17; Titus 1:165. Times of the Gentiles 1967: Israel reclaims Jerusalem in the 6 day war. The time of the Gentiles marks the event when the temple is out of Gentile hands and back into Jewish control.6. Spain becomes 11th member of the EU in 1985: The antichrist will comefrom the 11th nation (the little horn of Daniel's Prophecy) of the EU. 7. Babylon Rebuilt 1989/1990: Saddam Hussein was the mastermind in rebuilding Babylon. Babylon is nearly restored and as of 2004, has been placed on an Iraqi map. Babylon was destroyed nearly 6000 years ago and according to Prophecy, must be rebuilt in the last days. The antichrist is believed to set up his capitol in this newly rebuilt ancient city. Babylon is located 90 km south of Baghdad Iraq. 8. Red Heifer Born 2002: The heifer is a requirement to rebuildthe third temple. A red heifer without blemish , a perfectheifer has not been in world for over 2000 years since the 2nd temple period. This red heifer must be sacrificed no later than April 2006. The red heifer is now located in Israel and is protected.9. Preparation for Third Temple: The mock temple in Northern Galilee Israel, is 1/4 the size of the actual temple. Preparation is ongoing to practice the rituals and all that is required to begin the process of rebuilding the third temple at it's appointed time. The red heifer needs to be sacrificed between it's 3rd and 4th birthday to stay within the commandments of Numbers 19. The Sanhedrin were reestablished in 2005 (last known existence was about 1641 years ago) to validate the return of the Messiah and to watch over the rebuilding of the third temple.10. Wicked Weather 2003-2005: The global meteorologisthave said that the last two years has been the worstweather patterns globally than ever recorded....this ispredicted for the last days.---------------------------------------------------------------------The Three Prophecies are the last that Signals the Return of our Lord.According to the Gospels, Jesus said that these two indicates that he iscoming once these have been fulfilled. Here are the two that are theremaining Prophecies to be fulfilled:11. Apostasy in the Church. The church has become a breeding ground for Replacement Theology (changing the beliefs to suit modern times), Homosexual Ministers, The teachings of salvation other than through Jesus Christ, and etc...1 Timothy 4:1-3; 2 Timothy 3:1-13; 2 Peter 2:1-22,3:3-6; Jude 1:1-25
12. The Gospel shall be preached to every nation and then the end shallbe...According to the latest news, all nations have been introduced to the Gospels, http://mariecs.com/mem_bgraham.htm; Mark 13:10; Matthew 24:14; Romans 10.
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Revived Sanhedrin Discusses Temple - Hal Lindsey -www.hallindsey.com





"Is God real? How can I know for sure that God is real?"

Answer: We know that God is real because He has revealed Himself to us in three ways: in creation, in His Word, and in His Son, Jesus Christ.

The most basic proof of God's existence is simply what He has made. "For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that [unbelievers] are without excuse" (Romans 1:20). "The heavens declare the glory of God / And the firmament sheweth His handiwork" (Psalm 19:1).

If I found a wristwatch in the middle of a field, I would not assume that it just "appeared" out of nowhere or that it had always existed. Based on the watch's design, I would assume it had a designer. But I see far greater design and precision in the world around us. Our measurement of time is not based on wristwatches, but on God's handiwork-the regular rotation of the earth (and the radioactive properties of the cesium-133 atom). The universe displays great design, and this argues for a Great Designer.

If I found an encoded message, I would seek out a cryptographer to help break the code. My assumption would be that there is an intelligent sender of the message, someone who created the code. How complex is the DNA "code" that we carry in every cell of our bodies? Does not the complexity and purpose of DNA argue for an Intelligent Writer of the code?

Not only has God made an intricate and finely tuned physical world, He has also instilled a sense of eternity in the heart of every person (Ecclesiastes 3:11). Mankind has an innate perception that there is more to life than meets the eye, that there is an existence higher than this earthly routine. Our sense of eternity manifests itself in at least two ways: law-making and worship.

Every civilization throughout history has valued certain moral laws, which are surprisingly similar from culture to culture. For example, the ideal of love is universally esteemed, while the act of lying is universally condemned. This common morality-this global understanding of right and wrong-points to a Supreme Moral Being who gave us such scruples.

In the same way, people all over the world, regardless of culture, have always cultivated a system of worship. The object of worship may vary, but the sense of a "higher power" is an undeniable part of being human. Our propensity to worship accords with the fact that God created us "in His own image" (Genesis 1:27).

God has also revealed Himself to us through His Word, the Bible. Throughout scripture, the existence of God is treated as a self-evident fact (Genesis 1:1; Exodus 3:14). When Benjamin Franklin wrote his Autobiography, he did not waste time trying to prove his own existence. Likewise, God does not spend much time proving His existence in His book. The life-changing nature of the Bible, its integrity, and the miracles which accompanied its writing should be enough to warrant a closer look.

The third way in which God revealed Himself is through His Son, Jesus Christ (John 14:6-11). "In the beginning was the Word: the Word was with God, and the Word was God. . . And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us" (John 1:1, 14). In Jesus Christ "dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily" (Colossians 2:9).

In Jesus' amazing life, He kept the entire Old Testament law perfectly and fulfilled the prophecies concerning the Messiah (Matthew 5:17). He performed countless acts of compassion and public miracles to authenticate His message and bear witness to His deity (John 21:24-25). Then, three days after His crucifixion, He rose from the dead, a fact affirmed by hundreds of eyewitnesses (1 Corinthians 15:6). The historical record abounds with "proof" of who Jesus is. As the Apostle Paul said, "This thing was not done in a corner" (Acts 26:26).

We realize that there will always be skeptics who have their own ideas concerning God and will read the evidence accordingly. And there will be some whom no amount of proof will convince (Psalm 14:1). It all comes down to faith (Hebrews 11:6).

END TIME BIBLE PROPHECIES:
10 Bible prophecies from Jesus, Zechariah and the Bible's book of Revelation deal with the End Times, Apocalypse, or Last Days, when Jesus is to return and judge the living and the dead.1. Jerusalem would become an international problemBible passage: Zechariah 12:1-5Written: between 520 and 518 BCTo be fulfilled: End Times In Zechariah 12, the prophet said that there would come a time when the surrounding nations would besiege Jerusalem and Judah (the area around Jerusalem), and that all the nations of the world would gather against Jerusalem, but that God ultimately would save the city and its people. This is widely regarded as an End Time prophecy to be fulfilled in the future. Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of this prophecy is that it is predicated on Jerusalem being a city of critical interest to the rest of the world. And it just so happens that Jerusalem is the only city in the world that is of interest to the rest of the world. For Jews, it is their ancient capital, founded by King David about 3000 years ago. Many Arab Moslems, however, believe that the city should be part of an independent state for Palestinian Arabs. The issue of who should control Jerusalem has been a cause of the Arab-Israeli wars during the past century. And, the conflict between Arabs and Jews has been a primary reason as to why the international community has taken an interest in Jerusalem. In 1947, the United Nations General Assembly approved a plan to carve up the ancient land of Israel into a state for Jews and another for Arabs. This plan would have established Jerusalem as an international city to be governed by the United Nations. This extremely unusual proposal, suggesting that a city be governed by the United Nations, simply shows the unique status that Jerusalem already has in the world: It is the only city in the world that is of interest to the rest of the world. Given the history of the city, the volatile conflict between Israel and the surrounding Arab nations, and the unusual interest that the international community has shown in regards to Jerusalem, it seems clear that the groundwork for the future fulfillment of this prophecy is in place.- Copyright 100prophecies.orgZechariah 12:1-5This is the word of the Lord concerning Israel. The Lord, who stretches out the heavens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and who forms the spirit of man within him, declares: "I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling. Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves. On that day I will strike every horse with panic and its rider with madness," declares the Lord. "I will keep a watchful eye over the house of Judah, but I will blind all the horses of the nations. Then the leaders of Judah will say in their hearts, `The people of Jerusalem are strong, because the Lord Almighty is their God.'2. When Israel blooms again, the Kingdom of God will be nearBible passage: Luke 21:29-31Recorded: about 30 ADTo be fulfilled: End Times In Luke 21:29-31, Jesus said that when the fig tree blooms again, people will know that the End Times and Kingdom of God is near. Some Christian scholars believe that the fig tree represents the nation of Israel. This passage is sometimes interpreted to mean that the End Times would not begin until sometime after the nation of Israel regains sovereignty. When Jesus delivered this prophecy about 2000 years ago, Israel was ruled over by the Roman Empire. The people of Israel did not have sovereignty over their own land during that era. But, after centuries of exile, the Jews were able to return to Israel and reclaim sovereignty, in 1948.- Copyright 100prophecies.orgLuke 21:29-31He told them this parable: "Look at the fig tree and all the trees. When they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is near. Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that the kingdom of God is near.3. The Messiah will appear after the Jews return to IsraelBible passage: Jeremiah 23:3-6Written: sometime from 626 to about 586 BCFulfilled: end times In Jeremiah 23:3-6, there is a prophecy that indicates when the Messiah is to appear in the land of Israel. Jeremiah said that it would be after the exiled people of Israel return to their homeland. From a Christian point of view, this is of special interest because Jesus is supposed to appear twice. And this coincides with the fact that the people of Israel have been expelled from their homeland twice, and that they are currently in the process of returning after the second expulsion. More than 2500 years ago, the Assyrians and Babylonians forced the people of Israel out of their homeland. Many returned during the centuries that followed and then Jesus appeared, about 2000 years ago, and announced that he is the Messiah. Later, the people of Israel were again forced out of their land (by the Romans in 135 AD) and scattered to countries throughout the world. But, during the past few centuries, millions of exiled Jews around the world have returned to their ancient homeland. And this is one of the reasons why Christians say that the world is being prepared for the return of Jesus Christ. Because, as Jeremiah had prophesied long ago, the Messiah is to appear after the people of Israel return to their land. The phrase, in Jeremiah 23:5, "I will raise up to David a righteous Branch, a King," refers to the Messiah, and that he will be a king and a descendant of King David, who reigned over Israel about 3000 years ago. Christians believe that when Jesus returns, he will establish a kingdom of peace and righteousness.- Copyright 100prophecies.orgJeremiah 23:3-6"I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and will bring them back to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and increase in number. I will place shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or terrified, nor will any be missing," declares the Lord. "The days are coming," declares the Lord, "when I will raise up to David a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land. In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. This is the name by which he will be called: The Lord Our Righteousness.4. The Gospel will be preached to the entire worldBible passage: Matthew 24:14Recorded: about 30 ADTo be fulfilled: End Times In Matthew 24:14, the Bible says that the Gospel (the New Testament books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) will be preached throughout the world. The Bible also says that after this happens, the end times will come. The Bible has been preached throughout the world for a long time. But now, with the increasing worldwide availability of television and the Internet, there is greater potential for the Gospel to be preached to everyone, everywhere.- Copyright 100prophecies.orgMatthew 24:14And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.5. The world would be able to simultaneously witness eventsBible passage: Revelation 11:9-10Written: sometime between 54 and 95 ADTo be fulfilled: End Times In Revelation 11:9-10, the Bible gives a prophecy that has not yet been fulfilled, at least not in a literal sense. But, perhaps for the first time in history, it can be fulfilled. The prophecy says that people all over the world will be able to simultaneously witness a particular event (the death of two prophets). This of course would have been difficult before the popularization of television and the Internet. But it is now common for people worldwide to simultaneously witness events via television and the Internet.- Copyright 100prophecies.orgRevelation 11:9-10For three and a half days men from every people, tribe, language and nation will gaze on their bodies and refuse them burial. The inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.6. Zechariah foreshadowed modern warfareBible passage: Zechariah 14:12Written: between 520 and 518 BCTo be fulfilled: End Times In Zechariah, chapter 14, the prophet says a time will come when nations gather to attack Jerusalem. In Zechariah 14:12, the prophet says the nations that attack Jerusalem will be struck with a "plague" that will cause their flesh to rot while they are still standing. This might be a fitting description for modern warfare if it were described by a person who lived 2500 years ago, as Zechariah did. Chemical weapons are capable of causing rapid deterioration of flesh. And a blast of heat from a nuclear weapon could have a similar affect. Some Bible scholars, however, believe that this plague could refer to a supernatural event from God to protect the Holy Land.- Copyright 100prophecies.orgZechariah 14:12This is the plague with which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.7. Many people will go to Jerusalem to seek God's favorBible passage: Zechariah 8:22Written: between 520 and 518 BCTo be fulfilled: End Times In Zechariah 8:22, the prophet said 2500 years ago that a time will come when many people go to Jerusalem to seek and honor God. This prophecy has been at least partially fulfilled already. The Jews recaptured Jerusalem during the Six Day War in 1967. Since then, people from around the world have toured Jerusalem to visit various sites that are important to the history of Judaism and Christianity. Jerusalem is also an important city to Moslems.- Copyright 100prophecies.orgZechariah 8:22And many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to seek the Lord Almighty and to entreat him."8. Book of Revelation envisioned an army of 200 millionBible passage: Revelation 9:16Written: sometime between 54 and 95 ADTo be fulfilled: End Times In Revelation 9:16, the Bible says that an army of 200 million will one day be assembled. This prophecy, obviously, hasn't been fulfilled yet, at least not literally. But, as the world's population rises above 6 billion, it is increasingly possible for a coalition of countries to amass an army of 200 million, and this would have been unthinkable even 100 years ago.- Copyright 100prophecies.orgRevelation 9:16The number of the mounted troops was two hundred million. I heard their number.9. The troops would cross the EuphratesBible passage: Revelation 16:12Written: sometime between 54 and 95 ADTo be fulfilled: End Times In Revelation 16:12, the Bible says there will come a time when the flow of the Euphrates River is halted or dried up, preparing the way for the "the kings from the East." Some scholars have connected this prophecy to others that speak of armies waging war in Israel. When the book of Revelation was written 1900 years ago, it would have taken a great natural disaster, or a great amount of labor to divert the flow of the Euphrates so that an army could cross it. (In 539 BC, Cyrus and his army diverted the flow so that his troops could march across the riverbed and conquer Babylon). But, today, there are a series of dams that would make it much easier to divert the flow of the powerful river.- Copyright 100prophecies.orgRevelation 16:12The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East.10. People would be forced to receive the mark of the beastBible passage: Revelation 13:16-18Written: sometime between 54 and 95 ADTo be fulfilled: End Times In Revelation 13:16-18, the Bible says that there would come a time when a powerful leader would force people to receive a "mark" on or in their right hand or forehead, and that no one would be able to buy or sell unless they had that mark. When the book of Revelation was written about 1900 years ago, it would have been nearly impossible for a world leader to force everyone to receive such a mark. But, today, with modern technology, it would be much easier. Today, for example, it would be possible to implant under a person's skin a small microchip that could be used like a credit card.- Copyright 100prophecies.orgRevelation 13:16-18And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. (KJV).

Dr. Michael E. ToddINTRODUCTIONWe realize that we are not to go by signsbut to walk by faith.(Col. 2:6, Heb. 11:6)The Bible clearly states that Jesus could return at any time.This is called the "Rapture", "a catching up" of the trueborn again believers.(1 Cor. 15:51)Then of course the seven year tribulation follows.The surprising things listed below deal with events that wesee today that seem to be leading up to the tribulationperiod. We are truly in the last days and close to the"Rapture" of the church.
1. THE BIRTH OF ISRAEL (May 14, 1948)
Literally thousands of Jews have returned to theland of Israel in the past 52 years. Even more sosince 1991 when the iron curtain fell in Russia.
Jesus said, "Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yettender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: So likewiseye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at thedoors. Verily I say unto you, THIS GENERATION SHALL NOT PASS,till all these things be fulfilled."Mat 24:32-34
A GENERATION IS ABOUT 70 TO 100 YEARS.(Note Matt. 24:34 & Isa. 23:15)
2. JERUSALEM IS NOT TRODDEN DOWN OF THEGENTILES ANYMORE
And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into allnations: and Jerusalem shall be TRODDEN DOWN OF THE GENTILES, until thetimes of the Gentiles be fulfilled.(Luke 21:24)
3. INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT OVER ISRAEL
There is much fighting and killing in Israel right now.The news is constantly keeping us updatedon the events happening in the Mideast.
4. TEMPLE REBUILT
There have been several unsuccessful attemptsto lay foundation stones. Arab oppositionhas stopped them.
The Jews have the instruments for sacrifice and worshipalready made and waiting to be used in the temple.
In 1990 Time Magazine dealt with this issue.
5. WORLD WIDE COMMUNICATION
THE WHOLE WORLD WILL LOOK AT THE BODIES OF[Moses & Elijah]THE TWO WITNESSES THAT ARE KILLED.
One hundred years ago this would have been impossible.Now it is common to see things happening on the otherside of the world through satellite TV.
"And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy athousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth...Andwhen they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendethout of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcomethem, and kill them. And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the greatcity, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord wascrucified. And they of THE PEOPLE AND KINDREDS AND TONGUES ANDNATIONS SHALL SEE THEIR DEAD BODIES THREE DAYS ANDAN HALF, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves. Andthey that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry,and shall send gifts one to another; because two prophetstormented them that dwelt on the earth. And after three days and anhalf the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upontheir feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.(Rev. 11:3-11)
6. WARS & RUMORS OF WARS
And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled:or all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.(Mat 24:6)
WAR IN THE WORLD
8000 treaties have been made and broken.On any day soldiers are fighting in 30 to 40 nations.7 million people have died since the 1970s due to war.
World War 1; World War 2; Korean War; Vietnam; Grenada;Gulf War & Afghanistan.
SOME VERY SERIOUS WEAPONS HAVE BEENDEVELOPED SINCE WORLD WAR 2
See our special articledealing with these latest weapons of warLatest Weapons of Destruction
7. EARTHQUAKES, PESTILENCE & FAMINES
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes,in divers places.(Mat 24:7)
PLAGUESPestilences are increasing each year -Aids; Venereal diseases; STD; Anthrax; Biological warfare, etc.
And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, andpestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there befrom heaven.(Luke 21:11)
(Earthquakes are also increasing every year)
Jesus Christ said,"For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:and there shall be famines, and pestilences,and EARTHQUAKES, in divers places."(Mat 24:7)
The following statistics were taken from aNational earthquake center in the year 2001(5.5 and up on the Richter scale)
1800 - 1900 = 645 earthquakes in 100 years.
1900 - 1994 = 1845 earthquakes in 94 years.(2.8 times higher than 1800 - 1900)
1994 - 2000 = 1163 earthquakes in 7 years.(175.2 times higher than 1800 - 1900)
8. FALSE CHRISTS & RELIGIONS
For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shallshow great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible,they shall deceive the very elect.(Mat 24:24)
9. ONE WORLD SYSTEM
"The New World Order"During the Gulf War, President Bush Sr.,constantly used the term "New World Order."
10. A ONE WORLD LANGUAGE
And they said, Go to, LET US BUILD US A CITY AND A TOWER,whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest webe scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. And the LORDcame down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have ALL ONELANGUAGE; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrainedfrom them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, andthere confound their language, that they may notunderstand one another's speech.(Gen 11:4-7)
English is the number one language in the worldtoday. No matter where you go-Russia; China; Asia; Africa etc.,they are doing their best to learn English.
Please see article dealing with English
One of the beasts in Revelation 13:2 - speaks with a mouth of a lion.
"And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet wereas the feet of a bear, and his mouth as THE MOUTH OF A LION."
The lion is the symbol ofEngland, an English speaking country.
11. ONE WORLD RELIGIOUS ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT
Most mainline churches are "joining hands" towardan ecumenical one world religious system. They talkabout ecumenical dialogue; ecumenical worshipservices; and ecumenical agreements. This ofcourse is exactly what the antichrist will desire.
A famous preacher said,"The reason for this is that the devil canswallow them up in one big gulp."
12. KNOWLEDGE EXPLOSION
But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, evento the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and KNOWLEDGESHALL BE INCREASED.(Dan 12:4)
In 1991 -Knowledge doubled every 10 years.It now doubles every 22 months.
13. FAST TRAVEL
The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one againstanother in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shallRUN LIKE THE LIGHTNINGS.(Nahum 2:4)
14. WILL NOT ENDURE SOUND DOCTRINE
For the time will come when they willNOT ENDURE SOUND DOCTRINE;.And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall beTURNED UNTO FABLES.(2 Tim 4:3-4)
15. SCOFFERS IN LAST DAYS
SECOND COMING STATISTICS IN 1999Do you believe a mass spiritual event on the scaleof the Second Coming will happenin your lifetime?Out of 12812 responses.
Yes.34%
No.66%
Knowing this first, that there shall come IN THE LAST DAYS scoffers,walking after their own lusts, And saying, WHERE ISTHE PROMISE OF HIS COMING?(2 Pet 3:3-4)
16. FALLING AWAY
Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come,except there come a FALLING AWAY FIRST, and that man of sin be revealed,the son of perdition.(2 Th 2:3)
17. INIQUITY & LAWLESSNESS
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.(Mat 24:12)VIOLENCE
TERRORISM
CRIME
CORRUPTION
LYING
CHEATING
STEALING
18. LAODICEAN "CIVIL RIGHTS" CHURCH AGE
And unto the angel of the church of the LAODICEANS write; Thesethings saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of thecreation of God; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot:I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because THOU ART LUKEWARM,and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Becausethou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing;and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, andpoor, and blind, and naked:(Rev 3:14-17)
The Laodicean age included -riots, revolution, anarchy and alukewarm compromising church.This got under full swing in the 1960s.
19. WOMEN SHALL RULE
MEN WILL BE EFFEMINATE -AND NOT BE LEADERS IN THE HOME
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God?Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers,NOR EFFEMINATE, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,(1 Cor 6:9)
20. DISOBEDIENT TO PARENTS
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud,blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy.(2 Tim 3:2)
21. INCREASE IN ASTROLOGY, SATANISM,WITCHCRAFT & DEMON ACTIVITY
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that IN THE LATTER TIMESsome shall depart from the faith, giving heed to SEDUCING SPIRITS,AND DOCTRINES OF DEVILS.(1 Tim 4:1)22. PERILOUS TIMES SHALL COME
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.(2 Tim 3:1)
HAVE YOU SEEN...
The video games that the young people play?
SODOMY; PORNOGRAPHY; ADULTRY;SEX; NAKEDNESS; BLOOD AND VIOLENCE!KILL - KILL - KILL
23. INCREASE IN DRUGS
Neither repented they of their murders,NOR OF THEIR SORCERIES,nor of their fornication,nor of their thefts.(Rev 9:21)
Sorceries - enchantment with drugs.(Alcohol; cocaine; tobacco; marijuana; etc.)
24. EUROPEAN COMMON MARKET
Current map of European Union
A common picture dealing with EU todayNote the crystal ball
THE TEN TOES OF THE IMAGE IN DANIEL
Daniel 2, 7 & Rev. 13, 17 states that there will be aten nation confederation in Europe.(This was established in 1979)
Eventually all of the Old Roman Empire will beincluded in the EU
As of January 1, 2002 the EU has itsown currency called a Euro Dollar.
Pope John Paul II has welcomed the arrival ofEurope's common currency.
For the first time since the Roman Empire canyou buy a loaf of bread and a bottle of winewith the same coin in any European country.
25. THE RISE OF A POLITICAL SUPERMAN (Antichrist)
Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,nor the desire of women,nor regard any god:for he SHALL MAGNIFY HIMSELF above all.But in his estate shall he honourTHE GOD OF FORCES.(Dan 11:37-38)
He will appear for a while as a great peacemaker.
He will gain control over the world.
He will be a genius in all areas of life.
Military; Political; Social; Religious;Business & Financial;
He will be the greatest"CHARISMATIC."
26. FALSE PEACE
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destructioncometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; andthey shall not escape.(1 Th 5:3)
27. PEACE TREATY WITH ISRAEL
And HE SHALL CONFIRM THE COVENANT with many for oneweek: and in the midst of the week he shall cause thesacrifice and the oblation to cease.(Dan 9:27)
The antichrist will make a treaty with Israel for 7 years andthen break it after three and one half years. Even now thereis much talking in Israel about having a peace treatywith the Palestinians.
28. 666 - THE NUMBER OF HIS NAME.
This number is already showing up in various places. Justabout all products now carry the bar code. This code notonly tells what the product is, but other information about italso. On the two ends plus the middle are two lineswhich represent the number 6. As you can see fromthe example below there are three sixes in a row.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO TAKE THEMARK IN THE TRIBULATION?
And HE CAUSETH ALL, both small and great, rich andpoor, free and bond, TO RECEIVE A MARK in their righthand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buyor sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of thebeast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Lethim that hath understanding count the number of thebeast: for it is the number of a man; and his number isSIX HUNDRED THREESCORE AND SIX.(Rev 13:16-18)
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO DO NOT TAKETHE MARK?
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgmentwas given unto them: and I saw the souls of them thatwereBEHEADED FOR THE WITNESS OF JESUS,and for the word of God, and which had not worshippedthe beast, neither his image, neither had received hismark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and theylived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.(Rev 20:4)
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