The Final 40 is Ending
The Final “40” is Ending!
By
Pastor F. M. Riley
October 8, 2013
“God, who at sundry times and in divers
manners, spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
Hath in these last days spoken unto
us by His Son, whom He hath appointed heir of all
things, by whom also He made the worlds;
Who being the brightness of His
glory, and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the
word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, set down on the
right hand of the Majesty on high,” Hebrews 1:1-3.
Introduction
In writing my recent Bible study entitled “ISON…The “sign”of deliverance,” the fact that we are presently
living in a forty year period that began in 1973 and ends this very year of
2013 motivated me to examine the forty year periods of the inspired Word as
never before. What I discovered thrilled
me, and caused me to lift up my heart
and voice to the Lord God in praise and worship. These 40 year periods are the subject of this
Bible study. I hope every reader will be
blessed as much or more than I was as I studied these Scriptural truths for
myself.
A
Brief Look Back
The very first place in the inspired Word where the number “forty” is
used is found in Genesis 7:4 where the Lord God was speaking to Noah. In this passage the Lord God explicitly
warned Noah, “For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty
days and forty nights, and every living substance that I have made will I
destroy from off the face of the earth.”
The fulfillment of this warning is recorded in 7:12 and
7:17.
According to the so-called “law of first mention,”
it then should be obvious that the number “forty” was here connected with a
time of trial, testing, and judgment. It
is then more than coincidence that it is used this same way repeatedly
throughout the remainder of God’s Word.
In this brief study I do not have the time, space, nor inclination to examine
every single time period of forty days or forty years in God’s Word. Our readers will find it profitable to study
these 40 day or 40 year periods of time for themselves. But in this study let’s
move forward to Moses, God’s chosen deliverer of the Israelites from Egyptian
bondage.
The life of Moses was divided into a series of three periods of forty
years to each period. The Scriptures
tell us that Moses died at the age of 120 years, or at the end of three forty
year periods, Deuteronomy 34:7.
The first forty years of
Moses life was lived in the land of Egypt as the adopted son of Pharaoh’s
daughter. Then the second forty years of Moses life began when he fled from land of
Egypt and went to the land of Midian.
The third and final forty
years of Moses life began at Mt. Sinai when the Lord God spoke to Moses
from the burning bush, commissioning Moses to return to Egypt and deliver the
Israelite people from bondage, Exodus 3.
Moses was eighty years of age at that time. Moses was used of the Lord God to deliver the
Israelites out of Egyptian bondage, to give the Israelites God’s Law, and then
to lead them as they wandered in the wilderness for forty years. This forty years wandering included the two
years from the time Moses had returned to Egypt to deliver them, until they had
reached Mt. Sinai and were given the Law of God. At the end of this third period of forty
years, Moses died at 120 years of age, and Joshua succeeded Moses as the
leader of the nation of Israel, Deuteronomy 34:1-9.
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It is then interesting to note that the
entrance of the Israelites into their “promised land” was preceded by a 120
year period of time; three 40 year periods.
Compare God’s statement to Noah in Genesis 6:3, in which the Lord
explicitly told Noah that a 120 year period would precede the flood in “the
days of Noah.” Compare also the
Lord’s statement in Luke 17:26. We can
conclude from these inspired Scriptures that, just as there was a 120 year
period preceding Israel’s entrance into their “promised land,” and a 120 year
period preceding the judgment of the flood in “the days of Noah,” so
there would be a 120 year period preceding the entrance of the Jewish people
into their promised Millennial Kingdom.
As you study further, notice on the list of 40 year periods which
follows, it is exactly 120 years from 1893 to 2013. Coincidence?
The
Importance of the Forty Year Periods
In order to impress upon our readers the importance of these forty year
periods into which the Lord God Himself has divided human history, I have
chosen to list these periods beginning with this present year and going all the
way back to the time of Christ. I will
note those years of Biblical importance in human history by an asterisk and
then comment upon them at the end of this list.
2013 minus 40 years = 1973 * 1033 minus 40
years = 993
1973 “ 40
“ = 1933 * 933 “
40 “ = 953
1933 “ 40
“ = 1893 * 953 “
40 “ = 913
1893 ‘ 40
“ =
1853
913 “ 40
“ = 873
1853 “ 40
“ = 1813 * 873 “
40 “ = 833
1813 “ 40 “ = 1773 * 833 “ 40 “ = 793
1773 “ 40 “ = 1733 793 “ 40
“ = 753
1733
“ 40 “
= 1693 753 “
40 “ = 713
1693 “
40 “ =
1653
713 “ 40
“ = 673
1653 “
40 “ =
1613 * 673 “ 40
“ = 633
1613 “
40 “ =
1573
633 “
40 “ = 593
1573 “
40 “ =
1533
593 “
40 “ = 553
1533 “
40 “ = 1493 * 553 “
40 “ = 513
1493 “
40 “ = 1453
513 “
40 “ = 473
1453 “
40 “ = 1413
473 “
40 “ = 433
1413 “
40 “ = 1373
433 “
40 “ = 393
1373 “
40 “ = 1333
393 “
40 “ = 353
1333 “
40 “ = 1293
353 “ 40
“ = 313
*
1293 “
40 “ = 1253
313 “
40 “ = 273
1253 “
40 “
= 1213
273 “
40 “ = 233
1213 “
40 “ = 1173
233 “
40 “ = 193
1173 “ 40
“ = 1133
193 “
40 “ = 153
1133 “
40 “ = 1073
153 “
40 “ = 113
1073 “
40 “ = 1033
113 “
40 “ = 73
73 “ 40 “
= 33 *
Dear readers, there are 49 sets
of 40 years in this list going backwards from our present year of 2013 all the
way back to 33 A.D. The asterisks note
years of historical importance that I am personally familiar with. I am sure there are other years in this list
that are also important, and perhaps some reader who is a diligent student of
history will call such years to our attention.
There are 49 sets of 40 years each in this list. We living today are in the 49th
set of 40 years by beginning the count with 33 A.D. and moving forward. “49” is the Bible number which signifies “the wrath of God.” Now what is humanity facing today? The terrible Tribulation period in which
Almighty God will reveal and pour out His judgments and wrath upon Christ
rejecting humanity.
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33 A.D to 73 A.D.…… I found it fascinating that calculating the 40
year periods backwards landed on exactly 33 A.D. for the beginning of the
count. This was only three years after
the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ Jesus our Savior and Lord in 30 A.D. It is also the number indicating the age of
Christ as a man when He died on Calvary’s old rugged cross for my sins and
yours. “33” is the Bible number which
signifies “promise; to promise; to
fulfill a promise.” Christ Jesus promised salvation to all who
would believe and receive Him, and every true believer today is living evidence
that Christ has kept His promise thousands of times over during these past
2,000 years. Glory to God! Praise the Lord!
Notice that this forty year period also took in the destruction of
Jerusalem and the Jewish Temple in 70 A.D.
This was another promise of the Lord that was literally fulfilled. Read Luke 13:6-9.
The Jewish writer, Josephus, records in his history that it was 40
years from the crucifixion of Christ to the destruction of the Jewish
Temple; 30 to 70 A.D.
313 to 353 A.D…… Move forward now from 33 A.D. and notice
the next year with an asterisk beside it.
I find it fascinating that moving forward from 33 to 73 A.D., the 8th
period of forty years begins with 313 A.D.
There is absolutely no question that it was in 313 A.D. that wicked old
Emperor Constantine set up the organizational structure which would develop
into the Roman religious system. In
other words, the counterfeit “church” totally opposed to the true church of the
Lord Jesus Christ. “8” is the Bible
number which signifies “a new beginning;
new things.” It is a historical fact that in 300 years of bitter
persecution against the Lord’s churches by the Roman Empire, all Rome had
succeeded in doing was to spread Christianity and the gospel of Christ. So Satan planted in the mind of Emperor
Constantine the old adage, “If you can’t
defeat them from without, then join their ranks and defeat them from within.” That is exactly what the old Babylonian
whore religious system did in 313 A.D., and it has been working at the
destruction of true Bible believing Christianity for the past 1700 years since
then, all the while masquerading as a “Christian” religion. Read the warning of the Lord Himself given in
Matthew
7:15-20, and in 13:33.
1493 to 1533…..Isn’t
it interesting that one of these 40 year periods of testing began exactly one
year after Columbus discovered America in 1492?
It was during this 40 year period from 1493 to 1533 that the power of
the Roman religion was breaking down all over the known world by the rise of
the Protestant Reformers. The Protestant
Reformation made it possible for many to leave Europe and flee to the “new
world” where they could worship the Lord God of Heaven in freedom of
conscience.
1613
to 1653…..It
was during this forty year period from 1613 to 1653 that the colonists would
arrive in America aboard the Mayflower in 1620, exactly seven years after the
beginning of this forty year period.
Those colonists on the Mayflower gathered in prayer and made a covenant
with God to love and serve Him before they ever left the ship and set foot on
this “new land.” And what has become of
the covenant they made with the Lord God of Heaven back then? We Americans today need to hang our heads in
shame and cry out to God for mercy upon this nation in view of what we have
allowed America to become today.
1773 to 1813…..Don’t fail to
notice this year as the beginning of a new forty year period which extended
from 1773 to 1813. Many Americans today
are so unfamiliar with the history of our nation that they do not realize that
it was in 1773 that our American
forefathers declared themselves independent of the British Empire. We have had it drilled into our heads that
July 4, 1776 is the birthday of our nation, and about all the average American
today knows about our early history is popping firecrackers and waving the flag. Dear readers, the American colonists declared
their independence from Britain in 1773 and were still fighting to
maintain that independence forty years later in the war of 1812. This is one of the most interesting periods
of forty years in our history for those who want to know more about this
country and our freedom, and our Christian heritage.
1893 to 1933…..Again it is
fascinating that this forty year period began exactly 120 years before
this present year in which we live today.
Does this tell God’s people anything?
These were the last forty years of the great “industrial revolution” in
America and in other countries all over the world. With this massive advancing technology came growth
and prosperity, but it was also accompanied by massive greed. The first world war began during these years
in 1914. It was referred to by many who
lived at that time as “The great war to
end all wars.” Boy, did that turn
out
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to be a foolish statement!
However, the first world war was used by the Lord God to free the holy
land from the Ottoman Turks who had ruled over it for 400 years. Jerusalem and the holy land was delivered out
of the hand of the Turks and placed under the British Mandate. This allowed the Jewish people to “legally”
return to their ancient homeland for the first time since 70 A.D. Some of the Jewish people did return to their
ancient homeland, but not nearly enough.
As the nations of Europe struggled to rebuild after the first world war,
in America the “roaring twenties” followed the war, in which Americans showed their
gratitude to God for giving them victory, by sinking deeply into the debauchery
of almost unbridled sex and alcohol, and the adoption and teaching of the
Darwinian theory of evolution,
which is basically nothing but a denial of Almighty God as our Creator and
Redeemer. By 1929 the consequences of
turning away from God came with the crash of the U.S. stock market. This plunged the whole world into the Great
Depression. This in turn presented a
great opportunity for the rise of all kinds of would be political “saviors,”
who promised to solve the economic problems in the various nations. Among
these political “saviors” was a man by the name of Adolph Hitler. And exactly when did Adolph Hitler and
his Nazi Party come to power in post World War One Germany? He came to political power in the final 40th
year of that forty year period; 1933! Hello!
1933 to 1973…..The first
twelve years of this 40 year time period were occupied by the Jewish Holocaust
under the oppressive heal of Adolph Hitler and Nazi Germany, one year for each
of the twelve tribes of Israel; 1933 to 1945.
Those readers who have never been confronted with this truth previously
should carefully study Psalm 33 through Psalm
44, which correlates with the years, 1933 through 1944. The Jewish Holocaust is described in
detail in these 12 Psalms. It was in 1944
that the Allied Forces captured the concentration camps of the Nazi’s and set
free the Jewish prisoners who had survived.
It was during these same years that the whole world
was plunged into the Second World War by Nazi Germany, and by Japan. The Second World war ended in 1945. During the three years, 1945 to 1948,
thousands of displaced Jews in Europe crossed the Mediterranean and returned to
their ancient homeland. This literally
fulfilled the type of the
ancient Israelites fleeing from Egypt for three days and three nights as
recorded in Exodus 12:37 - 14:31, then crossing the Red Sea to safety. Glory to God! Read Ecclesiastes 1:9 and 3:15.
On May 14, 1948 the nation of Israel was
re-established in the Holy Land 15 years after the beginning of this
forty year period and 25 years before the end of it. “15” is the Bible number signifying “rest,” and “25” is the Bible number
signifying “forgiveness.” Israel’s re-establishment as a nation in
1948 was the beginning of the Lord God’s redemption of unbelieving
Israel and the Jewish people.
Just as the Lord God taught the Israelites how to wage war in their
flight from Egypt so many centuries ago, He taught the newly established nation
of Israel how to fight and defend themselves against their enemies today, Exodus
13:17-18. The newly established
nation of Israel not only had to fight their war of independence in 1948-49,
but were again forced to fight the Suez Canal war in 1956. Both of these wars are described in detail in
Psalm
48-49 and 56-57, the Psalms which correlate with 1948-49
and 1956-57. Then once more Israel went
to war against Egypt and the Muslim nations allied with Egypt in what came to
be called The Six Day War in
1967. It was during this Six Day War
that Israel regained full control of Jerusalem, the Temple Mount, the west bank, the Sinai Peninsula, and the
Golan Heights. Sadly, their unbelieving
leaders at the time were so faithless, that they gave the Temple Mount back to
the Muslims, and the Sinai back to Egypt.
This was a terrible mistake and vividly revealed their lack of faith in
the God of Israel whom they “profess” to serve.
The Six Day War also marked the beginning of “this generation” prophesied
by the Lord God in Matthew 24:32-35. In
this inspired parable the Lord Jesus Christ explicitly stated that “all
these things” leading up to His visible, bodily, return would be
fulfilled in “this generation.” This
is a 70 year period which began in 1967 and will end in 2018. Compare Psalm 90:10 and Psalm 118.
1973 to 2013…..Wow! What an ending and what a beginning!
The previous 40 year period
ended and this present 40 year period began with both the Yom Kippur
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War of 1973 and the appearance in the
heavens above the earth of Comet Kohoutek!
But this wasn’t
all! Following is a list of events that
occurred in 1973, all of them being prophetic in the sense that they
effected all of humanity and the course of world history.
[1] On March 7, 1973 Czech
astronomer Lubos Kohoutek discovered a new comet in the night sky. According to what has become commonly
accepted protocol among scientists and astronomers, the comet was named after
Mr. Kohoutek. The comet was then visible
in the night sky the rest of the year, and even into 1974. I urge our readers to carefully study Psalm
73 – 74.
The Jewish people have long believed that the appearance of great comets
are an omen of coming evil or trouble, and that they appear when some great
King or ruler is going to die or be deposed, or the course of human history is
about to change. How very prophetic the
appearance of Comet Kohoutek proved to be in all of these areas in 1973.
[2] During 1973 the Greater
Jerusalem Synagogue was completed and dedicated, giving the Jewish people a
central place of worship for the first time since their Temple was destroyed in
70 A.D. This should have motivated a
spiritual awakening among the Jewish people, and perhaps it did!
[3] OPEC was brought into
existence in 1973 among the oil producing nations of the world. They immediately raised the price of crude oil
on the world market, causing the first “gas shortage” in modern history. All over the world long lines formed at gas
stations trying to buy whatever gasoline was available.
I still have in my files a cartoon clipped from a newspaper in
1973. It shows a man standing outside
his car in a long line of cars waiting to buy gasoline at a station. He is shaking his fist at Comet Kohoutek in
the sky above the earth and screaming, “We
didn’t have this problem until you showed up in the sky!” How very true
that cartoon was in 1973 when cars backed up for miles at some stations just
trying to buy gasoline. 1973 was the
year the automotive industry abandoned the large gas guzzling cars and began
manufacturing smaller cars which got better gas mileage. I personally traded in my gas guzzling van in
1973 and bought a smaller car.
[4] 1973 was the year that the
Club of Rome met and on a world map literally divided the nations of the whole
world into “ten kingdoms,” exactly as prophesied in God’s Word in Daniel
7:7, 7:19-20, 7:23-24, Revelation 12:3, 13:1, and 17:10-12. The Club of Rome and the Illuminati
and their followers, have been working ever since to bring their “vision for
humanity” to reality by establishing a one-world government which will rule
over all the nations of the earth divided into “ten kingdoms.”
[5] During
1973 all ten leaders of the NATO Alliance nations either died in office or
resigned their office in disgrace. This
was a great political blow to the prestige of the United States of America who
had been the driving force behind the NATO Alliance.
[6] In 1973 the Supreme Court of
the United States “legalized” the cold blooded, pre-meditated, murder of the
innocent unborn in Roe vs Wade. This
threw the door wide open for other nations to also legalize the killing of
innocent babies, as the U.S. at that time was setting the “moral” example for
all of the nations of the world. Since
the U.S. Supreme Court had approved it, then it must be “morally” okay for the
other nations of the world. Sic! The result is that millions of
innocent unborn babies have since then been slaughtered in this country and
other countries all over the world.
The Lord God of Heaven severely punished ancient Israel for burning
their newborn babies to death as an offering to the idol God, Molech. Should this nation and the other nations of
the world which have “legalized” abortion expect any less judgment than God
poured out upon ancient Israel? Well???
[7] The Karakoram Highway across
the Himalayan mountains was completed in 1973, making it possible for large
amounts of people [armies; military
equipment?] to cross through the Himalayas in a matter of hours; a trip
which previously required months to make. Read Revelation 9:13-21.
[8] A huge
hydroelectric dam was completed across the Euphrates River in 1973, making it
possible to literally shut off the waters of the Euphrates by closing the dam
and diverting the waters. This was the
first such dam across the Euphrates since the armies of Cyrus the Mede built
such a dam in order to conquer ancient Babylon, Daniel 5.
[9] On Yom Kippur, the most holy
day of the year on the Jewish Sacred Calendar, a surprise attack was launched
against Israel by the combined forces of Egypt, Syria, and other Muslim
nations. This war was a total surprise
to the Jewish people and government, and forced them to fight bitterly
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just to survive. The war was not brought to an end until well
into 1974.
[10] There were seven eclipses
which occurred in the heavens in 1973.
There had not been that many eclipses previously since 1917, the
year Jerusalem and the holy land were delivered out from under the rule of the
Ottoman Turks. Read Genesis 1:14 and let the
truth stated there soak in.
[11] According to the world
economists, the economic health of the United States of America reached its
peak on January 11, 1973. Since
that date, the U.S. economic health and wealth has been slowly declining. Today
it is declining at a breakneck speed.
Wouldn’t most sensible readers agree that 1973, the very first year
of this final 40 year period in which we are living right now, was an amazing
year? Remember that most of the year
was overseen by Comet Kohoutek in the heavens above the earth. Just coincidence? Not hardly!
Since then, nearly every year of this present 40 year period, there has
been a new comet which has appeared in the heavens above the earth. Remember Halley’s Comet in 1986? Remember Hale-Bopp?
Remember many other comets whose names I
cannot recall at the moment? Remember Shoemaker-Levy? Especially Shoemaker-Levy?
The Shoemaker-Levy Comet showed up in the heavens in 1993. It was discovered by two Jewish astronomers,
Mr. Shoemaker and Mr. Levy. Remember
that we are dealing with 40 year periods of time. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure
out that 1993 was the 20th year of the present 40 year period, and
therefore the exact middle of this present 40 year time period. But as the world passed into 1994 this comet
became really exciting. It broke up into
21 pieces. Do I have to remind
serious Bible students that there are 21 judgments predicted to occur in
the prophecies of Revelation? Was this
comet a warning from God to humanity about judgment to come? Think about it!
The Shoemaker-Levy Comet plunged into the Planet Jupiter, exploding on
impact and leaving such great gashes in the surface of Jupiter that the scars
of its demise can still be seen on Jupiter today. The whole world watched the death plunge of
this comet into Jupiter via television.
Its death plunge into Jupiter in 1994 began on the 9th day
of Av on the Jewish calendar. The
Jews refer to the 9th of Av as “Destruction Day” due to the many
terrible things which have happened to them throughout history on that
particular day. Of course, the day it
began its death plunge into Jupiter, according to some unbelievers, just had to
be “coincidence.” Yeah! I’ll believe that when frogs sprout wings and
fly! Keep in mind that 1994 was also the
first year of the final 20 years in this present 40 year period of
time.
If any reader has access to the World Almanacs which have been published
each year over these past 40 years, you have a valuable treasure of historical
information. It will literally amaze you
to review the major world events which have occurred each year over these past
40 years. But now…..
We
are living in the Final Fortieth
The appearance of the
Deliverer…..Dear readers, it is inescapable for the serious Bible student,
that Moses, one of the most vivid types
of Christ in the entire Bible appeared at the beginning of
Israel’s history to deliver them from Egyptian bondage. “Egypt” is a type of the world in the Bible. Now here, in the final year of this
present 49th period of 40 years, the Lord Jesus Christ Himself is
about to “appear the second time” to deliver all true New Covenant
believers, and presently unbelieving Israel, from their unbelief and sin and from this
present evil world, Hebrews 9:28. Glory to God!
Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!
The wilderness wanderings…..It
is also a Scriptural truth that it was two years from the time Moses was
called of God before the Tables of the Law were given to him for Israel at Mt.
Sinai. What happened at Mt. Sinai other
than the giving of the Law? “And
mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in
fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mountain quaked greatly,” Exodus 19:18-20. Then another 38
years was spent by the Israelites wandering in the wilderness until all of
the unbelieving Israelites who had rebelled against God at Mt. Sinai “left
their carcasses in the wilderness.” That completed the total of 40
years.
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Dear readers, in 2011 we were living
38 years into this present 40 year period from 1973. Calculate
it for yourself. 2012 and 2013 fills up and completes the
entire 40 years of Israel’s wandering in this present end-time world in their
wicked unbelief. What happened in 2011? A great earthquake! Fukashima…..and
fire! Remember?
The Seven Year Tribulation…..Moses
died at the end of the forty years wilderness wanderings as recorded in Deuteronomy
34:7. He was replaced by Joshua,
another vivid type of Christ. Joshua then led Israel into the promised land
where the Israelite people had to fight a seven year war to subdue the
land. Our Lord Jesus, exactly like
Joshua, is going to manifest Himself to Israel at the same time that He comes
to resurrect and rapture His New Covenant saints to glory, and will be leading
Israel during the next seven years of the Tribulation as they fight to
subdue their enemies. He will then
establish His promised Millennial Kingdom on earth. Glory to God!
Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! Are you ready to read Ecclesiastes 1:9 again? If you want to know the future, remember the
past! The seven year Tribulation is
staring humanity in the face right now!
But before this final 40th year ends, the Lord will return to
resurrect and rapture His New Covenant believers to glory. Hallelujah!
Glory to God! Praise the
Lord!
The resurrection and rapture…..In
the very first period of 40 years where we began our count, at the time of the
resurrection of Christ, followed shortly thereafter by His ascension to glory,
there was “a great earthquake,” “the rocks were rent, And the graves were opened; and many bodies
of the saints which slept arose,” Matthew 27:51-53. Dear readers, those were the “firstfruit
saints,” 1 Corinthians 15:23; the first of the resurrection harvest. When Christ returns for us before the end of
this final 40th year in which we are living RIGHT NOW, there will be a
great earthquake, the graves of every deceased New Covenant believer will burst
open, and every true New Covenant believer who is living will be “changed,”
and we living believers will be “caught up together with them” [with the resurrected believers] “to
meet Christ in the air,” 1 Corinthians 15:50-52; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18. We
New Covenant believers are the “main harvest” of the resurrection of the just, John
5:28-29. Look up! The coming of
our Lord is right at the door!
The Comet
ISON…..Just
as there was a great comet in the sky above the earth at the beginning
of this final period of 40 years, [Kohoutek]
so there is presently a great so-called comet in the sky above the earth here at
the end of this 40th year [ISON]. Is this just more “coincidence?” Well…???
Actually ISON is not a comet, but rather a huge planet some four times
larger than the earth. It has been
visible in the heavens above the earth for more than a week. I have personally seen it for myself. ISON
has just gone past Mars in the solar system.
On the 8th of October it will be passing out of sight behind
and around the Sun and will not be visible again until sometime in
November. Will there be any effects of
its passing on the earth? It is the
opinion of some astronomers that this so-called comet has been effecting the
earth for several years, and the effects of it will only increase. Right now as I write some astronomers and
meteorologists believe that a polar shift is occurring due to the
electro-magnetic effects of ISON upon the earth. Earthquakes have been steadily increasing in
both frequency and magnitude for the past 10 years or more, some believe due to
the approach of ISON into the inner solar system. Some also believe that far bigger earthquakes
are coming. Just this month (October, 2013) there have been many
accounts from all over the world of disoriented birds flying in confused
circles and becoming so exhausted that many of them just drop out of the air dead
before they hit the ground. Likewise for
fish in the oceans. Thousands of fish,
both small and large have beached and died in recent weeks. Both birds and fish are known to somehow use
the electro-magnetism of the earth to guide them in their migration
patterns. Mess up these beams of
electo-magnetic energy and the birds and fish simply don’t know how to function
in their migrations. It is here
folks! It is not coming! It is already here and is happening right
now!
I
remind our readers again that this is the final year of the 49th
period of 40 years since the ascension of Christ back to the Heavenly
Father. And what a year it has
been! …and it isn’t over yet!
Mr. Obama was inaugurated on the 21st day of January
as President for a second term.
Obviously the American people didn’t learn a thing from his first term
in office. Have they learned anything
yet?
Throughout this year our American boys [and some women] continue dying on the battlefields in foreign wars
which were none of our nation’s business.
Our wise and Godly forefathers explicitly
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warned our leaders to stay out of
foreign wars, but our present leaders know that there is MONEY to be made
in waging war, and MONEY is the “name of the game today.” So our national policy under the present
leadership is to butt into every foreign situation where a dollar, honest or
dishonest, can be made. Isn’t this
really the bottom line?
Throughout this year ObamaCare, a bill introduced by morally corrupt politicians,
and passed by morally corrupt idiots, has been hanging over the heads of the
American workers and taxpayers like the sword of Damocles. Now it has arrived, and has thrown the entire
Congress and government into an uproar, not to mention the American
people. As I write all the marks of
civil uprising and the possibility of outright Civil War are seen and being
talked about everywhere. What is the
major cause of such a situation in this country? The ObamaCare health bill, which was
bulldozed through Congress by Pelosi and her comrades who had never even read
it. I can still visualize hearing that
air headed “silly woman” saying that if Congress, who had never read the
bill, wanted to find out what was in the bill, then they had to pass it. And pass it they did! Now they know what is in it, and they cannot
find a way to get rid of it. As I write
our government is shut down, the American people are suffering the consequences
of a bill they didn’t want and didn’t have the privilege of reading nor voting
on. And this is America…..1973?
Watch these dates!
On Friday, October 11th, a nationwide “trucker’s strike” is scheduled
to begin in this country. The truckers
not only plan to surround Washington with their trucks, but they have also
convened a “citizens Grand Jury” and issued indictments and arrest warrants for
a number of prominent politicians in Washington, including President Obama, on
charges of “treason” and undermining and betraying the Constitution of the
United States of America.
Folks, it doesn’t take a genius to know that this will go over like a
lead balloon with the present administration of the U.S. government. It is highly likely that armed conflict will
break out in Washington on the 11th of October, and depending on how
the government and military respond, it could be the beginning of outright
civil war in this country. Be warned and
take heed!
But that isn’t all….. On October
17th, the presently “shut down” government is scheduled to default on its
national and international debts. If
this happens, then the entire economic system of the U.S. will collapse, and
likely drag down the entire world economic system with it. I would remind our readers that right after
the beginning of the Tribulation, as recorded in Revelation 6:5-6, there
will be world wide food rationing and a loaf of bread [a measure of wheat] will cost a day’s
wages for those who still have jobs to buy it.
Those who don’t will simply starve to death, Revelation 6:8. Hello!
Yes, I have painted a very grim picture, not because I want to frighten
anyone or find any delight in being a “doomsday prophet,” but rather because I
want to be a “faithful watchman” in warning the people [Ezekiel 33:1-9] , according to what is actually happening right
before our eyes right now, and according to what was predicted to occur
in the inspired Word of God. Our readers
will have to deal with it, whether some like it or not.
The Only
Hope
Is there not a way out of this mess?
Yes there is! Straight up! The only hope of escaping what is
coming upon this whole world system right now is “the blessed hope,” Titus
2:11-15. In other words, the Pre-tribulation rapture. I am well aware that some readers do
not believe in a Pre-tribulation rapture.
So what? Am I supposed to turn
away from the truth of God’s Word, and deny my “blessed hope” because
some refuse to believe what God’s Word plainly teaches? That will happen when donkeys fly!
Folks, it is explicitly recorded in Psalm 113:7-8, “He raiseth up the poor out
of the dust [ground; soil], and
lifteth the needy out of the dung hill;
That He may set him [them] with
princes, even with the princes of
His people.” Psalm 113 correlates
with 2013. This Scripture plainly
predicts a resurrection and rapture [raising;
lifting; setting on high with the princes already there] occurring this
present year of 2013. No, this is
not “my interpretation.” This Scripture
is an inspired prophecy that is plainly stated and to the point. It does not need to be “interpreted.” It only needs to be believed!
Again, the Lord Jesus Christ Himself explicitly stated to His church in Revelation
3:10, “Because
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thou has kept the word of My patience, I
also will keep thee from the hour of temptation [peirasmos], which shall come upon all the
world to try them that dwell upon the earth.” This statement of the Lord Himself is
plain enough in the English translation, but if any reader wants more insight
into this statement, I would urge you to request my Bible studies entitled “Peirasmos,” “The Two Hours,” and “The
Pre-Tribulation Rapture.” They will
be sent to any reader upon request.
This passage in Revelation 3:10, spoken by the Lord
Himself, is clearly and explicitly teaching a Pre-tribulation rapture for all
true New Covenant believers, 1 Corinthians 15:23. To deny it, or even attempt to
explain it away, is to make the Lord Himself out to be a liar. In the nearly 60 years I have been in the
Lord’s ministry, I have never taken a position on the rapture, or any other
Bible doctrine, which makes my Savior and Lord out to be a liar! I have nothing but pity for those who
do!
Conclusion
Dear readers, I began this study several days ago, but I have had
numerous interruptions. I am finishing
it today, October 10th.
Tomorrow is October 11th and the beginning of the
trucker’s strike in Washington. I highly
suspect that the rest of this month will be only turmoil and trouble in this
country. Are you ready to face it? Are your family and loved ones ready?
Above all, are you saved by the grace of God? Is the Lord Jesus Christ your own personal
Savior? Are your family and loved ones
saved? You may or may not have seriously
considered these questions in the past, but if not, you had better get serious
about them now, and I mean in a hurry.
Time is swiftly running out. Do
you really want to be left here to enter the terrible Tribulation, and face the
judgments that are to be poured out upon the earth and upon humanity during the
Tribulation period? Do you want your
loved ones left here to face it? If not,
then you and your loved ones need to
KNOW that you have salvation in Christ Jesus, 1 John 5:13. With salvation comes “the blessed hope” of
escaping what is coming upon the lost, Christ rejecting, world, Titus
2:11-15; Luke 21:36.
I am appealing
to every reader to right now make your calling and election sure, 2
Corinthians 13:5; 2 Peter 1:10. Carefully
read John
3:3-8, 3:16, 3:36, 5:24, 14:6, Acts 4:12, 16:30-31, 20:20-21, Romans 10:8-13,
10:17, Ephesians 2:8-10, and Titus 3:5.
Ask the Lord God in prayer to grant to you understanding of His
Word as you read these passages, then ask the Lord Jesus to come into your
heart, take control of your life, and save your soul. If you can pray such a prayer sincerely
believing that God will hear you, then He will answer and save you from sin and
eternal death. Try Him and see for
yourself!
Then look up and “keep the faith.”
Our Lord is coming for His people, according to His own inspired Word in
Psalm
113:7-8, before this present year ends.
Any hour of any day now! Look
up! Stay in His Word, stay in prayer,
walk in the Spirit, and pray for your fellow believers, and for the lost. All true believers are SOON going to
be standing face to face with our Lord.
Let it be a time of joy and rejoicing, rather than a time of shame, 1
John 2:28.
May our gracious Lord be pleased to add His
blessings to this study and to His Word is my prayer.
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the past years. May your blessings and
rewards be great in glory for helping this old “man of God” to reach out to
others with God’s precious Word.
Please address all comments, questions, and correspondence to: Pastor F. M. Riley, Last Call Gospel
Ministry, 184 County Road 108, Harrisburg, Missouri 65256. Or by email to: fmr7sngn@centurylink.net
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