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      All of the signs that we see occurring on earth today such as earthquakes, wars, and more, lead us to believe that the return of the Lord is near. Jesus told the people that they must know and read the signs of the times the same way that they know and read the signs of coming weather. There is another sign that Jesus told us to look for: "Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. ...And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold... And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations, and then shall the end come." (Mt. 24:9-14). We know that the Gospel of Jesus Christ has indeed covered the earth and all of the nations in it. We also can see that iniquity has abounded in our time, and indeed the love of many for the Lord and for each other, has grown cold becaus...

                                                                                                 Refuge  " God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.   Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed,     and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;  Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the     mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.  There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God,     the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.  God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall    help her and that right early.  The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he ut...

       There is a Doomsday Clock that expresses the prevailing opinion of secular scientists of how close the world is to a nuclear disaster. The feared disaster is represented on the clock as occurring at 12:00, midnight. Those who set the time on the clock have decided that we are now at 85 seconds to midnight.  The Sabbath Torah reading for this week is the account of Noah, the ark, and the flood of God's judgment upon the earth, a moment of global catastrophe such as is anticipated above.      Jesus described the signs that would occur before His return, which include great heavenly and global disasters, and spiritual deception with apostasy: "And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel of the...

            The Christian faith is being mocked and scorned in these times as being nothing more than "blind faith." However, our faith is not blind but is based upon truth and light. There is evidence - eye witness, historical, mathematical, and anthropological, including in my opinion the Shroud of Turin which accurately depicts the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ - that confirms the truth of the Christian faith. Jesus said that we shall know the truth.      The apostle Peter wrote that we should keep in our remembrance the words of the prophets and the apostles, who prophesied and testified of the truth of the Lord and Savior, Jesus. Peter also wrote of scoffers in the last days, who desire to continue walking in their own lusts, who are willingly ignorant of the Lord's return and the judgment that will accompany Him. These scoffers say, "Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all thi...

      Currently, we are in the Feast of Tabernacles, one of the appointed feasts of the LORD. Jesus kept the feasts of the LORD as we read in the Gospel accounts. From the beginning, the LORD appointed times and seasons: "And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs ( ot - signs, tokens, miracles, proof, evidence, omen, beacon), and for seasons ( mo'ed - congregation , assembly convened for a definite purpose, feast, season, an appointed time or meeting or place, signal, tent of meeting [tabernacle], appointed beforehand), and for days, and years...And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day." (Gen. 1:14-19, excerpt). We each are the temple/tabernacle (see mo'ed above), the appointed pl...

                                                                           Jewish   Ketubah Marriage Contract                 This season of the fall feasts of the LORD also brings to mind the coming Marriage Supper of the Lamb. The marriage between the Bride of Christ and the Bridegroom, Jesus, reflects the traditional practices of the Jewish wedding. The Marriage Supper of the Lamb, Jesus, is shown in Revelation 19:7-10: "Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marri...