I think that anyone who is drawn to the Five Doves website and its postings
of rapidly fulfilled prophecy..... fulfillment at an accelerated pace in recent
months....feels the same way you do. Its not escapism. Knowing what
hour we are in, provides a sense priority, a sense of urgency to
"work while it is yet day"....get your affairs in order....because the time of
darkness is coming.
The stage is COMPLETELY set now for the 4 riders of the Apocalypse to
gallop onto the world scene with their atrocities. The days are certainly
full of evil, just as they were during Noah's time, just prior to God's judgment
of the flood. Surely the wrath of God is just around the corner now.
The time of the Gentiles is rapidly coming to a close, and again the time
of the Jews is rapidly being restored, when God will deal with the Jews
directly....that last week of Daniel's 70th week. Israel as a nation was
reborn in a day. Now in 2005, the Sanhedrin has re-assembled in Israel,
making their top priority the rebuilding of the Temple on the Temple
Mount. Their 2nd priority was to renounce the current disengagement plan,
reminding Jews of their duty to God and to have faith in God for their
protection. This disengagement plan of Bush/Sharon is causing a DEEP
divide between the faithful Jews and the godless Jews. The line has once
again been drawn in the sand for God to see who wants to Trust in God and who
doesn't. As was true in Old Testament times, no doubt the godless Jews are
choosing their own fates today. God will dispense with them, as He did
before. 2/3 of the Jews in Israel will be ravished and killed in the
coming days......the remaining faithful Jews will be brought through the fires
of adversity to purify them in preparation for the final return of Christ.
Remember, when Jesus wept over Jerusalem, why did He
weep?
Jesus wept, because the Jews did NOT UNDERSTAND that
THIS was the Time of their Visitation by their long awaited Messiah. God
held each Jew accountable for knowing this important hour.
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Luk 19:41,42 |
And when he
[Jesus] was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over
it, Saying, If thou hadst
known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the
things [which belong] unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine
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Luk 19:43 |
For the days shall come
upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass
thee round, and keep thee in on every side, |
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Luk 19:44 |
And shall lay thee even
with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in
thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy
visitation. |
Jesus wept, because the Jews did NOT UNDERSTAND that THIS was the Time
of their Visitation by their Messiah. Because they were too busy with
their own plans, they MISSED IT! There were many Jews, even some in
the Sanhedrin whose heart was right with God, and God made sure that as busy as
they were, they weren't too busy to NOTICE the Divine Phenomenon that Jesus of
Nazareth presented. Nicodemus SOUGHT out Jesus. Joseph of Arimathaea
likewise recognized Jesus was the Messiah. But most of the religious
leaders did NOT recognize the hour had come for their Messiah to
appear. There were many signs pointing to his near
appearing......but sadly MOST missed it. This is why Jesus
wept.
Those that Jesus did NOT weep over, 1) Knew the prophecies of the Messiah,
and 2) Recognized the signs of his soon appearing causing them to WATCH.....and
finally 3) Because they BELIEVED the Prophecies of the Messiah's coming, and
because they were WATCHING for Him, they did NOT miss Him.....they Embraced Him
and Rejoiced at His Appearing.
At His first appearing Jesus COMMANDED His followers to WATCH for His
RETURN for them.
As was true at His first appearing, so it will be true at His next
appearing. Each Christian will be held accountable for knowing the
signs of His soon return for us.
1) We must not be ignorant of the prophetic scriptures. We are
commanded to rightly divide the scriptures, to understand prophecy, and
2) We must be WATCHING for Him as Jesus COMMANDED us to do repeatedly,
and
3) We must BELIEVE the Scriptures and prophecies to witness the
Bridegroom's Midnight Call for His Bride.
Not just any Bride, He comes for the Bride who has "made herself ready",
with no spots or wrinkles, and plenty of Oil (Holy Spirit) in her lamp.
The Bride of Christ we are told repeatedly will NOT be caught off guard.
Christ will NOT come as a thief in the night for His Bride......because His
Bride is anxiously awaiting Him.....anticipating His arrival....preparing
herself....getting her affairs in order to go off with Him. God gave us
this Groom and Bride symbolism to help us to understand what our relationship
to Christ is suppose to be like. The heartsick Bride anxiously
WATCHING for Her Groom to arrive. Nothing else is quit as important.
Common sense says that the only ones who will be surprised by His coming will be
those who are not looking for Him, not WATCHING for Him.
So, I would dare to say that those who scorn your remarks about the Lord's
soon (VERY NEAR) coming are NOT ready......or don't want Him to return just
yet......they are busy with their own plans and goals. Remember there is a
lot of truth to the saying "the road to hell is paved with good
intentions". Good intentions, not God Intentions. Their priorities
are out of divine order.
But don't listen to me. Listen to Jesus' repeated warnings:
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Mat 24:48 |
But and if that
evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
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Mat 24:49 |
And shall begin to smite
[his] fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; |
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Mat 24:50 |
The lord of that servant
shall come in a day when he looketh not for [him], and in an hour that he
is not aware of, |
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Mat 24:51 |
And shall cut him asunder,
and appoint [him] his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be
weeping and gnashing of teeth. |
Rev 3:3 Remember
therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If
therefore thou shalt
not watch, I will come on thee as a
thief,
and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
Luk 21:36
Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to
escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of
man.
1Pe 4:7 But
the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and
watch unto prayer.
Col 4:2 Continue
in prayer, and
watch in the same with thanksgiving;
1Th 5:6
Therefore let us not sleep, as [do] others; but let us
watch and be
sober.
Mat 24:42
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Mat 24:43 But
know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what
watch the
thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house
to be broken up.
Mat 25:13
Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son
of man cometh.
Mar 13:34 [For
the Son of man is] as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave
authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter
to
watch.
Mar 13:35
Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh,
at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
Mar 13:37 And
what I say unto you I say unto all,
Watch.
The parable of the 10 Virgins......5 were "ready" and 5 were not:
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Mat 25:1,2 |
Then shall the kingdom of
heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and
went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and
five [were] foolish. |
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Mat 25:3 |
They that [were] foolish
took their lamps, and took no oil with them: |
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Mat 25:4 |
But the wise took oil in
their vessels with their lamps. |
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Mat 25:5 |
While the bridegroom
tarried, they all slumbered and slept. |
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Mat 25:6 |
And at midnight there was
a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
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Mat 25:7 |
Then all those virgins
arose, and trimmed their lamps. |
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Mat 25:8 |
And the foolish said unto
the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. |
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Mat 25:9 |
But the wise answered,
saying, [Not so]; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye
rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. |
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Mat 25:10 |
And while they went to
buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the
marriage: and the door was shut. |
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Mat 25:11 |
Afterward came also the
other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. |
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Mat 25:12 |
But he answered and said,
Verily I say unto you, I know you not. |
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Mat 25:13 |
Watch therefore, for ye know neither the
day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
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Rev 19:7 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.
Rev 19:8 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.
Rev 19:9 And he
saith unto me, Write, Blessed [are] they which are called unto
the
marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true
sayings of God.
Rev 21:9 And
there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the
seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither,
I will shew
thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
Eph 5:27 That
he might present it to himself a
glorious church, not having
spot, or
wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy
and without blemish.
Rev 22:17 And
the Spirit and the
bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come.
And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of
life freely.
1Th 4:16 For
the
Lord himself shall
descend from heaven with a shout, with the
voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall
rise first:
1Th 4:17 Then
we which are
alive [and]
remain shall be caught up together with
them in the clouds, to meet the
Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be
with the
Lord.
1Th 4:18
Wherefore
comfort one another with these words.
1Th 5:1 But of
the
times and the
seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write
unto you.
1Th 5:2 For
yourselves know perfectly that the day of the
Lord so cometh as a
thief in the
night.
1Th 5:3 For when
they shall say,
Peace and
safety; then sudden destruction cometh
upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not
escape.
1Th 5:4 But ye,
brethren, are not in
darkness, that that
day should overtake you
as a
thief.
1Th 5:5 Ye are
all the
children of light, and the
children
of the day: we are not
of the night, nor
of darkness.
1Th 5:6
Therefore let us
not sleep, as [do] others; but let us
watch and be
sober.
1Th 5:7 For they
that
sleep sleep in the
night; and they that be drunken are
drunken in the
night.
1Th 5:8 But let
us, who are of the
day, be
sober, putting on the breastplate of
faith and
love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
1Th 5:9
For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to
obtain
salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
1Th 5:10 Who
died for us, that, whether we
wake or sleep, we should
live together with him.
1Th 5:11
Wherefore
comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even
as also ye
do.
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Rev
22:7 |
Behold, I come
quickly: blessed [is] he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy
of this book. |
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Rev
22:12 |
And, behold, I come
quickly; and my reward [is] with me, to give every man according
as his work shall be. |
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Rev
22:17 |
And the Spirit and the bride
say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that
is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life
freely. |
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Doves,
Cat wants to ask you a question, the last many days, I feel
powerful dreams and thoughts of God increasing in severity, about the nearness
of His coming, when I tried to talk this to other Christians, they are
missionaries, they say back “no, you are wrong, God’s return is not near,
there is so much more work to be done, so much gospel to spread” and they get
upset at me. Is it just me they are picking on? Anyone else getting this
powerful feeling God is coming back fast?
That is why cat comes and sits quietly in five doves’ site.
Cat is tired of Christians throwing stones at it, just because it feels that
Christ’s return is now imminent.
Trashbin Cat