The Road to Tribulation
When I became a born-again
Christian, my thoughts have always been about four things: Jesus, the Bible,
Israel and History. That is why I
have been doing a lot of studying about these four things and together they
point to a single subject matter: Biblical prophecy. The focus of my thought is
what is going on in the past, present and the future. Well, I know what was
going on in the past because they have been recorded in many documents which I
have read. I know what is going on today because I keep track of events in the
news. I know what is going on in the future because I read the Bible, and to
know the literal interpretation of what is going to happen. As I understand it,
we are approaching the “end times”. Why? All roads lead to where we are now. Let
me summarize below:
1.
Israel as a nation being reborn and
the end of age will occur in a generation.
2.
Jerusalem being a burdensome stone and a
trembling cup is the focus of daily world news. Anti-Semitism is on the rise on
many fronts: many "mainline" churches have decided to eliminate and replace
Israel with the Church, which is
called Replacement Theology. This
false teaching is fast becoming a popular belief among a number of
denominations. Churches are
promoting divestment from companies that have had business relationships with
Israel, and have come to think in
terms of "Israeli occupation" of their own lands!
3.
War: The rise of nuclear rogue nations such as Iran, North Korea
and Pakistan under Al-Qaida threats are about to unleash global calamity. All it
takes is a spark.
4.
Economic collapse: domino effect of the US stock market
crash affected the world economy. As a result of the rapidly falling dollar,
there were serious talks about one-world currency and one-world government being
implemented.
5.
Famine: A billion people in the world have food shortages. We are
consuming more than we can grow.
6.
Pestilence: AIDS is a universal pandemic and continues to grow.
Swine Flu is one of the new breed of hybrid strain that now becomes pandemic and
will get worst soon.
7.
Mother nature: hurricanes, tornados, earthquakes, wildfires,
droughts are increasing in frequency than ever before. The beginning of “birth
pangs.”
8.
Gog-Magog: Israel’s discovery and drilling of
gigantic natural gas reserve will make the country no longer dependant on
foreign energy. It will become the “spoils” Russia and the
Arab nations will invade. Turkey, the principle player of the Gog-Magog
coalition, broke their alliance with Israel and is leaning toward the Islamic
partnership due to stalling of the EU application for membership.
9.
Mark of the Beast: We will be in a cashless society soon with the
rise of microchips being accepted as a mean of monetary transactions. There have
been many articles on rapid advancement of microchip technology to replace
credit cards to be imbedded on cell phones and watches. Indonesia and Australia
are now starting prototype experiments. Reports says cash will cease to exist
within 5 years.
10.
Economic meltdown. The United States is no longer a
prosperous capitalistic nation. With the economic collapse, the nation is in a
reversed trend: socialism. Losses from banking, credit, housing, auto and
employment is leading the country to ruin and unable to recover. The country is
dominated by Big Government and individual freedom guaranteed by the
Constitution is being trampled by our liberal government. It is heading toward
hyperinflation. The most populist and prosperous golden state of California is
now bankrupt with $24 billion in the hole and the state government has nowhere
to turn, but issuing IOUs and furloughs.
11.
Christian persecution: The United States is longer classified as a
Christian nation by our leaders and embracement of the gay community is
encouraged with laws passed by many states approving gay marriages and benefits
approved to “gay partners.” States and US legislation is passing “hate crimes
bill” which protects pedophiles and encourage exposure to homosexuality in
schools and children as an “accepted norm”of our society. It restricts freedom
of speech and threatened prosecution to pastors and those who speaks out against
it as sin. Our country is becoming the Sodom and Gomorrah of the modern
generation.
12.
With the liberal government, abortion is no longer restricted but
freedom to murder the unborn becomes rampant.
13.
China is making noises of becoming a superpower to rival America’s
superpower status, looking to very likely become the lead nation of the kings of
the east forces of Revelation chapters 9 and 16.
14.
The 3rd Temple: Garments made, gold scepters created
and blueprint plans are finalized for the construction of the 3rd
Temple on the Temple Mount. It’s now waiting for the next step.
15.
Babylon rising: the ancient city of Babylon,
Iraq will be rebuilt and become the greatest center of wealth, commerce and
power in the “last days” of history. The books of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and
Revelation are explicit on this subject. Skeptics and cynics abound, to be sure,
but the fact is Babylon is being rebuilt right now, in part with U.S. taxpayer
funds. Iraqi leaders hope that eventually millions of tourists will come to
visit, and real progress is being made.
16.
The European Union (EU) is forming into what looks to be the
reviving Roman Empire, like Daniel
predicted.
17.
Eschatology. There
are so many false doctrines that are prevalent today: Kingdom Now, Replacement
Theology (the Church has replaced Israel), Amillennialism,
Postmillennialism, Pre-wrath, Post-Trib., Preterism, etc. We are confused
because proper eschatology is not taught or studied. People view it as "gloom and doom"
instead of our Blessed Hope and therefore dismiss it, leading to lukewarmness in
the church and in Christian life (Laodicea church of Revelation)
18.
Also, we see that many different cults are springing up and
growing, making the Word of God of none effect. There are about 2,500 to 3,000 cults of
varying types in the world today!
I have been very aware of what is
happening as we are very close to the “end of the road.” God is in control and
He knows what His plans are, but we don’t know the day nor the hour the end will
come. But with increasing frequency of “signs,” it won’t be long now. I know the
Bible is true to its very meaning as it was prophesied over 2500 years ago.
Jesus said the same thing in the Olivet Discourse. The bottom line is that we
ARE near the end of time and most events I mentioned above is leading to the
7-year tribulation period.
A few weekends ago, my thought
process kept blurting out of my mind: “Tell them, I am coming!” over and over
again. This is Jesus telling me. I am writing to tell you that Jesus is coming
very soon. Maybe this year!
Jesus is calling us to gather as many
souls as possible to repent, ask for forgiveness and invite Him into our heart
to be our savior. We need to spread the message before it’s too late. Time is
short. If you haven’t asked Jesus to be your savior, please do so today. This
may be your last chance, because if you are left behind after the Rapture, you
will have to endure the horrors of upcoming tribulation. As I said before, the
internet is a powerful tool to spread the gospel and to warn others what will
happen very soon. I know many churches today do not preach about the end times
and don’t want to make waves in our troubled times. But we have many prophecy
writers who are experts on keeping track of world event and how they relate to
the Bible. These writers are on the rise because they see the road to
tribulation is becoming very real. All of you Doves are doing the same thing:
warning everyone that reads this wonderful website that Rapture is near
and is not too late to ask Jesus to come into your heart
today.