Dear Pastor F. M. Riley;
            John Tng;

I just returned home a day ago from internal bleeding emergency procedures due to over medications for multiple ailments.. In the process of coming up to date I came to your correspondences and also noted the news points of this past week (01-24 to 01-28---the period of my being out of circulation). I send you the clips of what I found that has me in a state of , I guess you could say, “shock”. Yet I too am not at all surprised. But it all has correlation to what you two have been sharing.
 

God blesses, God Loves,

John J. Facino, Sr.
Abiding Outreach Ministry
Sacramento, CA. 95828
jjfacino@comcast.net

 

We see GOG rising up in the North. We see North Korea, Pakistan, India, Iran and now Egypt, and Syria joining in the Nuclear pact with Russia.
 

The U.N.'s nuclear watchdog , the International Atomic Energy Agency, revealed on January 4 that Egypt has been conducting a secret nuclear program since the 1980's and worked on the project as late as last year. Egypt, a member of the international Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, of course has officially denied any misconduct, using language similar to that of Iran, saying it is developing the potential weapons grade materials for peaceful purposes. This disclosure calls even more attention to Egyptian-born Mohamed ElBaradei, the head of IAEA. Under ElBaradei's watch, Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, India and now Egypt have advanced in nuclear development. And Syria is also suspected to have a nuclear program.

 

Russia's continued expansion of military interests in the Middle East nations of Syria and Iran are concrete evidence that events are rapidly setting up the imminent confrontation with Israel as prophesied in Ezekiel 38. Syrian President Bashar Assad could not have been more prophetic when he said, "Russia is a great power and bears great responsibility for the situation in the world. It follows that Russia should contribute to the stability of the situation in the Middle East." And not to disappoint, the Russian bear seems unable to stop its march toward Israel through several political actions including, but not limited to, propping up Iranian nuclear and missile development and Syrian military and missile development — even going so far as to propose banning Jewish groups in Russia itself.

 

The Bear's paw has been arming the Middle East for decades. But only recently have the headlines featured Russia's extraordinary military and nuclear efforts in its growing support of Israel's enemies. And 20 of 450 of Russia's nationalist lawmakers have asked the prosecutor general to ban all Jewish organizations because of their "extremis" views. Smoke or fire, the fuse of prophecy is lit, but we have no way of knowing how long it is. Jesus said in Matthew 24:42, "Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming."

 

President George W. Bush's inaugural speech, while striking the chord of American liberty wrapped in the warmth of peace and freedom, seemed to be an articulation of a new world order, supported by a new age philosophy, one in which the superpower status of the United States will be applied to foment peace in the name of liberty throughout the world.

President Bush said, "So, it is the policy of the United States to seek and support the growth of democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture, with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world." He also said, "From the day of our founding, we have proclaimed that every man and woman on this earth has rights, and dignity, and matchless value, because they bear the image of the Maker of Heaven and earth." This is a new twist to the Declaration of Independence where the Founding Fathers actually said all men "are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights." A subtle, but a strikingly different nuance bearing a new age humanist slant that mankind has these rights because it was created in the image of God rather than receiving them as a gift of God.

The President's remarks appear to mix humanism, new age and God — a very dangerous prophetic mix. The President said that "the force of human freedom" is the only one "force of history that can break the reign of hatred and resentment, and expose the pretensions of tyrants." Christianity maintains that true liberty is found not in humans but only in Christ, as stated in Galatians 5:1, "Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage." Therefore, true freedom and peace cannot come from the mixing of all religions, but only from the one true God.

Mr. Bush, however, seemed to imply that all faiths lead to God when he said that character was "sustained in our national life by the truths of Sinai, the Sermon on the Mount, the words of the Koran and the varied faiths of our people." These are powerful words, but elevating the "force of human freedom," the Koran and varied faiths to the level of Yahweh and Jesus Christ reveals a new age approach to his proposed world evangelism of freedom that is to result in peace. This smacks of the false doctrine that there are "many ways leading to God." But Jesus said in John 14:6, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."

There are extraordinary prophetic implications in the Bush speech. Peace is the theme. And it will be first demonstrated in practicality by the elections in Iraq, then in talks between Israel and the Palestinians. The President painted a strong justification for pressuring Israel to give up land for peace — following his doctrinal suggestion that Palestinian democracy is of God because liberty is a gift from God. Speaking of the times and the seasons when the day of the Lord would come as a thief in the night, the Apostle Paul warns in 1 Thessalonians 5:3, "For when they say, "Peace and safety!" then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape."

 

Islamists win council elections in Gaza

The Islamic terrorist group Hamas won 65 percent of the vote in elections for 10 local councils in the Gaza Strip. The results were a blow to the new Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, whose ruling Fatah faction took just 30 percent of the vote. Abbas is pushing for an end to more than four years of violence and terror, but results indicate strong Palestinian support for Hamas, which has carried out dozens of suicide bombings and seeks the destruction of Israel.

 

DEBKAfile reports: Palestinian leader Abbas flies to Moscow secretly Saturday and expects to meet Putin for talks Monday or Tuesday on undisclosed issues. (That is Monday, January 31, 2005.)

 

The most up-to-date Iraqi election forecast drawn up for US CENTCOM predicts a 43.3% win for Sistani's Unified Iraq Alliance, a massive 36.4% for the United Kurdish List and a low 8.1% for PM Allawi's National Accord. (The national Accord is the United States design.)

 

**Folks, I am not setting any dates but I thought you might find the following article sent by Jim Bramlett worth reading:

Patterns pointing to the year 2005 - Jim Bramlett

Dear friends:

A couple of weeks ago, Rev. Ron Patterson called me to share that the Lord had been speaking to him about the passage in John 5 where Jesus healed the invalid man at the pool of Bethesda. See verses 2-11. The man had been an invalid for 38 years!

Ron said that the man had been lying there all those years and the religious people did not help him. The water in the pool is symbolic of the Word. There were plenty of promises in the Jewish Bible at that time for him to get healed. Nobody helped him get into the Word. Through Jesus, God decided that He would have to help the man Himself, by His grace. The Word made flesh came to the man in Person! There were five colonnades, and five is the number of grace.

Ron said this is the condition of the world today. The world is in such bad shape, and the lukewarm Laodecean church is not doing enough to help. So in His mercy the Lord is going to personally come again to bring healing and deliverance to those who will receive it. He said the Tribulation is a time of mercy. God does not need the Tribulation for punishment because He already has hell to do that. It will be a severe wake-up time and opportunity after the rapture for people to call upon the Lord and be saved for eternity.

As Ron spoke, all of a sudden it dawned on me: The man had been an invalid for 38 years! And counting 38 years from the most prophetic and milestone event since the first century, when the Jews took over Jerusalem and the Temple Mount in 1967 = 2005. When I said that, Ron was ecstatic! He sensed that the number 38 here is significant.

I did not share this before, but I share it now because the numbers 38 and 2005, and also 12, have come up again this week in different contexts.

1. Pastor F.M. Riley pointed out that after they left Egypt, it took the Israelites two years to reach Mt. Sinai, where they rebelled against God, and He required them to wonder in the wilderness another 38 years to reach the Promised Land.

Riley says, "This is 2005! Thirty-eight years ago (1967) Almighty God delivered the Temple Mount into the hands of the Jews during the Six-Day War. Instead of immediately seizing the opportunity, rebuilding their Temple, and claiming their promised Kingdom, the Jews (through their blind leaders) rebelled against the will of God plainly stated in His prophetic Word, and literally gave the Temple Mount over into the hands of their enemies. God have mercy! They have had to pay dearly for the past 38 years for that act of rebellion, just as their ancient forefathers had to pay (38 years) for their rebellion. But praise God! At the end of the 38 years ancient Israel crossed the Jordan and entered upon their Kingdom promises. They still had to fight a seven-year war to subdue their enemies, but they were on their way. Folks, can't you see that this plainly points to Israel entering their Kingdom promises this year, 2005, where they will still have to fight a seven-year war to subdue their enemies. This year (2005) is 38 years since Israel had and relinquished the Temple Mount, and the seven-year Tribulation is at the door. It will begin this Spring. Glory! But there is another point whether some like it or not. Since this year is the 38th year and the Tribulation is at the door.... so is the rapture of God's people. Glory!" See http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/jan2005/fmriley125-2.htm

2. Also this week, Pastor Riley points out that Lamentations 1:17 describes Jerusalem "as a menstrous woman among them." He then mentioned Jesus healing the menstrous woman who had the "issue of blood" for 12 years (Matthew 9:18-20, etc.). Riley says, "This woman had been menstruating nonstop for twelve years. There is no question in my mind that this woman is a type of Jerusalem. And how long has the controversy over Jerusalem been going on? The real bloody controversy over who would control Jerusalem began just twelve years ago. Remember? That was 1993, the year that Rabin of Israel and Arafat of the PLO signed the rotten, deceitful Oslo Accords. There has been nothing but bloodshed since that day. God have mercy! And He will! Just as the Lord healed the woman after she had suffered for twelve years with her 'issue of blood,' so the Lord is going to heal Jerusalem this year, 2005. He will do so by sending back to Jerusalem His 'two witnesses' and saving 144,000 Jews. Glory! And it will take place this year. 2005 - 12 = 1993. See http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/jan2005/fmriley127.htm

CONCLUSION:

The above instances provide three different biblical patterns and types that appear to point to the year 2005.

"What I say to you, I say to everyone: 'Watch!'" (Mark 13:37).