Those who claim to have been into Heaven are LIARS - full stop!!!

Lately I have been preoccupied by what is commonly known as the near death experience, or the NDE. That obsession with the afterlife I could mainly put down to a kind of morbid curiosity about what really lays beyond the realms of the death experience. In particular, I liked the stories of those who had allegedly died and then found themselves in Heaven. However, just lately I have come to the rather sad realization that I have been a very foolish man indeed. In hindsight, It would have been much better for me to have occupied my time with leading the unsaved to salvation, rather than to have been engrossed by tales of alleged visits to Heaven by those who are simply making the whole thing up for financial gain. Common sense would dictate that anyone who had died and entered Heaven would not want to return to this earth just to recount the story of their alleged experiences for the benefit of those who are still alive. Once a person dies and enters Heaven there is no way that they would want to return to the world. Instead, they would want to stay there to live with the Lord forever and ever. If there is anyone, anywhere who says that have died and gone to Heaven, to return back here to retell their story, then they are not telling the truth. I hate to use the word, but those same persons are liars of the highest order.  By telling the lies that they are they are not only condemning themselves, but the word of God as well.

However, that still does not mean that I can discount the tales from those who have alleged they have died and then went to Hell and back. Nor can I discount the Near Death Experiences of those who have died and went to Hell, and then where shown the gates of Heaven, but where not allowed to enter Heaven at that particular time. See the website of Ian McCormick. There is a very distinct difference between those who have supposedly had visions of both Heaven and Hell. Or indeed there is a very distinct difference between those who have been to Hell and then after having had that experience been shown the gates of Heaven, but have not entered into Heaven. In this instance what I can mainly refer are the stories of those who have purported to have stepped over the line and entered into Heaven and then came back here to the earth and retell of their experiences. These are the people that I am calling LIARS.  

There are those out there who are able express the utter frustration that I feel relative to the charlatans making money out of selling books by telling stories of visits to Heaven better than what I am able to. One such man is John MacArthur a pastor of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California and president of The Master’s College and Seminary. Dr. MacArthur is also the author of more than one hundred books, covering a great expanse of Christian topics. He also is heard worldwide on his radio program Grace to You. Here is what Mr. MacArthur has to say relative to this rather delicate subject matter. However, by reading what has been copied and pasted below one still needs to keep in mind that during the course of his whole article he only speaks on the subject matter of NDEs proportional to Heaven.  He has not discounted the NDE of the visits to Hell which in turn gives me the incentive to say that there may just be something that is a lot like the truth in some of the stories of those who claim to have been to Hell and back. 

Are Visits to Heaven for Real?
By Dr. John MacArthur
A pastor’s book recounting his son’s visit to heaven rose to the top of the bestseller list and became a major motion picture. Christians were quick to spread the word, but could such visits be for real?

In recent years, Christian booksellers have inundated the evangelical world with testimonies from people who say they visited heaven in near-death experiences. Their stories are full of specific details about what heaven is like, who is there, and what is happening in the celestial realm. But when we compare their claims with Scripture, it becomes clear that they are merely figments of the human imagination, not true visions of heaven as it is described in God’s Word.

The best known of all these tales, Heaven Is for Real,1 is to be a major motion picture, released in April 2014. It is the story of Colton Burpo, whose parents believe he visited heaven when he was just four—during surgery after a burst appendix nearly took his life. Colton’s descriptions of heaven are full of fanciful features and peculiar details that bear all the earmarks of a child’s vivid imagination. There’s nothing transcendent or even particularly enlightening about Colton’s heaven. It is completely devoid of the breathtaking glory featured in every biblical description of the heavenly realm.

There’s nothing transcendent or even particularly enlightening about Colton’s heaven.

Stories like Colton’s are as dangerous as they are seductive. Readers not only get a twisted, unbiblical picture of heaven; they also imbibe a subjective, superstitious, shallow brand of spirituality. Studying mystical accounts of supposed journeys into the afterlife yields nothing but confusion, contradiction, false hope, bad doctrine, and a host of similar evils.

We live in a narcissistic culture, and it shows in these accounts of people who claim they’ve been to heaven. They sound as if they viewed paradise in a mirror, keeping themselves in the foreground. They say comparatively little about God or His glory. But the glory of God is what the Bible says fills, illuminates, and defines heaven. Instead, the authors of these stories seem obsessed with details like how good they felt—how peaceful, how happy, how comforted they were; how they received privileges and accolades; how fun and enlightening their experience was; and how many things they think they now understand perfectly that could never be gleaned from Scripture alone. In short, they glorify self while barely noticing God’s glory. They highlight everything but what’s truly important about heaven.

It is quite true that heaven is a place of perfect bliss—devoid of all sorrow and sin, full of exultation and enjoyment—a place where grace and peace reign totally unchallenged. Heaven is where every true treasure and every eternal reward is laid up for the redeemed. Anyone whose destiny is heaven will certainly experience more joy and honor there than the fallen mind is capable of comprehending—infinitely more than any fallen creature deserves. But if you actually saw heaven and lived to tell about it, those things are not what would capture your heart and imagination.

You would be preoccupied instead with the majesty and grace of the One whose glory fills the place.

Sadly, undiscerning readers abound, and they take these postmodern accounts of heaven altogether seriously. The stratospheric sales figures and far-reaching influence of these books ought to be a matter of serious concern for anyone who truly loves the Word of God.

The Bible on Near-Death Experiences
There is simply no reason to believe anyone who claims to have gone to heaven and returned. John 3:13 says, “No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.” And John 1:18 says, “No one has seen God at any time.”

Four biblical authors had visions of heaven—not near-death experiences. Isaiah and Ezekiel (Old Testament prophets) and Paul and John (New Testament apostles) all had such visions. Two other biblical figures—Micaiah and Stephen—got glimpses of heaven, but what they saw is merely mentioned, not described (2 Chronicles 18:18; Acts 7:55).

Only three of these men later wrote about what they saw—and the details they gave were comparatively sparse (Isaiah 6:1–4; Ezekiel 1, 10; Revelation 4–6). All of them focused properly on God’s glory. They also mentioned their own fear and shame in the presence of such glory. They had nothing to say about the mundane features that are so prominent in modern tales about heaven (things like picnics, games, juvenile attractions, familiar faces, odd conversations, and so on). Paul gave no actual description of heaven but simply said what he saw would be unlawful to utter. In short, the biblical descriptions of heaven could hardly be any more different from today’s fanciful stories about heaven.

Lazarus of Bethany fell ill and died, and his body lay decaying in a tomb for four days until Jesus raised him (John 11:17). A whole chapter in John’s Gospel is devoted to the story of how Jesus brought him back from the dead. But there’s not a hint or a whisper anywhere in Scripture about what happened to Lazarus’s soul in hat four-day interim. The same thing is true of every person in Scripture who was ever brought back from the dead, beginning with the widow’s son whom Elijah raised in 1 Kings 17:17–24 and culminating with Eutychus, who was healed by Paul in Acts 20:9–12. Not one biblical person ever gave any recorded account of his or her postmortem experience in the realm of departed souls.

Crossing the Boundaries
Far too much of the present interest in heaven, angels, and the afterlife stems from carnal curiosity. It is not a trend biblical Christians should encourage or celebrate. Any pursuit that diminishes people’s reliance on the Bible is fraught with grave spiritual dangers—especially if it is something that leads gullible souls into superstition, gnosticism, occultism, New Age philosophies, or any kind of spiritual confusion. Those are undeniably the roads most traveled by people who feed a morbid craving for detailed information about the afterlife, devouring stories of people who claim to have gone to the realm of the dead and returned.

Scripture never indulges that desire. In the Old Testament era, every attempt to communicate with the dead was deemed a sin on par with sacrificing infants to false gods (Deuteronomy 18:10–12). The Hebrew Scriptures say comparatively little about the disposition of souls after death, and the people of God were strictly forbidden to inquire further on their own. Necromancy was a major feature of Egyptian religion. It also dominated every religion known among the Canaanites. But under Moses’s law it was a sin punishable by death (Leviticus 20:27).

The New Testament adds much to our understanding of heaven (and hell), but we are still not permitted to add our own subjective ideas and experience-based conclusions to what God has specifically revealed through His inerrant Word. Indeed, we are forbidden in all spiritual matters to go beyond what is written (1 Corinthians 4:6).

Those who demand to know more than Scripture tells us about heaven are sinning: “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever” (Deuteronomy 29:29). The limits of our curiosity are thus established by the boundary of biblical revelation. In the words of Charles Spurgeon,

It’s a little heaven below, to imagine sweet things. But never think that imagination can picture heaven. When it is most sublime, when it is freest from the dust of earth, when it is carried up by the greatest knowledge, and kept steady by the most extreme caution, imagination cannot picture heaven. “It hath not entered the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.” Imagination is good, but not to picture to us heaven. Your imaginary heaven you will find by-and-by to be all a mistake; though you may have piled up fine castles, you will find them to be castles in the air, and they will vanish like thin clouds before the gale. For imagination cannot make a heaven. “Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered the heart of man to conceive” it.2

What God has revealed in Scripture is the only legitimate place to get a clear understanding of the heavenly kingdom. God’s written Word does in fact give us a remarkably full and clear picture of heaven and the spiritual realm. But the Bible still leaves many questions unanswered.

We need to accept the boundaries God Himself has put on what He has revealed. It is sheer folly to speculate where Scripture is silent. It is sinfully wrong to try to investigate spiritual mysteries using occult means. And it is seriously dangerous to listen to anyone who claims to know more about God, heaven, angels, or the afterlife than God Himself has revealed to us in Scripture.

The Glories of Heaven
It is, however, right and beneficial for Christians to fix their hearts on heaven. Scripture commands us to cultivate that perspective: “If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on earth” (Colossians 3:1–2). “While we do not look at the things which are seen but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal” (2 Corinthians 4:18). “For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ” (Philippians 3:20).

Such a perspective is the very essence of true faith, according to Hebrews 11. Those with authentic, biblical faith acknowledge that they are strangers and pilgrims on this earth (v. 13). They are seeking a heavenly homeland (v. 14). They “desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them” (v. 16). The “city” that verse refers to is the heavenly Jerusalem, an unimaginable place—the very capital of heaven. It will be the eternal abode of the redeemed. No wonder Christians are intrigued with the subject.

But no matter how much they might obsess over what heaven is like, people who fill their heads with a lot of fantastic or delusional ideas from others’ near-death experiences have not truly set their minds on things above. If the inerrant biblical truth God has given us is the only reliable knowledge about heaven we have access to (and it is), then that is what should grip our hearts and minds, not the dreams and speculations of human minds.

WHY I AM NOT A DISPENSATIONALIST John Nelson Darby is recognized as the father of dispensationalism later made popular in the United States by Cyrus Scofield's Scofield Reference Bible. Charles Henry Mackintosh, 1820–1896, with his popular style spread Darby's teachings to humbler elements in society and may be regarded as the journalist of the Brethren Movement. CHM popularised Darby more than any other Brethren author. As there was no Christian teaching of a “rapture” before Darby began preaching about it in the 1830s, he is sometimes credited with originating the "secret rapture" theory wherein Christ will suddenly remove His bride, the Church, from this world before the judgments of the tribulation. Dispensationalist beliefs about the fate of the Jews and the re-establishment of the Kingdom of Israel put dispensationalists at the forefront of Christian Zionism, because "God is able to graft them in again," and they believe that in His grace he will do so according to their understanding of Old Testament prophecy. They believe that, while the methodologies of God may change, His purposes to bless Israel will never be forgotten, just as He has shown unmerited favour to the Church, He will do so to a remnant of Israel to fulfill all the promises made to the genetic seed of Abraham. I am not a dispensationalist; it is unbiblical.

Why the Book of Enoch is a FAKE

Evil Fallen Angels

Those who are advocating there are fallen angels coming through dimensions from other worlds have taken the context of that notion from the book of Enoch which speaks predominately about fallen angels. However, there is a slight problem with the book of Enoch, for starters it is not a part of the word of God for good reason; it is totally the work of men and nothing much more than a work of fiction.

From the watchman for Jesus BlogSpot, Quote: A big difference between it and the genuine Word of God. The Bible is readable, from cover to cover, it tells a story. In sharp contrast, the Book of Enoch appears to be mocking the Word of God, quoting phrases here-and-there from the Bible, without any meaningful logic or order. This, coupled with a bunch of added mumbo-jumbo, makes the Book of Enoch a ridiculous piece of literature to even consider inspired by God. As a person progresses deeper into the Book of Enoch, they will eventually find the Books of Adam and Eve fascinating as well, and then they will be into New Age occultism without even realizing it.

Don't be fooled friend, the Book of Enoch is occult material that will lead you into the senseless mysticism of pagan religion. The fact that it's being paraded to the public nowadays on Walt Disney's History Station as a SHOCKING revelation, should be a clear warning sign where this is all headed. The credibility of the Word of God is under malicious attack." Let us remember that Enoch WAS rejected as a canonical book. It is NOT inspired by the Holy Spirit. It is just a lot of ramblings.

Jude quoted from it because there was just ONE passage which was considered inspired. Nowhere else in the whole Bible are any other verses from Enoch quoted? As Jude quoted a few verses from it then we also can use that section but be wary not to trust those ramblings and use it to justify views on fallen angels, spirits in prison and the Nephilim or any other subject. To be noted: Enoch is not considered the author of that book, by the way.

It is quite obvious that one statement of Enoch was used as a quote in this book, in the attempt to endorse everything else in the book. We should compare scripture with scripture (ie the inspired writings as contained within the canonical books). This also applies to the apocrapha writings which are NOT inspired and NOT canonical.

We should NEVER include within our theology teachings from those external books. In fact (as I understand it) much of the false teachings within the Catholic Church are based on those external books including the apocrypha. Let us NOT become like them introducing external heresies but STICK to 66 inspired books of the Bible and encourage everybody to read those books alone as they are everything we need for our salvation, faith and journey. End of Quote

WHY I AM NOT A DISPENSATIONALIST John Nelson Darby is recognized as the father of dispensationalism later made popular in the United States by Cyrus Scofield's Scofield Reference Bible. Charles Henry Mackintosh, 1820–1896, with his popular style spread Darby's teachings to humbler elements in society and may be regarded as the journalist of the Brethren Movement. CHM popularised Darby more than any other Brethren author. As there was no Christian teaching of a “rapture” before Darby began preaching about it in the 1830s, he is sometimes credited with originating the "secret rapture" theory wherein Christ will suddenly remove His bride, the Church, from this world before the judgments of the tribulation. Dispensationalist beliefs about the fate of the Jews and the re-establishment of the Kingdom of Israel put dispensationalists at the forefront of Christian Zionism, because "God is able to graft them in again," and they believe that in His grace he will do so according to their understanding of Old Testament prophecy. They believe that, while the methodologies of God may change, His purposes to bless Israel will never be forgotten, just as He has shown unmerited favour to the Church, He will do so to a remnant of Israel to fulfill all the promises made to the genetic seed of Abraham. I am not a dispensationalist; it is unbiblical.

Catholic Bashing By Alleged Fundamentalist Born Again Christians

Roman Catholic Pope Francis

Right at the beginning of this article I would like to stress quite clearly that I am neither for nor against the Roman Catholic Church. Instead, my stance is relatively neutral when it comes to an opinion on the church or its followers. The basic reason for taking that position is because there is very little or nothing that I can readily identify with about the Roman Catholic Church in comparison to my own fundamentalist (Bible believing) Christian beliefs. More so, and a great deal more so than any other weird and wonderful system of belief out there, the amount of Catholic bashing going on lately appears to have intensified with a greater amount of ferocity and nastiness than I can ever recall in the past. This all seems to have been taking place ever since the appointment of Pope Francis. It is with much sadness that I must report the greatest amount of attacks coming from the Internet, aimed squarely at the Roman Catholic Church, and in particular the newly appointed Pope, are coming straight from my own brothers and sisters in the Lord, Fundamentalist Born Again Christians. I can only hazard a guess as to why all of this is taking place? However, my best estimation as to why all of this slanderous type of behaviour is taking place against the RC (and in particular the new Pope) may have to do with so many of my brothers and sisters out there in cyber land somehow or another readily identifying the Whore of Babylon as being the RCC.

The newly appointed pope has coped the greatest amount of flack though, with so many out there that are running end times blog spots calling him of all things the second beast of Revelation Chapter 13, the False Prophet. For starters, there is very little mentioned in the word of God relative to the FP, but what we do know is that he does not seek authority for himself; but instead, he gives his backing or support to Antichrist. Right now, there is really no one at all that I could quite categorically identify as being the Antichrist. As that is the case, how that is there are then those out there who are identifying this Pope as being the FP, when we don’t even know who the Antichrist is? In other words, what they are saying is that the Pope is the FP even though he is not giving his authority over to anyone, let alone the Antichrist, who we don’t even know who is yet. A lot of this rot going on at the moment relative to the RCC may have a lot to do with a book that has recently been published written by on one Tom Horn who has claimed, amongst other things, that the current Pope is the last Pope and therefore must be the FP. Avoid that book like the plague for the complete and utter nonsense that it is. For appetizers, there is really no one at all who really knows whether the RCC is the Whore of Babylon or not let alone if this Pope, or any other Pope for that matter, is the FP. My firm belief is that Babylon is the United States of America simply because the city described a burning sounds a lot like New York Harbour? At the end of the day who really knows that answer to that one either?

Despite all of what I have made mention of above there is still no getting away from the facts of the tremendous amount of sheer idolatry that has infiltrated the RCC over the centuries. The greatest amount of blasphemy and hypocrisy is directed by the Catholics against the one true and living God in the deity worship of the earthly mother of the Lord Jesus Christ, Mary. What bothers me the most about this kind of false worship is that even though she was a virgin when Christ was conceived, Mary was not a virgin on the day she died simply because after the birth of Christ Mary gave birth to brothers and sisters for Christ, all conceived the natural way? Even though Mary was blessed amongst women she is not the Queen of Heaven sitting alongside and being worshiped on the same level as Christ and the father himself. The bottom line is that Catholics have knowingly, and stubbornly, rejected the commandments of God to follow their own traditions instead. This is exactly what Jesus said concerning the Apostate Jewish religion, "Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, this people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men? For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men ... Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition ... Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye" (Mark Chapter 6, Verses 8 and 13). (Emphasis added)

The Catholic Church is a prison house of religion.

Even though there are several faults with the RCC I have only mentioned one in this article; but there are still no doubts at all that there are also faults with the fundamentalist churches as well. For example, the Pentecostal teaching that a believer can LOSE salvation has been a cause for great concern by believers for a long time. From my own experience, I have found that the average Christian isn't sure what to think about the Pentecostals (i.e., the Charismatic Movement). Are they saved or not? If you speak to most Charismatics, they'll give every impression that they're true Christians. Many are aggressive witnesses for their religion. Yet something is VERY wrong with their doctrine ... VERY WRONG! The Jehovah's Witnesses are as aggressive as any religion in propagating their doctrines; yet they serve Satan by spreading devilish doctrines. Just because Pentecostals are aggressive to spread their doctrines doesn't mean that they're of God. Charismatics PERVERT the Gospel of Jesus Christ by ADDING holy living as a requirement to keep one's salvation. This is utter self-righteousness, and a lack of faith in God.

Pentecostalism looks and feels good, but is rotten to the core!

If there are faults with both the protestant and the Catholic movements then what do we do to make sure that we are truly saved? Which church do we attend and indeed does our salvation depend on what church we attend and how we live according to the particular doctrines of faith that each particular domination holds fast to. From the time that I was saved forty four years ago I remember the beautiful feeling that it was and how I just knew that I had been truly Born Again, and as a consequence was Heaven bound upon having the death experience. Needless to say, I have not been a regular church attendee over the past few years. However, I still knew that I had to hold onto my salvation by regular prayerful sessions and daily Bible reading which I have kept up for decades and decades now. That being said, I do not advocate non church attendance. On the contrary, go to church by all means, but still be very aware of the wolves in sheep’s clothing and the absolute jackals that now inhabit the pulpits of so many so called houses of God in this modern day and age. Not to go to church was and still is the best path for me to take, I make that statement given the enormous amount of pretence so many church leaders and attendees seem to have.

Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. Matthew Chapter 7, Verse 5 (Emphasis Added)

Go directly straight to the point of Christian preaching and apologetics and defend the Fundamental Born Again Christian faith and its stand of Scripture alone, faith alone, grace alone, in Christ alone and glory to God alone. Uproot heretical teachings that mislead people, win souls and promote the splendour, the majesty and the triumphs of the Church that was built upon Jesus Christ.

WHY I AM NOT A DISPENSATIONALIST John Nelson Darby is recognized as the father of dispensationalism later made popular in the United States by Cyrus Scofield's Scofield Reference Bible. Charles Henry Mackintosh, 1820–1896, with his popular style spread Darby's teachings to humbler elements in society and may be regarded as the journalist of the Brethren Movement. CHM popularised Darby more than any other Brethren author. As there was no Christian teaching of a “rapture” before Darby began preaching about it in the 1830s, he is sometimes credited with originating the "secret rapture" theory wherein Christ will suddenly remove His bride, the Church, from this world before the judgments of the tribulation. Dispensationalist beliefs about the fate of the Jews and the re-establishment of the Kingdom of Israel put dispensationalists at the forefront of Christian Zionism, because "God is able to graft them in again," and they believe that in His grace he will do so according to their understanding of Old Testament prophecy. They believe that, while the methodologies of God may change, His purposes to bless Israel will never be forgotten, just as He has shown unmerited favour to the Church, He will do so to a remnant of Israel to fulfill all the promises made to the genetic seed of Abraham. I am not a dispensationalist; it is unbiblical.

BEWARE FALSE PROPHETS IN THESE LAST DAYS

Justin Peters

This article needed to be written as a precursor to the previous article. After some serious Bible study I learnt that just before the return of the Lord the whole world would be abounding with flourishing False Prophets. Firstly, let me make it quite clear that it has never been my intention to go along the path of attacking the so called ministries of others.

There are those Born Again Christians whose gifts are to do just that, and may I say that there are some who do so that are quite good at what they do. There is one young man who readily comes to mind who makes it his business to expose the hypocrisy of some of the more well-known ministries in these latter days. His name is Justin Peters and his website is http://justinpeters.org/ He comes very highly recommended if one wishes a good understanding into the False Prophets currently thriving in these end times.

That is still not to say that all is right in the ball park when it comes to other Christian ministries. The name of one False Prophet that readily comes to mind. However, if there are no names mentioned then there is no shame attached to either this ministry or the ministry of those I choose to refer to on this occasion. That being said there is one quite well know ministry, that comes out of the United Kingdom, whose administrator seems to get a bee in his bonnet from time to time and then run with whatever is on his mind for weeks and weeks right up until the point that it starts to become quite boring.

(I have made a pact between myself and the Lord that I would not make any further comments at that particular BlogSpot simply because he only tends to publish comments that run with his own stance on whatever subject matter.)

At the moment he has some strange and unexplained notion that the leader of the Roman Catholic Church is somehow or another the second beast of Revelation Chapter 13 known commonly as the False Prophet. However, most of us who study the word of God know quite well that out of the two beasts mentioned in Revelation Chapter 13 the first beast is the political side of the New World Order, and that the second beast is the religious side of the New World Order. As that is the case, and following the chronological order for the appearance of the two beasts, then how can we now assume that the current Roman Catholic Pope is the second beast (the False Prophet) when we haven’t even seen the first beast (the Son of Perdition) as yet.

Conversely, credit should be given where credit is due?  It may be the instance where the current Pope is preparing the way for the real False Prophet, but as far as I can see that is all that is going on for the time being with the current Pope. Nevertheless that is still not to assume that any Roman Catholic Pope is going to turn out to be the False Prophet. However that is still not taking into account the enormous amount of confusion and harm this man is causing by sending out all the wrong signals just at this particular time in history when all of Christendom needs proper and correct information. If one is look at his past history relative to these matters then he, and numerous others, seem to have been following the same path all along by getting some crazy and silly notion somewhere along the line and then running with it to the point of extinction. Just as is the case in his instance time and time again there are just too many who are proving to be nothing more than False Prophets.

The bottom line still remains, that there is nothing at all wrong with listening to what others have to say, but for those who are earnestly seeking the Kingdom of God, when it comes to current and future events refer always to the Holy Scriptures for the correct answer. (Emphasis Added)

WHY I AM NOT A DISPENSATIONALIST John Nelson Darby is recognized as the father of dispensationalism later made popular in the United States by Cyrus Scofield's Scofield Reference Bible. Charles Henry Mackintosh, 1820–1896, with his popular style spread Darby's teachings to humbler elements in society and may be regarded as the journalist of the Brethren Movement. CHM popularised Darby more than any other Brethren author. As there was no Christian teaching of a “rapture” before Darby began preaching about it in the 1830s, he is sometimes credited with originating the "secret rapture" theory wherein Christ will suddenly remove His bride, the Church, from this world before the judgments of the tribulation. Dispensationalist beliefs about the fate of the Jews and the re-establishment of the Kingdom of Israel put dispensationalists at the forefront of Christian Zionism, because "God is able to graft them in again," and they believe that in His grace he will do so according to their understanding of Old Testament prophecy. They believe that, while the methodologies of God may change, His purposes to bless Israel will never be forgotten, just as He has shown unmerited favour to the Church, He will do so to a remnant of Israel to fulfill all the promises made to the genetic seed of Abraham. I am not a dispensationalist; it is unbiblical.

Why the Day of the Lord should not be confused with a Rapture

There has never ever been a time when I have held the stance that there would not be a taking away of the church before events here on the earth became so unbearable so as that we not him able to bear what was going to happen. The only point that I have remained steadfast on was that there were never ever going to be two events, the day of the Lord and the Rapture.

There are several scriptures that tell us that the Lord is indeed going to be a return to the earth to take his church back home with him. However, there is nothing that I can see at all that says anything about a Rapture. So there is the Day of the Lord, but there is nothing at all that I can find that says anything at all about a Rapture.

There are still going to be those who are going to refer to the verses they say refer to a Rapture when those verse do not refer to a Rapture but instead refer to the Day of the Lord. However as  it is nigh on impossible to predict the timing for the Day of the Lord there is no point at all in even trying to do so because the Day of the Lord and the alleged Rapture do not correlate at all because there is no Rapture.

There is no one that has shown me the following verses at all and it is not just something that I happened to come across on the Internet; just today I was reading the word of God and in doing so noted the following which tells us quite clearly that the Lord is going to take his elect up to Heaven with him when he returns back here to the earth.

 22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.

 23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.

 24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

 25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.

 26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

 27 And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven. Mark Chapter 13, Verses 22 to 27. (Emphasis added)

That language is quite clear, when false prophets and show signs and wonders to seduce, in those days, after that tribulation, the sun and the moon shall be darkened and the moon shall not give light, and the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken, then shall you see the son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory, and then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect (the born again Christians) from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth (from all the earth) to the uttermost part of heaven.

In plain and simple to understand English, when the Lord returns his angels are going to gather the Born Again Christian together and take them up to Heaven, after we see the False Prophets mentioned above. But let’s have a bit of a look for the moment about the condition that we have going on here on the earth at the moment? Don’t we already have many false prophets showing signs and wonders to seduce? If that evaluation is correct (as it is) then it looks to me like the Day of the Lord is not all that far away at all? 

WHY I AM NOT A DISPENSATIONALIST John Nelson Darby is recognized as the father of dispensationalism later made popular in the United States by Cyrus Scofield's Scofield Reference Bible. Charles Henry Mackintosh, 1820–1896, with his popular style spread Darby's teachings to humbler elements in society and may be regarded as the journalist of the Brethren Movement. CHM popularised Darby more than any other Brethren author. As there was no Christian teaching of a “rapture” before Darby began preaching about it in the 1830s, he is sometimes credited with originating the "secret rapture" theory wherein Christ will suddenly remove His bride, the Church, from this world before the judgments of the tribulation. Dispensationalist beliefs about the fate of the Jews and the re-establishment of the Kingdom of Israel put dispensationalists at the forefront of Christian Zionism, because "God is able to graft them in again," and they believe that in His grace he will do so according to their understanding of Old Testament prophecy. They believe that, while the methodologies of God may change, His purposes to bless Israel will never be forgotten, just as He has shown unmerited favour to the Church, He will do so to a remnant of Israel to fulfill all the promises made to the genetic seed of Abraham. I am not a dispensationalist; it is unbiblical.

Where is Malaysian Flight MH370 right now?

The vanished Boeing 777 may be in a hanger in an Iranian being retrofitted with nuclear weapons and turned into a suicide bomb to be deployed over a major city in the Middle East, including Tel Aviv?

The idea that Flight 370 passengers and crew may still be alive is not a bizarre theory. Even Reuters is now reporting that U.S. authorities have stated, “…it’s also possible the plane may have landed somewhere.” Here’s the evidence in support of this emerging “piracy” theory of what may have happened to Flight 370 and why the people who may have diverted it might also be planning on turning it into a weapon:

Five critical pieces of astonishing supporting evidence that Flight 370 passengers may still be alive?
Fact #1: No crash debris has been located, despite an exhaustive search
Fact #2: The plane’s transponder appears to have been manually turned off several minutes before other communication systems stopped transmitting.
Smoking Gun Fact #3: The plane’s engines continued to broadcast performance data to satellite for four hours after radar contact was lost.
Fact #4: The mobile devices of many passengers continued to stay online for days after the disappearance.
Fact #5: Black box transponders are not broadcasting homing signals because the plane never crashed.

‘Pirated’ Boeing 777 may return to skies as stealth nuclear weapon?
Shockingly, the next time the world sees this aircraft may be when it deploys itself over a city like Tel Aviv and detonates a large nuclear weapon at altitude. The reason I deliberately choose Tel Aviv in this example is because there appears to be a possible link with Iran in all this, and the Iranian government leadership has reportedly said it wishes to see Israel wiped off the map. The elaborate nature of this aircraft piracy, if indeed this is the true explanation, also smacks of state-sponsored involvement. This is not the kind of operation that can be pulled off by a couple of yahoos trying to score some quick cash. Where is Flight 370 now? Pakistan, Iran were both potentially in range of a landing.

WHY I AM NOT A DISPENSATIONALIST John Nelson Darby is recognized as the father of dispensationalism later made popular in the United States by Cyrus Scofield's Scofield Reference Bible. Charles Henry Mackintosh, 1820–1896, with his popular style spread Darby's teachings to humbler elements in society and may be regarded as the journalist of the Brethren Movement. CHM popularised Darby more than any other Brethren author. As there was no Christian teaching of a “rapture” before Darby began preaching about it in the 1830s, he is sometimes credited with originating the "secret rapture" theory wherein Christ will suddenly remove His bride, the Church, from this world before the judgments of the tribulation. Dispensationalist beliefs about the fate of the Jews and the re-establishment of the Kingdom of Israel put dispensationalists at the forefront of Christian Zionism, because "God is able to graft them in again," and they believe that in His grace he will do so according to their understanding of Old Testament prophecy. They believe that, while the methodologies of God may change, His purposes to bless Israel will never be forgotten, just as He has shown unmerited favour to the Church, He will do so to a remnant of Israel to fulfill all the promises made to the genetic seed of Abraham. I am not a dispensationalist; it is unbiblical.

The Introduction of the Mark of the Beast via Mobile Phones

THE MARK OF THE BEAST

What I am about to mention gives me the strongest indicator yet that the mark of the beast is being introduced over here in Australia.

Australia is going to be the test case for the whole world, a statement not made lightly.

There is nothing else on the internet relative to this supposition. All of this information is freely given as making money out of the word of God is not what I am all about, as I can earn quite a comfortable living in other ways.

Basically, what I am referring to is buying and selling being made with a mobile phone. Yes that’s right, a mobile phone. To introduce the mark of the beast to the world I had always thought that we were going to go from cash to the cards, and then to the mobile phone for buying and selling.

Now it starting to happen a lot faster than I originally thought it would. Because Australia is a relatively wealthy nation, (with quite a high standard of living) the ownership of mobile phones is one of the highest in the world. More than likely that is one of the main reasons why we have been chosen as a test case for the introduction of the mark of the beast over and above every other nation on earth.

To buy and sell with the phone all that one has to do is to contact participating banks, and then in turn they will then send out a small chip to be inserted into the phone, download their wallet application, and then away you go.

But that’s not all. That’s only the tip of the iceberg. Already the mark of the beast (the matrix data barcode/electronic barcode) is being introduced over here as the prevalence of its appearance is being seen everywhere.

Already we have the tap and go cards which require no pin or signature. Accordingly, When those who are prone to misplacing their mobile phones and cards do so, it is then going to be quite a simple matter to convince them to take a mark on the body for buying and selling.

Naturally, with a mark on the body there is no way the absent minded are going to misplace or have stolen an arm or even their heads.

As an adjunct to this, the National Broadband Network introduced by the previous labour government had very little to do with some pimple faced kid somewhere downloading a movie at a faster rate of knots, but had everything to do faster speeds for the electronic transfer of funds once the mark was introduced. Take care.

WHY I AM NOT A DISPENSATIONALIST John Nelson Darby is recognized as the father of dispensationalism later made popular in the United States by Cyrus Scofield's Scofield Reference Bible. Charles Henry Mackintosh, 1820–1896, with his popular style spread Darby's teachings to humbler elements in society and may be regarded as the journalist of the Brethren Movement. CHM popularised Darby more than any other Brethren author. As there was no Christian teaching of a “rapture” before Darby began preaching about it in the 1830s, he is sometimes credited with originating the "secret rapture" theory wherein Christ will suddenly remove His bride, the Church, from this world before the judgments of the tribulation. Dispensationalist beliefs about the fate of the Jews and the re-establishment of the Kingdom of Israel put dispensationalists at the forefront of Christian Zionism, because "God is able to graft them in again," and they believe that in His grace he will do so according to their understanding of Old Testament prophecy. They believe that, while the methodologies of God may change, His purposes to bless Israel will never be forgotten, just as He has shown unmerited favour to the Church, He will do so to a remnant of Israel to fulfill all the promises made to the genetic seed of Abraham. I am not a dispensationalist; it is unbiblical.

TAOISEACH Enda Kenny is being tipped as a frontrunner to take over as EU chief when the powerful position comes up next year.

TAOISEACH Enda Kenny

He is being linked with two top positions in the European Union in an analysis of the contenders by an influential Brussels-based opinion-shaper.

The Taoiseach is viewed as a frontrunner for the powerful post of European Council president, as he is seen as "capable but not a big name with an ego".

The European Council president chairs the meetings of EU leaders where all the major decisions are made.

The post is up for grabs in December 2014.

And Mr Kenny has an outside shot for European Commission president, the head of the EU cabinet, which becomes available next June.

The Taoiseach's name is being mentioned following the success of Ireland's EU presidency, where he "impressed in his handling of the EU budget negotiations".

The frontrunners for the elite posts are identified by Burson-Marsteller, one of Europe's leading public affairs and communications consultancy firms.

"Kenny has a good profile for the European Council job in particular – a consensus-builder (he is in a coalition government with Labour) from a small member state who has had some success at EU level with his successful steering of negotiations on the EU's long-term budget during the Irish presidency.

"Possibly a better bet for the Council job than for the Commission," Burson-Marsteller says.

Mr Kenny's spokesman said the Taoiseach's "sole focus" was on his current post.

He continued: "We don't comment on speculation" – while declining to rule out the move. He added: "The Taoiseach is completely focused on the job in hand, which is exiting the bailout and creating jobs."

The European Council president will be picked directly by the 28 EU leaders. They will select a current or former EU leader, so the candidates come from a limited pool.

FOOTNOTE: As the Antichrist was always thought of as being the president of the EU, if appointed as the next president of the EU does this then make Edna Kenny the Antichrist?

Even if he were to be selected as the president of the EU, if the first and current president of the EU Herman Van Rompuy is any sort of an indicator at all then most certainly the answer to that could only be a resounding NO! As was the case with Van Rompuy, this individual appears to be rather mild looking, hardly any sort of an Antichrist type when we are possibly looking for a sterner looking individual by a long shot. It seems to me that is the intention anyway, to appoint someone who does not comes across as being much of a threat to the larger body of the EU members? In the long run the Christians are looking for someone who comes across as a strong man, a leader, who will be able to take over the reins of the running of the EU as a powerful dictatorial Super President of types. God bless

WHY I AM NOT A DISPENSATIONALIST John Nelson Darby is recognized as the father of dispensationalism later made popular in the United States by Cyrus Scofield's Scofield Reference Bible. Charles Henry Mackintosh, 1820–1896, with his popular style spread Darby's teachings to humbler elements in society and may be regarded as the journalist of the Brethren Movement. CHM popularised Darby more than any other Brethren author. As there was no Christian teaching of a “rapture” before Darby began preaching about it in the 1830s, he is sometimes credited with originating the "secret rapture" theory wherein Christ will suddenly remove His bride, the Church, from this world before the judgments of the tribulation. Dispensationalist beliefs about the fate of the Jews and the re-establishment of the Kingdom of Israel put dispensationalists at the forefront of Christian Zionism, because "God is able to graft them in again," and they believe that in His grace he will do so according to their understanding of Old Testament prophecy. They believe that, while the methodologies of God may change, His purposes to bless Israel will never be forgotten, just as He has shown unmerited favour to the Church, He will do so to a remnant of Israel to fulfill all the promises made to the genetic seed of Abraham. I am not a dispensationalist; it is unbiblical.

Is this new SEVEN YEAR treaty to be the one that we are looking for?

Netanyahu

Israel says won't sign EU deal under new terms

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel would rather forgo hundreds of millions of dollars in EU research grants than accept an anti-settlement clause Europe wants written into any new partnership deal, Israel's deputy foreign minister said Friday, a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened top Cabinet ministers to stake out a position.
The deputy minister, Zeev Elkin, said Israel still hopes to soften the terms of Horizon 2020, a seven-year Europe-wide research grant program that begins in 2014 and has a budget of 80 billion euros.
If it joins, Israel would pay in about 600 million euros and likely receive more than 1 billion euros in grants. Israel successfully participated in the outgoing European grant program.
"We want to sign and we are ready to negotiate, but if the conditions are as they are today, which are unprecedented ... we can't sign," Elkin told Israel Radio.
The new EU guidelines say any partnership agreements with Israel must state clearly they are not applicable to the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem, lands Israel captured in 1967. The guidelines were introduced, in part, to show the EU's growing dismay over Israeli settlement expansion on war-won land the Palestinians want for a state.
The settlements, home to about 560,000 Israelis, are deemed illegal by most of the international community, including the EU. Israel's 1967 annexation of east Jerusalem into its capital has not been recognized by most countries in the world.

Negotiations between Israel and the EU on signing Horizon 2020 are to begin in the coming days.

On Thursday, Netanyahu met with Cabinet ministers to try to find a way out of the dilemma.
Netanyahu presides over a center-right coalition that includes prominent pro-settler politicians and would likely find it difficult to accept the EU's new "territorial clause." However, turning down the research partnership could cause significant harm to Israeli research and economic interests.
Zehava Galon of the dovish Meretz Party said the government is acting recklessly by endangering Israel's participation in the grant program.
"This is what a sinking ship looks like when its captains decide to establish the State of Judea (biblical term for the West Bank) while destroying the future of Israel," she told Israel Radio. "Because this is destroying the scientific future of Israel, Israeli research."

Elkin said Israel was faced with a decision of principle.

Losing access to Horizon 2020 would be considerable, mainly "in terms of promoting Israeli science and its need to compete with scientists around the world," he said. However, "Israel cannot discriminate (between different areas), as the EU demands now, with special certificates and commitments."
It remains unclear how much wiggling room, if any, negotiators would have.
Europe might want to avoid a showdown with Israel at a time when Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are finally underway, following a five-year freeze. Negotiations resumed last month.
However, the EU appeared unlikely to agree to the changes sought by Israel, since their new wording "reiterates the long-held position that bilateral agreements with Israel do not cover the territory that came under Israel's administration in June 1967," as the bloc's foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, put it last month.
On Friday, her spokesman Michael Mann said the EU Commission, the 28-nation bloc's executive arm, is aware of media reports that Israel is planning to seek clarifications.
"We stand ready to organize discussions during which such clarifications can be provided and look forward to continued successful EU-Israel cooperation, including in the area of scientific cooperation," he said

Food for thought? As the word MANY in the prophecy Daniel remains somewhat opaque, when we are looking for a seven year treaty confirmed by the Antichrist there is a possibility that as the EU has many nations, the MANY may just refer to Israel and the EU? That is still not to say that the popular theory over the years has always been that the many referred to Israel and the Arab states in the area, with the suggestion always being that what we were looking for was a seven year Middle East peace treaty? However, that is still not to say that we still need to consider other options relative to a seven year treaty, even if that involves something that is out the norm, so to speak. As that is the case, then consider the following as what is being referred to in this instance is a seven year treaty between Israel and the EU, even if that treaty does not of necessity refer to a seven year Middle East peace treaty. Even though I may be wrong in this instance, what we seem to be looking at is Israel joining the EU? As a natural consequence of that arrangement Netanyahu would more or less lose the enormous power that he wields for the time being in Israel? In turn, that would bring him and the nation of Israel under the control of the Antichrist, whoever he happened to be at the time of the signing of the treaty. Therefore, what we are really looking at in this instance is some kind of bribe to more or less bring Israel under the control of the EU and the Antichrist? There are of course numerous other aspects to this that could open a mine field of conjecture and possible scenarios. We know that the Antichrist is based in Jerusalem when the Great Tribulation begins but has anyone ever considered the possibility that he may already be there? Netanyahu is opposed to any of these changes but would he change his mind if Israel were ever to be offered the entire presidency the EU while he is still being based right back at home in Israel? I know that appears to be a way out there and right up with the fairies type of a suggestion but who really knows what is right around the corner when we are dealing with the end times Bible prophecies. After all, there were always those who were saying that we need to keep a close eye on Israel for the fulfilment of the remainder of the Bible prophecies? If there was anyone else who would like to add anything at all to that statement then I would certainly like to hear your comments.

WHY I AM NOT A DISPENSATIONALIST John Nelson Darby is recognized as the father of dispensationalism later made popular in the United States by Cyrus Scofield's Scofield Reference Bible. Charles Henry Mackintosh, 1820–1896, with his popular style spread Darby's teachings to humbler elements in society and may be regarded as the journalist of the Brethren Movement. CHM popularised Darby more than any other Brethren author. As there was no Christian teaching of a “rapture” before Darby began preaching about it in the 1830s, he is sometimes credited with originating the "secret rapture" theory wherein Christ will suddenly remove His bride, the Church, from this world before the judgments of the tribulation. Dispensationalist beliefs about the fate of the Jews and the re-establishment of the Kingdom of Israel put dispensationalists at the forefront of Christian Zionism, because "God is able to graft them in again," and they believe that in His grace he will do so according to their understanding of Old Testament prophecy. They believe that, while the methodologies of God may change, His purposes to bless Israel will never be forgotten, just as He has shown unmerited favour to the Church, He will do so to a remnant of Israel to fulfill all the promises made to the genetic seed of Abraham. I am not a dispensationalist; it is unbiblical.

What the Royal birth does or Does Not Mean Relative to the Bible Prophecies?

Introduction . . .

Prince William Antichrist?

God warns of a world leader who will soon rise and grow in power. This coming world leader has been given around 33 names and titles (which describe attributes) in the Bible (both in the Old and New Testaments) ... one of which is the 'Antichrist.' The Bible says this man will not be revealed until after the 'Restrainer' (the Holy Spirit - including the body of believers alive at the time) is 'removed' (as a note, some believe at that time the U.S. will also be "removed" from its role as a "restraining" world power). This coming world leader (the Antichrist) will begin by exerting control over ten nations which were once part of the Roman Empire (most likely European) . . .

"The ten horns are ten kings who shall arise from (out of)
this kingdom (the Roman Empire ... could be 10 nations out of the Europe Union)
And another shall rise after them;
he (the Antichrist) shall be different from the first ones,
and shall subdue three kings (or nations) . . ." (The end begins)
(Daniel 7:24)

"Shall be different"... we don't know what nationality this man will be, or what might make him "different." In one verse he is described as 'the Assyrian' (an area around Syria and Iraq). He may be considered an 'alien' by some. This man will quickly consolidate power over 10 nations which were once part of the Roman Empire (probably European) and then over the whole world through treaties and war. God warns this man will be empowered by Satan. He will lead the world into the terrors of the Apocalypse. This coming world leader has been given many names and titles in the Bible, including one of the best known, yet most misleading - the 'Antichrist.' Although he will be against faithful Christians and will mock God’s Word, the world will view him as a great leader and a man of peace. This man will be Satan’s counterfeit messiah. He will use deception and lies to "spin" his web of deceit and to conceal his true motives. Prophecies hint this man will not be fully revealed until the "Restrainer" is taken out of the way . . .

George Alexander Louis!
What a great name for the latest member of the House of Windsor. Is there anyone out there who happens to come across this blog who may have heard all of the conspiracy theories floating around the Internet relative to the Antichrist allegedly coming from the oldest Royal Family in the entire world? After having typed in the Royal baby into a search engine there was one site I happened to come across that literally had what must have been almost a book load of information relative to what I have mentioned above. And that is before we even mention the site that claims to have the largest following of all on the Internet comparative to the other millions of other end time’s sites, if they are to be believed that is, which I do not.

Despite the fact that there is masses and masses of information relative to suggesting that either Prince Charles, or Prince William, or this latest addition is the Antichrist, there is still one major factor that none of those sites has taken into consideration, none of the aforementioned holds any political office as either a president or a prime minister, that I am aware of, which immediately disqualifies the whole lot of them from the candidacy for being the beast. That is still not to say that the arguments that are being put forward are truly convincing. So much so that is seems that some of them may have lost their calling when some of those who are writing these articles could have been criminal defence lawyers instead.

Even though we should be looking for the return of Christ and not the Antichrist we still need to keep in mind that we are still going to see the Antichrist before we see Christ, and that the appearance of the Antichrist is a sure enough indicator that the return of Christ could surely not be all that far away. Even though there is still a great deal of prominence placed on the Antichrist by the end times preachers we also still need to remember that we are looking for two beasts, the Antichrist and the False Prophet, once the end times starts, not just one. From what I have gathered lately it seems to me that we may be looking for someone who is going to arise out of the fourth Reich now on the upsurge once again in Germany, and that he must be either a president or prime minister, but more than likely he will be a president of some form or another? Possibly a German Jew, but not the ageing Henry Kissinger as the late and great Barry R Smith maintained right up until the end of his life. God bless

WHY I AM NOT A DISPENSATIONALIST John Nelson Darby is recognized as the father of dispensationalism later made popular in the United States by Cyrus Scofield's Scofield Reference Bible. Charles Henry Mackintosh, 1820–1896, with his popular style spread Darby's teachings to humbler elements in society and may be regarded as the journalist of the Brethren Movement. CHM popularised Darby more than any other Brethren author. As there was no Christian teaching of a “rapture” before Darby began preaching about it in the 1830s, he is sometimes credited with originating the "secret rapture" theory wherein Christ will suddenly remove His bride, the Church, from this world before the judgments of the tribulation. Dispensationalist beliefs about the fate of the Jews and the re-establishment of the Kingdom of Israel put dispensationalists at the forefront of Christian Zionism, because "God is able to graft them in again," and they believe that in His grace he will do so according to their understanding of Old Testament prophecy. They believe that, while the methodologies of God may change, His purposes to bless Israel will never be forgotten, just as He has shown unmerited favour to the Church, He will do so to a remnant of Israel to fulfill all the promises made to the genetic seed of Abraham. I am not a dispensationalist; it is unbiblical.

European Parliament approves EU's 2014-20 budget – what now the treaty of Daniel Chapter 9, Verse 27?

Martin Schultz

In the latter days there are actually two beasts who run the final world empire together. The first beast is the Antichrist while the second beast is the false prophet. While there is a great deal of significance placed on the Antichrist, the second beast is just as evil as the first. Both of these beasts will be known as presidents. At the moment, there are three well known presidents of the EU, the president of the parliament, the president of the commission and the president of the council of ministers. Interestingly enough, one of those presidents, the president of the council of ministers, is now saying that he is going to finish with politics come 2014. My best guess would be to assume that he is not going to be replaced, meaning that we are going to be then left with just two presidents, the president of the parliament and the president of the commission.

At this stage, I am not suggesting that either one of the two remaining presidents fits into the categories of being either the Antichrist or the false prophet. Instead, what I am suggesting is that they are both individuals who we need to keep a very close eye on when it comes to a better understanding of the end times, leading up to the return of the Lord Jesus Christ.

For years and years my understanding of the scriptures regarding the revealing of the correct identity of the Antichrist, the more prominent of the two beasts, was that he would confirm a seven year covenant with many. There are differing points of view when it comes to the interpretation of word many. For the time being I do not want to become side tracked by becoming embroiled in a correct understanding of that particular piece of scripture.

Once again, I am not even coming close to signifying that the EU's next seven-year budget is the seven year treaty we are looking for. All that I am suggesting is that it may just be the ONE; with that being the covenant of Daniel Chapter 9, Verse 27? And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. (KJV)

What that means is that initially we shall know who the Antichrist is by his confirmation of a seven year treaty.

In the light of the European Parliament approving the EU's 2014-20 budget strategy look at what we have thus far.
Approving something is just another way of saying, endorsing, or confirming whatever has been proposed. The parliament will not cast its final, legally binding vote on the bloc's 960-billion-euro (1.25-trillion-dollar) budget for 2014-20 until September at the earliest. Whoever is the president of the Parliament at the time of the signing of the changes will be the one who is going to confirm the treaty. Germany is the most powerful economy in the EU and interestingly enough the president of the Parliament is a German, a man named Martin Schulz.

This is the first time the legislature of the Parliament has had the power to sign off on the EU's expenditures. Common sense would dictate that whoever controls the purse strings of the EU virtually controls the whole show and in this case it is Martin Schultz. If Schultz is going to sign off on the treaty by still being the president of the parliament at that particular time he will be the one we are looking for? If we take a long hard look at Martin Schultz can then understand that he is a new kid on the block and that more than likely he is going to confirm a seven year covenant with many? That then ties in with what has been common knowledge relative to the introduction of the Antichrist. That the newly appointed president of the EU would be the one who is going to confirm, but not design, the covenant of Daniel.

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, was the main man who represented the member states in the negotiations “This is about real jobs for real people and it beats any alternative that I've heard proposed Kenny had said" What has taken place also ties in with the prophecies which tell us that the Antichrist will only confirm and not design what others have worked out.

WHY I AM NOT A DISPENSATIONALIST John Nelson Darby is recognized as the father of dispensationalism later made popular in the United States by Cyrus Scofield's Scofield Reference Bible. Charles Henry Mackintosh, 1820–1896, with his popular style spread Darby's teachings to humbler elements in society and may be regarded as the journalist of the Brethren Movement. CHM popularised Darby more than any other Brethren author. As there was no Christian teaching of a “rapture” before Darby began preaching about it in the 1830s, he is sometimes credited with originating the "secret rapture" theory wherein Christ will suddenly remove His bride, the Church, from this world before the judgments of the tribulation. Dispensationalist beliefs about the fate of the Jews and the re-establishment of the Kingdom of Israel put dispensationalists at the forefront of Christian Zionism, because "God is able to graft them in again," and they believe that in His grace he will do so according to their understanding of Old Testament prophecy. They believe that, while the methodologies of God may change, His purposes to bless Israel will never be forgotten, just as He has shown unmerited favour to the Church, He will do so to a remnant of Israel to fulfill all the promises made to the genetic seed of Abraham. I am not a dispensationalist; it is unbiblical.