Finally, I get a few minutes on the computer!!!!!!
This is notes from the last day of the prophesy conference, then I will update on the Bible studies.
Events that benchmarked the moral decline of our country.
free sex
drug usage
voice of anarchy (no one has the right to tell me what to do)
Sometimes the value of the one is more important than the value of the group. Now the input of the group is valued more than one person. We are going to have to make a decision as to whether the group is more valuable than the one. (an example would be the group of Israelites that spoke out against Jesus – the one)
In the 1960′s everything was thrown up in the air.
The 1963-64 had the Bible removed from the educational system., they took out the Bible and the reading of the word.
In the index of social health, the year after the abortion decision, our health has deteriorated.
Premarital Sex 1963 is when it began to spike, and from there it skyrocketed.
Violent Crime 1960-64 violence began to spike.
Violent Crime spiked.
Before 1963, SAT scores had to be very high to get into college, since then colleges have significantly dropped their standards.
Sexually Transmitted diseases . In the 60′s one out of four girls had some kind of sexually transmitted disease before graduation, now 40% have a sexually transmitted disease.
There is a price to pay for the kind of freedom we now have. Freedom without responsibility leads to chaos.
And now the diseases that we battled back then are mutating, and there are more, that are harder to cure.
Leviticus 18: 24-28 Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; for by all these the nations are defiled, which I am casting out before you. For the land is defiled; therefore I visit the punishment of its iniquity upon it and the land vomits out its inhabitants. You shall therefore keep My statues and My judgments, and shall not commit any of these abomination, either any of your own nation or any stranger who dwells among you (for all these abominations the men of the land have done who were before you, and thus the land is defiled, lest the land vomit you out also when you defile it, as it vomited out the nations that were before you.
What we do to the Earth and to our bodies (which is the temple of God) irresponsibly will have ramifications. Sexually transmitted diseases is one ramification of unbridled lust, that could last a lifetime. Many of the diseases are incurable.
Today there is another major problem in those 60 or older living in nursing homes, the highest number of sexually transmitted disease among the residents.
Pastor Don showed a chart about how different people viewed what was morally acceptable behavior. It was based on a survey of 1024 adults. and the groups were the Mosaics (18-19 year olds) Busters (20-38 years old) Boomers and Elders. This is a study done by Barna
This is the percent of those who felt that the behavior was acceptable.
Gambling - Mosaics 75% Busters 67% Boomers 60% Elders 51%
living with
opposite sex “ 75% “ 72% “ 60% “ 41%
Abortion ” 55% ” 48% “ 46% 36%
sex without
planning to
marry with
opposite sex “ 54% “ 56% “ 40% 24%
pornography “ 50% “ 48% “ 38% 23%
profanity “ 60% “ 49% “ 30% 20%
getting drunk “ 50% “ 48% “ 33% 15%
sex with someone
of same sex “ 40% “ 41% ” 32% 14%
non prescription
drug use “ 20% “ 22% “ 16% 12%
What is scary is another Barna study that asked the question whether or not the Resurrection is a historical event.
This is the percentage of people who DO NOT believe it is a historical event
Lutherans 13%
Presbyterians 30%
Am. Baptist 33%
Episcopal 35%
Methodists 51%
How can we expect in the last days to have a moral code passed down from generation to generation with such deterioration, and a rampant denial of the Biblical truths?
Pastor Don then spent some time going through a list of how many qumran manuscripts of the books of the Old Testament are available to compare with modern translations. There are significantly more manuscripts of the Bible than any other historical document, and of the manuscripts, when compared to present day texts, there are only 17 small errors of punctuation.
Pastor Don pointed out that there are many views as to when the Rapture will take place.
There is the Pre Tribulation rapture. This occurs after the Church age and before the 7 years of Tribulation prophesied in Revelation.
There is the Post Tribulation rapture, this occurs after the 7 year tribulation and before the Millineal reign.
And then there is the Mid-tribulation rapture, that occurs 3 1/2 years after the 7 year tribulation period occurs.
The word rapture does not appear as such in the Bible, but there are references that speak about the rapture.
Pastor Don said, the reality is, whether or not you believe in the rapture, God will do what He plans to do no matter what you believe. (Gravity is still in effect even if you don’t believe in gravity.)
Here are some of the scriptures that speak of the rapture and the second coming of Christ if you want to search them out.
John 14: 1-3 Romans 8: 19 1 Cor. 1:7-8 1 Cor. 15:51-53
1 Cor. 16:22 Phil. 3:20-21 Phil. 4:5 Col 3:12 1 Thes 1:10
1 Thes 2:19 1 Thes 4:13-18 1 Thes 5:9 1 THes 5:23
2 Thes 2:1 2 Thes 2:3 1 Tim 8:14 2 Tim. 4:1 Heb 9:28
James 5:7-9 Jude 22 Revelation 2:15, Revelation 3:10, and the whole book of Revelation.
Daniel 2:44-45; 7:9-14; 12:1-3
Zecheriah 12:10; 14:1-5
Matt. 13:41; 24:15-31; 26:64
Mark 13:14-27; 14:52
Luke 21:25-28
Acts 1:9-11; 3:19-21
1 Thes 3:13
2 Thes 1:6-10; 2:8
1 Peter 3:1-14
Jude 14-15
Rev. 1:7
Rev. 19:11-20; chapters 6, 22, 7, 12, and 20
For us we can perceive of the rapture being an extra blessing.
The end days are about judgments. There are three types of judgments, the seals, the trumpets and the bowls.
The devil is not stupid. He hides the information about what is happening in plain sight. One example is that over many liqueur stores is the word “spirits”.
Pastor Don also pointed out some facts about the dollar bill that were covered previously, but added one new point. That on old Bills the eagle was surrounded by a glory cloud from God. In the new bills, clouds obscure the glory that surrounds the eagle.
One of the symbols of the new European Union is a woman riding a dragon (sounds a lot like a beast to us).
Belgium and France voted to reject the EU constitution. Blair and others know believe that the EU is necessary. Blair is taking over the EU temporarily until the constitution can be passed.
The EU has decided that their military has to be bigger, bolder, tougher to challenge the power of the US. Now in the news we hear about the Coalition, G7, GAT, and G8, Nato is history.
There is a mega computer, the world’s largest computer to keep data on everyone on the planet. It’s name is BEAST
B-Brussels
E-Electronic
A-Accounting
S-Surveillance
T-Terminal
There are now 14 computerized terminals in the system.
I have to stop here, but will finish the last day of the prophesy conference asap, we are almost done with my notes.
Heather
