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Matthew 16:1-4 The Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and testing Jesus, they asked Him to show them a sign from heaven. 2 But He replied to them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ 3 And in the morning, ‘There will be a storm today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Do you know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but cannot discern the signs of the times? 4 An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and a sign will not be given it, except the sign of Jonah.” And He left them and went away.
Jesus’ statement against seeking signs was specific to their generation and in the context of his wonderful miracles and the prophecies that had foretold his birth and life. So they didn’t have any excuse to not accept him as the promised Messiah.
The bible is clear that God would give the end time generation many signs.
Matthew 24 lists many of those signs and Daniel, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, Joel and the book of Revelation, all give many end time signs.
So people who use Matthew 16 as reason to teach against all signs, they don’t understand scripture at all.
The main point that we should receive from Matthew 16 is that Jesus condemned them for not being able to discern the signs of the times. Obviously the end time generation is expected and required to recognize the signs given to our generation.
Why I am now forced to declare the date, including the year, of The Great Tribulation:
The Iranian attack on Israel is extremely historic, being the very first time that the modern Iranian regime has directly militarily attacked the Israeli homeland instead of using proxies.
And then thereafter, Israel’s attack inside of Iran was also extremely historic, being their first time in that type of attack inside of Iran. Although Israel has used bombs inside of Iran many times via secret agents, but not in the same manner as the April 18, 2024 attack, directly targeting radar sites inside Iran.
These historic markers absolutely force me to declare that The Great Tribulation (G.T.) is evidently extremely near. These events were so huge that it would be very ignorant to think that the G.T. is multiple years ago, in light of the Gaza war, the comet, the lunar eclipse on Purim, the November American elections, the increase of wickedness around the world, and now the exploding star (T Coronae Borealis) that is expected some time this year.
https://www.breitbart.com/science/2024/04/18/once-lifetime-cosmic-event-will-be-visible-this-year/
And the Iranian and Israeli attacks were both between the time of Purim and Passover, thus again confirming the prophetic timeline.
Ezekiel 33 If I see the sword coming and I don’t blow the alarm, then I will be held responsible for your destruction. But if I blow the alarm, I can’t be held responsible.
I would rather take the risk of being wrong about the timing and thus wrongfully being called a “false prophet”, rather than to not declare what I think that I see and then the people be caught dangerously unprepared, and their blood to be on my hands.
All of the Old Testament prophets and all of the New Testament disciples and apostles thought and taught that Jesus would come as King of kings and Lord of lords in their lifetime. They were all wrong about the timing, but yet correct about the prophecies and were truly called of God, and were not “false prophets” although they absolutely did declare wrongly the time frame.
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Why Israel/America and our allies will be destroyed:
-Abortion.
-Embracing of Homosexual activity and other forms of sexual mental illness.
-Islam and the Catholic Church.
-Trinity doctrine, Christmas, Easter and Sunday observances.
-Pre-tribulation rapture doctrines.
-Rejection of the Sabbath days, weekly and annual holy days.
-Embrace of the Letter Y names.
-”King James Version Only” people.
-Allowing women to rule in church, business, family, government and society.
-Allowing gentiles to rule in Israelite nations.
-Weak beta males.
-Weak society, weak pastors, weak Christians, weak husbands, weak government leaders.
-Video games (Many of them, not all.)
-Much of Hollywood (Most, not all.) Disney, demonic characters. Horror, etc.
-Demonic noise that they call “music”, “rap”, etc.
-Idols of money, cars, sports, NFL, etc. (The NFL is very demonic. And football is for children. UFC is for Men.)
-Witchcraft which includes the letter Y names, etc. Fortune tellers, tarot cards, Dungeons and Dragons, etc.
-Buddhism and other false religions and cults, including the 7th Day Adventist Women’s cult, Jehovah Witnesses, Baptists, Lutherans, and many others.
-Rejection of God’s true prophets and correct doctrine.
Matthew 11:16-24 “We played the flute for you, and you did not dance”. People’s complacency. No rush to obey God. Waiting until the last minute. Their own will comes first. No fear of God.
Matthew 3:1-11 “Baptism by fire” is when all people of the entire Earth will be in The Lake of Fire, the very presence of God. It’s not the anointing of God that the Pentecostals falsely teach. And no, John didn’t baptize the Pharisees, but rather he strongly rebuked them when they came for baptism.
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Most dangerous places during The Great Tribulation (and even now):
-Ocean front.
-Large urban metro centers.
-Cities of population over 35,000.
-Cities where large military bases are located.
-Cities where nuclear solos are located.
-Major earthquake fault locations.
-Locations of volcanoes, both active and ancient.
-Locations susceptible to hurricanes or flooding.
-Locations of national federal government centers.
-Democrat controlled states and cities with only a few exceptions.
-Regions with large Muslim or Catholic population.
-Locations with large sodomite population.
Better to move out of dangerous places as soon as possible instead of waiting until the last minute.
Life is better and safer and cheaper in the better locations.
It’s too dangerous for women and children, and even white men, in many places now.
Use wisdom about where to live and where to raise a family. Don’t be captive to “home towns” and family.