September 25, 2019 added sections an major online seller Amazon's almost completed plans to implement embedded in human hands microchips for electronic payment system for customers in its brick and morter Whole Foods supermarkets in the United States by early 2020 as possible last step before the mark of the beast currency and payment system of the Antichrist and false prophet in the soon coming tribulation as mentioned in Revelation 13 etc. in web page The False Prophet under web section Israel and Bible Prophecy
September 26, 2019 added sections on United Nations 74th General Assembly Meeting in 2019 in New York City especially the greater focus on reviewing the Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and their committment to accelerate the implementation of them in the future in different nations and local areas as well as what the goals are and what this likely means about the world and especially its inhabitants who haven't become born again Christians yet getting rapidly closer to the one world government, economy and society under Satan the devil's men the Antichrist and False Prophet but that can now still be avoided to endure personally for anyone on earth now if you as soon as possible and before the rapture catching up to heaven of the Church and the beginning of the following tribulation trust in the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour and become reconciled to our Creator God in web page The Antichrist in web section The Nations and Bible Prophecy
October 21, 2019 added sections on performance and evidence of further restoration of Levitical choir including preparation of their service in the soon to be rebuilt Third Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem with co-operation with the Antichrist as in Daniel 9:27. There were about 200 Levites and reported in Israel National News and was performed near the former south entrance to the Temple Mount with many pictures during the Feast of Tabernacles this year of 2019. I mention all this and urge the reader to as a result as soon as possible trust in the Lord Jesus Christ as one's personal Lord and Saviour, if not already done to avoid going through the tribulation or otherwise missing heaven in the web page The Tribulation Temple under web section Israel and Bible Prophecy
November 18, 2019 added paragraphs about discovery announced in November by US space agency NASA of finding variations from expected seasonal patterns of Oxygen in the Mars atmosphere over a couple Martian years by the NASA Curiosity rover that are somewhat similiar to variations from expected seasonal patterns of methane in the Mars atmosphere in Gale Crater where Curiosity rover is that could indicate contribution from below the surface of Mars of methane and oxygen especially in the Martian spring and summer that could be from chemical or biological sources in web page A Scientific and Christian View of Extraterrestrial Life Part 1 d (Our Solar System) in web section Space Science and Bible Prophecy
December 1, 2019 added paragraphs about charges (indictment) of bribery, fraud and breach of trust being confirmed against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in late November 2019 and response and possible bible prophecy implications on web page Part 13 Israeli Palestinian Conflict in web section Israel and Bible Prophecy
December 2, 2019 added sections about recent mostly unsuccessful attempts to form a majority coaltion government in Israel and continuing divisions between some of the Israeli political parties and their supporters, the likely resulting call to a 3rd election in Israel in a year and the possible bible prophecy implications of the Antichrist or False Prophet more likely to exploit the leadership vacuum as a false Messiah to bring a false Middle East peace including permission to build the next Jewish Temple on probably part of the Temple Mount in web page The Israel Palestinian Conflict Part 13 under web section Israel and Bible Prophecy
December 3, 2019 added sections about recent announcement by government of US President Donald Trump by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that the US would no longer consider Israeli settlements in the West Bank (Judaea and Samaria) illegal under international law but would leave the settlement of that and other issues about a possible Middle East peace agreement to Israeli and Palestinian negotiators and European Union, Palestinian Arab and Israeli reactions and likely Bible prophecy significance under web page Part 13 Israeli Palestinian Conflict under web section Israel and Bible Prophecy
Spirit and Truth Ministries Chinese (Simplified)The Church (literally the called out (of the world) ones) is the people from every nation and from the Jews that the LORD or God the Father is calling out to be a special eternal people for His Son the Lord Jesus Christ. All people in the true Church have personally trusted in Jesus Christ that He is God's only begotten Son and that He died for us and our sins and rose from the dead to give us new life. When we do this we enter a personal relationship with God Himself including Jesus and become indwelt, led and taught by His Holy Spirit.
The Church Age or Dispensation began at Pentecost in about 30 AD and is almost at its completion point when there will be members of the Church from all nations, languages and tribes. Then the Church will be raptured or caught up to Heaven with new spiritual or heavenly bodies for all its members to our homes in Heaven. The Church will also have a part in ruling Earth in the Millennial Kingdom of the Messiah - Jesus and a glorious eternal future. If you are not part of it already I hope you join us while they is still the little remaining time in this Age of Grace, the Church Age or the Age of the Holy Spirit. This can be done by praying to God in Jesus' name to personally receive Jesus as your Lord and Saviour from your sins.
For the true meaning of Christmas see the references to the birth and infancy of the Lord Jesus Christ in the First Earthly Ministry of Messiah (Christ) Jesus web page
First Earthly Ministry of Messiah (Christ) JesusFor Bible teaching in context about the expression ye are gods see New Nature in Christ web page
New Nature in ChristCurrently and throughout current Church Age, one of the important aspects of the true Church and true Christian witness is to rightly divide God's word the Holy Bible including to study or teach God's word from a mostly literal and in context or exegesis intepretation rather than trying to study or teach from a substantially non-biblical perspective where one significantly tries to read non-Christian or out of context ideas into one's interpretation of a bible passage. This is usually associated with the symbolic or allegorical or eigegesis interpretation of the Bible. This type of interpreation began in earnest in Church history with efforts of the Hellenized Jewish teacher Philo in the 1st century and then the very pro-Greek philosophy church father Origen in the 3rd century to revise Bible interpretation from a literal perspective to one that would appeal to followers of Greek or Roman philosophy more and bring them into the professing Church. For more on this topic view my web site about the Teaching of the Word of God to Believers in the Church Age below.
12 Teaching of God's Word to Believers in the Church AgeFor a biblical view of Contemplative prayer, the silence and the New Age movement follow Great Commission and Paganism
The Great Commission of the Church to Evangelize the WorldIncreasing World Emphasis on UFOs and Aliens Including Abductions as Preparing for Possible Non-biblical Erroneous Explanation of the Catching Up to Heaven (Rapture) of True Christians See Following
Other Rapture ScripturesFor more entire Bible information about Christianity, Israel and God's program of salvation for all people through Jesus in many languages:
For an excellent source for information about Bible teaching and Bible prophecy about the Church, Israel, the Nations and Science visit:
South West Radio ChurchThere is much the Bible says about the nations (meaning all nations but Israel) especially for the last days after the Church is caught up (raptured) to Heaven. Then God will work among the Jews and the nations. Sometimes the Bible speaks of nations in general and somtimes of specific nations or group of nations. Often, especially in the Old Testament, prophecies for the nations use the old names of nations that can usually be related to present people groups, nations or regions with some study.
Prophecy of Saint Malachy and Roman Catholic Popes Although I have some reservations because it is not in the Bible, there is a surprisingly accurate prophecy from St. Malachy that from his time in 1139 there would be 112 popes of which Pope John Paul 2 is third last and Pope Benedict XVI is the second last.
February 11, 2013 Resignation of Pope Benedict 16 According to Saint Malachy's Prophecy the Next Pope Will be the Last Pope Peter the Roman but as a Bible Believing Christian I Still Am Not Quite Sure What to Think of These Prophecies. By Some reports they will be more credible if the next pope is Italian.
March 13, 2013 The New Pope Has Been Chosen He is Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentinia. And he will be called Francis. Although the new pope is neither directly from Italy or named Peter, he is the son of Italian immigrants on both sides and it is significant that he has chosen the papal name Francis after Saint Francis of Asissi. This is because Saint Francis is regarded as the patron saint of Italy and part of the name of Saint Francis is Pietro or Peter after his father. Also this new pope has a reputation of being a pastor that looks after his flock and this is also a characteristic of Peter the Roman. Therefore after I looked into the situation more this new pope Francis 1 can possibly be regarded as a fulfillment of Peter the Roman that is to be the pope that leads the Roman Catholic Church into the tribulation according to Saint Malachy's prophecy but we will have to see what happens and we have to keep in mind that this prophecy isn't inspired of God like prophecies in God's word the Holy Bible.
Prophecy of Saint Malachy and the Roman Catholic Church PopesAn excellent source of worldwide, comprehensive news is the BBC website. Although it is secular there is much especially about Israel, the Middle East situation, the European Union, the United Nations and world government or globalization, the Vatican etc. that can help the reader with a basic knowledge of Bible prophecy see last days Bible prophecy being realized or prepared in current events before our eyes.
BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) WebsiteThere is very much the Bible says about Israel especially its future in the last days of the world and God and Messiah's rule on Earth but I will just give you some background first. After the building of the Flood of Noah and the building of the Tower of Babel in Genesis 6 - 11 there was universal idolatry (and immorality) on Earth. Then the LORD - the One True God's solution was to separate from the nations one man and his wife Abraham and Sarah. God used them to build a godly nation for Himself that would follow His laws and be a witness to the nations of the blessings of following God's ways and trusting in Him. This nation and people through Abraham, Isaac and Jacob who was renamed by God Israel is the people of Israel or the Jews. God's ways to them was the law of Moses given in the first five books of the Bible.
About 2000 years ago through Jewish geneaology and into a Jewish culture was born, lived, died for our sins, rose from the dead, and ascended into Heaven the Jewish Messiah and Saviour of the world Jesus Christ or Jesus the Messiah. At Pentecost believing Jews in the Messiah became part of the Church. After the rapture believing Jews (the remnant of Israel) will again be distinct from believing Gentiles.
In the Great Tribulaton or 70th week of Daniel God will arrange the building of a 3rd or Tribulation Temple of God for the Jews on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. He will also witness to Jews and Gentiles (people of the nations) through two special witnesses and 144,000 witnesses who will all be Jews that believe in Jesus. They will witness that Jesus was the promised Messiah and that He then will be coming soon to set up His and God's Kingdom over all the Earth ruling from Jerusalem with Israel of the Jews then the Head of the nations in fulfillment of many Bible prophecies. God will also bless Israel in eternity or that part that believes in His Messiah Jesus Christ.
I believe there are only two serious candidates for the Ark of the Covenant current locations. The most likely location is under the Temple Mount perhaps under the Chamber of Wood spoken in favour by The Temple Institute and others. Possible Locations of the Ark of the Covenant
A good source of information from a biblical perspective about what is going on in the holy land is the
following:
Israel National News Web Site
For more information :
The Israeli Palestinian Conflict
For more information from a literal Christian scriptural context about Israel especially the Last Days Jewish Temple worship in Jerusalem visit Randall Price's website at:
World of the BibleThe Temple Institute is involved primarily in research and making authentic productions of material needed for the Third Jewish Temple worship such as the furniture of the Temple such as the Menorah, Altar of Sacrifice, Table of Shewbread etc and priestly garments. These are all made as specified in the Law of Moses or other Jewish writings about the Tabernacle or earlier Jewish Temple worship.
www.templeinstitute.orgThe main problem with these literal interpretation of the Old Testament based Jewish temple groups thinking and actions is that, because they don't accept the New Testament as the word of God or Jesus of Nazareth as the Jewish Messiah, they believe they are preparing for the Messianic Thousand Year Kingdom on earth but they are actually unwittingly preparing for what God says in His Word about Israel in the 70th week tribulation of Daniel. However these literal or orthodox Jewish believers are right to believe in, look forward to and prepare for the resumption of their temple worship on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem but that will come in a blessed way in the real Messianic Age after the 70th week of Daniel and after the second coming of the Jewish Messiah in Jesus of Nazareth. Also see: The Temple Mount Faithful
Timeline of The Jews, The Nations and, The Church | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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SA |   |   |   | VA | l |   |   | A | A | 1 | JC GF HA | 1 | A |   | l |   | l |   | C |   |   |   | GF JC HS HA BJ BN |
VGF JC HS |   |   |   | GF | JC |   |   | BJ BN | JC | HS |   | JC | l |   | S D |   | GF JC HS HA C BJ BN |   |   |   |   |   |   |
ll |   |   |   | 11 | l |   |   | l | l | l |   | V | C JC HS |   | l |   | l |   |   |   |   |   |   |
ll |   |   |   | VA | l |   |   | l | l | l |   | * | * |   | l |   | l |   |   |   |   |   |   |
ll |   |   |   | GF | l |   | l | l | l | l |   | A |   |   | l |   | l |   |   |   |   |   |   |
SV AGF AJC AHS |   |   |   |   |   | -- | l | -- | l | HS |   | l |   |   | S D |   | GF JC HS HA C BJ BN |   |   |   |   |   |   |
VS AGF AJC AHS N | N | N | J N | J N GF | V | JC N J | l l l l l | BJ BN | JC | V | C UJ UN | C HS |   | J D AC FP N | V | S J D AC FP N | V |   | J N C JC GF HS HA |   |   |   | GF JC HS HA C BJ BN |
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N |   |   |   |   |   |   | JC | A |   |   |   | A |   | A |   |   | A | UJ UN S D AC FP |   | A | A | UJ UN S |   |
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V |   |   |   |   |   |   | V | JC BJ BN |   |   |   | C |   | D |   |   | BJ BN | V |   | S | B U | V | AC FP UJ UN D S |
Scenes in Death, Hell or the Lake of Fire |
Symbol | Explanation |
A | Top of Acending Arrow |
V | Bottom of Descending Arrow |
* | In the Air Church Jesus Meeting Place |
GF | God the Father |
JC | Jesus Christ the Son of God |
HS | The Holy Spirit |
HA | The Holy Angels |
C | The Church of People Who in This Age Trust Jesus |
BJ | Jews Who Believe in God and Messiah Jesus |
BN | People of the Nations Who Trust God and Jesus |
J | Jews Both Believing and Unbelieving |
N | People of the Nations Believing and Unbelieving |
UJ | Jews Who Don't Trust God or Messiah Jesus |
UN | People of the Nations Who Don't Trust in God, Jesus |
S | Satan the Devil, Prince of the Demons or Fallen Angels |
D | Demons or Fallen Angels or Evil Spirits |
AC | Antichrist or Beast out of the Sea or Man of Sin also Little Horn of Daniel 7 |
FP | False Prophet or Beast out of the Land, Wicked (one) of 2 Thessalonians 2 |
Timeline Number | Bible Event or Dispensation for Timeline Number |
1 | Dispensation of Human Innocence from Creation to Fall of Adam and Eve and the Human Race |
2 | Dispensation of Conscience from Fall of Man to Call of Noah and Flood |
3 | Dispensation of Human Government from God Starting Over Through Noah With the Human Race to Call of Abraham |
4 | Dispensation of Promise from God's Call of Abraham to Giving of the Law through Moses |
5 | Dispensation of Law from God's Giving His Law on Mount Sina to His Giving His Holy Spirit to the Church on Pentecost |
6 | Incarnation or Coming from Heaven of God the Son and the Son of God in the Form and Nature of a Sinless Man in the Person of Jesus Christ the Messiah at His Virgin Birth and Conception by the Holy Spirit in Bethlehem rememberred at Christmas |
7 | First Eartly Ministry Between His Conception and Coming from Heaven and his death for our sins of the Son of God the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah). He then showed a perfectly sinless life in word including all his teaching, deeds (miraculous and otherwise), thoughts and motives and feelings and will or worship. This was so we could have a fuller personal revelation of God in the flesh and so Jesus could offer Himself on the cross as God's perfect sacrifice for the sins and resurrection from the dead of all human beings with the benefit received when we trust in Jesus and His work. |
8 | Death of Jesus Christ for our sins including His descent into hell after His Heavenly Father forsaking Him for 3 hours and His giving up the His spirit |
9 | Resurrection from the dead of the Lord Jesus Christ and some Old Testament saints and the ascension to heaven of those Old Testament saints the third day after Jesus' death for our sins |
10 | Ascension or return from Earth to Heaven of the Lord Jesus Christ 40 days after His ressurrection from the dead |
11 | Descent from Heaven to Earth of the Holy Spirit into the hearts of first Christians 50 days after Jesus' resurrection and beginning of the Church and Church Dispensation or Dispensation of Grace or The Holy Spirit |
12 | Church Dispenation beginning at Pentecost almost 2000 years ago with the pouring out of the Holy Spirit on believers in the Lord Jesus Christ that will continue to the very soon rapture or catching up of true Christians and the taking away of the restrainer (the Holy Spirit). In this period believers from Jews and the Nations are one people of God with Christ (Messiah) as head and united by the Holy Spirit |
13 | Rapture or catching up of the Church or born again Christians who have personally received the Lord Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour to the air to meet Jesus from Heaven |
14 | Second part of the rapture with the Lord Jesus Christ bringing all born of the Holy Spirit Christians and the restraining Holy Spirit from the air to Heaven |
15 | First 3 1/2 year halves of The Tribulation or 70th Week of Daniel When God will through the witness of his two witnesses Moses and Elijah and 144,000 Messianic Jewish witnesses save people who turn to Jesus in this time of judgment and open spiritual conflict and evil one world rule of the Satanic Antichrist |
16 | Final casting of Satan, Lucifer or the devil out of heaven to earth to totally energize and control the wicked world ruler the Antichrist or Beast out of the Sea at the midpoint of the 7 year tribulation |
17 | Second 3 1/2 year half of the tribulation or 70th week of Daniel also called The Great Tribulation when there will be no further gospel witness only God's judgment on mankind for their sin and unbelief in Jesus. Believers in Jesus then living on earth will have to endure these plagues and refuse to worship the Beast or take his mark |
18 | God with His Son and Messiah Jesus Coming from Heaven to Earth with His Saints or Believers and Holy Angels to Set Up His Kingdom on Earth and Resurrection of Other Old Testament Believers and Tribulation Martyrs |
19 | God through His Son Jesus or His holy angels sending Satan, demons, the Antichrist, False Prophet and unbelieving Jews and Gentiles to hell to make way for His Kingdom on Earth and to judge them for their sin |
20 | Messianic Kingdom or Age of 1000 Years of God's Rule through His Son Jesus and His saints and angels centred on Jerusalem, Israel and the Jewish people |
21 | Satan allowed to leave the bottomless pit to deceive the nations one last time at end of Messianic Kingdom as instrument of God's testing their faithfulness to Him |
22 | Resurrection of Believing Jews and Gentiles (people of the Nations) that died during the Millennial Kingdom and of the lost Jews and Gentiles of all time to face God's judgment by the person of Jesus on the Great White throne believers spared and rewarded |
23 | Sending to the Lake of Fire of All Unbelievers and Satan, Demons to join the Antichrist and False Prophet |
24 | ETERNAL AGE AND DISPENSATION or Day of God when God the Father will primarily rule with Jesus through the Holy Spirit over believers of all ages and the holy angels in The New Heaven(s), the New Earth and the New Jerusalem and Satan the Devil all his evil angels, the Antichrist, the False Prophet and all unbelievers of all ages will be confined to The Lake of Fire |
For Chinese Calendar Origins See Early History
1 2 3 Early History of the Human RaceThere is much reference to outer space "the heavens" in the Bible, especially the Old Testament, but there is an important point that should be kept in mind when reading or studying these verses. God's Word - the Holy Bible sometimes refers to the physical or natural heavens, sometimes to the spiritual heavens or that which is in them such as angels, demons or God Himself or the future believers. The scriptures sometimes use references to the heavens in an ambiguous way such as the term "heavenly host" that can be taken very soundly in either a natural or spiritual sense. Human beings who have gone into the heavens in our present state, such as astronauts, seem to sense in a limited but real way the co-existing spiritual aspect in the heavens.
There are many topics in science or nature that are referred to in the Bible. Often they have primarily a literal or physical meaning but sometimes they have more of a spiritual meaning at other times there is both a natural and figurative or spiritual meaning. Some topics dealt with in the Bible from the natural realm include trees, water, the wilderness, spices, animals, rain, precious stones and metals, wind, fire, wood, mountains, seas and rivers.
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