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January 26, 2019 added section about astronomers restoring planet Tau Ceti e orbiting nearby star Tau Ceti about 12 light years away to be considered potentially habitable and implications for opportunities to further examine a nearby potentially habitable planet with possible liquid water on its surface and if God created it simple microbial life on its surface on web page A Christian and Scientific View of Extraterrestrial Life Part 2c in web section Space Science and Bible Prophecy

February 2, 2019 added new web page in Simplified Chinese Characters accessible from the Simplified Chinese character homepage at the link just below here about the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ to earth. The scripture added in this web page is from Revelation 19 about the Lord Jesus Christ coming from heaven to judge the world and set up God's Kingdom on Earth. This addition is accessible in the Israel Bible Prophecy section of the Simplied Chinese Character homepage.

February 4, 2019 added new section about Revelation 5 and 7 and Matthew 24 and 28 etc. that not only the term for nations, but also the tongues or languages and kindred or tribe is related and the same in the Greek New Testament and Greek Septuagint Old Testament as the corresponding terms including those used for Noah and his descendents after the worldwide flood as mentioned in the table of the nations in Genesis 10 and 11 and that these other correspondences gives more reason to define the terms for nations, languages and tribes or kindreds to be used for the Great Commission or current progress towards completing the Great Commission to reach at least some people with the saving good news of salvation through God's Son Jesus Christ and personal faith in Him as personal Lord and Saviour on this basis of these terms rather than some other basis in web page The Great Commission of the Lord Jesus Christ in web section Church Bible Prophecy

February 17, 2019 added new sections about the document itself and ceremony associated with the signing in early February 2019 by Roman Catholic Pope Francis and Sunni Islam leader Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayub of leading Sunni law producing Al-Azhar university in Cairo, Egypt of the one world religion promoting Human Fraternity Document. There were also representatives of other major world religions observing and agreeing with the contents and signing into effect of this one world religion document which typically called Roman Catholic and other Christian, Muslim, Jewish or other religous or even fellow humans as brothers and sisters or those of the fraternity and referring to the generic term God that all follow and that it was God's will and creative act to create all religions. I and other Bible believing Christians don't agree with this or any other one world religion or multi or inter-faith document and instead we think it is contrary to some of the last words of God's Son and Messiah Jesus of Nazareth that commissioned His true Church and spiritual people of this age to go into all the world and make disciples to Him and God the Father through the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Instead we believe this Human Fraternity Document signed by and agreed to be promoted by Pope Francis and Islamic leader al-Tayub and other multi-faith Christian, Islamic or other religous or secular leaders will lead to the one world Mystery Babylon religous system under the devil and Antichrist in the tribulation and that will cooperate with the Antichrist. This false non religious system that doesn't focus on the true God of the Bible and His Son Jesus Christ is mentioned in Revelation 17 and the antichrist in Revelation 13 and all this addition is on the web page Mystery Babylon Church or World Religous System under the web section Nations and Bible Prophecy.

February 24, 2019 added section about God creating the heavens and their host implying when compared to similiar scriptures in Isaiah also His stretching them out or making them expand but in terms of God using His word and breath in Psalm 33 rather than His handywork in Isaiah 45 or 40 on web page the Creation of the Heavens in web section Space Science and Bible Prophecy

March 11, 2019 added some sections about the recent fundamentalist Muslim and Waqf Temple Mount foundation led unrest on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem over the forced occupation by Muslims of the minor Temple Mount shrine near the Golden Gate on the east of the Temple Mount and Israeli, Palestinian Arab and Jordanian responses and possible prophetic implications on Third or Tribulation Temple web page in Israel and Bible Prophecy web section

March 23, 2019 added some expansion on ideas in God having stretched out or is also currently stretching out the heavens including the reference in these referenes in Isaiah 40 and 45 of God's creation of and the continued presence of the human race (and other life) on earth could be taken as parallel to God's original 1st creation week setting in motion God's stretching out or the continuing expansion of the universe as the human race and other life on earth continues from the first creation humans and other life by the reproduction capability God gave to humans and other life on earth since the original creation week in Genesis 1 and 2 about 10,000 years ago and that God continuing to bring out some of the heavenly host by number could include His use of the continuing natural as well as His intervening supernatural processes to make what seems to be new stars, planets or stellar systems such as astronomers observe in debris disks or destroying of stars such as supernovas all in the web page The Creation and Destruction of the Heavens in web section Space Science and Bible Prophecy

Bible Prophecy and the Church

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

For Bible teaching in context about the expression ye are gods see New Nature in Christ web page

Currently 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.

For a biblical view of Contemplative prayer, the silence and the New Age movement follow Great Commission and Paganism

Increasing 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

For more entire Bible information about Christianity, Israel and God's program of salvation for all people through Jesus in many languages:

Bible Prophecy and the Nations

For an excellent source for information about Bible teaching and Bible prophecy about the Church, Israel, the Nations and Science visit:

There 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.

Ancient Astronaut Theory's Use of Term Elohim for Ancient Astronauts in Genesis 1 for Creators of the Human Race Refuted

October 2013 Crisis in United States and Risk of World Economy and Politics With Standoff for 2014 Budget and Debt Ceiling and Possible Preparation for Antichrist

December 2013 World Trade Organization Agreement on Agriculture and Development and Renewed Effort to Get a More Comprehensive World Trade Agreement see the Antichrist part 3

Final Stage of Setting the Border Between the Regime of the Antichrist, the king, and the King of the North, Russia etc., Including Current Conflict in Ukraine see Antichrist part 3

June 2014 Selection of Centralized Europe Supporter Jean Claude Juncker as New Leader of the European Commission and Possible Candidate for the Antichrist

September 2014 Selection of New Leaders of the European Council and the EU Foreign Affairs Leaders and Possible Relevance in Bible Prophecy

June 2014 Free Trade Deal Between Canada and the US with European Union and Arab Spring Make English North America the Most Likely Third Horn for Powerbase of the Antichrist see Ten Toes of Daniel

Actual or attempted invasion of Israel by Russia, Iran and other Islamic countries see part 3 of Battle of Armageddon.

Current Threatening Actions of Iran With Russia Against America in Literal Biblical Context

An 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.

Bible Prophecy and Israel

There 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.

Main Possible Locations of the Ark of the Covenant

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

June 2013 Public Committment by Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah to Support Syrian Leader Bashar Assad in Syrian Conflict and Further Threat to Israel

August 2013 Resumption of Middle East Peace Talks Between the Israelis and Palesinians Mediated by the Americans

November 2013 Introduction of a Bill by the Jewish Home Party in the Israeli Parliament to Secure Jewish Right to Pray on the Temple Mount

April 2014 Possible Impending End of Current Round of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks Under John Kerry

April 2014 Hamas Led Unrest on the Temple Mount to Prevent Jews Going on the Temple Mount at Passover

May 2014 Visit of Roman Catholic Pope Francis to the Holy Land Including the Western Wall and Temple Mount in Jerusalem

June 2014 Continuation of Palestinian Unity Government Between Fatah and Hamas and State of World Recognition

June 2014 Recent Disloyal Behaviour of Some Arab Members of the Israeli Parliament (Knesset) a Possible Indication of Effects of Arab Spring

July 2014 New Conflict Between Israel and Palestinian Militants Led by Hamas in Gaza

Late August 2014 Longer Term Ceasefire Between Israel and Palestinian Militants in Gaza With Talks to Possible Long Term Agreement

October 2014 Substantial Muslim Violence Led by Hamas Around Jerusalem and on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem Since End of Gaza Conflict

October 2014 Attempted Arab Assasination Attempt on Jewish Temple Mount Rights Campaigner Yehuda Glick and Increasing Muslim Violence and Threats Before and After to Discourage Jewish Access and Prayer on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and Possible Bible Prophecy Significance

December 2014 Successful Effort of the Palestinian Authority to Join the UN United Nations International Crimimal Court

February 2015 Former American Middle East Peace Negotiator Saying the Americans Have Lost Patience With the Peace Process and Might Set Imposed Terms for a Middle East Peace Agreement Through the UN Security Council After the March 17 Israeli Election

For more information : The Israeli Palestinian Conflict

January 7, 2009 Rabbi Chaim Richman of the Temple Institute Declares That the Garments of the High Priest Are Completed

March 2011 The Temple Institute Affirms They Still Have a Qualified Red Heifer and Show Pictures of It on Their Web Site

August 2011 The Temple Institute Describes Increased Freedom of Religious Jews to Pray and to Speak About the Temple on Jewish Holidays Such as the 9th of AV When the Previous Temples Were Destroyed

August 2013 Temple Institute Carries Out First Practice of the Temple Service With Qualified Priests in 2000 Years in Preparation for Their Work in the Coming Third Temple

December (Hannukah) 2014 Temple Institute Makes and Lights Menorah with First Temple Ready Pure Olive Oil in 2000 Years

Official Re-establishment of Jewish Sanhedrin in Israel After Absence for 1600 Years on Monday, December 6, 2004

Before September 21, 2006 The Sanhedrin By Majority Decision Decided the Exact Location of the Jewish Temple is the Muslim Dome of the Rock

Possible Implication of Similiarities of Jordanian and Palestinian (Arab) Flags See Fig Tree as a Sign of Nation of Israel

What God Says in His Word About the Nations Parting the Land of Israel That Belongs to His Chosen Earthly People Israel See Second Coming

Prosperity Especially of Israel Under Their Messiah Jesus of Nazareth in the Millennial Kingdom in An Economy Likely Based on Gold and Silver Instead of the Current Fiat or Issued Money

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:

The 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.

The 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 God Dealing with the Church, the Jews and the Nations

Legend of Symbolsfor Timeline of the Jews, Nations and Church Table

Table of Major Bible Events and Dispensations (Administrations in a Given Age) and Their Number in Bible Timeline Table

General Bible Study

For Chinese Calendar Origins See Early History

General Bible Prophecy

Bible Prophecy and Space Science (Astronomy)

There 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.

June 2013 Discovery of at Least 3 Additional Planets Around Gliese 667C Including Two Habitable Ones

October 2013 Increasing Discovery and Knowledge of Planets Around Other Stars and God Putting Pressure on UFO Alien Messages and Science Fiction to Adapt if Reasonable Scientific Accuracy is Still Desired

December 2013 Discovery by Opportunity Rover of Location on Mars With Past Water Environment that Could Have Supported Microbial Life

January 2014 Curiousity Rover Discovers Past Habitable Location in Gale Crater on Mars

March 2014 Announcement of 4 Additional Possibly Habitable Planets Kepler 283 c, Kepler 296 f, Kepler 298 d and Kepler 174 d

April 2014 Discovery of Earth Mass Potentially Habitable Planet Kepler 186 f Perhaps in the Habitable Zone of its Star

June 2014 Discovery of Nearby Potentially Habitable Planet Kapteyn b

November 2014 Study by Dr. Frank Keppler That Organic Material from Organics Containing Meteorite When Heated Etc Produces Evidence that Chloromethane Detected by Viking and Curiousity Rovers is from Organics or Life Native to Mars and Not Earth Contaminants

December 2014 Discovery of Relatively Nearby Candidate Potentially Habitable Planet Gliese 3293 c

December 2014 Announcement by NASA of Discovery of Organic Chemicals Possible Life or From Non-life Basis from Curiousity Rover

April 2015 Determination of Temporary Salty Liquid Water on Mars by Combination of Sunlight, Perchlorate Salts and Water Frost or Ice Including in Gale Crater by Curiosity

July 2012 Probable Detection of the Higgs Particle That Gives Explanation Why Subatomic Particles Have Mass

Bible Prophecy and Other Science

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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