We are pleased to report to you that, because God is blessing the hard work and capable leadership of our local believers, the ministry in Sierra Leone continues to progress in our absence.
Specifically we can report the average attendance in the 13 churches we've planted was 1044 for the month of November, and the number of those accepting Christ was 101. January 2011 marks a new year, and marks the month when Diane and I will return to Sierra Leone after four months of stateside work for the ministry.
The New Year also brings exciting plans for ministry expansion into two neighboring countries: Liberia and Guinea. Liberians speak English; and that country, like Sierra Leone, is ripe for a harvest of souls. French is the heart language in Guinea, and one of our team members who has a heavy burden for the lost of that country speaks French fluently though we envision these two new frontiers, reaching Sierra Leone for Christ remains our priority.
We've also set a goal this year to plant at least one house church a month. In that effort, we have but three limitations: our passion, human resources and financial support. Because we know that God is not willing for any to perish, we forge ahead by faith into the fields God has prepared as we rely on Him and His children to aid us in our endeavors.
Please keep us topmost on your daily prayer list. The grips of spiritual darkness in Sierra Leone are strong, and we face them every day. With your prayers and God's power, we can all be a part of capturing this country for our Savior, Jesus Christ. In Christ,
Mike & Diane Peper
Monday, January 24, 2011
Final Results for Highlands Camps in 2010
The Lord blessed the Highland Camp Ministry in such an unusual way during the year 2010. This news bulletin is to thank those who gave so generously last year, and to encourage new Pastors and Churches to become not only a prayer partner with us, but a financial supporter as well!
$21.00 is the average it takes to transport, house and feed a student for camp. As you will see, the results are tremendous. Our mission statement says it all, “A 21st Century Miracle of Youth Evangelism that Really Works.”
Craig Lingo from Colombia, SA (Parents Camp)
This past Sunday we had a special service for all of the parents who went to camp. We had over 632 people in our services. That is almost double what we were averaging. By the end of the day, 4 more adults had accepted Christ as Saviour. I think it was a very worthwhile effort. Thank God for the 120 volunteers we had at camp, and all the great people that helped here in Bogota!
Allen Owen and the OSY camps: (Out of School Youth)
For the year 2010 at Highlands Mexico
42 Camps
17, 392 Campers
4,992 Professions of faith
2,077 Baptisms
This is all in addition to what has been accomplished through the Ed Hoagland camp ministry during the Summer months. God’s Word is powerful and is having a tremendous impact here in Mexico among the youth. I stand amazed at these numbers and what they represent.
I am also overwhelmed that there exists such an entity as the Rawlings Foundation with such a generous and caring heart that makes sure that missionaries have the tools needed to see these kind of results. Than you! You have helped change many lives for eternity.
David Jones Reports from Tanzania
What a tremendous launch of the Highlands Tanzania youth camp. In three camps 1,133 campers and 106 volunteer workers came from five regions of the country. Ninety-four youth responded in the first camp, 70 in the second, and 36 in the third for a total of 200 campers giving their life to Christ. Many other decisions were made as well.
These camps are not church camps, but rather evangelistic camps targeting lost Secondary School aged youth. Kids of all different faiths and lifestyle come to the camp, most with addictions, hangups and hopelessness. Every facet of camp is designed to show them Christ's love and bring them to the place where they acknowledge their need for the Savior The theme "R U Connected?" was simple, to the point, and effective.
All 200 who made salvation decisions are being followed up by our local church leaders. Please pray that they will immediately take steps forward in their new walk with Christ. One of our churches reported that 50 youth from the camp came to the Sunday services this past weekend!
Craig Lingo and the 2010 Report
We had a total of 1125 Students attend evangelistic camps, and 244 Parents who went to an evangelistic camp designed especially for them. There were 476 kids who made professions of faith, and 99 parents who did likewise. This is almost 41% of those who went to camp. We do not baptize the teenagers at camp because they are minors and we would have to obtain parental consent to do so. However, we have baptized 57 people at church, most of them were saved at the various camps.
There were also a total of 575 volunteer attendees at these four camps. We have almost 240 people on our volunteer list, so not everyone went at each camp. This is our big bottleneck, if we had enough volunteers, we could do more camps.
In addition, we took 1203 High School students to three Moral Values Retreats. We cannot share the gospel openly with these kids, but it is our first contact. We are doing one set of Moral Values Retreats at each school, so we are looking to open up two or three more schools this year.
At the same time that the kids are returning from the Moral Values Retreat. \We had over 1200 parents attend these meetings and fill out a form for future contact.
Finally, all in all we hosted 3957 people in The Rawlings Foundation sponsored events. Also, since there is still a lot of open space on the yearly calendar at the Highlands, Colombia, we hosted 4,822 campers from other groups. We have no record of the results in those events. The total of campers hosted at The Highlands Colombia was 8,779 in 2010.
Ed Hoagland from Mexico:
Once again the Mexican Baptist Bible Fellowship would like to express our gratitude to the Rawlings Foundation for their enormous financial & spiritual help in reaching Mexicans with the gospel of Jesus Christ. We had been praying for 20 years for God to supply us with a camp facility in order to impact this society and change the culture. Not only did God use the Rawlings Foundation to provide us with a facility much nicer than we had even dreamed, but they also have taken care of the expenses involved in busing, feeding, and housing all of the unbelieving young people that we can round up to go there. Because of the help that the Rawlings Foundation has given us, our group called “Decisions” here in México was able to take 5,941 unbelieving young people to the camp this past summer where we saw 1,875 make a profession of faith in Jesus Christ (each person was dealt with individually), 575 of them were baptized at the camp, and 133 signed up to enter into our Bible College. This summer 30 churches in México participated with us and all of them have greatly benefited from these camps. To the Rawlings Foundation we say with all of our heart: “¡¡¡Muchas Gracias!!!”
Gus Hernandez and Highlands Dominican Republic
Though we are not yet officially opened, the Lord has done a great work these last 5 months with our events. We had 13 events including a Haitian, Dominican and American pastors conference with 300 pastors in attendance, 2 soccer camps, 3 evangelistic camps, and 4 baseball camps, Compassion International annual day camp, and 2 local churches day camps . We had 2,585 in total attendance and 381 professions of faith. We are really excited to see what the Lord has for our future ministry here in the Dominican.
Results from the Greg Lyons Team and their Evangelistic Camps for Youth.
Thanks so much for all you do! Tens of thousands of souls have been saved through your generosity.
Evangelistic Youth Camps 2010
Camps - 90
Campers - 109,507
Salvation Decisions - 52,651
Baptism Decisions - over 9,000 to date
Student Applications for Baptist Bible College Asia - 1,998
Evangelistic Teachers Camp 2010:
Camps - 11
Campers - 8,292
Salvation Decisions - 3,650
Grand Total - 117,799 Campers; 56,301 Salvation Decisions PRAISE THE LORD!
2011 Camp Goals
I believe we can reach 125,000 campers in 2011. This is a combined total of Youth Camps (110,000 campers) and Teachers Camps. (15,000 campers)
Note: We reached a District Superintendent of the Department of Education for the Rizal Province during Teachers Camp 2010. She offered to approve nearly 5,000 public school teachers in her district to attend Teachers Camp 2011! A great win for the camp ministry!
(Teachers Camp)
10 camps from October 1—November 10, 2010.
Total Teachers present: 8,292
Total Saved: 3,650
These are leaders, school officials, and adults who have seen the change in the young people reached during the Evangelistic Youth Camps of 2010, and are now wanting to find out how to know the same changes in their lives as well
One specific gain:
One of the District Superintendents of the 6 school districts of the greater Metro Manila area brought 500 of her principals, department heads, head teachers, and administrative staff to camp. She wanted to bring her entire school faculty of over 3,000, but we just could not accommodate them this year.
At the end of the camp, the District Superintendent requested a special meeting with us. As we met, she thanked the Rawlings Foundation and our local team for offering the “Teachers Camp to her district.
She called over her personal assistant and said, “Remember these men who lead this camp! Whenever they come to the District offices, allow them to come in, even without an appointment.” She continued, “Pastor, you no longer need to secure specific permits for your ministry’s programs in our school district. Feel free to develop and implement programs that will benefit our students and teachers. We will cooperate with you on any level you would like to pursue.”
Only God does these kind of things.
The District Superintendent desires to send over 20,000 young people to our next series of Youth Camps in 2011! We are impacting a nation through this effort! Only time will tell the impact in the lives of these teachers and the thousands of young people who have come to Christ through the years in the Highland facility the Rawlings Foundation has provided.
Thanks for partnering with us.
Highland Camp Totals for 2010. All Facilities:
Campers: 154,261
Salvations: 64,328
Baptisms: 11,652
Bible College Applications: 2,131
$21.00 is the average it takes to transport, house and feed a student for camp. As you will see, the results are tremendous. Our mission statement says it all, “A 21st Century Miracle of Youth Evangelism that Really Works.”
Craig Lingo from Colombia, SA (Parents Camp)
This past Sunday we had a special service for all of the parents who went to camp. We had over 632 people in our services. That is almost double what we were averaging. By the end of the day, 4 more adults had accepted Christ as Saviour. I think it was a very worthwhile effort. Thank God for the 120 volunteers we had at camp, and all the great people that helped here in Bogota!
Allen Owen and the OSY camps: (Out of School Youth)
For the year 2010 at Highlands Mexico
42 Camps
17, 392 Campers
4,992 Professions of faith
2,077 Baptisms
This is all in addition to what has been accomplished through the Ed Hoagland camp ministry during the Summer months. God’s Word is powerful and is having a tremendous impact here in Mexico among the youth. I stand amazed at these numbers and what they represent.
I am also overwhelmed that there exists such an entity as the Rawlings Foundation with such a generous and caring heart that makes sure that missionaries have the tools needed to see these kind of results. Than you! You have helped change many lives for eternity.
David Jones Reports from Tanzania
What a tremendous launch of the Highlands Tanzania youth camp. In three camps 1,133 campers and 106 volunteer workers came from five regions of the country. Ninety-four youth responded in the first camp, 70 in the second, and 36 in the third for a total of 200 campers giving their life to Christ. Many other decisions were made as well.
These camps are not church camps, but rather evangelistic camps targeting lost Secondary School aged youth. Kids of all different faiths and lifestyle come to the camp, most with addictions, hangups and hopelessness. Every facet of camp is designed to show them Christ's love and bring them to the place where they acknowledge their need for the Savior The theme "R U Connected?" was simple, to the point, and effective.
All 200 who made salvation decisions are being followed up by our local church leaders. Please pray that they will immediately take steps forward in their new walk with Christ. One of our churches reported that 50 youth from the camp came to the Sunday services this past weekend!
Craig Lingo and the 2010 Report
We had a total of 1125 Students attend evangelistic camps, and 244 Parents who went to an evangelistic camp designed especially for them. There were 476 kids who made professions of faith, and 99 parents who did likewise. This is almost 41% of those who went to camp. We do not baptize the teenagers at camp because they are minors and we would have to obtain parental consent to do so. However, we have baptized 57 people at church, most of them were saved at the various camps.
There were also a total of 575 volunteer attendees at these four camps. We have almost 240 people on our volunteer list, so not everyone went at each camp. This is our big bottleneck, if we had enough volunteers, we could do more camps.
In addition, we took 1203 High School students to three Moral Values Retreats. We cannot share the gospel openly with these kids, but it is our first contact. We are doing one set of Moral Values Retreats at each school, so we are looking to open up two or three more schools this year.
At the same time that the kids are returning from the Moral Values Retreat. \We had over 1200 parents attend these meetings and fill out a form for future contact.
Finally, all in all we hosted 3957 people in The Rawlings Foundation sponsored events. Also, since there is still a lot of open space on the yearly calendar at the Highlands, Colombia, we hosted 4,822 campers from other groups. We have no record of the results in those events. The total of campers hosted at The Highlands Colombia was 8,779 in 2010.
Ed Hoagland from Mexico:
Once again the Mexican Baptist Bible Fellowship would like to express our gratitude to the Rawlings Foundation for their enormous financial & spiritual help in reaching Mexicans with the gospel of Jesus Christ. We had been praying for 20 years for God to supply us with a camp facility in order to impact this society and change the culture. Not only did God use the Rawlings Foundation to provide us with a facility much nicer than we had even dreamed, but they also have taken care of the expenses involved in busing, feeding, and housing all of the unbelieving young people that we can round up to go there. Because of the help that the Rawlings Foundation has given us, our group called “Decisions” here in México was able to take 5,941 unbelieving young people to the camp this past summer where we saw 1,875 make a profession of faith in Jesus Christ (each person was dealt with individually), 575 of them were baptized at the camp, and 133 signed up to enter into our Bible College. This summer 30 churches in México participated with us and all of them have greatly benefited from these camps. To the Rawlings Foundation we say with all of our heart: “¡¡¡Muchas Gracias!!!”
Gus Hernandez and Highlands Dominican Republic
Though we are not yet officially opened, the Lord has done a great work these last 5 months with our events. We had 13 events including a Haitian, Dominican and American pastors conference with 300 pastors in attendance, 2 soccer camps, 3 evangelistic camps, and 4 baseball camps, Compassion International annual day camp, and 2 local churches day camps . We had 2,585 in total attendance and 381 professions of faith. We are really excited to see what the Lord has for our future ministry here in the Dominican.
Results from the Greg Lyons Team and their Evangelistic Camps for Youth.
Thanks so much for all you do! Tens of thousands of souls have been saved through your generosity.
Evangelistic Youth Camps 2010
Camps - 90
Campers - 109,507
Salvation Decisions - 52,651
Baptism Decisions - over 9,000 to date
Student Applications for Baptist Bible College Asia - 1,998
Evangelistic Teachers Camp 2010:
Camps - 11
Campers - 8,292
Salvation Decisions - 3,650
Grand Total - 117,799 Campers; 56,301 Salvation Decisions PRAISE THE LORD!
2011 Camp Goals
I believe we can reach 125,000 campers in 2011. This is a combined total of Youth Camps (110,000 campers) and Teachers Camps. (15,000 campers)
Note: We reached a District Superintendent of the Department of Education for the Rizal Province during Teachers Camp 2010. She offered to approve nearly 5,000 public school teachers in her district to attend Teachers Camp 2011! A great win for the camp ministry!
(Teachers Camp)
10 camps from October 1—November 10, 2010.
Total Teachers present: 8,292
Total Saved: 3,650
These are leaders, school officials, and adults who have seen the change in the young people reached during the Evangelistic Youth Camps of 2010, and are now wanting to find out how to know the same changes in their lives as well
One specific gain:
One of the District Superintendents of the 6 school districts of the greater Metro Manila area brought 500 of her principals, department heads, head teachers, and administrative staff to camp. She wanted to bring her entire school faculty of over 3,000, but we just could not accommodate them this year.
At the end of the camp, the District Superintendent requested a special meeting with us. As we met, she thanked the Rawlings Foundation and our local team for offering the “Teachers Camp to her district.
She called over her personal assistant and said, “Remember these men who lead this camp! Whenever they come to the District offices, allow them to come in, even without an appointment.” She continued, “Pastor, you no longer need to secure specific permits for your ministry’s programs in our school district. Feel free to develop and implement programs that will benefit our students and teachers. We will cooperate with you on any level you would like to pursue.”
Only God does these kind of things.
The District Superintendent desires to send over 20,000 young people to our next series of Youth Camps in 2011! We are impacting a nation through this effort! Only time will tell the impact in the lives of these teachers and the thousands of young people who have come to Christ through the years in the Highland facility the Rawlings Foundation has provided.
Thanks for partnering with us.
Highland Camp Totals for 2010. All Facilities:
Campers: 154,261
Salvations: 64,328
Baptisms: 11,652
Bible College Applications: 2,131
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
An Unbelievable Weekend! (Ed & Annita Hoagland - Mexico)
On December 18 we had a wedding for a couple and the groom was a new believer. Here in Mexico we use weddings to present the Gospel to the unbelieving family members who attend. Our auditorium was half-filled with some stone faces as they were not happy that their family member had become a believer in Jesus Christ and on top of that, he was getting married in a Baptist church. However, as the Word of God was proclaimed to them, some of their faces began to change. When the invitation was given, nine people responded by receiving Jesus Christ as their personal Savior. Needless to say, this couple had many reasons to be thankful on that day!
The following Sunday, we presented our special Christmas program twice, with a packed house both times. It was very exciting to see all the work our people did to make it all happen. We had 326 attend the first presentation and 317 attend the second. During the two invitations, we saw 34 people make a profession of faith in our Lord.
For that weekend, we had a total of 785 people attend our services with 43 receiving Jesus Christ! What an unbelievable weekend, and it’s all because of your prayers!
The following Sunday, we presented our special Christmas program twice, with a packed house both times. It was very exciting to see all the work our people did to make it all happen. We had 326 attend the first presentation and 317 attend the second. During the two invitations, we saw 34 people make a profession of faith in our Lord.
For that weekend, we had a total of 785 people attend our services with 43 receiving Jesus Christ! What an unbelievable weekend, and it’s all because of your prayers!
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
End-Time Timeline
End-Time Timeline – Terry James
This generation stands upon the precipice of the wrap-up of human history. We can say this upon a platform of certainty. Our end-time stage is built upon a solid structure of knowledge. It provides strength of understanding from which no other generation of human beings could have spoken.
The prophet Daniel predicted precisely this time on God's prophetic timeline, I am convinced: "But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased" (Dan. 12:4).
The Book Opened
Those who studied Bible prophecy throughout the decades since the close of the second century did so in the dark, from the point of history not shedding much illumination on how God's prophetic Word would unfold. The angel had told Daniel the prophet that this would be the case--that the book (the understanding of end things) would remained closed until the time of the very end was reached.
Bible prophecy was then put on the back burner, for the most part, as far as any endeavors into understanding end-times matters was concerned. The Catholic Church in its various manifestations, then the Reformation church derivatives of Martin Luther and the others, drifted far from the early church fathers' devotion to studying the part of the Scriptures that dealt with prophecy yet future. It was, in my view, intellectual and spiritual laziness, as much as luciferian influence, that caused this callous disregard for prophecy to infect the Body of Christ.
Some would say that this must have been the way God wanted it. He must have desired for believers to not have understanding, so doused the light of understanding during this long period -longer even than the 400-plus year drought of prophetic activity just prior to Christ's first advent. That's one way of looking at the dearth of prophetic enlightenment during the almost 2,000 years since Christ's resurrection. However, I believe the words of the angel to Daniel telling the old prophet to "shut up the book" was more akin to the Bible's telling about Abraham, David, and Solomon having multiple wives, and even concubines. God reported these things, but He did not cause them to happen. Nor did God approve of these goings on. The Lord used reports of these sins to show His children down through the ages the folly, even deadly consequences, of disobeying their heavenly Father. The lessons of these sinful activities of even the greatest of the Bible heroes is that we are fallen, and without staying close to the Creator "our Father" we, too, can and will slip into egregious activities that push us away from God's loving, directing hand.
This disobedience, He is telling us through such reportage, causes severe repercussions and ramifications. There is no better example of those repercussions and ramifications than what has happened since Abraham and Sarah decided to get ahead of God's will when Sarah sent her handmaid, Hagar, into her husband to produce an heir. And, this is where that disobedience and prophecy yet future converge and merge. The whole world faces the consequences of that sin today in the hate-filled conflict between Arabs and Jews that is gushing humanity toward man's final conflagration - Armageddon. So, the angel's instruction to Daniel to "close up the book" (of understanding end-time things) was God's reporting, in my view, the deliberate intellectual and spiritual slothfulness - even callous disregard - that would clutch the minds of even God's best Bible students until the very end of days. God was reporting this dearth of His people being able to ascertain end-time matters. God did not cause the book of understanding to be closed so they would't comprehend.
The vital, glorious thing to see is that now that book has, I'm convinced it is overwhelmingly obvious, been open, and each and every hour seems to bring increased understanding. Knowledge is indeed increasing, and at an exponential rate!
Timeline Issues and Events
Signals that we are in the end times are so ubiquitous, and at the same time proliferating at such a profound pace, that it is sometimes difficult even for those of us who watch diligently to fully gather within our eschatological radar scopes all that is occurring. But Jesus, right after giving those signals that would be prevalent leading up to His second coming, concluded, as reported in the book of Mark: "And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch" (Mk. 13:37).
It is therefore incumbent upon us "all Christians" to discern the signs of the times. We will look at them, trying to put them in the order given us by Jesus and the prophets as they foretold these end-time things. Those who consider such things calculate that about 27 percent of God's Word is given to prophecy. Roughly half, those who figure these things believe, has been fulfilled. Therefore about 14 percent of Bible prophecy is yet to be fulfilled. Careful study of the historical record validates Bible prophets as 100 percent accurate, in considering prophecies already fulfilled. We can, through application of human rationale, therefore, think the rest of prophecy will likely be fulfilled. Christians should trust, without reservation, that their Lord, the "Word" (John 1:1-2), will accomplish fulfillment of the remaining prophecies - those yet future.
Those who read this article following the disappearance of millions of people, the rapture of all believers in Jesus Christ, are urged to examine the history of these matters. Those who read this post-rapture will have considerable, and quite recent, history to look to and consider whether God's Word is true, about end-times matters.
As this is written, the world stands on God's prophetic timeline facing the apocalyptic storm in the distance while it approaches. If you are reading this following the rapture, you are likely actually in the early stages of that prophesied storm of evil - the last seven years of human history that lead to the second coming of Jesus Christ to Planet Earth.
There are no prophecies yet to be fulfilled before the rapture of Christ's Church. That is not to say prophecies yet future will NOT be fulfilled before the rapture, just that none are given that MUST BE fulfilled before that stunning event.
We will not address here all of the many geophysical and even societal and cultural "perilous times" signals we see all around us in this generation. We will look at specific major events scheduled to unfold. However, it is unavoidable to think of the birth-pang like convulsions of earthquakes, record hurricanes, and the upheavals of violence that seems to fill the whole earth, while thinking on the following.
Israel: Prophecy Fulfilled
Many of us who carefully study these matters believe that Israel's once again being a nation in its ancient homeland, and with its ancient language, Hebrew, is a fulfillment of prophecy. I don't see how it can be otherwise. Israel has to be back in the land for the final prophecies to roll out as foretold. That nation is at the very heart of end-times things to come. The most profound prophecy in that regard is the fact that the Messiah - the returning Lord of Lords and King of Kings will set His throne atop Zion once He returns. That will be a dramatic topographically changed Mt. Moriah, with Christ's millennial temple set high above the city of Jerusalem.
But, before that happens, Israel will have to endure the time of "Jacob's trouble" (Jer. 30:7). It will be the worst time ever in history for that people, according to Jesus, himself. As a matter of fact, His prophecy indicates the same degree of horror for the whole world at that time. He said: "For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be" (Matt. 24:21). Zechariah the prophet foretold there would be an Israel and a Jerusalem during that period of tribulation. God spoke the following through His prophet: "And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it" (Zech. 12:3).
Israel today is already the center of attention, and of much scorn from its neighbors and the rest of the world. As I often say when interviewed, no matter which way the news microphones and cameras turn to capture other stories, they always swing right back to Israel, Jerusalem, and the surrounding areas. That is because that region offers the greatest threat to spark thermonuclear conflagration. The Bible foretells that it WILL host the most horrific conflict of human history - Armageddon!
End-Times Order of Things To Come
With that framework --that Israel is back in the land, which is surely a fulfilling of prophecy-- let us look at where things unfold from here on God's end-Times timeline.
Rapture - While the storm clouds of apocalypse gather and approach, Christians attuned to God's whole word should watch, according to the Lord Jesus Christ. They should be aware of the elements of that approaching storm of tribulation. Things of society, cultures, in every endeavor of life, will, at the same time, seem to be business as usual. Times will be like the days of Noah and Lot at the moment of His next intervention into the affairs of humanity, according to Jesus. (Read Luke 17: 26-30.) It will be a catastrophic intervention. Jesus will step out on the clouds of glory and shout "Come up here!" (Rev. 4:1-2). All Christians - those who accept Christ's blood atonement for salvation (born-again believers) will instantly be with Jesus above the earth. (Read 1 Cor. 15: 51-55 and 1 Thes. 4:13-18.) Millions of people (those raptured) will vanish, will disappear from the planet before the astonished eyes of those left behind. Those who have gone to be with the Lord will be taken back to heaven, where He has prepared a place of eternal dwelling for them (Jn. 14:1-3). The bema judgment (to give rewards for service to the Lord while on earth) will take place. Crowns will be handed out to God's family. The marriage supper of the Lamb will occur (Christ's Bride made ready for the wedding), then the Wedding Feast (Revelation 19:9). Things on Planet Earth will be gearing up for the great end-time storm. God, the Holy Spirit, according to 2 Thessalonians, chapter 2, will remove as restrainer during the times following the rapture.
World Leader Comes Forth - The nations of earth will be in chaos. The turmoil will cause severe ramifications while governments seek to restore civil order and regain governmental and economic equilibrium. Profound shifts of power will likely take place, with the EU becoming the new superpower, absorbing America's power and authority, the U.S. having lost the most people in key places, thus having suffered the most loss of control. According to prophecy, one man will step forward to proffer a plan to quell the fears of war in the Middle East (Daniel 9:27). This prophecy correlates to Revelation 6: 2, with the rider on the white horse riding forth.
Peace Covenant Confirmed - The great world leader will arrive just in time to look to be the shining knight on the white horse. He will have the answer to the looming all-out war in the Middle East. He will be able to sell a seven-year peace plan that is already available, apparently. Israel will agree to the covenant, as will her enemies, and, in effect, the whole world will accept the European leader's masterful sales pitch. But Israel's acceptance will fly in the face of God. This "covenant made with death and Hell," as it is called in Isaiah, chapter 28, will cause God's judgmental wrath to begin to fall.
Attack upon Israel - The Gog-Magog attack prophesied by Ezekiel is one that is controversial, so far as to where it will fit into the end-times timeline is concerned. Some has the event just before or in conjunction with the rapture, while others believe it will happen right after the rapture or nearer the mid-point of the seven-year tribulation period. Russia is destined to present some of the most fearsome trials and tribulations for Israel. Gog, "chief prince of Rosh," is the leader of Russia described in Ezekiel 38 and 39. In ancient language, Gog means "leader." "Rosh" is the ancient name for the land of Russia. In the last days, Russia will be the leading nation of the Gog-Magog coalition of nations that will make a move against Israel and be defeated by a supernatural act of God. Persia (Iran) comes right along beside Russia, in prophetic parlance. According to Ezekiel 38:5, Iran will aid Russia in attacking Israel before or during the tribulation. Even now, Iran acts as a destabilizing force in the world.
144,000 Evangelists - The Lord will not allow the dark, satanic realm to go unchallenged. God will seal (protect from Satan and his minions) 144,000 Jewish men with the gospel message of Jesus Christ, the only way to salvation, redemption, and reconciliation to God, the Father. (Read Rev. 7: 3-8.) These will proclaim the gospel message throughout the world. Millions upon millions of people will hear the message and become Christians of the tribulation period.
Two Old Testament-Type Prophets Preach - Two Jewish men will be placed during this period for preaching then Gospel, and for pointing the finger of judgment if repentance isn't forthcoming. No one knows for sure who these men will be, but there seems good evidence that at least one of them will be Elijah, the Old Testament prophet whom God took up from earth in a fiery whirlwind. The Satanic governmental regime will seek to kill these men, but will not be able to do so until God allows. Anyone who tries to kill them will, in like manner, be killed, according to the prophetic Word. Finally, the regime will be able to kill them. There dead bodies will lie in the streets of Jerusalem for three days, then they will be resurrected to life, and will lift into the sky before the astonished eyes of their murderers and of the whole world.
Antichrist Revealed - The great world leader , who confirmed the seven-year peace covenant, convincing Israel and its enemies to rely on him and his regime to keep the peace, will be struck with a deadly head wound. But, he will resurrect, supposedly, from death. He will, following this, in what I believe will be a false resurrection (possibly following the defeat of the Gog-Magog forces), suddenly walk into the Jewish temple atop Mt. Moriah at Jerusalem and declare himself to be God. He will demand worship from all of the world's inhabitants. (Read 2 Thes. Chapter 2 and Revelation, chapter 13.) He is then revealed as Antichrist, the son of perdition, the man of sin. He will cause all to accept his mark or be cut out of the economic system - all buying and selling. He will order all killed, who will not worship him. The chief method of death dealing will be beheading. His partner in the satanic duo will point all worship to the beast - Antichrist. The false prophet will be AntiChrist's John the Baptist figure.
Jews Flee - Jesus forewarned the Jews who will occupy Jerusalem at the time of AntiChrist's revelation to flee to the mountains. (Read Matthew chapter 24, and Revelation, chapter 12.) This era, the mid-way point of the seven-year tribulation era, will begin the time of Jacob's trouble (Jer. 30: 7) - a time Jesus says will be the worst time of all history (Matt 24: 21). Antichrist will begin the greatest genocide ever to be visited upon the planet.
Antichrist Institutes Regime - AntiChrist's regime will cause all to give worship to the beast, the Revelation 13 term for Antichrist. He will apparently set up some sort of idol, before which all must bow. This will likely be done by the image of himself being telecast in some way to all the world. (Read Revelation chapter 13.) His regime will consist of 10 kingdoms, whose newly crowned kings (political leaders of the region) will give all of their authority and power to Antichrist. We might be seeing the formative months and years of the formation of this 10-kingdom development with the various trading blocs beginning to form. The European Union seems to be the prototype for those that will follow. The North American Union (NAU) that seems to be underway in development, bringing America, Canada, and Mexico together in an economic trading bloc, appears to be one such "kingdom" in the making. Antichrist will bring together one world government, one world economy, and one world religion, to some extent - for a brief time, at least. This is a Babylonian-type system that will all but enslave the entire world.
Babylon System of Religion, Economy, Government Rules - The Babylonian system will actually be an extension of the revived Roman Empire. This was prophesied in Daniel, chapters 2, 7, 9, and 11, as well as in Revelation, chapter 13. Ancient Babylon's and the ancient Roman Empire's influence upon this end-time regime of hell on earth are described in Revelation, chapters 17 and 18. God will completely destroy the chief city of the end time Babylon in one hour, the Bible prophesies in Revelation, chapter 18.
Kings of East Threaten, then Move - China, today, is a growing economic and military behemoth. It exerts hegemony over its neighbors of the Orient. The Bible predicts a day during the tribulation when the "kings of the east" will march across the dried-up Euphrates River to do battle at Armageddon.This juggernaut will consist of 200 million troops, all, prophecy seems to indicate, demon possessed, while they cross the area of the Euphrates. (Read Revelation, Chapters 9 and 16.) All Meet at Armageddon - The kings of the east march toward a rendezvous with all other nations of the world. God says this about this meeting: "For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land" (Joel 3: 10-2). (Also, read Rev. 16:16, and Rev. 19: 17-18.)
Christ Returns - Just as the battle is becoming so violent that it threatens the end of all people and animals on earth, the black clouds of apocalypse unroll like a scroll, and brilliant light from heaven's core breaks through, revealing the King of kings and His armies and myriads of angelic hosts. "And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God" (Rev. 19:11-15).
Christ Judges Nations - The conquering Creator of all things will establish His earthly throne atop Mt. Moriah, which will be supernaturally reconfigured from topographical renovations made for the millennium. All the nations of the world will come before the Lord Jesus Christ. (Read about the sheep-goats judgment in Matthew, chapter 25.) Those people who have made it alive through the seven-year tribulation will either be believers or unbelievers. Believers will be ushered into Christ's 1,000-year reign on earth, while unbelievers will be cast into everlasting darkness, the Scripture prophesies.
Christ Sets Up Millennial Kingdom - The millennial reign of Christ will begin, a time during which the false prophet and the beast (Antichrist), the first to be thrown into the lake of fire, will begin to serve their eternal sentences. Satan will be confined in the bottomless pit, and there will be none of his minions to torment and tempt the millennial earth-dwellers. It will be a time much like the times of Eden, with the earth restored to its pristine beauty. (Read Rev. 20-10.) After the 1,000 years, the devil will be released from the pit for a short space of time. He will lead millions of those who have been born during the millennium in an assault on Christ at Jerusalem. God will send down fire and consume them all. Satan will be cast into the lake of fire. The lost dead will be resurrected (their eternal bodies joined to their souls), and all will stand before the great white throne of Christ to be judged. All will be cast into the lake of fire for eternity. (Read Rev. 20:10-15.) God "Jesus Christ" will remake the heavens and the earth in preparation for everlasting, ever-growing ecstasy in God's presence. (Read Rev. 20:16-22: 16.)
This generation stands upon the precipice of the wrap-up of human history. We can say this upon a platform of certainty. Our end-time stage is built upon a solid structure of knowledge. It provides strength of understanding from which no other generation of human beings could have spoken.
The prophet Daniel predicted precisely this time on God's prophetic timeline, I am convinced: "But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased" (Dan. 12:4).
The Book Opened
Those who studied Bible prophecy throughout the decades since the close of the second century did so in the dark, from the point of history not shedding much illumination on how God's prophetic Word would unfold. The angel had told Daniel the prophet that this would be the case--that the book (the understanding of end things) would remained closed until the time of the very end was reached.
Bible prophecy was then put on the back burner, for the most part, as far as any endeavors into understanding end-times matters was concerned. The Catholic Church in its various manifestations, then the Reformation church derivatives of Martin Luther and the others, drifted far from the early church fathers' devotion to studying the part of the Scriptures that dealt with prophecy yet future. It was, in my view, intellectual and spiritual laziness, as much as luciferian influence, that caused this callous disregard for prophecy to infect the Body of Christ.
Some would say that this must have been the way God wanted it. He must have desired for believers to not have understanding, so doused the light of understanding during this long period -longer even than the 400-plus year drought of prophetic activity just prior to Christ's first advent. That's one way of looking at the dearth of prophetic enlightenment during the almost 2,000 years since Christ's resurrection. However, I believe the words of the angel to Daniel telling the old prophet to "shut up the book" was more akin to the Bible's telling about Abraham, David, and Solomon having multiple wives, and even concubines. God reported these things, but He did not cause them to happen. Nor did God approve of these goings on. The Lord used reports of these sins to show His children down through the ages the folly, even deadly consequences, of disobeying their heavenly Father. The lessons of these sinful activities of even the greatest of the Bible heroes is that we are fallen, and without staying close to the Creator "our Father" we, too, can and will slip into egregious activities that push us away from God's loving, directing hand.
This disobedience, He is telling us through such reportage, causes severe repercussions and ramifications. There is no better example of those repercussions and ramifications than what has happened since Abraham and Sarah decided to get ahead of God's will when Sarah sent her handmaid, Hagar, into her husband to produce an heir. And, this is where that disobedience and prophecy yet future converge and merge. The whole world faces the consequences of that sin today in the hate-filled conflict between Arabs and Jews that is gushing humanity toward man's final conflagration - Armageddon. So, the angel's instruction to Daniel to "close up the book" (of understanding end-time things) was God's reporting, in my view, the deliberate intellectual and spiritual slothfulness - even callous disregard - that would clutch the minds of even God's best Bible students until the very end of days. God was reporting this dearth of His people being able to ascertain end-time matters. God did not cause the book of understanding to be closed so they would't comprehend.
The vital, glorious thing to see is that now that book has, I'm convinced it is overwhelmingly obvious, been open, and each and every hour seems to bring increased understanding. Knowledge is indeed increasing, and at an exponential rate!
Timeline Issues and Events
Signals that we are in the end times are so ubiquitous, and at the same time proliferating at such a profound pace, that it is sometimes difficult even for those of us who watch diligently to fully gather within our eschatological radar scopes all that is occurring. But Jesus, right after giving those signals that would be prevalent leading up to His second coming, concluded, as reported in the book of Mark: "And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch" (Mk. 13:37).
It is therefore incumbent upon us "all Christians" to discern the signs of the times. We will look at them, trying to put them in the order given us by Jesus and the prophets as they foretold these end-time things. Those who consider such things calculate that about 27 percent of God's Word is given to prophecy. Roughly half, those who figure these things believe, has been fulfilled. Therefore about 14 percent of Bible prophecy is yet to be fulfilled. Careful study of the historical record validates Bible prophets as 100 percent accurate, in considering prophecies already fulfilled. We can, through application of human rationale, therefore, think the rest of prophecy will likely be fulfilled. Christians should trust, without reservation, that their Lord, the "Word" (John 1:1-2), will accomplish fulfillment of the remaining prophecies - those yet future.
Those who read this article following the disappearance of millions of people, the rapture of all believers in Jesus Christ, are urged to examine the history of these matters. Those who read this post-rapture will have considerable, and quite recent, history to look to and consider whether God's Word is true, about end-times matters.
As this is written, the world stands on God's prophetic timeline facing the apocalyptic storm in the distance while it approaches. If you are reading this following the rapture, you are likely actually in the early stages of that prophesied storm of evil - the last seven years of human history that lead to the second coming of Jesus Christ to Planet Earth.
There are no prophecies yet to be fulfilled before the rapture of Christ's Church. That is not to say prophecies yet future will NOT be fulfilled before the rapture, just that none are given that MUST BE fulfilled before that stunning event.
We will not address here all of the many geophysical and even societal and cultural "perilous times" signals we see all around us in this generation. We will look at specific major events scheduled to unfold. However, it is unavoidable to think of the birth-pang like convulsions of earthquakes, record hurricanes, and the upheavals of violence that seems to fill the whole earth, while thinking on the following.
Israel: Prophecy Fulfilled
Many of us who carefully study these matters believe that Israel's once again being a nation in its ancient homeland, and with its ancient language, Hebrew, is a fulfillment of prophecy. I don't see how it can be otherwise. Israel has to be back in the land for the final prophecies to roll out as foretold. That nation is at the very heart of end-times things to come. The most profound prophecy in that regard is the fact that the Messiah - the returning Lord of Lords and King of Kings will set His throne atop Zion once He returns. That will be a dramatic topographically changed Mt. Moriah, with Christ's millennial temple set high above the city of Jerusalem.
But, before that happens, Israel will have to endure the time of "Jacob's trouble" (Jer. 30:7). It will be the worst time ever in history for that people, according to Jesus, himself. As a matter of fact, His prophecy indicates the same degree of horror for the whole world at that time. He said: "For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be" (Matt. 24:21). Zechariah the prophet foretold there would be an Israel and a Jerusalem during that period of tribulation. God spoke the following through His prophet: "And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it" (Zech. 12:3).
Israel today is already the center of attention, and of much scorn from its neighbors and the rest of the world. As I often say when interviewed, no matter which way the news microphones and cameras turn to capture other stories, they always swing right back to Israel, Jerusalem, and the surrounding areas. That is because that region offers the greatest threat to spark thermonuclear conflagration. The Bible foretells that it WILL host the most horrific conflict of human history - Armageddon!
End-Times Order of Things To Come
With that framework --that Israel is back in the land, which is surely a fulfilling of prophecy-- let us look at where things unfold from here on God's end-Times timeline.
Rapture - While the storm clouds of apocalypse gather and approach, Christians attuned to God's whole word should watch, according to the Lord Jesus Christ. They should be aware of the elements of that approaching storm of tribulation. Things of society, cultures, in every endeavor of life, will, at the same time, seem to be business as usual. Times will be like the days of Noah and Lot at the moment of His next intervention into the affairs of humanity, according to Jesus. (Read Luke 17: 26-30.) It will be a catastrophic intervention. Jesus will step out on the clouds of glory and shout "Come up here!" (Rev. 4:1-2). All Christians - those who accept Christ's blood atonement for salvation (born-again believers) will instantly be with Jesus above the earth. (Read 1 Cor. 15: 51-55 and 1 Thes. 4:13-18.) Millions of people (those raptured) will vanish, will disappear from the planet before the astonished eyes of those left behind. Those who have gone to be with the Lord will be taken back to heaven, where He has prepared a place of eternal dwelling for them (Jn. 14:1-3). The bema judgment (to give rewards for service to the Lord while on earth) will take place. Crowns will be handed out to God's family. The marriage supper of the Lamb will occur (Christ's Bride made ready for the wedding), then the Wedding Feast (Revelation 19:9). Things on Planet Earth will be gearing up for the great end-time storm. God, the Holy Spirit, according to 2 Thessalonians, chapter 2, will remove as restrainer during the times following the rapture.
World Leader Comes Forth - The nations of earth will be in chaos. The turmoil will cause severe ramifications while governments seek to restore civil order and regain governmental and economic equilibrium. Profound shifts of power will likely take place, with the EU becoming the new superpower, absorbing America's power and authority, the U.S. having lost the most people in key places, thus having suffered the most loss of control. According to prophecy, one man will step forward to proffer a plan to quell the fears of war in the Middle East (Daniel 9:27). This prophecy correlates to Revelation 6: 2, with the rider on the white horse riding forth.
Peace Covenant Confirmed - The great world leader will arrive just in time to look to be the shining knight on the white horse. He will have the answer to the looming all-out war in the Middle East. He will be able to sell a seven-year peace plan that is already available, apparently. Israel will agree to the covenant, as will her enemies, and, in effect, the whole world will accept the European leader's masterful sales pitch. But Israel's acceptance will fly in the face of God. This "covenant made with death and Hell," as it is called in Isaiah, chapter 28, will cause God's judgmental wrath to begin to fall.
Attack upon Israel - The Gog-Magog attack prophesied by Ezekiel is one that is controversial, so far as to where it will fit into the end-times timeline is concerned. Some has the event just before or in conjunction with the rapture, while others believe it will happen right after the rapture or nearer the mid-point of the seven-year tribulation period. Russia is destined to present some of the most fearsome trials and tribulations for Israel. Gog, "chief prince of Rosh," is the leader of Russia described in Ezekiel 38 and 39. In ancient language, Gog means "leader." "Rosh" is the ancient name for the land of Russia. In the last days, Russia will be the leading nation of the Gog-Magog coalition of nations that will make a move against Israel and be defeated by a supernatural act of God. Persia (Iran) comes right along beside Russia, in prophetic parlance. According to Ezekiel 38:5, Iran will aid Russia in attacking Israel before or during the tribulation. Even now, Iran acts as a destabilizing force in the world.
144,000 Evangelists - The Lord will not allow the dark, satanic realm to go unchallenged. God will seal (protect from Satan and his minions) 144,000 Jewish men with the gospel message of Jesus Christ, the only way to salvation, redemption, and reconciliation to God, the Father. (Read Rev. 7: 3-8.) These will proclaim the gospel message throughout the world. Millions upon millions of people will hear the message and become Christians of the tribulation period.
Two Old Testament-Type Prophets Preach - Two Jewish men will be placed during this period for preaching then Gospel, and for pointing the finger of judgment if repentance isn't forthcoming. No one knows for sure who these men will be, but there seems good evidence that at least one of them will be Elijah, the Old Testament prophet whom God took up from earth in a fiery whirlwind. The Satanic governmental regime will seek to kill these men, but will not be able to do so until God allows. Anyone who tries to kill them will, in like manner, be killed, according to the prophetic Word. Finally, the regime will be able to kill them. There dead bodies will lie in the streets of Jerusalem for three days, then they will be resurrected to life, and will lift into the sky before the astonished eyes of their murderers and of the whole world.
Antichrist Revealed - The great world leader , who confirmed the seven-year peace covenant, convincing Israel and its enemies to rely on him and his regime to keep the peace, will be struck with a deadly head wound. But, he will resurrect, supposedly, from death. He will, following this, in what I believe will be a false resurrection (possibly following the defeat of the Gog-Magog forces), suddenly walk into the Jewish temple atop Mt. Moriah at Jerusalem and declare himself to be God. He will demand worship from all of the world's inhabitants. (Read 2 Thes. Chapter 2 and Revelation, chapter 13.) He is then revealed as Antichrist, the son of perdition, the man of sin. He will cause all to accept his mark or be cut out of the economic system - all buying and selling. He will order all killed, who will not worship him. The chief method of death dealing will be beheading. His partner in the satanic duo will point all worship to the beast - Antichrist. The false prophet will be AntiChrist's John the Baptist figure.
Jews Flee - Jesus forewarned the Jews who will occupy Jerusalem at the time of AntiChrist's revelation to flee to the mountains. (Read Matthew chapter 24, and Revelation, chapter 12.) This era, the mid-way point of the seven-year tribulation era, will begin the time of Jacob's trouble (Jer. 30: 7) - a time Jesus says will be the worst time of all history (Matt 24: 21). Antichrist will begin the greatest genocide ever to be visited upon the planet.
Antichrist Institutes Regime - AntiChrist's regime will cause all to give worship to the beast, the Revelation 13 term for Antichrist. He will apparently set up some sort of idol, before which all must bow. This will likely be done by the image of himself being telecast in some way to all the world. (Read Revelation chapter 13.) His regime will consist of 10 kingdoms, whose newly crowned kings (political leaders of the region) will give all of their authority and power to Antichrist. We might be seeing the formative months and years of the formation of this 10-kingdom development with the various trading blocs beginning to form. The European Union seems to be the prototype for those that will follow. The North American Union (NAU) that seems to be underway in development, bringing America, Canada, and Mexico together in an economic trading bloc, appears to be one such "kingdom" in the making. Antichrist will bring together one world government, one world economy, and one world religion, to some extent - for a brief time, at least. This is a Babylonian-type system that will all but enslave the entire world.
Babylon System of Religion, Economy, Government Rules - The Babylonian system will actually be an extension of the revived Roman Empire. This was prophesied in Daniel, chapters 2, 7, 9, and 11, as well as in Revelation, chapter 13. Ancient Babylon's and the ancient Roman Empire's influence upon this end-time regime of hell on earth are described in Revelation, chapters 17 and 18. God will completely destroy the chief city of the end time Babylon in one hour, the Bible prophesies in Revelation, chapter 18.
Kings of East Threaten, then Move - China, today, is a growing economic and military behemoth. It exerts hegemony over its neighbors of the Orient. The Bible predicts a day during the tribulation when the "kings of the east" will march across the dried-up Euphrates River to do battle at Armageddon.This juggernaut will consist of 200 million troops, all, prophecy seems to indicate, demon possessed, while they cross the area of the Euphrates. (Read Revelation, Chapters 9 and 16.) All Meet at Armageddon - The kings of the east march toward a rendezvous with all other nations of the world. God says this about this meeting: "For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land" (Joel 3: 10-2). (Also, read Rev. 16:16, and Rev. 19: 17-18.)
Christ Returns - Just as the battle is becoming so violent that it threatens the end of all people and animals on earth, the black clouds of apocalypse unroll like a scroll, and brilliant light from heaven's core breaks through, revealing the King of kings and His armies and myriads of angelic hosts. "And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God" (Rev. 19:11-15).
Christ Judges Nations - The conquering Creator of all things will establish His earthly throne atop Mt. Moriah, which will be supernaturally reconfigured from topographical renovations made for the millennium. All the nations of the world will come before the Lord Jesus Christ. (Read about the sheep-goats judgment in Matthew, chapter 25.) Those people who have made it alive through the seven-year tribulation will either be believers or unbelievers. Believers will be ushered into Christ's 1,000-year reign on earth, while unbelievers will be cast into everlasting darkness, the Scripture prophesies.
Christ Sets Up Millennial Kingdom - The millennial reign of Christ will begin, a time during which the false prophet and the beast (Antichrist), the first to be thrown into the lake of fire, will begin to serve their eternal sentences. Satan will be confined in the bottomless pit, and there will be none of his minions to torment and tempt the millennial earth-dwellers. It will be a time much like the times of Eden, with the earth restored to its pristine beauty. (Read Rev. 20-10.) After the 1,000 years, the devil will be released from the pit for a short space of time. He will lead millions of those who have been born during the millennium in an assault on Christ at Jerusalem. God will send down fire and consume them all. Satan will be cast into the lake of fire. The lost dead will be resurrected (their eternal bodies joined to their souls), and all will stand before the great white throne of Christ to be judged. All will be cast into the lake of fire for eternity. (Read Rev. 20:10-15.) God "Jesus Christ" will remake the heavens and the earth in preparation for everlasting, ever-growing ecstasy in God's presence. (Read Rev. 20:16-22: 16.)
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Raise from $5,000 to $500,000 In Your Christmas Missions Offering
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I've helped past participants in a similar webinar raise anywhere from $5,000 to $500,000 in an annual Christmas Offering. No church is too small (or too large) for an effective Christmas Offering that could magnify your Mission Giving, Church Planting, Support for the Poor and Needy or any significant ministry opportunity. This webinar has been filling up fast already (Wednesday's webinar is already full!) and there are limited lines available, so be sure to secure your spot today.
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P.S. Here are the details to help you make your decision: THE "HOW TO PLAN AND CONDUCT A CHRISTMAS OFFERING" WEBINARwith Nelson Searcy Tuesday, October 12 2:00pm - 3:15pm Eastern1:00pm - 2:15pm Central12:00pm - 1:15pm Mountain11:00am - 12:15pm Pacific OR Thursday, October 144:00pm - 5:15pm Eastern3:00pm - 4:15pm Central2:00pm - 3:15pm Mountain1:00pm - 2:15pm Pacific Here's what you will learn:
* What is a Christmas Offering and how it will grow your people during the Christmas season
* The complete 'nuts and bolts' of a successful Christmas Offering
* The specific timeline for an effective Christmas Offering
* How to conduct a Christmas Offering especially in a down economy
* How to gain the support of your staff and key leaders
* How to implement a Christmas Offering so as not to detract from your General Budget
* How to identify the causes that will motivate your people to give sacrificially
* 5 simple steps that will increase your Christmas Offering
* How to set the 'right goals' for your Christmas Offering* How to determine the right dollar amount
* A specific process for celebrating your Christmas Offering* Specific examples of graphics, letters, etc used at The Journey Church
* Plus much more!
REGISTER NOW AT: http://www.churchleaderinsights.com/christmaswebinar How does a Webinar work? A webinar is a web-based seminar or presentation that is transmitted over the Internet. Webinars are interactive learning experiences where participants are able to ask the presenter questions, and get answers in real-time. Webinar System Requirements PC-Based Attendees:Requires Windows 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista Macintosh-Based Attendees:Requires Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or Newer Long distance rates will apply to your next phone bill.
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The Journey Church of New York CityFounder, www.ChurchLeaderInsights.com
I've helped past participants in a similar webinar raise anywhere from $5,000 to $500,000 in an annual Christmas Offering. No church is too small (or too large) for an effective Christmas Offering that could magnify your Mission Giving, Church Planting, Support for the Poor and Needy or any significant ministry opportunity. This webinar has been filling up fast already (Wednesday's webinar is already full!) and there are limited lines available, so be sure to secure your spot today.
Please see the P.S. below for all the details or follow this link - I hope you'll join me: http://www.churchleaderinsights.com/christmaswebinar Pre-register today for over $115.00 in BONUSES - See the P.P.S. below for the list. We've just gone through the process of planning our Christmas Offering at The Journey and I'm pumped to pass along what we've been learning - this webinar will give you a powerful tool to help resource your church's vision in 2011 (and RIGHT NOW is the time to start)! Hope to 'see' you on the webinar with me NEXT TUESDAY or THURSDAY. Your Partner in Ministry, Nelson
P.S. Here are the details to help you make your decision: THE "HOW TO PLAN AND CONDUCT A CHRISTMAS OFFERING" WEBINARwith Nelson Searcy Tuesday, October 12 2:00pm - 3:15pm Eastern1:00pm - 2:15pm Central12:00pm - 1:15pm Mountain11:00am - 12:15pm Pacific OR Thursday, October 144:00pm - 5:15pm Eastern3:00pm - 4:15pm Central2:00pm - 3:15pm Mountain1:00pm - 2:15pm Pacific Here's what you will learn:
* What is a Christmas Offering and how it will grow your people during the Christmas season
* The complete 'nuts and bolts' of a successful Christmas Offering
* The specific timeline for an effective Christmas Offering
* How to conduct a Christmas Offering especially in a down economy
* How to gain the support of your staff and key leaders
* How to implement a Christmas Offering so as not to detract from your General Budget
* How to identify the causes that will motivate your people to give sacrificially
* 5 simple steps that will increase your Christmas Offering
* How to set the 'right goals' for your Christmas Offering* How to determine the right dollar amount
* A specific process for celebrating your Christmas Offering* Specific examples of graphics, letters, etc used at The Journey Church
* Plus much more!
REGISTER NOW AT: http://www.churchleaderinsights.com/christmaswebinar How does a Webinar work? A webinar is a web-based seminar or presentation that is transmitted over the Internet. Webinars are interactive learning experiences where participants are able to ask the presenter questions, and get answers in real-time. Webinar System Requirements PC-Based Attendees:Requires Windows 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista Macintosh-Based Attendees:Requires Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or Newer Long distance rates will apply to your next phone bill.
REGISTER NOW AT: http://www.churchleaderinsights.com/christmaswebinar P.P.S. Here's the $115.00 in Bonus Resources you will receive if you Register Today: - Christmas in Narnia Sermon Series ($89.95 value - yours FREE!)- Christmas in October MP3 ($13.95 value - yours FREE!)- How to Lead Your Church During the Financial Crisis MP3 ($13.95 value - yours FREE!)
REGISTER NOW AT: http://www.churchleaderinsights.com/christmaswebinar For questions or if you prefer to register by phone, call Scott @ 1-800-264-5129
Nelson Searcy, Lead Pastor
The Journey Church of New York CityFounder, www.ChurchLeaderInsights.com
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