"Occupy Jerusalem"

I have been reading Psalm 135:4, 12 and can relate it to Revelations 19-21. "For THE LORD hath chosen Jacob unto Himself, and Israel for His pecular treasure. And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israel His People." The word heritage in the Strongs Concordance is 5159 OCCUPY! How significant is this meaning when we see "Occupy" this city and that establishment all over the news these days. The LORD will have His People occupy Jerusalem when He returns to reconcile all things to Himself. "The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our LORD , and of His Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever." Israel needs to awaken to their national identity and be ready to assist their Christ. The world is a mess. Come LORD Jesus.

What Really Triggers Christ's Return?

It appears that specific events will make individuals in the true tribes of Israel realize their Jacob-roots. Not until all of the these individuals, and I'm not talking about people in the area of palestine today, realize their responsibilities in Messiah's Kingdom, can He return to that Kingdom. 2 Chronicles 7:14; 6:38,39 "If My People, which are called by My Name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My Face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and heal their land." "If they return to Thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which Thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which Thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for Thy Name: then hear thou from the heavens, even from Thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause and forgive Thy People which have sinned against Thee." Christian wake-up! Think the gospel of Messiah's Administration!

Why would Jesus return?

The bible says that after Jesus died, He rose and is at the right hand of God. So, why would He want to come again? I mean really, the first "visit" didn't go so well. The government crucified HIm. Government is the answer. God, at Mt. Sinai, instituted His Republic. Where humans failed is in the administration of His laws. That failure is the exact reason the bible states in 2 Kings 17. Modern people zero in on the idols and altars but the main point is that the children of Israel sinned against the Lord and "walked in the statues of the heathen...they rejected His statues...they left all the commandments of the Lord their God." Jesus will come back to help us administer God's laws. Then, there shall be peace on earth.

How close are we to Armageddon?

Syria is in the news every day. The agitation in this area of the world brings to my mind Isaiah 17, The Burden of Damascus. Damascus is to be "taken away from being a city". Russia supports Syria and has sent military support it's way. This support will pave the way for Russia's invasion of the middle east, Ezekiel 38,39. "And it shall come to pass at the same time when Russia shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord God, that My fury shall come up in My Face." Ez. 38:18.

What will Messiah's Kingdom be like?

I have read two very interesting passages that make me think Messiah's Kingdom will be set up as a "reverse" top down republic. The United States was set up as a bottom up republic. We elect people who we think will best represent our interests. There are city elections, state and national level representatives. Exodus 18:21 states that "thou shalt provide out of all the People...rulers of thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens." Jesus told a parable in Luke 19:17 that because you have been faithful in a little, you shall have authority over ten and five cities. In the United States, we have devolved from republic into democracy such that it is becoming mob rule. The problem is that when the best mobster rises to the top, yuck rises to leadership. In Messiah's Kingdom, He will elect the best representatives of His nature and send them out to the nations, then to the states, then to the local level.

These both were cast alive into a lake

Revelation 19:20 says the economic-structure-beast and the stock-market-false-prophet were cast ALIVE into the lake of fire. Because this verse says "alive" I believe it would be unjust for God to require Believers to leave the current Babylonian economic structure with nothing to go to. I am trying with all my might to not believe in a total, global economic melt down with nothing but anarchy afterwards. Our Lord will show us that might does not make right.

What Revelation says about the euro

Daniel, at age 18, saw the very beginning of our current economic structure. King Nebchadnezzer had a dream that scared him so much he forgot it. This dream is the one in Daniel 2 regarding the golden image. Daniel told the King that he was the head of gold. It took the King approximately 20 years until his first economic conference in the plain of Dura, Daniel 3. Daniel's three friends, Shadrack, Meshach and Abednego, were at the installation of the gold standard. This economic system would mutate down through three thousand years into our present hybrid nightmare. The most encouraging thought regarding the trouble with the euro is that although Daniel was shown its beginning, he was also shown its ending. "I beheld the beast slain and his body destroyed, given to the burning flame," Daniel 7:11. This is exactly the language given to Revelation 19:20 "the beast was taken and the false prophet. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire."