End Times

I have held this book back many years.  It is now time for it to see the light of day (being part of the larger work, A Great And Terrible Love:  A Visionary Journey from Woodstock’s Sorceries to God’s Paradise).  With the gained perspective of years it needed some adding to.

Of course for a Poet to stand among the people of Israel—that Israel which cleaves to its King, Messiah, as well the children of that apostate Jewry who spurned Him—and speak truly to both camps without fear of man, this must needs be—simultaneously—an act of war and of love.  The prophetic office in Israel closed when the last prophet, John son of Zebedee (Matthew 10:2), finished writing the apocalyptic vision and prophecy given him around 95 CE—the culmination of all Old and New Covenant prophecy—so what I write is not “immediate” prophecy given me, yet as a student of prophecies the prophetic word of those who came before us is in my mouth.  Paul the apostle of Messiah put it like this, “For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him?  But we have the mind of Christ” (1 Corinthians 2:16), and John was instructed by the angel, “the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy” (Revelation 19:10).  The word of our prophets is precious to us who heed them.

I say this is war because of the tearing down of spiritual/intellectual strong holds many have invested their lives building and defending.  To err in this area of theology and vision allows actual blood to be spilled, much blood, precious blood.  We Jews know this first hand, the Arabs also.  But the Christian—and some of the Jewish—West do not; it mostly just sits in its easy chairs in front of the TV and drinks in the fruit of its unseeing.  A storm coming will turn these chairs over.

I do not know how many of my own family have perished because of the blind and blinding rabbinate, and when I say “perished” I mean in the prophesied Gehenna of eternal Hell, so this is no idle theology with me, and I mean it to be war, that the falsity plaguing my people may be challenged on the world stage, what I call, “Apocalypse Field, global arena of consciousness”.  Will my opponents resort to the old tricks of murder, slander, and lies?  What do I care, for I am given a heart and tongue to speak by Him who is Lord of poets, and there could be no power against me were it not given from above, so I will bear this testimony and love not my life even if it be unto the death.  I mean to cut down the lies and hatred that have cost the eternal lives of so many Jews I cannot count them.

What I say is in accord with both the Old Covenant (Tanakh) and the New Covenant Scripture (B’rit Chadashah), despite the opposition of some, both Christians and Jews.  These things impact the wider world also, as Gentile believers in Yeshua (Jesus) our Messiah are grafted into the spiritual faith of Israel, from which flows the river of eternal life to all nations—the ancient promise to Abraham fulfilled.

Mark you, the poet’s pen is not filled with lifeless ink.  It is a sword of the Spirit of YHWH, and His vessel.  It is among the foremost weapons of the Apocalypse—if so be it have the wind of Heaven filling its sails, and speeding its missiles, even as Heaven’s power sped David’s stone into the brain of the giant.

A study of Catholic history, prophecies, mysticism and conspiracy theories that may have inspired elements of JRR Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings', in particular, the 'Great Monarch and Angelic Pontiff' prophecies.  100 page document featuring color illustrations.

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Les dons de l'Esprit Saint sont comparables à des cadeaux qu'il faut prendre le temps de découvrir afin de pouvoir apprécier les joies qu'ils apportent et l'amour de ceux qui les ont donnés. Le Concile Vatican II est l'un des dons de Dieu pour notre temps. Le Renouveau Charismatique, dès ses débuts dans l'Eglise catholique, a été perçu comme une grâce de Pentecôte en réponse à prière du Pape Jean XXIII. On se propose ici de relire quelques étapes du déploiement de cette grâce : ces 50 dernières années montrent que les chemins de la Vie dans l'Esprit sont toujours inattendus et qu'ils dépassent nos espérances. Le Baptême dans l'Esprit Saint : une même réalité spirituelle fondatrice est partagée par des chrétiens de différentes appartenances A l'aube du XXème siècle une grâce d'évangélisation touche les courants protestants de réveil et donne naissance au mouvement Pentecôtiste. Ce courant se propage à la fin des années 50 dans les églises protestantes historiques avant d'atteindre en 1967 l'Eglise catholique, à partir des Etats Unis. Bien des descriptions ont été faites de cette grâce d'effusion/ou baptême dans l'Esprit, on retient le plus souvent qu'elle est une expérience de rencontre personnelle avec le Dieu vivant et Père révélé en Christ. Ces chrétiens « baptisés dans l'Esprit » font une découverte qui les marque durablement : les dons, les charismes 1 , les fruits spirituels qui mûrissent dans leur vie sont les mêmes, quelle que soit leur appartenance ecclésiale. Ils se reconnaissent comme frères en Christ et se nourrissent du témoignage de leurs « histoires saintes » 2. Pour la première fois depuis des siècles, les chrétiens disposent d'une « grammaire spirituelle » commune qui dépasse les pays, les cultures, les confessions, les milieux sociaux. Cet enracinement de la fraternité dans l'expérience du salut en Christ a un impact direct sur les relations entre les Eglises. Il ne s'agit plus de se regarder à travers le prisme réducteur des jugements préconçus, mais de goûter de la même plénitude de l'Esprit. Dès 1975 le Pape Paul VI déclare, en une intuition prophétique, à Rome au premier rassemblement international du Renouveau Charismatique catholique que le « Renouveau est une chance pour l'Eglise et l'Eglise une chance pour le Renouveau ». Le même Esprit Saint qui a suscité le Concile pour le renouvellement de toute l'Eglise, suscite le renouvellement des coeurs et le témoignage de foi. Il conduit tous et chacun à la Source de Vie et oriente vers la fin ultime : le rassemblement en Christ de tous les enfants de Dieu dispersés. La « grâce de Pentecôte » a semé un germe profond de communion pour l'évangélisation répondant ainsi à la prière insistante du Christ (Jn 17,21). 1 A la différence des 7 dons (Is,11, 1-3), les charismes (I Cor 12-13-14) sont donnés en vue des autres ou du bien commun, ils pour sont pour l'édification du corps ecclésial et le témoignage public de la foi en Christ. Quant au fruit de l'Esprit (Gal 5,22) il habite les coeurs renouvelés. 2 Le récit que fait chacun de son itinéraire de foi engendre de lui-même une fraternité à partir du Christ. C'est la pédagogie du Forum Chrétien Mondial qui organise la rencontre entre responsables d'églises traditionnelles et de communautés chrétiennes peu ou pas encore engagées dans le mouvement oecuménique : Un Forum Chrétien Francophone se tiendra à Lyon en octobre 2018.

This booklet is comprised of three brief essays:

* Opening the Gates of Hell Upon the Earth:  Prelude to Armageddon               
* A Nation of Witches and Sorcerers
* New Insights in Amillennial Eschatology

The first two of these three essays are new, and the last one—“New Insights in Amillennial Eschatology”—is from the book, A Great and Terrible Love:  A Visionary Journey from Babylon’s Sorceries to God’s Paradise (a couple of links herein lead to free digital versions of this book).  The present booklet, Our Sorcerous Age, is about drugs—the recreational psychedelic drugs, including LSD, mescaline, DMT, psilocybin mushrooms, peyote, marijuana and its derivative hashish, &etc—and their part, strange as it may initially seem, in eschatological events, i.e., those happenings prophesied to occur at the end of the present age.

There may be some slight redundancy—passages repeated—in the three essays; please excuse these. 

The purpose of what is in this booklet is to alert its readers to the significance of the remarkable emergence, a global phenomenon, of these drugs and their affect within the collective consciousness of humankind—the zeitgeist, or spirit of the age.  In case they seem alarmist to some—particularly one of the chapters in the larger, A Great And Terrible Love, “The Fate of Babylon, a study in determining the identity and demise of Babylon in John’s Apocalypse”, it really is appropriate we should be alarmed.  Perhaps in the jadedness of our minds, what with the excesses of apocalyptic super-hero movies and like fare, we ho-hum the writing on the wall:  The Day of Judgment is just around the corner and nearing, its preliminary catastrophes even nearer, while our “civilization” is falling apart before our eyes.  Things are not well.  We should be taking God’s word very seriously, and learning to draw near to Him, the one safe place in all creation.

An article written for the Mysics of the Church Website about the extraordinary life and prophecies of the "Breton Stigmatist", Marie-Julie Jahenny.  Includes her warnings for our times and new information on the promised Great Monarch of Catholic prophecy ~ Henry V, Count of Chambord.

In this article we will examine Old Testament and New Testament prophecies predicting the concurrence of the rapture with the second advent of Christ. The goal will be to achieve a time sequence understanding of the resurrection of the dead and events mentioned in the tribulation and wrath periods. Thirty-six different second advent passages will be examined with a focus of aligning repeated themes and elements to obtain the prize that awaits completion of this study.

Theological writers theorize that the beast in Daniel's vision relates to the coming of an antichrist in the latter days that is to arise out of a revived Roman Empire. His visions are also said to corelate to verses in the book of Revelation. Daniel's dream recorded in the seventh chapter, is interpreted as a continuation of the prophecy given in chapter two. This paper will examine these theories. From Bill Wentrom's explanations we read:

First published in: https://megalommatis.wordpress.com/2017/06/08/zionist-freemasonic-jesuit-agendas-in-conflict-or-superposition-end-times-sequence-trajectories/?preview_id=203&preview_nonce=14af5c03f5

By Prof. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis


Shrewd commentators, who oppose present world's negative developments and nature, find* that, within the context of divided Christianity, "healing the schism would be great", and that there are "forces trying to bring the two churches together" (Catholic & Orthodox).

However, they also observe that, on the other hand, other projects, like the notorious, Kalergi plan and the ongoing Islamist immigration, truly gain momentum. Finding the two trends opposite to one another, they ask "why would Rome lay down to this?".

Christian Reunification, Kalergi Plan, Mass Immigration, Europe's Islamization - Zionists, Freemasons, Jesuits

The present article explains why the two, seemingly opposite, spirals and dynamics correspond to either different agendas or different agendas' chapters and serve diverse trajectories, without truly being opposite to one another.

A visionary adventure (nonfiction) from the Woodstock era to the present. Patterned in some respects after the Commedia (but mostly in prose), traversing different spiritual terrains—some of profound horror—by a real spiritual character, albeit, initially, an antihero wandering the howling archetypal heartlands of the Abyss.

After his rescue, and graduating his training in spiritual warfare and discernment, embarking on an experience in the Apocalypse of John, and the sight afforded therein, with the result of opening the vision—relevant not only to the first century, but to the twenty-first, even to these violent and tumultuous days of 2020.

Also included in this work, the booklet, "A Poet Arises In Israel".

Classic literature and prophetic vision.

The signing of the Abraham Accords on September 15, 2020 between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain, as brokered by the United States, was significant historically, and prophetically, as seen by verses from Jeremiah 6.  When Ashkelon and Ashdod were attacked after the Abraham Accords were signed, it seems that Zephaniah 2 could also be seen as being relevant.  Both these chapters signal impending judgement or destruction, and call the reader to repentance.  We would do well to heed that advice.

CGSS PUBLICATION
Title:
What could happen in the world tomorrow! End Times: Messiah, Jesus & the Mahdi; and Armilus, Antichrist & the Dajjal (Panoramic Sequel)
Author:
Afrasiab Mehdi Hashmi Qureshi
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Publication date: January 2022 (Islamabad)
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We do not see what we are doing with the psychedelic drugs we are using (including marijuana), how that we have opened wide the inter-dimensional gateway between the demonic realm and the collective (as well the individual) consciousness. This is a Biblical phenomena, and there will be Biblical consequences.

j ames d. t abor Early Christian millennialism is quintessentially refl ected in that most classic of all ancient millennial texts at the end of the New Testament, the book of Revelation: Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain. And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. .. that he should deceive the nations no more.. .. Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom judgment was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony to Jesus and for the word of God.. .. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years. (Rev. 20: 1-4) 1 This specifi cation of a precise period of one thousand years , during which Satan is prevented from deceiving the nations of the world and a select group of redeemed humans reign with Christ, gave rise to the term Millennium (Latin mille , "thousand"; the equivalent term in Greek is chilias , which in English becomes chiliasm). Millennialism, as it developed in ancient Jewish and early Christian groups roughly from about 200 b.c.e. to 200 c.e. , is a specifi c subset of apocalyptic eschatology-the notion that human history is drawing to an imminent, climactic close, at which point God decisively intervenes to usher in a era of peace, justice, and righteousness on Earth (see chapter 2 by Eugene V. Gallagher, this volume). What conditions or "signs" are expected to precipitate this divine judgment, as well as the precise implementation and characterization of the "reign of God," make up the variables that run through a host of texts during this period. How dire and catastrophic are the conditions to be just before the "end"? Is a messianic fi gure to act as the key agent to bring about God's judgment and rule? Who participates in the new era and how is it described? Is this new age of God's reign to last for a specifi c period of time

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The greater depth of the Negrid's process of material embodiment compared to his racial counterparts leads him to a more emphatic understanding of the human psyche's true situation, largely expressed through inchoate feelings in accordance with thymic emotive process. The profound effect of such a deep self-understanding is seen throughout Negrid portrait art.  Traditional and modern sources of Negrid portraiture are shown in illustration.

The present paper refers to and is fundamentally connected with:

https://www.academia.edu/44275896/Thematic_Apperceptions_Surrounding_Max_Picards_Human_Face_1930_With_Ancillary_Illustrations

https://www.academia.edu/44038847/Analysis_of_Max_Picards_Human_Face_With_Implications_for_Portraiture_and_Its_Exhibition

https://www.academia.edu/36536128/The_Spirit_of_War

Given the outbreak of war on the heels of a pandemic, both with global ramifications, perhaps ours is an age of ennui. Even in an Age of Anxiety, there is much in our domain that we can accomplish with poise and in peace. By exercising our agency we keep the anxieties of our times at bay. While this is not the end of the world it yet reminds me of the following saying:

"If the Final Hour arrives and in the hand of one of you is a sapling, and it is possible to plant it, plant it."

- Muhammad (may peace and blessings be upon him) as reported by Anas ibn Malik (Bukhari, al-Adab al-Mufrad, 1:479)

Illustraties voor bewijs van vervulling van de profetie over de zegels en de bazuinen dankzij het ooggetuigenverslag van de Joodse Oorlog van Flavius Josephus en de 3,5 jaar Grote Verdrukking van april AD 66 tot en met augustus AD 70, (zoals er geen meer is geweest).

Be sure to read part one of this three part series. My friend Gary DeMar recently responded, and effectively refuted, Norm Poythress on 2 Thessalonians 1, which Poythress posits as an end of time event. However, employing excellent exegesis and logic, DeMar proves that 2 Thessalonians 1 foretold the AD 70 judgment on the Jews for persecuting the saints. My articles demonstrate that DeMar's own hermeneutic, consistently applied, demands the acceptance of the full preterist view.

Sailhamer's volume, <i>The Meaning of the Pentateuch</i> (IVP 2009) represents the culmination of decades of Pentateuchal analysis. The author reveals the scope of his conclusions as they relate to the relationship of Scripture and history, the messianic message of the Pentateuch, the composition of the Pentateuch, and the relationship between the OT and NT. This review summarizes the contents of the volume and interacts with some of its key points.

A Christian should always bear in mind the warning of the Apostle Paul: Galatians 1:6-9: I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and turning to a different gospel - not that there is another gospel, but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to that which we preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again, If any one is preaching to you a gospel contrary to that which you received, let him be accursed.
The title of this Introduction testifies: despite the shock that may cause, at first, unfamiliar arguments or bold formulations contained in the present book, the reader will not find in it "a different gospel", but another look at God's Purpose.
At the outset I readily acknowledge that the nature and form of my argument in these pages will not facilitate adherence to its content. Indeed, it is no mandate for religious authorities (but not out with them!), And on the basis of an intense personal spiritual experience that I send forth my belief that God restored the Jewish people in its prerogatives original messianic.
Placing myself in an eschatological perspective, I confess my faith in the fulfillment of oracles like these:
Tb 14:4-7: [...] Everything will be fulfilled, everything will happen, what the prophets of Israel, that God has sent, announced [...] nothing will be cut off from their words. Everything will happen in its time. [...] I know and believe me, that whatever God has said will be fulfilled, it will, and it will not fall short of the prophecies. Our brothers who live in the land of Israel will all be identified and deported far from their beautiful homeland. All the land of Israel will be a desert. And Samaria and Jerusalem will be a desert. And the House of God will, for a time, sorry and burned. Then again, God will have mercy, and he will bring them back to the land of Israel. They will rebuild his house, less beautiful than the first, waiting times are over. But then all returned from their captivity, they will rebuild Jerusalem in its magnificence, and in it the House of God be rebuilt, as announced by the prophets of Israel. And all the peoples of the whole world will be converted, and they will fear God in truth. All they repudiate their idols, which made them go astray in error. And they bless the God of ages in righteousness. All the Israelites spared in those days will remember God with sincerity. They will gather in Jerusalem, and now they shall dwell in the land of Abraham security, and it will be their property. And those rejoice who love God in truth. And those perish from the earth, who commit sin and injustice.
Za 1:17: Proclaim again, Thus says the Lord of hosts: My cities shall again overflow with prosperity, and the Lord will again comfort Zion and again choose Jerusalem.
While acknowledging that belief in the fulfillment of the prophecies is at the very heart of New Testament’s teaching and of the Church, and that many theological writings tackle, as abundantly as cleverly, this material, I regret that, except comforting exceptions, many experts consider as ‘literalistic’ or even ‘fundamentalistic’ taking at their face value any promises and oracles announcing the gradual gathering of the Jewish people in its own land (as in Jer 3:14) and its glorious restoration, such as prophesied by Isaiah (chapters 40-54), among others. Trusting in the statement of St. Paul, “No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your strength, but with the temptation will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.” (1 Cor 10:13), and trying like him and Peter, to have a “clear conscience” (Heb 13:18; 1 Peter 3:16), I feel it my duty to obey its dictamen. The Lord, Who said by Isaiah: “...so shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and prosper in the thing for which I sent it.” (Isaiah 55:11), will know how to lead His purpose to its ultimate goal, to which already resist, and will do it even more violently at the end of times many rebellious nations, at “the hour of trial which is coming for the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth” (Rev 3:10). Until God intervenes to save His people, as it is written:
Ha 3:13: Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, for the salvation of thy anointed. Thou didst crush the head of the wicked, laying him bare from thigh to neck.
However, I agree that it may seem foolhardy to try to “interpret the signs of the times” (Mt 16:3) which peoples, and among them, unfortunately, many Christians, will oppose this unexpected unveiling of a God's purpose that they had not anticipated, namely, the “apocatastasis of all God stated through the mouth of his holy prophets from of old” (Acts 3:21)...

Adnan Oktar (Harun Yahya)

The Qur'an contains all the commands and information necessary for the believer's life. It is Allah's book of revelation, valid until the Day of Judgment. One of its greatest miracles is it has retained its relevance to all people, regardless of when they live, since Allah first revealed it as a guide to wisdom and the righteous path.

Its narratives concerning past nations provide guidance to people in so many ways. The lives of the Prophets, their calls to their nations, and their actual practices are examples for the believers to follow. Furthermore, the Qur'an contains signs for the future and some mysteries upon which the believers must reflect. Such is the case with Surat al-Kahf, one of its suras.

Prophet Muhammad (saas) and many Muslim scholars have pointed out Surat al-Kahf for this reason. The Qur'an's account of the Companions of the Cave (Ashab al-Kahf) and Ar-Raqim, Prophet Musa's (as) experiences with Khidhr (as) (the person of knowledge), and the account of Dhu'l-Qarnayn (as) contain many secrets and expressions hinting at the End Times.

Many prophetic hadiths connect Surat al-Kahf with the End Times. Some of them are as follows:

Related by an-Nawwas ibn Sam'an: He who among you will survive to see him (the Dajjal) should recite over him the opening verses of Surah al-Kahf. (Sahih Muslim)

Related by Abu Umamah al-Bahili: Whoever enters his (the Dajjal's) Hell, let him seek refuge with Allah and recite the opening verse of Surat al-Kahf, and it will become cool and peaceful for him, as the fire became cool and peaceful for Abraham. (Ibn Kathir)

One reason why the Prophet (saas) recommended reading Surat al-Kahf is that it contains very important signs pointing to the End Times. Surat al-Kahf contains the signs required for the believers' defense and fight against the Dajjal and the irreligious movements bringing so much evil to humanity, which he wants to spread around the world, as well as many lessons from which the Muslims can learn. Our Prophet's (saas) recommendation to memorize and read this sura attentively is a clear indication of this. As we will see throughout this book, the experiences of Ashab al-Kahf in an unbelieving world, the lessons Prophet Musa (as) learned from Khidhr (as), and Dhu'l-Qarnayn's (as) rule over the world, established to disseminate Islam's values, are matters upon which the believers need to reflect.

We will explain the reasons behind these events so that readers can ponder and meditate upon Surat al-Kahf, which contains very important signs for today, in order to gain insight into these secrets and to abide by the Prophets' (saas) advice. Attentive readers will see that this sura bears the signs of the End Times, a time near the Hour, during which the practices of systems of unbelief and falsehood become widespread and Allah sends forth the truth to destroy them.

By Allah's will, this time is very near, so much so that it has become crucial for people to reflect upon this matter. Thus, Muslims must ponder Surat al-Kahf carefully, bear its verses in mind, and analyze each verse in light of the Qur'an's other verses.

R. Huna said in R. Joseph's name: The generation of the Flood were not blotted out from the world until they composed nuptial songs 1 in honour of pederasty and bestiality. R. Simlia said: Whenever you find [this kind of] lust, an epidemic visits the world which slays both good and bad. R. Azariah and R. Judah b. R. Simon in R. Joshua's name said: The Holy One, blessed be He, is long-suffering for everything save immorality [of this kind].

WHAT COULD HAPPEN IN THE WORLD, TOMORROW!
END TIMES: Messiah, Jesus and Mahdi; and Armilus, Antichrist and Dajjal

INTRODUCTION
End Times is a future time-period concept. It has been focused upon in all the three Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam.2 It has been dealt with in the major non-Abrahamic religions.
End Times connotes the “final climax and culmination” of the world,
through “a succession of events of celestial importance.” 3 In the words of British author Peter Owen Jones, “Millennialism, premillennialism and dispensationalism are all theories of the end of the world.” 4 According to Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Historical eschatology appears in one of the three distinct forms - messianism, millennialism or apocalypticism.” 5 Historiographers of religion have also applied the term to similar themes in “religions of the ancient Mediterranean”; as well as “Middle Eastern cultures and Eastern civilizations.” Interestingly, “eschatological archetypes” are also found in “secular liberation movements in the past and the present.” 6 A recent publication, ‘End of Days: An Encyclopedia of the Apocalypse in World Religions’, is just one of the many accounts, that overviews the theme of apocalypticism at length.7 This treatise attempts to deal with End Times, with more focus on important aspects of Islamic eschatology which the western perspective has tended to overlook, may be due to ‘unknowledge.’ In this account, more emphasis has also been placed on exactitudes of history, even though the factual exactness seems to have been sometimes ambiguous. History has deep connections with the present. The past subconsciously shapes the psyche of the civilisations which includes, peoples, states and nations. The world is influenced, and in some cases governed, by age-old perspectives highlighted in “the sacred literature of Judaism, Christianity and Islam.” 8 Robert Leonhard of Johns Hopkins University also comments, “Quite apart from the theological question of whether a divine being has a hand in world affairs,” believers and their views on prophecies “indisputably affect our world.” 9 This view is not incorrect. According to a diplomat who served in his country’s Mission in Tel Aviv in the 1990s, “If you want to sign a lease agreement for accommodation in Israel today,” one of its clauses may stipulate that the “lease deed would stand cancelled,” if the Messiah arrives on the world scene “within the period of the lease deed.” End Times is not a new concept; it is age - old. Many in the past,
prophesied the end of the world in the year of their predictions. That never happened. It never occurred. Many also claimed to be the Messiah in history; so many claimed to be the Mahdi.
End Times is a subject that does not belong to man. End Times is the
‘apocalyptic genre’ that belongs to God. As such, scholars of major
religions unanimously underline, “Only God, and He alone,” knows the
details and the time - period relevant to End Times. Ours are ‘speculative speculations’ and ‘interpretive interpretations,’ even though, based on studies carried out by ‘Men of Knowledge.’
Documents included in this study from the past, also need to be looked at. A separate chapter on End Times was part of my book, ‘The Greatest Man in history is Muhammad (Peace be upon him)’, published in New Zealand in 2017.10 This publication is an ‘explicit and implicit elaboration’ of that account.
Some may find the postscript on personal experiences with Islamic
Spirituality in this publication, interesting.

Afrasiab Mehdi Hashmi Qureshi
(Former Ambassador of Pakistan)
Islamabad (October 2021)

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A visionary adventure (nonfiction) from the Woodstock era to the present. Patterned in some respects after the Commedia (but mostly in prose), traversing different spiritual terrains—some of profound horror—by a real spiritual character, albeit, initially, an antihero wandering the howling archetypal heartlands of the Abyss.

After his rescue, and graduating his training in spiritual warfare and discernment, embarking on an experience in the Apocalypse of John, and the sight afforded therein, with the result of opening the vision—relevant not only to the first century, but to the twenty-first, even to these violent and tumultuous days of 2020.

Also included in this work, the booklet, "A Poet Arises In Israel".

Classic literature and prophetic vision.

« ἐπιστραφεὶς δὲ ὁ Πέτρος βλέπει τὸν μαθητὴν ὃν ἠγάπα ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς ἀκολουθοῦντα, ὃς καὶ ἀνέπεσεν ἐν τῷ δείπνῳ ἐπὶ τὸ στῆθος αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπε· Κύριε, τίς ἐστιν ὁ παραδιδούς σε; τοῦτον ἰδὼν ὁ Πέτρος λέγει τῷ ᾿Ιησοῦ· Κύριε, οὗτος δὲ τί; λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς· ἐὰν αὐτὸν θέλω μένειν ἕως ἔρχομαι, τί πρὸς σέ; σὺ ἀκολούθει μοι. ἐξῆλθεν οὖν ὁ λόγος οὗτος εἰς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς ὅτι ὁ μαθητὴς ἐκεῖνος οὐκ ἀποθνήσκει· καὶ οὐκ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς ὅτι οὐκ ἀποθνήσκει, ἀλλ' ἐὰν αὐτὸν θέλω μένειν ἕως ἔρχομαι, τί πρὸς σέ;» Ιωάννης 22: 20-23.
    Αν και ο Ευαγγελιστής Ιωάννης έδωσε εξηγήσεις για να αποφευχθεί η παρεξήγηση των λόγων του Ιησού, εξακολούθησαν διάφοροι να παρεξηγούν τους λόγους του Κυρίου. Και σήμερα ακόμη υπάρχουν άνθρωποι που παρεξηγούν τον λόγο αυτόν του Κυρίου. Υπάρχουν άνθρωποι που πιστεύουν ότι ο Ιωάννης ο Θεολόγος δεν έχει πεθάνει ! Μάλιστα ανάμεσα σε αυτούς που πιστεύουν ότι ο Ιωάννης δεν πέθανε είναι και οι αιρετικοί Μορμόνοι.
    Άρα ο Ηλίας έρχεται πριν την Δευτέρα Παρουσία του Χριστού και αποκαθιστά πάντα και κατόπιν έρχεται ο Χριστός, όχι για να θυσιαστεί αλλά για να Κρίνει τον Κόσμο. Δεν ήλθε ο Ηλίας πριν την Πρώτη Παρουσία κατά την οποία θυσιάστηκε ο Χριστός. Αν ερχόνταν πριν την Πρώτη Παρουσία και αποκαθιστούσε τα πάντα δεν θα υπήρχε ανάγκη πλέον της θυσίας του Χριστού. Με το ερώτημα αυτό δηλαδή ο Ιησούς αποκαλύπτει ότι ο Ηλίας είναι Πρόδρομος της Δευτέρας παρουσίας του Χριστού και όχι της Πρώτης. Ο Πρόδρομος της Πρώτης Παρουσίας του Χριστού είναι ένας άλλος «Ηλίας» ο Ιωάννης ο Βαπτιστής όπως είπαμε. Η προφητεία του Μαλαχίου δηλαδή περί ελεύσεως του Ηλία πριν τον Κύριο αφορά την ΔΕΥΤΕΡΗ Παρουσία του Κυρίου όχι την Πρώτη.

This paper will summarize the four interpretations of “the millennium” or 1,000 year period as described in Revelation 20.  In Revelation 20 there is mentioned a 1,000 year period of time before the final judgment that has become to be called “The Millennium”, references including verses 2-3 said that Satan will be removed from influence for 1,000 years and verse 4 referred to the reign of the Messiah for 1,000 years.  From these references there have been four interpretations that have gained adherents: amillennialism, postmillinealism, historic premillenialism and dispensational premillinealism.

Was Jesus of Nazareth a visionary prophet caught up in the apocalyptic winds of the first century, or a messiah who was wrong about his promise to return? Or was he the true Messiah who simply lacked sufficient knowledge of the end-times of which he often spoke, resulting in apparent error? Christian apologists often lack the knowledge and insight into the predictions made by Jesus necessary to defend against the claims of "false prophet" or "failed messiah". This thesis proposes a framework through which to best interpret and understand Jesus' prophecies found in the Olivet Discourse and other passages in the New Testament. I propose that the most satisfying solution is found through 1) establishing a proper literary framework of the passages in question; 2) understanding these texts in the light of their Old Testament roots; and 3) utilizing a historical grounding and context of a primary first-century fulfillment.

Theological philosophers—including pagans—have observed the “special” nature of humans but have been vague as to the reasons or justification for this human specialty. Our hypothesis is that “Only human transformation of cosmic EM patterns creates new cosmic forms.” Part of the reason for this is that the growth of consciousness consists in discrimination of the “quality” of energies and discernment of “First Cause Intention”  (self-created choice) derived by asking the question “why?” (Aristotle, Four Causes) Intention (cosmic creativity) or so-called “free will” first becomes possible at the stage of human “embodied” consciousness. In other words, human “embodiment” (Schafer, 2020q) serves as a “transducer” (filter, transformer, and generator) for cosmic energy, so the creative potentials of “embodied human incarnation” are unique.  Therefore, in both a metaphorical and authentic sense, collective humanity is the womb of the Goddess from which the embryo of future “population/civilization” will finally be birthed on Earth. Birthing is a very intimate and alien mother/child relationship which is beyond the ken of most earthly fathers.  It may be stipulated that the “Mystery of Motherhood” is generally abjured, appreciated, but essentially incomprehensible from the patriarchal purview.
Extending the birth metaphor (Lakoff, 2008 & 2002; Jung, 1933) from physical to spiritual birth casts light on the hypothesis of this treatise. The metaphor (which incorporates pre-birth fetal development and the embodiment of spirit in-flesh at birth) becomes infinitely important for understanding authentic human purpose and responsibility as well as the meaning of the birth pains of Armageddon which feel like a crisis of extinction. In other words, searching for the meaning of the metaphor (the why?) changes one’s moral-ontological perspective completely.

The political climate in the U.S. was rife with tension at the outset of the 1980s. The Cold War with the Soviet Union was still raging, and President Ronald Reagan was developing a nuclear satellite platform, codenamed “Star Wars.”  The threat of nuclear war was real; everyone felt it, including young Minneapolis musician, Prince Rogers Nelson.  A song on his 1981 album Controversy stood out as a punk-rock plea for diplomacy. “Ronnie, talk to Russia before it’s too late / Before they blow up the world.”

Out of this political tension, a spiritual struggle was born in Prince’s psyche.  He had been raised a Seventh Day Adventist.  If the end was near, it meant the impending return of the Messiah.  In the short term, it meant seizing the day, making the most of whatever time was left on Earth.  Prince was thus moved to express both spiritual and sexual freedom in his work. “If I gotta die, I’m gonna listen to my body tonight.”

This paper will explore a three-year period in Prince’s career that is saturated with eschatological images and themes. This eschatology, which is heightened by the political zeitgeist, is marked by both spiritual and sexual undertones, illustrating Prince’s personal belief that sex and faith are not (and should not be treated as) mutually exclusive concepts.  Through a thorough examination of two of his albums, 1982’s 1999 and 1984’s Purple Rain (as well as a few other songs that were recorded during this period, ultimately released on a subsequent album), I will attempt to paint a clearer picture of Prince’s personal vision of Eschaton, or the End of Days.

In recent history, men from a variety of backgrounds have come to the same conclusion:  that the Bible is about Israel only.  For example:

In 1861, John Mason Neale translated an ancient twelfth century Latin hymn and its title was O Come, O Come Emmanuel.  Ever since 1861, Christians have sung that hymn at Christmas time, especially at Advent.  Do you know what the words really mean that you are singing? 

In 1878, Edward Hine wrote an article titled, Seven-Eighths of the Bible Misunderstood, wherein he explains that seven-eighths of the Bible is about national salvation, i.e. the national salvation of True Israel; whereas, only one-eighth of the Bible is about personal salvation.  Did you know that? 

In the 1960’s, Pastor Sheldon Emry wrote an article title, An Open Letter to Any Minister Who Teaches the Jews Are Israel, wherein he is of the opinion that the Israel that exists today since 1948 is not the True Israel of the Bible.

In 1998, Arnold E. Kennedy wrote a book titled, The Exclusiveness of Israel, wherein he legally proves using the King James Version of the Bible that the Bible in general is only about True Israel.

So, here we are in the Twenty-First Century, and the Gospel that is preached today is totally convoluted from that which was preached in the First Century A.D. by Yahshuah and His disciples, i.e. the Gospel of the Kingdom.  So, where did the so-called churches and pastors go wrong?  By the way, is there really a hierarchy in the Bible?

In order to find out what the truth really is, we have to look at the original languages in which the Bible was written and then translated.  For example, the Old Testament was written in Hebrew and Aramaic, then translated into Greek.  The New Testament was written in Hebrew and Greek.  Both Testaments were put together and translated into Latin, then German, and finally into English, from which the entire world received their own translation of the Bible.

So, what was the original meaning of the words used in the original languages, i.e. the etymology of the words.  Once that is determined, then we can go onto the next phase and discuss types in the Bible.  From there, what is the Law of First Mention?  How should Bible prophecy be Interpreted?  Who are the keys to Bible prophecy?  Where are we in the Bible prophecy timeline? 

During these discussions, we will find out who Yahweh chose of all the families of the earth to make His own.  The churches teach universalism.  The question then becomes, Who was Yahweh’s Law given to?  What are the Laws of Yahweh? And then the even bigger question becomes, Who was Yahshuah sent to?

All of these questions and more will be answered as you read this book…

Some Christians have what I term an “allergy” to hearing about spiritual activity and phenomena not of God, i.e., from the demonic realm.  And so “sorcery” is a bad word to them.  But many will hear as they are not sealed off to being aware of—or learning about—the warfare we are in that is intensifying.  It’s like the climate—that pervasive—and we are talking psychic power permeating the common consciousness:  heightened awareness of sexuality, hatred of God and His people much more easily expressed now, passion and fervency trumping reasoned discourse, perversity and indecency—once abhorred in the realm of public discourse—now commonplace, hatred of authority—especially the police and conservative politicians (who don’t promote “anything goes”), and an increase of violence toward those who don’t agree with one’s views.

People think it’s just deteriorating morals and social fabric, but are blind to an immense influx of demonic influence in the collective human consciousness through sorcery—which is the reality of getting “high”.  This latter is what I have tried to document and write about—and will continue to do so.  It is a big part of the end times madness.

In the gospel of Mathew, chapter twenty-four, the disciples asked him when he would return. They asked three questions: (1) when his return would be? (2) What would be the sign of his coming? (3) When would be the close of the age? Jesus does not give them a direct answer. He first warns of false "Christs" coming in his name. What did he mean by this statement? First we need to understand the meaning of the word "Christ." It is a title meaning one who is anointed of the house of David. It was not the last name of Jesus as many presume. Scripture clearly shows there would be the appearance of two Christs with both having a distinct mission. The first would be the suffering Messiah who would atone for iniquity. Isaiah 53 provides a graphic description of this suffering Messiah. The second appearance of Christ would be the reigning or king Messiah who would usher in an age of peace and justice. Christian doctrine holds to a theory that the appearance of the two Christs are the same person. Hal Lindsey points out that there are going to be two Messiahs according to prophecy. Men viewed these portraits of the Messiah in the same manner they saw two different persons but missed the connection. They did not perceive that there could be just one Messiah, coming in two different roles, and separated by the valley of time.

This is the final chapter of "Islam and the Last Day: Christian Perspectives on Islamic Eschatology" (edited by Neely and Riddell, MST Press, 2014). In this chapter I explore the relation between the writings and discourses of Christian converts from Islam and their views regarding the eschaton, both in terms of apocalyptic and the eternal fate of human souls.

Additional details on the book can be found here: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/903480471

...It is to expose the result of nearly half a century of this intellectual labor, against a background of contemplation and prayer, that the first part of the analyzes presented in this booklet and entitled "A seminal exegetical and philological discovery is devoted : apocatastasis (Acts 3, 21) ”. I wonder about the little attention given, over the centuries, by many exegetes and theologians, to the polysemy of Greek terms belonging to the vocabulary of the apocatastasis (apokathistanai and apokatastasis), as well as to the meaning of the second in the passage of Acts in which it appears. I also endeavor to demonstrate that, like what happened to the Jewish people of old, a veil covers the Christians’ hearts as a whole, preventing them from entering into the mystery of the ontological unity and of the irrevocable vocation of "the two whom [Christ] has made one" (Ephesians 2:14), and "through whom [they] both have access to the Father in one Spirit" (Eph. 2, 18).
The second part of this book, entitled “What Does Theology Say About the Three End-Time Phases: Elijah's Return, The Apostasy, and the Reign of the Antichrist?”, Is the result and the synthesis of my numerous studies and personal readings of exegetical and ascetic writings of ancient Fathers and ecclesiastical authors writing in Greek, Syriac and Latin, and containing a militant eschatological theology, of which one hardly finds traces in the teaching and theology of the Western Christians, in general, and Catholics, in particular...