tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87103492807285941322024-02-07T19:14:06.665-06:00The PreTrib ActivistA balanced Pre-tribulational Pre-millennial approach to scripture and social agenda.Tim Rodenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820185737585003035noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710349280728594132.post-6135628302242902752023-09-20T00:04:00.005-05:002023-09-24T02:58:47.824-05:00Common Law Divorce.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHwPlqEvsA0NmayNicyyUsNF0D0FRPHwHAAaJ1IJwRkOo4yZWd_cfyJQNcOpiveHZz_p5NZSWOFX4hqCOXyI8VXw8yAlfPGSKhupnmkCKOU67ljfcidYHhgnJ06EF8eEIChfYOLmSOFI18j23H8I1Z0yQKB9hz5Xd3oAqVg-Zts2CftqIjThcWdofCMHkz/s750/man-and-woman-not-talking-to-each-other.webp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="750" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHwPlqEvsA0NmayNicyyUsNF0D0FRPHwHAAaJ1IJwRkOo4yZWd_cfyJQNcOpiveHZz_p5NZSWOFX4hqCOXyI8VXw8yAlfPGSKhupnmkCKOU67ljfcidYHhgnJ06EF8eEIChfYOLmSOFI18j23H8I1Z0yQKB9hz5Xd3oAqVg-Zts2CftqIjThcWdofCMHkz/w264-h171/man-and-woman-not-talking-to-each-other.webp" width="264" /></a></div><br />A few years back I read an article in
the National Review about a concept of serial polygamy. It was the
idea that people are in a cycle of marrying and divorcing and have
multiple spouses but never more than one at a time. Most of us know
the idea of common law marriage. The idea of living together and
doing things that married people do like joint bank accounts and
shared bedrooms and even kids but never getting the marriage license.
So I want to present the idea of common law divorce. I know I
coined the phrase but hear me out. It is the idea that you still
have a marriage license and still have property in common but you
live separate lives. It is a common state for many separated couples
who are planning a divorce but it can also be for couples that will
probably never get a divorce and they even still live together. They
are more like roommates now then they are a married couple. You are
<br />practically divorced but have not gone through the separation or the
legal formalities of a divorce.
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Many people have a religious persuasion
against divorce. Others just believe in living up to the oath they
took when they said their wedding vows. They said till death do us
part and they won't think of a divorce. The best advice I ever
heard for a long marriage is to delete divorce attorneys from your
contact list. This group believes that. Many still act like they
are married but they have a number of things they do that say
otherwise. Let's list them.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">First they are never seen together in
public. Maybe they will attend a formal event where a date is
required together for show but even at church they may find
themselves in different areas during the service. They may be
watching the nursery or doing the music, teaching a sunday school, so
people think their separation is normal but the two of them know what
is going on. They won't sit next to each other if they can avoid it.
They show up in separate cars. They have separate careers and the
house is just a place to sleep.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">In the house, they may have separate
bedrooms. One of the spouses may be sleeping in a non bedroom on an
easy chair or sofa. Many times if the kids have moved out then one
of the spouses has taken over a spare bedroom. Common excuse is one
or both spouses snore or since one works mornings and the other works
nights, then they don't want to disturb each other.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">In the case where both work, you know
where I am going. Separate bank accounts. Yes they may have a
common account which both contribute to to pay bills but they are for
the most part separate in their discretionary spending.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">In the case of sex, this is the saddest
part of all. There is usually little to no sex at all. The sexless
marriage is a common theme. You will hear statements like, the best
way to not get any sex is to get married. They get married, agree to
only have sex with each other and then not have sex at all. There
is a comedy routine that starts off by saying I attempted to make
love to my wife 365 times last year. I succeeded 32. Here is a list
of excuses why I failed. In younger couples this is rare. The
excuse with them is the work hours. They are never together so they
never have sex. They may do it if they can get the same week for
vacation but it means that instead of one to two times a week, They
may have sex one to two times a year if at all. The excuses are
many. For men it could be erectile dysfunction or low testosterone.
For women, it could be menopause, vaginal dryness, hormones or some
other problems that may or may not be caused by a pregnancy gone
wrong. There may be other parts of the body that they just don't
want anyone to touch. Old injuries that just won't heal. Bad
surgeries. It is common not to have sex after a major surgery or
procedure. The problem is when are you getting back together after
it is healed. For too many they consider an open marriage option.
This can be harder to bring back together. Many politicians and
executives use this option. They marry for political purposes but
have sex with whoever they want. For the religious person, this
would be considered a sin. They don't realize how deep in sin they
are just to have a marriage that has come to this state.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">In most cases where they decide not to
pursue the legal options for divorce there is children or parents
involved. No one wants to go through a messy divorce if it will hurt
loved ones. Better for all parties to stay together. But they are
miserable. You can see it on their faces and by watching how they
interact with others. They can be very animated when talking to
children or friends, but when they have to interact with each other
there is a coldness.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">In most cases, one of the spouses feel
like their love bank is empty. When that happens, they quickly
drain the love bank of the other. The next thing you know, they are
looking for other outlets to show someone, anyone love. I don't
mean they will have sex with them but if you know the five love
languages, they are performing them for someone other than their
spouse. Hopefully the children are still getting love but in many
cases it is someone at work or at church that is getting their
attention. Too often it is someone on social media or at the bar.
Social Clubs or Volonteer projects become a priority.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">In the case of a Political marriage,
yes it may be a divorce but for the sake of the public it looks real.
They will make public appearances and put on a show for the public
but in private they live separate lives. They own separate homes in
most cases. They usually have an open marriage and if any of the
affairs turns public, they have a PR machine to shut it down. .
Sometimes these are just marriages of convenience and it never
developed into love. Notice how quickly Hillary came to Bill
Clinton's defense when the Jennifer Flowers story came out. She
wasn't interested in Bill's infidelity. Only on the family
connection to power. This is not the case I am going to deal with.
They can fix the problem but in most cases they were never in love to
begin with. There is no desire to fix the problem so it won't be
fixed. They are going to make their appearances and then go to
Epstein Island to blow off steam.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">How to recover or to stop the downward
spiral.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">No one wants to have 5 happy years of
marriage and 45 miserable ones. At some point we have to get a hold
of the situation and stop it.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">First and most important is to
recognize the situation. When you see yourself falling into the
trap, you have it a quarter fixed. When the other spouse has
recognized it, you are half way there. It may take one spouse
getting on medication that takes off the inhibitors. They may just
tell you that they don't love you anymore. What can you do? 1. Get
a divorce and be done with it. I pray you have already decided this
is not an option. 2. Continue like you are going ignore
everything. Sadly, this is where men go fishing and woman go to the
mall. Nothing wrong with either of those activities, but if you are
avoiding each other then Houston, we have a problem. 3. Start
taking steps to fix it.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">In many cases it is a Pastor, Elder, or
a Deacon from you church that discovers it. If you still have
parents or friends that you see often, they may see it. I know of a
case where it was a 90 year old retired preacher who jumped in to fix
the problem. He and his wife took the couple out for lunch after
church and addressed the problem head on. He saved the marriage.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Next thing you need to do is get away
from the kids and talk about it. How about a date night? If you
need to, get a councilor to join you, either in his office or at a
restaurant. If at his office, I would move the meeting to a
conference room. Just the posture of sitting at a desk can be
intimidating. The kids will be excited for you, no matter what their
ages. By getting out of the house and finding a hole in the wall
booth at a restaurant, you look each other in the eye and start to
put together a plan. If that is not in your budget then a picnic at
the park will work just as well. Start by asking for forgiveness
where you have failed. Offer forgiveness where they have failed, and
promise that the tone of voice will stay in the normal range. No
yelling at each other during this meeting. Realize that any effort
to fix this problem will require 100% effort from both parties.
Marriage is not a 50/50 deal. It's 100/100. Don't get frustrated
if your spouse doesn't believe you will be sincere. This is where a
councilor will help. Be accountable. You may be the only one
giving 100%. Your spouse may be waiting to see if you are serious.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Find something you can do together on a
regular bases. Since retiring, My parents started a routine of
doing a morning walk and going to estate sales together. It has
worked well for them. But find something simple that two people can
do together. If all you do is clean your kitchen, start there.
The longest lasting marriages I know of the couple will work in the
same office together. I realize that is not possible for most
marriages but if you own a business, involve your spouse. I know
one college basketball official that turned his wife into his travel
agent. He let her book his flights and hotel rooms. It was
interesting how often she found a seat on the plane next to him. Ok,
with the expenses that incurred he did the basketball game at the
University of Hawaii for free. But since he did the things to create
financial freedom it was OK. Find a hobby that you can do together.
Teach her to fish or him to sow. I had a blast once making a
dress for my wife. Let him cut out the material while she sews it
together.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Have a regular date night. Make sure
you can take the time and relax together. Take in a concert or a
movie. Visit a favorite restaurant. Visit a museum. Take a
vacation together. You may have to travel a lot for your job. Use
some of those frequent flyer miles and go somewhere with your spouse.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">You have a romance story that tells how
you two met and fell in love enough to get married. Not many came
into marriage with an arranged marriage at least not in the US. It
may not be spicy enough to be put into a novel or played on the
Hallmark channel, but it is your story. Relive that story with each
other. On your first visit with your councilor, he will want to hear
it. Tell that story to your kids and to your friends. Remember why
you fell in love. She may not have been the most beautiful one
there but she got your attention. He may not have been the pick of
the crop but he got your attention. What was it that turned you on.
Why them over the 4 billion others out there? First touch. First
kiss. First Date. First Dance. First time you talked. Was it
multiple hours? Is there a long paper trail of love letters? How
did he propose? What was the most romantic thing that either spouse
did when dating? Most romance stories have a period where it looks
like the couple is going to walk away from the relationship. Did
that happen during your courtship? What made each of you decide to
come back and make it work? What was the wedding like? Go through
the wedding album together. How did your first child come about?
Was it a romantic night or was it an oops? Did you plan for years
or did they have to roll the wife down the aisle? Just tell your
story.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Start touching each other again. Hold
hands on that morning walk or give her a kiss as you head to work.
You can advance to making it look hard to pass each other in the
hallway or even give a love pat as you find her with her back to you.
Find what works for you. Take a shower together. Wash that area
your spouse is missing. Give each other a non sexual massage. Who
knows, you may eventually find yourself in the bedroom together.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">If you are in separate bedrooms, make
yours inviting. Keep it neat with the aisles clear and room in the
closet for a few of the spouses things. Have some drawers in a
dresser for your spouses things. Make them want to change in your
bedroom. Better yet. Make the bedroom the place where you change
even if you sleep in the living room The snoring may always be a
problem but you could get some medical attention there so they may
want to eventually spend the night with you again.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">If you are religious, ask yourself when
was the last time you prayed together? Family devotions may be the
best place to start. Involve the kids in a prayer time. Don't
think they haven't noticed how you two are acting. They are
rooting for you as much as anyone. My 18 year old son will still
ask me to kiss his Mommy. Don't forget to pray at mealtime. Have a
mealtime. Are you attending church together? Are you sitting
together? You may be doing nursery or music. If she is in the
Nursery, do a turn in there with her. If one is on the worship team,
when you come down, find your spouse and sit with them. There is not
a lot of churches where the choir stays in the choir loft when the
sermon starts.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Be intentional in keeping promises.
If you say you are going to do something, do it. Your spouse may
have already lost faith in you because of something you said you
would do and failed to do it. At least failed to do it by their
expected deadline. I don't care what your excuse was, it was a deep
hurt that they are still healing from it. Be mindful and be
considerate in how you fulfill promises. Remind them when you
complete the task, that it was a priority I said I would do for you.
Ask what else is a priority to complete. Remember the love tank is
empty. We have to fill it back up again.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Find time for yourself where it is
clear that it is for you. A time you will not be disturbed. You
need to get yourself right, If you are not right then this is a
waste of time. Pray, read, and meditate. After that make sure
your spouse won't feel like a heal for interrupting you. If you
spouse knocks on the door to your study, even if you are deep in a
phone call, they should feel they can sit there and be recognized
when you finish.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Turn down or turn off social media.
You don't need to be chatting with your high school sweetheart.
Nothing wrong with with liking a picture of them with the new
grand-baby but you need to focus on your family not theirs. There is
a reason you married your wife and rejected her. Now is not the
time to second guess that decision. You don't need everything you
are doing splashed on the internet. The struggle is real and it
doesn't need to be public. The only person who needs to know
progress is your councilor. I had a friend that would splash things
on her Facebook on how I am not responsible for … during her
divorce. This is not going to court so you don't need to publish
anything like that. She was probably doing that under advice from a
lawyer. Keep the drama for someone else' feed.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Become a team. When you got married,
you had a plan for how things were to be done. You did them.
Someplace along the way, you started doing things without consulting
your spouse. If you change a system, like how to reward your
children, make sure your spouse was in on the conversation that got
the change. By using phrases like, I am planning on doing this or
that, makes the other spouse feel like they don't have a say.
Instead use phrases like, Dear, how about we do this or; we should do
this. Make joint decisions. When a job offer comes up, don't just
accept it. Sit your spouse down and go over the pros and cons with
them and make a decision together. If the job offer is 100 miles
up the road, figure out a plan together on how to handle it. I
don't recommend taking it at this time since you are working on being
a team. If you can move the family within a month or two, then we
can discuss a plan. Find out if you can work remotely or there is a
way to get home frequently. Come up with a plan and be a team.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Remove anyone that could be acting as a
go between. You want the flow of information to go directly between
you and your spouse. Don't let a child or parent or other family
member or even a counselor come between you. Mother in Laws can be
the worst. So can oldest daughters who have taken over household
duties while you two fight. They may be trying to hold on to power.
They filter the information and pass on the narrative they want you
to have. It may not be in your best interest. If every time you
want to speak to your spouse, the same person is in the room. Get
them out of there. Be aware of whoever is whispering in your
spouse's ear. While most want to see your marriage succeed. There
are some who don't. Be careful of the gossip going on. Churches can
be bad for gossip. Pray for So and So. They are going through a
divorce. No they aren't! But, they are having marital problems if
you can't help them fix, then you don't need to know about them.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Create a family budget. Know what
expenses you are going to need for the household to operate.
Mortgages, taxes, fees, utilities, food etc. Make sure you are both
contributing enough to pay them. Use a joint account for those
expenses. If you have separate cars then each cars expenses can
come from the individual accounts. Money is the number one cause
for divorce in America. Someone is spending all the family
resources and the other feels left out. His bass boat and her shoes
are a common argument. You may want to seek a financial counselor to
fix any problems you two have. Dave Ramsey has a seven baby step
program and it starts with a budget. Then get $1000 buffer in the
joint checking account. Have a savings account with six months of
pay in it and then pay off all your debts. Your final debt you pay
off is your mortgage. Get yourself enough insurance so if something
happens you don't go right back into debt. Pay cash for everything.
Don't be putting more on a credit card than you can pay by the end
of the month. If you can't, then cut it up. You will find your
stress drop with your spouse tremendously when you know you can do an
oil change and not break the bank. And maybe you can buy that Louis
Vatton or custom fit set of golf clubs without giving your spouse a
stroke.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Have someone you can go to for council.
In a multitude of councilors there is wisdom, Solomon once wrote.
Use them. If for nothing else, when the plan you come up with
starts to go south, they can get you back on track. They can ask
you about your date last month. If you didn't do one, then you know
your problem. A marriage coach and a financial coach may be
necessary. Remember, they are not responsible for what you actually
do. It is still up to you. All they can do is point you in the
right direction. In all the years I have refereeing basketball I
have never seen a coach score a point or get a rebound. I have seen
coaches get players into position to make those plays. A coach can
draw a great play during a time out. I have seen the players change
the play when the ball went live. It usually makes the coach mad.
It is always up to the participants to get the job done.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">The common law divorce is a problem all
across the country. We see it everywhere. The solutions are
simple but can be difficult to implement. The result of which may
lead to an eventual divorce. Maybe not this year but when the kids
grow up or that job out of town with lots of money becomes available.
The question for you is are you willing to do what it takes to get
your marriage back on track? I have outlined how it can be done.
Now it is up to you.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">3 John 2. Beloved, I wish above all
things that you prosper and be in health, even as your soul
prospereth</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Ephesians 5:25 Husbands Love your
wives. Even as Christ loved the church and gave himself for it.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Ephesians 5:22 Wives submit to your
husbands, As unto the Lord</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">John 10:10 The thief cometh but to
steal, kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life and
might have it more abundantly.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Matthew 19:8 He saith unto them,
Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put
away your wives but from the beginning it was not so.
</p>
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Some of you who have followed my on Rapture Ready Radio, know that I left that network about a month ago. For reasons I won't go into, I left the network not of my own accord. So, we have done the next best thing. We have launched our own network on blog talk radio. This is something that probably should have been done a long time ago but is now finally here.<br />
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Welcome Eagles Nest Broadcasting. So for those of you who followed us on Rapture Ready, now set a play for Eagles Nest. <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/eaglesnestbroadcasting" target="_blank">http://www.blogtalkradio.com/eaglesnestbroadcasting</a> . Also you can download our podcast to itunes and other podcaste players.<br />
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This network will not be just just about prophecy. We will be working at defining ourselves but it will be most topics that we like to cover. My Daughter, Kendra E Ardnek <a href="http://knittedbygodsplan.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">knittedbygodsplan.blogspot.com/</a> will be doing shows based on her writing. Interviewing other authors and promoting independent publishing. <br />
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If you are interested in advertising or doing your own show, let me know and we'll see what can be arranged. Tim Rodenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820185737585003035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710349280728594132.post-68297439517770076472015-06-26T20:59:00.000-05:002015-06-26T20:59:11.438-05:00The Supreme Court has blown it.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYXyJp2GwSJxUilTY2LE1SI7vfyDVedVQI9y7xYaIHjUVSRwhz6NyEe4g-uD1q1owzH4kE8WijL2Jg0BRUK3TCtJxmwUX7wD9DqupPMW7Spbl4npggvMVz_PRLo1iXGRnD6gxXX2h9ps6u/s1600/Supreme-Court-Justices-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYXyJp2GwSJxUilTY2LE1SI7vfyDVedVQI9y7xYaIHjUVSRwhz6NyEe4g-uD1q1owzH4kE8WijL2Jg0BRUK3TCtJxmwUX7wD9DqupPMW7Spbl4npggvMVz_PRLo1iXGRnD6gxXX2h9ps6u/s320/Supreme-Court-Justices-2.jpg" width="320" /></a>What a week for those who watch the supreme court. This has been the week that we have waited for for a long time. Small and large decisions all are on the wrong side if you are a conservative Christian activist. <br />
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The beginning was a small decision but is quite interesting where an American born in Jerusalem was not allowed to put Israel on his passport. This marks the way for Jerusalem to be an international city instead as Netenyahu so amply put it "our capital". In other words it is the our state department that determines what is in what country and not the countries themselves or the individual requesting the passport that can determine what is in what country. Our president has decided that Jerusalem is not in Israel and the Supreme court upheld it.<br />
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The next one was on the Affordable Health care act better known as Obamacare. Again it was Justice Roberts to the rescue along with Justice Kennedy this time. I have mixed opinions on this one. On one hand I want this law shot down faster then a speeding bullet. But so many companies have spent so much money to be in compliance I hate to see it shot down on this one issue. The whole thing needs rewritten. What Roberts did was say that poorly written piece of law can be rewritten by bureaucratizes to make it work. Read into that dictatorship by the executive branch. In the dissenting opinion Scalia, wrote that it should be sent back to the legislative to be rewritten and not be written from the bench. <br />
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The final one is the most disturbing to me. That is the issue of Gay marriage. I don't have a problem with LBGT people and I don't have a problem with them living together. Some of my best workers have been in that lifestyle. What has happened is that they are bullying there way onto the stage. Texas and other states have all voted that gay marriages would not be recognized in their states. The matter of who is and who isn't married is a matter religion, tradition and conscience. It is not a matter that we can say poof and now anyone can marry anyone. This leads to all kinds of bedlam and already has. People marrying their pets. Old men and 14 year old girls. Polygamy, etc. All of which God said was an abomination. God created marriage as 1) a way of procreation. Only a man and a woman can have a baby. Even in ancient Greece when homosexuality was rampant. The men all went home to their wives to have children after being with their same sex lover at the bath house. 2) It is a picture of Christ and the church as Ephesians 4 says. God used the Husband wife relationship to show how he and the church were to operate. Of course the Devil is always trying to subvert everything in the Bible and this time he has. <br />
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I will probably write on this further in later post but we need to keep an eye on the reaction to this. Newtons laws of physics operate in the political and religious world as well. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. I believe that if I read Romans 1 correctly is that God has written off the United States. To allow us to have the leadership that we have along with the supreme court that we have and the road they have taken us down is a sad one. I don't think we have much time left. Either persecution will tear us apart or an outside force will. Now is the time to repent America. Before it is too late. Tim Rodenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820185737585003035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710349280728594132.post-63301005963450161902015-04-26T15:41:00.002-05:002015-04-26T15:41:56.082-05:00Earth is on fire<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJJcoXlv9q1Pjk1vA2ZgINyVTL_zhOmmdjFkBSz7uI95_xDjsxXUkhnikXh4dbGxLvf3RvhBoIZuUqooEb1cQHZp6qCr7FfLXe7nn86AHeZ4enudpeZCxK5GP5yBTSvmeUlmFIwyiCsbej/s1600/Nepal-Earthquake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJJcoXlv9q1Pjk1vA2ZgINyVTL_zhOmmdjFkBSz7uI95_xDjsxXUkhnikXh4dbGxLvf3RvhBoIZuUqooEb1cQHZp6qCr7FfLXe7nn86AHeZ4enudpeZCxK5GP5yBTSvmeUlmFIwyiCsbej/s1600/Nepal-Earthquake.jpg" height="180" width="320" /></a>Kathmandu. The capital of Nepal experience a 7.8 earthquake in the early morning hours of Saturday morning. As of this writing there is 2500 dead. 17 are reported dead in the Mt Everest slopes due to avalanche if though it is hundreds of mile from the epicenter. One of them is Google executive Dan Freidenberg. He and two other Google employees were on the mountain. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRKj8tH2cYw_kMFjrW_i8nhTS27AKVeIo5m2XF5JArtU3Xec5zED7Wh61sYQ6liFXCWQNtJSkvlaGEMp8zwkTAkPztU5dWtJnk13rrJglzKYWqjU-9jcG0RqEvEotci_hvfe2GIzhpS__V/s1600/chileVolcanoApril.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRKj8tH2cYw_kMFjrW_i8nhTS27AKVeIo5m2XF5JArtU3Xec5zED7Wh61sYQ6liFXCWQNtJSkvlaGEMp8zwkTAkPztU5dWtJnk13rrJglzKYWqjU-9jcG0RqEvEotci_hvfe2GIzhpS__V/s1600/chileVolcanoApril.jpg" /></a>The timing of this earthquake is very interesting. We just had blood moon number three of the 2014/15 tetrad. We had the total eclipse of the sun. Now this major earthquake. We also have no less then seven volcanoes going off around the world. The Sun has been exploding this week and the planets are joining in. <br />
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One of the theories is that the rapture will happen at Pentecost. Pentecost is May 23-25 on western calendars. Sometimes known as the feast of weeks, of Shavuot. seven weeks after passover. It is the most gentile of the Jewish festivals. It was the beginning of the church. Theory is that it will be the end of the church as well. Here is to theory. We don't know the day or the hour but we can lay greater odds on that day. <br />
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Apostasy abounds, ISIS on the march, Earthquakes on the rise. Famines, Pestilences. We don't have much time. Get your life right with Jesus today. Tim Rodenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820185737585003035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710349280728594132.post-1953735140015183002014-12-24T21:10:00.001-06:002014-12-24T21:10:46.837-06:00Merry Christmas.If I say Marry Xmas. Just remember the X is pronounced Chi. As is Christ. Otherwise we wish you and yours the very merriest of seasons and may Xrist return in the new year.Tim Rodenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820185737585003035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710349280728594132.post-41059533749367271982014-01-11T10:27:00.002-06:002014-01-11T10:27:20.342-06:00Ariel Sharon Dead at age 85.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiT0z9Yxh-Q9MPWWeNLSDMfC3z4ELiWzLas1iHDiYDAks0VizqlQd3ivgb2bc19Vo_4bil0fnU8M1Gx8z9r6KCvNm6P2djpNcW0tHwLhDAFYBP6ZvFsaZhVCWT3mYuxYpmsGY_cwkUmuDG/s76-c-OWZYnqES_g9A/Ariel_Sharon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Face" border="0" class="a-ta-Pc-qe" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiT0z9Yxh-Q9MPWWeNLSDMfC3z4ELiWzLas1iHDiYDAks0VizqlQd3ivgb2bc19Vo_4bil0fnU8M1Gx8z9r6KCvNm6P2djpNcW0tHwLhDAFYBP6ZvFsaZhVCWT3mYuxYpmsGY_cwkUmuDG/s76-c-OWZYnqES_g9A/Ariel_Sharon.jpg" title="Face" width="320" /></a> Shabat Shalom. I dropped my daughter off for work this morning at her new job at McDonalds. Stopped and had breakfast. As I was watching Fox news, I saw the headline above. Ariel Sharon is now Dead at age 85.<br />
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Prophetic significance? Lets take a look.<br />
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Rabbi Yitzhak Kaduri, who died at age 106 and had visions of the Messiah said these words. That after Sharon Dies the Messiah will appear. He is now dead after being in a coma since 2006. Almost 8 years. Kaduri also stated in a letter that was to be read only after he was dead for one year that the name of the Jewish Messiah was Yahoshua. The Hebrew word for Jesus.<br />
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I also think it is significant that it happened on a sabbath. Many believe that the millinium represent a sabbath of 1000 years. It is believed that creation happened in 4004BC. If that is true, then the earth is over a 6000 year old now and we are beginning the final day. <br />
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Secretary of State John Kerry has been in the middle east working overtime trying to hammer out a peace plan when no peace plan looks possible. Why the rush? Could it be that he has a mandate to have something on the table to sign by passover of this year? Really?<br />
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Passover of this year begins the four blood moons of the two Jewish festivals that fall on full moons. Passover and Tabernacles. Significance. Joel says there will be signs in the sun moon and stars. Jesus Died on a blood moon. Will the rapture take place on a blood moon.<br />
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We see an increase in earthquakes, volcanic activity. Fireballs from space. Comets and asteroids coming at us like gangbusters. Things are lining up. Time for Todd Stanberg at <a href="http://raptureready.com/">raptureready.com</a> to raise the rapture index to a new high. <br />
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Be on the watch. Time is short. Look up for your redemption draws near. Tim Rodenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820185737585003035noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710349280728594132.post-5595994291616076422013-03-27T11:32:00.001-05:002013-03-27T11:32:48.295-05:00Same Sex Marriage is not a Right.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSwtbnNs0Abay_EQBfJz4_iCVjZLsAf26OXhxIW-qEQ7KZ2mQswDsG3G9RTvO2A4-KD71HKQUeuv8PifOIYLcV3AjcuppGSpnAFLp5wFRXU3KwqTV57Q_ugj4o76vEM-6gOfNJtgQzC3J4/s1600/gaysupreme.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSwtbnNs0Abay_EQBfJz4_iCVjZLsAf26OXhxIW-qEQ7KZ2mQswDsG3G9RTvO2A4-KD71HKQUeuv8PifOIYLcV3AjcuppGSpnAFLp5wFRXU3KwqTV57Q_ugj4o76vEM-6gOfNJtgQzC3J4/s320/gaysupreme.jpg" width="320" /></a>I hope this got your attention. After all a lot of so called Christians today are defending the right of same sex couples to get married. There is even a church that has gone as far as to refuse all weddings until such a point where they can perform same sex marriages as well as hetero sexual ones. <br />
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The Supreme Court is hearing arguments as to whether or not they should rule on the constitutionality of laws such as DOMA, and California's Proposition 8. Both cases are clearly areas in which the people ruled against same sex marriage and then government ruled against the acts. With DOMA, Obama has chosen not to defend the law. A violation of his oath, the picking and choosing of laws in which to enforce. In Proposition 8, the Federal courts struck down the proposition after it was passed by a majority of people. <br />
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My opinion on this is that Marriage was an institution created by God. It was for creating children and for propogating the race. It was not so two people could get benefits for the other. Marriage is a serious thing. The idea that you are going to stay with that person until death is a hard thing for many to swallow. When one gets married, there is intimecy which many times leads to children. Those children need to be raised and that requires a team effort. Traditionally, the man goes out and earns a living, job, business, hunting etc, while the woman stays home keeps the house and raises the children. The institution was first attacked by Woman's lib, when the woman wanted to go and work next to men. Can a woman do a better job then a man a certain jobs. Absolutely, she can. Many of the best managers I know are woman. That is why they were the ones several generations ago managing the house. A man can do one thing and do it better then a woman. A woman can perform many task well at the same time. Most who cook at home are woman but the best chef's in the world are men. Just a fact.<br />
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I am not sure where the idea of granting a license first came about. You get a room of six single men and six single woman together. It won't be long, if they are normal before they are pairing off. In ancient times, they just start a family and go from there. Eventually elaborate ceremonies were developed around the pairing off. The church got involved when they decided that God needed to enforce the vows they make to each other. Roman priest were brought in and now the institution belonged to the church. Eventually the state wanted their piece of the pie and a marriage license was invented. Employers wanted to give workers benefits but since the wife didn't work and was at home with the children, the employer was generous and extended those benefits to the family at home that was not able to work yet. Now with same sex marriage, those benefits would extend to same sex partners.<br />
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Here is the crux. when there are no children at home, both can get a job. Same sex couples generally make more money then hetero sexual couples. Therefore both can get benefits from their individual jobs. So why are they asking for the right to marry? I think the plot is more sinister then that. Like I said before it is an attack on Marriage. It is an attack on family. These attacks have been going on now for a long time. First it was the woman's rights. Then it was Abortion. Where we are killing off the next generation. Now it is homosexual marriage. We have always had wars that decimated the family. We are not looking at worse. <br />
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Paul, in 2 Timothy3:1 says that in the last days, perilous times will come. I think to day is very perilous. He has a long list of sins that One of with is without natural affection. Today's christian church is switching to pro homosexual agenda. I want to know who is not reading their Bible but merely following the whims of man. With the outrage in the social media, I can definitely say this scripture is being fulfilled. God help this country. Sodom and Gomorrah was destroyed because God could not find 10 righteous people. Since Lot was not pure himself, Amman and Moab, who should have been friends with Israel became a thorn in the flesh. Read the story of the Angel of the Lord's visit to Sodom. Ask yourself if that is not how today's homosexual acts. Then ask yourself. Are we headed to the same destruction in America. <br />
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<br />Tim Rodenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820185737585003035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710349280728594132.post-60577003600873323362013-03-25T11:25:00.000-05:002013-03-25T11:25:26.578-05:00Bashar Al Assad is Dead<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Reports are coming out of Damascus that Bashar Al Assad has died. <a href="http://www.israelnewsagency.com/basharassadsyriaassassinationdeadiranrussiaarmyusisraelidfnatoturkeyalawitesobamanetanyahu48032413.html">Israeli News Agency</a> is reporting that they have confirmed that he was shot at point blank range by a body guard on Saturday night. He was rushed to a Damascus hospital and he died on the operating table.<br />
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This would be big news. Bashar Al Assad is one of the leading candidates for Antichrist. He also died two days before Passover. Interesting coincident. Revelation 13:3 says that one of his heads was wounded unto death and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the Beast. The thing to watch for now is his rising from the dead. <br />
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If he stays dead. What are we looking at? This is one more king to fall for the Arab Spring. With Lybia, Egypt and now Syria. That would make three kings that have fallen. So you now have to look at who is behind the rebels to find out who is the AC. If you look at it like that. Alex Jones contends that it is the US CIA that created Al Kaida. If the US created, and is backing it then you have to say Obama is the Beast. We'll he hasn't taken his bullet in the head yet. He has not been revealed as the AC.<br />
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Obama did make a trip to Israel and Jordan last week. Visiting with Netinyahu, Abbas and King Abdula. Reports are and they are unconfirmed, that Obama ordered the hit on Assad while there. Anyway, the reason for the visit was to create the two state solution and promote peace and security. 1 Thes 5:3 warns us about anyone saying peace and safety. Watch out for sudden destruction. I can promise you sudden destruction this week somewhere. <br />
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Keep watching the skies. We have a lot of asteroid activity. The sun has a coronal hole facing the earth. That creates an earthquake watch. All the Big ones of late have happened when a coronal hole faced the earth. <br />
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We live in interesting days. Keep looking up. Your redemption is drawing nigh. Get right with God today. We might not have a tomorrow. Tim Rodenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820185737585003035noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710349280728594132.post-52168361127451083922013-03-13T16:52:00.000-05:002013-03-13T16:52:30.044-05:00New Papa in Rome<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ok, We are protestant and it is all about the pretrib rapture but let's give a big welcome to Pope Francis. Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Buenos Aires Argentina. So what does this mean and is it prophetic? <br />
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As you know I have been following the Prophecy of the Popes by St Malarchy supposedly from the 1100's brought to light in the 1500s. Every Pope since that time has seemed to follow the prophecy. On first blush, this man does not follow the pattern. The prophecy says that he will be Peter the Roman who leads his flock through great tribulation and the dreadful judge will judge his people then the end will come.<br />
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Does he fit Peter the Roman. Well let's look. He is from Argentina and Peter is nowhere in any of his names, not even the name he took as Pope. So a lot of people are saying, there you have it prophecy broken throw it out. We're done. Are we?<br />
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Looking at his biography in Wikipedia it says he was born in Argentina from Italian immigrants. He was born in on December 17, 1936. So his parents moved probably after World War I. Don't have that story yet. This was a period where a lot of Italians were coming to America. But did his parents come from Rome? Good question. We'll have to wait for the Biography to find out. <br />
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The other question is why did Malachy call the final pope Peter the Roman? Is that the correct way to translate Petrus Romanus? Should it be instead the Rock of Rome. Is this the man that will stand firm as Rome Burns? We will have to wait and see on history. Those who are writing off the prophecy too fast are doing so at their peril. It could still come true. If he leaves office and nothing happens then we could be looking at something else. The last Pope is not numbered so could there be a parenthesis before the last Pope? This adds to the immanency of the rapture. We don't know the day or hour. God has postponed it before. The man of sin won't be revealed until he that hindereth is taken away. <br />
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Here is another aspect which I saw immediately. He is a Jesuit. The Jesuits now have the chaplaincy of the House of Representatives so they are gaining in power. The Jesuits were the primary instigators of the inquisition. They were also feared by many in Europe for being assassins. Of course speculation is that the Jesuits were behind the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Read <span class="st">Charles Chiniquy's <i>50 Yeas in the Church</i> of Rome for his accusations on that. </span> Anyway, they have long held their leader in the Vatican as the Black Pope. Wearing black robes, he has manipulated the White Pope in many of his decisions. <br />
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Much to watch. The Jury is still out. We'll get back on this as we learn more.Tim Rodenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820185737585003035noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710349280728594132.post-82828615159234461522013-02-11T10:44:00.001-06:002013-02-11T11:42:50.286-06:00Pope Resigns what is next?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Sj8A84Gg6dDyoJT6O2BPnfmNbzdu-srZJq01Nw7lqoAl-hfwsi0047BRdHisTc8DC0N-Z5kF692wBbuGjSowJvaXmLQqGF9YU5DXW4HzOw7Y6UFLPqWqnec6erl4Mujz8_-fbG-BYycx/s1600/PopeBen.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Sj8A84Gg6dDyoJT6O2BPnfmNbzdu-srZJq01Nw7lqoAl-hfwsi0047BRdHisTc8DC0N-Z5kF692wBbuGjSowJvaXmLQqGF9YU5DXW4HzOw7Y6UFLPqWqnec6erl4Mujz8_-fbG-BYycx/s1600/PopeBen.jpeg" /></a>Pope Benedict XVI has resigned due to failing health. He will step down on February 28. This leads to some interesting assumptions. Who will replace him? Tom Horn wrote a book some time ago called Petrus Romanus. It is based on a prophecy from the middle ages by a Catholic preist call Saint Malachi. Upon a visit to Rome, he was said to have had a vision of the line of Popes. While we cannot line this prophecy as an addendum to the scriptures you carry with you to church, just like the book of Enoch and Macabees, it does make for a good read.<br />
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So far the Popes have stood up to the vague predicitons of their reign. John Paul the first was said to be of the Moon and he ruled for exactly one lunar cycle. John Paul II was of the labor of the sun and was the first Pope to travel around the world. He was born on a solar eclipse and was buried during one.<br />
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The final Pope has this prediction:<br />
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<i>In extreme persecution, the seat of the Holy Roman Church will be
occupied by Peter the Roman, who will feed the sheep through many
tribulations, at the term of which the city of seven hills will be
destroyed, and the formidable Judge will judge his people. The End.</i><br />
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Does this line up with scripture? Revelation 17 predicts a city with seven mountains will be destroyed. He calls it Mystery Babylon. It is a harlot, persecuting the saints and very wealthy. While there is much debate on who the Babylon of this passage and the other passages, It lines up with the idea of Rome being that city. There is the thought of two Babylons where the second of Revelation 18 is a different city. <i> </i>Either the literal Babylon in Iraq or possibly New York City.<br />
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Let's clear up a few things. This prediction does not say that the final Pope will be antichrist. It does not say that the final Pope will be evil. It does not say anything about his character or what he is going to do. It just says that he will be the one that leads a sheeplike people through very turbulent times before the end. The Bible does say that if they don't repent Jesus will send the church of Thyatyra through great tribulation while he keeps the Philadelphia church from the time of testing that comes upon the whole world.<br />
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One other thing that it does not predict is when or how far into his reign all this will start. It does not say that it is immediate. It does say that it will happen during his reign as Pope. "Peter the Roman" is a young man, then we could still have a few years. I somehow don't think so. The idea that Benedict is retiring now which hasn't happened since the middle ages, says that something is ready to break. <br />
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One phrase no one is looking at in the prophecy is the formidable Judge will judge his people. The Bible speaks of Judgment coming on the world and each individual standing before Jesus to answer for his deeds. Judgement day is closer then you think. You can stand before the <i>bema </i>and receive a reward for what you did in Christ or stand before the great white throne and receive the penalty for your sins. The choice is yours. Ask for Jesus' forgiveness today so you can stand before the<i> Bema</i>. Tim Rodenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820185737585003035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710349280728594132.post-59366542682945432062013-01-10T10:52:00.000-06:002013-01-10T10:52:07.861-06:00Gun Ban DebateThe raging gun debate right now in America down right scares me. So let me be perfectly clear. My Father comes from a long line of hunters who in many cases packed their own shot gun shells. So why do we need guns in America? Why don't we need guns in America. On the why don't we need guns. First they are a dangerous weapon. In the wrong hands, serious injury and death can occur. Criminals with guns can cause a lot of damage Proper precautions must be made when you own guns that small children, and clumsy people do not accidentally shoot off one. Also, you must make sure that people who are on psychotropic drugs do not get a hand on your weapons. For this to happen you need to make sure your guns are put away in a location that is hard for the average person to get to and you can get to very quickly. A locked gun cabinet with an easy for you to get to key is best. <br />
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Reasons to have guns is long. The first reason why we ever buy a gun is that someone invited us to go hunting. Today, with food readily available, hunting is a sport not a necessity. I don't doubt that it may become a necessity once again in this country. Once you have a gun, you can find many uses. Dealing with that rabid skunk that keeps wandering around your house. Dealing with a predator such as a cougar or a bear. Interesting to note that with the fourth seal of Revelation 6, that wild animals will be killing humans. Of course the other one is the defending of your house from burglars. Much has been documented lately about how that works. I remember a criminal lose in my neighborhood and my father sat up all night with his shotgun at the ready. <br />
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The one use of a gun which none of us really wants to do is defend ourselves against the government. This would be either corrupt local law enforcement or national law enforcement or military. We know from certain cases that it can be a losing battle. Look at Waco. Whether you agree or disagree with David Koresh and his theology, he had stock piled weapons, and the ATF felt it had to deal with the threat. They used tanks to come against the compound. Many innocent women and children died in that massacre. So in dealing with the government and you are out manned and out gunned, you will have to make the decision to be a marter or give up peacefully. Hopefully, you will be allowed to. In German occupied countries, many were not allowed to. They were executed. <br />
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So why do you need a semi-automatic? Answer, because the government has tanks. The second amendment was so that every man had a weapon and could join a militia at a moments notice and defend their homes from any enemy, foreign or domestic. With what is going on right now along our southern border, it is not a good time to talk about disarming Americans. These people need to be able to defend their homes against invaders from Mexico. So I would say the Citizens need to have available, semi-automatic weapons, rocket launchers, grenade launchers, and even anti-aircraft guns. We haven't felt like we needed such weaponry because we haven't felt threatened by an enemy. But now we do. The questions always comes up about atomic weapons. On that one I would say no. It does too much collateral damage. The constitutional question is an interesting one. <br />
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Should foreigners be allowed to have guns in America? They are not American citizens and do not have constitutional protection and they should be disarmed. That includes any foreign troops that are in America. Last hing we need is a foreigner causing the problems. <br />
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The objection comes up that if we really have an invasion, you can just call 911 and let the authorities handle the situation. Sounds good on paper, but local law enforcement has been spread thin lately with budget cuts. Most of the time that they arrive at a scene, all they can do is write the report. If you have the gun, you can deal with the situation until law enforcement arrives. Nothing like being able to do CPR yourself. You can save a life while the ambulance is on the way.<br />
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What is going to happen if the current government bans guns? First, I don't think they will go that far. I think they will first register guns. Later they will come for them. But if they do ban guns and force law enforcement to confiscate them, here is what you are going to see. Most of America will turn them in and take the small amount of money that will be offered for them. You will see crime rate rise. There will be pockets of protesters that will not turn in their guns. You will see firefights between government authorities and these resistance groups. What we pray is that the law enforcement stand down. After all it is an unlawful order to get the weapons. Only if the Second Amendment is repealed will it be lawful. There will be casualties on both sides and many will be innocent. This will not be a civil Civil war like the first one was. The weapons are much more powerful today then in 1861. You may see Air Force or even Navy called into action which would really make things difficult. In either case it will not be pretty. We could even see foreign troops used to enforce the law. They will not stand down. They have not sworn an allegiance to defend the constitution. <br />
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Is there a Biblical precedence for this happening? Yes. I Samuel 13:19 says, "Now there was no smith found throughout all of the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears." What was the result of that? The ended up taking farm equipment such as pitchforks and axes down to the smiths in Philistia and had them sharped and used them in the day of battle. <br />
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I know Alex Jones made a fool of himself on CNN by not discussing the issue civilly. I think he did the wrong thing by giving Peirs Morgan the time of day. He did get his point across though. Don't come for the guns, it will be a big mistake. Peirs Morgan is not a person that should be talking. As a British Subject, he is not one that should join the debate. That is subversion. Russia Today(RT) and Chinese TV (CCTV) need to stay out of it too. This is a debate between citizens. Anyone who is from outside the US that joins the debate only wants a disarmed populace when they invade. It was the Japanese Admiral Yamamoto that said, "I dare not invade the American mainland, there would be rifle behind every blade of grass."<br />
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It was the Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Tse Tung that said, "Power comes from the barrel of a gun." The question is, if the US Government is buying up all the ammunition, and they are trying to take away our guns, what are they planning? Time will only tell. For right now If you own a gun hold on to it. The time may be coming where you may need it. <br />
<br />Tim Rodenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820185737585003035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710349280728594132.post-85050007945103388122013-01-04T11:04:00.001-06:002013-01-04T11:04:33.456-06:00Future Congress IIToday begins Future Congress II at the DFW Airport Hyatt. Visit <a href="http://futurecongress.com/">futurecongress.com</a> for more information. See the schedule. I'll be there on Saturday to interview five different people for <a href="http://rapturereadyradio.com/">Rapture Ready Radio</a>. Jackie Alnor, Brian Thomas, Todd Standburg, Terry James and Jim Fletcher all expect to be there. Looking forward to meeting them. You will be able to listen to the shows on this site as they come up. Some will be live others will be taped. Can't wait If you can make it, look forward to meeting you. Lots of good information will be there. Tim Rodenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820185737585003035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710349280728594132.post-81840434881142808642012-12-24T10:53:00.001-06:002012-12-24T10:53:54.646-06:00Merry Christmas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Over two thousand years ago in the lonely town of Bethlehem, a child was born. He grew to be a man. It was documented that over his life, he fulfilled over three hundred prophecies. He died, was buried and rose again on the third day. He was seen by over five hundred witnesses and then ascended into heaven. On this Christmas eve, we would want to wish each and every reader of this blog a Merry Christmas. And remind you that while on his first trip he fulfilled prophecy to the letter at the exact right time in the exact right way. He is coming again and will fulfill prophecy again. Not any prophecy written by Mayan Indians, or Buddhist or Muslims. But scripture, completed over nineteen hundred years ago. This same Jesus who ascended into heaven will return in like fashion. May he always and forever remain the reason for the season. May he fill your heart with his presence. And may the new year bring you all the joy the Spirit can bring.Tim Rodenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820185737585003035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710349280728594132.post-33909590418024830512012-12-15T14:03:00.000-06:002012-12-15T14:26:44.622-06:00Offending the Little Ones<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh1bLu7Qo8X-I9BUVH_nPA1iY92N1xAswZwvYq7XPWo83Gjp5w6NPicPGsh0CKO1jwBm_Mi87CKEgb5nOjs2K7-FP5-I7Yingo1OQ_4TvHrAMqtH-gqolKGPNxInWSJ6rTO1lUXJzc4cqG/s1600/121412shooting14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh1bLu7Qo8X-I9BUVH_nPA1iY92N1xAswZwvYq7XPWo83Gjp5w6NPicPGsh0CKO1jwBm_Mi87CKEgb5nOjs2K7-FP5-I7Yingo1OQ_4TvHrAMqtH-gqolKGPNxInWSJ6rTO1lUXJzc4cqG/s320/121412shooting14.jpg" width="320" /></a>Yesterday there was a shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. Twenty-eight are dead. Twenty are children. I was looking up the verse today about harming the little ones and I found it rather fascinating. The verse in Matthew 18:6 says. "If any one should offend one of the little ones, it is better that a millstone be thrown around his neck and he be cast into the sea." The word offend in the Greek is the word that we get scandalize from. The idea is to entrap, trip up or entice to sin, apostasy or displeasure. The Middle English word for offend means, make to. So who is more at fault in this crime? Is it the person pulling the trigger or is it the education system that has scandalized our little ones?<br />
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When doing a word search for millstone, I looked at the four usages in the New Testament. There is three in the gospels all having to do with this conversation that Jesus was having about the children with his disciples. Matthew 18:6, Mark 9:42, Luke 17:2.<br />
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The next usage is in Revelation 18:21-22. It refers to Babylon. "And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea saying, Thus with violence shall the great city Babylon be thrown down and shall be no more at all. And the voice of the harpers, and musicians, and of pipers and trumpeters shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;"<br />
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Is this an indictment against Babylon? Has Babylon scandalized the little ones? I ask you. If America is Babylon then we are in trouble? If Rome is Babylon, then they are in trouble? Be careful how you are teaching the little ones. Proverbs 22:6 says "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it". Tim Rodenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820185737585003035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710349280728594132.post-82093006112269382952012-12-14T13:42:00.000-06:002012-12-14T13:42:14.928-06:00Connecticut. school shooting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As of this time, I have news that 26 are dead 18 are students in an elementary school in Connecticut. Of course we are going to give our condolences to the families of these children and teachers. <br />
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The Bible says in 1 Timothy that the last days will be perilous times. It doesn't matter what you do it will be dangerous. I have reffed basketball in Columbine. I know what peril is. Will it get worse. It has been trending that way. Is there something behind hind it? We can always ask.<br />
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First of all they say that the shooter is a father and is among the dead. How convenient. Nothing like a dead suspect to suspend the investigation. It was used with Kennedy. was declared a lone gunman and Ruby killed him in broad daylight. There is no way of having a trial if the the person who is declared to be the perpetrator is dead. So at least with Kennedy, there has been private investigations.<br />
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Why children? First it gets every ones attention. Second, it gets the emotions involved. It worked with Oklahoma City. Third Satan has always wanted a virgin sacrificed. The more innocent the better. Look at the fires of Molach. Where children were burned to death on purpose. <br />
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The call is going to be to ban guns. Don't fall for it. The ban should be for mind control medicines and black ops programs in the government. We put kids on prozack and then they play violent video games. At some level they snap and then go shooting. There are black ops programs in the government to promote mind control activities. Usually you find that more than one shooter was involved and they kill one so that the investigation is off. Other situations such as the Fort Bliss shooting was a Muslim extremist, but I don't think that this is it. <br />
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Bob Costas last week called for a gun ban. We don't need that. That is going to start a civil war. This country needs a lot of prayer. But Satan is doing his best right now to create fear. We have Dec 21 coming up and this can make it worse. People are already suicidal over that. So let's get our heads together and keep things straight. Israel has M16 in lockers in all classrooms. No school shootings. <br />
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Stay tuned, There will be more to come. <br />
<br />Tim Rodenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820185737585003035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710349280728594132.post-69269383646287765742012-11-26T13:19:00.001-06:002012-11-26T13:19:51.382-06:00Alex Jones says Rapture a hoax?Listening to Alex Jones this morning he is accusing 501c3 companies that teach the rapture are the problem. So I need to address several issues here.<br />
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First most 501c3 corporations known as churches do not teach the rapture. They are mostly amilliniel or don't teach any eschatology. The true churches that have not become a 501c3 corporation. teach a rapture. What is a 501c3 corporation? It is a not for profit organization for purposes of making charitable contributions. Churches do not have to become one. Red Cross, and other non church affiliated organizations do. <br />
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The accusation is that if your church is a 501c3, then they have to take orders from the government to keep their tax exempt status. This is why churches are not allowed to endorse candidates for elections. I don't advise endorsing candidates anyway because they are all corrupt at some level. Ask Richard Nixon. <br />
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So what is going on with the Rapture theology? The rapture in many circles is taught wrong. I know I have heard it many times. "Before it gets really bad we are out of here". Jesus said in John 16:33, " that in this world you will have tribulation, but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." So we need to be prepared for tribulation. Americans in this Laodecian society are very soft. We can't handle it it if someone puts a gun to our head and says deny Jesus or die. <br />
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The correct teaching is that we are to be engaged until he comes. When I was running track, I was told to keep going until you hit the finish tape. Many a race was lost in the last couple of yards when the one head relaxed. Keep going. Keep sharing the gospel. Keep writing your congressman. Keep attending your county party conventions. Stay engaged and stay informed. This is not a time to quit. 2 Thessalonians 2:7 tells us that he that letteth with let until he be taken out of the way. Until it is gone, we are to be a force of good in this world.<br />
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As I wrote in a previous article, we are to play until we here the whistle. Play until you hear the last trump. Don't let Alex Jones or anyone else influence your theology. Alex also believes that man is tens of thousands of years old and has evolved. The Bible clearly puts man at six thousand years. Get your theology from the Bible. Keep going. Tim Rodenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820185737585003035noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710349280728594132.post-58384646942341057172012-11-12T11:26:00.000-06:002012-11-12T11:26:21.620-06:00It's not the economy stupid.When Clinton was elected in 1992 the statement was made that it was all about the economy. Bush had raised taxes and voters did not like it so they elected Clinton and he raised taxes more. When Clinton did that the Democrats lost the congress but he was re elected in 1996. Now lets skip ahead to 2012. In 2008 we elected a man that America barely knew for President. In 2012 we know him a little bit better. We know there is a question mark on his country of origin. We know there is a question mark on his associations growing up. There are question marks on what he did in College. There is no question mark on how he stands on foreign policy. There is no question mark as to what he wants to do with the economy. He has taken over companies. He has given incentives to political friends while punishing supporters of his opponents. We know that he has appointed provable criminals to cabinet positions such as Attorney General and Secretary of State.<br />
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When Carter lost the election in a landslide against Ronald Reagan the economy was sinking. We had interest rates in the 20+% level, Inflation was double digit, and unemployment was on the rise. Under Reagan we somehow got inflation to hold at 4% and interest rates have been on the fall ever since to where it is now almost non existent. What people don't understand is that the FED has total control over interest rates and the presidential policies have nothing to do with it. <br />
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Over the last half century, the education system in America and I am not talking about the public schools but all schools have taught that you need a good education, to get a good job. What is a good job? What people don't understand in America is how economies operates. They think that you need good skills to get good jobs but don't understand where wealth comes from. So let me explain.<br />
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All wealth comes from God. Where does God put his wealth so we can get it? He puts it in the ground. So how do we get it out? We get it out by farming, hunting, ranching, forestry, fishing, drilling and mining. All industries and all wealth creation come from this. We are being told we have left the Agricultural age and have left the industrial age and have entered the information age. I am sorry, we don't eat information. We eat food. Food comes from farming and Ranching hunting and Fishing. To be able to hunt and fish we need tools tools happen when items trees are cut down and minerals are mined. Then they are refined in a factory and sold back to the farmer, hunter, or fisherman. Miners also need equipment that is refined. So we have used factories to build tools for that. As we have evolved to be further from the core economies the less we think of those economies. <br />
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It is now to the point where the major economies in America right now is medicine, education, government, banking and entertainment. None of these economies create wealth. Now you understand why the economy is failing. Agriculture in all forms is under attack from the company of Monsanto. Fishing is under attack from pollution entering the waters of this world as world. Forestry is under attack from green people protecting trees. Mining and drilling is under attack as our president has done everything he can to shut down those industries. Our industries are under attack by sending them overseas. When you study the American Revolution you find that George Washington would create resources on his plantation in Virginia. Then he would send them back to England and sell them to factories to be refined. He would place orders for products and was told to bring back the extra money. Washington almost always got an IOU on these journeys. He got tired of it and led an Army against England for the right to create factories in America and control the price for which he sells his product. <br />
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So what is it stupid? It is sin. We voted for sin in America. In fact we used sin to vote for sin. In all states where the law was followed in the election, Romney won. In states with Election fraud going on, Obama won. Not to say that Romney didn't use fraud. I think he got nominated with election fraud. But Obama promotes Same sex marriage. Obama promotes criminals in the government. He promotes abortion, and he has gone beyond to say you can kill up to age two and with Obama care, euthanasia has been endorsed. If you aren't a producer, then you will be killed. he has paid high dollars to government workers and made it a post of bribery. <br />
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What he is going to do in the next 4 years is any ones guess. Speculation is that he is going to persecute his enemies. He is going to stifle decent. He is going to crush the once great US economy. It isn't the economy stupid. It is about having an Obama phone. It is about no work for food. It is about bullying enemies into submission. It is about you not having a choice in religion. <br />
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But before I have you too fearful, remember, God did not give us a spirit of fear. But of power and love and of a sound mind. God has promised to care for his own through tribulation. The rest of the world has prayed for the American church to face tribulation. We are lukewarm. This will separate the men from the boys when it comes to your faith in Jesus Christ. I will say, finally. Look up for your redemption draweth neigh. Sin must play out its course in America so God can fully judge it. <br />
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<br />Tim Rodenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820185737585003035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710349280728594132.post-78274336204397406912012-11-07T11:32:00.000-06:002012-11-07T11:32:01.135-06:00Four more years?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTnWqD9Ab6TWAqi-rj0rBETZYTCpkXbR3sUI8v0S2OLGFUlS5a6dAEh3d4peL0jklZWmVwj1yZHC2_7QnoWe-X7DPsZgNxKr_1GCgVkN6McSfyk67GsMUqNuLP0CqKLn0QVLUAZ8kWTL4E/s1600/Arragant+Obama.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTnWqD9Ab6TWAqi-rj0rBETZYTCpkXbR3sUI8v0S2OLGFUlS5a6dAEh3d4peL0jklZWmVwj1yZHC2_7QnoWe-X7DPsZgNxKr_1GCgVkN6McSfyk67GsMUqNuLP0CqKLn0QVLUAZ8kWTL4E/s320/Arragant+Obama.jpg" width="320" /></a>The election last night was called for Obama quite early dispite that fact that Ohio, Florida, Virginia were all close races. Interesting looking at states on a map that the Rural areas all went for Romney and the cities went for Obama. How much of it was legal and how much of it was illegal is hard to say. I know that both of the candidates are known for election fraud. So neither of them really deserved to be there. <br />
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The problem is going to be what is going to happen in the next four years. If past record is indicative of future returns we know that House went to the republicans so they will continue to pass laws. The Senate went for the Democrates and they will continue to table those laws so that nothing gets to the president. The president will solve the crises by passing executive orders. The House will hold hearings and scream at the cabinet members for disobeying the law and then not doing anything else about it. What needs to happen is to get special prosecutors going again to bring charges against criminals in the Obama administration. That probably will not happen. At some point the TEA Party people will get upset again. They will get cooped by certain moderates posing as conservatives and again nothing will happen.<br />
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Do you see where this is going. Prophecy Club had a guest back in the 80s that is starting to make sense. His name was Dmitri Duterman. He said that an internal revolution will be started by the communist (Barack Obama) and then out of the seas Russia and a few other countries will attack and destroy America. This I can see happening. It is the rest of his prophecies that I call into question. Even his list of countries is not correct. He said there will be Latin American countries involved. We know from the Ezekiel 38 passage that It is Iran, Libya, Turkey, Germany and Sudan that are the allies in this fight.<br />
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The Bible is strangely silent in this matter but I can now see under the "leadership" of Barack Obama that the country is ready to go downhill. Be prepared for some tough times ahead. The earthquakes will continue. The Storms will still rage. The persecution will intensify. The Lord is coming back soon. America will fall. I pray that I am wrong but my gut and my Bible say differently. <br />
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We cannot continue promoting Same sex marriage and have the blessing of God. We cannot continue aborting babies and still please God. We cannot continue to appease those who oppose Israel and still please God. We cannot say we are one nation under God and then tell the chaplains to not pray in Jesus name. We cannot force non profit organizations to pay for abortions and contraception against the statement of faith of that organization and please God. <br />
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I dare say with as close as the vote was that there are still some righteous people in America. But when God has turned us over then we have problems. I will ask Congress to begin impeachment proceedings against Obama. There is more evidence against him then there was Nixon. But after that it is important that every man be right with God. It is going to be tough. I would rather be persecuted by my government then fall to judgment of God. Stand tall and God bless. <br />
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<br />Tim Rodenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820185737585003035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710349280728594132.post-49451763855931513432012-10-24T12:46:00.000-05:002012-10-24T12:46:03.916-05:00Thomas Ice and non accreditated degrees.Down below on one of my post the comment was made that Dr. Thomas Ice has an illegal doctorate from a small school in Texas. Dr. Tommy Ice has a Doctorate from Tyndale Theological Seminary (<a href="http://tyndale.edu/">http://tyndale.edu/</a>) in Hurst Texas. This happens to be a seminary that I have had some relations with. I know Dr. Christopher Cone's Father. Dr. Cone is the President of the school since 2006. Yes this is a small seminary. It is not as large as Dallas, Grace, Fuller, Southwest or other well known seminary. The issue isn't about whether he earned it. Which he did. The issue as to whether the school can give a degree. When it comes to religious education, who sets the standard for accreditation? It cannot be the state. We have a first amendment in America. The Supreme court of Texas ruled as such and returned the fine that the school paid. <br /><br />The issue as to whether Thomas Ice's doctorate is recognized. As a professor at Liberty University, he is recognized as having a Ph.D. by the school. <br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ice">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ice</a> <br /><a href="http://www.liberty.edu/academics/religion/index.cfm?PID=12360">http://www.liberty.edu/academics/religion/index.cfm?PID=12360</a> <br /><br />I remember a debate a few years back over the degree that Dr. Kent Hovind earned from Patriot University(<a href="http://www.patriotuniversity.com/">http://www.patriotuniversity.com/</a>) in Colorado. This is another school that I have a relationship with. Same situation. The degree was earned. The question is to whether the degree is recognized. With no accreditation board, then the controversy is on. There seems to be a degree of attack on the degree when the attacks on the work fall short.<br />
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Should Christians quit earning degrees from such small schools. I don't think so. The accreditation process often causes schools to compromise on principals. It is the same thing about home schooling. When a student finishes a course of study in a home school situation, did he/she earn the credit and the degree. As long as the person did the work, he should be recognized as having the degree until it is proven that the school isn't giving a complete course. <br />
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When you see the catalog of the schools and see the work that must be completed to get a degree sometimes you find that it is harder to get your degree this method then by going to an accredited school. At an accredited school, the minimum standards are sometimes the only thing required. When you attend and unaccredited school, they realize that you must perform better then the accredited school or you will not be recognized by anyone. So as a result, their dissertation review can be more strict. Their standards for passing classes can be tougher. They cannot rely on their accreditation that keeps them in business. They have to put out a superior product. <br />
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If we are not allowed to study at an unaccredited school, then we are not allowed to do independent research. This blog encourages such. The Bible says that you are to "Workout your own salvation with fear and trembling." Phil 2:12. It is ultimately your responsibility to determine the truth. Don't let someone say that you or someone else is a liar without first figuring out the source of it Much of it is disinformation to try to confuse you. The confusion is not of God. It is of Satan. So know your source and do your own research. 2 Tim 2:15. "Study to shew yourself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. "Tim Rodenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820185737585003035noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710349280728594132.post-49657945792917220992012-10-16T11:50:00.000-05:002012-10-16T11:57:47.806-05:00The Catholic Vote.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Interesting that the Catholics are going to wield their
power in this election. They have been working for years to play both sides
against the middle. Obama's top advisers during the first campaign were
Jesuits. Both VP candidates are Catholic. What has happened different to make
the Catholic Church come out against Obama. The three items there are
definitely issues. But let just say. Keystone Pipeline. Destabilization of the
Middle East. Obama's attitude of putting the church under the state instead of
the other way around. The Dark ages were defined as a period where the Church crowned kings. The Vatican must have the supreme position. They liked Bush
because he did "Bow the neck" to the Pope. While Obama did it physically, he
never did it in his policies. He has to go. Ever since the The Irish and
Italian immigration of the late 1800's, the Church has been biding their time
for such a moment as this. As Romney wins with a strong Catholic vote, it will
force Romney to "bow the neck" to the Vatican. He will do what the church ask. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Why is this important to prophecy? When you read "A woman rides the Beast" by Dave Hunt. You realize that Revelation 17-18 as well as passages in Jeremiah, Isaiah and Ezekiel dealing with Babylon have a duel meaning for the city of Rome and the worst elements of the Catholic religion. We can make the debate all day long as to who Babylon is but there is no doubt that the city with Seven hills mentioned in Revelation 17 is Rome. </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-qstuzkqpXH2d2-GJLhBmaUpbSJGn_vDRTA1AgLYpsvfSbu5Znf37ALYi1_QwqCUE6znGKPR3Vet_jL3g9dLKeB2DssNZKr1-j81xoK8h0jlKD0Bhld2sufn0s5s1izvd0xOroRbs4JLk/s1600/BushBowsNeck.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-qstuzkqpXH2d2-GJLhBmaUpbSJGn_vDRTA1AgLYpsvfSbu5Znf37ALYi1_QwqCUE6znGKPR3Vet_jL3g9dLKeB2DssNZKr1-j81xoK8h0jlKD0Bhld2sufn0s5s1izvd0xOroRbs4JLk/s320/BushBowsNeck.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial;">So what is their beef in world Politics? They want to rule over the kings of the earth. Hitler was controlled by the Pope. Napoleon was controlled by the Pope. The future Anti-Christ will be controlled by the Pope. It was only the Protestant British and Americans that brought down those governments. The Vatican has been working for years to try to bring down those two governments so that they will fall in line with the plans of the Vatican. Both the Bushes and Reagan made many trips to Rome. They gave Pope John Paul II the credit for bringing down communism. This was all a ruse to get other countries to pay homage to the Pope. Vatican II Compromised a few catholic doctrines so that they could convince the world that they need to come together. Catholics will not compromise further. Any compromise in doctrine will be done by those who compromise with the church. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">This will be an interesting election. Both VP candidates are Catholic. The current and the previous speakers of the house are Catholic. The current chaplain of the house is a Catholic. Georgetown University, the closest school to the White House is run by Jesuit priest. Your two most favorite talk show host on Fox, Sean Hannity and Bill O'rielly are Catholic. Are you feeling surrounded yet? You at least need to be concerned. Abraham Lincoln defended a Catholic priest in a lawsuit against the church in 1856. He paid for that with this life. The country paid for it with a civil war. "50 years in the church of Rome" by Charles Chiniquy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">In the game of who is really behind the NWO? Watch the church. </span></div>
Tim Rodenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820185737585003035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710349280728594132.post-78925025623600020872012-09-28T09:29:00.000-05:002012-09-28T09:29:07.302-05:00FactionIn two of my recent post, I have done book reviews on books that would be considered faction. They are fictional books used to tell a truth or a real story. There are those out there that just do not like the genre. They say that you should never get your doctrine from one of those stories. I have a hard time with that assertion. Jesus used Parables to illustrate truth. Preachers will tell you that you cannot preach a sermon without telling a story. In fact some of them hire an assistant pastor with the task of finding illustrations for their sermons. Not exactly good use of a personnel but that is not the problem I am dealing with today.<br />
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The point is that Fiction can be a wonderful way to illustrate the true story. So here in is the problem. In reading these stories distinguishing the fact from the fiction. When you read these stories, sometimes you have great story lines and sometimes not so great. The Harbinger had a horrible story line but his facts were spot on. Dan Browns "The De Vinci Code" on the other hand had a great story line and the facts were horrible. Actually the facts of the De Vinci code set up the Anti Christ but I diverge. <br />
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The point that I am trying to make is that there are people out there that will never set foot in the non fiction side of a library but will go to the fiction side to find a good read. For those people we need to be doing a better job is our fictionalized accounts of prophecy. The books by Tim LeHaye were good but to make a good story he ignored certain prophetic truths. Joel Rosenberg, in his series of pre rapture events did a great job. I though both the facts and the story went well together.<br />
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When you write in the genre, you have to have both aspects spot on. Great fiction and great facts to go with it. Great fiction includes, developing the characters and having great conflict. Sometimes you may have to take the story places that a Christian author generally should not take a story. I am talking about violence primarily but could include language and sex. The conflict will keep the reader interested and lead to a climax. Again, the Joel Rosenberg series does a great job in this category. Tim LeHaye does well here too.<br />
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When you have that right you have to go back and say, does this line up with scripture? When you realize that fiction just brings out what you think that the scripture is saying then you have to make sure it doesn't violate any of the principals. Tim Lahaye for instance violates the principal of 2 Thes 2:11-12, that those who have had a chance will be deceived by the strong delusion. So the developing of the main character in his series was all wrong. <br />
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All in all, I think we need good Faction. There is a good market for it. Make the stories good, and let's keep the facts correct when we write it.Tim Rodenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820185737585003035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710349280728594132.post-12619551505710502992012-09-26T17:37:00.000-05:002012-09-28T09:02:17.978-05:00Thoughts from reading The Shack<a href="http://www.samsclub.com/sams/the-shack/prod865673.ip?pid=_DoubleClick_Affiliates&ci_src=15781033&ci_sku=sku1210762"></a><iframe bordercolor="#000000" class="rpojsqppsfgqnrnhvpkb uziuidveiaxupynzmtrl" frameborder="0" height="320" hspace="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/adi/N7433.148119.BLOGGEREN/B6676092.618;sz=320x320;ord=[timestamp]?;lid=41000000028007181;pid=UBM9781609414115;usg=AFHzDLvzbvgaN_D320BJZgAEY9Nbt5Pj9g;adurl=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.cdsbooksdvds.com%252Fproduct.jhtm%253Fsku%253DUBM9781609414115;pubid=552000;imgsrc=http%3A%2F%2Fc377921.r21.cf1.rackcdn.com%2F9781609414115.jpg;width=197;height=320" vspace="0" width="320"></iframe><br />
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I found the shack to be an interesting and challenging
read.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is especially challenging when
you hear the authors comments at the end of the audio version of the book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So with that I need to get into what I found
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Christianity is not a religion; it is a relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to walk with Jesus on a day by day
bases not a go to church on Sunday or study about him in theology training and
hope that someone gets it right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jesus wants
to walk with and talk to us and minister to us through the Holy Spirit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> There is not a pastor or priest that can substitute for Him.</span></div>
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God is love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now I
will have more to say about that in the other half of this paper, but what I
have have said here is true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to
get back to loving God not just talking about him.</div>
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God wants to heal relationships.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a lot<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to talk about
here but the healing of relationship was the major theme of the book for those
who wanted something else to come from the book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So if that was all that would come from a book where someone
meets God it would be sufficient. </div>
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Healing of the relationships is through forgiveness. What he has to say about forgiveness is very true. I am not sure about Biblically accurate but it is true in the way it is presented.</div>
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Judgment is not for us to do, at least not at this
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a major scene where the
hero of the story is asked to judge various people and then is condemned for
doing so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While the Bible does say to
judge not lest ye be judged., final judgment is not for us at this time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The book should have went on to say that we
will judge at the final judgment but for now it is not the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are to be looking to bring this person
into relationship with God not trying to throw the book at him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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How they represented Jesus. You can't go wrong when the only explanation of how Jesus looks is in the Bible. They got that one right. I'll say more about the other two later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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First of all, I don’t think you will ever get to meet the
Father or the Holy Spirit even in eternity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>No matter how you would have represented them, it would have been
wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jesus said in John 14, that if
you have seen me, you have seen the Father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I and the Father are one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All we
need to know about God the Father and the Holy Spirit can be summed up in the
person of Jesus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As far as the spirit
goes, I like the name that was given but the way that he was represented leaves
much to be desired.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The spirit does
dwell within you so therefore the spirit will testify when things are right and
wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think his explanation on why
the Father(Papa) must appear as a black woman is adequate, the whole notion
does not fit with scripture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would
have him as an Older Samoan man myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Why Samoan?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Take a genetics
class and you will see that they are closer to the average skin tone and hair
structure of the genetic code.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not
white, not black not kinky hair not straight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Right in the middle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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The opening story about the great spirit and how one person
sacrificed themselves to the spirit so the rest could live.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wow, what a story but it was later said that
the Great Spirit and God were the same.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>No they are not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God does not
wish that we should ever equate him to any other gods.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only human sacrifice he ever demanded he
stopped by providing a lamb to sacrifice instead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is only the gods of paganism that require a human sacrifice.</div>
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The overemphasis on love to the lessoning of Judgment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While it is true that God is love, he is
also a God of Justice and Judgment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
is only through the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross that we can have forgiveness
of sins and divert the wrath of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
is God’s grace that diverts judgment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Man who continues to defy God will in the end face the judgment of
God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only mention of hell is when
the main character wishes his daughter’s murderer to go there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God said he wanted to reconcile him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While that is true, the fact that hell remains
there for that person that does not repent is still true.</div>
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There is a reemphasis on the election and predestination
doctrine even though at one point Jesus said he would travel any road to find
disciples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That statement has made
several commentators think that have written negatively on the book comment
that this made the god of the Shack a Universalist, I don’t think so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think that is accurate in the fact that he
will travel any road to find those whom he has called.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is not emphasized in that statement
which needs to be is that he has to call them out of the religious system that
they are in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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De-emphasis on prophecy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Apparently the author had been reading Rick Warren because not once is
anything prophetic mentioned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When he
had Paul in the wilderness, prophecy was taught to him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When Jesus was here the first time he spent
a lot of time discussing the future with his disciples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He wanted them to know what to expect
next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While he didn’t give details he
did give enough that they were able to discern the times they were living.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Speaking of which.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Matthew 24 says that if someone says that Jesus is somewhere,
don’t go there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know it wouldn’t make for good fiction if
he had refused to go find out if God was really at the shack.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fact that nothing was said about, You
won’t have long now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will be
returning soon to set up the Kingdom was not ever once said.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> With the nearness of the second coming, I would hope that there is a building of enthusiasm for it on the part of Jesus. </span>There is a discussion about the Bride of Christ
but does not mention the wedding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
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</span>His transformation was good but the explanation of what had happened to
him that weekend had the feeling of the TV series “Lost”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is all<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>the more reason to leave the story as a work of fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Leave the Gospel to the scriptures and enjoy
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With the Olympic games coming up in two weeks, it looks like the world is ready to go to war. Syria was reported to massacre 100 civilians this week. The U.S. State department has that Bashar Assad needs to step down. Russia has stepped in and is said that if the U.S. Intervenes in Syria, the they will jump in to back up the Syrian Government.<br />
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The Syrians have been reported to have reached into their arsonal and have got out their WMDs. This has got Israel on edge. <br />
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Meanwhile in the Persian Gulf. The Iranians have threatened to shut off the straight of Harmuze. If they do that then we are looking at not being able to get any of the oil from Iran, Kuwait and most of Saudi Arabia cannot get out. This is in response to the western nations imposing sanctions against them. They have oil that no one is buying. This oil is floating around Indian Ocean with no one to buy it. They have made sales to India but no one else is buying.<br />
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In Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood has placed one of their own in the presidents office. This has got Israel on edge. Since 1978, they have had a peace agreement with Egypt. The Brotherhood has not agreed to keep it. The Military of Egypt is not necessarily on board with the agenda of the new regime.<br />
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How does all this relate to Bible prophecy? We know that in the Battle of Gog and Magog, a list of Nations including Persia and Magog are listed. It does not include Egypt and Syria. In Psalm 83, Those nations are listed. The debate currently gong on in the prophetic community is if these two events are separate and by how far. One thing that we do know there is an interesting reference to the rapture in Psalm 83.<br />
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Psa 83:3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones. <br />
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Who are the hidden ones? I would say that the rapture has already happened when this event takes place. If you don't think so, look at Isaiah<br />
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Isa 26:20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.<br />
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So if Psalm 83 is the first event, then the rapture has to come first. Does that mean the rapture is soon. Looks like it. If the rapture happens, then America will be left the weakest from the event. So at that point, the attacks will come upon America. Israel will win that battle and it looks like peace. At that point, Russia, Persia and It's allies will attack Israel. They will also attack America. You don't think so. Then Answer who lives "carelessly in the Isles".<br />
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Eze 39:6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.<br />
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As the pretrib Activist, I would advise against any attacks. But knowing is coming I will tell each of the readers that it is time to examine yourself to see if you are in the faith. If war is imminent, then the rapture is even more imminent. <br />
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So for now keep looking up, for your redemption is drawing neigh.Tim Rodenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820185737585003035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710349280728594132.post-47697925166771030602012-06-13T10:50:00.002-05:002012-06-14T10:15:40.912-05:00The Harbinger Debate<br />
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There have been many articles written about the new book now on the best seller list called The Harbinger by Jonathan Cahn. There is now a lot of articles written in opposition to what he is saying. I can't figure out why some very respected people would come out so violently against the book. It is almost as bad as how some come out violently against the doctrine of the Rapture. <br />
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I had Rabbi Cahn on my show several weeks ago. He has been on many shows from many points of view and has been gracious to go on shows with host who have written against his book. So let me go over what the objections are and what should be our response in the Christian community.<br />
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First of all it is the Character of the prophet. While I disagree that this would ever occur in the real world, remember this book is a book written as Faction. Faction is a fictional story written around facts in the real world. The fictional character is a prophet. I did get a chuckle out of Stan Johnson at the Prophecy Club as he kept insisting that this was an Angel. Stan, it was a fictional character and you can call him whatever you want. As a fictional story it was horrible. I do like Dan Brown because he has a great story line in his fiction. With Dan Brown, you can't trust the facts that he is trying to present.<br />
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The Second objection is over replacing America or the church for Israel. Isaiah 9:10 as you read it deals with the nation of Israel. Jonathan, being Jewish by descent, doesn't disagree with that. The primary meaning for Isaiah is 9 is the nation of Israel. But the further question is is this a one time fulfilled prophecy or not? If you study prophecy like I have for nearly 40 years now, You will learn several things. One is that prophecy is throughout the Bible. Starting in Genesis 3 where it prophecies the seed of the woman crushing the seed of the serpent riight up until John, says "Even so come quickly", The Bible is 4/5ths history 3/5ths of which is prophetic. As you read the Torah, first five books of the old testament, you will see prophecy being told as history. When Moses is being told to strike the rock and the speak to it, you will see prophecy being made in that Moses was punished for not doing it correctly and thus ruining the prophetic story line. Jesus is the rock. He was struck on his first coming. On his second all he will need to be done to get the water of life is to speak to him. The challenge on Old Testament prophecy is not that you have primary meaning but that you sometimes have secondary meanings. The Rabbis will some times say that a passage can have four meanings. The literal, the symbolic, the allegorical and the hidden. Literal is always primary so you have to study a passage to get the rest. Jonathan has done that in giving us a secondary meaning on Isaiah 9:10.<br />
The Jewish mindset on prophecy is prophecy is pattern, not necessarily like the Greek mindset of prediction fulfillment. <br />
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Many dispensationalist will not agree with what I just said. I have heard some preachers say that Matt 5-7, sermon on the mount, was written for a Jewish audience. Hogwash. If it is in our Bible, it was written for us. We need to study it. Isaiah 9 is in our Bible we need to study it. Is it written for today? I didn't think so until the harbingers started showing up. So as a prophecy with multiple meanings, this is one that could fit. <br />
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Let's look at the Context of Isaiah 9. In Isaiah 9:6, we have the famous pass about Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given....7. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end upon the throne of David...". Verse 6 was fulfilled in his first coming, verse 7 will be fulfilled in his second coming. So we are jumping around on the time line here and then it goes to the current situation in Israel in verse 10 with the "Bricks are Fallen..". Isaiah is famous for this. Isaiah 61:1 Jesus quotes in Luke 4, quoting verse 1 and then sitting down saying it was fulfilled. He doesn't read verse 2 which was part of the days required reading because that was still for a future time to be fulfilled.<br />
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Finally we have to look at the message of the Harbinger. The message is that judgement is coming to America and we need to repent. By standing up and saying to ignore the book because it has bad theology is like saying that that guy trying to save you from the truck barreling down the road is doing it wrong because he tackled you with his head behind your back instead of in front like your football coach taught you how to do in Junior high. Wow. The man is trying to save you and your country and you want to fight him on semantics. Jonah went to Nineveh and preached 40 days and you will be judged and they repented. Jesus said that "they will stand up in the last day and Judge this generation because a greater then Jonah is here." They will also judge this generation because I think that Jonathan is a better preacher then Jonah. Jonah didn't even like the people he preached to. Jonathan has a genuine care about this country and the people he preaches to.<br />
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Agree or disagree with Jonathan's theology. The message of the story is one that needs to be heeded by all who will read it. America is in need of repentance. I started this blog as an attempt to get America to repent. America is not repenting. This book documents that fact. America will fall into judgement. It is now up to you to repent and be saved from the wrath that is to come.<br />
<br />Tim Rodenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820185737585003035noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710349280728594132.post-30131170616874020252012-04-28T01:01:00.002-05:002012-04-28T01:02:57.731-05:00Is correct eschatology important part 2.I was listening to a show on the prophecy club and got an idea. I want to flesh it out here and see if it flies. Several years ago there was a card game called the Illuminati game. One of the cards showed tall buildings fall. another showed wars. One of the last cards had aliens. These cards have turned out to be uncannily accurate. So the last card supposedly is the Alien card. One of the things we know about Satan is that he is not stupid. He knows the Bible better then most Biblical scholars. He has twisted it in more ways than most of us have heard of. One of the major theologies is one known as amillennialism. This says that there will be no tribulation but Jesus will return at any moment and we start eternity. If the next event is for an Alien invasions. Who do you think will be invading? Of course we don't believe that there are aliens from other planets but they are from another dimension. Sometimes known as the multiverse. They have been thrown out of heaven so they are playing around down here. We have been prepared for years for their arrival by many science fiction movies. If these guys show up and then someone shows up to save the day. And that person claims to be the Christ and has all kinds of lying signs and wonders then the millions of people who hold the a millennial view will automatically fall for it.<br />
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Almost every place the Bible talks about then kinds it starts with a warning to not be fooled. Many will come in my name. And If they say that I am here or I am there then don't believe it. There will be a strong delusion that if it were possible it would deceive the very elect. If someone shows up and says that he is God and performs the miracles, and the Pope buys it, then you better not.That is the Beast. The man of sin. The son of Perdition. Of course we know that the rider of the white horse that shows up first is not the true Christ. He is antichrist. <br />
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Which gets back to why we study eschatology. We study it so that we are on the same page with God. The Bible is 4/5ths history and 1/3rd of that is pre-written in the form of prophecy. Many times it is mixed together. We must strive to study it and know it so that we know what God's plan is. Hosea said that my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. We don't study this stuff. While are what if scenarios may or may not work, we are always required to know the text so that when it does happen, we can say ah ha, that is what is going on. Daniel said that this knowledge would be sealed until the end times. Revelation said, don't seal it for the Time is at hand. Well the time is at hand. Keep looking up. Your redemption is drawing neigh.Tim Rodenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820185737585003035noreply@blogger.com0