THE WAKEUP CALL

     As the message of faithful Noah fell on deaf ears so the message of GOD today through His faithful children likewise goes unheeded. And we’re not talking about the popular views of Bible prophecy upheld today. Each of today’s insisted views of Bible prophecy turning all attention on the middle east and the secular state of Israel is a diversion from the great issue facing man from the beginning of his fall from Grace: specifically, sin. It has always been about sin and it will always be about sin. Sin is the cause of every malady, injustice and death imposed on every creature. Even the ruling churches skirt this issue of sin’s responsibility because to acknowledge that sin is seated at the center of the continuing war between Satan and life’s tranquility would force the church to face its own sins. This, they will never do. Bible prophecy declares their belligerent determination to remain in sin and even evangelize it's authority the world over. And this apostasy is being pawned off as Christ-obedient.

     In Noah’s day the violence caused by sin had reached epic proportions (Gen.6:13) and man was doing nothing to address its growing influence. And so it is today. Man continues to allow and even promote sinful behavior in our society. Therefore, it is to be expected that prisons will continue increasing in both their numbers and their population. Families will continue to fall apart. And betrayal of every kind is taking hold and even legislated into federal law, of which we see a host of fundamentally immoral decisions declared by our leaders as necessary to preserve the stability of our nation.

     But these “desperate measures” are soon to cross a boundary and the Bible identifies not only the backlash for their implementation but also the destination to which they will lead the whole of mankind. This destination is the extinction of man on the Earth. And it is this threat that ushers the 2nd Advent of Jesus Christ to deliver His faithful children from an irresponsible civilization that is to blame for the decimation of an entire world. Man’s collision course with his own destruction was certain the moment sin took dominion of this world 6000 years ago.

     So, let’s review the relevant verses that prophesy the beginning of these closing scenes. As a result of the arrogant views of men in opposition to GOD'S command, "love thy neighbor as thyself," the closing scenes of earth's history are to be inaugurated by an event: an event forecasting annihilation of the human race. Christ gave several prophecies on this final phase of earth's history. Among them includes these words, "Fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven" (Lu.21:11). Jesus said that there would be, as a result of these fearful sights, "men's hearts failing them for fear of what is coming upon the earth" (Lu.21:26). What is to come? Let the world’s wisest man, King Solomon, choose the direction of our research. As a wise old man he wrote, "The thing that hath been it is that which shall be" (Eccl.1:9). The history of our past is the prophecy for our future. What does Scripture teach about fearful sights and great signs from heaven? In the book of Job, it is written that Satan caused fire to fall from the sky and burn to death both people and animals (Job 1:6). The Bible teaches that Satan is about to do it again, but on a much grander scale (Revelation 13:13). This is the coming threat to man's survival that will bring the final competition between men over who will rule the world. Remember the old proverb, "There are no atheists in fox holes." Religion will become the object of adoration at this time; and the world's most influential and wealthiest religion is Christianity. Therefore, it is today's Christian leaders who will be given the throne of human government. Men like the pope, Pat Robertson among others will be handed the authority to influence laws in an attempt to avert GOD'S wrath and preserve the human race.

     But the history of the church bears a record of unfaithfulness to GOD. Papal Rome and Protestant America to this day have proven themselves unfit to govern themselves let alone anyone else. Their ill procedures of handling corruption are well known: everything from the Catholic bishops and cardinals covering up the sodomy of little boys to world famous Protestant evangelists swindling little old ladies out of their homes: ladies who came to these men for healing from their afflictions. The healing never came but they still lost their homes. These Bible-illiterate people entrusted their lives to their religious leaders for guidance and truth just as the Jewish people trusted their leaders in the days when Jesus Christ declared, “the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” That trust was betrayed. False assurances built the cathedrals of old and the crystal cathedrals of America. The betrayal of truth has always led to building monuments that have no right to exist; for they are founded on the sand of self-exaltation, not the rock of truth, "as the truth is in Jesus" (Eph.4:21).

     Protestant America, whose constitutional law uplifts liberty of conscience, is gradually accepting tyrannical principles that will lead America to become the most religiously intolerant nation among men. This is simply based on their views of the character of GOD and their disregard of heavenly virtue by maligning GOD'S Ten Commandment Law. But the remedy is always simple: "Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus." Rev.14:12.

     The coming threat forecasting annihilation of the human race will lead to a horrific system of religious tyranny that the world will have to face before the end. This tyranny will become so severe that our religious leaders will command the civil authorities to impose the death sentence on all who refuse subservience to the legislated decree of the church, which, at its very foundation, defies the Ten Commandment Law: "And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand [by carrying out through their actions the law allowing religious persecution] or in their foreheads [through their intellectual acceptance of the religious tyranny]: And that no man may buy or sell [provide life support for family or friends], save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name." "And whosoever would not worship…should be killed." The church today teaches that these words apply to our secular government leaders. The Bible does not teach this, but rather this is the clear prophecy of America’s future, uniting the apostate church with the federal government. The Bible identifies logically, ethically, historically and Biblically “the mark,” “the name of the beast,” and “the number of his name.” Every scholar of the Reformation understood this. But Satan's saboteurs in the church have expunged the acceptance of this knowledge from the seminaries, and thus the congregations are left in darkness.

     When deplorable men are handed the throne of human government the so-called “heretics” will be forbidden to buy food for their children; medical care for their elderly loved ones: they will have their homes and their properties confiscated, bank assets seized, and they will be forced to suffer hunger and privation (Rev.13:15-17). All of this has happened before, on more than one occasion. Remember, “The thing that hath been it is that which shall be.” The edict of the Roman emperor, Justinian, in the 6th century illustrates what is to come. The Catholic historian, Bower, gives a review of this history: "By an edict which he [Justinian] issued to unite all men in one faith, whether Jews, Gentiles, or Christians, such as did not, in the term of three months, embrace and profess the Catholic faith, were declared infamous [wicked], and, as such, excluded from all employments both civil and military, rendered incapable of leaving anything by will, and their estates confiscated, whether real or personal. These were convincing arguments of the truth [?] of the Catholic faith; but many, however, withstood them, and against such as did, the imperial edict was executed with utmost rigor. Great numbers were driven from their habitations with their wives and children, stripped and naked. Others betook themselves to flight, carrying with them what they could conceal, for their support and maintenance; but they were plundered of the little they had, and many of them inhumanely massacred by the Catholic peasants, or the soldiery, who guarded the passes."—Bower, The History of the Popes, Vol. 1, p. 334. This history will be repeated here in America.

     There is a lesson of the past that perfectly illustrates the extremes men are willing to go when the frantic lust for survival assumes the power of a government’s determination. When the Conquistadors of Spain came to the Aztec people of Mexico they witnessed the most barbaric slaughter of human life. It is recorded that within one year, the Aztecs sacrificed 250,000 lives to appease AN ANGRY GOD. In a single ceremony alone over 80,000 lives were slaughtered on their altar. With such numbers of human life extinguished the blood flowing down the steps of their temple coagulated into a huge mound at its base. Graphic details were recorded on what the people endured. When asked why the priests sacrificed so many from among their people, the response of the priests was given, "To prevent the end of the world."

     Our religious leaders today will choose this same theology as the end draws near because of their belief that GOD will not allow this world to follow its natural course to utter destruction because they believe Jesus Christ comes to establish a kingdom in Jerusalem for a thousand years. In this they refuse to hear the simple words of Christ: "My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world then would my servants fight…but My kingdom is not from hence." And yet, the leaders of Christianity keep fighting to build the kingdom of this world, a world Christ said that He would have no association with.

     As the seed must die in order to grow and bear fruit, so this world must perish that another may be born.