The Identity of the AntiChrist

     The identity of the Antichrist is Nero Cesar who committed the 'abomination of desolation' in the first century. I believe that he is the "Beast" mentioned by John in Revelations. I continue to hold on to my theory that prophecy is cyclical and repeats itself, so that there may still be an Antichrist for our modern age. As God provides messengers for our age, evil also gets its spokesman. When a messenger of God is resent in the world, one can expect that there is also an Antichrist present. In the final cosmic show down, will we see a repeat of such events? The only thing I can be sure of, is that at the end of ages the stars will cease to exist and the celestial bodies will refuse to give their light. Then the word of God will come to judge the world at that time.

Un-Fun Facts:

* At the beggining of the year, the President signed 23 executive orders on gun control.

Links:

* Three People Recover From Bubonic Plague in New Mexico

Has the Antichrist Already Come and Gone?

     I have been reading The Apocalypse Code by Hank Hanegraaff who provides an un-dispensational view of the Apocalypse and apocalyptic prophecy. It has me doing a lot of thinking (which in turn is forcing me to challenge many of the views I have expressed here) and I believe this book is one of the best on the topic of Christian Eschatology. I have been meditating on the idea that the events of the book of Revelation have already occurred, that the Antichrist was Nero (committing the abomination of desolation in the Jewish temple) and not much of the book (if any) relates to modern day. This would demonstrate to me, that Jesus was a messenger for his time and that Baha'u'llah is the messenger of our current period. An apocalypse is coming, as it has happened before and will happen again. Depending on where the book takes me, I may abandon my current view that we are soon to see the Tribulation. This would free me up to pursue spiritual studies on other topics that I will write about here.

     John Kerry is working on a peace negotiation treaty in regards to Israel. Could this be a sign of end time events? I am curious about the destiny of the current Pope. St. Malchi predicted that this Pope will usher in the Antichrist and final judgement. If he steps down, dies, etc. and we haven't seen Biblical prophecy fulfilled, St. Malachi will be shown to have been a mistaken prophet. In many Islamic countries, Muslims are expecting the Day of Judgement and arrival of the Mahdi very soon. Former Iranian President Achmedenijad believed that he would be in power during the arrival of Mahdi. This was proven wrong, when he completed his term as President.

     I have been mentioning the importance of getting flu shots, especially for this season. And also be aware of the risk of developing pneumonia. See your Doctor and ask about if you need flu/pneumonia shots and if you do develop the flu-visit your Doctor and drink lots of water and take good care of yourself. Last year we seen some leathal pneumonia cases in connection with the flu. There has been a 3.8 earthquake in North Carolina yesterday and a 6.8 earthquake in Peru. There has also been a 2.6 quake in Oklahoma today just before noon.

Random Facts:

* The Costa Concordia accident killed 32 people.

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* Measles Outbreak Near PA

* Quake Created Island in Pakistan Spewing Gas

* 'It's All Over' ICP Music Video

News Brief from the Korean Central News Agency

News From the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Source: Korean Central News Agency (kcna.co.jp) Date of News 9/23/2013

* Supreme Commander Kim Jong-Un Gives Guidance at Site of Dental Hospiral Construction

Reading Updates and the Syrian Drama Goes On

But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.     -1 Peter 3:15-16

     It looks like the cleaning job I thought I may have got, didn't come through. I have another interview scheduled next week with a different company. I used to consider '37' to be my lucky number, but after some review I am second guessing that. I think I will go back to number '23' and '93' as my numbers of choice and maybe '11'. If I need more numbers then I may revert back to using '37', but I think I am going to abandon that one. In fact now that I think of it a bad event occurred in the not to distant past that caused a ripple effect in my life that involved the number 37, so really it's probably a bad number for me! Still trying to quit smoking. Down to just a few cigarettes a day. Those last few are the hardest to break. Especially the first one in the morning. I recently finished a few books by Larry D. Harper from www.voiceofelijah.org. The books of his, that I read, I had ordered for free off his website. Worth reading and short. Yesterday I began reading The Apocalypse Code by Hank Hanegraaff. So far it is turning out to be a really good book, and I like where he is going with his views on the Israel/ Palestine territorial dispute. The next book on my reading list is likely to be Wanna Hear a Whopper? by Larry Harper. I have also completed my reading of the English translation of the Qur'an and found it to be an enlightening and enjoyable text not much different than the Bible or any other scripture.

The Syrian Crisis

     Syria is reported to have decided to destroy its stock pile of chemical weapons. Russia seems satisfied with the decision, but President Obama seems bent on military action. I will support the decision of my President, however I don't believe that direct military action would be the best or wisest solution and President Obama does not seem to have much (if any) support backing him up. He appears to determined to go it alone-which kind of seems contradictory to a republic style government. Russian leader Vladimir Putin believes that Syrian rebels carried out the chemical weapons attack in order to draw in international support. I suppose we will see the truth of this in the coming days. Russia will present evidence of its claims to the UNSC.

Links:

* http://mingle2.com/welcome/badges
  A free online dating website.


*  Pof.com
 Another free dating site. Better than the one above IMO.

Floods, Shootings and Space Weather

    I am coming into being.

      Floods in Colorado have lead to several fatalities and scores of people missing. The disaster has been called "historical". At the same time, disastrous rain in Mexico has killed over 30 people. Here in Oklahoma we have even had rain and some minor flooding. Norman is especially susceptible to flooding, but doesn't seem to have had any trouble this go around. There has also been a shooting at a Navy yard leaving 12 dead plus the suspect. This is the 16th mass shooting since Obama has become President. It is damn near a daily occurrence, or may be soon. A 4.8 earthquake has struck Greece. There has been an increase in seismic activity at the faults in the Alaska region.

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Extreme Space Weather Interferes With Satellites

Measels Outbreak and Colorado Flooding

     The weather in Oklahoma is starting to finally get cooler. This morning was beautiful. Damn near perfect weather. But, in Colorado things are different. As of last night four bodies have been recovered and 80 people are missing, due to major floods. Also, the U.S. is experiencing the worst Measles outbreak in decades, because of parents failing to inoculate their children against the easily preventable disease. Measles kills about one in a thousand people who contract it. In New Jersey, a board walk damaged by Hurricane Sandy has been decimated by fire with fifty buildings destroyed.

 

 

Just an Update

                                                   "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men."     -Lord Acton

 

Money doesn't bring happiness.     -Brian Hill

 

To boldly go where no man has gone before.     -Star Trek

 

     I am still watching the Syria Crisis closely. I am tired of the sitting around. My sinus infection is continuing to bother me and I am trying to treat it as best as I can. I have noticed the parallels between Old Testament and New Testament prophecy. There continues to be sink holes opening up (with in Islamic eschatology is a sign of the end times). One might say that "the ground is falling".

 

Suggested Reading:

* The Power of Positive Thinking; Dr. Norman Vincent Peale