End of Yanukovych's Career End of The Communist Party of Ukraine

Good News - Thanks be to God for answering prayers, The Ukraine President Yanukovych has fled & the people can now have their elections. Corruptible, president, dictatorship government has left the building, along with his rats.
This is now the end of the Communist Party in Ukraine. The Ukrainian people are celebrating their victory and mourning the loss of over 100 people whom protested, and were killed for standing up freedom and justice.

Ex President Yulia Tymoshenko, was released from prison. She was imprisoned by the President of Ukraine, and his cohorts. They had perpetrated and fabricated a lie, to remove her from power and imprison her, which they followed through. She is mentioned as one of the favorite for re elections in this video. Thank God again, for coming through for the people who love Him and worship Him. May God continue to lift Ukraine and it's people up in freedom, and may they in turn continue to worship and praise the Lord daily.

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Yanukovych has fled Kyiv. Tymoshenko or Klitschko next President 

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Published on Feb 21, 2014
Remarks by Dr. Taras Kuzio, Research Associate Centre for Political and Regional Studies, Canadian Institute for Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta, Toronto, Canada, 21 February 2014.

- 0:39 Viktor Yanukovych (Віктор Янукович is fleeing Kyiv, rats from a sinking ship
- 1:17 Yanukovych has lost control of Kyiv
- 1:30 Kharkiv. No future for Yanukovych, Party of Regions in Ukraine.
- 2:05 Yanukovych blew it completely. Rinat Akhmetov.
- 2:28 Godfather, Marlon Brando.
- 3:20 Yanukovych's presidential system. Yanukovych palace Mezhyhirya (Межигір'я
- 4:30 Yanukovych occupation army
- 5:03 Yulia Tymoshenko (Юлія Тимошенко, or Vitali Klitschko (Віталій Кличко will be the next president of Ukraine. Arseniy Yatsenyuk (Арсеній Яценюк and Petro Poroshenko (Петро Порошенко will step to the side, Oleh Tyahnybok (Олег Тягнибок was never a serious candidate. The end of Yanukovych's career, end of the communist party of Ukraine. Good riddance.

Thank you to St. Vladimir Institute (Lidia Smilka at the University of Toronto for the recording venue. http://www.stvladimir.ca

Taras Kuzio
http://taraskuzio.net

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February 2014 Euromaidan riots
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VIDEO: Face of Ukraine Protest Urges World to Unite in Their Struggle

I am a Ukrainian

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10653540/Face-of-Ukraine-protest-urges-world-to-unite-in-their-struggle.html

Ukrainian post graduate student Yulia stands at the site where the first protesters were killed to explain why thousands have taken to the streets on Kiev to demonstrate against the government.

"We want to be free from a dictatorship, we want to be free from the politicians, who work only for themselves.

"Who are ready to shoot, to beat, to injure people, just to save their money, just to save their houses, just to save their power," she says.

Yulia, who's mother is a doctor helping at Independence square, was moved to make the video after the first protesters were killed, so far at least 77 people have died in the violence.

As Yulia ends her message she urges on people to share the video around the world.

"You can help us only by telling this story ... please share it, speak to your friends, speak to you family, speak to your government and show that you support us."

So far the video which was posted on YouTube has received over five million views, in the description it links to the protesters facebook page.https://www.facebook.com/maidaners1

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich has now announced plans to hold early presidential elections, form a national unity government and make constitutional changes reducing his powers in the hope of appeasing protesters.

However it was not clear whether President Yanukovich was spelling out the terms of an agreement that had already been reached with the opposition.

Things I've Seen While Dreaming - by Steven Burkhart Sr.

Things I've Seen While Dreaming - by Steven Burkhart Sr.

I've received the following email from Steven Burkhart, who just published a book which is available online. There is a link provided in Steven's email below, which you'll be able to read a sample of his book. I think it's a great idea, that he published and put it on Google, especially for those unsaved and left behind.

Steve, I am glad to post your email here, and let those who are interested
be able to read your book.

God Bless


Here is the original email, copied and pasted below:



Hi Valerie,

I just wanted to let you know that I just electronically published a book of my dreams. It starts wit my first significant dream - The Rapture. It also contains:
- the start of Jesus' Millennial Reign
- planes falling from the sky
- the foreshock to the M9.0 Tohoku Earthquake om 3/11/2011 (I made a video on my YT channel in February - it's still on my other computer's hard drive)
- the assassination of Kim Jong il (I made that video about 3 months before he died)
- the assassination of the current POTUS
- the U.N. offering B.H.O. the job of "THE LEADER", due to popular demand

Other interesting things as well. I put an asking price of $1.64 on it to almost give it away. What I really want is for unsaved people to put their faith in Jesus, and the preface is basically the Romans Road.

The whole point is for pre-Christians to be able to identify the AC after he is attacked, and is subsequently "resurrected", so they will understand that God told people about it ahead of time, to help them make the right choice about whom to serve.

Because of a dream I had, I expect the book to go wild AFTER we are gone.

Here's the Google Books link:

https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=CkvXAgAAQBAJ

I put it all on the line in detail. Many of my "Chapters" are a few sentences, so it's an easy read. God gave these to me to share, otherwise what would be the point?

God bless you Val, for the integrity you show on your website:)

God bless you,

Steve Burkhart

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Acts 2:20 (KJV): The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come.

Four 'blood-red' total lunar
eclipses will fall on Passover
and Sukkot in 2014 and 2015,
the same back-to-back occurrences
at the time of 1492, 1948 and 1967

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by Bill Koenig

May 13, 2008

Acts 2:20 (KJV): The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come.

Pastor Mark Biltz of El Shaddai Ministries in Puyallup, Washington click here has been sharing with us some remarkable discoveries on the blood-red moon and Jewish feast connections in the past three months. He now has some new discoveries.

I have known Mark for four years and have spoken at his church twice in the Tacoma, Washington, area. He has been an avid student and teacher of the Jewish Feasts and their awe-inspiring connections to the Lord's earthly events.

Mark said he had found my blood-red moon work interesting and began looking into possible connection to past and future Jewish Feasts at which time he found very significant connections.

I have provided blood-red moon information, and information on the coming total solar eclipses of 2008, 2009 and 2010—which all fall on the 1st of Av.

Seven back-to-back, blood-red moons have fallen on the first day of Passover and Sukkot, with the eighth time coming in 2014 and 2015

Mark found that we have had blood-red moons on the first day of Passover and the first day of Sukkot on back-to-back years seven times since 1 A.D. Three of these occurrences were connected to 1492 (the final year of the Spanish Inquisition), 1948 (statehood for Israel and the War of Independence), and 1967 (the Six-Day War) — some of the most significant days in Jewish history.

The others were in 162/163 A.D., 795/796 A.D., 842/843 A.D. and 860/861 A.D. We don’t have any historical connections for these years at this time, but we do know of significant Jewish persecution during the eighth and ninth centuries.

In all eight examples, the eclipses have fallen or will fall on the first day of Passover and Sukkot.

The eighth occurrence of back-to-back, blood-red moons will be in 2014–2015.

So what does the period of time from 2013 to 2015 portend for Israel and the world?

We will closely watch the peace efforts in Israel in 2008 to see if a peace deal is signed — knowing that 2015 would be seven years later. I am not date-setting, and I certainly won’t speculate, but the lineup of occurrences is very intriguing.

Solar eclipses of 2008, 2009 and 2010 — and their connection to the month of Av

Additionally, Mark has discovered through NASA that there will be three annual solar eclipses on the 1st of Av, beginning this year and running through 2010. We know that the month of Av — and especially the 9th of Av — has been the most trying period throughout history for the Jewish people.

Total solar eclipses have been a bad omen for the nations, while blood-red moons have been a bad omen for the Jewish people and Israel.

References

Lunar eclipses — click here.

Solar eclipses — click here.

Jewish Feast dates: 1998 to 2017 click here.

Month of Av information — click here.

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Three sets of blood-red moons that corresponded to significant events:

The Spanish Inquisition final year 1492 when the Alhambra Decree ordered all remaining Jews who would not convert to Christianity to leave Spain, the 1948 War of Independence and the 1967 Six-Day War had back-to-back, blood-red moons occur on the first day of Passover and Sukkot the following two years or beginning the same year of the 1967 Six-Day War for two years.

The Spanish Inquisition — 1492

* Passover, April 2, 1493
* Sukkoth, Sept. 25, 1493
* Passover, March 22, 1494
* Sukkoth, Sept. 15, 1494

The War of Independence — 1948

* Passover, April 13, 1949
* Sukkoth, Oct. 7, 1949
* Passover, April 2, 1950
* Sukkoth, Sept. 26, 1950

The Six-Day War — 1967

* First Day of Passover, April 24, 1967
* First Day of Sukkoth, Oct. 18, 1967
* First Day of Passover. April 13, 1968
* First Day of Sukkoth, Oct. 6, 1968

What will occur in the 2013–2015 time period?

* First Day of Passover, April 15, 2014
* First Day of Sukkoth, Oct. 8, 2014
* First Day of Passover, April 4, 2015
* First Day of Sukkoth, Sept. 28, 2015

Fall Feasts in 2015

* Rosh Hashanah (The Feast of Trumpets), Sept. 14
* Yom Kippur (The Day of Atonement), Sept. 23
* Sukkoth (The Feast of Tabernacles), Sept. 28

This year's blood-red moon

During this year's Feb. 21 "blood-red" moon, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak and IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi spoke of preparation for war with Hezbollah and Hamas, and both those terror organizations leaders were bold in their rhetoric against Israel in this time of great tension.

The Temple Mount and blood-red moons

Previously, I wrote about the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and the two connections to peace talks and the blood-red moons of July 16, 2000, and Aug. 28, 2007.

The link to that article: click here.

The Blood-Red Moon, the Temple Mount and the Bible

Other interesting facts

* Passover is the first annual feast
* Sukkoth is the seventh and final annual feast
* Av is a month of mourning for the Jews
* The 17th of Tammuz to the 9th of Av is a 21-day period of mourning for the Jewish people (more info below)
* The next seven year cycle begins on Rosh Hashanah on Sept. 30, 2008, and ends on Rosh Hashanah on Sept. 13-14, 2015
* The sabbatical year in the seven-year cycle begins on Rosh Hashanah on Sept. 25, 2014, and ends on Rosh Hashanah on September 13-14, 2015 — the day of a partial solar eclipse

2000-year history of blood-red moons' connection to Passover and Sukkot

Mark says that during this century, the only string of four consecutive blood moons that coincide with God's holy days of Passover in the spring and the autumn's Feast of Tabernacles (also called Sukkoth) occur in 2014 and 2015 on today's Gregorian calendar.

He noticed a pattern:

There were no astronomical back-to-back blood-red moon events in the 180 0s, the 1700s or the 1600s. In the 1500s, there were six, but none of those fell on Passover and Sukkoth. The 2014/2015 events will be the last this century.

Total solar eclipses and the month of Av

On the first of Av in 2008, 2009 and 2010, there will be total solar eclipses.

NASA: Total solar eclipses occur on these dates:

* Aug. 1, 2008 (1st of Av)
* July 22, 2009 (1st of Av)
* July 11, 2010 (1st of Av)

The 1st of Av falls on these dates in 2008, 2009 and 2010:

* Aug. 1, 2008 (5768)
* July 21, 2009 (5769)
* July 11, 2010 (5770)

NOTE: The first of Av begins at sundown and ends at sundown the following day.

The Month of Av Disaster and Consolation

by Rebbetzin Tzipporah Heller

The Month of Av Disaster and Consolation - click here.

By every measure the Jewish month of Av is tragically unique, one in which the worst disasters in our history took place.

The 15th of Av was a time of joy. In ancient times it was a day in which marriages were arranged and new beginnings celebrated. It was a time in which we began again, expressing not just who we don't want to be but who we can be.

Jewish history: Aaron died on 1st of Av (chabad.org)

Aaron died on the first day of Av (in the year 2447). He was 122 years old when he died, being three years older than Moses.

The entire people of Israel, both men and women, mourned the death of Aaron for 30 days. Everybody knew Aaron as a great lover of peace, who brought love and harmony among people and in many a home.

17 Tammuz to 9 Av — 21 days of mourning

The 21 days from 17 Tammuz to 9 Av, and the fast days of 17 Tammuz and 9 Av, are times of morning for the Jewish people.

The fast of the 17th of Tammuz, the day of the breaching of the walls of Jerusalem, marks the beginning of the "Three Weeks." The fast of the 9th of Av commemorates the day of the actual destruction by fire of the Holy Temple and is the last day of the Three Weeks. The Three Weeks is a period of mourning over these destructions.

Tisha B'Av:

Crash Course in Jewish History Part 35 - Destruction of the Temple - click here.

The 9th of Av 2008–2015

Tisha b'Av will occur on the following days on the Gregorian calendar:

* Sunset Aug. 9 - sundown Aug. 10, 2008
* Sunset July 29 – sundown July 30, 2009
* Sunset July 19 - sundown July 20, 2010
* Sunset Aug. 8 - sundown Aug. 9, 2011
* Sunset July 28 - sundown July 29, 2012
* Sunset July 15 – sundown July 16, 2013
* Sunset Aug. 4 - sundown Aug. 5, 2014
* Sunset July 25 – sundown July 26, 2015

Chart of 2014-2015: four blood-red moons and two solar eclipses

Mark prepared the following chart that shows the years 2014 to 2015.

Mark says, "You have the religious year beginning with the total solar eclipse on Adar 29/Nisan 1 (March 20, 2015); two weeks later, a total lunar eclipse on Passover (April 4, 2015); then the civil year beginning with the solar eclipse; followed two weeks later by another total blood-red moon on the Feast of Succoth — all in 2015."

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Video - Signs in the Heavens of a Four Blood Moon Tetrad

Dateline Israel : Signs in the Heavens of a Four Blood Moon Tetrad

Published on Oct 16, 2013

SOURCE: http://www.foxnews.com

VIDEO RESPONSE:
Mark Biltz; Blood Moons And Solar Eclipses Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi78Pm...

AUDIO RESPONSE:
Understanding the Times :The Blood Moons: A Harbinger of Ominous Things to Come?
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News Articles:

Messianic 'Blood Moon' Rising on Passover Seder Night
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/break...

Are you ready for 2014 biblical blood moons?
http://www.wnd.com/2013/10/are-you-re...

Four 'blood-red' total lunar eclipses will fall on Passover and Sukkot in 2014 and 2015
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The Coming Blood Moon Tetrads: All Who Profess Christ Need to Know..

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HERE IS WHY ALL WHO PROFESS CHRIST NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE COMING BLOOD MOON TETRADS:

As we close in on God's last days plan, it as if the puzzle pieces are flying into place. Everything seems to be coming more and more into focus.

It appears as if the closer we get, the more light that God is allowing to be shed on the details of His end times plan.
In 2008, Mark Biltz, a pastor who is a  Messianic Jew, discovered an astronomical phenomenon that is indeed "astronomical" in importance!

Before dissecting these amazing phenomena though, these facts need to be understood:

1)The Feast Days outlined in the book of Leviticus are not just Jewish Feast Days. They are instead, the Feast Days of the Lord. 

God stressed to us that they are HIS feast days so that ALL of His followers, Jew and Gentile, would  observe His appointed feasts and be able to recognize their importance in God's prophetic plan:

Leviticus 23: 1The Lord said to Moses, 2“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘These are my appointed feasts, the appointed feasts of theLord, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.

2)God's appointed feasts/sacred assemblies and their different names, which may be used interchangeably, are as follows:

1)PASSOVER
2)Unleavend Bread

3)Firstfruits
4)Shavout

5)Rosh Hashanah/Feast of Trumpets/Yom  Teruah)

6)Day of Atonement/Yom Kippur

7)TABERNACLES/ Sukkoth/Ingathering)

Note: Passover is the first Feast Day of the year to be observed and Tabernacles is the last Feast Day of the year to be observed.

3) A total lunar eclipse produces a "blood red moon".

4) According to NASA, four total lunar eclipses in a row is known as atetrad.

5)God placed the sun, moon and stars in the heavens as signals of things to come:

"And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs (owth), and forseasons (moed), and for days, and years." Genesis 1:14
 
"owth" - (in the sense of appearing): a signal
"moed"- an appointment, a fixed time or season: also a signal (as appointed beforehand):  appointed (signal, time)

6) God's appointed Feast Days are all reckoned according to the stages of the moon. Thus, we can that the moon is a signal and can be  rendered as both an "owth", as well as a "moed".

While collating the Jewish Calendar and NASA's eclipse website, Pastor Biltz made the amazing discoveries:

The year 2014 has two "blood red moons" or total eclipses of the moon; one occurring on April 15, 2014 (the very day of the Feast of Passover) and other occurring on October 8, 2014 (the very day of the Feast ofTabernacles).

These two eclipses are immediately followed by two additional "blood moons" in the year 2015; one occurring on April 4, 2015 (the very day of the Feast of Passover) and one occurring on September 28, 2015 (the very day of the Feast of Tabernacles).

Therefore, for two years in a row, there will be a total lunar eclipse/blood moons falling exactly on God's first, (Passover), and then last(Tabernacles), appointed Feast Days:

 
The Tetrad of 2014 through 2015:

April 15, 2014	Passover	Total Lunar Eclipse
October 8, 2014	Tabernacles	Total Lunar Eclipse
April 4, 2015	Passover	Total Lunar Eclipse
September 28, 2015	Tabernacles	Total Lunar Eclipse

After the above four "blood moons" of 2014 and 2015, there are no more such tetrads occurring on Jewish holidays in this century. In fact, there are no more for a hundred years

Biltz further discovered that there have been a total of ONLY SEVENPassover/Tabernacles tetrads since 1 AD.

162/163 A.D.
795/796 A.D.
842/843 A.D.
860/861 A.D.
1493/1494 A.D.
1949/1950 A.D.
1967/1968 A.D.

Thus, the 2014/2015 A.D. Tetrads on Passover and then onTabernacles, will be only the eighth such tetrad in  more than 2000 years.

So, tetrads aligning perfectly with the Lord's Feast Days, are rare beyond belief.

Biltz also noticed that there are two solar eclipses coming in the year 2015, wherein the sun will be temporarily blocked out.

1)The first solar eclipse will occur on March 20, 2015 which happens to mark the very first day of the sacred/Biblical calendar (as outlined in Leviticus).

This will be exactly 14 days before the "blood red moon" lunar eclipse coming on April 4, 2015 which is Passover.

2)The second solar eclipse will occur on September 13, 2015 which happens to mark the very first day of the civil calendar, which is the Feast Day of Rosh Hashanah/Feast of Trumpets.

This will be exactly 14 days before the "blood red moon" lunar eclipse coming on September 28, 2015, which is The Feast of Tabernacles.

Note that both of the below verses, which refer to the "great and glorious/terrible day of the Lord" appear to allude to the beginning of the Great Tribulation (great and DREADFUL day of the Lord) and possibly a simultaneous Rapture (great and GLORIOUS day of the Lord").
Both verses ascribe that a darkened sun as well as a blood moon will usher in this time period:

Joel:31 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.

Acts 2:20 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.

As such, the aforementioned solar and lunar eclipses of 2014/2015 appear to be the fulfillment of these verses.

Even more astounding about these tetrads are the facts surrounding the ones just previous to 2014/2015.

The prior Tetrads tied to Hebrew Holidays are extremely significant. 

They occurred two years running, right after modern day Israel became a nation in 1948 and then, right after Israel recaptured Jerusalem and the Temple Mount in 1967:

The Tetrad of 1967 - 1968  -Tied to the 7 day war where Israel took Jerusalem and the Temple Mount, in June 1967.:

April 24 1967	Passover	Total Lunar Eclipse
October 18, 1967	Tabernacles	Total Lunar Eclipse
April 13, 1968	Passover	Total Lunar Eclipse
October 6, 1968	Tabernacles	Total Lunar Eclipse

NOTE: Even though Israel declared themselves a nation in 1948,  the first permanent government didn't take office until Jan 25, 1949.  Israel had a transitional government in 1948. 

In this way, the tetrad can tie to the year 1949 for the first elected office of that year and the birth year still be 1948.  

The Tetrad of 1949 through 1950 -Tied to the rebirth of the nation of Israel on May 14, 1948.: 
  

April 13, 1949   Passover    Total Lunar Eclipse
Oct, 7, 1949    Tabernacles Total lunar Eclipse                                                                  April 2,   1950  Passover    Total Lunar Eclipse
Sept. 26, 1950 Tabernacles Total Lunar Eclipse
Unbelievably, there were no tetrads whatsoever, for five hundred (500) years prior to these. Incredibly these tetrads all perfectly bookmark the inception of modern day Israel as a nation and her recapture of God's Holy City, Jerusalem and His Holy Mountain, The Temple Mount. The preceding tetrad to these last century was 500 years prior, in 1493/1494.  The blood moons, on Passover/Tabernacles 1493/1494, were tied to the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1493. Therefore, the relationship of the tetrads falling exactly on God's Feast Days, in conjunction with major events in the lives of His chosen people, Israel, is astonishingly clear! Factor in the fact that John Kerry has given Israel an April 2014 deadline to complete the "two state solution" of giving away her God given Covenant land and it is beyond clear that the odds for these signs in the heavens, are surely nothing short of miraculous! Note: John Kerry's ultimatum for Israel to give away her land, with April 2014 as the deadline is a total of 9 months, as in a human gestational period. Essentially, could we be seeing the birthing the Great Tribulation with this forced breaking of God's eternal Covenant? A lunar eclipse/blood moon is considered to bode bad future events for Israel. If Israel agrees, in April 2014, to give away God's Land, there will be repercussions by the God of Israel as He gave the land only to Israel. If Israel refuses to comply with the "land for peace" being forced by America, it may cause the Palestinians and their Islamic allies to attack Israel. With the realization that they will never be handed Israel's land on a silver platter, the Palestinians may try to take it by force. God the creator, lovingly set out His prophetic plans in the Heavens, as well as in His Word. He desires that all of His people are focused and ready for the return of the Messiah. Therefore, may we all heed these warning signs that the Lord has mercifully provided us! Please stay tuned for even more amazing information, tying Passover into a major potential for the coming of the Lord for His readied Bride! MARANATHA!

THE DAYS OF NOAH

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We are told that when Jesus comes again to rapture (harpazo) us home, that it will be like when it was in the days of Noah.  This passage, frequently cited to by Biblical scholars and writers, indicates that it was a sign of the end times and as such, should be a condition that should alert us to the coming of the Lord.

Matthew 24:37-41
** American Standard Bible	King James Version
37And as were the days of Noah, so shall be the coming of the Son of man. 38For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, 39and they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of man. 40Then shall two men be in the field; one is taken, and one is left: 41two women shall begrinding at the mill; one is taken, and one is left.	37But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 39And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 40Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 41Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

                                      

These verses tell us that when the Son of Man appears again, people will be eating and drinking, marrying and giving up in marriage just as they did right up to the day when Noah went into the ark.  Everything was normal, in other words, for those who were unaware of God’s intentions.  However, for Noah and his family, it was clear that the time was coming when God would bring all of creation to an end.

Looking at the story of Noah contained in Genesis 6, the condition of the world was vexatious to the Lord.  He looked down from His throne in heaven to find that corruption had filled the world.  The perfect creation of His hands had become everything He did not intend.

Genesis 6:1-13
** American Standard Bible	King James Version
1And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born unto them, 2that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all that they chose. 3And Jehovah said, My spirit shall not strive with man for ever, for that he also is flesh: yet shall his days be a hundred and twenty years. 4The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them: the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.5And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6And it repented Jehovah that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 7And Jehovah said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the ground; both man, and beast, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; for it repenteth me that I have made them. 8But Noah found favor in the eyes of Jehovah. 9These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, and perfect in his generations: Noah walked with God. 10And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 11And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.13And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.	1And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.3And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.4There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which wereof old, men of renown. 5And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.6And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 7And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.8But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. 9These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, andNoah walked with God. 10And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.11The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.13And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

These were days that brought sorrow to the heart of God.  As we look at this passage we see that giants walked the face of the earth as angels had mated with God’s creation thereby corrupting the flesh that God had created.  This was the age of the Nephilim, the age of Nimrod, the age of men of renown.  We now wonder if this was a time when many of the great ancient monuments were built such as the pyramids of Egypt, the Sphinx, Stonehenge, Easter Island and others.  There are a number of ancient wonders that we cannot explain so we wonder if mighty men constructed these wonders.

Whatever the result, ultimately there was a judgment upon all of mankind. Previously, God had granted man long life but He then decided that life should be limited.  Consequently, the term of man’s existence upon the earth after this would be one hundred twenty years.  I know it sounds like a long time to us but in comparison to what man had been given, it was a dramatic reduction.  Men would now be limited to a lifespan that was 1/8 of what it had been.  For us, it would be like being told that your life would be over at ten years of age.

Many people concentrate upon the fact that everything would be “normal” before the end.  However, I think that Jesus meant much more than just that.  Otherwise, that is what He could have said.  Instead, He gave us a metaphor stating that it would be like the “days of Noah”.  So, what were the days of Noah like?

According to Genesis 6:5, God saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth.  We hate to contemplate it but does wickedness run rampant today throughout the earth?  As we look upon God’s creation and the moral fiber of the people who inhabit this earth, can we honestly say that we must please God? 

Do we murder children such as those who offered their children in the fire to Molech?  We don’t do such a thing.  Instead, we offer our children to the god of greed, the god of mammon, the god of convenience and of money.  We have aborted (murdered) 43 million babies since the decision in Roe v. Wade was written.  Do you wonder how many babies have been murdered in China for the sake of population control or the desire to have male children?  What about other nations through the world?  Hitler had nothing on us.  He only murdered 6 million Jews.  He could have learned a thing or two from Planned Parenthood.

Do we see the love of money corrupting our lives?  Does greed drive our spending habits?  Our desire for instant gratification, for funding purchases we cannot afford, is bankrupting our nation and our families.  People now routinely live beyond their means but it is not always because they want the new car or the new plasma screen TV.  Today, it may be because they wanted a home they could not afford but someone was willing to talk them into a subprime loan.  Then, when the loan adjusted, they could no longer pay the mortgage.  Now we have a mortgage crisis but not to worry, the government will bail us out.  It’s only money. 

The homosexual lifestyle is now not just protected, it is celebrated.  Preachers cannot preach the Word of God from the pulpit because of condemnation of the homosexual or gay lifestyle.  As I write this, I wonder if I am committing a hate crime.  I do not hate homosexuals; I simply believe that the lifestyle choice (that’s right, choice) is wrong.  I believe in the Word of God but that Word condemns this lifestyle.  Why?  It is not natural and with it come consequences.  Why do they not teach our young people that the gay lifestyle will result in disease and possibly suicide?  HIV and its destruction of the immune system has become something to cure, not to avoid. 

What about drugs?  We know that it is a devastating force that has destroyed many lives.  And now drugs have so infiltrated our society and our culture that they appear in our drinking water.  Young people no longer have to buy from the dealer on the street; they just raid the parents’ bathroom cabinet.  Yes, there are those who need medication for various medical conditions but do we really need drugs to the extent that they exist in our nation?  You don’t feel good – take a pill.  Oh yeah, and wash it down with some hard liquor just to make sure the effect kicks in.  You want to know why we don’t wipe out the drug trade.  I think we could but there is too much money involved and too much money to be made.

Then there was the situation that astounded me.  Hurricane Katrina descended uponNew Orleans and leveled it.  People responded in a way that made me proud to be an American.  Supplies were shipped from all over the country.  Companies, like mine, sacrificed to send food, water, blankets, and building supplies to our fellow Americans who were suffering.  And guess what – it wasn’t good enough.  People demanded soft drinks when water was offered to them.  They believed that they were entitled to more.  They were angry that their fellow Americans didn’t literally come down and rebuild their homes for them.  I know that this was not the case with many of our citizens from New Orleans but this was the face that was presented on the news.  And the result was resentment on the part of many Americans.  All they saw was greed and a sense of entitlement. 

Read your papers and you will see wickedness pervading our society on a daily basis.  Watch our television and see what entertainment is offered.  From “Girls Gone Wild” to shows that depict live sex to advertisements that sell products by promising sexual attraction, our nation wallows in its own filth.  I like the way that Laura Ingram describes it – it is the “pornographication” of society. 

In the second half of Verse 5, it is noted that “every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”  I can only offer the foregoing examples within our society to show that everything we say and do seems to indicate that evil abounds.  I watched a cartoon the other day for a couple of minutes to only turn away from disgust.  “Family Guy” is something that comes on at all times of the day and because it is a cartoon, it will be attractive to children.  I can also point out a plethora of other forms of “entertainment” that show how far we have sunk. 

 God gave us a great gift and that gift was the gift of procreation.  Sex was meant to be a union between a husband and wife where they would experience a little of what it must be like to be joined as one.  God saw it as a beautiful thing.  However, man reduced it to recreation.  No longer is it something to be treasured as a gift between husband and wife to be celebrated on the wedding night; it is pleasure and power and money.  There are even those who try to justify pedophilia as a “spirit marriage”.  We have seen on the news reports that children are having children and that middle-aged men, for the sake of their “religion” have multiple wives.  Is this what God intended?  I won’t get into children being sold as sex slaves and men traveling to Southeast Asia for sex tours with children.  We found out that practices though despicable and contained in backwater countries now flourish in the Bible Belt of America.

 Do you really want to make money?  Appeal to the vices of man.  Whether it is owning a bar, dealing drugs, loaning money at usurious interest rates, convincing young women to remove their clothing and filming them as they engage in vile acts or opening a casino (now very popular with our Native American tribes who have finally found a way to really scalp those who invaded their lands), I can personally guarantee that it will be successful and make you a lot of money.  Yes, there are risks, particularly if you try an occupation that is against the law but remember the risk-reward ratio; more risk, the greater the reward and the less risk, the less reward.  It is basic economics.

 According to Verse 11, “the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.”  This word “corrupt” comes from the Hebrew word “shachath” meaning “decay” or “ruin” or “waste.”  In other words the earth was garbage.  Do you wonder how God now views His creation?  Does He see what He saw six thousand years ago?

 Finally, the earth in Noah’s day was filled with violence.  As you read the news or watch cable news networks, what do you see?  Violence fills our screens.  We not only see it in society, we actually celebrate it.  What do I mean by that?  A good action movie will reap millions as people pour into the theaters to celebrate this type of entertainment.  That is what I mean by we celebrate it.  Think about what sport is becoming more and more popular in America. It is a phenomenon call “Ultimate Fighting.”  I believe that there is a rage that is pent up in this country that is finding an outlet through violent television shows.  While we have not reached the extent seen at the times of the gladiatorial games in Rome, we still have our own violent outlets. 

 Jesus said that it would be like the days of Noah.  In the days of Noah, the earth was filled with violence and corruption.  The only righteous person in all the earth was Noah and his family.  As we look upon God’s creation today, can we honestly say that it is not corrupt or violent?  The answer is no, we cannot.  The earth today is filled with violence and it is thoroughly corrupt.  It is now as it was then.

 Depressing?  Pretty much but just as God saved a remnant then, He will save His remnant now.  Do not despair for the days grow shorter.  The time is coming when the trump will sound and our names will be called and we shall find ourselves removed from this state that plagues us now.  The King of Kings and Lord of Lords is coming and when He does, all of His children will finally be called home never to suffer corruption again.  My brothers and sisters, keeping looking up for our redemption draweth nigh.  Jesus, Mighty King and Victorious Lord is coming with a might shout.  Yes, it’s real, it’s very real.

  ** A modern language quote is provided for readability together with the accompanying KJV version which is believed by many to be a more accurate representation of the original scripture.

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