January 30, 2022 – End Times Prophecy Report

The Dramatic Conversion Stories of Unbelievers

“For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.”
–Romans 9:15-16

God’s Word informs that it is because of God’s GREAT MERCY, that ANY men at all are saved eternally.

“Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.”
–Titus 3:5-7

“I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.”
–Romans 11:1-6

“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”
–Ephesians 2:8-9

SO, even though man is saved ONLY by the grace (mercy) of God, man enjoys being the center of attention. Wicked and deceived man tells MANY stories about how HE ‘came to Jesus.’

NO ONE comes to Jesus on their own: ANY who ‘come to Jesus’ make that decision BECAUSE of God and His mercy.

“According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.”
–Ephesians 1:4-6

As Jesus Christ Himself once declared

“Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.”
–John 15:16

HOWEVER, if the tares believed the Word of God, they would NOT be tares.

This has led to one of the greatest deceptions of the counterfeit Christian: the conversion tale.

Tales told by unbelievers of their claimed conversion to Jesus Christ usually contain a few of the same items.

1- The conversion story is ALWAYS about how the heathen ‘found God’ or “chose Jesus.’ This runs counter to EVERYTHING said in God’s Word.

2- The unbeliever is almost ALWAYS the center of attention in the story.

3- There is usually MUCH drama and emotion attached to their so-called conversions.

“I cried and cried and cried! I wasn’t even sure what I was crying about!”

4- The claimed convert THEN emphasizes his conversion by repeating accepted phrases over and over and over.

“I’m on fire for the LORD!”

5- The heathen usually knows the month, the day and the hour which his claimed conversion took place–as well as other odd details surrounding that supposed event.

“I’ll never forget it! It was the 8th of June at 9 pm! I was watching The Beverly Hillbillies when it happened!”

[Those who have actually experienced the GREAT TRANSFORMATION of being re-born spiritually MAY mention any of the above. BUT, they USUALLY may mention them MONTHS later, AFTER they have figured out what it was that took place within them.]

ONE THING almost all fake conversions have in common: very DRAMATIC details which the storyteller hopes his audience will believe are true.

HAS the reader ever heard someone tell one of these dramatic conversion stories?

It is not YET too late: there is still a little time to change direction (repent), place your faith (hope) for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.

DOES the reader believe he is saved?

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DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. ”
–1 Corinthians 15:1-8

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

A Reminder: The Gospel is Simple

MORE: Eternal Salvation Through Jesus Christ: Salvation Messages from End Times Prophecy Report

[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: January 26, 2022.]

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About Those Promises…

The Lord GOD makes a GREAT many promises in the Bible.

Most of those promises contain conditions that man must FIRST meet in order to receive those specific promises of God.

One of the most used words in the Bible is “IF.”

In the King James Version, IF appears over 1400 times.

A great number of those times, IF is part of a conditional promise made by God. A conditional promise is one that IF the person performs A, then God promises to do B.

Some of these promises are:

“And it shall come to pass, IF ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.”
–Deuteronomy 11:13-14

“IF thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.”
–Psalm 132:12

“IF ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land”
–Isaiah 1:19

Seems simple enough, huh?

Do A and God promises to do B.

BUT man is not a very obedient creature. Most of the time, man does NOT do A.

This does not prevent man from trying to convince God that “Why, yes, I did what you asked. Now, where are my goodies?”

In fact, man disobeyed God so regularly; so often; so egregiously, that God had to spell out conditional PUNISHMENTS for disobedient man.

“Okay, you want to be cute. IF you do C, I’m going to make sure you suffer by visiting D upon you.”

A great many of those VERY negative, VERY specific promises can be found in Deuteronomy 28.
—IF: The Conditional Promises of God

However, man is not only DECEIVED: man is wicked and unfaithful.

So, man will not meet those very clear conditions set by God.

HOWEVER, deceived and wicked man will attempt to claim those promises–which God will NOT honor.

But–regardless of what Satan and his end times workers of iniquity insist–God created man. God KNOWS the weaknesses and flaws of man better than man does.

And so, God will address those weaknesses and imperfections of man during the last days. God will SPECIFICALLY address the imperfections of the House of (spiritual) Israel. Some of this will take place AFTER the climax of human history: the return of Jesus Christ.

“Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman. Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it: And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them. And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land. But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went. Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name’s sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.”
–Ezekiel 36:16-22

God not only fulfills MANY of His promises to Israel at that time, He also ADDS to the abundance of His promise to them.

“And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you. I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.
And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen. Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations. Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel. Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded. And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by. And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited. Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it.”
–Ezekiel 36:23-36

[So many who are children of the FLESH act as though they are children of the PROMISE. It should be noted that God’s promises are to SPIRITUAL Israel. NOT to those who are FLESHLY or WORLDLY Israel.

It matters NOT what one’s name is.

It matters NOT who one’s ancestors were.

It matters NOT that God’s CONDITIONAL promises were written down.

There are many passages in God’s Word which make this clear. Perhaps the most clear being Romans 9.

“Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed. For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.”
–Romans 9:4-9

Romans only reaffirmed what God had said earlier in Genesis 21:12.

“And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.”]

So, even though MOST of God’s very clear, very specific promises to man are conditional, God assists man (who God knows is weak) in meeting those conditions and obtaining those promises.

OF COURSE, that assistance is provided by God’s MERCY.

DOES the reader believe he can fulfill the conditions of God’s promises ON HIS OWN?

It is not YET too late: there is still a little time to change direction (repent), place your faith (hope) for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.

DOES the reader believe he is saved?

Make Your Calling and Election Sure: End Times Survival

DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

A Reminder: The Gospel is Simple

MORE: Eternal Salvation Through Jesus Christ: Salvation Messages from End Times Prophecy Report

[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: January 26, 2022.]

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by Jeremiah Jameson
–with Mondo Frazier

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Worth Repeating

There are occasions which emphasize when a thought is worth repeating.

And so it was that a few days ago, a topic came up and it was remarked that THAT thought was worth repeating.

FIRST, the original thought:

…when two followers of Satan are working together, one of the first things they do is establish that they 1-do not like each other; 2- they hate each other; or, 3- are fighting against one another.

Democrats and Republicans, Russia and the USA, members of the same family who toil together for evil ends, famous celebrities who are “feuding” with each other: it happens so often, one occasionally has to wonder, “Does Satan have a university or school where he teaches his followers these tricks?”
—-University of Satan

It was while discussing the deception of two working for the same goal, yet ACTING AS IF they are NOT co-operating, but are instead actually OPPONENTS of each other, that it was discovered that this thought MAY be worth repeating.

After a bit of thinking on the matter, it was determined that YES, THIS WAS WORTH REPEATING.

The discussion in question occurred after one of the participants in the discussion brought up someone (We’ll call him ‘Person A’.) they knew who ACTED AS IF THEY DETESTED Person B.

Even though it was readily apparent that the two were working together.

IN FACT, it was SO apparent the two were working together, the person relating the story chuckled and made a remark.

“Why would someone you hate do little favors for you? This was how I knew: you could see it. You do little favors for your FRIENDS, not your ENEMIES!”

There were TWO points which were then raised.

1- “The Bible says you should treat your enemies well. It says that is like heaping burning coals upon their head!”

“If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.”
–Proverbs 25:21-22

“Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.”
–Romans 12:19-20

2- “Maybe the two partners couldn’t see that others could tell when one was doing favors for the other?”

The thought worth repeating?

Not everyone who appears to attack another is that person’s enemy. Often, when two workers of iniquity join forces against a target, they pretend to be at odds with each other. This is a fairly common deception, which is used to deceive, not only the targeted person, but others as well.

This deception is behind all of the fake feuds about which Satan’s Mouthpiece (the Corporate Media) writes so much. The two partners can be two countries, two people or two groups of people.

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HAS the reader ever become aware of two who are supposedly ‘at each other’s throats‘ acting occasionally AS IF they were NOT committed enemies?

It is not YET too late: there is still a little time to change direction (repent), place your faith (hope) for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.

DOES the reader believe he is saved?

Make Your Calling and Election Sure: End Times Survival

DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

A Reminder: The Gospel is Simple

MORE: Eternal Salvation Through Jesus Christ: Salvation Messages from End Times Prophecy Report

[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: January 24, 2022.]

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Men Are NOT Zombies: There Are NO Zombies

“Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.”
–Ezekiel 18:4

“And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment”
–Hebrews 9:27

One of the more popular common tales told during the end times involve ZOMBIES.

As most of the stories of that genre go, zombies are RE-ANIMATED CORPSES which (usually) feed on the flesh of the living.

A zombie (Haitian French: zombi, Haitian Creole: zonbi) is a mythological undead corporeal revenant created through the reanimation of a corpse. Zombies are most commonly found in horror and fantasy genre works.
—Zombie

The tall tales of zombies are akin to stories about vampires, revenants and the ‘undead.’

Now, there are many who will read the preceding and shout, “But zombies are NOT real!”

And those people would be correct.

One can either believe in God’s Word OR one can believe in zombies and the stories surrounding the undead.

Perhaps this is why the U.S. government has spent taxpayer money to encourage belief in zombies?

Largely beginning in 2011, the U.S. government began releasing a number of government publications aimed at ‘helping’ citizens to survive a so-called ‘zombie apocalypse.’

On 18 May 2011, the United States’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a graphic novel Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse providing tips to survive a zombie invasion as a “fun new way of teaching the importance of emergency preparedness”. The CDC goes on to summarize cultural references to a zombie apocalypse. It uses these to underscore the value of laying in water, food, medical supplies, and other necessities in preparation for any and all potential disasters, be they hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, floods, or hordes of zombies.

In 2011, the U.S. Department of Defense drafted CONPLAN 8888, a training exercise detailing a strategy to defend against a zombie attack.

“Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse” is a [May 2011] blog post by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that uses a zombie apocalypse to raise public awareness of emergency preparedness.

So, even though zombies were nothing more than the imaginations from the minds of workers of iniquity, in MANY CASES, the media, the government and the culture treated these stories AS IF THEY WERE REAL.

Though the zombie-meisters NOW claim that their zombie stories were written to raise public awareness of hurricanes and other natural disasters, there was NO such disclaimers issued at the time.

This zombie publicity push in 2011 had all of the earmarks of a government propaganda campaign (which depends upon REPETITION for its success).

ANY and ALL readers who believe in zombies CANNOT believe the Word of God.

God’s Word declares that there are NO ‘reanimated corpses,’ zombies or undead.

One of Satan’s FAVORITE strategies is to introduce stories which challenge God’s Word and IF there is any great outcry, to run away quickly by claiming, “It was just in FUN. It was just a story. Surely you didn’t believe it.”

OF COURSE, IF there is NO great outcry, the story stands as it was originally presented to the public.

To believe the zombie tales, one has to also believe that LIFE is NOT from God: LIFE is some kind of FORCE which is caused by viruses, radiation, supernatural means or whathaveyou.

“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
–Romans 6:23

To believe the zombie tales, one has to disbelieve all that God’s Word has to say about DEATH.

The zombie stories are just another way for Satan to ask “Hath God said?”

“Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?”
–Genesis 3:1

Zombies are NOT real: there are NO zombies.

ALL talk of a ‘zombie apocalypse’ is government gobbledygook.

To believe the stories about zombies and their ilk is to DISBELIEVE the Word of God.

That is the choice confronting the reader whenever he hears or reads one of the zombie tales: believe the stories about zombies OR believe the Word of God.

DOES the reader believe that zombies are pure fiction?

It is not YET too late: there is still a little time to change direction (repent), place your faith (hope) for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.

DOES the reader believe he is saved?

Make Your Calling and Election Sure: End Times Survival

DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

A Reminder: The Gospel is Simple

MORE: Eternal Salvation Through Jesus Christ: Salvation Messages from End Times Prophecy Report

[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: January 24, 2022.]

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