March 26, 2022 – End Times Prophecy Report

God’s Short Work During the Very Last Days

make short work of

(idiomatic, transitive) To kill a specified person easily and quickly.

God’s Word is VERY CLEAR about the sequence of events once Jesus Christ returns to earth.

Jesus triumphs COMPLETELY at the Battle of Armageddon.
Jesus establishs His kingdom on earth.
When Jesus returns, the worldwide rebellion against God and His Son, Jesus (led by the dragon, the dragon’s beast and the kings of the earth), is squashed.
Satan is locked up for one thousand years and will NOT tempt mankind.
After 1000 years, Satan is set free–for a little while.
Satan foments a great worldwide rebellion against Jesus.
God makes short work of the rebels.

The details are all listed in Revelation 16-21.

What follows is the high points of the time before God takes care of His short work.

“And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.”
–Revelation 16:13-14,16

“And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.”
–Revelation 19:11-15

“And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.”
–Revelation 19:17-18

“And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.”
–Revelation 19:19

“And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.”
–Revelation 19:20-21

“And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.”
–Revelation 20:1-3

“And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.”
–Revelation 20:7-8

And, after all of that, God NOW makes short work of the rebellion AND the rebels.

“And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.”
–Revelation 20:9

The rebels are ‘devoured’ ‘with fire which came down from God out of heaven.’

God THEN makes short work of Satan (the dragon).

“And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.”
–Revelation 20:10

God–whose PATIENCE with rebellious man seemingly knows no limits–FINALLY makes short work of His enemies.

DOES the reader believe that God’s patience with wick man finally runs out?

OR, is it something else at work which the reader can know?

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

“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

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[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: March 23, 2022.]

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During Unsettled Times, EVERYONE Turns to God

“The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.”
–Psalm 53:1

Is it true that during times of war, chaos or national emergency, desperate men will turn to a God they profess to NOT believe in when times were better?

Is this circumstance the basis of the phrase “There are no atheists in foxholes“?

There are no atheists in foxholes

“There are no atheists in foxholes” is an aphorism used to suggest that times of extreme stress or fear can prompt belief in a higher power.

Actually, it might be more accurate to say that “during times of extreme stress or fear, men will acknowledge the God they denied when quieter, more settled times afforded them the security to do so.”

Speaking from their secure, safe havens in mostly large urban centers, spokesmen for ATHEIST ORGANIZATIONS vehemently DENY the observation “There are no atheists in foxholes.”

Several atheist organizations object to the phrase. The Military Association of Atheists & Freethinkers has adopted the catch-phrase “Atheists in Foxholes” to emphasize that the original statement is just an aphorism and not a fact.

Of course, ‘foxhole’ is only a symbol of those times when a man comes face-to-face with his own mortality; i.e., he fears for his life. It is in such stressful, fearful times that doubting men will ask for help from that which they earlier doubted.

Why is this?

Is it because it often takes one’s looming death to force previously-unbelieving men into the realization that there is something BIGGER than man, the schemes of man and the ‘accomplishments’ of man?

Is it because atheism is a claim best made from the safety of secure surroundings?

Or, is it (as God’s Word posits) because the possibility of death brings previously-unbelieving men to the realization that they were foolish when they proclaimed there was no God?

“The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.”
–Psalm 14:1

Regardless of the claimed logic behind such changes when times grow unsettled, turning to God happens so frequently as to be a part of observable human nature.

“How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed?”
–Romans 10:14

DOES the reader believe this circumstance to be true?

DOES the reader have any thoughts about what it is about chaos and unsettled, uncertain times of trouble which turn men WHO PREVIOUSLY SNUBBED THE LORD to God?

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: March 21, 2022.]

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by Jeremiah Jameson
–with Mondo Frazier

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Two Witnesses

“One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.”
–Deuteronomy 19:15

The reader may be excused for thinking that when an article is published entitled “Two Witnesses” by a website specializing in affairs of the end times, the article will LIKELY concern itself with the two witnesses of Revelation 11.

The two END TIMES witnesses of Revelation 11.

But NO, this article’s thrust is on that ancient Biblical law that the truth of a matter may be decided by TWO or THREE WITNESSES: the testimony of ONE WITNESS was NOT being enough TO CONDEMN A MAN.

“At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.”
–Deuteronomy 17:6

“Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.”
–Numbers 25:30

At least TWO witnesses were necessary to establish the facts of any crime, particularly those crimes which called for the death penalty. This was such a fixed part of Jewish law that it was referred to in the New Testament as well as the Old. John 8:17 records that Jesus Himself referred to that part of the law.

“It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.”

The preceding will serve as a sort of introduction to this piece, which will argue that the primary reason for the Book of Jude is to provide a SECOND WITNESS for the apostle Peter’s second epistle, particularly the 2nd chapter of 2PETER.

In fact, over HALF of Jude directly refers to what is said in 2PETER–and the Book of Jude is only ONE chapter: 25 verses long.

Those in the world have called the Book of Jude “strange” and “weird,” among other things. But, the Book of Jude provides a second witness for some of the ideas presented in 2nd Peter.

Among the more acclaimed is

Jude 1:4 and 2PETER 2:1.

“For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.”
–Jude 1:4

“But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.”
–2PETER 2:1

Jude 1:8 and 2PETER 2:10.

“Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.”
–Jude 1:8

“But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.”
–2PETER 2:10

Jude 1:6 and 2PETER 2:4.

“And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.”

“For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment”

Jude 1:7 and 2PETER 2:6.

“Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.”

“And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly”

Jude 1:10 and 2PETER 2:12.

“But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.”

“But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption”

And lastly, Jude 1:11 and 2PETER 2:11.

“Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness”

“Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.”

While the Book of Genesis has information on Cain, and the Book of Numbers will inform the reader of Core and Balaam, Jude is the only biblical resource for other assertions of 2PETER.

If the reader will only spend several hours studying the little Book of Jude and compare it to the 2nd chapter of 2PETER, he will, no doubt, see many of the similarities between the two.

SO, when the reader sees “TWO WITNESSES” he MIGHT think of the two witnesses of Revelation 11.

BUT, he may ALSO think of the phrase “TWO or THREE WITNESSES.”

AND, he may ALSO think of the Books of Jude and 2PETER.

WAS the reader informed about Jude and 2PETER before reading this article?

WHAT does the reader think now?

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: March 22, 2022.]

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