Coincidences
an open
letter
by Ken Crouch
There have
been some “coincidences” in the recent past, so
unusual that they defy the probability of being mere
“coincidence”. As a
prayer warrior, and a “watchman on the wall”, I feel a
sense of urgency
to share these coincidences with you. Do not accept what I will
share
with you carte blanch, but pray over it, and search the
scriptures, and
let the Holy Spirit show you whether or not it is true and valid.
Above
all, please read it.
Coincidence #1
September 13, 1993, Israel signed
the first seven year peace
treaty in history. The Prophet Daniel, in Dan. 9:27, prophesied
such a
seven year peace treaty 2,500 years ago. Is the Oslo Accord the
peace
referred to by Daniel, or is it purely coincidence?
Why is it than none of our
prophecy teachers, our Christian
leaders, our pastors, seem to have made a connection with the
prophecy of
Daniel 9:27, and the Oslo Accords, (originally called the Seven
Year
Peace Accords), signed by Rabin and Arafat September 13, 1993?
What is
the scriptural basis upon which we can say, “This is not the
seven year
peace treaty Daniel was referring to.” Since Daniel's 70th
week refers
to the final seven years of this world as we know it, it seems
like that
would be a very valid question.
Could it be because we have been taught that the Antichrist will
come on the scene as a “man of peace”, and that he will
“sign” or “make a
firm covenant” with Israel. That's what it says in my
favorite
translation, The New American Standard, and in the NIV Bible.
Arafat’s
hands are too bloody to be a “man of peace”, so he
can't be the
Antichrist.
That isn't what the scripture
says! The literal translation of
Dan. 9:27 from the original language says, “He will
‘confirm’ a peace
with ‘the many ones’ for one week.”
“Confirm” is a secondary
action--someone in the background encouraging, pressing, cajoling
and
publicly proclaiming support for it.
Though it appears that Daniel's
70th week may have begun with the
signing of that treaty, that did not fulfill the prophecy. The
prophecy
was fulfilled at Rabin’s funeral.
You may ask, “Then where was
the Antichrist?” Oh, he was there,
and he was very visible. He just doesn't wear a banner
proclaiming his
identity. The Bible gives us 42 signs of the Antichrist. That
particular
man matches 27 of them. Most of the unmatched signs are still
in the future. Yes, he “confirmed” that peace with the
“many” Heads of
State who were there. They stood over Rabin’s casket and
vowed not to
let the peace treaty die, just because of Rabin’s death.
They vowed a
determination to not only keep it alive, but to expand it and
expedite it.
How is it possible to believe this
treaty is unrelated to
Daniel's prophecy, that it is just a “coincidence”?
Does the scripture
tell us to look for a second seven year peace involving Israel? I
believe Daniel told us very specifically that this is the seven
year
peace he referred to. Look at the next coincidence.
Coincidence #2
Daniel 9:27 says, “He will
confirm a peace with many for one
week.” The word “many”, in the original language,
is literally
translated, “the many ones”, which is plural for
“many”.
The unusual coincidence is how you
pronounce the word “many” in
Hebrew. It is pronounced “RAB”. The plural for many,
“the many ones” is
pronounced “RABIN”.
That is how specific Daniel's
prophecy is. He told us 2,500
years ago, “He will confirm a peace with Rabin for seven
years.” That
man who matches 27 signs of the Antichrist, and many Heads of
State,
stood over Rabin's casket and confirmed that treaty with him. As
prophesied in Isaiah 28:15, they confirmed a “covenant with
death”, and a
“pact with the grave”.
How can we call this just a “coincidence”?
Coincidence #3
Isaiah 28:15 prophesied, “You
will say, ‘We have made a covenant
with death....a pact with the grave....so that the overwhelming
scourge
will pass us by.’”
In Peres’ book, “THE NEW
MIDDLE EAST”, he explained that the
leaders of Israel have known nothing but war since Israel became
a state
in 1948. They want something better for their children. He went
on to
say they had signed the “land for peace” agreement,
“...so that the
overwhelming scourge of war will pass us by.” Was their
reason for
signing that peace treaty a fulfillment of Isaiah's prophecy--or
just
another coincidence?
Coincidence #4 (The Sign of 3,000)
When Moses came down off the
mountain with the stone tablets, he
found the people worshipping a golden calf. At God's command,
3,000 of
them were slain. This was related to the old covenant involving
His
people. After Jesus ascended back to Heaven, on the Day of
Pentecost,
3,000 souls were saved. This was related to the new covenant with
his
people.
As television was broadcasting the signing ceremony between Rabin
and Arafat, the CNN announcer came on in a voice over and
announced a
record breaking event—”for the first time in the
history of the White
House there are 3,000 officially invited guests to witness a
signing
ceremony.” You can check this fact out in the 1994 Almanac,
and
newspaper articles for that day, both on file at the Public
Library.
Another coincidence??
Coincidence #5
The scripture tells us that during
the final seven years there
will be signs in the sun, the moon and the stars and wonders on
the
earth. It tells us the moon will turn to blood.
On April 3, 1996, the first
Levitical Feast, (Passover), the moon
was in eclipse. When it came out, it was blood red, as seen from
Israel
and the Southeastern part of the US. On September 26th, the last
Levitical Feast of this year, Sukkot, there was another eclipse
accompanied by another blood red moon, visible over Jerusalem and
other
parts of the world. You can confirm these two events in the
September
issue of Astronomy Magazine.
How strange--Only two eclipses followed by a blood red moon this
year, one on the first Feast, the other on the last Feast of the
Lord
this year. By the way, there will be another blood red moon, on
the
feast of Purim.
Coincidence #6
If, as I believe, Daniel's 70th
week, the Tribulation Period
began with the signing of that seven year peace, September 13,
1993, the
mid-point of the seven years is in the February-March, 1997 time
frame.
There is a comet, Hale-Bopp, which
will be visible to the naked
eye this fall. It will be at its brightest peak in the
February-March
time frame. It was last seen just before the flood of Noah.
On March 22, 1997, Hale-Bopp will
be directly above that blood
red Purim moon, (according to that same issue of Astronomy
Magazine).
March 21st is the last day of winter, March 22 is a Friday,
(Hebrew
Sabbath starts at sundown on that day.) March 21 is also the
Spring
Equinox--the only day of the year, by Babylonian custom, that an
image
can be set up as a deity.
Did not our Lord Jesus say, in
Matt. 24:16-20, for those in Judea
to flee when they see the image go up, and “pray that your
flight not be
in the winter or on the Sabbath.”?
Coincidence #7
On September 4, 1993, only days
before that peace treaty was
signed, there was a meeting of the World Parliament of Religions,
in
Chicago, where it had met 100 years ago. There were 150 of the
world's
greatest religion leaders, who met to sign a document called the
Global
Ethic, what we call ecumenicalism. What a notable Group. They
included,
to name a few: His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Hon. Louis Farrakhan,
Rev.
Theodore Hesburgh, His Eminence Joseph Cardinal Bernardin. You
will also
find 43 other "Christian" leaders along with the great
leaders of the
Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, Zoroastrians, Jains, Jewish,
Theosophists,
Neo-Pagans, Satanists, Wicca, Baha'i, Brahamas, Interfaiths,
Taoists,
Sikhs, and Unitarians. Often in this document you will find the
curious
grouping of terms "not authentically human." The real
bottom line of
this document of tolerance (and who will not be tolerated) is:
that
anyone who says their God is the only true God is "not
authentically
human." It would not be murder to kill someone who is
"not authentically
human." Make no mistake about it - This is the New World
Order Religious
System of the Antichrist. To those who have chosen to worship the
creature rather than the Creator, they will think that they are
doing God
a service by removing the pollution of "not authentically
humans." The
Internet is now offering seminars for pastors and church leaders
who
“need” to know more about Global Ethic. The one world
religion seems to
be gathering steam.
By the way, the real reason behind
that seven year treaty wasn't
“land for peace”, it was about Jerusalem. It was a
secret part of the
agreement, and it provides that the Vatican will assume control
of the
Temple Mount by the year 2,000. It is assumed that they will more
fairly
administer it, so that Muslems, Jews and Christians alike can
have a part
of it.
How can all these “coincidences” be just coincidence?
The
mathematical odds must be astronomical.
When the wise men came to
Jerusalem to worship the new born King,
they asked Herod where he was to be born. Herod asked the Jewish
religious leaders and scholars. They told them that the
prophecies said
He would be born in Bethlehem, and the wise men went there. Isn't
it
odd, not one religious leader or scholar went with them. They
were the
most religious people in the world. Under oppression by Rome,
they were
desperately looking for their coming Deliverer. How is it that
they
missed the event they were hoping for?
“Well everyone knows God will
have His Son born in Jerusalem.
This is the center of all religious thought and activity. God
established the altar and the temple here. The prophets operated
out of
here. David ruled from here. All our religious leaders are here.
God's
Word is here. Obviously, the Messiah will check in with us first.
Bethlehem?? That's just symbolic. He's the son of David and David
was
born in Bethlehem. That's the connection.” They were overly
committed
to their own agenda for where and when the Messiah would come the
first
time, and laid it on top of the prophecy--and they missed it.
Could we repeat the mistake they
made? Could we be so overly
committed to our own chronological agenda for His second coming
that we
are blind to the signs He is giving us right now?
I know what this does to our
teaching about a Pre-Trib Rapture.
First Thessalonians, 3:13 tells us Jesus will return with all His
saints.
“All” means Old Testament saints, New Testament saints,
and Tribulation
saints. Before Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, at John 11:23,
He
told Martha that Lazarus would rise again. Martha said, “I
know he will
be resurrected at the last day.” A pre-tribulation rapture
precedes the
“last day” by at least seven years, yet our Lord Jesus
either concurred
that her belief was accurate, or He ignored her erroneous belief
and let
her go on believing an error. How many of our pre-trib teachers
and
theologians would have let Martha make such a statement, without
correcting her theology?
Paul tells us in, 1 Thes. 4:15-17,
that we who are alive will not
precede those who have fallen asleep, the dead in Christ. Paul
tells us
in 1 Cor. 15:51-52, that this resurrection of the dead in Christ,
and our
Rapture will occur with the Last Trumpet. The First Trumpet
doesn't even
occur until the Antichrist stops the altar service at the
mid-point of
the Tribulation. The Last Trumpet of God is the Seventh Trumpet
Judgment, and it occurs at the end of the Tribulation. (See the
6th
Seal, 7th Trumpet and 7th Bowl Judgements--it’s a prophetic
symphony.
The music for each has a slightly different twist, but they are
all
playing the same symphony at the same time. Check it
out--they’re all
describing the same events, and they all happen at the end of the
Tribulation Period.)
Revelation 20:4-5 tells us clearly
that the Tribulation saints
will be part of the First Resurrection, and we already know that
we who
are alive on that day, “will not precede those who are the
dead in
Christ.” Brother, we believers will go through the
Tribulation, but
under the cover of God's promise that we shall not suffer wrath,
if we
have faith and trust in His Word. The children of Israel went
through
all the judgments poured out on the gods of Egypt, but they were
protected by Almighty God.
If you cannot accept that the Seven Year Tribulation Period began
with the signing of that peace treaty in September, 1993, please
watch
prayerfully for the two confirming events described below.
Future Confirming Signs
If, as I believe, the Tribulation
began three years ago this past
September 13th, several decisive events must occur in 1997.
The First Event: There will
be war in the Middle East. This war
will be short, but very devastating. We will see a literal
fulfillment
of Isaiah 17:1 and Amos 1, where Damascus will cease to be a
city and be left as nothing but a ruinous heap. World economic
systems will collapse, and as a result of the mutual defense
treaty
which Syria has with Russia, there may be Russian nuclear strikes
as seen in the visions of David Wilkerson, Henry Grouber, and
Demetri Duduman.
Shortly after this war, the Jews
will begin the Altar Service, the
sacrifice of lambs at evening and morning, very soon after the
war.
ABOMINATIONS - We know that the
prince of the power of the air
will filter some very important things all together.
Daniel 9:27 speaks of
ABOMINATIONS, plural. The one that everyone
should recognize has not yet happened. Some of the minor ones
have indeed
ocurred. The main one that has ocurred is this. If you will
remember David
was a man after G-d's own heart. He wanted to build the temple so
that he
could do as Torah in Ex 29 and Num 28 required regarding the
morning and
evening oblation. The L-rd told him that he could not build the
temple but that
his son would. David took joy in collecting materials for the
temple which
would be built. As king he had the authority to institute the
morning and
evening prayers of affirmation of the G-d of Israel being the
only True G-d
and owner of the fullness of the whole earth because He created
it. He could
not do the sacrifice but he could do the prayers. The morning and
evening
prayers became the "continual," and was done every
morning and evening
until the temple was constructed on this area to have the morning
and evening
oblation which required the cornerstone of the temple properly
positioning
the altar for the oblation.
Almost a year ago, the government
of Israel finally allowed 2 Jews at a time,
to go up on the temple mount to pray. The temple mount faithful
continued
to do what David had done. There was no altar because G-d would
not allow
the construction to be started. Remember that the altar will be
the first part of
the temple after the cornerstone is set and the measurments are
made for
positioning the altar. The altar must be operational before the
first stone may be
placed in the temple foundation.
The fact is that "the
continual", the part of the morning and evening oblation
which
the Jews could do, has been done since the government gave
permission for
Jews, 2 at a time, to go onto the temple mount to pray. The
temple mount faithful
has faithfully gone to the temple mount to pray in the morning
and evening for the
better part of a year. The morning and evening prayer portion of
the oblation has
been going on for almost a year. It was stopped on March 13,
1997. Should we
consider it an ABOMINATION that not even 2 Jews may be allowed to
pray on
the temple mount? There is general agreement that the 7 year
peace agreement
was ended by the start and continuation of the new Intafada
uprisings. Pick your
date for some abominations happening in the midst of the shabowa,
March 13,
March 18, March 23? We can not rely on the prince of the power of
the air to
inform us when the great tribulation begins. Most will likely
need to see the
fulfillment of Isaiah 17 and Amos 1. Personally I view every day
that we are
given to work while it is day as an expression of G-d's grace.
Yeshua would
say of these days, watch! Take Heed! This is not a time for
slumber or
complacency, there may be precious little time to prepare.
Obviously there is no altar or
temple at this time. The original
language of the scripture tells us that the Antichrist will enter
the
“Holy Place”, not the “Temple”. The Holy
Place is a plot of ground, not
a man made structure. It's where David set up the altar--and
there was
no temple until after David's death, when Solomon built it. When
the
second temple was built, the altar had already been placed and
sacrifices
had begun prior to that.
All the Jews have to do, to
legally begin the altar service, is survey
the Holy Place and set the cornerstone, (that would require less
than a
week.) They don't yet have access to the Temple Mount. That
access
might be as simple as the current Prime Minister agreeing to let
Arafat
have East Jerusalem, and the Jews get a piece of the Temple
Mount. Some
believe that was an “understanding” in the secret part
of the seven year
peace agreement, and except for Peres’ defeat, would have
already been
implemented. The current Prime Minister can delay it for awhile,
but not
for long.
Around the middle of July we
independently obtained from the Internet, a
copy of the Jerusalem Post. In a three column spread the Minister
of the
Interior was discussing the possibility of allowing Jews to
worship on
the Temple Mount. Why after all these years?? The article also
had
comments from high ranking Moslem clerics who stated there was no
reason
the Jews shouldn't be allowed to worship there. Moslem clerics
said
this?--Will wonders never cease?
In September and October, 1996,
Israel will host Celebration 3,000,
recognizing 3,000 years since David set up the altar, and
established his
capital at Jerusalem. Is this another Sign of 3,000? The man I
believe
to be the Antichrist will be there at that time. The Rabbis’
have taught
the people that the man who can help them start to rebuild the
temple and
prove that he is the “son of David”, is the True
Messiah. This man has
the lineage chart to “prove” it--and he is not a Jew. I
can provide you
with a copy of his lineage chart.
The Abomination: The
Antichrist will enter the Holy Place, put a stop
to the Altar Service, and demand to be worshipped as the true
Messiah.
You may be wondering why no one else is saying anything about
these coincidences I have shown you. The Angel told Daniel that
the
words of some of the prophecies he received would be sealed and
concealed
until the “end time”, and that “men of
insight” would give understanding
to the people. However, it would be the “end time”
before any of those
“men of insight” would receive the understanding. The
implication is
that when they come, we are not approaching the end time, we are
already
in it! I tell you, brother, we are three years into it now.
Men of Insight
Men of insight, or men of understanding, are prophesied to
come
and are mentioned in Daniel 11:33; 12:3 and 12:10. There is a way
for
you to “test” these men of insight. A true man of
insight must be able
to explain certain prophecies which other high profile prophets
and
prophecy writers of our time and times past have been unable to
explain.
I will share with you, the explanation of three prophetic
riddles. If,
by the Holy Spirit, these riddles are unsealed for your
understanding,
that is, in itself, proof that we are in the time of the end,
Daniel's
70th week.
1) In Daniel 8:13-14 speaks of the
vision of the stopping of the
sacrifice, and the 2,300 evenings and mornings, (some
translations say
2,300 days.) I will explain this riddle to you.
2) The scripture, Rev. 13:18, also tells us, “Here is
wisdom.
Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the
Beast...” I
will show you how to do that, but I will give you many more signs
than
just the number 666.
3) Rev. 17:9, says, “Here is the mind which has wisdom,
(understanding)...”, then talks about the seven hills of
Rome, and then
gives the riddle of the seven kings. No one has been able to
explain
this riddle in the past, but I will explain it to you.
2,300 Evenings and Mornings
This prophetic riddle is given in
the language of the alter
service. A lamb is sacrificed each evening and each morning, each
sunset
and each sunrise. The prophecy tells us that from the time the
Antichrist stops the alter service, the evening and morning
sacrifice,
there will be 2,300 evenings and mornings in which the alter is
empty of
sacrificial offering--2,300 sunsets and sunrises. There is one
sunrise
and one sunset in a day. 2,300 sunrises and sunsets equal 1,150
days.
After the last sunset, when you have no more sunrise, what do you
have?--
you have darkness.
This prophecy tells us that when
the Antichrist stops the alter
service, we can begin to count down 1,150 days until the sun,
moon and
stars are darkened. This darkness, the time of the locust beasts,
(Rev.
9:1-12), will last five months by the Jewish calendar, 140 days.
1,150
days plus 140 days equals the 1,290 days of the second half of
the
tribulation, commonly called the great tribulation.
The Antichrist
The Bible tells us to
“Calculate the number of the Beast, for the
number is that of a man, and his number is 666”. You
probably already
know how the Hebrew gematria system of math works. The values 1-9
are
assigned to the first 9 letters of the alphabet, 10-90 for the
next 9
letters, and 100-400 for the last four letters, (they only have
22
characters in the alphabet.) Using this system of math, and
applying it
to the first 22 characters of the English alphabet, (the last 4
letters
equate to zero), we can calculate names in English just as you
can
calculate names in Hebrew.
There is a man on the world scene
whose name and title calculates
to 666 in both Hebrew and English. He doesn't fit the image of a
strong
charismatic leader, and most of us think of him as a
“wimp”. He is
Prince Charles of Wales.
He was born in 1948, the year
Israel became a nation. The
Prophet Daniel refers to the Antichrist, in Dan. 9:26, as a
Prince of the
people who destroyed the Temple. He is a Prince, through his
father's
lineage, of the same people who destroyed the Temple in 70
AD—the Romans.
He has a lineage chart through his
mother's side which shows him
to be the “Son of David”—and he is not a Jew. In
May of this year there
was a documentary on Israeli television about Prince Charles
which
introduced his lineage chart to the Jewish people. Now all he
needs to
do is help the Jews get access to the Temple Mount, and he will
have met
the test of the true Messiah, as taught by the Rabbis’.
The Bible refers to the Antichrist
as a “despicable person” who
has not yet received a kingship. Prince Charles is not well
respected by
his own people. He has been through a messy public scandal, and
there
have been rumors of homosexuality, adultery, occultic practices
and
spiritualist worship—and he has not yet received his
kingship.
When the Book of Revelation told
us to, “Calculate the number of
the Beast, for the number is that of a man and his number is
666”, it
literally gave us his name. Onomastics is the study of names. Any
onomastics book will show that Charles means “man”. It
means “man” or
“manly”. The words “Charles” and
“man” can be used interchangeably in
that verse without affecting the meaning at all. That verse
literally
reads, “...for the number is that of a Charles...”
Another coincidence??
Riddle of the Seven Kings, (the
3rd riddle): In the Book of
Revelation, Chapter 17, Verses 10-11, it says, “There are
seven kings.
Five were, one is and one is to be. The Beast is the eighth and
of the
seven.” There were seven emperors of the Holy Roman Empire
named
Charles, (check the World Book Encyclopedia). Prince
Charles’ lineage
chart shows that he is descended, through his father, from the
fifth
emperor of the Holy Roman Empire named Charles, of the House of
Hapsburg.
Prince Charles is the eighth and, (by his lineage), he is also of
the
seven.
Prince Charles’ coat of arms
and crest was designed for him by
the British College of Heraldry, using a system of guidelines
over 500
years old. It contains all the Biblical symbols of the
Antichrist. It
has a dog supported by a roaring lion and a unicorn, (called a
wild beast
with a straight horn, or a wild oxen). Psalms 22:19-21 describes
these
animals, with a prayer for deliverance.
The composite beast of Revelation
13:2, with the head of a lion,
body of a leopard and feet of a bear is symbolic for other
people--but
not for Prince Charles. It is on his Coat of Arms. It represents
the
emperors of the Holy Roman Empire. These are the animal symbols
for
France, the leopard; Germany, the Bear; and England, the lion.
These
nations represented the western arm of the Holy Roman Empire.
That verse also says, “And
the dragon gave him his power and his
throne and great authority.” The dragon is
“symbolic” to others, but not
to Prince Charles. He has a red dragon on his coat of arms. It
comes
from the flag of Wales, and it is in his title, Prince of Wales,
that
Charles is heir-apparent to the throne of Great Britain.
At his coronation, he sat on a
chair with a large red dragon
emblazoned on it. During the ceremony, his mother said,
“This dragon
gives you your power, your throne and your authority.” His
response to
her was, “I am now your Leige-man, and worthy of your
earthly worship.”
Leige is an old English word meaning “Lord”. “I am
now your Lord-man,
and worthy of your earthly worship.”
His Coat of Arms contains ten heraldic beasts, which is a first
for the British Monarchy. All previous British Monarchs had
either
three or six, but none have ever had ten. How is it, with all the
English speaking Bible scholars we have in this world, none of
them have
ever noticed the symbols on the coat of arms of the British
Monarchs.
They have all the symbols of the Antichrist--and they are in
plain sight.
Why?--because God had it concealed from our understanding until
the end
time.
When Rabin was killed, various
Heads of State attended his
funeral. They were shown on TV behind his casket. In the center
of the
front row was Prince Charles, the only one who was not a Head of
State.
Even the radio talk show host, Rush Limbaugh, commented,
“What's this guy
doing there? He's no Head of State.”
Prince Charles was
“confirming”, by his presence and comments,
with “many” others, the seven year peace, as prophesied
by Daniel. The
Hebrew word for “confirm” has a meaning similar to our
English phrase,
“turn up the volume”. Wasn't that really what he and
others were doing
by proclaiming their strong support for the treaty and their
intention to
see it not only succeed, but to expand it and speed it up?
Within two hours after Rabin's
funeral, according to the
Jerusalem Post, Prince Charles was in Prime Minister Peres’
office
“insisting” that he attend a meeting at the Orient
House, (in the
Palestinian sector of Jerusalem), to begin negotiations to give
back
the Golan Heights to Syria.
What gave Prince Charles his
power? Why was Prince Charles
accorded such honor as to be on the front row with Heads of
State, when
he wasn't one? In what way were they indebted to him? Well, the
initial
peace talks were held in Madrid, and they were public, with
several
nations participating--but they broke down. The peace talks
stalled out.
Representatives of Israel and the
Palestinians were invited to a
secret meeting in London, during which it was decided to try
secret
negotiations in Oslo, Norway. The Israelis were represented by
Rabin,
and the Palestinians were represented by King Hussein, of
Jordan--both
are 33rd Degree Masons. The third party at that meeting was Lord
Victor
Mischcon, also a 33rd Degree Mason--and personal attorney for
Prince
Charles.
By the way, Prince Charles Coat of Arms has another symbol--The
Order of the Garter. The Order of the Garter is the parent
organization
over Free Masonry, world-wide. When a man becomes a 33rd Degree
Mason,
he swears allegiance to that organization, and thereby to Prince
Charles.
In 1992, Prince Charles submitted paperwork to the European
Common Market to become the King of Europe. He was rejected, but
has
since developed enormous support among royalty and the moneyed
elite in
Europe.
Prince Charles may seem like a
wimp, and lacking charisma. He is
however quite athletic, an expert horseman, a qualified jet
fighter pilot
in the Royal Air Force, a qualified helicopter pilot in the Royal
Navy,
and a senior military officer in all three branches of service.
In 1977 he went to Ghana, Africa
where he claimed to have had a
mystical experience. I remember the news report in which he said
it was
like, “St. Paul’s conversion on the road to
Damascus.”
MONDEX International, the premiere
cashless smartcard system, is set
for rapid global implementation. Founded in 1993 by NATWEST
(personal bank of the royal family) and 51% owned by
MASTERCARD
it is now the decided victor of the electronic cash systems. The
first countries
to employ MONDEX nationwide by 1998 are the UK, Canada,
Australia,
New Zealand, Israel, Hong Kong, China, Indonesia, Macau,
Malaysia,
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, India, Taiwan and Sri Lanka.
Watch in
the coming weeks for announcements on the US and the European
Union.
"This is the final stage in becoming a global reality,"
said Robin O'Kelly of
Mondex International. "With MasterCard's backing, there's
nothing to stop
Mondex now from becoming the global standard." Note: MON-DEX
is a
compound of two words, monetary and dexter. Webster's defines
these as
{monetary - pertaining to money} {dexter- belonging to or on the
right hand}.
Charles is a vegetarian and
disdains the killing of animals. He
is an environmentalist, a humanist, and a globalist.
Is he the Antichrist? Many signs
point to him, and I believe it
is him. We will not know for 100% certain until the Antichrist
stops the
sacrifices and demands to be worshipped.
When The Altar Service Begins
When the Altar Service begins, the world, including the
animal
rights activists, will go ballistic. It will include many
Christian
leaders and believers. They will claim that Jesus was the
ultimate
sacrifice and animal sacrifices are an abomination and a
sacrilege. It's
true, Jesus was our sacrifice, once and for all, but that altar
isn't for
the purpose of salvation. It is there because God wants it
there--and it
will stay until the Antichrist stops the sacrifice.
A word of council brother! Do not,
under any circumstances,
ridicule that altar, or join your voice with that of the
Antichrist to
stop it. It isn't the sacrifice that angers God--it’s the
stopping of
it. That is what He calls the Abomination of Desolation. If you
join
your voice with the Antichrist, God will remember, and He has
promised
that for those who do, He will pour out upon them all the
judgments of
Revelation.
Other Current Events
The Bible tells us that during the
last half of the Seven Year
Tribulation Period a loaf of bread will cost a days wages. The
obvious
implication is that there will be a tremendous food shortage.
Remember
the 4,000 year comet, Hale-Bopp, which will be at its brightest
ebb at
the mid-point of the seven years? To the people in the Middle
East a
comet means famine.
You must be aware from news
reports, the cattle production in
Mexico has virtually gone out of existence. Herds have died in
the field
for lack of grass and water. In South Texas the cattle ranchers
are
selling off their herds because there is no grass and they can't
afford
to buy feed. Some ranchers are selling pregnant cows. If they try
to
stay in business, it will take three years to recover, (raise a
calf to
maturity, breed her and get a calf from her).
Due to the drought, Texas grain
farmers are producing at 30% of
normal, Oklahoma at 10%, and Kansas and Nebraska are producing
less than
that. The Northern grain producing states and Canada can't plant
because
of heavy rains and flooding. The grain and fruit crop failures
are not
just an American problem--it’s world wide. This year
approximately 80%
of the honey bees have been killed--by another bug. You
know--honey bees
which pollinate our food crops and help them to produce.
The Federal Government has
released huge amounts of it's reserve
grain. With the grain and cattle production deficit this year,
what will
our food stores look like next year at this time?
The Congress has recently passed a
bill to remove the farm
support programs. Farmers and ranchers are up in arms about it.
In a
recent local news article, one farmer complained that there will
be no
more family farms, that they would simply become employees of
corporations like Archer Daniels-Midland, (a huge agricultural
conglomerate). That's another coincidence.
You see, when a farmer harvests
his grain, he sells it to one of
the grain storage companies. Archer Daniels-Midland, of the
“Super
Market to the World” commercial, either buys the grain, or
brokers the
sale of it to other parties. They and other corporations like
them have
a tremendous impact upon the price and availability of grain and
other
agricultural products.
The stockholder with controlling
interest in Archer
Daniels-Midland is the House of Windsor and Prince Charles. In a
time
of great famine, Prince Charles will be a very powerful
individual.
SO WHAT SHOULD WE DO?
If what I have written to you strikes a chord in your heart,
you
are probably wondering, “Well, what should we be doing to
prepare?”
Please understand this: I am not
suggesting that believers
should stock up on food, guns and bullets, to sell their homes
and close
out their accounts. That would be very questionable advice. For
one
thing you can't stock up enough to last three and a half years.
Obviously you need to pray, and to work with friends and family
members
and your body of believers to get them prepared mentally,
emotionally and
spiritually for what lies ahead.
Now some believers will take on a
siege mentality; store up food,
medicine, guns and bullets, and go into hiding. That may be their
destiny. However, here is a WARNING. The Bible tells us, “He
who takes
up the sword will die by the sword.”, Rev. 13:10. That is
what will
happen to those believers who take up the gun and become a threat
to the
government.
That is what happened at Waco.
Though Koresh and his followers
were wrong and really weird, it isn't a crime to be wrong and
weird. The
government was afraid of the guns, and considered those people a
threat.
The point is, don't do those things that draw attention to
yourself,
those things that make the powers that be feel threatened, those
things
that put you on the “Bull's Eye”.
Consider this: You can have an
AK47 with 300 rounds of ammo, or
a nine foot angel with a flaming sword. Which do you prefer?
Some believers will be taken
captive and will minister to others
in captivity, but many of them will be slaughtered. This may be
their
destiny. However, a believer does not have to have a “death
wish”, a
desire to be slaughtered, just to prove they are a believer.
The majority of us will survive to
the end if we obey Jesus’
words, “Those who endure to the end will be saved. Pray that
you have
strength to endure to the end.”
When the Children of Israel came
to the Promised Land, they had
God's promise that He would protect them and provide for them.
They sent
spies into the land and learned it was all that God had promised,
but
they were alarmed because of the giants in the land. Their cry
was, “Who
will save our children?” Because they had no faith in God's
promise to
protect them, He let them die off in the wilderness, then He took
their
children into the Promised Land.
In those days I am speaking about,
some of us will make the same
mistake the Jews made. We will for some reason believe that we
will
survive, “but who will protect our little ones, our loved
ones?” In that
event we will not survive, but God will take our little ones
through it
safely--and they, having never died, will meet our resurrected
bodies in
the air at the 7th Trumpet Judgment, the First Resurrection.
The key to our survival and
enduring till the end is to believe
God. Have faith in His word and ability to protect and care for
you,
even in those days. He has promised to do that. Jesus, near the
end of
His time on earth as a man, asked a question. “Will I find
faith when I
return?” That seems to be His heart's cry, what He is
seeking most. It
seems to me that building up our faith should be a major priority
for
each of us individually. May He find “faith” in us.
Unless directed by the Lord to do
otherwise, don't do those
things that draw attention to you. During those days, your church
will
not be a good place to be--it’s just a place to be arrested.
Don't put
yourself on the “bull's eye”. Your church building will
not deliver you
in those days--but the body of believers you are involved with
may.
Gather with other believers in private and encourage one another.
Help
those who are in need, feed those who are hungry, and hide those
who are
being pursued
How do we survive? Our guns and
bullets won't do it. Our stored
up food, water, medicine, fuel and clothing won't do it. Our gold
and
silver won't do it. God will do it. God has promised that
believers
will be fed with “hidden manna”, and that he will take
care of us during
those days. Have faith in Him—that is what Jesus will be
looking for
when He returns.
Very important for now is to be
attentive to what is happening in
Israel and the Middle East, and what Prince Charles is doing and
involved
with. Now is the time to begin stocking up on staples, (beans,
rice,
etc.) due to the coming famine. Do it covertly, and don't store
it all
in one location--some of it will be plundered. Most important!
What you
store up must not be intended for you alone, but for other
believers who
will not have heard or heeded this word of warning. Ultimately,
survival
depends upon your having built up your faith ahead of time. The
time is
now!
Brother, there is so much more I
want to share with you, but this
letter is getting too long, and there are so many more I need to
write
to. I have shown this letter to Jim Searcy and he will be editing
it to
make it an open letter on his Great Joy in Great Tribulation
Internet web
site. Please pray over what I have shared with you--and do not
accept it
carte blanch. Search the scriptures, and trust the Lord to open
your
understanding.
I am not a “man of
insight”, though by the Holy Spirit I have
received understanding from a man who is. His name is Monte
Judah, and
he is a Jew, (a Messianic Jew), who loves the Lord Jesus. He is
very
humble and low key. I am not following Monte, the man, and Monte
doesn't
want followers. I may never see him again. I have read Jim
Searcy's
book and listened to him speak.. Jim believes Monte to be
pre-eminent
among the men of wisdom and understanding. Monte and Jim both
have
Internet Websites.
My letter is only a sample of what Monte and Jim are trying to
communicate to the body of Messiah. They have much more to share
in
their books, tapes, videos and especially Monte's news letter,
"YAVOH,
He is coming." Jim tells everyone that YAVOH is the best
newsletter
with which he is familiar. This is a heavy subject, but the
coming
deliverance of which the bible prophecies speak is exciting and
uplifting. Monte doesn't give any new prophecies, and we don't
necessarily need any new prophecies--we need to understand those
already
given in the Word of God.
I bless you, in the precious and powerful name of Jesus, my Lord.
Ken Crouch