Does the Iran news make you want to be ready for the coming of Jesus?
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I'm simply preaching the Good News and doing God's Will :). Email me if you have questions or if you are a fellow believer in Christ at questinchrist@yahoo.com. God bless
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yes i do but that is difficult to put into words. Many prophesies have already been fulfilled and so i could quote them and what is left, whihc is really not much.....jesus said to watch for him and be ready.....example, the parable of the 10 virgins.... some were ready and some were not.. I think the rapture is something that is spiritually discerened for those who are watching....and waiting...the ones who are watching and waiting feel the immnence. The ones who aren't do not notice anything unusual. In the past year or two, when I askd the lord about what I would live on when I retired since I don't make much money, he responded, Don't worry, you won't be here. I will be 56 this year. I was planning on retiring at age 60 in 4 1/2 years...The official age for retirement is 65.  I am assuming I will either die by then or the rapture will occur...I do not have any major illnesses so its makes me wonder...
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O yes, very much so.\nWe are in the era of the final days :)\ncheck out what my God says:\n\nTake heed that no one deceives you.\n\nFor many will come in My name, saying "I am the Christ," and will deceive many.\n\nAnd you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.\n\nFor Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.\n\nAll these are the beginnings of sorrows.\n\nThen they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name's sake.\n\nAnd then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another.\n\nThen many false prophets will rise up and deceive many.\nAnd because of lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.\n\nBut he who endures to the end shall be saved.\nAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.
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I know it will.\n\nPart of the reason is the "stuff written thousands of years ago" that prophesied "the reality of the present."\n\nConsider 2 Timothy 3:1-5 - "But know this, that in the last days critical times hard to deal with will be here. For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, self-assuming, haughty, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, disloyal, having no natural affection, not open to any agreement, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, without love of goodness, betrayers, headstrong, puffed up with pride, lovers of pleasures rather than lovers of God, having a form of godly devotion but proving false to its power; and from these turn away."\n\nSince this has come to pass, I have no doubt that the prophecies for good also will!
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We're indisputedly in the end times at this very moment!\n\nBecause God's attention has always been centered on Israel and His chosen people, the easiest indicators are to look at the prophesies pertaining to them.  For example, Jesus' short parable of the fig tree at Matthew 24:32-35 speaks of a day when Israel (symbolized by the fig tree) begins to sprout leaves, i.e. is regenerated as a nation.  Israel announced last year that, for the first time in almost 2,000 years, there are more Jews living there than in any other country in the world.\n\nFurther, Jesus tells us in verse 33 that:  "when you see all these things, know that it [His return] is near—at the doors!"  In order to understand what "these things" are, you have to read Matthew 24 and 25 (and the parallel Gospel verses in Luke and Mark), AND the OT prophesies regarding the end times.\n\nHere's an easy to understand web page that fully explains why THIS generation is the generation Jesus refers to in the parable of the fig tree:\n\nhttp://www.raptureready.com/rap101.html\n\nI hope this helps.  Peace.\n\nEDIT:  "Kjelstad," you've taken that reference totally out of context.  Jesus was referring to those who would witness His transfiguration.
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Yeah, I have heard about some christian groups wanting this; also wanting israel to invade areas in the middle east because some prophecies say that this is necessary in order to bring about the end of times.  These people are literally insane.
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Yes, we are definitely in the last days and 2 Thessalonians is relevant for what's going on today. God has given even the elect over to reprobate mind just like the unbelievers. False prophets will rise and deceive those who are of God. We must have the spirit of discernment to expose evil works of Satan. I pray that we will be ready when Jesus comes and become watchmen.\n\nShalom
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OHHHH YEAHHHH! I mean, have you seen the signs...9/11 accident, twin towers, killings, rapes, assaults, wars and rumors of wars, adultry, abortions, and many more. Theres soo  many things going on in the world its crazy. Jesus will be coming before you know it, so get ready!
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OH MY GOD I HOPE NOT!  there is an article in april 23 L.A. times in Currents written by Zbibinew Brzezinski comparing the build up to the war with Iraq with all the rhetoric thats going on with Iran. Know what? 2nd verse same as the first! its scary.
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WHEN Jesus was on earth, his disciples came to him and asked: "What will be the sign of your presence and of the conclusion of the system of things?" He replied that there would be wars involving many nations, famines, pestilences, earthquakes, an increasing of lawlessness, false religious teachers misleading many, a hatred and persecution of his true followers, and a cooling off of the love of righteousness in many people. When these things would start to happen, it would indicate that Christ was invisibly present and that the heavenly Kingdom was at hand. This would be news—good news! So Jesus added these words as a part of the sign: "This good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and then the end will come."—Matthew 24:3-14.\nIn themselves, recent world happenings are bad, but what they signify is good, namely, Christ's presence. The conditions mentioned above started to be evident in that widely heralded year 1914! It marked the end of the Gentile Times and the beginning of the transition period from human rule to the Thousand Year (Millennial) Reign of Christ.\n "Critical times hard to deal with," \n BUT "then the end will come" \nThat there was to be a transition period is indicated by the 110th Psalm, verses 1 and 2, and Revelation 12:7-12. There it is shown that Christ would sit at God's right hand in heaven until the time for his becoming King. Then war in heaven would result in Satan's being cast to earth, bringing woe to the earth, and Christ would rule in the midst of his enemies. The complete end of wickedness would come by means of a "great tribulation," culminating in the war at Har-Magedon and followed by Christ's Thousand Year Reign of peace.—Matthew 24:21, 33, 34; Revelation 16:14-16.\n"But know this," the Bible says, "that in the last days critical times hard to deal with will be here. For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, self-assuming, haughty, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, disloyal, having no natural affection, not open to any agreement, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, without love of goodness, betrayers, headstrong, puffed up with pride, lovers of pleasures rather than lovers of God, having a form of godly devotion but proving false to its power; and from these turn away."—2 Timothy 3:1-5.\nSome may argue that these things have happened before in human history, but the fact is that they have never occurred to the same extent. As the historians and commentators say, there has never been a time on earth like the one experienced from 1914 onward.  The woes have been far more extensive than ever before. Moreover, as to other features of Christ's sign of the last days, these facts should be considered: The earth-wide proclamation of Christ's presence and Kingdom has been of a magnitude unprecedented in history. Persecution for preaching has never equaled that visited upon Jehovah's Witnesses. Many hundreds of them were executed in Nazi concentration camps. To this day Jehovah's Witnesses are under ban in some places, and in others they are arrested, imprisoned, tortured, and killed. This is all part of the sign Jesus gave.\n\nAs foretold at Revelation 11:18, 'the nations have become wrathful' against Jehovah's faithful Witnesses, and this indicates that Jehovah's "own wrath" will be expressed against those nations. This same scripture says that God will "bring to ruin those ruining the earth." Never before has there been a time in human history when the earth's capacity for sustaining life has been threatened. However, now it is different! Many scientists have warned that if man continues to pollute the earth, it will become uninhabitable. But Jehovah "formed it even to be inhabited," and he will get rid of the polluters before they complete their
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Isreal being attacked is one of the signs of the apocalypse according to the bible.  If it is just Iran it doesn't fit though, it's supposed to be most of the world and on top of that the anti-christ must make his appearance and declare himself God before that happens...
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Soon, we are supposed to be watching and waiting. We won't know the day or the hour but the bible says we will know the season, that is if your watching. Keep a eye on Iran, this possible could be the start of Ez chapter 38.
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actually.  Catholics have rounded up prophecies and predictions reveled to saints and seers for the past 500 years or so.  Some of these predictions have already occured and some of the prophecies that are yet to come include the following:\n\n~A major clash between Islam and Christianity \n~A rise in sea levels that will inundate coastal cities \n~Earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes and floods throughout the world \n~The exile and martyrdom of a pope \n~The destruction of the Vatican and the Church \n~A great sign or warning that will show the world that God exists \n~Three days of darkness where all God’s enemies are destroyed \n~The rise of a Holy Emperor and Holy Pope who will restore the Church \n~A new enlightened age where people live in peace \n~Catholicism becoming the only religion in the world \n~The birth and reign of the Antichrist \n~The return of Jesus Christ, culminating in the Final Judgement \n\nSo to answer your question, yes i have heard of the 3 days of darkness.  also, the 3 days of darkness are indeed mentioned in the Book of Mormon in Nephites or something like that.
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It has been there all along, just being made more public now.  They follow the false prophet and are being deceived by Satan.  True believers know what is happening in the world right now.  We are getting closer and closer to the End Times.  The Antichrist will have his control of the earth for a while until the Second Coming of Jesus.  One world religion is warned of in the Bible.  Islam says they want to dominate the world and kill the infidel.  One world currency is told of in the Bible.  It's happening already with the Eurodollar and Iran's threat to only use the Eurodollar in crude oil dealings instead of the American Dollar. One world government is told of in the Bible.  That is the United Nations.  No one wants to do anything without their approval now.  The Devil is hard at work.  No one can say radical Islam doesn't exist, we've seen the atrocities they have committed.  Bush has it right and people laugh at him.  There is good and evil.
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Zealous Christians have been predicting 'the second coming' and the end of the world since Jesus' time.\n\nIt's been 2000 years.\n\nAre you going to start living in reality, or are you still waiting for the world to end and you be given everything you desire in heaven?
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I think that he is just trying to hurry along the arrival of the Muslim prophecy of the Mahdi, or the last Imam and the one that is said that will bring the whole world to Islam. The souce below will tell you more but getting back to the point, Ahmadinejad, wants to hurry along the Mahdi's arrival by creating more war with the US. He has had what people would call a religious experience, at least that is what he said. That source is the second one listed. He'll be worse than Saddam, Saddam only served his own ego, but Ahmadinejad thinks that he is serving God with what he is trying to do or most likely will do. Personally, I don't think that he is crazy and this whole controversy has shown a lot of hypocrisy of many other nations, mostly those that are negotiating with Iran.
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Yes. We would be happy to see the Iranians set off a nuclear bomb in their country. (Their country being Iran)