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  • Russia Bolsters Its Submarine Fleet, and Tensions With U.S. Rise
  • Russia warns U.S. over naval incident as NATO tensions laid bare
  • NATO and Russia to meet, but grievances remain
  • Israel slams UNESCO members for 'erasing' Jewish ties to Jerusalem
  • Jewish Man Arrested for Quoting Bible On the Temple Mount
  • PM: IDF to keep operating in West Bank areas under full PA control
  • IDF blows up terror tunnel
  • Seeing no end to power crisis, Gazans turn to solar power
  • Hamas claims that the 19-year-old Jersualem bus bomber was one of their operatives
  • Jordanian MPs urge government to recall ambassador to Israel
  • Israeli general warns of 'devastating war' with Hezbollah
  • Netanyahu heads to Moscow for talks on Syria
  • Israel helps Arab neighbors in fight against ISIS
  • Israel says gives Jordan, Egypt intelligence help against Islamic State
  • Tensions high as Obama seeks allies in Riyadh to fight IS
  • Boko Haram and ISIS Are Collaborating More, U.S. Military Says
  • 500 Migrants May Have Died in Sinking of Boat in Mediterranean, U.N. Says
  • Turkey wants EU visa changes by June or migrant deal is off
  • White House: Obama 'cleared the air' with Saudi Arabia
  • Obama and King Salman of Saudi Arabia Meet, but Deep Rifts Remain
  • Obama's chilly reception in Saudi Arabia hints at mutual distrust
  • German airport's secret emergency plan was on internet for months: ZDF
  • France seeks state of emergency extension for Euro 2016
  • 'Hijab Day' at Paris university divides opinion
  • Supreme Court Rules Iran Bank Must Pay for Terrorist Attacks
  • C.I.A. to Pay Death Benefits to Relatives of Terror Victims
  • Norway violated mass killer Breivik's human rights, court rules
  • China deploying troops along North Korea border
  • Drug tunnel found in Otay Mesa equipped with rail system, elevator
  • Cubans fleeing in high numbers despite new diplomatic ties
  • Protest lodged over secrecy in Clinton email case
  • News Sites Start Charging Readers to Comment on Articles
  • Watchdog says press freedom in decline in 'new era of propaganda'
  • From Text Neck to Blackberry Thumb: the surprising injuries inflicted by your smartphone
  • Milwaukee police see promise in high-tech 'GPS bullets'
  • Can you become 'virtually immortal'? A Silicon Valley startup thinks so
  • Three dead, dozens injured in blast at chemical plant in Mexico
  • Germany urges Belgium to shut ageing nuclear reactors temporarily because of concerns over safety
  • Ecuador death toll keeps rising as new jolts cause jitters
  • 6.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Muisne, Ecuador
  • 5.8 magnitude earthquake hits near Namie, Japan
  • 5.8 magnitude earthquake hits in the North Atlantic Ocean
  • 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Port-Olry, Vanuatu
  • 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Ndoi Island, Fiji
  • 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Taron, Papua New Guinea
  • Small earthquake swarm continues in northern Arizona
  • Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 18,500ft
  • Colima volcano in Mexico erupts to 18,000ft
  • Sinabung volcano in Indonesia erupts to 14,000ft
  • Kerinci volcano in Indonesia erupts to 14,000ft
  • Tenggar Caldera in Indonesia erupts to 10,000ft
  • With Cyclone Fantala, the Indian Ocean experiences its strongest storm on record
  • San Antonio hailstorm produces nearly $1.4B in damages, insurance group says
  • Officials keep wary eye on 'high risk' dams during Texas floods
  • India says 330 million people affected by severe drought
  • Thirsty cities begin to eye water from the Great Lakes
  • 'Global warming' has made weather better for most in USA
  • Mosquito forecast: Wet spring could fuel bug boom and Zika cases
  • Zika virus: 2.2 billion people in 'at risk' areas
  • Canada to push for making sale marijuana legal
  • Thousands to puff for legal pot at San Francisco 4/20 party
  • Bud for Buddy: These People Are Giving Marijuana to Their Pets
  • Britain issues warning for LGBT travelers visiting North Carolina and Mississippi
  • ESPN Fires Curt Schilling for Anti-Trans Facebook Post
  • Target to Allow Transgender People to Use Bathroom of Their Choice
  • Hustler responds to Utah's anti-porn resolution by sending free magazines to state legislature
  • Mexico's Christians face beatings, forced conversions at hands of hybrid faiths
  • Exorcism pastor assault claim: 'It was slap, punch, I'm going to get this demon out of you'
  • Sun god Apollo presides over final flame rehearsal


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  • Featured Article: No One Knows the Day or the Hour
  • Near-clash of Israeli-Russian planes over Syria
  • Netanyahu to Putin: Golan Heights is a red line, must remain a part of Israel
  • Khamenei Vows Full Support for Hezbollah
  • Priests and Sacrifice - Rebuilt Temple Moves Closer to Reality
  • Our Passover Lamb
  • Daily Jot: Rights and leadership of a prophetic people
  • Daily Devotion: Worth the Risk



No One Knows the Day or the Hour - By Gene Lawley -
Much has been said and written about that statement of Jesus, as to its implications and applications. It is the thought behind the parables of Jesus, teaching His disciples, and those following, the importance of faithfulness in our given stewardship responsibilities. Likewise, if we do not know the day or the hour, then knowing the specific year, month or week is not likely, either.
So we understand the importance of the next enlightenment Jesus opens up to us in regard to that day and hour-"when you see these things begin to happen...." Paying attention to the "signs of the times" is the way to "watch, for you do not know at what hour your Lord may come."
A somewhat related event that sometimes gets tangled up with the "no one knows the day nor the hour" is the incident involving that last question the disciples had for Jesus just as He was beginning to ascend into the heavens in a cloud, as recorded in Acts 1:6-7:
"Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, 'Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?' And He said to them, 'It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority.'"
In other words, the Father has an appointed time for that to be fulfilled. Obviously, then, He had set an appointed time, and He did it, on May 14, 1948. So that incident had nothing to do, directly, with the coming of the Son of Man. It was, in fact, though, the door-opening event to begin the last of the latter days of this age.
After Paul writes of the marvelous transformation experience of the Rapture in 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18, he uses that phrase "times and seasons" to alert the Thessalonians that another time of God's appointment is coming upon them, in 1 Thessalonians 5:1-3 (Note-there were no chapter breaks in Paul's original letter. The Rapture topic continues.):
"But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. For when they say, 'Peace and safety!' then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape."
It may be comparable to the birthing of a child, when the water bag breaks to start the labor pains and the struggle to bear the child into the light of day. Such as this-the Rapture occurs, then seven years of "labor pains" until the Son of Man breaks through the veil of human history, again, into the light of day on earth in His Second Coming.
In speaking to the believers in this 21st century, as this eternal Word of God is meant to do, do we know perfectly these things? As the Holy Spirit led Paul to write these words, He would have known the promises of God yet to come to pass, and the signs of the times and seasons would be those of this final generation to observe-and to know perfectly what is on the threshold of history according to the Bible's foretelling.
Let's look at some of the signs of the times that are filling the airwaves of news media, both mainline and alternative sources. Probably the greatest volume of news content is given to the campaigns of the candidates for the presidential election in November, 2016. Never has there been so much controversy among candidates as there has been in this period in the Republican arena.
It is the year for outsiders, it seems, and for the first time ever the veil has been lifted on how candidates are selected for the ultimate election process. The terms, "insiders" and "the establishment," have been identified as that inner circle of political movers and shakers who have actually put their chosen selections in place to perform the activities of apparent viable candidates with no strings of outside control attached to them.
It is just as they have done for decades under the guise of "free elections" and "choice of the people." The oft-quoted phrase that defines our method of government as that "of the people, for the people and by the people" seems to resound with an ironic ring to it, much like the emptiness of a clanging cymbal.
When Barack Obama won the 2008 election, Henry Kissinger rather gleefully declared that "he has been primed to lead us into a New World Order." After nearly eight years in the oval office, Obama has been considerably successful in accomplishing his stated goal made during that first campaign-to "fundamentally transform America forever!"
That means, "destroy the foundations of American sovereignty," in any man's language. That he is on the very brink of that accomplishment is undeniable. America's national debt has more than doubled in these eight years, economic development and growth is dismal, military strength and viability are at their lowest since before World War II.
In recent weeks Obama has hinted at the possibility of a third term as president-not allowable under the Constitution. All he needs is some kind of civil uprising that would call for the institution of martial law, and he could legally postpone the presidential election, perhaps indefinitely.
Truly 2016 will be a very pivotal year, for that beast of Revelation 13 has a seventh head that is relentless in its determination to be formed and made operative as a one world government, the stated goal of the New World Order.
However, the sovereignty of the Lord of the universe cannot be destroyed, nor even sidetracked in the ultimate accomplishment of His goals. The plans and actions of "flesh and blood" will never overcome nor out-maneuver our God of the universe. That godless bulk of mankind, whose purposes since the days of the Tower of Babel have been to rule the world with a slave-holder mindset, wants equality for all, except that some are just more equal than others.
The point in time when the future is upon us and it becomes reality is rapidly closing. The secular world events are illuminating Bible prophecy, and the statement that "no one knows the day or the hour, except the Father" is bursting with eagerness to unfold.
Few prophecy students and teachers, it seems, are apparently willing to proclaim the meaningfulness of the seven feasts of the Lord which He outlined for Moses in Leviticus 23. God could not have been more specific in drawing attention to those seven feasts or festivals when in 2014 and 2015 those blood-red moon eclipses appeared exactly on the first and last of the seven feasts each year.
Since the time of Moses those feasts have been celebrated by Jews. By law they have been on the Jewish calendar every year as if God did not want them to forget their significance.
So what are some of the significant details of those feasts?
· They were pointing to future events for fulfillment;
· They did not mark Israeli accomplishments but foreshadowed future actions of God;
· The first four were fulfilled in the first few weeks, beginning with the crucifixion of Christ;
· None have been fulfilled during the centuries since;
· They are on the calendar roughly in the pattern of the harvest season;
· Their layout on the annual calendar seems to match the ministry of the Body of Christ and the Holy Spirit during the times of the Gentiles.
The first four feasts already fulfilled are the Feasts of Passover, Unleavened Bread, First Fruits and Pentecost, the indwelling of believers by the Holy Spirit. The final three feasts are the Feasts of Trumpets, Atonement and Tabernacles, all in the fall months.
All of the feasts were pinpointed to a specific day on the calendar, except for one, and that one had a very specific requirement that left its exact day of beginning uncertain. The Feast of Trumpets was to begin at sunset in Israel on the designated day but only after that thin sliver of the new moon could be seen on the horizon and reported back to the religious leaders at the temple.
If it was covered with clouds and not seen, the feast could not begin. They would have to try again the next day, since a second day was part of the feast's timing. Thus, the uncertainty results in exactly what Jesus said, "No man knows the day nor the hour."
The connection between this feast and the coming of the Son of Man is found in the fulfillment of the foreshadowing this feast portrays of that which is to come, namely the Rapture of the Body of Christ. The Bridegroom comes to meet His Bride, and the Bride goes to meet Him in the air, just as Paul writes of this in 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17:
"For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord."
A beautiful Old Testament portrayal of this event, the Bridegroom coming for His B ride, is in the account of Abraham taking his son, Isaac, to that designated mountain to offer him up to God, as related in Genesis 22. The picture reaches back to compare the incident with Jesus going to the cross on that same mountain and being sacrificed for the sins of mankind, followed by His departure and absence from the earth until that future return for His Bride.
In Genesis 22 after God had provided a ram caught in a nearby thicket for Abraham's sacrifice instead of his only son, Abraham returns to where he left his two young men-servants and they return home. Strangely, there is no more mention of Isaac being included in that return, and he is not mentioned again until in Genesis 27.
There we see that Abraham sends his servant to find a wife for his son, Isaac, a Bride, if you will understand. The servant appears to be a type of the Holy Spirit, who finds that Bride and returns with her. As they approach the home-place, Isaac, out in the field, looks up, sees her coming and goes to meet her. God's plan was in place before time began.
In 1 Corinthians 15:50-53, Paul refers to the trumpet sound, like in the passage above, as "the last trump." Some have taken this to mean that the Rapture would occur at the seventh, or last, trumpet sounding in the series of judgments initiated by the sound of a trumpet that are listed in Revelation 8 and 9 and that seventh one at Revelation 11:15.
However, these trumpets are sounding warnings of judgment not glorious translations of believers to meet the Lord. In the details of the Feast of Trumpets are a series of four different types of soundings, the last one being a lengthy, wailing sound-"the last trump," the call to assemble. In summary, then:
· The Feast of Trumpets, portraying believers going to meet the Lord;
· At a time that is uncertain as to the day or the hour;
· At the sounding of "the last trump" of a series of trumpet sounds at the festival's beginning.
Have I set a date for the day or the hour? No.
Have I distorted or incorrectly stated the facts considered? I do not think so.
Have I narrowed the focus for those who would look for the coming of the Son of Man? Yes. Have I intensified the meaning of "watch for you do not know what hour your Lord may come?" Yes.
The apostle Paul would say to us, "And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light" (Romans 13:11-12). And Jesus says, "Occupy until I come."
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