Domine, Quo Vadis? Translated (Lord, where are you going?), What Does It Really Mean?

Did Apostle Peter Meet Jesus In A Vision Before He Died In Rome?

Question: Did apostle Peter meet Jesus in a vision before he died in Rome? In Latin they say, 'Domine, Quo Vadis?' which translated means, 'Lord, where are you going?' has been the tradition upon which the catholics use Matthew 16: 18-19 to claim that Peter was the first pope of the Roman church. What is your take on that? Could you please make a outline of Biblical timeline of Peter the apostle's life approximately from his early times to his death if possible through Scripture?


Answer: Greetings to you in Jesus wonderful name!

According to Catholic tradition, St. Peter and St. Paul were both executed in Rome around the year 67 C.E. during the reign of the infamous emperor Nero. The story (found in early Christian writings but not in the New Testament), states that Peter was freed from prison in Rome after he and Paul converted their jailers. Peter was then persuaded by fellow Christians who were concerned for his safety, to flee Rome. As he left, Peter encountered the resurrected Jesus. Astonished, Peter asked “Domine quo vadis?” (Lord, where are you going?). Jesus replied “I go to Rome to be crucified anew.” When he heard these words, Peter understood that his actions were cowardly and that he must return to Rome. There, he was arrested and crucified upside down at his request because he did not feel worthy of dying as Jesus had.

John, 13:36-37, where Peter asks Jesus, “Lord, where art thou going?” and Jesus replies, “I am going where thou canst not follow me now, but shalt follow me afterwards.” Then Peter said to him, “Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I am ready to lay down my life for thy sake.”

Why could Peter not be able to follow Jesus at that time when Jesus spoke? Because Peter was not still born from above and empowered by the Spirit of God to be filled by Him (John 20:22; Acts 1:8, 2:1-4, 14-15), therefore in the flesh Peter could not handle the challenges that lay ahead of him (Luke 22:31-34; Matt 26:40-41). That is why in John 13:38, Jesus could very clearly predict "the rooster shall not crow till you have denied Me three times".

Also prophetically Jesus predicted what would happen at the end of his life and how he would go ahead boldly and die by the grace of God. After repeatedly instructing Peter to "Feed His lambs, Tend His sheep and Feed His Sheep", Jesus said, " 18 Most assuredly, I say to you, when you were younger, you girded yourself and walked where you wished; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish.” 19 This He spoke, signifying by what death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He said to him, “Follow Me.”" (John 21:18-19).

In other words, Jesus very clearly says that when Peter was young as at that time he told it, that when ever challenges arise he was depending upon His own strength to defend himself and walked in his own will to do all his wishes, but when he becomes old by walking for years of self sacrifice to "Feed His lambs, Tend His sheep and Feed His Sheep", when he becomes old and spiritually mature to take up his own cross and carry it day in day out to fulfill the will of God for his life, then when challenges and dangers to his very life existence would arrive at the end of his earthly life, he would surrender his own will to the Holy Spirit and that He would carry him by His grace and strength to be crucified in Rome literally. On reaching Rome, upon the very request of Peter saying, 'Crucify me upside down, because I am not worthy to be crucified like my Master Jesus Christ', he was crucified upside down according to the tradition. Hallelujah! Exactly to the very word, the life journey of Apostle Peter ended just the exact way Jesus predicted of how he would die as a martyr to glorify God. What a victorious end to the mighty apostle to the Jews!

Matthew 16:18-19 - "Thou art Peter, and it is upon this rock that I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it; and I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."

If we ask the question in what way, Jesus built his Church, is it upon Peter's name? The catholic tradition has lied to people claiming Peter as their first pope, but actually in context Jesus was saying to Peter, "You are Peter [(i.e.) the small rock], and it is upon this rock [(i.e). Big Rock Jesus Christ the Son Of God revelation within Peter (Matt 16:15-17)] that I will build my Church" So what is the keys of the kingdom of heaven in context? It is the revelation of Jesus Christ as the Messiah who is God in the flesh, that became the key to loose the chains of darkness by the power in His name and faith in his name (Acts 3:12, 16), and heaven responded to apostle Peter by responding with the supernatural behind his ministry that started with Pentecost and ended only after thirty four years, in Rome where he died as a martyr at last in the perfect will of God. Glory to God!

From the very name 'Roman Catholic Church', we can understand and dissect the true nature of this harlot church. God has from the beginning has separated the political headship from religious headship to keep the people of God holy and separated for devotion towards God. We see the very word 'Roman' is the political headship from the beast of Rome has mixed with the religious headship of the Catholic Church which means 'Universal Church'. We know that Rome was that which killed both leading apostle to the Jews who is apostle Peter and the leading apostle to the Gentiles who is apostle Paul (Gal 2:8), both were killed in Rome according to the tradition of the times. My question is, if Peter was martyred by Rome, how could he become the first pope of the Catholic Church as they claim him to be?

Except the reference of both Paul staying and teaching in Rome at the end of his life (Acts 28:16, 30-31), and Peter at the end of his life, writing to the familiar Churches around the world from Rome and calling it as 'Babylon' symbolically which is the spiritual code language for Rome among the apostles in the first century (Rev 17:5, 7, 18; 18:10, 16, 18, 21). Babylon is the great city of Rome according to the apostles.

To be exact regarding this, only from 313 AD, the Emperor Constantine issued the Edict of Milan, which accepted Christianity: 10 years later, it had become the official religion of the Roman Empire. Under the Constantinian dynasty Christianity expanded throughout the Empire, launching the era of State church of the Roman Empire. When only in 313 AD both Constantine and Licinius issued the Edict of Milan decriminalizing Christian worship, how could apostle Peter who was killed by them nearly two and half century before could become the first bishop or pope of the Catholic Church? The lies propagated by this catholic Church have destroyed millions and millions of poor souls and have kept them in eternal darkness and doom in successive generations. O dear Lord have mercy!

The first recorded official persecution of Christians on behalf of the Roman Empire was in AD 64, when, as reported by the Roman historian Tacitus, Emperor Nero attempted to blame Christians for the Great Fire of Rome. According to Church tradition, it was during the reign of Nero that Peter and Paul were martyred in Rome. Christians suffered from sporadic and localized persecutions over a period of two and a half centuries. Their refusal to participate in the Imperial cult was considered an act of treason and was thus punishable by execution. During the Great Persecution (303–311), the emperor Diocletian ordered Christian buildings and the homes of Christians torn down and their sacred books collected and burned. Christians were arrested, tortured, mutilated, burned, starved, and condemned to gladiatorial contests to amuse spectators. The Great Persecution officially ended in April 311 AD.

According to the Bible, catholic church is the "great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication" (Rev 19:2), "by its sorcery all nations were deceived' (18:23), "in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who were slain on the earth" (Rev 18:24), finally at the end of time before the Second Coming Of Jesus Christ, God will "avenge of her the blood of His servants shed by her." (Rev 19:2). God's final plea to his true saints on earth is to, "Come out of her, my people" (Rev 18:4) before the rapture takes place. Because of her sins, the earth will be plagued after the rapture of the true Church. Because the catholic church is "MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH" (Rev 17:5), we usually marvel with great amazement, of how she could suddenly turn all of its religious siblings in all the earth suddenly through ecumenism and religious syncretism to form one world religion of the end time in our generation (Rev 17:6). The marriage of politics and religion has been strongly built in to its very system through 'pope', who is considered as the unofficial king over all the kingdoms operating under it (Matt 23:8-10). Rome is "that great city" "which reigns over the kings of the earth" (Rev 17:18).

Make no mistake regarding this, papacy, the office and jurisdiction of the bishop of Rome, the pope (Latin papa, from Greek pappas, “father”), who presides over the central government of the Roman Catholic Church, is the head of the Roman Government. Most holders of the office have been Roman or Italian, with a sprinkling of other Europeans, including one Pole, and one Latin American pope. Pope is the brain child of religious and political union in one. Through this office, the Romans have built a empire from the west that rules the whole world till today. The Church of Jesus Christ has been the most persecuted among all in the world by this Babylonic city of Rome, which is the politico-religious King of the world (Rev 18:20). The Roman Catholic church is a wolf in sheep's clothing that Jesus and the apostles have always warned to the true Church of the living God, which is the pillar of truth (Matt 7:15-20; 1 Tim 3:15-16). Beware of its sorcery and deception O saints, especially in these end of end times where it is going to play a central role for the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ to rule for a Millennium along with the Church!



Here is the following TIMELINE OF APOSTLE PETER'S LIFE FROM THE BIBLE:



1 BC - Approximate time of the birth of Simon, son of Jonah, in the Galilean town of Bethsaida.



25-27 AD - Simon marries and has children. His family, along with his mother in-law, settles in Capernaum.



30 AD - Simon meets Jesus through the help of his brother Andrew who was a follower of John the Baptist. – John 1:40-41 While Peter and Andrew are fishing at the Sea of Galilee, Jesus sees them and asks them to follow Him. – Matthew 4:18, Mark 1:16-18

Jesus visits Peter’s house and cure Peter’s sick mother-in-law. – Matthew 8:14-15, Mark 1:29-31, Luke 4:38-39

Peter casts his net in the deep ocean after being told by Jesus to do so. He tells Jesus that they have tried all night to do so and without success. When he did as he was told, they caught a great number of fish. – Luke 5:4-7

Jesus add to the name of Simon, Peter (from the Greek word petros meaning rock or stone). – Mark 3:16, Luke 6:14, John 1:42



31-32 AD – Peter becomes one of the witnesses to a miracle Jesus performed, raising a little girl back from the dead. – Matthew 9:23-26, Mark 5:37-43, Luke 8:51-55

The apostles and Simon Peter see Jesus walking on water, Peter asks Jesus to command him to walk to Him. Peter tries to walk on water, but he failed. – Matthew 14:28-29, John 6:19-20

Simon Peter makes a pronouncement about the deity of Jesus. – Matthew 16:16, John 6:68-69

Jesus tell Peter that he will build his church on him. – Matthew 16:18

After Jesus proclaims that He will be killed and then rise on the third day, Peter rebukes Him. – Matthew 16:21-23, Mark 8:31-33

Peter, along with James and John, witness the transfiguration of Jesus and the appearance of Moses and Elijah on a mountain. – Matthew 17:1-3, Mark 9:2-3, Luke 9:29-32



33 AD – Jesus makes a prediction that Peter will deny Him three times before a rooster crows. – Matthew 26:34, Mark 14:30, Luke 22:34, John 13:38

Peter tells Jesus that he will never deny Him. – Matthew 26:35, Mark 14:31

Peter and the others were sleeping while Jesus was praying in The Garden of Gethsemane. – Matthew 26:40-46, Mark 14:37-42, Luke 22:45-46

When Jesus is arrested by the betrayal of Judas Iscariot, Peter takes his sword out and cuts off the ear of a servant. – Matthew 26:51, Mark 14:47, Luke 22:50, John 18:10

The prediction of Jesus comes true when Peter denies Him three times. – Matthew 26:69-75, Mark 14:66-72, Luke 22:55-60, John 18:16-27

Peter and the other apostles receive word from Mary Magdalene that the body of Jesus is no longer there in the tomb. – Mark 16:10, Luke 24:9, John 20:1-2

Peter rushes to Jesus’s tomb to confirm the news. – Luke 24:12, John 20:3

Jesus appears to Peter before appearing to the other apostles. – Luke 24:34, 1 Corinthians 15:5

Jesus appears in front of the eleven apostles. – Mark 16:14, Luke 24:36, John 20:19

Jesus gives Peter and the other apostles the gift of the Holy Spirit. – Luke 24:49, John 20:21-23

While Peter and six others were fishing at the Sea of Galilee, Jesus appears and ask them if they have any fish. – John 21:4

Peter makes a confession of love towards the risen Jesus three times after meeting him on the shores of Galilee. – John 21:15-17

Peter and a large group of people gather at a mountain in Galilee to see Jesus. – Matthew 28:16, 1 Corinthians 15:6



33-48 AD – By default, Peter becomes the leader of the remaining disciples who had been with Jesus and tells them they should choose someone to replace Judas Iscariot, who had committed suicide. – Acts 1:16-26

Now filled with the power of the Holy Spirit, Peter gives a message to the people in Jerusalem. – Acts 2:14-36

John, along with Peter, encounter a man who had never walked since birth, and Peter heals him and the man is able to walk. – Acts 3:6-8

One of the ruling parties of that time, the Sadducees, take John and Peter into custody. – Acts 4:3

Peter, John with him, are told by the Sadducees to stop telling people about Jesus. – Acts 4:18

Peter confronts a husband and wife regarding property they lied about. Both end up dead. – Acts 5:3-9

Peter and John are sent to Samaria to teach them about the word of God. – Acts 8:14

Peter travels to different places to teach and to encourage other believers in Jesus Christ. He also visited Lydda. – Acts 9:32

God uses Peter to bring a little girl back to life. – Acts 9:40

Cornelius, a Roman centurion, summons Peter to his house in Caesarea. Peter at that time was staying in Joppa. – Acts 10:1-6

For the first time, Peter realizes that God shows no partiality when it comes to those receiving His word. – Acts 10:34

Cornelius for the first time hears through the words of Peter about Jesus Christ. This the first account that the Gospel is also meant for non-Jewish people (Gentiles). – Acts 10:37-48

Jewish believers in Jerusalem argue with Peter for being in the company of non-Jews. – Acts 11:1-3

James, the brother of John, is killed by the sword by order of Herod, who intentionally wanted to cause trouble for the church. – Acts 12:1-2

When Herod realized that what he had done had made him popular with the Jews, he had Peter arrested and put in prison. – Acts 12:3

An angel of the Lord God takes Peter out of prison. – Acts 12:7-8

Paul confronts Peter’s behavior when he is in the presence of non-Jewish believers and Jewish believers. – Galatians 2:11



64 AD – Peter is crucifies up-side-down because he felt unworthy to die the same way as Jesus.



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Who Is That Unfruitful Fig Tree?

What Do We Learn From Jesus' Parable Of The Unfruitful Fig Tree?

Question: What do we learn from Jesus' parable of the unfruitful fig tree (Luke 13:6-9)? Does it mean that God gives a limited time for us to repent, after which He sends us to hell fire?

Answer: Greetings to you in Jesus wonderful name!

Parables are earthly stories through which Jesus reveals the heavenly realities of the Kingdom of God and its intention on earth to fulfill God's purpose for each nation, generation, region and individual people on earth.

By taking the full context and the situation and the audience to whom Jesus speaks, is the only right way to rightly interpret these parables.

Here are the verses in context, "1 There were present at that season some who told Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2 And Jesus answered and said to them, “Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans, because they suffered such things? 3 I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish. 4 Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.” 6 He also spoke this parable: “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. 7 Then he said to the keeper of his vineyard, ‘Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut it down; why does it use up the ground?’ 8 But he answered and said to him, ‘Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it. 9 And if it bears fruit, well. But if not, after that you can cut it down.’”" (Luke 13:1-9).

Here first of all a beautiful picture is drawn by Jesus to make people understand the need for repentance of all humans towards God for which Christ has come to the earth, and also thereafter His insistence upon the imminent death that all humans are waiting for when they are alive and well. In other words, because of sin's wages it is not whether we as humans will die, but rather it is like a race to the finish line of when we will die. 

The occurrence of sudden death was thought in those days as Divine retribution for a wrong kind of evil life lived in a displeasing way towards God, but Christ rather warned these men about their false belief, and reinforced the truth that people killed by other people or people who die by accidents are not worse sinners than the one who live to their old age to die after living a full life. Rather Jesus Christ insisted and warned these religious unrepentant men that all men are sinners in the eyes of God and no one is a worse sinner than another sinner, but if they do not repent for their sins towards God by believing Jesus their Messiah who has come to save them all from their sins (John 8:24-25), like any other sinner who lived in any holy city like Jerusalem or anywhere around the earth will likewise die in their sins and go on to be judged to live in the flames of fire after their death for their sins (Luke 16:23-24; Matt 25:41; Mark 9:43-44, 45-46, 48; Rev 14:11).

The gist of the message is Repent to live with God or Perish eternally at the end of this finite physical life. To live without repentance is to live for one self and die in hell fire to stay by themselves without anyone to express themselves to or enjoy the goodness of God anymore forever! Jesus' primary message for all humans even to this day is, "Unless you repent you will all likewise perish."

He continued to expound and make people understand a little more regarding this message of repentance through a simple parable, "A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none." It is normal for a owner of a farm to not only plant in his owned place but also expect the result of fruit for all the hard work done by Him. God is the owner of the earth which is His vineyard, He chose Israel nation as His own spiritual fig tree to plant within that vineyard. So when God came seeking fruit in Christ Jesus among His people, there was no spiritual fruit in their lives.

The parable continues..., "7 Then he said to the keeper of his vineyard, ‘Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut it down; why does it use up the ground?’ 8 But he answered and said to him, ‘Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it. 9 And if it bears fruit, well. But if not, after that you can cut it down.’”"

Then in a spiritual conversation of God the Father with Jesus the keeper of his vineyard, Jesus revealed that God wanted to scatter the nation of Israel underground in to the whole world without any unique identity for all people to see because they have no spiritual fruit to show to God.

It was Jesus who was interceding on behalf of the fig tree of the nation of Israel to God the Father personally, to give some more time for spiritual repentance before the judgment of his chastisement could take place (Matt 21:42-44; Luke 23:26-31). We infer from the text that Jesus was already in to His Messianic ministry for three years, but Jesus convinced God that one more year of his ministry will have some difference in the nation of Israel, which true to His word got sustained from 34 AD until 70 AD in which a little delayed dispersion of the nation of Israel in to all the world and the destruction of the temple happened because of the repentance revival that came upon all flesh in this nation through the outpouring of His Spirit (Acts 1:1-9; 2:14-47). Many Jews who believed Jesus as the Messiah and lived in repentance towards God by producing fruits were forewarned by Jesus of the coming destruction of the nation of Israel, these people were able to leave Israel in advance after 67 AD short siege, after which the second prolonged siege of 70 AD around Jerusalem under Titus Vespasian took place in which the whole nation was completely destroyed, and the leftover of young people were taken as captives in to all nations (Luke 21:20-24).

So as a whole this is a prophetic parable that happened just as Jesus Christ foretold in his teaching. Thus repentance is key to enter the Kingdom of God and also producing fruit of repentance is the only way to stay under the favor of God even after we are saved from sin. God expects even the today's Church to produce fruit in these end of end time without which the same that happened to Israel as a nation will likewise happen to the fruitless namesake harlot Church on earth after the rapture of the universal Church to heaven. When the fig tree was chopped fresh [i.e. On AD 70 when Israel was under distress and wrath of God], the wood was green and we know now know how severe the distress and wrath of God upon the people of the nation of Israel came suddenly as we have already discussed (Luke 21:23).

But then as we know now, Jesus again foretold about the present time we live and the succeeding end when the distress of nations and the wrath of God will come upon the Gentiles before the Second Coming, because the fig tree of the nation of Israel as a symbolic wood will be spiritually dry even after its regathering now until the soon coming Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ to rescue it spiritually (Rom 11:25-27; Zec 12:10-11), during this time the nation of Israel will be at the zenith of the time of the distress and the wrath of God that Jesus two thousand years ago itself foresaw prophetically and warned the Jews about it, which was also called by the Old Testament prophet Jeremiah as the time of "Jacob's trouble" (Luke 23:28-31; Jer 30:7). But this time the good news is, Israel as a nation will be saved out of it by our Lord Jesus Christ when He returns again to this present earth [i.e. Second Coming] to rule it for a thousand years time along with the Church from Jerusalem in the nation of Israel.

Hallelujah! GLORY TO GOD!

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Why Did God Choose Under Gideon Only Those 300 Who Lapped Like A Dog?

Is There Any Specific Reason Why The 300 Who Lapped Like A Dog Were Chosen Under Gideon By God?

Question: Why did God choose those 300 who lapped like a dog putting their hand to mouth, but rejecting all the rest of those who got down on their knees to drink in Judges 7? Is there any specific reason why God did like that at that specific point of time and especially the posture of those who were accepted or rejected?

Answer: Greetings to you in Jesus wonderful name!

Yes I understand, let us first delve in to the reading of the Word of God from Judges 7:1-8, "1 Then Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him rose early and encamped beside the well of Harod, so that the camp of the Midianites was on the north side of them by the hill of Moreh in the valley. 2 And the LORD said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel claim glory for itself against Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’ 3 Now therefore, proclaim in the hearing of the people, saying, ‘Whoever is fearful and afraid, let him turn and depart at once from Mount Gilead.’” And twenty-two thousand of the people returned, and ten thousand remained. 4 But the LORD said to Gideon, “The people are still too many; bring them down to the water, and I will test them for you there. Then it will be, that of whom I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ the same shall go with you; and of whomever I say to you, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ the same shall not go.” 5 So he brought the people down to the water. And the LORD said to Gideon, “Everyone who laps from the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set apart by himself; likewise everyone who gets down on his knees to drink.” 6 And the number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people got down on their knees to drink water. 7 Then the LORD said to Gideon, “By the three hundred men who lapped I will save you, and deliver the Midianites into your hand. Let all the other people go, every man to his place.” 8 So the people took provisions and their trumpets in their hands. And he sent away all the rest of Israel, every man to his tent, and retained those three hundred men. Now the camp of Midian was below him in the valley."



Let us list the reasons for the Gideon's chosen 300 army below one by one:


1) God was concerned about the glory of His name, because when there is a big army of Israelites fighting against the enemies of God, it is natural for fallen humans to take the glory which ought to be given to God and only God (v 1-2). Many many time we see in the lives of people and in our own lives, that they will surrender and pray to God before they face the do or die battle in their lives, but once God intervenes and gives them and us victory, soon the sinful fallen heart of us humans tend to boast about our own strength instead of the God who has given the victory. This is the reason God downsized and filtered the 32000 army to just 300 men.

2) Two third of all armies are always fearful of their own lives and still others are fearful of losing their lives for the sake of their families to face the dangerous battles of their lives that is ahead of them. The moment Gideon said, ‘Whoever is fearful and afraid, let him turn and depart at once from Mount Gilead.’ And twenty-two thousand of the people returned, and ten thousand remained." One of the reason God wants people to meditate constantly upon His words is to make them fearless and be full of faith (Joshua 1:8-9) (v 3).

3) When God instructs Gideon to screen the ten thousand and further reduce them to a few hundreds, Gideon explicitly obeys God and he goes on to be on the spot of water where God told him to bring the people, so that God further speaks how he wants to screen them for Gideon the leader (VV 4-5). Only humble people can be leaders under God, Gideon was one among them. God's instruction to Gideon was, "Everyone who laps from the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set apart by himself; likewise everyone who gets down on his knees to drink.”

4) Among the 10000 left, God set a standard to separate the few hundred people from among the many thousands. When Gideon took the people to water in the river, every one must have been thirsty. But God filtered the many who got down on their knees to drink from those few hundred who lapped water with their tongue, as a dog laps. And the number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men only (v 6), which shows that they were ready for war at any time to face their enemies. Even though it was undignified and humiliating to drink like a dog, these 300 men were always focused on God by faith and were ready to face their enemies. Even if the enemies were to appear in a moment of time, they would be ready to defend and also attack the enemy in a short few fraction of seconds. But those nine thousand and seven hundred people, relaxed and "got down on their knees to drink water", which showed that they were not ready to face their enemies if they were to appear in the next few moments of time. They all held their dignity and were more concerned about their own bodily needs to be met than to face the enemy who wants to completely destroy them and annihilate them. To get down on one's knees is an act of surrender to the enemies tactics.

5) Thus those fleshly men who were proud and dignified to feed themselves than to be vigilant for war were sent home, and the three hundred who were undignified, humble, loyal and vigilant for war were chosen for the battle, so that God might be glorified through the victory that He was going to give to the army of Israelites (v 7).

6) Those who thought that by their abundant provisions they have brought could make them withstand the enemy for a long time to defeat them and the trumpet sound that is going to blare through their horn will make their enemy fearful enough to be defeated, must have been soulishly disappointed as they returned to their own tent useless for God. The 300 men who were retained were proven men of character and humility and faith in God were the only left behind who were useful for God to fulfill His purpose (1 Peter 5:5), so that now as they re-positioned themselves by the grace of God "the camp of Midian was below him [i.e. Gideon their leader] in the valley" was the exact place where God could do a miracle for them and fight their enemies to defeat them completely, so that they could give Him all the glory that He deserves for their mighty victory. Amen! Hallelujah.



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Is It God's Will To Marry Someone From Another Language As A Christian?

What Does The Bible Say About Interracial Marriage?

Question: What does the Bible say about interracial marriage? Is it God's will to marry someone from another language as a Christian?

Answer: Greetings to you in Jesus wonderful name!

First of all as a Christian, no race is better than the other in the sight of God. As Paul the apostle who wrote one third of the whole New Testament revelation, him being a Jew of Pharisaical stock of great religious scholar, a Roman citizen which is of the highest value, and a great intellect who knew Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic and more languages, said humbly, "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.". One of the greatest truth of God that is revealed through the creation story of the Bible is that, all humans are initially made in the image of God and that the whole wide world has come from one blood of the first couple Adam and Eve that God created on this earth (Gen 1:27; Acts 17:26; Jam 3:9).

When humans wanted to build a city and consolidate themselves by disobeying God's command to fill the earth (Gen 1:28; 11:4), and build a tower or temple whose top is in the heavens [i.e. seek heavenly powers of demonic realm] which was to disobey God's command to come to a God's chosen place to sacrifice and seek forgiveness for their sins through faith which He had taught through word of mouth to Adam and Eve to pass it on to their generations succeeding them (Gen 3:21; 4:4-5, 7, 16; Heb 11:4; 1 John 3:12), and finally seek a name for themselves instead to glorify the Lord God who has created them for his own purpose and given them life to enjoy by his grace and mercies (Gen 11:4), God came down to see the atrocities of humans and decided to scatter them abroad over the face of all the earth so that they can seek God and find Him before their death in this life, so that they could inherit the eternal life that He had ahead for them (Gen 11:9). To scatter people who were working against his purpose, he confused their language first in Babel [i.e. meaning confusion] and thus scatter them in all the earth. Once these people settled in variety of places on the earth which had at that time one side of seas and the other side of land from the beginning of His creation (Gen 1:10), God marked the boundaries for them and divided the world through water (Gen 10:25; Psa 104:8-9). Thus as we now know, boundaries of nations were divided by languages, and continents were separated by seas re-implementing the will and purpose of God for this earth and its inhabitants (Gen 9:1; 10:5 NLT; Deut 32:8; Isa 45:18; Acts 17:26).

God's desire for every human is that, each one should choose to seek God individually and find Him in the midst of the dark world, so that a multitude of faith people could come as one family to His living Presence from all nations, tribes, peoples and tongues to glorify God for eternity (Rev 7:9; Acts 17:26-27; Jer 23:23-24; Psa 139:7; Deut 4:7-8). Thus we see that in God's purpose for humanity and marriage, unbelief should divide us and faith should unite us (1 Cor 7:12-15; 2 Cor 6:14).

If we are a believer, God forbids us to marry with an unbelieving man or woman because the unbeliever will lead us astray from the faith of the God of the Bible (Deut 7:1-4). Even the great king Solomon with all his wisdom when he disobeyed this principle of God and took wives for himself from heathens, they led him in to idolatry and unbelief greatly which caused the Lord to become angry over his latter life (Deut 17:17; 1 Kings 11:4-13). In the same way, the Lord does not want any Christian to be unequally yoked with an idolatrous unbeliever or for that matter, even name sake believers with worldly values (2 Cor 6:14; 1 Cor 7:12-16).

So I believe that in God's will, we are free to marry anyone within true Christian faith anywhere in the world from all nations, tribes, peoples and tongues. But to really marry, we should seek God's will personally for ourselves and intensely seek Him till He confirms it to us personally and lead us to the right person in our lives, it can be either through parents or friends, or even by our own godly desire to glorify Him through the union of marriage (Gen 24:21-27; Exo 18:1; Ruth 3:1-5; Sos 3:1, 4; Prov 16:3).

Having said the spiritual principles for us to apply, in the culture we live, we should marry whom God specifically wants us to marry, only then our life and family could make a impact in the lives of our own generation. Cross cultural marriage within faith should make most sacrifices, like their family liking and many other things like how the children would be able to adopt within the new society that we bring them up. Mostly missionaries, have always crossed cultural barriers by faith in Christ and have ended up producing kids who were of a great blessing to the society of faith always (Col 3:10-11, 15).

Even God supports such inter-racial marriages of missionaries, as we see in the case of Moses marrying Zipporah the daughter of Reuel/Jethro, the priest and prince of Midian (Ex 2:17-22; 18:1-12). We know that Zipporah was a Gentile but had had great faith in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, because when the angel of God who was Christ in his pre-incarnate state wanted to kill Moses because of lack of circumcision for his first born-son which was a direct disobedience to the law of God (Exo 4:24-26; Gen 17:9-14), in a moment of time she had the revelation of what to do, to pacify God's anger and thus cause Moses to be continued to be used for God's glory! Zipporah used words and actions more associated with Midianite practices than with Hebrew faith practices when it came to the circumcision of her son. Because of her ignorance paired with faith, God met her with mercies rather than judgment. In short, God accepted her humility and faith. God was showing to Moses that leadership begins at one's own home before he could tell others about obedience to God's command (1 Tim 3:4-5).

In fact even in this case, Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife [i.e. a Ethiopian black race (Jer 13:23)] (Num 12:1-16). God himself saw the heart of Zipporah and acknowledged her faith (1 Sam 16:7), but Miriam and Aaron were not able to bear the cultural difference of Zipporah's life and got jealous of her closeness and boldness in speaking with Moses than their own closeness inspite of being a blood brother and sister. Being the eldest daughter who rescued Moses as a baby from imminent death and a leader over the Hebrew women in being a worship leader in singing, dancing, and playing drums after crossing the Red Sea (Exo 15:20-21), and Aaron being three years older than Moses and being a High Priest (Exo 28:1), later in a fleshly way she and her brother Aaron challenged the actions and authority of Moses by criticizing him regarding his marriage. Most probably, Miriam must have been proud of her light-skin Jewish race and must have hated or talked in a derogatory way regarding the dark skin of Zipporah, God seeing such heart attitude of Miriam, made her fully leprous to express His hatred for her prejudice. It is like God saying, "Hey Miriam, you think that your beautiful light skin is more beautiful than the dark skin of Zipporah whom I have created for my Glory, here you get it, be fully white with leprosy for seven days and you will be humbled?" Even in anger, God shows great mercies and grace to Miriam once she repented of her sin and corrected her attitude, God healed her again after seven days hearing the prayer of Moses.

This shows that even in the highest level of spiritual leadership, the problem of race, caste and culture still persist, and God is angry at it when he sees it. So even when God accepts interracial marriage, people closest to bride or bridegroom even from a Christian extended family of faith, as well as blood related family still find it hard to accept the differences. So it is wise to consider all these things before marriage and weigh it carefully to know whether you should go ahead or not, rather than think about it later to regret it for a life time.

But my strong belief is, those who are closest to God's heart will find it interesting to get in to a interracial marriage which God also seems to love his children do, to prove that He unites what the world cannot do outside the Glory of His name and power (Luke 18:27). God loves his children have a heart so big just like Him, to accommodate differences, variety and difference in opinion to overcome it through love and kindness!

Finally, God was the one who separated the races and languages by causing confusion first in Babel to disperse people in to all the world and set boundaries to make them seek Him and find Him (Gen 11:9; Acts 17:26-27, 28). But when Pentecost have come 50 days after the resurrection of Jesus Christ, God gathered and united various people from many different cultures and nations around the world to come to Jerusalem and there made them supernaturally praise God in different languages of the world without them knowing it, which is a powerful sign of the New Testament of God's intention to again unite the divided people of the world in faith (Acts 2:1-13; 1 Cor 14:22). So that when people of faith after the rapture stand before the Lord and His throne in heaven, they will be from all color, race, tribes, languages and nations for the Glory of the Lord (Rev 7:9-10). Hallelujah!



Much Love and Blessings....

Is The Gog-Magog War And Armageddon War Related?

Will The Gog-Magog War The Ultimate Defeat Of Satan By God?

Question: Is Gog-Magog War related to Armageddon war? Will it be the ultimate defeat of Satan by God?

Answer: Greetings to you in Jesus wonderful name!

Every one who has gone in to a deep study of the Scriptures cannot but wonder the correlative pictures of similarity we see in the Ezekiel 38-39th Chapter and the Armageddon that we see in the Book of Revelation described by John the apostle in Rev 16:12-16 from the Isle of Patmos (Rev 1:9-11).

I have read so many different views of many people regarding the timing of the Ezekiel 38-39 war that will take place in the coming days. I have not been convinced of all of it because right from the Scripture I came to understand that Armageddon and Ezekiel 38-39 war are the one and the same. Being convinced of it, I wrote the following article with title, "50 Reasons Why Ezekiel 38-39 is the Battle of Armageddon".

A little more I would like to discuss regarding this truth, when we see contextually, the Chapter 38 and 39 in Ezekiel, comes one after the other in eschatological and chronological order regarding the nation of Israel and the Millennial reign of Jesus Christ on this present earth.

Here is how it goes roughly, God makes the dry bones of Israel scattered in all the nations of the world to live in exile for the past 2000 and more years (Ezek 37:1-14), then He regathers them from all nations to the land of Israel with a Millennial intention of God (Ezek 37:15-28), then we see a world of nations with Gog and Magog leadership come against Israel to wipe it off the map (Ezek 38:1-23), then we see God destroying Gog's armies and its burial right there in the land of Israel (Ezek 39:1-16). Then we see God conducting a festival right in the midst of Israel through victory parade (Ezek 39:17-20), and then inviting all the Jews from all the world to come back to the land of Israel without fail, to thus restore the land of Israel to its people fully (Ezek 39:21-29) and after these things God finally describes building a new city and a new temple through the Jews who will be helped and assisted by Gentile believers from all the world (Isa 60:10; Zec 6:13). Then God describes the new manner of worship to how it will be the new spiritual capital of the whole wide world, from which Jesus will rule the whole world with power and authority of God. Indeed it will take place through the Church for a Millennium from the New Heaven and New Earth where the Church will reside and oversee all of it spiritually (Ezek 40-48). But physically Israel will rule the world under God.

We see the same Gog-Magog leadership that we find in Ezekiel 38-39 over nations is also seen in the Book of Revelation 20:7-10, " 7 Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison. 8 and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea. 9 They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them. 10 The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever."


In the above verse we see some of the most important truth about Gog-Magog,


1) Gog-Magog are essentially in gist are not just a couple of nations that will be end time superpowers of the world coming together to form a coalition against God, being essentially evil to its core, but rather we see the very nature of evil and its sinfulness being seen, and the revelation of Satan's influence over the world through it and his anger against God which is expressed through all the people who live in unbelief being deceived "in the four corners of the earth", these who come together in their hate against God and his holiness, actually come together under the end time leadership of Gog-Magog nations.

2) In today's world, we know the communist policy of the world epicenter lies in Russia and China, which have the very characteristics of communistic ideology resembling the nation of Gog and Magog. Communist principles are entirely based on humanistic anti-christ. Islam with its anti-christ spirit as the core of its ideology, will come together to form a formidable coalition of the end time.

3) So we know that the God defined nation "far north" from the "mountains of Israel" is Russia mainly, and the nations who accompany them can be traced back to middle east and Asia in particular (Ezek 39:2). What about the Western Nations under USA? By that time reunified Roman Europe will again rise and will influence the world, as USA will diminish in power and force. As a mystery Babylon, US might even face the wrath of God for its idolatry and materialism.

4) We see the Antichrist and the false prophets were the first occupants of the "lake of fire burning with brimstone" of (Rev 19:20) which is eternal hell, and after that Satan bound for a thousand years in a bottomless pit for the very purpose that he should not deceive nations around the world till the thousand years are finished (Rev 20:2-3), thus God implying clearly that the war of Gog-Magog which starts during that time of Jesus' Second Coming to this earth actually ends ultimately only when "the devil, who deceived them [i.e. collectively all unsaved humans to act against the one and only God of heaven]" was likewise cast into the "lake of fire and brimstone" where the beast and false prophet were already in torment for a Millennium of day and night which will continue forever and ever. Amen!

5) Why then does God give a gap of thousand years for humanity without Satan's influence over the nations? When humanity fell in to sin, the first time God asked Adam why did he commit sin, he pointed towards Eve and told God that the women that He had given was the reason for his fall. When God asked Eve what was the reason for her fall in to sin, she then pointed to the serpent Satan and told Him that it deceived her to sin (Gen 3:12-13). So no human wanted to take responsibility for their sin. In other words, humans have always pointed to their evil environment for their sin, pointed others for their sin and finally Satan for their sin. So in the millennial rule of Jesus Christ, because only believers will enter it and no human can ever blame others for their sin (Matt 25:31-46), no humans can ever be able to blame their environmental condition for their sin because the whole earth will once again be liberated through restoration as at the beginning of creation of all things, in to the liberty of the children of God through the sons of God [i.e. the resurrected Church] which will be operating from the New Heaven and New Earth (Rom 8:19, 21). Finally no sinful human can be able to blame Satan for their sin as he will be bound and sealed for a thousand years (Rev 20:1-3). So what God is trying to prove to humans? God will show through His Millennial rule how much useless it is for humans to try to point to all other things for their sins except themselves, who do not realize that they are deceived by the sin nature inside them that can deceive them as long as they trust themselves (1 Cor 11:31-32; Prov 3:5-7; 21:2)? No matter how much goodness the Lord shows [i.e. even for a Millennium], yet the un-regenerated heart of all humans will take side with Satan, the moment he is left loose and unleashed in to the world (Rev 20:7-10). This is the true Gog-Magog alliance of all nations (Rev 20:8).

6) Almost all religions come inline with the frequency of the "spirit of Antichrist" (1 John 4:1-3), this very spirit will create a son of perdition on earth in Antichrist, who will take over the whole wide world to create a army of Gog-Magog alliance in the last days to fight against God who is the only rightful owner of this world (Rev 16:12-16; Matt 17:24-27; 22:15-22; 21:33-42), right before the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus who will come to rule this earth for a thousand years time as God and the one and only the first and the last messenger of God (1 John 2:18). The real Antichrist will never accept that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh (1 John 4:3), as the real god for Antichrist is his own self and no one else. The same with the father of Antichrist who is Satan himself.


So what have we clearly understood from the Gog-Magog reference of Rev 20:7-10?


(i) Gog-Magog war starts before the Millennial reign of Jesus Christ and it will end after the Millennial reign of Jesus Christ.

(ii) Armageddon and Gog-Magog war are not only related with each other by similarity of narrative and events unfolding in it, but also it is one and same war that is described in both the Old Testament and the New Testament.

(iii) Armageddon war is focused through the eyes and ears of the Church to reveal its spiritual meaning hidden for it. Gog-Magog war is focused through the eyes and ears of the nation of Israel to reveal the physical aspect of the nations around it that will come mainly against it, though there is a spiritual reason of the spirit of Antichrist which wants to prevent the Second Coming of Jesus Christ as King and Messiah of the world, which is the reason for such a hatred of the world against the nation of Israel [i.e. Antisemitism] for no know reason.

(iv) Ezekiel 38 and 39th Chapter of the Old Testament Gog-Magog war is one and the same war described in the New Testament war of Armageddon in Rev 16:12-16, which continues to get culminated in Rev 19:11-21. Both of these are the same physical war against the nation of Israel, which happens before the Millennial rule of Jesus Christ get established on earth. But Rev 20:7-10 happens after the Millennial rule of Jesus Christ, which is the place where this spiritual war of Satan gets ended forever (1 Cor 15:46).     

(v) Finally, the Gog-Magog War will be the Ultimate Defeat Of Satan By God for the glory of His mighty name forever and ever (Ezek 38:23; Rev 20:9-10; Isa 66:22-24; 65:17-25).


Much Blessings....

Did United States Of America Start The Corona Virus Epidemic In China?

Did US Military Bring Corona Virus To Wuhan?

Question: Did United States Of America Start The Corona Virus Epidemic In China? Did US Military Bring Corona virus To Wuhan?

Answer: Greetings in Jesus wonderful name!

Usually I only reply to posts Biblically as mine is a Christian blog site who do this for the edification, empowerment of the Church and evangelism of the world, and therefore I personally do not want to delve in to world politics. I represent the Kingdom of God and of Jesus Christ our King of Kings and Lord of Lords (Rev 19:16).

In fact, WHO released an initial report from its Covid origins study in China in March 2021, concluding the lab leak theory was "extremely unlikely."

In late May 2021, US President Joe Biden ordered American intelligence agencies to redouble efforts to look into how the corona virus originated, including the possibility it emerged from a lab accident.

A growing number of Western nations and scientists have been accusing China of "withholding access to complete, original data and samples."

Beijing has emphatically rejected the idea the corona virus could have been leaked from a lab in Wuhan, alleging that Washington is attempting to politicize its origins.

My simple question is, the first time, we know of Corona virus it was around the end of 2019, what did we hear about it? We heard that a virus is spreading fast and is very contagious. Before we could realize what it is, around the time of New Year and in the succeeding months of 2020, the whole travel industry through airplane was taking corona virus in to every corner of the globe. Why did China not put lock down before it could spread in to the whole world?

At first the Chinese who pointed the virus to Wuhan wet market, why did it not allow other countries scientists to look there for the origin of the virus?

Since China contained its initial outbreak, Beijing has repeated blamed local flare-ups on the import of corona virus from abroad, either through air passengers, frozen food or other goods. The source of the latest outbreak, for instance, has been linked to a flight from Russia.

Beijing rejected WHO's proposal for a second-phase probe into the origins of Covid-19 during July 2021. The study would include audits of laboratories and markets in Wuhan, the original epicenter of the pandemic. That has drawn the ire of Beijing, with a top Chinese health official accusing WHO of "disregarding common sense and defying science."

In short, blaming the US military for the Corona virus is a clear distraction that the Chinese communist party is playing to buy time and make people totally forget the whole episode of Corona -virus and the untold great misery it unleashed upon the people of the whole wide world as a bad dream, and thus confuse them of the origin of COVID-19.

By now you might be asking, do you not believe that a world wide nwo (i.e. New World Order) is at work?

Yes I believe that, God has no favorites or favored nation among nations (Isa 40:15; Rom 2:1; Acts 10:34-35)? When God speaks about Jerusalem in the end time, He says, "I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all peoples" and further God continues to say, "All the nations will gather against it to try to move it, but they will only hurt themselves." (Zech 12:3). So in the end time God knows that a new world order will be at work against Jerusalem and its God who rules over it as His own, it is God who has set things in this order so that the whole world may come to know the God who is bringing a world ruler in Christ Jesus for a Millennium to rule it with a rod of iron for His own glory (Isa 9:6; Rev 16:14-16; 19:11-16, 19).

When it comes to the end time, whether it is America, European Union, Russia, China or India, the political make up of each of these nations means nothing great before the spirit of Antichrist, whose sole aim will altogether be to wage war against "Christ and His armies." So as a Christian my support is not for any nation on earth, but for the Kingdom that operates on earth from heaven which will be opposed by every nation on earth in these last of the last days (Acts 2:17; 1 John 2:18).

All the nations of the earth will come under the one umbrella of the spirit of Antichrist in the last hour, and one man will control the whole world when Satan the dragon gives him his authority over the whole wide world for three and half years time that has been set for him by God to fulfill His purpose (Rev 13:4-8). When Satan give his very own authority to his son the man of sin, it will be over every tribe, tongue and nations of the world. So it is no great secret to know that even America will join hands with the spirit of Antichrist to fulfill that which God has foretold.

But the full force of the world ruler will be against God, to blaspheme his name, His tabernacle and those who dwell in heaven. So as a Christian, as the very last hour seems to be appearing on the horizon of the world system, I am thrilled to say that I will choose to "watch and pray" so that I may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass and to stand before the Son of Man (i.e. Jesus Christ) my Lord and King in heaven (Luke 21:36).

Is the rapture of the Church then a reality? By all means it is a promise from Jesus that all who keep the faith and persevere at that time of the falling away from faith during the last hour (2 Thess 2:3), that He will keep each of those individual from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth (Rev 3:10), so that the Church in heaven will be rewarded once and for all time with the glory of God, and God will settle it in the new heaven and new earth upon which the the New Jerusalem will shine forth its light (Rev 21:22-27). Thus the nations of those who are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory and honor in to it.

We know that the Corona virus is just the "beginning of sorrows" which has triggered the birth pangs which Jesus has foretold as that which will come at the end and will continue to the end of this age where Satan remains as the "prince of the power of air" (Eph 2:2; 1 Cor 2:8; 2 Cor 4:4), in which the new world of God in Christ Jesus will be born afresh, where God will rule from heaven this present earth for a millennium through the Church (Matt 24:7-8).

I pray to God that America which is built for the end time purpose of God may not end up as Babylon the great Harlot, acting as a stooge under the direction of the reunified Rome & the harlot Church (Rev 18:1-24), so that the way it has come up over the world as "Babylon the great", may not end up fallen in a day of the appointed hour to become no more great but full of - death, mourning and famine (Rev 18:2).

America has used sorcery (i.e. black magic or witchcraft) to deceive all nations and in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who were slain on the earth (Rev 18:24). So the geo-politics of today is just a tip of iceberg of what is to come. America is not an exception, but rather is the pivot of the end time purpose of God, which will also be used by Satan as they have all become self-reliant rather than God-reliant unlike in the past years of their experience with God.

So in the case of Chinese mud-slinging with the USA, regarding Covid-19 is happening because the days of wars and the rumors of wars [i.e about who is better with the nuclear arsenal] has caught on, we are in the 11th hour of the history and the 12th hour is the Church's finest and the most glorious hour that it has been waiting for nearly 2000 years which is the time of redemption of the Church and the rapture of it for the glory of God (Matt 24:6-7; 1 Thess 4:14-18; 2 Thess 2:1-12). The question, 'Did US Military bring the Corona virus to Wuhan in China?', is not so important to know because we know where it is going to end and we are not bothered about the NWO [New World Order] network that might be working hand in hand with all the nations of the world. Yet all I can say is that the Kings of the East like China and India and Eastern nations are catching up with the prophetic destiny that God has designed for it all from the beginning, so that everything is happening according to the prophecy of the Bible (Rev 16:12). These eastern kings are becoming rich and powerful in these end times again, so that the geo-political balance is happening again in the world that has so long been influenced only the western nations mostly.

China wants to be the alternative power for the USA and want to become the sole super-power. But according to the Bible, God has foreordained China not to be the sole superpower but rather only one of the kings of the east. So now we know why the Indo-Pacific strategy to contain China's rise is not just by chance, but rather a a very thoughtful and Biblical one that USA is following to overcome the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s tyranny over the world.

As for us the Church, this is the finest hour to preach the Gospel and teach it for the whole world to be saved and set all people free from the tyranny of sin and sickness and death (Matt 24:14). Praise God that the Church will be raptured before the Tribulation is set loose on earth by God, after which the wrath of God will take over the whole world to make it know that the God who is to come is none but Jesus Christ who has foretold all of it through his teachings and also the apostles teaching (Acts 1:1; 2:42; Rev 1:1, 19).

I believe that not much of a time is left except some few years before all hell could be let loose by the Antichrist, because God has not sealed the words of the prophecy of this book, we know that the time of the end is at hand (Rev 22:10). Jesus is waiting to reward personally all the believers who have lived by faith and have worked for the Lord by keeping His commandments (Rev 22:12, 14).

In this stressful time of lock-downs after lock-downs which has been foretold in the Bible (2 Tim 3:1), famines, pestilences and earthquakes in various places (Matt 24:7), are following the lock-downs leading to birth pangs in all the earth (Matt 24:8), which will keep on increasing until the time of the new birth of the Kingdom of Jesus which will take over from heaven all the governments of the earth through the Church and the army of saints who will come with Him at the time of Jesus' Second Coming (Rom 8:18-25; Eph 1:21-23; Ph 3:21; Rev 19:14). So let us 'watch and pray' keeping our eyes focused on Jesus always, so that we might escape the Tribulation and the wrath of God which will follow it (Luke 21:36). Hallelujah!



Much Blessings....