COMMENTARY & OPINION LI - Putin

From the desk of

Bill Ramey

10/9/13

COMMENTARY & OPINION

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COULD VLADIMIR PUTIN BE AN END TIME CYRUS?

Cyrus was the Median king of the Medo-Persian Empire that took down the ancient world ruling kingdom (empire) of Babylon.  Darius was one of his leading generals and the one that engineered the conquest of Babylon without a battle.  You can get some of the story in the 5th chapter of the book of Daniel.

The Babylonian captivity of the nation of Judah took place in several waves and the prophet Daniel was a captive in one of the earlier incursions into Judah and was taken, along with his three friends, Hananiah, Azariah and Mishael, to Babylon where they were found to be bright young men that could learn the Chaldean language and be of service to the king in an advisory capacity.  As the situation then progressed, they were promoted to administrative positions. 

The historian Josephus tells us that the Medes were descendents of Madai, son of Japheth (see Genesis 10:2).  The book of Jubilees tells us the earth was divided up territorially among Noah's sons, with Ham to have the continent of Africa, Shem to have the middle east and Japheth to have the far northern territory (Asia).  As nearly as I can determine, the rest of the earth was uncommitted at that time.

Genesis 10:2 says, "The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech and Tiras."  Some few have already found the trail of Magog, Tubal and Meshech leads to the area we call Russia today.  But from there they began to spread to other parts of the world as well and we see this in the confederacy of the Medes (Japhethites) and Persians (Shemites).

Verse 3 of Genesis 10 says, "The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah."  These, we find, migrated south (after their initial move into what we call Russia today) and became a nation located just above the Black and Caspian Seas in the 7th and 8th century AD known a Khazaria.  They adopted the religion of Judaism in the 8th century and that is a story best told by Arthur Koestler in a book entitled "The Thirteenth Tribe".  Because of exorbitant taxation on Russian goods shipped down the rivers to the Black and Caspian Seas, they were driven out of the area by Russia and migrated into the Balkans and became the Ashkenazi "Jews".  These are the "Jews" ruling Israel today.   The leaders among them told the Balkan leaders they were descendents of Ashkenaz while the common people claimed to be descendents of Togormah.  So it appears that at least those two tribes are represented by them.

Why do we need to know these things?  In order to understand what is going on in the world today, and why the line-up of nations as they are in the preparations for WW III.  We also need to know this in order to understand the prophecies in Isaiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Jeremiah, to name just a few.

So what does this have to do with Putin being an end time Cyrus?  Bear with me.  You don't take Calculus until you have mastered arithmetic, algebra, geometry and trigonometry.  Likewise, you cannot understand prophecy until you learn the players and how they fit into the modern world.  We can remember the NASCAR driver's names and their car numbers.  We can name all the players on a given sports team but is all this sports knowledge going to give us a leg up in the understanding of world events or are we being, "…destroyed for lack of knowledge"?  Hosea 4:6

"But we elect politicians to take care of world problems" --- ah yes --- and therein lies the problem.  We have been so preoccupied with the rituals involved in the worship of the image of the beast, we neglected to learn the identity of this creature created by the Vatican (see Revelation 13). 

So what was Cyrus' claim to fame?  He released the Jews (those who wanted to be released) to go back to Jerusalem and rebuild the Temple (see the book of Ezra), and the city.  He was also the last world ruler to acknowledge that his world ruling position was given him by the Creator (see Ezra 1:2). 

We live in a time when many "religious superstitionists" are expecting the Jews to rebuild the temple again.  There are rumors that the stones are already cut and stored in the underground bunker where they were mined and just waiting for the green flag from the Israeli government to begin the project.  Do you really believe they will get that green flag from an admittedly Luciferian government?  It ain't gonna happen!  Do they have to have a temple in order to resume the animal sacrifices?  Many Protestants adamantly insist they do.  But is this more of the myths we have been raised with?  Let's look in the book of Ezra at the commencement of sacrifices in his day (6th century BC).  Chapter 3, verse 6 says, "From the first day of the 7th month (Yom Teruah) began they to offer burnt offerings unto the LORD.  But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid."

Are we waiting for an event that ain't gonna happen?  Have we overlooked something?  Let's turn to the book of Zechariah and look at verse 12 of chapter 6: 

"Behold the man whose name is 'The Branch'; and He shall grow up out of His place, and He shall build the temple of the LORD."

Verse 13 continues: "Even He shall build the temple of the LORD; and He shall bear the glory and shall sit and rule upon His throne;"

So will He build this temple single handedly or will He be assisted in this project?  In recent Commentaries, I have shown that Israel and America are to be destroyed together.  There is a sequel to that event and perhaps we should look at it.  Let's pick it up in the Tyndale Living Bible in Isaiah 29:1; "Woe to Jerusalem, the city of David.  Year after year you make your many offerings, but I will send heavy judgment upon you and there will be weeping and sorrow.  For Jerusalem shall become as her name 'Ariel' means --- an altar covered with blood.  I will be your enemy.  I will surround Jerusalem and lay siege against it, and build forts around it to destroy it."

This scenario lies in the very near future.  But now the sequel.  Continuing in verse 5, we see, "But suddenly your ruthless enemies will be driven away like chaff before the wind.  I, the LORD of Hosts, will come upon them with thunder, earthquake, whirlwind and fire.  And all the nations fighting against Jerusalem will vanish like a dream!"

Jerusalem will be established as the command center for the invasion from outer space that we shall see shortly.  In chapter 31, verse 5, we see that, "The LORD will come and fight upon Mount Zion.  He will not be frightened away!  He, the LORD of Hosts, will hover over Jerusalem as birds hover round their nests, and He will defend the city and deliver it." 

In chapter 32, we see beginning in verse 1, "Look, a righteousness king is coming, with honest princes! 

2  "He will shelter Israel from the storm and wind.  He will refresh her as a river in the desert and as the cooling shadow of a mighty rock within a hot and weary land. 

3  "Then at last the eyes of Israel will open wide to God;  His people will listen to His voice.

5  "In those days the ungodly, the atheists, will not be heroes!  Wealthy cheaters will not be spoken of as generous, outstanding men! 

6  "Everyone will recognize an evil man when he sees him and hypocrites will fool no one at all.  Their lies about God and their cheating of the hungry will be plain for all to see.

7  "The smooth tricks of evil men will be exposed, as will all the lies they use to oppress the poor in the courts." 

Is this simply too good to be true?  Is this religious "buffoonery"?  Or is this the promise of the prophets for the rescue of planet earth before Satan's governments make it into an incinerated relic drifting aimlessly through the blackness of space?

Now let's answer the question as to whether this rebuilding of the temple will be accomplished single handedly.  There will be a number of people moved out of the kingdoms of this world and transported to the Jerusalem area after (and perhaps during) the destruction of the present Israeli government and the routing of those enlisted to destroy it.  We find the account of this exodus from Babylon in Isaiah 52, beginning in verse 10:  "The LORD has bared his holy arm before the eyes of all the nations, the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God." 

11  "Go now, leave your bonds and slavery.  Put Babylon and all it represents far behind you --- it is unclean to you.  You are the holy people of the LORD; purify yourselves, all you who carry home the vessels of the LORD."

12  "You shall not leave in haste, running for your lives; for the LORD will go ahead of you, and He, the God of Israel, will protect your from behind." 

I am quite confident that the Creator could move these people to the Jerusalem area in the same manner He moved Enoch and Elijah to safe areas, however, did He roll out a magic carpet big enough to accommodate 3 million people and their livestock for the exodus from Egypt?  Those people had to walk some 250 miles across some very rough terrain and encountered many trials on the way and it took them two months to get there (see Exodus 19:1).  They were to learn that idolatry comes with a very expensive price tag in the way of pain, frustration, hardships and much grief.  Many died enroute because they insisted on taking their idols with them.  They also made more idols upon reaching their destination which was the real Mt Sinai which is known today as Jabal Al Lawz (Mtn of the law) in Saudi Arabia. 

 It will take approximately three and one half years for the destruction of the armies of Satan's governments and to replace the rulers of those governments with the resurrected saints of the Most High.  During this period of time, the new government (the true New World Order) will be growing in the Jerusalem area and prospering. As we have seen, it will be protected with a cover that makes the iron dome look antiquated.  We see the situation in Isaiah 33 beginning in verse 20:  "You will see Jerusalem at peace, a place where Yahweh is worshipped, a city quiet and unmoved.

21  "The glorious Lord will be to us a wide river of protection and no enemy can cross.

22  "For the LORD is our Judge, our Lawgiver and our King; He will care for us and save us." 

This is just before happening and there will be much confusion.  It appears from Isaiah 32:19 and 33:1 that, in this confusion, the Assyrians will again move into a position of some authority but that will be quickly dealt with as the context shows.  The implication is that they will move in to loot Israel because those who destroyed it were routed before they could accomplish the looting.  Their hopes will be dashed because that wealth is reserved for the people of the new government as we see in Isaiah 33:23.

I fully believe kings of the earth will be moved by Yahweh Himself to facilitate the move of His people to the Jerusalem area.  Which kings will this be?  I think we can be relatively sure that it will not be kings of Islam nations.  Who will be the commanding nation when America falls?  It appears it will be Russia. The lineage appears right and the line-up in world politics today appears right.  It appears, from the foreign troops on our soil (mostly Russian) and more being moved in (Chinese) that we have been sold out by our leaders. The destruction that follows will be only partly their work and partly that of the incoming invaders from outer space.  In Isaiah 24, verse 1 (New English Version), the Creator is quoted as saying, "I will split the earth open and turn it upside down."  Will we see sunrises in the west?  As I have said before, and repeat many times, we do not have reference points for the events that are just about to happen. 

Now, back to the title of this article:  "Could VladimIr Putin be an end time Cyrus"?

"AT A TIME YOU THINK NOT…"

There is a somber warning in Matthew 24:44 about the Messiah's return to planet earth and since we have found we have been deceived on so many other things, perhaps we should look into this as well. 

First, perhaps we should put it into context.  To whom was He speaking?  If we drop back to verse 3, we can see that He was speaking to His disciples.  We have all read the parable of the ten virgins and five were wise and five were foolish.  We have also seen, in the same chapter being discussed, that the times will be, "…as it was in the days of Noah."  And we can see in I Thessalonians 5 that there are to be some inner circle folks who will know the time and be expecting it.

So how then is it that His disciples will be taken by surprise? 

We have learned in these Commentaries that Christ's followers were not Christians!   That is a clever counterfeit handed down to us from the Catholic Church and the very term "Christian" is defined for the world by the Vatican.  When we begin to examine closer, we find the word itself is not derived from the word "Christ" but rather from the word "Cretian" of whom the apostle Paul had nothing good to say (see Titus 1:12).

We also learned from the now opened book of Daniel that the two dominant world powers at the time of the end are the feet of the dream image of King Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 2).  Running out the history of the four kingdoms (empires) to rule the planet from Daniel's day right on down to the time the governments of this world would be turned over to the saints of the Most High, we find that these kingdoms that started out territorial have "morphed" into religious ideologies.  These today are represented by the two largest religious groups on earth and these are Christian (Catholic) and Muslim (Islam). 

We have also learned that the Jews (Judaism) and Christianity, while claiming to be bitter enemies, are really a confederacy and have been for over 2000 years.  I am aware that Christianity, under that name, has not been around that long but the covenant was made with the predecessors of Christianity (see I Maccabees 8) and is still in effect today.  And for those who believe the myth that the Roman Empire fell in 476 AD, check any good encyclopedia, article Byzantine Empire, and I think it will be plain that the fall of the Roman Empire is myth clean and simple.

So the bottom line is that Christ's instructions to his disciples were not intended for Christians --- huh?    Then to whom was it intended?  To those living according to Matthew 4:4.  This is where Christ said, "Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God."  That same Messiah said through the pen of Isaiah, "Therefore my people shall know my name."  We have been led to believe His name was Jesus but is that more of the Christian myths we have been raised with?  Is that merely another of Satan's counterfeits? 

We need to be sure because we live in the time when the vast majority have their heads buried in the sand of mythology awaiting the rapture that will take them away from the time of "Jacob's Trouble."  We find the nation of ancient Judah in a similar state of denial back at the beginning of the 6th century BC.  Jeremiah was telling them that the nation was about to be destroyed for idolatry.  Their answer was, "Nonsense, we have the Ark of the Covenant and the Temple of G_d. G_d will not let this nation fall."  I have heard essentially the same argument right here in America.  They phrase it a bit different.  "God won't let America fall because we are a Christian nation."  American Christianity amounts to the Baal religion of ancient Israel and Judah and is attested to by the phalluses (steeples) atop our houses of worship.  Back then those were called "high places".

"At a time you think not…"  When would that be?  Are Christians studying to find that out?  Or are they of those being, "…destroyed for lack of knowledge"?  I asked a Protestant minister once if he knew who the great whore is mentioned in Revelation 17.  There was a young man standing there eagerly awaiting his answer and his disappointment was obvious when the minister's answer was, "I really don't worry about it."  That ended the conversation and we each went off in our separate directions. 

So how is it that a few will know the time of the Messiah's return?  We find the answer in Isaiah 28:9.  "Whom shall He teach knowledge and make to understand doctrine?  Them that are weaned from the milk and drawn from the breasts."  They have to grow up first!  Some grow old and die and never mature.  Verse 10 goes on to say: "Precept must be upon precept … line upon line … here a little and there a little…"  Our knowledge has to advance beyond John 3:16 and the 23rd Psalm.  If we are aspiring to a position of nobility, then we must conduct ourselves in a manner befitting nobles.  Paul said of the Bereans, that they were more noble than those in Thessalonica in that they "…received our words with all readiness of mind and searched the scriptures daily whether these things were so."  Do Christians do that when they hear something different than what they already believe?  We have all seen ministers who won't even let you finish a question before they jump into the conversation to answer it.

Proverbs 18:13 says, "He that answers a matter before hearing it (fully), to him it is folly and shame." 

We live in a confused and confusing world.  I once had a college grad tell me about the "story in the Bible" of the lion with a thorn in his paw and taken out by a mouse…..  I said, "Jack, that isn't in the Bible, that's Greek mythology."  He said, "Are you sure?"  Was it a vision of this kind of ignorance at the end time that prompted Hosea to pen the words, "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge…"? (Hos 4:6)

I believe that the ten virgins represent, not Christianity, but rather the Ekklesia and that half of those are wise and still learning (see Daniel 12:10), still receptive to a spirit of discernment, while the other half are asleep.  The half that are wise are looking into the now opened book of Daniel as well as the other books it has provided a key to.  They see that the worldwide conspiracy is no longer a theory but established fact.  In fact, history is a corollary of conspiracies linked like sausages.  These wise know God's name (and it isn't Jesus or Allah), and that it was removed from the KJ version of the Bible in some 7000 places.  They know that the New Testament is not the only part of the Bible that has been tampered with by Jews and Christians but that the Jews were falsifying scripture before Jeremiah's time (see Jeremiah 8:8 --- and read it in different translations).

So doesn't everybody know that the Jews have to build the third temple before Christ's return?  Or is that more of the fables we have been taught in the name of religion?  Does there have to be a temple before the Jews can resume sacrifices? Have we looked at Ezra 3:6?   

Surely we know there is a 1260 and 1290 day countdown and time of Jacob's Trouble before His return --- don't we? Or do we?  Could it just possibly be that this is more myth we have learned?  Have we looked seriously at Daniel 12:1?  Have we understood the book of Habakkuk where it says in chapter 1, verse 5, "I will work a work in your days which you will not believe, though it be told you." Is it just possible that you are reading that work right now?  Could you be a fulfillment of that prophecy?

So if the second coming were to occur at the beginning of the 1260 day count delineating Jacob's Trouble, would that be, "…at a time you think not"?  Perhaps you need to go back and reread past copies of the Commentary.  Particularly the one entitled Habakkuk.

The world is poised on the brink of nuclear war.  It would seem that America has reached the climax of an unsustainable economic SCAM.  It would seem that the bankers have persuaded our leader that the road out of this mess is through Damascus.  I submit to you, based on Bible prophecy, that the destruction of Damascus is the trigger event for the complete and total destruction of America and you can begin to see this in Isaiah 17:1-4.  You can see who the players are and get the gory details of our (daughter of Babylon) destruction in Jeremiah, chapters 50 and 51.  America is about to see things we have no reference points for.  We can begin to get a feel for it in Isaiah 30:13.  We can begin to see why in Numbers 35.  Verse 33 says, "…the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it."  And this is why I have said, in past Commentaries, that 200 million Americans are about to die.  Half of those will die at the hands of the "…assembly of great nations" that pick our bones and the other half will die of famine and pestilence (see Ezekiel 5).  The pharmaceutical industry, FDA, chemtrails in our skies and government approved poisons in our food, air and water are preparing us for this event.

We see date after date being set for the imposition of martial law and then cancelled for whatever reason.  The underlying reason for this is because there is still a restraining force in place (II Thes. 2:7) until the "appointed time" (Daniel 11:35), and when this is lifted, events will come rapid fire.  The wall of Isaiah 30:13 will crumble and America will join the ranks of the "nations that once were" in a matter of hours.

We need to understand these things now because when the "wall falls", it will be a bit late for philosophizing.  It will be a bit late to get serious about debunking our news and our history.  It will be far too late to learn there really was a conspiracy.  It will be too late for any definitive action. 

As recently as a year ago, I was a lone voice saying America is about to be destroyed completely and become a nuclear wilderness and that the reason is for idolatry.  The self appointed seers have still not accepted the idolatry part but more and more politicians, religionists, financial advisors, and common people with common sense, are now beginning to see that there are no political solutions to our dilemma.  We simply have too many strikes against us.  These consist of our own economic meltdown, the international community reaction to our international snooping, Edward Snowden with 4 laptops of damning evidence against us and the determination of "…an assembly of great nations" to end the reign of American terrorism.  If this isn't enough, we have the prophets telling us what happens next.  Are we listening?  

Babylon was a world ruling empire some 2600 years ago (see Daniel 2:38).  But it came down from that position in a single night (see Daniel 5), and without a battle.  It fell while the ruling elite were partying.  

We live today in the age of savages with nukes as depicted by the feet of King Nebuchacnezzar's dream image in Daniel 2.  This is the age in which the rubber meets the road and the kingdoms of this world are given to the saints of the Most High (Daniel 7:22).  This is the age in which justice, which this world has never seen, will be brought to planet earth and death will be on a scale never before witnessed by earth's inhabitants.  We live in a time just prior to "natural"(?) calamities that will boggle peoples' minds.  Isaiah 24:1 (New English) says, "I will turn the earth upside down and split it open".  Few today, take these prophecies seriously, but we are coming into those days and we will see the beginnings of these events within weeks!  And justice will be served.  Those who have built hidey-holes at the expense of the many will soon learn that these holes are nuclear powered dungeons where they are to be held until judgment (see Isaiah 24:21-22).

Can we begin to see that it is not merely the ignorant that will be taken by surprise?  We can see in Ezekiel 18 those indicted and sentenced to death.  The last ten verses of Romans 1 expands on this somewhat.  "At a time when you think not…" will apply to all the beast and "image of the beast" worshippers regardless of their alma mater, lodge memberships, political affiliation and offshore bank accounts.  It will include scholars and pseudo-scholars as well without regard to religious affiliation, degrees after their names and/or past accomplishments.  Is it just possible that we are within weeks of, "At a time when you think not…"?