SHOFAR #4 - DAY 4 OF 10 DAYS OF AWE

From the desk of

Bill Ramey

9/28/14

SHOFAR #4

(DAY 4 OF 10 DAYS OF AWE)

As we count down these ten days of awe, are we fully aware of just how precarious the world situation is today?  We have an irresponsible ruler in the west trying to provoke a war with a Russia armed to the teeth and quite a worthy adversary.  We have war going on between Israel and Gaza that seems to have no solutions.  We have sea life dying off in the millions of tons in the Pacific Ocean because of a manmade tsunami off Japan for the purpose of extorting money from this small but rich nation.  We have a Europe who seems to have lost its rudder and is looking at the prospect of having their gas shut off this winter.  We are looking at a prospect of a manmade pandemic that is threatening the entire world and these problems show no signs of political solutions.  We have a cabal of elite who seem to feel they will be elevated to the realm of gods when/as/if the New World Order comes to fruition. 

And in the midst of all this we have 1000 + religions promising us that our Robin Hood is on his way to save us and that those faithfully paying their tithes will be whisked off to heaven while the heathens are left here to suffer the consequences of all this mismanagement brought about by mankind.  Is this Idolatry or what?

Did we forget that we have writings left to us by men of ages past who were prophets of the Most High and were given visions of the future to reduce to writing for those of us living in this "…end time"?

One such prophet was the prophet Daniel who lived some 600 BC and left us a little book by his name giving an outline of the empires that were to rule planet earth from his day to the time the kingdoms of this world are given to the saints of the Most High.  When you compare that prophecy to history as it then happened, the accuracy is downright frightening.  Much effort has been given to discrediting that prophecy and clouding the history that confirms it but if you still have the capacity to think (despite being educated in America), the truth is still there for us to ponder today. 

In the 12th chapter of that book, we see in verses 4 and 9 that it was sealed at the time of writing and not to be understood until the "…time of the end".  It would still not be understood by the masses but by a few on earth and we can see in verse 10 who these few are.

Daniel 12:10  This is the angel speaking to Daniel and he says: "Many shall be purified and made white and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand."

What is it that will not be understood by the wicked but will be by the wise?  The topic of conversation here is the messages given to the prophet Daniel by the angel. 

That book has now been opened and if we were watching in February of 2011, we saw it on CNN, NBC, FOXX, ABC and all the news channels.  What was it we saw?  We saw the king of the north "…stretch forth his hand also upon the countries:  and the land of Egypt shall not escape."  Daniel 11:42.  Continuing in verse 43:  "But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver and over all the precious things of Egypt; and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps." 

The book of Daniel was opened thus beginning the "…time of the end".  But it didn't begin the "Time of Jacob's Trouble" defined as three and one half years or 1260 days.  And here we are some three and one half years later and Jacob's trouble still hasn't begun.  So what does this mean?  The end time has to be more than three and one half years and is most likely seven years.  If that be so, then the time of Jacob's trouble should begin any day. 

In Isaiah 17:1-4, we see that the time of Jacob's trouble will begin when Damascus becomes a "…ruinous heap".  Are we at the threshold of that event even as I write?  Is the American creation of ISIS for the purpose of making a "…ruinous heap" of Damascus?