The Time of the End Draws Near 01

– A Trumpet Blast Warning to the Church 

Jason Carter 25th November 2009

Blow the trumpet, sound the alarm...for the day of the Lord cometh, it is nigh at hand. The end is drawing near and how vitally important it is that Christians understand the times in which we are living. We do not want satan to outwit us for we are not unaware of his schemes. Let us not sleep as others do, but let us watch and be sober...putting on the breastplate of faith and love and as a helmet the hope of salvation. For we know that the Lord is not slack in his promise concerning His coming. Since you already know this, be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of lawless men and fall from your secure position. (Joel 2:1; 2 Cor 2:11; 1 Thess 5: 6&8; 2 Peter 3)

This is not a time for apathy or cynicism regarding the end times. Let us not be like those who said, “Where is the promise of his coming? For since the Fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.” 2 Peter 3:4

Jesus said; “Behold I stand at the door and knock...if anyone hears my voice...let him hear what the Spirit is saying...”Rev 3:20,22. Jesus is standing at the door and knocking ever so loudly, and a trumpet blast of high alert is sounding - it is a continuous blast that will not cease until all are awakened and active.

Wake Up!

It is time for the church to wake up – for Christians to take their rightful

place in this end time call. It is not a time for mediocrity. It is not a place for half-hearted christianity. It is time for true Christianity to rise up, take the stand and respond – to be the speakers of truth in and to our nation and to the nations of the world.

Anti-Christian Agenda

Great Britain, the Queen and her government has turned its back on our Christian heritage and is willingly hurling itself headlong into a governmental system of unprecedented evil.

Key world leaders, some deceived into believing the lie, and others who have willingly surrendered themselves to the god of this age have an agenda that is in direct emnity with God. The United States and European governments have forsaken God. The UK has ceded itself to an anti-Christ and anti- Christian regime by handing its sovereignty over on a platter to the European Union - the seedbed for an imminent totalitarian super state.

Who will take up the baton for righteousness and truth in our nations? Who will stand for freedom, justice and goodwill to the citizens of the earth? Who will care for the poor, orphaned, the widowed, the elderly, the hopeless? Who will preach the full and complete gospel of Jesus Christ? It is not the governments of our world.

A New World Order

A new world order is rising. It does not hold to the values of freedom, justice and truth that we have enjoyed in our once democratic lands.

Christians must be prepared, always alert and have an understanding of the tactics of this coming new world system. It is a subversive system that uses deception, lies, trickery, underhandness, surveillence and all manner of darkness to further its secret agenda. Masquerading in the guise of ‘goodwill to all mankind’.

At the G20 Summit in April 2009 Mr Gordon Brown said. “I think a new world order is emerging with the foundation of a new progressive era of international co-operation...” First President of the European Union, Herman Van Rompuy said in a press conference 21st Nov 2009; “...2009 is the first year of global governance with the establishment of the G20 in the middle of the financial crises.The climate conference in Copenhagen is another step towards the global management of our planet – our mission, our presidency is one of hope, supported by acts and deeds.”

Defeating terrorism, security for the ‘free’ world, health, global warming issues and saving the world economy is all being used to implement this ‘new world order’. In other words, cause the peoples of the earth to faint with fear through constant threat of terror bombings, nuclear war, financial disaster, global warming, pandemics, and then bring hope by implementing systems to bring ‘peace’, ‘health’ and ‘security’.

Remember that we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Ephesians 6:12. The rulers of this world have been blinded by the god of this age. and they have listened to the lie that Satan posed to Jesus in the Wilderness. “Then the devil, taking Him [Jesus] up on a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said to Him, “All this authority I will give You, and their glory; for this has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish. Therefore, if You will worship before me, all will be Yours.”Luke 4:5.

What Must We Do?

Firstly our hope is in God! He alone is our refuge and our strength – A very present help in trouble.Therefore we will not fear, Even though the earth be removed, And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though its waters roar and be troubled, Though the mountains shake with its swelling. There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High. God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; God shall help her, just at the break of dawn. The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved; He uttered His voice, the earth melted. The LORD of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. Come, behold the works of the LORD, Who has made desolations in the earth. He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two; He burns the chariot in the fire. Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! The LORD of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. Psalm 46

Christians must stand up and be counted. God has given us a heart and spirit like Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego, Joseph, Matthew, Mark, Luke John, Stephen, Peter and Paul, who did not bow down to the god of the age!

The apostles and prophets of old, in the face of death did not waver. They stood for the truth of the gospel and pledged allegiance to Jesus Christ in the face of all manner of persecution and often certain death.

We need to know that if we do nothing, we bow. We bow to the god of this age. If we do nothing we bow to the governmental system of this world. We bow to its ideals and beliefs. Doing nothing weakens faith to stand strong in the hour. Doing nothing makes it hard to listen to the Holy Spirit’s still small voice in a time of tribulation. Denying Christ is an unthinkable option.

King Nebuchadnezzar set up a gold image for the nation to bow to, failure to bow to the image was punishable by death. Despite the decree Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego refused to bow and exclaimed to the King, God will save us, but even if He doesn’t we will never bow! Daniel 3.

What do we need to know about the future?

The new governmental system will see true Christianity as a direct threat, and will have some understanding of the power struggle in heavenly places. They will therefore deem Christians as enemies of the State. Christians will be pursued and tracked. All manner of excuses will be used to implement this and it will appear totally acceptable to the masses.

The new world order will depend heavily on surveillance technology to control the people. The UK is already the most surveillanced country in the world. Surveillance will be a key strategy used by the government against Christians and the Church in the near future. Information technology will be used against us.

Safeguarding God’s Work, One Another and Preparation

In the new world order the church will need to go to interesting measures in order to safeguard the work of God and one another.

We need to begin thinking about these things, and if necessary make important mental changes in our lifestyle now.

We need to stop relying on technological systems and start considering alternative solutions.

Christians must stop borrowing – this is imperative. We must do all we can to clear debt and reduce and clear our mortgages. We need to be free from the world banking system, State help of any kind, and State health solutions.

To gain a better understanding of State control maybe we need to begin taking a leaf out of the books of our fellow Christians in Communist China and old Communist Russia.

The following are technologies that we have become dependant upon but will be used to track and control our every move in the near future.

The Internet and Email

EU laws have already been passed giving rights to snoop on the internet activity of people considered a‘threat’ to society.

The internet will be completely monitored by the new governmental system - this means all your internet traffic will be monitored and registered on super computers, which already exist - all this in the guise of safefy from terrorism and fraud.

All your emails will be monitored. This means that it will be unwise to discuss Christian matters. For example. The words ‘Christ’, ‘God’, ‘Christian’, etc will be flagged up. This system is already in place and used to monitor ‘terrorist activity’.

Mobile Phone

Mobile phones will be monitored - every text, call and web activity.

The government can easily use your mobile as a listening device.

It will be unwise to have a mobile phone on you if you are having a meeting with other Christians!

Our mobile phones will be used to track us - all SIM cards now come with a mandatory IMEI code - which is a tracking device. The iPhone has as part of its system software a ‘backdoor’ which enables governmental organisations to look at all activity on the iPhone. iPhones next generation will apparently also have the RFID technology installed.

Social Networking

Your personal data is being used to monitor you - it will be unwise for Christians to hold personal data about who they are, what they believe in, photos, what they are doing in hourly updates etc.

Passport and Driving Licence/ID Card

Your new passport now has a microchip (RFID technology) to locate you - you will not be able to go anywhere outside the UK without being tracked automatically.

Your driving licence (ID card) is chipped using the RFID technology, car number plates are being chipped too.

Television

Digital set top boxes have been found to have hidden cameras and microphones inside for the purpose of monitoring the viewer.

Satellite Navigation

You plot your course and tell the government exactly where you are heading and what time you will arrive! October 1st 2009 the EU launched a free satellite navigation system!

The European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) boosts existing satellite navigation signals over Europe, improving the accuracy of the US military run GPS network from 10 metres to two metres.

The system is the EU’s first contribution to satellite navigation and is stage one of the Galileo network. The Galileo Network is an EU global navigation satellite system, and will run two operation ground centres in Germany and Rome, it will be in place 2010.

The EU would like every household to own a satellite navigation device – I wonder why?

Microchip Implant and Biometric Finger Printing

The VERICHIP now recently renamed PositiveID is a rice sized implant that has up until November 09 been used for the purpose of storing patients health information.

It is implanted under the skin of a patient and aids doctors to quickly pull up, via computer, important information on the patient. Now PositiveID will also be used for personal credit monitoring and banking.

As we head towards the planned cashless society, computer technology will be the only means to buy or sell. Could this chip be a precurser to the mark of the beast as prophesied in Revelation? Imagine if the chip became the only way to buy or sell – of course as Christians we would refuse to take the implant (mark) - rendering Christians unable to buy or sell without the mark!

“He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.” Revelation 13:16,17

Whether it is the mark of the beast or not, I would emphatically encourage all Christians everywhere to have nothing to do with this chip – at best this chip is evil and must not be implanted into the skin of any Christian!

Biometric Fingerprinting

Some stores in the US and UK companies now use the Biometric Finger Printing system for cashless purchasing of groceries and monitoring of workers.

Smart Card

Credit / Debit cards, will increasingly be used to monitor you and your buying.

Paypal and E-Commerce

Your transactions are being monitored and your bank account details will be open to the government to deposit and withdraw funds as they wish. This bill is currently in congress in the US.

Finally...

So be on your guard; I have told you everything ahead of time... Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that it is near, right at the door. Mark 13

He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Cor 1:8

And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. Matt 28:20