Don't Blame The End Times Messenger

by Michael G. Mickey

(7-7-06)

Sometimes I upset people. I really do. I don't wake up each and every day wanting to upset people or anything. I just do. Why? Because I think it's fundamentally important, in light of the words of Christ my Savior, the prophets and the apostles, to tell each and every person I possibly can that what they predicted was going to take place leading up to the return of Jesus Christ, as documented in my King James Version Bible and yours as well if you have one, is taking place here and now. What does that tell us? Jesus Christ is coming soon, perhaps sooner than many of those upset by my commentaries would like!

Luke 21:28: And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

What can I say? There are lots of things we're told to watch for indicative of Christ's return that are beginning to take place and I can (and do) prove it, often repeatedly. Let's look at a few examples of what I'm referring to, shall we?

World Summit of Religious Leaders calls for a new world order

On July 5th, the first ever World Summit of Religious Leaders ended in Moscow with participants of the meeting adopting a “Message of the World Summit of Religious Leaders”. What did it say of interest to those of us watching for fulfillment of Bible prophecy?

An article from a a foreign news source details the content of the “Message of the World Summit of Religious Leaders." Please note the highlighted areas.

“We need to construct such world order which would combine democracy - as a way of the coordination of various interests and as participation of people in decision-making at the national and global level - with respect to moral feeling, mode of life, various legal and political systems, national and religious traditions of people”.

In the document, also are rejected double standards in the international relations, is condemned terrorism and extremism in any form, and also attempts of their religious justification, is expressed requirement to stop any insult of religious feelings and defilement of sanctuaries.

We need to construct a world order with an expressed requirement to stop any insult of religious feelings? How can a free discussion of religious beliefs, many of which offer differing opinions as to what is spiritually and morally acceptable, take place in a world where a world order such as this exists? The answer is simple. A world order such as that will have to find agreement as to what it believes religiously as a whole in order to exist. When it does, those who detract from its collective mindset will have their religious feelings insulted greatly to say the very least. Hold that thought.

We need to construct a world order which respects moral feeling and mode of life? Moral feelings vary greatly from person to person, depending on any number of factors. Some people have no moral compass at all, as we all know. In the world order envisioned by these "religious" leaders, will the moral feeling of a serial murderer be acceptable and unquestionable? And what about the mode of life of a pedophile? Will his or her mode of life be given equal respect to everyone else's? Of course not! All this talk of fair play and goodwill is a smoke screen to be sure!

When a world order constructed to pay equal respect to everyone's moral feeling and mode of life exists, the end result will be a world without any sense of right or wrong - one that believes the only rule that truly governs the affairs of mankind is there are no rules, aside from allegiance to said world order itself, of course.

Behind all this mumbo jumbo, Satan is at work. His goal, in truth? It isn't to create a world order that's fair to all; his goal is to create a world order that is fair to any view other than one consistent with the teachings of the Word of God, which exalts Jesus Christ as Lord! While there are many who believe such a world order will never exist, in either the near or distant future, I promise that anyone who holds that opinion couldn't be more wrong than to think that.

In Bible prophecy we're told a leader of Roman descent is going to eventually head a new world order, being given power over all kindreds, tongues, and nations (Revelation 13:7). He will make war with the saints of the one true God and shall overcome them. All that dwell upon the earth shall worship the Antichrist whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world (Revelation 13:8).

A religious leader, the prophesied False Prophet, will have power to give life to an "image" of the Antichrist, perhaps an idol of some sort. This likeness or image will both be able to speak and kill those who will not worship before it (Revelation 13:15). Not only that, a mark of allegiance to Antichrist will be required to be taken by everyone under the span of control of the Antichrist's governmental and religious monstrance.

Revelation 13:16-17: And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

This brings me to the next portion of this commentary - the evidence of the mark of the beast to come beginning to rear its head in the news headlines of our world today.

Implantable microchips

The implantable microchip is screaming that we're living in the end times, in my opinion. Marketed originally as a health device, approved to be used as such by the United States' Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the implantable microchip's yet-to-be-revealed properties are slowly emerging. Some of these properties are being revealed directly; others not so directly.

In what I think is a classic example of indirect but pro-implantable microchip technology propaganda, a technology called "SafeTzone" is allowing parents to keep track of their children in amusement parks. Interestingly, but not surprisingly, SafeTzone uses the same technology that is used in implantable microchips - radio frequency identification or RFID. An ABC News article states the following on the technology, in part:

SafeTzone uses radio frequency technology which almost instantly pinpoints the location of every member of a family whenever a parent or child swipes their SafeTzone wristband at kiosks around the park.

SafeTzone also eliminates the need to carry cash. Parents authorize a specific spending limit and their kids can make purchases at restaurants and shops flashing their wristband not their wallet.

"She just scans it and she doesn't have to come running back carrying wet, soggy money and it's really nice," Greenhalgh said.

Note that this particular RFID technology is being demonstrated to be a security and safety device in the ABC article, as well as a financial device! As I've reported in the past, Applied Digital Solutions' FDA-approved implantable VeriChip® is presently being used as a financial device in the Baja Beach Club in Barcelona, Spain - a use the FDA hasn't yet approved it for in the United States, although I believe SafeTzone technology may well be paving the way for that to take place in the future, whether knowingly doing so or not. I say that because RFID technology connected to the human body, when presented in this manner, seems so cool, convenient, and innocent. Not only that, can you think of a better place than an amusement park, where people are in a fun, relaxed mood to begin with, to teach people to appreciate what RFID attached to the human body can do? I can't.

Make no mistake about it. The prophesied mark of the beast is getting closer to becoming a reality every day as this seemingly-innocent technology reaches more and more of mainstream America's consciousness, not to mention the world's, of course.

How many times have I documented on this website that spokespersons for RFID-based technologies have stated that RFID chips can only be detected from within a few inches or feet from a proprietary scanner? If those statements were true (and they were not), how could one member of a family wave their RFID-implanted SafeTzone wristband at a scan point and instantly know where everyone else in their party is in a huge amusement park? How many scanners would be necessary in an amusement park to locate a separated party of six, for example, if RFID chips can only be read from within 1-2 feet of an RFID scanner? There would be tens of thousands of scanners needed, which strongly suggests to me we've all been lied to. Want some more evidence that we may have been being deceived all along in this regard? Sure you do.

The Manchester Evening News is reporting that "Manchester United stars could be fitted with a tiny microchip to help Sir Alex Ferguson track their movements on the pitch." Not only that, "satellites would track its exact position so that United's training staff can pinpoint players' movements during a match or training." Does this mean the implantable RFID microchip can be detected by a satellite circling the planet? I think that's precisely what it indicates. If so, we've been enormously deceived! Not only that, the use of the implantable microchip to control mankind, as described in Revelation 13:16-17, is both feasible and potentially being surreptitiously planned by new world order proponents, even as I write this commentary!

Same-sex marriage

Luke 17:28-30: Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.

How was it in the days of Lot? Sodom, from which the word 'sodomy' is derived, and Gomorrah! Need I say more?

The American Family Association is reporting that "pro-family groups are celebrating two court rulings on Thursday in New York and Georgia that turned aside bids by homosexuals to legalize same-sex "marriage.""

As a conservative Christian, I'm celebrating the rulings as well, fully understanding that Sodom and Gomorrah were literally set forth as an example unto those who would afterward live their lives in such a manner as the residents of Sodom and Gomorrah did, as we see in 2nd Peter 2:6, a verse "religious" homosexual priests and the like conveniently choose to skip over during their Bible studies.

2nd Peter 2:6: And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;

If God wasn't acceptive of homosexuality when it was rampant in Sodom and Gomorrah, why, I am left to wonder, do so many in America today, many of whom aren't even homosexual, hope to invite God's wrath upon our nation by approving of same-sex marriage which, naturally, brings with it the very behaviors that led to Sodom and Gomorrah's ultimate destruction?

Bible prophecy tells us, even though it is the duty of every Christian to oppose that which God has forbidden, this present trend of "tolerance" and "political correctness" is going to bring the world closer and closer to the conditions that were present when Lot, a just and righteous man, was delivered from the temptations and unlawful deeds that surrounded him - a clear reminder that when the world becomes as it was in Lot's day, the just and righteous, in the manner Lot was delivered from Sodom, will be delivered from the midst of a wicked generation that judgment may fall upon a world that has forgotten its God! With all my heart and soul I believe this deliverance I speak of is on the prophetic horizon, if not at the very door! The present moral condition of the world, as well as how uncomfortable the Bible-believing, born-again Christian is becoming as a result of living in it is very reminiscent of the days of Lot, particularly when we examine how vexed Lot was by what was going on around him.

2nd Peter 2:6-9: And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;) The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

Why do I feel so confident that the saints are soon going to be called from a world that has forgotten its God via the Rapture of the Church? As stated earlier, the saints are vexed just as Lot was! Not only that, whenever those supporting same-sex marriage suffer a defeat, they don't retreat or accept that their forbidden lifestyles have been turned away. They just keep fighting on, determined to bring God's judgment upon them, often with the support of some of America's most influential people.

Below are a few samplings of what those supportive of the defeated same-sex marriage proponents had to say after the Georgia and New York courts ruled as they did.

Democrat Christine Quinn, a homosexual member of the New York City Council:

"Today, the court abdicated its role to enforce New York's Constitution and ensure equal rights for all New Yorkers. It is a deeply disappointing decision. ... The New York Court of Appeals has a long tradition of protecting equal rights for New Yorkers. But today the court let us down, and it is a sad day for families across the state."

Democratic Congressman Jerrold Nadler of New York:

"This is a sad day for families, a sad day for justice, and a sad day in the struggle for equal rights for all Americans. The promise that, in this nation, all people are created equal, and entitled to equal rights, compels us to end discrimination against same-sex couples. Today, the Court of Appeals has failed to take that stand."

Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean:

"As Democrats, we believe that every American has a right to equal protection under the law and to live in dignity. And we must respect the right of every family to live in dignity with equal rights, responsibilities and protections under the law. Today's decision by the New York Court of Appeals, which relies on outdated and bigoted notions about families, is deeply disappointing, but it does not end the effort to achieve this goal."

"It does not end the effort to achieve this goal", says Howard Dean. Indeed it doesn't, but God foresaw that there would be godless liberals like Howard Dean in the world and told us their presence among us would be a sign of Christ's soon-coming return! Come to think of it, this is the first time I can recall ever hearing of a quote made by Howard Dean that brings me genuine happiness. Thanks, Mr. Dean --- and I mean that!

Missiles, missiles, and more missiles!

Someone wrote me yesterday wondering when I was going to address the issue of the North Korean missile crisis currently underway, to which I replied that it was definitely in the works. What can I say on this topic? Little other than we're seeing the rumours of war Christ prophesied, the potential magnitude of which is too horrendous to even imagine.

Mark 13:7-8: And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

It was very disturbing to me when I heard that North Korea had fired numerous missiles recently, but nothing could have prepared me for what would come later --- news that the largest of the missiles was aimed at an area of the ocean close to Hawaii! Fortunately for all concerned other than the lunatic Kim Jong IL, the missile barely made it off the launch pad before experiencing a major malfunction and crashing.

A Reuters report states, in part, that "North Korea may have targeted Hawaii to show the United States that it was capable of landing a missile there, or because it is home to the headquarters of the U.S. Pacific fleet." Talk about a dangerous game of cat and mouse!

What would've happened if the missile had continued its flight toward Hawaii is hard to say, but North Korea has raised the threat of a nuclear war taking place considerably, a poor decision on Kim Jong IL's part considering the USS Mustin, a guided missile destroyer, has just arrived in the region carrying a payload of surface-to-air missiles and Tomahawk cruise missiles. In all likelihood, the USS Mustin, considered one of the Pacific Fleet's most advanced warships, is carrying at least a few warheads capable of vaporizing North Korea, which I pray for all our brothers and sisters in Christ in that land, will not take place due to the regime's foolishness.

And then there's Taiwan - a US ally in the region. It appears they're going to test fire a missile of their own - one capable of hitting China, as seen in a Reuters report. Naturally, the Chinese are concerned by that prospect, raising tensions even more in the region.

While I don't believe a nuclear weapons exchange is going to take place this side of the Rapture unless Damascus gets vaporized, which I certainly believe could take place before the saints are called up to meet the Lord in the air, giving all concerned in the ongoing Middle East conflict a legitimate reason to consider peace as an option, one never knows what is going to take place, aside from the fact that all the rumors of wars we are experiencing are eventually going to lead to nation rising against nation, which will, in turn, ultimately lead to the battle of Armageddon and the visible, physical, bodily, and glorious return of Jesus Christ and all His saints to the earth!

Everywhere we turn, it's crises!

An MSNBC article dated July 6th states the following, in part:

From deteriorating security in Afghanistan and Somalia to mayhem in the Middle East, confrontation with Iran and eroding relations with Russia, the White House suddenly sees crisis in every direction.

Crisis in every direction. That about sums today's world up, doesn't it? It certainly does from my perspective!

What does a crisis-filled world like ours tell us? Jesus Christ is coming soon! Like it or not, He's coming!

2 Timothy 3:1: This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

While I know it makes some people squeamish when I point that prophetic truth out for all to see, using the headlines of our world today as evidence, I'm only calling it like I see it.

Don't blame the end times messenger; blame a world that has forgotten its God.

Therein lies the problem.