It’s July again…..??
By Pastor F. M. Riley
July 1, 2013
"God that made
the world and all things therein, seeing that He is Lord of heaven and earth dwelleth not in temples made with hands:
Neither
is worshipped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, seeing He giveth
to all life and breath, and all things;
And hath
made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth,
and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their
habitation;
That
they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after Him, and find
Him, though He be not far from every one of us:
For in
Him we live, and move, and have our being…..," Acts 17:24-28.
Introduction
Four years ago on June 29, 2009 I posted
a brief article about the month of July, wondering if that 7th
month of the year on our Gentile calendar would be the month that our Lord
would come to resurrect and rapture His New Covenant believers to glory. It obviously was not His "appointed
time!"
Now here we are four years later, and I
have been asked if I would consider re-writing the article on July. The brother in Christ who asked me seems to
think that this month may have some prophetic significance. After reviewing the calendars [Gentile and Jewish] I think he might be
right. I thought and prayed about his request, and the article
you are about to read is my answer to him, and for any other readers who might
be concerned about the month of July.
May our gracious Lord God direct in this article…….
The month of
July, 2013
The Jewish Holy Days…….It is, or should
be, glaringly obvious that July is the seventh month on our Gentile
calendar. Many of God’s people who study
Bible prophecy today are totally consumed with the "theory" or idea that all of Bible prophecy has to be
fulfilled around the Jewish holy days which occur during the year on the Jewish
calendar. Why? I have pointed out in the past with book,
chapter, and verse, that the Lord God fulfilled every one of the Jewish Holy
Days at His first coming. Men can deny
this truth and argue about it all they want, and the truth of the Scriptures
will still stand when all denials of God’s Word have vanished in the wind. Since Christ Jesus in His humanity is the "Lion
of the tribe of Judah," [a Jew],
He may or may not yet return on a Jewish Holy Day. It is the Jewish people who are obligated by
the Word of the Lord to fulfill the Jewish Holy Days in the outline of
Bible prophecy, Jeremiah 5:24. The
Gentile church of the Lord Jesus Christ is under no such obligation
whatsoever.
What "Dates" to
"watch" in the month of July
The following is a list of "dates" in the
month of July which may or may not be prophetically significant. The Lord Himself told His people [true believers] to "watch and pray." All I am doing, or attempting to
do, in this study is to alert God’s
people to the possible significance of the month of July and the possible
dates in this month that may or may not bear "watching."
The month of July contains parts of the
month of Tammuz [July 1-7], the 4th
month on the Jewish calendar, and parts of Av, the 5th month on the
Jewish calendar. This year the month of
Tammuz ends on July 7th and the month of Av begins on the new moon
on July 8th. These dates may
or may not be prophetically significant. The Jewish calendar is
based on the lunar cycles of the Moon, rather than on the
earth’s orbit around the Sun. During
this present year, these dates on the Jewish calendar are about two weeks ahead
of what they were in 2009 when I first wrote about the month of July. As I write, we are presently in the 21 day period
of mourning by the Jewish people which began on the 17th day of
Tammuz and will end on the 9th day of Av. The 17th day of Tammuz was the
date in ancient times when the Babylonian army surrounded the city of Jerusalem
and laid siege to the city. The 9th
day of Av was when the Babylonian army broke through the walls of Jerusalem and
destroyed the Jewish Temple, and carried away thousands of Jews as captives
into Babylon.
July
4th…….On July 4, 2013 the United States of America will be 237 years
old as a nation. Wow! So what, some
reader may ask? Well, here is what,
laid out for our readers…….
"2" This is the Bible number which
doctrinally signifies "separation or
division; to separate; to divide; to set apart; to separate or divide by calling out."
"3" This is the Bible number which
doctrinally signifies "the resurrection
or the rapture; to resurrect or rapture; the Trinity or Triune Godhead."
"7" This is the Bible number which
doctrinally signifies "completion;
fulfillment; to complete or fulfill; to fill up; to finish; to bring to an
end."
Now let’s add up these three numbers. 2 + 3 + 7 = 12. "12" is
the Bible number which doctrinally signifies "authority; of God or of men; Divine Authority." I suggest that our readers review the
statement of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself in Luke 21:24, when He
prophesied with authority that "Jerusalem
shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles
be fulfilled." We must be very
close to that time! I am only sounding
a trumpet [Ezekiel 33:1-9] attempting
to alert God’s people to possibilities.
Now let’s examine this
birthday year number for the 237th anniversary of the birth of the
United States of America just a wee bit further.
Let’s now multiply these same
numbers. 2 x 3 x 7 = 42. "42" is
the Bible number which doctrinally signifies "the coming of Christ" all through the Scriptures. Hello!
While the Lord God may or may not come on July 4th, or
during this month of July, this anniversary number clearly indicates to me that
He will come during this present 237th anniversary year of
the United States of America. Wow! It is
later than some think!
Folks, it is the clearly stated plan of
the Lord God to separate all New Covenant believers from this present
evil world by the pre-tribulation resurrection and rapture, which such separation
is signified by the number "2." Read it
for yourself in John 14:1-3, 1 Corinthians 15:23, Galatians 1:4; Revelation 3:10.
The means
of effecting such a separation will be the pre-tribulation resurrection and
rapture, which is signified by the number "3."
Read it for yourself in 1 Corinthians 15:51-52, 1 Thessalonians
4:13-18; Revelation 3:8; 3:10; 4:1-2.
Such a separation will complete this
present dispensation, bringing it to an end and completing "the fullness of the
Gentiles," Romans 11:25, as signified by the number "7." Then immediately the
terrible seven year Tribulation will begin upon those wicked unbelievers left
behind on the earth following the pre-tribulation resurrection and rapture of all
New Covenant believers. Read it for yourself
beginning in Revelation 4 and extending through Revelation 22.
Yes, I am well aware that the resurrection
and rapture is going to take place over the whole earth at the exact same
instant! Then some reader may want to
know why I am using the anniversary date of the United States of America as an
example? Why not use this country? This is the country that the entire world has
looked to for the past 200 plus years for moral guidance and leadership. In the past this country has been a beacon to
the whole world of morality, freedom, and justice.
Folks, I was born and grew up in this
country and have lived in and loved this
country all of my life. But over the
past fifty years I have watched the masses of people in this country change
from God fearing, law abiding, hard
working, honest, neighborly citizens, into a nation of greedy, grasping, lying,
cheating, pleasure seeking, partying, drunken, fornicators, adulterers, whore
mongers, and sodomites. Go ahead and
get mad at me for saying this, but every honest reader knows I have spoken the
truth! I am now watching this nation in
its final death throes, for every nation in human history which has
taken the path this nation is following today has ceased to exist under the
righteous and well deserved judgment of Almighty God. Proverbs
14:34, Psalm 9:17, and Romans 6:23 are all still in the
Bible whether some readers like it or not!
In
ancient times the apostasizing Jewish people offered up their babies in
sacrifice to the heathen god, Molech.
While those innocent babies were screaming and dying in the red hot
hands of that heathen god, the apostate Jews were having sexual orgies right
before the altar of that heathen god,
making more innocent babies to sacrifice to Molech. Terrible you say! Wickedness!
Yes, it is wickedness! But shall
we condemn ancient Israel and hypocritically overlook the sin of America? With the "legal" approval of the United
States Supreme Court and the present administration in charge of our government, this United States of America has
made ancient Israel look like a bunch of amateurs when it comes to the mass
murder of the innocent unborn. Since Roe
vs Wade in 1973 the people of this country have callously murdered somewhere
between 55 and 65 million innocent unborn babies, and are still
murdering several thousand of them every day even as I write. As a nation founded on Christian principles,
do the people of this nation today even have the right to ask our precious God
and Savior in song and word "God bless
America"? Well…???
How did this once Godly country get into
this present evil situation? It began by
removing prayer and Bible study from the classrooms of the American
schools. Instead of teaching our
children and young people that they are creations of God and have a
responsibility to their Creator, for now 50 years they have been taught that
they are only a "higher class" of animal.
Now those same people who were once impressionable young children are
grown, but are acting like animals, cohabiting, fighting, devouring, and
murdering without any conscience. Any
American too stupid to connect the dots will never come to understanding.
As if murdering the innocent unborn is
not enough, our American court system has now "legalized" the practice of open
homosexuality and homosexual marriage. God’s
Word has not changed! Read what the
inspired Word says about it in Leviticus 18:22; 20:13; and Deuteronomy
23:17. Then who has changed? This nation which made a covenant with the
Lord God before the colonists stepped off the Mayflower has changed. This nation has broken every precept of that
Mayflower Compact, and as a nation has no shame or remorse for having done
so. Like every nation before it that
has gone into such rebellion and wickedness against Almighty God, this nation
too will be brought to destruction.
Listen to the sobering words spoken to
apostate Israel 2,500 years ago, and ask yourself if the same principle does not apply equally
to America. "I have overthrown some
of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked
out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto Me, saith the Lord. Therefore this will I do unto you, O Israel: and
because I will do this unto thee, prepare
to meet thy God, O Israel," Amos 4:11-12.
Folks, I highly suspect that a bloodbath
is on the horizon, and it might just begin on July 4th, this
237th anniversary of the birth of America. Think about it!
July
6th – 18th…….There is a group of Christian
geologists who are predicting a series of major earthquakes to strike the west
coast of the United States, particularly California, during this time
frame. Will it happen? I don’t know! But if it should, will our readers be
prepared to cope with it, physically and spiritually?
July
16th…….Well isn’t this fascinating? The Jewish 9th day of Av,
referred to as "Destruction Day" by the Jews because of all the terrible things
which have happened to them on this day throughout their history, falls on this
date this month. It is fascinating to
me, because July 16th is also an important date in American and
world history, and here we have both of these important days in Jewish and
American history coming together on the same day this year. Let’s see…..
The
9th day of Av was the date in Jewish history when…..
Both the first and second Jewish Temples
were destroyed by the armies of ancient Babylon and Rome.
On this date in the 1200’s all Jews were
expelled from Great Britain.
On this date in the 1400’s all Jews were
expelled from Spain.
Adolph Hitler’s "Final Solution" for the
"Jewish problem" in Europe was approved on this date in 1938, sending some 6
million Jews to die in the gas chambers and the ovens of the Nazi concentration camps.
It was on this date in 1994 that the first
of 21 pieces of the Shoemaker-Levy Comet began plunging into the Planet
Jupiter. The Comet had broken into 21
pieces on the 17th day of Tammuz.
The 21 pieces of the Comet continued to plow into Jupiter for 7
days. This was such a vivid type of the seven year Tribulation
period that any true believer
ought to have the spiritual discernment to see the type.
It was on the 9th day of Av,
August 2, 1990, that the armies of
Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, resulting in the first Desert Storm war which
began on January 17, 1991. This entire
war, and the aftermath of it, was
prophesied in God’s inspired Word some 2,600 years in advance. You can read it for yourself in the 1st
chapter of the Book of Habakkuk.
The
16th day of July was the date in American and world history
when…..
On
this date in 1945 the first Atomic bomb was exploded on the desert just north
of Alamogordo, New Mexico in 1945, beginning the Nuclear Age and the race for
nuclear weapons among the nations. Now
that several nations in the world have nuclear weapons of mass destruction,
including some nations ruled by "crazies," don’t you feel much safer? Sic!
On this date in 1969 Neil Armstrong and
Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon in Apollo 11, beginning the Space Age.
There are numerous other events connected
with both of these dates, which I simply cannot recall right now, but our
readers can research the dates for yourself.
It is then just "coincidence" that these two highly important dates have
been brought together, falling on the same day this year? Or is the Lord God trying to tell His people
something? So what will happen on July
16th this year? I do not
know! But I will be very surprised
if something prophetically significant does not happen.
July
21st…….There is a group of Christian astronomers that has
calculated that Nibiru [Planet X]
will come flying past the earth on this date.
They have bluntly stated that NASA has been lying to the people about
this danger from space. These
astronomers claim that as Nibiru comes flying past the earth, it will be a close
pass, and may cause massive destruction on the earth.
July
22nd…….On the night of the 21st-22nd
is the full moon. This will be Av 14 –
15 on the Jewish calendar. According
to geologists and meteorologists, there is always a greater chance of
earthquakes occurring during the few days before and after a full Moon. The resurrection and rapture will occur
during a major earthquake, in the likeness of the resurrection of Christ, Matthew 27:51-53. Will this be the "great earthquake" during which all true New Covenant believers will be raptured to glory? I do not know! But each passing day is bringing us closer and closer to our going "home" to be with the Lord Jesus and His people. Are you ready? Really ready?
July 30th…….As I write, I have laying on my desk a report from a group in Oxford, England which explicitly states that on this date, all American and Japanese currency will be declared worthless and the entire economies of both countries will collapse. This report refers the reader to a video which contains much more detailed information. I would point out to our readers that Oxford, England is one of the world headquarters from which the Illuminati works. I don’t take this warning lightly, but our readers are free to shrug it off in ridicule and unbelief, or whatever. The choice is yours!
Each month throughout this present year
has been worse than the previous month from nearly every viewpoint;
economically, politically, morally, militarily, etc. Crime and every kind of wickedness has
constantly increased each month throughout this year. I do not expect July to be an exception!
"Even so, come, Lord Jesus," Revelation 22:20.
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