Is COVID-19 Just the Calm Before the Storm?
By Joe Southerland
Published on: April 19, 2020
Researched by Pastor Gary Boyd

“And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see” (Revelation 6:1).

“And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices” (Revelation 10:3).

“And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps” (Revelation 14:2).

“And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great” (Revelation 16:18).

A Time Like No Other

Throughout the world, Mankind’s overly busy, hectic lives have come to a screeching halt. In a time like no other in history, nearly half of the world’s population of now over seven billion is in a forced lock-down imposed by their governments. Vast swaths of humanity are now in a mandatory, isolated pause relegating us to small groups and social distancing. They are also being told the best thing they can do is stay isolated. It is a time like no other, when we are almost all individually forced to stop and reflect. People are reassessing their lives amidst the backdrop of an ever-lurking invisible killer which is bringing forth random death and chaos about us.

COVID-19 is a global event which is occurring to nearly all Mankind simultaneously, and its lingering impact is yet to be determined. This pandemic is unlike any other before. Due to the interconnected global community sharing entertainment, commerce, and transportation, the virus has rapidly spread more quickly than any previous pestilence in history.

Pestilence Allowed to Unfold

If you believe that GOD is sovereign LORD over His creation and is actively involved in shaping the course of history, it is evident that GOD is allowing COVID-19 to occur for His greater purposes. Furthermore, He has loosened his mighty, controlling hand but a fraction and allowed a single, deadly, natural force bounded upon earth to run its course.

We are now experiencing the largest rippling birth pain in generations. Jesus warned us this would come before His return. “For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows” (Matthew 24:3-8).

Is the Bubble about to Burst?

Within God’s timeline we reside in the Church Age or Age of Grace, which is a period where God has endured long suffering as He has patiently prepared His Bride, the Church. For eternal salvation He only requires of Mankind that we make a free-will decision of faith in His Son, who died for our sins and rose from death to life after three days. He wants none to perish but all to obtain salvation (2nd Peter 3:9).*

Beyond the ultimate gift of His Son, God further graced Mankind with two other mighty gifts: The Holy Spirit to dwell in us and guide us in all things, and the mind of God, His Word. We are in an age truly blessed because we need but to believe in order to become Children of God.

However, according to the scriptures, this magnificent Age of Grace shall end. That is not an IF, but a WHEN. Beyond any doubt, COVID-19 is awakening many in Mankind from their deadly spiritual slumber. This is in preparation for what shall come upon the face of the earth before He Returns in Triumph.

Accordingly, COVID-19 is but the calm before the storm.

As a Believer and teacher of God’s Word, I can neither dismiss nor ignore what Jesus has told us shall come to pass before He will return. According to the scriptures, far more calamitous and miraculous events shall unfold, for the heavens shall peal back and the full glory, power and majesty of the Son of God, the Lamb of God, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ shall arise from His heavenly throne. Then His mighty thunders shall roll forth as the time of the great unleashing of the supernatural begins upon Mankind. It will be a time like never before in all God’s creation.

During the Church Age, the Lord God has been consciously restraining the fullness of His almighty supernatural power and miraculous works. In terms of the supernatural, the Age of Grace can be categorized by “blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.” However, God soon shall unveil His supernatural, almighty powers, which have been sealed in a Seven-Sealed Scroll from creation, for a time of great unleashed judgments upon Mankind!

Church Harvest Nearly Complete

As the last soul is sealed into the Church (Romans 11:25), the Lord God will reintroduce the world to His supernatural omnipotence by removing all born-again Believers at the Rapture. Thus, the Lord God will begin reclaiming and cleansing the world of Satan’s lies, shaking Mankind’s perception of their universe; a universe in which man falsely claims he is the measure of all.

In the split second after the Rapture occurs, all Mankind shall fall into complete spiritual darkness for the first time in history (I shudder at the thought). The Lamb will leave Mankind utterly naked in their corruptions and abominations; there will be absolutely none left who do good. All those who are left are those who say in their hearts, “There is no God.”

This unparalleled supernatural event will throw the world’s people into chaos as they experience a phenomenon that shatters their man-made perception of reality. This unleashing of the supernatural begins as God lifts His mighty, restraining hand and Satan’s dark forces are unleashed upon the earth.

The Lamb of God Unleashes…

Surrounded by His Church, the Lamb who was slain shall step forth as the only one found Worthy to open the Lord God’s great Seven-Sealed Scroll. As he opens the first seal, thus begins the Seven-Year Tribulation period, Daniel’s Seventieth Week. In ripples like the birth pains which preceded this time, the Lamb shall unleash a series of supernatural seal, trumpet, and bowl judgments upon those who dwell on the earth. The judgments are sequential and shall come with power and flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder, all proclaiming to the earth that God alone is to be feared, glorified and acknowledged as their Creator.**

Unleashing the Seal Judgments

In Revelation chapter six, God begins by unleashing five of the seven seals judgments. In the first four, God loosens the restraints on Satan. His son, the False Christ/the Antichrist/the Beast shall ride forth bringing the promise of peace by war. On his heals shall follow starvation, plague and death over one fourth of the earth. At first Man will say: it is just another war, it is just another famine, it is just another plague. However, it shall bring the bloodiest death toll the world has ever seen.

As the grim bloodbath’s toll mounts, many people will start to question if it is something more. Is the new world leader’s promised utopia to come true? Or is the hand of God in this?

In the sixth seal, the Lord God answers those who will listen, as he shakes the earth in his mighty hand. Mankind will then experience an earthquake like no other, accompanied by the sun shrouded in thick darkness, the moon turned blood red, and meteor showers filling the skies and falling to earth. At that point Mankind will say, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!” But many will refuse to repent and glorify him.

Unleashing the Trumpet Judgments

In Revelation chapters eight and nine, prior to God allowing six of the seven trumpet angels to announce their judgment, there is reverent silence in Heaven. God and all heavens sorrow over the righteous wrath about to be unleashed against rebellious man.

On earth there will also be a gap of time following the great earthquake as Mankind recovers. People will ask, “Was it a divine act of God or was it Mother Nature responding to Man’s continued misuse?”

God will answer by unleashing four successive unparalleled judgment blows against earth and those remaining in it. Hail and fire mixed with blood will fall upon the earth. A blazing huge mountain will plummet from the sky. A great star blazing like a torch will then be thrown into the sea. Finally, the skies shall be darkened over the earth. The remaining people on earth will reel, regroup, and try to recover as one third of all the life-sustaining plants, animals and water are destroyed.

On whom shall they turn for their life-giving water and daily bread? God or government? The Antichrist will answer he is one and the same. Many will follow Satan’s son.

God’s answer comes by opening the shaft of the Abyss, where Satan’s long-imprisoned minions are unleashed upon the earth for five months. They will then mentally and physically torment those who will choose to worship the Beast and take his Mark, yet will not torture those who do not bow to the Beast.***

With these five supernatural judgments complete and man still in rebellion, God’s angel will blast the sixth trumpet, and the largest army man has ever seen executes His judgment upon man. A third of mankind’s eternal fates will be sealed in death by this evil army. The second death will await those who refused to repent and glorify God.

Unleashing of the Two Witnesses

In Revelation chapter eleven, God sends two great messengers of His Word, empowered with supernatural abilities for nearly three and half years. Fire will come from their mouths and devour their enemies. They will be empowered to cease the rain, turn the waters into blood, and unleash upon the earth every kind of plague as often as they want.

Some shall call these witnesses tools of evil. Others shall correctly attest that they are part of God’s attempt to awaken remaining Mankind on earth, to topple his arrogance and stubbornness.

Unleashing the Bowl Judgments

In Revelation chapter sixteen, God will complete the period of wrath by unleashing five bowls of judgment upon the remaining God-haters and inhabitants the earth. Angels will pour bowls causing supernatural judgments: ugly and painful sores break out upon those with the mark of the Beast and Beast worshipers. The seas, rivers and springs will turn to blood; the sun will painfully burn and scorch people. The world will plunge into utter darkness.

Despite men gnawing their tongues in agony, they will curse God because of their pains and refuse to repent, fear and glorify God and acknowledge Him as their Creator.**

The Lamb of God, The Lion of Judah

The sixth angel will pour out his bowl, which prompts Satan’s minions and hordes to gather in a place called Armageddon. Now is the time for one of the most magnificent passages of Scripture in the Bible:

“And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King of Kings and Lord of Lords" (Revelation 19:11-16).

It Is Done!

And the seventh angel will pour out his bowl into the air; and there will come a great voice out of God’s Heavenly throne, saying, “It is done!”

The intense time of great unleashing of God’s long-awaited supernatural power onto a God-denying world will be completed. They demanded proof. They demanded a sign. The Lord God gave them sign, after sign, after sign; yet countless multitudes did not repent, and therefore shall spend their eternity in the lake of fire.

But also from this time, a great multitude, whom no man can number, out of every nation and tribe and people and tongue, shall stand before the throne and the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands; and they will cry out with a loud voice, saying “Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb!”

Thanks be to you our Lord God Almighty! The One who is, who was and who is to come! Come for us, our Lord Jesus, come. Come and reign over us in victory, and in power, and in glory! We, your Bride, await you!

Alleluia! For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth!

As always an erroneous doctrinal belief knocks on to other doctrines as well. We are now at a point in time where these things are of major importance.



Departygne is the old English version of rapture.



2 Thessalonians 2:3 “Let no man deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come, unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition.

The original early Bibles were consistent in their translation of this verse as follows:

2 Thessalonians 2:3 “Let no man deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come, unless the departynge comes first...”



Note how dramatically “departynge” changes the entire meaning. Read the top verse and then the bottom rendition of it again.



Here are the early, original old English Bibles and their use of that verse. Note the consistency:

Wycliffe Bible (1330), "departynge first"

2. Tyndale Bible (1525/26), "departynge first"

3. Coverdale Bible 1535), "departynge first"

4. Crammer Bible (1539), "departynge first"

5. Beeches Bible (1583), "departing first"

6. Beza Bible (1583), "departing first"

7. Geneva Bible (1608), "departing first" 8. King James Bible (1611) “falling away.”



The 1611 King James Bible, which many claim is the only inspired, totally accurate Bible, which is absolute hogwash, changed “departynge first, to “falling away” from the faith.

The departynge (departure) is of course the rapture of the church – how logical!



Note that the word “Day” is capitalized. This is a reference to the entire tribulation period, or if you like, the Second Coming.



“Departynge first” places the rapture before the tribulation period (Day of the Lord)



Bear in mind that you can’t have both opinions. The “falling away from the faith” is not the “departynge first.” It’s one or the other.



Number 8 (above) marked the introduction of error, which has permeated and predominated since then, fueled by the knock-on effect of the error.



I know all the arguments in favor of “falling away from the faith”, but if any are true, I ask you then, how do you explain the consistency of “departure” in all the early Bibles?



If you are looking for the great falling away from the faith, as a sign, instead of the soon-coming rapture, you will obviously be looking in the wrong place, to say nothing of the contradiction to the verses speaking of a great end-time revival. (See the next edition!)



►I see quite a few reputable Bible teachers are now also teaching on this “departure” instead of “falling away from the faith.” That is just great!



In the types revealed in the feasts, we have now moved from Passover (the cross) to the resurrection. But bear in mind that Passover is also about Israel leaving Egypt (the world), which has enormous prophetic implications.



But first:



The group speak of herd mentality



Many generations of church leaders and Bible teachers have been playing “blind man’s buff.” They have been following the blind man who says he can see, right into a tree.



Herd mentality, especially amongst blind, parrot pastors has joined Catholicism in replacing Passover with Easter. This destroys Bible prophecy albeit symbolically. The seven feasts, in their fulfilment, succinctly plot the major prophetic peaks of the ages.



The feats conceal and reveal the skeleton of all prophecy. Passover, the first of the feasts is the head of the skeleton.



All the Passover rejecting, Easter loving Christians have beheaded prophecy. No wonder they are running around like headless chickens.



This love of and receiving of paganism (Easter) is the very cause of most of those churches being ignorant of prophecy, with some exceptions.



There are so many churches that won’t touch or teach Bible prophecy, but they will venerate paganism and forever argue useless arguments in favor of their mixture of Babylon into the truth.



Okay, so now we see that the “falling away” is the rapture of the church. That leads to the obvious question, when will this occur?



Imminence is for the wicked:



So, if the departure of the church comes first, it is appropriate to address the error of imminence, which knocks on to other doctrines too.



The presumption behind imminence is that the Lord’s coming for the church at the rapture will occur without any preceding signs and could happen at any time, because “no one knows the time.”



There are numerous preceding signs and forerunners of the coming of the tribulation period. Obviously those signs would also be relevant to a pre-tribulation rapture.



The argument in favor of imminence is based largely on a verse misunderstood:



Matthew 24:36 “Of that day and hour no man knows...but as the days of Noah were so shall the coming of the Son of Man be.”



What people have done is presumed that this verse says “no one knows the time.”



1 Thessalonians 5:2 “You yourselves know that the day of the Lord, so comes as a thief in the night. When they (the world) say ‘peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes upon them as labour pains...”



The thief in the night full of darkness will not know – it is a reference to the wicked.



1 Thessalonians 5:4 “But you brethren are not in darkness that this Day should overtake you as a thief...Let us not sleep as others do, but let us watch and be sober.”



Matthew 24:36-37 “As in the days of Noah, so also will it be at the coming of the Son of Man...They (the wicked) will be eating, drinking, marrying and giving in marriage...and they did not know until the flood came and took them all away.”



Matthew 24:48”But if the evil (wicked) servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming...the master will come on a day when he is not looking.”



If no one knows the time, the following verse is a real problem. How can you look for something that’s unknowable?





Titus 2:13 “Looking for that blessed hope and the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior.”



The thief in the night is wicked and does not know. The believer is not in darkness and does know. It is the wicked servant who says no one knows!



The awakened believer is commanded to “know” “watch” “pray” and “look” for the appearing.



Matthew 24:33 “You also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, at the very doors.”



The word “know” above is in the imperative tense, meaning it is a command, similar to a military command.



The problem with the doctrine of imminence is that it is always extended to mean, “no one knows the time.” (So don’t bother trying.)



Yes, Acts 1:7 says, “It is not given to you (the disciples) to know times or seasons...” But this is talking to those particular disciples at that time in Jesus day and not to end-time believers generally.



1 John 2:18 “Little children it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even, many Antichrists have come, by which we know it is the last hour.”





So, when will the departing take place? Regular readers know my view all too well. It will occur on a Feast of Trumpets, when all the other required signs are in place. But more exciting material on that, not shared before, in coming editions.



Today God’s shofar is sounding an alarm, and ringing bells of urgency. God’s menorah is shining its light on the cross of salvation and its resurrection power. Can you hear the sound, can you see the light? Can you feel and sense the power?



Births X 3:



Pregnancy always leads to birth-pangs. That’s where we are now.

■The church is pregnant with a glorious resurrection body. ■The world is pregnant with the coming antichrist. ■Israel is pregnant with the Millennium.



The resurrection body is coming before the tribulation, the Antichrist is coming in the tribulation, the true Christ is coming at the end of the tribulation and the Millennium is coming after the tribulation.



Be thankful and full of praise that you have not been left out in the spiritual cold.



Covid-19 is a birth!



Covid-19 has birthed worldwide mass fear and confusion. Is it of God or of the devil? Confusion is not of God, but is of the devil. But God uses these events caused by the devil for His purposes.



This shaking is leading to repentance for many people. God uses the tests to see who are really His, and who His disciples are.



Bear in mind that this virus is a “birth” of worse things to come in the tribulation period.



►The shaking has started now, before the tribulation. The shaking is for the shakeable. The kingdom of God is unshakable.



The tragedy of the biblical Jews was that they “did not know the time of their visitation.” (Luke 19:44)Today, much of the church and the world do not know what’s going on. They do not know their time of visitation and required repentance.

Did President Trump “divide the land” and cause the virus? (Joel 3:2)



I believe some teachers, the left-over deceived, Revelation 12-sign teachers, and others are teaching and claiming repeatedly that the coronavirus in the US is a result of President Trump dividing the land of Israel, through the “Deal of the Century.”



That is absolutely NOT the case at all! Do not believe it. Dismiss it as short-sighted rubbish.



Daniel 11:39 “He (Antichrist) shall act against the strongest fortresses with a foreign god (Satan) which he shall acknowledge and advance its glory; and shall cause them to rule over many, and divide the land for gain.”



Joel 3:2 “I will gather all nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat and I will enter into judgment with them there, on account of My people, My heritage Israel...They have also divided up My land.”



The condemned dividing of the land comes in the tribulation period. Both of these verses above clearly occur in the tribulation period.



If President Trump is responsible for dividing the land and the coronavirus is the result, then why did God not do the same when the land was divided many times before?



If the coronavirus is a result of President Trump dividing the land of Israel, why would God bring this virus on the whole world?



There is another side to dividing the land which most are not aware of because of their blinkers. It’s all about numbers. An undivided Israel would bring all the Palestinian territories refugees and exiles into one united land.



There are an estimated 14 million Palestinians who would instantly become part of Israel. That would make Israel an Islamic state overnight. Do you think God will allow that? You have to be mad in the head! Besides, that is not what the prophetic word reveals at all!



The best way to deal with this is to have separate, divided political entities with their own internal independence, as there is today. There is no other workable solution.



It was the children of Israel themselves who caused the land of Israel to be divided. In disobedience to God, they failed to drive out all the occupying people (Arabs). So now the best solution to prevent Israel from becoming fully Islamic is to create Palestinian territories of autonomy.



Here it is, and note the last sentence:

Numbers 33:50-55 Instructions for the conquest of Canaan: “Moses, speak to the children of Israel and say to them: When you have crossed the Jordan into the land of Canaan, then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, destroy all their engraved stones, destroy all their molded images and demolish all their high places...but if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it shall be that those who you let remain, shall be irritants in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they shall harass you in the land where you dwell.”



So, the situation is a bit more complex than people think.

God is legally bound to operate within His own legal framework. You cannot be accused of, or held responsible for something you didn’t do. President Trump’s “Deal of the Century” is null and void, not being implemented. Except for a few issues that are very pro-Israel in the first place.

If anything, President Trump holds a “key of David” in his hands, and not the cause of the coronavirus! (See edition 509 “Beware the key of David.”)



What comes next?



In the midst of plagues, Passover (not Easter) led to the Exodus of the children of Israel, as Pharaoh “let them go.” That led to war as the Egyptian army then changed their mind and pursued them. That led to the supernatural defeat of the Egyptians in the Red Sea. That led Israel to the Promised Land.



Moses commanded Pharaoh to “Let my people go.” He finally did, which is a type of Israel becoming a nation in 1948, even sanctioned by the League of Nations which became the UN. This fulfilled Isaiah 66:8.



Yes, Pharaoh changed his mind and pursued the Jews, right into God’s trap – the Red Sea. This is a type of the UN changing its mind after Israel’s independence in 1948 and becoming a staunch enemy of Israel, pursuing her on every front.



If the UN could only see that their feet are already wet in the modern Red Sea of blood that will befall them in the tribulation period!



So what is next? It is war as Israel enters the God-parted Red Sea, prepared for her as she approaches the God ordained Promised Land of salvation.



At the same time, modern unsaved man is already teetering like the tower, about to fail and fall.



There is a reason why God said the city of Babylon (the world-system), and the tower, will never rise again! The reason is because it was man’s sin-filled attempt to create peace and reach God. That is a type of today’s world trying to reach God with sin intact.



Jeremiah 50:39 “...It (Babylon) shall be inhabited no more forever...”

Jeremiah 51:26 “They shall not take from you (Babylon) one stone for a foundation, but you shall be desolate forever, says the Lord.”



End-time Babylon is the world-system and not the original, cursed and doomed city in Iraq, which will never rise again according to these prophetic verses above.



But end-time Babylon the Great, which is the world, will rise to meet its destruction even as it is trying to do so now.



Isaiah 13:11,20 “I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity...It (Babylon) will never be inhabited, nor will it be settle in from generation to generation, nor will the Arab pitch tents there, nor the shepherds bring their sheep there.”



The tower is about to fall again, it is doomed; it, like a thief in the night, does not know the hour of its visitation. Get out of the way! Pastor Gary Boyd - https://garyboyd2244.blogspot.com

Who is the King of Glory?
By Joel Joseph
Conclusion by Pastor Boyd

Who is the Christ, Messiah, Yeshua, the Son of God – the King of glory?
His coming was prophesied throughout the Old Covenant.

He was born of a virgin. He lived a perfect life. He performed numerous miracles. He took the sin of the world upon Himself as He was crucified. He was raised from the dead, promising that His family will also be raised. He is coming again for those that are His.

These factors above present to us a shocking, devastating Messiah! How can such things be? If they are true, they must make you a devoted disciple and follower, or if you just carry on as normal – a giant fool.

Yeshua, this God of glory loves you. That alone is too profound to imagine. He is a jealous lover and will not share you with the world and its god. He hates many things you do.

The fact that this God and judge of the universe loves you, and has chosen you to be His family, has monumental implications. It places on you a tremendous responsibility. You can never be ordinary or normal again. Your entire life’s focus, value system and even your words, can only surrender to Him, and change radically.

Consider these dramatic words:
1 Corinthians 15:13 “If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Messiah is not risen, and if He is not risen, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain...If in this life only we have hope in Messiah, we are of all men most pitiable.”

Do you know why so many people are miserable and “most pitiable” (describing something that's pathetic or miserable)?

They do not believe in the resurrection! As this verse above maintains, they are therefore not saved.
But one single thing can change it all and that is meeting with the risen One, born miraculously to live miraculously, who took away your sins, died and rose again!

I’m not talking about words or language. Yes that is involved, but I’m talking about a face to face encounter, if only by faith, of this Man our God. Everything about Him is wonderfully unique, but perhaps the most mind-boggling and self-confidence shattering thing is His resurrection and ours, soon to come.

1 Corinthians 15:42-44 “So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption. It is sown in dishonour (death) it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body...”

Note from the verses above that your resurrection will be into a new spiritual body, incorruptible, in glory and full of power!!

Just think about those words – your future!

How can you look into the eyes of the One who knows your every thought and deed? How can you look into the eyes of the one who called you from before the foundation of the earth? How can you look into the eyes of the one with fire in His eyes and a sharp two-edged sword in His mouth?

This God is raising you to be one of His kingdom of priests to God the Father.

This God, our Lord, Saviour and friend is pure and holy. He is the personification of righteousness. He is the destroyer of all sin, and that is just one of the many reasons the unsaved world hates Him and us and His chosen people the Jews.

The world loves sin. God hates sin. The unsaved world hates holiness. God is holy.
John 7:7 “The world hates Me because I testify that its works are evil.”
John 3:20 “Everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.”

Sometimes, I am totally lost for words, when I think of all that our Messiah is, and all that He has already made us, and all that we will soon become. It is too staggering to comprehend!

Lord, what a wonder you are, and thank you, thank you for all the glory that is to come.

Proverbs 7:1-2 “Keep My words and treasure my commands within you. Keep My word and live and My law as the apple of your eye.”

Psalm 17:8 “Keep Me as the apple of Your eye. Hide me under the shadow of Your wings.”

Psalm 24:10 “Who is the King of glory? The Lord of hosts, He is the king of glory.
Some thoughts on the pandemic:

The Covid-19 virus has demonstrated just how easy it is to shut down the world, spread fear, remove freedom and control the masses, suddenly.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (Democrat) told CNN a few days ago that “It is our behaviour that stopped the spread of the virus” as he considers partially reopening New York. “It was us and not God who stopped the spread of the virus.” He said." He implied that prayer does not affect the virus.
With the above in mind, please read all about how closely the situation foreshadows the actions of the antichrist as the tribulation gets underway:

Isaiah 10:12-14 “...I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his haughty looks. For he (antichrist) says: By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom for I am prudent; I have removed the boundaries of the people and have robbed their treasuries...I have found like a nest the riches of the people...I have gathered all the earth, and there was no one who moved his wing, nor opened his mouth with even a peep.”

No, no, I’m not suggesting that the New York Governor is the antichrist – not at all. I’m simply drawing some of the behind-the-scenes parallels of things to come!

Bill Gates wants to introduce a tracking system too. It all runs along the same lines!

According to The Times of Israel (14th April), a prominent Israel mathematician claims that the spread of Covid-19 peaks after 40 days and declines to almost zero after 70 days. This is based on the study of other viruses. We are now just beyond 40 days!

Both of those numbers are significant in God’s dealings!

If you recall, I did say a few weeks ago that the pandemic would top out and decline.
✡† Shalom...Joel.

Conclusion by Pastor Gary Boyd

What we are now in is the beginning of sorrows, a preview of what is to come. The tribulation will be worse by far. When you hear that millions have inexplicably disappeared in the rapture you will have seven horrible years of tribulation.

If you think this is our last Pandemic or "natural" disaster you are sadly mistaken. Ask God for wisdom then Read the book of Revelations. As a Christian, I feel like the book of Revelation is unfolding before us. It shouldn’t be shocking, either, given the state of immorality in our world. Every day, the boundaries of sin seem to be pushed further and further. The line between right and wrong has slowly been erased by society, television, and pop culture.

Witchcraft, spiritualism, “New Age” belief systems are being celebrated and exalted. Abortions, literal baby murders, are called a “right” and are supported by so many. We have been removed further from the world God created and intended.

We need to take this time to re-evaluate ourselves. We need to prepare and repent. Jesus will return just as his word tells us. This is a fantastic wake up call, and I am taking it very seriously. I want to go Home to my Father, when my time is up.

Until The Lord calls me away from this world to the next, I want to make it clear that I believe in Jesus Christ as the true Lord and Savior. I believe that Jesus is the Son of God, was sacrificed on the cross, died for our sins, and rose again. He loves us all dearly (far more than we deserve) and forgives our sins if we repent. His Word says "whosoever believeth in Me, should not perish but have everlasting life.”

When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people, if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer made in this place. —2 Chronicles 7:13-15
Maranatha………...

Stage-setting in Overdrive By Terry James + Hoofbeats of the Fourhorsemen by Jan Markell
Researched by Pastor Gary Boyd

From my perspective of Bible prophecy in the stage-setting process for the wind-up of the age, three factors leap from current news.

These are in addition to the tremendous developments taking place in the socioeconomic dynamics brought on by the sudden appearance of the COVID-19 pandemic. That virus, coming out of the demonic world, it seems to me, was in itself enough to point to the nearness of the end of this dispensation.

The dire prospects for recovery from the effects of the coronavirus are, if one hasn’t faith in God’s complete control, at the very least emotionally debilitating.

Now, three additional developments bring into sharper focus exactly how near we are to the time when Christ calls for His Bride, the Church. This fact—that Jesus Christ is, for all born-again believers, soon to break through all the depressing news to take His own into Heaven—should excite us.

The first of the factors I see as profoundly setting the stage for the Tribulation era, thus for the Rapture of the Church, involves China’s sudden emergence to prominence on the geopolitical scene.

For centuries, China was a building giant that seemingly chose to stay sequestered behind the Great Wall. It had little major influence. Then the communist takeover gave the vast nation a presence that represented a threat, but one that could be controlled by the greater powers of the West—and even, to some extent, by a Soviet regime that didn’t want Mao Tse-tung to get too far out of line.

China has emerged, as we all know, to become an economic force that, in conjunction with its military presence, some say can nearly rival that of the US. It has become the great, hegemonic power of all of Asia. It is even building entire islands in the South China Sea just to establish a military presence to challenge anyone who dares to enter those waters.

America, it is sad to say, has provided much of the funding for that military burgeoning through insane trade deals of the past. And now, the communist leadership of China is beginning to assert its ever-increasing power. We see some of this through the following:

U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr warned of a range of threats from China including propaganda efforts surrounding the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and efforts to interfere in U.S. elections. In an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham, Barr described Chinese efforts as a ‘full-court blitzkrieg’ across multiple fronts, which he said includes meddling in US elections, exercising control over key supply chains and promoting disinformation about the coronavirus. (“AG Barr Says China in ‘full-court blitzkrieg’ to Undermine US Elections and Institutions,” Fox News, Rapture Ready News, April 10, 2020)

Many students of Bible prophecy have long viewed China as a leading part of the “kings of the east” army foretold to invade the Occidental world across a dried-up Euphrates River. This is prophetically scheduled to take place during the Tribulation era (see Revelation chapters 9 and 16).

I have termed China “the king of the kings of the east.” Certainly they are swiftly moving into position to fulfill this role.

The second element in the news today that I believe is setting the stage for the coming Tribulation involves Iran.

That nation, which occupies much of the territory of the ancient Persian Empire, is scheduled prophetically to attack Israel in “the latter days,” meaning, I take it, in the post-Rapture era.

Ezekiel the prophet, in chapters 38 and 39, calls it the “Gog-Magog” force, consisting, we believe, of Russia, Iran, and Turkey, along with lesser nations. The following brings to light Iran’s preparation for that assault:

The national security and foreign policy committee for the Islamic Republic of Iran’s parliament declared that Tehran will move forward with its uranium enrichment process, triggering sharp criticism from the US State Department on Thursday. (“Iran Defies EU, Declaring Continued Nuclear Uranium Enrichment,” by Benjamin Weinthal, Jerusalem Post, Rapture Ready News, April 10, 2020)

Iran’s defiance of demands by the US president, the European Union, and especially by Israel for that nation to dismantle its nuclear weapons facilities puts the region on track for a prophetic fulfillment. The very mountains that reportedly house these facilities are foretold to suffer catastrophic destruction. Many of us believe it will be Israel that destroys the nuclear capability of its chief nemesis.

The third current new items that I believe shows the nearness of the Tribulation is seen in the following:

In light of the growing demand by the Israeli public, several major Israeli rabbis ruled on the subject and for the first time ruled that it was now permissible to begin the Passover Temple service. As a result of that ruling, the rabbis sent a letter to the Prime Minister requesting that he allow the korban Pesach to take place.

The Sanhedrin emphasized that the plan to bring the altar to the Temple Mount was entirely consistent with President Trump’s recently released Deal of the Century which recognized Israel’s full sovereignty over the site. (“Historic First: Israel’s Top Rabbis Call on Netanyahu to Allow Temple Service to Begin on Temple Mount,” Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News, Rapture Ready News, April 10, 2020)

The request was rejected because of feared ramifications of probable conflict with Muslim forces and complications presented by the coronavirus.

However, the demands by the Jews in the area that Temple worship be allowed are growing. The almost completed plans for rebuilding the Temple and the already-prepared instruments of worship assure that the prophecies concerning the Tribulation Temple are nearing fulfillment.

With prophetic stage-setting for the Tribulation in overdrive, the nearness of the Rapture of the Church can’t be overemphasized. - 2nd article follows:
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Hoofbeats of the Four Horsemen?  By Jan Markell
Researched by Pastor Gary Boyd
Conclusion by Pastor Boyd

According to Lifeway Research, many pastors are apparently having an “aha” moment due to the tide of our times. It’s about time. I am now hope-filled. They are seeing current events today as things the Bible forecast for the end-of-days. But I maintain their pulpits could still be silent.

Let’s be optimistic. When real church resumes, the pulpits will boldly announce that we are in the last days and Jesus is coming soon. Get your houses in order!

Darrell Bock, New Testament professor at Dallas Seminary, noted that the Bible has several lists of potential signs of Jesus’ return, such as the Olivet Discourse passages, and some include concepts of global sickness. These are Tribulation references.

“Numerous biblical texts speak of disturbances in the creation that disorient and trouble people,” said Bock. “These disturbances have quite a range with earthquakes and wars being the most common. Jesus mentions plagues or pestilence explicitly in Luke 21.”

Three out of four pastors in the survey have noted that world and church events have meaning today. They include the rise in apostasy, the love of believers growing cold, the decline in traditional morals, national conflicts, natural disasters, famines, and even the rise in anti-Semitism. Even if they are Tribulation events, they are casting a shadow on the Church Age.

So is a new day in the church approaching thanks to some kind of a wake-up call? Almost 25 years ago, the church-growth movement said teaching any kind of eschatology would not grow the church.

Pastors were encouraged to keep quiet about the soon return of the Lord. Pastor Rick Warren even said in his Purpose Driven Life book that teaching Bible prophecy would distract you from your purpose and make you unfit for the Kingdom of God. Pastors listened to him!

In the information produced by Lifeway Research Joel Rosenberg states, “For too long, many pastors have shied away from teaching on birth pangs and events leading up to the Second Coming of the Lord, but the current pandemic demonstrates the need for solid, non-sensational preaching done in a biblical manner.”

The Lifeway report reveals that more than half the pastors expect Jesus to return in their lifetime. So why on earth are their pulpits not proclaiming this?

But there is more to the survey! Almost 70% of those surveyed believe the modern re-birth of Israel and the regathering of millions of Jewish people were fulfillments of prophecies in the Bible.

That’s great news but that was 72 years ago. Why haven’t you been preaching that, pastors? More than that, 40% of the pastors surveyed believe that the establishment of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem two years ago was a sign of the last days!

This is great sermon material! It could get a church fired up! But most pulpits I hear about are silent on the topic.

The most frequent email Olive Tree Ministries receives has to do with this topic: Where can I find a prophecy-preaching, relevant issues-focused church? Where can I find a church that is warning of things to come instead of emphasizing your best life now?

Brent Miller, Jr. of Ingenuity Films made the new Rapture-themed film production, Before the Wrath because his research, which also tapped into Lifeway, revealed that 98% of the church will not teach on anything end-time related. Both eschatology and Israel are marginalized. You read that right: 98%.

Let’s add one more equation into our discussion and that is what should be obvious to every observer. The book of Revelation tells us there is coming a one-world system run by the Antichrist. That new world order requires a crisis—a global crisis, not a local crisis. We have it—a global pandemic. Isn’t this more fuel for a discussion?

The world is in meltdown mode right now and people are asking a lot of questions. We don’t even know if life as we once knew it will ever happen again. It may not!
Pastors, are you talking about this?

The True Church is to be removed before the revealing of the lawless one, the Antichrist. I maintain he is just over the horizon, raring to go. And the four horsemen of the apocalypse may be training on some race track somewhere! You can almost hear their hoofbeats.

Pastors, don’t be silent! Maybe this is truly a new day for you. Seize the opportunity. Please see that all things are falling into place. Be excited. Be truthful. Don’t marginalize such important news. Connect the dots for your people.
Jesus is returning any moment. Please stop the silence of the pulpits.

Conclusion by Pastor Boyd

We are in the beginnings of sorrows. What is happening now is but a preview of what one day will go worldwide. Nothing is holding back this evil but the True Church that is filled with the Holy Spirit.
Once the Holy Spirit is gone in the rapture this will allow the demonic powers that be to envelop the whole world for there will be nothing to restrain them. Personally I look to the fall for our savior to come. I have my reasons. I do know that the rapture is very close. Maranatha…………..

Passover to Glory!
By Joel Joseph
Researched by Pastor Gary Boyd

The feast season is all about the cross of Calvary and the salvation it produced. We see this in all the types and shadows within the seven feasts. So it is appropriate to look at this work in our lives.

Passover encapsulates our journey. We go from the shed blood, out of Egypt, which is the world, through the sin destroying wilderness of the salvation of our soul, to the holy and pure Promised Land of heaven.

The promise of Passover leads through death and new birth, and to the glory of the Promised Land.

We go on a journey already prepared for us, although we still have battles to fight and much opposition to deal with.

But there is a very great, profound and shocking truth (which you can look up) about Passover and the feasts. Passover also relates to, and applies exactly and succinctly to Israel, Jerusalem, the Jews and God’s plan of salvation for them.

The shocking truth is that those (with few exceptions) who venerate and participate in Easter either reject the feasts or have little interest in them. They also have little or no interest in Israel. For them the Israel message is an incidental, accidental, by the way!

Passover is a passing, distant, somewhat curious non-event for the Easter bunny huggers.

Have you noticed that those who ignore and downplay the feasts do the same with prophetic Israel while they revere and exalt paganism? It’s a telling eye-opener!

The enemies we face are the enemies of the gospel. Do you know why so many hate the gospel? It is hated because it interferes with sin. In other words it interferes with the devil!

Anyone walking and living in holy faith has a life that automatically condemns the world. We are not called to befriend the world in the sense of joining its dark ways. We do not adjust to its unholy ways.

True repentance is a fruit of the cross at work in your life. It is only when you see yourself as a great danger to yourself, do you fall before the Lord in humble surrender and radically change your ways.

As you embrace the cross, you see the Promised Land. You see the great holy contradiction, that you are totally unworthy, and that you are totally worthy in your new birth through the blood of Messiah!

Did you know that His blood is of a virgin? Did you know that you are born again of virgin blood?

No, I’m not saying you are God, God forbid. I am saying that if you are born-again, God is in you by His Spirit and that is the area that is pure and holy.

As we draw nearer to the coming of our Lord, the wise prepare their hearts now – drastically and radically. The cross produces brokenness, the destruction of the fruits of pride and the world and leads into clean repentance, ready for our Messiah of majesty.

The brilliance and glory of the work of the cross destroys all sin in us.

The glory of Passover annihilates Easter.

Zephaniah 1:4 “...Against the inhabitants of Jerusalem, I will cut off every trace of Baal from this place, the names of the idolatrous priests, with the pagan priests.” (Baal represents the pagan practices of Babylon like Easter and Christmas.)

Passover – the work of the cross, prepares you for the Promised Land. But there is a counterfeit great promised land out there being promised by the champion of lies. Satan is rebuilding “Babylon the great” right now. His empire is a new world order, with no Passover, no cross and full of sin.

This virus crisis is producing a terrifying result! It is leading people towards a global transformation and acceptance of what will become the new world order. The global agenda is creeping in.

Although I sense there is a manipulation involved behind the scenes in much of the corona-news, I do accept that the entirety of it and its knock-on world economic effects are real.

Some are saying it’s not a judgement. I am saying it is and is the forerunner, beginning of sorrows, to the four riders of the apocalypse in which over one quarter of the world’s population die by plagues and other tribulation events.

There is great repentance occurring, and that is wonderful, but there is also no repentance occurring in many, for the moral decay and the mass-murder of the unborn by modern woman and their doctors.

Many are simply using the terminology of repentance but with no action. They have no Spirit- led revival of holiness and no true repentance and no true salvation. They are praying and calling on God to help them return to a sick life of sin. The “me-now” generation is all about me, myself and I. It wants to continue as normal!

Psalm 10:13 “Why do the wicked renounce God? Because they have said in their hearts, ‘You will not require an account.’”

Lockdown has locked up much of the trouble relating to Israel. That’s the next big thing about to blast out of quarantine onto the sick stage of war.

Anti-Semites, anti-Zionists, Israel-haters and replacement theologians, your quarantine has not protected you from the fury of God. Your days are numbered, enjoy them while you can.

The first major big sign of the times is rampant deception. (Matthew 24:4) It will swallow up many in these end-times through false, erroneous teaching specifically relating to Israel
How to spot a false teacher:

He is wrong on his big hobby horse items, and wrong on many other doctrines. He is full of pride, always trying to prove himself right and others wrong.

He never mentions the cross and its power, and never mentions the baptism in the Spirit, which includes the gifts, specifically the revelatory gifts of discernment of spirits, revelation knowledge, and wisdom.

In this time of fever, many Christians are turning to God with a fresh fervor and it is rubbing off and inciting others to new excitement in Him. Many are not! Please be one of the wise ones! Many blessings, much strength and stand strong.
✡† Shalom...Joel.

Conclusion by Pastor Boyd

At least 24 people have been killed as dangerous thunderstorms and tornadoes rumbled through the Deep South on Easter Sunday into early Monday, forcing states to lift lockdown orders to allow locals to take shelter while practicing social distancing.

There were over 40 reports of tornadoes as the storm spiraled in a destructive path from Texas and Arkansas across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and into the Carolinas, damaging hundreds of homes and leaving 1.3million without power.

If it seems like there are foreboding forerunners happening in the world in a cluster of timely events you are right! There are 15 volcanoes erupting in the ring of fire, a massive heatwave in India killing many, Locust in Africa, the Middle East, China, weather anomalies causing flooding in Europe and England, rumblings out West of giant shakers to come; all these are just the beginning of sorrows as Jesus predicted in Matthew.

So now that God has your attention if you wish to miss all this destruction,death and the wrath of God to come, then it just may be your time to come to Jesus in repentance of your sins by simply saying the sinner's prayer. You will then be protected from the world that is to come because you will be gone in the rapture. Maranatha................

Is This the Beginning of Sorrows?
Pastor Gary Boyd

“And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

“And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in diverse places. All these are the beginning of sorrows” (Matthew 24:3-8).

“This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” – Winston Churchill (November 10, 1942)

Where does the COVID-19 birth-pain sorrow fall?

I believe this pandemic is but one of many sorrows in a long line of birth pains. Jesus prophesied that these sorrows would increase in intensity and frequency until His two distinctive returns; first in the Blessed hope of the Rapture, and then later in His triumphant return. However, where exactly does this birth pain, COVID-19, fall within the prophetic timeline that the Holy Spirit provides us in GOD’s WORD?

Winston Churchill Once Said

I open with an oft-quoted phrase, from one of the greatest modern statesmen in the history of Great Britain, Prime Minister Churchill. This quote is uniquely suited to help us consider the prophetic timing of COVID-19 as we await the imminent return of the Bridegroom, Jesus Christ, for His Bride, the Church, at the Rapture, and Jesus Christ’s triumphant return as the KING OF KINGS and LORD OF LORDS.*

The Second World War was arguably the greatest global threat to modern Mankind, in terms of ideology, treasure, and blood. During this turbulent time, Prime Minister Churchill provided these weighty words during The Lord Mayor’s Luncheon, Mansion House, on November 10, 1942. It was given after a series of defeats from Dunkirk to Singapore. Churchill could finally tell the House of Commons that “we have a new experience. We have victory – a remarkable and definite victory.” Alexander and Montgomery turned back Rommel’s forces at El Alamein, thus winning what Churchill called “The Battle of Egypt.”

Amidst this backdrop of struggle and hardship coming upon the United Kingdom, and in order to provide a prospective timeline on the arduous days that lay ahead for his people, Prime Minister Churchill coined the phrase, “This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”

So, with these famous words in mind, let us further examine Matthew 24:8 scripture, “All these are the beginning of sorrows.” Since the beginning of sorrows had a starting point, that naturally implies there will one day be an end of sorrows. Which means between the beginning of these sorrows and the end of these sorrows there exists a timeline, a period of sorrows, if you will.

Given this period of sorrows, just where do we place the COVID-19 plague/pestilence/pandemic in the period of sorrows on the prophetic timeline God presents in His Holy Word? Where does this pestilence fit in terms of the End Times? Are we nearing the two returns of Jesus Christ?

Considering Biblical Prophecy against Prime Minister Churchill’s event categorizations:
Is COVID-19 the end of the period of sorrows? Which would mean after COVID-19 there are no more sorrows prophesied in the Bible.

Is COVID-19 the beginning of an end period of sorrows? Which would mean COVID-19 triggers the beginning of a prophesied End-Times schedule of events.

Is COVID-19 perhaps the end of the beginning of sorrows? Which would mean COVID-19 represents the final birth pain before transition into other events specifically prophesied in the Bible.

Is COVID-19 the end of the sorrows?

According to God’s Word, no. For that to occur, you would have to dismiss the End-Times prophecies of Jesus, the beloved Prophet Daniel, the revelation of Apostle John, Peter the Rock, and Paul the Apostle to the Gentiles, and many of the other writers of the Bible. The sorrows shall continue.

I fully understand in my earthly flesh that Mankind desires that COVID-19 shall pass and all will return to normal, but the signs of the times and the unfolding of other prophecies say otherwise. Though sorrows shall not end until Jesus Christ returns to earth and makes His enemies His footstool (Psalms 101:1, Isaiah 66:1, Hebrews 10:3) and He creates this fallen earth anew.

“Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness” (2nd Peter 3:12-13).

Is COVID-19 the beginning of the end of the sorrows?

No, for the scriptures tell of two other times of tremendous sorrows coming upon Mankind. The first period of horrific war, famine, and pestilence shall occur during the first half of Daniel’s prophesied Seven-Year Tribulation of Daniel 9:24-27, which commences in Revelation Chapter Six.

This second period of tribulation will unfold in the later three- and one-half years of Daniel’s Seven-Year Tribulation, and is called the Time of Jacob’s Trouble. It will further escalate the violence, carnage and horrors to an unimaginable level. Both of these climactic End-Times events each have specific triggers indicated in prophecy, but a COVID-19-like pandemic is not indicated in scripture to immediately precede these unparalleled times of sorrows.

Is COVID-19 perhaps the end of the beginning of sorrows?

Perhaps this is the case. Perhaps we are transitioning into a new phase in God’s prophetic timeline. However, that knowledge resides within the realm of God the Father which I have previously stated will remain at least partially veiled from Mankind by God.

If COVID-19 is indeed the end of the beginning of sorrows, we will be transitioning from the time of unspecified prophetic fulfillment of Matthew 24:3-8 into the specified End-Time prophetic events the prophecy watchers know are yet to be fulfilled…the Rapture of the Church, the Psalms 83 Battle, Isaiah 17 Destruction of Damascus Oracle, and the Battle of Ezekiel 38-39.

Sorrows Coming on Us Like a Flood

In terms of continuing sorrows impacting upon our normal lives, the best we can hope for is to remain within the prophetic words of Jesus in Matthew 24:8, “All these are the beginning of sorrows.” Considering the global impact of COVID-19, what lies ahead if the birth pains are continuing in magnitude is nearly impossible to imagine.

The recent eruption of 15 volcanoes worldwide in the ring of fire and elsewhere is the beginning of great famine. The ash and smoke billowing into the stratosphere will suck into the jet stream blocking sunlight worldwide damaging crop growth. As desert locusts invade Africa, the Middle East, and China this will insure whatever does grow will be eaten by these demon insects!

When we consider the beloved prophet of God, Daniel, relaying this portion of the angel Gabriel’s prophecy… “the end thereof shall be with a [ flood] and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.” (Daniel 9:26). At this point, it sure does feel like a flood is upon us.

Accordingly, let us focus on what Jesus told us in Matthew 7:24-25, “Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.”

Who is the Rock?

Jesus Christ is our blessed Rock; only those who build their lives upon the Rock shall endure.

COVID-19 appears to be but the calm before the coming storm. Perhaps not immediately, but God’s Word will be fulfilled according to His pleasure.

Time is short! The harvest fields are ripe! The great awakening is starting. Let it shine forth with the light of Christ.

Come, Lord Jesus, come!

Supremacy of Christ
By Dennis Huebshman
Researched by Pastor Gary Boyd

Philippians 2:9-11, “Therefore, God has highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name that is above every name, (10) so that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow in Heaven and on earth, and under the earth; (11) and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the Glory of God the Father.” (emphasis mine)
Before going further with this message, I am fully aware that there will be many who see this as a 1 Corinthians 1:18 issue; that anything that pertains to Jesus, Calvary, Salvation and Eternity is “folly.” However, to the minority that already are, or those who are about to become believers, this is about the “power” of God. It’s the difference between those that are on the broad pathway leading to destruction; and those on the straight and narrow leading to Eternal Life. (Matthew 7:13-14) Also, it’s a free will choice that each of us must make for ourselves, one way or the other.

God gave us a most precious gift that He knew would not be accepted by the majority. Looking at statistics for this earth, approximately 10% of the total population is “Rapture Prepared.” To be rapture prepared you must be filled with the Holy Spirit. This is no surprise to the Father, and this percentage holds true here in America as well. There are a bunch of “church-goers”, but that doesn’t make them true Christians.

On another note, the statistics for God’s chosen people, the Jews, is even lower. Only about 1%-2% worldwide are Messianic – followers of Yeshua (Jesus). We’re told that as we near the end of this age, there will be even more turning away from Jesus to accept the “pleasures” and “rewards” this earth supposedly offers. It’s happening today.

In his day, Paul did his very best to get the gospel to as many people as possible; the Jews first, and also the Gentiles (everyone else). The religious Jews persecuted him at every turn, but most gentiles were very interested in the word he was presenting. They were grateful they were being offered a chance to be included in God’s plan.

In Colossians 1:9-14, he gave the following encouragement; “And so, from the day we heard (about their love in the Spirit), we have not ceased to pray for you; asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all Spiritual wisdom and understanding; (10) so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him; bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. (11) Being strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might for all endurance and patience with joy; (12) giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the Saints of Light (Believers). (13) He has delivered us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son; (14) in whom we have redemption; the forgiveness of sin.”

Paul is not advocating doing “works” to obtain Salvation; but that once a person has received and accepted the “gift”, we want to glorify Jesus in our actions because we love Him. We have not “earned” anything as He paid for our sins in full; and to suggest otherwise is an insult to the sacrifice He made.

Going to Colossians 1:21-23, Paul says “and you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, (22) He has now reconciled in His body of flesh (human) by His death; in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before Him (God); (23) if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from hope of the Gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven; and of which I, Paul, became a minister.”

There are those who believe Jesus was just a man, an ordinary but good prophet, through which a bunch of people were influenced by the message He presented. There are also those who do not believe He rose from the dead, as given in the Bible, but that He is still in a grave somewhere near Jerusalem.

There were an abundance of witnesses to His being alive after having been killed on the cross. For those who believe He did not actually die on the cross, but only “fainted”, they do not understand the process of crucifixion. If anyone were to be taken off a cross while still alive; the soldier that removed them prematurely would take that person’s place on a cross.

One other false theory is that Jesus will rise with the appearing of Mohammad, and will be a servant for the Islamic god. This is dispelled in Exodus 20:3 and Deuteronomy 5:7, “You shall have no other gods before Me.” (Note the small “g”) Our Heavenly Father is the only true God that has ever existed. He is a triune God – three entities in one. There are numerous verses in the Old and New Testaments that tell us that God has always existed, which is hard for the human mind to comprehend. Time was created by God for man, and He is not bound by it as we are.

A couple of examples are; Psalm 90:2, “Before the mountains were brought forth (created), or ever You had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting; you are God.”
1 Timothy 1:17, “To the King of the ages; immortal; invisible; the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.”

One more from Revelation 10:6-7. This was stated by a Mighty Angel that came to earth during the tribulation, “and swore by Him (God) who lives forever and ever; who created heaven and what is in it; the earth and what is in it; and the sea and what is in it; that there would be no more delay; (7) but that in the days of the trumpet call to be sounded by the Seventh Angel (Trumpet Judgments), the mystery of God would be fulfilled just as He announced to His servants, the prophets.”

Hebrews 13:8, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever.” Genesis 1:1, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” John 1:1-3, “In the beginning was the Word; and the Word was with God; and the Word was God. (2) He was in the beginning with God. (3) All things were made through Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made.” John 1:9-12, “The True Light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. (10) He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, yet the world did not know Him. (11) He came to His own (Jews), and His own people did not receive Him. (12) But to all (Jew and Gentile) who did receive Him, who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God.” (John 10:16)

There are actually those who say Jesus never claimed to actually be God. First, John 10:30, “The Father and I are One.” John 14:6-9, Jesus said to him (Thomas), “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life; no one comes to the Father except by Me. (7) If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also. From now on, you do know Him, and have seen Him. (8) Philip said to Him, Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us. (9) Jesus said to him, Have I been with you so long and you still do not know Me, Philip? Whoever has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say show us the Father?”

What was sad at the time was that even His chosen apostles did not yet realize the reason for Jesus’ first visit. The Pharisees rejected Jesus because He didn’t come in as a full-fledged conqueror, and give them high positions of authority in the world. The apostles thought He would set up His kingdom right then, and when He was crucified, they all fled. It’s recorded that John was at Calvary, and Jesus assigned the care of Mary, His earthly mother, to him. (John 19: 26-29)

Jesus was on a very specific mission His first time around. He came as a humble and lowly sacrificial lamb to provide the only pathway that would be available for all humans to have the opportunity to be forgiven of all sins, and to have an eternal home with Him. He made it plain that He was here to follow the will of the Father, and willingly laid down His sinless human life for us. (John 10:18) He became lower than the Angels for a little while. (Hebrews 2:9)

To receive the gift that He gave for us, our action is to realize we all are sinners (Romans 3:23), and cannot save ourselves. We must believe that the shedding of His pure blood for us is the only way to Salvation; accept through faith that the crucifixion, burial and resurrection are real; and believe that all who truly call on Him to be their Savior will be forgiven and have an eternal home with Him. (Acts 2:21; Romans 10:9-13)

Considering all He did for all mankind, is it any wonder that all those who refuse to accept Him will spend eternity separated from Him – in the Lake of Fire (Revelation 20:11-15)? His next appearance on this earth will be to be the conqueror that was expected His first time around. He will put an end to the wrath/tribulation with just a word.

After a personal reign on this earth for 1000 years, He will allow satan to be released from his holding area for a while. We do not know how long that will be, but it will be the final episode in any rebellion against our Heavenly Father, His Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. After the Great White Throne Judgment of Revelation 20, we will see a new heaven and earth created that will be perfect in every way. (Revelation 21) Our Jesus will rule and reign forever, and we will be with Him.

The hardest part for anyone is to believe this is all true, and the Bible is the inerrant word of the Most Holy God. All who will call on Him, He will gladly receive as He wants to send no one to eternal punishment. (2 Peter 3:9) He gave us the authority to make our own decision, and will in no way force anyone to accept Jesus. This is the pure love our Father has for us. Consider your eternity with care. There are only two options, Jesus or satan; Heaven or Hell. Jesus will be returning soon as evidenced by all the world’s actions of today. To hesitate could place you in the worst position you have ever been in. All believers will not go through the wrath as promised. Be ready for the call – it could come as early as today.

Maranatha (Come Lord Jesus)

The Great Revival needs to Start Now…..
By Pastor Gary Boyd

From the looks of today it seems everything is in turmoil, confusion, and chaos over the whole world. Perhaps the devil knows he has but a short time. Scripture says Satan the destroyer is the author of confusion and chaos. What is happening in the middle east today is a full blown attempt to establish a new Ottoman Empire that lasted for four hundred years ending in 1917. The pace is quickening as Turkey moves in for an invasion of Syria. We are on the threshold of World War.



What Can Save the United States

2 Chronicles 7:14, “If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves, and pray and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and heal their land.”

What is needed in America at this time is a full blown revival on a grand scale. This is a Christian nation that needs to refocus on God. Current prophecy needs to be presented in the churches every Sunday to awaken the sleeping church. Our country needs to come to God putting the weight of our problems and sins on his shoulders. Here is the promise from God that if we do, “Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge, even the most High, your dwelling place, No evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling; For He shall give his angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways. In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.” (Psalm 91:9-12)




God’s Hand of Protection

We must pray for God’s hand of protection to be restored over our great nation and America to be made great again. This is still a nation of God, no matter what others might say. A great day of revival is coming to our nation and the world, our God tells us so. In Revelations during the Tribulation God’s two witnesses and the 144,000 out of Israel make a world revival known by spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ worldwide. The beginning must start here and now and as many as possible need to come to Jesus to be saved and born again for there is no other way to enter heaven. For Jesus told us he is the the truth, the light, and the way and no one comes to God except through him.

Jesus will open the door for you, he will show you the way to eternal life, not some apostate false church. Your personal relationship with Jesus Christ is paramount to anything else you do in life. By putting the Lord first in all you do he will know your heart and all that is in it. Maranatha, come soon sweet Jesus.

How Close Are We to God’s Coming Kingdom?
By Ron Dee Mallett APRIL 08, 2020
Researched by Pastor Gary Boyd
Summary by Pastor Boyd

Luke 21, Mark 13 and Matthew 24 all relay Jesus' lecture to his disciples on the subject of His return and end-times rule of the world from Jerusalem in the millennium. Each writer employs unique terminology, but all agree on the Master's ultimate message. Matthew offers the most detailed of the three renditions:

Matthew 24: 3-14 (Summarized): As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples asked "... what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?"

4 Jesus answered: "Watch out that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Messiah,' and will deceive many. 6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars... Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of birth pains. (beginnings of sorrows)

9 "Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death... hated by all nations because of me. 10 ... many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, 11 and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. 12 Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold... 14 and this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.”

Each of the renditions by the three apostles agree on seven specific events, postulates, and outcomes for which we should be aware.

The Signs in Common

1. Wars and Rumors of War
2. Earthquakes in Numerous Places
3. Famine
4. Pestilence
5. Hatred
6. Pretenders/False Prophets
7. Gospel Preached to Whole World

A study of each category in our present era is very revealing. We no longer need ask: "Where are we today in fulfillment of the end-time prophecies of Jesus?"

1. Wars and Rumors of War

Each of the following 20 nations experienced significant war dead in the past year. Yemen, Ukraine, Turkey, Thailand, Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Pakistan, Nigeria, Mexico, Libya, Iran, Israel/Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt, Congo, Columbia, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Afghanistan.

Other conflicts also aflame in 2020: namely Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Uganda, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Chad. In the Middle East we are also seeing armed combat in Yemen and Oman.

In total, in the past decade, we have also seen some 45 separate and deadly "religious" conflicts. Led notably by Malaysia, the Philippines, China, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Myanmar, some 35 countries are experiencing significant masses of people killed.

Year 2016 was one of the most violent years since the end of the Cold War. While violence levels decreased slightly from another high in 2017, non-state conflicts and internationalized intrastate conflicts continue to frustrate all attempts at global peace.

The gruesome total for armed conflicts resulting in significant numbers of deaths inflamed some 75 nations in the past decade. Other outbreaks are simmering in another 10 regions/countries yet lacking enough deaths to tip the statistical scales.

Enough said on wars: Jesus' prophecies on the topic are occurring today in great numbers!

Conclusion: Fulfilled Prophecy

2. Earthquakes in numerous places.

The statistics are staggering. The National Earthquake Information Center records an average of 20,000 earthquakes every year (about 50 a day). There are, however, millions of earthquakes occurring every year too weak to be recorded.

Unquestionably, the earth is seeing a ton of earthquake activity, and some environmental activist 'scientists' are predicting an increase in both frequency and intensity because of global warming for the near future.

Whatever the claims/statistics, we can safely and surely say this particular prophecy of Jesus is with us today in full force.

Conclusion: Fulfilled Prophecy


3. Famine.

After nearly a decade of progress, the number of people suffering from hunger has slowly increased over the past three years, with about one in every nine people globally suffering from hunger today, according to a United Nations report released in late 2019. An estimated 820 million people do not have enough to eat, up from 811 million last year - third year in a row that the number has increased.

This gruesome statistic somewhat softens the hard fact that children suffer the most from this world-class malady simply because they are most vulnerable to the depredations of those older and larger than themselves. We see no need to dwell further on this very unhappy, obvious topic.

Conclusion: Fulfilled Prophecy

4. Pestilence

Ironically, this writer had already formed the basic outline for this prophecy report before the current 'Corona Flu' epic made headlines in world newspapers. We probably don't need to cover the topic further, but a few of the statistics we unearthed are interesting. So... here goes!

A pandemic is an outbreak of global proportions. It happens when a bacterium or mutated virus becomes capable of spreading rapidly. It causes serious illness and can spread easily from one person to the next. The Spanish flu pandemic, from 1918 to 1920, is estimated to have claimed between 50-100 million lives. It is considered the worst in history. The Black Death claimed the lives of over 75 million people in the 14th Century.

Other outbreaks of significant import include:

HIV/AIDS Pandemic
Death Toll: 34 million

Hong Kong Flu Pandemic (1968)
Death Toll: 1 million

Asian Flu (1956-1958)
Death Toll: 2 million

So, we see that pestilence can kill millions with very little warning. And such diseases as HIV, Ebola, dengue, malaria and so forth are also killing millions even at this moment. In totality, we can securely state that this prophecy of Jesus is being fulfilled even as we read these words. Simply watch the Five O-Clock News tonight.

Conclusion: Fulfilled Prophecy

5. Hatred

The bells are tolling on this one. Unfortunately, this human trait is a two-way street in many instances. Jesus makes it clear that we are to hate the sin, not the sinner. I know too many Christians filled with hatred for people outside the mainstream Christian categories of desired behavioral valuation. In this regard, we will experience some hatred that we or others have brought upon ourselves.

But, I believe Jesus was referring only to the fact we are hated for the same reasons he was hated. God's standards of intellectual morality and behavioral practices are absolute. The unsaved world prefers that these issues be addressed as situational.

Murder, for example, is generally unacceptable, but killing babies in the womb is okay. The Bible says drug addiction and witchcraft are unacceptable. Sexually deviant lifestyles are also frowned on, but most people now consider such trends to be normal and highly acceptable behavior.

How many pastors are hesitant to even push the concept of Hell and eternal punishment? It's illegal hate speech in some circumstances according to Canadian and certain U.S. laws. Bottom line, our Bible-based positions on these and other belief paradigms are becoming so severely offensive in the minds of the majority that Jesus says they will justify killing us in droves.

We're quickly reaching the point where the entire world mimics Sodom and Gomorrah (the practice of sodomy deriving its name from that latter city... the wickedness to which Jesus referred in Matt. 24:13). Indeed, we are now at that point!

Conclusion: Fulfilled Prophecy

6. Pretenders/False Prophets

Few people fathom the enormous presence of false beliefs and metaphysical practices embedding our 'modern' world. Watchman Fellowship built a reference index listing over 1,200 distinct religious organizations and belief systems, not counting the major world religions (including Christianity).

Upon reading short statements defining a mere handful of these indexed belief systems, my head swirled. It was as though I had crashed into a condensed pool of swarming Hollywood-style cartoon mythologies... each crazier than the one before. Take a look for yourself and test my reaction.

In the book, Loving God's Way!, Gary De Lashmutt and co-author Dennis McCallum list over 40 distinct cults and sects within Christianity itself. Given the prevalence and near-endless range of belief systems swirling about the world... what are young seekers to believe? For many, it must seem a hopeless riddle... leaving them with sensualism and pursuit of personal purpose (humanism?) as the 'natural' response... simply living life as a feel-good matter of 'anything goes.'

Could Christ's warning of false belief systems get any more profound and embedded than what we have today?

Conclusion: Fulfilled Prophecy

7. Gospel Preached to Whole World

"And the end will come." Christian television networks have played a major part in helping to ensure that the entire world is being reached with Christianity's message via radio (including short wave), television towers, satellites and mobile recording and playing devices. The last decade has seen a rapid growth of Christian broadcast networks well beyond just the United States.

Most recently, the internet communications phenomenon has completed the paradigm of realized personal contact. It is impossible to imagine any further communications systems/devices/applications than those existing today in terms of reaching every last human being on the planet. We have more missionaries from more countries than at any time in prior human history daily using all of these informational tools.

What more is left to do in terms of carrying the Word to a waiting world? True, pockets of people, such as the Tarahumara (Raramuri) of the Sierra Madres, Mexico, have not yet heard the gospel. But, in all such cases, these groups have been identified and efforts are underway to bring them into Truth. The 144,000 that awaken the masses during the tribulation will be the ones out of Israel who will bring on the great revival that is just now starting.

Jesus did not say everyone will be reached. He said The Gospel would be a testimony to all nations. If there are nations that legally reject the gospel (Muslim, Eastern Mysticism, etc.) and fail to expose their populace to the Christian belief system, that is on them, not on Jesus. God has been quoted as saying it is not His will that any should perish. That is far different than saying none will perish. A hard truth.

Conclusion: Soon Fulfilled Prophecy

I see the minute hand ticking very near the High Noon deadline on God's Preordained Clock of World Forebearance Time. Do we have but seconds remaining? Considering all of the above... what say you?
Ron Dee Mallett is a retired newsman and former corporate communications director for several multinational corporations. After 'retirement', he worked seven years in full-time directorship of jail and prison ministries, and co-founded a Mexico outreach named Shine On Mexico.

Summary by Pastor Gary Boyd

In answer to his question I would say according to Revelation we are in chapter three, before the rapture, going into chapter four, after the rapture when all the above will intensify and all birth pangs will explode into full blown judgement as the four horsemen ride. The true church is not spoken of again because believers are now in heaven.

We as a nation are at a crossroads. By coming to God now I believe our judgement will be delayed. However, after the rapture the wicked will take over our nation and at the end of tribulation we will be laid waste by God’s wrath never again to rise from the ashes.

The rapture could come easily this year as suddenly prophecies are coming together. Even so come sweet Jesus. Maranatha…………………..

The Certainty of God’s Promises
By Sean Gooding
Researched by Pastor Gary Boyd

Romans Chapter 4: 14-25

“14 For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void and the promise made of no effect, 15 because the law brings about wrath; for where there is no law there is no transgression.16 Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all 17 (as it is written, ‘I have made you a father of many nations’) in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did; 18 who, contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, ‘So shall your descendants be.’

“19 And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb. 20 He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, 21 and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform. 22 And therefore ‘it was accounted to him for righteousness.’ 23 Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to him, 24 but also for us. It shall be imputed to us who believe in Him who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead, 25 who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised because of our justification.“

I pray that you are well and that you and your families are safe from this virus that is circumventing the globe. Personally, I have been laid off my secular job for 2 weeks, to begin with, and I am at home with my family. My wife is in the Nursing Home business, and there is always work there.

Our study through Romans is not necessarily a prophetic one; and at a time like this, many are asking if we are looking at the end. I am going to spend a bit of time talking about what we have before us right now. And, then we will look at the idea of God’s promises and the security that we have in them.

I have a dear friend who works with me in prophecy stuff quite a bit, and a lot of the secular markers have been silent for some time. But this pandemic is the perfect tool for the New World Order (NWO) to advance their agenda. The NWO has been in work since Genesis 11: 1-4,

“Now the whole earth had one language and one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there. Then they said to one another, ‘Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.‘ They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar. And they said, ‘Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.‘”

The people who came out of the flood, 8 of them, had populated the earth; and in a short time, here we have rebellious man seeking to worship someone other than the God of Heaven. Some of these, if not all of these persons involved in the building of the Tower of Babel, would have either seen firsthand or been the children of persons who saw firsthand the Ark that survived the Great Flood. Yet in total defiance of the Lord, they built this tower to worship the stars of Heaven. We are still seeing the effects of this today in the Horoscope that is in our daily newspapers.

In 2020, we have the modern tower of Babel in the European Union parliament building that is deliberately designed to look like the unfinished tower of Genesis 11. Like the Kingdom of Light, the kingdom of darkness is progressing along, awaiting the arrival of their messiah, the Man of Sin as the Bible calls him. We, the Kingdom of Light, are awaiting the arrival of the true Messiah, Jesus the Christ. Over the years the NWO has looked for ways to advance their control over the masses, in particular tearing down the boundaries and trying to create the global entity that they need to be able to control all who are living on the planet once the Rapture takes place and the world is in need of a leader.

The Mainstream Media and they can shut down the world in a matter of weeks if they need to. No airplane flying, no commerce, no paper money and no work. We had a bit of this back in 9-11 when they shut down all of North America for commercial air travel for about a week. In 2013 at the Boston Marathon bombing, those in authority invented a new phrase ‘shelter in place,’ to replace the idea of martial law. The entire city of Boston shut down as they looked for the two young men that did the bombing. In November of 2015 in Paris France, after the mass shooting in Paris, the authorities were able to shut down the entire country of France with the same phrase ‘shelter in place.’ Now we have Italy and Spain shut down, the state of California and Michigan in the US, and many other places being shut down.

Here in Ontario, we have everything shut down except for essential services like groceries and the like. The government is spending billions of dollars to prop up the economy and keep companies afloat. In the USA, the President is about to sign a 2 Trillion-dollar spending bill to keep that economy afloat. The Bible says that the borrower is a slave to the lender, Proverbs 22:7, but a very famous banker put it this way, “Give me control of a nation’s money and I care not who makes the laws.” ~ Mayer Amschel Rothschild. Right now, the central banks of the world are about to put the largest economies of the world into greater slavery.

As we speak, the world is simply at the mercy of her leaders. They speak in closed sessions on encrypted phones, and they make decisions that affect us, and we trust them. There is an end game. In Canada, the Prime Minister and his party tried to sneak in legislation that would have given them greater powers. The Democrats in the House and Senate tried to hold the US public as hostages until they were able to sneak in huge socialist steps that would have altered the US economy for a long time. Freethinkers like Trump in the US and Boris Johnston in the UK are understanding that if you allow the country to languish for too long, the economy may never recover. The hole will be so big that you could never fill it.

This is the goal for the NWO, to create a hole so big that the government will become the Savior of the world.

One more thing: I had my dear friend tell me to look at the website ID2020. This is a site for the Digital Identity Alliance; the site marvels that 1.1 billion people have no digital identity, and they are seeking to get them all on board. Well, here in Ontario many companies have little signs that they would prefer if you use debit or credit cards to pay for items as the Coronavirus can sit on surfaces and live for days. This is forcing more and more people to go to a digital footprint. The government that will be in place after the Rapture will need everyone to have a digital footprint to track them and bring in the numbers that are needed to buy and sell.

Revelation 13:16-17, “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.”

When I first began to hear about the Mark of the Beast, we had a hard time wondering how the government of the Man of Sin would control the world. But we can see it playing out before us. The Chinese government used cell phones to track those that had to self-quarantine. According to Fox Business news, the Chinese government used an App to track persons who should have been quarantined. Anyone who watches FBI shows or CSI shows knows that anyone with a phone can be tracked. By forcing the non-digital world to get into the digital age, they can get more and more people registered. This makes the job of the NWO easier once the trouble hits after the Rapture.

I cannot tell you if the virus was deliberate, but I can tell you that the agenda is advanced for the NWO and that the time of our redemption draws near. Those of us that are Christians can see the end, and the rejoicing that we have inside of us, and the horror we have for those we love but they don’t know Jesus as Savior. If they think this is hard, they have not seen anything yet.

The Promises of the Lord God, Romans 4:19-20

God made Abraham a promise that he would have a son. In Genesis 12:1-3, God promised Abraham that he would be the father of a great nation. Abraham was about 75 years old when this promise was made, and Sarah, his wife, about 65 years old. In Genesis 21, some 25 years later, Isaac is born. Later in Genesis 22, God asks Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, and we are told that Abraham (Hebrews 11:17-19) believed God could raise Isaac from the dead since he had been born in his old age when he was not to be having children. Abraham was secure in the Lord’s promises and trusted Him. He knew that the Lord was faithful. We too have promises from the Lord; we have the promise of the rapture from the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.”

The Bible teaches that before the Tribulation begins, Daniel’s 70th week, we will be taken out by the Lord. 1 Thessalonians 5:9 says that we are not appointed to wrath but to obtain salvation – you see, we have this promise from the Lord. Those of us who are saved, those like Abraham who had faith in the Promise of God and that He trusted in God. We who trust in the Lord, that He would save us if we put our faith in Jesus and His death, burial and resurrection, are promised that we will be taken out of the world before the time of Jacob’s trouble, Jeremiah 30:7. The end of the church age will begin the return to God returning to working with the Jewish nation.

These promises keep us going in times of trouble. In Luke 12: 22-26 we are reminded not to worry about anything; God has everything under control, and He has promised to supply all of our needs. The Lord will take care of His own, and He is able to take care of His own, Psalm 50:10. You see, we can take a look at the life of Abraham and see that God is faithful and able to keep us and to fulfill all of His promises. Let us not lose heart in these times, but let us grow confident as we see the truths of the scriptures play out before us. God is in control.

The NWO may think that they are advancing their agenda, but in truth, they are advancing God’s agenda. They think they are in control, but God is in charge; and in Psalm 2:4 we are told that He will laugh at them. “He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.”
They think they can throw off God and remove him from office, but they are fools, idiots and simple pawns in the hand of the Almighty. We will take a longer look at the promises of the Lord next week.

Proverbs 3: 5-6, “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.”

Foreboding Forerunners
By Joel Joseph
Researched by Pastor Gary Boyd

Introduction:

These are the words of life!

Things are not out of control! God has ultimate control. God reveals His will in His word and law. He brings warning for the purpose of repentance and correction. If rejected, judgement comes and finally punishment comes.

In this edition I want to look at God’s judgement upon this world, culminating in the seven-year tribulation period, and then come forward to today, so that we can see just how accurately the forerunners to the tribulation fit into the big picture.

Right up front - we are not in the tribulation yet, as some are teaching, but we are not far off!

We are in the forerunner period. This is the time of foreboding forewarnings, a preview and foreshadowing of the greatest nightmare the world will ever see. The things we are seeing now are an ominous omen, a harbinger and a precursor of things yet to come in the Tribulation.

Before the unsaved world is horror and terror and great glory and peace for the Christian.

The way God works:
Again, God’s method to produce repentance and correction is: His law and warnings, then judgement and then punishment.

Jeremiah 6:10 “To whom shall I speak and give warning, that they may hear? Indeed their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot give heed. Behold the word of the Lord is a reproach to them. They have no delight in it.”

God’s law defines sin and holiness, and His word shows the way to be free from sin and the way into holiness. This is the work of the cross, but God also requires the nations to have a degree of righteousness in them, by upholding God in a more general way.

Throughout the scriptures we see examples of individuals, and entire nations repenting and turning to God in the face of His judgements. We also see many turning away from God, rejecting repentance and God’s ways.

So, it is repentance or rejection of it.

For all true believers, our Lord has paid the price for our sins through the judgement upon Yeshua at the cross, so we are free indeed. The age of grace has also affected the world. But be aware that the age of grace is coming to an end, and the whole world will fall under judgement and punishment.

Forewarning creates division between those who heed the warnings and those who reject them. It’s like the judge in a courtroom. The guilty can admit their guilt, repent, and may find some mercy.

If God defines sin and says there will be consequences for your indulgence in sin you can’t blame God for the consequences. That’s the same as blaming gravity when you hit the ground after falling.

It really is the job of the church to bring notice to the world of what sin is, and their need to repent.

There is coming a time when the wickedness of man reaches fullness. That is when the grace of God runs out. Of course, personal, individual repentance always produces the goods. But worldwide sin will soon see warning change to judgement and then to disastrous punishment.

Many people will turn to God in repentance in the tribulation, producing the greatest revival in history. At the same time many others will turn against God and curse Him for spoiling their day, their lusts, pleasures and idolatry.

What is the time please?

We are now at a critical point in time! The Bible says that the Lord knows the time. (Zechariah 14:7) We are commanded of God to know the time of His coming. (Matthew 24:33)

We can see the numerous signs of the coming seven-year tribulation period all around us. That obviously means we can extrapolate (a way to make guesses about the future or about some hypothetical situation based on data that you already know) from it, the time of the pre-tribulation rapture.

Any and all major world catastrophes at this point in time, are of major importance. It’s all because of exactly where we are on God’s prophetic time clock and map.

There continues to be a terrible deception created by many ministers who repeatedly screech like parrots that no one knows the time. That creates the impression that no one knows the time of any of these end-time events, so why bother even looking. Apart from that being a contradiction of verses like “I command you to know the time” it causes an end-time lethargy, denial and scoffing.

There are numerous signs of the coming tribulation, the arising of the Antichrist and coming salvation of Israel. We are commanded to know both the “time” and the “season.”

I have said many times recently that things are about to develop suddenly. In fact Edition 503 is entitled “Suddenly” and was on this subject alone. I have mentioned in many Sabbath Reports that we are on the verge of these things breaking out suddenly.

Psalm 73:17-19 “When I went into the sanctuary, I understood their end, You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction, O how they are brought to desolation suddenly. They are utterly consumed with terrors.”

Repentance required:
God always warns before judgment (Amos 3:7-8). “Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets. The lion has roared—who will not fear? The Sovereign Lord has spoken—who can but prophesy?”

Legally, you can’t judge someone where there is no law to warn people. We see warnings with Noah, Lot, Babylon, Jericho, and Nineveh. In fact all the world empires were warned of their impending destruction.

The true believer is guilt-free through the cross, but still needs to repent when he falls. National repentance is also required, albeit slightly different.

Here is an example of national repentance in Israel. First we see her condition and then the answer in the verse below it:
Isaiah 59:9-10 “...We look for light, but there is darkness! For brightness, but we walk in blackness...We are as dead men in desolate places.”

Micah 7:19-20 “God will again have compassion on us, and will subdue our iniquities. You will cast our sins into the depths of the sea. You will give truth to Jacob (Israel)...”

In the verse below we see rebellion and rejection of the word of God by Egypt’s leader. We know where that ended!
Exodus 5:2 “Pharaoh said, ‘Who is the Lord that I should obey His voice to let Israel go.’”

That verse above has such profound prophetic implications for today as well!

Here is the shocking end result of proud arrogant end-time man and his rejection of warnings and repentance, and the love of himself and his sin, during the tribulation:

Revelation 9:21-22 “The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone and wood which can neither see nor hear nor walk; and they did not repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.

Revelation 16:11 “They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores and they did not repent of their deeds.”

Today masses of people are turning to the occult for solutions. This is exactly what Hitler and his gang of thugs did in World War 2, we know how that turned out don’t we?

Isaiah 47:12-15 “Stand now with your enchantments and the multitude of your sorceries in which you have laboured from your youth...You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators (fortune tellers) stand up and save you from these things that shall come upon you...The fire shall consume them...No one shall save you.”

Genuinely stupid people blame God for bringing or allowing judgement and for upsetting their lifestyles. Wise people repent.

Revelation 18:4 “I heard another voice from heaven saying, ‘Come out of her My people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive her plagues.”

Acts 2:40 “...He (Peter) exhorted them, saying, ‘Be saved from this perverse generation.”

Wisdom from ancient times is your refreshing, loving friend full of promise and victory.

Foreboding forerunners:
When it comes to big worldwide catastrophes we need to look at the cause, and the effects as revealed in the Bible.

The ultimate cause of the judgements and wrath of God in the tribulation period is the sin and rebellion of man to God, His word, as well as their treatment of Israel.

We are now on the very verge of the long-suffering of God coming to an end.

Genesis6:3 “My Spirit will not strive with man forever...”

I’ve compiled this insight of God’s view of fallen man reaching his catastrophic end:

Isaiah 24:1-23 (Summarized) “The Lord makes the earth empty and distorts its surface and scatters its inhabitants. It will be so, with the people, so with the priest...The earth mourns and fades away, the haughty (proud) people of the earth languish. The earth is defiled under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the laws (of God) and broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore the curse has devoured the earth and few are left. All joy is darkened and the mirth of the land is gone. In the city, desolation is left...The foundations of the earth are shaken and the earth is violently broken. The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard. Its transgression shall be heavy upon it and it shall fall and not rise again. It shall come to pass in that day that the Lord will punish on high the exalted ones (demonic) and on the earth, the kings of the earth...The Lord of hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem and before His elders gloriously.”

Now, along the same lines, let’s look at the four riders of the apocalypse in Revelation 6:1-8.

This remarkable passage begins with the white horse rider which is widely held to be the antichrist, representing deception. Then we see the immediate release of the other deadly riders. They are: The rider on the fiery red horse who takes peace from the earth and causes masses of people to kill each other in war. Then we see the black horse rider with a pair of scales in his hand representing world-wide scarcity and poverty. Then we see the pale horse rider whose name was “death,” and hell followed him and power was given to him to kill a fourth of the inhabitants of the earth with hunger, and the beasts.

Let me summarize for you the main points of the four riders:

Deception is the first big one. This parallels with the first warning of the end times from our Lord – “Take heed that you are not deceived.” (Matthew 24:4) Today we are seeing deception amongst the masses really intensifying. Many will fall for the antichrist. Then we have peace taken away and war arising, killing many. Right now, the wars we are seeing are Mickey Mouse affairs compared to what’s coming. Then we see large scale starvation, pestilence and the like. These are arising now, but again in a limited form as a preview compared to what’s coming.

The four riders of the apocalypse are the riders of the ultimate storm – a perfect storm. Many people will send out a mayday call to God, some will call to the devil and some will just give up and go with the flow.

These events above, clearly take place in the tribulation period, from which the true church will be spared due to the pre-tribulation rapture.

But many of the events of the tribulation have forerunners.
The effects of forerunners are a call to repentance now and a warning of coming judgement and punishment. This is where we are now!

What comes next?

The effects of the Covid 19 virus are already being seen in a call for a new world order by some, a cashless society and population marking and control mechanisms. These are all tribulation occurrences, but we see them appearing in infancy now.

A new one-world-system with a united world religion reaching to ‘victory’, just like Babel, is the goal.
●Isaiah 10:13-14 Speaks of the worldwide massive economic control system instituted by the antichrist in the last days. ●Deuteronomy 28:15-68 speaks of the curses that come about as a result of disobeying God. ●Matthew 24:7-8 Speaks of nations rising up in war, and the ●increase of pestilence and earthquakes.

These all have forerunners to them. Can you see them?

If our Lord is coming soon, so is the tribulation period and the arrival of the antichrist. That means the forerunners are: An outpouring of the Spirit, tribulation-like judgements in infancy, and the spirit of antichrist deception.

The next big thing to strike the world will be a sharp rise in food prices causing starvation – thanks to the effects of Covid 19 and massive locust plagues beginning now from North Africa, through to the Middle East, Asia and India.

Earth’s upheavals will continue to increase with earthquakes, volcano eruptions, weather anomalies, and disruptions.

The guns of war worldwide have been silent during the pandemic. That is about to change.

Israel is about to blast back onto centre-stage again.

A principle was established by God, bringing diseases and calamities on the Egyptians because they had held the children of Israel captive. (Exodus 9:14-16, Deuteronomy 28:22)

Only a deceived idiot messes with God’s plans for Israel.

It is inconceivable that with all the judgements that are here and coming, that there will not be a huge world revival. It is in fact evident already in the east. Combined with the coming salvation of the Jews – exciting times are around the corner!

We must “discern the times” (Luke 12:56).

Yeshua says you’re a hypocrite if you don’t discern the times!

Esther 4:14 “For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”

Summary

The key, main points of this edition are:
God’s law warns; then comes judgement, which then morphs into punishment when no repentance is achieved.

Many individuals and many nations will repent. Many will not. Many people feign repentance simply to return to a life of pleasure in sin. Many will curse God for the coming troubles. The wise will curse their own wickedness!

Many will suddenly see that they have been nothing but a cog and a pawn in the machinery of Satan’s agenda, and will repent.

The easiest people to deal with are those who repent big and believe big. The two are related!

Time is running out fast. Forerunners are forewarning now!

Things are not going to get better; they are going to get far worse suddenly! Yes the Covid19 virus will go away, but many more catastrophes are lining up at the door!

Finally

Psalm 56:3-4 David: “When I’m afraid, I will trust in You. In God I will praise His word. In God I have put my trust. I will not fear. What can flesh do to me?”

Maranatha...........

Dangerous Trend: Media Blaming Evangelicals for Spreading COVID-19
Researched by Pastor Gary Boyd
Conclusion by Pastor Boyd

This is not the first time something like this has happened. A national tragedy occurs, and Christians get scapegoated.

The ancient pagans of Rome, as their society fell apart, blamed Christians. Remember Nero blaming the Christians for the burning of Rome?

Several media organizations are now focusing on how several large megachurches around the country continue to meet, especially in New Orleans where the virus is now considered a "hot spot."

With President Donald Trump announcing on Sunday that his administration was extending the social distancing guidelines for the entire month of April watch for the focus on churches to continue to get increased scrutiny in the press.

New York City (another hot spot) Mayor Bill de Blasio has already warned pastors to shut down their houses of worship - or else. The mayor said the police department, fire department and building inspectors "will force” congregations to disperse if they are found holding worship services this week.

Any congregation that refuses to comply with the mayor's order could face fines or have their buildings permanently closed.

Such orders are reinforcing the public consciousness that Christians are in part to blame for the rapid spread by refusing to stop meeting at church.

The death toll is expected to continue to rise greatly this week in New York, New Orleans and other major metro areas (with the peak death toll still not expected to take place for another two weeks).

As emotions begin to run high, don't be surprised if other localities begin to issue such orders as NY has done in regards to church closures, which in turn will spread the mindset that if you need someone to blame other than the politicians, those Bible believing Christians are next in line.

The media has often associated Evangelicals with support for Trump and now some are taking direct fire at that association in spreading the blame.

The New York Times ran a disturbing piece last week with the title:

'The Road to Coronavirus Hell Was Paved by Evangelicals'

Subtitled, “Trump’s response to the pandemic has been haunted by the science denialism of his ultraconservative religious allies."

According to Katherine Stewart, the author of the article, "Donald Trump rose to power with the determined assistance of a movement that denies science, bashes government and prioritized loyalty over professional expertise. In the current crisis, we are all reaping what that movement has sown."

Other articles in the media have already sowed the seeds of such divisiveness when the White House previously released a picture of the vice president praying with the coronavirus task force in his West Wing office.

After the taskforce prayer photo began circulating on social media, it didn't take long for some on the political left to mock the prayer or take offense to it.


Hemant Mehta, who writes for Patheos.com's "Friendly Atheist" blog, wrote that "it's not a joke when people say these Republicans are trying to stop a virus with prayer."

"What else did anyone expect?" Mehta asked. "Science? Reason? Something sensible? Of course not. If this virus truly becomes a pandemic, we're at the mercy of people delusional enough to think their pleas to God will fix the problem. The same God who presumably created the virus, at least in their minds, will somehow make sure it hurts only a handful of Americans ... and a ton of Chinese people."

Dr. Angela Rassmussen, a virologist at Columbia University, also criticized the prayer.

"I have yet to attend a scientific meeting that begins in prayer," she wrote.

Thomas Chatterton Williams, a writer with the New York Times Magazine, shared the photo on Twitter and commented that "we are so screwed."

Conclusion by Pastor Boyd

Of course none of this finger pointing is helpful, honestly it is hateful and a plant in people’s minds by the devil. Instead of blaming the virus they blame the innocent, just like the Jews were blamed in world War 2; in other words there is no logical sense to any of it. We should at this point in history know who the author of chaos, confusion, and disorder is don’t we?

As Satan and his minions grow in strength and power so do believers in Christ grow in power and strength.

The great move of God known as the Welsh revival that touched Wales soon after the turn of the 20th century portends the "lightning" of yet another awakening, according to Wallace Henley.

God is up to something huge, he says in his new book, “Call Down Lightning: What the Welsh Revival Reveals About the End Times.” And it's that particular revival and historical cycle that reveals the world is about to see a fresh outpouring of the Spirit.

The Welsh revival, Henley says, "is prototypical of what Jesus predicts for the end of the age. That is, it's a sample on a small scale of the great global revival that He predicts in Matthew 24 and Matthew 13 when there will be mass harvests of people coming into the Kingdom."

The coming revival will be very sudden, just like the Welsh revival was, and will encompass every social group in the culture, he said.

"It will be the promise of God made manifest in the redemption of whole societies," he said.

Christians need not fear the end times, he went on to say. Indeed, Jude refers to this time as the "blessed hope." But many Christians tend to view them as a period of awful dread, he said.

"Yes, there will be suffering. Jesus said there will be many tribulations," he stressed, "but He said this is the beginning of birth pangs the beginning of many sorrows. He didn't say that was the summation of the end."

The end times began with the ministry, atonement, and the ascension of Jesus Christ, he emphasized.

"We've been living in the end times for two millennia and as the end times approach we not only will see the tensions and stresses that we're experiencing but we've got to look beyond that and see the tremendous fruit," Henley elaborated.

"So I say to every church: Get ready for the harvest. Do all possible to be ready for the harvest."

The metaphor of lightning Henley uses, both in the title and throughout the book, is that the charge is first built up in the ground and then the ground literally draws the lighting. And so it is spiritually, Henley said.

"God wants to come. The lightning is in the cloud. He wants to send revival. But He moves on us through crisis, through hardship, through dark times. He moves on us to begin to pray for that, to release that. He limits Himself at the point of our freedom. And He sovereignly moves and brings about those conditions that will cause us to move, to cry out to it," Henley said.

When Henley was a congressional aide, it occurred to him on one particular day as he watched members of the House of Representatives vote that they were elected by the people they represent to voice the desire of the people they represent.

"What a picture of intercession," he thought to himself that day.

Anytime a piece of legislation is presented in Congress it's because of a need that arises in a congressional district served by the congressman, and that person is voting on behalf of all those people.

The Church of Jesus Christ, then, is God's House of Representatives. The remnant of people on the Earth who have the authority on the Earth to cast the proverbial ballot through their prayers, he elaborated.

Henley writes extensively about Evan Roberts, a Methodist minister at the forefront of the Welsh revival in 1904–1905, who led meetings at which hundreds upon hundreds of people repented and professed faith in Jesus Christ.

Roberts was known to tarry for hours in prayer with the Lord in solitude and had visions of God doing miraculous things. Though he was a devout Christian and spent his childhood memorizing Scripture and studying the Bible, he had no formal education or theological training. Yet God used him mightily.

"God chooses the lowly things, the things the world counts as foolish, the things that are not in the sense of the world's reputation," Henley says of how God worked through Roberts, referencing 1 Corinthians 1:27–28.

And it's His heart to use people today whom the world regards as unimportant, he stressed.

"You are mighty in the Kingdom when you call down lighting, when you call out to God for revival," he says to readers who have long prayed for God to move again.

"The deeper the darkness the brighter the light. So I anticipate that with the profound darkness of our times, that when revival comes it's going to come in a very explosive, dynamic form," Henley said, when asked about the state of the United States.

More than anything he hopes “Call Down Lighting” will be used as a catalyst for revival in congregations all over the world.

"Revival is not going to come through the Republican Party or the Democrat Party, or to America, or anywhere if it doesn't come to the Church. The Church is the key. And I hope church leaders will catch a new vision for the critical nature of the Church and its role in God's great cosmic plan."

Yes this new revival is coming and it is up to you the believer to pray it down.

What You Cannot Hide Is Global Genocide and the Proof Is Everywhere and On Every Continent!
Submitted by Dave Hodges on Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Researched by Pastor Gary Boyd
Summary by Pastor Boyd

What this article insinuates is that we, as a humanity, are facing ultimate destruction through a planned and cleverly executed plan against America and the rest of the world. It will soon be clear to the world, that a major depopulation event is underway. But what you cannot hide is genocide. This article and its companion, the next article, will serve as a wakeup call to humanity that the world's largest genocide is underway.

This article, without me realizing it, began when Pastor Abri Bracken sent me a voice file, via skype which informed that New Zealand was going into a stage 4 lockdown. In New Zealand, there are only 4 stages. The audio file is somewhat corrupted or I would play it here. Abri is an interesting person. He has served as a source for many of my articles on Africa by pointing me to local media. From these tips, I have learned of the massive military presence that the CHICOMS are engaged in on the continent of Africa including South Africa. In South Africa, the CHICOMS are partnering with the rogue ruling authority to strip white farmers of their lands and frequently murder them in the process. The CHICOMS are allowed to keep the food and ship it back to China and they split the seized land’s resources. Abri is a refugee from this South African holocaust.

As a follow up to Abri’s warning, I should mention that the CSS has a solid following in New Zealand. I receive intel from frontline witnesses all the time. As the readers may recall, after the tragic Mosque massacre, the New Zealand government outlawed guns and demanded that citizens turned them in. The citizens have defied the order with only about a 5% compliance rate. The government responded with multiple warnings of very long prison sentences. The COVID-19 virus has provided the New Zealand Government with the pre-emptive excuse to enact martial law procedures to enforce their increasing heinous violations of their citizens rights. I have received around a dozen communications from New Zealand in the past 4 days. Here is a typical email.

Dear Dave,
Thanks so much for being a truth teller. My country went from being a government that we barely noticed to an authoritarian monster. They want our guns and now they are preparing to prey on us. I am an American ex-pat living in country. America had better wake up because this is what is coming to you very soon. I was surveying land, and I cannot say anymore about that. As I made my way off the main road, I noticed row after row of what I think were body bags. What I am certain of is that there were nearly miles of coffins like what I have seen you publish. I did not take my phone to work, or you would have photos. Do you think this is because of the coronavirus? I will tell you another thing, we are being overrun by Chinese in our country in various locations. We are moving into the highest stage of alert in what is called Stage Four. This is nothing but martial law. Do you know if they are preparing for genocide in New Zealand? Are the Chinese behind it? My wife and I are thinking about quitting our jobs and taking our small RV to the most isolated place we can find.
Thanks, Xxxxxx

I do not know the answer to the question that I was asked in the email. However, I have other emails from New Zealanders who are in a near state of panic about what lies next. One person stated that checkpoints are being set up and the allowed movement of the citizens is non-existent and that the economy would soon hit bottom. If this were just New Zealand, I would not be as nearly concerned as I am.

What Is Happening In New Zealand Is Happening In America

Body bags and FEMA mobile mortuaries are showing up in America. Welcome to Wuhan, Illinois!
FEMA Caught Hiding Mobile Mortuaries South of Chicago

Compliance Checks Begin In Nevada! Police Visit 113 Businesses, Suspend Violator's Licenses

Las Vegas authorities are out around Clark County to enforce Gov. Steve's Sisolak's order for nonessential businesses to close their doors. Las Vegas police have visited 113 businesses with their compliance team, and 7 business licenses were suspended for stores or businesses that did not voluntarily close.

The President of El Salvador Has Declared World III Has Begun

A contact of mine, living in Mexico, has sent me tweets from the President of El Salvador, a newly converted ardent ally of the United States. Here is the communication followed by my comment.

From Sam Honnold

Mar 23, 2020, 2:47 PM (2 days ago)

to davehodges@thecommonsenseshow.com


Last night conservative President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador (an important security partner, who said that "President Trump is nice and cool") tweeted this ominous warning in English and Spanish. Today he tweeted video of a train load of military hardware (m109 self-propelled 155mm howitzers and m992 armored artillery replenishment tenders up front) with this caption "The US army is sending the resources to complete their quarantines..." He wants his congress to approve further security funding, and his military has already completely closed all borders. They are patrolling border areas and arresting quarantine violators.

Copy and paste in your browser:

https://twitter.com/nayibbukele/status/1242179586680651781?s=19

This is a very interesting communication from President Bukele. First, he declares he's closing the border. Second, he declares that World War III has begun and that seems to provide the motivation for closing the border. Third, the President announces he is arresting quarantine violators. What do tanks and artillery have to do with fighting the Coronavirus(es)? The answer is, absolutely nothing. There are two agendas that work in El Salvador that relate to the United States. First, the President of El Salvador knows that a Red Dawn invasion is coming which is why he is protecting his borders. He knows that he will be attacked because he has aligned his country with the United States. Please note that in his tweet he notes that he is using US military equipment. In other words, the American military is helping to prepare for this Red Dawn invasion. In other words, the military knows that it is coming.

Along these same lines, the COVID-19 virus continues to morph into different and more deadly strains.

This article is a work in progress as it is accumulating first-hand accounts from around the world which shows that most of the entire planet is under assault from bioweapons. Please note that I did not say, COVID-19! COVID-19 is not the kill shot and we are seeing the morphing of the original Coronavirus into more deadly pathogens. We are also witnessing the introduction of what some seem to think is a new and more deadly pathogen. From the reports I am getting from around the world, it seems likely that there are several different bioweapons at work.

Along these lines, it is noteworthy to repeat a series of statements made to me on several occasions that multiple Chinese nationals have been apprehended on California’s southern border with Mexico. What the heck? Did these Chinese nations swim from China, or were they deposited in this Chinese puppet state of Mexico, so they could cross the border with bioweapons, perhaps the people themselves, with the intention of infecting America and spreading chaos across the nation? The number of apprehended CHICOMS has grown to over a 1,000. This is what American authorities have caught. One can only guess as to how many CHICOMS are now running free in California spreading mayhem from the bioweapon they carry or possess within their own bodies?

Conclusion

I am getting these kinds of reports from almost every continent. I am getting these reports from around the world. In a recent conversation I just had with Steve Quayle, It is clear that there is large military activity in the Baja of California as the CHICOM military is everywhere as Steve and myself have warned about for years, but the United States is not the only nation under attack, it is becoming obvious that the Globalists are making their final move. Biochemical genocide is coming as is a Red Dawn invasion. (Pastor Boyd: Red Dawn is now being showcased on Netflix perhaps globalists want us to know what is coming!)

There are presently over 1.5 billion on lockdown across the planet and we are just getting started. Humanity does not realize it yet, but every living human being is under attack. Depopulation is the goal and the planet is just sleeping through the crisis. I have been quite clear about my personal observations regarding Trump and Pence. I said their body language was not congruent to the situation. First, they appeared tired. Then I began to realize it was more than fatigue that I was seeing. These two men are defeated and I no longer believe they are in control of what is going on. It is looking like, more and more, that a successful coup has been executed against the White House.

This article was merely a broad brush describing a mythical modern-day Paul Revere riding through every town, city and village and he is yelling at the top of his lungs "the globalists are coming, the globalists are coming!" The globalists in part, are the CHICOMS and they are already here.

In the next part of this series, we will take a tour of the world and demonstrate how complete this plot is to depopulate the world and militarily invade the United States. The next part will also describe why the leadership of the Democratic Party is so firmly behind this plot and what they have to gain from their treason.

Summary by Pastor Boyd

What I do know as fact is that China wants the lands of the world for their own increasing population that it cannot feed. If this continues they fear revolt from their own people so they must implement world conquest. Naturally they want to depopulate the world because that means more for their people and less people to fight. We do know Hunter Biden sent F-35 technology to the Chinese and most likely the Bioweapons technology when he flew on Air Force one in 2015. Grassely and Johnson want details on Hunter Biden's trip to China and are now after the records of the secret service back in 2015 that will show when he traveled and on what plane. More later…….

Is This Protocol a Possible Cure for Covid-19?
Researched by Pastor Gary Boyd

The treatment Hydroxychloroquine/Azithromycin has been developed by Prof. Didier Raoult, IHU Hôpital de la Timone in Marseille, France. This doctor is a world famous and well-known virologist and is presently fighting against his own government in order to generalize the use of his treatment. Phosphate de Chloroquine was already used by China and other countries against the Covid-19 but Prof. Raoult fine-tuned the treatment.
Chloroquine is a BIG story in Europe because it costs almost nothing, is apparently very effective and does absolutely not please big pharma! Raoult has already, believe it or not and very surprisingly, received death threats...

This info must be widespread because even if it is only graded so far as a 90% effective treatment, without proper long lasting clinical tests and with a very short time to assess the long-term effects, it still remains far better than a hypothetical vaccine developed in 90 days.

A doctor in New York is claiming he personally treated three-hundred-fifty people infected with coronavirus, and they all survived. The Doctor says he used:

200mg 2x daily Hydroxy Chloroquine
500mg 1x daily Azithromycin
220mg 1x daily Zinc sulfate

350 patients:
• Breathing restored 3-4 hours
• Zero deaths
• Zero hospitalizations
• Zero intubations

It's been reported that the azithromycin (Z Pack) in this cocktail may also block viral replication, as has been reported for the hydroxychloroquine component.

From a colleague:
I started on the COVID-19 Hydroxychloroquine/Azithromycin treatment protocol 5 days ago. I tested negative two weeks ago so I could join in the study as an uninfected participant, to test for side effects. The 350 infected people in New York in the study all cleared up within 4 days! Most were discharged from the hospital yesterday; the rest will be discharged today. Not a single person remained infected or died.

The hydroxychloroquine prevents virus replication, and inhibits the immunological over-response in the lungs that causes the fatal lung damage. The Azithromycin boosts the immune system in a different way that increases the speed of antibody production. The pair together is very effective in most people that are the worst off, in need of ICU care. The longest recovery observed so far has been 6 days. My only reaction so far had been a low grade fever (99.5 F) on the first day after taking my first dose. The next day I was back down to my normal temperature of 97.6 F, and it has remained there since.

Most Americans Do Not Have What It Takes to Survive the Coming Civil War
Submitted by Dave Hodges on Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Researched by Pastor Gary Boyd


Yesterday, I wrote an article in which I detailed the vast amount of 5th column terrorists in America. I am of the opinion that these forces will be brought to bear against the people of America and we could descend into a generational conflict. This part of the series covers what it is like to live in a country that has been picked over by a civil war. What are the struggles and obstacles related to individual survival? Americans have no idea how close they are to total tyranny and war. I am hopeful that this article will spark some reflective thinking and allow this country to collectively ponder the path that we have embarked upon.

Are We Hopelessly Divided?
America is becoming two Americas, Americas which hate each other with the level of anger and potential for violence which has grown to exponential proportions in the past few years. In 2016, the Pew Research Center found that 45 percent of Republicans and 41 percent of Democrats declared the opposing party’s policies a threat to the nation’s well-being.

Congress is too paralyzed by anger to carry out even the most basic tasks of government. The Democrats are so obstructionist that they will not even pass a stimulus bill designed to help newly unemployed Americans. America’s legal system grows less legitimate by the day and the public’s trust in government is in free fall and trust in the mainstream is at all-time low, as well as it should be. The president discredits the mainstream media, the FBI, the Department of Justice, and the judicial system on a regular basis. The uncontrolled amount of illegal aliens have altered the political landscape whether we recognize this reality or not. The illegal aliens are used to totalitarian government and the Democrats' promise of handouts to these groups is enough to invoke loyalty. Meanwhile, anti-government groups, some of which are armed militias, stand ready and prepared for a government collapse and to do battle with liberals who seek to perpetuate a Bolshevik Revolution. Tensions are at an all-time high with the increasing number of mandatory lockdowns due to the Coronavirus situation. America has made a record number of purchases of guns. People are angry and civil war is only in need of a spark to set things off.

Civil War Will Not Be America's Only Problem
The CSS has donated incredible time and effort to illustrate the left’s allegiance to Communist China. Communist China controls most of the 5th column terrorists in our country, namely, the cartels, MS-13, and various Middle East Terrorist groups who are here on our soil and awaiting their order to bring down holy hell on America.

Researchers such as Steve Quayle and Doug Hagmann have identified the CHICOM threat to America. There are, without question, a large number of CHICOMS south of our border with Mexico. I have written extensively about Feinstein, Pelosi, Schiff, Harris and Bacera and their Communist Chinese/cartel connections.

The Coronavirus scenario which is witnessing the lockdown of an ever-increasing amount of cities, is setting the stage for rebellion. Fear has turned America, as a whole, into an armed camp. As I pointed out yesterday, there are untold numbers of cartel members/terrorists ready to strike when the signal is given. The powder keg has been lit, it is only a matter of time until violence between the left and the right and between terrorists and the American people. When the violence begins, the UN and the CHICOMS will assert themselves into the struggle. America will be split down the middle.

Ironically, for most Americans, the ensuing chaos will be a struggle for survival. The political ideologies that originally divided will soon be long-forgotten and replaced with finding food, securing shelter and trying to stay out of the way of the next conflict. The military in the United States will have bifurcated and also be at war with itself.

Eventually, one side or the other will obtain political control. However, most of us in the country could care less by this point. War will have ravaged our countryside and only surviving will become the number one goal. The world has been through this before in recent times and the events took place in Bosnia during their civil war. After the cartels, the CHICOMS, the UN and their terrorist allies have ravaged this country in the name of establishing political control, American life will be hell on wheels. We can reasonably predict what’s coming by what has happened before under similar circumstances. Let’s take a look at the Bosnian Civil War as a comparison which illustrates for us our likely future. Embedded in this account is what is like to survive in a country that has been “picked over.”

Surviving a Civil War
Kathy Rubio sent me the following account from a survivor of the Bosnian Civil War. The described experiences are instructive for our future. My comments and questions are in bold, the responses are in regular text.

You say you survived hell on earth. In general, how prepared were the people for this crisis? When all hell broke loose, how helpful was your government and/or local authorities?
I am from Bosnia. You know, between 1992 and 1995, it was hell. For one year, I lived and survived in a city with 6,000 people without water, electricity, gasoline, medical help, civil defense, distribution service, any kind of traditional service or centralized rule.

Our city was blockaded by the army; and for one year, life in the city turned into total crap. We had no army, no police. We only had armed groups; those armed protected their homes and families.
When it all started, some of us were better prepared. But most of the neighbors’ families had enough food only for a few days. Some had pistols; a few had AK-47s or shotguns.


After a month or two, gangs started operating, destroying everything. Hospitals, for example, turned into slaughterhouses. There were no more police. About 80 percent of the hospital staff were gone. I got lucky. My family at the time was fairly large (15 people in a large house, six pistols, three AKs), and we survived (most of us, at least).

Why do people need guns and ammunition?
Today, me and my family are well-prepared, I am well-armed. I have experience. It does not matter what will happen: an earthquake, a war, a tsunami, aliens, terrorists, economic collapse, uprising. The important part is that something will happen...I have four weapons and 2,000 rounds for each... You should choose the simplest weapons. I carry a Glock .45. I like it, but it’s a rare gun here. So I have two TT pistols, too. (Everyone has them and ammo is common.)

What did you need to survive?
Arms, ammunition, candles, lighters, antibiotics, gasoline, batteries and food. We fought for these things like animals. In these situations, it all changes. Men become monsters. It was disgusting. Strength was in numbers. A man living alone getting killed and robbed would be just a matter of time, even if he was armed.

From the above paragraph, we can certainly conclude that guns are not the only factor that aid in survival, but after food and water and alliances, which capitalizes on the fact that there is strength in numbers, guns and accompanying ammo are most important.

When you needed something and had to go out and obtain it, what dangers existed? How important were the guns to your survival?
Never travel alone or in groups that were too big — always two to three men. All armed, travel swift, in the shadows, cross streets through ruins, not along open streets.
There were many gangs 10 to 15 men strong, some as large as 50 men. But there were also many normal men, like you and me, fathers and grandfathers, who killed and robbed. There were no “good” and “bad” men. Most were in the middle and ready for the worst...

In America, the government is incrementally trying to take guns. Did that happen in Bosnia and how did the people respond?
After the war, we had guns in every house. The police confiscated lots of guns at the beginning of the war. But most of them we hid. Now I have one legal gun that I have a license for. Under the law, that’s called a temporary collection. If there is unrest, the government will seize all the registered guns. Never forget that.

You know, there are many people who have one legal gun, but also illegal guns if that one gets seized. If you have good trade goods, you might be able to get a gun in a tough situation. But remember, the most difficult time is the first days, and perhaps you won’t have enough time to find a weapon to protect your family. To be disarmed in a time of chaos and panic is a bad idea.

Do you have any final advice for Americans who would allow their government to disarm them?
I think defense is very important, but it must be carried out unobtrusively. If you are in a city and SHTF comes, you need a simple, non-flashy place, with lots of guns and ammo.
How much ammo? As much as possible...
It was a “dirty” business.

Let me give you a piece of advice: You need guns and ammo first — and second, everything else. Literally everything! All depends on the space and money you have.

If you forget something, there will always be someone to trade with for it. But if you forget weapons and ammo, there will be no access to trading for you.

I don’t think big families are extra mouths. Big families means both more guns and strength — and from there, everyone prepares on his own.

Conclusion
In the midst of this crisis, is there something to be said for not giving up your gun and invoking the power of the Holy Spirit?

Most Americans do not have the fortitude, strength and will to survive such an ideal. We are a very soft nation. Survival may be based more on luck rather than determination and making the right choices.
To bring America to its knees, a coup is needed. This means a complete leadership change. Trump has never been in more danger than he is right now. That will be the topic of the next installment in this series.