As of today, May 11, 2009, its the “17th day of the 2nd month” Iyyar 17 (Genesis 7:11), the day Noah entered the Ark.

The Jewish Civil calendar starts at Rosh Hashana (Tishri 1 (Sept Time Frame) – Like our Jan 1) and the Jewish Religious calendar starts at Nisan 1 – March Time Frame)… Therefore, this is the month of Iyyar in the Jewish year 5769. (Download 2009 Jewish Calendar)

I don’t know about you, but I found this task to be quite remarkable. He’s a real life “Evan Almighty”!

by PastorBlog…

Dutch creationist Johan Huibers of Schagen, the Netherlands has built a massive replica of Noah’s Ark. Johan’s ark is 150 cubits long, 30 cubits high, and 20 cubits wide, which approximates two-thirds of a football field in length and three stories tall in height. As big as it is, it is only 1/5 the size of the original Ark, which was 300 cubits long, 30 cubits high, and 50 cubits wide.

Johan got the idea to build the ark after having a dream about the Netherlands being flooded. He plans to set sail in September and travel to other parts of the country and eventually to major cities in Belgium and Germany.

The official website, which has lots of pictures and videos, is www.arkvannoach.com.

More coverage here:

• Answers in Genesis: Johan Huibers and His Ark
• BBC News: Dutchman builds modern Noah’s Ark
• Sydney Morning Herald: Dutchman’s biblical mission
• Worldwide Christian Network
• Noah’s Ark Replica Schagen Netherlands
• FOX News: Replica of Noah’s Ark Opens Doors To Visitors

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There is also a 2nd Ark that has been recently completed and opened to the public in Hong Kong:

• Hong Kong Christens an Ark of Biblical Proportions

Time is very, very short my friends…. Be watchful, ready, and keep looking up because our redemption is drawing near!

In His Mighty Grip!
Kingdom Engineer

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A friend sent this to me in an email and I thought that this was too incredible not to share here… God bless you and your wife Alec!

Now, here’s a model of biblical proportions. Read on…

A retired farmer has spent more than 30 years building an enormous scale model of Herod’s temple…

- and it is still not finished…

Alec Garrard, 78, has dedicated a massive 33,000 hours to constructing the ancient temple, which measures a whopping 20ft by 12ft…

The pensioner has hand-baked and painted every clay brick and tile and even sculpted 4,000 tiny human figures to populate the courtyards…

But Mr Garrard, who started the epic project in his 40s, says his masterpiece will not be finished in his lifetime…

“I have an interest in buildings and religion so I thought maybe I could combine the two and I came up with the idea of doing the temple”

“I’d seen one or two examples of it in Biblical exhibitions, but I thought they were rubbish and I knew I could do better”

“I have also sculpted and painted 4,000 figures, measuring just half an inch and all wearing their correct costumes”

“Each one takes about three hours to make and there are 32 versions of Jesus, although no one can ever spot him no matter how religious they are” …

Visitors come from all over the world to see the model and Mr Garrard provides binoculars so they can see all the details

“I personally know all the top archaeologists from Jerusalem and I’ve had experts from the British Museum visit,” he says,

But he chases the money-changers out of the temple:

“I’ve had a lot of offers from people to buy it, but it’s not for sale”

He says his wife Kathleen thinks he is mad…

He adds: “She wishes she’d married a normal person” …

Mr Garrard, from Norfolk , spent more than three years researching the temple, which was destroyed by the Romans 2,000 years ago and deemed to be one of the most remarkable buildings of ancient times…

He then started to construct the amazing 1:100 scale model, which is now housed in a huge building in his back garden…

“Everything is made by hand. I cut plywood frames for the walls and buildings and all the clay bricks and tiles were baked in the oven then stuck together,” he says,

Built in 19BC by King Herod the Great, the temple was flattened in AD70, just six years after completion…

In its heyday the temple complex covered 36 acres – four times the area of Windsor Castle …

The Temple was probably located on the site of what today is the Dome of the Rock!

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Randall

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Are you a sleeping Christian?
Can you not discern the times?
If you were watching for Him,
you’d surely see the signs!

They mock our Christian morals,
and hate our friends, the Jews;
to see how values have collapsed,
you’ve but to watch the news!

The “alternate” lifestyle is the norm,
true marriage has no worth.
When the Bridegroom comes for us,
will He find faith on earth?

Earthquakes and storms abound,
and famine’s on the rise.
If our precious Savior came today,
would you meet Him in the sky?

Time is shorter than you think,
put eternity on your mind.
If you’re not ready when He comes,
you may well be left behind!

Have you lost your love for Him?
Do you not serve Him any more?
You’d best wake up, for when He calls,
if you’re asleep, He’ll shut the door!

Peggy McIlveene – January 16, 2004

Thank you Peggy for this great poem… time is sooo short; Examine yourself and ensure that you are obeying His commands as you first did when you met Him!

2 Corinthians 13:5 (NKJV)

Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified.

In His Mighty Grip!
Randall

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A couple of days ago I was running (I use that term very loosely) on my treadmill, watching a DVD sermon by Louie Giglio …and I was BLOWN AWAY! I want to share what I learned….but I fear not being able to convey it as well as I want. I will share anyway.

He (Louie) was talking about how inconceivably BIG our God is…how He spoke the universe into being…how He breathes stars out of His mouth that are huge raging balls of fire…etc. etc. Then He went on to speak of how this star-breathing, universe creating God ALSO knitted our human bodies together with amazing detail and wonder.

At this point I am LOVING it (fascinating from a medical standpoint, you know.) …and I was remembering how I was constantly amazed during medical school as I learned more and more about God’s handiwork. I remember so many times thinking…

‘How can ANYONE deny that a Creator did all of this???’

Louie went on to talk about how we can trust that the God who created all this, also has the power to hold it all together when things seem to be falling apart…how our loving Creator is also our sustainer.

And then I lost my breath. And it wasn’t because I was running on my treadmill, either!!! It was because he started talking about laminin.

I knew about laminin. Here is how Wikipedia describes them:

‘Laminins are a family of proteins that are an integral part of the structural scaffolding of basement membranes in almost every animal tissue.’

You see….laminins are what hold us together …LITERALLY. They are cell adhesion molecules. They are what holds one cell of our bodies to the next cell. Without them, we would literally fall apart. And I knew all this already. But what I didn’t know is what laminin LOOKED LIKE.

But now I do. And I have thought about it a thousand times since (already)….

Here is what the structure of laminin looks like…AND THIS IS NOT a ‘Christian portrayal’ of it….if you look up laminin in any scientific/medical piece of literature, this is what you will see…

Now tell me that our God is not the coolest!!! Amazing. The glue that holds us together….ALL of us….is in the shape of the cross.

Immediately Colossians 1:15-17 comes to mind.

‘He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created; things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things HOLD TOGETHER.’ Colossians 1:15-17

Thousands of years before the world knew anything about laminin, Paul penned those words. And now we see that from a very LITERAL standpoint, we are held together…one cell to another….by the cross.

You would never in a quadrillion years convince me that is anything other than the mark of a Creator who knew EXACTLY what laminin “glue” would look like long before Adam even breathed his first breath!!

We praise YOU, Lord!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Louie Giglio – Laminin

Here is a snippet of the video, a great message entitled “How Great is Our God?” by Louie Giglio; it’s starts off a bit slow, but it has an awesome ending. There’s an actual photo of a real laminin near the end:

(NOTE: Some Firewalls will not allow you to see the YouTube video)

Also, feel free to check Snopes.com for validity.

In His Mighty Grip!
Kingdom Engineer 

A must see! Full DVD (“How Great is Our God”) available at:

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Will Jesus Christ return to Earth in the year 2016?

By Joe Kovacs WorldNetDaily

Minister uses NASA forecasting to study signals of Jesus’ return…

And can studying NASA’s website provide evidence for such a scenario?

A minister who promotes the Old Testament roots of Christianity suggests a rare string of lunar and solar eclipses said to fall on God’s annual holy days seven years from now could herald what’s come to be known as the “Second Coming” of Jesus.

“God wants us to look at the biblical calendar,” says Mark Biltz, pastor of El Shaddai Ministries in Bonney Lake, Wash. “The reason we need to be watching is [because] He will signal His appearance. But we have to know what to be watching as well. So we need to be watching the biblical holidays.”

In a video interview on the Prophecy in the News website, Biltz said he’s been studying prophecies that focus on the sun and moon, even going back to the book of Genesis where it states the lights in the sky would be “be for signs, and for seasons.”

“It means a signal, kind of like ‘one if by land, two if by sea.’ It’s like God wants to signal us,” he said. “The Hebrew word implies … not only is it a signal, but it’s a signal for coming or His appearing.”

Biltz adds the word “seasons” implies appointed times for God’s feasts and festivals.

“When we hear the word feast, we think food. But the Hebrew word has nothing to do with food. It has to do with a divine appointment, as if God has a day timer, and He says, ‘OK, I’m gonna mark the day and the time when I’m going to signal My appearance.’”

In the Old Testament, the prophet Joel states, “The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.” (Joel 2:31)

In the New Testament, Jesus is quoted as saying, “Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light … And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.” (Matthew 24:29-30)

Gary Stearman of Prophecy in the News noted, “When we think of the sun being darkened and the moon not giving her light, we usually think of some astronomical catastrophe – perhaps the sun sputtering and the moon being affected by all this. But maybe it’s time to rethink this a little bit and think of it as a natural cycle, the cycle of the eclipses.”

Thus, Biltz began focusing on the precise times of both solar and lunar eclipses, sometimes called “blood moons” since the moon often takes on a bloody color. He logged onto NASA’s eclipse website which provides precision tracking of the celestial events.

He noted a rare phenomenon of four consecutive total lunar eclipses, known as a tetrad.

He says during this century, tetrads occur at least six times, but what’s interesting is that the only string of four consecutive blood moons that coincide with God’s holy days of Passover in the spring and the autumn’s Feast of Tabernacles (also called Succoth) occurs between 2014 and 2015 on today’s Gregorian calendar.

“The fact that it doesn’t happen again in this century I think is very significant,” Biltz explains. “So then I looked at last century, and, believe it or not, the last time that four blood red moons occurred together was in 1967 and 1968 tied to Jerusalem recaptured by Israel.”

He then started to notice a pattern of the tetrads.

“What’s significant to me is that even before 1967, the next time that you had four blood red moons again was right after Israel became a nation in ’48, it happened again in 1949 and 1950 … on Passover and Succoth. You didn’t have any astronomical tetrads in the 1800s, the 1700s, the 1600s. In the 1500s, there were six, but none of those fell on Passover and Succoth.”

When checking the schedule for solar eclipses, Biltz found two – one on the first day of the Hebrew year and the next on the high holy day of Rosh Hashanah, the first day of the seventh Hebrew month. Both of these take place in the 2014-2015 year.

Biltz says, “You have the religious year beginning with the total solar eclipse, two weeks later a total lunar eclipse on Passover, and then the civil year beginning with the solar eclipse followed two weeks later by another total blood red moon on the Feast of Succoth all in 2015.”

“If you think that this is a coincidence, I want you to know that it’s time!” exclaimed Prophecy in the News host J.R. Church. “There are no more of these for the rest of the century.”

The prospect of eclipses pinpointing the time of Jesus’ return is getting mixed reaction in Christian circles.

After seeing Biltz’s interview, Jim Bramlett, an author and former vice president for the Christian Broadcasting Network, expressed excitement.

“I have just watched the program two times and do not think I have ever been more encouraged or excited about the soon return of the Lord!” Bramlett said.

But Hal Lindsey, a well-known biblical analyst and author of “The Late Great Planet Earth,” says while he hasn’t heard of Biltz’s theory, he called it “pure speculation.”

“In my 50-something years of studying prophecy, to me the greatest indication of the time of Christ’s return is based around the general things of prophecies coming together in the same time frame.”

He mentioned not only Israel’s birth as a political state in 1948, but the increase in tensions with Muslims, the rise of Russia, China and the European Union, which he says is even “calling itself the revived Roman Empire.”

“I see the whole sweep and panorama spinning together in a precise scenario,” he said.

During a second video interview, Biltz was presented with Bible quotes that many think suggest Jesus’ return will be a complete surprise, or at least not specifically known.

The 25th chapter of Matthew features a parable where Jesus likens His kingdom to ten virgins all waiting for the arrival of their bridegroom.

Jesus said in the story, “ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.” (Matthew 25:13)

Biltz says people need to examine the quote in its proper context.

“When He says you don’t know the day or the hour, He’s speaking to the foolish virgins, not the wise virgins,” he explained.

Biltz was also asked about the famous statement in Matthew 24:36 when Jesus was discussing the signs of His “coming, and of the end of the world”: “But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.” (Matthew 24:36)

He responded by referring to the annual Feast of Trumpets holiday, saying Israelites never knew the precise moment it began, “because it was based on the sighting of the new moon.”

“When He (Jesus) says you won’t know the day or the hour, He’s telling you it’s the Feast of Trumpets because that was known as the feast where no one knew the day or the hour that it would begin,” said Biltz. “So it’s kind of like if I told you, ‘I’m not going to tell you when I’m coming, but “Gobble, gobble, gobble,’” [pointing to] Turkey Day.”

Church stressed despite the information suggesting 2015 could be a pivotal time, “We don’t know that that will be the concluding year of the tribulation period … so we’re not setting a date and saying this is a warning. We’re introducing the possibility of a watch.”

In His Mighty Grip!
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THE “WAR OF GOG AND MAGOG”: Understanding Ezekiel 38-39
By Joel Rosenberg

The Ezekiel Option is based on the prophecies found in the Bible, specifically in the Book of Ezekiel, chapters 38 and 39; remarkably, the Hebrew Prophet Ezekiel, writing more than 2,500 years ago, was able to look down the corridors of time and see nations not yet born, and alliances not yet formed. In doing so, he foretold the rise of a Russian military alliance with Iran and other Middle Eastern countries to annihilate Israel during the earth’s “last days.” This is known by many Bible scholars as the “War of Gog and Magog.” In this war, Ezekiel says the world will see a supernatural judgment of these enemies of Israel, and a spiritual awakening unparalleled in human history.

Few, however, are familiar with these important end times prophecies. Fewer still can imagine such events ever occurring. The Ezekiel Option was written to help people learn more about these dramatic coming events, and to help people understand what such events might look like if they were to play out in our lifetime.

FIRST THINGS FIRST

In a moment, I will walk you through the prophecies step-by-step. But first thing, let me note that the predictions found in Ezekiel chapters 36 & 37 have already come true. These are the famous chapters that foretell:

• The rebirth of the State of Israel in the end times (both chapters) 1948-AD!

• The return of the Jews to the Holy Land after centuries in exile (36:10-11, 36:24) Still currently in progress!

• The rebuilding of the ancient ruins in Israel (36:36) Currently in progress!

• The re-blossoming of desolate, desert lands to produce abundant food, fruit and foliage (36:8-9 Still currently in progress! and 36:30-35 Has NOT happened yet!)

• The creation of an “exceedingly great army” (37:10) Has NOT happened yet!

Such prophecies began to be fulfilled in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, accelerated in 1948 and 1967, and continue to come to pass to this day. This, of course, raises an intriguing question: If Ezekiel 36 has largely come true in our lifetime, isn’t it possible that Ezekiel 37, 38 and 39 will soon come true as well?

That said, let’s examine Ezekiel 38 and 39 more carefully.

• WHO will be involved in the “War of Gog and Magog”?
• WHAT will happen as this war begins and ends?
• WHEN will these events happen?
• WHERE will these events happen?
• WHY will these events happen?

In The Ezekiel Option, the characters carefully research the prophecy to try to understand if what they are seeing unfold before their very eyes is what was described by God in the Bible. That is, they go on a journey similar to my own in trying to understand these coming events. Every source I quote in the novel pertaining to Ezekiel 38 and 39 is real and accurate. What follows is an executive summary of the research I did for the novel.

UNDERSTANDING “THE WAR OF GOG AND MAGOG”

WHO

In Ezekiel 38:1-6, the Hebrew prophet gives a list of obscure names that will form a united coalition.

• Gog is described as being “of the land of Magog” and as the “prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal.” Most Bible scholars believe Gog is not a name but a title, like Pharaoh or Czar. He is a dictator who will hatch an “evil plan” (38:10).

• Magog = Leading Bible scholars say this is Russia and republics of the former Soviet Union. The first century Roman historian Josephus said the “Magogites” were the peoples whom the Greeks called “Scythians.” Scythians were a fierce, blood-thirsty civilization that settled north of the Baltic Sea in what is now Russia and the European republics of the former USSR.

• Rosh = Russia* Meshech = Some Bible scholars say this is Moscow, others believe it refers to Turkey.

• Tubal = Some Bible scholars say this refers to the city/region of Tobolsk in Russia along the Tobol River; others say it refers to a section of modern-day Turkey. (Interestingly, in 1964, massive reserves of oil and gas were discovered in the Tobolsk region of Siberia and people now refer to the region as the “energy center of Russia.”)* Persia = This was the official name of Iran until 1935.

• Cush = Sudan and Ethiopia.

• Put = Libya, and possibly Algeria and Tunisia.

• Gomer = Turkey, but also possibly Germany and Austria.

• Beth-togarmah = Armenia and the Turkic-speaking peoples of Central Asia.

• “Many peoples with you” who will attack along “the mountains of Israel” = Other countries will be involved in the coalition as well, notably countries that border the mountains of Israel. This includes Lebanon and possibly Jordan.

NOTE: Conspicuously absent from the list is Syria, Egypt and Iraq (typically referred to in Scripture as Babylon or Mesopotamia). This is noteworthy since Ezekiel was writing the prophecy in the City of Babylon, in the heart of Iraq. Syria (Damascus), according to Isaiah 17:14 will become a heap of ruins… completely destroyed. We would have to expect, then, that neither Egypt nor Iraq will participate. This is particularly interesting since Egypt already signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1979 and Iraq is now so engrossed in its own internal struggles that it would be unlikely to join a coalition to destroy Israel in the next few years.

WHAT

Gog’s Plan

38:7 – Gog will build a military coalition and “be prepared” to strike
38:8 – Gog will deploy the coalition against Israel
39:9 – Gog will use overwhelming force against Israel; he and his coalition will “come like a storm….like a cloud covering the land”

God’s Plan

38:2 – The Lord God will bring judgment upon the enemies of Israel, beginning with Gog, the dictator of Russia
38:20 – The Lord will trigger a massive earthquake in which “all the men who are on the face of the earth will shake at My presence”
38:21 – The Lord will turn Gog’s forces against one another
38:22 – The Lord will subject Gog’s coalition forces to:

• pestilence
• blood
• torrential rains
• hailstones
• fire from heaven

39:6 – The Lord will “ send fire upon Magog” itself and others
39:9 – Israel will capture her enemies weapons and burn them for 7 years
39:12 – It will taken 7 full months to bury all the bodies of Israel’s slain enemies 39:17-20 – Birds and beast will feast on the bodies of Israel’s slain enemies

WHEN

38:8 – Israel will be a country again and Jews will be regathered to the Holy Land
38:11, 14 – “My people Israel are living securely” before the “War of Gog and Magog”
38:12-13 – Israel will have economic prosperity
38:16 – “It will come about in the last days” (before the return of Christ)

WHY

39:21 – “I shall set My glory among the nations; and all the nations will see My judgment”
39:22 – “the house of Israel will know that I am the Lord their God”
39:29 – “I shall have poured out My Spirit on the house of Israel”

These events will not only be a judgment of Israel’s enemies in keeping with Genesis 12:1-3, in which God says those who bless Israel He will bless, and those who curse Israel He will curse. The events will also be the beginning of a great spiritual awakening. God will literally and metaphorically shake people out of spiritual apathy and lethargy to realize there is a God in heaven. He will also shake people who are following false religions and turn them to Himself.

Moreover, He will shake those who are followers of Christ but not serious about their faith. It should be noted that ours is the first generation in human history in which all the nations on earth will be able to watch the “War of Gog and Magog” unfold because of the emergence of television and satellite technology.

** Note: All verses are from the New King James Version of the Bible (NKJV)

In His Mighty Grip!
Kingdom Engineer

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