The Day Of The Lord
 
The Day Of The Lord

THE HUGE AND ENORMOUS TREE

 

In chapter 4 of the book of Daniel, King Nebuchadnezzar saw in his dream a huge and enormous tree. It grew tall and strong and was visible to the whole earth. It's branches extended to the ends of the earth and it's height reached unto heaven. From the fruit of it's branches all flesh was fed.

Then the order was given from heaven to chop the tree down, but bind up the stump with bands of iron and brass, until seven times pass over.

The dream made the king afraid, and he called for his wise men to come and interpret it for him. Daniel told the king that the dream represented him and his kingdom, for his greatness had grown and become strong, reached unto heaven, and had dominion to the ends of the earth.

All this came upon king Nebuchadnezzar twelve months later. He was driven from men and lived like an animal for seven years. At the end of the days he acknowledged the Most High  and his kingdom was restored to him and became even greater than before, because he praised the King of Heaven whose dominion is an everlasting dominion and His kingdom is from generation to generation.

I interpret this dream to be the kingdom of the United States.The`seven years of coming tribulation is depicted. Our country is the bread basket of the whole world. We have satellites in the heavens. Our navy patrols and controls all seven seas of the world since WWII. Our dominion extends to the ends of the earth.

I did not realize that a stump can grow back into a huge tree in a relatively short period of time, but I learned this first-hand while traveling through the Sierras in east California on business.

Late one night when hauling a truckload of metal, I stopped overnight at a motel in Pine Grove and the next morning during breakfast I met a man at a nearby restaurant. He said the family owns land with redwood trees.

Curious, I asked him how they could chop down a 1200-year-old tree, wouldn’t it take another 1200 years to replace such a tree?”

I was amazed when the man explained that because of the massive root system of a 1200-year-old trees, five to seven saplings immediately begin to grow from the stump.

Within 20 years or so after the old tree was cut down the saplings from the stump will be sufficient in size to make harvestable lumber.

This nation will be like a redwood tree stump. Following massive widespread destruction and bloodshed of WWIII, our nation will recover,be restored, once again grow again and prosper and become even greater than before.

OUR ENEMIES WANT TO CHOP US DOWN, LIKE THAT HUGE TREE

Let them be drenched with the dew of heaven; let them live like wild animals till seven times pass by for him.” This refers to the seven years of tribulation.

The seven-year period begins the with the Nuclear attack on America that starts World War III. Amid the struggle to survive, Daniel says, people will be driven away to “live like wild animals. You’ll eat the grass like cattle.”

This is to continue till “you acknowledge the most high is solemn over the kingdoms of men.” When that happens, God,s command to leave the tree’s stump with its roots intact is so that “your kingdom will be restored.”

For this to happen Daniel says we must renounce our sins and do what is right by showing kindness to the oppressed. Otherwise, the soul who sins is the one who will die, such as those killed in the sudden initial nuclear attacks, or the following siege of sickness, contaminated food and water, and people killing each other.

WE CAME FROM EGYPT

Ezekiel 20 talks about the Lord bringing the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt, and into a land flowing with milk and honey—which is the most beautiful of all lands. We are called “America, The Beautiful.” And we are the descendants of those Israelites, who were slaves in Egypt.

The time of the Pharaoh who had the dreams foretelling of the seven years of famine had passed. But when the seven years of famine began, the Pharaoh followed the instructions to store up and prepare for it. When the people began to starve, they came to the Pharaoh and said, “We have nothing to eat, sell us grain lest we die.”

And they gave him all of their silver and gold. The second year, the famine persisted, and the people came to the Pharaoh, and said, “We’re starving. You have our silver and gold. We have nothing to feed our livestock, and they’re starving. Give us grain for ourselves, and we’ll give you our livestock.”

So, the people survived another year. The famine persisted, and the people came to the Pharaoh and said, “We’re starving. You have our silver and gold. You have all of our livestock, and we’re in a drought. And our fields yield no crops. Take our land and give us grain lest we die.”

The famine persisted. And the people came to the Pharaoh and said, “We’re starving. You have our silver and gold, you have all our livestock, and you have all our land, and we have nothing left to give you but ourselves. We will sell ourselves to you as slaves. Give us grain lest we die.”

So, you can see that when the seven years of famine ended, and the times returned to normal, the Kingdom of the Pharaoh was extremely wealthy. As far as the dominion of the kingdom extended, it had all the silver and gold, all the herds of livestock, and they multiplied, and the fields once again yielded their crops. And all the people were at the Pharaoh’s disposal because they had sold themselves to him..

THE PHARAOH BEGAN ONE OF HISTORY’S MOST MASSIVE PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS

The Pharaoh began one of the most massive public works projects in the history of mankind. He began to build the famous pyramids.

But the time of Joseph and the Pharaoh—who had the dream about the seven years of coming famine—had passed. And the Egyptians had enslaved all the people of Israel, making their burden heavier, and they were told to get their own straw to make their bricks.

The Israelites were bricklayers. Brickwork is called masonry, and so you can see a connection to the Freemasons of Scottland. Why do they call themselves “free?” Well, it’s because they were slaves, and now they’re free.

And George Washington, who is on our $1 bill, was reported to be a Mason.

There is an Egyptian pyramid on the left side of the reverse of our $1 bill—which I see as the symbol of our beginnings. And the eagle on the right side—which represents that we have become. It’s our alpha and omega.

THE LORD’S PEOPLE FLEE FROM EGYPT

The Lord takes pity on his people, and has compassion on them. He prepares Moses to be used by Him to lead the Israelites out of slavery, out of Egypt, and to the Promised Land.

The Lord tells Moses to go to the Pharaoh, and tell him to “let the people go.” But the Pharaoh repeatedly hardens his heart, and seven plagues came upon the land of Egypt at that time—one of which was gross darkness covering the land for three days and three nights.

It’s another example of the Day of the Lord, a day of darkness and gloom. Like a day of a nuclear attack .The Bible says the River Nile began to stink, that all the fish in the river die, and Egyptians couldn’t drink the water. This supports what Ezekiel says in Chapter 4, “water will be scarce.”

The consistency of God's word confirms the truth of the interpretation. In Isaiah 3, “take away supplies of water,” and Jeremiah 8 says, “The Lord will give them poisoned water to drink.”

The gross darkness covering the land of Egypt is caused by particles floating in the air. It doesn’t say if this is smoke, or soot, or ash. But particles in the air eventually come back to earth. That would explain the water in the River Nile becoming a problem.

And it says that the Egyptians had to dig holes along the banks of the River Nile to get water to drink. We can learn as lesson from this example, too.

Radiation fallout from a nuclear explosion will contaminate open bodies of surface water, rivers, ponds and streams. But underground water in domestic wells and municipal wells will remain a clean source of good water to drink—even in a time like this.

THE PLAGUES OF EGYPT SIGNAL WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE UNITED STATES

The United States could experience an interruption of the national power grid, and electricity to run the motors on the pumps in the wells could be a problem for an indefinite period of time. So, a prudent man understanding this, would do well to be prepared by having a generator of sufficient capacity to run the motor on the pump in his well.

That generator will be worthless without a quantity of fuel necessary for an indefinite duration.

The Israelites were told to stay inside and close their doors until the plague passed over them. In the aftermath of a nuclear attack, it could be essential to survival to stay inside and keep your doors and windows tightly closed—until the wind carrying the plague of radiation fallout dust passes over and clean air returns.

I discovered another confirming passage in Isaiah 26 that says, “Go my people. Enter your rooms and shut the doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until his wrath has passed by.” I put this verse into my accumulation of evidence that supports  nuclear disaster is coming soon.

In Exodus 9, the Lord even told Moses to take handfuls of soot from a furnace and toss it into the air in the presence of Pharaoh—and it’ll become fine dust over the whole land, and festering boils will break out on men and animals alike.

The reason the Lord told Moses to do that is, God wants us to understand what is going to happen. And he has given us example after example for us to learn from.

It even says that in I Corinthians 10. These things—in Israel’s history—occurred as examples and warnings for us on whom the end will come. That means all the things that Israel went through in their history happened to them solely for the purpose of providing today's people, knowledge about what’s coming upon them in this end-time disaster.

MORE SIMILARITIES TO A NUCLEAR ATTACK

The stories in the Old Testament consistently bare a resemblance or a similarity to the aftermath of a nuclear attack. There are too many similarities to dismiss them as merely coincidences. God is warning us about what will happen at the time of the end.

After the Egyptians agreed to let the Israelites go, they were led by Moses out of Egypt and then the Pharaoh had a change of heart. And with his army and chariots, he set out to get them and bring them back. The Pharaoh’s army was closing in on them, and they were trapped by the Red Sea—with no apparent means of escape.

Right when they thought their doom was imminent—suddenly, by the power of God, the sea parted. And the Lord made a way for them to escape. They crossed over the Red Sea on dry land. The Pharaoh and his army were right on their heels. No sooner had the Israelites crossed the Red Sea, than the  Pharaoh and all his chariots followed right on their heels behind them.

Then the waters suddenly came crashing down on the most powerful army in the world at that time. Their pursuers perished at the hand of the Lord. And the Israelites didn’t have to so much as lift a finger.

The Pharaoh’s army is a type and shadow of the large and mighty army of 200 million coming at God’s people at the time of the end. And you will read about what happens to them later in this document.

LOOK AT REVELATIONS CHAPTER 9

Revelations 9 talks about an army of 200 million. They obviously are not assembled of Americans for we are too few and there aren't enough of us, but this is a coalition of enemy nations gathered together to destroy us. The Bible says who can make war against the Beast? The Beast is a war maker and this force of 200 million is who they are. So who do they intend to make war with? It certainly would appear to be the sole remaining super power, the United States and our English allies. It will appear at that time that our doom is imminent. Our weakness, lack of manpower will be exploited.

But this time it will be the clouds that part, and the rider on the white horse of Revelations 19 appears, leading the armies of heaven. His eyes are a blazing fire, on his head is many crowns. His name is called Faithful and True, with justice He judges and makes war.

His robe is dipped in blood. His name is The Word of God. It’s the return of Jesus. He’s coming to save us from our enemies.

He has a two-edged sword in his hand, with which to strike down the nations—these wicked nations that have formed against us will suddenly be destroyed.

Back to Revelations 9, after the descriptions of the army of 200 million, the fate they face becomes very clear. By the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur, one third of mankind is killed. The Pharaoh’s army was destroyed by water, but this time our enemies will be destroyed with fire.

A third of mankind is over 2 billion people. How will peace on earth be achieved? It’ll be established by the complete and total nuclear destruction of all of our enemies, men women and children. There will be no one left to challenge or fight us ever again, because the job will be completely over and done with.  Now, you can see how the new life emerges, that is the result of the seven years of birth pains.

WEEDS GROW UP ALONG WITH THE GOOD SEED

How can anyone justify nuclear annihilation of over 2 billion people, men women and children--the same way that men, women and children perished in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 

We’ll be attacked first, by an unprecedented act of aggression,with the  devastation of nuclear bombs making what happened in Pearl Harbor seem like child's play.

The Bible tells us in the Parable about the harvest that the master sent the workers out to plant the seed. They returned and said that there were weeds growing up along with the good seed.

When they wanted to go pull up the weeds, they were told it would be better to let them grow up together until the time of the harvest. And then when it’s harvest time, first, we’ll gather the weeds and burn them.

And then, we’ll put the wheat into the barn. A third of mankind will be killed by fire. The logical conclusion is that they are the bad seed. It is the time of harvest, and the job at hand is to begin gathering the weeds and burning them.

Then, we can put the wheat into the barn, which is the New Age, the Glorious Kingdom of God coming to the earth and it’ll be like heaven here. Like the Lord’s Prayer says, “Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, here on earth as it is in heaven.”

This is the glory of the saints, according to Psalms 149. To inflict vengeance on the nations, and punishment on the peoples—to bind their kings with fetters and their nobles with shackles of iron, to carry out the sentence written against them. Praise the Lord.

There’s also a Passage in Isaiah 2 that says, “They will beat their swords into plow shares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.”

The military budget of the United States is over $400 billion a year. Those resources will be available for something else. The weapons of war are going to become surplus, like World War II surplus. They will be scrapped, no longer needed.

What will be needed are implements of agriculture, where the earth is a long ways from achieving its maximum potential of agricultural productivity. In the future, earth-moving equipment will form intercontinental highways. In time to come, someday you’ll be able to drive non-stop from Cairo to Johannesburg on a freeway, or from Baghdad to Bejing, or from Calcutta to Moscow.

It is interesting to envision the future development of these other continents. They have great potential yet to be maximised. 

Mankind will be able to focus on achievements like these, when the threat of war no longer exists.

AN ENORMOUS STATUE WITH A HEAD OF GOLD

Another biblical story about the time of the end occurs when King Nebuchadnezzar has a vision of an enormous statue, whose head is gold—and whose chest is silver, whose belly and thighs are bronze, and legs are iron. The statue’s feet are of iron and clay.

I began to understand who they represent—four kingdoms who rule in succession. The head of gold represents the first kingdom—Nebuchadnezzar.

The last kingdom is the kingdom of iron and clay. It says that in the time of the kings of iron and clay that the god of heaven will come and establish a kingdom on the earth that’ll never end.

But that kingdom will crush and bring those kingdoms of iron and clay to an end. I deducted from that, that the kings of iron and clay are ruling at the time of tribulation and are the beast of Revelations13 who makes war.

And it says that the kingdom of bronze has dominion over the whole earth.  I interpret the king of clay to be China, because they’re the earth’s kingdom with the most people—and we’re told that people are made out of clay.

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IS “PACKING IRON”

I ran into a friend of mine whom I hadn’t seen since high school, and when I asked him, “What have you been up to?” he told me he was “packing iron.”

I said, “Do you mean you’re working for the Iron Worker’s Union?”

“No, I’m a security guard at a casino, and I carry a pistol. And we in the security profession refer to carrying a weapon as ‘packing iron.’”

Well, I became informed about Russia, which has the world’s largest conventional military force. They have three times as many tanks as we do. I thought to myself, they’re packing a whole lot of iron, those tanks weigh something like 70 tons each.

That would make Russia the king of iron.

I wondered how is it that we could be referred to as the kingdom of bronze. One day I was digging a trench for a waterline with my backhoe. I had called the 1-800-Dig number, and they had marked all the underground utility lines in the vicinity.

But suddenly, I pulled up with the backhoe bucket a big wad of copper spaghetti. I had ripped through an unmarked 200 pair phone line that had been abandoned. I thought, “Just like when you cut on yourself—a little blood will come out—here in the ground of America, when you scratch it out comes copper.”

And it occurred to me, that the modern world has been encircled with strands of copper. The United States of America has developed and grew along with the growth and development of electricity. With Ben Franklin and a key tied to a kite line,  experimenting with lightning—until electricity has transformed life on earth more than any other thing.

Copper is used in generator windings. This yellow metal is the chosen for it's electrical conductivity and it's abundance. We have Alexander Graham Bell inventing the telegraph, and Thomas Edison inventing the light bulb—followed by the advent of  radio, radar, televisions, microwaves, computers, microchips, and other technologies.

In the history of this nation, life has been transformed by electricity and copper, and in addition to having dominion over all the earth, we’re the kingdom of bronze.

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