Paul the Apostle who had a first-hand experience of the âLightâ of Jesus Christ writes that as children of light âwe should have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darknessâ (Ephesians 5:11-12), taking the responsibility to reprove them and expose the lies. This includes the lies of evolution which deny the Power and Glory of God Almighty who defeated the Sin of Adam and the Fall of Man, on the Cross. The Light exposes that which is reproved by God, enabling us to âwalk circumspectly, not as fools but as wiseâ (Ephesians 5:15). That wisdom is not the foolish wisdom of this world (1 Corinthians 1:20) but the wisdom of God (1 Corinthians 2:7), âthat we might know the things that are freely given to us of God,â understanding what the will of the Lord is.  Through his death and resurrection, Jesus who is, âGod with Us (Emmanuelle),â has made His Kingdom available to everyone for free, and has manifested the Truth in His Word and Answered Prophecy. The kingdom treasures are manifested in both the Old and New Testaments, but the ânew wineâ of Grace sets us free from the curse of the Law. This Gift of Hope, Love, and Peace, the âkingdom lifeâ, pulses through our heart and every fiber of our body and Spirit, as we wait for his return. Jesus said, âBehold, I am with you always, to the end of the Age,â Matt. 28:20.
Why is the number 12 or Revelation 12 important? Twelve is the number of Perfection & Authority – but also of âTimeâ set by God in the natural world of the moon, sun, stars, & constellations, (12 months, 12 Constellation Signs, and two sets of 12 hours). Twelve is also an interesting number combination of the perfect unit 2 found in all of creation and the number 10 of purification. The number âtwoâ defines a dynamic coexistence of opposites or contrasts that balance forces, entities, divinity, space, and matter. All of creation is a balance of 2âs. Two can be looked at as a unit such as male and female, or the Hypostatic union of God and man, or light and darkness.
God in fact designed His Creation to witness both Good and evil. Thus, the number 12 could be looked at as a universal number for order in Godâs Divine Plan for creation in both space and time! The number 2 also represents Godâs power manifested on earth. We see 2 witnesses, the power of praying âwhere 2 are gatheredâ, the disciples going out 2 by 2, and many metaphors such as the two âolive treesâ and âtwo lampstandsâ in Zechariah.  Two is also a sign of balance and stability. It provides equal force and function to our body and those of other creatures. The animals entered the ark two by two and God provides us two choices: to be with Him or separated from Him for eternity. God is pointing to Revelation 12 for a reason- a message from the “heavens” to forewarn us about supernatural events about to happen. Everything is moving a lot faster and with more intensity including all the dark forces and principalities of evil. This speeding up was forewarned by Daniel who was given the most important prophecy of all time: The 70 Weeks Prophecy of the End of the Age.  Every aspect of life seems to be âaccelerating and changingâ so dramatically that many people in many nations fear that the world is hurtling toward doom. America is no long the beacon of light reflected in the Statue of Liberty and the American Constitution.
There is an Approaching Darkness.  When Jesus was on the cross there was a darkness for 3 hours that terrified even the soldiers. This was neither an eclipse nor a cloud. This was a supernatural darkness that also resulted in an earthquake, the cracking of rocks (which must have made some horrendous noise), and the tearing of the 4-inch thick curtain at the Holy of Hollies from top to bottom (hence God tearing it). The thick darkness that fell over Egypt as the ninth plague covered the earth for 3 days. I believe that this is not a coincidence. In my book I compare the period of 70 days from the  âbudding of the fig treeâ to the time of âfruit bearingâ as a parallel to the 70-year Prophetic Generation spoken by Jesus at the Olivet discourse.  It is fitting that the Shadow of death striking the first-born of Egypt came right after the 3 days of Darkness. Likewise the death of the Savior came right after the 3 hours of darkness.  The Israelites were then delivered by God, just as God would deliver mankind through the resurrection.  The 70 days of germination of the fig floret results in the bearing of fruit and is a direct parallel to the 70 years since the “budding” of Israel. The end of the 70-year Prophetic Generation will result in New Beginnings and new life in Christ. There will be both a judgment and a deliverance. Those who seek God will find Him and those who reject him will turn further and further away from truth and righteousness.
Turkey is turning more and more into the Gog of the Bible. They have imprisoned Pastor Brunson on trumped up charges using hidden witnesses and mock trials. They have in essence admitted that they are doing this in retribution for our failure to turn over certain American citizens for trial in their country. There is good evidence that Turkey is the “seat of Satan” as described in Revelation, concerning the church of Pergamum. Satan would feel at home in a city with 4 Temples to the Emperors of Rome, a Temple to Artimus, and a huge Temple to Zeus. Snakes would be used for healing; there were rooms where one would sleep with snakes in the hope that the serpents would crawl over them and give them good dreams, and healing. The Christian theologian and leader Antipas was burned alive and killed at the altar to Zeus. This “throne of Satan” was later moved to Berlin and reconstructed by 1930, just in time for Adolph Hitler. This throne and altar inspired Hitler’s torch parades and “Cathedral of Light” created by dozens of spotlights pointing to heaven. Hitler employed “Hollywood Stars” to add to this German mystique. Soon he formed the Nuremberg Laws which removed citizenship from the Jews setting them up for the “final solution,” the Holocaust. Was this another “burnt offering” to Satan, just as Antipas was thousands of years earlier?
We may see Turkey making more alliances with nations like Russia and Iran in the near future, as it contends with both Israel and America. Recently Erdogan, the self proclaimed dictator of Turkey, told America and Israel that moving the embassy to Jerusalem “was their red line.” Iran has already told us that rescinding the Iran agreement established by Obama, would be crossing a red line, with severe consequences. Here in May we also have the potential conference between Kim of North Korea and Trump. Is this another trap or smokescreen from North Korea for a surprise attack on the South or on us?  We are entering a very precarious period with ominous signs. Some of those signs are of natural order such as the 3 surprise eruptions of a normally “dormant” Steamboat geyser in Yellowstone (which produces a geyser 10X the volume of Old Faithful) and the fierce eruption of the volcano on the large island in Hawaii. This is a volcanic island like many in the Pacific that are now very active. There are earthquakes happening all around the ring of fire surrounding the entire Pacific ocean. Does all this portend of a massive earthquake in California?