Even at the Doors blog » Jesus Christ http://www.evenatthedoors.com/blog What in the world is going on? Biblical End-Times Prophecy Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:55:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 2010 Pew Research Poll: 41% of Americans think Jesus Christ will return before 2050 http://www.evenatthedoors.com/blog/2010/06/27/2010-pew-research-poll-41-of-americans-think-jesus-christ-will-return-before-2050/ http://www.evenatthedoors.com/blog/2010/06/27/2010-pew-research-poll-41-of-americans-think-jesus-christ-will-return-before-2050/#comments Sun, 27 Jun 2010 14:15:50 +0000 James Jackson http://www.evenatthedoors.com/blog/?p=2681 The Pew Research Center released a poll last week which asked Americans their beliefs about what the next forty years may be like: "These are among the findings of a new survey of attitudes and expectations about the future, conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and Smithsonian magazine in conjunction with the magazine’s 40th anniversary (see "40 Things You Need to Know about the Next 40 Years"). The survey, conducted by landline and cell phones April 21-26 among 1,546 adults, was informed by a 1999 survey on the future that explored many of the same topics (see “Optimism Reigns, Technology Plays Key Role,” October 24, 1999)." The questions covered a myriad of subjects such as Science, Technology, Environment, America, Economy, Social Trends, War, Terrorism, and Global Trends. The article (Public Sees a Future Full of Promise and Peril Life in 2050: Amazing Science, Familiar Threats) also asked Americans about Apocalyptic scenarios: "The public sees the next 40 years as a time of violent conflict, both globally and in the United States. Fully 58% see another world war as definite or probable over the next 40 years. Nearly as many (53%) expect the United States to face a terrorist attack with nuclear weapons... Related posts:
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]]> http://www.evenatthedoors.com/blog/2010/06/27/2010-pew-research-poll-41-of-americans-think-jesus-christ-will-return-before-2050/feed/ 0 As it was in the days of Noah and Lot… http://www.evenatthedoors.com/blog/2010/06/20/as-it-was-in-the-days-of-noah-and-lot/ http://www.evenatthedoors.com/blog/2010/06/20/as-it-was-in-the-days-of-noah-and-lot/#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 01:53:41 +0000 James Jackson http://www.evenatthedoors.com/blog/?p=2580 (June 20, 2010) 22 And He said to the disciples, "The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. 23 "They will say to you, 'Look there! Look here!' Do not go away, and do not run after them. 24 "For just like the lightning, when it flashes out of one part of the sky, shines to the other part of the sky, so will the Son of Man be in His day. 25 "But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. 26 "And just as it happened in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man: 27 they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. 28 "It was the same as happened in the days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building; 29 but on the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. 30 "It will be just the same on the day that the Son of Man is revealed." (Luke 17:22-30) Jesus declared that the days leading up to His coming will be like it was in the days of Noah and Lot. It seems He was telling the disciples they would not see His coming but that when it does happen it will come unexpectedly. The apostle Paul echoes this statement in his letter to the Christians at Thessaloniki, "2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape." (I Thessalonians 5:2-3) However, this does not seem to harmonize with what Jesus said in Matthew chapter 24... Related posts:
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]]> http://www.evenatthedoors.com/blog/2010/06/20/as-it-was-in-the-days-of-noah-and-lot/feed/ 0 Is it all falling apart? (even if it is God is stll in control) http://www.evenatthedoors.com/blog/2010/06/19/is-it-all-falling-apart-even-if-it-is-god-is-stll-in-control/ http://www.evenatthedoors.com/blog/2010/06/19/is-it-all-falling-apart-even-if-it-is-god-is-stll-in-control/#comments Sat, 19 Jun 2010 08:58:32 +0000 James Jackson http://www.evenatthedoors.com/blog/?p=2542 (June 18, 2010) The subtitle of my blog is What in the world is going on? Looking at news events occurring around the world I think an even more appropriate question is, Is it all falling apart? In my lifetime (52 years) I have seen dramatic changes in socioeconomic, cultural, and technological spheres of human existence. Although the modern era may have begun during the European Renaissance, culturally in the areas of intellectual and artistic pursuits and politically through revolutions, I believe current modernity grew out of the Industrial Revolution of the 19th Century. Prior to that time human life moved at a much slower pace. Travel was powered by horse or sailing ship. Although the printing press had been around since the 15th Century communication still traveled only as fast as the horse or ship could carry it. With the advent of the 20th Century human innovation had made great strides in improving the human condition. The breadth of human existence had been dramatically changed in the areas of medicine and health, working and manufacturing, travel, education, and communication. Of course technological advancement also led to greater destruction in warfare. In the Nuclear Age humanity is capable of destroying the earth for the first time in human history. The prophet Daniel may have spoken of this development, "1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. 2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. 3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. 4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased."(Daniel 12:1-4) It is possible that verse four of this passage could refer to human'sincreased abilities to travel ("to and fro") around the world (both physically and communicatively) and that knowledge would increase to a point where technology would be man's final attempt to replace the God of the universe with the god of human intellect... Related posts:
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  4. “And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke”
]]> http://www.evenatthedoors.com/blog/2010/06/19/is-it-all-falling-apart-even-if-it-is-god-is-stll-in-control/feed/ 0 Mayan prophecy is not Biblical prophecy (nor is Nostradamus etc.) http://www.evenatthedoors.com/blog/2010/06/10/mayan-prophecy-is-not-biblical-prophecy-nor-is-nostradamus-etc/ http://www.evenatthedoors.com/blog/2010/06/10/mayan-prophecy-is-not-biblical-prophecy-nor-is-nostradamus-etc/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:24:23 +0000 James Jackson http://www.evenatthedoors.com/blog/?p=2472 (June 13, 2010) My last post dealt with increased solar activity and attempts by some to link it to Mayan Prophecy. There seems to be a diverse opinion on the meaning and nature of the Mayan Prophecy. The Mayans observed several calendrical cycles for their various social, agricultural, commercial and administrative endeavors and each of which had a religious element in or religious aspect to them. One of the calendars, the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, is the one that pertains to the Mayan Prophecy. This Long Count calendar constitutes a period of time consisting of 5125 years. The current Great Cycle of the Long Count will conclude on December 21, 2012. What happens after that seems to be open to conjecture. Beginning in the 1960s some Mayan researchers suggested that some type of apocalyptic event would occur at that time. Since then others have stated their belief that a new age of enlightenment will come upon mankind and the earth. Some believe that there will be some form of Milky Way galactic alignment on the Winter solstice (December 21) of 2012. As I pointed out in my last post, Hollywood has taken the Armageddon approach to 2012 and this is the idea which seems to have taken root in popular American culture. Therefore, I am interested in seeing how the months and weeks leading up to December 21, 2012 play out. The media hype may surpass that which occurred prior to the Y2k scare of 1999. I have read that modern-day Mayans themselves attach no import to the Mayan Prophecy. I believe they have the correct approach to this "event". From a Christian perspective I think it is possible that on December 22, 2012 people will use the failure of the falsely perceived Mayan prophecy to disparage Biblical End-Times prophecy. The two are completely unrelated... Related posts:
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  5. “And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke”
]]> http://www.evenatthedoors.com/blog/2010/06/10/mayan-prophecy-is-not-biblical-prophecy-nor-is-nostradamus-etc/feed/ 0 “And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke” http://www.evenatthedoors.com/blog/2010/04/24/and-i-will-shew-wonders-in-the-heavens-and-in-the-earth-blood-and-fire-and-pillars-of-smoke/ http://www.evenatthedoors.com/blog/2010/04/24/and-i-will-shew-wonders-in-the-heavens-and-in-the-earth-blood-and-fire-and-pillars-of-smoke/#comments Sat, 24 Apr 2010 22:44:54 +0000 James Jackson http://www.evenatthedoors.com/blog/?p=2078 (April 24, 2010) Today is the twentieth anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope launch. In commemoration of that event NASA released this photo. This extraordinary display of God's creation brings to mind a prophecy from the Book of Joel: "1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in My holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand...27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and My people shall never be ashamed. 28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: 29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out My Spirit. 30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke... Related posts:
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]]> http://www.evenatthedoors.com/blog/2010/04/24/and-i-will-shew-wonders-in-the-heavens-and-in-the-earth-blood-and-fire-and-pillars-of-smoke/feed/ 0 President Obama, like every other President, is wrong on Israel http://www.evenatthedoors.com/blog/2010/04/17/president-obama-like-every-other-president-is-wrong-on-israel/ http://www.evenatthedoors.com/blog/2010/04/17/president-obama-like-every-other-president-is-wrong-on-israel/#comments Sat, 17 Apr 2010 06:01:59 +0000 James Jackson http://www.evenatthedoors.com/blog/?p=2051 (April 17, 2010) The New York Times reports that President Obama is initiating a "far-reaching shift in how the United States views the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and how aggressively it might push for a peace agreement." (Obama Phrase Highlights Shift on Middle East) The article states, "Mr. Obama said conflicts like the one in the Middle East ended up “costing us significantly in terms of both blood and treasure” — drawing an explicit link between the Israeli-Palestinian strife and the safety of American soldiers as they battle Islamic extremism and terrorism in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere." It also notes that both General Petraeus and Condoleezza Rice shared a similar position on the Middle East conflict with the Obama administration. The article does point out that Israelis themselves question the efficacy of any peace agreement with the Palestinians, "The sense of urgency in Washington comes just as many Israelis have become disillusioned with the whole idea of resolving the conflict. Mr. Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition government has long been skeptical about the benefits of a peace deal with the Palestinians. But skepticism has taken root in the Israeli public as well, particularly after Israel saw little benefit from its traumatic withdrawal from Gaza in 2005." The issue that stands out to me is that every U.S. administration looks for a political solution to solve this dilemma. The problem is that the basis for the Arab-Israeli conflict is not political but religious in nature. What is the truth about the Arab-Israeli conflict... Related posts:
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5 - 70 Weeks = 490 Years?

The prophetic Book of Daniel contains some of the most precise prophecies written in the Old Testament. Because this book contains such specific predictions, a controversy has swirled around it since the first centuries of Christianity... Related posts:
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