Everyone can relax. We don't have to worry about anything anymore.

[WilliamPitt]

Got this via email after my last article.

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Japan's Earthquake: A Last Days Sign?

**After reading this letter please "forward" it to your family and friends who you think might be interested.**

Greetings,

Every born again Christian I know that is also walking in the power and understanding of the Holy Spirit all seem to be saying the same thing. “The birth pangs of the woman with child are growing stronger and more frequent”, just as Matthew 24:8 and 1st Thessalonians 5:3 teach us.

This disaster in Japan has all the markings of a warning from God. Furthermore, he is beginning to lift his restraining hand of power against the fallen angels who rule over nations, allowing evil to multiply at a greater rate. This is clearly proven by the legalization of abortion and now homosexual marriage in various places. This is the generation which will witness the judgment of God upon the nations and the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.

All the signs of the last days are before us, and this evil world political-religious system is about to “give birth” to the greatest deceiver in human history, the infamous Antichrist. Satan, speaking through politicians and preachers alike, will offer the perplexed and tired nations his solution to all the world’s problems which, by the way, he created by manipulating the sin nature inherent in mankind. The Antichrist will first come in the name of Jesus, saying he is a Christian, but he will speak the seducing lies of the evil one. He will bring a Peace Covenant to Jerusalem and the Middle East, and prosperity to the “elite” leaders and merchants of the nations. And for awhile many will think the Kingdom of Heaven has been established on this war-torn planet.

As for the question about this earthquake in Japan being directly connected to the prophecies in Revelation 6 and 9 which speaks of the death of first one-fourth and then one-third of the population, I think the answer is no, not yet. But it is a warning sign of the coming great earthquake that is to level every city of every nation as it is recorded in Revelation 16:17-21.

Our Lord is coming back to remove his bride from the coming wrath of God that seems to be at the door. Those who love and trust the true and living Father and our Lord Jesus Christ are not appointed unto his wrath. Soon we shall be with him in Heaven, but until that glorious day arrives we are to cry out to our friends, family, and our enemies for them to repent and receive the Lord Jesus who shed his blood for their sins, rising from the dead, and then promising to return at the end of the age as he ascended into the clouds, his followers watching in awe.

Your eternal friend,
******* ***********

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So yeah, no sweat. Everything's covered.

(facepalm x facepalm = facepalmfacepalm)

[blondeatlast]

1. Hope not--I'm going to Hawai'i in June. nt

[blueamy66]

43. Have a blast.

And I hope the world doesn't end before you get to see Hawaii!

[liberal N proud]

2. Get the inflatable dolls filled

Its time to punk some fundies

[blondeatlast]

4. LOL!

Evil--but I LIIIIKEY!

[ElsewheresDaughter]

17. that's funny

[cali]

3. Millerites redux

[Generic Other]

5. So are we supposed to assume that the antichrist is Obama?

and why start in Japan? What did they do to offend God lately? I mean if it's the homsexual agenda that is ticking him off...shouldn't he destroy San Francisco first?

[goobergoober01]

12. God thought they said Osaka, like that Iraq Iran thing, TEABAGGERS should not write posters to God

[ElsewheresDaughter]

16. no the numbers don't add up...Ronald (6) Wilson(6) Reagan(6) is the anti-Christ.....

that's what my daughter what taught by her 5th grade catholic school teacher when she was there. she is 40 now.

[Generic Other]

18. antichrist is really 664 -- typo in Revelations!

George Walker Bush.

[Ilsa]

53. We won't know what the real # is. John* didn't save his Apochyphal MS Access worksheet. nt

*John = one of the disciples of Christ that called himself John wrote The Revelation.

[lunasun]

36. I thought that maybe thats who this nut was trying to imply too

[sinkingfeeling]

6. Are they talking about Rep. Paul Ryan? Doesn't he have the 'fix' to all our problems?

[Arugula Latte]

7. Clearly everyone who believes this

should quit their job, give away their possessions, strip down and wait for Gawd 'n' Jebus to rapture their nekkid asses.

[Better Believe It]

8. So where did Jesus go when he "ascended into the clouds"?

And did he fly up using newly sprouted wings or some advanced method of propulsion .... like a jet or rocket plane!

And if he rose into the clouds without any of the above how high did he go without oxygen equipment?

And why did he go up?

Is there something between the Earth and our moon that he traveled to .... like Heaven?

Of course, back in those times they didn't know what the moon was and J.C. didn't tell them for some reason .... maybe just an oversight.

I'm sure there is a logical, scientific explanation for all of this mumbo jumbo.

[FSogol]

10. Holy Evaporation and Holy Condensation?

:shrug:

[lapislzi]

21. It was the transpiration. You could look it up. n/t

[FSogol]

25. "It's Raining Men, Hallelujah": That song FINALLY makes sense.

:shrug:

[PVnRT]

24. I would posit Holy Sublimation

He started in solid form, then became a vapor. Hence, sublimation.

[FSogol]

9. Hey, Du'ers! When the Rapture comes, party at my house!

:woohoo::party: :beer::woohoo:

[Atman]

11. I'll be there...Lord knows I won't be risin' up to heaven!

Will there be beer and tequila at the rapture?

[TygrBright]

28. AFTER I collect my new Lexus from the side of the Interstate.

Hopefully the nutbag fundie driving it will have a minute to pull over safely...

anticipatorially,
Bright

[tanyev]

30. Got any fundie neighbors? We can party at their houses, too!

:woohoo:

[dixiegrrrrl]

40. I do!! Lots and lots and lots of them.

And they all drive much nicer cars than I have, so I have marked the map, just waiting till Free car day!!

[callous taoboy]

49. Block party, in my case...

[Permanut]

13. Okay, so when Pat Robertson,

John Hagy, Creflo Dollar (there's a name for ya), Benny Hinn, Rod Parsley, Kenneth Copeland, Jesse Duplantis, Joel Osteen and the Crouch family stop scamming money from the gullible, and start giving it all away, that's a sign? And if so, I'll be happy to take care of those dollars in the meanwhile.

[lunasun]

37. This is why they do not care about the enviroment, nuc energy etc. because

whoppee we are all gonna die soon and go to heaven so it doesnt matter how we fuck up the earth:crazy:

[vlad]

14. Manah, Manah...

<http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9011258971526126149#>

[FirstLight]

26. Yea!

thanks, i needed that! ;)

[ElsewheresDaughter]

15. I can't wait until all those batshit;s are Raptured...then maybe the planet will have some peace

[Volaris]

42. Amen to that...Ive always thought that if they are right and

those of us stuck down here are left to fight off the antichrist, that whole thing will be MUCH easier without them lol=)

[adigal]

19. Read this paragraph and tell me these people are not insane

Our Lord is coming back to remove his bride from the coming wrath of God that seems to be at the door. Those who love and trust the true and living Father and our Lord Jesus Christ are not appointed unto his wrath. Soon we shall be with him in Heaven, but until that glorious day arrives we are to cry out to our friends, family, and our enemies for them to repent and receive the Lord Jesus who shed his blood for their sins, rising from the dead, and then promising to return at the end of the age as he ascended into the clouds, his followers watching in awe.

Religious is one thing, but these people are fanatics. With different circumstances, they would be in an insanity hospital.

[lapislzi]

20. Shit, I'd better get my nails done.

I hope I can fit into that red dress.

[Carni]

22. Who TF is "His bride"

When I read stuff like this, I remember why it is that I am not religious.

[LiberalAndProud]

27. The Church is the bride of Christ, biblically speaking.

He can have her. I don't want her. She's a whore.

[Duval]

23. Omg! I am sooo relieved!

:bounce: :hug:

[Fire Walk With Me]

29. Oddly, the fallen angels ruling over nations appear to be on the skids.

Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Iran...the hard-liners and dictators are falling and being replaced by freedom.

:shrug:

[hatrack]

31. Blah blah blah BLAHblah blah blah BLAH blah BLAHBLAHBLAH blah blah blahblahblah

That is all.

[a simple pattern]

32. "the seducing lies of the evil one"

"you're so much better than those fags and sluts and poor people"

[BobbyBoring]

33. Holy Face Palm Batman!

Does this mean Michelle Bachman is the anti christ? If you multiply her name 35 times and divide by 6 and play Revolver backwards, it says Michelle Bachman is the anti christ!

[deutsey]

46. LOL

:rofl:

[davidthegnome]

34. I think we're not considering...

one very important thing...

THE RAPTURE. If you haven't heard - God is going to take all the good Christians away on a cloud and leave the rest of us here to suffer through life without them... the very thought of such an existence...

We aren't going to have to fight much longer. When God comes for them, he'll leave the rest of us behind. We'll have a much saner world to live in.

[stuntcat]

35. facepalm x infinity

.

[Terra Alta]

38. I used to believe in the "rapture"

Back when I was a sorta fundie.

Of course, back then I was also deathly scared of the possibility of going to hell when I died, too. I'm still a Christian(though I prefer the term Christ-follower) but I no longer take the Bible literally and certainly no longer believe in the Rapture(which is not even IN the Bible, FFS). Oddly enough, I also no longer fear my own death. I have often found myself wishing there would be a Rapture though.. a fundie free world, would be a very nice one to live in! :)

[deaniac21]

39. Oh shit! We could have only 24 business hours keft!

[GTurck]

41. I was Christian...

until all this baloney became prominent even among us Roman Catholics. Couldn't bear to copy the vacuous picture either. I keep getting these e-mails from people who don't even know their Bible let alone their theology but who seem to think they are now "saved". What a crock!
Their vision of Deity/Creation is sadistic destruction and control. No wonder they are so screwed up.

[Volaris]

44. It occurs to me (and this might seem strange to some) that if there

is any merit whatsoever to the notion that there actually IS an all-loving Deity who gave of Itself to save the souls of us mere mortal sinners, that the following is true...

it is in no way, shape, or form vain to know that one is ALREADY saved,
but it IS the height of hubris and arrogance to presume that everyone else is NOT.

This Rapture nonsense is, as far as I am concerned, nothing more than an attempt to mitigate the psychic trauma associated with the realization that someday, all of us are going to die, and not everyone alive today possesses a mind in which that fact is tolerable. And the idea that one DESERVES immortality is based on Vanity, (...supposedly the Devils FAVORITE sin, by the way ...{...does anyone else see the irony there???} =)...) and not a Damn thing else. Idiots.
That is all,
Peace
=)

[deutsey]

45. The thing that always gets me is: God is omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, right?

THIS is the best that a Deity like that can come up with to end the world and doom billions of people to eternal damnation?

An all-powerful, all-knowing God Who is present everywhere would be able to come up with an unambiguous way to communicate to everyone on Earth at the same time a message that everyone would understand about the world ending. This God would also be able to reveal what we all have to do about it to participate in the transformation.

Why all the "signs" and convoluted drama of earthquakes and Beasts and Four Horsemen, etc.?

[Nihil]

47. *psst!* He's also got a hell of a sense of humour!

> This God would also be able to reveal what we all have to do about it
> to participate in the transformation.

He has ... don't take any notice of the bat-shit crazies (albeit more
delicately phrased as "false prophets") and be good boys & girls in the
meantime (="Do unto others ...").

:evilgrin:

The "signs", etc., are merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic
verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative (to quote a
certain excellent writer).

:think:

[deutsey]

48. Cosmic Drama Queen, if you ask me

Seriously, I believe in something I call God (closer to Hindu Vedanta or Philosophical Taoism than anything), so I don't really think there's a BIG GUY sitting on a throne somewhere Out There doing all the crazy shit fundies believe He is.

I just don't get why people would think an all-powerful (and all-loving) Deity would do the horrible and unnecessary things to bring about some kind of cosmic transformation.

[chervilant]

50. Thus

are we witness to the continuing childlike mythologies that once were used to explain the inexplicable. Science--human intellectual prowess--has ripped these mythologies a new one, so many of the 'true faithful' have their wee panties in a twist.

Vanity, and power-mongering of EVERY kind, is one of the most delish ironies of the 'true faithful' set.

[ellie]

51. Well, I am sure

that I will be staying, so if anyone needs me to feed their pets, let me know! Unless dogs and cats are going and then I will have to find an evil cat to hang out with.

[tdog8]

52. There is a service for that!

You can pay for the care of your pets after you are sucked up in the cosmic vacuum. I read an interview with this guy and he is completely serious AND he's making a fortune.

http://eternal-earthbound-pets.com/

For those who would go without their pets.

[caseymoz]

54. Last time I checked Revelations, nuclear accidents weren't mentioned.

Either way, we know what causes earthquakes and tsunamis, and God hasn't been implicated in either. Funny God would hit the people of Japan. Are they the most sinful on earth or is God just fooling around? It seems like He's fooled around with earthquakes and tsunamis a lot since the Bible was written.

Remember when nuclear war between the Soviet Union and the US was supposed to start the End of Times? Lately they've had hopes that Iran invading Israel would be it.

Personally, I so much miss that nuclear war scenario these days.

[JitterbugPerfume]

55. I have heard this kind of crap since I was a wee baby

from my fundy family and their fundy friends. I wish some of them would get raptured and get it over with . I am beginning to think they are delusional:shrug: