Silence in Heaven
Eli
http://www.pastorrandyshupe.com
The following was taken from http://www.babylonthegreatisfalling.net
Silence in Heaven
2003-11-01
Apparently the latest poll from Fox News reveals that 92% of the
American people believe in God and 85% believe in Heaven. Is it
possible they also believe that Jesus Christ is "that" God and is
alive? If that is true then do you nine out of ten Americans who are
reading this understand that Satan is also alive? To all you believers
out there, let me ask you this question. If Satan was left to his own
devices with no interference from God, what would be his desire for the
people on this Earth? As you're contemplating your answer ask yourself
also what is God's greatest desire for the people? My answer is very
simple. As for God, he sent his Son to show us how much he loves us and
that he wants us to return to him for forgiveness and fellowship. Our
response....we killed him. As for Satan, he would unmercifully kill
every human being on this planet as fast as he could, even the
multitudes who ignorantly follow him and his ways. For he hates all of
mankind with as much fervor as he does the God of Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob. The reason he hates us is because he knows how much God loves
us, in that he sent his Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, down to this Earth
to redeem and restore mankind to fellowship with him.
All that is necessary to verify this is Satan's desire is to watch the
world's news on any television channel at any time of the day. This
demon inspired hatred and violence among men and nations in these last
days is being redirected toward the land of Israel and its people, the
Jews. They again are blamed by many for all the woes that beset
mankind. The Jewish people understand this growing menace, but sadly,
they continue to trust in the power and promises of America to protect
them from their Islamic enemies, rather than their Messiah. And before
a final demonic holocaust is unleashed upon the Jews, America will
bring peace to Israel, but on its own terms, not God's. Moreover, it
will be America and Russia together, the Little Horns of Daniel's
prophecies, who bring the treacherous Islamic leaders to the peace
table where they will produce a covenant of peace that will stun the
world, Daniel 7:8, 8:9. Thoroughly convinced by the American and
Russian governments that Islam has experienced a religious overhaul,
the leaders of Israel will declare a state of "peace and security,"
Daniel 9:27, 1 Thessalonians 5:3. The icing on the cake for Israel will
be when Islamic clerics agree to the rebuilding of Israel's Temple. In
the eyes of the nations this will be the signal to let the celebrations
and parties begin. But in the eyes of God, this is another pivotal
rejection of his Son, and he will command his mighty angelic armies to
prepare themselves to pour out his wrath and displeasure.
All I can see on the horizon are gathering storms that will produce
unbelievable devastation and destruction. These unstoppable storms are
from God himself. And unless people open their hearts to the love of
Jesus Christ and kneel before the bloody cross on which he died, they
will enter into the coming violent storms that are now gathering on the
horizon. I repeat, these brewing storms are the mighty angelic forces
which God will use to end Satan's rule on this Earth, and to punish
those men who reject God's offer of forgiveness in Jesus Christ. And
for those of you out there who think God is only a God of love, who
would never punish anyone and send them to an eternal Hell, I beg you
to reconsider. Let us be honest with ourselves and God. All of us have
filled to overflowing the bowls of God's coming wrath with our sins.
All of the leaders of the nations, including Israel, with their
political-religious systems, have rejected Jesus Christ and his coming
kingdom. For this cause Jesus is returning to separate the people of
the nations, just as human government is today allowed and authorized
by God to separate the criminals from the citizens by sending them to
prison or their death. Those who reject Jesus will be removed from
those who received and love him. They will be given eternal life
sentences to the Lake of Fire.
In order to understand what is about to come to pass, one must
correctly interpret the book of Revelation, especially the Seven Sealed
Scroll. I suggest that before you read this article any further, you
open your Bible and read Revelation, chapters 4-8. After doing that
please read again the following scriptures from John and also how Paul
saw the same future events.
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Revelation 8:1-2 (1) And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was
"silence in heaven" about the space of half an hour. (2) And I saw the
seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven
trumpets.
2 Thessalonians 2:5-9 (5) Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with
you, I told you these things? (6) And now ye know what restraineth that
he might be revealed in his time. (7) For the mystery of iniquity doth
already work: only he who now hindereth will continue to hinder until
he be taken out of the way. (8) And then shall that wicked one be
revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and
shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: (9) Even him, whose
coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying
wonders.
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The apostle John, in a vision of his being taken to Heaven and before
the throne of God, is shown in Revelation 5 a scroll with seven seals
in the right hand of God the Father, who hands it to Jesus Christ,
there described as the Lion from the tribe of Judah and the Lamb who
was slain on the Earth for the sins of all mankind. It is very
important here that you understand that John is seeing something that
has not yet literally happened in Heaven. This is a vision of things
that will take place in Heaven when God prepares to bring his judgment
of the nations on Earth to a final climax. What John sees is the Lord
Jesus Christ, the only one who can rightfully execute the judgment of
God, open the scroll one seal at a time and John is invited to "come
and see" what is written on the scroll as each seal is opened. All of
the first six seals are written prophecies of what is going to soon
happen on the Earth when Jesus finishes opening the seals. These
prophecies do not take place on Earth until the opening of the seventh
seal. In other words, the first seal, which depicts the White Horse
rider or Antichrist going forth to bring peace to a war weary world,
beginning with a counterfeit peace in the land of Israel, doesn't
actually happen on Earth until the seventh seal is opened.
When John states....there was "silence in heaven" about the space of
half and hour....very clearly means that God, through the Holy Spirit,
will command his angels, like Michael, for there to be silence. Then
Satan will no longer be restrained, hindered or held back from
producing and revealing his false Messiah for all nations to behold.
How he ultimately produces this man is mind boggling. We must remember
that Satan's greatest desire is to replace God by having people worship
him, and then kill them and thereby send all the lost souls to Hell,
which by the way, is his destination as well, Revelation 20:1-3.
Some may ask what the phrase "half an hour" means? When the silence or
lifting of restraint is ordered in Heaven, the final seven years of
Daniel's prophecy regarding Israel and the nations will shortly come to
pass, commencing with the miraculous peace treaty I mentioned above,
Daniel 9:27. This seven year period is known as Daniel' 70th Week and
John was very familiar with his prophecies. John describes the 70th
Week as the "hour of temptation" that shall come upon all that dwell on
the Earth, Revelation 3:10. So, if the "hour" is seven years long then
this silence will last for about three and one half years. To make it
plain and simple, God will allow this peacemaking Antichrist to do his
thing until God breaks his silence and orders the two prophets of
Israel, aided by 144,000 Jewish evangelists, Revelation 7&11, to begin
their ministry of exposing the Antichrist as the imposter that he
really is, warning Israel of the impending Russian-Arab invasion, and
calling people to repent and look for the coming of Jesus Christ to
establish his millennial kingdom.
If you keep reading in Revelation 8 you will see that God has prepared
seven angels with trumpets that announce and begin the storms of the
wrath of God on the unrepentant nations of this world. It will come to
pass, after the two prophets have begun their ministry, that Russia and
its Arab allies will invade and conquer a deceived and disobedient
Israel. This invasion is the fulfillment of the second seal opened and
read in Heaven earlier, the Red Horse rider who "takes peace from the
Earth," Revelation 6:4. This invasion will bring World War Three to the
planet, unleashing the inferno of nuclear exchanges that will threaten
all life on Earth. Remember, this is the devil's greatest desire. As
this war escalates, God will intervene in the sight of all men by
having the first trumpet angel with his army of angels bringing fire
down on the Russian/Arab armies, destroying them all, Ezekiel 38:22-23,
Revelation 8:7. This spectacular display of power will certainly be
"breaking news" on CNN. I can hear Judy and Wolfe now trying to
describe the glorious angels as they rain down fire on the enemies of
Israel.
Again, the short lived jubilant victory over Israel the Islamic and
Russian forces have enjoyed will come to a screeching halt, not by
American and European forces involved in this war, but by angelic fire
upon the haters of Israel that God used to first judge his own
rebellious people. The victorious Russian leader, also known as the
King of the North in Daniel's prophecy, being filled with messianic
jealousy of the American President, will declare himself to be the
Messiah after he overwhelms Israel, only to be destroyed by the same
angelic fire in the city of Jerusalem, Daniel 11:36-45.
For those of you who thought America won the cold war when the Soviet
Union was dismantled are severely mistaken. Russia is not a real ally
of America today as many are claiming. It was a tactical change in
order to seduce America into thinking it was victorious. Russia is
described by John in Revelation 6 as the Red Horse rider, by Daniel as
the Little Horn of Daniel 8, the Willful King and King of the North of
Daniel 11, in Ezekiel 38 as Gog of Magog, and as the King of Assyria in
the last days passages throughout the Old Testament. It is important to
understand that just as America is the daughter of Babylon, so is
Russia the daughter of Assyria. The history of the Old Testament
Assyrian and Babylonian invasions of Israel will be repeated during the
70th Week.
And thus there is left standing one man, the leader of the Babylonian
(American and European) forces, who will declare the supernatural
destruction of the Russian leader and his armies as a vindication of
his righteousness, that God is on his side. He will begin to hear the
world's people saying to themselves...."who is able to make war against
this man," Revelation 13:4. The American and European people will be
told by the Harlot of Christendom that God has destroyed the ungodly
forces of Islam and Russia. They will say the Antichrist has been
defeated, that the Holy Land belongs to them. The surviving Jews who
believe and follow the two prophets will be hated and hunted down. Some
false prophets will declare the devastating world war that killed
billions of people as the Battle of Armageddon, and that God's
millennial kingdom is now here. They will begin the cleanup and
rebuilding of the destroyed cities with great anticipation. Within six
months, however, the second trumpet angel appears and.....a great
mountain burning with fire is cast into the sea, and a third part of it
became blood, Revelation 8:8-9. In other words, God's storms are only
beginning as his angels pour out his anger upon the nations. At this
time the American Antichrist will convince the multitudes these angels
are aliens which are threatening the Earth. The nations will then unite
behind America to wage war against the extraterrestials in UFOs and not
each other, Revelation 17:14, 19:19. Please read the entire Revelation
and you will see the storms of God's wrath as they grow in intensity
and frequency.
Let me explain again why all this is going to happen on this planet.
But first let me say to you that I do not take pleasure in writing
these things, for I know that before Jesus came into my life, I was, on
a daily basis, the worst of sinners and surely deserved to be the
target of an angel's arrow of fire. And even though Jesus Christ has
now changed the course and practices of my life, I still struggle with
the temptations of my fleshly body. But now the angels no longer see a
bulls eye target on my chest. All they can see is the blood stained
garment that Jesus gave to me the day I asked him for forgiveness and
mercy!
Jesus said that the days before his return to Earth would be like the
days of Noah before God judged the old world, Matthew 24:37-39. The
apostle Paul, in writing to the faithful who lived in Rome, took these
words of Jesus and described in detail the moral and spiritual
condition of society in Noah's day. Please read:
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Romans 1:21-32 (21) Because that, when they knew God, they glorified
him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their
imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. (22 Professing
themselves to be wise, they became fools, (23) And changed the glory of
the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and
to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. (24) Wherefore
God also "gave them up" to uncleanness through the lusts of their own
hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: (25) Who
changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the
creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. (26) For
this cause God "gave them up" unto vile affections: for even their
women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
(27) And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman,
burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that
which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their
error which was meet. (28) And even as they did not like to retain God
in their knowledge, God "gave them over" to a reprobate mind, to do
those things which are not convenient; (29) Being filled with all
unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness;
full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, (30)
Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of
evil things, disobedient to parents, (31) Without understanding,
covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
(32) Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such
things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in
them that do them.
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As I reported in the beginning of this article, polls or surveys say
that most people in America believe in God just as they did in Noah's
day. But because Americans refuse to glorify him in their personal
lives as the resurrected and returning Son of God, who commands all who
follow him to love their enemies and long for his return, they have
become proud and foolish. They have committed a grievous error in
mixing together the Kingdom of Jesus Christ and the devil's Kingdom of
Antichrist. They don't understand the kingdom separating power of the
bloody cross of Christ. They have changed the glory of God and created
in their minds an image of God who allows them to satisfy the selfish
desires that all people are born with.
Today it is even worse than Noah's day in that they have created a
"generic" God that everyone can easily say they believe in. They have
bitten into the rotten apple of new age psycho-babble that encourages
them to improve their self-love, self-esteem and self-image. This is
the wisdom of this generation that has spread like a plaque around the
world. This new age nonsense has invaded and infiltrated every
religious institution in this nation. This mindless babble is
proclaimed as truth from the most distinguished of pulpits. Like Paul
said....professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. They don't
want or need Jesus to return to this world for they can build a New
World Order in their own image. The wisdom of this world says we are
all created good and equal by God, and can overcome the evil ones among
us by ourselves, if only we are given the political freedom to pursue
our desires and dreams that will ultimately produce the "Great
Society."
Read down through Paul's list of other evils, beginning with the
homosexual and pornographic practices of a society which has been
"given up" by God, and ask yourselves if this does not describe
America? Paul states clearly that....for this cause God gave them up.
Please pay close attention and don't get angry, for I am telling you
now that God has already given up this generation in America to suffer
his judgment and wrath. He has delivered this nation over to a
reprobate mind, to fulfill all of its lusts. Every area of daily life
is permeated with the sins described by Paul above and it seems to
progressively worsen as the days go by. This rapid descent into the
fires of Hell is spearheaded by the murder of babies in their mother's
womb and the acceptance of homosexuality as an alternative lifestyle.
The few of you who are saddened and sickened by abortions and the
homosexual lifestyle, are also being battered continually by the
covetousness, envy, hate, religious or national pride, and boastfulness
that dwells in the hearts of most Americans. It is everywhere,
especially in the churches! These evils have even been redefined and
covered with the veneer of Christianity and are being taught in the
churches as...self image...self esteem...seed faith giving...100 fold
return...what so proudly we hail...home of the brave...land of the
free...a just war...God and country...military chaplains...kingdom
now...market place apostles...church growth movement...G12
movement...new apostolic reformation...third wave...spiritual
mapping...we are King's kids...inner healing...visualize your
dreams...positive thinking...possibility thinking...positive mental
attitude...positive confession...the fourth dimension...all truth is
God's truth...think and grow rich...unity in diversity...unity through
signs and wonders...the dignity of man...born again Jesus...we are
little gods...man was created in God's
class...penance...purgatory...sacramental faith...infant
baptism...transubstantiation, the magic of the mass.
These are just some of the ways that false teachers from different
branches of Christendom have distorted or sugarcoated the truth in
order to escape the convicting power of the Holy Spirit. Furthermore,
by teaching these things they are saying that "evil is good, and good
is evil", and because they are deceived don't even know it. For
example, the covetous and patriotic doctrines of the "health and
wealth" movement actually encourage people to lust for money, to be
proud, boastful, and even kill their nation's enemies all in the name
of Jesus. It is not the Jesus Christ that is portrayed in the
scriptures, but a false gospel, just like Jesus himself and Paul warned
about, Matthew 7:15-23, 24:24, 2 Corinthians 11:3--15. If you are
involved in any of these things I encourage you to stop...listen to the
truth and repent...take a deep breath... and then, with the love and
humility of God, go to your friends who are still believing these lies
and help them to escape as well. For until the day they die or Jesus
returns there is hope for all that are blinded by the devil's
deceptions, including the false teachers themselves. Was it not Paul
who at first hated the early Christians, then after his eyes were
opened to the truth became the writer of most of the New Testament?
Paul concludes his description of a religious society that has been
given up by God by saying..."who knowing the judgment of God, that they
which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but
have pleasure in them that do them." Christendom in America, the 92%
that Fox News talked to, has rejected and redefined the truth for so
long they can't see the Judgment of God that is coming at them. Most
will say they know God must judge the sins Paul details, but refuse to
see that they are as guilty as the homosexuals, adulterers,
abortionists, murderers, drug dealers, prostitutes, thieves, and
especially the Islamic militants. When Americans take pleasure in or
are entertained by the television and movie plots that are based on
these sins that Paul describes, then you can know that what I'm saying
is true. Because America has so redefined and recreated their image of
God and his teachings they have become what Paul has said....haters of
God. They have created one more to their liking. Listen my friends, I
know this is happening to many Christians. For I have done some of
these things myself and was afraid to admit it until I saw Jesus
carrying his own cross and me standing there with the hammer and nails
in my hands, screaming out "let's crucify this man."
On a day that only God knows, he will give the order to his angelic
hosts to be silent and the restraining power of God's word over Satan
will be taken out of the way. Then the enemies of God will be allowed
to reveal the false Messiah. The people of this world are so mixed up
they will understand this event as a reason for great celebration. The
euphoria displayed in Israel and in Christian America will make the Y2K
parties seem tame in comparison. The fear of a nuclear inferno will be
replaced by the deceitfulness of riches, which the whole world will
pursue with a gusto never seen before. Jesus said this delusion would
come upon them....like a snare, Luke 21:34-36. Will there be anyone who
knows that at the signing of the world's greatest peace treaty,
bringing peace to the Holy Land, God has given the entire planet over
to a reprobate mind, to do those things that come natural to
unregenerate or unrepentant men? And worst of all he will give them
over to Satan and his evil ones to be destroyed. For those of you who
are reading this and are "beginning" to awake from the slumber and
sleep you've been in, there is hope. Jesus Christ is calling you to
him, for he does not want you to perish. He is reaching out with his
hand to save you. He is calling you to come out of the Kingdom of
Antichrist and into the Kingdom of God. But you must awaken, be honest
with him and admit you're not as great as you think you are. Flee from
the delusions of your inflated self image, your militant patriotism,
and fall at the foot of the bloody cross and cry out with me...."Lord
have mercy on me a sinner." I know for a fact that he will!