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Weekly News Update

3/27/07

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Bible prophecy allows both the diligent and the skeptical to test God's word. The Bible warns a single generation will see the fulfillment of many Bible prophecies beginning with Israel gathered back into her Land as a nation and ending with Armageddon. The Bible tells us prophetic warning signs are given so we will return to God and draw close to Him through Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew) before it's too late, for God will provide hope, comfort, and shelter for all who will sincerely receive it . . . the message found in the Bible is not trivial ... it is staggering!!!

This weekly news update is being sent because the Bible tells us to know the prophecies and to "watch" for their fulfillment (which can only be done by learning and knowing what is going on around the world) ... many churches and synagogues today ignore and deny Bible prophecy (which in itself is a major fulfillment of Bible prophecy) ... here, Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew) commands all those who will follow Him to "watch" and be ready ...

"Take heed (to the prophetic warnings) ...

watch (what is going on) ...

and pray (see below);

for you do not know when the time is (the coming Rapture).

It is like a man going to a far country,

who left his house and gave authority to his servants, and to each his work,

and commanded the doorkeeper to watch.

Watch therefore,

for you do not know when the master of the house is coming --

in the evening, at midnight, at the crowing of the rooster, or in the morning --

lest, coming suddenly, he find you sleeping.

And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch!"

(Mark 13:33-37)

Now, a short Bible prophecy lesson to help show how close we are ...

+ Israel back in the Land as a nation (this started the clock ticking ...)

+ Iran and allies threatening war against Israel

+ Russia rising ... and acting as a 'guard' for Iran

+ China armed with weapons capable of quickly destroying 1/3 of mankind

+ Nations of the ancient Roman Empire (Europe) reuniting and rising in power

+ Teachings of false 'Prophets' leading many

+ A Generation 'morally corrupt' and 'filled with violence'

(The Bible uses the word 'corrupt' - like smelly, rotting meat)

+ 'The falling away'... churches and synagogues no longer teaching or enduring sound doctrine

+ Israel and Jerusalem . . . trouble, troubles, and more trouble

+ All nations turning against nation Israel . . .

= The Generation of the Apocalypse ... Armageddon ... and Messiah's Return.

For the first time in history this prophetic 'equation' is nearly complete . . . and all in this generation!!!

This Week's News . . .

Click on the headline for the full news story ... click on the blue link for the Bible prophecy ...

And please search the Scriptures to see if all these things are true . . .

Note to Readers: "Palm Sunday"... Below (following this week's News Headlines) you will find a remarkable mathematical prophecy of the Messiah written by the prophet Daniel over 500 years BEFORE the birth of Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew) ... so, when you see people around the world celebrating 'Palm Sunday' this coming Sunday, consider how accurately (and literally) this mathematical prophecy (concerning when Messiah would first be revealed) was fulfilled . . . and remember God warns all the prophecies found in the Bible (including the few listed on this page) will be fulfilled just as accurately (and literally) . . .

"Search from the Book of the Lord and read:
   Not one of these (prophecies) shall fail.
   Not one shall lack her mate.
   For My mouth has commanded it . . . ."
   (Isaiah 34:16)

Finding Hope and Comfort ... For Those Going Through Difficult Times

--Alpha News Daily (Finding Hope and Comfort in Times of Trouble ...) (God's Promise ...) For those who sincerely believe and trust in Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew) to save them from their sins, this short life on Earth will be the closest thing to Hell we will ever experience (for the Bible warns our faith will be tested through difficult trials) ... but, for all those who choose not to believe and trust in Him (to save them from their sins and from Hell) this short life on Earth will be the closest thing to Heaven . . .

Global 'Dictatorship' Coming If World Won't Act Against Global Warming ...

--WND/OneWorld (Prophecies ... The coming Antichrist) (Prophecies ... "Evil men will wax worse and worse"... "deceiving and being deceived")

Scientists Create A Sheep That's 15% Human ...

--Drudge/The Mail (Prophecies ... Knowledge will increase 'in the last days') (Prophecies ... The coming 'Apocalypse')

Middle-East (Israel) 'Peace' Push Gathers Pace ...

--AFP (France) (Prophecies...Israel after becoming a nation) (A coming peace plan will be 'imposed' upon Israel and will change the world forever!)

"Because, even because

they have seduced My people (Israel),

saying, 'Peace, and there was no peace ..."

(Ezekiel 13:10)

"For you yourselves know perfectly

that the Day of the Lord (the coming 'Apocalypse')

so comes as a thief in the night.

For when they say, "Peace and safety!"

then sudden destruction comes upon them,

as labor pains upon a pregnant woman.

And they shall not escape.

But you, brethren,

are not in darkness,

so that this Day (the coming 'Apocalypse')

should overtake you as a thief.

You (believing Christians) are all sons of light and sons of the day.

We are not of the night nor of darkness.

Therefore let us not sleep, as others do,

but let us watch and be sober.

For those who sleep, sleep at night,

and those who get drunk are drunk at night.

But let us who are of the day be sober,

putting on the breastplate of faith and love,

and as a helmet the hope of salvation. (saving us from our sins and from the 'wrath' to come)

For God did not appoint us to wrath,

but to obtain salvation

through our Lord Jesus Christ,

(the Greek-English translation of Yeshua Ha'Mashiach)

who died for us,

that whether we wake or sleep,

we should live together with Him (in Heaven ... forever and ever!!!)."

(1 Thessalonians 5:2-10)

Iranian Military Warns US Against Any Attack ...

--WND/Reuters (Prophecies...Iran, Russia, and allies will invade Israel) (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war)

Iran Interrogates British Sailors ...

--WND/AP (It appears Iran has been 'baiting' the US, Israel, or now Britain into an attack for some time now ... it may have to do with a planned response.)

Iran 'To Try Britons For Espionage' ...

--Drudge/Times (UK) (Prophecies...Iran, Russia, and allies will invade Israel) (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war)

Russia-China Leaders Sign Joint Declaration ... Nine Other Agreements Signed

--Itar-Tass (Russia) (Prophecies... China and allies will destroy 1/3 of mankind) (Prophecies...Iran, Russia, and allies will invade Israel)

Russian Police Trample Anti-Putin Protestors ...

--Drudge/AP (Prophecies...Iran, Russia, and allies will invade Israel) (Russia ... Iran ... these are the types of activities seen before a war)

Belarus Security Forces Thwart Opposition Rally ...

--AFP (Prophecies...Iran, Russia, and allies will invade Israel) (Russia, China, and allies will never allow the divisive activities they have planted in the US)

EU (Europe) Makes 50th Birthday Vow For New Unity Treaty ...

--AFP (Prophecies ... 10 nations of the Roman Empire will reunite and rise in great power) (The EU began 50 years ago with the 'Treaty of Rome' ...)

Conservative Jewish Seminary To Allow Homosexuals and Lesbians Apply ...

--Ha'aretz (Bible Warnings: Homosexuality and Abortion) ('The Generation of Armageddon' will be marked by 'immorality')

Japan Earthquake Leaves At Least 1 Dead, 162 Injured...

--Drudge/AP (Prophecies ... Earthquakes in 'diverse' places) (This prophecy assumes there would one day be worldwide communications ...)

High Alert At US and UK Bases, Middle East Armies On the Ready Lest Iran Starts More Reprisals ...

--Debkafile (Prophecies...Iran, Russia, and allies will invade Israel) (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war)

Iran Launched Major Naval Exercise In The Gulf On Thursday In Response To Deployed Carrier Groups ...

--World Tribune (Prophecies...Iran, Russia, and allies will invade Israel) (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war)

Iran Military Source Says UK Sailors' Capture 'Revenge' For US Capture Of Iranian Military Officer In Iraq ...

--Ynet (Prophecies...Iran, Russia, and allies will invade Israel) (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war)

European Union Says British Sailors' Capture Must Not Delay UN Iran Sanctions Vote ...

--Ha'aretz (Prophecies ... 10 nations of the Roman Empire will reunite and rise in great power) (Prophecies...Russia, Iran, and allies will invade Israel)

Cambridge Students In Hiding For Islamic Satire...Putin-Ally George Soros Gives $100 Million To Far Left In U.S.

--Jerusalem Post/Glick (Several years ago Russia revealed it spent billions to spawn and nurture the anti-war movement in the US to defeat us in Vietnam.)

British Seamen Have Been Taken To Tehran By Iranian Military Forces ...

--Drudge/Sky News (Prophecies...Iran, Russia, and allies will invade Israel) (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war)

Iran Seizes British Navy Personnel In Iraqi Waters ...

--Drudge/Reuters (Prophecies...Iran, Russia, and allies will invade Israel) (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war)

Iran Seizes 15 British Seamen Inspecting Merchant Ship In Iraqi Waters ...

--Debkafile (Prophecies...Iran, Russia, and allies will invade Israel) (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war)

Iran-Backed Hamas Touts Toddler Terrorist ... Little Girl Prepared For Suicide Bombing Mission

--WND (On Islam and ANY religion that would convert 'by the sword') (Prophecies: 'The Generation of Armageddon will be marked by violence')

Cowardly Iran-Backed Islamics Prepare Baby Girls For Gruesome Death

Islamics In Iraq Used Two Small Children In Suicide Car Bombing ...

--WND/AFP (France) (The 'religion' of Mohammed has been known for its horrific and bloodthirsty ways from the very beginning ...)

'Peace Loving' Palestinians And Their Death Wish Against Israel ...

--WND/Hal Lindsey (Prophecies ... Gaza!! ... 'Gaza will be forsaken') (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war)

U.S. Expects Israel To Defend Itself From Iran ...

--Middle East Newsline (Prophecies...Iran, Russia, and allies will invade Israel) The Bible warns the US will NOT defend Israel. According to the Bible, Israel must stand alone...with God. For when this coming war does finally start, the United States (for reasons yet unknown) will be unable or unwilling to help Israel defend herself. Although the Bible warns the invading armies will be ultimately destroyed by God, it will be a devastating war for both Israel and the whole world. Bible scholars are divided as to whether this coming war is part of the prophetic battle of Armageddon or will just precede the battle of Armageddon in order to prepare the path for the coming Antichrist (a coming 'world leader' who will enforce a 'peace plan' upon Israel). Bible students should be sitting on the edge of their seats with white knuckles watching this terrible prophecy slowly start to unfold ... while believing Christians (followers ... both Jew and Gentile ... of Jesus-Yeshua, the promised Messiah) are told to 'examine' themselves in the Word and in faith to insure they are not just 'almost' Christians (don't really know or believe in God's Word), or are 'lukewarm' in their faith, or don't believe the children of Israel have any right to the Land which the Bible says God gave to them ... for Jesus-Yeshua the Messiah warns all to, "Watch, therefore, and pray always (not just sometimes), that you will be counted worthy to escape all these things (the terrible events of the coming 'Apocalypse') that will come to pass" ... (Luke 21:36) ... for the Bible promises believing Christians (faithful believers and followers of the Messiah) who are alive at that time and have endured in their faith in God's Word are not 'appointed' to this coming time of 'God's wrath' that will be 'poured out' upon the 'whole world' ... (1 Thessalonians 1:10 ... 1 Thessalonians 5:9-11)

Astronomers Startled By 'Impossible' Discovery On The Sun ...

--Drudge/NewScientistSpace (Prophecies ... The coming 'Apocalypse')

"Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun,

and power was given to him to scorch men with fire.

And men were scorched with great heat,

and they blasphemed the name of God

who has power over these plagues;

and they did not repent (turn back to God ... and turn away from their sins)

and give Him glory."

(Revelation 16:8-9)

“For behold, the Day is coming,
Burning like an oven,
And all the proud,

yes, all who do wickedly

   will be stubble.
   And the Day which is coming shall burn them up,”
   Says the LORD of hosts,
“That will leave them neither root nor branch.
   But to you who fear My name
   The Sun of Righteousness shall arise
   With healing in His wings; (God promises hope and shelter for all who will follow Jesus (Yeshua) the promised Messiah)
   (Malachi 4:1-3)    ('Lord of Hosts' literally means 'Lord of Armies')

European Commission President Warns "Political Correctness Is Killing Our Freedoms"...

--Drudge/London Telegraph (Prophecies ... "Evil men will wax worse and worse"... "deceiving and being deceived") (The coming Antichrist) We've been deceived (duped) into a slow death of our freedom and our nation ... 'Political Correctness' is the Soviet-Marxist form of 'managed' and 'manipulated' speech using (first) psychological and (then) legislative techniques and powers ... PC = Pure Communism ... as many of you remember, the Soviet-Chinese form of 'free speech' and government always turned 'Christianity' into a 'dirty word', legislated state-enforced atheism (which is a religion), forced children into their state-school indoctrination programs, dictated what 'free speech' would be considered acceptable and allowable, gained control over the press, movie studios, and television networks to determine who (and what) would be considered 'good' and who (and what) would be considered 'evil', squashed market and economic freedom because many small and mid-size companies (which help free economies flourish) take more effort for the State to control (regulate = control) than a few large companies, they destroyed the Middle-Class (which is the backbone and strength of any free nation), and then used deceptive words and slogans (such as the 'Peoples Democratic Party'... 'Hate Crimes'... 'Separation of Church and State') to convince (dupe) the people into believing how great it all was ...

"But Jesus (Yeshua) knew their thoughts, and said to them:

'Every kingdom (nation) divided against itself is brought to desolation,

and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.'"

(Matthew 12:25)

Teacher Fired From Job In Oregon For Referring To Bible In Biology Class ...

--WND/AP (Prophecies ... Christians will be hated) (Prophecies: 'The Generation of Armageddon') (The coming Antichrist)

Modern Day 'Tokyo Rose' ... TV Host Rosie O'Donnell Broadcasts 'Captured British Sailors A Hoax ...'

--WND (Prophecies: Prophetic description of the Generation of Armageddon includes "traitors") (Prophecies ... "Deceiving and being deceived")

View Transcript of Actor Sean Penn's Latest Pro-Iran (and Anti-US) Rant ...

--WND (Prophecies: Prophetic description of the Generation of Armageddon includes "traitors") (Sean Penn and others should read God's warning in Ezekiel 36:17-23)

Sean Penn's Comments Despicable ... And Why Many In Hollywood Supported Hitler Until 1941

--WND/Joseph Farah (Prophecies ... "Deceiving and being deceived") (Prophecies...Israel after becoming a nation)

American History and America Haters ...

WND/Joseph Farah (Prophecies ... "Evil men will wax worse and worse"... "deceiving and being deceived")

Democrat Conyer's 'Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act' ... and Janet Reno's Middle-School 'Thought Police'

--WND/Janet Folger (The coming Antichrist)

School Bans 'Be Happy Not Gay' Shirt Student Wore In Response To School's Pro-Homosexual 'Day of Silence'

--WND (Bible Warnings: Homosexuality and Abortion) ('The Generation of Armageddon' will be marked by 'immorality')

US Judge Blocks 1998 Online Pornography Law ... The Law Was Democratically Passed To Protect Children

--Drudge/AP ("Use Democracy to Destroy Democracy"... Democrats now use a 'few' to rule over 'the many'... a 'One-Party' gov't could one-day emerge)

Putin "Decrees" Creation Of Unified Shipbuilding Corporation In Russia ...

--Itar-Tass (Russia) (We are not far behind as we watch Democrat judges 'decreeing' law as they strike down our democratically passed laws and statutes.)

BP To Deepen Cooperation With Russian State Energy Firms After 'Crunch Meeting' In Kremlin With Putin ...

--Pravda (Russia) (British Petroleum (BP) now runs and controls the Alaskan Pipeline ... Russia is becoming the dominate player in global oil markets)

Putin and Duma ('Congress') Ban Russian Pricing Of Goods And Services Showing Foreign Currencies ...

--Pravda (Russia) (At Putin's direction nationalism is growing in Russia ... while the Russian-friendly Democrats in America are killing patriotism)

China Approves $2.5 Billion Intel Corp. Chip Plant To Manufacture Advaced ICs (Integrated Circuits) ...

--Pravda (Russia) China's industry is run by the Chinese Army ... by sending our intellectual property to China we are giving away our economic future.

Earlier: China Edging U.S. in Espionage ...

--NewsMax/Gertz (Prophecies... China and allies will destroy 1/3 of mankind) (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war)

Weather Channel 'Likes To Call Gore President-Elect'...

--WND (Manipulating our minds and opinions ... Hitler and Stalin found if you tell a lie loud enough and long enough people will begin to believe it.)

New Drug Resistant TB and HIV-AIDS Threaten Anti-TB Drive ...

--AFP (France) (Prophecies ... Deadly diseases will spread)

Congressman Likens Iraq to Detroit ... Comment Doesn't Sit Well With Michigan Democrats

--WND (Prophecies: 'The Generation of Armageddon' will be marked by it's violence)

Israel-Jordan Tensions Flare Over Discovery of King's Covert Support Of Hamas Leader In Syria ...

--Debkafile (Prophecies...Israel after becoming a nation) (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war)

Europe Claims Israel Is Preparing For War ... Officials Telling Damascus To Expect Conflict This Summer

--WND (Prophecies...Israel after becoming a nation) (Prophecies ... Wars and rumors of war) (Prophecies ... Damascus-Syria will be utterly destroyed)

On 50th Anniversary of 'The Treaty of Rome' Germany Sends European Leaders Final 'Berlin Declaration' Draft ...

--AFP (France) (Prophecies ... 10 nations of the Roman Empire will reunite and rise in great power) (The coming Antichrist)

British Paper Lists '50 Reasons' Why The European Union Is Good ... 'What Has Europe Done For Us'

--WND/The Independent (Prophecies ... 10 nations of the Roman Empire will reunite and rise in great power) (The coming Antichrist)

A Remarkable Mathematical Prophecy of Jesus Christ, the Messiah of Israel . . .

Palm Sunday . . .

The Prophecy ... (Book of Daniel 9:24)

"He [Messiah, the King] will be revealed

7 weeks + 62 weeks (weeks of years)

after the commandment to rebuild Jerusalem and its walls,

then He [Messiah] will be cut-off [executed]."

(Daniel 9:24)

This is a mathematical prophecy . . .

- A week of years (shabua or shabu’im) = 7 years

- "Cut-off". . . the actual Hebrew word used was karath which literally means "executed!"

- The "70th Week" [the last 7 years] of this prophecy is yet future - See the 'Apocalypse.'

476 Years . . .

God gave the Jews the most sophisticated calendar on Earth. It is both a Lunar and a Solar calendar. The Jewish calendar uses a 360 day lunar (and prophetic) year and then adds a 'Leap Month' on specific years to accurately coincide with the Solar cycle we use on our 'Julian' calendar ...

The Bible uses 360 day years for prophecies and expects us to add the appropriate 'leap months' on schedule. So, the easiest way to unravel this prophecy is to first convert this prophecy into days ...

1. Add 7 + 62 weeks of years = 69 weeks of years in this prophecy

2. Multiply 69 (weeks) x 7 (to get the total number of years in this prophecy) = 483 years

3. Multiply 483 years x 360 (to get the total number of days in this prophecy) = 173,880 days

So, the prophet Daniel, who lived 500 years before Jesus-Yeshua wrote that from the day of the commandment to rebuild Jerusalem and its walls, until the coming Messiah would be 173,880 days!

(Note: This prophecy was also translated from Hebrew into Greek in the Septuagint almost 300 years before Jesus-Yeshua made His prophetic entry into Jerusalem, riding on a donkey.)

To convert the 173,880 days found in this prophecy into our 365.25 day solar years (the .25 adjusts for leap years) . . .

173,880 days ÷ 365.25 (days in a year) = 476 years (our solar 'Julian' calendar)

So, the prophet Daniel told us it would be 476 years from the 'commandment to rebuild Jerusalem and its walls' to the time the Messiah of Israel would first be revealed to the nation and to the world ...

The Commandment ...

This prophecy of the coming Messiah is both remarkable and extremely precise. There were other orders to rebuild the Temple, but, there was only one commandment to restore Jerusalem and its wall. On March 14^th, 445 BC, as confirmed by modern archaeology, King Artexerxes I of Persia issued the commandment to rebuild Jerusalem and specifically included its wall (see Nehemiah 2:2-9 ... the book of Nehemiah records this account of rebuilding the city and its wall.)

Prophecy fulfilled ...

Now take the 476 years in this prophecy and simply start counting from March 14, 445 B.C. (when the command to rebuild the city Jerusalem and its wall was given) and you end on the exact year (even the very day) Jesus-Yeshua rode 'triumphantly' into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday), being praised as King and Messiah by thousands upon thousands of the Jewish people who had gathered from all over for the Passover Holidays. Honored, yet lowly, riding on a donkey - exactly as another prophet, the prophet Zechariah, said He would ...

"Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion [Israel]!

Behold, your King [Messiah] is coming to you;

He is just and having salvation,

yet He is lowly and riding on a donkey."

(Zechariah 9:9 ... written around 500 B.C.)

Thus, on the 10th day of Nisan ('Palm Sunday') 32 AD ... 476 years after the command was given to rebuild the city and its wall ... Jesus-Yeshua made His famous triumphal entry into Jerusalem, riding on a donkey. It was the only day that He ever allowed Himself to be honored as Messiah or King (Mark 11:1-12) as the people of Israel cried out and sang "Hosanna to the Son of David [this is a Psalm of the Messiah], blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!" from Psalm 118 ... (and all this took place just a few days before He was 'executed' exactly as Daniel's prophecy said He would!)

A remarkable prophecy . . . simply count the years!

March 14, 445 B.C. Order is issued to rebuild the wall

to April 6, 32 A.D. 10th of Nisan, 'Palm Sunday' - Jesus welcomed as King and Messiah

= 477 years

- 1 year Subtract one for no "0" A.D. or B.C.

= 476 years Exactly!

Who else around 32 A.D. fulfilled all these many prophecies?

Who else was born in Bethlehem who fulfilled all of these prophecies?

"But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,

though you are little among the thousands of Judah,

Yet out of you shall come forth to Me

The One to be ruler in Israel,

Whose goings forth have been

from of old, from everlasting."

(Eternal ... the Bible warns here Messiah would step forth from Eternity.)

(Micah 5:2 ... written around 700 B.C.)

No one!!! Only Jesus-Yeshua of Nazareth, who was born in Bethlehem ... the promised Messiah!

The Jewish Temple destroyed . . .

Right after the "Triumphal Entry," Jesus-Yeshua wept over Jerusalem, knowing the people of Israel would ignore this prophecy and all the other prophecies of the Messiah which were so specific that God held them accountable! This is why the Temple was destroyed and the Jewish people were scattered and dispersed around the world . . .

Here, Jesus issues a new prophecy and warns Israel why it would happen ...

"Now as He [Jesus-Yeshua] drew near,

He saw the city [Jerusalem] and wept over it,

saying, ‘If you had known, even you [the children of Israel],

especially in this your day, [this day Daniel prophesied about]

the things that make for your peace!

But now they are hidden from your eyes.

For days will come upon you when your enemies will build

an embankment around you, surround you

and close you in on every side, and level you,

and your children within you, to the ground; and

they will not leave in you [the Temple] one stone upon another,

because you did not know the time of your visitation.’"

(Luke 19:41-44)

Thus, within that generation, in 70 A.D., 38 years after Jesus-Yeshua was crucified, Jerusalem was besieged and brutally destroyed when Titus Vespasian, with the Fifth, Tenth, Twelfth, and Fifteenth Roman Legions did build a Roman siege wall around the city, starving and slaughtering over a million Jews, and then tore down the Temple, stone by stone, to retrieve the gold that had melted when Roman soldiers (against orders) set the Temple on fire, thus leaving not one stone upon the other . . . exactly as Jesus-Yeshua had prophesied

"For I am God, and there is no other.
   I am God, and there is none like Me,
   Declaring the end from the beginning,
   and from ancient times
   things that are not yet done . . ."
   (Isaiah 46:9-10)

"When you see

these things,

know that it is near - -

at the door."

(Mark 13:29)

"Watch therefore,

and pray always

that you may be

counted worthy to escape

all these things

that will come to pass . . ."

(Luke 21:36)