Countdown to Armageddon Newsletter Issue Number 4 -- (c) September 2000, The Family http://armageddon.countdown.org -- mailto:questions@countdown.org Make sure to drop by the END website when you get a moment. We've made changes to the design which should make it easier for you to find what you're looking for or do research on a certain topic. Hope you like it. http://countdown.org/end ________________________________________________________________ ENDTIME NEWS DIGEST A compilation of articles proving that we are indeed living in the 'Time of the End' ________________________________________________________________ APOSTASY ________________________________________________________ Muslim group defends Ohio's motto A Muslim group said it wants Ohio to retain its motto—"With God all things are possible"—even though a federal court has ruled it is an unconstitutional government endorsement of Christianity. [CWN] http://countdown.org/end/link.php?apo_muslim_defends_motto BIG BROTHER _____________________________________________________ MI5 "will be able to monitor all e-mail" The [British] intelligence service is building a new surveillance center to monitor all e-mails and Internet messages sent and received in Britain. [Agence France-Presse] http://countdown.org/end/link.php?big_mi5_monitor_email Canada says no risk to privacy from giant database The Canadian government dismissed fears that private companies and others would be able to access a vast federal database containing up to 2,000 pieces of information on every Canadian citizen. [Reuters] http://countdown.org/end/link.php?big_canada_giant_database EARTHQUAKES AND NATURAL DISASTERS _______________________________ Above us the waves: Atlantic Tsunami New York and the entire East Coast of the United States obliterated by an apocalyptic sea wave? We've seen it in Hollywood blockbuster "Deep Impact," but surely it couldn't really happen? [The Guardian] http://countdown.org/end/link.php?ear_above_us_the_waves FAMINE __________________________________________________________ South Asia reels from drought and famine Today, up to 80 million people lack water, and hundreds of thousands of animals are perishing in what locals call the worst drought in a century. [The Christian Science Monitor] http://countdown.org/end/link.php?fam_south_asia_drought_famine GOSPEL PREACHED _________________________________________________ Growing distribution of the Good News Last year, the United Bible Societies distributed 627 million copies of biblical literature worldwide [Christian Daily News] http://countdown.org/end/link.php?gos_growing_good_news TECHNOLOGY ______________________________________________________ Bar code foils would-be truants Schools are using bar-coded identification cards that monitor who comes into the building each morning and track classes a student attends. [Lynn Burke, Wired] http://countdown.org/end/link.php?tec_bar_code_foils_truants Smart medicine sensors The standard advice may be "take two aspirin and call me in the morning." Soon it'll be, "take these tablets and they'll call me!" [Anne Eisenberg, N.Y. Times News Service] http://countdown.org/end/link.php?tec_smart_medicine_sensors WAR _____________________________________________________________ The Kosovo cover-up A new study shows that NATO bombs plowed up some fields, blew up hundreds of cars, trucks and decoys, and barely dented Serb artillery and armor. The number of targets verifiably destroyed was a tiny fraction of those claimed. [John Barry and Evan Thomas, Newsweek] http://countdown.org/end/link.php?war_kosovo_coverup US Rogue State: A world in denial The evidence has piled up. The rogue states of the world today include: North Korea, Iran and Iraq and ... the United States. [Rick Salutin, Globe and Mail (Canada)] http://countdown.org/end/link.php?war_a_world_in_denial ________________________________________________________________ DANIEL CHAPTER 2 An amazing example of Bible prophecy ________________________________________________________________ If you missed previous issues, get'm at: http://countdown.org/newsletters/index.htm#back <<<< Continued from the previous issue >>>> DANIEL 2:44: AND IN THE DAYS OF THESE KINGS SHALL THE GOD OF HEAVEN SET UP A KINGDOM, WHICH SHALL NEVER BE DESTROYED: & THE KINGDOM SHALL NOT BE LEFT TO OTHER PEOPLE, BUT IT SHALL BREAK IN PIECES & CONSUME ALL THESE KINGDOMS, & IT SHALL STAND FOREVER. The Stone that "smote the image" (Daniel 2:34) is Jesus, & this "great mountain that filled the whole earth" (Daniel 2:35) is none other than the Millennial Kingdom of God, Christ's Kingdom on Earth. (See Micah 4:1-3.) Christ will set up His Kingdom on Earth, in the Millennium at the end of the Battle of Armageddon. (See Revelation 19:11-21.) This Stone smashes the image by force & destroys it & leaves nothing of it. It says the wind carried away Man's governments "as chaff". (See Daniel 2:35 & Isaiah 17:13.) Notice, His Return was not in the legs (Rome), but on the feet, & particularly the toes, "in the last days of these kings" at the very end of man's governments. "These kings": The 1O toes in Daniel 2 symbolize the same thing that the 10 horns of Daniel 7 & Revelation 17 symbolize: "The 1O horns...are 1O kings (or kingdoms) that shall arise."--Daniel 7:24. They are 10 final kings or kingdoms, World powers, who, as Revelation 17:12-13 says, "will give their power to the Beast (the Antichrist)". We know there will be 10 leading nations because the image had 10 toes. (vs. 41-43.) When those kings exist, in the end of their days (when the Antichrist has finally united them), then Jesus shall come & shall destroy all Man's kingdoms. He will crush them & just sweep them all away to where there's no government of Man left anymore at all. (See Revelation 17:12-14.) Jesus' Kingdom will then "fill the whole earth", instead of all these crazy democracies & dictatorships & evil Empires of Man. (See also vs.45.) DANIEL 2:45: FORASMUCH AS THOU SAWEST THAT THE STONE WAS CUT OUT OF THE MOUNTAIN WITHOUT HANDS, & THAT IT BRAKE IN PIECES THE IRON, THE BRASS, THE CLAY, THE SILVER, & THE GOLD; THE GREAT GOD HATH MADE KNOWN TO THE KING WHAT SHALL COME TO PASS HEREAFTER: & THE DREAM IS CERTAIN, & THE INTERPRETATION THEREOF SURE. This image represents the great World governments of Man. The Stone was cut out of a mountain completely separate from the image. God was the Mountain that Jesus was cut out of. The Stone is, of course, Jesus, "the Cornerstone."--(Matthew 21:42-44; 1Peter 2:6). Then "The Stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner."--Of this new Kingdom of God. DANIEL 2:47: THE KING ANSWERED UNTO DANIEL, & SAID, OF A TRUTH IT IS, THAT YOUR GOD IS A GOD OF GODS, & A LORD OF KINGS, & A REVEALER OF SECRETS, SEEING THOU COULDST REVEAL THIS SECRET. DANIEL 2:48: THEN THE KING MADE DANIEL A GREAT MAN, & GAVE HIM MANY GREAT GIFTS, & MADE HIM RULER OVER THE WHOLE PROVINCE OF BABYLON, & CHIEF OF THE GOVERNORS OVER ALL THE WISE MEN OF BABYLON. Daniel interpreted the king's dream & advised the king wisely, so the king made him the highest man in the kingdom aside from himself! So Daniel, a young man about 20 years old, became a very important, rich & powerful man and was able to use his infuence positively. ________________________________________________________________ Be sure to visit the following sections of our site when you get a chance: - Countdown to Armageddon http://countdown.org/armageddon - The Future Foretold http://countdown.org/futureforetold - Endtime New Digest http://countdown.org/end ________________________________________________________________ There is another interesting newsletter/magazine, called Activated. It's all about strengthening our walk with the Lord and includes subjects on the "last days" as well. Drop by and see if you like it: http://activated.org ________________________________________________________________ * You are subscribed to the Countdown to Armageddon updates newsletter. 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