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Red Flags: Man vs. Man

Bob Neumann

(Mat 24:6-8)

⁶ And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

⁷ For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

⁸ All these are the beginning of sorrows. The King James Version, (Cambridge: Cambridge) 1769.

In the Modern Media “wars and rumors of wars” is big business. Only in the present technology could we see “war” as it were a sporting event with both “play by play” reporting and “color” commentary. In 1991 we had the preview of all previews in the Gulf War. On the spot commentary, not of the after affects of war. But to announce the soon arrival of scud missiles.

In the book of Daniel we have a double inclusive prophecy.

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.

⁹ And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. The King James Version, (Cambridge: Cambridge) 1769.

The Prophet Daniel is told that the book he was in the process of completing was a “closed” book, sealed to the “Time of the End”. vs 9 instructs him to go his way “for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end”.

Historically, and currently to many, Daniel is a book both obscure and frightening to most people. Yet serious scholars have studied it and respected it. Many though refused to accept it on face value and have denied its authenticity. To the point of ignoring that the Teacher, Himself quoted it in Matt. 24:15.

¹⁵ When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) The King James Version, (Cambridge: Cambridge) 1769..

Yet Daniel in totality, was never completely closed.

In the 2nd Chapter of Matthew we have an interesting story.

¹ Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

² Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

³ When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

⁴ And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.

⁵ And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,

⁶ And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.

⁷ Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.

⁸ And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

⁹ When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.

¹⁰ When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

¹¹ And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

¹² And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. The King James Version,.

Three Magi, men of wisdom who came from the East, looking for the newly born king. We all know this old Christmas story and can sing along to “We Three Kings”…But did you wonder why they knew? Because they knew the Torah and the Book of Belteshazzar. Belteshazzar was the greatest of the scholar/prophets of ancient Babylon. But we know him by his Hebrew name, Daniel. So when these ancient scholars counted the days, from Daniel 9:20-27.

²⁰ And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God;

²¹ Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.

²² And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.

²³ At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.

²⁴ Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

²⁵ Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.

²⁶ And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

²⁷ And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. The King James Version, (Cambridge: Cambridge) 1769.

And when that time came to its point of culmination, they watched, and saw a sign. The sign given by the sorcerer Balaam in Number 24:17 (*). “A Star out of Jacob” was seen; and the Magi hit the road. First to Jerusalem, and then to Bethlehem, just as prophesied by the Prophet Micah 5:2 (*)

A fourth wise man, so to speak come out of 15th Century England. Sir Isaac Newton, mathematician, scholar, believer, wrote an extensive study of the Book of Daniel. As modern scholars “open” the Book of Daniel, much of what Sir Isaac stated over 420 years ago has been validated. To the point where the caveat the Most High gave to Daniel in Ancient Babylon, “knowledge shall be increased”, and “many shall run to and fro”, is now completed.

Your reading this on the WWW is living proof that the Prophecy was valid and this is “The time of the end.”

“Wars and rumors of wars”, especially the rumors, are most evident in today’s instantaneous knowledge transfer of media. Not only see it as it happens, but see it before it happens! Modern News specialists are news speculators, watching the “sky” as surely as you who read it.

If you seek evidence to this fact, remember the landing of American troops in Somalia, Hatti, and Bosnia. Before the “marines hit the beach”, the media was waiting to film it live. Just for us.

Jokes from inside the military include: “It took 40 minutes of troop landings of military personal to equal the number of Americans waiting on the beach.” There were more foreign media in Somalia at any given time, than the number of Blue Berets (UN Troops) at the same time.” And finally, “The media-types spent more money talking “about” the famine in Somalia from Somalia was used to purchase the food delivered there.”

“Wars and Rumors of wars”, “nations shall rise against nation, kingdom against kingdom” has been a major source of “end time” preaching for centuries. And predictably this time of “nearly global peace” is the most violent period of a most violent century. Today violent rumors are stirring in over 120 areas of the world, if we can believe CNN and the UN. Yet everyone is still talking peace. Peace in Bosnia, peace in Ireland, peace in Georgia, Rhuwanda, Korea, Tiwann, Cambodia (Khemer?} Sri Lanka, Indonesia, etc., etc.

Up Next: And Peace In The Middle East.