This has been a busy and an eventful summer. Things got off to a good start with the Prophecy Conference with Brother Noe Mendoza, pastor of the Bethany Baptist Church in Mission, Texas, in July, Christ in the Feast Day, VBS at Grand Strand, and another Prophecy Conference with Brother Mack Hutson, pastor of the Friendfield Baptist Church in Loris. Each of these meetings were a rich blessing with great participation.
Next week is the Annual Pastor's Conference for Frontier Baptist Missions in Rio Bravo, Mexico. I am scheduled to fly out of Myrtle Beach on early Monday morning. I will be teaching prophecy for four hours on Tuesday, and I will speak for Brother Noe Mendoza in Mission, Texas, Wednesday night before flying home Thursday. Please pray that I will have traveling grace, wisdom, and strength, Philippians 4:13 & 19.
There has been some flooding at our mission headquarters in Harlingen, Texas, I can only imagine the flooding on the Mexican side of the border.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Update
Praise the Lord for His many blessings! The Prophecy Conference at Springfield Baptist Church has been a been another great meeting. Tonight, I will bring the message on the Blood Moon with a few new insights.
Today has been another busy news day: an earthquake in Japan, hurricane, now tropical storm Dolly in Texas, Iran is still working on nuclear bomb, and we still have enemies that seek to destroy us.
Today has been another busy news day: an earthquake in Japan, hurricane, now tropical storm Dolly in Texas, Iran is still working on nuclear bomb, and we still have enemies that seek to destroy us.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Some Events I Have Witnessed!
Wars & Rumors of Wars
- Rebirth of Israel
- The Cold War
- The Korean War
- Vietnam
- 1st Gulf War
- 911
- War on Terrorism
- Iraqi War
Society
- Prayer & Bible Reading Banned from Public Schools
- Legalization of Abortion
- Legalization of Porn
- Evolution replaced Biblical Creation
- Woodstock
- Redefining of Family
- Diversity
- Being Politically Correct
- School Shootings
- Legalization of Gay Marriage
The above are a few of things I have witnessed during my lifetime. Each of these events have produced problems that are not easily solved. But, the study of Bible prophecy provides the student with an understanding of how all of these events fit in the last days.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Conference
Everybody remember the Prophecy Conference starts tonight! You won't want to miss this exciting study. Tonight we will start at 6:30 p.m. Hope to see you there!
Monday, July 7, 2008
The Year 2012
The year 2012 is the focus of a lot of attention by a number of "Dooms Day Cults". I received an interesting email this morning that had several links to organizations that are focused on 2012.
I mention this to simply point out that there are a number of extra Biblical sources that are making dooms day predictions. These predictions are colorful, but we must make sure to stick with the Bible to gain our understanding of when and how future events will take place.
5 - For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
The End Times will be times of deception!
I mention this to simply point out that there are a number of extra Biblical sources that are making dooms day predictions. These predictions are colorful, but we must make sure to stick with the Bible to gain our understanding of when and how future events will take place.
Matthew 24
4 - And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.5 - For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
The End Times will be times of deception!
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
You Need To Read This!!
Third Temple Preparations Begin With Priestly Garb
Jul. 1, 2008
DANIELLE KUBES , THE JERUSALEM POST
Jul. 1, 2008
DANIELLE KUBES , THE JERUSALEM POST
Wearing a turban and a light blue tunic threaded with silver, a man stands in a workshop in Jerusalem's Old City beside spools of white thread affixed to sewing machines. A painting of high priests performing an animal sacrifice beside the First Temple illustrates the function of the room.
On Monday, the Temple Institute started preparing to build a Third Temple on Jerusalem's Mount Moriah, the site of the Dome of the Rock and the Aksa mosque, by inaugurating a workshop that manufactures priestly garments.
After Efrat Chief Rabbi Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, a Kohen himself, gets measured for his own set of Kohanim garments, Aviad Jeruffi, the clothing's designer, strums "To Ascend to the Temple Mount" on his guitar in celebration.
Priestly garments have not been worn since the destruction of the Second Temple by Rome in 70 CE and cannot be functional until a Third Temple is constructed.
Kohanim, priests directly descended from Moses's brother Aaron, are recognized by the Institute as such if their paternal grandfather observed the tradition. Today, they have special religious responsibilities; in days of yore they performed the most significant duties within the Temple.
Approximately one-third of the commandments in the Torah cannot be accomplished without a temple, including the obligations of the Kohanim.
But a Third Temple seems a flighty dream with nightmarish political implications to many, as both a shrine, the Dome of the Rock, and the Aksa mosque, Islam's third holiest structure, currently stand on the Temple Mount.
Rabbi Yehuda Glick, director of the Temple Institute, says he assumes Muslims will be supportive when the Temple is ready to be built:
"We already have some Muslims who are secretly in touch with us," he says.
When the Temple is rebuilt, Kohanim must wear the proper outfit to perform their obligations, Glick continues.
Each set has a turban, tunic pants and belt and is individually tailored at a cost of NIS 2,500.
"If it were a bathrobe for watching SNL [Saturday Night Live], it would not be worth it. But we're talking about people who have a very strong yearning for working in the Beit Hamikdash [Temple]," says Glick.
Years of diligent research was needed to create the garments in conformance with Jewish law.
Special flaxen thread was imported from India and overseas travel was necessary to obtain the correct colors for the clothes, including to Istanbul, to purchase mountain worms from which the correct shade of crimson is derived.
The secret of the correct shade of blue has been lost since the destruction of the Second Temple, as the identity of chilazon, the snail from which it was extracted, was uncertain until the Ptil Tekhelet nonprofit organization identified it as the murex trunculus, aka hexaplex trunculus, the banded dye-murex found near the Mediterranean Sea.
"The Temple is not a message [just for] the Jewish people. It reunites the world all around one central prayer house. All the prophets say that at the End Times all the nations will be coming to Jerusalem and take part of building [the Temple]," Glick says.
This article can also be read at http://www.jpost.com /servlet/Satellite?cid=1214726180915&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
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Copyright 1995- 2008 The Jerusalem Post - http://www.jpost.com/
On Monday, the Temple Institute started preparing to build a Third Temple on Jerusalem's Mount Moriah, the site of the Dome of the Rock and the Aksa mosque, by inaugurating a workshop that manufactures priestly garments.
After Efrat Chief Rabbi Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, a Kohen himself, gets measured for his own set of Kohanim garments, Aviad Jeruffi, the clothing's designer, strums "To Ascend to the Temple Mount" on his guitar in celebration.
Priestly garments have not been worn since the destruction of the Second Temple by Rome in 70 CE and cannot be functional until a Third Temple is constructed.
Kohanim, priests directly descended from Moses's brother Aaron, are recognized by the Institute as such if their paternal grandfather observed the tradition. Today, they have special religious responsibilities; in days of yore they performed the most significant duties within the Temple.
Approximately one-third of the commandments in the Torah cannot be accomplished without a temple, including the obligations of the Kohanim.
But a Third Temple seems a flighty dream with nightmarish political implications to many, as both a shrine, the Dome of the Rock, and the Aksa mosque, Islam's third holiest structure, currently stand on the Temple Mount.
Rabbi Yehuda Glick, director of the Temple Institute, says he assumes Muslims will be supportive when the Temple is ready to be built:
"We already have some Muslims who are secretly in touch with us," he says.
When the Temple is rebuilt, Kohanim must wear the proper outfit to perform their obligations, Glick continues.
Each set has a turban, tunic pants and belt and is individually tailored at a cost of NIS 2,500.
"If it were a bathrobe for watching SNL [Saturday Night Live], it would not be worth it. But we're talking about people who have a very strong yearning for working in the Beit Hamikdash [Temple]," says Glick.
Years of diligent research was needed to create the garments in conformance with Jewish law.
Special flaxen thread was imported from India and overseas travel was necessary to obtain the correct colors for the clothes, including to Istanbul, to purchase mountain worms from which the correct shade of crimson is derived.
The secret of the correct shade of blue has been lost since the destruction of the Second Temple, as the identity of chilazon, the snail from which it was extracted, was uncertain until the Ptil Tekhelet nonprofit organization identified it as the murex trunculus, aka hexaplex trunculus, the banded dye-murex found near the Mediterranean Sea.
"The Temple is not a message [just for] the Jewish people. It reunites the world all around one central prayer house. All the prophets say that at the End Times all the nations will be coming to Jerusalem and take part of building [the Temple]," Glick says.
This article can also be read at http://www.jpost.com /servlet/Satellite?cid=1214726180915&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
[ Back to the Article ]
Copyright 1995- 2008 The Jerusalem Post - http://www.jpost.com/
If you would like more information on the Temple Institute, I suggest that you go to thier website: templeinstitute.org.
This could be the day we fly!
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