Very much seems almost impossible to NOT realize we ARE that generation about to be snatched HOME ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~This, by Alice at RR is so on target ~ "Gog is on the move. With the decision by Russia’s Vladimir Putin to take Ukraine in a massive invasion while daring the rest of the world to interfere – even having the audacity to threaten any country who threatens to hinder him and his plans with a nuclear response – with this cold and calculated move by Russia, the world has just taken another giant step towards the Tribulation. Earth’s final seven years lie just over the near horizon. The entire world has been in perilous times for decades, but the global situation we are now in has just taken a terrifying leap forward towards what will soon morph into the Tribulation. The next prophetic event to rock this world will be the sudden massive disappearance of the Remnant Church from every nation on earth. That will be the very next event that will occur because scripture is clear; the Church must be removed from earth, be robed, crowned, and in Heaven seated around the throne of God BEFORE the Lord Jesus breaks the first seal-the action that BEGINS earth’s final seven years – the TRIBULATION. (For reference and chronology, see Revelation chapters 4-6). In these darkening days, while we pray for our own nation and for the people of Ukraine and Russia, let’s also be reminded to lift in prayer the people of China and Taiwan, North and South Korea, as well as both the lost and saved in these places, in Iran and Israel too and around the world. Tiny Israel teeters on the cusp of what will be the darkest time in her history. As events continue to unfold, soon the entire world will refuse to come to Israel’s aid when Russia, Turkey, Iran et al, the very coalition of nations prophesied nearly three millennia ago in the book of Ezekiel, will swoop down from the north like a giant bird of prey upon hapless abandoned little Israel with sudden swiftness in an overwhelming show of force that will stun the world. Nevertheless, at that time, Israel’s God Himself will rise in divine fury to defend and deliver Zion (reference Isaiah 17:1 and Ezekiel 38-39). Russia’s audacious invasion of Ukraine means China will certainly be emboldened to do the same thing in Taiwan. In fact, China’s Communist leader Xi Jinping is, at this moment, amping up China’s rhetoric towards this very scenario. China is watching Russia closely, salivating after Taiwan. North Korea continues eyeing South Korea; and Russia, Iran, Turkey, et al (the leaders of the Ezekiel 38-39 coalition) are all converging with their collective eye on Israel to (in their minds) finish once and for all what Hitler began. They, too, are salivating for the “final solution” to the “Jewish problem” and the destruction of the hated nation of Israel that has been a continuous thorn in their side. Putin, as Russia’s Supreme Leader (and most likely Gog of Ezekiel 38-39), will only be emboldened by his overwhelming show of force in invading Ukraine, although Putin is finding out that the Ukrainian people aren’t going to just roll over without a fight. Israel will survive. Her God will defend her. These are indeed dark and perilous times we are in. As the world hurls itself full force towards the rapidly approaching hour of the Tribulation, what are we as believers to do? Should we take up arms and revolt? Should we become preppers and spend all our money on food and supplies to last for years and years? Should we take to the streets in protest? At some point, perhaps some portion of these actions may be called for on a limited scale except for spending all our money buying and storing food for years and years. However, for the most part, no. What we need to be doing is to go back to the scriptures for the answer of HOW we are to “occupy until He comes.” Conditions in our own country of America, in Canada, Australia, the UK, indeed the current conditions in every nation on earth are exactly and precisely the conditions the prophetic scriptures said they would be during these last days. Jesus told us these things MUST happen. The Holy Spirit speaking through the Apostle Paul reiterated this in 2 Timothy. He told us EXACTLY what conditions would be like in the final seconds of the final days of the Church Age. He gave precise details of what these “perilous times” would be like. From Eden to the Golan to Patmos to Bozrah to the Valley of Jezreel – Armageddon, God has laid out His plan giving us the end from the beginning. From Genesis to Revelation, God’s plan has been explained and set forth. It’s all there laid out in stunning detail – the end from the beginning. The current global “leadership” – and I use that term only in the sense that those who hold these power positions wield the reins of power, not in the sense that they themselves actually hold that power – they only have the ILLUSION of power and control. It is God Almighty who is the great Divine Maestro directing the symphony of His great Plan For the Ages. The leaders of this world system and their actions are being orchestrated by Satan and his minions. Yet even Satan, along with his fellow insurrectionists in all their diabolical machinations, are themselves fulfilling GOD’S ultimate plan and purpose). The elite globalist powers that be are all merely pawns. They are nothing more than Satan’s puppets, just as Satan himself is an already defeated foe destined for eternal failure and torment in the Lake of Fire. The end has already been decreed. Ultimately, these global elitists are all either wittingly or unwittingly following an already foretold script, playing their roles right into the very end-time events with the preordained conclusion that the God who “knows the end from the beginning” has already foretold will happen, all according to His plan. “Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors. Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it” (Isaiah 46:8-11, KJV). Each global leader is exactly who and where God has placed them to be for such a time as this. “Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his: and he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding: he revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him” (Daniel 2:20-22, KJV). The prophetic timeline has reached the very end of the Church Age. We are living in the closing seconds of the parenthetical Dispensation of Grace – the last few minutes and seconds of the Church Age." MARANATHA! https://www.raptureready.com/2022/03/06/gog-is-on-the-move-by-alice-johnson-childs/ Another outstanding summation of 'where we are' church ~ ~ by Daymond Duck @ RR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I am not a prophet, but as of Feb. 28, 2022, here are a few of my opinions on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Here are more recent stories. (MORE: On Mar. 1, 2022, Russian bombs destroyed a radio tower and damaged the famous Jewish holocaust memorial in Kyiv. What Putin was thinking is not clear, but some believe he was trying to send a subtle message to Israel.) THREE, concerning the Mark of the Beast: on Feb. 23, 2022, it was reported that the World Economic Forum (WEF) has released a report called “Advancing Digital Agency: The Power of Data Intermediaries” that says vaccine passports could be the basis of a new global ID system that could involve putting chips in people worldwide by 2026. FOUR, on Feb. 24, 2022, it was reported that the World Health Organization (WHO) is teaming up with a German telecommunications company to create global digital Covid-19 vaccine passports (electronic vaccination certificates). FIVE, concerning deceit: on Feb. 20, 2022, the NY Times reported that the CDC has admitted to concealing information about adverse reactions to Covid-19 vaccinations. SIX, Trump made the U.S. energy independent, and Biden deliberately started destroying that as soon as he took office. SEVEN, on Feb. 23, 2022, a U.S. State Dept. spokesperson, Ned Price, said Russia and China also want a world order, but the world order they want would be different from what the U.S. and other western nations want. Michael Snyder, former CIA agent and Publisher of The Economic Collapse Blog, said this is an admission that the U.S. and others also want a world order, and he believes the Russia-Ukraine war is about the structure of the New World Order. EIGHT, concerning God causing Jews to return to the Promised Land at the end of the age: there has been a drastic increase in applications for Ukrainian Jews to relocate to Israel, so the Jewish nation is making plans to receive about 10,000 Jews in the near future. NINE, many readers have seen live updates of events in Ukraine (buildings burning, troop movements, interviews, etc.) https://www.raptureready.com/2022/03/06/shadows-of-tribulation-by-daymond-duck/ Well if The Lord tarries a few more years there could be a massive disappearance of people by way of war, famine, and the vaccines. There is no such thing as God tarrying. God declared the end from the beginning. He is not going to think: well, I prefer to get more people saved so I am going tarry a bit. He knew when the last gentile was going to be saved from the very beginning. I asked Bible scholars about the date of the rapture being set in stone and that God will not tarry, including Terry James and Daymond Duck, they confirmed that it is true. I don't see how God will be able to tell us: encourage each other when you see the day approaching if he is going to keep changing his mind. Given the greatest revival ever will take place during Tribulation, there is no need for Him to tarry! The number of fish in the net (153), was a finite number! As like with the Bride of Christ! TR :amen: There is no need for the church to be here any longer. :good: The greatest revival happens after the rapture (Revelation 7) with the 2 witnesses and 144,000 ministry. And then mid point of the trib. (Revelation 14:6-10) the angels are assigned the task to preach the everlasting Gospel AND to warn to not take the mark of the beast And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: Valid point, Heidi. The Lord doesn't really tarry. That is from our human point of view. God will act at the perfect time. Kairos and not Chronos. Maybe the problem exists in the very way that we understand the concept of time itself. You see most of us live our lives in chronos time. Chronos is a Greek word meaning time. But it has a very specific meaning. It denotes a quantitative meaning of time, a passing of seconds, hours, minutes, days. It is time on a timeline. It is grains of sand slipping through the hourglass. It is pick up the kids at 3, make dinner at 5, go to meeting at 7. When we say time, we usually mean chronos time. What time is it? Time to take a shower, time to eat lunch, time to watch our favorite show. But there is another way of describing time. The Greeks called it kairos. And in the New Testament kairos time is actually referred to more often than chronos time. Kairos time is the appointed time in the purpose of God. Kairos time is the time when God acts. Kairos time is pregnant possibility. A moment, a season. A time to create meaning. Kairos time is not linear nor dependent upon a specific day or hour. Kairos is qualitative. For every time there is a season. A time to love. A time to plant. Kairos is not a specific number in time. In many ways it is time all rolled up into one. The future, the past, the present. All exist at once in that one moment. For my sci fi fans Dr. Who often lives in Kairos time. One commentator I read put it like this: “With chronos, we count our years while with kairos, we make our years count.” Which would you rather do? https://www.hollyrjackson.com/sermons/chronos-vs-kairos-making-time-count/ Oh I can't wait!!! When will Jesus come? I hope it's very soon! I'm ready!!! I wonder where we all will be when Jesus comes. Ahhh, ok. Fair enough. #1 definition certainly fits. The Lord is tarrying (staying in heaven) until the appointed or perfect time. I am in agreement with that. :good: 
This move by Russia will only harden Russia’s (and all of the Ezekiel coalition’s) resolve towards their ultimate goal: the complete destruction of Israel and the plunder of her immense wealth in oil and natural resources – just as God foretold they would. What they have really done is sign and certify their own death warrants. They, the Ezekiel 38-39 conspirators (Russia, Iran, Turkey, Libya, et al), all have an inescapable appointment with God on the mountains of Israel. They’ve just taken the first step towards their own inevitable destruction.
Read the books of 1 & 2 Thessalonians, Titus, Jude, and 1 & 2 Corinthians. Read the books of Daniel, Ezekiel, Isaiah, and Revelation. It’s ALL been laid out for us.
Alice
Implications Globally
*The global birth pains are increasing in frequency and intensity.
*The price of oil and natural gas is increasing.
*Inflation will continue to increase, making global hyperinflation and an economic collapse more likely.
*Inflation will increase food prices, causing famine to spread in Ukraine and other parts of the world.
*The supply-chain crisis will grow worse, making shortages worse.
*Western weakness will embolden China, Iran, Turkey, and others, making wars and rumors of wars more likely.
*Western nations will use this crisis to increase their calls for a more powerful New World Order (NWO; world government).
*The EU (revived Roman Empire of Iron) will now strengthen its military, increase in power, become the leader of the so-called free world, and pave the way for the rise of the Antichrist.
*Germany has decided to change her laws, triple her military spending, and that will strengthen the EU.
*The EU has agreed to send $500 million of military aid to Ukraine.
Implications for Russia
*Russia is seeking more influence in the NWO but will fail.
*The severe sanctions and restrictions on Russia’s banks are causing the Russian Ruble to collapse, credit cards are no good, there are runs on Russian banks, and the Russian stock market closed on Feb. 28, 2022.
*The U.S. has decided to give Ukraine $350 million of military aid.
*Germany has decided to give Ukraine 1,000 anti-tank weapons and 500 stinger missiles and to allow other nations to ship weapons through Germany to Ukraine.
*Germany is looking at returning to nuclear energy to get off Russian oil.
*The expense of keeping Russian troops in Ukraine to subdue the Ukrainian people long-term will continue to strain the Russian economy.
*Russia’s economic problems will increase her need to seek better ties with Iran, Turkey, and others.
*Russia’s need to seize a prey (the silver and gold; cattle and goods) from Israel will increase.
*God may be putting the hook in Gog’s jaw, setting the stage for the Battle of Gog and Magog, the defeat of Russia and her allies, and the announcement that Israel’s God is God.
Implications for the U.S.
*America’s global influence will continue to decline, increasing the likelihood that the U.S. will surrender its sovereignty to the UN.
*The price of gasoline, utilities, food, etc., will continue to increase, and the shortage of goods will continue to increase.
*When Russia and her allies begin their move toward Israel, the U.S. will not help Israel.
Simply put, I believe:
*The likelihood of a world government by 2030 or sooner has increased.
*The likelihood that the Battle of Gog and Magog is close has increased.
*The likelihood that the U.S. will decline and surrender its sovereignty has increased.
*The likelihood that the Rapture is close has increased.
ONE, concerning Jerusalem being a cup of trembling and a burdensome stone for the whole world and concerning the Battle of Gog and Magog: Israel has had a good relationship with both Russia and Ukraine, and Israel was trying to stay neutral on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but the Biden administration was pushing Israel to condemn Russia.
On Feb. 23, 2022, Israel caved, broke its neutrality, and expressed support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Israel’s support for Ukraine must have angered Russia because Russia’s deputy ambassador to the UN soon told the UN Security Council that Russia does not agree with Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem, including West Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.
Russia also deliberately notified Israel that Russia believes the Golan Heights are part of Syria.
Some prophecy teachers view this as a big step towards the Battle of Gog and Magog.
If this is a big step towards the Battle of Gog and Magog, Damascus will probably be destroyed in one night first, and the Psalm 83 War, if there is one, will take place about the same time.
It is difficult to say what will happen at this time, but know that the Battle of Gog and Magog will be God’s doing, and He can trigger the Battle of Gog and Magog anytime He wants (Ezek. 38:4).
TWO, on Mar. 1, 2022, Israel announced that it is in favor of a UN resolution condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Israel also announced that it would immediately send two planes to Ukraine that will be loaded with humanitarian aid (blankets, coats, sleeping bags, medical supplies, tents, water purification kits, etc.), but no military aid.
This could further anger Putin.
When asked about it, WEF Chairman Schwab said the chips would be put in our clothes first, but they would eventually probably be put in our brains or skin.
According to the report, a digital ID could be a requirement for entering places such as bars or restaurants.
One WHO official said a global system is needed because Covid-19 affects everyone.
Critics are not concerned about how this system will start out, but they are very concerned about what it will evolve into.
The CDC has been understating the number of deaths and injuries because they thought some people would refuse to be vaccinated if they knew the truth.
Think about it; people have been fired, vilified, censored by the media, etc., for telling the truth because it contradicted the CDC’s lies.Even worse, Pres. Biden still intends to try to force every U.S. citizen to be vaccinated.
The U.S. now imports about 595,000 barrels of oil per day from Russia (should I add that this is one reason why the price of gasoline, food, etc., keeps rising?).
In essence, the Biden administration is helping finance Russia’s war against Ukraine.
At one time, Ukraine was a nuclear power. Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons in exchange for an agreement (called the Budapest Memorandum) that the U.S., UK, and Russia would guarantee Ukraine’s security (should I add that it appears that America’s promise to guarantee Ukraine’s security was worthless?).
I have long believed that Russia and China are trying to gain more power, territory, and influence in the world because they want to head up or dominate the New World Order.
According to the Bible, the New World Order will be dominated by the EU, but Russia may soon try to enhance her power by attacking Israel. And during the Tribulation Period, China may try to enhance her power by leading the Kings of the East into a war in the Middle East.
This technology will soon allow the whole world to see the bodies of the Two Witnesses lying in the street in Jerusalem and to see the Second Coming of Jesus.
