II Esdras 6:17-28
An analysis of prophetic scriptures in the Apocrypha.
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II Esdras 6:17-28 An analysis of prophetic scriptures in the Apocrypha.
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II Esdras 6 |
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:17 |
When I heard this, I rose to my feet and listened, and behold, a voice was |
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speaking, and its sound was like the sound of many waters. And it said, "Behold, |
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the days are coming, and it shall be that when I draw near to visit the inhabitants of |
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the earth, and when I require from the doers of iniquity the penalty of their |
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iniquity, and when the humiliation of Zion is complete, and when the seal is placed |
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upon the age which is about to pass away, then I will show these signs: the books |
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shall be opened before the firmament, and all shall see it together. Infants a year |
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old shall speak with their voices, and women with child shall give birth to |
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premature children at three or four months, and these shall live and dance. Sown |
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places shall suddenly appear unsown, and full storehouses shall suddenly be found |
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to be empty; and the trumpet shall sound aloud, and when all hear it, they shall |
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suddenly be terrified. At that time friends shall make war on friends like enemies, |
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and the earth and those who inhabit it shall be terrified, and the springs of the |
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fountains shall stand still, so that for three hours they shall not flow. |
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:25 |
"And it shall be that whoever remains after all that I have foretold to you shall |
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himself be saved and shall see my salvation and the end of my world. And they |
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shall see the men who were taken up, who from their birth have not tasted death; |
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and the heart of the earth's inhabitants shall be changed and converted to a |
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different spirit. For evil shall be blotted out, and deceit shall be quenched; |
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faithfulness shall flourish, and corruption shall be overcome, and the truth, which |
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has been so long without fruit, shall be revealed." |
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II Esdras 6:17 - 20 |
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:17 |
When I heard this, I rose to my feet and listened, and behold, a voice was |
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speaking, and its sound was like the sound of many waters. And it said, "Behold, |
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the days are coming, and it shall be that when I draw near to visit the inhabitants of |
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the earth, and when I require from the doers of iniquity the penalty of their |
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iniquity, and when the humiliation of Zion is complete, and when the seal is placed |
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upon the age which is about to pass away, then I will show these signs: the books |
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shall be opened before the firmament, and all shall see it together. |
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The humiliation of Zion is the loss of Jerusalem to the advancing Russian Alliance. |
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II Esdras 6:21 |
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Infants a year old shall speak with their voices, and women with child shall give |
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birth to premature children at three or four months, and these shall live and dance. |
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Here we see vivid clues to the timing of the return of our Lord. Small children of only a year old |
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will be able to speak extremely well, far earlier than the norm. With advanced training techniques |
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coming to modern society, this is not at all unthinkable. |
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This next one is a tremendous clue. Premature babies which are only three to four months old |
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since conception will be born and survive healthily. Again modern technology is advancing so |
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rapidly, that even this tremendously difficult achievement will soon be accomplished. Jesus is |
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coming much sooner than we think. This is a key point to watch for in the medical world. |
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II Esdras 6:22 |
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Sown places shall suddenly appear unsown, and full storehouses shall suddenly be |
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found to be empty; |
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Food shortages will come about suddenly. Grain supplies will have been quietly sold off. The |
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reserves will be desperately low. Maybe the Mormon practice of maintaining a one year supply of |
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food is not so paranoid after all. |
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II Esdras 6:23 |
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and the trumpet shall sound aloud, and when all hear it, they shall suddenly be |
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terrified. |
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Many books of the Bible speak of a trumpet sounding when Jesus returns. Here it is mentioned |
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again. |
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II Esdras 6:24 |
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At that time friends shall make war on friends like enemies, and the earth and |
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those who inhabit it shall be terrified, and the springs of the fountains shall stand |
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still, so that for three hours they shall not flow. |
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Nations normally allied together will fight amongst themselves. Important alliances, such as |
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NATO, may fracture. |
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II Esdras 6:25 |
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"And it shall be that whoever remains after all that I have foretold to you shall |
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himself be saved and shall see my salvation and the end of my world. |
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Those people who survive the terrible war and the assault on the State of Israel will be rescued by |
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Jesus. |
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II Esdras 6:26a |
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And they shall see the men who were taken up, who from their birth have not |
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tasted death; |
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The survivors will see those soldiers who were taken to fight in their defense and survived the |
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combat. |
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II Esdras 6:26b - 28 |
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and the heart of the earth's inhabitants shall be changed and converted to a |
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different spirit. For evil shall be blotted out, and deceit shall be quenched; |
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faithfulness shall flourish, and corruption shall be overcome, and the truth, which |
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has been so long without fruit, shall be revealed." |
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Jesus will change the wicked hearts to truth and righteousness. |
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