Hi Daryl,

X>Looks like Britain is about to get the "offer" to convert to
Islam or die:

 DS>   That's what Osama Bin Laden reportedly had in his 9/11
 DS> message...for all nations to convert to Islam.

Personally, I don't think all the nations will convert to Islam, mainly
because I expect God to destroy the largely Islamic nations (Ez 38)
before it does happen. Also, I doubt the Jews would accept a Muslim
as "Moshiach" and worship him in the rebuilt temple (antichrist).

 DS>   If the believers on Jesus (not just in Him) are wrong...they have
 DS> the least to lose when they die. All who willfully reject God's
 DS> Free Love Gift will spend eternity in the Lake Of Fire with Satan
 DS> and his demons. 

In World Net Daily today, Bill Keller has sent OBL a video message warning
him to repent of his sins and convert to Christianity (WND wording). The
truth is that there are 1.x billion Muslims, all of whom are doomed to
death & hell if they do not repent of their sins & accept Jesus Christ
as Saviour and Lord.

 DS>   Now, Almighty God can do whatever He wants...but, just for the
 DS> sake of argument...here's a possible, frightening scenario for the
 DS> end times, as I interpret Bible Prophecy.

 DS> ***

 DS>   Russia, the Muslims, and others, secretly began their march
 DS> toward Israel, unknowingly preparing to fulfill Ezekiel 38 and 39.
 DS> Israeli intelligence somehow realizes this, and decides to utilize
 DS> "the Samson option", by launching a nuclear bomb toward Damascus,
 DS> Syria, in fulfillment of Isaiah 17...where many terrorist
 DS> organizations have their headquarters.

 DS>   Simultaneously, when the nuclear bomb obliterates Damascus, 83%
 DS> of the invading forces are instantly killed on the mountains of
 DS> Israel...the remaining 17% are so badly injured by God's
 DS> Intervention, that they die within 7 years, the time of the
 DS> Tribulation. If this wasn't enough, the Rapture of the Church,
 DS> fulfilling I Corinthians 15, occurs, and millions of true
 DS> believers, dead and alive, vanish from the Earth. The believers are
 DS> ushered into Heaven, appear before the Bema, The Judgment Seat Of
 DS> Christ, and partake of the Marriage Supper Of The Lamb.

 DS>   As news of all of these events on Earth spreads, financial
 DS> markets around the world implode, with not a buyer to be found.
 DS> Prices plummet faster than someone falling from an aircraft without
 DS> a parachute...making the 1929 and 1987 crashes look minor by
 DS> comparison. As the chaos of these events rack the Earth, the
 DS> Islamics and others are in full rage against Israel, World War III
 DS> breaks out, and the Dome Of The Rock Mosque on the Temple Mount is
 DS> destroyed in the conflict. 

 DS>   Then, the Antichrist appears on the scene, with the False
 DS> Prophet, and appears to bring "all the answers to what the world
 DS> needs", as "the saviour of the world". The Jewish Temple is
 DS> rebuilt, and the Jews think that "their Messiah has finally come".
 DS> Sadly, in fulfillment of Scripture, as Jesus said "you will not
 DS> receive Me, but then when someone comes in My Name...him you will
 DS> receive".

 DS>   Enoch and Elijah, the only two individuals who did not die,
 DS> according to The Bible, are The Two Witnesses in the Book Of
 DS> Revelation. Proclaiming that everything was already fulfilled by
 DS> Jesus Christ, and that the "new temple" is nothing more than a
 DS> "nationalistic, religionistic sham"...they shut off the rain across
 DS> the Earth, bring down plagues from Heaven...and anyone who tries to
 DS> murder them are killed. Finally, just before the midpoint of the
 DS> Tribulation, the Antichrist kills them, adding to his immense
 DS> power. He lets their bodies lie in the streets for 3 1/2 days...the
 DS> ultimate humiliation. 

 DS>   Just before he orders their bodies destroyed, Enoch and Elijah
 DS> stand up, fully alive. They look toward Heaven, and the command at
 DS> the Rapture "Come Up Here!" is echoed, and these 2 saints rise to
 DS> glory. A huge earthquake rocks Jerusalem, and at that point, the
 DS> Antichrist shows his true colors. The domino effect of the
 DS> tribulation seals, bowls, and trumpets, now begins in earnest, and
 DS> the phrase "Hell On Earth" takes on a whole new meaning, as peace
 DS> is taken completely away from the Earth. 

 DS>   Everyone on Earth who wants to buy, sell, or hold a job, will be
 DS> required to take the Mark Of The Beast. Those who do not will be
 DS> cut off from economic survival...and will likely be captured,
 DS> tortured, and eventually beheaded...very few will actually survive.
 DS> Those who do take the Mark will receive a painful, loathsome,
 DS> cancerous sore, along with other plagues. Their willful act of
 DS> taking the Mark guarantees that they will spend eternity in the
 DS> Lake Of Fire with Satan and his demons. 

 DS>   After 2/3 of all Jews are killed, the majority of life,
 DS> vegetation, trees, ships, etc. on Earth has been destroyed, with
 DS> the effects of numerous plagues from God's Wrath. The believing
 DS> remnant of the Jews then call upon Jesus Christ, their True Messiah
 DS> to save them, and He does.

 DS>   The armies of the world have gathered in the Valley Of Megiddo
 DS> (Revelation 16), which will be a futile, suicidal attempt, by the
 DS> insane, demonic fury of the armies, to resist the Second Coming Of
 DS> Jesus Christ from Heaven, along with the Heavenly Host...seen by
 DS> the entire Earth. The armies of Earth are by NO MEANS EQUIPPED to
 DS> fight the armies of Heaven.

 DS>   With only a Word, Jesus Christ, The King Of Kings, and Lord Of
 DS> Lords, cuts the armies to shreds...and the blood flows up to the
 DS> bridles of horses for 200 miles. The Antichrist (the Beast) and the
 DS> False Prophet are captured alive, and cast into the Lake Of Fire
 DS> while still in their mortal life. These two appear to be the first
 DS> occupants of the final home of the damned and unregenerate,
 DS> including Satan and his demons. Satan is bound for 1000 years, so
 DS> as not to deceive the nations...but he will be released for a short
 DS> time after that.

 DS>   The Judgment of The Living Nations, The Sheep and The Goats
 DS> (Matthew 25), takes place in the Valley Of Decision. Those having
 DS> not accepted God's Free Love Gift are not allowed to enter the
 DS> Millenial Kingdom. The surviving Jews who believed are the first
 DS> citizens to enter the Kingdom, their hour of persecution finished
 DS> forever...and they receive all the blessings promised to them since
 DS> the time of Abraham. The remaining believers in their mortal
 DS> bodies, enter the Kingdom, and the prayer "Thy Will be done on
 DS> Earth as it is in Heaven" is finally answered, as all unbelievers
 DS> have been removed from the Earth.

 DS>   Christ restores the Earth...which was so destroyed by man's 6000
 DS> years on Earth, and the Great Tribulation...into a place of
 DS> indescribeable beauty. Sadly, during the Kingdom, an increasing
 DS> number of people rebel...as numerous as the sand of the sea...to
 DS> where they surround Jerusalem at the end of the Millenial Kingdom,
 DS> and prepare to destroy it. Fire comes down from God out of Heaven,
 DS> devouring the rebelling forces. Satan, having been released, and
 DS> inspiring this last rebellion, is cast into the Lake Of Fire, where
 DS> the Beast and False Prophet are (they are still alive), and "they
 DS> shall be tormented day and night forever and ever".

 DS>   At that point, there is no more history with mortal man. The
 DS> Earth and Heavens are destroyed, and the unregenerate of all ages
 DS> are raised to stand before The Great White Throne Judgment...where
 DS> The Lord Jesus Christ Himself is occupying the Throne. This is the
 DS> most somber day of all history, as God's Grace is now over, and
 DS> it's too late to pray for salvation. The judgment of everyone there
 DS> to an eternity in the Lake Of Fire has already been determined by
 DS> each persons rejection of Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and
 DS> Saviour, while in their earthly lives. 

 DS>   After the Judgment is completed, Revelation 21 and 22 are
 DS> fulfilled, with a New Heaven, a New Earth, and a New Jerusalem.
 DS> Nahum's prophecy is also fulfilled in that "sin will not rise up a
 DS> second time". Creation will then be what God wanted it to be all
 DS> along, forever and ever. 

 DS>   Had man not failed that simple test, and had not violated that
 DS> simple prohibition in the Garden Of Eden over 6000 years ago, the
 DS> Earth would not be in the mess that it has been for all this time.

That is very much as I understand it ... the signs are pointing to a climax
in every aspect of existence of what is to come - plagues upon humanity &
animals - bird flu, horse flu, red tides, droughts, floods, tsunamis,
earthquakes, coupled with the "belief" that humanity can solve its problems
by causing more problems.

Cheers, Steve..

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