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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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