Did you know in the Jewish Talmud (Sanhedrin 97b) that there is a list of ten signs called the “Birthpangs of the Messiah”?
Modern rabbis admit they don’t know why the signs are called this but as Christians, especially Christians that are “watchmen” and study prophecy, these should be very familiar. See what you think.
Birthpangs of the Messiah – (Talmud, Sanhedrin 97b)
- The Jews will return to their biblical homeland and the desert will bloom.
- The world will be in a state of complete degradation.
- Truth will decrease and lies will prevail.
- Inflation will be out of control.
- There will be fewer and fewer wise and righteous people.
- Many Jews will give up the hope of redemption.
- The young will treat the old with disrespect.
- Learning will be rejected because people will desire a life of ease.
- The whole world will turn against Israel.
- The Jews will fight each other (the secular against the religious).
The Talmud also adds that God will defeat Israels enemies in the war of Gog and Magog and confirm the nation of Israel is God’s chosen people (Ezekiel 38 and 39).
Is that amazing or what?!
It is like a checklist of what we are seeing today.
Not one of those items listed is not being done today and/or at some point of fulfillment.
We as Christians recognize these as the birthpangs that Jesus and his disciples wrote about to describe the time leading up to the tribulation, book-ended by the formation of Israel in 1948 and the climax at the confirming of the seven year peace agreement to officially begin the tribulation period and Daniel’s 79th week.
The good news for us is that Christ will return before that time to remove His church (bride) from this world to protect us from the coming wrath.
Maranatha – Lord come quickly!
-myblessedhope
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Excerpts from the post above were taken from a book by Ken Johnson, “The Rapture“ pg 48. It is an amazing book that I would recommend everyone to purchase through the hyperlink above.
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If you have not asked Christ into your life, the essential gospel is that Jesus died for our sins, was buried, and that He was raised on the third day (1 Cor. 15:3-4). Believing this is the only qualification for salvation. We are sinners in need of a savior. Jesus died for our sins, and to prove that His death was sufficient for us, God raised Him from the dead on the third day. Believing in our heart that God raised Him from the dead is our assurance that He will raise us, too.
3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, (1 Cor. 15:3-4).
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