In my book,
The Coming Economic Flood, I stated that the Babylonian alliance of nations is
unmistakably the western capitalism states who all grow rich because of Babylon
(America represented by New York City). In
these two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, we can see clearly their concerted
effort together to implement the mRNA vaccine mandate exclusively and the
sanctions against Russia. (Though other
nations also implemented the vaccine mandate,
they allowed the use of all WHO approved vaccines including the killed
virus vaccines, unlike these western capitalism states.) We can easily identify these nations closely
aligned with Babylon.
Two small nations stand out in taking the vaccine mandate lead for they often claim that they punch above their weight. Both tried to prove to their Babylonian leader that they could subdue their people easily to accept governmental control through digitization technologies for the greater good. Never mind even if the vaccines are not meant for the better good and probably harmful for they only intend to test out if the official dissemination of information, through official propaganda and alternative media censorship, is effective enough to garner popular support and acceptance. The successful roll-out of the vaccine mandate proved beyond reasonable doubt that such control in future can be achieved easily for now. One day, the mark of the beast will be implemented and such prior experiment is necessary now to test out the acceptance of the populace. Another piece of evidence is the heavy investments in data centers and digitization technologies of the global companies of Babylon in these two small nations which is necessary to facilitate future implementation of behavioral control of the populace.
Another development in the looming “economic flood” is that this Babylonian alliance is finally caught between “the rock and the hard place”. Since 2001, these western capitalism states have been relying on quantitative easing to tide over chronic budget deficits. Either they continue to print money and risk runaway inflation which is finally happening now, or raise interest rates on a quicker pace and join all nations in economic hardship. The likely choice, in my opinion, is the former path but it will worsen the looming debt crisis faced by more than half of the nations in the world. Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Asia have already defaulted on their debts joining Lebanon, Turkey, Africa and South America. The supply chain disruption has already caused much shortage havoc. Just read in the news that the US parents are desperate to find baby formula amid shortage. Either way, it is economic hardship all the same eventually.
I do not know what will be the trigger that will cause the economic flood or collapse prophesized in Rev 18:17 and James 5:1-5, but it will surely happen. The command to come out of Babylon (the Babylonian alliance of nations and that includes the city states that make their living by the sea) may be literal after all. Rev 18:4,8,17-19.
Look at the birds of the air: they
neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds
them. Are you not of more value than they ?
My family and I witnessed the amazing birth of a siskin hatchling over the past few weeks in December 2021, and the above promise of our Father resonated in our minds and gave us joy at the most opportune time. This whole incident came at the time in which my youngest son was stressed up by the vaccine differentiated measures because he was unvaccinated. My family and I decided only to take the killed virus vaccine instead of the mRNA vaccine as not to violate God’s designed order for the cell DNA in my opinion. But my youngest 17 year old son was not allowed to take the killed virus vaccine for the authorities only approved it for age of 18 and above. The unvaccinated were not allowed to enter any public amenities and could not return to work as well. My 22 year old nephew took the first mRNA vaccine jab and had the side effect of flaring eczema and in order to complete his vaccination since he could not continue with the mRNA vaccine, he was allowed to complete with the killed virus vaccine. Likewise for my son, who has chronic eczema like his cousin, if he takes the mRNA vaccine and gets the same side effect, won’t he be completing his vaccination with the killed virus vaccine as well ? So I appealed to the authorities to allow him to take the killed virus vaccine from the start, but it was rejected. When the differentiated measures were implemented in October 2021 to deny the unvaccinated access to eateries and public amenities, concession could still be given if one test negative for the rapid antigen test. To allow my son to continue to avoid such restriction measures, I was willing to pay for the antigen test. But all such concessions were removed on 1 Jan 2022. Nevertheless, I told him to persevere to trust in the Lord and suddenly concessions were reinstated unexpectedly from February for him in the school but not in the public amenities. We gave thanks to the Lord for the partial relief nonetheless. Hallelujah !
In early March, he was infected with covid and was exempted from the vaccination for 6 months till August 2022. By then, he would be 18 of age. With the exemption, he would not be subjected to the vaccine differentiated measures of not being allowed access to eateries or public amenities. Looking back, my youngest son did not suffer the vaccine differentiated measures for the whole time except for one month in Jan 2022. Hallelujah !
(I could not help but to note the irony of the constant official message that the benefits of taking the mRNA vaccine outweighed the risks when the disease was so mild and he was sent home from the polyclinic with just paracetamol and lozenges. On the contrary, the risks of myocarditis and pericarditis for taking the mRNA vaccine grossly outweighed the benefits in my opinion. The risks of myocarditis and pericarditis are included in the advisory of the mRNA vaccine. All the western capitalism states, including Singapore, only approved the mRNA vaccines. By the grace of God, Singapore was the only western capitalism state to deviate to approve also the use of the killed virus vaccine a few months later but continued to discourage by various measures. The killed virus vaccines were not included in the national program, so anyone taking them would have to pay for them in the private clinics. One needed to take 3 primary jabs instead of 2 for the mRNA because the official narrative was that the killed virus vaccine was inferior to the mRNA vaccine. The media also reported that the booster jab had to be a mRNA jab thus discouraging many from contemplating to take the killed virus vaccine.)
I faced the same differentiated measures from February 2022 because I did not want to take the third killed virus vaccine jab. The killed virus vaccine manufacturer only specified two jabs and yet the authorities here insisted on three primary jabs. I thanked the Lord also that I was also exempted from the differentiated measures after getting covid infected at the same time. Later when the authorities opened up the borders to tourists, they recognized two killed virus vaccine jabs as fully vaccinated so they had to align the same for citizens as well or it would be deemed as double standards violating constitutional rights too. Hallelujah !
All thanks and glory to the Lord for His deliverance yet again.
Postscript :
For the record, I am not against vaccination. I am only skeptical about the safety of the experimental vaccine of mRNA and viral vector vaccines but not the proven killed virus vaccines being in use for over a century. As it is a matter of conscience regarding the type of vaccines to vaccinate, we believers should allow each to decide for himself or herself without coercion. More importantly, I believe the mRNA vaccine violates the designed order of our Lord. The immune system is so created to mount defense against viruses by producing antibodies. But right now this experimental vaccine could instruct the cells to make the spiked proteins first (not a natural process) and also expect them to mount a defense against the spiked proteins by producing antibodies, thereby interfering with the natural function of the immune system. Common sense tells us that having natural immunity from actual covid infection should be the best and yet the authorities continue to push for booster jabs. Later studies proved that natural immunity is so much more protective. (https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/prior-covid-infection-more-protective-than-vaccination-during-delta-surge-us-2022-01-19/)
Latest update : 26 Nov 2022
I felt vindicated in hindsight for sticking to common sense and conviction because recent studies done locally proved that the killed virus vaccine was more effective in protecting against severe disease. Even though 92% of the whole population was fully vaccinated with the mRNA vaccine, it did not stop transmission, so the official narrative changed from stopping transmission to protecting against severe disease and hospitalization as the justification for taking the mRNA vaccine. In conclusion, both the functions of preventing transmission and preventing severe diseases for the mRNA vaccine were not effective actually for the later covid variants.
He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of His nature, and He upholds the universe by the word of His power. After making purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
Is the Gog and Magog war mentioned
in Ezek 38 and 39 the same as the War of Armageddon at the end of the Great
Tribulation, or the Final Rebellion at the end of the millennium ?
Although Gog and Magog is mentioned
in Ezek 38/39 and also in Rev 20, I believe both passages are not referring to
the same people or the same event. The latter is probably used to refer to the
same rebellious nature of the people and the extent of the destruction as in
the former. In Ezek 38/39, Israel is at peace and has laid down her
defenses. It is not possible as long as she has constant threats from
neighboring countries. The only time she has real peace is when a peace
treaty is signed with the Antichrist so it is likely to happen in the first 3
and ½ years of the Great Tribulation. In Ezek 38/39, only a few nations
are mentioned to be involved in the Gog and Magog war and not all the nations
as in the other wars.
Differences
Gog and Magog War
War of Armageddon
Final Rebellion
Purpose of God
God wants to bring back Israel.
Ezek 39:21-29
Israel is faithful throughout the
Millennium
Armies involved
Few nations from the north. Ezek 38:6,15; 39:2
Many nations
All nations. Rev 20:7-9
Who led ?
Gog
Ezek 38:3
3 demonic spirits of the unholy
trinity Rev 16:12-16
Satan. Rev 20:7
Israel
At peace Ezek 38:11
In the midst of Tribulation
Place of war
Mountains of Israel
Between Megiddo and Bozrah
How are the armies destroyed ?
Sulphur, fire, torrential rains, hailstones, wild beasts, etc, sent by God. Ezek 38:22;39:4
After watching closely the inflation situation and the incredible build-up of the super bubbles of housing, stocks, commodities and bonds coming together to form the perfect storm, JC’s Manifesto made an appeal, on the prompting of the Lord’s Spirit, in Dec 2021 for financial assistance to help certain churches to stock up basic necessities for 2022. All thanks to the Lord for convicting several friends to come forward to help. Also contributed to certain church and para church ministry for their year end Christmas effort to share the Good News.
Latest update (4 March 2022) :
We have helped a Kenya church to stock up basic necessities as well as enable them to do farming. The food inflation hardship became a reality in Kenya now.
Can
we pray imprecatory prayers like in the imprecatory psalms ?
Psalms 58 NLT
1 Justice—do you rulers know the meaning of the word?
Do you judge the people fairly? 2 No! You plot injustice in your hearts.
You spread violence throughout the land. 3 These wicked people are born sinners;
even from birth they have lied and gone their own way. 4 They spit venom like deadly snakes;
they are like cobras that refuse to listen, 5 ignoring the tunes of the snake charmers,
no matter how skillfully they play.
6 Break off their fangs, O God!
Smash the jaws of these lions, O Lord! 7 May they disappear like water into thirsty ground.
Make their weapons useless in their hands.[c] 8 May they be like snails that dissolve into slime,
like a stillborn child who will never see the sun. 9 God will sweep them away, both young and old,
faster than a pot heats over burning thorns.
10 The godly will rejoice when they see injustice avenged.
They will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked. 11 Then at last everyone will say,
“There truly is a reward for those who live for God;
surely there is a God who judges justly here on earth.”
King
David prayed the most such psalms and there was apparently no rebuke from the
Lord. I believe the Lord will prefer us to be honest with our feelings
before Him than to feel bitter and harbour wrong thoughts. King David prayed
against God’s enemies and it is surely right to hate sin and oppression.
In Revelation, we do notice that the martyred saints plead for God’s quick
vengeance. Each time, we pray for our Lord to return quickly, we are
actually praying for Him to come quickly to judge and establish retributive
justice.
On
the other hand, our Lord Jesus exhorted us to love and pray for our enemies. Scripture
has exhorted us not to gloat over the misfortune of anyone and that will
include enemies. We are exhorted to pray and submit to the governing
authorities too. And we must not take
revenge into our own hands against anyone for vengeance belongs to the Lord. Will we then be violating the law of Christ
by praying imprecation against God’s enemies ?
Since
Scripture is inerrant and infallible, we must believe all exhortation to be
true. If so, there is an instance for
loving and praying for our enemies and also another to pray for God’s intervention
by praying imprecation, just like we are exhorted not to judge as in fault
finding (Matt 7:1) but we are also exhorted to judge serious sins in the church.
(1 Cor 5:9-13). The Lord hates
oppression of the people, especially His people. Even the manifesto of our Lord Jesus in Luke
4:18 includes relieving the oppressed. I
believe we can pray for the repentance of the oppressive rulers first and if
there is no repentance, we can pray for the Lord’s intervention to remove the
oppression. But we need to examine our motives first. Are we praying due to personal grudge or are
we distressed by the gross injustice and oppression of the people ?
King
David prayed for the counsel of a certain person for his son Absalom, who had
rebelled against him, to be turned into foolishness. (2 Sam 15:31)
For a start, we can surely pray for the wicked plans, platform, credibility of
evil and oppressive governing authorities to fail, or even to lose the approval
and trust of the people, and eventually their removal from power rather than
their demise through the Lord’s intervention.
In first century Judaism era, the RICH were the Jewish
high-priestly families who oppressed the lower clergy, landowners who abused
the tenants and hired laborers, the merchants who controlled the economy, and
those who aligned with the political authorities with much economic
privileges. The POOR were small
landowners whose livelihood depended on the small harvest, tenant farmers,
hired laborers, fishermen, carpenters, slaves and beggars. The poor were further
oppressed by various tithes and exorbitant taxes. We could classify the poor then as those who
were economic poor and had low and insignificant social status.
Our Lord’s manifesto was to share the gospel to the poor, to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and
recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, and to proclaim the
year of the Lord’s favor. Luke 4:18-19.
We can easily see why the gospel was Good
News to the poor then. Judaism preached
salvation through works of the law in which the poor were so oppressed by the
numerous religious laws, while the gospel preached salvation by faith alone in
Christ Jesus. All, rich and poor, would
be brothers in the Kingdom of God and should take care of one another. There
was no longer lowly or insignificant social status but the most prestigious and
precious status of the sons and daughters of God the Almighty.
But to the rich then, it was not exactly
Good News. They would have to deny
themselves and give up the hold of possessions. Luke 14:26,27,33. Though it was difficult for the rich to enter
the kingdom of God, it was not impossible. Mark 10:25, 27. The deceitfulness of wealth and the love of
money only made it so much more difficult for the rich. Matt 13:22.
The Scripture gave us two contrasting examples of two rich persons deliberating
over their decision to follow Jesus. Luke 18:16-22; 19:1-10. Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector, responded
with faith in Christ Jesus and make light of his possessions instantly, while
the rich young ruler was reluctant to give up his possessions to follow Jesus.
Sadly in most of Christendom today, the decision to follow Jesus for the wealthy does not include deliberating over the cost of discipleship and making the resolve to accept the terms. Luke 14:26,27,33. The poor has little resistance to accept the discipleship terms because they do not have the social status and possessions in the first place to give up in order to follow Jesus.
