More on the latter days!
9 Jul 2008
Shalom. Welcome to my show Messiah. I am Prophetess Sylvia A. Thomas and I am so glad you have tuned in today. It is truly a Blessing to be able to share the word of God with you today. I pray that you are all happy and healthy today. If you are not, then, I lift you up right now to our Lord Jesus Christ, Yeshua, and pray his special blessing on you each and every day. In the mighty name of Jesus I pray. Amen
Today, we are going to delve right into a study about the latter days that we are living in. It is important to know what biblical time frame we are in so that we can interpret the scripture correctly and understand what Jesus is saying to us right now…in today’s time. I specifically want to interpret the signs of the times and show you that it is at this time that the descendants of the original Jewish people are to be restored as prophesied to happen in these latter days of trial and tribulation. I will do a more in depth study of the end times specifically, at a later date.
If you would like to follow along with your Bibles please turn with me to Matthew 24:1-8 and lets just read what the word of God says.( read 24: 1-8; discuss.)
The news recently reported that we have just had more Tornadoes in a single year than has ever been reported. Most statistics show that the weather patterns have changed in recent years and there is a definite increase in bad weather patterns.
The tsunami of December, 26, 2004 caused a cataclysmic change in the atmosphere that shortened the days. This goes back to Matthew 24:22 where the Lord said this concerning the days of trial and tribulation that is to come, “ If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.” The Lord has literally shortened the days, just as the scripture has prophesied. The Lord is setting things up now because we have already entered into the birth pains of what scripture calls “those days.” We are in “those days,” now.
Read Luke 21:20-24: “When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you will know that its desolation is near. Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country not enter the city. For this is the time of punishment in fulfillment of all that has been written. How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people. They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.”
There are a couple of things I want to point out in the passage.
The reference to pregnant women is very evident today. Murder is the number one cause of death among pregnant women today. And our children are being preyed upon like never before. These facts are definite signs of the latter end time days that we have come upon.
I also want to point out the last sentence that I read. “Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.” This “times of the Gentiles being fulfilled” is significant to our Christian understanding for today. Romans 11:25 says this, “For I would not brethren that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in.
There has been a blindness upon Israel and it’s people imposed by God until a specific time. That specific time when this blindness would be lifted would be when God’s full number of Gentiles have come into the Kingdom of God.
I’m here to tell you my brothers and sisters…we are here. We are at this specific time in the church calendar where we have reached the end of this Gentile era and God is restoring Israel and its people.
The question is…who are the Gentiles and who are the people of Israel to be restored.
The Gentiles are Europeans, Asians, Hispanics and every other ethnic group who does not claim Jewish heritage. The Gentiles do not include Black people in the world.
The Jewish people that are to be restored in these latter days are Black people who have been scattered around the entire world. It is they who are the true Jewish people. It is they who are experiencing this blindness being removed so that they now understand who they are and that they are being restored.
Oh, my brothers and sisters…we have a lot to cover so that I can give you a full understanding about all of these things. Keep tuning in so that you can really grasp this teaching.
Read Luke 21:28 NIV-- Now read on with me Luke chapter 21:28 where Jesus says this: “When these things begin to take place stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”
This verse is key to understanding that the end of the world as we know it is not the end of all things. Jesus is telling us here that when we see these signs of the end times, our redemption is near. Let’s take a look at the definition of that word redemption.
It means: improving of something: the act of saving something or somebody from a declined, dilapidated, or corrupted state and restoring it, him, or her to a better condition.
Jesus was speaking to His disciples who were all Hebrew Jewish descent. It is Israel and the Jewish people who have the promise of restoration in these latter days. Jesus was letting His people, the Israelite Hebrew Jewish people know that it is their redemption that would be very near when the end times come. What I will be showing you in future broadcasts is how this promise of redemption and restoration is to Black people and how they are the true descendants of the original Hebrew, Israelite, Jewish people.
I’m going to stop here so that I can let you meditate and study some of the things that I have covered today with you. To re-cap, the Scriptures that we have gone over today are out of the books of Matthew 24, Luke 21 and Romans 11.
What is evident that all Christians need to understand is that we are in the end of days as we know them. We have entered into a new dispensation or era in the Christian church where we have turned a corner. We are in an era of preparation for the Lord’s return. It is my mission to teach the truth and to prepare the Lord’s people for His return. Please join me again next week as we continue to interpret the signs of the times that we are in.
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Thank you for tuning in. God Bless You…Shalom
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