April, 2014 - Koinonia House
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April, 2014 - Koinonia House
1 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 COVER CONTENTS ORDER SIGNS IN THE HEAVENS? Bill Salus APRIL 2014 “NOT ACCORDING TO PLAN”? Dr. Chuck Missler SCI-FI VS. SCI-FACT Joshua Matrisciana TOWARD A NEW WORLD MONETARY ORDER David McAlvany BLESSINGS FROM INTIMACY, PART 2 Nancy Missler 2 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 COVER CONTENTS COVER STORY SIGNS IN THE HEAVENS? Bill Salus CONTENTS ORDER p.6 “Not According to Plan”? Dr. Chuck Missler Jesus, not His enemies, set the time of His execution. This was a destiny established before the foundation of the world. p.17 Sci-Fi vs. Sci-Fact: Joshua Matrisciana The lines between reality and imagination are blurring. The incredible advancement in technology is changing our mindsets and belief systems on a massive scale. p.25 Toward a New World Monetary Order: David McAlvany Can you imagine a world that has rejected the dollar? What if the U.S. dollar lost its monopoly status in world trade? p.10 WHAT IS THIS burgeoning craze about the coming four “blood moons,” and do they convey a prophetic message for mankind? p.33 Blessings from Intimacy, Part 2: Nancy Missler One of the many blessings that come from intimacy is the overwhelming joy of sensing God’s presence. As Proverbs 18:13 states, “He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.” As maturing Christians, we should find value in diverse views challenging us to further study and to be open to additional perspectives. While we may not agree with all the details in each article, we see great value in them. These articles are intended to stimulate discussion among the Koinonia Institute membership as well as our Personal Update subscribers. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF - DR. CHUCK MISSLER, EXECUTIVE EDITOR - DR. GORDON MCDONALD, MANAGING EDITOR - TRACY MCDONALD, DIRECTOR OF PRINTING - DAVID HANSON, LAYOUT EDITOR - GARRETT MCDONALD EXECUTIVE RESEARCH ANALYST - STEVE ELWART Personal UPDATE is a registered trademark of Koinonia House, Inc.. Copyright 2014. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. Volume 24, Number 4. Personal UPDATE is published monthly for the supporters of the ministries of Koinonia Institute, Inc. Physical address: 4055 East 3rd Avenue, Post Falls, Idaho 83854. Mailing address: P.O. Box D, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 83816-0347. Phone Orders: 1-800-KHOUSE1 (1-800-546-8731). Office Phone: 1-208-773-6310. Fax: 1-208-773-6312. Koinonia House Website: www.khouse.org. Online Store: http://resources.khouse.org. To Subscribe call: 1-800-546-8731. The Koinonia House mission is to create, develop and distribute materials to stimulate, encourage and facilitate serious study of the Bible as the inerrant Word of God. Koinonia House, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)3 company. The Koinonia Institute mission is dedicated to training and equipping the serious Christian to sojourn in today’s world. President/Founder Dr. Chuck Missler CEO Louis Powell, Managing Director Ron Matsen Executive Director Communication Dr. Gordon McDonald Executive Director, KI Israel Dr. Dan Stolebarger Registrar Stan Honn Dean Pat Poole. COVER 3 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 CONTENTS ORDER DIGITALCONTENTS TABLETEDITION STRATEGIC TRENDS YOUR LIFELINE TO UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD AROUND YOU! Stay informed on the many happenings that are shaping our present situations and their future outcomes. kiresearch.org Every month Personal UPDATE’s tablet edition offers an enriching, multimedia learning experience for free to all of our subscribers. KOINONIA INSTITUTE khouse.org/subscribe IT’S TIME TO GET SERIOUS AND BECOME A PART... THE EASTER STORY What is the real story behind Easter? TRANSHUMANISM Where do we draw the line on technology? DOCTRINES OF DEMONS Paul warns us, but what are they? Seriously study the Bible with a world-wide community of committed and informed Christians. studycenter.com 4 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 COVER CONTENTS ORDER FROM THE EDITOR Dr. Gordon McDonald Executive Editor, Personal UPDATE B THE GRAND ADVENTURE EING OUT ON THE EDGE of the cliff with God can have the effect of weakening your knees. But once you have experienced it, like any good “adrenalin junky” it is hard to live any other way. To those of you who have experienced this sensation, I know I am “preaching to the choir” (and you are at this moment re-experiencing that feeling). To those who have yet to have their knees weakened, my words will do little to help you truly understand being both completely vulnerable and safe in the same instant. I cannot recommend strongly enough doing whatever it takes to get to this position. It will become a lifelong obsession to maintain the thrill of abandonment. Often what we see as unwanted change is God simply repositioning His resources (us). If His efforts place us near the cliff, we look over and are immediately overwhelmed by the view. If this is happening to you now, please don’t recoil. Take just one moment to “see” and you will be startled to find Jesus there ready to catch you. Don’t rob yourself of this opportunity to experience what can’t be communicated. As we see each month, the world is being “repositioned” nearer and nearer to the cliff. To those of us who have chosen to abandon ourselves to our Lord, there is the thrill of the adventure. To those who have not there is disappointment and discomfort ahead. These events are not to frighten us, as though we have no hope. They are to teach us we do have the Hope. No matter what your eyes tell you, there is an exciting, thrilling and “Grand” Adventure in our immediate future. Jesus Never Fails! Dr. Gordon McDonald Executive Editor COVER 5 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 APR2014 CONTENTS ORDER IN THE NEWS EACH MONTH WE SELECT NEWS THAT WE FEEL WILL HELP KEEP YOU INFORMED. MANY OF OUR NEWS SELECTIONS ARE NOT GIVEN ADEQUATE ATTENTION BY THE MAINLINE MEDIA. >> TECHNOLOGY TERMITE-INSPIRED ROBOTS BUILD CASTLES Termites can create mounds that are hundreds of times their own size, working independently without communication or a leader. Inspired by the creatures, scientists have created robots that use just a few simple rules and environmental cues to build castle-like structures and pyramids. For info: More here. >> MILITARY CHENEY CALLS PROPOSED ARMY CUTS ‘ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING’ Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel’s proposed drastic cuts to the U.S. Army are “absolutely dangerous” and would cause long-term damage to the military. For info: More here. >> FINANCE CBO: WAGE HIKE WOULD LIFT PAY BUT COST JOBS A plan by President Obama and fellow Democrats to increase the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour would cost roughly 500,000 jobs but increase wages for roughly 16.5 million Americans, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday. For info: More here. >> AFGHANISTAN OBAMA ASKS FOR COMPLETE AFGHANISTAN WITHDRAWAL PLAN President Obama has asked the Pentagon to plan for a complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year amid a dispute over a security pact, but continues to leave open the possibility that some troops could remain after 2014. For info: More here. >> JAPAN FUKUSHIMA’S RADIOACTIVE OCEAN WATER ARRIVES AT WEST COAST Radiation from Japan’s leaking Fukushima nuclear power plant has reached waters off Canada, researchers said at the annual American Geophysical Union’s Ocean Sciences Meeting in Honolulu. Two radioactive cesium isotopes, cesium-134 and cesium-137, have been detected offshore of Vancouver, British Columbia, researchers said at a news conference. For info: More here. 6 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 COVER CONTENTS ORDER SEASONAL STUDY Dr. Chuck Missler - Founder “NOT ACCORDING TO PLAN”? JESUS, NOT HIS ENEMIES, SET THE TIME OF HIS EXECUTION. THIS WAS A DESTINY ESTABLISHED BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD. W e know from the sacred Scriptures that the plot against Jesus was expressly designed to avoid the feast days (in order to minimize involvement of the Roman soldiers and their irresolute commitment to keeping order). Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. But they said, Not on the BIO feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.1 Dr. Chuck Missler President/Founder, Koinonia Institute And yet, their confrontation occurred on the most crowded feast After a distinguished miliday of the entire year! tary career and more than Jesus, not His enemies, set the time of His execution. It was Jesus 30 very successful years in the corporate business Himself who “let the cat out of the bag” by disclosing the plot against environment, Chuck was led to pursue a life-long Him during the “last supper.” It forced Judas to either “fish or cut endeavor of teaching the 2 bait.” “What thou doest, do quickly,” was Jesus’ instruction to Judas. Bible on a full-time baEven later, in the garden during the arrest, it was Jesus who was giving sis. He founded Koinonia House, an organization the orders.3 devoted to encouraging people to study the Bible. Much has been written about the ensuing drama, the six trials— He also founded Koinonia three Jewish and three Roman—and the torture and painful death Institute to enable people that followed.4 Jesus’ destiny as the Passover Lamb was the very label to have a Kingdom effect on the world today. which John the Baptist declared in his initial public introduction of Him: “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.”5 That was a very Jewish label. This was a destiny established before the foundation of the world.6 7 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 COVER CONTENTS ORDER Even the personal representative of the Ruler of the World repeatedly pronounced Jesus innocent.7 Nevertheless, He was crucified exactly as had been specified many centuries before, despite the fact that the Jewish official form of execution was by stoning.8 The Ultimate Miracle But the most conspicuously supernatural milestone to be met was the subsequent resurrection from the dead, which occurred on the “third day.” In Paul’s succinct definition of the “Gospel,” he is very specific: Now I’m making known to you, brothers, the Gospel that I proclaimed to you, which you accepted, on which you have taken your stand, and by which you are also being saved if you hold firmly to the message I proclaimed to you—unless, of course, your faith was worthless. For I passed on to you the most important points of what I received: Christ died for our sins in keeping with the Scriptures, He was buried, He was raised on the third day in keeping with the Scriptures—and is still alive! 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 (ISV) He died in the most documented execution in all history, fulfilling dozens of very precise specifications recorded centuries in advance.9 He was buried, again fulfilling precise requirements.10 And He then rose from the dead, again fulfilling numerous specifications that embroider the entire Old Testament. This third element is the very capstone of Paul’s definition. (Yet, just where do the Scriptures specifically predict the third day? There are ostensibly seven; six more supplementing the obvious allusion to Jonah’s “whale of a tale.”11 Jesus Himself also made repeated predictions in the New Testament.12) NOTES 1. Mt 26:3-5. 2. Mt 26:20-25; Jn 13:27. 3. Jn 18:7,8. 4. The term “excruciating” was coined from this event. 5. Jn 1:29, 35-36. 6. Eph 1:4. 7. “He is innocent,” Jn 18:38; Jews substitute Barabbas, Jn 18:39; Partial punishment, Jn 19:1; Play on pity, Jn 19:5; “Behold your King,” Jn 19:14, 19, 20; “You judge Him,” Jn 18:31. Pilate attempted to use every ploy he could to avoid the execution. 8. C r u c i f i x i o n wa s invented by the Persians, and then widely employed by Rome; and is alluded to in Ps 22, Zech 12:10, et al. 8 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 NOTES 9. Not a bone to be broken: Ex 12:46, Num 9:12, Ps 34:20. A Roman soldier violated his specific orders to maintain this requirement, Jn 19:33-35. 10.Andrew Bonar detailed the Levitical burial requirements 43 years before the discovery of the Garden Tomb by General Charles George Gordon in 1883. Andrew Bonar, Leviticus, 1840. 11.Jonah, Mt 12:40; The Akedah, Gen 22; Noah’s New Beginning, Gen 8:4; Rahab’s cords, Josh 2:15-18; The Tolah Worm, Ps 22:6; Isa 1:8; Cf. also Gen 40:20; Ex 19:11f; Lev 7:17-18; Hos 6:2. 12.Mt 16:21; 17:23; 20:19; Mk 9:31; 10:34; Lk 9:22; 13:11, 32; 18:33; 24:7, 21. 13.The popular label of “good news” is merely a glib copout. Paul is definitively specific. 14.Jn 17:24. 15.2 Cor 5:10. 16.The procedure is detailed in 1 Cor 3:1215. Don’t confuse our responsibilities for fruit-bearing with Jesus’ completed work at Golgatha. 17.Dan 2:44, 45. Cf. Acts 1:6, 7. COVER CONTENTS ORDER What is also distinctive is what Paul does not include in “the Gospel.”13 He makes no mention of the Lord’s teachings, or His miracles, or His example, etc. Our basic calling is to declare the Gospel, and this differentiates us from the pending social issues of the day. This will not be a popular stance. But it is His primary calling for us. The Mistaken Identity A mistaken identity haunts our humanist culture: an insufficient identity which misses the critical issue. Jesus is not simply a concept, nor principally a great teacher, a useful example, or a contrived (although constructive) tradition. Jesus is a living person who is yearning to take His Throne14 and has scheduled an audit of our accounting of His calling for each of us.15 (Oops!) Aye, there’s the rub. Are you ready for 2 Corinthians 5:10?16 Does your church even teach (and prepare you for) this bema seat event? Do they even teach the imminence and realities of the coming Kingdom?17 (I suspect that most Christians, who pray “Thy Kingdom come,” have no idea what they are actually praying for!) The Personal Challenge Are these things relevant to, and prioritizing, your life? Shouldn’t they be the primary focus of our every hour? Make Him known. Have you? Pray about it. Make this Passover season a time of fresh commitment. Let us help (see page 9 for details). COVER 9 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 CONTENTS ORDER ORDER DVD $19.95 USD ea. MP3 download $9.95 USD ea. ORDER RUNNING TIME 2 HOURS ea. The Feasts of Israel The Feasts of Israel, set by God, are not only commemorative in a historical context, but are also prophetic. This briefing reveals the rich background of these feasts with many surprises for the Biblical believer, and yet only scratches the surface. The first half of this briefing pack is taught by Chuck Missler with the latter half taught by Dan Stolebarger. The Easter Story Most reasonably informed Christians are well aware that many of the traditions that surround the Christmas holidays have pagan origins and very little correlation with the actual events as recorded in the Bible. However, most of us are surprised when we discover that some of what we have been taught about Easter is not only in error, but deliberately so! 10 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 COVER CONTENTS ORDER SIGNS IN THE HEAVENS? by Bill Salus Author, Speaker Prophecy Depot W HAT IS THIS BURGEONING CRAZE ABOUT THE COMING FOUR “BLOOD MOONS,” AND DO THEY CONVEY A PROPHETIC MESSAGE FOR MANKIND? Roll… Camera… Action! It was Friday night, November 1, 2013 when I found myself sitting on the Trinity Broadcasting Network’s (TBN) TV set beside Pastor John Hagee. It was just minutes before we were going live in front of an international audience of millions on a “Praise the Lord” (PTL) TV show when I privately asked Pastor Hagee, “Have you considered the possible connection between the coming blood-red moons and the Psalm 83 Arab-Israeli war prophecy?” The program that night was featuring Pastor Hagee’s bestselling book, Four Blood Moons: Something is About to Change, and Psalm 83: The Missing Prophecy Revealed authored by yours truly. Pastor Hagee responded by saying that he was taking a closer look at the psalm to see if any possible connections existed. Before any further words could be exchanged between us the producer started the fivefinger countdown, 5...4...3...2...1 and it was show time.1 11 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 COVER CONTENTS So what is this burgeoning craze about the coming four “blood moons,” and do they convey a prophetic message for mankind? Although there is no specific reference to four blood moons anywhere in the Bible, Joel 2:31, Acts 2:20 and Revelation 6:12 refer to the moon having the appearance of turning to blood. On the TBN TV program Pastor Hagee stated, “The Biblical substance of the foundation (of the blood moons) begins in Genesis 1:14.” Then God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years; Genesis 1:14 (NKJV) Let Them Be For Signs and Seasons... ORDER BIO by Bill Salus A u t h o r / S p e a k e r, Pr o p h e c y D e p o t Ministries Bill is an expert at explaining the prophetic relevance of current Middle East and world events. He has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows, like TBN’s Praise the Lord, Jewish Voice, Christ in Prophecy, and Prophecy in the News. His articles have been published worldwide over the Internet at WND, the Christian Post, and Rapture Ready. Bill is also the host fo the Prophecy Update Radio Program. The basis for his thesis can partially be summed up within the words signs and seasons, which in the Hebrew can generally be translated as “heavenly banners displayed at divinely appointed times.” Blood moon advocate Pastor Mark Biltz of El Shaddai Ministries believes that the seasons allude to the appointed feast days of the Lord. These interpretations imply that the heavens become a visible means through which the Lord can communicate important messages to mankind. The Bible conveys God’s Word directly to man, but perhaps the heavens serve as His “Amber Alert” system. Is God utilizing the coming “blood moons” to alert His children that Something is About to Change, as Hagee’s book subtitle suggests? The coming four “blood moons,” as they apply in this case, are simply full lunar eclipses that 12 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 The fact that they occur consecutively on these celebrated feast days is what supposedly makes them significant. COVER CONTENTS ORDER occur on the Jewish feast days of Passover and Tabernacles of 2014 and 2015. The fact that they occur consecutively on these celebrated feast days is what supposedly makes them significant. When they occur in a sequence of four, they are referred to as a tetrad. Good Bible Scholars Disagree For the sake of this article, what the “blood moons” are becomes less important than what they may mean. If you want to learn more about this phenomenon, there is a plethora of public information available. A simple Google search with the words “the coming blood moons” recently netted 4,930,000 results. In addition, Mark Biltz and Dr. Mark Hitchcock have also authored timely books about this subject.2 Dr. Hitchcock stated to me personally, “I reject the blood moons as valid signs of the time. In my book I deal with Hagee’s arguments and show how and why I disagree.”3 Conversely, Mark Biltz’s new book devotes an entire chapter to the blood moon naysayers. Biltz also points out that the fourth blood moon will be a “Super Blood Moon” that will be visible in Israel. This blood moon will be at perigee with the earth, making it enlarged to the spectator. In the inquiry process the reader will find no shortage of blood moon skeptics. Here is a quote from one of them: While the color of some total lunar eclipses could be compared to blood, others are more orange, similar to a pumpkin. Still other eclipses look yellow, and some are very dark—virtually 13 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 COVER CONTENTS ORDER black…. In short, most lunar eclipses don’t appear blood-like, so it is a bit presumptuous to assume that any particular future eclipse—or, in this case, four eclipses—must of necessity be “blood moons.” 4 Presuming that these four “blood moons” are prophetically relevant, then the remainder of the article will be devoted to what they might mean. As you read further, keep in mind that there will be no more “blood moons” occurring in a back-to-back sequence on Passover and Tabernacles for the remainder of this century.5 The Historical Precedent of the “Blood Moons” Over the past 2,000 years there have supposedly been eight tetrads falling on Jewish feast days (see chart on page 12), but only five of them occurred on Passover and Tabernacles.6 Among these five, the last three seem to have happened at a time when the Jewish people were unjustifiably persecuted by Gentile populations. In In the inquiry proevery instance they survived near-genocidal attempts in order to observe their feast days on schedule. cess the reader will The Lesson of 1493-1494 “Blood Moons” find no shortage of blood moon skeptics. In 1492 Christopher Columbus navigated three ships—the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria—that were probably filled with affluent Sephardic Jews to safety.7 Some believe that Columbus was also a Jew.8 They fled Spain to escape the merciless “Edict of Expulsion” campaign of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. While heading for the West Indies, the Lord redirected these holocaust survivors to America. As a result of their discovery of this new-found land, they paved the way for a future safe haven for the Jewish people. One of the God-given purposes for the existence of America was to become a safe haven for the Jewish people. Additionally, the U.S. was to be a beacon of Christianity to the nations of the world and to become instrumental in the rebirth of the Jewish state of Israel. These purposes are expounded upon in my DVD offered by Koinonia House, called America and the Coming Mideast Wars (see the order form, page 45). Pastor Hagee asks repeatedly in his blood moons book, “What was happening to the Jewish people at this time?”9 At this “blood moon” interval they were thanking their Lord for the following reasons: 14 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 COVER CONTENTS ORDER • They survived unjustified Gentile persecution, • They were divinely preserved through that perse- cution, • They found a safe-haven (America) as a result of the Lord’s protection, • They could freely worship their God and cel- ebrate His prescribed feasts. The Lesson of the 1949-1950 “Blood Moons” The “blood moon” saga continues 454 years later in 1948, when the Jewish people found themselves again facing unjustified Gentile persecution, but this time it was from the Arab states listed in Psalm 83:6-8. It was the Arab-Israeli “War of Independence” and the Jews won, earning them the undeniable right as the victors to ORDER call Israel their homeland. So what was happening to the Jewish people when the “blood moons” of 1949-1950 occurred? Deja vu, the answer is that they were thanking the Lord for the following reasons: • They survived unjustified Gentile persecution, • They were divinely preserved through that persecution, • They found a safe-haven (Israel) as a result of the Lord’s protection, • They could freely worship their God and celebrate His prescribed feasts. The Lesson of the 1967-1968 “Blood Moons” Only 17 years later, in the summer of 1967, the Psalm 83 countries of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan unjustifiably persecuted the Jews again. Along with the overwhelming endorsement of the other Psalm 83 cohorts they attempted to eradicate the Jewish state of Israel. In this repeat performance the destruction of Israel was the identical goal from 1948. Israel won that war and nearly tripled its size at the time by capturing the Golan Heights, West Bank, Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and the Sinai Peninsula. So again the pertinent question is, what was happening to the Jewish people when the “blood moons” of 1967-1968 occurred? At the risk of sounding redundant, they were thanking the Lord for the following reasons: • They survived unjustified Gentile persecution, • They were divinely preserved through that persecution, 15 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 COVER CONTENTS • They found a safe-haven (a Greater Israel) as a result of the Lord’s protection, • They could freely worship their God and celebrate His pre- scribed feasts. The Lesson of the 2014-2015 “Blood Moons” If this pattern of Jewish persecution, preservation and protection continues into the upcoming “blood moon” tetrads scheduled for April 15, 2014 (Passover), October 8, 2014 (Tabernacles), April 4, 2015 (Passover) and September 28, 2015 (Tabernacles), then what might occur? There could be more unjustified Gentile persecution perpetrated by the Arab populations of Psalm 83:6-8. This oppression could manifest into another war intended to destroy Israel, but result in the decisive defeat of the Arab enemies by the Israeli Defense Forces, as clearly outlined in Psalm 83. As the ultimate victor, the Jewish state could capture ORDER NOTES 1. Watch this fascinating program, which also included Dr. David Reagan and Gary Stearman, at this website link: http://www.prophe c yd e p o t m i n i s tries.net/2013/4blood-moonspsalm-83-tbn-tv/ 2. Mark Biltz’s book i s ca l l e d B l o o d M o o n s : D e co d ing the Imminent Heavenly Signs, and Mark Hitchc o c k ’s b o o k i s 16 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 NOTES called Blood Moons Rising: Bible Prophecy, Israel, and the Four Blood Moons. 3. Quote from Dr. Mark Hitchcock was given to me in a personal email (2/13/14). 4. Quote was taken on 2/14/14 at this website: http://www.answersingenesis.org/ articles/2013/07/12/ lunar-eclipses-causeblood-moons. 5. The author personally confirmed this by comparing NASA’s scientific data projections of impending tetrads with the future dates of these feasts. 6. I confirmed this historical information with Pastor Mark Biltz in a personal email on 2/13/14. 7. Spanish Jews, called Sephardim (from the Hebrew for the Iberian peninsula “Sepharad”) 8. Read Mysteries Behind Our History: Was Columbus Jewish? By Chuck Missler at this Internet site as of 2/12/14 http:// www.khouse.org/articles/1996/109/ 9. Pastor Hagee’s paperback book version asks this telling question on pages 184, 198 and 210. COVER CONTENTS ORDER even more land and increase the defensibility of its borders. Perhaps the world will witness the final fulfillment of Psalm 83 during this “blood moon” interval. Psalm 83 in a Nutshell For the unfamiliar, Psalm 83 is an ancient prophecy issued by the psalmist Asaph, who we are informed in 2 Chronicles 29:30 was also a prophet. The psalm predicts that the Arab states sharing common borders with Israel, and undoubtedly the terrorist populations within those countries, will form a confederacy that attempts to wipe Israel off of the map. Dr. Chuck Missler, Dr. David Reagan, Hal Lindsey, myself and many other Bible prophecy teachers believe that this prophecy could find fulfillment relatively soon. • The Plan of the Psalm 83 Confederacy They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.” Psalm 83:4 (NKJV) • The Goal of the Psalm 83 Confederacy Who said, “Let us take for ourselves The pastures of God (Israel) for a possession.” Psalm 83:12 (NKJV) The psalm lists ten populations by their ancient names like Edomites, Ammonites, Moabites, etc. and the chart on page 15 identifies their probable modern-day equivalents. For more information about the Psalm 83 prophecy, pick up your copy of the Psalm 83: Missing Prophecy Revealed, How Israel Becomes the Next Mideast Superpower from www.prophecydepot.com. So in conclusion, let me ask you the same question that I posed to Pastor John Hagee, “Have you considered the possible connection between the coming blood-red moons and the Psalm 83 Arab-Israeli war prophecy?” 17 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 COVER CONTENTS ORDER BIOTECHNOLOGY SCI-FI vs. SCI-FACT Joshua Matrisciana Producer/Director, Jeremiah Films THE LINES BETWEEN REALITY AND IMAGINATION ARE BLURRING. THE INCREDIBLE ADVANCEMENT IN TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING OUR MINDSETS AND BELIEF SYSTEMS ON A MASSIVE SCALE! A t what point does science fiction become a scientific reality? In an eyeopening and incredibly relevant new documentary, Transhumanism: Recreating Humanity, Chuck Missler, Tom Horn, and other experts on both sides of the discussion express the growing concerns and dangers regarding the futurist ideology of Transhumanism. This is a massive effort by scientists, corporations, and governments to technologically advance humanity in the most radical—and subtle— ways. Some of the more publicly expressed goals include the enhancement of the human intellect, networking directly to the mind, and modifying the human body by genetic reengineering. This new era of biological manipulation, or bio-hacking, is dawning upon us and very soon will be widespread and fully integrated into society, just like smartphones and Facebook. The age of Transhumanism cannot be ignored. This film asks the hard questions regarding bioethics, political motivations and the sinister ideologies with which this movement is fraught. The most peculiar ideas only seem odd or bizarre because they differ so vastly from what we experience as normal everyday reality. Take for example science fiction comics of the 1950s, and compare the spectacle of the weapons or technology they imagined with the real ones of today. BIO Joshua Matrisciana Producer/Director Jeremiah Films Joshua Matrisciana, producer and director of Transhumanism: Recreating Humanity is a second-generation filmmaker. His parents, Pat and Caryl, started Jeremiah Films in the late 1970s. Joshua and his brother had the opportunity to be on set and travel with their parents on almost every project, turning every new destination into a vital learning experience. Through the years, he has been intimately involved in every aspect of documentary film production and distribution and credits t h i s d i re c t l y t o h i s homeschool upbringing. This film is planned to be the first in a grass-roots funded series that brings vital information to a hungry audience. 18 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 COVER CONTENTS ORDER Most storylines could be categorized as Good-Guy vs. Bad-Guy, Spook vs. Mad Scientist, or Astronaut vs. Martians. Compare that with the sci-fi comic books of today and notice a tangled web of psychological thrillers where realities are subjective and characters interact in dimensions that are a mix of altered states of consciousness that cross into physical reality. The lines between reality and imagination are blurring. The incredible advancement in technology is changing our mindsets and belief systems on a massive scale! Our modern zeitgeist is being redefined and molded at breakneck speed. Invisibility cloaks, telepathic communication, genetically modified soldiers, quantum computing, cyborgs and weather modification machines—these are not just topics from a sci-fi novel, but rather the focus of huge financial investments and decades of research made The lines between by the U.S. government. These “fantasies” are rapreality and imaginaidly becoming our reality, and Christians must be tion are blurring. The prepared to confront them with wisdom, knowledge, incredible advanceand understanding. ment in technology is changing our mindsets and belief systems on a massive scale. Crossing the Line Where is the line drawn regarding the ethics of such scientific investigation? The topic of stem-cell research was a controversial debate a decade ago but has almost completely subsided today. Testing on human embryos is no longer illegal in almost all countries and seems to be widely accepted by most scientific rationalizations. In fact, the opposition to stem-cell research is often slandered as those who are against the development of a better humanity. With increasing rapidity we are breaking down the barriers between imagination and reality. 19 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 COVER CONTENTS ORDER Hollywood and the mainstream media are conditioning global society, convincingly altering our thinking to embrace these changes as progressive, presenting Darwinian evolution as the justification to accept this modification of humanity as necessary. We are moving into an era where belief in a Biblical Divinity is disdained and mocked and replaced with a new religion Frank Peretti coined as “Scientism.” Science is transitioning into a religiosity that is characterized by a Society is being guided type of faith, as opposed to its definitive tenets of to blindly accept these observational and provable methodology. Society invasive technologies is being guided to blindly accept these invasive technologies without considering the philosophiwithout considering the cal Pandora’s Box that is being opened. philosophical Pandora’s “The Singularity” Box that is being opened. In an upcoming Hollywood thriller titled Transcendence, featuring Johnny Depp, the film delves into an ideology coined by Ray Kurzweil as “The Singularity.” This is based on the premise that artificial intelligence will one day become transcendent, essentially a sortof divine “artilect,” a word coined by Professor of Cybernetics, Hugo De Garis. This assumption is based on what is commonly known as Moore’s Law, the observation that technology doubles in computational power every couple years. This exponential growth has been mathematically predicted to cross all barriers by 2045. There is no sure way of knowing what this Ray Kurzweil progression entails, but there is conjecture that this heightened A.I. will pave the way, or somehow manifest what the Scriptural book of Revelation describes as The Beast. This technological hybrid of man and machine is no longer 20 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 COVER CONTENTS ORDER a science fiction, but rather an eerily close and unstoppable storm of achievable ideas and inventions. Chuck Missler gives an example of the Singularity in the recently released documentary titled Transhumanism: Recreating Humanity, by using the illustration of a computer to explain the relationship between spirit and body. Even though an engineer can know every capacitor and wire contained within the machine of the computer, he can gain no knowledge of the software installed by physically taking it apart. The software that resides in the If this movement is as computer environment has no mass, it can radical as this documenbe sent through the air and through walls. By tary asserts, that all of bridging a connection between the digital world and conceivably implanting those receivers dihumanity will eventually be implanted and changed rectly into our physical body, Missler warns that we could be opening up a two-way communicaby technology, then peotion with spirits from the supernatural realm. ple should be aware of the He continues to explain that, in demonology, consequences. such contact is called an “entry.” These spiritual connections include the metaphysical encounters experienced in playing with a Ouija board, or séances practiced within occult rituals, both of which may lead to demonic possession. In Transhumanism: Recreating Humanity Rachel Haywire, a transhumanist spokesperson, was interviewed regarding the imminency of the Singularity and says, “Transhumanism is the next step of evolution, it’s going to happen, it’s inevitable.” What Does the Bible Say? If this movement is as radical as this documentary asserts, that all of humanity will eventually be implanted and changed by technology, then people should be 21 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 COVER CONTENTS ORDER aware of the consequences. In relation to Transhumanism, it appears that the Scriptures have a staggering amount of insight. Granted, the words Singularity, Transhumanism, Artificial Intelligence, robotics, etc., do not appear The Tower of Babel in the Bible. However, if one has an elevated perspective and the spiritual capacity to understand, the future is revealed in incredibly surprising detail. “As in the days of Noah,”1 so it shall it be when the Messiah returns to earth. This is a surprising reference that has been generally understood to mean that everyone on earth will be going about their regular day-to-day lives, “marrying and giving in marriage.” It has led to the assumption that the time immediately preceding the Triumphant Return will be “ordinary” and like any other day. However, a studious Christian will note that this conclusion is actually opposite to the intended meaning. To come to this conclusion, one must recognize that the Tower of Babel was constructed during the days of Noah, albeit after the Flood. Here, God makes a remarkable statement about humanity that appears to go against even His own omnipotence! God imposes a stopgap on humanity to discourage the apparently attainable goal of achieving anything man could imagine. This was the second time in Scripture that God mandated an order that restricted Man’s ability to become immortal—the first barrier set by God to dissuade Man from achieving godhood was a fiery ever-turning sword and cherubim placed at the entrance to the Garden of Eden. This was installed to barricade Adam from eating of the Tree of Life, which would result in immortality, and man would become like God.2 The second stopgap God created was the confusion of languages at Babel. God expressly states in His Word that “nothing they set out to accomplish will be impossible for 22 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 COVER CONTENTS ORDER them!”3 And if we take God’s statement literally, then we understand that we are entering again into an era where man will be able to accomplish anything he sets out to do through the unity of a global language. We have become united once again, like in the days of Noah and Babel, but this time through the use of technology. The New Common Language We have become united once again, like in the days of Noah and Babel, but this time through the use of technology. Through computers we all speak binary, a language consisting of only two characters: 0 and 1. God created multiple languages for the express purpose of dissuading mankind’s unity, so that we would not rebel in any unified effort against Him. Today we have given this unified rebellion a name: Humanism. Consider the example of Pentecost. As the Apostles were preaching, God removed the language barriers because of the unity of the Body of Christ. Confusion is intended for the adversaries of Truth, not for those who are filled with, and acting in, the authority of the Holy Spirit. The Hybrid Age Understand that the era we currently live in is one that the Bible tells more about than even the time when Messiah walked the earth: the time just preceding His triumphant return. Missler notes that there are still some events that must take place before that day arrives, but consider this an early harbinger. We are entering into what Tom Horn considers the Hybrid Age. For Biblical Christians, this is not an unfamiliar theme. In Genesis we read about a time when fallen angels reproduced with humans and created a sort of super-race. God found these creatures to be an abomination because they threatened the very existence of His special creation, who were made in His image and into whom He breathed Life. Horn mentions in the conclusion of the film that these events should spark thoughtful debates about the exceptionalism of what it means to be human, as was mentioned in the writings of C.S. Lewis and other revered theologians. The Flood was the first purge of humanity, essentially the “unmixing” of contaminated and “organic” humans created by God. 23 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 COVER CONTENTS ORDER The second purge was during the time of Joshua and the early Israelites all the way through to King David in Israel. This was an attempt to keep God’s Chosen People and Promised Land free from the unclean, the polluted DNA of the transhuman Nephilim. Some have taken this struggle as a metaphor of a young man battling against a giant obstacle in his life, instead of the literal fight for survival of the species. Up until recently, the metaphor seemed more realistic. Now, however, we realize that the knowledge of widespread genetic modification threatens us once again. The scientific community is gaining momentum and is creeping toward the day when we can create a hybrid species that is no longer human, but rather post-human. Something that many in the Transhumanist movement would consider a more highly evolved species, a Human 2.0. * * * Transhumanism: Recreating Humanity, produced by Jeremiah Films, is available on DVD (see page 24). Learn from experts Chuck Missler, Tom Horn, Frank Peretti and Joseph Farah, who enlighten us with their thoughts on the new dangers we and our children will face in the very near future. They warn and encourage NOTES Believers to be educated and equipped for the coming technological age, 1. Matthew 24:37. to be relevant and informed on issues that very soon will affect every 2. Genesis 3:22. 3. Genesis 11:6. person alive, and to know what the Word of God says regarding this very strange world toward which we are heading. 24 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 COVER CONTENTS ORDER NEWTOPICALSTUDY DVD $19.95 USD ea. RUNNING TIME APPROX. 1 HOUR WATCH IT! Learn more about this study in this special video excerpt. ORDER Transhumanism: Recreating Humanity, produced by Jeremiah Films, takes an in-depth look into the advantages and dangers of a transformed humanity. Learn from experts Chuck Missler, Tom Horn, Frank Peretti and Joseph Farah, who enlighten us with their thoughts on the new dangers we and our children will face in the very near future. Noted Transhumanist, Rachel Haywire, gives an illustrative description of what this near-future world might hold, and lays out one Transhumanist’s vision. In almost 60 minutes of eye-opening dialogue, Horn and Missler persuasively inform and comment on Transhumanism and The Singularity. COVER 25 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 CONTENTS ORDER THE ECONOMY David McAlvany - President/CEO McAlvany Financial Group TOWARD A NEW WORLD MONETARY ORDER CAN YOU IMAGINE A WORLD THAT HAS REJECTED THE DOLLAR? THE REST OF THE WORLD CAN. WHAT IF THE U.S. DOLLAR LOST ITS MONOPOLY STATUS IN WORLD TRADE? T he sons of Issachar were notable for two things: 1) Understanding the times and 2) Knowing what Israel should do. In essence these men were described as perspicacious. Just as wisdom is a step beyond knowledge, perspicacity is a step beyond BIO wisdom. It is the application of wisdom. David McAlvany While these men were learned, they were also men of action. What a P r e s i d e n t / C E O , powerful combination. These were men who could make an appraisal of M c A l v a n y F i nancial Group current circumstance and put in motion a plan of action informed by the David McAlvany is times in which they lived. President and CEO of the McAlvany FinanAs you read the context of 1 Chronicles 11 and 12, you’ll see the cial Companies. He is gathering of loyal warriors to support David as king. Others were dea featured speaker on international television scribed as being the equal on the battlefield of 100 or even 1,000 men. and radio programs and The sons of Issachar were thoughtful and strategic. Analysis paralysis at financial seminars would not have been a problem for them. Nor were they merely informa- around the world, analyzing major events and tion junkies. their impact on the global Understanding the Economic Times The segue to our current economic challenges is not as rough at it seems on the surface. Do you understand the times? What knowledge do you possess that informs your course of action? In order that we might think clearly and plan strategically, we divide the world into three spheres 1) the moral/spiritual, 2) the social/political and 3) the monetary/economic. We turn our attention to the latter be- economy and financial markets. He can be heard weekly on his market commentary with world leaders, bankers, economists, and renowned investors at www.mcalvany. com. 26 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 COVER CONTENTS ORDER cause so much is presently at stake, and in this sphere there are many grand delusions among believers and non-believers alike. Can you imagine a world that has rejected the dollar? The rest of the world can. What if the U.S. dollar lost its monopoly status in world trade? As you read this, a number of our trade partners are assuming that this outcome is inevitable. The storyline has been many decades in the making, but is now accelerating rapidly. If Can you imagine you live in the U.S., trade internationally in U.S. dollars, or a world that has have the majority of your assets denominated in dollars, you should pay careful attention. The money system we’ve known rejected the dolis being turned upside down. Do you understand the issues at lar? The rest of stake? Are you ready for the painful implications of change? the world can... Even after the failure in the early ’70s of the post-WWII Bretton Woods agreement, the U.S. dollar has remained the de facto currency of the world. Under Bretton Woods, foreign currencies were fixed in relation to the dollar, and the dollar was fixed to gold at $35 per ounce. The monetary system had a few disciplines that were holdovers from the pre-WWI gold standard. The disciplines were critical for global acceptance and the shoring up of confidence. Disconnecting the Dollar President Nixon removed the primary pillar of stability (gold) from the Bretton Woods monetary system less than 30 years after that system began. By March of 1973, European countries started striking out on their own, with six of them tying their currencies together Richard Nixon and “floating” them against the dollar. In a matter of 24 months, the world had lost gold as a monetary stabilizer and the U.S. dollar had lost a 27 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 COVER CONTENTS ORDER control relationship with other currencies that were no longer pegged to it. This was the birthing process for our current floating monetary (non) system. Today there are no absolute measures of value in this floating system—only relative relationships. In spite of these changes, world trade centers now, as then, insist on the settling of invoices in U.S. dollars. This forces financial institutions all over the world to hold dollars on account to facilitate business. But even this practice is changing, creating considerable downside risk for the dollar—the foundation of nearly every American’s assets. A Post-Dollar World? With no substitute to take its place, dollar dominance has been presumed by financial experts and money managers. How much longer can we assume that the dollar will keep its monopoly status? The rest of the world has grown agitated and begun to reengineer its financial markets for a post-dollar world. Trade agreements that eliminate the dollar as the intermediary currency have proliferated in recent years. The factors involved in this monetary sea change are: 1) the rise of the euro, 2) the growth of emerging market players, and 3) the shift in behavior among some of our primary creditors. In concert, these factors portend a new global monetary system. The Euro ...The rest of the world has grown agitated and begun to re-engineer its financial markets for a post-dollar world. The European Union as a quasi-political and economic project was envisioned in the 1950s and ’60s, and finally emerged in the ’80s under the influence of Jacques Delors and a number of other European socialists. The monetary unit we call the euro was launched in 1999. After an initial bout of weakness, it climbed 30-40% as it gained in global acceptance (I well remember the appreciation in personally held euro-denominated German bonds). Since its launch, the currency has been bought as a reserve asset by central banks all over 28 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 COVER CONTENTS ORDER the world. It now comprises 24% of all central bank holdings. This development has progressed at the expense of the dollar, and has coincided with a 30% decline in the U.S. dollar’s purchasing power. In spite of the obstacles to, if not impossibility of, political and fiscal union, the European monetary unit has marched ahead with considerable stability and global support. The world is in search of dollar alternatives and is not being easily dissuaded from its choice of the euro as a viable alternative—the first in decades. Thus, we have a pivotal shift away from U.S. dollars by the central banks of the From this evidence, world. we conclude that the monetary system we’ve lived with since the ’70s is rapidly falling apart. Pressure from Emerging Markets Emerging markets have enjoyed considerable economic progress over the past 30 years. As the West has over-consumed, the rest of the world has overproduced, providing the goods we desire at cheaper and cheaper cost. Over several decades, this abundance of consumer goods has grown the bank accounts of emerging market entrepreneurs and governments via an increase in trade. The IMF now estimates that emerging markets will overtake advanced economies as a percentage of global GDP this year! Why is this critical? The rest of the world has a more forceful presence than ever before. On a collective basis, the emerging markets are independently creating more efficient ways of trading with each other, including the direct settlement of transactions and invoices without U.S. dollars. The modern world is gaining autonomy from the U.S. that it hasn’t known in the post-WWII era. This marginalizes the U.S. dollar, both as a reserve asset for central bankers and as a currency used for free trade settlement. In short, we have the makings of a currency coup d’état. The East’s Influence China figures into the equation on several counts. Not only have we 29 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 COVER CONTENTS ORDER witnessed the meteoric rise of the Chinese economy since Deng Xiaoping’s reforms in the late 1970s, we’ve also seen China become our number one creditor. China has our paper (U.S. Treasuries that it has purchased), Japan holds our paper, and the Middle East holds our paper—(strangely, the Federal Reserve is now an enormous Deng Xiaoping and Jimmy Carter holder of Treasury IOUs). Our dependency on these creditors is critical. Not only must they remain content with current holdings of Treasuries, but we need them to continue purchasing to fund our budget deficit. Note that January Treasury data (TIC report) shows China liquidating close to $50 billion in Treasuries. That is a problem that will push the dollar lower and raise interest rates. The Japanese are now running trade deficits and lack the surplus dollars to purchase Treasuries. And lastly, we have a decline in U.S. demand for Middle East oil as new fields have been exploited in North America. Our Middle East Treasury buyers are consequently receiving fewer petro dollars that can be fed back into the dollar recycling-Treasury purchasing pipeline. The Dollar’s Decline From this evidence, we conclude that the monetary system we’ve lived with since the ’70s is rapidly falling apart. The dollar is vulnerable to rapid devaluation, and the Treasury market may be subject to a rapid rise in rates. The dollar is vulnerable The implications are very straightforward. to rapid devaluation, With a currency in decline, the price of and the Treasury market goods and services moves up and potentially out of reach for the average consumer. may be subject to a rapid Not only is devaluation harmful to consumrise in rates. ers, leading to a tremendous amount of civil unrest and social decay, but investors and savers are equally in harm’s way. Dollar-denominated COVER 30 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 CONTENTS ORDER assets, which may include bank deposits, stocks, bonds, and real estate, can dramatically drop in value. We witnessed Argentine assets selling for pennies on the dollar in 2001 during that nation’s currency crisis, and the process is repeating as I write. The U.S. is very different than Argentina, but one of the critical distinctions between us—the U.S. dollar being the reserve currency of the world—is being dismantled in real time. It would not surprise us to witness an entire generation of U.S. savers wiped out over the next The Lord commands three to five years. us to “be strong and King David asks, “If the foundations be decourageous.” To do stroyed, what will the righteous do?” This represents a so, we must step bechallenge to our generation and to those of like mind yond knowledge and with the sons of Issachar. Not only must we appraise wisdom to strategic the times in which we live, but we must know what to do. I would encourage you to think strategically and and wise action. act decisively. The Lord commands us to “be strong and courageous.” To do so, we must step beyond knowledge and wisdom to strategic and wise action. * * * David McAlvany was a featured speaker at our recent Strategic Perspectives conference. His presentation, “Can America Endure the Coming Years?” is available on DVD. See page 46 for details. If you’d like more information, see David’s website at www.mcalvany.com. King David 31 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 COVER CONTENTS ORDER NEWTOPICALSTUDY DVD AUDIOCD $19.95 USD ea. Audio Download $9.95 USD ea. RUNNING TIME 2 HOURS WATCH IT! Learn more about this study in this special video excerpt. ORDER What are the “doctrines of demons” Paul warns us about? Satan often relies on deception through disinformation. Misinformation is defined as accidental untruth, where disinformation is the intentional misrepresentation of the truth. Therefore, doctrines of demons are creeds that offer counterfeit truths. What can we do in this age of deception? Join Ron Matsen from the Executive Briefing Room of The River Lodge in New Zealand and find out in his latest study, Doctrines of Demons. 32 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 COVER CONTENTS ORDER 33 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 COVER CONTENTS ORDER FAITH IN THE NIGHT SEASONS Nancy Missler, Founder, KHW BLESSINGS FROM INTIMACY: PART 2 ONE OF THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT COME FROM INTIMACY IS THE OVERWHELMING JOY OF SENSING GOD’S PRESENCE. You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. Psalm 16:11 L ast month, we did a retreat with a precious group of women in California. As we were taking time to worship the Lord and gain more understanding of His Love for us, His presence, peace and the fullness of joy came in like a flood. When God’s Word was spoken, it became a magnificent light for our individual pathways of life. It’s so important to take time out of our busy lives and come together with likeminded Believers to worship and seek the Lord’s presence. No Believer needs to stumble about in darkness all alone. In the times we are living in, we need to build up, edify and encourage one another in the faith. Over this last year, as Nan was going through one of the hardest times in her life, I saw how the Body of Christ came around her with encouraging words, God’s Love and in mighty intercession. Oh how it ministered to her! Each and every card, email, Facebook post, etc… lit up the difficult path she was on and encouraged her to keep walking and not give up. Through this difficult time, she wrote and rewrote her new book on God’s Hope. She kept gaining more understanding of God’s Faith and Love, which gave her the fortitude to hang on to His “right now” hope… When Nan wrote the following article for Personal Update in 2001, little did she know how much “Blessings from Intimacy” would come BIO Nancy Missler Director/Founder of King’s High Way Na n c y M i s s l e r h a s published four studies: The Way of Agape, Be Ye Transformed, Faith in the Night Seasons, and her latest, The Kingdom, Power & Glory. In addition to these popular studies she also has published six Plain and Simple Series books, as well as two In His Likeness Series books. Nancy has been married for over 50 years to Chuck Missler. They are the parents of four grown children, one of whom has gone to be with the Lord, and seven grandchildren. 34 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 COVER CONTENTS ORDER back around to encourage her. We pray that if you are going through a difficult time in your life that first of all you would not forsake the assembling of the body and secondly, you would get prayer and encouragement from the elders. Then understand God’s intimacy in the dark times. * * * The Joy of the Lord One of the many blessings that come from intimacy is the overwhelming joy of sensing God’s presence. Certainly during our difficult times of stripping and crucifying, we won’t “feel” joyful. But as God begins to restore our soul and we beOne of the many blessings gin to see His presence in all things, we’ll begin to experience an unutterable and unspeakable that come from intimacy is the overwhelming joy of joy. As the Psalmist says “...weeping may endure for a night (a “night season”), but joy cometh sensing God’s presence. in the morning” (Psalm 30:5). That joy and strength is something that no man, no situation and no illness can ever take from us (John 16:22). It’s Jesus’ presence that brings us this joy. As Psalm 16:11 declares, only in His presence is fulness of joy or complete joy. In other words, joy is our response to experiencing His presence. As God’s overflowing, abundant, buoyant, joyful happenings begin to flood our soul, the long, dark, dreary, hopeless and bleak years of frustration and disappointment will simply fade away. Joy, peace and faith are all linked together. Joy comes from the presence of the Lord. Peace comes from being fully persuaded that God will do what He has promised. And faith comes from seeing God in all things (Hebrews 11:27). Fruitfulness Another wonderful blessing that comes from knowing God intimately is the ability to genuinely 35 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 COVER CONTENTS ORDER share Jesus’ Life and Love with others. Scripture tells us that this is our primary goal and purpose as a Christian. “Now the end [goal, purpose] of the commandment is Love out of a pure heart...” (1 Timothy 1:5). Just as Paul’s encounter with Jesus on the Damascus Road changed his life forever, we too will have an intense desire to share the Gospel with others, not only in words, but also through our actions. Christ has become our life, thus, it will be as natural for us to share what He is doing in our lives as it is to share family news. When we experience intimacy with Jesus, we’ll have a far greater capacity to genuinely teach others, because our teaching and sharing will be done by example, not just in words. Many Christians instruct others on the “crucified life,” but if they never personally experience it, how can they expect to give it to someone else? Only the Spirit of God through us can touch and affect another’s life. This is the way real Life is imparted. Many have written me in the past and asked Joy, peace and faith how they can teach their children The Way of Agape. are all linked together. “Which book can I get?” “What class would be best?” “Which teacher would you suggest?” My response has always been the same: “Live it yourselves. Show your children that Agape works for you, and that it is the only answer!” Our life actions are a hundred times better than our words. An Example: Our Kids Years ago, when Chuck and I were going through all our own marital struggles (see our book, Why Should I Be the First to Change?), our boys were just teenagers. Even with all our personal problems, Chuck and I were still teaching Bible studies in our home. With our words we were telling others, “Jesus is our life,” “He’s the answer to all our problems,” 36 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 COVER CONTENTS ORDER and in our hearts, we believed this to be true with all of our being. But behind closed doors, it wasn’t true at all. Our lives were totally falling apart and our boys saw the whole thing. Teenagers and nonbelievers, it seems, are often the ones most “sensitive” to hypocrisy. They can spot phonies a mile away. (See our book, The Choice, on this very subject.) You can’t tell your teenagers, “Do as I say,” and not expect them to look at your life and see if it works for you. If it doesn’t work for you in your own life, how can you expect them to want it? Our lives need to be examples of what we say. Otherwise, it’s not the truth! (The definition of truth is “when our words and deeds match and become one.”) Now being fruitful does not mean that our lives have to be “perfect” or “all together.” None of our lives ever will be! But, it does mean that we need to be running to Jesus to solve all our problems. Then we’ll be showing our kids that, in spite of all the hard things going on in our lives, Jesus is still the only Answer! There’s an old saying, “If we have head knowledge, then all we can give is head knowledge. If we have heart knowledge, then we can give heart knowledge. But, if we have feet knowledge (if we are really experiencing in our lives what we are sharing with our words), then we can truly pass along life knowledge. In other words, only those who have lived the Cross can give the Cross. Only those who are intimately experiencing Jesus’ presence can teach about intimacy. This is why Scripture exhorts us to let our lives be “open books” known and read by all men. “[Your lives] are our epistle, written in our hearts, known and read of all men” (2 Corinthians 3:2). Our Present Relationship with God Affects Everything Our present relationship with God affects everything we think, say and do. The impact we have on the world around us depends upon the impact Jesus is having in our own lives at 37 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 COVER CONTENTS ORDER that moment. We can’t function now on something Jesus did for us twenty years ago. Our relationship and our intimacy with Christ needs to exist in the “now.” It must be ongoing and growing like any love-relationship. When our fellowship with Him is intimate and we are experiencing being loved and cared for, then we will be able to extend that same Love and forgiveness to others. When our relationship with God is strained or even nonexistent because we are holding on to some hurt, disappointment or fear, then our relationship Our present relationwith others will also be greatly affected. We won’t be able to extend unconditional Love and forgiveness beship with God affects cause we are not experiencing it for ourselves. everything we think, “Rejection of God seems to go hand in hand with say and do. the rejection of others.”1 In order to genuinely love and forgive others, we need to first be sitting at the Lord’s feet, loving Him. Now if we are going through a night season, and we are not “seeing” or “feeling” anything from God at the moment, we still need to make those “faith” choices to allow God to purge what He needs to in us. Then, again by faith, we must walk out that Love and forgiveness. In His timing, He promises to align our feelings with our choices and make us genuine. During the times when I am spiritually weak and someone comes along and asks how I am, I will often say, “Well, I have made the appropriate faith choices, but my feelings haven’t aligned yet.” Now, I’m being honest with them, and yet I haven’t lied about how I really feel. Remember, we can’t change our feelings or emotions, we can only put in charge the Person who can change them, and that’s God. A Reproduction of Christ an Extension of His Love God wants to form Christ in us so that outward- 38 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 COVER CONTENTS ORDER ly we can reflect Him in all that we do, and inwardly we can commune and fellowship with Him. In other words, God doesn’t just want us to be a revelation of Christ, He wants us to be a reproduction of Christ or an extension of His Love. The proof of our being like Christ is shown by what we do. Whether we are at home, at the office, shopping, on trips, every place we go and everything we do will bear fruit and show that we belong to God. It’s not that our life will be a “piece of cake” (it definitely will not!), but in all our experiences, our actions will prove that we do, indeed, belong to Christ and have an intimate Loverelationship with Him. Paul expresses it so well: The proof of our being like Christ is shown by what we do. ...Approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watching, in fastings; by pureness, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, By honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. 2 Corinthians 6:4-10 An Example: Fruit of a Pure Heart A few months ago, I was on a radio talk show and a young Christian man called in and asked a very good question. “How can I show my wife that I really love her?” He said his non-believing wife had never experienced real Love. He had bought her many expensive personal gifts and trinkets for their home, but she still was very insecure in his love for her. He just wanted to know what he could do to really communicate how much he loved her. God gave me a very interesting response: “You know what? All the fancy gifts, treats and frills that you might buy your wife to show her your love will never compare with the natural fruit of a pure and loving heart. In other words, nothing is more precious for a wife than seeing an adoring look from her husband’s eyes, feeling his soft and gentle touch on her neck and experiencing his other silent, 39 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 COVER CONTENTS ORDER loving actions that convey so much louder than words, ‘I love you.’ These are the things that mean so much more to a wife than all the gifts, presents or goodies you could ever possibly buy.” (But, I also told him, once he convinced his wife of his love, then gifts are great!) By doing these kinds of loving actions, this husband will not only convince his wife that he loves her, he will also be a reproduction of Christ to her. As 1 John 4:12 reminds us: “No man hath When our fellowship seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and His Love is perfected [allowed with Him is intimate to flow through] us.” and we are experiChuck has become just that to me. His emence being loved and brace in the mornings, his adoring look over the cared for, then we will dinner table and his affectionately taking my hand be able to extend that when we’re walking all communicate his love for same Love and forgiveme much louder than any gift he could ever buy. He not only has become a vessel of human love ness to others. towards me, but he has also become an extension of God’s Love towards me. Intimacy with Christ not only brings us the joy of the Lord and genuine fruitfulness, but it also proves that we are being conformed into His Image and becoming a reproduction of Christ and an extension of His love. Love suffereth long, and is kind; Love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Love never faileth...” 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 40 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 COVER CONTENTS ORDER COVER 41 / UPDATE / APRIL 2014 CONTENTS ORDER SPEAKING/TOURS Idaho Post Falls (Dan & Others) Apr 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 May 7, 14, 21, 28 Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 Koinonia Institute Bible Study 800-546-8731 Israel Various Cities (Dan Stolebarger) Jun 1-30: Israel School of Discipleship Oct 29-Nov 7 Issachar Tour to Israel Nov 8-15 Revelation/7 Churches 800-546-8731 sharon@khouse.org Missouri Hong Kong Hong Kong (Chuck & Ron Matsen) April 27 Bronze Medallion Awards, assisted by Louis Powell, KI Director of Global Missions 800-546-8731 Philippines Manila & Bacalod (Chuck & Ron Matsen) April 28-29 Bronze Medallion Awards, assisted by Louis Powell, KI Director of Global Missions 800-546-8731 Branson (Chuck) April 2-4 Breakthrough Conference, by World Missions Alliance 417-231-4131 http://www.rfwma.org/ The KI Resident Study Program STUDY TOGETHER Are you looking for intensive and comprehensive Bible studies utilizing the online facilities of Koinonia Institute? 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