ONE SCARY NIGHT !

       (Daniel 2 & 7)

Were you ever asleep

and awoke with a start

by a dream that seemed real

with some monster at your heel?

With a sudden surprise

as I opened my eyes

some giant-like screen

dropped down from the skies.

I sat there amazed

like a vision ablaze

there were beasts coming near

and I shuddered with fear.

there were lions and bears

with a leopard around

yet no one to rescue

no help to be found.

Then a monster-like Beast

indescribably cruel

with ten horns on it head

arose to its feet

and like Rome with its iron

in league with the clay

it was weakened in strength

and began to decay.

Looking closer I found

in the midst of its horns

a master-deceiver

proclaimed as the Christ

arose from this vision

like a demon from hell

and with wondrous signs

began to foretell

The world was amazed

that this leader from Rome

could so quickly arise

to Europe's gold throne

but a treaty of peace

was signed with the Jews

and the Temple was built

with deception it's ruse.

Then a Dragon was seen

with its fury unleashed

with destruction and death

causing pain and distress

knowing soon his demise

would reveal his disguise

with the kingdoms of earth

giving way to new birth.

Then a Stone could be seen

rolling down from a cliff

making scum of this Frame

bringing Nations to shame

for the word of His mouth

will make dust of this clod

and the earth will give birth

to the kingdom of God.

Then the heavens rejoiced

as the King took His throne

with the Bride at His side

who in Christ did atone

for a thousand year reign

the rule of His peace

will spread through the earth

and all wars will then cease.

--B. Pent

HOW TO IDENTIFY THE COMING ANTICHRIST

1. Inconspicuous beginning - Daniel 7:8,24

2. Makes a treaty with the Jews for seven years - Daniel 9:27;Isaiah 28:15,18

3. Overcomes some resistance in uniting Europe - Daniel 7:8,20,24

4. Becomes head of the ten nation EU confederacy - Revelation 13:1; 17:12-13

5. Possibly attacked by kings of the South and North and presumed dead - Daniel 11:40-43

6. His deadly wound is healed - Revelation 13:1; 12:14

7. He becomes the world ruler - Revelation 13:7b; 17:9,11-14,17-18; 18:2,10,16

8. He breaks his treaty with Israel and stops Temple sacrifices - Daniel 9:27

9. Kills the two witnesses - Revelation 11:3-7

10. Demands complete worship of himself - 2 Thessalonians 2:4; Matthew 24:15

11. Tries to destroy every living Jew on earth - Daniel 7:21-22,25

12. He will destroy the world church - Revelation 17:16-17

13. He will be defeated at Armageddon by Christ - 2 Thessalonians 2:8; Revelation 17:14; 19:19

14. He will be cast alive into the Lake of Fire - Revelation 19:20; 20:10

PROPHECIES OF THE KING

            

                                 Matthew 24-25

WHILE LEAVING THE TEMPLE THE COMMENT WAS MADE
WHAT BEAUTY AND SPLENDOR THE BUILDING DISPLAYED
BUT JESUS RESPONDED THAT EVERY LAST STONE
WOULD FALL FROM ITS MOORINGS AND BE LEFT ALONE.

THE QUESTIONS THEN FOLLOWED WHILE CLIMBING THE HILL
EXACTLY THE TIME-FRAME HIS WORDS WOULD FULFILL?
AND WHAT WOULD THE SIGN OF HIS COMING PORTEND
THAT THIS WAS THE TIME FOR THE KINGDOM TO END?

THERE ON MOUNT OLIVET JESUS EXPLAINED

ALL THAT WOULD HAPPEN, ALL THAT REMAINED
TO FINALLY FULFILL WHAT THE PROPHETS FORETOLD
OF ISRAEL'S MESSIAH THE WORLD WOULD BEHOLD.

THE ARMIES OF TITUS WHO CONQUERED THE LAND

IS TOLD IN MARK'S GOSPEL SO JEWS COULD DISBAND
THE TEMPLE AND WALLS OF JERUSALEM FELL
A MILLION WERE KILLED AS JOSEPHUS WOULD TELL.

BUT MATTHEW RECORDS EVENTS THAT TAKE PLACE

WHEN ANTICHRIST RULES AND THE CHURCH IS REPLACED
THE PROPHECIES TOLD BY DANIEL WILL COME
AS JOHN MAKES IT CLEAR WHEN GOD'S JUDGMENT IS DONE.

THE FIRST FOURTEEN VERSES WERE SIGNS FOR EACH AGE

THAT JESUS MAY COME AND RE-ENTER LIFE'S STAGE
THAT FAMINES AND WARS AND DISEASE WOULD PREVAIL
AND FALSE CHRISTS AND EARTHQUAKES INCREASE WITHOUT FAIL.

YET SCRIPTURE MAKES CLEAR WHEN THESE SIGNS ALL CONVERGE

AND WIDEWORLD CONFUSION BEGINS TO IMMERGE
THAT JACOB'S DARK HOUR IS SOON TO BEGIN
THE GREAT TRIBULATION BECAUSE OF MAN'S SIN.

THE OLIVET DISCOURSE THEN OUTLINES THE TIME

WHEN SUN, MOON AND STARS NO LONGER WILL SHINE
AND ANTICHRIST RULES WITH THE POWER OF HELL
RELEASING GOD'S WRATH LIKE AN ATOM BOMB SHELL.

THEN OUT FROM THE HEAVENS ABLAZE ON A CLOUD

THE KING WILL DESCEND IN SHEKINAH'S BRIGHT SHROWD
ALL EYES WILL BEHOLD HIM AND LOOK ON HIS FACE
AND ISRAEL REDEEMED WILL FIND CLEANSING AND GRACE.

THE LORD TOLD THREE STORIES TO HELP ILLUSTRATE

THE KIND OF A MODEL HIS SERVANTS SHOULD MAKE
EQUIPPED AND CONTROLLED BY HIS SPIRIT DIVINE
EACH TALENT AND GIFT MUST CONSISTANTLLY SHINE.

THE STORY THEN CLOSES AT JESUS' RETURN

WITH NATIONS ALL GATHERED AT HIS JUDGMENT THRONE
THE SHEEP ARE THE RIGHTEOUS WHO HONOR HIS NAME
THE GOATS WHO OPPRESS HIS ELECT, DIE IN SHAME.
--B. Pent

DANIEL IN THE KINGDOM AGE

          DANIEL 12:1-13

THE FINAL PICTURE DANIEL SEES
ARE SCENES TOO GRUSOME TO DESCRIBE
AS WORLD-WIDE ARMIES FACE THE BEAST
WITH MYRIAD SOLDIERS FROM THE EAST.

THE ANTICHRIST WHO COMES FROM ROME
TO RULE FROM ZION'S TEMPLE THRONE
WILL TURN HIS WRATH AGAINST THE JEW
BY KILLING MOST AND LEAVING FEW.

BUT WHEN THE ANGEL MICHAEL COMES
HE WILL PROTECT GOD'S CHOSEN ONES
REFINED BY FIRE, RELEASED FROM SIN
THEY'LL SERVE AS PRIESTS WITH ISRAEL'S KING.

SO LOOKING AT THAT KINGDOM AGE
THE PROPHET SOUGHT TO KNOW THE TIME
WHEN OFFERING PIGS WOULD FINALLY CEASE
AND HOLY DAYS RESUME IN PEACE.

YET QUESTIONS FROM THE PROPHET'S SCROLL
WERE LEFT UNANSWERED FOR THE END
WHEN KNOWLDGE GROWS AND TRAVEL FLOWS
AND JUDGMENTS FROM THE HEAVEN SHOWS.

THEN YAHWEH MADE A SOLEMN VOW
BY PROMISING A FUTURE DAY
WHEN HE WOULD RISE TO TAKE HIS STAND
AND REIGN WITH CHRIST IN BEAULAH LAND.
--B. PENT

THE TIMES OF THE GENTILES (Part III)

 
















 DANIEL 11:36-45

BUT NOW A PARADOX APPEARS!
THE SHADOW OF ANTIOCHUS
BEGINS TO FADE FROM HISTORY'S PLACE
AS FUTURE VIEWS TAKE UP ITS SPACE.

THE BEAST WITH HORNS THAT DANIEL SAW
COMBINED WITH IRON FEET AND CLAY
APPEAR TO TAKE THE CENTER STAGE
AS ANTICHRIST, WITH BEAST-LIKE RAGE.

THIS KING WHO MAGNIFIES HIMSELF
THROUGH SIGNS AND WONDERS ON DISPLAY
WILL CLAIM HIMSELF AS GOD ALONE
DEMANDING WORSHIP ON HIS THRONE.

THE SIGN OF ISRAEL'S FINAL WEEK
BEGINS WHEN EUROPE'S MASTER-PLAN
INCLUDES A TREATY FIRMLY LAID
FOR ZION'S TEMPLE TO BE MADE.

WHEN NATIONS TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH
DISRUPT THE PEACE IN PALESTINE
THE BEAST WILL MOVE TO ZION'S HILL
AS SCRIPTURE CLEARLY STATES HE WILL.

BUT WHEN THE NATION'S OF THE WORLD
DEMAND A MEANING FOR THIS MOVE
THE TRIBULATION FORCES FORM
AND ARMAGEDDON'S TIME IS BORN.

THEN AT THE PEAK OF TOTAL DOOM
MESSIAH'S KING RETURNS TO EARTH
AND GRAFTED ISRAEL WILL REJOICE
FULFILLING GOD'S PROPHETIC CHOICE.
--B. PENT

IS 2012 OUR LAST YEAR?

THE NEW YEAR LIES BEFORE US
THE SIGNS SPEAK LOUD AND CLEAR
THE END-TIME IS UPON US
THE CHOICE YOU MAKE IS HERE.

THE PROPHETS TELL OF TROUBLE
OF NATIONS IN DISTRESS
WITH WAR AND FAMINES GROWING
OF DEATH AND LONELINESS.

TEN NATIONS, DANIEL TELLS US
WILL FORM A SINGLE HEAD
AND ONE WILL TRY TO CHARM US
BY RISING FROM THE DEAD.

THE BEAST WILL FORM A TREATY
WITH JEWS AND ARABS, TOO
AND ALL THE WORLD WILL WONDER
"CAN LASTING PEACE BE TRUE?"

THEN FROM THE TEMPLE THRONE
THE ANTI-CHRIST WILL SPEAK
AS ARMAGEDDON FORCES
AROUND JERUSALEM MEET.

THE SUN WILL THEN GROW DIMMER
THE MOON WILL HIDE ITS FACE
AS ANGELS POUR OUT JUDGMENT
UPON THE HUMAN RACE.

A CHOICE DEMANDS AN ANSWER
YOU CANNOT NEUTRAL BE
IT'S EITHER CHRIST OR SATAN
THAT MARKS YOUR DESTINY.
--B. Pent

ZECHARIAH 12-13 - THE WARRIOR KING APPEARS
A SUDDEN BURST OF LIGHT APPEARS

A HUSH OF AWE SURROUNDS THE STAGE
AS YAHWEH TAKES THE LEADING ROLE
IN HISTORY'S LAST PROPHETIC PAGE.

THE WARRIOR -KING STEPS FROM HIS THRONE
AS HE REVEALS THE BATTLE PLAN
THE NATIONS GATHER TO DESTROY
THE JEWISH RACE FROM OFF THEIR LAND.

THE "DAY" DESCRIBED BY PROPHETS PAST
TAKE SEVEN YEARS TO BE FULFILLED
AS ANTI-JEWISH FORCES JOIN
AT ARMAGEDDON'S BATTLE FIELD.

THE SIEGE SURROUNDING ZION'S HILL
WILL BE A ROCK THAT CANNOT MOVE
AS HORSE AND RIDER SEEM CONFUSED
LIKE DRUNKARDS IN A STUPOR MOOD.

THE MIGHTY GOD WILL BE REVEALED
THOUGH JUDAH'S ARMY IS SO SMALL
THEY WILL BECOME A FLAMING TORCH
AND HEAR THE PROMISED VICTORY CALL.

THE HEBREW RACE HAS YET TO TURN
FROM UNBELIEF TO GOD ALONE
FOR BLINDNESS STILL IN PART REMAINS
UNTIL THEY CLAIM THEIR HISTORY'S SHAME.

BUT WHEN THE VEIL OF UNBELIEF
IS TORN AWAY BY CHRIST'S RETURN
REPENTANT JEWS WILL TURN FROM SIN
AND CLAIM THE ONE THEY PIERCED AS KING.

BUT JUST BEFORE THE TRUMPET SOUNDS
THE ANTICHRIST WILL DO HIS BEST
TO KILL THE SEED OF JUDAH'S RACE
UNTIL ONE THIRD ARE LEFT IN PLACE.

IN PREPARATION FOR HIS REIGN
MESSIAH'S REMNANT WILL GO THROUGH
THE TEST OF THOSE REFINED BY FIRE
TO SERVE AS PRIESTS IN WHITE ATTIRE.
--B. Pent

THOUGHT QUESTIONS
1. The last three chapters takes a leap into the future at Christ's return to earth. How does chapter 12:1-3 describe Jerusalem in the final Armageddon conflict? When and where does it take place?

2. Seven times the expression "in that day" is mentioned. What might this repetition suggest about this particular "day?"

3. What crisis event is happening to Judah that drives their attention God-ward and what is their response (vs.10-14)?"

4. Chapter 13 describes the process in Israel's cleansing. How are some of those ways used according to verses 1-6?

5. What tragic evens take place in this final refining process that prepares the remaining remnant to serve with Messiah during His millennial kingdom (vs.7-13)?

ONE SCARY NIGHT

We're you ever asleep
And suddenly awoke
To a dream that seemed real
With some monster at your heel?

But this was no dream
Since God touched my eyes
With some giant screen
That dropped from the skies.

I sat there amazed
Like a vision ablaze
There were beasts coming near
And I shuddered in fear
As lions and bears
With leopards around
But no one to rescue
No help could be found.

Then a monster-like Beast
Indescribably cruel
With 10 horns from its brow
Arose to its feet
And like Rome with its iron
In league with the clay
It was weakened in strength
And began to decay.

Looking closer I found
In the midst of the horns
A personage came
With a power so strange
Like a demon from hell
He began to foretell.

The world was amazed
As this Horn moved to Rome
Where the feet from that dream
Faced 10 Nations supreme

Then with miracles seen
And with offer of peace
A treaty was signed
And a Temple was built.

Then the Dragon arose
With its fury unfurled
And destruction and death
Caused a wide-world distress.

Then a Stone could be seen
Like a rock from a hill
Breaking to powder
This Monster at will
For the power of heaven
Made dust of this clod
As the earth saw the birth
Of the Kingdom of God.

Then the heavens rejoiced
As the King took His place
From the throne in the Temple
With the Bride at His side.

For a 1000 year reign
The world will regain
All that was lost
From sin's awful cost.
With Eden reborn.
--B. Pent