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JAN '24: Delusion Confusion
The world is being inundated with a deluge of lies and deception. Well, that strong delusion Paul talks about just has to be part of that, right?
Delusion Confusion
Many believers have heard of the "strong delusion" that the apostle Paul mentions in his second letter to the Thessalonians; and as an increasingly dazed and confused world tumbles headlong into the run-up to the Tribulation, this topic seems to be receiving a bit more attention in certain circles.
Although it's true that in the past I have seen many good people fail to properly understand and interpret the strong delusion in various ways and to varying degrees, I recently watched a video by one of my absolute favorite Bible teachers (and no names are needed because I have nothing but the sincerest love and deepest respect for this individual, and nothing I say in this article is meant as criticism) that made me realize that this particular scriptural topic and the misunderstanding thereof is becoming a bit more prevalent and pronounced as the world inexorably lurches into the sequence of events that will usher in Daniel's 70th Week.
FEB '24: The Year of the Dragon
Recently I stumbled across an obscure fact that made me believe there is even deeper significance to Satan's association with the serpent than I thought.
The Year of the Dragon
We've just finished celebrating Chinese New Year here in Taiwan, and I'll tell you guys a dirty little secret: A number of Taiwanese people are not all that crazy about this lengthy holiday that is typically about seven or eight days long, sees many business establishments closed for much of that, and occurs in January or February when the weather tends to be chilly and drizzly.
But worst of all, no matter where you go in Taiwan during Chinese New Year, it is absolutely guaranteed to be packed to overflowing with people who are just as desperate as you are to get out of the house and go somewhere and do something. As it is sometimes sarcastically opined in Taiwan in regard to this traditional holiday of holidays, which for people here is Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the regular New Year's celebration all rolled into one:
"Taiwan is a small island nation with about 23 million people and about 23 good places to visit. Do the math."
MAR '24: The Valley Revisited
A second solar eclipse in April will complete an "X" over America—but only recently I learned the second passes over a number of cities named Nineveh.
The Valley Revisited
As many of you know, on April 8, 2024 the United States will witness the second of a pair of total solar eclipses, the first of which occurred seven years ago on August 21, 2017. The first eclipse swept downward across America from the northwest to the southeast, and the second will sweep upward from the southwest to the northeast, and together they will mark a big "X" on the country. Naturally, the watch community has been buzzing about it for a number of years now.
I devoted an article to these two eclipses about a year and a half ago entitled "The Valley of the Shadow of Death" (OCT '22) and in that article I examine the prophetic significance of the fact that the path of totality of the first eclipse in 2017 passed over seven towns named Salem, while the path of totality of the second will pass over 12 such towns, one of them being one of the seven Salems that was in the path of the first eclipse. Not only that, but the area where the paths of the two eclipses intersect is the New Madrid Seismic Zone along the Mississippi River near St. Louis, site of the three most powerful earthquakes in American history east of the Rocky Mountains in 1811–12.
1. Adapted from Sunset Over Grass Field © AOosthuizen at Can Stock Photo
2. Offshoot Growth Concept © lightsource at Depositphotos
3. China Lights Dragon © darksideOfPink at Depositphotos
4. Adapted from 2017 Total Solar Eclipse (35909952653) © NASA Goddard Space Flight Center from Greenbelt, MD, USA (text added), [CC BY 2.0]
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