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© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Israel plays an important role in end time events and prophecy: Many Bible Scholars prior to the early 1900’s didn’t think so, and they developed ‘replacement theology’. Also amillennialism and preterism. Rom. 11: 25 For I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this mystery--so that you will not be wise in your own estimation--that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in; Rom 11: 26 and so all Israel will be saved

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Rom 11: 1 I say then, God has not rejected His people, has He? May it never be! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 • “To your descendants I will give this land, ” • “. . . for all the land which you see, I will give it to you and to your descendants forever. ” Genesis 12 and 13

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Why has Israel experienced so much. Deuteronomy hardship? 31: 16 -17 And the Lord said to Moses: “You are going to rest with your fathers, and these people will soon prostitute themselves to the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake me and break the covenant I made with them. On that day I will become angry with them and forsake them; I will hide my face from them, and they will be destroyed. Many disasters and difficulties will come upon them, and on that day they will ask, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is not with us? ’

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 This hardship of prophetic significance began to truly take place in 70 AD when Roman soldiers conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple! The Jews were scattered over much of the middle east and Europe. Jesus prophesied this would happen! Mark 13: 1 As He was going out of the temple, one of His disciples *said to Him, "Teacher, behold what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!" 2 And Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left upon another which will not be torn down. "

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Mat 23: 37 "Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling. Mat 23: 38 "Behold, your house is being left to you desolate! Mat 23: 39 "For I say to you, from now on you will not see Me until you say, 'BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD!'"

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 In 70 AD, the Roman Army, under Titus, destroys Jerusalem and the Temple, to suppress an uprising of the Jews. According to the historian Josephus, about 1. 1 million Jews were killed. Others were taken as slaves.

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 135 AD In 135 AD, the Romans, under Hadrian, kill an estimated 580, 000 Jews to suppress the Bar Kochva uprising. The Romans ran a plow over Jerusalem to completely destroy the Holy City. The Romans ban the Jews from living in Jerusalem.

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Jerusalem would be destroyed and “plowed like a field” Written: sometime between 750 -686 BC Fulfilled: 135 AD Micah 3: 11 -12 Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets tell fortunes for money. Yet they lean upon the Lord and say, “Is not the Lord among us? No disaster will come upon us. ” Therefore because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, the temple hill a mound overgrown with thickets.

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 According to a text in the Gemara - a collection of ancient Jewish writings - the Romans ran a plow over Zion on the 9 th day of the Jewish month of Ab. The Gemara said that Turnus Rufus, a Roman officer, plowed the area of the Temple. This prophecy was fulfilled in literal detail. Incidentally, there was a Roman coin minted during that era that shows an image of Hadrian on one side and, on the other side, an image of a man riding a plow. The coin was intended to commemorate the founding of their pagan Roman city on the site of Jerusalem.

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 . Israel would become a wasteland Written: perhaps 1400 BC Fulfilled: 135 -1800 s In Deuteronomy 29: 23, the Bible said Israel would become a wasteland. This prophecy certainly was fulfilled. The land has been described many times as having been a wasteland. American writer Mark Twain wrote this, in 1867, about the land of Israel, which at the time was called Palestine: “Palestine sits in sackcloth and ashes… the spell of a curse that has withered its fields and fettered its energies… Palestine is desolate and unlovely… It is a hopeless, dreary, heartbroken land. ” - from Mark Twain’s Innocents Abroad.

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 However, it is also prophesied that Israel would return to the land be preserved in their dispersion! Zechariah 8: 13 As you have been an object of cursing among the nations, O Judah and Israel, so will I save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid, but let your hands be strong. ”

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 The Jews would be persecuted, but preserved Bible passage: Zechariah 8: 13 Written: between 520 and 518 BC Fulfilled: 135 to today In Zechariah 8: 13, the prophet said that although the Jews would be scorned and hated throughout the world, God would preserve them. The Jews have been subject to hatred in many, if not all, of the countries in which they have lived throughout the world. Even today in the United States people sometimes vandalize Jewish synagogues and slander the Jews.

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 The Jewish homeland would be inhabited by enemies Bible passage: Leviticus 26: 31 -32 Written: perhaps around 1400 BC Fulfilled: 135 to today In Leviticus 26: 31 -32, the Bible said that Israel would become a wasteland that it would be inhabited by enemies of the Jews. Both parts of this prophecy have been clearly documented throughout history. Many Jews were forced out of their homeland by the Assyrians, Babylonians and Romans.

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 The Jews would be exiled, scorned and ridiculed Bible passage: Deuteronomy 28: 36 -37 Written: perhaps 1400 BC Fulfilled: 135 -1900 s In Deuteronomy 28: 36 -37, the Bible said that the Jews would be exiled, ridiculed and scorned. This prophecy has certainly found fulfillment in many events throughout history. The Jews have been expelled from their homeland by the Assyrians, Babylonians and Romans. And the Jews - perhaps more than any other group of people - have been subject to hatred, scorn and persecution throughout the world.

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Here is Isaiah 43: 5 -6 “Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west. I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back. ’ Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth…”

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 1896 ”The Jewish State” is published, Zionism grows Theodor Herzl, a journalist from Vienna, Austria, writes “The Jewish State. ” He calls for the creation of a Jewish nation as a solution to the Diaspora (the scattering of Jews worldwide) and to anti-Semitism.

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 1897 Jews unite in effort to regain homeland Israel Theodor Herzl organizes the first World Zionist Congress, unifying diverse Zionist groups into one movement. The meeting helped establish Zionist organizations in many countries that had large Jewish populations.

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 1917 The British gain control of Palestine (Israel) During World War I, British forces defeat the Turks in Palestine and govern the area via a League of Nations mandate from 1923. Until then, the land had been controlled by the Turks (Ottoman Empire) for about 400 years. ””. . . the LORD will. . . assemble the dipersed of Israel, and gather together the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth. ”Isaiah 11: 11 -12 Jewish Publication Society of America

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 (Isaiah 11: 12) And He will lift up a standard for the nations And assemble the banished ones of Israel, And will gather the dispersed of Judah From the four corners of the earth.

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 (Isaiah 56: 8) The Lord GOD, who gathers the dispersed of Israel, declares, “Yet others I will gather to them, to those already gathered. ”

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 (Jeremiah 31: 10) Hear the word of the LORD, O nations, And declare in the coastlands afar off, And say, “He who scattered Israel will gather him And keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock. ”

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 (Ezekiel 11: 17) “Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries among which you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel. ”’

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 (Ezekiel 28: 25) ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and will manifest My holiness in them in the sight of the nations, then they will live in their land which I gave to My servant Jacob.

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 (Ezekiel 34: 13) “I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries and bring them to their own land; and I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the streams, and in all the inhabited places of the land.

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 (Ezekiel 37: 21) “Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I will take the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and I will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land;

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 1947 AD

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 In Joel 3: 2, the prophet said that the nations of the world will be judged for having scattered the people of Israel and for having “divided up” (or “parted” or “partitioned”) the land of Israel. On November 29, 1947, when the United Nations General Assembly approved a motion to partition the land, which at that time was called “Palestine. ” The partition plan divided the land into two separate states, one for Jewish people and another for Arab people. Today, that partitioning is interlocked with many political problems as the Jews seek to reclaim the land promised to them in the Bible (see Genesis 15: 18, Genesis 28: 10 -17 and Genesis 35: 9 -12), and the Arabs seek to create a homeland for “Palestinians” Arabs who have lived in that land for many generations.

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 1948, May 14 Jews declare independence of Israel On May 14, 1948, the Jews declare independence for Israel. This is the first time in 2900 years that Israel is both independent and united.

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 1948, May 15 Surrounding countries invade Israel Within hours of Israel’s declaration of independence, the surrounding Arab countries launch an invasion of Israel. 5 Countries against Israel! 1949 Israel prevails in first Arab-Israeli war Israel prevails in the Arab-Israeli war of 1948 -9. Israeli forces recapture more of the ancient Jewish homeland, expanding the size of Israel by about 50 percent. 1967 Six-Day War: Jews capture holy city of Jerusalem During the Six-Day War of 1967, Israel takes control of Jerusalem and other ancient-Jewish territories.

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 1968 - Current Jew began to buy property from the Palestinians Jeremiah 32: 44 Fields will be bought for silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed and witnessed in the territory of Benjamin, in the villages around Jerusalem, in the towns of Judah and in the towns of the hill country, of the western foothills and of the Negev, because I will restore their fortunes, declares the Lord. ”

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 1982 Hebrew becomes official language of Israel Hebrew was the language of the Jewish people in Biblical times, and most of the Old Testament was written in Hebrew. The language dies out over time but is revived in the 1900 s. In 1982, it becomes Israel’s official language.

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 1983 – Israel become a top exporter of crops and fruit – many agricultural scientist go to Israel to see how they made the dessert bloom

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Here is Isaiah 41: 18 -20 I will make rivers flow on barren heights, and springs within the valleys. I will turn the desert into pools of water, and the parched ground into springs. I will put in the desert the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive. I will set pines in the wasteland, the fir and the cypress together, so that people may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the Lord has done this, that the Holy One of Israel has created it.

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Here is Ezekiel 36: 33 -35 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On the day I cleanse you from all your sins, I will resettle your towns, and the ruins will be rebuilt. The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through it. They will say, “This land that was laid waste has become like the garden of Eden; the cities that were lying in ruins, desolate and destroyed, are now fortified and inhabited. ” Here is Joel 2: 22 Be not afraid, O wild animals, for the open pastures are becoming green. The trees are bearing their fruit; the fig tree and the vine yield their riches.

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Israel would again become a prosperous land Bible passage: Joel 2: 22 Written: about 400 BC Fulfilled: 1980 s In Joel 2: 22, the prophet said that God will again make the land of Israel productive again. After centuries of being desolate, Israel’s land is again fruitful. Food is one of modern Israel’s most important exports. Millions of trees have been planted and a vast network of irrigation canals have been built during the past 200 years by Jews who have returned to their ancient homeland from countries around the world.

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Isaiah foretold the restoration of Israel Bible passage: Isaiah 35: 1 -2 Written: perhaps between 701 -681 BC Fulfilled: 1980 s In Isaiah 35: 1 -2, the prophet said that although Israel would become a desolate land, its deserts would one day bloom again. This Bible verse foreshadows the restoration of Israel that has been taking place since the 1900 s. Million of Jews have returned to their ancient homeland have developed sophisticated farming techniques and extensive reforestation programs to convert the parched desert into productive farmland. More than 200 million trees have been planted in Israel since 1900, according to the Jewish National Fund.

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Here is Isaiah 35: 1 -2 The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, it will burst into bloom; it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; they will see the glory of the Lord, the splendor of our God.

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Israel’s land would again become fruitful Bible passage: Zechariah 8: 12 Written: between 520 and 518 BC Fulfilled: 1980 s Here is Zechariah 8: 12 “The seed will grow well, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will produce its crops, and the heavens will drop their dew. I will give all these things as an inheritance to the remnant of this people. ” Today, Israel is able to export food to many countries. Scientists are still trying to figure out how they made the dessert bloom!

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Israel Today

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Now they just need to rebuild their Temple… NEWS FLASH: Red Heifer Born in Israel! Updated April 8 th, 2002 It can now be revealed that less than one month ago, a red heifer was born in Israel. After the heifer’s owner contacted the Temple Institute, on Friday, April 5 th, 2002, Rabbi Menachem Makover and Rabbi Chaim Richman traveled to the farm where the heifer is located, to inspect and validate her status. The rabbis found her to be kosher and were satisfied that this heifer could indeed be a candidate to be used in the process of purification described in the book of Numbers, chapter 19.

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 2000 Joseph’s Tomb Burned * OC Register , Sunday - Oct. 8, 2000. Arabs tore apart and burned Joseph’s Tomb. It was a shrine, house, tomb, compound & synagogue. Obodiah 1: 15 -18 An end times prophecy - ‘Joseph's house will be a flame’ The idea is that it would be burned, and it infers it will be a catalyst for end time events. Israel's Defense state that Palestinians can not be trusted with the Temple Mount because of Joseph's Tomb!

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 In Obadiah we are told that in the last days, when the nations are about to be judged, Josephs Tomb would be a flame. I find it very significant this event took place. The word in the Bible for tomb in this passage can also mean ‘house’. See below. Also, in that same passage it says Jacobs house will be a fire (different word than flame), and Essau’s house a stuble. Palistiinians are Essau’s house, Israel is Jacob’s house. Psalm 83 – Names ancient tribes that would surround Israel – they will conspire to destroy her but they will fail.

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Zech. 12 Thus declares the LORD who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him, 2“Behold, I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that causes reeling to all the peoples around; and when the siege is against Jerusalem, it will also be against Judah. 3“It will come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will be severely injured. And all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it.

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 The UN has taken a stand against the Jews. . Joel 3: 1 -2 “In those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, I will gather all nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. (NOTE: “Jehoshaphat” means “the Lord judges. ”) There I will enter into judgment against them concerning my inheritance, my people Israel, for they scattered my people among the nations and divided up my land. Zechariah 12: 3 “And it will come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will be severely injured. And all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it.

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Much of the battle is over Israel’s right to exist. Which goes back to: Genesis 16: 2 -12 Gen 16: 2 So Sarai said to Abram, “Now behold, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go in to my maid; perhaps I will obtain children through her. ” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. Gen 25: 17 -18 17 Altogether, Ishmael lived a hundred and thirtyseven years. He breathed his last and died, and he was gathered to his people. 18 His descendants settled in the area from Havilah to Shur, near the border of Egypt, as you go towards Asshur. And they lived in hostility towards all their brothers.

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 God said it would be like this!!! Arabs Still Want to Destroy Israel The latest terrorist attack in Israel reminds us that while militant Islamic rule in Afghanistan may be history, militant Islam is not. Recently, Palestinian television broadcast a sermon in a Gaza mosque in which the imam, Ibrahim Madi, made the following statement: “God willing, this unjust state Israel will be erased; this unjust state the United States will be erased; this unjust state Britain will be erased. ”

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 In recent days, one synagogue in Marseille, France, has been doused in gasoline and burned to the ground; another in Lyon, France, was damaged in a car attack; a third, in Brussels, was firebombed; and a fourth, in Kiev, was attacked by 50 youths chanting, “Kill the Jews, ” who then beat up a rabbi.

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Synagogues Burn as Europeans Rage Al Webb - THE WASHINGTON TIMES LONDON — A wave of anti-Jewish attacks — ranging from hate mail and graffiti to stonings, shotgun blasts, gasoline bombs and synagogue bombings — has swept Europe from Britain to Ukraine as the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians worsens in the Middle East.

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Iraq - Babylon - Saddam Hussein Habakuk 1: 5 -7 “Look at the nations and watch—and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told. 6 I am raising up the Babylonians, that ruthless and impetuous people, who sweep across the whole earth to seize dwelling-places not their own. 7 They are a feared and dreaded people; they are a law to themselves and promote their own honor. He has spent - $2. 5 Billion – and laid over 600 Million Bricks with this inscription on the new bricks: “In the era of President Saddam Hussein all Babylon was constructed in three stages. From Nebuchadnezzar to Saddam Hussein, Babylon is rising again. ”

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Jerusalem City

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Jerusalem -

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Hanging Gardens

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Saddam And

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© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Is Iraq

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 IRAQ FACTS Population: 22 million IRAQ Capital: Baghdad Major languages: Arabic, Kurdish Major religion: Islam Life expectancy: 66 years (men), 68 years (women) Monetary unit: 1 Iraqi dinar = 1, 000 fils Main exports: Crude oil Average annual income: US $593 Internet domain: . iq International dialing code: 964

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Timeline - IRAQ • • Iraq is a poor country that has no influence on the world at all. It is a divided country – the Sunnis, the Shiites, and the Kirds. The US is not going to destroy Iraq. We are there to bring Democracy and our influence into Iraq.

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Iraq can’t be the Babylon of Revelation in it’s current condition! • However, let’s speculate: • After we bombed Japan, we helped it become a major world power! • Could we do the same for Iraq? • It’s possible…

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Our Resolve “Americans seek peace in the world. War is the last option for confronting threats. Yet the temporary peace of denial and looking away from danger would only be a prelude to a broader war and greater horror. America will confront gathering dangers early. By showing our resolve today, we are building a future of peace. ” President George W. Bush

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Who is true Babylon Today? • Revelation 17 -18: Babylon is the world economic power • Revelation 17 -18: Babylon once again is a city of wickedness • Babylon is the most powerful nation on earth • Babylon influences the whole world!

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Rev 18: 7 "To the degree that she glorified herself and lived sensuously, [and says]… I will never see mourning. ' Rev 18: 9 "And the kings of the earth, who committed acts of immorality and lived sensuously with her, will weep and lament over her when they see the smoke of her burning, Rev 18: 10 standing at a distance because of the fear of her torment, saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For in one hour your judgment has come. ' Rev 18: 11 "And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargoes any more-Rev 18: 12 cargoes of gold and silver and precious stones and pearls and fine linen and purple and silk and scarlet, and every kind of citron wood and every article of ivory and every article made from very costly wood and bronze and iron and marble,

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Habakuk 1: 5 -7 “Look at the nations and watch— and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told. 6 I am raising up the Babylonians, that ruthless and impetuous people, who sweep across the whole earth to seize dwelling-places not their own. 7 They are a feared and dreaded people; they are a law to themselves and promote their own honor. America seems to fit the Biblical model for Spiritual Babylon today…

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 British intelligence reports… The British contingent will be assigned its own sectors in an American-dominated force that will control the whole country, not just Baghdad. Lt-Gen David Mc. Kiernan, commander of the U. S. Third Army, now deploying in Kuwait, is tipped to take charge of the occupation force. His role as military governor in a transitional administration has been compared to that of Gen Douglas Mac. Arthur in postwar Japan, the Daily Telegraph reported. • Whoever controls Babylon becomes Babylon. • Our nation abandoned God many years ago. • We control Babylon!!

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 "Our goal is to transfer as much authority as possible, as quickly as possible, to the Iraqis themselves, " he said. On the other hand, he added, the United States wouldn't try to foist off burdens on those who are in no position to carry or manage them. The sooner reconstruction is accomplished, he said, the sooner the coalition would be able to withdraw and the sooner the Iraqis would regain complete control of their country. ”

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 A disarmed, peaceful, transformed Iraq that shines as a light of democracy in the region is an appealing prospect. Until—and unless—that goal is achieved, the Bush administration has the problem of occupation and transition. A large US military footprint in Iraq seems the likely consequence of the ecology of the conflict and the goal of transformation. Iraq could be under American control for two or more years in the transition. US Navy, CCC

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 What happens

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 1 John 2: 18 Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour.

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Are events lining up with scripture? Revelation 14: 8 And another angel, a second one, followed, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who has made all the nations drink of the wine of the passion of her immorality. "

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Revevaltion 18: 9 "And the kings of the earth, who committed acts of immorality and lived sensuously with her, will weep and lament over her when they see the smoke of her burning”

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Are we living in the ‘Last days’? The signs are all around us. God tells us: 1 Thess 5: 4 But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief.

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Matt. 24: 3 As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age? ”

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Mat 24: 4 And Jesus answered and said to them, "See to it that no one misleads you. Mat 24: 5 "For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ, ' and will mislead many. Mat 24: 6 "You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end. Mat 24: 7 "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom,

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Mat 24: 7 "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes. Mat 24: 8 "But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs. Mat 24: 9 "Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name. Mat 24: 10 "At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another. Mat 24: 11 "Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many. Mat 24: 12 "Because lawlessness is increased, most people's love will grow cold.

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 What’s the World saying… “There an estimated 98 million Christian evangelicals in the United States, : but of concern here is its sub-group, known as Christian Zionists. They believe : that Jews are God's chosen people and have a divine deed to their contested : land, in accordance with a covenant described in the first book of the Bible. ” World News Reporter, March 22, 2003

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 "similarity between the way the Roman authorities charged Christians of that era with odium humani generis -'hatred of the human race' --and the way the political and media establishment charge the Christians with creating a 'climate of hate. ' " Scary stuff. -Wesley Pruden (editor in chief of The Times)

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 33 So, you too, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near, right at the door. 34“Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 37“For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah. 38“For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39 and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of Man be.

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 II Thess. 2: 1 Now we request you, brethren, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, 2 that you not be quickly shaken from your composure or be disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. 3 Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction. • Apostasy mean “To rebel against a once held position”

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 • 2 Timothy 3 –Apostasy - “Difficult Times Will Come” 1 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. 2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, 4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Are these signs of the end times? Yes! » Wars, new disease, compromised Church

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Luke 21: 34“Be on guard, so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap; 35 for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth. 36“But keep on the alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are about to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man. ”

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 I Thess. 5: 1 -11 1 Now as to the times and the epochs, brethren, you have no need of anything to be written to you. 2 For yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night. 3 While they are saying, “Peace and safety!” then destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape. 4 But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day would overtake you like a thief; 5 for you are all sons of light and sons of day ((skip to vs. 9))

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 9 For God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live together with Him. 11 Therefore encourage one another and build up one another, just as you also are doing. – But for the apostate church it will come like a thief in the night. • Rev. 3: 1“To the angel of the church in Sardis write:

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars, says this: ‘I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead. 2‘Wake up, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die; for I have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God. 3‘So remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent. Therefore if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you. 4‘But you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments; and they will walk with Me in white, for they are worthy.

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 The implication is simple – Wake up! We are in the Last Days! The signs that are happening all around us! What’s it going to take?

© 2005 Pastor Brett Peterson – email: pastorbrett@ccbcu. edu 949 -444 -0321 Matt. 16: 1 The Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and testing Jesus, they asked Him to show them a sign from heaven. 2 But He replied to them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red. ’ 3“And in the morning, ‘There will be a storm today, for the sky is red and threatening. ’ Do you know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but cannot discern the signs of the times?