The Final Time of the Bible
(Section 5)
By Wally Santos
During a lot of time it´s has been speaking in different Media about the topic of the Mayan prophecies and the "End of the world" in the year 2012. Many people wonder, Really… What will pass in December 21 the 2012? How ambient there will be the morning of December 22?, Etc.
Only with the fact of establishing a date, it is already reason of uncertainty. When revising the history, we see that many pseudo-prophets "predicted" many catastrophes. Some said that the Messiah had already come in his public manifestation (as King) and others that the arrival of the year 2000 would be a world chaos. Not there is doubt that in the humanity there are always people or entities that look for reasons to maintain the attention (or the fear) of the societies. I remember that a couple of years ago, it began to be published some interesting data about the Mayan oracles for the year 2012. I took that publication to the classroom of my students (of Sciences of the Communication) because I wanted to see their reaction with topics of this nature. The reactions were the awaited ones, they began to ask if really would happen those things. The text of the magazine spoke of a "era" change, of some "apocalyptic" repercussions, and the arrival of the "End of the World."
From that occasion observed that the topic of the Mayan prophecies went charging interest more and more, and they woke up all type of passions in people. It seemed that they makes them think about the future and their your major worry is its personal security, and your family. Some of my students were brought near separated and they admitted me that those things, it scared them a lot. They asked me him to explain to them something of the "End of the world." Well, I talked them something about Apocalypse and the plan of God for us, the human. The curious thing is that they asked me if I was afraid about this (2012), and of course, I told them that I was not afraid.
They didn't understand the reason I was not afraid, I explained to them that being in Christ those fears leaves, and for the faith, we have promises of eternal life. Also, if God prepared to take us out of this world, I already knew to where I would go, to my Father's house. Also, that some of my students felt very restless for several days and some could not sleep because of the fear. And this way there are a lot of people in the world, with a lot of fear for the "events" that will come in the 2012. Although the Bible speaks about Judgments that will come, not because the Mayan have said it, but because it is written in Bible.
One of the most beautiful promises that find in the Bible, is in John 10:27-29: “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one is able to snatch them out of my Father’s hand.”
So in Christ Jesus is sure that anything will move us away from Him, and our eternity already began when we receive Christ in our heart. When being in Christ, we have the security that Him us guard of dangers, but if it was not this way, there are always purposes on behalf of God for our life. The apostle Paul preached in many places, but it also suffered adverse situations by reason of the Gospel, for example, in 1 Thess. 3:7 say: “for this cause, brothers, we were comforted over you in all OUR DISTRESS AND AFFLICTION through your faith”. In Acts 14:19 (NVI) say: “Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and won the crowd over. They STONED PAUL AND DRAGGED HIM outside the city, THINKING HE WAS DEAD." However, in other portions of the Bible we observe that God freed Paul of other dangers.
Although the topic that today approaches us is not on the tribulations, it is important to have in our mind that, whatever happens, anything it will move us away from the love of God. In our Christian walk we will face many enemies (Of meat and bone, and also spiritual), but God will also liberate us of other enemies and we will see the power of God showing.
Conform to we bring near a year 2012, more and more we see in the Media, topics with respect to this year. They speak about the Mayan prophecies, the prophecies of Nostradamus, XXIII Juan's prophecies and of a great number of eccentrics that the only thing they want is to take water to their mill or to scare people.
The "end of the world", as many wants to understand it, it´s won't still come. In the Book of Matthew 24:4-6 say: "Jesus answered, he told them: Look that nobody deceives you. Because many will come on my behalf, saying: "I am the Christ", and they will deceive many. And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. Care! You are not alarmed, because it is necessary that all this happens; BUT STILL NOT IS THE END." (Aramaic Version).
This is true, we are in the "times of the end", but not in the days of the "End of World", as many they say to infuse fear in people. The Bible, clearly expressed that we are in the beginning of birth pains, that is to say, the Bible compares these times like the childbirth pains in a woman. When a woman is waiting a baby, and they begin her the childbirth pains, it´s doesn't mean that immediately the boy is born, but it begins the process and "soon he will be born” this one, the rhythm and the frequency of the pains will indicate the precise moment of the birth. In the following verses, Matthew 24:7-8 say: "Because nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be hungers, pests and earth tremors here and there. But all this is THE PRINCIPLE OF THE PAINS OF CHILDBIRTH." (Aramaic Version).
Personally I believe that we are already in the stage of “The principle of the childbirth pains”. Many of the prophecies that God gave to its true prophets (Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Isaiah, Daniel, etc.) they have already been completed and they will continue being fulfilled. The shepherd that shepherded my life, during 18 years. Dr. Othoniel Ríos Paredes (who is already with the Lord), taught us many topics with respect to the final times and he always was saying to us (with the biblical respective references) us that the times of the end were already living them. And that whole wealth of biblical knowledge was about storing it in my heart.
Every day that happens, new doctrines and philosophies arise talking about spiritual and apocalyptic topics. Although this "apocalyptic" term is he bad using in the Media, because they refer to this term as synonymous of catastrophe, chaos, death, annihilation, etc. When the true sense of that word is "Revelation", Apocalypse it is the "Book of the Revelations". That is to say, God left there what should come for the humanity and for the children of God. Apocalypse, according to the dictionary Strong's says that: "apokalupto" (Strongn´s ref. 601) It can mean: “A laying bear, making naked, a disclosure of truth, instruction. Concerning things before unknown. Used of events by which things or states or persons hitherto withdrawn from view are made visible to all. Manifestation, appearance”. So in this beautiful Book we find the "Revelation" of how they will be the final times.
How to know that we are already in the Final Times?
In Book of Daniel, chapter. 12, we find a description of the time of the end; but specifically in the verse 4 read: (NVI Spanish) "You, Daniel, keeps these things secretly and it seals the book until the time of the end, because many will run to and fro in search of any knowledge."
And the King James version says: "But you, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased."
I wanted to include the verse 4 of these 2 versions of the Bible, because they open us a very wide panorama so that we understand in a better way this message. God "reveals" him a series of events from the final time to the prophet Daniel and this verse 4 are the key of when it would be completed. First: this verse says that this prophecy would be sealed (closed, hidden, without understanding) until the time of the end.
The Hebrew word that is used for "TIME" is “ `eth” (6256), and means precisely: Time (of an event), the time (as we frequently use it, for example referring a hour), experiences (of the moment to live something), occurrence (of the verb to happen) and occasion.
Regarding the word "END" in Hebrew is used: “qets” (7093) and means in two aspects: A) End (referring at the time) and, B) End (of space).
And the Hebrew word for "SCIENCE" is: “da'ath” (1847) that could have two meanings:
A) Knowledge (in the sense of knowledge, science, perception or learned skill).
B) In the sense of Discernment, Understanding, Wisdom (or sanity).
Now, based on these definitions, and with the help of The Lord, we can see that the "understanding" of those events that they revealed to Daniel would be for the "end of the times", (an era, cycle, space) and not of the "end of the World" (destruction) like they indicate it the Media. But... what "time" means the "final"? Obviously to the contextual moment of all that Matthew 24 says. Of course, in this chapter there are many "sub-events" that it is not the reason of being of this article.
I gets me the attention the version NVI, it gives a very interesting "light": “because many will run to and fro in search of any knowledge." Only for curiosity it enters the NET and write "prophecies 2012" and they will appear him 2.310.000 (Two millions 310 thousand sites aprox.) where you can find relating information it is this. Of course, most of that information is of doubtful origin. Why are there so many sources of this information? Because many (thousands or millions) go of a side to other wanting to know (knowledge) more than the end. But the saddest thing, is that they don't go to the only Book that can give them the appropriate answer, THE BIBLE (to acquire Wisdom). They want "science" of the world, but not the "wisdom" of God.
Not it is necessary to forget that the "increment of the science", is also part of the signs of the final time. That is to say, we are in the precise moment where God will reveal its Word to who they look for it.
You can see in Matthew 24 that there many events are described, but I want to underline something very important. In the Verse 14 (Aramaic Version) says: “And this gospel of the Kingdom will be preached in the entire world for testimony of all the nations, and then the end of the fixed time will come”.
When being increased the science in all their branches, as sign of the final time, God is telling us that this Gospel will be preached to all the nations for testimony of them, that is to say that, not necessarily "all the nations" will become to the Lord., but at least they will have listened that there are a True God and only one road toward God named Jesus Christ, and they will see the ministers of the Lord supported by the power of the Holly Spirit. Then, the end of the fixed time will come.
One of those technological advances, is the COMPUTER SCIENCE'S field. We live in an era, that the communicators we call the "Information Age" or of the "Telecommunications." This "Era or Age" has been thanks to the invention and advances of the computation. This science has allowed the discovery of many other things in all the fields of the other sciences. Thanks to this technology (Computer science), God allowed to a group of scientists to discover something astonishing, The Codes Bible (of which we already speak something in the 4 previous articles).
It has been necessary to expose the 4 previous chapters, so that starting from now, we can have a higher level of understanding about one of the objectives of God for these times that we are living, to show us that His word, is His Word, The Bible.
Now, in the following article I will show them something of the many things that they say the biblical codes with respect to the year 2012, and once again we will see that the Word of God is effective TODAY.
God follows you blessing.
