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>BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE PROPHET ELIJAH IS COMING AGAIN!
BEFORE THE TRIBULATION.
AND HERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS VERY IMPORTANT PROPHETIC ISSUE WITH ME IS BOB ULRICH.
HI, BOB! >>GARY, IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU.
>WE'VE GOT A SUBJECT THAT IS NEAR TO MY HEART.
IN A RECENT ISSUE OF "THE PROPHECY WATCHER", I WROTE AN ARTICLE
ENTITLED "ELIJAH IS COMING BEFORE THE SEVEN
YEAR TRIBULATION". IF YOU STOP AND THINK ABOUT THAT, THAT'S AMAZING!
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW
THE BLESSED HOPE FOR US, THE THING THAT IS
A CONSTANT THOUGHT IS THAT THE LORD COULD COME AT ANY MOMENT,
FOR HIS CHURCH. OF COURSE THAT'S
BEFORE THE TRIBULATION. BUT THE BIBLE SAYS
THAT ELIJAH IS COMING BEFORE THE TRIBULATION. SO THERE'S A GOOD
QUESTION THERE, WILL THE CHURCH MEET ELIJAH?
WILL THEY PASS ON THE WAY? WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, AND HOW DO YOU
THINK ABOUT THE COMING OF ELIJAH BEFORE THE GREAT AND
TERRIBLE DAY OF THE LORD? IT'S AN AMAZING SUBJECT. >>THE DOCTRINE OF
IMMINENCY IS UNDER ATTACK LIKE AT NO POINT IN TIME IN HISTORY.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN SO MUCH VENOM
AND ANGST OVER THE RETURN OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. >YEAH.
>>AS HE PROMISED, HE PROMISED TO RETURN. YOU JUST HAVE TO LOVE THE QUOTE
FROM THE PROPHET MALACHI, AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS. >YES WE ARE. >>BUT HE SAYS
--STUDENTS OF PROPHECY ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS PHRASE, 'BEHOLD I WILL
SEND YOU ELIJAH THE PROPHET BEFORE THE COMING OF THE GREAT AND
DREADFUL DAY OF THE LORD'. LET'S IDENTIFY WHAT THE
DAY OF THE LORD ACTUALLY IS, GARY. I KNOW THAT'S ANOTHER SUBJECT DEAR TO YOUR HEART. >WELL
IT IS. IT'S OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD. WHAT IS THE DAY OF THE LORD?
THE DAY OF THE LORD IS WHAT WE CALL THE TRIBULATION.
NOW THE TRIBULATION IS COMPLEX, IT'S SEVEN YEARS LONG. IT
HAS DIFFERENT ASPECTS DIRECTED AT DIFFERENT PEOPLES. YOU HAVE
THE 144,000 FROM THE TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL, YOU HAVE
THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SAVED DURING THE TRIBULATION,
WE REFER TO THEM AS THE TRIBULATION SAINTS,
A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS HAPPENING. AND YOU HAVE THE TWO WITNESSES.
IN THE TRIBULATION, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE A LITTLE BIT LATER. BUT
THE DAY OF THE LORD, IN MY MIND, AND THE TRIBULATION, ARE ONE
AND THE SAME. >>NOW THE DOCTRINE
OF THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH IS SOMETHING THAT KIND OF PRECEDES THE DAY OF THE LORD.
IF YOU'RE WATCHING TODAY AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH IS,
WHEN JESUS LEFT EARTH FOR THE LAST TIME, HE PROMISED TO COME AGAIN
AND RECEIVE US UNTO HIMSELF. THE BOOK OF JOHN IS VERY CLEAR WHAT HE SAYS,
AND WE WAIT FOR THIS ANXIOUSLY. THE RAPTURE COMES
FIRST AND--LET'S MAKE THIS CLEAR--THE TRIBULATION IS A SEVEN YEAR
PERIOD OF TIME THAT WE BELIEVE COMES AFTER THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH.
HERE AT PROPHECY WATCHERS WE ARE DISPENSATIONAL. WE INTERPRET SCRIPTURE
LITERALLY, WE'RE PREMILLENIAL. SO THIS WHOLE PICTURE
AND THIS UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT BIBLE PROPHECY ACTUALLY TEACHES, IT'S REALLY CRITICAL
TO GET THE TIMING OF ALL THESE EVENTS DOWN. >IT IS. IN
FACT, ELIJAH IS UNIQUE IN THE BIBLE. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FIGURES
AND HE COMES OUT OF NOWHERE.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MOMENT. HE'S SUDDENLY THERE
--HE HAS NO FATHER, NO MOTHER,
NO REAL KNOWN PLACE WHERE HE EXISTED. HE COMES FROM
A PLACE CALLED 'TISH' AND NOBODY KNOWS REALLY WHERE THAT WAS.
BUT SUDDENLY HE'S ON THE PAGES OF THE BIBLE, THAT'S HIS FIRST COMING.
HE DOES A NUMBER OF THINGS
AND THEN HE'S TAKEN TO HEAVEN. >>HE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE HIS OWN BOOK
IN THE BIBLE, JUST SIMPLY NAMED AS A PROPHET. >YEAH.
>>BUT HE'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PROPHETS FOR ISRAEL. THIS IS A MESSIANIC
PROPHET, THESE ARE MESSIANIC PROPHECIES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, HOW THE
JEWS, THE JEWISH PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE RETURN OF ELIJAH.
>ABSOLUTELY! >>TELL US ABOUT WHAT MALACHI HAS WRITTEN,
BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO SET THE STAGE. >IT IS. LET'S SET THE STAGE BY
TURNING TO THE END OF MALACHI,
CHAPTERS 3 AND 4. IN CHAPTER 3,
WE READ THIS: "BEHOLD, I WILL SEND MY MESSENGER AND HE SHALL
PREPARE THE WAY BEFORE ME, AND THE LORD WHOM YOU
SEEK SHALL SUDDENLY COME TO HIS TEMPLE". IT'S OBVIOUSLY
A REFERENCE TO THE COMING OF JESUS.
OF COURSE THAT'S THE NEW TESTAMENT. BUT
THEN GOING TO CHAPTER 4 OF MALACHI,
YOU SEE ANOTHER COMING OF ELIJAH.
CHAPTER 4 SAYS "FOR BEHOLD THE DAY COMETH
THAT BURN AS AN OVEN". NOW THAT'S THE DAY OF THE LORD WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
JUST A MINUTE AGO, THE SEVEN YEAR TRIBULATION. "AND ALL THE PROUD, YEA,
AND ALL THAT DO WICKEDLY SHALL BE STUBBLE
THAT COMETH SHALL BURN THEM UP, SAYETH THE LORD OF HOSTS, SHALL LEAVE THEM NEITHER ROOT NOR BRANCH
BUT UNTO YOU THAT FEAR MY NAME SHALL THE SON
OF RIGHTEOUSNESS ARISE WITH HEALING IN HIS WINGS AND YE SHALL GO
FORTH AND GROW UP AS CALVES OF THE STALL". AND HERE, BOB
IS THE CONTEXT, 'THE VERY END OF DAYS'.
THE COMING OF CHRIST AT THE END
OF THIS DAY AS MALACHI CALLS IT.
THEN YOU DROP DOWN TO THE CONCLUDING THREE VERSES OF MALACHI,
THE VERY END OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, VERY SIGNIFICANTLY. YOU HAVE COME TO
THE CONCLUSION OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. VERSE 4, MALACHI 4:
'REMEMBER YE THE LAW OF MOSES MY SERVANT,
WHICH I COMMANDED UNTO HIM IN HOREB FOR ALL ISRAEL,
WITH THE STATUES AND JUDGEMENTS, BEHOLD I
WILL SEND YOU ELIJAH THE PROPHET
BEFORE THE COMING OF THE GREAT AND DREADFUL DAY OF THE
LORD AND HE SHALL TURN THE HEARTS OF THE FATHERS TO THE CHILDREN,
AND THE HEARTS OF THE CHILDREN TO THEIR FATHERS, LEST I COME AND SMITE THE EARTH WITH A CURSE."
WELL THERE IT IS. ELIJAH IS
COMING AND IT COULDN'T EVEN BE MORE CLEAR. HOW
COULD YOU MAKE IT ANY MORE CLEAR? HE'S COMING
BEFORE THE DAY OF THE LORD. THAT IS, TO USE OUR CONTEMPORARY
LANGUAGE, IT'S THE PRETRIBULATIONAL COMING OF ELIJAH. >>I'VE
HEARD YOU USE THAT WORD BEFORE. I WANT TO READ SOMETHING YOU'VE WRITTEN IN THIS ARTICLE,
BECAUSE I THINK THIS REALLY SUMMARIZES WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH ALL THIS. ISRAEL
WE BELIEVE, ARE GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE. THEY'RE REFERRED
TO IN THE SCRIPTURE AS THE APPLE OF GOD'S EYE. THE
ABRAHAMIC COVENANT LAID THIS OUT THROUGHOUT HISTORY THAT GOD HAS NOT ABANDONED ISRAEL,
IN FACT YOU COULD MAKE A PRETTY STRONG ARGUMENT. THERE'S ACTUALLY A BOOK OUT THERE CALLED
"THE RUIN AND RESTORATION OF ISRAEL". GOD IS NOT FINISHED
WITH HIS PEOPLE >THAT'S TRUE. >>THEY'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH A VERY DARK TIME IN THE DAYS AHEAD
IT'S CALLED 'THE TRIBULATION' IT'S CALLED 'THE TIME OF JACOB'S TROUBLE'
BUT GARY'S WRITTEN THIS, AND I WANT YOU TO READ THIS BECAUSE THE BIBLE IS A
SUPERNATURAL BOOK, FULL OF SUPERNATURAL EVENTS. IT HAS A DARK SIDE.
THERE'S A DARK SIDE TO BIBLE PROPHECY THAT WE TALK ABOUT OFTEN.
BUT THIS IS IMPORTANT. GARY WROTE: "IN ISRAEL'S HISTORY, THE
EMERGENCE OF MIRACLES HAS BEEN THE EXCEPTION RATHER THAN THE RULE,
THEY ARISE DURING DISTINCT PERIODS, LATER CHRONICLED WITH RESPECT TO THE EFFECTS
THEY PRODUCED. THEY ARE NEVER SEEN WITHOUT SOME CONNECTION TO A MAJOR
TURNING POINT IN HISTORY." IN OTHER WORDS, GREAT
HISTORICAL MIRACLES WHICH REPRESENT A TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF NATURAL LAW,
COME FOR A PURPOSE DURING A SPECIFIC PERIOD OF TIME.
AND THE LIFE OF ELIJAH REFLECTS THAT PARAGRAPH, DOESN'T IT? >IT REALLY
DOES. AND HERE'S THE THING ABOUT ELIJAH,
IF YOU GO BACK TO 1 KINGS CHAPTER 16 AND 17,
YOU HAVE THE STORY OF KING AHAB,
KNOWN AS THE WICKED AHAB. THIS GUY WAS BAD.
AND IT SEEMS HE TRIED TO BE AS BAD AS HE POSSIBLY
COULD, EVERY TIME YOU READ ABOUT HIM, HE'S DOING SOMETHING
WORSE >>THAT'S WHAT JOSEPHUS SAYS, HE DESCRIBES HIM IN A VERY UNKIND MANNER
HE IS A VERY VERY EVIL MAN. >YES. AND SO
YOU'RE READING ABOUT THE SIN OF AHAB IN CHAPTER
16 OF 1 KINGS, AND THEN YOU COME TO CHAPTER 17,
AND ELIJAH APPEARS JUST LIKE THIS--LIKE YOU TURNED ON
THE LIGHTS. "AND ELIJAH THE TISHBITE WHO WAS OF THE INHABITANTS OF GILEAD,
SAID UNTO AHAB, AS THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL LIVETH,
BEFORE WHOM I STAND, THERE SHALL NOT BE DEW NOR
RAIN THESE YEARS, BUT ACCORDING TO MY WORD." HE JUST SHUT DOWN
THE RAIN. >>FOR HOW LONG? >AS IT TURNS OUT, THREE AND A HALF
YEARS. >>WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER, THAT'S A FUTURE PROPHECY. >IT IS.
BUT THE THING ABOUT ELIJAH IS, HE COMES
DURING DEMONSTRABLY ONE OF THE
MOST WICKED PERIODS IN THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL. WHEN AHAB
WAS ON THE THRONE, HIS QUEEN WAS JEZEBEL .
AND JEZEBEL WAS ABSOLUTELY WICKED.
SHE THREATENED THE PROPHETS. THEY HAD TO GO
HIDE TO SAVE THEIR LIVES. SHE WOULD HAVE KILLED THEM IF THEY HADN'T HIDDEN OUT IN CAVES,
BY THE WAY SUPERVISED BY THE PROPHET OBEDIAH,
AND ELIJAH CAME INTO THIS
SETTING AND WHAT DID HE DO? HE CHALLENGED THE PROPHETS OF BAAL.
BECAUSE BOTH AHAB AND HIS WIFE JEZEBEL WERE
SERVANTS OF BAAL. IN FACT JEZEBEL--I SPEND QUITE A BIT OF TIME ON THIS IN THE ARTICLE--
JEZEBEL WAS A DAUGHTER, SHE WAS
A TYRIAN. THE DAUGHTER OF ETHBAAL
WHO WAS DESCENDED DIRECTLY FROM HIRAM, KING OF TYRE.
AND HIRAM KING OF TYRE IS AN ARCHITYPE OF SATAN. HE'S AN EVIL, EVIL MAN.
A PREIST OF BAAL. SO WE HAVE HERE
JEZEBEL MARRIED TO AHAB KING OF ISRAEL,
A DAUGHTER OF A PRIEST OF BAAL. ETHBAAL WAS HIS NAME.
AND THIS WAS A STATE OF AFFAIRS WHEN ELIJAH CAME.
AND CHALLENGED THE PROPHETS OF BAAL. >>CERTAINLY ONE OF THE MOST
EVIL KINGS IN THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL. >ABSOLUTELY.
>>AND A BAAL WORSHIPPER. NOW YOU MAY HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE NEWS HERE RECENTLY,
I'VE GOT AN ARTICLE HERE THAT TALKS ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S COMING
TO AMERICA, AND IN LIGHT OF YOUR ARTICLE ON AHAB
AND BAAL WORSHIP, THEY'RE ACTUALY
RECONSTRUCTING THE TEMPLES OF BAAL THAT WERE
IN PALMYRA, IN SYRIA IN "NEW YORK TIMES".
IN TIMES SQUARE, AND TRAFALGAR SQUARE IN LONDON.
AND THE PLAN IS TO CREATE THESE REPRODUCTIONS, ALL
OVER THE UNITED STATES. HUNDREDS OF THESE,
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE, DOES IT MAKE ANY SENSE AT ALL TO YOU WHY
WE WOULD DO THIS AT THIS POINT IN TIME? >ONLY
THAT THE SATANIC WORLD, THE DARK WORLD, IS BEGINNING
TO FEEL ITS POWER. THEY COULD NEVER HAVE DONE THIS IN THE GENERATION
OF OUR FATHERS, BOB. IT WAS STILL FAITH. EVEN IN EUROPE
THERE WERE CHURCHES IN EUROPE THAT
HELD UP THE MORAL AND ETHICAL STANDARD, THE STANDARD OF SALVATION
BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST WAS PREACHED IN EURPOE,
IT WAS PREACHED ALL THROUGH THE UNITED STATES. IN EUROPE THAT'S NO
LONGER TRUE. IN THE UNITED STATES, WE ARE WEAKENING RAPIDLY.
AND UNDER THESE CONDITIONS, BAAL
WORSHIP COULD EASILY COME BACK. >>THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGING. >THEY ARE.
>>THERE'S NO QUESTION. I JUST WANT TO READ REAL QUICK A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION
ON THIS, JUST FASCINATING. PASSOVER IS COMING, BUT THE DATE
APRIL 19TH IS A SIGNIFICANT DATE IN THE OCCULT CALENDAR.
ON APRIL 19 IN 1993 WE HAD THE WACO MASSACRE,
APRIL 19, 1995 THE OKLAHOMA CITY
MURRAH BOMBING HIT CLOSE TO HOME HERE IN TOWN.
DAY LATER WE HAD THE COLUMBINE MASSACRE, DURING THAT WEEK WE HAD THE VIRGINIA
TECH MASSACRE, WE HAD THE BOSTON MARATHON EXPLOSIONS,
THE TERRORISTS AND THE MASSACRE WERE SHOT TO DEATH, AND YOU TOLD ME THAT
HITLER WAS BORN ON APRIL 20TH. SO WE HAVE THIS WINDOW OF TIME HERE, BUT
WHAT'S INTERESTING IS APRIL 19TH IS THE FIRST DAY OF A 13 DAY PERIOD
13, KNOWN AS THE BLOOD SACRIFICE TO THE
BEAST THAT CULMINATES IN MAY DAY ON MAY 1ST. SO WE'RE IN
ALMOST AN OCCULT HOLIDAY DURING THIS TIME. >YEAH,
AND BY THE WAY IF YOU'RE WITHIN THE SOUND OF OUR VOICE RIGHT NOW,
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SANCTITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
PRAY AGAINST THE FORTRESSES OF EVIL.
SPECIFICALLY AGAINST THE PROPHETS OF BAAL WHO SEEM
TO BE ARISING ONCE AGAIN. BUT WHY NOT, BOB,
BECAUSE WE'RE IN PERILOUS TIMES RIGHT NOW.
PROPHECY COMES IN CYCLES. AND I HAVE THIS IN THE
ARTICLE THAT I'VE WRITTEN ON ELIJAH,
IN ISRAEL'S HISTORY, THERE ARE
PERIODS OF MIRACLES. THE FIRST PERIOD
WAS SEEN IN THE DAYS OF MOSES WHEN THE LAWS OF NATURE WERE SUSPENDED,
THE SECOND PERIOD CAME WITH THE MINISTRIES OF ELIJAH AND ELISHA,
THE THIRD PERIOD WAS SEEN IN THE FIRST CENTURY
WITH THE COMING OF CHRIST, THE FOUNDING OF THE CHURCH, AND AT THAT
TIME, JOHN THE BAPTIST, A TYPE
OF ELIJAH AND JESUS EVEN SAID,
THIS WAS ELIJAH, IF YOU CAN HEAR IT. HE HINTED THAT THE SPIRIT
OF ELIJAH WAS IN JOHN THE BAPTIST. NOW THERE WILL BE A FOURTH COMING
OF THE SPIRIT IN MIRACLES,
DURING THE TRIBULATION PERIOD AND THE COMING OF THE TWO WITNESSES,
AND WE REALLY NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE TWO WITNESSES, BOB.
THE WORD
OF MALACHI AT THE END OF THE OLD TESTAMENT IS
I'M GOING TO SEND YOU ELIJAH THE PROPHET BEFORE THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE DAY OF THE
LORD. BUT IN FACT THE DISCIPLES
AS GIVEN IN MATTHEW 17, WENT TO
THE TOP OF A MYSTERIOUS MOUNTAIN
SOME HAVE SAID MAYBE IT WAS MOUNT TABOR, I KIND OF PERSONALLY THINK IT
WAS MOUNT NEBO. "AND AFTER SIX DAYS, JESUS TAKETH PETER JAMES AND
JOHN HIS BROTHER AND BRINGETH HIM INTO A HIGH MOUNTAIN AND WAS TRANSFIGURED BEFORE
THEM. AND HIS FACE DID SHINE AS THE SUN, HIS
RAIMENT WAS WHITE AS LIGHT AND BEHOLD THERE APPEARED UNTO THEM
MOSES AND ELIJAH TALKING WITH HIM.
AND THERE THEY ARE AGAIN, ELIJAH COMES BACK. >>REPRESENTATIVES
OF THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS. >THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS. SO THE FIRST
PERIOD OF MIRACLES UNDER MOSES, THE SECOND GREAT PERIOD UNDER
ELIJAH, MALACHI TALKS ABOUT THE COMING OF MOSES
AND ELIJAH BEFORE THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE DAY OF THE LORD. JESUS
TAKES THE DISCIPLES PETER JAMES AND JOHN UP TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN,
AND A DIMENSIONAL DOOR IS OPENED INTO HEAVEN AND
LO AND BEHOLD THERE'S ELIJAH. THE LAST TIME WE SAW ELIJAH WAS WHEN HE WENT
ALOFT IN THE FIERY CHARIOT. HE HAS TRAVELED FORWARD IN TIME
I BELIEVE, TO THAT POINT.
AND THE HEAVENS OPEN AND PETER JAMES AND JOHN SAY,
THIS IS AMAZING! THE KINGDOM IS HERE! WELL, THEY
WERE OFF BY A FEW HUNDRED YEARS. >>ELIJAH WAS A TIME-TRAVELER.
THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. BUT WASN'T IT GREAT THAT WE WERE GIVEN A VIEW OF THE FUTURE?
JUST A GLIMPSE IN TO THE FUTURE IN THE DAYS AHEAD. >ABSOLUTELY!
NOW ONE OF THE FASCINATING THINGS ABOUT ELIJAH IS THE WAY ISRAEL
LOOKS AT ELIJAH. AND I'VE GOT
A LOT ABOUT THIS IN THE ARTICLE IN THE MAGAZINE.
SINCE ABOUT 25 CENTURIES AGO,
WHEN THE
PASSOVER CEREMONY, THE PASSOVER
HAGGADAH, THE TELLING OF THE PASSOVER STORY EACH YEAR
AT PASSOVER, THE JEWS HAVE COMMEMORATED THAT EVENT
BY REFERRING TO MOSES AND ELIJAH
MOSES IN THE EXODUS SET THE TONE
FOR THE PASSOVER. THEY SET THE FOUR CUPS OF THE PASSOVER.
IN WHICH IN EXODUS 6:6-7, GOD SAYS,
I WILL BRING YOU OUT--THAT'S CUP 1, I WILL RID YOU OF THEIR BONDAGE--CUP 2
I'LL REDEEM YOU WITH A STRETCHED-OUT ARM-- CUP 3
AND I'LL TAKE YOU ME FOR A PEOPLE--CUP 4. THE FOUR CUPS OF PASSOVER.
EVERY YEAR ARE CONSUMED
IN THE HOPE THAT THIS WILL BE THE YEAR WHEN THAT DOOR OPENS
IN HEAVEN AND THE LORD WILL STEP FORTH AND LEAD HIS PEOPLE
INTO THE KINGDOM. THAT IS THEIR HOPE, BOB,
AND IT'S COMMEMORATED EVERY YEAR WITH WHAT IS THE HIGHEST
CELEBRATION THAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR ENTIRE LITANY,
BUT WHEN YOU POUR THE FOURTH CUP WHICH
IS CALLED THE CUP OF COMPLETION EVERY PASSOVER, YOU ALSO POUR
ANOTHER VERY VERY
BEAUTIFUL STYLIZED, SPECIAL CUP.
AND IT'S CALLED THE CUP OF ELIJAH. IT'S POURED
AND IT'S PLACED ALONG SIDE A PLATE AND EATING UTENSILS THAT ARE
SET FOR ELIJAH IN THE HOPE THAT ELIJAH WILL COME THIS YEAR.
AND THEY DO THAT EVERY YEAR, BOB. >>THE JEWISH PEOPLE ARE ANTICIPATING THE ARRIVAL
OF THEIR MESSIAH, BUT ELIJAH COMES FIRST.
>HE COMES FIRST. AND THEN HE WILL THEN LEAD THEM AND MESSIAH WILL
BE THERE AT A PARTICULAR TIME. NOW,
THE THING ABOUT THE CUP OF ELIJAH
IS THE EXPECTANCY OF IT. THE HOSE OF THE PASSOVER
HAGGADAH POURS THE FOURTH CUP WHICH CONCLUDES
THE PASSOVER CEREMONY. AT THE SAME TIME HE POURS THE CUP OF
ELIJAH, PLACES IT NEXT TO ELIJAH'S PLATE,
AND HIS EATING UTENSILS, AND THEN HE SAYS,
'WAIT, DID I HEAR SOMEONE KNOCKING AT THE DOOR? I THINK I DID!'
AND HE PICKS OUT ONE OF THE CHILDREN TRADITIONALLY, AT THE MEAL,
AND SAYS, 'GO CHECK. I THINK THERE MAY BE SOMEBODY AT THE DOOR'. AND
THE YOUNG PERSON, WHOEVER IS SELECTED, GOES TO THE DOOR
LOOKS AROUND,
LOOKING FOR ELIJAH.
EVERYBODY FROM THE SMALLEST CHILD, KNOWS WHATS GOING ON.
BECAUSE THE ABSOLUTE EXPECTANCY THAT ELIJAH MIGHT COME AT ANY
MOMENT BEFORE THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE DAY OF THE
LORD. NOW I'M HOLDING HERE A PASSOVER
HAGGADAH, A PASSOVER TELLING. 'HAGGADAH'
MEANS TO TELL A STORY. AND WE HAVE
THESE WORDS BEING SPOKEN BY
THE HOST. AT THE POURING OF ELIJAH'S CUP:
'BLESSED IS THE MAN WHO TRUSTS IN THE LORD, THE LORD WILL BE HIS SECURITY,
I WAS A YOUTH. AND I HAVE ALSO
AGED AND I HAVE NOT SEEN A RIGHTEOUS MAN FORSAKEN WITH HIS CHILDREN
BEGGING FOR BREAD.' IT'S IN THIS SETTING
THAT THIS CUP IS POURED. AND THEN
YOU COME TO THE FOURTH CUP WHICH IS ALSO POURED AT THE SAME TIME,
AND A BLESSING IS READ. A BLESSING HAS TO DO WITH
ISRAEL COMING INTO THE KINGDOM. AS YOU TURN TO THE FINAL
PAGE IN THIS STORY TELLING, YOU COME TO
THIS: THE SEDER IS NOW CONCLUDED
IN ACCORDING WITH ITS LAWS, ITS ORDINANCES, ITS STATUES,
JUST AS WE WERE PRIVILEGED TO ARRANGE IT, SO
MAY WE MERIT TO PERFORM IT. OH PURE ONE,
WHO DWELLS ON HIGH, RAISE UP THE COUNTLESS
OF OUR CONGREGATION, SOON
AND GUIDE THE OFFSHOOTS OF YOUR PLANTS THE REDEEMED
TO ZION TO SING A GLAD SONG.
AND THE WHOLE COMPANY THERE AT THAT PARTICULAR PASSOVER
SEDER RAISES THAT FOURTH CUP AND SAYS,
"LI-SHANAH HABA'AH BI-RUSHALAYIM!"
"NEXT YEAR IN JERUSALEM!" SO THE WHOLE STORY THAT THEY TELL EVERY YEAR AT PASSOVER
REVOLVES AROUND THE COMING OF ELIJAH AND
THE, IF YOU WILL, THE COMPLETION OF THE EXODUS.
AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, MOVING INTO THE
KINGDOM. AND THERE WILL BE THE LORD. BUT ELIJAH
IS THERE. HE--JUST AS MALACHI
SAYS. HE'S EXPECTED EVERY YEAR AT PASSOVER.
>>IS ELIJAH HERE ON PLANET EARTH TODAY, GARY?
>WHAT DO YOU THINK, BOB? >>YOU KNOW WHAT, GARY, THERE'S A KID'S MOVIE OUT THERE
AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT. BUT IN THE MOVIE
IT'S KIND OF LIKE A SUPERHERO MOVIES AND YOU HAVE HEROS AND SIDEKICKS,
I'M THE SIDEKICK GARY. YOU ARE THE HERO.
PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW YOUR OPINION. >WELL, ELIJAH'S CUP
POURED EVERY YEAR
--I'LL ASK YOU A QUESTION. HOW FAR AWAY IS THE TRIBULATION, BOB?
(LAUGHTER) BECAUSE MALACHI TELLS US VERY
CLEARLY THAT ELIJAH IS COMING BEFORE THAT TIME. >>WELL MY RESPONSE
IS, WHEN YOU FINISH YOUR BOOK ON THE RAPTURE, I'LL LET YOU KNOW. AND I HEAR IT'S
PRETTY CLOSE. >THE BOTTOM LINE HERE, AND BOB AND I ARE KIND OF
ENGAGING IN A LITTLE LIGHTHEARTED BANTER ABOUT THIS, BUT THE TRUTH IS
THIS COULD BE VERY VERY CLOSE. ALL THESE THINGS
THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW
THE COMING OF ELIJAH BEFORE THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE DAY OF THE LORD, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. DOES ELIJAH
COME BEFORE OR AFTER THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH? >>I THINK HE COMES AFTER
THE RAPTURE. >OKAY. >>I DON'T THINK WE'LL SEE ELIJAH.
I THINK IT'S A CLEAR SIGN THAT THE LORD IS WORKING IN A DIFFERENT WAY
FOR HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE. IT'S THE TIME OF JACOB'S TROUBLE, IT'S NOT THE TIME FOR THE CHURCH.
>NOW REMEMBER HIS FIRST COMING.
HE CAME IN THE DAYS OF AHAB AND JEZEBEL.
AND AHAB IS IN MY OPINION A TYPE
OF THE ANTICHRIST. JEZEBEL IS A TYPE
OF MYSTERY BABYLON, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS.
WHEN DOES HE COME AGAIN? WELL, HE COMES AGAIN IN THE TIME OF THE ANTICHRIST,
AND HE COMES AGAIN IN THE TIME
OF THE RISE AND FALL OF MYSTERY BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS.
SO YOU HAVE A CIRCULARITY GOING ON
HERE. A LITTLE CIRCULAR HISTORY.
CHAPTER 11 IN REVELATION
"THERE WAS GIVEN TO ME
A ROD--A REED LIKE A ROD, THE ANGEL STOOD
AND SAYING, 'RISE, MEASURE THE TEMPLE OF GOD AND THE ALTER
AND THEN WORSHIP THEREIN.' SO WE'RE IN THE TIME OF THE TEMPLE.
DURING THE TRIBULATION PERIOD.
VERSE THREE OF CHAPTER 11 SAYS, 'I'LL GIVE POWER TO MY TWO WITNESSES
THEY SHALL PROPHECY 1,203 SCORE DAYS,
SACKCLOTH.' THERE ARE TWO OLIVE TREES, TWO CANDLESTICKS,
STANDING BEFORE THE GOD OF THE EARTH.
AND OF COURSE THESE TWO WITNESSES ARE GIVEN IN REVELATION. ONE
HAS THE POWER TO TURN WATER TO BLOOD,
I THINK IT'S MOSES DOING EXACTLY WHAT HE DID IN THE FIRST
PASSOVER >>HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF. >HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF. AND THEY
ARE ELIJAH. ELIJAH HAS THE POWER TO SHUT
UP THE HEAVENS. HE IS SENT TO DO IT AGAIN DURING THIS PERIOD
OF TIME. >>FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS. >FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS. >>CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT LIFE
WILL BE ON PLANET EARTH WITH NO RAIN FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS? >HORRIFIC.
>>THE PASSAGE IN REVELATION THAT TALKS ABOUT THE PEOPLE ON EARTH
HAVING A PARTY WHEN THE TWO WITNESSES ARE ACTUALLY KILLED IN THE STREET.
THEY HAVE A CELEBRATION, AND YOU CAN IMAGINE WHY.
>BOB, I ONLY WISH THAT WE HAD MORE TIME, BECAUSE WE HAVE BARELY
SCRATCHED THE SURFACE OF THIS ARTICLE THAT I WROTE IN "THE PROPHECY WATCHER",
AND THERE'S SO MUCH MORE, BUT I THINK YOU GET THE IDEA
GREAT PERIODS OF HISTORY, GOD
SENDS HIS PROPHETS. SPECIFICALLY THE PROPHET ELIJAH,
AND ELIJAH IS COMING AGAIN BEFORE THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE DAY OF THE LORD.
I THINK WE'RE LIVING AROUND ABOUT THAT TIME, RIGHT NOW.
I BELIEVE THE LORD COULD COME FOR HIS CHURCH AT ANY MOMENT.
BOB, TELL EVERYONE HOW THEY CAN GET A COPY
OF OUR MAGAZINE, SHOULD THEY WISH TO JOIN WITH US.
>>REAL QUICK, I'D LIKE TO TELL THEM HOW THEY CAN GET A COPY OF "TIME TRAVELERS OF THE BIBLE"
BECAUSE THIS IS GARY STEARMAN'S BEST-SELLING BOOK. IF YOU HAVEN'T READ IT
YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE MISSING. 536 PAGES AND
25 YEARS OF RESEARCH TO WRITE THIS BOOK. IT TALKS ABOUT THE OLD TESTAMENT
PROPHETS AND HOW THEY TRAVELED INTO THE FUTURE TO SEE THE EVENTS GOD
PREPLANNED LONG BEFORE WE WERE EVEN CREATED.
HE KNEW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN IN ADVANCE. >AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT ELIJAH WAS A
TRUE TIME TRAVELLER BECAUSE HE WAS TAKEN UP IN A FIERY CHARIOT,
HE IS NEXT SEEN AT THE TOP OF THE MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION,
>>HE IS COMING AGAIN! >STILL ALIVE AND WELL, AND HE'S COMING AGAIN. >>AMEN. THIS IS OUR
MAGAZINE, "THE PROPHECY WATCHER". I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS GARY, BECAUSE I PAY MORE ATTENTION
TO THE NUMERICAL DETAILS, BUT YOU KNOW A THOUSAND
PEOPLE EACH MONTH SUBSCRIBE TO THIS MAGAZINE. IT'S PRICED AT $19.95,
AND YOU JUST SIMPLY FIND A QUALITY MAGAZINE OUT THERE FOR LESS THAN TWENTY
DOLLARS A YEAR. YOU CAN SUBSCRIBE FOR ONE YEAR, $19.95, AND YOU'RE GOING
TO GET ARTICLES FROM ALL OF THE LEADING PROPHETIC LIGHTS IN THE WORLD TODAY,
IN FACT JUST THIS MONTH WE'VE ADDED THOMAS ICE, AN ABSOLUTE
EXPERT ON THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH, HE'S GOING TO BE WRITING FOR US. TIM MAHONEY,
THE AUTHOR OF "PATTERNS OF EVIDENCE" THE NEW AWARD-WINNING FILM,
AND ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR A PLATFORM FOR THEIR STUDIES, AND
WHAT WE REALLY LIKE IS THESE ARE INTERESTING PEOPLE WITH INTERESTING THINGS TO SAY.
$19.95 FOR ONE YEAR, OR YOU CAN SUBSCRIBE FOR
A LIFETIME FOR A ONE-TIME TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATION OF JUST $100.
YOU'LL GET "THE PROPHECY WATCHER" MAGAZINE FOR THE REST
OF YOUR LIFE. >CAN'T BEAT THAT. AND BY THE WAY, THAT'S
FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE OR UNTIL THE RAPTURE. WHICHEVER
COMES FIRST! >>AMEN. OR UNTIL ELIJAH COMES, WHICH CASE YOU'LL PROBABLY
BE GONE BY THEN. >WE SHOULD BE. YOU KNOW,
IT'S SO PLEASANT
FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO SIT AND TALK ABOUT THESE SUBJECTS WITH BOB,
AND TO SHARE THEM WITH YOU BECAUSE
THEY TURN A HUMDRUM WORLD INTO AN EXCITING PLACE.
OF EXPECTANCY. THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THE EXPECTANCY
THAT YOU GAIN, THE PERSPECTIVE YOU GAIN WHEN YOU
STUDY BIBLE PROPHECY, AND IT DAWNS ON YOU, THIS IS REAL!
THIS IS REALLY GOING TO HAPPEN. AND SO I HOPE YOU JOIN US
IN THESE PURSUITS. BOB, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE!
>>ALWAYS IS, JESUS IS COMING AGAIN VERY SOON. SO,