Notes: Blood Moons- Mark Biltz

- Many look for signs of extraterrestrial life that might be trying to communicate with us. 

- Scientists, spend hours and millions of dollars on research to see if there is life anywhere else in the universe....giant satellites, NASA, Vatican, Governments etc.

- Why do research scientists looking for E.T. totally ignore the greatest time in history when an Extraterrestrial spoke to 3 million people all at once who were all witnesses to the event on Mt. Sinai. The event was recorded and is a major historic event. This heavenly Being arrived on our planet on Mt. Sinai and gave a book written with all His insights on how to help humankind. 

- God knows that we are creatures who always look for signs. So he uses many ways to get our attention, but the problem is we don't know how to read the sign that he send us.

- Sometimes it is hard to grasp the whole because our perspectives are skewed. 

- To understand prophecy, you don't want to start in Revelation, but Genesis. There are more then 300 references in the book of Revelation to the Tanakh or Old Testament. If you throw out the Old Testament you've thrown out your reference manual to Revelation. Proverbs 25:2

- One item that has been restored after nearly 2,000 years is the Hebrew language. The resurgence occurred in a major way in the beginning of the 1900's. 

- The return of the Hebrew language is a sign of the times. Zephaniah 3:8-9

- The Creator of the universe likes to play hide and seek, and God only reveals himself to those who go on the hunt for Him. Anyone can say they love God while they pursue their own self-centered interests, but God will only reveal Himself to those who pursue Him. And even then it can be halfhearted pursuit. 

- There are divine appointments, and scheduled ones in the Word of God. The Creator of the Universe wants to interact with humanity at set times. He has an appointment book, per say, where he has scheduled and keeps track of his interaction /intersection with humanity. 

- Having a Hebrew mind-set and basic understanding of the Hebrew language when reading the Bible helps one understand these appointments. 

- The Feasts of the Lord are the divine appointments. They are his predetermined appointments that have already intersected and will intersect human history. 

- God created the sun and the moon not only to send signals, but also to determine His feast days, or appointed times. This is why the sun and moon operate like clockwork. 

If we want to know where we are in history according to God's time clock, then we need to go by God's clock, not ours. 

- When God is about to be up to something big, He will send us signals via the sun and the moon on His feast days. 

- If you have entered the covenant of God's family, then you are supposed to know the family's signals. 

- The feasts of the Lord were and are to be dress rehearsals of coming events. 

- Here is a test. Regarding God's first coming, if God fulfilled the Spring Feasts literally through Jesus Christ to the very day and hour, do you believe that He will fulfill the fall feasts through Christ on the very days and hours of His second coming? Do you believe with all your heart, soul, mind and strength that God is the same yesterday, today and forever, with no shadow of turning? 

- It's imperative that the Children of God get on God's calendar. 

- The spring feasts were fulfilled in order: Jesus died on Passover, was buried during Unleavened Bread, was resurrected during Firstfruits, and the Spirit was poured out on Shavuot/Pentacost, bringing in the great harvest. Similarly, the fall feasts have to be fulfilled to the very days and in order. 

- The biblical calendar is one of the tools you need to properly understand in order to know what is quickly coming upon the world. 

- God always warns before He brings judgement. In God's mercy, He is sending big time warnings from His heavenly billboards. People can choose to ignore them at their own peril, be indifferent and ride out the storm, or come to the dress rehearsals and be ready. 

- When Paul said, "at the last trump," he was referring to the hundredth blast on the Feast of Trumpets. (1 Cor 15:51-53)

- The Lord will come as a thief not only to the dead church, but also to the wealthy, blind, lukewarm church. 

- Do you go to a dead, lukewarm church that believes the Lord will come as a thief in the night to them? 

- The Church can wake up and watch at the appointed times..

- The Bible says, " no one knows the day or the hour," but most don't understand this verse in its true context and in context to who Jesus was addressing. Read Matt 25:8-13. It is to the foolish virgins that the bridegroom says, "I know you not," because they were not watching. Luke 12:37, shows that those who watch for the Lord's coming will be blessed. Luke 12:42-46 reveals that the evil servants are also those who the Lord's coming will be like a thief in the night. Not as a thief to those who are watching. 

- Jesus rebuked religious leaders because they were not watching and did not know the hour of his coming. Matt 16:3

- When the Bible mentions seasons, it is not talking about winter and summer but the appointed times. 1Thess 5:1-4 reveals the importance of being on God's calendar.

- Because a person knows the appointed times the Day of the Lord will not come to them as a thief in the night because they know when to be watching! God encourages us not to set dates but to know the season or appointed time of His coming. 

- Since the days of the early church, the church has been presenting to the Jew a "Jesus"  in Egyptian clothes! Jesus is seen as a white sometimes blond European. But this is far from His own roots.  Jesus' real name is Yeshua. 

- The Church needs to return Yeshua to His own family.

- It will come as a surprise when the church realizes Yeshua is still Jewish. 

- In AD 321, Constantine made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire, to the exclusion of all other religions. It signaled the beginning of discrimination and persecution of the Jewish people.

- The church went grievously wrong and got off the biblical calendar by doing what their human reason approved and by following what the majority ruled at the Council of Nicea in AD 325 by Constantine. In the 4th century, the "church" told the Jewish people they could no longer determine the new moon or the biblical calendar, on pain of death. 

- Saint Jerome (AD 347-407) described the Jews as " serpents, wearing the image of Judas, their psalms and prayers are the braying of donkeys."

- Bishop of Antioch and John Chrysostom wrote a series of 8 sermons against the Jews

- King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella signed the Alhambra Decree that declared all Jews had to leave Spain in 1492. Spanish Inquisition. Was Christopher Columbus Jewish? Jews that would not convert to Catholicism would be put to death during the Inquisition. Martin Luther reformed and reached out to the Jews hoping they would accept his theology, but when they rejected it he wrote an exhaustive essay about his hatred for the Jew, called On the Jew and Their Lives (1543). 

-The Bible warns Christians about not being pretentious and thinking they are better the branches in Romans 18:11-21. It's because of the Jews unbelief that we Gentiles have been granted mercy. And when the gentile begins to show Jews mercy, they will believe. 

- Should we go by what the majority says, or what God says? Do we do what seems reasonable to us, or to God?

- Moses was more concerned about God's reputation than his own. Num 14:17-21

- The "church" needs to realize that the fathers of the Christian Faith are Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. 

- Historical events line up with the Torah reading of the week.Getting on God's calendar is like an alignment you may get at the chiropractor. Everything begins to fall into place. 

- You don't know what you don't know. 

- If you come in agreement with the calendar God uses, you will become exceedingly close to the Lord in your walk with Him. Deut 6:5

- Most denominations never hold a memorial Passover to remember the Lord' s death as He commanded in 1 Cor 11:26. Jesus died on Nisan 14, Passover, not Good Friday. Jesus rose on Feast of First Fruits not on Easter etc. 

- Because the biblical calendar is rejected, look what happens in 2016. Easter Sunday falls on March 27, so Christians will be celebrating the resurrection a month before Passover, the date that Christ died, which won't come until a month later, on April 21. Because of this, Christians are not able to connect the signs coming from the heavens when they fall on Passover. 

- The Jewish calendar is based on three heavenly events: the rotation of the earth makes one day, the rotation of the Mormon around the earth makes a month, and the rotation of the earth around the sun makes a year. The Gregorian calendar on follows the first and the third events. 

- 29.5 days for the moon to go around earth , 365.25 days for earth to go around sun. The Jewish calendar  handles the fractions by using either 29 or 30 day months and either 12 or 13 month years. 

- Scientifically, you can only have a solar eclipse at a new moon or the first day of a biblical month. You can only have a total lunar eclipse at a full moon on the 15th day of a biblical month. This is why God scheduled some of his divine appointments or feast days at those times. Rose Hashanah is the first day of the seventh month. And both Passover ( the Feast of Unleavened Bread), and the Feast of Tabernacles are on the 15th of the biblical month. 

-Solar and lunar eclipses are regular occurrences but when they fall on feast days, we should pay attention, because God is trying to tell us something. 

- Four total lunar eclipses in a row are not as common as one would believe. It is called a tetras. There were 62 tetras over the last 2,000 years. Of these, only eight fell on feast days, with the ninth coming in 2014-2015. 

- Nine, symbolizes the number of finality or judgement. It signals the end, it signals the conclusion of a matter. It signifies the end of man. 

In 842-843 AD, two tetras occurred on feast days. At this time, The Treaty of Verdun was signed to end the Carolinigian civil war and divide the Carolinigian Empire into three kingdoms: West Francia, Middle Francia, and East Francia. the Carolinigians were intolerant to their Jewish subjects, the the division of the empire adversely affected all the Jews in the realm.

- Between 1400 and 1500, there were four tetras, two of which fell on the feast days. 1428-29 and 1493-94. In 1428, an assembly of Jews in Italy met in Florence to gather funds to give to Pope Martin V in return for his protection. In 1492, when Columbus sailed the ocean, Kinf Ferdinand and Queen  Isabella signed an edict to expel Jews from Spain. 

- Between 1900-2000, there were five tetras, but only two occurred on feast days-1949-50 and 1967-68. These were epic years for the Jewish people with major prophetic implications. In 1948, Israel became a nation, and then in 1967, the Israelites recapture Jerusalem. Not only do we have four blood moons in a row, with all four of them falling on feast days, but they also happened at a time when historic prophecies were fulfilled!

- In this century, eight tetrads will occur, but the only time they will fall on the feast days is in 2014 and 2015.

- The generation from 2002 to 2056 will be the generation where the month of Tishri will be fulfilled! The fall feasts and the return of the Messiah will happen in this generation!

- In 2015 we have a total solar eclipse is on March 20 followed by a partial solar clips on September 13.

- The total solar eclipse on March 20, 2015 is on Nisan 1; The very beginning of the religious here in the very day the fire fell from heaven and let the altar at the dedication of Moses his tabernacle. 

- There will be a partial solar eclipse on September 13, 2015 which is on Rosh Hashanah.  After that, just two weeks later, there will be a total lunar eclipse on Sukkot. 

- The odds of a full moon or about 1 in 29. The odds of a lunar eclipse are about 1 in 110. The odds of a super moon occurrence are about 1 in 6,570. The odds of a super moon during a lunar eclipse are astronomical. What are the odds of having a super blood moon falling on the Feast of Tabernacle's in 2015! This is not a coincidence!

- Can you imagine what it will be like for the Jewish people in Israel sitting in their soup is on the first night of the feast of Tabernacle's and there is this stupid blood moon overhead? Don't you think God is trying to speak to us? This is equivalent to a prophetic grand slam homerun. The heavens are shouting, "Hello! Is anybody paying attention?" 

- The four blood moons of 1949–50 occurred after Israel became a nation in 1948. The Six-Day War of 1967 did not happen on the day of one of the eclipse either. The eclipses coming in 2014 and 2015 are signs in themselves, as they occur on the feast days. If nothing noteworthy happens in 2014 or 2015, it just means these are signs of things to come.  

- There is no doubt that different biblical prophetic events will happen on these very feast days in the fall. They are days that events will happen, but this is not setting dates, because we have no idea what year!

- When a house is on fire, you have people running out and others running in. It depends on what you believe you're calling is. Many people speculate on where we are regarding the timing of the rapture. It doesn't matter. Because we are not afraid. 

- too many Christians waste so much time trying to determine when the rapture is going to take place to get absolutely nothing done for the kingdom. There are no extra points for being right. If you are wrong, it doesn't mean you raise from the dead. We should rather be wrong and ready and white here. God does not care about personal views of the rapture. He only cares if we are doing what you told us to do. Which is share the gospel of Jesus Christ. 

- In all of this we are speaking about coming judgment.

- On September 17, 2001, or Elul 29, the day before Rosh Hashanah, the Dow Jones average saw its biggest drop ever at 7%. Seven years later on September 28, 2008 which was again Elul 29, the day before Rosh Hashanah, The Dow bill 777 points, or another 7%! Do you see any connections here? Now we are coming up to the third and final shemittah year (7th year of a 7 year cycle) since 1994, when Jupiter was hammered. Could the coming blood moons signal our third strike, and we will be out economically? We already see the signs of economic collapse coming, with America being so much in debt and our government in a comatose condition. 

- The Bible says that in the last days, knowledge will be increased Daniel 12:4. This is not only secular knowledge but biblical insight as well.

- All these signs coming together at one time, are potentially the culminating signals that God is closing this chapter of human history. This could be the final curtain call for the great tribulation mentioned in the Bible. God has always wanted to warn his people, and the rest of the world, before he intervenes.

- In Leviticus 23:3, Moses proclaimed, "Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, "the feast of the Lord, which you shall proclaim, holy convocation, even these are my appointed feasts." According to Strong's Concordance, the Hebrew word for "proclaim" gives the idea of accosting a person met: calling out to, addressing by name, them that are bidden, or to invite, mention, publish, or read. This tells us that we are responsible to proclaim the Feasts of the Lord to others. We are to bid them to come to the wedding! It's hard to imagine, but there are people who do not want to come to the wedding of the Messiah! We are responsible to bid them to come.

- In Matthew 22:2-4 it says, "A certain King, which made a marriage for his son, sent forth his servants to call them that we're bidden to the wedding; and they would not come. Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, tell them which are bidder, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready:come unto the marriage." What is unbelievable is what happens next: they made light of it and went their ways one to his farm another to his merchandise! 

- The creator of the universe is calling you by name to come to the great supper!

- God is writing his message this time so the whole world can see it. He is asking you to run with the interpretation of his message. But we must run with understanding. The great tribulation may be upon us and time is short, for The Day of the Lord is at hand!

- The two main things to remember are: 1.) That the body of Messiah needs to get on God's calendar to understand the signs of the times. And 2.) The reason we got off of God's calendar in the first place was because of the errant  thinking behind replacement theology. 

- Ruth and Orpah represent the Gentiles who are grafted into the covenant of Israel by the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. So Ruth and Orpah, in one sense, also represent the "Church" that is grafted into the branch. When Naomi, the Jewess, Heard there was bread again in Bethlehem, she went, back to the land of Israel. This represents the restoration of Israel back to the land in 1948. Ruth and Orpah represent the church in the final days. Orpah means, "the back of the neck"; she turned her back on Israel and return to pagan lifestyle. 

- Today we have the final epic battle lines being drawn in the church in these last days. The church will be divided between those who support Israel, work the harvest, and bring forth the Messiah, and those who turn their backs on Israel and form the one-world church. On one side will be those who love the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as David did, and this group will be small, as David was. On the other side will be the giant Goliath, The one-world church that hates God's people and wants to see them destroyed. Where will you be standing on that final day? When you say we should stand with the Jewish people, doesn't abnormal anger and hatred spew from their mouths? Do they allow the traditions of men to override the internal truth of God's word?

-  People don't know what they don't know! If pastors were never taught, how can we expect them to teach it? Some get mad or frustrated because they spent thousands of dollars on religious education only to find out they were given wrong or inaccurate information. When studying Christianity's Jewish roots many people's eyes become open and statements such as "I've been robbed" or "why wasn't I ever taught this?" occurs. Many people get mad at their pastors for not teaching, but we cannot be held responsible because they were never taught the Jewish roots of the Christian faith. 

Super Natural Realities- The Mystery of the Gospel and Jesus- The One Extraterrestrial We Are Waiting For

Ephesians 6:10-18

A final word: Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places. Therefore, put on every piece of God’s armor so you will be able to resist the enemy in the time of evil. Then after the battle you will still be standing firm.Stand your ground, putting on the belt of truth and the body armor of God’s righteousness. For shoes, put on the peace that comes from the Good News so that you will be fully prepared. In addition to all of these, hold up the shield of faith to stop the fiery arrows of the devil. Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere.

So much of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is a mystery to people. Why, because Jesus is truly to become the all consuming nature within a person. Not just a thought nor idea, but the very nature that causes our thoughts and ideas.  The very nature that impacts our DNA! If Jesus' nature is not within a person then the only natural nature within a person is their own...and that is a sinful nature. People are born in sin, but once Jesus becomes Lord and Savior of a person's life that person's nature changes, because God the Holy Spirit comes literally and spiritually inside of them to live. This miracle changes the old sinful nature into a new born again nature. But therein lies the mystery. We don't know how it happens, but we know it does happen, and only through faith and the power of God. The Word of God reveals that by God's grace towards us and through the faith we place in Jesus, God sees us as new creations, and not of this world nor under our old nature. As King David affirmed and cried out in Psalm 119, "He has become a stranger in this world." God's new perspective towards us when he sees us committed to his Son, and when he sees his Son's life, death, and resurrection representing us is we are Born Again Children of the Most High God who have become aliens in this world or strangers to it. Without Christ, the justice and wrath of God are on the sinful nature of a person, but with Christ the Grace and Forgiveness of God are on the new nature. 

Let me speak to something that may seem off subject, but has much to do with the mystery of the gospel and the challenge there is in a person believing it today and in the future.  This is something the older generations might consider as far out...even my generation, but what I am speaking of here is not so far fetched for the newer generations. This point is directly connected to how one discerns the technological and the spiritual, and if they will either see and understand the gospel of Jesus Christ or will be deceived and not understand it.  It has everything to do with discernment of truth no matter the era one grew up in, nor the miraculous signs one has seen or experienced, the supernatural, nor what a person may consider as "impossible." The older generations have the luxury of not being so inundated and influenced (distracted) to the core of them by all this technology, and the type of programming in the media and entertainment world that has exploded in the past 20 years.  The younger generations are consumed by it all however.  How often do you see a person looking at their phone or computer while among others today? The Baby Boomer generation and the younger don't have the past framework like their grandpas and great grandmas did. I see tons of 50-60 year olds navigating and knowing how to use the current technology and even wanting to, but much fewer 60-70 year olds even desiring to use the devices. But regardless of the era one grew up in, in the current world's media, there is now an incredible focus and emphasis on the "supernatural." Many underlying themes in so many movies and even little children's cartoons are consumed by the idea that there is "something" or "someone" out there in space that is beyond us, and there is a general expectation being written in the hearts of people that there will be a "saving race" or a "saving one" to come who will stop all the chaos that will happen here on earth. It is not so far fetched anymore that an "alien race" may exist, who can teach us the "higher way" in people's minds. And not just in the entertainment media is this message being conveyed and supported, but it's also being addressed by those who are in positions of political and religious leadership, who say that we should soon expect to see these "aliens" and be ready to learn from them....receive "them" or "him." 

I bring this point up because people are never ready for the supernatural to manifest before their very eyes. Whether it be God the Creator who sent His only Begotten Son to live, die and be raised to save humanity through the Holy Spirit and a human egg or little green aliens, religious anti-Christ saviors, or nephilim type of creatures people are generally very skeptical. Whether it is a good or evil manifestation people aren't ready to believe it's real, BUT in this current fallen world people are being conditioned to receive anything but the truth of God which is the GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. Even those who are more inclined to believe in something supernatural are being directed to believe in and accept someone or some higher race from the spiritual realm and/or within the trans-humanist, bio-technological advancement realm which is already mastering super DNA manipulations.  The reality is, we do live in a world and in a universe where there is One True Triune God (God the Father, God The Son Jesus Christ, and God the Holy Spirit), and there is a Devil, and there are angels and demons. They are all supernatural authorities that we are not used to seeing.  These are the extra terrestrial entities, and there is also technology that has been developed and is being developed that will help bring people into a greater connection to all the ungodly entities, and not in a good way. The Bible says that greater is He (God) who is in you ( if he is in you) then he ( the Devil) who is in the world. You see the Holy Spirit does come and live inside of you when you believe in Jesus. 

All in all, just remember this in your deepest soul: If at some point you do see an alien life form, that is not Jesus Christ, come to this earth know they are fallen angels (demons) masquerading as "good and helpful." They will not be benevolent, but will be malevolent. They are satanic entities a part of the bigger goal to deceive you and trick you. They don't want you to believe in the truth of who Jesus is. Additionally, if you experience the powerful advancements of biotechnology and transhumanist efforts on a scale that brings the human soul and mind into one with the "upper dimensions" and "singularity with everything with the universe," REALIZE it is just the man made efforts to become like God and believe that original lie of Satan, "you surely shall not die....You will be like God." Be discerning Friends. We are entering into that time where the great desception and strong delusion will take you if you are not believing in the work that Jesus Christ....the Most High, Loving, Powerful, Godly "Extraterrestrial" did for you. 

Praise the Lord that He has given us His Holy Spirit to seal us from the powers of darkness and the power of sin and death, and the power of deception and lies!

So, when Jesus says in his word that sin separates us from him that's literally what it means. Our sin natures separate us from having a relationship with God. Obviously, God knows this, but naturally we don't. In our nature we think we're okay because we do good things sometimes. That's a wrong perspective from our vantage point. If a person wants a relationship with the living God who is perfect and pure and true and honest and right, in everything he does, all the time-We must get saved by him from our dead nature, and receive freely his nature inside of us. The Living God has said that the payment for sin is death. When a person hears the Gospel it produces faith in it. This is the Gospel: God created you to have a personal relationship with him forever, but you have been born sinful which is proven by your choices to sin (have you lied, stolen, lusted after another person, used God's name in vain, etc?) Your sinful choices are a result of your sinful nature, and you are naturally in a state where you are dead spiritually. God never intended this for you. He never intended that you die separate from him or be dead in Spirit and Truth.  But God is so perfect that he cannot ignore your sin. He is a just God. You are dead without God's nature living inside of you, and if you were to die in your physical body without his nature being inside of you, you will also die a second death on judgment day when God judges your sin, and the result of that judgment is eternal separation from God in a place called hell which was prepared for Satan and his demons. But here is the good news. Here is another part of the Gospel of Jesus Christ: This same just God loves you so much that he sent his only son that if you believe in him you will not perish but have ever lasting life. God sent his perfect son Jesus The Christ to die for you and pay the penalty for your sins. The living God will only accept the sacrifice of Jesus Christ as a perfect payment for your sin. Nothing else. The blood of Christ is perfect blood. Jesus never sinned. Do you believe this? Not only did Jesus die for your sins, but on the third day he rose from the grave because he is more powerful than death. He is literally God in a human body saving you from eternal separation from him. In order to receive God's nature inside of you you must believe these things about Jesus and yield your life over to God in humility and repent from your sins. Admit you are a sinner, lost and believe on the Lord Jesus as your personal savior from your sins. Commit your life to following Jesus forever. When you believe and commit your life to Jesus the Holy Spirit then comes inside of you to live and rule and guide and comfort. Many people get mad when it is proclaimed that Jesus is the only way to heaven. But think about it---who else in all of history has done what Jesus has done for you? Who has lived perfectly, proved his God nature through miracles signs and wonders, and not only this but through sacrificial love died on a cross that he did not deserve for your transgressions? And last but not least who in all of the world has risen after they have died proving they are greater than death, and are really who they say they are ...the Way, the Truth and the Life? Jesus has done this, and all this is what is proclaimed in the Holy Bible, the super natural book that is from God to us that we are supposed to read. Dear friend, within the human nature is pride and pride is the only thing that keeps a person from receiving the good news about Jesus Christ. Pride is real. It is a most dangerous reality inside us, but God says that "if a person confesses with their mouth that Jesus is Lord they will be saved.

Ephesians 6:10-18
A final word: Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places. Therefore, put on every piece of God’s armor so you will be able to resist the enemy in the time of evil. Then after the battle you will still be standing firm.Stand your ground, putting on the belt of truth and the body armor of God’s righteousness. For shoes, put on the peace that comes from the Good News so that you will be fully prepared. In addition to all of these, hold up the shield of faith to stop the fiery arrows of the devil. Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere. "

A Most Extraordinary Synopsis- Are You Ready?

El Shaddai Ministries Newsletter By Pastor Mark Biltz

"Where has the world headed since the first blood moon on Passover of 2014? Our world has now gone past the tipping point, and events are now accelerating out of anyone's control. Just as ISIS has gone from the JV team to the A team, along with events spreading from Russia to Ukraine and planes being shot out of the sky, we see everything developing exponentially. Look at the Ebola, for example. From the Centers of Disease Control, we see that the 2014 Ebola outbreak is one of the largest Ebola outbreaks in history and the first in West Africa. It is affecting five countries in West Africa. We have a respiratory illness that has already sickened more than a thousand children in 10 states that is likely to become a nationwide problem, doctors say. Terror attacks in Jerusalem have grown exponentially over the past few months, a Shabak (Israel Security Service) report Monday said. Take a look at all the worldwide conflicts since this last April at this website. Notice all the earthquakes occurring, tracked by the USGS. Here is an old chart only going up to 2008 showing the increase in earthquakes higher than 6.0:

 

When you look at the chart, you see at the highest point there were around 36 earthquakes that year over 6.0. That is nothing compared to this year! In 2014 so far - and the year is not even close to being over - we have already had 116 earthquakes 6.0 and above! With 70 of them since the first blood moon! This year will more than quadruple the number of large earthquakes from the highest year of the last decade. We hear of major droughts, as in California.

All of this to say that we are living during the birth pains of the coming of the Messiah. Now I would like to deliver a bombshell of biblical proportions. Everyone needs to understand the prophetic time clock and prophetic calendar of the days we are living in, which is why I wrote the book "Blood Moons" and produced the Shemitah calendar for this coming year, starting in a few weeks on Rosh Hashana. The Shemitah year is the seventh year of the seven-year cycle when the land of Israel had to rest, and it was an economic reset year for the financial system. In Genesis, God started the seven-day cycle. We have a seven-day week, then there is the seven-week cycle of 49 days in the Bible from first-fruits to Shavuot, or Pentecost. We have the seven-year cycle known as the Shemitah cycle. There is the seven-Shemitah cycle of 49 years bring us to the year of Jubilee. We know from the Bible that a day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and it has been 6,000 years since the creation of Adam. We are about to enter the seventh millennium, known as the day of rest. For the most part, theologians agree that the tribulation is seven years long. What I am proposing is that it is simply a continuation of the Shemitah cycle that has been ticking along for ages. The tribulation will not be any random sequence of seven years, but the first year of the tribulation will begin with the first year of the seven-year cycle. This has huge prophetic implications when we realize this Rosh Hashanah is the seventh year of a seven-year cycle, and the fall of 2015 begins a new seven-year cycle. In plain English, the seven-year tribulation could begin next fall. If it does not, then that means it will not start for another seven years since it is just a continuation of God's orderly time clock. I am not saying the Lord will return next fall. I am not saying the Rapture will take place next fall. I am just saying regardless of where you want to put us on God's time line, the seven-year tribulation is part of that timeline and will happen as part of the Shemitah cycle. We will know more definitely next year when we have the super blood moon for the first time in all of history that appears in Jerusalem in the seventh month of the biblical calendar at the end of the seventh year kicking off the first year of the new seven-year cycle. We have one year to prepare. This is not a Y2K theory based on the solar pagan calendar or the Mayan calendar but one based on the calendar the Creator gave us to give us warnings of things to come, just as I presented in the book "Blood Moon." 

Let God Be Strong Where You Are Weak

In the depths of our weaknesses God is stronger than strong. God is an extremely caring God and chooses to hang out with us where we are weak so that he can get known both in our own hearts and in everything. Everything in our lives is meant to bring glory to the living God.

* God's weaknesses are stronger than our biggest strengths. 

* We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us.

* God's grace is sufficient for us. 

* We must decrease so the Lord can increase. 

*Lord Jesus do what only you can do! 

* May everyone who supposed to come to salvation in Christ come!

"I can never escape from your Spirit! I can never get away from your presence! If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the grave, you are there. If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans, even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me. I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night— but even in darkness I cannot hide from you. To you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same to you. You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered! I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me! Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life. (Psalms 139:7-18, 23-24 NLT)

The Reset of all Resets

No matter the circumstance of life the truthful answer to these questions is a powerful reset to any day and reason for great joy and thanks! Praise the Lord for his loving kindness to people!

How good is God the Father? 

"He has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son, who purchased our freedom and forgave our sins. (Colossians 1:13-14 NLT)

How significant is Jesus....the Son of God the Father who purchased our freedom and forgave our sins?

"Jesus is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can’t see— such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. He existed before anything else, and he holds all creation together. Christ is also the head of the church, which is his body. He is the beginning, supreme over all who rise from the dead. So he is first in everything. For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ’s blood on the cross." (Colossians 1:15-20 NLT)

What power has God the Father demonstrated over your sinful life through his Son Jesus, and this by your faith in him? 

"You were once far away from God. You were his enemy, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions. Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault. But you must continue to believe this truth and stand firmly in it. Don’t drift away from the assurance you received when you heard the Good News. The Good News has been preached all over the world, and I, Paul, have been appointed as God’s servant to proclaim it. (Colossians 1:19, 21-23 NLT)

What is The Amidah or "The Standing Prayer?"

- The Amidah was composed around 450 BC by the 120 men of the Great Assembly including Ezra and Nehemiah at the time of the rebuilding of the temple. It was to be said while standing three times a day at the hours of prayer: 9 AM, 12 PM and 3PM. 

-  In the books of Acts 3:1-2, we find Peter and John entering the temple at the ninth hour of "the" prayer referring to saying the Amidah. It is literally called the hour of " the prayer" in the literal translations. Peter and John came upon this lame man who was laid at the gate called Beautiful every day by his family members and friends so he could ask for alms from those who were walking into the temple.

- In Acts 3:6-9 , Peter said to this man, "Silver and gold have I none, but what I do have I give to you in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth....rise up and walk! He took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. And he leaping up STOOD, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. 

- Every Jew would love to be "standing" during the " standing prayer." So here we have the Holy Spirit at the specific time of the Amidah strengthening this man's ankles!

- In Acts 4:22, this man is above 40 years old, and whom a miracle of healing was shown. Yeshua probably walked past this man a minimum of 100 times in the temple and never healed him! The healing happened after Yeshua died at around 33 years of age, and this man who was only seven years older than Yeshua had been lame from his birth. 

- God was waiting for all to be gathered in the temple so at the very moment of the standing prayer, while all Israel was praising God, he would heal this man. It wouldn't be a surprise if the healing happened at the very moment of the healing prayer, that the man started hollering giving God the glory! Shouting, "Look at me everybody. I'm standing during the standing prayer!!! God does heal!!!"

- For 40 years this lame man had heard and even said this prayer, always wondering if it was true! 

- Do you know this was the very prayer they were saying right before the Spirit fell at Pentecost! It was the third hour, the time of the morning prayers! 

- The Amidah was written hundreds of years before Messiah. Read the section on the God of Nature and remember Yeshua had also just risen from the dead at the morning prayer!

The Amidah " The Standing Prayer"

1: A Prayer to the God of History:

Blessed are you, O Lord our God and God of our fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, the Great, Mighty and Revered God, the Most High God who bestows loving kindnesses, the Creator of all Things, who remembers the good deeds of the patriarchs and in love will bring a redeemer to their children's children for His name's sake. Oh King, Helper, Savior and Shield, blessed are you, O Lord, the Shield of Abraham. 

2: A Prayer to the God of Nature:

You, Oh Lord, are mighty forever, You revive the dead, and You have the power to save. You sustain the living with loving kindness, You revive the dead with great mercy, and You support the falling, heal the sick, set free the bound and keep faith with those who sleep in the dust. Who is like You, Oh doer of mighty acts? Who resembles You, a King who puts to death and restores to life, and causes salvation to flourish? And You are certain to revive the dead. Blessed are You, O Lord, who revives the dead.

3: A Prayer to the God who Sanctifies:

We will sanctify Your Name in this world just as it is sanctified in the highest heavens, as it is written by Your profit: "and they call out to one another and say: Holy Holy Holy is the Lord of Hosts, the whole earth is full of His glory." Blessed be the presence of the Lord from His place. In Your holy word it is written, saying, the Lord reigns forever, your God , Oh Zion, throughout all generations.  Hallelujah! Throughout all generations we will declare Your greatness, and to all eternity we will proclaim Your Holiness. Your praise, our God, shall never depart from our mouth, for You are a great and holy God and King. Blessed are you, O Lord, the Holy God. You are holy, and Your Name is holy and holy beings praise you daily. Selah. Blessed are you, O Lord, the holy God

4. A Prayer for Understanding:

You favor man with all knowledge, and teach mortals understanding. Oh favor us with knowledge, the understanding and the insight that come from You. Blessed are You, O Lord, the Gracious Giver of Knowledge.

5. A Prayer for Repentance:

Bring us back, our Father, to your instruction; draw us near, our King, to your service; and cause us to return to you in perfect repentance. Blessed are you, O Lord, who delights in repentance.

6. A Prayer for Forgiveness:

Forgive us, our Father, for we have sinned; pardon us, our King, for we have transgressed; for you pardon and forgive. Blessed are you, our Lord, who is merciful and always ready to forgive.

7. A Prayer for Deliverance from Affliction:

Look upon our affliction and plead our cause, and redeem us speedily for your Name's sake, for you are a Mighty Redeemer. Blessed are you, our Lord, the Redeemer of Israel. 

8. A Prayer for Healing:

Heal us, O Lord, and we will be healed; save us and we will be saved. For you are our praise. Oh grant a perfect healing to all our ailments, for you, Almighty King, are a faithful and merciful healer. Blessed are you, O Lord, the healer of the sick of His people Israel.

9. A Prayer for Deliverance from Want:

Bless this year for us, O Lord our God, together with all the varieties of its produce, for our welfare. Bestow dew and rain for your blessing upon the face of the earth. Oh satisfy us with your goodness, and bless our year like the best of years. Blessed are you, O Lord, who blesses the years.

10. A Prayer for the Gathering of Exiles: 

Sound the great shofar for our freedom, raise the sign to gather our exiles, and gather us from the four corners of the earth. Blessed are you, O Lord, who gathers the dispersed of his people Israel.

11. A Prayer for the Righteous Reign of God:

Restore our judges as in former times, and our counselors as at the beginning; and remove from us sorrow and sighing. Reign over us, You alone, O Lord, with loving kindness and compassion, and clear us in judgment. Blessed are You, O Lord, the King who loves righteousness and justice.

12. A Prayer for the Righteous and Proselytes:

 May your compassion be stirred,  oh Lord our God, towards the righteous, the pious, the elders of your people the house of Israel, the remnants of their scholars, towards proselytes, and towards us also. Grant a good reward to all who truly trust in your name. Set our lot with them forever so that we may never be put to shame, for we have put our trust in you. Blessed are you, oh Lord, the support and stay of the righteous.

13. A Prayer for the Rebuilding of Jerusalem:

Return in mercy to Jerusalem your city, and dwell in it as you have promised. Rebuild it soon in our day as an eternal structure, and quickly set up in it the throne of David. Blessed are you, O Lord, who rebuilds Jerusalem.

14.  A Prayer for the Messianic King:

Speedily cause the offspring of your servant David to flourish, and let him be exalted by your saving power, for we wait all day long for your salvation. Blessed are you, O Lord, who causes salvation to flourish.

15. A Prayer for the Answering of Prayer:

Hear our voice, oh Lord our God; spare us and have pity on us. Except our prayer and mercy and with favor, for you are a God who hears prayers and supplications. Our King, do not turn us away from your presence empty-handed, for you hear the prayers of your people Israel with compassion. Blessed are you, O Lord, who hears prayers.

16. A Prayer for the Restoration of Temple Service:

Be pleased, our Lord our God, with your people Israel and with their prayers. Restore the service to the inner sanctuary of your temple, and receiving love and with favor both the fire offerings of Israel and their prayers. May the worship of your people Israel always be acceptable to you. And Let our eyes behold your return and mercy to Zion. Blessed are you, O Lord, who restores his divine presence to Zion.

17. A Prayer of Thanksgiving for God's Unfailing Mercies:

We give thanks to you that you are the Lord our God and the God of our fathers forever and ever. Through every generation you have been the rock of our lives, the shield of our salvation. We will give you thanks and declare your praise for our lives that are committed into your hands, for our souls that are entrusted to you, for your miracles with us, and for your wonders and your benefits that are with us at all times, evening, morning and noon. Oh Beneficent One, your mercies never fail; oh Merciful One, your loving kindness never ceases. We have always put our hope in you. For all these acts may your name be blessed and exalted continually, our King, forever and ever.  Let every living thing give thanks to you and praise your name in truth, oh God, our salvation and our help. Selah.  Blessed are you, O Lord, whose name is the Beneficent One, and to whom it is fitting to give thanks.

18. A Prayer for Peace:

Grant peace, welfare, blessing, Grace, loving kindness and mercy to us and to all Israel your people. Bless us, our father, one and all, with the light of your countenance; for by the light of your countenance you have given us, O Lord our God, a Torah of life, loving kindness and salvation, blessing, mercy, Life and peace. May it please you to bless your people Israel at all times and in every hour with your peace.

Notes: Jim Cymbala- The Success That Leads to Defeat and Failure- 2 Chronicles 16:1-10

Satan's strategy is to get you weaker and weaker, and he knows that when you pray to Jesus you will get stronger and stronger. No one is not vulnerable from the enemy's attacks. Even those serving God with distinction, and who have faithfully served God for decades, who have authored and Pastored are vulnerable to attack. There is no safe zone except in Jesus. There are lessons to be learned about who Jesus is. No one really knows the battles people are facing, but it is a reality that everyone is in a battle of some kind. Therefore, loving and encouraging one another toward Jesus is needed. Tests can reveal where you are spiritually. As in the case of King Asa, trying circumstances can reveal that someone has become spiritually bankrupt, and lost childlike trust in God, has lost the instinct to pray, has lost the instinct to run to Jesus. King Asa ran to God when he was younger, he prayed, he listened, waited before God , but with age ....with "maturity" he lost the child like faith under his guise of "maturity." So have many today. Remember the success that can lead to failure...Asa thought his strategy and victory was right, but the prophet of God came to him and rebuked it. So one can think they have figured everything out on their own and the new and bigger stuff, attendances, growth, money making is seen as proof of the success. But it is not proof of anything really! There are churches that are double the size they were 10 years ago, but they have lost out on God. There is no sense of Jesus, no sense of the spirit of prayer, no spirit of love, very little of the Word of God, but lots of show. But the numbers are now at 800 and they used to be at 300. This doesn't matter. It matters if God is showing up, if the people are trusting in God, if the Church is loving Jesus. Numbers don't matter. It's how the Church lives daily that matters to God. Does the Church really trust and love Jesus? Just because a church looks good doesn't mean it's good. Things can be done in human strategy, yet the name of Jesus is never or rarely mentioned, and the anointing never falls. Is this what it has come to? Jesus died on the cross, and people have to be entertained for a short time otherwise they are going to leave? Is this what it has come to? Without faith it is impossible to please God. Jesus told the religious leaders that, "...you search the scriptures because in them you think you have eternal life, but they speak of me, and you won't come to me. You'll come to the Bible, but you won't come to me!" You can actually come to the Bible and never have heart contact with Jesus. You can memorize verses and get meaner every month. Is this not true? You can study the Bible, and if you never get your heart in touch with Jesus, and worship Jesus, and surrender to Jesus and let him fill you with his Spirit then you have some kind of wierd religion. You have the Bible without the Author of the the Bible. But the eyes of The Lord are now running over the whole earth just looking for those that he can show himself mighty too. Waiting to see who he can show himself mighty on behalf of those who are fully committed to him in trust. Not perfect. No one's perfect, but people who want to be right and trust him, and run to him and pray. Sometimes troubles, trials, difficulties and challenges come because then you cry, "help me Jesus" who is the safest one to be in. Blessing can become a detriment because "now you are cruising and you don't even need God." The Holy Spirit could leave the earth and some churches wouldn't notice it for 5-10 yrs because they are operating without any need of the Holy Spirit.....because they don't need the Holy Spirit because they "got it down." Do you know that to fight the good fight of faith and defeat the enemy that you need Jesus? 

Heavenly Father, Save us from the success that leads to failure. Restore childlike faith to all of the Church. When troubles and difficulties come that we will be like the little child that RUNS TO THEIR FATHER, and cries help me, hold me, I'm in the midst of a storm. I'll be safe in your arms. Help us to not think that we're maturing when we are falling away from you. Help us remember we don't automatically grow when we have a "spiritual life" but that we can actually regress and go backwards and lose faith, lose love, lose fervency, lose hunger and thirst for righteousness. We can become complacent,  get lazy, make excuses and judge other people, and never see ourselves and our true state. We can reject a message of truth because it hits too close to home. Help us to learn from King Asa's life. Start with me God. I need you. Start with us God. We all need you. Save us from the snare of the fouler, the entrapment of the enemy, the devices of Satan. Save us from plans that look good, promise great success but keep us from being encountered by you, and keep us from praying to you Jesus. God, keep being the God of our Salvation and help us not to trust in ourselves. Become real to us Lord God Almighty. In the days ahead, stir up the spirit of prayer within us. To be the witness that you are Alive and that you hear and answer prayer. Raise up those who depend on you in childlike faith. In Jesus' name we ask. Amen. 

Dividing Lines Of Truth Unite

In this 5 minute video: http://youtu.be/x2ZVihACwQ0  there is a build up of truth and the audience's final unacceptance of it is evidence of the times we are living in.  Ted Cruz' statements are spot on throughout. The audiences tone changes right at a key statement at 2:38m. Everything before that is clapping and agreement. Everything after is booing and unacceptable to them....and this is at a so called "Christian" Event. Be careful. It is very important to know why standing with Israel and supporting Israel is truly of God and is Biblical. Replacement Theology is error. Dual Covenant Theology is error. Everyone in their right mind would accept that physically murdering is wrong, similarly there are also spiritual realities of truth that are equally discerned as right. Knowing the Bible in context reveals that God does have a specific plan for Israel....and he will not abandon them nor replace them. We are ALL undeserving of God's Grace, but He promises to always finish what he has started whether that be in the human heart or a nation. God has a covenant to keep that He made with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and it has to do with the Land of Israel.  Do you believe that the God of Abraham , Isaac and Jacob is the Living God? We can see the line of truth being drawn in the sand across the globe and through every nation and heart, and people will have to make a choice as to what side of that line they will be on. It's unavoidable.  You either will love Christ or hate him...there is no middle ground on that. You will either love Israel or hate Israel....no middle ground. You will either take the Mark of the Beast or you won't. There are all kinds of "Christians" these days, but there are those who are true Christians. Recall that the Bible says that he will separate the good fish from the bad fish, the wheat from the tares. What does a true Christian believe about God, Jesus, The Holy Spirit, The Bible, Creation, Salvation, Heaven, Hell, Israel, Sexuality, Money, Marriage, Business, Church, Sin, Leadership etc etc etc?  The Word of God speaks to it all. Read it and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal what's True. 

For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires. (Hebrews 4:12 NLT)

NOTES: The Harvest is Ripe - Claudia Koenig

• Jesus must go through my life like he went through Galilee. John 4 vs 3
• Jesus gets weary of our unbelief, non bible reading, no praying
• Jesus can't do much in us because there is mixed drink in our lives: IDOLS
• Drink of Jesus-  You will never need another someone or something again!
• John 4: 24-  We must get rid of idols in order to worship God in Spirit- Jesus is weary of idolatry
• Finish the work for the days are few
• Must look at Jesus to see the harvest is ripe
• Plant the seed
• Some have the gift of evangelism, but we are all called to evangelize. One sows and another reaps
• Right where you are the people next to you have been labored over. You are next to them to work the harvest that you did not labor over!
• Jesus has chosen you...You have the choice to obey
• GET UP!
• Labor in prayer to meet with God in the morning to sift what is wicked or wrong in your life- 3am is the best time!
• Andrew Murray- School of Prayer
• Go sit on a rock - lay it all before the Lord- Give everyone and everything to the Lord
• Make sure you are talking about Christ and not yourself

Life And Hope Are Found In The Spirit of Jesus Christ: Kindness, Mercy, Grace & Power

Psalm 145 Great is The Lord

What do you do with words like those found in this Psalm and that describe the real character and actions of Jesus Christ? Words like : Wondrous Works, Great, Majesty, Awesome Deeds, Abundant Goodness, Righteous, Gracious, Merciful, Slow to Anger, Abundant in Steadfast Love, Power, Enduring, Faithful, Kind, Upholding, Holy. These words describe the character of The Lord. These are fitting because Jesus does all of these things. It's his reputation. All of these are powerful, and depending on where you are at in life some may stand out more then others. The ones that reach today, and seem to never lose their inviting intent are Kindness, Mercy, Gracious, and Power. Jesus' kindness, mercy, grace and power are irresistible when experienced. They are his up front , first impression traits that leave his mark on people who encounter him. Think of how he handled the woman caught in adultery, the woman at the well, the hungry 5,000, his first miracle at the wedding in Cana, the healing of countless in need, the resurrections of Lazarus and the little girl! Kindness, Mercy, Grace, Power are the traits of Jesus and His traits continue to be powerful today as well.

How close are you to Jesus today? Would these descriptions exist if Jesus were absent and not involved in our world? Are ALL things really held together and everything that is good because of Jesus Christ?  Would we know the full character of God and His kindness, mercy, grace, and power without Jesus? What is the source of forgiveness and how deep can forgiveness go? Or patience? Or Love? The big question is where and what and who is the source of all this goodness we are able to experience in life? Does it come from inside of people? Or does it originate in a Spirit outside of people? Does it originate from the Triune Living God? God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. In sharp contrast, how can someone possibly kill or hurt another person...a child, woman or man? What is the nature of a man and woman? Of God? Of Satan? and who starts and influences anything?

This is what I know without any shadow of doubt: that I am a sinner in need of kindness, mercy, grace and power, and I know that in the Bible are all the historical stories that speak to and provide the answers to all those questions above.

Christ Is Supreme

Christ is the visible image of the invisible God.

He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation,^e

for through him God created everything

in the heavenly realms and on earth.

He made the things we can see

and the things we can’t see—

such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world.

Everything was created through him and for him.

He existed before anything else,

and he holds all creation together.

Christ is also the head of the church,

which is his body.

He is the beginning,

supreme over all who rise from the dead.^f

So he is first in everything.

For God in all his fullness

was pleased to live in Christ,

and through him God reconciled

everything to himself.

He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth

by means of Christ’s blood on the cross.