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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Pharaoh's Dream: Is it Relevant Today?

In Genesis 41 Pharaoh has two dreams that disturb him and Joseph is called upon to interpret his dreams, which were about the same  issue; a seven year famine which was to grip the land after seven good years.  So is there something within Pharaoh's dream that is relevant today?

Well I believe so but first let's take a look at Genesis 41:
1 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.  3 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.  4 And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.  5 And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.  6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.  7 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.

Here's where it gets interesting...
Pharaoh has this dream about a great tribulation gripping the land, and he has it twice.  Joseph tells him that he has the dream twice because the vision is established by God.  But what if Pharaoh had the dream twice also because there will be two tribulations.  So what were the signs of the times in Joseph's day?

  • There were 7 years of great plenty accompanied by seven years of famine; ( didn't we see the same thing in this country before the bottom fell out).  verse 29
  • One man was placed over all of the world's commerce; verse 41
  • No one could buy or sell without Joseph signing off on it; verse 41-44, Pharaoh gave Joseph his ring, his mark, and no one could buy or sell without the mark. 

So in the 7 years of plenty Joseph wisely gathered grain.   Did you know today that there are several countries buying up all the grain?  Egypt, Iran, along with China and Russia.  So is this a sign that some countries have learned from history and perhaps others haven't. 

There is a second time of tribulation spoken of in the bible, where: [Revelation 13]
  • There will be 7 years of famine
  • The markets are controlled by one man
  • No one can buy or sell without the mark
  • Make sure you have what you need to survive: Jesus Christ!

We know that many things in the old testament were foreshadows of what was to come in the new testament.  I view the two testaments as; the old test and the new test.  The tribulation is called the time of testing.  The old test was in Pharaoh's day, the new test is in our day. 
  • Adam foreshadowed Jesus
  • The twelve patriarchs foreshadowed the 12 disciples/apostles
  • The Exodus foreshadowed the rapture
  • Daniels dreams foreshadowed the end times

And Pharaoh's dream, well I guess that's up for discussion...

There is currently a large hole in the Sun which is spoken about in the bible [Revelations 8:12, Mark 13:24], I talk about it in my new eBook Sun Z







  

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Pacific Rim: In The Bible





Pacific Rim is a $190 million sci-fi tale about earth’s heroes(in mythology the heroes were the children of the gods/nephilim) battling against skyscraper-size alien monsters that enter our world through a rift on the ocean floor.  These aliens resemble dinosaurs and all share a collective consciousness [Revelaiton 17:13], which makes battling them difficult because they learn from each encounter.  The movie follows a long list of movies with the same premise: it’s the apocalypse stupid, why didn’t you know about it!!  Movies like, Oblivion, Escape From Planet Earth, Now You See Me, After Earth, The World’s End, This Is The End, The Purge, World War Z, Elysium, Rapture Palooza, etc…
So here’s where it gets interesting…
In Mythology, the Titans were greek gods born from a union of earth and sky, which alludes to the Nephilim of the bible [Genesis 6:4], angels that came down and mated with women and produced children.  In Pacific Rim, the Titans are used to fight an invading army. (Remember that idea)... 

There are several groups/countries represented in the movie, and are controlling different Titans.  Russia, China, Japan, and the United States are the last countries represented by Titans.  In the end, the Titans represented by Russia and China are defeated in battle the rest is up to interpretation. 

Idris Elba is a well known leading man in movies, and plays a major role in the Pacific Rim, but if I may: if you haven’t seen him in the TV Show Luther, then you have missed some of his great performances.  So back to the premise of the film; the governments of the world have created giant robots called Titans, which are piloted by two humans that mind-meld in order to interface with and control these massive robots.  So once again the idea of transhumanism [Daniel 2:43]is coupled with fighting the apocalypse as seen in Oblivion, Enders Game, After Earth, Elysium, and don’t forget Wolverine.  There is a scene in the movie where Idris Elba says, “We’re cancelling the apocalypse today.”  That is to say that we men believe that we can fight the apocalypse and prevent it.    In Revelation Chapter 16 it talks about men being deceived into trying to fight against the armies of God [Revelation 16:13-16].  These men are tricked into believing that they can stop the apocalypse which coincides with a major earthquake, which causes rifts all over the earth.  Sound familiar? 

There is a lot more that I could say, but it would be over-kill and pointless if you don’t get it by now!