God destroyed Judah in 70 AD for the reason that her mission was done and the temple/ceremonial system was now voided, never to have any purpose again. To try and say that God is the one who is going to bring about this temple is to make God a liar and that is exactly what Zionist Dispensationalism does. Why would God ordain another temple when the work of His Son was completed and accepted totally? This idea of another temple is just born out of political Zionism with the help of the ignorant clergy, seminaries, and sheep. (Rev 21:22 KJV) And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.

The Period of Time for Jacob’s Trouble

(Jer 30:7 KJV) Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.

The words “the time” in the Hebrew do not refer to a single day but rather it speaking of a period of time. The word “trouble” in the Hebrew carries the meaning of “distress or affliction.” So we see here a period of time when the body of believers is going to be facing much distress or affliction.

Now the last days began at Pentecost but when we read this verse we are seeing that within the confines of those last days, there is going to be a period when the body of believers is going to face an elevated level of affliction. Now it is not saying here what type of affliction but we know that the method which Satan will be using in the last days is going to be deceit. (2 Cor 11:13-15 KJV) For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. {14} And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. {15} Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

There is no doubt that Jeremiah 30:7 is a prophetic passage speaking about the affliction of the body of believers in the last days, and that is what I want to look at in the rest of this study. I believe deeply that we are in that period when Satan has been loosed. (Rev 20:3 KJV) And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

(Rev 20:7-8 KJV) And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, {8} And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. The evidence for this is overwhelming as we look at the condition that Christianity is in, while all the other worldly religions are seemingly untouched by any affliction.

Never before in history has Christianity been assaulted the way it is being assaulted today. We are definitely in a period of trouble or affliction and I want to bring to light some of the ways that we are being attacked and I believe that you too will see that we are living in that period of time known as Jacob’s trouble.

False Bible Versions

One of the most prevalent attacks on Christianity is the attack on the Bible itself. Never before in history has there been new versions of the Bible coming out about one per year. The final translation that God gave was the King James Bible in 1611 and never again was God going to give a new translation. It was in 1871 when Hort & Westcott, two Catholics and occultists, took the ancient Egyptian manuscripts from Alexandria, and under the Vatican’s authority created the Revised Version which became the predecessor for all the modern corrupt versions. These corrupt modern versions were never sanctioned by God since these modern versions have been corrupted and with each new one, the true Gospel is more heavily obscured than in the last version. God never gave His Word to sodomites, Catholics, Cultists, Occultists, and unbelievers to correct and translate.

(Psa 50:16-17 KJV) But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? {17} Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

If you go to any church you will find at least 10 different versions of the Bible in use in the congregation. When the pastor uses one version and the people use different versions, then you are going to have no understanding of the passages being taught, since it will say something different. These versions are causing massive confusion in the church and among Christians. It is the tower of Babel all over again, except at the tower of Babel, it was God who confused the languages. With the attacks on the Bible mounting, all the new versions are being created by unbelievers which means that Satan is behind the new move of false versions which has watered down Christianity and removed the power from the churches.

More Physical Martyrs

It has been said that there have been more Christian martyrs in the 20th century than in all the centuries of the past. With Muslim countries adding more capital punishment laws to their books concerning Christianity, the amount of physical martyrs will only increase as we head toward the last day.

Homosexual Invasion

Never before in history have the homosexuals been attempting and gaining positions in the churches. God condemns homosexuality, as He does all sin, but He openly mentions this one as a sign that we are close to the end. Recently the Episcopal Church has voted in an openly sodomite bishop. What can anyone in this sin teach people about the Bible. It is a condemned man teaching other condemned people that their sin is okay. Wait till they wake up on Judgment day, none of them will be gay.

In Canada they are trying to get the Bible declared as hate literature so if a pastor preaches against it, the pastor can then be removed and indicted under hate crime laws. Almost every TV program is an endorsement of sodomy and it is not for fun, but to desensitize you to accept their perversions. With the sodomites gaining ground in churches, pretty soon the real church is going to go underground.

Dead and Dying Churches

Another attack on true Christianity is the fact that churches are dying all around us because their failed leadership has accepted all the worldly philosophies of the day and have weakened the people in the pews. As a result of unqualified and overpaid leadership in most churches, the true sheep of God have been scattered, simply because they cannot sit under the teachings of a sold-out leader. A good leader will remove the worldly teachings at the point of their beginning. This means that false brethren will have to be removed from the churches. One of the biggest barriers to truth in the church is the leadership.

Amalgamated Gospels

Another attack on the body of Christ comes when the true Gospel is diluted with the false sciences of today. Many preachers have taken up the mantle of the political gospel which cannot save a soul and has yet to save a country. God does not bless the ministries of those who pollute the true Gospel. There is nothing wrong for a Christian to be involved in politics but the Gospel cannot be mixed with the worldly principles of politics. There are many, like Jerry Falwell, who has taken up the political gospel only to fail in ministry. His university went millions into debt and he even took money from Sun Myung Moon.

Whenever we depart from the true Gospel, we will wind up spiritually famished and sometimes even asking Satan for money. Those who teach political or psychological gospels, after a while, begin to lose the distinction between the true Gospel and their gospel additions.

Christ replaced by Israel

One of the main diversions that Satan has thrown into the church is the icon of Israel. Israel has become the deified nation in the majority of churches. If people would only study the history of this nation and their terrorist activities toward the Palestinians, of whom many are Christians, they would not blindly support this nation. The reason that this imposter nation of Israel enjoys such high status is because the ignorant clergy and seminary professors have blindly accepted dispensationalism as truly biblical, when not one tenet of dispensationalism can be proven without hyperbole and allegory.

If your church sponsored a prophecy conference about Israel and one about Prayer, guess which one would fill up? The lie that the Jews are God’s chosen people has been accepted blindly, when the Bible clearly teaches that God has only one chosen people, and that is those who were chosen for salvation in Christ. The Bible teaches plainly that it was written about the Lord Jesus Christ and not to elevate the modern nation of Israel to god-status, as it is in the majority of churches.

Those who live in Israel are not the direct descendants of the Hebrews, they are a people bound by a false religion called Judaism. When Christians ascribe all the promises of a land and the other promises to this nation of false religion, they are prostituting the truths of Scripture based on prophecy books written by well-paid Zionist sympathizers.

(Psa 40:7 KJV) Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,

(Heb 10:7 KJV) Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

These two verses teach us that the Bible was written about the Lord Jesus. Christians need to get their eyes back on Christ and off of Israel. Turn off those prophecy programs which are just a source of lies, deceit, and diversion.

Attacks on Christ

Another aspect of end time attacks are the ones coming against the Lord Jesus Christ. A special aired on TV called, “Jesus, Mary, and the Da Vinci Code” tried to get people to believe that the Lord Jesus Christ was married. It was a resurrection of an old 2nd century lie. The deity of Christ is being attacked, not only by those outside the church, but by those inside the church.

The modern versions aid this by removing much of the deity of Christ from their pages. The new age movement has taken the Lord Jesus and placed Him on the same level of false teachers like Confucius. They claim that the Lord Jesus is on the 7th plane with the other ascended masters of wisdom. The blasphemy is that these ascended masters are nothing more than demons who trance channel their deceit through willing subjects. Even in many churches Christ is looked on as only a great teacher and prophet.

Signs and Wonders

Never before in history has every church been plagued by the infestation of signs and wonders. Almost every congregation has been menaced by tongues and many Christians who do not speak in tongues, endorse them. Tongues are supposed to be a message from God, just as modern day visions and dreams are. These charismatic congregations are all seeking prophetic words and supernatural healing.

These things divert from the real reason the Christian is here and that is to send forth the Gospel. When people concern themselves with health, wealth, and prophecies, they have been derailed in their Christian walk. Every Christian has faced this problem and it is only a good study of Scripture on this subject which will help them to walk away from it unscathed. The modern tongues are not the tongues of Acts since they were legitimate, established languages, in fact, God even names those people who were represented on the first Pentecost.

The tongues of today are just evil babblings with no meaning. Yet, we see Christians running after this because they feel that this is a great move of the Holy Spirit. This is untrue because the Holy Spirit is going to bring us into all truth and He couldn’t do that if we can’t understand instruction.

Christianity Soon to be Outlawed

A very serious situation which true Christians are facing now and will escalate is the outlawing of the very Faith which founded this nation. In the public schools (which were originally founded to teach children the Bible) you are allowed to discuss any world religion such as Islam or Hinduism. The names of Allah or Shiva are permitted in the schools but the name of Jesus Christ is not permitted. The cross is to be removed from every place it has been placed in, yet the Menorah is allowed to stand anywhere, even on Government property. This is because we have been placed under law 102-14 signed into law March 26, 1991 which was the birthday of Rabbi Menachem Schneerson who was head of the radical, anti-Christian Lubavitch Movement.

They have imposed upon the people of the United States the Noahide laws which state that anyone who worships the Lord Jesus Christ is guilty of idolatry and according to their Torah is punishable by death. They have seven Noahide Laws and the 7th is a requirement that courts be set up to enforce the first six laws, one of them being idolatry laws. This law 102-14 was signed into law by President George Bush Sr. Basically, it is saying that every true Christian who worships the Lord Jesus Christ according to the Scriptures, has a reigning death sentence on them which can be enacted at any time.

These laws are nothing more than hate crime legislation against Christians and the church still exalts these anti-Christian people as God’s Chosen People. This just shows the high level of stupidity in the majority of Churches. (sic) www.mechon-mamre.org/jewfaq/gentiles.htm This is the website which claims Christians are punishable by death for worshipping the Lord Jesus Christ.

They also list the 7 Noahide Laws. According to them, these laws were supposedly given to Noah and are binding upon the entire human race. Idolatry is number 1! I wonder why? Whenever you see some facet of Christianity being attacked, such as Judge Moore and the Ten Commandments, just look for the ADL funded ACLU behind it. Those who are attacking and vilifying Christianity are the ones being glorified in the church. Go figure!

Governments all over the world have passed laws outlawing Christianity. Over half of the world has laws on the books which prohibit Christians from free exercise of their Faith. We think that because we live in the USA that this can’t happen. Look around. The IRS imposes penalties on churches who speak out in any politically incorrect manner. The IRS holds the removal of tax exemption over the heads of every church. So a church would rather compromise with the world just so they can give out receipts at the end of the year. What a pitiful, cowardly tradeoff, when the churches are already protected by the First Amendment. Most clergy and media preachers are so neutered that they have become only useful idiots for the one world order crowd. If all the true churches would start preaching and teaching the truth around this country, the government would back off of its attacks and think twice.

Time Stealers

As we approach the end times never have we had as many time stealers as there is now. We have so many things which can divert us from Bible Study such as TV, Radio, Internet, DVD’s, Walkmans, Video games, etc. 100 Years ago radio didn’t even exist yet, therefore, Christians had utilized much time in their day for studies. This is why there have been so many writings from past years. Today, there are many books out there, but if you look at the theology in them, you will see there is a shallowness and compromised atmosphere in them.

Man’s books are becoming increasingly man-centered instead of Christ-centered, which means they are of no spiritual value to the true Christian. Isn’t it amazing that without the help of a computer that Martin Luther could put out over 40 volumes of studies. When was the last time you seen a true Christian author put something together like Luther’s commentaries or the Calvin’s Institutes? Today, somebody writes a book of 100 pages and fills it with psychobabble, and then they receive invitations to speak at 100 churches as if they are some expert.

Summary

We have biblically concluded that Jacob is the body of believers because of the salvation language that surrounds it. It is not the modern nation of Israel since God does not detail any gathering of Talmudic Jews into a land because God fulfilled all the promises of a physical land in Joshua‘s time. Ancient Israel lost the land by reason of their disobedience and this is seen in many places in the Scriptures.

Since the Lord Jesus Christ came and died for His Elect, the ceremonial system has been abolished and since there is not going to be any more animal sacrifices, then there would be no reason for God to make another nation similar to ancient Israel, since the Lord Jesus Christ came and fulfilled all the true meanings of the Feasts and ceremonies, plus God is now dealing with His Elect world wide and in every country.

To focus only on one country and animal sacrifices is to denigrate the final sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Scriptures that deal with re-gathering are speaking only of God re-gathering His Elect on the last day into Glory. The Israel that God has in view in these final days is the Israel of God which is the Redeemed body of Believers.

We are seeing constant attacks on the body of Christ and we are also seeing the prohibition of the Christians to practice their faith, while every false religion in America is granted the right-of-way to practice theirs. Attacks against Christianity are on the rise, whether they are from the media or world religions. Governments all over the world, including the USA, fear the truth telling of Christians and is doing everything, even building concentration camps, to suppress the truth. There will come a time in our world when the Christian witness may be silenced and that time is fast approaching but it will only be for a very short time, and then all the Anti-Christian religions and governments will stand before the Lord Jesus Christ and give an account for their hatred.

(Rev 20:9 KJV) And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
As we see in this verse that the Christians will be silenced but right on the heels of that event will be the second coming of the Lord Jesus and the judgment of the nations. All those in false religions and their puppet governments will be brought before the Lord Jesus Christ and will stand for their crimes against Christ and His Body.

(Rev 11:14-15 KJV) The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly. {15} And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

(2 Th 1:7-9 KJV) And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, {8} In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: {9} Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

(Mat 25:31-32 KJV) When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: {32} And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

May this study provoke you into a deeper study of Scripture.

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Just as Jacob struggled with the Lord to overcome his self-rule and become a new man under the rulership of the Lord; we as born again Christians, who have had a face to face encounter with Christ, and have given rulership of our lives to Him, also have a new name, and that name is Israel. We are the target of all of Satan's wrath, and the elect "chosen ones" he so desperately wants to keep in darkness.

The time of Jacob's trouble is NOW and Satan has been loosed for His short time and is working overtime in the end time churches using his weapons of confusion and deceit, within each member, and within the Body of Christ as a whole. We must overcome this deceit, personally first, and then do our best to spread the truth, of the real Gospel of God, to all nations.

May the Lord find each one of us, that are citizens of New Jerusalem, standing until the last day.

JESUS IS ALL AND EVERYTHING!!

Patti C.