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Introduction
Texts - 2 Timothy 3.1; Psalm 27.4-5; Hosea 10.12;
We are living in the most critical time in the history of man
Changes are taking place on a global scale
Human activities are affecting nature irreversibly
Morality is at its lowest and religion is blamed for all the evils in the world
Bible prophecies are being fulfilled everyday
Critical Times Demand Critical Minds
Observing Minds
What’s going on?
What’s happening in the world?
Questioning Minds
Why are thing happening in such a way?
What does the Bible say about these things?
What’s going to happen if things continue as they are?
Where are we in God’s timetable?
This Part: The Junction of Time
Bro. Branham first preached on the subject in 1956:
12 In my searching of the Scripture, for quite a while, I have found seven great junctions in God’s Word.
And seven is God’s complete number.
We…He—He completes in seven.
He worked six days, and, the seventh, rested.
The world exists in its reign over the earth here, the Church labors for six thousands years, the seventh is the Millennium.
And all these mathematics (and) of the Bible are perfect.
13 And God always is on time.
Sometimes that we are a little bit late, or (a little) thinking a little different, but that’s always done for a purpose.
But God is always on time with His Message.
14 And so, today, I believe that we are facing a great something that the Church should know and understand, that we ought to know what all this is about, and find it in God’s Word...
- The Junction of Time, 15 January 1956
What is a “junction”?
It is a crossroad, where 2 or more roads meet
It is a fork on the road, where one road diverges into 2 or more roads
Important observations
Crossroads are a viable place for commerce.
Crossroads are the most common place for accidents - mostly because people do not pay attention to roads and the signs
The Junction of Time is...
a point in time where one era ends and another begins
a point in time where big changes are taking place that shape history
Biblically, a point in time indicated by Bible prophecies where God’s major plans are ending and beginning.
Main Points
Junctions of Time in Bible History
The Fall of Man in the Garden
Adam’s eating of the forbidden fruit brought the whole creation into corruption
Noah’s Flood
The Flood wiped the entire civilisation
The Call of Abram
His coming to Canaan began the long history of the a chosen people
The Exodus of Israel out of Egypt
Their coming out of Egypt and entering the Promised Land wiped out city-states that long existed in Canaan
The First Coming of Christ
The crucifixion of Christ marked the end of O.T. way of worship and the beginning of the dispensation of the Holy Spirit
Junctions of Time in Secular history
The following events in history could be identified as junction of time:
the Nicaea Council
The Fall of the Roman Empire
The Reformation Movement
The Discovery of America
The Birth of the nation Israel
The fall of the Berlin Wall
The creation of the World Wide Web
Indications that we are in another junction of time today
Social and Commercial Activities
eating and Drinking
Marrying and giving in marriage
eating and drinking
buying and selling
planting and building
Know the “right thing to do”
Recognise God’s preeminence over your life - “if the Lord wills...”
Do not allow yourselves to be caught in the rate race of this world - buying, selling, building - and neglecting the fellowship, the ministry, the service.
Moral Corruption
Love of self comes first - from this comes out the rest…
lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God
holding to a form of godliness - these are Christians!
Preachers and Prophets
Your sons and daughters
My men and women servants
Caiaphas “prophesied” although he was an enemy of the truth
Prophecies in the Last Days
Rabbi Yitzhak Kaduri (d.
2006)
Jesus Christ is the Messiah and is soon to return
Jesus would return shortly after Ariel Sharon is dead (Sharon died in January 11, 2014)
Maurice Sklar (2011) - a concert violinist who ministers through music:
He spoke of financial disasters, such as the American dollar losing value and causing economic distress, wars, terrorism and rioting in America.
He said a financial disaster would also come to Europe and the Euro would collapse.
He believed an “all-out war in the Middle East” would take place, with Israel emerging as the victor.
But he also said all this would spark a revival.
According to Sklar, the sign that this would soon take place, would be the death of Billy Graham: “I am taking Billy Graham home to heaven soon.
When you see this, know that my time of grace for the Gentile nations is coming to a close.”
Pastor T.D. Hale (Calvary Christian Center, Ohio)
He stated: "the grace of peace is about to be removed from the nations".
He predicted war would come to the Middle East and "shields of protection" would be lifted from "wealthy nations who have hoarded their money and resources from the poor".
“Look to when I take my servant Billy Graham home.
When I do, it shall be a prophetic sign that the age of grace will end soon after.
Wake up and be ready for my appearing in this midnight hour, O backslidden church – I am coming for my bride who has made herself ready.
Repent and prepare to meet thy God, or to be left behind to endure my wrath upon the wicked of the earth who have hardened their hearts against me."
Benny Hinn (2012)
“And the Lord said to me in 1989, when Oral Roberts and Billy Graham go home, it will be the key, it will be the sign of the beginning of the greatest revival.
Oral is home and Billy is about to go home, and when he does, I’m telling you, the whole Church, get ready."
Prophets arose during Junctions of time:
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