Bible Prophecy Update

America In Prophecy, Bible Prophecy Updates, Holiday's Perspective

Posted on July 3rd, 2010

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Celebrating July 4th, What our Founding Fathers Believed

As we Celebrate our nations independence, it is important to remember that our great country was formed by the principles of the Bible and the sincere faith in Jesus Christ by faithful men and women. The following information is from David Barton of Wallbuilders in which the details of what our founding fathers believed and what they said regarding our spiritual heritage. Remember this July 4th that it was impossible that the United States of America could have become as great a nation as it has become, apart from the hand of the Lord and his great Grace upon us all.
Bible Studies, Holiday's Perspective, Rob Robinson

Posted on June 20th, 2010

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‘A Father Tender and Compassionate’

Today, there is a Father that is crying out to you, “I wish that you were my little girl, I wish that you were my little boy…” No matter where you have been, no matter what you might have done, He loves you, and he wants to be your Father. Perhaps you grew up without a dad in your life, or maybe you had one, but he was just not around very much, or maybe you had a Father, but all you can remember is anger, frustration, and feeling like you were not ever going to be “good enough”. There are some of you here Today, that have lost your daddy this past year, and you are missing him… Today, your Father in heaven is calling out to you…
Christmas, Controversial Subjects

Posted on December 31st, 2009

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The Bible is the Most-Stolen Book During the Holidays

SAN ANTONIO — Noah’s Ark Christian Bookstore sees about one to two Christian items stolen every year.
This holiday season, it’s seeing three to four items missing from its shelves.
“I can see the need people have, they need to buy more but don’t have the means to do it,” store manager Maria Obregon says.
You can’t ignore the irony of the situation. The book that read, “Thou shalt not steal” is also one of the most-stolen books in the world. In San Antonio, Bible bandits are on the rise. Local bookstores say it’s a problem they see year-round. They attribute it to a slow economy, and people turning to God in tough times.
Christmas, Obama Watch

Posted on December 27th, 2009

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Christmas, Obama

No Churchgoing Christmas for the First Family

The Senate vote on final passage of health reform almost scuttled their plans, but it looks like the First Family will still make it to Hawaii for Christmas. They’ve had a whirlwind holiday season so far, starting with the lighting of the National Christmas Tree, through hosting more than 50,000 people for 27 parties and open houses, and ending with a visit by the First Lady, Malia and Sasha, and the family’s dog Bo, to deliver cookies to the Children’s National Medical Center. The Obamas have also started their own holiday traditions in their new home, adding a Christmas wishing tree to the decorations festooning the White House.
But there’s one common Christmas practice not on the First Family’s schedule: a visit to Christmas Eve church services.
Christmas, Jesus Church

Posted on December 22nd, 2009

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Christmas was Controversial from the Beginning

Many Americans see the present political correct view of the holidays as a jihad against the Christian celebration of Christmas.
Retail chains now mandate that clerks greet customers with “Happy Holidays” rather than the traditional “Merry Christmas.” Scattered school districts have banned the singing of Christmas carols, and many have relabeled the holiday from classes the “winter break.” Nativity scenes or even decorated trees (if they are called Christmas trees) in public places prompt legal challenges because the observance of the Western world’s most popular and widely celebrated — whether by believers or not — religious holiday may be offensive to some.
America In Prophecy, Christmas

Posted on December 18th, 2009

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66% Celebrate Christmas As A Religious Holiday

Sixty-six percent (66%) of Americans celebrate Christmas as a religious holiday. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that another 20% celebrate the event as a secular holiday.
Of those who celebrate Christmas, 81% believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God sent to earth to die for our sins and 72% say Jesus was born to a virgin.
Among all Americans, whether they celebrate Christmas or not, 82% say the person known to history as Jesus Christ actually walked the earth 2,000 years ago. Only three percent (3%) say he did not and 15% aren’t sure.
Christmas, Controversial Subjects

Posted on December 15th, 2009

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America, Christmas

Christians Launch Attack on Christmas

If it’s December, there must be frost in the air, gingerbread in the oven and — right on time — Bill O’Reilly and other defenders of Christmas bemoaning the prevalence of the greeting “Happy Holidays,” as opposed to “Merry Christmas.”
There’s a war on Christmas, the conservative commentator recently reminded viewers, driven by those who “loathe the baby Jesus.” This season, a holiday-décor company is marketing the CHRIST-mas Tree, a bushy artificial tree with a giant cross where the trunk should be. And the Colorado-based nonprofit Focus on the Family is continuing its Stand for Christmas campaign to highlight the offenses of Christmas-denying retailers. The campaign was launched, according to its website, because “citizens across the nation were growing dissatisfied with the tendency of corporations to omit references to Christmas from holiday promotions.”
Christmas

Posted on December 13th, 2009

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How St. Nick Became Santa Claus

An ancient merchant had three lovely daughters. But due to a tragic turn of events, he had lost all hope that his daughters would be able to marry and live a happy life. It was the third century, and this businessman had lost his fortune when pirates pillaged his ship. His beautiful daughters were of marrying age, and without money he could give them no dowry
Bible Prophecy Updates, Christmas, Jesus v. Everything

Posted on December 12th, 2009

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Controversy, Jesus

How December 25 Became Christmas

On December 25, Christians around the world will gather to celebrate Jesus’ birth. Joyful carols, special liturgies, brightly wrapped gifts, festive foods—these all characterize the feast today, at least in the northern hemisphere. But just how did the Christmas festival originate? How did December 25 come to be associated with Jesus’ birthday?

The Bible offers few clues: Celebrations of Jesus’ Nativity are not mentioned in the Gospels or Acts; the date is not given, not even the time of year. The biblical reference to shepherds tending their flocks at night when they hear the news of Jesus’ birth (Luke 2:8) might suggest the spring lambing season; in the cold month of December, on the other hand, sheep might well have been corralled. Yet most scholars would urge caution about extracting such a precise but incidental detail from a narrative whose focus is theological rather than calendrical.
America In Prophecy, Christmas

Posted on December 9th, 2009

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Obama: No Baby Jesus in White house

The Obama administration sought to ban baby Jesus from the executive mansion as part of its plans for a “non-religious Christmas,” according to a participant at a White House luncheon.

In its Dec. 4 issue, the New York Times published an article highlighting accomplishments of Desirée Rogers, the new White House social secretary.

Rogers, a woman who markets what she refers to as the “Obama brand,” is responsible for every event that takes place in the White House.
Bible Prophecy Updates, Obama Watch, Thanksgiving

Posted on November 28th, 2009

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Obama: First President to Forget God on Thanksgiving

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – President Obama’s brief proclamation of Thanksgiving Day on November 26 was unique among all recorded Thanksgiving proclamations by his predecessors: it is the first one that fails to directly acknowledge the existence of God.

The beneficence shown by God to America is a theme that traditionally defines the Thanksgiving holiday, and this theme is strongly emphasized in the original Thanksgiving Day proclamations and consistently acknowledged even by modern presidents
Jesus Church, Thanksgiving

Posted on November 26th, 2009

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The Impossibility of Thanksgiving

A YouTube segment from Conan O’Brien’s show entitled “Everything’s Amazing and Nobody’s Happy,” with guest comedian Louis C.K., has been making the rounds. In it, Louis talks about how he was on a plane that offered in flight Wi-Fi access to the Internet, one of the first planes to do so. But when it broke down in a few minutes, the man sitting next to him swore in disgust. Louis was amazed, and said to O’Brien, “How quickly the world owes him something that he didn’t know existed 10 seconds ago.”
Bible Prophecy Updates, Thanksgiving

Posted on November 25th, 2009

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America, Church

Thanksgiving Day Proclamation 1777

Forasmuch as it is the indispensable duty of all men to adore the superintending providence of Almighty God; to acknowledge with gratitude their obligation to him for benefits received, and to implore such farther blessings as they stand in need of; and it having pleased him in his abundant mercy not only to continue to us the innumerable bounties of his common providence, but also smile upon us in the prosecution of a just and necessary war, for the defense and establishment of our unalienable rights and liberties; particularly in that he hath been pleased in so great a measure to prosper the means used for the support of our troops and to crown our arms with most signal success:
Holloween

Posted on October 29th, 2009

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The Origin of Halloween

Halloween’s origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in).
The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom, and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1. This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was often associated with human death. Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred. On the night of October 31, they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. In addition to causing trouble and damaging crops, Celts thought that the presence of the otherworldly spirits made it easier for the Druids, or Celtic priests, to make predictions about the future. For a people entirely dependent on the volatile natural world, these prophecies were an important source of comfort and direction during the long, dark winter.