Posted by addisethiopia / አዲስ ኢትዮጵያ on September 28, 2016
Jesus Seen Inside The Ethiopian Bonfire
Christ redeemed us through His death on the Cross. The Cross has thus become the sign of victory for Christians. It is the symbol of our freedom from evil and our rebirth for a new life in Jesus Christ.
Even after the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Cross kept on making numerous miracles among believers. Indeed, The True Cross on which our Lord was crucified is in Ethiopia.
Every year, The Ethiopian Orthodox Church organises a ceremony to light a huge bonfire at Meskel Square in central Addis Ababa.
The above video (+snapshots) segment is taken from this year’s ceremony of setting the DEMERA bonfire in Addis Abeba.
While the Demera is set on fire you can clearly see Jesus Christ (no statue or figure there, just normal eucalyptus wood) standing in the middle of the fire giving an inner feeling of brightness and warmth for all those who are around it, and sending a message to the rest of us.
Posted by addisethiopia / አዲስ ኢትዮጵያ on March 30, 2015
This war is no longer a war about Yemen, but a formation of a Sunni coalition they call it Al-Tahaluf Al-A’shari, literally the Ten Nation Confederacy which the media in English calls Ten Sunni-led Arab states.
In response to U.S. abandonment of Saudi Arabia and a response to Iran’s threat to the region, the Sunni Muslim world has risen to form a major unified force. The Coalition never informed the U.S. of its actions in Yemen fearing the U.S. is flirting with Iran.
Caricature of this new alliance is shown in the Arab media as a right-arm fist portruding out of the earth with the mark “There is No God But Allah and Muhammad Is His Messenger” the flag, badge and emblem of Islam stemming from Saudi Arabia. It is the pride of Muslims to mark their right arms and foreheads with the mark of Islam. It also reminds of Daniel 4 which speaks of Babylon leaving the tree stump of its roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze while re-arising, not in ancient Babel in Iraq, but in Dumma, Kedar and Arabia as Isaiah 21 prophesied prior to God’s final judgment “Babylon is fallen is fallen” (Isaiah 21:9, Revelation 18:1-2, Revelation 14:8) in which Iran will finally give it a death blow.
One wonders is this what the Bible speaks of, the ten horns representing ten kings, and all is left, is an eleventh, a little horn which comes up among them who is the Antichrist (Daniel 7:8, 11)?
One must admit, the temptation to make such declarations can arise as we see the events unfold on daily basis, but let the wise increase in patience which is the wisdom in not rushing to conclusion. The bronze nails in Daniel 7:19 points to a Grecian, not European entity. And with its teeth of iron and its nails of bronze (Daniel 7:19), there are ten nails and only time will tell if 20 to 30 other states (iron teeth) joins the ten nation confederacy under this umbrella. And we have additions, foreign ministers from 22 Arab countries agreed to form a unified military force on Thursday, approving a draft resolution designed to counter growing security threats in the region.
Is what we see a prelude to something greater, or if Erdogan of Turkey becomes more active in this confederacy, or if even this confederacy grows to be some fulfillment, is very interesting, but only time will tell. “Its nails of bronze” must be alluding to the correlation of the ten toes to the Grecian Empire. This is deduced because bronze as is accepted by biblical scholars represents Greece which today is Asia Minor. Revelation 17 also speaks of the ten kings will be joined by another king—an eleventh (the little horn)—who is the Antichrist, the ruler over the entire fourth kingdom (Daniel 7:8, 11).
Mecca is what drives this ten nation confederacy in Yemen, is the latest front in a growing regional contest for power with Iran that is also playing out in Syria, where Tehran backs Assad’s government, and Iraq, where Iranian-backed Shiite militias are playing a major role in fighting.
And this confederacy, as it seems, means business. Al Arabiya reported a massive 150,000 Saudi ground troops have been mobilized along with fighter jets and naval units, as part of the move codenamed, “Operation Decisive Storm.” Egyptian TV reportedly said that the Arab League will coordinate with the chiefs of staff of the various Arab nations’ armies to organize the new Ten Nation Confederacy force within one month. Egyptian officials also announced that a ground invasion of Yemen will follow the airstrikes. This, including a naval blockade has been imposed by the Saudi ship Asifat Al-Hazm (Firm Storm) on a strait that connects the Red Sea to the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean, and provides passage to the Mediterranean Sea. The strait is used by Egypt, Sudan, Jordan, Yemen, Djibouti and Saudi Arabia, among other nations.
Four Egyptian vessels were spotted en route to secure the Gulf of Aden, off the city where President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi was based out of after leaving the capital city of Sanaa, and before being forced to flee the country. Both Sudan and Morocco announced that this war is in defense of their beloved Mecca. The Sunni Alliance fears Shiite talk of shift from Mecca to Karbala. Any harm on Saudi Arabia means to harm Islam’s Qibla, the direction to the image, the meteor in Mecca which over a billion Muslim prostrate towards daily.
And such support for this Sunni coalition is not only by secularists, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the largest body of Islamic states, affirmed its support for the deal and the ten state confederacy.
Iran’s rise to power, forced the Arab world to respond to the unprecedented threats on multiple fronts in Yemen, Iraq, Libya and Syria, all of which are in end-times context biblically. In Yemen (biblical Teman) Houthi militants believed to have Iranian backing have taken over large swathes of the country including its official capital. In Libya (also becomes part of a future league in Ezekiel 30,38) a civil war is raging between a government that controls the capital of Tripoli, and the internationally recognized government — aided by Arab and Egyptian airstrikes — based out of the city of Tobruk. In Syria (see Isaiah 17) a civil war has raged on for four years between President Bashar Assad’s government, which is backed by Iran (biblical Persia), and loose coalitions of militants, as well as ISIS which has taken over significant portions of Iraq and Syria, has expanded into Libya, and has been drawing membership from across the Islamic world, recently gaining the loyalty of Nigerian Boko Haram and claiming responsibility for a deadly terror attack in Tunisia.
There is no doubt that a shift and confederacy buildup has happened, but for it to be the final culmination, Persia, its enemy must ally with Turkey despite the Shiite Sunni divide which will later unravel again on the Mountains of Israel. This healing is unlikely to happen until a false peace treaty is first established. It is then that the focus shifts by both Sunni and Shiite coalition towards the persecution of both the Church and Jerusalem which will exclude some Arab states: “And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.” (Revelation 12:3). In Ezekiel 38, both Persia as well as Meshech and Tubal (Asia Minor Turkey) are involved as well as Libya and Egypt (Ezekiel 30) in a “league”.
The beginning embryo and realization that such states can unite is already made firm, but for a seven year peace deal, there needs to be turmoil, which we are witnessing on a daily basis already. This military power will force the Houthis to accept a resolution within days or weeks. This will take Iran back to the drawing board as Russia will play the peace maker. And while Iran harbors its hate, eventually, both Sunni and Shiites will realize that the warring has no end and one sinister plan will be devised to unite the fractured Muslim world which sees the turmoil lasting seven years beginning in 2011 at the rise of the Arab Spring. Such unity cannot happen unless a scapegoat is found: Israel. As the days come, the Middle East is realizing, why is Sunni killing Shiite while Jerusalem remains “un-liberated”? This is the outcry currently on the streets of the Muslim world, and if the devil would make a statement it would be: “for not killing Jews, ISIS I hated”.
After the Flood the city state of Babylon became the center of Satan’s great attack on human history. After the destruction of the Tower of Babel, Babylon remained in hidden mystery form in Satan’s Cosmic System. The world counterattack of Mystery Babylon continued through the ages. The power of the great evil in the world today is defined through the symbolism of the Evil King and the Prostitute of Babylon in Revelation.
Foreword
Mystery Babylon, which is taught from Genesis to Revelation, is one of the major doctrines in the Bible and one of the major themes of human history. Yet, this strategically important doctrine lies beyond the grasp of most people. So well-hidden is the mystery, right under the nose, that the symptoms are seen but not the cause. The reason lies in the power that Satan has over this world through fundamental values like the love of money and honey (sexuality). Satan controls the pastors as well as the congregations. He controls the parents as well as the children. So, each generation is doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past.
It doesn’t have to be this way. The Light is available for those who want it. However, the Light to see Mystery Babylon will only be revealed to those whom the Lord chooses. Only true believers can see the Light, and the Lord decides who those true believers are. Many of the best and brightest students of Bible Doctrine are totally oblivious to the paradigm of Mystery Babylon. They talk a good fight, but they are not genuine. The power of Christianity seems to have eluded too many of the so-called doctrinal believers, who are so busy conforming to Mystery Babylon that the power of God has departed. These people can’t make a decision by themselves. The Holy Spirit is a mystery to them, whereas, they accept Satan’s Mystery Babylon as the gospel.
Mystery Babylon is a doctrine for Christians who have reached Spiritual Maturity and are advancing to Spiritual Rapport. It is not meant for arrogant theologians who are educated beyond their intelligence. Yet, even though the doctrine may only be mastered in Spiritual Rapport, it should be heard even by school children, who are bombarded with human viewpoint from Satan’s factory of lies and deception. Christian schools are blind to Mystery Babylon the same as their secular counterparts. And no Christian teacher should teach without studying this all-important doctrine of our Christian heritage.
The exposure of Mystery Babylon, which is Satan’s Cosmic System, is not meant to be an academic exercise. It has far-reaching practical value. It doesn’t take a professor to recognize daylight from dark. When Marriages don’t click, there must be a reason. There is. The Prostitute of Babylon, who represents Satan, has infiltrated every institution of society, especially the Church. She is out to destroy Marriage; yet, most Christians are oblivious to her. Satan is much more brilliant and much more active than most people think. He has a master plan in place to destroy every divine institution and every Christian life. But genuine Christians who Love the Lord Jesus Christ and obey the Holy Spirit can see through Satan’s ploy. They can grasp his master plan of Mystery Babylon because it is written in the Bible. And they can see Spiritually what is happening in the world around them.
There are many practical applications to be gained from mastering the doctrine of Mystery Babylon. Some value could be gained from simply looking at the pictures in this document. The pictures of Light and darkness in the human body can be applied to breast cancer as well as other diseases and maladies. The source of marital problems and lack of harmony can be understood. The true course of history is explained. Social relationships and relationships with animals are cast in a new light. The love of money and honey are exposed. Two of the most wonderful Christians in history, Patrick and Brigid, from Ireland, are introduced. And Bible prophecy is accurately interpreted. The attacks on Client Nation Israel are explained. And the attacks on the Church in light of the seven churches of Revelation has application throughout the Church Age. For those who will master the doctrine, the application will come.
Seeing the faithfulness of God in light of the Satanic counterattack of Mystery Babylon will challenge the Christian to operate inside the Integrity Envelope. The impact of genuine Christian Integrity on human history will be seen. And Satan’s counterattack to prevent the Christian from achieving Spiritual Rapport with God and harmonious rapport with the spouse and all mankind will be exposed.
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