Shimittah, Blood Moons and the Messiah Collide in Today's Stock Market Crash - By Rivkah Lambert Adler -
http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/47480/recent-stock-market-crash-sign-of-economic-turmoil-following-shmittah-jewish-world/#gJWfm1MvbGJfLypt.97
"For whoever is in the shade of wisdom is in the shade of money, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its possessor." (Ecclesiastes 7:12)
The Internet is on fire with stories about the rocking of the world economy. With global markets in a financial meltdown, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than 1,000 points at the opening bell Monday. Feeling the effects of the crisis, Israeli investors are bracing for their own losses as the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange saw its worst earnings in four years over the weekend.
China's devaluation of its currency, the yuan, has signaled to international investors that the country is no more a financial powerhouse. In a global economy, however, all these events are, of course, connected.
Taken together, four recent and upcoming events make a compelling case for imminent and dramatic messianic advancement. The four events are the end of the Shimittah year on September 13, the shaking of the world economies last week, numerical hints that abound in Bible Codes and the final Blood Moon of the current tetrad on September 23.
In the name of Rabbi Avigdor Nebenzahl, the former Chief Rabbi of the Old City of Jerusalem, author Rabbi Shimon Apisdorf told Breaking Israel News that, since the end of Biblical prophecy, God speaks to us in headlines. Apisdorf said the same idea, that God speaks through historical events, is echoed by Rabbi Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler, an important 20th century rabbi, Talmudic scholar, and Jewish philosopher.
Where do we find hints of God's Hand in recent economic news? As previously reported by Breaking Israel News, there is a well established pattern of connection between the end of a Shimittah cycle and a downturn in the US economy. This has happened at or near the end of the last seven Shimittah cycles.
End Times author Rabbi Pinchas Winston spoke about this connection with Breaking Israel News. "Why should the end of a Shimittah cycle affect the economies of the world? Even today, when the keeping of Shimittah is rabbinical in nature, it still transmits a Torah message, and that is that God runs the world and provides everything in Creation with its livelihood," he explained.
"The fact that billions of people do not believe this or think about it does not change the fact, and what better time to make the point than as the Shimittah year comes to an end? It has occurred over the millennia with uncanny consistency, and one need look back only a few decades to see how true this is, and to know that bracing oneself for financial upheaval this September is a word to the wise and financially prudent."
In July 2015, Jeff Berwick, a Canadian entrepreneur and financial analyst, released a video about the connection between the Shimittah and Jubilee cycles and the global economy. On Friday, he wrote an article questioning whether the Shimittah effect began a few weeks early.
Three weeks ahead of the end of the Shimittah cycle, Wall Street just experienced a very difficult week, the worst in years. The Dow fell more than 1,000 points. Some say it's just a normal market correction. End of Days blogger Tomer Devorah has a different way of understanding the numbers.
In the system of gematria, where every Hebrew letter has a numerical value, the numerical value of the word Mashiach (Messiah) is 358. On Thursday, August 20, the US stock market fell 358 points. The next day, Friday, August 21, the US stock market fell another 530 points. Together, 530 and 358 equals 888.
This is significant because the number 8 represents God, who is above nature. As Tomer Devorah writes "The number 8 is also connected to the revelation of Mashiach (messiah)!" She explains that the number 7 is associated with completeness in nature - the seven days of Creation, the seven days of the week, the seven colors of the rainbow, etc. The number 8 is above nature. The Messianic era is also represented by the number 8 because, during that time, our souls will transcend nature and will experience a higher level of understanding God.
The stock market, judgment, and you - Bill Wilson - www.dailyjot.com
Americans have lost some $1.8 TRILLION in the stock market this year--most of it in the last few days, according to Steve Goldstein of MarketWatch.com. Goldstein reports that the Federal Reserve's financial accounts of the United States report indicated that American households and nonprofits held $24.1 trillion in stocks as of March 31. He calculated the percentage of loss suffered by the Dow Jones Total Stock Market index and found that by midmorning Monday, "that number had dropped to $22.2 trillion." He reminded readers of the third quarter of 2011, when $2.8 trillion was "wiped away" and that it took another four quarters (a full year) to gain back the money. In other words, we are in for a long haul.
Before we credit God for the misfortune that befalls us proclaiming that judgment is upon America for all of its immoral and ungodly deeds, we should take a look at ourselves as a nation and the practices we have employed. There are many economic policies that lead up to a market crash. George W Bush's quantitative easy policy was a major one. Quantitative Easing is where our government funded the Federal Reserve's purchases of financial assets from commercial banks and other financial institutions (translated Wall Street) to prop up the US economy. He raised the national debt by $5.8 trillion to $11.6 trillion. The current "president" accelerated the policy, and the national debt is now $18.3 trillion and growing.
To make matters worse, the banking industry has accumulated great wealth by this policy while taxpayers are in triple jeopardy--it is our taxes that would pay for the debt, and we are already paying for the policy. In addition, when the US Government decides to quit bailing out bankers and financial institutions, the economy will break down, placing even more burden on taxpayers. This is a grievous situation at best and disastrous at worse. Combine this with the burden of those who are allowed unfettered entry across our borders--due to the policies of the current "president"--the standard of living in America could collapse.
One could make the case that since Biblical practices of good stewardship were not followed, the judgment of God is upon us. However, there is clear evidence that the decision-making of a disengaged society and the resulting poor leadership are causing disastrous consequences. The judgment of God, His wrath, however, comes on the Day of the Lord. Revelation 8:1 says, "And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour." Verse 13 says, "Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth..." This is judgment. Ultimately, the financial ruin we are facing is the consequence of our own making. We must engage with society, raise the standard, and hold accountability to the precepts and principles of God Almighty. It starts in the house of the Lord--our body is the temple.
Dow down 531; the end is not yet - Bill Wilson - www.dailyjot.com
McClatchy news reports: "The 531-point drop in the Dow on Friday wasn't all about China, of course. Investors also are worried about inflated equity prices, dropping oil prices, and the possibility the US Federal Reserve could soon approve an interest rate hike. But China's economic troubles loom large...Charles Morrison, an Asia-Pacific expert who heads the East West Center in Honolulu [said]... "the Chinese manufacturing slowdown is a data point that creates concerns worldwide, because China's manufacturing sucks up so much of the world's resources."" There are many predicting that the US stock market may be an indicator of what is called the "Tribulation." But not so fast...
Has the US replaced Israel and the Middle East as the centerpiece of God's end time plan? It cannot, if you believe the holy scriptures are the inerrant and infallible word of God. The market crashing in the US, or economic and political chaos in America does not a Biblical "tribulation" make. America is not Israel. The Jerusalem of the Bible is not located in America. The United States may well be playing a role and might well play a role in hastening the end times by its actions and current position as a world power. But economic turmoil in the US is not the "Tribulation" nor is it the times of Jacob's Troubles as described in Jeremiah 30 and referred to by other prophets such as Daniel, Isaiah, Hosea and Joel.
Jesus gives us a picture of the end times in Matthew 24 when his disciples ask "what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the world?" First Jesus replied, "Take heed that no man deceive you." He then described the events leading up to his return: False prophets, persecution, abomination of desolation, great tribulation, and His return. He speaks specifically about Israel, saying in verses 15-21, "When you therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place...Then let them who are in Judea flee into the mountains...For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be."
All the prophets are consistent. The epicenter of the end times is in Israel, not the United States. The specific nations that come against Israel in the end times are Arab--descendants of Ishmael and Esau--who are traditional enemies of Israel. These events are not centered on unmentioned nations such as Russia or America (although they may play a role). They are centered on Israel. America and Americans are going to suffer the consequences of their leaders' deplorable moral and economic decisions. We should gird ourselves appropriately. I know this will ruffle a lot of feathers, but America is not THE main indicator of the end times. It is Israel. While it may get bad in America, Israel is the real timepiece for the end times. To say or teach otherwise is to deny the law and the prophets, and the Messiah, Jesus, himself.
Whether it is the Islamic State or drug cartels, which are often Islamic fronts because Islam is a worldwide trader of drugs and humans, the US has an issue that is paramount to our national security. The "president" refuses to uphold the law and secure the borders, AND the "congress" refuses to hold him accountable to the law. The White House and Congress are giving our nation over to Islam, illegal aliens and drug cartels--literally ceding our land to them. Proverbs 21:10 says, "The soul of the wicked desires evil." Do the wicked desire evil more than the people of God desire righteousness? When will every pulpit in every church in America decide to engage with this dark and dying world and hold accountability to righteousness? Much of the "church" has lost its savor and the nation lacks for it.
Panic of 2015? - By Hal Lindsey - http://www.hallindsey.com/ww-8-27-2015/
On last week's Hal Lindsey Report, I talked about some of the underlying problems facing the Chinese economy and how that affects other nations. After taping that program, I watched financial markets all over the world go on one of the wildest rides in history. The immediate cause of all that turmoil was China.
Uncertainty has become the word of the hour. On Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial average went down almost 1,100 points, then rose back up to within 115 points of where it all started, before falling back down to a loss of 588 points by the end of the day. They called it "Manic Monday."
It was followed by what some were calling "Turnaround Tuesday." And it did turn around - several times. The Dow rose 440 points early on. By noon it was at 333. With a half hour left to go, it remained in positive territory - 120 points to the good. But in the final 30 minutes, it lost all the gains and ended at negative 204 points. On the day, the Dow traveled up and down a total of more than 1,600 points. Now that's a ride!
It was only about a month ago that the Administration was telling us not to worry about China. Secretary of the Treasury, Jack Lew, told a gathering at the Brookings Institute that Chinese markets would have little effect in the United States. "I will say that China's markets still are pretty much separated from world markets. They're, obviously, moving towards being more integrated, but right now they're not. . . . So you're not going to, I don't think, see the direct linkage there."
U.S. exports to China are third behind only Canada and Mexico. Imports from China exceed that of all other nations. It's concerning that the man who is, in effect, the Chief Financial Officer of the United States of America, can't see the linkage between the American and Chinese economies.
All over the world, nations have been printing cash and keeping interest rates low. They've been doing the kind of things nations do when they're desperately trying to avert a collapse. Such measures are usually only temporary, but they've been going on now for several years in a row.
In the U.S., investors worry that, after 6 � years at near zero, the Fed will finally increase interest rates. Dennis Lockhart, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta calls raising the interest rates, "the normalization of monetary policy." And he's right, it has not been normal to keep the rates so low for so long.
It's unsettling that governments all over the world seem to already be pulling out all the stops trying to keep the world economy afloat. That's one reason Stephen King from HSBC Bank, said, "The world economy is sailing across the ocean without any lifeboats to use in case of emergency."
Before they were called recessions or even depressions, financial crises were known as "panics." There was the "Panic of 1819," the "Panic of 1837," the "Panic of 1857," the "Panic of 1873," the "Panic of 1893," and the "Panic of 1907" among others. While they were sometimes called "depressions," people named them with the word "Panic."
When dealing with large crowds, panic is an ever present possibility, and exceedingly dangerous. In 1856, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, sometimes known as the "Prince of Preachers," held a mass meeting at the Surrey Gardens Music Hall. Someone yelled "Fire!" in that venue holding 10,000 people. In those days, aisles and doors were exceedingly narrow. In the panic that followed, seven died and dozens were hospitalized with serious injuries.
An economic panic works in much the same way. Economic fears are visceral with us because we fear a disruption in the flow of money. We know that money buys our food and clothes. It buys shelter and transportation. We use money to purchase the basic necessities of life for ourselves and our loved ones. Economic panic is extremely powerful. Along with fear of war, economic panic will one day enable the Antichrist's rise to power.
Because money buys the necessities of life, it's easy to understand why people begin to see money as their provider. They begin to treat money as an idol to be served. But we should never confuse the Provider with the thing provided.
Jesus gave us this profound warning. "No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money." [Matthew 6:24 NIV]
Money does not provide. Money is a provision from God - one of many. We like cash because it gives us freedom to choose, but sometimes God meets our needs more directly. Sometimes He gives us shelter or food directly from His own hand. He sent Elijah to the brook Cherith where God commanded ravens to feed him.
God doesn't promise money. He promises provision. Later, the Lord allowed brook Cherith to dry up. He wanted Elijah to move on to another place where He would bless both Elijah and those who would care for him. In neither case did God answer with money, but in both cases He met Elijah's need.
Jesus spoke of God providing for "the fowls of the air" and "lilies of the field." He said, "Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you." [Matthew6:33 NKJV]
Even as we recognize that we buy things with money, including the basic necessities of life, remember that money does not feed or clothe us. It buys shelter, but it does not provide shelter. We work for it, but we do not serve it. We who follow Christ serve our Lord; and He feeds, clothes, and shelters us. He alone is Jehovah-jireh - our Provider.
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