What classifies as "Christian Conspiracy" in your book? Does such a thing even exist or is it a concept that Satan successfully created and added to our lexicon to keep those who work for him in this world behind the scenes and in the shadows while positioning those of us who seek to expose him on the lunatic fringe?
I believe it's the latter, and if that's the case we need to start asking ourselves why Satan would want to deceive us to the point where we are willing to voluntarily ignore the parts of the Bible that make us feel uncomfortable. Is it because we don't want to try to understand them or, because we fear what that might actually mean especially when it comes to understanding our long-held and cherished beliefs?
I'm not saying that such mis-labelled "conspiracies" are the types of things that would cause a person to question their faith, their salvation or, who their Lord and Savior really is. Quite the contrary! In fact, these are actually the types of things that can reinforce and envigorate our faith because they add a layer of contextual truth that has been missing since the day we were saved. They just help us to look at things a little differently - to look at things the right way perhaps - as they force us to consider that our current interpreations and understandings may be slightly off a bit because we've relied too often on others to do the thinking and analyzing for us instead of doing what God always intended, and that's for us to read our Bibles, search the Scriptures, search for Him, and pray for wisdom all on our own.
I mean, just try to show other Christians the cold, hard evidence from the Bible that clearly tells us that things like Giants walking the earth (no, the story of David and Goliath isn't just some nice kind of fairy tale that was thrown in there to teach us a lesson!), that things like the importance of understanding astronomy (not astrology - there's a big difference between the two!), and that things like the Nephilim/Fallen Angels (they are prophesied to come again in the end times!) are truths from the Bible that are important to God and thus important for us to fully grasp, and they look at you like you have four eyes and three horns on your head.
It's unfortunate when Christians who all profess to be lovers of the truth can be so close-minded when it comes to certain topics that are mentioned and even presented here on this website. I can assure you that while I will sometimes offer my own personal speculation and make educated guesses I am always clear whenever I'm about to do just that. However, when it comes to reporting on the things that have pushed me to those conclusions I'm equally clear that what I'm presenting is not conjecture, but hard evidence, and I always back my conclusions up with facts rooted in the Bible and antiquity that we have for some reason allowed ourselves to forget.
Since creating this online ministry a few months ago, I have strived to report on all things that I felt were somehow prophetically significant to believers studying the end times and seeking our Lord and Savior's return. I've been careful not to discrimanate because I firmly believe that there are MANY THINGS that we still have no real understanding of when it comes to Christianity, the Holy Bible, prophecy, and the invisible spiritual war going on all around us each and every day.
My approach is to present the information that's out there that I feel is relevant to the discussions we're having here, and to let you take that same information, research it for yourself, and reach your own final analysis.
Again, if we're truly serious about finding the truth then we owe it to ourselves to study the Scriptures diligently rather than simply taking a cursory and casual approach to a topic of interest.
I wanted to take a moment to offer the above statements because I get the sense that the Lord is moving me in a direction where I may have been reluctant to go in the past. In understand that there are some who will reject the things I will be publishing here because it doesn't fit within the nice little box they've placed God in. That's ok. I understand that there are some who will ridicule me for "believing such nonsense" or for "even suggesting that there's any truth to these sorts of things" and that's ok too.
"For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake." Acts 9:16
"If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you...If they persecuted Me they will persecute you...for they do not know the One who sent Me." John 15:19-21
"Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you." Matthew 5:10
I believe it is a common, but very serious MISTAKE, for us to think that just because we may disagree on some points when it comes to interpreting the Bible and its prophecies, that another Brother of Sister in Christ Jesus, in the Body of Christ (in their perceived "error"), cannot ADD MANY OTHER IMPORTANT NUGGETS OF TRUTH that will ultimately help us in growing in grace and knowledge of God and His big picture regarding what is happening all around us, and what will happen in the very near future.
Besides, we know from Proverbs 25:2 that "It is the glory of God to conceal a matter..." Christians are supposed to be lovers of truth, and I'm hoping we can all consider that our current interpretations of prophecy may be slightly incorrect since we know that 1 Corinthians 13 tells us we see "through a glass, darkly" and that God told Daniel in Daniel 12:4, "But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased."
I put these news items, commentaries, interviews, research, theories, and information here as a public service, and to bring glory to God. It is up to you to seek the Lord and pray, while using the Holy Bible as your guideline. I do not, and I never will, suggest that anyone should seek man for the answers. We must take all things to, and seek and rely on the Lord because we are warned to watch, pray, and not be deceived in Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 21, 2 Thessalonians 2, and elsewhere.
Let me end my soliloquy by reminding everyone that I am definitely not a prophet of any kind, and I do not hear the voice of God or am arrogant enough to somehow think I am speaking for Him. Typically, that's the first thing that people assume - "If he's crazy enough to think these things might be true then maybe he's crazy enough to think that he's a prophet or somehow speaking for God!" Hardly.
I merely wanted to issue a public statement that in my effort to show people that prophecy is being fulfilled all around us, and that if prophecy is true then God is real and the Bible can be trusted, I may sometimes report on things that I feel are vitally important even though they may not fall into what we would call the "mainstream" categories of eschatology.
So, moving forward, I hope that you will join me in the pursuit of truth that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ still lives and reigns on His throne in Heaven, and that He is in complete control despite the chaos all around us (including the chaos that's to come)!


11/19/2008 12:05:00 PM
Jeffrey K Radt ("JRed")
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6 Comments:
I'm grateful that you will take the time to write about and research these kinds of topics. I have been a Christian for many years but I still have many unanswered questions. Many of my questionings do lead me to some conclusions that are hard to accept but I want to be wide awake to the truth of God's word. Keep up the good work!
Anonymous,
Thank you very much for your kind words and support as it's greatly appreciated.
The challenge for me is to be as transparent as possible about my motives, intentions, method of research and discovery, and eventual conclusions that I make (especially sharing the "how and why" I got to that place.
Lately, I've been really on fire for the Lord in pursuit of Him and His truth and no longer want to simply rely on others to be my only source for "biblical truth and interpretation" when I can just as easily pick up my Bible and drop to my knees to find similar wisdom.
In any event, thanks again for visiting and for commenting. I hope you will be back to engage in the discussions.
YBIC,
Jeff (JRed)
I really enjoy your site and the way in which you present your thoughts. I also visit two other main christian prophecy sites - one that you have mentioned on here before. Although I enjoy what they have to say I feel frustrated that they have taken a particular stance and refuse to waiver from it. Although I am a strong believer in defending one's doctrinal position I feel that prophecy is an area that fits outside the normal thinking re doctrine. I feel that there are so many strings out there in the world today that are all converging on the end times and I like to examine them and have discourse with likeminded people. I, like you, agree that much of it is conjecture but the bible does not forbid us from watching and wondering about these things.
Warmly Mrs M.
Mrs. M,
Well stated and I wholeheartedly agree. Thanks for visiting and I hope to hear from you again in the near future.
YBIC,
Jeff (JRed)
Yes like warriors...moving forward in faith with singing stones at the ready...
Like A yound shepherd named David...
The rejection from family and friends was foretold and it is part of the perfecting of our faith coming to completion by divers trials and testings. Yahushuas family thought he was beside himself so should we expect otherwise?
So very true Anonymous. Fortunately, it hasn't become unbearable with regard to the reaction from family and friends, but I'm sure it's heading in that direction.
I also thought it was interesting that you made "a young shepherd like David" comment only a week before my post on NBC's new show! Nothing too significant about that except for the fact that it directly ties into this whole subject matter we've been looking at lately.
If you all think we've been "daring" so far, just wait until you see the series of articles to be published over the next couple of weeks.
YBIC,
Jeff (JRed)
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