Awaken Bible Prophecy

There is a blindness among Christians concerning the times and what is to come. We who believe in a pre-Tribulation Rapture probably have a better grasp of this than those who scorn this true Biblical position. We’ve pointed out many times that the place in which we’re at in human history is one that Scripture prophetically calls out. The transcript for this audio commentary is available at my website blog under the post with the same title: https://garyritter.com/biblical-audio-commentary-desolation-of-the-earth/ Gary Ritter website: books & blog http://garyritter.com/ Kindle Vella story: Tribulation Rising https://www.amazon.com/dp/B099Z462WD

As you can imagine, this isn’t an official catechism by any means, but it does more or less fit the description as put forth in Wikipedia: A catechism, from Ancient Greek meaning "to teach orally", is a summary or exposition of doctrine and serves as a learning introduction to . . . Christian religious teaching. Catechisms are doctrinal manuals – often in the form of questions followed by answers to be memorized – a format that has been used in non-religious or secular contexts as well. With my version, it’s certainly not a doctrinal manual, nor do you have to memorize it. I’m really calling it by this name because of the Q&A dialog I’m using, for better or for worse. We could also describe it as a primer for how to dig into Scripture, which, when we do so, can yield surprising results. You’ve seen some of that in my prior offerings whereby I discuss whether Once Saved, Always Saved is a valid position and if indeed the equation Salvation = Rapture holds true. We won’t discuss these two issues directly today, but with their two ideals in mind, we’ll see how they hold up in this Q&A catechism-like format. As I’ve stated a number of times, one of my objectives is to get folks to think, and not to just believe in a particular position because your pastor said it. The questions we should all ask are: What does Scripture say? What are the implications when we look at all sides of certain passages? How might this affect what we’ve been led to believe simply because someone else said it and declared it true? Just a word: In no way do I challenge salvation doctrine. I hold an absolutely Biblical position with that as put forth in the Assemblies of God 16 Fundamental Truths. What we’re examining today are certainly related, but with effectively peripheral issues like the ones stated a moment ago, there is room within traditional Christianity for different interpretations of Scripture. I’m going to show you today how someone can come to an interpretation that may differ from yours. If you’re up for the challenge, hang on. Sources: Catechism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catechism A/G 16 Fundamental Truths https://ag.org/Beliefs/Statement-of-Fundamental-Truths Apostasy https://www.gotquestions.org/apostasy-salvation.html Gary Ritter website: books & blog http://garyritter.com/ Please note that the transcript is available on my website blog under the post with the same title.

Bible teachers are split over whether there is an upcoming Psalm 83 War or not. Is the psalm simply imprecatory, or is it prophetic still to this day? If an imprecatory psalm, then it’s only one that calls down curses on Israel’s enemies. If prophetic, the issue is whether its foretelling was fulfilled in Israel’s 1948 War of Independence or one of its subsequent conflicts; or does its prophecy remain – still not achieved? The transcript for this audio commentary is available at my website blog under the post with the same title: https://garyritter.com/biblical-audio-commentary-israels-psalm-83-prophesied-land-grab/ Gary Ritter website: books & blog http://garyritter.com/ Kindle Vella story: Tribulation Rising https://www.amazon.com/dp/B099Z462WD

The topic of angels, fallen angels, and aliens with their UFOs is of paramount importance in these last days. Going back to time immemorial, various peoples have seen unexplained aerial phenomena and encountered strange beings not of this earth. We know Biblically, that God has come down to this world at times in a chariot of fire and has appeared to men as a man, although fantastically glorious to behold. What most people in the church don’t really apprehend is that beyond the person of Satan, there are many more divine entities operating in, over, and under this world which don’t have the best interests of humanity in mind – if fact, their demonic objective is to steal from, kill, and destroy the human population just as the Bible describes is Satan’s goal. In many instances throughout history, rebellious spiritual entities, a.k.a. sons of God, a.k.a. Watchers, a.k.a. fallen angels, have appeared as angels of light. They entice men and women to follow their teachings while at the same time drawing them away from the One who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. These demonic beings want nothing more than to keep people from saving faith in Jesus Christ, or perhaps worse, cause them to renounce their great salvation in Him. Probably the worst offender in this regard is the being or beings that appear to those who generally follow Catholic doctrine. This entity shows itself to be Mary – Mother Mary – the mother of Jesus. She speaks, prophesies, and displays little curiosities that people look on as miracles, such as a statue of Mary weeping, the seeping of a seemingly inexhaustible source of oil flowing from a picture of Mary, or the image of Mary appearing with the baby Jesus on a tortilla – yes, I’m serious. More impressive are what are known as Marian apparitions, described as follows by Wikipedia: Marian apparitions are reported supernatural appearances by Mary, mother of Jesus, or a series of related such appearances during a period of time. These appearances are often paired with some type of message Our Lady wants to communicate and can be anywhere from one short appearance to several over the course of years. To be classified as a Marian apparition, the person or persons who claim to see Mary must claim that they see her visually located in their environment. If the person claims to hear Mary but not see her, this is known as an interior locution, not an apparition. A couple of the most famous of the apparitions were Our Lady of Lourdes in France in 1858 and Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal in 1917. Inevitably, the focus is not on Jesus with these very public visitations, but they often do speak of wars, countries like Russia, and other prophetic issues. So, our questions for this Prophecy Update are: What are these novelties? What are the primary manifestations of the demonic today? Where do they lead? Sources: LA Marzulli Disclosure DVDs https://lamarzulli.net/product/ufo-disclosure-1-4-set/ Alien Revelation – Gary Ritter https://www.amazon.com/Alien-Revelation-Unveiling-Sons-Chronicles-ebook/dp/B07X7H92XY/ Mary & Jesus on a tortilla https://khqa.com/news/local/image-of-virgin-mary-baby-jesus-appears-on-tortilla-10-25-2015 Marian apparitions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_apparition UFO polls https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/06/30/most-americans-believe-in-intelligent-life-beyond-earth-few-see-ufos-as-a-major-national-security-threat/ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ufo-aliens-belief-poll-americans-b1879321.html https://news.gallup.com/poll/350096/americans-believe-ufos.aspx http://www.alienresistance.org/ufo-alien-deception/recent-polls-trends-belief-aliens-ufos/ Portals – Douglas Richards https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B6JR8CSW/ Gary Ritter website: books & blog http://garyritter.com/ Please note that the transcript is available on my website blog under the post with the same title.

The worse things get, the more I yearn for the return of Jesus in the pre-Tribulation Rapture of the church. Yet, as I look around me it’s evident that secular society doesn’t look forward to this seminal event (obviously), and sadly, neither does most of the church. The transcript for this audio commentary is available at my website blog under the post with the same title: https://garyritter.com/biblical-audio-commentary-contrarian/ Gary Ritter website: books & blog http://garyritter.com/ Kindle Vella story: Tribulation Rising https://www.amazon.com/dp/B099Z462WD

There are days when the recognition of the evil in this world becomes overwhelming. It’s at those times that I cry out to the Lord, “How long, O God? How long?” – just like the martyred Tribulation saints standing before the throne in the heavenly courtroom depicted in the 5th Seal Judgment of Revelation 6:9-11. Of course, my plight isn’t anything like that of these worthy men and women of God who suffer unspeakable horror and pay the ultimate price for their newfound faith in Jesus Christ. Currently, we’re only in the pre-Tribulation period, the birth-pains-phase of those horrible days when literally all hell breaks loose on this planet. Today, what we see and experience is only a forerunner – a nauseating taste if you will – of that which is to come. That’s because there is a progression of events to get us to the point of such utter depravity, lawlessness, and chaos that occurs in the Tribulation. Each of these evils in the lead-up to that time will effectively get worse and worse. It’s just like what Jesus said in Matthew 24 that there will be wars and rumors of war, etc. but all these things are only the contractions prior to the actual delivery. What happens in the labor process that a woman experiences? The spasms grow in frequency and intensity. This analogy from Jesus describes exactly what’s currently happening. What also occurs in labor? For one, it doesn’t stop. Secondly, it brings forth a new birth. Of course, in human labor, the result is good – a new life is brought into the world. In the progression of pains leading to the Tribulation and the resulting birth, the surface result is, frankly, dreadful. Yet, we have to look beyond our human reactions and realize God’s intent. He must cleanse the world of the sin and impurity that has overtaken it. If seen from this perspective, the eventual birth of the Millennial reign of Christ after the Tribulation is truly new life. Today, I want to speak a little about the heinous evil consuming this world but compare it with what is to come. We have a great responsibility even in these final days, and despite how the darkness is closing in, I want to encourage you with how we can still make a difference. Sources: Busybody neighbor https://www.tiktok.com/@officialmrcharlez/video/7228121948281261317 Carnival Mayhem https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/tinley-park-carnival-shut-down-after-flash-mob-of-400-teens-takes-over/ Gary Ritter website: books & blog http://garyritter.com/ Please note that the transcript is available on my website blog under the post with the same title.

In the aftermath of my Awaken Bible Prophecy Update titled The Return of the Gods – In Technicolor, I received a question that made me pause. The person asking the question has been following my work for some time and has undoubtedly heard me speak in my Prophecy Updates on this subject of these gods at various times. However, the question posed was: “So Baal, Ishtar and Molech are actual gods? I thought they were just gods that people made up so that they could have something to worship.” The transcript for this audio commentary is available at my website blog under the post with the same title: https://garyritter.com/biblical-audio-commentary-repetition/ Gary Ritter website: books & blog http://garyritter.com/ Kindle Vella story: Tribulation Rising https://www.amazon.com/dp/B099Z462WD

Did you ever expect to be living your life inside the fiction of a dystopian novel? Of course, the soon-coming 7-year Tribulation will be a true dystopian nightmare beyond anything that futurist novel writers ever imagined. Thankfully, true followers of Jesus Christ won’t be around to experience that since the Lord will Rapture us from the world prior to this seminal period. Yet, because the Tribulation could not possibly start immediately at the flip of a switch, it required a progression of various developments to occur. This includes advances and developments in the realms of technological-biological, natural-physical, sociological-political, psychological-spiritual, and more, all to complete their evolution to the fullness of time at which point the Lord will act and the world will come crashing down on itself. This means that we who believe in Christ as our Blessed Hope are still required to see and experience this devolution into chaos, anarchy, and apostasy. For those of us who do have eyes to see, it is a difficult sight to behold. For those who have no vision, they either maintain a false hope that normalcy will return or know that something is wrong; they just don’t know what it is. A major factor that is bringing us to the very edge of the cliff of the Tribulation is one that has gotten very little exposure. There are all sorts of clues because of the many and varied attacks on humanity and the world, of which those who have awakened to this evil have been calling out for three years and more. However, this subject hasn’t really been tackled head-on because there’s so much static that prevents us from grasping it. I’ve been aware of this in a sense for a while, but like many others, simply didn’t put it together. That time has now passed. What I want to show you today is shocking. You may doubt it at first. Since real, factual numbers are impossible to find in this era of obfuscation where the truth is never fully told, yes, there is some amount of speculation in all this. But if you connect events of the last three years with Bible prophecy – which is what we must do to have a clear picture of reality – then you will understand that what I convey here rings true. What is this drastic and shocking realization? It is that the world population – rather than currently being at 8 billion people as recently reported in mainstream news, is actually much less than that and is rapidly decreasing. Hang onto your head, because the numbers will astound you. Sources: Gaslighting https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/gaslighting When Grid Goes Down https://rumble.com/v2ks8xw-what-happens-when-the-grid-goes-down.html Future Babies https://thenewamerican.com/forget-ivf-technology-will-soon-create-babies-without-eggs-or-sperm/ America Alone – Mark Stein https://www.amazon.com/AMERICA-ALONE-End-World-Know/dp/1596985275/r On-air personalities collapsing https://rense.com/general97/dying-on-live-tv.php Birthrates https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/total-fertility-rate Ectolife – Designer babies – Artificial womb facility https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2RIvJ1U7RE Our Brave New World – Aldous Huxley https://garyritter.com/awaken-bible-prophecy-update-2-8-23-our-brave-new-world/ The COVID Blog – world population https://thecovidblog.com/2023/04/20/5-reasons-to-believe-the-global-population-is-already-one-billion-people-less-than-it-was-in-january-2020/ Leo Hohmann – Deagel population forecast https://leohohmann.com/2023/04/21/deagel-population-forecast-of-nearly-70-percent-fewer-americans-by-2025-is-starting-to-look-prophetic/ The Fourth Turning Collapse https://garyritter.com/awaken-bible-prophecy-update-6-1-22-the-fourth-turning-collapse/ China, Population, and Lies https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/05/china_population_and_lies.html Why Are So Many Children Suddenly Dying? – Emerald Robinson https://www.emerald.tv/p/why-are-so-many-children-suddenly Gary Ritter website: books & blog http://garyritter.com/ Please note that the transcript is available on my website blog under the post with the same title.

It’s difficult not to see the pride and arrogance of the global elites. These people really do believe their own fantasies. But they do have a good point. The reality is that given what God did in creating us, He succeeded almost too well. With our free will and the capacity to think that we have, do we have any limitations? --- The transcript for this audio commentary is available at my website blog under the post with the same title: https://garyritter.com/biblical-audio-commentary-wisdom-of-man-foolishness-of-god/ Gary Ritter website: books & blog http://garyritter.com/ Kindle Vella story: Tribulation Rising https://www.amazon.com/dp/B099Z462WD

Here we go again. Once more I’m compelled to bring up this topic simply because I read the Bible. To give you a sense of this, since I was saved in 2005, I’ve on average read the entire Bible front to back very close to two times per year. There have been multiple years I’ve read the entire Bible three to four times in twelve months, others only once in a year. This doesn’t make me any more righteous or holy than anyone else; what is does do is provide a very sound basis for my Scriptural exegesis. I’m not so hot at memorizing verses, but God has given me the means to know His Word pretty thoroughly. The other thing He has done is given me the capability of reasoning through the Bible: to read, to comprehend, and to explain using Scripture as proof for other Scripture. Again, this doesn’t make me necessarily right all the time, but in my doing this, I’m being obedient to what God commands through the Holy Spirit. What do I mean by that? God says in Isaiah 1:18: “Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.” Yes, this is in context about God pointing out the sins of His people so that they will understand their need to repent, however, the sense also is that God wants His people to think and to use logic in relation to Him and His ways. Confirming this principle is the praise for the Bereans in Acts 17:11: Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. The implication is that the Jews in Thessalonica did not research what Paul said. They didn’t critically read the Scriptures. Their understanding was limited and flawed since they had no basis for their feelings and beliefs that ran contrary to what Paul preached. As a result, they came against Paul to persecute him so that he had to flee. With this as background, let me just say: Hey, don’t blame the messenger. I’m just doing my best to interpret what God had His scribes relate for all of us to read. If you have issues as to what I’m going to expound on here, I certainly understand and encourage you to contend for the faith as you understand it. But listen, that does not mean simply saying: “I disagree.” It does not mean simply quoting a bunch of Bible verses that you believe oppose my conclusions. No, if you want to argue against my reasoning, then you likewise need to reason. If I’m attempting to use logic to explain what I conclude, then you also should use your mind to provide rationale for your opposition. Is that too much to ask? My challenge to you is to seriously consider the arguments I make here and address them specifically. Why is my reasoning flawed? How is my interpretation of what I read and understand in God’s Word contrary to your understanding? What do you think the Scriptures I comment upon mean? Sources: Carnal Christians https://www.gotquestions.org/carnal-Christian.html Awaken Bible Prophecy Update 2-22-23: A Controversial Rapture Discussion https://garyritter.com/awaken-bible-prophecy-update-2-22-23-a-controversial-rapture-discussion/ Biblical Audio Commentary – Since We’ve Been Discussing the Partial Rapture – Here’s More https://garyritter.com/biblical-audio-commentary-since-weve-been-discussing-the-partial-rapture-heres-more/ Gary Ritter website: books & blog http://garyritter.com/ Kindle Vella story: Tribulation Rising https://www.amazon.com/dp/B099Z462WD Please note that the transcript is available on my website blog under the post with the same title.

Despite someone not being a Christian nor a student of Bible prophecy, if he is awake enough to glance around at the world and question what’s going on, he still might realize that something isn’t right. You might think this is a silly statement; after all, how could anyone not see that the world is on fire and everything is going crazy? I think you’d be surprised. The transcript for this audio commentary is available at my website blog under the post with the same title: https://garyritter.com/biblical-audio-commentary-of-tranq-trans-trains/ Gary Ritter website: books & blog http://garyritter.com/ Kindle Vella story: Tribulation Rising https://www.amazon.com/dp/B099Z462WD