Excerpts from #God (pt2)

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The following are excerpts from the book The Prophesied End-Time Revealed - 2008 - God's Final Witness

It is used here without permission... If it is true and if we all are truly about to suffer and die together then I'm betting the author, Ronald Weinland, will not bother wasting time suing *me* over using excerpts from his book...

The First Thunder

September 11, 2001 was a day that thundered so loudly that the
very mention of it is recognized all over this world. Mention that
day anywhere on earth and people know what happened.
However, people do not yet recognize the real meaning behind
why this day is so vastly important.

What happened in New York, Washington D.C. and a field in
Pennsylvania is not what is most important about this day. What
happened on a Biblical plane is of far greater significance!
This date became etched in the minds of people throughout
the world, and so did another word. That day began to put the
name al-Qaeda into the minds of all who had 9/11 written in
their memory.

The greater reality for this day is its Biblical significance. The
events of this day are prophetic, and the prophetic symbolism of
these events is the very thing that will lead to the opening of the
Seventh Seal of Revelation and a full blown World War III.
Terrorism and war are not new to mankind. This has been the
way of man for thousands of years, but this terrorism is part of
end-time prophecy; and this is what makes it different from all
other acts of war.

#1: The First Thunder is the beginning terror of war for the
end-time. This is war that is prophetic for the end-time.
All Seven Thunders contain things that have occurred on the
earth in one way or another ever since man’s beginning.
Terrorism is not new. Wars are not new. But what is happening
now, in these Seven Thunders, is new because it is part of endtime
prophecy. All these things will lead directly into the final
three and one-half years of great physical tribulation on all the
earth, with ever increasing intensity.

The success of al-Qaeda’s terrorist attack on 9/11 was the
beginning of the First Thunder. This was the very day the Sixth
Seal of the Book of Revelation was opened. So the events of this
day have very great Biblical and prophetic significance!
Terrorism is war and war is terror. An American Civil War
General, William T. Sherman, is recognized for a famous quote,
in which he said, “War is hell.” Anyway you address it, war
reigns terror wherever it strikes.

Since 9/11, we have seen more rumblings from the “terror of
war.” There are continuous rumblings on a lesser scale as
al-Qaeda operatives strike at various times and places in the
world. However, as time passes, they will strike with far greater
power than 9/11. At this time, the beginning rumblings of war are
coming from Iran and will lead into greater global terror.
Louder rumblings from the “terror of war” have occurred as a
direct response to 9/11. On October 7, 2001, the United States
began bombing Afghanistan in what was called Operation
Enduring Freedom. In actuality, it stirred up greater resentment
and hatred toward Americans, in much of the world, more than it
produced the promotion of freedom. Al-Qaeda was dislodged
from one part of the world, but its influence and strength has
grown much greater since then.

As for Afghanistan, it has successfully returned to its former
economic base—being the world’s largest producer of illegal
opium.

Notice the following quote from the Business section of a
BBC News article dated March 3, 2003:

Afghanistan retakes heroin crown: Afghanistan retook its
place as the world's leading producer of heroin last year,
after US-led forces overthrew the Taleban which had
banned cultivation of opium poppies. The finding was
made in a key drug report, distributed in Kabul on Sunday
by the US State Department, which supports almost
identical findings by the United Nations last week.

Another great rumbling from this same thunder occurred on
March 30, 2003, when the United States began its “Shock and
Awe” bombing of Iraq. This was a great “labor pain” because it
had a powerful prophetic impact on the attitudes of countries
around the world. This moved nations into prophetic alliances,
which will become fully realized when WW III begins.

September 11, 2001 is one of the more significant days in endtime
prophetic events. It was the day the Sixth Seal of Revelation
was opened and the day the First of the Seven Thunders began to
sound. The events of this day summarize in prophetic symbolism
what is to follow once the Seventh Seal of Revelation is
opened—the complete demise of the United States and her
closest allies.

The Prophetic Symbolism of 9/11

From the vantage point of all the nations of the world, there
could be no greater symbolism of the height of the greatness in
wealth, might, and stature of the United States than the World
Trade Center towers.

To better understand some of this symbolism, let’s consider
some of the history about these towers:

The World Trade Center towers were best known for
its iconic 110-story Twin Towers. The towers survived a
bombing on February 26, 1993, but all of the original
buildings in the complex were destroyed in the September
11, 2001 attacks. Towers One and Two collapsed, and the
others (numbers 3, 4, 5, & 6) were damaged beyond
repair and later demolished. Building Seven collapsed in
the late afternoon on the day of the attacks.

The towers were initially conceived as a complex
dedicated to companies and organizations directly
involved in "world trade," but they at first failed to attract
the anticipated clientele. During the WTC's early years
various governmental organizations became key tenants,
yet it was not until the 1980s that the city's perilous
financial state eased, after which an increasing number of
private companies—mostly financial firms tied to Wall
Street—became tenants.

The towers were best known for its iconic 110-story Twin
Towers, but these two towers also served as an icon to the
greatness of a nation. Even as the name indicates, they were
established upon the ideal of a center for world trade, which the
United States has fulfilled for several decades now. The towers
were symbolic of the stature of Wall Street itself. The destruction
of all seven towers of the World Trade Center, as the destruction
of an icon, should not escape Biblical students concerning such
symbolism. This is indeed prophetic to the collapse of the United
States, which will occur at the opening of the Seventh Seal of
Revelation. Such an event should no longer be measured in years,
but in months!

The plane that struck the Pentagon in Washington D.C. on the
same day should not escape us either. Prophetically, not even the
military might of the most powerful nation on earth can escape
the judgment of God.

Greg