Four quick headlines from the weekend
1. Cocaine seizures hit record high. Rampant drug use is one of the last signs before Christ returns.
There are four verses in particular that speak of drugs in Revelation. Most English versions of the book use the words sorcery, sorceries, and sorcerer, but these are not accurate translations. Let’s look at the four verses briefly, using the New King James translation and a Greek dictionary.
Revelation 9:21: And they did not repent of their murders or their sorceries.
Revelation 18:23: For your merchants were the great men of the earth, for by your sorcery all the nations were deceived.
In both of the above verses, the Greek word rendered as sorcery/sorceries is pharmakeia, and means “medication store.” This is where we get our English word “pharmacy” from. A pharmacy is a place where you go to get drugs.
Revelation 21:8: But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone.
The word sorcerers in this verse is the Greek word pharmakeus, and it literally means “druggists.” This where we get our English word “pharmacists” from. A pharmacist is a person who sells drugs.
Revelation 22:15: But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie.
In this verse, sorcerers is actually the Greek word pharmakos, and it is essentially an earlier form of the pharmakeus of Revelation 21:8. It means someone who is addicted to drugs, and gives us the English word “pharmacology,” or the practice of looking to drugs for an answer.
As an interesting side note, this pharmakos actually became a term for a pagan religion where a human scapegoat would be expelled from the city in time of crisis, in an effort to bring relief upon the land. Today, many people look to mind and emotion altering drugs to escape from the pressures of life.
2. UN chief says, ‘We have never seen so many hungry people in the world.’ Jesus is recorded as saying there will be great famine just before he returns (Matthew 24:7; Mark 13:8; Luke 21:11). Then during the Tribulation there will be a world-wide famine on a never before seen scale, culminating with 25% of the global population dying from hunger, disease, and murder brought on by people slaying one another to steal food (Revelation 6:6-8).
3. Iceland moves closer to joining European Union. The EU continues to grow and will become a global government (Daniel 7:23). Just before Christ returns the world will be divided into 10 sections (Daniel 11:39, 2:44). The Club of Rome (along with several others linked to the Revived Roman Empire) already has a plan in place to do this.
4. Warning: Sunspot cycle beginning to rise. We mentioned this being likely back on April 25. In addition to the signs in the sun Jesus spoke of in Luke 21:24 and Mark 13:24, the sun will erupt in fury just before Christ returns (Joel 2:30-31), causing the inhabitants of earth to be “scorched with great heat” (Revelation 16:8-9).
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