But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.  For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe  entered into the ark, and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Matthew 24:37-39

What did the early Bible commentators understand that today’s Preachers and Evangelists miss?

Matthew Henry wrote this between 1708 and 1710

Deuteronomy 31:24-26 …’ And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, that Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying, take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.’

Exodus 40:20 …’ And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:’……Note from these two verses above, that the stone tablets (The Testimony) on which were written the Ten Commandments were placed INSIDE the ark, yet the book of the law by Moses, was placed in a pocked BESIDE the ark. This also shows a distinct separation between the two laws.

2 Chronicles 33:8 ….’ Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.’ ….That word ‘and’ separates the two laws…. The Ten Commandments and the Laws of Moses.

Take a look at the above verse from Deuteronomy 31, where it says ..’that it may be there for a witness against thee.’ This is talking about the ‘book’ of the law, not the Ten Commandments. Now take a look at the following verse from the New Testament:

Colossians 2:14 …' Blotting out the handwriting  of
ordinances that was against us, which was contrary
to us, and  took it out of the way, nailing it to
his cross;'
..Notice a couple of things from this verse. The Handwriting of
ordinances were the laws of Moses, which contained the ceremonial
laws and it was these laws that were against us,
NOT the Ten  Commandments. It was the laws of Moses that were taken
out of the way by Jesus Christ, being nailed to the Cross.

John Wesley knew the truth about the above verse (1825)

Read your Bibles. Love one another — even those who persecute you. Learn how to serve others, and to give — even when it’s hard.

Three last points from the last book in the Bible are:

^“And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.” Revelation 12:17

“Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.” Revelation 14:12

And from the very last page of the very last book :

^“Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.” Revelation 22:14

Why do Christians forget the one command that God specifically said to remember?

Please don’t believe the lurker’s lies, don’t take a chance. It’s the BIG 10 – not the BIG 9.

Related Article: The Big Ten

With the love of Jesus,

Darrell B

About Me

Introduction

Numerous reputable people have told me, most unsolicited, of experiences with angels they either had personally or knew about. In most cases, the angels appeared to provide help in some distressful situation. However, several of the incidents, including the ones below, are particularly interesting for two reasons: (1) they contain a message (literally, the word “angel” means “messenger”) and, (2) the incidents were brought to my personal attention under unusual circumstances, making me think God sent them my way. In each case, the angel delivered basically the same startling announcement of the soon return of the Lord Jesus Christ. Why me? Why did these stories come to me? My only guess is because I have the inclination to pursue them, to write about them, and to tell you about them. In God’s great love, it may all be just for you.

Caution. It is important to stress that any mystical experience, even messages from angels, must be carefully judged against God’s Holy Word, the Bible. New Agers and other non-Christians claim angelic revelations while rejecting the cross of Christ which paid the price for our spiritual blessings and access to heavenly things. They are deceived and usually involved with demonic spirits. A pertinent fact about the experiences below is that they came to me after I had already concluded their general message from the Scriptures. Therefore, they were confirming messages. Nevertheless, judge them for yourselves. (Note: I was not able to confirm # 1.)

Encounter # 1 (Not confirmed)

This is one of the incidents reported to me that I was never able to actually confirm after hours of frustrating attempts and many long-distance telephone calls.. It reportedly happened in the Atlanta, Georgia area, on I-285 near “Spaghetti Junction.” I traced the incident from a friend in California California to a United Airlines pilot in Chicago, then to at least 15 others in Atlanta, including a medical doctor. Each person with whom I have talked has seemed highly credible, although I could never trace it to the source.

A lady passed a hitchhiker on the expressway, giving no thought to stopping. But she heard a voice say, “Pick him up.” She did not stop, but continued on. But she again heard the voice: “I told you to pick him up.” She now felt compelled to go back. She turned off the expressway, then got back on via an access road. She thought it would be unlikely that the person would still be there, but if he was, she would pick him up. To her surprise, the man was still there, so she stopped. He got into the car. They chatted for a few moments, then after a brief pause, the stranger said, “Do you know the Lord Jesus Christ is coming soon?” On hearing that, the woman glanced toward the stranger — but he was not there. He had suddenly and unexplainably vanished!

She was so shaken that she had to pull off the expressway. After sitting there a few minutes trying to regain her composure, a policeman pulled up behind her, got out of his car, went up to her window and said, “Ma’am, is there a problem?”

She replied, “Officer, if I told you what just happened to me, you wouldn’t believe it.”

The policeman urged her to tell him anyhow. She described what had just happened. He responded, “Ma’am, normally I would think that you were one of the craziest people I have ever seen, but you are the seventh person today to give me this same report.”

Encounter # 2 (Confirmed)

While in the process of investigating the above incident, I learned of this next amazing one from another person in California, although it took place in Tennessee. It happened just past midnight on March 26, 1993, to Vincent Tan, an analytical chemist who works in Chattanooga. I spent weeks personally tracing this incident and have confirmed it with two reputable Christian leaders, his pastor and, finally, even Vincent himself. The following is a precisely recorded account: Vincent was born Tan Ban Soon in Singapore of Chinese, Buddhist parents. A few years ago as a young boy in Singapore, he was in the library reading a book on nuclear physics and discovered an offer for a Bible course stuck between some pages. He ordered the course and later became a Christian. He came to the U.S. to attend a Christian college, then gave himself the western name of Vincent. After four years, he graduated with a major in science. He has been very active in his church and in sharing his faith.

On the night of Thursday, March 25, 1993, Vincent was working late in his laboratory to complete tests due on Friday. During the evening he moved his car close to the front door of the building, since there had recently been criminal activity in the area. From time to time he looked out the window into the almost empty parking lot to check on his car. At 1:30 a.m. he finished working in his lab. As he was preparing to lock the door, he saw a person standing by the passenger side of his car. Vincent assumed the man was trying to steal his car. He noted that the stranger was of medium build with clean-cut, straight hair and had on a T-shirt, blue jeans and white tennis shoes.

Unsure what to do, he went back into the lab and prayed, “Lord, help me to do what I have to do. Do I have to use chi-sao?” Chi-sao (pronounced “chee’-sow-o”) is a form of martial art in which Vincent is proficient. To be extra safe, he looked around the lab and picked up an 18-inch metal rod, held it behind him and stuck his head out the door. He said, “Hi, can I help you?”

The stranger answered, “Hi, Vincent.”

Startled, Vincent asked, “Do I know you?”

The stranger replied, “Not really.”

“What is your name? Who are you?” Vincent probed.

The stranger said, “I have the name of your primary and secondary school.” He added, “I’m a friend. You don’t have to use chi-sao or the rod on me.” His voice had unusual authority, and it seemed he knew the question before it was asked.

Now Vincent was really startled. No one, not even his best friend in this country, was familiar with chi-sao, nor did anyone even know that he knew it. Also, there was no way the stranger could have seen the rod behind his back. Vincent later reflected that the stranger had used terminology (“primary and secondary school”) of Singapore and not the U.S., and that name of his school back in Singapore was St. Gabriel. The stranger was saying that his name was Gabriel!

“How do you know that?” Vincent asked.

“I know,” the stranger replied. “By the way, Mum is fine.” Vincent was startled again. Just the week before, his sister had called from Singapore saying that his mother had heart complications, and Vincent had been quite worried about her.

Gabriel continued, “You love the Lord very much, don’t you?”
“That’s right,” Vincent replied.

“He loves you very much, too,” Gabriel said. Then he added, “He is coming very, very soon.” He seemed to emphasize the “very soon.”

Vincent answered, “That’s great!”

Gabriel then asked, “Can I have a cup of water?”

Vincent said, “Sure,” and turned momentarily to get him the water. Then he decided to invite the stranger inside to drink from the water fountain. He turned back to invite him inside — but Gabriel was not there. He had suddenly and unexplainably vanished! Vincent had not turned his head for more than three seconds. There was no place for the stranger to have gone.

Puzzled, and not wanting to go back into the lab, Vincent laid the metal rod down by the front door and headed to his home outside of Chattanooga. When he came back to work later that morning, he wondered if he had dreamed the whole experience. As a scientist, he wanted to prove whether it had really happened. When he got to the building, he found the metal rod lying by the door just where he had left it. He knew he had not been dreaming. Upon entering the lab, the first thing he did was to lock himself in the rest room and kneel in prayer. “Show me what to do, Lord. I know what I remember. If I’m supposed to share it, I must believe it myself,” Vincent pleaded. He then sat down at his computer and recorded every word said and everything that had happened.

That night, March 26, 1993, in a dream Vincent relived the whole experience, seeing himself, and word for word hearing the whole conversation. He awoke at about 3:30 a.m. and wrote down every word in the dream and the description of the stranger. What he wrote from the dream confirmed every detail he had written earlier. Also, a week after the experience, he learned that his mother had received needed surgery and was recuperating nicely — and that the medical decision about her improved condition came a week earlier at about the very same hour as he was talking with Gabriel!

On July 29, 1993 I asked Vincent what effect this experience has had on him. He said he believes more strongly now that we should be ready every day for the Lord’s coming, and not worry about which day He will come. He said the experience has intensified his dedication, causing him to spend more devotional time than before, wanting to know more about God and be closer to Him. For some time, even before that experience, Vincent said he had been asking God, “Am I ready, right now?” Now, more meaningfully than ever, this writer is asking that same question.

Encounter # 3: Vincent’s second (confirmed)

I recently confirmed personally with Vincent that he has had another encounter, this time with an unnamed angel, on Thursday, December 23, 1993. Like the above, the following is an accurate record of exactly what happened and words exchanged.

Two Significant Prior Events. There are two events that have a bearing on this one. First, in July, 1993, Vincent had a dream. He saw himself standing at the door of a big room. He saw many candles, but not all of them were lit. He asked himself in the dream why the unlit candles. Then he heard a sad voice behind him saying, “If only all of them were lit.” He turned around but didn’t see anyone. A week later he had the exact same dream. Vincent shared the dreams in his Bible study and said he hoped someday the Lord would show him the meaning of the dreams.

Second, three months later in October, 1993 a stranded motorist waved Vincent down and asked him to jump start his car. Vincent stopped but did not have a cable. However, Vincent asked the man if he believed in God. The man asked what could God do. Vincent told him he believed that God could help in any situation such as this if we ask Him. So Vincent prayed out loud for God’s help. After he prayed Vincent noticed a coat hanger on the road.

Somehow, he figured out a way to break the coat hanger in two and use one part to connect the positive terminals and the other part to touch the two auto bodies together as ground. The man’s car started. He looked at Vincent and said, “You sure have a powerful God!” Vincent said, “I sure do. All we have to do is believe in Him.” The man said, “I’ll have to think about that,” and left. Two days later, Vincent got a jumper cable for his truck.

The December 23, 1993 Experience. Shortly after 11 p.m.,

December 23, 1993, Vincent was in his truck returning home from visiting a friend near Chattanooga. About four miles away from the friend’s home, he saw a truck alongside the road with its hood up and with an old man, estimated at about age 75, standing in front of it. Vincent was always wary of stopping for strangers, and believed one must really be led of the Lord in order to do so. He felt he should stop. He walked up to the man and asked if anything was wrong, to which the man replied that he a dead battery. Vincent asked if he could help in any way. The man asked that Vincent go get his jumper cable out of the truck. Vincent was surprised that he said this, as if knowing that Vincent had a jumper cable, especially since he had only recently obtained one. Vincent himself had forgotten that he had the cable, but when the old man told him about it he remembered. It was very dark and Vincent had to use his flashlight to see to connect his end of the cable. Then he turned around to discover that the man had already connected his end, even in the dark and with no flashlight. That seemed impossible, and startled Vincent.

Vincent said, “I need to do something first.” The man looked at him and said, “I did it already.” Vincent said, “Did what?” The man said, “I placed the bricks by your tires. That’s what you want, isn’t it?” The man had no way of knowing that Vincent had two bricks in his truck or that he wanted to block his tires with them because he didn’t trust his hand brake and because the gear would have to be in neutral to start the other truck. Vincent checked and discovered that the man had placed the bricks behind the exact same tires that Vincent wanted. At this point, Vincent was convinced that this was not a natural person. And after the experience in March, Vincent had decided that if the Lord ever gave him the privilege of another encounter with an angel, he had many questions he wanted to ask. But he had a sudden feeling come over him and some force caused his mouth to be kept shut. He was not able to say anything except to respond to whatever the old man wanted or said.

Vincent was now ready to start the truck, and the old man said, “Can we wait in your truck and have my truck charged up?”

Vincent agreed and they sat in his truck. The old man spoke first and said, “Can we pray? God can work miracles — even start a car with a coat hanger.” (The previous incident with the coat hanger job was a car and not a truck!) At this, Vincent said to himself that this stranger must be an angel!

The old man prayed: “Oh most holy and powerful God in heaven, we know you are coming very, very soon. Help us now in your own time and way. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.” Vincent said the man’s voice was so powerful and assuring that it sent chills through him. After the prayer the man asked Vincent, “Do you believe the Lord is coming soon?” Vincent said yes. Then the man said, “He is coming very, very soon, and we need to be ready now and always.” Then he said, “Can I use your Bible?” Vincent agreed, then without any word from Vincent the man reached into the glove compartment for the Bible, already knowing where it was located.

The man asked Vincent, “Do you read your Bible.?” Vincent replied that he tried to read it every day. The man said, “That’s very good. It’s unfortunate that many do not do that. Having Bible studies is like being in a big room with many candles that are lit.” Vincent knew he had God’s answer about his dreams six months earlier. The unlit candles meant many people were not spending time studying God’s Word! Now Vincent had absolutely no doubt that this was an angel.

It was very dark, but the man took Vincent’s King James Bible and, without searching, flipped immediately to the exact page, to Matthew, chapter 24. Then Vincent shined the flashlight on the page as the man read verse 36: “But of that day and hour knoweth no man, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.” He then jumped down to verse 42: “Watch therefore, for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.”

Then again, as if knowing exactly where the page was, without searching he flipped to John, chapter 14, and read verses 1-3: “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.”

Then again, he amazingly flipped directly to Revelation 3, verse 11, and read: “Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.” With that, the man put the Bible back in the glove compartment. Vincent reflected that all three passages, and everything the man said, was about the Lord’s return.

After reading, the man put the Bible back and said, “The truck is ready.” He started the truck and Vincent said he would follow him for awhile to make sure everything was okay. The man said, “Thank you very much for your help. By the way, I left a small token for you. It will be enough to fill up your car tomorrow.” That was strange, because there was no way for the man to know that Vincent had a car in addition to his truck. Vincent followed him about a mile with the man’s tail lights clearly in view, then as they were going around a curve, he suddenly vanished from view. He and his truck just disappeared. Thinking his vision may have been obstructed by trees or something, Vincent even went back the next day during the daylight and retraced everything. There were no trees or anything obstructing his view. There was no human explanation. Also the next day, as he always does on Friday, Vincent took his car to the service station to fill up the tank with gasoline, so it would be full for the weekend. He had forgotten what the man had said about leaving a token “to fill up your car tomorrow.” Vincent put $2.32 worth of gas in his car, then tried to round it off to $2.35 or $2.40. But he could only get it up to $2.34 and it stopped. It just would not take more than exactly $2.34.

Vincent then left to visit a friend’s house, but remembered that he had left the friend’s Christmas gift in his truck, so he went back home. When home, Vincent decided to clean his truck a bit before leaving. While doing so, he found some money on the front seat, passenger’s side, underneath his glove. The money consisted of two one-dollar bills, a quarter, a nickel, and four pennies — exactly $2.34!”

Encounter # 4: Vincent’s third (confirmed)

Vincent had another amazing experience in the early morning hours of Sunday, September 13th 1998. He had been working late in his chemist job again to finish some urgent jobs. He left work at about 1 a.m. When he got outside, he suddenly realized that he had left his keys on his desk, but was not able to get back inside because of the automatic lock on the door. So now he could neither get back inside, nor drive his truck. He prayed that the Lord would unlock his truck, but nothing happened.

He walked across the street to a pay phone but discovered it had been vandalized. He remembered his cellular phone in his backpack and took it out. Vincent then realized he had left the battery at home to be recharged (an old model), and it could not work, of course, without a battery. Nevertheless, he prayed and asked the Lord to allow him to make one call. As soon as he prayed, he noticed the phone miraculously lighting up, and he called a friend to pick him up. The friend agreed to do so.

Vincent then sat down by a doorstep of the lab and waited. A little while later a police car drove up and stopped. The policeman asked, “What are you doing?”

“I’m waiting for a friend,” Vincent replied. He told the policeman his situation, about the prayer to open his truck, and the call to his friend.

The policeman replied, “Your friend isn’t coming.” He noticed Vincent’s Bible, and added, “That’s a good book to read.” Some conversation ensued in which Vincent disclosed his faith and his belief that the Lord is coming “very, very soon.”

The policeman replied, “I believe the Lord’s coming is very, very near too.”

At that very moment, a call came in over the policeman’s radio and he said he had to leave. Before he left, the policeman remarked to Vincent, “Why don’t you pray and ask the Lord to open the door to your lab?” Vincent said he watched him leave, while praying silently.

Vincent said, “I had barely finished praying when the lab door miraculously opened. I immediately stood up and turned around towards the door and noticed that someone had pushed the lock bar and opened it from the inside. I held on to the door and turned to look at the police car and noticed he was not to be seen, even though I had taken my eye off him for only a few seconds.”

Vincent got his keys and drove away in his truck. He drove by his friend’s home and noticed both their vehicles in their driveway. He assumed that they must have gone back to sleep, forgetting him.

Vincent said that he decided to go on home, “believing I may have actually spoken with an angel,” he said. The next day he checked with his friend whom he had called and who had promised to pick him up. The friend did not remember anything about the call!

Here we have: (1) a cell phone that miraculously works without a battery, (2) a mysteriously appearing and disappearing policeman who said “I believe the Lord’s coming is very, very near,” (3) the policeman knew in advance that the friend would not pick Vincent up, (4) after the policeman told him to pray, a door that miraculously opened from the inside even though no one was inside, (5) a friend promised to pick him up but neither he nor his wife remember the telephone call. The whole episode is no doubt supernatural.

Comments

Incident # 2 above about “Gabriel” motivated me to review references in the Bible to the angel Gabriel. By name, Gabriel appeared to three people. The first was to the prophet Daniel in about 550 B.C. He gave Daniel a vision of the future, including the timing of Christ’s first coming. And similar to the message to Vincent, he said to Daniel, “You are greatly beloved.” Later, as recorded in Luke, he appeared to Zechariah, saying these awesome words, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God,” as he announced the birth of John the Baptist; then shortly thereafter he appeared to the virgin Mary to announce the birth of Christ. Gabriel’s main function in both Old and New Testaments seems to be in connection with announcing the coming of the Son of God to the world.

Angels who appear as humans are not without biblical precedent. For example, two angels came to Sodom to warn Lot before they destroyed the city (Genesis 19). They visited Lot’s home, ate with him, and even spent the night! They appeared as such “real people” that Sodom’s homosexuals tried to accost them and have sex with them, but the angels struck them blind. The next day, because of its blatant wickedness, God destroyed the city by fire.

Encounter # 5: Vincent’s fourth (confirmed):

God makes a telephone call — literally!

This may or may not have involved an angel. What is described below could have been either the sovereign hand of God Himself or an angel. However, we do know that God does uses angels to carry out His work so my guess is that an angel was involved. Also, the below incident does not involve prophecy but I am including it because the supernatural nature of it affirms the other prophetic experieces had by Vincent Tan described above.

On Saturday, April 6, 1996, Vincent was awakened at 4:30 a.m. with a burden to pray. He slipped to his knees beside his bed for a few moments, after which he returned to bed and to sleep. He arose later, and at 7 a.m. began his morning prayer time. At 7:30, as he was still praying, the telephone rang. So as not to be disturbed, he decided to let the answering machine take the call.

For some strange reason, the answering machine refused to take the call. The telephone kept ringing, as though demanding to be picked up! Vincent discovered that the answering machine was, indeed, on, but that it was not taking the call. He decided to go ahead and answer it. He also noted that, oddly, his Caller I.D. failed to show the number of the caller.

“Hello,” Vincent said. Surprisingly, the other party also said,

“Hello.” Again, Vincent said, “Hello.” Again, the lady on the other end said, “Hello.” Vincent asked, “Do you want to speak to me?”

The lady said, “No.”

Vincent then asked, “Then why did you call me?” The lady said, “I didn’t call you.” Vincent explained that his phone rang and he had answered it. The lady said the same thing happened to her-that her phone rang and she had answered it. Vincent told her his name, and she said her name was Doris, and that she was in Iowa. They both concluded that somehow their lines must have become crossed, causing this freak mishap.

(God had caused two distant telephones-one in Tennessee, and one in Iowa-to ring each other simultaneously, and for the loving and Divine purpose explained below.)

But in another surprise, Doris asked, “Are you the same Vincent who had an experience with an angel?” Vincent said yes. She explained that she and her mother had read about Vincent’s story about a year ago in an article I had written. Doris went on to say that six months ago, her mother was diagnosed with cancer and only given six months to live. She said that every day for the past six months her mother had prayed that she would be able to meet or speak with Vincent before she died. In her prayers about this, she had claimed the promises of Jeremiah 32:27, which says, “Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?” and Jeremiah 33:3: “Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.” A few years ago, Vincent had also claimed these same promises.

Doris explained that her mother was near death, and how that very morning, at 3:30 a.m., Iowa time (the exact same as Vincent’s prayer at 4:30 a.m., Eastern Time) she was awake and felt led to seek the Lord and remind Him of her mother’s request. She asked if Vincent would speak with her mother, to which Vincent agreed.

(As an answer to this dying mother’s fervent, daily prayers, God had miraculously allowed her to speak with Vincent!)

Her mother was bed-ridden, so Doris decided to put Vincent on the speaker-phone, which took a few moments to set up. Finally, after waiting, Vincent heard the mother’s weak but audible voice. The mother thanked Vincent for talking with her, and then asked if he would please personally repeat for her his angel experiences. Vincent patiently took about the next 45 minutes describing to her the incidents in detail. At the end of his description, Vincent heard the mother say weakly, “Praise the Lord. Amen.”

This was followed by silence. All was strangely quiet. Vincent waited, thinking that Doris was taking him off the speaker. After a few moments, Doris broke the silence and came back on the regular telephone. “Praise the Lord,” she said. “My mother just died.”

Vincent now says, “I was so overwhelmed with mixed emotions. I did not know whether to be happy or sad.” He says he decided to say goodbye so that Doris could be with her mother. In the shock and emotion of the moment, Vincent didn’t think to get Doris’ telephone number for follow up. But he says, “I know that the Lord has His reasons for us not getting each other’s numbers. Why He would not let her number flash on my (Caller I.D.) screen is still a mystery. Yet I am amazed at His miraculous action in ringing both our phones at the same time. As I ponder over the event, I am grateful to the Lord for His loving kindness. It just encouraged my faith to trust Him even more, knowing that in the fullness of His time, He will answer our prayers.”

Vincent added the following, a message I believe not just for me, but for all who read this:

“I hope that this will be an encouragement to you as it has been to me. I know that we will see Doris’ mother in heaven when we all will be able to know the answers to our questions. The Lord is coming very, very soon. As we near the final hours, I know that His presence is even evermore with us now….May the Lord continue to bless you….Let us be ready now, for His coming is very, very near.”

Encounter # 6: Mother hears voice — same message (confirmed)

More recently, while perhaps not involving angel, on December 30, 1999, a mother in Maryland, Beth, told me an amazing and confirming testimony. She said, “I would like to share with you an occurrence that happened on December 10, 1999 in the a.m. My 8-year-old was at school and my husband was at work…. I had my 6-month-old son in his swing in front of the television watching Sesame Street. What caught my attention was that the television made the ‘shhhh’ sound. I turned to look and the screen was snowy as expected with that noise. It’s what happened next. The television completely cut off. My child was asleep. No sooner did I think, ‘Oh, the cable must have cut off,’ did I hear a voice. It said, ‘The lord is coming very, very soon.’ I was dumfounded, and then the TV came back to normal and Sesame Street continued.”

She went on to describe her reactions and adds that it was three days later on December 13th that she came across my article about Vincent’s angel encounters with the exact same message.

“Needless to say,” she concludes, “the messages that your witnesses received were exactly as my message was. I was very shaken…. I wonder why He chose me to relay this message.”

Encounter # 7: Angels discovered singing end-time song
in rural Chinese worship service! (confirmed)

This is a totally different kind of angel incident, but with a similar message and no less powerful. In May, 1995 I received this most electrifying report from a friend who has been a missionary to China for several years. To protect him and his contacts in China, I must not reveal his name. But for you to better understand his credibility, let me explain that I have known him for many years. He is a graduate of a prestigious theological seminary and is a former pastor. My friend is an intelligent and balanced servant of God. He is not given to sensationalism. The following is a summary of his recent report to me.

The whole province of Shandong, in eastern China (population: 57 million), is in the midst of a sweeping revival. For fear of arrest, believers meet secretly in house churches, often by candlelight. At a 1995 meeting in Shandong, everyone was singing “in the Spirit” together (1 Corinthians 14:15), not in their own language, but “as the Spirit gave them utterance,” all in harmony but all singing different words. Someone audiotaped the meeting. Later, when they played back the cassette, they were shocked! What they heard was not what had happened there at all — but the sound of angels singing in Mandarin — a song they had never heard before, and with a musical accompaniment that had not been there!!! When my friend first heard the tape, before anyone told him what it was, he exclaimed, “Those are angels!!” Actually, there was no other explanation. A Chinese Christian co-worker translated the tape. Below are the actual words sung by the angels! Note that the words express ideas with which these rural Chinese peasants were not familiar. (Original Chinese version follows).

“The End is Near: Rescue Souls”

The famine is becoming more and more critical.
There are more and more earthquakes.
The situation is becoming more and more sinister.
People are fighting against each other, nation against nation.
Disasters are more and more severe.

The whole environment is deteriorating.
Disasters are more and more severe.
People’s hearts are wicked, and they do not worship the true God.
Disasters are more and more severe.

Floods and droughts are more and more frequent.
There is more and more homosexuality and incurable diseases.
Disasters are more and more severe.

The climates are becoming more and more abnormal.
The earth is more and more restless.
The skies have been broken. The atmosphere is distorted.
Disasters are more and more severe.

Chorus:

The end is near. The revelation of love has been manifested.
Rise up, rise up, rescue souls.
The end is near.
Rise up, rise up, rescue souls.

The below was translated by two native Chinese Christians in Beijing who have personal knowledge of the church and the pastor where the incident happened:

Conclusion

While we may never know the day or hour of the return of the Lord Jesus Christ, Scriptures do clearly indicate that seekers will at least know approximately. And there is overwhelming evidence that the return of the Lord will be soon. According to the four of the encounters and testimonies above, it will be “very, very soon.”

Readers are permitted and encouraged to copy and share this article freely with others. May the special presence and peace of the Holy Spirit rest upon each person who reads this article, and may God’s angels be with you and watch over you at all times according to Psalms 34:7 and 91:11.

If we go back to Matthew 16:19 and what Christ is saying just before that also helps. “Simon Peter said, ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God’, and Jesus said, ‘Blessed are you, Simon Bar-jona, for flesh and blood did not reveal this to you but my Father which is in heaven’.

And He says, ‘You are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church”. Now here He’s talking about the declaration of Peter (You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God) is the Rock upon which Jesus is going to build the church.

‘And I will give you the keys of the kingdom’—now He’s not talking to Peter, He’s talking to all the disciples who are there. And He says, ‘I’m giving you the keys to the kingdom; meaning, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven. They had the freedom, in delivering the gospel to people, to make an eternal difference. What they did on earth would be seen in heaven. People who are…. Evil spirits and habits that were bound on earth would be bound for the world to come and it was saying that those who were loosed from those things would be loosed in the world to come.

What they did on earth would last for eternity is all that Jesus is saying. Of course the Catholic church believes that Peter was given the keys to the kingdom and there is a statue of Saint Peter in the Vatican. And in the hand of Saint Peter’s statue are these keys. The statue of St. Peter’s hand came up missing. The hand was attached (it had been repaired once before so it was attached with a metal rod), and they discovered one day that someone had stolen Peter’s hand and so you could say the Vatican lost the keys to the kingdom.

God does not deliver the power of salvation to any one mortal. Of course, the rock upon which the church is built is not the apostle, but rather Jesus Christ. Peter didn’t see himself as the foundation of the church; rather, he says in Acts 4:11 that Jesus Himself is the chief cornerstone.

That’s why the church, empowered by the living Christ, is able to break down the gates of hell. Filled with God’s Spirit, Christ’s church is to conduct aggressive spiritual warfare, rescuing lost souls from the enemy.

Many use this text to try and prove that the moral law was nailed to the cross. This article will explain and shed light on why the standard of righteousness, the commandments by which man will be judged, are still binding today. (Take a look at Ecclesiastes 12:13, 14  and  James 2:10-12)  (See Psalm 1:1,2  Psalm 19:7, 11)  (Psalm 119)

One must understand that there are several sets of laws in the Old Testament:

Civil law – (An eye for an eye)

Health laws – (Sanitation & diet)

Moral law – (The Ten Commandments)

Ceremonial law – (feast days & sacrificial system)

A study on the words in these verses helps sort out which sets of laws Paul is speaking of.  Note: It says “Handwriting of ordinances that was against us.“  It’s NOT the moral law that was “against us,” God’s Word says so in the following verses:

(Deuteronomy 6:24, 25) (Exodus 32:16) (Deuteronomy 9:9, 10) When Moses broke the 1st tablets, God told him to bring 2 new tablets and God rewrote them (Deuteronomy 9:9, 10). This set was placed inside of the ark (Deuteronomy 10:2)

It was the ceremonial law that was “against us.” God said to Moses, “Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee. (Deuteronomy 31:26)

Note: This “Book of the law” was placed in the side of the ark. While the 10 Commandments were placed within the ark. (Deuteronomy 10:2-5)

The “book of the law that was against us” contained the law with sabbaths, new moons, & meat and drink offerings. On these specific days, specific meat, drink, and sacrificial offerings were to be made to the Lord. (1 Chronicles 23:31) (Hebrews 9:10 NLT)

The feast days were called sabbaths were to be observed as the Sabbath. (For religious purposes only)  This had nothing to do with the regular weekly Sabbath/The 4th Commandment.

The (ceremonial) law pointed forward to Christ, was nailed to the cross and were to be observed in their season. (Leviticus 23:4)

Isaiah speaks of the sabbaths that were to be removed (Isaiah 1:13). He spoke about the eternal Sabbaths in Isaiah 66:22, 23)

Hosea 2:11,  Also tells of the ceasing of these ceremonies.  The well known Daniel 9:27  concurs, although many people take this passage out of context.

This sacrificial system was fulfilled when the “veil of the temple was rent from top to bottom“. The ceremonial laws were done away with and “no one is to judge you in “meat” offerings, or in “drink” offerings, or in respect of a ceremonial  “holyday“, or of the “new moon“, or of the ceremonial “sabbath days,” which were a shadow of things to come by nailing them to the cross.  Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ was the substance that cast the shadow. The shadow pointed to Jesus.

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Noah preached for 120 years that the flood was coming. The majority of the people didn’t believe him. There may have been millions of people alive at that time and they all died without knowing God. The 8 people on the ark are the only ones that made it.

The Bible tells us that the 144,000 are people who have the seal of the Living God and do 2 things. They follow God’s Commandments and follow Jesus Christ. Revelation 12:17, Revelation 14:12.

The number is represented by 12,000 from each of the 12 tribes of Israel: Judah, Reuben, Gad, Asher, Naphtali, Manasseh, Simeon, Levi, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph and Benjamin.

The Bible says in Revelation 14:4 “They are not defiled by women; for they are virgins.”
This does not mean that they are celibate (have no sexual relations), or that they are unmarried Jews.
(This would go against Paul’s teachings in 1 Tim 4: 1, 3) A woman in the book of Revelation is a symbol of a church (Rev 17.)  So the meaning is that they are not defiled by an apostate church.

The 144,000 represent a final remnant of God’s Israel in Spirit (Spiritual Israel) and will still be alive when Jesus returns in the clouds. They won’t be defiled by deceptions and false prophecies. They will have been transformed into “Spiritual Israel” (just like Jacob was transformed and his name was changed), and have come out of spiritual Babylon.  Revelation 18:4-8  They will not live like the rest of the World, God is first place in their lives.

And there shall be a time of trouble, Such as never was since there was a nation, Even to that time. And at that time your people shall be delivered, Every one who is found written in the book. And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, Some to everlasting life, Some to shame and everlasting contempt. Daniel 12:1, 2

The 144,000 will serve the same purpose as the 12 Apostles

Evidently, this great multitude who come out of great tribulation are converted under the preaching and influence of the 144,000. Shortly after Pentecost, the 12 apostles reached a great multitude, then there followed a great persecution (Acts 8:1). Shortly after the Holy Spirit is poured out on the 144,000, a great multitude will be converted and then comes the great tribulation.

We are to love our Jewish brothers and sisters, but people are wrong in keeping an eye on the middle eastern city of Israel. They are thinking just like the people that didn’t know or recognize that Jesus was talking in a spiritual sense and not a literal sense.

For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh; but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit Romans 2:28,29

Remember Galatians 3:29 We are all Abraham’s seed. All true Christian’s are Spiritual Israelites. In Exodus 19:6 we see “And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.”

The book of James says this: James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the 12 tribes which are scattered abroad, greetings James 1:1

Christians are a reflection of Christ and should follow the 10 Commandments just as Jesus followed them.

When asked which is the greatest commandment, Jesus replied,

“Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.  On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” Matthew 22:37-40

As Isaiah 1:18 says:  Come now, and let us reason together!

Jewish tradition tells us that the Lord divided the 10 Commandments as follows: The first 4 on the 1st table, have to do with our relationship to God.

The last 6 on the 2nd table, deal with our relationship with our fellow man.

If you do love God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind you will show your love for God by keeping the first 4 of the 10 Commandments.

If you do love your neighbor as yourself, you will be compelled to obey the remaining 6.

God wrote the Ten Commandments on 2 tables of stone with His own finger and spoke them with His voice for a reason.

The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:2-17  NKJV)
1 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before Me.
2 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My Commandments.
3 “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.
4 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
5 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
6 “You shall not murder.
7 “You shall not commit adultery.
8 “You shall not steal.
9 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
10 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”

To help bring this into context, please note that Jesus quoted this new Commandment directly from Deuteronomy 6:5.

The article Moral Law Nailed to the Cross? explains which law was nailed to the cross.

Our attitude toward someone who offends us determines how we react to what he does against us. We never even think about being thoughtful and reasonable when we are under physical or verbal attack. Anger takes control, and we strike out blindly in self-protection.

If we were capable of controlling those oversensitive feelings it would give us time to ask and answer a few questions about the other person’s motives. Even a few seconds of rational thinking could suggest the possibility that the person might be operating under false information and be very sincere in what he is doing. This could possibly change our own reactions toward him.

An old Greek philosopher, named Philip was walking along the street with a friend one day. It just so happened that an enemy of Philip was watching him approach from a window up above. As the two passed by he threw a bucket of water onto the wise old man. Without the slightest reaction, Philip continued his conversation as though nothing at all had happened. His friend stopped and offered to help him find and punish the man who had treated him so rudely, Philip quietly replied that no one had done him any wrong. The friend said to him in a concerned tone, “But the man threw water all over you. You are soaking wet.”

“No,” replied the old wise philosopher, “you are mistaken. He did not throw any water on me. He threw it on the man he thought I was.”

What an attitude! What a difference it would make if more people had the attitude and regard for the feelings of others.  Most of the problems and disputes could be settled in a moment if everyone had the philosophy of Philip.

This makes me think of Jesus and how he felt towards others, and how He treated them. We can’t measure what is right and wrong by our feelings or by what the majority is doing. Our guide must be the Word of God. Like Paul we must say, “I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me. And the life I now live, I live by the faith of Him who loved me, and gave himself for me” (Gal. 2:20). 

Here are some Old Testament prophecy verses; and the verses in the New Testament that fulfilled them.

A Study in the messianic prophecies from the Old Testament proves their fulfillment in the person of Jesus Christ.

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1. Isaiah 7:14 …..Born of a virgin….. Matthew 1:21-23
2. Genesis 12:1-3; 22:18…..A descendant of Abraham….. Matthew 1:1; Galatians 3:16
3. Genesis 49:10….Of the tribe of Judah….Luke 3:23, 33; Hebrews 7:14
4. 2 Samuel 7:12-16…Of the house of David Matthew 1:1
5. Micah 5:2….Born in Bethlehem….Matthew 2:1; Luke 2:4-7
6. Hosea 11:1….Taken to Egypt….Matthew 2:14-15
7. Jeremiah 31:15…..Herod´s killing of the infants….Matthew 2:16-18
8. Isaiah 11:2…..Anointed by the Holy Spirit…..Matthew 3:16-17
9. Isaiah 40:3-5…Heralded by the messenger of the Lord (John the Baptist)…Malachi 3:1; Matthew 3:1-3
10. Isaiah 35:5-6….Would perform miracles….Matthew 9:35
11. Isaiah 61:1….Would preach good news….Luke 4:14-21
12. Isaiah 9:1….Would minister in Galilee….Matthew 4:12-16
13. Would first present Himself as King 173,880 days from the decree to rebuild Jerusalem (Daniel 9:25; Matthew 21:4-11)
14. Would enter Jerusalem as a king on a donkey (Zechariah 9:9; Matthew 21:4-9)
15. Would be rejected by Jews (Psalm 118:22; I Peter 2:7)
16. Would cleanse the Temple (Malachi 3:1; Matthew 21:12-13)
17. Die a humiliating death (Psalm 22; Isaiah 53) involving:
a. rejection (Isaiah 53:3; John 1:10-11; 7:5,48)
b. betrayal by a friend (Psalm 41:9; Luke 22:3-4; John 13:18)
c. sold for 30 pieces of silver (Zechariah 11:12; Matthew 26:14-15)
d. silence before His accusers (Isaiah 53:7; Matthew 27:12-14)
e. being mocked (Psalm 22: 7-8; Matthew 27:31)
f. beaten (Isaiah 52:14; Matthew 27:26)
g. spit upon (Isaiah 50:6; Matthew 27:30)
h. piercing His hands and feet (Psalm 22:16; Matthew 27:31)
i. being crucified with thieves (Isaiah 53:12; Matthew 27:38)
.j praying for His persecutors (Isaiah 53:12; Luke 23:34)
.k piercing His side (Zechariah 12:10; John 19:34)
.l given gall and vinegar to drink (Psalm 69:21, Matthew 27:34, Luke 23:36)
.m no broken bones (Psalm 34:20; John 19:32-36)
.n buried in a rich man’s tomb (Isaiah 53:9; Matthew 27:57-60)
.o casting lots for His garments (Psalm 22:18; John 19:23-24)
* Would rise from the dead!! (Psalm 16:10; Mark 16:6; Acts 2:31)
* Ascend into Heaven (Psalm 68:18; Acts 1:9)
* Would sit down at the right hand of God (Psalm 110:1; Hebrews 1:3)

The list above is a short list, here is the longer one.

Genesis 3:15…..He will bruise Satan’s head…..Hebrews 2:14, 1 John 3:18
Genesis 9:26,27…The God of Shem will be the Son of Shem…Luke 3:36
Genesis 12:3…As Abraham’s seed,will bless all nations…Acts. 3:25,26
Genesis 12:7…The Promise made to Abraham’s Seed…Galatians 3:16
Genesis 14:18…A priest after Melchizedek…Hebrews 6:20
Genesis 14:18……..A King also……..Hebrews 7:2
Genesis 14:18…The Last Supper foreshadowed…Matthew 26:26-29
Genesis 17:19…….The Seed of Isaac…….Romans 9:7
Genesis 22:8…The Lamb of God promised…John 1:29
Genesis 22:18…As Isaac’s seed, will bless all nations…Galatians 3:16
Genesis 26:2-5..The Seed of Isaac promised as the Redeemer..Hebrews11:18
Genesis 49:10…The time of His coming…Luke 2:1-7; Galatians 4:4
Genesis 49:10…….The Seed of Judah…….Luke 3:33
Genesis 49:10……Called Shiloh or One Sent……John 17:3
Genesis 49:10…To come before Judah lost identity…John 11:47-52
Genesis 49:10…To Him shall the obedience of the people be…John 10:16
Exodus 3:13,14……..The Great “I Am”…….John 4:26
Exodus 12:5…A Lamb without blemish…1 Peter 1:19
Exodus 12:13…The blood of the Lamb saves from wrath…Romans 5:8
Exodus 12:21-27…Christ is our Passover…1 Corinthians 5;7
Exodus 12:46…Not a bone of the Lamb to be broken…John 19:31-36
Exodus 15:2…His exaltation predicted as Yeshua…Acts 7:55,56
Exodus 15:11…His Character-Holiness…Luke 1:35; Acts 4:27
Exodus 17:6…The Spiritual Rock of Israel…1 Corinthians 10;4
Exodus 33:19…His Character-Merciful…Luke 1:72
Leviticus14:11..The leper cleansed-Sign to priesthood..Luke5:12-14; Acts 6:7
Leviticus16:15-17…Prefigures Christ’s once-for-all death…Hebrews 9:7-14
Leviticus16:27…Suffering outside the Camp…Matthew 27:33; Hebrews 13:11, 12
Leviticus17:11…The Blood-the life of the flesh…Matthew 26;28; Mark 10:45
Leviticus17:11…It is the blood that makes atonement…1 John 3:14-18
Leviticus 23:36-37…The Drink-offering: “If any man thirst.” ..John 19:31-36
Numbers 9:12…Not a bone of Him broken…John 19:31-36
Numbers 21:9…The serpent on a pole-Christ lifted up…John 3:14-18
Numbers 24:17…Time: “I shall see him, but not now.”…Galatians 4:4
Deuteronomy 18:15…”This is of a truth that prophet.”…John 6:14
Deuteronomy 18:15-16…”Had ye believed Moses, ye would believe me.”…John 5:45-47
Deuteronomy 18:18…Sent by the Father to speak His word…John 8:28, 29
Deuteronomy 18:19…Whoever will not hear must bear his sin…John 12:15,
Deuteronomy 21:23…Cursed is he that hangs on a tree…Galatians 3:10-13
Ruth 4:4-9…Christ, our kinsman, has redeemed us…Ephesians 1:3-7
1 Samuel 2:10…Shall be an anointed King to the Lord…Matthew 28:18; John 12:15
2 Samuel 7:12…David’s Seed…Matthew 1:1
2 Samuel 7:14a…The Son of God… Luke 1:32
2 Samuel 7:16…David’s house established forever…Luke 3:31; Revelation 22:16
2 Kings 2:11…The bodily ascension to heaven illustrated…Luke 24:51
1 Chronicles 17:11…David’s Seed…Matthew 1:1; 9:27
1 Chronicles 17:12, 13a…To reign on David’s throne forever…Luke 1:32, 33
1 Chronicles 17:13a…”I will be His Father, He…my Son.”…Hebrews 1:5
Job 19:23-27…The Resurrection predicted…John 5:24-29
Psalms 2:1-3…The enmity of kings foreordained…Acts 4:25-28
Psalm 2:2…To own the title, Anointed (Christ)…Acts 2:36
Psalm 2:6…His Character-Holiness…John 8:46; Revelation 3:7
Psalm 2:6…To own the title King…Matthew 2:2
Psalm 2:7…Declared the Beloved Son…Matthew 3;17
Psalms 2:7, 8…The Crucifixion and Resurrection intimated…Acts 13:29-33
Psalm 2:12…Life comes through faith in Him…John 20:31
Psalm 8:2…The mouths of babes perfect His praise…Matthew 21:16
Psalms 8:5, 6…His humiliation and exaltation…Luke 24:50-53; 1 Corinthians 15:27
Psalm 16:10…Was not to see corruption…Acts 2:31
Psalms 16:9-11…Was to arise from the dead…John 20:9
Psalm 17;15…The resurrection predicted…Luke 24:6
Psalm 22:1…Forsaken because of sins of others…2 Corinthians 5:21
Psalm 22:1…Words spoken from Calvary, “My God…” Mark 15:34
Psalm 22:2…Darkness upon Calvary…Matthew 27:45
Psalm 22:7…They shoot out the lip and shake the head…Matthew 27:39
Psalm 22:8..He trusted in God, let Him deliver Him…Matthew 27:43
Psalm 22:9……Born the Saviour……Luke 2:7
Psalm 22:14…Died of a broken (ruptured)heart…John 19:34
Psalms 22:14,15…Suffered agony on Calvary…Mark 15:34-37
Psalm 22:15……..He thirsted……..John 19:28
Psalm 22:16…They pierced His hands and His feet….John 19:34,37;20:27
Psalms 22:17,18…Stripped Him before the stares of men…Luke 23:34,35
Psalm 22:18…..They parted His garments…..John 19:23,24
Psalms 22:20,21…He committed Himself to God…Luke 23:46
Psalms 22:20,21..Satanic power bruising the Redeemer’s heel..Hebrews 2:14
Psalm 22:22…..His Resurrection declared…..John 20:17
Psalm 22:27…He shall be the governor of the nations…Colossians 1:16
Psalm 22:31……It is finished……John 19:30
Psalm 23:1….I am the Good Shephard….John 10:11
Psalm 24:3……His exaltation predicted……Acts 1:11; Philippians 2:9
Psalm 30:3……His resurrection predicted……Acts 2:32
Psalm 31:5…Into thy hands I commit my spirit…Luke 23:46
Psalm 31:11…His acquaintances fled from Him…Mark 14:50
Psalm 31:13…They took counsel to put Him to death…John 11:53
Psalms 31:14,15…He trusted in God, let Him deliver him…Matthew 27:43
Psalm 34:20…..Not a bone of Him broken…..Jn 19:31-36
Psalm 35:11….False witnesses rose up against Him….Matthew 26:59
Psalm 35:19…He was hated without a cause…John 15:25
Psalm 38:11…..His friends stood afar off…..Luke 23:49
Psalms 40:2-5…The joy of His resurrection predicted…John 20:20
Psalms 40:6-8….His delight-the will of the Father….John 4:34
Psalm 40:9….He was to preach the Righteousness in Israel….Matthew 4:17
Psalm 40:14…Confronted by adversaries in the Garden…John 18:4-6
Psalm 41:9…..Betrayed by a familiar friend…..John 13:18
Psalm 45:2…Words of Grace come from His liPsalms..Luke 4:22
Psalm 45:6…To own the title, God or Elohim…Hebrews 1:8
Psalm 45:7…A special anointing by the Holy Spirit…Matthew3:16; Hebrews1:9
Psalms 45:7,8…Called the Christ (Messiah or Anointed)…Luke 2:11
Psalms 55:12-14…Betrayed by a friend, not an enemy…John 13:18
Psalm 55:15…Unrepentant death of the Betrayer…Matthew 27:3-5; Acts 1:16-19
Psalm 68:18…To give gifts to men…Ephesians 4:7-16
Psalm 68:18…Ascended into Heaven…Luke 24:51
Psalm 69:4…Hated without a cause…John 15:25
Psalm 69:8…A stranger to own brethren…Luke 8;20,21
Psalm 69:9…Zealous for the Lord’s House…John 2:17
Psalms 69:14-20…Messiah’s anguish of soul before crucifixion…Matthew 26:36-45
Psalm 69:20…My soul is exceeding sorrowful…Matthew 26:38
Psalm 69:21…Given vinegar in thirst…Matthew 27:34
Psalm 69:26…The Saviour given and smitten by God…John 17:4; 18:11
Psalms 72:10,11…Great persons were to visit Him…Matthew 2:1-11
Psalm 72:16…The corn of wheat to fall into the Ground…John 12:24
Psalm 72:17…His name, Yinon, will produce offspring…John 1:12,13
Psalm 72:17…All nations shall be blessed by Him…Acts 2:11,12,41
Psalms 78:1.2…He would teach in parables…Matthew 13:34-35
Psalms 78:2b…To speak the Wisdom of God with authority…Matthew 7:29
Psalm 88:8…They stood afar off and watched…Luke 23:49
Psalm 89:27…Emmanuel to be higher than earthly kings…Luke 1:32,33
Psalms 89:35-37…David’s Seed, throne, kingdom endure forever…Luke 1:32,33
Psalms 89:36-37…His character-Faithfulness…Revelation 1:5
Psalm 90:2…He is from everlasting (Micah 5:2)…John 1:1
Psalms 91:11,12…Identified as Messianic; used to tempt Christ…Luke 4;10,11
Psalm 97:9…His exaltation predicted…Acts 1:11;Ephesians 1:20
Psalm 100:5…His character-Goodness…Matthew 19:16,17
Psalms 102:1-11…The Suffering and Reproach of Calvary…John 21:16-30
Psalms 102:25-27…Messiah is the Preexistent Son…Hebrews 1:10-12
Psalm 109:25…Ridiculed…Matthew 27:39
Psalm 110:1…Son of David…Matthew 22:43
Psalm 110:1…To ascend to the right-hand of the Father…Mark16:19
Psalm 110:1…David’s son called Lord…Matthew 22:44,45
Psalm 110:4…A priest after Melchizedek’s order…Hebrews 6:20
Psalm 112:4…His character-Compassionate, Gracious, et al… Matthew 9;36
Psalms 118:17,18…Messiah’s Resurrection assured…Luke 24:5-7;1 Corinthians 15:20
Psalms 118:22,23…The rejected stone is Head of the corner…Matthew 21:42,43
Psalm 118:26a…The Blessed One presented to Israel…Matthew 21:9
Psalm 118:26b…To come while Temple standing…Matthew 21;12-15
Psalm 132:11…The Seed of David(the fruit of His Body)…Luke 1:32
Psalms 138:1-6…The supremacy of David’s Seed amazes kings… Matthew 2:2-6
Psalms 147:3,6…The earthly ministry of Christ described…Luke 4:18
Psalm 1:23…He will send the Spirit of God… John 16;7
Song of Solomon 5;16…The altogether lovely One…John 1:17
Isaiah 6:1…When Isaiah saw His glory… John 12:40-41
Isaiah 6:9-10…Parables fall on deaf ears…Matthew 13:13-15
Isaiah 6:9-12…Blinded to Christ and deaf to His words…Acts. 28:23-29
Isaiah 7:14…To be born of a virgin…Luke 1:35
Isaiah 7:14…To be Emmanuel-God with us… Matthew 1:18-23
Isaiah 8:8…Called Emmanuel…Matthew 28:20
Isaiah 8:14…A stone of stumbling, a Rock of offense… 1 Peter 2:8
Isaiah 9:1,2…His ministry to begin in Galilee…Matthew 4:12-17
Isaiah 9:6…A child born-Humanity…Luke 1:31
Isaiah 9:6…A Son given-Deity…Luke 1:32; John 1;14; 1 Timothy 3:16
Isaiah 9:6…Declared to be the Son of God with power… Romans 1:3,4
Isaiah 9:6…The Wonderful One, Peleh…Luke 4:22
Isaiah 9:6…The Counsellor, Yaatz…Matthew 13:54
Isaiah 9:6…The Mighty God, El Gibor…Matthew 11:20
Isaiah 9:6…The Everlasting Father, Avi Adth…John 8:58
Isaiah 9:6…The Prince of Peace, Sar Shalom…John 16:33
Isaiah 9:7…To establish an everlasting kingdom…Luke 1:32-33
Isaiah 9:7…His Character-Just…John 5:30
Isaiah 9:7…No end to his Government, Throne, and Peace…Luke 1:32-33
Isaiah 11:1…Called a Nazarene-the Branch, Netzer…Matthew 2:23
Isaiah 11:1…A rod out of Jesse-Son of Jesse…Luke 3:23,32
Isaiah 11:2…The anointed One by the Spirit…Matthew 3;16,17
Isaiah 11:2…His Character-Wisdom, Understanding, etc….John 4:4-26
Isaiah 11:4…His Character-Truth…John 14:6
Isaiah 11:10…The Gentiles seek Him…John 12:18-21
Isaiah 12:2…Called Jesus-Yeshua…Matthew 1:21
Isaiah 25:8…The Resurrection predicted…1 Corinthians 15:54
Isaiah 26:19…His power of Resurrection predicted…John 11:43,44
Isaiah 28:16…The Messiah is the precious corner stone…Acts 4:11,12
Isaiah 29:13…He indicated hypocritical obedience to His Word…Matthew 15:7-9
Isaiah 29:14…The wise are confounded by the Word…1 Corinthians 1:18-31
Isaiah 32:2…A Refuge-A man shall be a hiding place…Matthew 23:37
Isaiah 35:4…He will come and save you…Matthew 1:21
Isaiah 35:5…To have a ministry of miracles…Matthew 11:4-6
Isaiah 40:3,4…Preceded by forerunner…John 1:23
Isaiah 40:9…”Behold your God.”…John 1:36;19:14
Isaiah 40:11…A shepherd-compassionatelife-giver…John 10:10-18
Isaiah 42:1-4…The Servant-as a faithful, patient redeemer… Matthew 12:18-21
Isaiah 42:2…Meek and lowly… Matthew 11:28-30
Isaiah 42:3…He brings hope for the hopeless… John 4
Isaiah 42:4…The nations shall wait on His teachings… John 12:20-26
Isaiah 42:6…The Light (salvation) of the Gentiles…Luke 2:32
Isaiah 42:1,6…His is a Worldwide compassion… Matthew 28:19,20
Isaiah 42:7…Blind eyes opened… John 9:25-38
Isaiah 43:11…He is the only Savior… Acts. 4:12
Isaiah 44:3…He will send the Spirit of God… John 16:7,13
Isaiah 45:23…He will be the Judge… John 5:22;Romans 14:11
Isaiah 48:12…The First and the Last…John 1:30;Revelation 1:8,17
Isaiah 48:17…He came as a Teacher…John 3:2
Isaiah 49:1…Called from the womb-His humanity…Matthew 1:18
Isaiah 49:5…A Servant from the womb…Luke 1:31;Philippians 2:7
Isaiah 49:6…He is Salvation for Israel…Luke 2:29-32
Isaiah 49:6…He is the Light of the Gentiles…Acts 13:47
Isaiah 49:6…He is Salvation unto the ends of the earth… Acts 15:7-18
Isaiah 49:7…He is despised of the Nation… John 8:48-49
Isaiah 50:3…Heaven is clothed in black at His humiliation… Luke 23:44,45
Isaiah 50:4…He is a learned counsellor for the weary… Matthew 11:28,29
Isaiah 50:5…The Servant bound willingly to obedience… Matthew 26:39
Isaiah 50:6a…”I gave my back to the smiters.”… Matthew 27:26
Isaiah 50:6b…He was smitten on the cheeks… Matthew 26:67
Isaiah 50:6c…He was spat upon… Matthew 27:30
Isaiah 52:7…To publish good tidings of peace… Luke 4:14,15
Isaiah 52:13…The Servant exalted…Acts 1:8-11; Ephesians 1:19-22
Isaiah 52:13…Behold, My Servant… Matthew 17:5; Philippians 2:5-8
Isaiah 52:14…The Servant shockingly abused… Luke 18:31-34; Matthew 26:67,68
Isaiah 52:15…Nations startled by message of the Servant… Romans 15:18-21
Isaiah 52:15…His blood shed to make atonement for all… Revelation 1:5
Isaiah 53:1…His people would not believe Him… John 12:37-38
Isaiah 53:2a…He would grow up in a poor family…. Luke 2:7
Isaiah 53:2b…Appearance of an ordinary man… Philippians 2:7-8
Isaiah 53:3a…Despised…. Luke 4:28-29
Isaiah 53:3b…Rejected… Matthew 27:21-23
Isaiah 53:3c…Great sorrow and grief… Luke 19:41-42
Isaiah 53:3d…Men hide from being associated with Him… Mark 14:50-52
Isaiah 53:4a…He would have a healing ministry… Luke 6:17-19
Isaiah 53:4b…He would bear the sins of the world… 1 Peter 2:24
Isaiah 53:4c…Thought to be cursed by God… Matthew 27:41-43
Isaiah 53:5a…Bears penalty for mankind’s transgressions… Luke 23:33
Isaiah 53:5b…His sacrifice would provide peace between man and God… Colossians. 1:20
Isaiah 53:5c…His back would be whipped… Matthew 27:26
Isaiah 53:6a…He would be the sin-bearer for all mankind…Galatians 1:4
Isaiah 53:6b…God’s will that He bear sin for all mankind… 1 John 4:10
Isaiah 53:7a…Oppressed and afflicted… Matthew 27:27-31
Isaiah 53:7b…Silent before his accusers… Matthew 27:12-14
Isaiah 53:7c…Sacrificial lamb… John 1:29
Isaiah 53:8a…Confined and persecuted… Matthew 26:47-27:31
Isaiah 53:8b…He would be judged… John 18:13-22
Isaiah 53:8c…Killed…. Matthew 27:35
Isaiah 53:8d…Dies for the sins of the world… 1 John 2:2
Isaiah 53:9a…Buried in a rich man’s grave… Matthew 27:57
Isaiah 53:9b…Innocent and had done no violence… Mark 15:3
Isaiah 53:9c…No deceit in his mouth… John 18:38
Isaiah 53:10a…God’s will that He die for mankind… John 18:11
Isaiah 53:10b…An offering for sin… Matthew 20:28
Isaiah 53:10c…Resurrected and live forever…. Mark 16:16
Isaiah 53:10d…He would prosper… John 17:1-5
Isaiah 53:11a…God fully satisfied with His suffering… John 12:27
Isaiah 53:11b…God’s servant… Romans 5:18-19
Isaiah 53:11c…He would justify man before God… Romans 5:8-9
Isaiah 53:11d…The sin-bearer for all mankind… Hebrews 9:28
Isaiah 53:12a…Exalted by God because of his sacrifice… Matthew 28:18
Isaiah 53:12b…He would give up his life to save mankind… Luke 23:46
Isaiah 53:12c…Grouped with criminals… Luke 23:32
Isaiah 53:12d…Sin-bearer for all mankind… 2 Corinthians 5:21
Isaiah 53:12e…Intercede to God in behalf of mankind… Luke 23:34
Isaiah 55:3…Resurrected by God… Acts 13:34
Isaiah 55:4…A witness… John 18:37
Isaiah 59:15-16a…He would come to provide salvation… John 6:40
Isaiah 59:15-16b…Intercessor between man and God… Matthew 10:32
Isaiah 59:20…He would come to Zion as their Redeemer… Luke 2:38
Isaiah 61:1-2a…The Spirit of God upon him… Matthew 3:16-17
Isaiah 61:1-2b…The Messiah would preach the good news… Luke 4:17-21
Isaiah 61:1-2c…Provide freedom from the bondage of sin and death… John 8:31-32
Isaiah 61:1-2…Proclaim a period of grace… John 5:24
Jeremiah23:5-6a…Descendant of David…Luke 3:23-31
Jeremiah 23:5-6b…The Messiah would be God… John 13:13
Jeremiah 23:5-6c…The Messiah would be both God and Man… 1 Timothy 3:16
Jeremiah 31:22…Born of a virgin… Matthew 1:18-20
Jeremiah 31:31…The Messiah would be the new covenant… Matthew 26:28
Jeremiah 33:14-15…Descendant of David… Luke 3:23-31
Ezekiel 17:22-24…Descendant of David… Luke 3:23-31
Ezekiel 34:23-24…Descendant of David… Matthew 1:1
Daniel 7:13-14a…He would ascend into heaven… Acts 1:9-11
Daniel 7:13-14b…Highly exalted… Ephesians 1:20-22
Daniel 7:13-14c…His dominion would be everlasting… Luke 1:31-33
Daniel 9:24a…To make an end to sins… Galatians 1:3-5
Daniel 9:24b…He would be holy… Luke 1:35
Daniel 9:25…Announced to his people 483 years, to the exact day, after the decree to rebuild the city of Jerusalem… John 12:12-13
Daniel 9:26a…Killed… Matthew 27:35
Daniel 9:26b…Die for the sins of the world… Hebrews 2:9
Daniel 9:26c…Killed before the destruction of the temple… Matthew 27:50-51
Daniel 10:5-6…Messiah in a glorified state… Revelation 1:13-16
Hosea 13:14…He would defeat death… 1 Corinthians 15:55-57
Joel 2:32…Offer salvation to all mankind… Romans 10:12-13
Micah 5:2a…Born in Bethlehem… Matthew 2:1-2
Micah 5:2b…God’s servant… John 15:10
Micah 5:2c…From everlasting… John 8:58
Hag. 2:6-9…He would visit the second Temple… Luke 2:27-32
Hag. 2:23…Descendant of Zerubbabel… Luke 3:23-27
Zechariah 3:8…God’s servant… John 17:4
Zechariah 6:12-13…Priest and King… Hebrews 8:1
Zechariah 9:9a…Greeted with rejoicing in Jerusalem… Matthew 21:8-10
Zechariah 9:9b…Beheld as King… John 12:12-13
Zechariah 9:9c…The Messiah would be just… John 5:30
Zechariah 9:9d…The Messiah would bring salvation… Luke 19:10
Zechariah 9:9e…The Messiah would be humble… Matthew 11:29
Zechariah 9:9f…Presented to Jerusalem riding on a donkey… Matthew 21:6-9
Zechariah 10:4…The cornerstone… Ephesians 2:20
Zechariah 11:4-6a…At His coming, Israel to have unfit leaders… Matthew 23:1-4
Zechariah 11:4-6b…Rejection causes God to remove His protection.. Luke 19:41-44
Zechariah 11:4-6c…Rejected in favor of another king… John 19:13-15
Zechariah 11:7…Ministry to “poor,” the believing remnant… Matthew 9:35-36
Zechariah 11:8a…Unbelief forces Messiah to reject them… Matthew 23:33
Zechariah 11:8b…Despised… Matthew 27:20
Zechariah 11:9…Stops ministering to the those who rejected Him… Matthew 13:10-11
Zechariah 11:10-11a…Rejection causes God to remove protection… Luke 19:41-44
Zechariah 11:10-11b…The Messiah would be God… John 14:7
Zechariah 11:12-13a…Betrayed for thirty pieces of silver… Matthew 26:14-15
Zechariah 11:12-13b…Rejected… Matthew 26:14-15
Zechariah 11:12-13c…Thirty pieces of silver thrown into the house of the Lord… Matthew 27:3-5
Zechariah 11:12-13d…The Messiah would be God… John 12:45
Zechariah 12:10a…The Messiah’s body would be pierced… John 19:34-37
Zechariah 12:10b…The Messiah would be both God and man… John 10:30
Zechariah 12:10c…The Messiah would be rejected… John 1:11
Zechariah 13:7a…God’s will He die for mankind… John 18:11
Zechariah 13:7b…A violent death… Matthew 27:35
Zechariah 13:7c…Both God and man.. John 14:9
Zechariah 13:7d…Israel scattered as a result of rejecting Him… Matthew 26:31-56
Malachi 3:1a…Messenger to prepare the way for Messiah… Matthew 11:10
Malachi 3:1b…Sudden appearance at the temple… Mark 11:15-16
Malachi 3:1c…Messenger of the new covenant… Luke 4:43
Malachi 4:5…Forerunner in the spirit of Elijah… Matthew 3:1-2
Malachi 4:6…Forerunner would turn many to righteousness… Luke 1:16-17

Desmond T. Doss

Some of the stories he recalls actually would have branded him a klutz rather than a smart, practical, and honorable leader. He did learn many valuable lessons during his childhood, though, that shaped his thinking and perhaps caused him to react the way he did during his time in the army.

Desmond Doss (February 7, 1919–March 23, 2006) was the first conscientious objector to receive the Medal of Honor and one of only three so honored. He was a Private First Class (at the time of his Medal of Honor heroics) in the U.S. Army assigned to the Medical Detachment, 307th Infantry, 77th Infantry Division. He died the same day as another Medal of Honor recipient, David Bleak.

Desmond refused to kill, or carry a weapon into combat, because of his personal beliefs as a Seventh-day Adventist. He thus became a medic, and by serving in the Pacific theatre of World War II helped his country by saving the lives of his comrades, while also adhering to his religious convictions.

His Medal of Honor was earned by the risks he took to save the lives of many comrades.

Medal of Honor citation

Rank and organization: Private First Class, United States Army, Medical Detachment, 307th Infantry, 77th Infantry Division.

Place and date: Near Urasoe Mura, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, April 29, 1945 – May 21, 1945.

Entered service at: Lynchburg, Virginia

Birth: Lynchburg, Virginia

G.O. No.: 97, November 1, 1945.

Citation:

He was a company aid man when the 1st Battalion assaulted a jagged escarpment 400 feet (120 m) high. As our troops gained the summit, a heavy concentration of artillery, mortar and machine gun fire crashed into them, inflicting approximately 75 casualties and driving the others back.

Pfc. Doss refused to seek cover and remained in the fire-swept area with the many stricken, carrying them 1 by 1 to the edge of the escarpment and there lowering them on a rope-supported litter down the face of a cliff to friendly hands. On May 2, he exposed himself to heavy rifle and mortar fire in rescuing a wounded man 200 yards (180 m) forward of the lines on the same escarpment; and 2 days later he treated 4 men who had been cut down while assaulting a strongly defended cave, advancing through a shower of grenades to within 8 yards (7.3 m) of enemy forces in a cave’s mouth, where he dressed his comrades’ wounds before making 4 separate trips under fire to evacuate them to safety. On May 5, he unhesitatingly braved enemy shelling and small arms fire to assist an artillery officer.

He applied bandages, moved his patient to a spot that offered protection from small arms fire and, while artillery and mortar shells fell close by, painstakingly administered plasma. Later that day, when an American was severely wounded by fire from a cave, Pfc. Doss crawled to him where he had fallen 25 feet (7.6 m) from the enemy position, rendered aid, and carried him 100 yards (91 m) to safety while continually exposed to enemy fire.

On May 21, in a night attack on high ground near Shuri, he remained in exposed territory while the rest of his company took cover, fearlessly risking the chance that he would be mistaken for an infiltrating Japanese and giving aid to the injured until he was himself seriously wounded in the legs by the explosion of a grenade. Rather than call another aid man from cover, he cared for his own injuries and waited 5 hours before litter bearers reached him and started carrying him to cover. The trio was caught in an enemy tank attack and Pfc. Doss, seeing a more critically wounded man nearby, crawled off the litter; and directed the bearers to give their first attention to the other man.

Awaiting the litter bearers’ return, he was again struck, by a sniper bullet while being carried off the field by a comrade, this time suffering a compound fracture of 1 arm. With magnificent fortitude he bound a rifle stock to his shattered arm as a splint and then crawled 300 yards (270 m) over rough terrain to the aid station. Through his outstanding bravery and unflinching determination in the face of desperately dangerous conditions Pfc. Doss saved the lives of many soldiers. His name became a symbol throughout the 77th Infantry Division for outstanding gallantry far above and beyond the call of duty.

Read more about Desmond  at DesmondDoss.com

He is the subject of the award-winning documentary, The Conscientious Objector,  with interviews with Doss as well as some of the soldiers whose lives he saved. It airs this Sunday and Monday on TBN.

SOMETHING TO MAKE YOU THINK

STORY NUMBER ONE

Many years ago, Al Capone virtually owned Chicago. Capone wasn’t famous for anything heroic. He was notorious for enmeshing the windy city in everything from bootlegged booze and prostitution to murder.

Capone had a lawyer nicknamed “Easy Eddie.” He was Capone’s lawyer for a good reason. Eddie was very good! In fact, Eddie’s skill at legal maneuvering kept Big Al out of jail for a long time.

To show his appreciation, Capone paid him very well. Not only was the money big, but Eddie got special dividends, as well. For instance, he and his family occupied a fenced-in mansion with live-in help and all of the conveniences of the day. The estate was so large that it filled an entire Chicago city block.

Eddie lived the high life of the Chicago mob and gave little consideration to the atrocity that went on around him.

Eddie did have one soft spot, however. He had a son that he loved dearly. Eddie saw to it that his young son had clothes, cars, and a good education. Nothing was withheld. Price was no object.

And, despite his involvement with organized crime, Eddie even tried to teach him right from wrong. Eddie wanted his son to be a better man than he was.

Yet, with all his wealth and influence, there were two things he couldn’t give his son; he couldn’t pass on a good name or a good example.

One day, Easy Eddie reached a difficult decision. Easy Eddie wanted to rectify wrongs he had done. He decided he would go to the authorities and tell the truth about Al “Scarface” Capone, clean up his tarnished name, and offer his son some semblance of integrity. To do this, he would have to testify against The Mob, and he knew that the cost would be great.

So, he testified.

Within the year, Easy Eddie’s life ended in a blaze of gunfire on a lonely Chicago street. But in his eyes, he had given his son the greatest gift he had to offer, at the greatest price he could ever pay. Police removed from his pockets a rosary, a crucifix, a religious medallion, and a poem clipped from a magazine.

The poem read:

The clock of life is wound but once, and no man has the power to tell just when the hands will stop, at late or early hour. Now is the only time you own. Live, love, toil with a will. Place no faith in time. For the clock may soon be still.

STORY NUMBER TWO

World War II produced many heroes. One such man was Lieutenant Commander Butch O’Hare. He was a fighter pilot assigned to the aircraft carrier Lexington in the South Pacific.

One day his entire squadron was sent on a mission. After he was airborne, he looked at his fuel gauge and realized that someone had forgotten to top off his fuel tank.

He would not have enough fuel to complete his mission and get back to his ship.

His flight leader told him to return to the carrier. Reluctantly, he dropped out of formation and headed back to the fleet.

As he was returning to the mother ship, he saw something that turned his blood cold; a squadron of Japanese aircraft was speeding its way toward the American fleet.

The American fighters were gone on a sortie, and the fleet was all but defenseless. He couldn’t reach his squadron and bring them back in time to save the fleet. Nor could he warn the fleet of the approaching danger. There was only one thing to do. He must somehow divert them from the fleet.

Laying aside all thoughts of personal safety, he dove into the formation of Japanese planes. Wing-mounted 50 caliber’s blazed as he charged in, attacking one surprised enemy plane and then another. Butch wove in and out of the now broken formation and fired at as many planes as possible until all his ammunition was finally spent.

Undaunted, he continued the assault. He dove at the planes, trying to clip a wing or tail in hopes of damaging as many enemy planes as possible, rendering them unfit to fly.

Finally, the exasperated Japanese squadron took off in another direction.

Deeply relieved, Butch O’Hare and his tattered fighter limped back to the carrier.

Upon arrival, he reported in and related the event surrounding his return. The film from the gun-camera mounted on his plane told the tale. It showed the extent of Butch’s daring attempt to protect his fleet. He had, in fact, destroyed five enemy aircraft. This took place on February 20, 1942, and for that action Butch became the Navy’s first Ace of W.W.II, and the first Naval Aviator to win the Congressional Medal of Honor.

A year later Butch was killed in aerial combat at the age of 29. His home town would not allow the memory of this WW II hero to fade, and today, O’Hare Airport in Chicago is named in tribute to the courage of this great man.

So, the next time you find yourself at O’Hare International, give some thought to visiting Butch’s memorial displaying his statue and his Medal of Honor. It’s located between Terminals 1 and 2.

SO WHAT DO THESE TWO STORIES HAVE TO DO WITH EACH OTHER?

Butch O’Hare was “Easy Eddie’s” son.

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