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LIFT UP YOUR HEADS
By
Bertrand L. Comparet
Yahweh knows the conditions and events of the last few
years of this age would be very terrible. Consequently, He has provided many
scriptures to encourage us as we find ourselves in the final, titanic death
struggle between good and evil. These scriptures tell us plainly the awful
events we see are marks of the end of the age and therefore mean that our
Savior, Yahshua will return soon thereafter. If the scriptures did not reveal
our position in history, they would be of no comfort. What good are mere
platitudes to a person who is wondering if his family is about to be fried in an
atom bomb explosion? These scriptures bring hope because they show we have
reached almost the very end of our troubles.
Unfortunately, much of this is lost by mistranslation out
of the Hebrew and Greek, in which the Bible was written. Passages of clear,
specific meaning in the original languages, are mistranslated into vague
uncertainty. One of these is found in Luke 21:25-26, where Yahshua is
giving the signs by which we may recognize the end of the age. As found in the
King James Bible it reads thus, "And upon the earth distress of nations,
with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; men's hearts failing them for
fear and for looking after those things which are coming upon the earth: for the
powers of heaven shall be shaken".
While this sounds vaguely foreboding, just what does
it mean? Can you find in it anything, which people in any century would
recognize? Let's examine the meaning of the Greek words, which have been
mistranslated in this passage. In the first place, the Greek word sunoche
(soon-akh-ay), which was mistranslated distress, is derived from sunecho
(soon-ekh-o), meaning to hold together, as in a group or organization.
The Greek word aporia (ap-or-ee-a) mistranslated perplexity, is derived from
aporeo (ap-or-eh-o), meaning to have no way out, or to be in impassable
straights.
The Greek word translated here the earth, is oikumene
(oy-koo-men-ay), and refers more particularly to the civilized parts of the
earth. Then this passage speaks of "the powers of heaven", where the
same statement is recorded in Mark 13:25, it says, "The powers that
are in heaven shall be shaken." The Greek word here translated heaven is
ouranos (oo-ran-os), a word of particular interest to us in the last 50 years.
The name of the metal, which made the atomic bomb, uranium, is derived from the
same Greek word ouranos, which was merely ended with the letters ium, always
used to designate a metal.
The history of this metal is interesting. Before it had
been discovered on the earth, it had been found to exist on the sun. It was
found by its characteristic lines in the spectrum of sunlight examined with a
spectroscope in a great astronomical observatory. Since this metal had been
found in the heavens, before it was found on earth, it was decided to call it by
the name, which means the heavenly metal, so they called it uranium. There seems
to be much more than a mere coincidence in the relation between ouranos in this
Bible passage and uranium. In view of what uranium has done to bring about
exactly the conditions of which the Bible is speaking about here. Finally, the
Greek word saleuo (sal-yoo-o) translated shaken, means also to agitate or stir
up.
Let's now retranslate our brief little passage. Remember the King
James Bible reads this way, "And upon the earth, distress of nations, with
perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; men's hearts failing them for fear
and for looking after those things which are coming upon the earth; for the
powers of heaven will be shaken." Correctly translated, it will read thus: "And
on earth, the nations banding together, in impassable straits and roaring
storms; men's hearts failing them for fear and expectations of those things
which are coming upon civilization, because the power that is in uranium will be
stirred up.
Isn't this a true picture of this present time? The
nations banding together in the so-called United Nations, not really united in
anything but schemes to fleece the American taxpayer. The nations are entangled
in an organization, which serves only to frustrate all good plans and finally
force compromises with evil. Compromises, which need never be made, if the
nations were not in this unholy association with communism. They have violated
Yahweh's warning to have nothing to do with evil, pagan nations and the races
who hate our Christ. The nations now find themselves in impassable straits, no
way through or around. There is no way out at all and this is increasing tumult
and danger of international storms of diplomacy and recurring wars. By
abandoning Christian principles to compromise with wickedness and to avoid
discrimination against the groups which, seek to destroy us, even the western
Christian nations have maneuvered themselves into impassable straights and
desperate circumstances.
As they see the consequences of their own misdeeds
approaching, many are disheartened with fear and expectation of the disasters,
which threaten the civilized nations. Note the peculiar accuracy of the
scriptures. It is only the civilized nations, which are threatened. We are only
in this position because we lack the moral courage to turn our great weapons
against our barbarous enemies, until they surrender unconditionally to civilized
rule. We have even helped to arm them with the weapons, which they now prepare
to use against us. What is the cause of this abject terror, which affects so
many? The power, which is in uranium, the atom bomb, is about to be stirred up
and released against us.
What shall we do about it, now that we recognize the
picture as a true one, shall we fall into despair with the others? No, just go
back to the Bible for an answer. What follows immediately after the atomic
warfare? Luke 21:27 says, "And then shall they see the Son of man
coming in a cloud, with power and great glory. The second coming of Yahshua, the event the Christian world has waited
2,000 years to see. Shall we be downhearted at this prospect, what greater event
can life offers you? The following verse says, "And when these things begin
to come to pass, then lift up your heads, for your redemption draweth nigh.
Now do you recognize your place in history? "When
those things begin to come to pass." They have already begun, and the
nations have banded together in an organization. They are already amid the
storms, which threaten to swamp all civilization. They are already trapped in
impassable straights, though many people lack the courage to see it. These
things have begun to come to pass, and it is time, not for craven despair, but
to look up and lift up our heads. This is the very thing Yahweh spoke of,
telling us almost 2,000 years in advance, so we could recognize it when it
happened. As He tells us in Isaiah, "Have ye not known? Have ye not heard?
Hath it not been told you from the beginning? Have ye not understood from the
foundations of the earth? * * Behold the former things are come to pass and new
things do I declare; before they spring forth, I tell you of them. So Yahweh has told us, when these things begin to come to pass,
then your redemption draweth nigh.
Everything that you have dared to hope for is included in
that redemption. It is the restoration of all that was lost in the fall of Adam.
It is the restoration of our immortality as the sons and daughters of Yahweh. It
is freedom from the crushing pressures of the satanic world order. It is the
leisure to live in peace and dignity, in a world where the wicked dare not raise
their heads. It is an age in which righteousness never has to yield to evil. In
which poverty, sin and tragedy are banished from the earth. With this ahead of
us, shall we fear the end of the old and the beginning of the new? We welcome
it!
"AND WHEN THESE THINGS BEGIN TO COME TO PASS, THEN
LIFT UP YOUR HEADS, FOR YOU'RE
REDEMPTION DRAWETH NIGH." |