Prophetic Sign For California
Philip Hammer
Tiger Woods year ending knee injury (prophetic sign for California)
Tiger woods is out for the rest of 2008 with year ending knee injury after (SUDDEN DEATH) win at U.S Open on June 16th in San Diego California. Tiger woods is a sports icon in America, a legend already at his young age as this article link below describes. This event has strong prophetic importance for California and our nation in light of the recent warnings the Lord has been giving me about the pending "cry at midnight " event in San Diego California. Here is a chapter out of the book I just finished (pre-editing) called 'A CRY AT MIDNIGHT" that has direct relevance.
http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/news?slug=ap-woodsfuture&prov=ap&type=lgns
THE HEAVENS WILL BE SHAKEN
“At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens. The words "once more" indicate the removing of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain.”
(Hebrews 12:26-27)
Several prophetic passages describe the cosmic disturbances that will precede and surround the return of Jesus (Joel 2:10, Revelation 6:12-14, Isaiah 13:10, 34:4,). In fact, Jesus was probably quoting or paraphrasing this passage from Isaiah in Matthew 24:29: Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
“Stars” are often used to symbolize “powers and authorities” in the Bible. In Rev. 1:16-20, the seven stars symbolized the seven messengers, or angels, of the seven churches in Asia Minor. In the book of Isaiah, is a prophecy of a great star falling out of heaven: “How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the earth...” (Isaiah 14:12). The Hebrew construction (of Job 38) makes it clear that the "morning stars" are actually the same as the "sons of God." The latter were the created beings called angels and they are frequently associated in Scripture with the stars. Both the stars and the angels are, in fact, called the "host of heaven" in many places in the Bible
It is significant that the phrase 'the host of heaven .' is applied in Scripture both to the stars and to angels. Similarly, the worship of the sun, moon, and stars, as well as the mythological deities, and the graven images which represent them, is also frequently identified in Scripture with the worship of angels, especially with the fallen angels and the demonic hosts who are following Lucifer, the "day-star" (Isaiah 14: 12-14; Revelation 12:4) in his attempt to replace God as king of the universe.
In Deuteronomy 17:3 God chastises Israel because they have broken his commands and gone and served other gods and worshiped them, the sun, the moon and the heavenly host. This text clearly makes the connection between the worship of “heavenly bodies” as being the same as worship of heavenly beings” They forsook all the commands of the Lord their God and made for themselves two idols cast in the shape of calves, and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the starry hosts, and they worshipped Baal." 2Kings17:16.“And when you look up to the sky and see the sun, the moon and the stars—all the heavenly array—do not be enticed into bowing down to them and worshiping things the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven. Deuteronomy 4:19
In spite of God’s repeating warnings about worshipping the heavenly bodies. Encouraged and even seduced by unseen forces man throughout history has forged his own way of rebellion. You can trace the origin of this rebellion to non other then Satan himself in Isaiah 14:12-15”How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. The culmination of Satan’s rebellion
drew a third of the (stars) angels of heaven to rebel as well in Revelations 12:4.
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Satan has always wanted what rightfully belongs to God alone, the worship of all creation. He has enticed man to worship the sun, the moon, the stars, and the heavenly bodies, with himself at the very center of that worship. Every religion throughout history has some form of worship of the sun, the moon and the stars. Pantheism, polytheism, astrology, idolatry, mysteries, spiritism, all this great complex of belief and practice, superficially diverse, but fundamentally one constitutes the gigantic rebellion of mankind against the true God of creation. All Religions have their roots and beginning in the ancient Babylon of Genesis 10 and 11, and their complete fulfillment in Revelation 17 and 18 .It even astounded John to see this great mystery religion still present at the end of the ages, having been present as an enemy to the Gospel of Jesus Christ all of these years!
So what is the Lord's plan when he says “At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens. The words "once more" indicate the removing of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain.” (Hebrews 12:26-27) On March 5th the Lord gave me a warning about a unprecedented event that would happen in Georgia. I e-mailed a friend about the warning and documented it as well. I heard a song in the spirit “when the lights go out in Georgia.” One week later a tornado struck downtown Atlanta, Georgia, at about 9:30 pm on March 14, 2008. It was the first to strike any city in a few years, and the only time to have struck Atlanta since records began. It is rare for tornado's to strike cities. Until the evening of the next day there were 29 confirmed tornados (spanning 21 hours) in Georgia, Alabama and the Carolinas. The first tornado is the one that struck downtown Atlanta. Wind speeds were at about 130 mph.
This tornado was unusual for several reasons: The tornado damaged a number of downtown sites that were either made for the Olympics in 1996, or were used in the Olympics at that time. This news quote: "DOWNTOWN ATLANTA TORNADO” a tornado warning was issued Friday night at about 9:30. When it touched down eight minutes later, it became the first tornado on record to hit downtown Atlanta. Tornado's estimated touchdown The EF-2 twister left debris along a 6-mile stretch and was as wide as 200 yards with wind gusts up to 135 mph.
The most symbolic thing that the tornado struck that day was two "Hermes Towers" — the 65-foot-tall light towers that resemble giant Olympic torches built to commemorate the 1996 Olympics. They were blown down at Centennial Olympic Park and fell prostrate. A clear sign from God that he will soon cause Bel and Nabu to bow prostrate before him in this nation. "Hermes" is the Greek god of wisdom, science and literature and is the Greek equivalent of the Babylonian god Nabu. Nabu's temple was located at Babylon and was devoted to the seven planet.
As a master archer, God is letting us know and the principalities and powers in the heavens I am about to shake the heavens.
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In Isaiah 24:21 we have a very similar passage to the one in Hebrews.“ In that day God will punish the powers in the heavens above and the kings on the earth below.” We have the final judgment against everything and everyone that is in rebellion against God in the heavens and on earth. As we said earlier “Stars” are often used to symbolize “powers and authorities” in the Bible. The stars represent principalities and powers in the heavens. God will shake the mighty in the heavens and the mighty upon the earth. Both kings and kingdoms in the heavens and kings and kingdoms in the earth will be judged.
The way that God sees it, the kingdoms in the heavens and the kingdoms on the earth are one in the same, in league together, and in rebellion and they will be destroyed together. This Fallen angelic kingdom that has been functioning in the universe since the great rebellion and fall of Satan will come to a final cataclysmic end. The catastrophic effects of this event will rip through the heavens and in the earth in a way not yet experienced since the beginning of time. Isaiah 34:4 describes this event in these words “All the host of heaven shall be dissolved, And the heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll; All their host shall fall down As the leaf falls from the vine, And as fruit falling from a fig tree. Isaiah 13 further describes this unprecedented event; “See, the day of the LORD is coming a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger to make the land desolate and destroy the sinners within it. The stars of heaven and their constellations will not show their light. The rising sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light. I will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins. I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty and will humble the pride of the ruthless. I will make man scarcer than pure gold, more rare than the gold of Ophir. Therefore I will make the heavens tremble; and the earth will shake from its place at the wrath of the LORD Almighty.”
On June 3rd at 7:00am I heard the Lord speak these words; “I will glorify my name in California, double jeopardy for the Golden state for Bel will bow down and Nebo will stoop low. What really shocked me about this prophecy was that Nebo is the name of a MARINE CORPS LOGISTICS BASE in, Barstow, California. After The Lord gave me this prophecy I typed in a goggle search; “Commentary on Isaiah 46” I really was not familiar with this passage of scripture nor the historical story behind it. I was speechless and could not believe what I was seeing when this site popped up on page 2;http://www.emailbiblestudy.com/Studies/Isaiah/Isaiah46.htm. What are the odds of there being a military facility named Nebo in California. The Lord was confirming again in a strong way that California was the exact location of this pending Judgment.
This passage in Isaiah 46 has a warning for us today as well. The warning was that like Babylon’s idols could not save themselves, much less those that trusted in them and neither will they save America. Some may ask as they are reading this, what is an Idol? An Idol is anything you put your trust in other then the Lord Jesus Christ. Money, wealth, fortune, fame, success, beauty, pleasure, entertainment, personal or national strength, false religion and false beliefs, even worship of self are all called idol worship according to God. The greatest commandment is; Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might. The first two of the 10 commandments are; 'You shall have no other gods before Me', and 'You shall not make for yourself a carved image 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.' America has not obeyed God’s continued warnings as she has been seduced like so many nations throughout history to turn from the true living God and worship false God’s. This June 3rd warning with the March 14th warning is double conformation of double jeopardy for the Golden state.
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Babylon was the greatest nation in world history. None has every compared to her in strength, beauty, and wisdom, yet she was completely destroyed. Is America going to suffer the same fate as ancient Babylon. One thing is for sure, God will not be mocked in America, his name will be glorified and every false belief will be shaken, and only that which can not be shaken will remain. The Lord said; “I am dealing with The principalities in the heavens and you will know that I alone am God. I am now beginning to shake not only the earth, but NOW I am shaking the heavens also as I said in Hebrews 12:26.” California will experience two separate events that will cause her to bow down and too be laid very low.
There is another story in the bible that Is very relevant for California it is found in 1Samuel 5:1-4; “After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. Then they carried the ark into Dagon's temple and set it beside Dagon. When the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, there was Dagon, fallen on his face on the ground before the ark of the LORD! They took Dagon and put him back in his place. But the following morning when they rose, there was Dagon, fallen on his face on the ground before the ark of the LORD! His head and hands had been broken off and were lying on the threshold; only his torso remained.
The Lord gave me a prophetic experience as I was looking at a picture of the statue of Dagon on the internet. As I was looking at the statue I saw a clear map of the state of California come down and was imprinted or imposed on top of the statue of Dagon. This story in 1Samuel 5 is now being replayed in California. I see again California in the spirit standing like a statue of a man, suddenly The feet and head are savored and the statue is left with only a torso.
Some weeks ago I saw a picture of a statue of the goddess Diana in the city of San Francisco. I had been unable for weeks to get that picture out of my mind, until one day I asked the Lord what is it about this Statue of the goddess Diana? What are you trying to show me about this false deity know as the queen of (wisdom) in heaven among her worshippers? The Head in the vision of the statue I gave you was San Francisco. The head represents mans wisdom, and knowledge. San Diego represents the feet which we addressed in chapter 3; My personal story Minerva the seal of California and Gods judgment. You may want to just review that section May 11 through the 17th. I believe California is about to experience 2 major Catastrophic events that will forever change not only California but the nation as well.. I think that statue in the natural signifies a very important spiritual reality for California and this nation. The worship of Diana is as powerful today as it was in Ephesus 2000 years ago. What incredible courage the Apostle Paul demonstration in the face of such opposition when he proclaimed that Diana was a false god or deity. I do not think it is by chance that this passage is in Ephesians; "To the intent that now, unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places, might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God." God is now beginning to shake not only the earth but the heavens as well.
There is something very significant beginning to happen in the heavens. In 2008 the Lord Is beginning to shake the heavens. He is putting Satan and his kingdom on notice that his days are numbered. The end of the age of grace is at hand, and all that can be shaken will be shaken in the heavens and on the earth. The only thing that will remain is God’s eternal kingdom that has no beginning and has no end. The only people on earth that will survive will be those that have made Jesus Christ their Lord and king.
In Revelations 8:12 an Angel of God sounds a fourth trumpet and a third part of the sun was smitten, and a third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars, so that a third part were darkened. It is very interesting that in the Rebellion of Satan a third of the stars (angels) fell from heaven. Could it be that what John saw here was the beginning of the finial judgment of the third of heaven that rebelled against God, I believe it is.
The third part of heaven that fell have earth shattering repercussions. This void that is left is a important issue that we will discuss in the next few chapters. God had a plan hidden in his heart from before time even before the angels existed. A desire, a hidden longing to give his Son a bride. Nothing has taken God by surprise, not the great rebellion of Satan and not the fall of a third of heaven, not the fall of man, not anything. God knew that to win for his Son a bride he would have to have things play out exactly as they have. There could be no other way!
Blessings
Philip Hammer