Pastor had planned to go to Japan for his holiday this time, but has the day for their

vacation came closer, he ended up choosing Hong Kong, even though he was not a Hong Kong person. Ended up having a good time visiting the home of his childhood hero, Bruce Lee. 3 months ago, at the start of the year, Pastor Prince had planned to go to Europe for holiday. His wife had packed and everything was ready, all Pastor Prince needed to do was pick a destination. But the Holy Spirit intervened, and led him to decide to visit Turkey instead. As it turned out, the winter freeze happened and many airports shut down and Pastor avoided all that. While in Turkey, Pastor Prince had 3 different dreams, for 3 consecutive mornings. Pastor Prince: Now, Im not often given to dreaming. And if you have a dream, dont come to me. God gave you the dream, ask God to interpret for you, amen? In the Old Testament, you will go to the prophet, king or priest cos only those 3 had the Holy Spirit in them. Today, all of us have the Holy Spirit. We dont need to run to someone for interpretation. Maybe, its caused by the pizza you ate last night. But these dreams I had were very strange, so much so that Pastor Mark took them down as a note for future reference. 1st dream: Pastor saw himself surrounded by little mice, running about all around him. Mice is a representation of famine, shortage of food. Then God told him, they are there, but they will not come near you. Indeed, not a single mouse touched him. 2nd Dream: Pastor saw himself floating in water, and all around him were crocodiles and alligators. But none touched him. Only after the recent occurrences, did Pastor realize it was referring to the tsunami, destruction upon the water, because like a crocodile, it came without warning and came to kill. 3rd Dream: Pastor saw himself surrounded by terrorists, from a rather specific uniform which he doesnt care to mention. One of them fired a shot at him, but again, no harm came to him. The Lord also said, this too, will not hurt you. Pastor Prince: Now the thing is this, whatever God says to me, is not just to me per se, its also for all of you, because I represent all of you. Im your local under shepherd. Jesus is your chief shepherd. So He is preparing me, to give a word to you. Okay? Now, few months back, while in Turkey, Pastor was in a cave in Cappadocia, and there was, in one of the photos, a shield appeared on Pastors left breast. It was not a trick of the light, as upon magnification, one can see intricate designs upon it. Pastor showed it once on the screens during the 1st and 3rd services, but no more as we dont want to build churches nor doctrine upon signs or sensationalism. You dont need to see signs to believe the Word of the Lord.

Usually, at the start of every year, Pastor Prince will take a journey to ask the Lord for a particular Word for the church for that coming year (New Creation Church tradition =) ) This year, while in Turkey, Pastor Prince received a vision of a catastrophe of unprecedented scale, where entire landscapes were changed. And the words Earthquake, earthquake kept popping into his mind. One thing for certain, God is not behind this earthquake. A few months ago, Pastor Prince preached a message called Why Are There Calamities In This World If God Is Love? Pastor preached on the first Sunday of 2011, that our theme for this year is Psalm 65:11
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You crown the year with Your goodness, And Your paths drip with abundance.

This goodness not for the whole world, because in verse 4,

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Blessed is the man You choose, And cause to approach You, That he may dwell in Your courts. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, Of Your holy temple.

All the goodness of God is found in His house. This is the place where God dispenses His goodness, and God is all good. The Bible says in James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.
Not even a shadow of turning is part of Gods nature. How awesome is that! Pastor Prince: Those who are planted in the house, will flourish out there in the courts. The devil definitely meant worse with the earthquakes and tsunamis. He has meant for the nuclear reactors to blast off and kill as many as possible already. But God came in and intervened, and Pastor will prove it later with Scripture.

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If you do not know what God is doing, just see what the devil is doing. What God does is usually strong and deep, rarely flashy and show off. But the devil goes to crash crash bang bang to scare people, even though his power, compared to God is nothing. So to find out what God is doing, simply reverse what the devil is doing! God is sending a tsunami of salvation to Japan! So the devil tries to stop that by sending a tsunami of evil, and people are generally more concerned with what the devil is doing, and forget that God is planning something greater. When Jesus was born, the devil didnt know which baby was Jesus. That shows the devil is not all knowing, and he cannot read your thoughts. At least until you voice it out by speaking it out loud. So when Jesus was born, the devil didnt know that Jesus was born in a manger! He knew something was going down, due to the activity of angels in the sky around, but he didnt know who was Jesus. So he instigated Herod to kill all babies aged 2 and under. 2011 is a year where we will need protection. It is a year where God is marking you for protection! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Sermon officially starts here lol LONG intro Turn to Luke 21:7 -11
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So they asked Him, saying, Teacher, but when will these things be? And what sign will there be when these things are about to take place?
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And He said: Take heed that you not be deceived. For many will come in My name, saying, I am He, and, The time has drawn near. Therefore do not go after them.
So we have seen that in the 70s and in the 80s, a lot of false messiahs, the likes of Jim Jones, David Koresh, those who claimed to be Messiah, that has happened in our generation. The next thing Jesus said,
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But when you hear of wars and commotions, do not be terrified; for these things must come to pass first, but the end will not come immediately.
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Then He said to them, Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

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And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.
Notice it says great earthquakes? Not just any old earthquake. What happened last week is a great earthquake! Generally anything higher than 6 is considered great, as they are on a logarithmic scale. Earthquakes have been with us since the Garden of Eden when man fell, but for great earthquakes, we have seen more of those in the last 20 years than in all of recorded history. So Jesus said there will be great earthquakes in various places, food shortage, pestilences and diseases, and fearful signs in heaven. But then Jesus says, from verse 12 onwards, before all these things - . So He was telling them about the future, then stops and tells them about the current imminent situation, about things pertaining to their generations, all the way up to verse 24, where it says until the times of the Gentiles have been fulfilled. This was fulfilled when General Allenby of the British Forces marched into Jerusalem and made the call for the Jewish Diaspora to return in 1917. Unfortunately, many Jews were prosperous and refused to come back, until WWII took everything away. 50 years later, representing the Year of Jubilee, 1967, Israel finally recaptured Jerusalem during the 6 Day War, a war unparalleled in history, except for the one where Joshua captured Jericho in 6 days. We are that generation that has seen the fulfillment of Jerusalem shall be trampled by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. So, from verse 12 to 24, is in an invisible parenthesis. And then Jesus continues talking about the future generations.
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And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring;
So, putting verse 11 and verse 25 together, ignoring the parenthesis, we have a great earthquake, and then we have the sea and waves roaring as a result of the earthquakes. Now, its one thing for the sea to be there, as it always is, but for it to be roaring, it is a tsunami. Now, look at the greek word for waves. It is (Salos). Keep a mental note on this. Next verse, 26:
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mens hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Mens hearts will fail them, because of fear and what they expect will happen in the future. Isnt that happening now? People are stocking up on Potassium Iodide tablets like crazy, from $4 a bottle, to $140 a bottle and they are so afraid even though the experts are saying it wont reach them. Now, there is something about the powers of heavens being shaken that will cause mens hearts to fail in fear. What is it? When the King James Bible was written, nuclear technology was not yet in existence. So they translated it as heavens. But the greek word for heavens is (Ouranos), which is literally where scientists got the name Uranium. And the word for powers, is (Dynamis), where we get dynamo, a source of electricity. So the generator, of the uranium, is shaken! Now, what is the greek word for shaken? It is (Saleou) !! Sounds familiar? Go back to the greek word for waves, (Salos). Strongs definition of shaken is: 1) a motion produced by winds, storms, waves, etc a) to agitate or shake b) to cause to totter c) to shake thoroughly, of a measure filled by shaking its contents together So, the generators of the uranium is shaken by the waves. And it is definitely talking about the nuclear reactors in Japan, damaged by the tsunami, and causing mens hearts to fail with fear. Pastor Prince: Now, if you are worried about radiation in your food, water, etc, listen. When we say grace over our food, we are not playing around! Especially in these last days. What if the radiation is not affecting our water or plants etc? Forget about radiation. Even the organic food you are eating now is not what it used to be 50 years ago. The earth is fallen! Let me tell you the remedy. Keep on feeding on the Lords Supper. In the time of Elisha, someone said There is poison in the pot! Elisha threw in a handful of flour and there was no more death in the pot, flour being a type of Christ. So people like to blame God. If God is all powerful why didnt he prevent it? Pastor is not gonna explain that today, he took a whole hour the last time. Get the tape =)

So, after all those things in verse 26, what happens next??
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Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.
When these things begin to happen, dont look down, dont look around, Look UP! Jesus is coming back for you! And your redemption draws near. Now, we are already redeemed by the blood, so this redemption is our bodily redemption. In a twinkling of an eye, all of us will be translated into an incorruptible body, never to fall sick, never to die, all good looking. How fast would you speed in your chariots of fire, knowing you can never die? No cemeteries, no hospitals in heaven! That is why God is not behind the earthquake, because if that was so, Heaven would be shaking from time to time as well. No way! All is well in Heaven. But because right now it is a fallen earth, it is tottering. The first time it happened was when it tilted in order to congeal all the water from Noahs flood into ice at the poles. How else can we explain the poles being 100% fresh water, despite being surrounded by nothing but salt water? So, back to the theme of the year, Psalm 65:11.
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You crown the year with Your goodness, And Your paths drip with abundance.

Now, God gave this Psalm for New Creation Church as a theme for the year. Little did Pastor Prince know, exactly how many current events were hidden within that psalm.
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You who still the noise of the seas, The noise of their waves, And the tumult of the peoples.

Now, just flip open any newspaper and any T.V news station, and you will see the noise of the sea being shown again and again, as well as the tumult of the people. Who will stop it? Who is He that stills the noise of the sea?
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They also who dwell in the farthest parts are afraid of Your signs; You make the outgoings of the morning and evening rejoice.

Now, stop here and ponder. Where is the farthest parts of the earth? Dont think in terms of yourself, but in the shoes of David, when he penned the Psalm in Jerusalem.

The furthest place geographically from Israel is New Zealand, followed by Japan! Notice the Bible says parts meaning plural. Now, just because the Bible says it is His signs, doesnt mean that God is responsible for it. Its just a sign telling you what will happen. Pastor Prince: Who would have thought, when God gave us Psalm 65 as our theme verse, that in it, there would be pictures hidden in it. That is why it is so important to obey first, then understand comes later. I repeat, in the Christian life, obedience comes first, understanding later. If you need to understand everything before you obey, you will never obey. When God said psalm 65:11 is theme, I said Amen. After all these things, I looked at Psalms 65 again and there it was, the reason for the verse. So who is that who stills the tumult of the peoples? Our God. Now, the Hebrew word for furthest parts is ( Qetsev). Go to verse 4,
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By awesome deeds in righteousness You will answer us, O God of our salvation, You who are the confidence of all the ends of the earth, And of the far-off seas;

The phrase ends of the earth, is also ( Qetsev)! In other words, the furthest parts of the earth, Japan and New Zealand, shall find new confidence and faith in our God! God will do something supernatural for them to cause them to have confidence in Him! And notice, And of the far off seas. The nearest sea to Jerusalem is the Mediterranean. The furthest, is the Pacific Ocean. And there, you find Japan and New Zealand.
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You visit the earth and water it, You greatly enrich it; The river of God is full of water; You provide their grain, For so You have prepared it.

God will visit the earth, and will water and greatly enrich it. What the devil did was wipe everything out with a deluge, but God gently waters and nourishes the earth.
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You water its ridges abundantly, You settle its furrows; You make it soft with showers, You bless its growth.

And after that, God crowns the year with His goodness. HALLELUJAH!! Now, I want to bring this to a close by sharing with you something that will happen in Japan that will turn their hearts to Jesus. How many still remember Pastor shared from Isaiah 60?
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Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the LORD is risen upon you. For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness the people; But the LORD will arise over you, And His glory will be seen upon you.
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Notice, when darkness covers the earth, and deep darkness the people, Gods light will arise over YOU. And His glory will be seen upon YOU! Darkness the people, shine and glory on you! But before this, something must happen. Towards the end of Isaiah 59, before we arise and shine in 60, we see this:
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So shall they fear The name of the LORD from the west, And His glory from the rising of the sun;

Now, the opposite of west is not rising of the sun. It is east, in Hebrew, ( Qedem). But here, it is not ( Qedem), but it is literally, the land of the rising sun, which is Japan! Before Gods people can arise and shine in Isaiah 60, they shall fear the name of the Lord from the West, and His glory from the Land of the Rising Sun. From the west, for the larger part of history, they have raised men and women of God like E.W Kenyon, Kenneth Copeland, Kenneth E. Hagin, men who have poured out the revelation and the power of attorney in the name of Jesus. So, the west has been responsible for making His Name known. So they will fear the Name from the West, but they will fear His glory from Japan. What is the glory of God? It is when his power is made manifest, when you see miracles happen. And Japan will be right smack in the middle of it all. Now when will this happen? Next line!

When the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the LORD will lift up a standard against him.
God is the one who stopped the tsunami. The earth is crying out for you to take your place. Pastor Prince: You know why Singapore is so blessed? (Silently starts pointing to the congregation, mouthing out you, you are the reason) Amen? In 2007, one of our leaders felt in his heart to sponsor the production of one of Pastor Princes sermon preached during a Youth Concert event on unmerited favor. He wanted it to be dubbed in a certain language, and at the time, he didnt know exactly why he wanted it done, but now, we have a large reservoir of that material on hand. <plays an excerpt of sermon in Japanese> There is no other sermon dubbed in Japanese. Plus, we have also translated Pastors book on Holy Communion into Japanese! And it is ready for distribution. The times are upon us! Pastor Prince: I believe maybe we can just adopt a village. Help them to revuild, bring joy to the old people. Amen? Bring my DVDs in their language! (ano)! Amen?

We can ride our bicycles there cos

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So what is our part to play Pastor? Your part is to ask God to keep on blessing you. Wah, Pastor! How can you keep on asking God to bless us bless us, so selfish. Do you want to know why God wants us blessed? Watch this in Psalms 67
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God be merciful to us and bless us, And cause His face to shine upon us,

The word be merciful is ( Hannani) David is literally saying (han)- (ani) which is literally, grace on me! Plus, merciful and bless and shine, are all in imperfect tense, which means keep on showing me grace, keep on blessing me, keep on shining upon me, and what will happen?

That Your way may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations.

So when we are blessed, His salvation will be known on earth. In Hebrew, Yeshua shall be known among all nations. As if its not enough,
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Then the earth shall yield her increase; God, our own God, shall bless us. God shall bless us, And all the ends of the earth shall fear Him.