Robert B. Binnion is the author and creator of nicetiming.com.
Rob is married, and has two adult sons. He lives in Southeast Queensland.
To read more details about Rob’s personal life click to this page.
This website goes beyond being a collection of his thoughts and artwork. It also delivers a unique perspective on end time Bible prophecy (eschatology), the TIMING of it, and how that’s likely to impact you in the near future.
Bible Prophecy Intro
Bible prophecy will one day involve you, because we have now come to the end of this age. The world is about to change dramatically. Very soon, everybody in the world will have their lives disrupted.
This introduction is written for those who give the Bible some credibility, and are curious about why Rob would write about Bible prophecy.
If you doubt the Bible is God’s word, it would be best to first read Rob’s pages disproving evolution, and proving the veracity of the Bible, starting here.
For those wondering about Rob’s religious affiliations, Rob is not a member of any corporate church or organisation, nor does he promote one.
Although Rob has grown in much of his understanding he was formally one of the office staff for the Worldwide Church of God (WCG) in Australia for ten years in the 1970’s and 80’s, and his association with the original WCG, not the current one, dates back to the 1960’s. The WCG was considered a cult by some because of the leadership of Herbert W. Armstrong (July 1892 – Jan 1986).
A few may remember the Plain Truth magazine, produced by the church… 8 million magazines, that looked similar to Time magazine, were given away free, monthly, in many countries, at newstands and airports, in the 1970’s, and early 80’s.
The world has now entered the perilous times the magazine warned about all those years ago!
The following information is not given to promote any particular doctrine, but everyone has a background history, and this is Rob’s.
The end time Biblical book of Revelation describes two witnesses in Chapter 11. While Rob doesn’t qualify to be one of those two witnesses, Rob has had several strange coincidences linking some of his life experiences to this subject.
Some are detailed below.
Rob was one of only ‘two witnesses’ from the Australian WCG office staff who were present when Herbert Armstrong visited the Premier of Queensland, Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, back in 1984.
‘Sir Joh’ was the only Australian government official who had a private meeting with Mr. Armstrong, when, before his death, Mr. Armstrong rivaled the pope in the number of world leaders who were being visited by him.
A recording of just one of those meetings can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/w4J7qH7lINg?si=kPb7840kY_9wjOf8 .
Numerous government leaders presented Mr. Armstrong with very high honor’s and awards, including the Order of the Sacred Treasure by the Japanese government, the Commander of Our Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand, and quite a few more. You can skip to the 20 minute mark to see an award being presented in that YouTube video also.
Although Channel 9 TV recorded the event of the Australian meeting with Sir Joh, it was never aired on live TV.
Mr Armstrong saw himself as the end-time third Elijah (according to Matthew 17:11 & Mal 4:5), and consequently believed his ministry was prophecied. (Many have written about this, and there is even a 432 page book “The Three Elijah’s” by Alton Billingsley explaining this.)
In his time, Mr. Armstrong personally took the ‘Gospel of the Kingdom’ to hundreds of world leaders (as can be seen in the example meeting, linked above).
Adding up coincidences, Rob found it interesting that he was born around the time Herbert Armstrong first began taking the gospel to the world via Radio Luxembourg in Europe, and was then present at the end of this time period, as he was one of two in attendance from the Australian head office who witnessed what was arguably the completion of Mr. Armstrong’s commission.
The ‘two witnesses,’ described in the Biblical book of Revelation, complete this job on a higher level again. (In addition, every Christian should also be fulfilling Mat 28:19.)
Then, in 2005 Rob had a spectacular miracle regarding the weather. It was actually a double miracle, described in detail on this page, that linked him more closely to the Revelation 11 two witnesses who, the Bible says, control the weather! See Rev 11:6
It’s important to note that Rob is NOT putting himself on the level of these Biblical figures, but is relating the sequence of events that caused him to study the subject of the witnesses more deeply, including the coincidental meaning of each of his names (**see bottom of page, below).
Rob came to the conclusion that the witnesses may be two church GROUPS, rather than two individual men, although they are symbolized by two men, and Rob writes more about the two groups here.
Although emphatically not claiming to be any Biblical character, Rob became more interested in Bible prophecy because of the synchronicisities he observed in his life with the fulfillment of Matthew 24:14 “And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.”
World events will soon personally involve everyone, as they already have done in the matter of taking vaccines or not. Rob believes that, in future, all people will be compelled to make further choices about government restrictions regarding freedom of conscience, and religious issues.
If the worldwide vaccine mandates didn’t wake you up to the perils of government overreach, then you are simply dead to what is happening all around you.
Please check the menu, and follow the links for more about some of these issues.
Returning to the subject of the church and Herbert Armstrong, it’s interesting to note that at least two Bible prophecies seem to have been fulfilled after Mr Armstrong’s death.
First, read the parable of the fig tree in Luke 13:6-9.
This parable, about producing fruit, shows that God expects those who claim to be His followers to produce fruit, or they will be cut down after four years.
This literally happened to the Worldwide Church of God that Mr. Armstrong ‘planted.’
In the parable, four years were given for the tree to produce fruit.
Mr. Armstrong died January 1986. Four years after Mr Armstrong’s death, the WCG ‘tree’ was also cut down. The church began to apostatize, and then splinter into dozens of different breakaway groups.
It fulfilled 2Th 2:3 “Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first…”
The first sizable group that incorporated itself as a separate church did so in December 1989, four years after Mr Armstrong passed away – the same number of years as in the parable of the tree being cut down!
That group continues on, and may be fulfilling another negative prophecy, apart from fitting the description of Laodicea in Rev 3:14-21.
In Malachi 1:4 the Bible quotes people saying “we will return and rebuild the ruins“ but God replies, and says “they may rebuild, but I will throw down (or demolish).”
This splinter group has produced a book with the very title of “Raising the Ruins“! They also promote a book called ‘Malachi’s Message’ that they send to other church groups, but Rob wonders, is this passage in Malachi actually a reverse message from Malachi to that group?
Is this an actual prophecy that they will be thrown down in the future?
Almost all Christian churches have suffered a great falling away in this end time, not just the WCG. This is understandable, because Isaiah 28 is relevant to much of what is served up in many churches: “For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean!”
Whole nations, that once used to be basically Christian, are now apostate, almost fully pagan, and totally corrupt. Isaiah 1:4 & 5.
Rob is not against those who believe differently than he does.
Christ said, in John 10 that he has sheep in other ‘folds’ or groups.
Significantly, in verse 16 it says, at some future time, they will also hear his voice (does this include you?)… and then there will be ONE fold.
(A A Milne Quote)
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When it pertains to the Bible, NAMES often have meaning. For example, Jacob’s name was changed to Israel, Gen 32:28, also ‘overcomers’ in churches get new names in Rev 3:12.
Often (not always), surnames may mirror real life circumstances. In the WCG, the matching surnames of many of the main leaders is fascinating.
For example, the name Armstrong can be linked to several Bible references, such as Isaiah 40, verse 10, which says Behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. Another leader’s surname was Waterhouse, and his surname could be linked to watering God’s house – the church. He was employed to visit all the church congregations worldwide regularly, as a travelling evangelist. The beginning of Ezekiel 47 could be said to be matching scripture: Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar…
The surname of the leader who followed Herbert Armstrong was Tkach. The name means weaver. Isaiah 59:5-7 could be said to match – check it out! This leader dismantled all the main tenants of the church, and soon after giving a sermon on abolishing Sabbath keeping and other fundamental doctrines, he was diagnosed with bone cancer, and then died a very painful death.
2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; This prophecy applied to the Protestant Reformation, but most protestants have forgotten that history. Did this prophecy have a double application in the falling away of the WCG as well?
Here are some verifiable facts about Rob’s name.
- Strangely, each of Rob’s three names, Binnion, Robert, and Bruce, all link to the description of the two witnesses described in Revelation 11:3-12, as follows:
- The earliest meaning for the surname, Binnion, with various spellings, means Son of Einion. Tracing back to the first mention of this name in history, the book called ‘Tales of the Ancient British Church,’ which can be found free on Google, NAMES only TWO WITNESSES in regard to the death of Britain’s first Christian MARTYR, and one of those witnesses carries the earliest spelling of the surname Binnion! You can see this in a screenshot below.
- In addition, his first name, Robert, means bright fame or bright glory.
- His middle name, Bruce, means from the brushwood, thicket, or willowlands.
- Coincidentally, the two witnesses in Revelation 11 are described with each of these meanings. (1) They are mainly described as end time prophets, witnesses and martyrs (linking the surname), and (2) trees (linking the middle name) and (3) lights (linking the first name). Some relevant verses are Zec 4:11 and Rev 11:4.
- See the screenshots for verification.
Scorners and skeptics are welcome to do their thing, as Rob makes no claims about any of this!
Finally, in reference to Jer 5:1 and John 4:23, there is a blessing from God upon all those who search for the truth. As you continue to seek truth, may the full contents of this website richly bless you, instruct you, and be of great benefit to you!
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