Author: Joe

Prophecy Update: Christian Persecution July 26, 2019

Check out these headlines this week about the attack on the Church around the world. Whatever nation we look at, the Church is under attack.

“Fallen Officers Memorial Covered up and Taken Down Because It Mentioned God.”
“China: Schoolchildren taught to ‘hate God,’ Christianity an ‘evil cult’

“Discriminated in Death: Egyptian Christian Soldier Pays Ultimate Sacrifice.”
07/18/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – “The memory of Christianity is all that is left in the Egyptian city of al-Arish, a Sinai village once home to approximately 450 Christian families. Three years ago, the Islamic State (ISIS) began a military campaign which thrust the entire Sinai Peninsula into chaos. Al-Arish Christians were given two choices: leave or die.”

“Turkey Retaliates in Iraq at Christians Expense?
07/20/2019 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – A Turkish diplomat was assassinated Wednesday at a restaurant in the capitol of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region. In retaliation, Turkey on Thursday launched an air attack in the most northern region of Kurdistan. Turkey’s war with the Iraqi PKK comes heavily at the expense of Christians.”

“US Sanctions Iraqis for Human Rights Abuses.”
07/19/2019 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – “Yesterday, the U.S. Treasury Department announced Global Magnitsky Sanctions against four Iraqis on the basis of perpetuating serious human rights abuses and corruption. These sanctions target the individuals’ finances and prevent them from traveling to the United States. Three of the four individuals have played a detrimental role in the reconstruction of the Nineveh Plains following ISIS’s genocide of Christians and Yazidis.”

I could give hundreds of examples from the past month. In the Middle East Christians do not enjoy freedom of religion in most of the countries in the region – and repeatedly face harassment, persecution and discrimination, by either regimes or individuals. Islam is the main religion in the Middle East and the Christians are systematically being killed and driven out as they did to Jews the last 100 years. Just in the past 20 years Christianity dropped from 20% of the population of the region, and now they are 2-4% depending on which group is doing the statistics. It is tragic, that in the land that birthed Christianity, Christians are becoming extinct. The only country where Christians are protected in the Middle East is in Israel.

The decrease is related to the rise of radical Islam, groups like Boko Haram and ISIS have been a terrible development for Christians in Africa and the Middle East. Fleeing has been the one option for Christians that gives them at least a chance to live. The nations in the Middle East (besides Israel) do not give rights to the Christians! The West has abandoned the faith, be it Europe or the USA. The West said, we will not persecute people who are fleeing Syria for instance, but the nations of the West banned Christians. Muslims allowed but no Christians.

In 2017, President Trump saw the State Departments preference for Islam and addressed it:
President Donald Trump said in a new interview Friday that persecuted Christians will be given priority over other refugees seeking to enter the United States, saying they have been “horribly treated.” “If you were a Muslim you could come into the USA, but if you were a Christian, it was almost impossible and the reason that was so unfair — everybody was persecuted, in all fairness — but they were chopping off the heads of everybody but more so the Christians. And I thought it was very, very unfair. So we are going to help them.”

Europe preferred Muslims over Christians and some of the nations defied the EU government and started banning Muslims. This started the controversy in the West on why the Christians were being persecuted so much. The UN refused to address the persecution of Christians. Finally, under much pressure, the UN admitted that Christians are being persecuted. I can tell all of these leaders of these nations why they persecute Christians, if they wish to hear. The reason is that the closer we get to the rapture the closer these nations get to the AntiChrist!
In 2015, Rabbi Johnathan Cahn spoke to the UN about the problem:
“Rabbi Jonathan Cahn Addresses United Nations About Christian ‘Holocaust’: Here is some of what he said. “Seventy years after the bystanders of Nazi Germany walked through the death camps of the holocaust, another stream of victims are being led to their deaths. Again it involves a satanic evil of hatred, violence, and sadistic cruelty. And again it involves an innocent people marked for destruction—the followers of Jesus, known throughout the world as “Christians,” those who are taught, when struck, to turn the other cheek, when cursed, to bless, and when persecuted, to forgive those who oppress them. These constitute, by far, the most persecuted religious group on earth, oppressed, afflicted, hunted down and killed—men, women and children—the sacrificial lambs of the modern world. We meet in the world’s most revered gathering place of nations. And as kings, leaders, ambassadors and delegates convene here to discuss international issues, within the borders of over 60 of those nations, Christians are being persecuted by their own governments or by those in whose midst they live—from North Korea, to Iran, to Afghanistan, to Syria, Nigeria, Iraq, Pakistan, Vietnam and Indonesia, and many, many more. In North Korea, Christians are imprisoned, sent to labor camps, tortured, and killed, for the crime of owning a Bible. In the World Summit Outcome Document of September 2005, paragraph 139, the United Nations declared that the international community has the responsibility to protect populations from genocide, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity. So the question must be asked, ‘Where are all the resolutions?’ “Where are all the troops?’ ‘Where are all the actions taken to protect the most persecuted people on earth?’ ‘And where’s the universal outcry?’ It’s a strange and immoral silence, the same strange and immoral silence that allowed 6 million Jews to be delivered to their deaths.”
Crickets, Silence!!!!

All of the declarations of the UN since 2015 are hollow and mean nothing. The reason is that the leaders of most of the nations have done nothing to stop the killing of Christians. For instance, here is an article from July 16th—“Persecuted Christians urge more action, fewer empty words.” Elise Harris Jul 16, 2019. The gist of the article is that the nations talk a big game and do nothing to protect Christians. Here is a for instance: 07/25/2019 Iran (International Christian Concern) – “A 58-year-old Iranian convert to Christianity who fled her country was denied asylum in Germany, and immediately arrested upon her deportation back to Iran.”

This story is repeated over and over again. Germany is persecuting the Jews, Christians, and protecting the Muslims. This is the religion of antichrist! Franklin Graham spoke about the new bill in congress called the Equality Act. He said that it would usher in the worse persecution for Christians than we have ever experienced in America. Here is a quote: “Christian employers would lose all protections to hire people who adhere to their biblical statements of faith. Christians will be persecuted for their sincerely held beliefs as never before. The clear teachings of the Bible on the sins on homosexuality and abortion will no doubt be called hate speech. Conservatives have longed warned that this legislations true intention is not to protect homosexuals or gender confused Americans from tangible harm, but to force other Americans, such as photographers, florists, and bakers, to participate in same sex weddings, to force employers and businesses to accommodate cross dressing, same sex cohabitation, and sex change treatments regardless of their values or policies and to force women and girls to shower, sleep, and use the bathroom alongside gender confused males.”

The Equality Act is an example of the USA getting closer to the desires of the coming AntiChrist! “On Wednesday March 13, Nancy Pelosi introduced the so-called Equality Act, a bill that would add “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” as protected classes under federal civil rights law. The Equality Act would further inequality by penalizing everyday Americans for their beliefs about marriage and biological sex. Similar sexual orientation and gender identity laws at the state and local level have already been used in this way.”
I have learned through the years that Satan has a way of making the USA adopt his evil plan. The Equality Act is opposed by the Republicans and all Christians who believe the Biblical teaching on marriage and sexual fidelity. Here is a quote that gives us some hope: “With a Republican majority in the Senate, it’s expected that it won’t even enter a vote. (The bill has also died twice in committee before it was finally reintroduced this past March.)”
I never thought that this country would put in law a redefinition of marriage and defy God as we have. I never thought the country would kill 60 million innocent babies. I never thought our country would betray Israel with the Iran deal which we abandoned—I never thought that would happen. Pray that the Senate and the President oppose this evil bill. We need revival in our country that will restore us to a proper relationship with God’s Word, His Spirit, and salvation thru Jesus alone for His glory alone. May God help us—we don’t know what to do but our eyes are on the King of Kings!! Please remember this next week our brothers and sisters who are suffering all over the world! Maranatha!

Prophecy Update: Smorgasbord of Events 7/19/19

Jerusalem is being fought over in the supernatural universe. God is working to make Jerusalem the capital again on the earth. He said in Luke 21:24, “and they will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be trampled under foot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.” I believe that the city of Jerusalem has been under the Gentiles since the time of the Babylonian captivity. When Jesus came, He was fighting a war for the redemption of people, Jews, and the land of Israel. Today as Jesus saves people from all of the nations, the nations rebel against Him. This paper will highlight some of that rebellion.

The rage of the nations will eventually be demonstrated by their gathering together against Jerusalem. Why this city? All of the passages about the end times presupposes that Jerusalem is under the sovereignty of Israel and the Temple will be rebuilt. The everlasting hatred towards God will rise and result in the war known as Armageddon.

All of the wars talked about in the prophets and Psalms must happen before the great and terrible day of the Lord. Psalm 83 tells us that the land of Israel is being assaulted by those who hate her. Psalm 83:2-4 says, “For behold, Your enemies make an uproar, And those who hate You have exalted themselves. They make shrewd plans against Your people, And conspire together against Your treasured ones. They have said, “Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation, That the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

You can find this attitude in the capital cities of the Middle East. They do not want Israel in the land. A storm is coming! It is a big storm and it includes several wars, the rapture, the wrath of the Lamb, the Tribulation period, and the conquest of Jerusalem! Before the rapture, the political, economic, and military calculus will change. We live in that time.

The last few years the prophecies regarding Israel taking their land are front and center on the 6 o clock news. As I have been tracking these things for many years I am amazed at what has happened since 2014. More has happened that relates to biblical prophecy from 2014 to 2019 then between 1967 and 2013. History is about water-shed events. When Russia and Iran moved into the northern mountains of Israel, that is biblical prophecy. Ezekiel 38-39 says that Iran and Russia will be in the northern mountains of Israel before the war. Ezekiel 38:7 uses the word ‘assembled’ when referring to all of the nations aligned against Israel. When the USA gave 150 billion dollars to Iran, what a way to set up Iran to attack Israel. As I spoke to congressmen and a senator about this issue, I was horrified that they were so cold and indifferent to Israel needs. It was the same attitude I saw in Europe in the 1940’s. Sitting in our senators office in the summer of 2015, I pled with the senators representative to have some love for the Jews. ‘Do you not know that Iran wants to destroy Israel’ I asked? That is just a show for Muslims was the response.

I have been to the Holocaust museums in Washington D.C. and Jerusalem. It is horrifying to see the hatred of those who murdered without any feeling. What was worse in my mind; nations who stood by and did nothing. Our country showed utter disdain towards Israel when it made the evil deal with Iran in Oct.2015.

Here are some things that are happening that moves the ball forward:
“Israel identifies Hezbollah precision missile project commander. I24 News has identified the Iranian Revolutionary Guards engineer commanding Hezbollah’s precision missile project in Lebanon as Majed Naveed. Naveed is in charge of three Beirut sites and two others in southern Lebanon and the Beka’a Valley where engineers are working to convert Hezbollah surface-to-surface missiles into precision-guided missiles, i24NEWS revealed today.” I believe that the future war with Lebanon will result in the destruction of Lebanon. God promised that the land which is in south Lebanon is Israel territory and it will be going back to Israel.

“Netanyahu: Israel Will Deliver ‘Crushing Blow’ in Any Future War With Hezbollah.” Israel is ready to go against Lebanon and earlier in the year, Netanyahu promised Lebanon that Beirut is a target and will not escape the power of the military. Netanyahu explained why war with Lebanon is close. “The first is the takeover of a neighboring country by radical Islam; the second is the introduction of missiles into Lebanon, and specifically precision-guided missiles; and the third is the danger of penetrating our territory, above or below the ground,” he said. This not only fits the prophecy of wars and rumors of war, but it also fits specific prophecies. Isaiah 10:33-34 “Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled. And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.”

Today, southern Lebanon is dominated by Hezbollah, a terrorist organization that is controlled by its Shiite masters in Iran. The Iranians are also continuing to prop up the Syrian government to Lebanon’s east, and are directing Hezbollah to cross the border into Syria and do a lot of the fighting on Bashar Assad’s behalf. Hezbollah feels confident because they have five years of experience fighting in Syria.

“Sanhedrin to Host Conference of 70 Nations to Take Place on Anniversary of Creation of the World: Nations Answer Call. On September 26, the Sanhedrin will be hosting the first conference of the Organization of 70 Nations at which representatives of several nations will attend. The conference is to bring together all of the nations under the common belief in the sanctity of the Bible and the sanctity of all of mankind.” While the UN fiddles, the Sanhedrin is making moves that are setting up the Tribulation period. Israel will follow antichrist and this is another event setting up that eventual deception.

“Trump Says U.S. Ship Shot Down Iranian Drone in Strait of Hormuz.” The tension with Iran is growing. As the Iranians suffer from the results of the sanctions, their economy is falling apart. Iran is being stopped from their goals by the USA and Israel and they are mad as hornets. They are mad that the oil prices have not skyrocketed after the latest theft of an oil tanker. Britain is sending more military assets to the region.

“Omar introduces pro-BDS, anti-Israel resolution in US Congress, will visit Israel soon.” Traitors are in our midst. The President called four congresswoman the four horsewomen of the apocalypse: they are Rep. Omar, Talib, AOC, and Pressley. Rep. Omar made fun of Americans for being afraid of Al Qaida. She asked a judge to go easy on ISIS terrorists. She sends out tweets that are anti-Semitic. At a CAIR event she defended Islam for the 9/11 attack. Rep. Rashid Talib is also anti American and anti-Semitic. She promoted Palestine over America, called the President curse words, wrote a paper for Louis Farrakhan, called for colleges to boycott Israel, and so many more attacks against America and Israel. The traitors in our congress. Anaya Pressley said if your black, Republicans don’t want you, she pushes anti-Semitic anti America positions like the others. The worse is AOC, Alexandria Occasio Cortez, who says we have concentration camps on our borders. This woman has so many anti-Semitic anti American positions they are hard to keep up with.
Why are the Democrats defending these four ladies? They joined the Red Green alliance; this alliance is the cooperation between socialists/communists and the Muslim/environmental movement. They want you to believe that they care more about our children then you do. They want abortion, infanticide, education to first graders that includes transgender and homosexuality training, Muslim training, and communist training. America has a worldview problem: Nancy Pelosi has no answer to the four ladies because she supports the communist socialist wing of the party. Democrats have kicked out all pro-life, pro-God, and pro-Constitution believers from their party. This is not a political battle though, it is a spiritual battle! Abortion is child sacrifice and God will judge America more and more for it. The judgments are getting worse.

Politicians in both parties do not see the world through the eyes of faith (with the exception of a few). They do not understand that God judges nations for child sacrifice, immorality, idolatry, and cursing Israel. As the world moves closer and closer to the rapture of the church, we will see Satan moving the nations closer and closer to their leader: AntiChrist!! For those who question whether we are in the end times—my question for you is, have you studied the days of Noah and the days of Lot? If you have you will find that murder and immorality marked those days. Those days were marked with the supernatural movement of the evil one, Satan held the people in bondage just as he does in our day. The UN is dominated by pro-abortion, pro-homosexuality, pro-Muslim, pro-communist, and pro-immorality leaders. The hatred towards Israel and Christians at the UN is overwhelming. Because we are in the last days, you would expect this. When the Christians are being wiped out in the Middle East, the UN refused to talk about it or even release a statement about it. When they were asked to call it a holocaust they refused. Later they were shamed into saying something about it. 100 years ago, Christians were 20% of the population of the Middle East, today they are less than 3 %. The goal to wipe out Christianity from the Middle East by Muslim groups does not get a hearing because it will be called anti Islam. So Christians are killed and no help is coming. Isaiah told us that when “the righteous perish and no one takes it to heart” get ready for judgment. (Isaiah 57 teaches us this truth) The righteous are being removed from evil and the rest will die in their sins. We live in the last days for sure!
Here is what I say to the world, Is.57:13, “When you cry out let your collective idols save you, but the wind will carry all of them up and a breath will take them away, but he who takes refuge in Me shall inherit the land and shall possess my Holy Mountain.” Take refuge in the Lord today!

Prophecy Update: Russia, Iran, and Israel. 7/12/19

The intelligentsia community in America sees the Cold War strategy against Russia as the way we should deal with Iran. We never ended up in a shooting war with Russia and people think that sanctions can prevent war with Iran. Unfortunately for them, the Bible predicts a war. The war is coming and the intelligentsia cannot prevent Biblical prophecy.

One headline that illustrates this move from our intelligentsia community came this morning: “Pentagon seeks international coalition to guard waterways from Iranian threat.” Having a biblical worldview changes the way current events are interpreted. The Bible is very clear that Russia and Iran are going to attack Israel from Syria. Why does the Pentagon need an international coalition to stop Iran? The USA can take out Iran on their own. The Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford on Tuesday said this:
“We’re engaging now with a number of countries to see if we can put together a coalition that would ensure freedom of navigation both in the Straits of Hormuz and the Bab al-Mandab,” he said. “And so I think probably over the next couple of weeks, we’ll identify which nations have the political will to support that initiative and then we’ll work directly with the militaries to identify the specific capabilities that’ll support that.”

The point that the Pentagon is making is that Iran is threatening the whole world by attacking oil tankers that upset the free flow of oil in the world. The nations who are opposing this coalition are Russia and China with others. America is being blamed for the bad behavior of Iran because of the sanctions and abandonment of the treaty with Iran. The European Union is blaming the USA for Iranian uranium enrichment. It is not logical—Iran still has a deal with the EU yet they break the deal. EU defends Iran and continues to back them against Israel and the USA. In Ezekiel 38 God says that the West will complain the move into Israel by Russia and Iran. At present America would do more than complain—what will change?

Things are falling into place for this war. America is engaged with Russia and Iran, the animosty is at an all time high. For 8 years we did not stand up to Iran and now we are. What would cause us to go back to appease Iran? I think that the reasons may be that America loses its power. Several things may happen for America to lose its power; the rapture, a civil war, an attack by our enemies, or natural disasters. I think all of those things are going to take place. We do not know the order that they will take place but we know that they will take place.

One thing that has started as a judgment from God is the deluding spirit that is in the world. The greatest delusion in the world is the view that God is not working in the nations to bring about His plan. This is especially true when we look at Israel. Check out these headlines this week:

An example of Jew hatred happened this week. Democrats Wage War on Jesus: Left-wing political activist Linda Sarsour angered many on Saturday when she tweeted that Jesus was a Palestinian. The Israeli Prime Minister’s son, Yar Netanyahu, who is known to be an avid student of history, also pointed out the absurdity of Sarsour’s comment, bringing a graphic proof from within Christianity. Are you that stupid? On the cross above Jesus’ head was the sign “INRI”- “Iesvs Nazarenvs Rex Ivdaeorvm”, which means in Latin- Jesus of Nazareth king of the Jews! The Bible say that Jesus was born and raised in Judea!

PALESTINIAN COMMANDER: WE WILL CAPTURE GAZA BORDER TOWNS IN FUTURE WAR: In any future war, the enemy must expect groups behind enemy lines to enter and control those settlements,” said a commander of one of the terrorist groups in Gaza to the Lebanese Al Akhbar newspaper on Wednesday.

NETANYAHU RESPONDS TO IRAN’S THREATS: ISRAEL’S F-35 JETS CAN REACH YOU: “Iran has threatened recently to destroy Israel,” Netanyahu said in a video clip he posted, standing in front of an F-35 “Adir” plane. “It is worthwhile for them to remember that these planes can reach everywhere in the Middle East, including Iran and Syria.

PA DOUBLES PAY-FOR-SLAY SALARY TO MURDERER OF 3 ISRAELI TEENAGERS: The Palestinian Authority today doubled the monthly payment being made to the terrorist mastermind behind the 2014 kidnapping and murder of Gilad Shaar, Eyal Yifrach and Naftali Frenkel, according to Palestinian Media Watch.

Is America under threat from other nations? I have been following the moves by the Chinese to destroy the USA. Bill Gertz is the pentagon writer for the Washington Times and other newspapers. He has written for years on the plans of the Chinese in their war with the USA. Here is an article about the plans of the Chinese: “Secret, Leaked Speech by Chinese Defense Minister Demonstrates China’s Intent to Destroy America.” The central committee believes, as long as we resolve the United States problem at one blow, our domestic problems will all be readily solved. Therefore, our military battle preparation appears to aim at Taiwan, but in fact is aimed at the United States, and the preparation is far beyond the scope of attacking aircraft carriers or satellites.
– Chinese Defense Minister Gen. Wei Fenghe

Many defense experts have been warning the USA for over 25 years about the threat to the USA. China has been working out their war plans and have written about what they are doing and the USA has not taken it seriously. After 9/11 the CIA published a book published by the Chinese on their war with the USA. It is called Unrestricted Warfare: “is a book on military strategy written in 1999 by two colonels in the People’s Liberation Army, Qiao Liang (乔良) and Wang Xiangsui (王湘穗). Its primary concern is how a nation such as China can defeat a technologically superior opponent (such as the United States … The book proceeds to argue that the United States is vulnerable to attacks …It is a fascinating read.

Brad Thor wrote a fiction book called Full Black to illustrate what China is doing to destroy our country. He says in the forward: “The attacks as well as the strategy in this novel are based upon a disturbing blueprint to assist in and encourage the destruction of America. This blueprint entitled ‘Unrestricted Warfare’ is real.” No one is listening, no one cares. Forbes magazine put out a warning about the Chinese: Sep 14, 2018, 09:41am “The Chinese Art Of Economic War. We are witnessing an increasing number of countries being bullied by bigger, stronger, more developed countries. Now, China has to react to Trump’s aggressive trade measures and I think its actions will be inspired by Unrestricted Warfare.” Bill Gertz said, “America is at war… but most Americans don’t know it.”

Gertz last book catalogs the war with China in cyberspace. It is called “iWar,
War and Peace in the Information Age. New York Times bestselling author and veteran Washington Times columnist explains how the United States can beat China, Russia, Iran, and ISIS in the coming information-technology wars. Covert information warfare is being waged by world powers and rogue states—such as Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea—and even terrorist groups like ISIS.

This conflict has been designed to defeat and ultimately destroy the United States.”

I believe after many years of study and reading military history, strategy, that America has been put in a box. If America goes along with the New World Order, we will flow into the one world government as part of the machine. If we resist, then the nations desiring our demise will be successful in destroying us. The reason for our demise is Biblical prophecy. The one world government has to come and America has to be part of it—that is why I hope we keep on resisting. In either case, America will be weakened so the rise of Antichrist can take place. The biggest event weakening America will be the rapture of the Church!

We are already weakened as a nation. Our womens soccer team wins the World Cup and one of the players steps on the flag. It was disturbing to see the anger and self loathing of Americans towards America. Most Democrats and Republicans prefer the New World Order over the sovereignty of the USA. Nationalism and globalism do not mix and our Constitution and Declaration stand against globalism.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

America is built upon a promise which comes from God and that cannot stand when the NWO comes. The left hates the biblical worldview of our Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. First, the left eliminated prayer and the Bible from our schools, then they eliminated protection for the unborn, then they enshrined immorality at the Supreme Court, and next they plan to destroy the Church and Synagogues in America. Biblical prophecy has taught me that a free, prosperous, Christian America cannot exist in the Tribulation period.

We are bound by the time Jesus has us on the earth—we happen to live in the last days. Standing for the truth and seeking first His kingdom and His righteousness is what God has for us. That has not changed. What has changed are the circumstances. Israel is a nation again, that changes everything! Pray for revival, pray for Jerusalem, pray for believers to hold the line on false teachers. Jesus warned us that deception and deceivers would be prevalent in the last days. With technology we can identify and track false teachers like never before. Jesus prayed to keep us from the evil one, John 16:15, we need to do the same. Maranatha!

Prophecy Update: “The Sledgehammer of Jerusalem” 7/6/19

This week we saw the ambassador of the United States to Israel take a sledgehammer to a wall in Israel. It was the last step in opening up the ancient road that led worshippers to the temple in Jerusalem. The nations were upset at the actions of the ambassador because Satan is not ready to give up gentile control of the city of Jerusalem. This describes the great division in the world today and it will lead to Armageddon!

Luke 21:24 describes our day perfectly. It says, “and they will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be trampled under foot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.” With Jerusalem under the sovereignty of Israel, the world is going crazy. Everyone opposes Israel over the city. The UN denies history saying that no Jewish presence or claim to historical facts can change their mind regarding Jerusalem. It enrages the UN and part of the Muslim world over Israel’s presence in the land.

Israel Hayom on July 3rd had an article called, “A sledgehammer blow didn’t ‘Judaize’ Jerusalem.” The article said this—“The critics are right about US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman’s presence at the ceremonial opening of Jerusalem’s “Pilgrimage Road” is unprecedented. None of his predecessors would have been caught dead at a Jewish site on the wrong side of the “Green Line.” Up until last year, the United States had stubbornly refused to recognize that any part of the ancient capital of the Jews belonged to the Jewish state.”

Thirty years ago I realized that the USA did not recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. I was horrified that my own country did not see reality. Many congressmen and senators personally said that they recognized Jerusalem as being Jewish but our country denied to act on it from 1947-2017. Because of this problem I started praying Isaiah 62 as a watchman on the wall. When we proclaimed Jerusalem the eternal capital of Israel and moved the embassy in 2018, few realize how important that is biblically.

One paragraph of the article describes this problem that the nations constantly struggle with: “The international community regards anything that reminds them of the deep roots that both Judaism and Jewish peoplehood have in the soil of Jerusalem with dismay. The City of David is located in the part of the city that was held illegally by Jordan from 1949-1967. That means they consider it “occupied territory” in which the Palestinians and their foreign cheerleaders claim that any Jewish presence is illegal, even if it means an attempt to delegitimize a historic site that has provided abundant proof of the historical biblical kingdom of Israel.”

But here is the real important point: David Friedman said ‘this year in Jerusalem.’ Here is the quote: “Although July 4, is tomorrow, the US Embassy in Israel pre-emptively celebrated America’s 243rd Independence Day on Tuesday. The gala event was hosted by the US Embassy in Jerusalem. During his speech, the Ambassador, David Friedman, said: “leshanah Hazeh BiYerushalayim” (This year in Jerusalem). He was explaining that the facts of the Bible were being revealed. The Pilram Road was traveled by people going to the Temple and now you could travel the same path. His statement about this year in Jerusalem excites people that maybe the rebuilding of the Temple is right around the corner. ‘At first glance, saying a phrase like ‘this year in Jerusalem’ may seem like a rather insignificant statement. But those who understand the wider context of the phrase are prone to interpret those words differently. And although he stopped short of saying the ‘rebuilt Jerusalem part’, it can be implied by those familiar with the phrase, that the natural continuation of the sentence is ‘in re-built Jerusalem’. That’s because there is no other context in the Hebrew language where the phrase ‘this year in Jerusalem’ or ‘next year in Jerusalem’ is used aside from the continuation of the phrase which invokes the building of the Temple.’

I am very excited about the rebuilding of the Temple! God promised it, it is His Temple and it will serve His purposes in the last days. It will usher in the time of Jesus coming! Satan will show his hatred of God so much that the antichrist will invade the temple and commit the abomination of desolation.

The nations are so divided over Jerusalem that it will end in Israel gaining more and more territory and sovereignty over their land. This will also lead to fulfilling biblical prophecy. An article that describes this division is in the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. The article is called, ‘How Fault Lines in the PA and the Arab World Affect Jerusalem.’

Saudi Arabia has joined Israel and the USA in a scheme to transfer sovereignty of the temple mount from Jordan to the Saudi’s. Here is the quote that shocked me: “Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries perceive the Al-Aqsa mosque as a rival to the holy city of Mecca and do not support it. Saudi Arabia does not provide any assistance to Jerusalem, and the Saudis prevented the Arab League from carrying out a decision to transfer $500 million to east Jerusalem. Recently, Saudi Arabia took a significant step with regard to the Palestinian issue that observers in east Jerusalem say is part of the Trump deal and demonstrates its direction.”

Part of the Trump Peace deal includes the Saudi’s gaining more power over the Jordanians with regard to Israel and the Temple Mount. A Saudi official said that Israel has a right to the land. This is in the face of the Wahabi Islamic authorities of Saudi Arabia so there are things in the air that will lead to Biblical Prophecy being fulfilled. As things are leaning in Israel’s favor the anti-Semitic rants are increasing. Here are a few examples:

Left-Wing Organization Launches Campaign to Troll Democratic Presidential Candidates Against Israel. A radical left-wing group of activists who are against Israel’s presence in Judea and Samaria is expanding its organization in hopes of influencing the Democratic primaries. ‘IfNotNow’, a group of anti-Israel activists have opened a non-profit 501(c)(4) and is training their activists to troll Democratic candidates in an effort to force the Israeli/Arab conflict and compel the candidates to take a stand against Israel, Politico reports. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) said of the organization “IfNotNow is one of the organizations that gives me hope that we are making progress towards a just and lasting peace.” Her peace includes the destruction of Israel!

Fatah members threaten to ‘hunt down’ Bahrain conference participants. (June 30, 2019 / MEMRI) A video posted online during the “Peace to Prosperity” conference in Bahrain last week features a statement by a group of armed and masked Fatah members from the town of Yamoun in the West Bank. The men warn against “interacting and cooperating with the leaders of the Zionist entity,” especially in its “economic enterprises.” They go on to say that they will strike with “an iron fist the necks of anyone” who sells out the Palestinian rights and anyone who participates in the Bahrain workshop. Those who attend the workshop, they say, have “opened the gates of Hell on themselves.” Iran also burned a coffin with Trump name on it and the nations that participated in the Bahrain conference.

The current head of the Mossad (Yossi Cohen) had a speech a few days ago and mentioned something that is very significant. He talked about the raid they had on Iran last year when they stole documents from Iran top-secret nuclear plans. He said, “we discovered from the archives that there is a military program to build a nuclear bomb in Iran. All of the people involved in the military program are still there.” Add this to Netanyahu saying that he is going to release new information about the Iranian nuclear program. I am waiting for this info.

It is Saturday night and I have been waiting for the big announcement from Netanyahu-it has not come. The world took a turn that no one expected. The Russians lost a sub and 14 sailors were killed. A fantastic report came out that said it was a sub battle between Russia and the USA.(DEBKA file report) So far this has not been corroborated. But, there was a rush to cancel speeches and meet with military advisors in the US, Europe, NATO, China, and Russia. NATO actually warned Russia against deploying missiles, this was a serious threat. This maybe why Netanyahu never made his announcement.
This is just breaking: “NATO Secretary General warns Russia of Alliance’s ‘defensive measures’: Secretary-General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg warned Russia that the Alliance would take defensive measures if Russia does not return to compliance with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF).”

The conflict with Russia took a few steps forward in the last two weeks that has people worried. Russia declared that they would protect Iran and fight with them. The Bible predicted this—Israel attacked again in Syria. Russia was mad about that. The British seized an Iranian oil tanker and tensions are rising as I write this.

The conflict that will bring everyone to their knees is the conflict over Jerusalem. God has a conflict with the nations and He is not backing down. I would like to remind everyone of Jer.31:10, “Hear the Word of the Lord O nations and declare it in the coastlands afar off and say, He who scattered Israel will gather him and keep his as a shepherd keeps his flock.” God is keeping His flock which He has gathered from the nations. Jerusalem will rise and all of the land will go back to Israel. This is the witness of God to this generation. I look forward to studying God’s Word with you Sunday night. Maranatha!

Prophecy Update: The Peace Treaty that will fail! 6/27/19

I am always concerned when a president tries to bring peace between Israel and the Palestinians. It has failed every time and it will fail again. I want to give you some historical background of past peace deals that have failed. Then I will look at the new one that will also fail. The major reason they fail is because they do not have the Word of God as the basis and foundation of their deal. The Bible is very clear that no one, besides God, will bring peace between Israel and the world. Jesus is the one who will bring the peace and He will do it by war!! He will come with a rod of iron, and fight at Armageddon, and win. Everyone will bow down to Him. Psalm 110 is repeated many times in the NT and the heart of the passage is war. Jesus and the Father will fight. In vs.5 God says, He will shatter kings in the day of His wrath! The list of peace deals comes from a history website. I will site the peace deal and then comment on them.

UN Security Council Resolution 242, 1967
“Resolution 242 was passed on 22 November 1967 and embodies the principle that has guided most of the subsequent peace plans – the exchange of land for peace.”
Israel is being asked to go back to the 1967 lines in every peace deal and it will never happen. God promised to give this land back to Israel and they will not relinquish it. Amos 9:15, ‘I will also plant them on their land and they will not again be rooted out from their land which I have given to them.’

Camp David Accords, 1978
“Under Jimmy Carter, the US oversaw the first Arab-Israeli peace treaty. There were several peace plans following the 1967 war, but nothing happened until after the 1973 Yom Kippur or October War. There followed a new mood for peace, as shown by a historic visit to Jerusalem by the Egyptian President, Anwar Sadat, in November 1977.”
After 1967, the Arab nations prepared to go to war again and kill the Jews. They failed in 73 and realized they were not going to beat Israel in a conventional war. Since 1973, the way to beat Israel was through terrorism. (Assymetrical Warfare which they learned from communist Russia and China) Anwar Sadat made peace with Israel and was assassinated by the Muslim Brotherhood for it.

The Madrid Conference, 1991
“This conference, co-sponsored by the US and the Soviet Union, was designed to follow up the Egypt-Israel treaty (1978) by encouraging other Arab countries to sign their own agreements with Israel.”
This peace deal went nowhere. Now the Muslims had the plan to use terrorism against the Jews. Israel went through many intifadas, these caused them to become hardened and protect themselves from the murderers. The Soviet Uniion supported every group who would kill Jews. Their money and influence fueled Arab aggression against Israel. Just as they did it then, so Russia is fueling the Muslim hatred of Israel again!

Oslo Agreement, 1993
“Israel and the PLO came to terms, but Oslo’s promise was not realized. The Oslo negotiations tried to tackle the missing element of all previous talks – a direct agreement between Israelis and Palestinians, represented by the PLO. Its importance was that there was finally mutual recognition between Israel and the PLO.”
This had to be the worse peace deal in history. When we say peace, peace, when there is no peace, this peace deal is that in spades. The PLO lied constantly and encouraged more terrorism against the Jewish state. Jerusalem was still on the table when Israel said it will never be on the table! Just as the Bible predicted.

Camp David, 2000
“Various attempts were made (including at Taba in 1995, Wye River in 1998 and Sharm el-Sheikh in 1999) to speed up the withdrawal and self-government provisions of Oslo. Then in 2000, President Bill Clinton sought to address the final status issues – including borders, Jerusalem and refugees – that Oslo had left aside for later negotiation.”
This peace deal was a joke—Ehud Barak tried to give away 92% of Judea and Samaria and that was not enough for Yassir Arafat. Israel would have withdrawn from 63 settlements and moved out of their land, land God gave them. God cursed this from the beginning and it failed miserably. Barak even tried to give away Jerusalem.

Arab Peace Initiative, 2002
“The building of Jewish settlements on occupied land is a key issue in the talks. After the failure of bilateral talks and the resumption of conflict, the Saudi peace plan presented at an Arab summit in Beirut in March 2002 went back to a multi-lateral approach and in particular signaled a desire by the Arab world as a whole to put an end to this dispute.”
This is an important initiative because the Arab nations keep coming back to it and pushing it. The last time was in 2017. Again, it is asking Israel to give up land that they will never give back, including the Golan Heights. This initiative led to the next one in 2003.

Roadmap, 2003
“The roadmap is a plan drawn up by the “Quartet” – the United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations. It does not lay down the details of a final settlement, but suggests how a settlement might be approached. It followed efforts made by US Senator George Mitchell to get the peace process back on track in 2001.”
This peace deal led to the Jews moving their people out of the Gaza Strip and giving the Palestinians sovereignty over that strip of land. What did they do with it? They use it as a base to launch attacks on Israel. Hamas rules in the Gaza Strip and they have one goal—kill Jews and destroy the state of Israel. If you remember correctly, as they were forcing Jews out of their homes, God sent a hurricane to the USA called Katrina. President Bush made a fatal mistake—dividing the land of Israel will always bring the judgment of God on a nation.

Annapolis, 2007
“Annapolis envisioned a full peace deal by the end of 2008. Late in his second presidential term, US President George W Bush hosted a conference at the US Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland aimed at relaunching the peace process.”
President Bush could not get the hint from God that He did not want a peace deal. Bush had to try one more time and it went up in flames pretty quickly. Thank God that President Obama could not even get a peace conference off the ground. In that time, Israel has grown more settlements and taken over more land. Just as God said would happen! Mahmoud Abbas became the president of the PA in 2005, here is his bio. It tells you all you need to know: Abbas entered graduate studies at the Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow, where he earned a Candidate of Sciences degree (the Soviet equivalent of a PhD). His doctoral dissertation was “The Other Side: The Secret Relationship Between Nazism and Zionism”, a conspiracy theory about the Holocaust.

Trump plan—2019

“The 40-page Peace to Prosperity economic plan, unveiled by the White House on Saturday ahead of this week’s Palestinian-focused economic workshop in Bahrain, is packed with proposals for unleashing the Palestinians’ potential. It comes with an accompanying 96-page “programs and projects” document that details the plan’s intended $50 billion regional economic overhaul down to the last dollar earmarked for everything from re-training programs to road repairs. But it makes no mention of a two-state solution. It does not speak of Palestinian statehood.” (The Times of Israel)
Why is it that Americans always think that money will solve every problem? President Trump wants to appeal to the needs of the Palestinians when this is a supernatural/spiritual problem. As soon as the plan was published Saturday 6/22, the Palestinians rejected it. Improving the economic status of the Palestinians is not going to stop them from believing in the Muslim teaching on Dar Al Islam and Dar Al Harab! Dar Al Islam is the territory of Allah, conquered by Muslims. Dar Al Harab is the territory of war. All nations that are not under the Muslim Caliphate are the territory of war. It is even doubly bad when Muslim territory was taken over by the infidels. Israeli’s are infidels on Muslim land and need to be eradicated! This belief is part of the deepest convictions of Muslims. No amount of money is going to change that!!
Scripture is clear, the land and the people of Israel are awaiting a final assault from Satan and all of the nations he has inspired. Evil and supernatural forces are working in the nations, inspiring to hate Israel. The video we are watching ends with this quote: “To the Jew who has lost hope in His Covenant keeping creator, to the church who has deflated the crown of the Jewish Messiah, to the Jihadis who are desperate to steal the inheritance from Isaac’s son, this is not the end of the story.” Jesus will save all of Israel and Jerusalem will be the capital of the world.

Prophecy Update: The Importance of Israel June 21, 2019

There has been an amazing move of God the last 200 years. We live in special times when God increased the missionary movement; Christians have reached the whole world with the gospel. The ability of Christians to use TV, Radio, Internet, Satellites, and other forms of media to spread the gospel has reached into the darkest and deepest evil nations. China cannot keep out the gospel, North Korea, the darkest of places has not been able to keep out the gospel. At the same time as this was happening, God began to fulfill His goal of bringing Israel back to her land. God is in the process of fulfilling things which He spoke about 3500 years ago. The two most important dates are 1948 and 1967. 1948 began the process of Israel becoming a nation. They declared it at that time, but they still have to conquer much of the land promised to them. God said that the reestablishment of Israel as a nation would come with war and suffering and great victories. The second date, 1967 is when Israel conquered and secured to themselves Jerusalem. God promised that Jerusalem would be the greatest source of conflict with the nations. This is what is happening today. The next few weeks we will be studying the place of Israel in prophecy and why it is important for Christians to support Israel.

Aliyah is probably not a word you are familiar with. It means the ingathering of Jews to the land of Israel by God. Israel, the land, and the ingathering of Jews is the last great witness of God to the nations. This is on our heavenly Fathers heart today and He said in Is.43:5-6, “Do not fear, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, And gather you from the west. “I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ And to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’ Bring My sons from afar And My daughters from the ends of the earth.” This has been happening and there is more to come. Unfortunately, it is happening with a lot of conflict.

The war to end all wars was a term for the First World War of 1914–1918. Originally idealistic, it is a dream and I think that it is the introduction to the end days. It was at this time that people began crying peace, peace, when there was no peace. It was a time when Jews were going back to their land, the land of Israel. The promise of God had in fact begun to be fulfilled in 1880. The rise of Zionism in the 1800’s was a signal to Satan that God was moving in the hearts of Jews to go home and settle the land of Israel. Satan also saw the rise of Christians who were teaching prophecy and the importance of Israel and the return! Satan worked his strategy to destroy Israel before God could fulfill His plan. Just like Exodus 1, Pharaoh under the inspiration of Satan tried to destroy the nation of Israel and failed, so Satan would fail again in the 20th century. Satan tried to destroy Israel at least six times in the 20th century—all failed!

The Bible describes for us how Babylon and Rome both drove the Jews from their land. It was fulfilling Bible prophecy. God prophesied that when Israel became a nation, they would disobey Him and He would remove them from the land. Dt.4:25-28, 28:62-67. When Israel is out of their land, God promised that the land would not work so that no one could settle the land. Many nations tried to settle the Promised Land and they all failed. Crops would not grow, the land was barren, few would live there. God also prophesied that He would bring the Jews back to the land, then the land would work again. When Jews came to the land, all of a sudden it produced fruit and vegetables. This process was described in Lev.26:32-33 when it says, “and I will make the land desolate so that your enemies who settle in it shall be appalled over it. You, however I will scatter among the nations and will draw out a sword after you, as your land becomes desolate and your cities become desolate.”

Wherever the Jews settled, they were persecuted. Here is a brief outline of how some of the nations would kick the Jews out of their lands, steal their land, money, and kill them.

Britain: The Edict of Expulsion was a royal decree issued by King Edward I of England on 18 July 1290 expelling all Jews from the Kingdom of England. Edward advised the sheriffs of all counties he wanted all Jews expelled by no later than All Saints’ Day (1st November) that year. That is a little ironic, no saint would ever have such hatred in their heart for Jews or any unbeliever. Paul had the opposite attitude in Romans 9 when he said he would give up his salvation and be accursed for the sake of his countrymen, Jews. so they could be saved!

France: During the first half of the 13th century, the attitude of the Church towards Jews hardened from disapproval to loathing. On 22 July, 1306 King Philip IV of France expelled all Jews from his kingdom.

Germany: The First Crusade (1096-1099) began an era of persecution of Jews in Germany. Entire communities, like those of Trier, Worms, Mainz and Cologne, were murdered.

Russia: In the late 19th century and early 20th century, Jews were beaten and killed and their property destroyed in government-sanctioned pogroms led by a group called the Black Hundreds. In 1882, the Russian government passed its notorious anti-Semitic “May laws” that drove Jews off their farms and forced them to live in town ghettos. Violent pogroms against the Jews erupted in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as a way of dealing with the “Jewish problem.” The pogroms began during a period of repression and discontent when many people blamed their problems on the Jews. Local authorities fanned these sentiments as the Jews made convenient scapegoats. Among the peasantry Jews were regarded as money-hungry shopkeepers and capitalists. Authorities viewed them as political agitators.

Spain: “In the same month in which their Majesties [Ferdinand and Isabella] issued the edict that all Jews should be driven out of the kingdom and its territories, in the same month they gave me the order to undertake with sufficient men my expedition of discovery to the Indies. So begins Christopher Columbus’s diary.” The expulsion that Columbus refers to was so cataclysmic an event that ever since, the date 1492 has been almost as important in Jewish history as in American history. On July 30 of that year, the entire Jewish community, some 200,000 people, were expelled from Spain.

Satan is inspiring his people to express three equally evil attitudes towards Jews.

Anti-Semitism is the hostility to or prejudice against Jews.

Anti-Judaism is the opposition to Torah thru Abraham and Moses. Jesus worshipped God using the grace and teaching of the Old Testament in His ministry; this is the way it should have been expressed. Jesus practice of biblical Judaism is rejected by anti-Judaiac Christians. These are the people in churches who teach that the Old Testament is not for Christians. Paul in Romans 11:1-2 says that God has not rejected His people Israel. Many in the churches have said, God has rejected Israel. While there has been substantial support of Israel from evangelical Christianity, “nevertheless, a vociferous segment has opposed any acknowledgement whereby God continues to have present covenantal interest in His ancient people.” (Future Israel pg.2)

Anti-Zionism is opposition to the establishment of the nation of Israel.

Today, being against the nation of Israel has become a way for people to express their anti-Semitic attitudes. To mask hatred of Jews behind criticism of the nation is a new form of anti-Semitism. Christian anti-Semitism always tried to dissolve Israel into Christianity. Today, the goal is to destroy the nation of Israel.

The word used for the church eliminating Israel from the plan of God is called replacement theology. It is also called supercessionism, meaning that God is done with the Jew, Israel, and Judaism. They teach that there are no promises for Israel in the Old or New Covenants. The film series we are watching covers the history of anti-Semitism. This five-part series explores the history and theology of the enduring controversy over the Jewish people, the Land of Israel, and the city of Jerusalem. Only three of the films have been produced and the fourth one is coming out this year.

The first film is called the “Great Rage.” “Throughout centuries, judenhass (German for Jew hatred) has found expression in political, religious and social contexts spanning continents and cultures without discernible cause or correlation. The Great Rage is the first installment in this five-part series, which assesses these historical expressions of Jew-hatred and grapples with the modern progression of this international rage in present-day.

There are three great mountain tops in history regarding the rage against Jews: Pagan rage, Christian rage, and Islamic rage. Chapter one called the ‘Goyim’ is about Germany and the rage against Jews in the 1930-1945. The Soviet Union collaborated with Hitler until the Germans betrayed them. Both the Nazis and the Russians equally were complicit in killing Jews. What is worse, most of Europe appeased Hitler in killing Jews and many joined in to help. Poland is one such nation and they ended up being like Haman in the book of Esther. Today we have Hamas and Iran preaching every week that they will wipe out the Jews from the earth. The fellowship of hatred is before us in our day. Please pray and stand with the Lord and His love for His people Israel. Romans 11 says it like this: vs.28 “From the standpoint of the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but from the standpoint of God’s choice they are beloved for the sake of the fathers”—God will save Israel and He loves them!

Prophecy Update: Prophets speak about reestablishing the state of Israel 6/15/19

I have been meditating on the scriptures that teach about Israel becoming a nation again. There are two main parts to this return to the land. The time before the Day of the Lord which is a time of planting the seeds of the promise. This is a time of growth, pulling weeds and bearing fruit. The second part is the Day of the Lord when the nations fulfill their hatred that was evident and working to keep the Jews out of the land in the first part of the fulfillment. The Day of the Lord will lead to the salvation of Israel and the judgment of the nations. It will usher in the Kingdom of Messiah Jesus on the earth. I will give the scripture verses, and comment on them, you will have to look up the verses. I hope this will increase your faith in God and teach you the promises of God.

Isaiah 62:1-7 This is a passage that I have been praying for 25 years. I joined the Jerusalem Prayer Team 25 years ago and have not stopped praying this prayer. It is about God reestablishing Jerusalem as the spiritual and political center for the whole earth. The Jews will marry the land and God will make Jerusalem His capital on the earth once again. Everything that has happened since 1948 has been setting up this prophecy, God even made several nations declare that Jerusalem is the eternal capital of Israel. Moldavia was the latest country to move their embassy which they announced yesterday. 6/12/19

Jeremiah 30:1-7, 31:10. God tells us that He will restore the fortunes of Israel. It is happening, especially the last ten years. Israel is rich and powerful, a result of the blessing of God. When this is happening, the Day of the Lord is going to take place. In this passage God calls it ‘the time of Jacobs trouble.’ The current tension in the land with the nations, Palestinians, Iranians, are all setting up wars and the time of Jacobs trouble. Believers like myself have been reminding the nation that God is gathering Israel like a shepherd who keeps His flocks—the nation is not listening!

Ezekiel 36:1-21, God is very clear in this passage that the nations are gloating over possessing the land of Israel. God calls this land His land and He promises to give it to His covenant people, Israel. God also promises to punish all of the nations who appropriated the land for themselves. That includes the Palestinian authority who is pushing war against Israel this very moment. The key word is: ‘mountains of Israel,’ these mountains are called the West Bank by those who have appropriated Gods land for themselves. The world is standing with the Palestinians and the two state solution. Those who push the two state position are appropriating the land of Israel for the Palestinians. The land is called Judea/Samaria by those who know the Bible. Our government is agreeing that Israel can annex part of the land for themselves. God says He will give it all to Israel. This is the current tension we are in!

Daniel 9:20-27, 12:1, This is a very important passage. It lays out the timing of what is happening from Israel point of view. Israel is going to face a seven year period when antichrist will make a firm covenant for seven years. We are in the time before this prophecy being fulfilled. A time of distress like no other time in history.

Hosea 14:4-7, We live in a time when many in churches say that God does not love the Jews and will not fulfill His promises to them. This passage begs to differ—God promises to heal, love, and bless their land again. Israel will take root He says, this happened in 1948 and has consistently grew for 71 years.

Joel 3:1-3, 20-21, This passage is very clear. God is going to punish the nations for how they treated Israel. Russia, England, Germany, France, all of the Muslim nations should repent now before this day comes because it will be very bad! Two sins are highlighted, scattering Israel and dividing up the land. Our own presidents have committed this sin. The promise to us is that Judah will be inhabited forever and God will avenge the blood of His people Jews. The Holocaust will be paid for!!

Amos 9:13-15, This is one of my favorite passages regarding Israel. It is very clear, short, and to the point. The land will flourish, be restored, and rebuilt. God promises that He will plant Israel in her land and they will never be uprooted again. Take that UN! Take that Palestinian Authority! Take that Iran! Planting, cultivating, and bearing fruit are the hallmarks of what has been happening the last 71 years in Israel. The settlements in Judea Samaria are testimony of this and 60% of the West Bank is inhabited by Jews. Soon, it will be 100% because the God of prophecy is never wrong and never lies! Ambassador Friedman said in Israel this week that Israel has the right to annex parts of Judea and Samaria, for that the Palestinian Authority want to bring him up on war crimes!

Micah 7:14-20, God promises to shower His love on His people Israel. When He gives the land back to Israel it is a fulfillment of His promises and love!

Zephaniah 3:14-20, God promises to be among His people Israel when He gives them their land and He fights for them. God will be called the victorious warrior among His people. The question comes in this passage: do you grieve about the appointed feasts? The feasts of the Lord are prophetic and are being fulfilled in true history. We are in the feast of Pentecost at the moment and I celebrate what God did at that time; God gave Moses His law, gave them their food, and began fulfilling this feast at the time of the Holy Spirit coming down in Acts 2. It will be fulfilled in a unique way when God fulfills the New Covenant for Israel in the future. God says in this passage that He will deal with Israel’s oppressors and it will cover all of the earth. Many of the prophecies say that this will cover the whole earth. The judgments of Revelation cover the whole earth. So there is a connection between this passage and Revelation.

Haggai 2:6-9, God is going to rebuild the Temple and fill it with His glory. The nations will be judged and their wealth will come to Jerusalem under our King Jesus! The whole earth at that time, the time of the Millennium kingdom, peace will reign.

Zechariah 12:1-3, Ch.14-God is even now causing the nations to lose their minds regarding Jerusalem. No other city causes more division then Jerusalem. Eventually, every nation will listen to Satan and fight over Jerusalem and the land of Israel. They will lose and Jesus will set up His kingdom. Today, the UN and the International Criminal Court are working to force Israel and the Unted States to give up half of Jerusalem to the Palestinians. That will never happen without war—the war of Armageddon. You see, this tension today will carry on all the way to the end of the Tribulation period.

Daniel 2+7—God describes the whole period of the “Times of the Gentiles.” The last empire is the one we see rising. It will come in a time of war when antichrist initiates a war according to Revelation 6+ Daniel 7:23, “Thus He said, the fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom on the earth which will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth and tread it down and crush it.”

Why does this kingdom have to devour, crush, tread it down? Maybe because the world is resisting a one world government. That describes our day!!

The nations will control part of Jerusalem until God removes the church in the rapture and then the battle for Jerusalem is on for good. The last 7 years will have increasing tension until war comes. Today the tension is already building towards Israel building the temple as they exercise sovereignty over the city. The fact that Israel exercises sovereignty enrages Satan and his minions. Israel routinely tells the UN to take a hike. We live in the time of the rise of the one world government, one world currency, and amazing technologies to pull off such a thing. What is next? Something will happen in the world to cause it to institute a one world government. I think the rapture is the most logical event.

Antisemitism is at an all time high in the world. During Jerusalem Day, I watched the marches in the key capital cities of the world and the signs and chants were despicable. They were all like Nazi marches in the 1930’s crying for the death of Jews. The European nations should be ashamed of themselves; America should wake up to the Jew haters in our country. Christians have a great deal of responsibility to stand against this sin in our culture. Because of this, I want to start a class on the prophetic nature of the nation of Israel.

We will watch a video series called Covenant and Controversies. They currently have three films to watch and study the importance of Israel. Go to covenantandcontroversy.com to access the films. We will watch them and I will teach from them. I will prepare lessons and information to show how prophecy is being fulfilled. Hope you can join us.

Prophecy Update: The Final Peace 6/6/19

I am enjoying rest and relaxation on vacation. It has given me time to reflect and think about the days in which we live. The book of Titus has been my obsession on vacation. When I go on vacation, I love to get up early and pray and study Gods Word. Titus fascinates me and I want to share with you some of my thoughts

Titus was on the Island of Crete and Titus was left there by Paul. Acts does not record when they went there but Titus was to finish what they started. The island was conquered by the Romans in 69BC and they ruled the island for 400 years. An interesting verse is in 1:12-13, it says, “One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons. This testimony is true. For this reason reprove them severely so that they may be sound in the faith.” Imagine going to a culture described like this? Jesus said in Matt.24 and Luke 17 that the last days would be like the days of Noah and Lot. Those were days filled with violence, murder, and every kind of evil according to Genesis 6. Jude says that Lot lived in the days of sexual immorality. This describes the day in which we live.

I opened the newspaper this morning and I was greeted with murder, sexual immorality, and down right hatred for what is true, right, and good. Here is the headline: Officials Deny Mass Killers Sick Twisted Fame. This is referring to the killing of 12 people in Virginia. The murderer worked at the place that he gunned down his coworkers. What is the answer for this hatred, violence by the governor of Virginia? Get rid of guns. Seriously, limiting guns will not change the heart of man. The heart is deceitfully wicked, God wants a change in the heart. It is the refusal of the governor of Virginia to see that there is a spiritual war going on. Satan is inspiring people to do all kinds of evil, and just like in the days of Noah, no one will listen to the Godly, Righteous, leaders who are warning them of the coming judgment. This governor is the one that we should kill children who survive an abortion. Jesus came preaching ‘Repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand’ and they rejected Him. Noah came preaching that judgment was coming and they rejected him. Today, many Christians are saying ‘repent for the judgment is coming.’ They are not listening. Jesus predicted that the judgment would come upon them unawares because they do not listen to God’s representatives.

Miley Cyrus was also in the paper. Her new album has songs that glorify sexual immorality and drugs. One of them is called DREAM, which stands for “drugs rule everything around me.” Today, you have to be pro LGBT to be accepted in Hollywood and the music industry. These are the days of Lot for sure. Another pro LGBT singer, Katy Perry has a new album. She likes to say she grew up in the church but she has rejected the bigotry of the church because they do not accept homosexuality. As an American Idol judge, she likes to spread this message. The battle lines have been drawn in the church—the apostasy is in full bloom.

How about this stat—80% of Mexican territory is controlled by the drug cartels. Drugs alter the mind and destroy the body. Jesus warned us that if we destroy our bodies He will destroy us.(1Cor.3:17) This evil must be stopped on our border. God told the Levites how He wished someone would shut the gates of the Temple when they had defiled the Temple courts. I wish someone would shut our border so we can save the people being used by the terrorists, drug lords, politicians who just wish to make a buck off of others despair.

Then there is Israel! Since the Holocaust, never has the Jew been under so much threat of annihilation. Israel celebrated the capture of Jerusalem in 1967 and the world marched to kill the Jews. The marches in the cities of Europe were disgusting. Calling for the murder of every Jew in the world. Chicago and New York had marches that rivaled anything that happened in Paris, Berlin, or London. The Satanic inspired holocaust is alive and well in the Al Quds day marches where you will find chants, posters, and pronouncements of ‘kill the Jews.’ On this weekend in Chicago, 52 people were shot and 10 died. Connection? Of course there is a connection. Anytime a city like Chicago advances the cause of antisemitism, it will be judged by the living God. This is a spiritual battle that started when God made a covenant with Abraham and chose Isaac.

God’s love for Israel and the land of Israel is causing him to bring His people back. It is the election of God to fulfill His covenant. Satan hates it and is doing all he can to pervert this truth in the church, in the world, and kill Israel. God has given us watershed moments in history to teach us: the flood, the Exodus, the Days of Elijah, and Jesus death and resurrection. The watershed moment for us is May 14th 1948, because everything changed on that date. Satan could not kill off the Jew with Hitler, so now he has to use a new group to pick up the hatred and carry it forward. That group is Islamic Jihadism. Five Jihadist nations attacked Israel on the most important day May 14th 1948! The next day that will change everything will be the Day of the Lord! That day is coming fast.

Leading up to the Day of the Lord is the reestablishment of Jerusalem as the eternal capital of Israel. That happened this past year and it is a game changer. Zechariah 12 teaches us that it will lead to Armageddon. The only subject given more time in the prophets over the Day of the Lord is the days that lead up to that day! We are living in the days leading up to the Day of the Lord, the signs of the times. Jewish history tells us that God will bring His people into the land in the last days. It is happening folks and there is a lot more to do.

In the Judean wilderness, God did many miracles talked about in the scriptures. Today, God is bringing His people back-it is truly a miracle. Even though Israel is strong, rich and powerful, the prophets tell us that the ‘time of Jacobs trouble’ will happen. The Jews are still being killed in Europe, Angela Merkel of Germany just said that there is no safe place for Jews in Germany. Jews will be leaving Europe and America because of the persecution and hatred of the Jews. The one who teaches hatred of Jews is the same one who teaches hatred of Jesus and His people the Church. The Church looks forward to the Rapture and Israel looks forward to the suffering of the ‘Time of Jacobs trouble.” The worse thing that the church can do with regard to future suffering is to put their heads in the sand. God has a controversy with His people Israel and with all of the nations of the world. It will bring judgment on the nations and at the end of the judgment, all of Israel will be saved. Here is a few verses about this:

Is.34:8 tells us, “For the LORD has a day of vengeance, A year of recompense for the cause of Zion.” Micah 6:2 says, Listen, you mountains, to the indictment of the LORD, And you enduring foundations of the earth, Because the LORD has a case against His people; Even with Israel He will dispute.” Jer25:31, Listen, you mountains, to the indictment of the LORD, And you enduring foundations of the earth, Because the LORD has a case against His people; Even with Israel He will dispute. Joel 3:2, I will gather all the nations And bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat. Then I will enter into judgment with them there On behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel, Whom they have scattered among the nations;
And they have divided up My land.”
What is the controversy? It is Zion, Jerusalem, and God is not happy with all of the nations who have persecuted the Jews and kept them from their land and their capital city. God will judge all of the nations over this and bring them to Armageddon for death!

The day that is coming is unlike any that came before it. No church, no spiritual insight can thwart this day or prevent it. Israel today is like Masada. The land is a protection for them. Just as the Romans came for the Jews at Masada, so Satan and his minions in the EU, UN, USA, Russia, Iran, and other nations will come for Israel. They will fail and only God will rescue Israel at that time. Then Israel’s rightful King, the Messiah will show up and set everything right in the World.

The Church does not teach its people about Gods will requiring suffering. God is sending suffering today, it is going to get worse. Our God, because He loves ethnic Israel, loves her territory and purpose is going to send the suffering of Revelation on the nations of the world. God made a promise and the world has determined that they will oppose the God of God’s and the King of King’s. (Psalm 2) The Modern return of the Jews to Israel sets up all of the prophecies. How can you flee Jerusalem if your not in Jerusalem? How can Russia and Iran attack Israel unless Israel is in their land and specifically on the Golan Heights? How can Jerusalem be a burdensome stone if Israel does not control their capital city?

Today, we see the miracles of God and the people of the world refuse to acknowledge that God has stepped into history. Just as the people of America need to repent and turn to the Lord, so Israel must turn to the Lord. Just as America refuses to repent which will lead to our destruction, so Israel will face a time of suffering that will cause a repentance. God will give grace to those who escape the sword. America needs to prepare for suffering. God will bring this country under His judicial punishment because it is prophesied. Every nation will turn against the Lord and that includes us. People think that God should never bring judgment. They do not know the Bible—

Today is D-Day and there are many lessons that we can learn from World War 2. One of the lessons is to declare what is good and what is bad, what is right and what is wrong, what is ethical and what is immoral, what is righteous and what is unrighteous. Can you imagine churches inviting the Nazis into their churches to teach the Christians about Nazism, the worship of Hitler? Can you imagine churches inviting Japanese into their churches to teach on the glory of worshipping the Emperor? They did not do this because they could discern between good and evil. After 9/11 churches invited Muslims to speak to Christians, people who teach, kill the Jews. It is in the education literature of the Muslim countries, it is chanted in the streets every Friday in several Muslim nations, and this hatred is spreading to the congress and streets of America. The UN invites Muslim leaders to speak on their hatred of Israel and Jews in New York, how in the world do they let them do this. They honor them and praise them for the murder of Jews and give them a lot of money. Our nations is still being pressured to give the Palestinian Authority money to pay terrorists to kill Jews. It still horrifies me that we did this. Yet, it is all prophesied to happen-it is seting up the ultimate hatred to come—the Antichrist. We live in special days, the Bible talks about these days more than any other. Every day is an adventure, I hope you take heart and live with a passion for Jesus
Finaly, I want you to look up a special I have been watching called Covenant and Controversy. It is a four part special that covers some great things about Israel and the end times. It is free on you-tube. Please watch it and let me know what you think about it

Prophecy Update: The Rise of the Anti-Christ May 30, 2019

There is currently a restructuring of the European Union that I believe will usher in the Anti-Christ. The restructuring of the current political makeup of Europe is due to the heavy-handed tactics of the EU parliament. The average person on the ground in Europe does not want to be ruled by bureaucrats. The onslaught of illegal immigrants and high taxation has caused tension, riots, and uncertainty. This has spurred a nationalist movement that is rivaling the globalism of the current leaders of the EU. The recent parliamentary elections has revealed this division.

Here is a recent article about this problem: May 28, 2019, 6:20pm EDT. The “Green wave” and 4 other takeaways from the European parliamentary elections: “Voters across the European Union went to the polls this past week to vote for the parties they want to represent them in the European Parliament. Both the center left and the center right appear to have lost their absolute majorities for the first time since 1979, when the first European parliamentary elections were held.” Here are some takeaways from the vote.

First, the green party people won more than people expected. Student activists around the globe went on strike to demand more aggressive climate change policies. On Sunday, the Greens emerged as the success story in European politics.

Second, strong nationalist parties now hold 25% of the seats in parliament. “For instance, in Italy, Salvini’s Lega party dominated the polls, winning 34 percent of the vote compared to 6 percent in 2014, for a gain of about 28 seats. And in France, Le Pen’s National Rally edged out French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist reformist coalition.”

Third, The center-right and center-left coalitions lost their 40-year majority.

Fourth, Nigel Farage, the former head of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), and his newly formed Brexit Party placed first in the elections, winning more than 31 percent of the vote and 29 of the UK’s seats in the European Parliament. Since England has not left the EU yet, this vote was a referendum on Brexit and Brexit won again in England!

Fifth, the European parliamentary elections were still a tale of 28 individual member states. Yet the elections are much more a story of 28 different elections rather than one collective European narrative.

The Bible tells us that God created nations. In Genesis 10, God created 70 nations and we call this chapter the ‘Table of Nations.’ This is foundational to understanding all nations today. Five times God uses the word nation. These real people became nations, inhabiting cities, making governments. Gen.10:5 says, “From these the coastlands of the nations were separated into their lands, every one according to his language, according to their families, into their nations.”

Notice that God defines a nation as land, language, and families. The global elites in the EU and UN reject this definition. God set the boundaries of the nations and He has given laws for these nations to obey. God also set the number of the nations according to the number of the Sons of Israel who went to Egypt. (Dt.32:8, “When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, When He separated the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the sons of Israel.) Seventy Hebrews went to Egypt, thus there are only 70 nations according to God. Satan tries to pervert this also. (by the way, God did not want us to count Israel with the nations because they are the leader! Numbers 23:9)

In Gen.11, God tells us about the first anti-Christ figure Nimrod. He tried to set up a government that is against God, that is global, and run by men dominated by Satan. God wants 70 nations with one nation to lead the seventy. That nation would be Israel. We are in the end times because the nations of the world have organized themselves into global organizations; United Nations, World Council of Churches, World Bank, International Criminal Court, World Health Organization, and World Trade Organization just to name a few. The Nationalist uprising in Europe is testimony that God’s truth about nations cannot be evaded, it can only be disobeyed. Satan’s next Nimrod is waiting in the wings, he will rise soon enough. In the meantime, the Judeo Christian view of nations is again prevailing among people groups in Europe.

You can be sure of one thing, that this movement will be corrupted by sinful behavior and people. BREXIT is a movement to leave the EU and exert national control by British people responsible for their lands. Here is why I believe this is a Christian thing to do.
First, it is clear from the scriptures that God has a purpose and plan for nations, the idea to divide the world into nations is God’s idea! Acts 17:26 says:

“From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.”

Secondly, God wants different nations defined by land, language, and family. In heaven, those distinctions will still be there as Revelation teaches us that heaven is full of people from every nation, tribe, and tongue. The diversity of nations is to Gods glory!

Third, God requires that each nation live up to its obligations to its citizens. A loss of sovereignty will destroy the ability of the nation to obey God’s will. The EU has taken away the sovereignty of each nation. Most people do not realize how much sovereignty member nations surrender when they enter the EU. For example, ‘in Costa v ENEL (1964), the European Court of Justice ruled that member states have definitively transferred sovereign rights to the European Union and Union law cannot be overridden by domestic law.’ All nations of the world are required by God to reject idolatry, immorality, killing innocents, especially babies, and respect Israel. We are required by God to make the nation a nation that serves the living God who created us. All false gods are a no go zone. The Psalms tell us that Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord but cursed is the nation that forgets God. (Ps.33:12, 9:17)

Fourth, God teaches us that He is the one who raises up nations and puts them down. It is the sovereignty of God over the nations themselves. It is at this point I want to pivot to the end times nations. Psalm 2 says that the nations and their leaders will reject God’s truth and Messiah.

Psalm 2:2 says, “The kings of the earth take their stand And the rulers take counsel together Against the LORD and against His Anointed, saying” —-here we see that the kings of the earth are in full blown rebellion against the Lord and His ways. This started at the cross when Jesus was on the earth the first time and it will continue in the end times. God gave us a glimpse of this in Zech.12 where He describes how the nations reject what He is dong with Jerusalem. It is described for us in Ps.83 when God raises up Israel again, the nations try to destroy Israel in order to stop God and His plan. It is described for us in Ezekiel 36-37 when the nations in the land of Israel refuse to give up the land. These nations say that the everlasting heights have become their possession and God says they will lose it because He will move in His wrath and jealousy for His people Israel. It is described for us in Ezekiel 38-39 when Russia, Iran and a host of other nations will come against the nation of Israel. We live in the day when this could happen any minute. I could go on and on. Europe has decided to defend Iran against Israel and the United States. They are in full blown panic over what is happening in the Middle East, they want desperately to get rid of Israel but something changed.

In Gods sovereignty over nations, the votes are in and those who defend Iran are going bye bye. In the chaos of this I see Satan raising up his man—the man of destruction called the anti-Christ. Like the sons of Issachar (I Chron.12:32) understand the signs of the times—Hitler tried to destroy the Jews because Satan knew that God was about to make Israel a nation again. Satan will do the same thing in the Tribulation period and it will lead to Armageddon. After WW1, Germany was defeated and they lost their pride. Hitler offered them their pride again and they gave themselves to this evil antichrist figure. That is today with the globalists. They keep losing, Donald Trump and the move towards nationalism in Europe is a blow to the pride of these globalists. Antichrist will rise just like Hitler rose and restore the pride of these evil globalists.

Daniel 8:23-25 teaches us that antichrist will be very powerful. “In the latter period of their rule, When the transgressors have run their course, A king will arise, Insolent and skilled in intrigue. His power will be mighty, but not by his own power,
And he will destroy to an extraordinary degree And prosper and perform his will;
He will destroy mighty men and the holy people. And through his shrewdness He will cause deceit to succeed by his influence; And he will magnify himself in his heart, And he will destroy many while they are at ease. He will even oppose the Prince of princes, But he will be broken without human agency.”

The nations are falling apart, the transgressors have run their course vs.23—what does this mean? It means that the people, the whole world have a seared conscience, they will choose evil over good, lies over truth, wrong over right. Antichrist rises in a day like this—that is today! The moral boundaries are so blurred, so hated, that people will do evil like the Nazis. In America we see this with those pushing abortion—they want to kill the babies after their born now—it is heart breaking. They have no shame when they advocate the death of babies. Europe is in the same evil vacuum pushing every immorality. Those who are standing up against it are rising, causing the battle lines to increase between good and evil. The New Testament has a verse like this—it is 2 Thess.2:7, For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way.

My friends, we see the mystery of lawlessness at an all time high. It is time for the rapture and the rise of the antichrist. Europe is set up for it, America is in a civil war of ethics and truth, China, Russia are in full blown rebellion against the Lord and His anointed. Look and see that we live in the last days. What a thrilling time to be alive. Pray and ask God to send revival.

Prophecy Update: Parable of the Sower, Matt.13:1-9, 18-23. May 25, 2019

When we were in the Dominican Republic, we shared five verses that were the Gospel. According to Matt.13, we were the sower and the five verses were the seed. We called the gospel the Bridge illustration. Here are the five verses: 1John 1:5, God is light and in Him there is no darkness at all. Romans 3:23, For all have sinned and have fallen short of the glory of God. We emphasized the difference between God and man. The problem is our sin. The answer is the Bridge between God and man: Romans 5:8 says, God demonstrates His own love for us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 2 Cor. 5:21 “God made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. The answer to the problem of sin is Jesus who can give us a righteousness not our own, but the righteousness which comes by faith. The last verse was Romans 10:9, If we confess with our mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in our heart that God raised Him from the dead, we shall be saved. This is the seed that we sowed on the ground of the people’s hearts.

Those who hear the gospel are described in Matt.13. There are four types of people who hear the gospel and the first three are those who hear the Word and reject it. The last one, the one who bears fruit, this is the only one who is truly saved! Where is America with this parable? America is like the sower sowing the seed on the rocky places which have no root and like the thorns. The rocky soil is described as those who hear the Word but they have no root. America is rootless. Also, America is like the gospel falling on the thorns, the cares of this world choke out the truth. I want to explore this in this prophecy update.

When I see that so called Christians reject the doctrine of God, especially the holiness of God, there is a problem. Why do people reject the holiness of God? In our culture churches are adopting sinful behaviors to appease the world. When economic pressure is put on the church to accept immorality, homosexuality, abortion, hatred of Israel, they cave to those putting pressure on them. The Methodist church is the latest example of this in the press. The American delegation voted to adopt a pro homosexuality position for the church. Christianity Today said this: “The UMC’s increasingly global delegation outweighs US push to shift LGBT positions, leading some progressive congregations to leave.”

To summarize, for years the Methodist have been pushed to adopt immoral positions. Those who are pushing these immoral positions are proof of the false teachers allowed to have power in the denomination. The American delegation is full of those who care about the world’s ways and not Gods ways. God’s holiness is at stake in the Methodist denomination, thank God for the African Methodist who have not abandoned God! Christianity Today said this: “In the States, a large portion of Methodists wanted to see the church accommodate LGBT ceremonies and clergy, as other mainline denominations have done in recent years. One poll through Mainstream UMC reported at least two-thirds of US delegates supported the more-inclusive “One Church Plan” instead.”

Jesus said in Matt.13 that the seed that fell on the rocky soil are those who ‘hear the Word and receive it with joy but have no root in themselves, it is only temporary and when affliction or persecution arises because of the Word, immediately they fall away.’ The False believers among us are those who do not continue to repent. If you cannot define sin, then you cannot repent. All true believers are true repenters. Also, Jesus said that the seed that falls on the thorns are “like the man who hears the Word and the worry of the world and deceitfulness of wealth choke the Word and it becomes unfruitful.” This is the double minded man who wants the worlds ways, not God’s ways.

Consistently the Scriptures teach us that God is immutable, He does not change. God hates sin! Always!
Dt.32:4 says, “The Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are just; A God of faithfulness and without injustice, Righteous and upright is He.”
Dt.32:39, ‘See now that I, I am He, And there is no god besides Me; It is I who put to death and give life. I have wounded and it is I who heal, And there is no one who can deliver from My hand.’
John 3:19-20, “This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil. “For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.’

Jesus came into the world as God Himself and He hates sin. He never sinned and He teaches us that men love darkness rather than the light. This is America today under the dominating power of sin. The nation is appeasing those who hate the light. The issue for America is the heart, not denominations. A heart that has good soil, that receives the Word, and bears fruit is the one who wants the light, only God can move a heart to this place.

A conversation on CNN exposed the rocky and thorny soil completely on May 10th. The debate on Chris Cuomo show was about abortion. Cuomo took the pro-abortion side, Rick Santorum took the pro-life side and CNN political contributor Christine Quinn took the pro-abortion side. This is how the debate went: The pro-life Santorum had challenged Cuomo and Quinn about their belief that the unborn baby inside a woman’s womb is not a human. “Do you guys realize a baby DIES in an abortion? Are you ignoring that fact. This is a human life,” Santorum says. “It’s not a legal fact,” Cuomo inserts. Christine Quinn, a board member of the National Institute of Reproductive Health, said, “When a woman gets pregnant, that is not a human being inside of her. It’s part of her body, and this is about a woman having full agency and control over her body and making decisions about her body and what is part of her body with medical professionals.” This is the view being pushed on us that the baby is not a human being. Here was the headline the next day.
Unborn Babies Are Not Human? CNN Debate Leads to Stunning Declaration: ‘That Is Not a Human Being’

Here is the exciting thing about the Parable of the Sower, there will be people who bear fruit. The millions of people who have been praying that God will destroy the abortion industry because it murders babies, are excited that God is answering our prayers. This is a spiritual problem, not a political problem. Every politician, judge, pastor, counselor, and teacher that advocates for abortion is standing against the creator. It is Romans 1:18, the wrath of God is against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth! Here is how God is answering our prayers: “Miracles Happen! “Unplanned” Movie is Causing Abortion Workers to Leave Their Jobs”
Many states are lining up to declare whether the baby is human or not. Vermont, New York, etc. have said this is not a human being. Others like Alabama are standing up for life. This is no different from the Confederacy saying that blacks are less then human, Nazis saying that Jews are not human, and those who say that a baby is not human. God is changing hearts and many more people are choosing the truth. Abortion is like the sin of those who sacrificed their children to Molech and Baal.

Here is what is not being talked about in this debate. Most nations have disobeyed Gods first command in Gen.1:28: Be fruitful and multiply! All of Europe and America are suffering from a low birth rate that does not replace our people. The four soils are important for individuals and for nations. Most nations have denied that God commands them to be fruitful and multiply. Our nation is cold to the truth. Our courts and the Supreme Court have chosen to deny their creator and advocate for the death of babies. They advocate the death of children in the womb, they advocate that marriage is between two men or woman. This also denies the absolute truth of what God has set up for the good of nations and people. Jesus said that from the beginning, marriage is based on one man and one woman. On the other hand, God is moving in the hearts of people all over our nation. The left would not be so angry if they did not have a true church to attack.

The enemy of the left is the Church. Not a denomination, a vibrant group of born again believers who stand with Jesus and stand for the truth. A people who believe that the Truth Shall Set You Free. Only the truth can set people free, not compromise with falsehoods. John 3:21 says, “he who practices the truth comes to the light that his deeds might be manifested as having been done in God.”

As you stand for the truth today, remember that Jesus never leaves us nor will He ever forsake us. Like our brother, John the Baptist, who never compromised the truth, let us stand for truth in our day as he did. He told Herod that he should not have his brother’s wife-he did not compromise with immorality. He said in Matt.14:4, For John had been saying to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.” Are you telling the culture, it is not lawful for you to kill babies, it is not lawful for you to have sex outside of marriage, it is not lawful for you to steal, kill, covet. Jesus does not abide sin, He takes it away. He will not take it away unless people recognize it as sin. The tax man went home justified because he said, have mercy on me a sinner. Jesus has mercy on all who confess and repent of their sin. Cast your cares on Him, He will carry you!

Pray with me for revival in our day!