Author: Joe

Prophecy Update: Friday December 14th 2018

Military history teaches us that wars start for a variety of reasons but militaries prepare for those wars years in advance. It is not that the generals know the future but they anticipate better than most how their enemies think and plan for war. For instance, there is always a reaction to the development of new weapons. These new weapons initiate a response from those who feel threatened by enemies. Two nations that are not friendly are the USA and Russia. These two nations have been at war in one way or another since the end of World War 2. I am interested in military doctrine and preparation because it is at the heart of many biblical prophecies. I believe that Russia and America are going to war sometime in the near future and that will be a game changer. This will give occasion to the rise of Anti-Christ. Russia has developed a new weapon that is a game changer and may be used in one or more of the Biblical Wars predicted by the Lord.
The weapon that Russia has developed is called the Satan 2. Business Insider magazine had this headline in March of this year:

“Putin has touted an ‘invincible’ nuclear weapon that really exists — here’s how it works and why it deeply worries experts. The nuclear weapon, called the RS-28 Sarmat or Satan 2, has been in development since 2009. Putin claimed the ICBM is “invincible” to missile defense systems. He also presented animations of several other weapons, including what some call a “doomsday” drone submarine. According to the Center’s Missile Defense Project, the Satan 2 “is reported by Russian media as being able to carry 10 large warheads, 16 smaller ones, a combination of warheads and countermeasures, or up to 24 YU-74 hypersonic boost-glide vehicles.” That means one Satan 2 ICBM could pack as much as eight megatons of TNT-equivalent explosive power. That’s more than 400 times as strong as either bomb the US dropped on Japan in 1945 — both of which, combined, led to roughly 150,000 casualties.”

At that same speech, Putin showed a video of the Satan 2 hitting Florida and destroying the state. The room went into wild applause telling me that the Russians cheer for the deaths of Americans living in Florida. That is sick and satanic. No wonder the missile is called Satan 2. Putin has set a vision for Russia that the nation is happy to pursue. That vision is to expand its borders.
Expanding the influence of Russia is a major goal since the fall of the Soviet Union. The Soviet empire was very large and included the Baltic States and many of the Muslim countries to Russia’s south, they include, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. That is 14 countries and it gets worse for them because of the fall of the “Eastern Block” nations like East Germany, Poland, and Romania to name a few. The influence and strategic alliances that existed until 1991 are now gone and Putin is not happy about it. Neither are most Russians. One reason is that many of the “Eastern Block” nations have turned to the US alliance and NATO.

A fascinating article on this topic was on the history channel website in February of this year, here is part of the article:

“The Humiliation that Pushed Putin to Try and Recapture Russian Glory”
From Soviet apparatchik to self-styled macho superhero, Putin embodies Russia’s struggle for power and relevance. His personal bearing and his style of rule may have changed over that time, but Putin’s actions over the years have been guided by one simple principle: to restore Russia’s global importance. The 65-year-old Russian president is motivated by a strong sense of history, and like many of his generation, he was deeply affected by the Soviet collapse. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union stood for nearly half a century as one of the two lodes of power globally, and when it dissolved in 1991, it left Russia as an irrelevance. During the 1990s, Putin rose from a mid-ranking cog in the periphery of the KGB to become the deputy mayor of St. Petersburg, and then in 1996 was called to Moscow to work for President Yeltsin’s Kremlin. He saw close up how weak the new Russia had become. In 1998, when Bill Clinton called Yeltsin to tell him the United States was considering air strikes on Serbia, Yeltsin was furious. He screamed at Clinton that this was unacceptable and then hung up. The bombing raids went ahead anyway.”
I remember well those days and how foolish our nation was to attack Serbia. The Serbians were just a little confused because they always felt that they were an ally of the USA. They wanted Christian influence and the West to succeed. They saw the betrayal as a win for Islam and the expansion of fascist Islamic doctrine to take over the West. Putin was greatly influenced by the war and the fall of the Soviet Union. Here is what he said:

“A few days before he became president, in late 1999, Putin wrote an article in the Russian newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta, outlining his task as he saw it. “For the first time in the past 200–300 years, Russia faces the real danger that it could be relegated to the second, or even the third tier of global powers,” Putin warned. He called on Russians to unite to make sure that the country remained what he called a “first-tier” nation.”

I watched Putin speak at the dedication of a monument to Alexander Solzhenitsyn two days ago, December 11th. It was the 100 birthday of Solzhenitsyn and it reminded me of why Putin is still very popular in Russia. When Putin renounced communism he did it by recommitting himself to the Russian Orthodox Church and he met with Solzhenitsyn. The Russians view Putin as a savior who turned Russia from the evil of anti-Christian communism and towards a nationalistic pro-Christian vision of the future. Putin is anti-globalist and pro-Russian and that gives the Russians hope. The enemy is the Americans who are hurting their economy with sanctions and threatening them by intruding on their territory. For people in Russia who still want communism, Putin and Solzhenitsyn are traitors.
Here is what Putin said: “Solzhenitsyn loved the fatherland and argued for the unconditional value of the morals that provide for a healthy society. The most important thing is that Solzhenitsyn voice is still being heard, popularizing his work, encouraging and introducing new young readers to it is the best thing we can do and must do to honor his memory.”
I only wish that God would do that for us in America. Solzhenitsyn became a believer when a Christian doctor shared the good news with him before surgery. They were in prison together and Dr. Kornfeld was killed the next morning by the communists. Here is a quote from Solzhenitsyn about his conversion to Jesus: “And so it happened that Kornfeld’s prophetic words were his last words on earth and directed to me they lay upon me as an inheritance. You cannot brush off that kind of inheritance by shrugging your shoulders.” (Gulag Archipelago pg.613) Solzhenitsyn wrote a poem about his conversion called ‘Ascent’ and it catalogued the history of his life. How he had become a communist and renounced Christianity. Now that Jesus had changed his life he said at the end of the poem: “And now as I sip with new found moderation from the lifegiving waters I see, that my faith is restored O Lord of Creation! I renounced you but you stood by me.” I have read much of Solzhenitsyn books and my two favorites are “Warning to the West” and “The Oak and the Calf.” My hope is that God will send a revival and save many people before the war comes!

My philosophy for many years now is that America and Russia have to be out of the way so that Anti-Christ can rise. The Bible gives me the answer about Russia when Ezekiel 38-39 describes their destruction. There is a clue in this text that tells me something about America. Ezekiel 38:13 says, “Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto you, Are you coming to take a spoil? Have you gathered your company to take a prey, to carry away silver and gold, cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?” Notice that the west only complains and they do nothing. That does not fit the circumstances while Pres. Trump is in office.

Vladimir Putin is playing a vast chess game with NATO, and his next move I believe will be to invade the Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. That could lead to a direct war between the US and Russia. The U.S. articulated a doctrine according to which there are six phases of war: “shaping” the pre-war environment (phase zero), “deterring” the enemy (phase one), “seizing the initiative” (phase two), “dominating” the battlespace (phase three), “stabilizing” the post-battle environment (phase four), and after-action enabling of civil authority (phase five). It has since become clear that the first two phases, shaping and deterrence, are the arenas where the United States and NATO prefer to operate, and Putin has taken advantage of this tendency. Notice the weakness of this approach—there is no vision and no desire to win. This is a recipe for continuous war. Russia understands the weakness in this approach.

Russia has been exploiting the weakness of the USA and NATO. Commentary magazine had an article about this in September. The title was, “Can NATO Survive and Thrive.” Without the USA, NATO is weak and not a worthy opponent to Russia. I think that Russia has a goal of removing the USA from NATO either by war outright, which will include nukes, or by continuing to poison the relationship between Washington and the capitals of the European Union. However it is done, the USA will be out of the picture as the protector of Israel when the GOG MAGOG war kicks off. Praise God that He will be the only ONE who will be given the credit for saving Israel when that war commences. (Ezekiel 38:23 39:21) Pray that you are ready for the coming war. However it commences, we will be effected. Hard times are coming, that Jesus predicted for the end times. Stay faithful until the end. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!

Prophecy Update: 12/7/18

The UN general assembly had some classic anti-Semitic acts the past few weeks. As seems to be the norm, since 1948 the UN has always been on the side that is described for us in the scriptures. There are a variety of Scriptures that describe this animosity. The animosity includes a hatred for Jesus as in Psalm 2, a hatred for the Jewish people as describe in Ezekiel 36-39, and a desire to dominate Jerusalem as in Zech.12 and Isaiah 62.
I want to use Psalm 2 as a template to talk to you about the battle for Jerusalem. In vs. 1 it says, “Why are the nations in an uproar And the peoples devising a vain thing?” Notice the question includes the word vain. The nations are devising vain things meaning that what they are proposing will fail. This is the case for over 700 UN resolutions condemning Israel over its stance on Jerusalem being their capital city. In the news we had this headline:

“The United Nations demands that Israel give up the eastern part of Jerusalem, so it can serve as the capital of Palestine.” The commemoration of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People at the United Nations began Wednesday. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres addressed the opening meeting of the three-day commemoration.
Secretary General Guterres said that the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people served to “remind us of our collective and unfinished task” to create a Palestinian State.

This desire of the UN to make sure that there is a Palestinian State is vain. It will never happen because of Biblical Prophecy. God has promised that the land of Israel is going back to the ones He promised to give it to. Consider that it is called the promised land for a reason. The world is in full blown denial of what God has said clearly in His word. Even the Pope is weighing with the anti-God movement. The news reported this:

“Pope renews call for two-state solution after meeting with Abbas
In statement, Vatican expresses concern over status of Jerusalem; ‘We are counting on you,’ Palestinian leader tells Francis. Abbas met for 20 minutes Monday with Pope Francis and then the Vatican Foreign Minister Monsignor Paul Gallagher.. “Particular attention was reserved for the status of Jerusalem, underlining the importance of recognizing and preserving its identity and the universal value of the holy City for the three Abrahamic religions,” the Vatican said, according to Reuters.”

What God describes as vain the world describes as just and right. The nations also are in a rage (uproar) over the declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of the nation of Israel. The nations have been in a rage for over 50 years from the time that Israel won the Six Day War in June of 1967. I would like to highlight some of the things that have taken place since that fateful war. In that war Israel captured Jerusalem. Israel had been dwelling in the western section of Jerusalem and constantly attacked for coming close to the old city. They were banned from the Western Wall, the old city, anything that you usually see in the pictures of Jerusalem. When Israel captured the city they began making laws that would govern their administration of the city and their government. These laws are called Basic Laws.

The UN immediately began its assault on Israel. On Nov11th 1967 they passed UN Resolution 242. This resolution required Israel to withdraw from all territory that they won in the war. This included Jerusalem. Since 1967 the UN has consistently advocated the fiction that Jerusalem is not Jewish and that Israel does not have a right over the city.

Secretary of State Dean Rusk in 1967 said, “The status of Jerusalem especially the old city had been left open for subsequent consideration and that there was no grant of territory made to Israel after the 6 Day War.” Since 1967 the USA has consistently moved closer to Israel position on Jerusalem as the world has moved farther away. The position of Israel in 1967 was finalized in 1980 when they passed the Basic Law on July 30th 1980. In it the law said, “The integrity and unity of greater Jerusalem and its boundaries after the Six Day War shall not be violated.”

The UN on June 30th 1980 passed Resolution 476 stating its position that Jerusalem is an international city and Israel has no rights to the city. This was an attempt to discourage Israel from making the declaration they did one month later. On August 20 1980, the UN passed Resolution 478 to condemn Israel for passing the Basic Law and said they had no rights. This is a perfect example of their vanity. In each of these cases the USA abstained in our votes. This reflected the division that existed in the USA.
The USA was divided over the status of Jerusalem. On one side were the Christians and supporters of Israel who advocated that Israel was the true and sovereign power over the city. On the other side were the people who did not want the Jews to rule over the city.

On Oct.24th 1995 the USA passed the Jerusalem Embassy Act. The decision was made to side with Israel and move the embassy so that the USA would be totally with Israel and the truth that Jerusalem was the undivided eternal capital of the State of Israel. They found that under international law and custom Israel as a sovereign state is free to determine its own capital. Secondly, they determined that Jerusalem is not only the spiritual center of Judaism it is the home of the Supreme Court, parliament, seat of government, Knesset, and Presidents House. Third they pointed out that when Jordan was in control from 1948-1967 there was no freedom of religion and only Islam could be practiced. They banned all other faiths from practicing in Jerusalem. It was determined that Israel would protect freedom of religion.

As you know, it wasn’t until 2018 that the embassy Act was actually acted upon and the Embassy moved. The reaction of the world fulfills what Psalm 2:1 says. From Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama, the Republicans and Democrats were not going to move the embassy because they did not want to. The reasons are varied but the bottom line is that these groups are not invested or committed to anything God is doing on the earth. When Trump signed the Act, the amount of condemnation from the world, UN, EU, Democrats and Republicans was overwhelming. The UN voted on Dec.21, 2017 128-9 with 35 abstentions to condemn Trump and the USA regarding recognition of Jerusalem.

They said that it was a ‘departure of 50 years of international consensus on the status of Jerusalem. UN claimed that ‘the sovereignty claimed by Israel for Jerusalem are invalid and illegal and break UN resolutions 242 (1967), 252 (1968), 267 (1969), 298 (1971), 338 (1973), 446 (197), 465 (1980), 476 (1980) 2334 (2016). They stressed that Jerusalem is a final status issue to be resolved thru negotiations in line with relevant UN resolutions.

Over the years the USA has moved closer to the Israeli position and thus closer to the Lords work He is doing on the earth. As God has been moving the world closer to the war He predicted, the intensity increases. Part of the glory for us as Americans is that God chose America to move the ball forward. God did that by causing the Americans who support Israel to come to positions of power to bless Israel. Declaring that Jerusalem is the eternal capital, undivided, and one city under Israeli sovereignty was planned by God. That the world is mad only proves the accuracy of Biblical prophecy. To top it off, President Trump said that we will stay in the Middle East so that we can protect Israel.

Last week the UN made 6 new resolutions against Israel. The USA made an attempt to make a resolution condemning Hamas for the many missiles that they sent to Israeli civilians. The vote was 87 to 57 with 33 abstentions and 23 nations not voting. In my mind that means the vote was 87 to 113. The vote failed the two thirds standard to pass a resolution.

Nikki Haley said, “The general assembly has passed over 700 resolutions condemning Israel and not one single resolution against Hamas. This is a condemnation of the UN itself.”

This tension will not lessen in strength until the Lord destroys Iran and Russia in the Ezekiel 38-39 war. After that war the tension will lesson until Anti-Christ rises to lie and cheat his way to dominating the whole world. Lastly, I want to mention Russia. The tension has risen between Israel and Russia the past few months. The tension will go over the boiling point when Israel has to destroy the S-300 missile defense system. Israel has begun again attacking the Iranian presence in Syria after a brief stop in attacks. When this will happen nobody knows. What is clear is that Russia supports Iran and Assad in Syria so therefore Russia supports the destruction of Israel. The fact that the USA and Israel have become energy independent and are finding oil and gas again and again is disheartening to the Russians and the Muslim nations. The greatest threat to Russia are the huge finds of gas and oil in Israel. Israel signed the gas deal with Cyprus, Greece, and Italy to ship gas into Europe. I believe that this is one reason Russia will attack.

Daniel 11 talks about the circumstances that led to the miracle of Chanukah. I leave you with this verse 32b “but the people who know their God will display strength and take action.” This is what the Maccabees did when they fought to restore the temple and cleanse it from the wickedness of the Greeks. Today, our faith needs to be strong for the day in which we live, I pray that your faith will display strength and about taking action.

I took a week off for Thanksgiving last week and I am in catch up mode. I am reading a book about Jerusalem and very intrigued at the historical progress of the city and her prophetical importance. This update is part of the message I will give in December. This is only part of the message, hope you will follow this!
Prophecy Update: November 30, 2018

I am going to focus my update on Jerusalem and the place that God puts the city for the world. The prophetic progress of history brings us to the place where Jerusalem has become the most important issue of the day. It is the center of many of the conflicts that the nations of the world articulate. Many nations are in lock step on this issue. They say that the conflict of the Palestinian people with Israel is because no two state solution exists. God says that there is only a One State Solution to the problems of the world. Satan has the world in the throes of his deception, he has convinced the nations to solve the problem with a two state solution.

President Donald Trump is working on a peace deal for the Middle East and it will be a two state solution. Russia has just waded in on the issue as they have in the past. They have reached out to Hamas, the terrorist group, to try to get peace talks going on a two state solution. The UN just had a conference where an employee of CNN preached on the evils of Israel for the whole world to hear. At the same time another country announced that they are moving their embassy to Jerusalem.

The scriptures are clear about our relationship with Jerusalem. Psalm 122 says, “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May they prosper who love you.” I love this promise and hope that all of you will pray this prayer for what God is doing in our day. Psalm 125:2, “As the mountains surround Jerusalem, So the LORD surrounds His people From this time forth and forever.” What a promise from God. Are you God’s people? Then you can pray this as a promise. Psalm 128:5, “The LORD bless you from Zion, And may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life.” I have seen the prosperity of Jerusalem. It is fascinating to see what God has done the past 100 years. Jerusalem has gone from a small, inconsequential city to a major city of the world. The statistics are amazing. We live in special times that most people do not appreciate or have knowledge of! Psalm 132: 13-14, “For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His habitation. This is My resting place forever; Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.” The fullest expression of this promise will be experienced when the New Jerusalem comes down out of heaven. In the millennium we will see this partially fulfilled when Jesus builds the temple prophesied about in Ezekiel 40-48!

The promise from God that most bears on our day is in Zechariah 12:3, “It will come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will be severely injured. And all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it.” Today we see the nations of the world gathered against Jerusalem and Israel at the UN. The UN just had a conference which is the epitome of this sin talked about in Zechariah. God has made Jerusalem a heavy stone by making it the capital of Israel. The world does not accept this.

Israel made Jerusalem its capital on July 30th 1980 when they signed into law the Basic Law regarding Jerusalem. The world said this was a violation of international law. When Israel conquered Jerusalem in the Six Day war, they began fulfilling the Word of the Lord regarding Jerusalem. God prophesied that after a time of expulsion for the Jews, He would bring them back to their capital. It happened in 1967. The world at the time rejected what God had done and wrote an international law—UN Resolution 242. This resolution has been used to try to force Israel from all territory gained in the war. This would include Jerusalem. Israel will never leave Jerusalem, her government the Knesset is in Jerusalem, her supreme court, the Prime Ministers house, and the Holocaust Museum documenting the attempt to annihilate Jews from the earth. Israel will not leave Jerusalem and they are going to keep the city undivided and under their control. This is what God wants and Satan wants to destroy Israel.

Since 1967 and 1980, the world has moved towards pushing Israel out of Jerusalem and the USA has moved closer to the Israeli position. Why? Because of all of the Christians in America that love Israel and the Word of God! President Ronald Reagan said of Res.242, “We remain convinced that Jerusalem must remain undivided but its final status should be decided through negotiations.” (Sept.1 1982) When Israel was getting ready to sign the Basic Law in 1980, the UN prepared a sneak attack on Israel by passing UN Resolution 476 which says, “all legislative and administration measures and actions taken by Israel the occupying power which purport to alter the character and status of the Holy City of Jerusalem have no legal validity and constitute a flagrant violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention.” Now notice what has happened in the USA.
Res.476—6/30/80 USA abstained
Res.478—8/20/80 USA abstained
Res.58-292 5/6/2004 USA against
Res.2334 12/23/2016 USA abstained
The news wires had this story in November: “US vetoes UN’s annual condemnation of Israel.” The United States for the first time voted against an annual U.N. resolution condemning Israeli control over the Golan Heights at the world body. The decision by the United States to change its stance on the resolution, after previously voting for years to abstain, may be part of a broader shift in American policy towards the Golan Heights. Vetoes of other resolutions may become more common.
The resolution was adopted in a U.N. General Assembly committee by a vote of 151 to 2, with only the U.S. and Israel voting against measure, while other 14 countries abstained on Friday. The resolution, known as “The Occupied Syrian Golan,” is a non-binding measure that is voted on by the U.N. General Assembly’s Third Committee every year that condemns the “illegality of the decision” by Israel “to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan.”

America officially changed everything regarding Israel when we moved our embassy there earlier this year. The days of voting against Gods will regarding Jerusalem and the Golan Heights are over. Yet, they are only over as long as President Trump is president. The rest of our government is against the President and Christians and Jews who believe that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and the center of the world! Wikipedia had this about that decision:

Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital was rejected by a majority of world leaders. The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting on 7 December where 14 out of 15 members condemned Trump’s decision, but the motion was vetoed by the United States.[5] Britain, France, Sweden, Italy and Japan were among the countries who criticized Trump’s decision at the emergency meeting.[6] Other countries supported the move: Guatemala said that they will follow up and also relocate their embassy; Paraguay, the Czech Republic, Romania and Honduras said that they were considering relocation.

This has heated up in recent days. “CNN commentator Marc Lamont Hill spoke on Wednesday at the opening meeting of the United Nations commemoration of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People where he urged for the elimination of Israel.” I watched the speech from Wednesday and was horrified that at the UN someone could ask for the elimination of the Jews! Hill said things like, ‘I just came from Palestine and I did not drink Jewish water as he drank New York water—condemned the Basic Law regarding the nation state of Israel being Jewish and Hebrew being the official language. He railed against the settlement movement. Ezekiel 36-37 tells us that the settlement program is God’s work and He is moving the Jews back to Israel as He promised!
What Hill said next should sends shivers down our spines but he only is saying what Satan wants. He said, “what we need is powerful, counterintuitive, dangerous, and courageous words,…. we need more than words, …..Hill then encouraged those in the international sphere to engage in boycotts, divestments, and sanctions against Israel until which point it allows a Palestinian State on the pre-1967 borders. Hill ended his speech saying, “We have an opportunity to not just offer solidarity in words, but to commit to political action, grass-roots action, local action and international action that will give us what justice requires, and that is a free Palestine from the river to the sea.” ‘From the river to the sea’ is the phrase used to teach people that they are really for the elimination of Israel from the face of the earth! The consistent theme of the UN meetings were that Israel and the USA are the problem, not the terrorism from the Muslim groups. Anti-Semitism does not exist in their world.
On Tuesday, during an interview with The Washington Post, President Trump declared, “We wish to remain in the Middle East region for our interests and for Israel.” It is the attitude of the President that is the problem in the world. The Post went on to say: “It is once again apparent that President Trump has a deeply felt and unwavering tie to the Jewish state and the safety and viability of her citizens. His profuse commitment to Israel, and thus the Jewish people, is singular among Presidents. It is astoundingly genuine.”

The problem for Satan in the world today are all of the Christians and Jews who support Israel and the return. The return is to all of the land of Israel and so Israel will get all of the land. This is infuriating to a world run by people who are controlled by Satan. Thank God that CNN had the sense to fire Lamont Hill but they are still pushing the anti-land of Israel, God ordained return to the land. Eph.2:1 says of the people hating on God’s control of history that they are dead in their sins and trespasses because they follow the ‘prince of the power of the air’ that is Satan. Pray for these people to come to know Jesus and bow before the king of the universe who alone has the right to give the land of Israel back to Israel for the end days!

Prophecy Update: November 16, 2018

I have a red alert app on my phone that goes off every time a missile is shot at Israel. On Monday the 12th of November my phone was going off a lot, in fact over 400 missiles fell on Israel. I have the app so that I can pray for Israel when the enemies of God rain down destruction and terrorism on the citizens of Israel. It is always a little bit shocking to see the news the next day. The blame Israel crowd is in full attack mode. Check out these headlines that highlight the problem with the news. They make it seem like Israel attacked Gaza without provocation, as if Israel started attacking first.

CNN: “Biggest Israel-Gaza firefight since 2014 ends in ceasefire.”
NY Times: “Cost of Botched Gaza Spy Mission? Israel’s Back on Brink of War.”
Washington Post: “Israel, Gaza trade rockets and airstrikes as botched undercover operation sets off new conflict.”

One of the problems with the news is that they never give you the context in which things are happening. Hamas is dedicated like the Nazis to finish the final solution. They want all Jews in the world dead. What happened a week ago Monday is one of the main reasons Hamas launched this attack. The USA reasserted sanctions on Iran and Israel launched a wave of cyber-attacks against Iran. These attacks are a message for Hamas and all who support Iran.

“In a series of tweets, Telecommunication Minister Mohammad Javad Azeri Jahromi blamed Israel for the attack, saying it targeted Iran’s communications infrastructure and that Iran would sue for the cyberattack via international bodies.
“’The Zionist regime, with its dark record of using cyber weapons such as Stuxnet computer virus, launched a cyberattack on Iran on Monday to harm the country’s communication infrastructures,’ Jahromi said in a tweet on Monday, adding that ‘thanks to the vigilance of [Iranian] technical teams, it [Israel] returned empty-handed.’”

Israel is always several steps ahead of her enemies and this is the case here with Hamas and Iran. Israel had intel on Hamas and what they are doing so they sent some special forces into Gaza to deal with the next attack. Hamas hurried there attack and had their hats handed to them.
“According to Iran’s Tasnim news agency, Jahromi’s deputy Hamid Fattahi said that more details of the alleged Israeli cyber strikes would be made public in the coming days. Last week, General Gholam Reza Jalali, head of the military unit in charge of combating sabotage, said that President Hassan Rouhani’s cell phone had been tapped, and would be replaced with a more secure device.”

So Israel tapped Rouhani phone—brilliant! Israel knows when and where with Hamas, Hamas is desperate. Israel responded with a great deal of destruction on Hamas and their terror infrastructure. David Rubin, former mayor of Shiloh, Israel, on mounting tensions between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. He said, we are marching toward war with Hamas and when will it happen?
I think that the ongoing war with Israel from the Arab/Muslim factions dedicated to the destruction of Israel are part of the Psalm 83 war. This Psalm summarizes all of the wars since 1948. The description of Psalm 83:4, “come let us wipe them out as a nation so that the name of Israel will be remembered no more” adequately describes the charters of the groups, Islamic Jihad, Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Palestinian Authority. (there are many other groups that could be added to this list).

All week articles have been coming out about the attack on Israel. Here is one from Thursday.

‘Islamic Jihad released pictures on Thursday of the new rocket with a heavy warhead, which they announced had been fired toward Ashkelon during the escalation of violence earlier this week. The IDF has been concerned about heavy mortars which could carry 150-200 kilogram warheads, and which would inflict heavy damage on the Israeli home front. On Thursday, the group released images showing at least 12 small, locally produced improvised rockets made from a large metal canister.’
One of the problems for Israel is that Hamas is dedicated to the destruction of Israel and every cease fire is a sham. Hamas just wants more time to rearm and Israel wants peace. Israel never gets peace because Hamas never changes its goals. They train their children to believe that the cause of destroying Israel is more important than anything in the world. So you can imagine how the Jews living in southern Israel feel. They get attacked and then there is a lull until the next attack. Why? Because Israel never eliminates the problem. Notice that I underlined Ashkelon for a reason. It is named in a prophecy along with Gaza.
Several years ago the world watched as all the Jews in Gaza were forcibly removed from their homes and their land … even those buried in cemeteries were forcibly dug up from their graves and removed from Gaza. This ‘uprooting’ of the Jews from Gaza which the whole world watched on the news may be a much more ‘significant’ prophetic event than most realize …
Zephaniah 2:4-5 “For Gaza shall be forsaken, And Ashkelon desolate; They shall drive out Ashdod at noonday, And Ekron shall be uprooted. Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast, The nation of the Cherethites! The word of the Lord is against you O Canaan, land of the Philistines (Palestinians): “I [God] will destroy you So there shall be no inhabitant.”

GOD wants all in Israel and all people on Earth to know what will help trigger this fierce and terrible anger: Gaza!! He warns, ‘Gaza will be forsaken’… her inhabitants (the children of Israel) ‘uprooted’ and ‘driven out’ . . .Judah was given this land in Joshua 15 and the world has spoken. President Bush said to the Jews get out and they left Gaza. Big mistake!— and all Israel has gotten from the goodwill gesture is war. This goodwill gesture I call sin. God does not want the land of Israel divided! Period! Judah needs to be restored to Israel because Judah is the lion of Israel!! They need to start acting like a lion soon or a lot of people are going to die in the cities of southern Israel. God says He is going to destroy Gaza. For one-day in the future, a remnant of the tribe of Judah will once again peacefully inhabit and prosper in that precious land God promised and gave to them.
Zephaniah 2:6-7 “The seacoast shall be pastures, With shelters for shepherds and folds for flocks. The coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; They (the remnant of the house of Judah) shall feed their flocks there (coastlands of Gaza);In the houses of Ashkelon they shall lie down at evening. The Lord their God will intervene for them, and return their captives.”
Some import things to consider as we study these Bible prophecies and watch the news …
– Hamas is directed, trained, and equipped by Russia and Iran.
– If you do your homework you will find Israel discovered Russian Spetsnaz (special operations) forces infiltrated Gaza soon after Israel pulled out several years ago.
– When we made Israel pull out of Gaza, God sent us a hurricane that destroyed New Orleans. (Katrina 2005)
– What will God do to America if we do not support Israel in her fight against Hamas and Hezbollah and Russia and Iran???!!!
– Genesis 6:11 says, “Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence.” If you look on Blueletter Bible, you will find that the word violence is pronounced in Hebrew ‘Hamas’ (strongs #2555). We are living in a time of violence like the Bible predicts since Jesus said the last days would be like the days of Noah.
Since Iran and Russia also support Hezbollah, check out this article from Jewish news network. “In South America, the border region linking Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay is known as the “Triple Frontier.” The area is mostly under the control of Hezbollah and its local supporters. In this Wild West of sorts, the terrorist organization smuggles drugs, runs casinos, launders money and more virtually unimpeded.” Breitbart had this: “State Warns: Hezbollah Flooding Peru, Bolivia with Terrorist Assets.” 14 Nov 2018—
Many articles are coming out about the work of Islamic groups in South America and it shows a pattern. They enter the USA, work for La Raza and other groups designed to bring terrorism to the US. La Raza wants to reclaim most of the southwest for their own nation. Calexit is one of their strategies. The FBI many years ago reported that the Russians were working with these groups to foster violence in America. China has joined in on the act. The warning came today a day after State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert revealed that “Iran spends nearly $1 billion annually on terrorism, including $700 million on the Lebanese-based wing of Hezbollah, heavily involved in drug trafficking and money laundering activities in the Western Hemisphere, mainly Latin America.”
With the caravan arriving on our southern border with people with the stated goal of invading our borders—America needs to understand that as you do to Israel it will be done to you. If we support Israel taking out Hamas in Gaza and taking out Hezbollah with Iran in the Golan heights, God will protect our borders. If we let the congress get bamboozled to compromise this truth, we will be judged harshly. The forces are lining up against Israel in the United States congress, those who oppose all who love Israel. Pres.Trump ordered Ambassador Haley to condemn the UN again today. Haley will stand up for Israeli rights in the Golan Heights—praise God. The Jerusalem Post had this headline: HALEY: U.S. TO OPPOSE UNGA CALL FOR ISRAEL TO RETURN GOLAN HEIGHTS TO SYRIA. Once again our US Ambassador is doing what is right in the face of the UN General Assembly anti-Semitism! Pray that Jesus will save many—pray for the peace of Jerusalem!

Prophecy Update: November 8, 2018

In light of the midterm elections, I want to talk about Jerusalem. The battle for the hearts and minds of the Americans can be described as a battle between two opposing forces. On the one side is the group that holds to the Judeo Christian ethic as the worldview of America. On the other side is the secular humanist who has an anti-God, anti-Revelation view of history and ethics.

The Democratic party platform has eliminated God from America. March 15, 2017 the New York Post had this article:
“Democrats Still Haven’t Faced Their God Problem. And over the last couple of decades, as its base became more educated, less religious and more urban, this problem has only grown. And the divide has seemingly sapped Democrats’ ability to communicate to religious Americans. Especially if those people of faith are white, according to Brad Chism, a longtime and respected Democratic strategist based in Mississippi. “And that problem extends to the national media, who by and large are mostly Democrats, meaning you have these powerful forces who do not understand more than half of the people in this country,” he said.
Over the last few decades the Democratic party has pushed Christians out of the party. The article went on to say:
“Democrats were hugely successful across the country by solidifying their base. In the process, they have pushed away religious voters not simply by ignoring them but by actively repelling them with accusations of bigotry and backwardness.”

Earlier this year this divide between Democrats and Christians/Jews exploded over the embassy move to Jerusalem. Consider this article from May:
How the embassy move widens the partisan divide over Israel: Tellingly, not a single Democratic member of Congress attended. In America, popular support for Israel appears to be rising among Republicans, but is falling rapidly among Democrats. That decline is also found among younger American Jews, and even among younger American evangelicals. Since coming into office, Trump has sided more openly with Israel on a number of occasions. Most recently, he announced the U.S. was withdrawing from the Iran deal and seeking to reimpose sanctions on Iran. Trump’s move was welcomed by Netanyahu, but was met with criticism from the Democratic leadership and from European allies.

This Monday, the United States of America took another step in supporting Israel by taking the next step in sanctions against Iran. If Democrats were in charge, Israel would be in a lot of trouble right now. Why did God put the Republicans in charge? Because the table was not set for the future wars coming in the Middle East. God has been protecting Israel while it prepares for these wars and with Americas help, they are ready to fight. If Democrats were in office, none of these things would have been possible.
First, if the Democrats were in charge, the Iran deal would still be in place and Iran would be getting millions of dollars from the US to help them with their march to war with Israel.
Second, if the Democrats were in charge the embassy would have never moved and there would never have been a declaration that Jerusalem was the eternal capital of Israel.
Third, behind these events are spiritual battles. It is the Lord who establishes kings and brings Kings down. Now that the House of Representatives has been taken from the Republicans there are two groups who are really happy: Those who wish to destroy evangelical support for Israel, and those who wish to destroy Israel.
The Republican Party has a group that want the same things that the Democrats want. They want the evangelical vote but nothing of what evangelicals believe. They want abortion, globalism, and socialism. The ethics of the Republican establishment are driven by secular humanism. So the war within the Republican Party has been going on for many years. It is now at an all-time high. With the Democrats winning the House, these Republicans will side with the Democrats for socialism and anti-God, antisemitism, anti-ethical positions.

What can we expect from the events of the election this week? Consider this article from today, Wed.11/7/18:
“Trump’s free ride from Congress just ended: Democrats have won control of the House of Representatives, according to calls by multiple media outlets — which means their days of standing by just helplessly watching President Donald Trump are gone.
The party’s House majority will allow them to launch subpoena-powered investigations into the president’s finances, Russian interference, administration ethics scandals, and so much more — and to halt the conservative legislative agenda in its tracks. They could even demand Trump’s long-concealed tax returns.”

I believe that Donald Trump is a man who will fight. He will not allow the Democrats to impeach him. He will start a war that we have never seen before. He is not like the Bush’s who will help the Democrats to take down the president. This is a spiritual war and this man Trump is the perfect tip of the spear to bring the Americans to their knees. The ariticle went on to say:
“Yet Trump is Trump, and he loves confrontation. Meanwhile, Democrats distrust the president and dearly hope to usher him out of office as soon as possible. On some matters like funding the government and raising the debt ceiling, though, they will have to figure out a way to work together — though getting there may not be easy. The most imminent consequence of a Democratic House takeover is that there will be investigations galore. Democrats now have the power to make Trump’s life hell.”

I’d say so!! The Democrats have advocated violence against Republicans and the president. They also have hatred in their hearts towards Christians and Jews. The Hill had this to say: “If Dems win the House, expect ‘worst of times’ to follow: We are a nation simultaneously embracing the idea of American exceptionalism and resurrecting the ideas of our Founding Fathers, while at the same time embracing the kind of socialist ideas that once caused half of Europe to fall behind what Winston Churchill described as an Iron Curtain.”

This quote perfectly describes the problem in America. We are a divided nation and the anger is overflowing from one side. The leftists want blood to run in the streets just like they did in the Soviet Union, China, Vietnam, and a whole host of other communist nations. The Soros group funds the violence and news outlets cover up the sins of the socialists. Did you see any major news outlets report that the Kavanaugh accuser lied and admitted it? No you won’t because they have an agenda and it is to destroy the constitution and the American way of life. Why? Because it is spiritual warfare!! Do you think that Satan is upset at all of the missionary funding that comes out of the USA? Do you think Satan is upset that the most pro-Israel nation on the earth is once again supporting Israel fully? Do you think Satan wants to destroy evangelical churches who stand firm in all of the Bible, the 66 books of the Bible being the verbally inspired Word of God, inerrant, without error, and proud of it? Satan has a willing population to do his bidding and it is the progressive left! Pray that God will save some of them from their losing strategy, being on the losing team. Team Satan will lose in the end!

The President tweeted this: “If the Democrats think they are going to waste Taxpayer Money investigating us at the House level, then we will likewise be forced to consider investigating them for all of the leaks of Classified Information, and much else, at the Senate level. Two can play that game!”

Back to Jerusalem: God is very clear that the whole world will be against what He is doing in Jerusalem. America is in a good place supporting Israel the way we should. With the Democrats in control of the house, their motto will be ‘make America evil again.’ Pro-abortion, pro-Palestinian, Pro-communist/socialism, and pro-humanist ideology will now be pushed from the House. All of this will have an impact on Israel. The international pressure on the Democrats in the House will be unrelenting from those who wish to push the two state solution. They will push an agenda that will work in the Anti-Christ favor for the false peace deal coming in the future. This had to happen—unfortunately it is happening on our watch. What do you think will be the Lords response if the Democrats are successful pushing their agenda?
I believe with all of my heart that the prophecies of Ezekiel are going to be fulfilled in our life time. The world hates God and His move to bring Jews back to the Land and settle them in all of the land of Israel. The world is lined up to oppose this and that is why they hate Trump. He is the most supportive of the settlement movement in Israel. He proved it with the move of the embassy. Satan will now work to destroy that movement. Mahmoud Abbas is extremely happy today for the election results. He has an ally in Nancy Pelosi. His war can now proceed. But the result of the war will be destruction of the Palestinian Authority. It is the Psalm 83 war that is getting ready to commence.
Psalm 83 says, A Song, a Psalm of Asaph. O God, do not remain quiet; Do not be silent and, O God, do not be still 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.” Vs. 18 says, that they may know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, Are the Most High over all the earth.
When God fights this war with these nations, all of the world will see that God alone is responsible for bringing His people back. I cannot wait to see it happen!! I love our Lord and all that He does. This war will lead to the Gog-Magog war and hopefully we will be raptured out of here soon! Are you looking for the blessed hope? Are you praying for the Lords return?

Prophecy Update: November 2nd 2018

The past few weeks the conflict between Israel and her enemies has taken a turn for the worst. Part of the conflict that impacts Israel is the division that exists in the Muslim world. There are four current power centers in Islam. They are the states of Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Egypt. Turkey is ruled by the dictator Erdogan and his vision is that all of Islam will turn to him as he seeks to reclaim the glories of the Ottoman Empire. Saudi Arabia is ruled by the House of Saud and they are the land where Muslims make pilgrimages because of Mecca, the center of Islam. All Muslims are required to make a pilgrimage to Mecca once in their lifetime. Iran is run by the Mullahs who give allegiance to the Ayatollahs. This small sect of Islam claims to be the true path for all Muslims. It is called Shia Islam while the other three states follow Sunni Islam. Last is Egypt, it is the land of the Muslim Brotherhood. The Brotherhood claims to be the intellectual and spiritual guide for the rest of Islam.
One conflict that is receiving the majority of coverage from the media is the murder of a journalist named Jamal Khashoggi. He entered the Saudi embassy in Turkey on Oct.2nd and never came out. He went there to file papers for divorce so he could marry his current lover. A hit squad flew to Turkey to kill him.
America is in great conflict with Turkey and they are no longer an ally of the USA. Saudi Arabia has a relationship with the USA but they are not our friends. The relationship with Saudi Arabia has made a turn under Crown Prince Bin Salman. (I will call him MBS from now on) MBS has made overtures to Israel and changed the perception of the Saudi’s because of foreign policy considerations. The Saudi’s agreed with Israel that Iran is a threat to both the Saudi’s and Israel and they should cooperate with each other. This has made waves in the Muslim world. Some Muslims want to destroy MBS because of this concession. Saudi clerics have said that Israel deserves the land they live on. (this is a huge concession) Oman this week also made a concession for Israel. Consider this report:

OMAN SAYS TIME TO ACCEPT ISRAEL AFTER NETANYAHU HISTORIC VISIT, Jerusalem Post. In a speech he delivered at the IISS Manama Dialogue security summit in Bahrain, Omani Foreign Minister Yousuf bin Alawi said, “Israel is a state present in the region, and we all understand this. The world is also aware of this and maybe it is time for Israel to be treated the same [as other states] and to also bear the same obligations.” Bahrain’s foreign minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa voiced support for Oman over the sultanate’s role in trying to secure Israeli-Palestinian peace, while Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir said the kingdom believes the key to normalizing relations with Israel is the peace process.

Prior to Benjamin Netanyahu showing up in Oman, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with the Omani officials to discuss the peace treaty with the Israelis. The meetings did not go well. Why? The event in Turkey with the death of Kashoggi is related to the peace deal that Trump and his team are trying to put together. The bottom line is that most of the Muslim world does not want peace with Israel if it means that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. Abbas went home and said this:

THE PLO ANNOUNCES THEY NO LONGER RECOGNIZE THE RIGHT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL TO EXIST AS A NATION,
The PLO Central Council decided to suspend its recognition of the state of Israel until it recognizes the state of Palestine at the pre-1967 lines with east Jerusalem as its capital, according to the Palestinian News Agency Wafa. FROM THE JERUSALEM POST: The PLO has also decided to cut security as well as its economic ties with the state of Israel as set out in the 1994 Paris Economic Protocol. The decision taken on Monday night at the end of the two-day meeting in Ramallah.

Turkey is committed to destroying the relationship that Saudi Arabia has with both America and Israel. They do not want the peace treaty between Israel and the Palestinians. The Palestinians do not want the peace treaty and they are committed to destroying anything the Trump Administration brings in the peace plan.
The Kashoggi assassination plays into the Turks hand because it gave them an issue to divide Saudi Arabia from the US and eventually Israel. The Saudi’s have a strategic partnership with the US and Israel on security issues because the threat of Iran. For Turkey to be the head of all of Islam, they need to destroy their top competitor, Saudi Arabia! Kashoggi is a US person (a special status) as well as a Saudi citizen, this can upset the apple cart as they say. The left will be in high gear trying to get Trump to punish the Saudi’s so they can ruin the relationship between the two countries. Make no mistake, this is designed to destroy Trump, Israel, and anyone who is not for globalism. Why is MBS so bad for Islam?

MBS has made reforms socially and religiously. Women have been helped by his changing of the laws and the Wahhabi Muslim movement in Saudi Arabia has been attacked by MBS. This upset Kashoggi and he wrote against the regime. Kashoggi is for the destruction of Israel, for the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, and for the destruction of the USA. The conflict with Turkey is not over and it is unclear how it will play out. One thing is clear, however it plays out, it will lead to the Gog-Magog war. With that in mind, Russia made big news with this headline.

The Jerusalem Post reported 10/31:
RUSSIA WARNS OF ‘PROVOCATION’ IN SYRIA, HINTS AT ISRAELI ‘HOT HEADS’ Then the ministry turned its attention to southwest Syria on the Golan border. It said that “Russian soldiers are monitoring the situation at six observation posts along the line of separation.” It was in this context that Moscow noted that the S-300 had been deployed to Syria. “In order to increase the level of security of the Russian military personnel, aviation flights and the protection of objects in Syria.”

This is a direct threat to Israel. So in the past week, Turkey, Russia, Iran, and the Palestinian Authority made direct threats at Israel. Israel is striking back. Consider this headline from 10/31:

TV report: Israel silent as Iran hit by computer virus more violent than Stuxnet: Tehran strategic networks attacked, Hadashot TV says, hours after Israel revealed it tipped off Denmark about Iran murder plot, and days after Rouhani’s phone was found bugged. Israeli officials are refusing to discuss what role, if any, they may have had in the operation, an Israeli TV report said Wednesday. On Sunday, Gholamreza Jalali, the head of Iran’s civil defense agency, said Tehran had neutralized a new version of Stuxnet, Reuters reported. The TV report noted that “behind the scenes lately, the Mossad,” under its director Yossi Cohen, has been “fighting a real shadow war.”

The pressure on Israel from Iran and Russia to her north will bring a war in the future. Until then, Israel is not going to stop attacking any moves by Iran to increase its ability to destroy Israel. Iran has two main strategies for the moment. The first is to continue to put pressure on Israel and bleed her ability to defend herself. The missiles that come from Gaza are meant to make Israel use its patriot missile system to shoot down the weapons fired at Israel. Every patriot missile is fifty thousand dollars. It is expensive to defend the nation of Israel. The second strategy is to make bases in Syria, Yemen, and the coast of Africa which Iran can attack Israel. Israel is attacking in Syria but now Russia has moved in to stop Israel.
To make matters more complicated, another nation has decided to move the embassy to Jerusalem. Brazil! This is the headline:

“Brazil Bolsonaro Moving Embassy To Jerusalem”

This is huge news and comes on the eve of the USA revealing the peace plan for the Middle East. Next week, the USA will reveal its peace plan to Israeli leaders and I am not very happy about this. First, I think all peace plans for the Middle East will end up in failure because all of them have included dividing the state of Israel. God is very clear, the land of Israel is His land and all of it is being given to Israel, not other nations. No one has the right or authority to give away any of the land. Period!! Second, the election is bound to end up in the increase of division for America. We are being judged by the Lord and only repentance will save us. The nation has a large portion of people who have rejected the Word of the Lord. They have rejected what God did by giving us a president who stands for Israel and the Prolife movement. This president has done more for Israel and the Prolife movement than any other president in history and in less time. Has the nation repented?

A nation divided against itself cannot stand. This is where we are at in our history. Trump was blamed for the massacre in Pittsburgh where 11 people were killed in a synagogue. The hatred of Israel and Jews has been increasing in Europe and now it has hit America. The churches who demean Jews had a conference, Christ at the Checkpoint, and they advocated attacks on Israel thru economic blockades. Here is why the President and all who support Israel are hated in America, because Satan hates Israel and anyone who loves her. The Bible is clear, they who bless Israel will be blessed and those who curse Israel will be cursed.
I am praying that God protects the President from those who oppose him, from those who hate Christians and Jews, and that God will protect the President from himself. This peace deal is a fools errand. I already see the Lord moving to stop this move. I hope that America will stand up more for Israel by declaring the whole West Bank as Sovereign Israeli territory. That congress will step up to the plate and declare the Golan Heights as sovereign Israeli territory. That the USA will throw the UN out and that we would leave the UN. It is an anti-American anti-Christian and anti-Semitic organization.

Prophecy Update: Oct.25, 2018

I want to write to you about the movement to put a microchip in every human being on the planet. I have not written on this subject in quite a while. I was intrigued by this headline: CBN News reported this week, “Why Implanted Microchips in Humans Could Go Mainstream Sooner than Later.”

“Experts admit that, so far, getting humans to adopt microchip implants has been a tough sell. Many Christians reject them because of concern they could be a prelude to “the mark of the Beast” which Revelation chapter 13 says will be “a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads.”

I wrote on this subject several years ago when the Obama Administration tried to push having every American chipped for health and bank information. This was not successful but the people invested in this happening have not given up. I thought that this was an important insight in the article:

“Besides being vulnerable to hackers, a chip implanted in your body means, “They could track where you are, how long you take for lunch every day, or how many times you went to the bathroom if the chip were scanned by a reader,” Futurism writes. “And opting out of this kind of data collection is a lot more convoluted when you’ve got a chip implanted in your bodily tissues. If you want to go off the grid in even the smallest way, you can leave your wallet at home, but removing a microchip requires a bit more, uh, effort.”

I thought this insight was important because the future anti-Christ will want to track everyone, not just for money but also to keep tabs on everyone. The precursor to being chipped is the ability to track everyone in the society. Our cell phones already act as trackers. In popular TV shows like NCIS, one of my favorites, McGee can track anyone by hacking into their phones. Earlier this year there was a report about the way China was tracking all of their citizens. Report: China Developing Orwellian ‘Social Credit’ System That Could Threaten Democracy

Newsmax: “China’s Big-Brother Social Credit System Could Work in US.” China’s development of a nationwide tracking system to rate the reputations of individuals, businesses and even government officials could spread to the West and change the lives of many for years to come, The Atlantic reports.
‘The Chinese government plans to launch its Social Credit System in 2020. The aim is to judge the trustworthiness of the country’s 1.3 billion residents by monitoring and evaluating their purchases, who their friends are, how much time they spend watching TV or playing video games, what bills and taxes they pay (or don’t) and where they are at any given time.’

This program is already being used to arrest those who do not hold to views that are government approved. Many church leaders have been arrested in China because of this new system. This is the type of system the anti-Christ will eventually use. One more proof that we live in the last days. Just the fact that we have the ability to track our citizens and give them a score based on their beliefs and what they read is Orwellian! The article goes on to say:

Mimicking the project in the West would be easy since technology continues to become a bigger part of our lives. “It would be remarkably easy to achieve. It’s just a matter of making explicit the determinations that already go into credit scores — of binding together the data brokerages that even now siphon up public records, social-media profiles, web searches, and similar digital traces of life here in the West, and making our rights and privileges as city dwellers and citizens contingent on what they infer from our behavior,” writes Greenfield.

This desire to track everyone in society was used in Hitlers Germany. I have thought in the past that what Hitler did in his country was a microcosm of what the future anti-Christ will do with better technology. Edwin Black wrote a book called IBM and the Holocaust which detailed how the Hollerith system developed by IBM was used by Hitler to track everyone in Germany. This was the early days of a type of computer system. “This system was used to help create enabling technologies step by step from the identification and cataloguing programs of the 1930’s and 1940’s.” In the book, Black takes on not just IBM itself but also its legendary founder and longtime chairman, Thomas J. Watson, Sr., who Black says “admired the whole concept of Fascism” and engaged in “micromanagement from afar” as “IBM placed its technology at the disposal of Hitler’s program of Jewish destruction and territorial domination.”

Watson was the chairman of IBM and the new IBM system used today is called Watson. It scares me a little that this same name that was part of the holocaust is now used extensively in tracking programs today. Only today it is a multiple amount of companies that are involved in this tracking technology.

India Launches Mark of the Beast Technology in Revelation, was the headline in April. India launched the ADVAR system that is a system in India they are scanning the fingerprints, eyes and faces of its 1.3 billion residents and connecting the data to everything from welfare benefits to mobile phones.

“Civil libertarians are horrified, viewing the program, called Aadhaar, as Orwell’s Big Brother brought to life. For other countries, the technology could provide a model for how to track their residents. The government has made registration mandatory for hundreds of public services and many private ones, from taking school exams to opening bank accounts.”

Now here is the point I want to make. The two largest populations in the world are China and India. Those two countries have 2.5 billion people who are now under state tracking technology. These states are the beginnings of what the Anti-Christ will do in the future. Most of the rest of us are using technology that can be tracked by those who have the time and wish to do it. Consider this quote abut India:

“No one has approached that scale and that ambition,” said Jacqueline Bhabha, a professor and research director of Harvard’s FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, who has studied biometric ID systems around the world. “It has been hailed, and justifiably so, as an extraordinary triumph to get everyone registered.”

I think that this system is coming to America, how soon, I do not know. But consider this quote: ‘Although microchip implantation might be introduced as a voluntary procedure, in time, there will be pressure to make it mandatory. A national identification system via microchip implants could be achieved in two stages. Upon introduction as a voluntary system, the microchip implantation will appear to be palatable. After there is a familiarity with the procedure and a knowledge of its benefits, implantation would be mandatory. -Dr. Elaine M. Ramesh, patent attorney for Franklin Pierce Law Center.’

The technology for this system is in place, governments around the world are implementing forerunners of what anti-Christ will use, the next step for America is to have a government that will demand that we take a chip.

I work with college students and they are used to technologies that make their lives easier. It is the temptation of having everything easier that I believe will move the younger generation to accept microchips before my age group. I learned that our own government wished to do this already. The election of Donald Trump derailed plans to chip every American. Here is a quote from 2016,

“Yet how many know a plan exists for widespread adoption of human microchipping beginning in the year 2017? While testimony has been given that safeguards are in place to ensure privacy in connection with implantable biometric identification, some believe confidentiality is the last thing internal radio transmitters will protect; that in fact the plan to microchip humanity smacks of the biblical mark of the Beast.”

When a different government comes into office, America may be forced to take the mark. Will you be chipped even before the rise of Anti-Christ? I would encourage you to reject any move toward putting anything in your body that can be used by Satan for his future plans for the world. The anti-Christ is not in power yet, but much of what he will use in the future is already here. Pray that we can have the discernment to reject all that he has planned for the world.

Remember I John 3:1,” See how great a love the Father has for us that we should be called the children of God, and such we are. The reason the world does not know us is because it does not know Him.” Christian, the Lord loves you with a great love. Do not let technology become an idol in your life. It is insidious, dangerous, and appealing. Cling to the love of God this week!

Prophecy Update: Is the Hook in the Jaw? Oct.19th2018

The imagery of the ‘hook in the jaw’ comes from Ezekiel 38:4 when God says that He will bring Russia and her allies into Israel in the Last Days! In Ez.38:16 God makes clear what He is doing when He says, “and you will come up against My people Israel like a cloud to cover the land. It shall come about in the last days that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I am sanctified through you before their eyes, O Gog.”

The important thing to note is that God is bringing these nations into His land which He gave to Israel. The end times prophecies are very clear that when God brings the Jews back into His land, the nations, all of them will be in opposition. The majority of the end times prophecies regarding the reestablishment of Israel teaches us that the nations will reject what God is doing with His people and His land. As an example, In Jeremiah 30:11, the Lord said to Israel, “For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD; I will make a full end of all the nations among whom I scattered you, but of you I will not make a full end. I will discipline you in just measure, and I will by no means leave you unpunished.” Isaiah 60:12 “For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you will perish. Yes, those nations will be completely wasted.” In context, after being scattered among the nations, Israel is being restored by God. Zechariah 12:2-3, 9 “Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling to all the peoples all around, when they shall come against Judah and Jerusalem. And in that day I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all peoples. All who lift it shall be cut to pieces, and all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it… And it shall be in that day I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.”

I am going to talk about three hooks in the jaw of Russia dragging them into war.

The first hook is Syria.
Syria is the greatest ally of Russia in the Middle East. The BBC had this report: “Why does Russia support Syria and President Assad?” ‘The story goes back at least to Cold War times, when the Soviet Union gained influence in Syria in the 1970s, giving aid and arms. In 2000, Vladimir Putin became president of Russia and Bashar al-Assad became president of Syria. Russian ties with Syria began to strengthen because of their previous Cold War relationship. This conflict is the first time Russia has really been able to test out the capabilities of its newly-expanded military.’
“It’s basically a theatre to test out their military equipment and doctrine.”
Syria gives Russia a foothold in the Middle East so that they can project power to protect energy interests.

The second hook is energy:

One year ago, God was working to recognize Jerusalem as the undivided eternal capital of Israel. When Donald Trump made that move in December 2017 and moved the embassy in May of 2018, the world went nuts. Russia and China declared that there are two states and one of them has their capital in East Jerusalem so Israel cannot claim Jerusalem as their capital. This was in late December 2017 after the UN voted to condemn Israel and America for the declaration regarding Jerusalem. The claim is that it is a violation of international law. To be blunt, Russia is using international law in several cases to fuel their war aims against Israel. Russia claims that Jerusalem being the capital of Israel violates international law and the world agrees. Russia also claims that Israel’s claim that the Golan Heights is Israeli territory is also a violation of international law.
This past week, Donald Trump said America does not recognize international law and that we will not follow the dictates of some court in Europe telling us what to do. Israel has been doing that for years. The World Court, United Nations, European Union, and most international bodies do not recognize either Jerusalem or the Golan Heights as Israeli territory. God said it is His land and He is giving it to Israel, but the world has rejected the decision God made. Satan is using Russia as his first foray into destroying Israel. This important because Israel struck oil in those Golan hills!
What is it that Israel has that Russia wants? How about everything! If you compare the two countries, there is no comparison. Israel is better at everything when compared to Russia. Israel is the 8th most powerful nation in the world. Israel has gas and oil, enough to fuel Israel for the next 200 years. For many years Russia has wanted in on Israel gas industry, they have been shut out by Israel. Vladimir Putin has never been shut out like this and he is not taking it lying down. This is an old fashioned story. One nation has what another nation wants and they will fight over it. That is the bottom line for Russia.
Israel has a lot of natural gas and they are going to ship it to Europe, this is competition with Russia. Russia is not sitting down for this and that is why they are in Syria on the border with Israel. The British Express had this article in April this year: “Will Israel be the next big oil power? asks FREDERICK FORSYTH. YOU do not have to be an eco-geologist or international financier – both of which I am emphatically not – to realise there is a quiet revolution brewing in the East Mediterranean. I refer not to the Syrian civil war nor Russia’s naked imperialism in that zone but to something happening far beneath those blue touristic waves. Only mentioned in tiny hiccups in our newspapers one of the most gigantic discoveries ever made of natural oil and gas under the East Mediterranean will soon be coming on stream. The gas field lies off the coasts of Turkey, Lebanon, Cyprus and Egypt. But the biggest two fields of all, Leviathan and Tamar, lie off Israel, between 50 and 80 miles offshore. Estimates are of 26 trillion cubic feet lying untapped down there – more than enough to transform the economies of the entire zone. Germany has for years been the docile customer of Putin’s Russian gas and oil supplies. Competitors are not welcomed and the East Med discoveries, when exploited and transportable in bulk, would blow the Russian supremacy in EU gas supply out of the water.” Did you hear what was said by the Brits, they are worried about the Russian response.

The trouble with the great Russian bear is that it is extremely paranoid. Putin is like a new Tsar and he wants glory for Russia. He believes that the Russian empire is destined for a come back and that is why he threatens his neighbors all of the time. He also has moved on some nations—Crimea and Ukraine specifically. When Russia moved into Syria in 2015, it was to save Assad and set up Russia for the war prophesied in Ezekiel 38-39. The New York Post reported August 19, 2018. “Russians are now patrolling the Golan Heights — and you can thank Barack Obama” Russian military police have been deploying in all areas recaptured from rebels, including on the edge of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, after Syrian government forces regained control of the area last month. “The Russian military police work in close interaction with the U.N.,” he said, adding that they have set up a hotline with the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) and held regular meetings to co-ordinate their actions.

You heard that right folks, Russia is there with the UN peace keeping forces on the Golan Heights, bringing peace to Syria. Are you kidding me—this is the biggest joke and threat to Israel I can imagine. The UN does not recognize Israeli presence in the Golan and Russia wants the oil and gas. On Oct.9th Netanyahu in a speech said “World Should Recognize Occupied Golan Heights as ‘Israeli Territory” but Moscow said, Russia rebukes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for asking the international community to recognize the regime’s claim to “sovereignty” over the occupied side of Syria’s Golan Heights, warning that any such move would constitute a flagrant violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.” As you can see, this conflict is going to grow towards war.

The third hook in the jaw is anti-Semitism.
Russia and the nations that follow her into this war are doing it because they hate Israel. Remember that Israel is made up of a large number of Jews from Russia. The anti-Semitism that they experienced in Russia is following them. Now here is a big problem: no superpower attempts to stop Russia and her allies from invading Israel as recorded in Ezekiel 38-39. That does not fit the situation we face today. America would come to Israel aid today if Russia invaded. So the obvious question is: where is America when the Gog invasion happens?
Ezekiel 38:13 is clear when it records the protest of the nations but no one comes to the aid of Israel but God alone, “Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its villages will say to you, ‘Have you come to capture spoil? Have you assembled your company to seize plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to capture great spoil?’ God does not want anyone else getting the glory for this victory!
With America out of the way, Russia will feel free to attack. How are we removed? I do not know but one thing I do know is that America is under the divine discipline of the Lord. We as a nation have had the blessing of God for many years but now as a nation—we are under divine discipline. The leading indicators of a healthy society are dismal and at an all time low. We need to pray for revival because we do not have enough people in America who live in such a way that will make America Great Again! The left is in full time rebellion against God and they are advocating violence against Christians. God gave us a reprieve with the election of Trump and He gave us a president and vice president that have opened the door to choose right. Many have walked through the door but the repentance has to go to the courts, schools, and local governments. That has not happened. I see that this election cycle in November will bring more division not less. It is a battle to the end folks—we need to pray that Americans will stand for the truth and reject the evil way. Light is greater than darkness, walk in the light and we will have blessing from God!

Prophecy Update: Trump and the 4 I’s Oct.12th 2018

With the sudden and unexpected resignation of UN Ambassador Nikki Haley I wanted to write about how she and Pres. Trump relate to the 4 I’s. Let me remind you of the 4 I’s; they are the reason that God brings judgment on nations and people. The 4 I’s are: Idolatry, Immorality, killing Innocents, and persecuting Israel. When a nation makes laws that enshrine these sins, God begins to discipline that nation. I believe that God raised up Donald Trump and Nikki Haley at this time to force the world and the USA into either rejecting or accepting these four sins. I will only focus on Israel for the purpose of this blog.
Remember back to 2016 when the election was looming in November. I had many conversations with Christians that reflected two attitudes. First, many of my friends were adamant that Donald Trump should never be president and they were against Clinton but hated Trump. Second, some of my friends were totally for Trump. Sorting out what these people believed was no easy task. I did figure out one thing, hardly any of them wanted to look at the election from prophetic eyes. Most were looking at the election from a political and moral framework but not from the vantage point of Biblical Prophecy.
In March of that year, I heard Trump speak in Washington D.C. and I was impressed with what he said about Israel and Jerusalem. I thought that if he really believes what he is saying he will be the most pro-Israel president we have ever had. He said that Jerusalem was the undivided capital of Israel and that he would move the embassy of the United States to Jerusalem. I was thinking that the way he was saying it was different than any of the previous presidents. All gave lip service to Israel but we never had a president who followed through on the promises to Israel.
Jerusalem is the epicenter of Biblical prophecy. According to Zechariah the whole world would be against Israel and Jerusalem. The nations are so hateful to Jerusalem; eventually there will be a war against Jerusalem. Joel 3:1-2 describes for us what God is going to do in the end times: “For behold in those days and at that time when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem 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.”
We are living in the day when God is restoring the fortunes of Israel and all of the nations of the world are against Israel and Jerusalem. Now here is where Trump is different, he does not compromise the truth of Jerusalem being the capital of Israel. No one has done that in history since King Cyrus did it in 500 BC.

As I prayed about the election, one thing became clear to me from the Lord—Donald Trump would be the tip of the spear poking the world regarding their treatment of Israel. I prayed and God heard my prayer, two weeks before the election I heard from the Lord and it became clear to me that Trump would win the election because God was going to use him to force the world to either repent and begin to love and accept Israel or the world would end up in full blown rebellion against the Lord regarding His plan for Israel. This is when I was having a crises, I did not want to tell anyone what I believed the Lord was telling me. Everyone else that I talked to about the election was either in full blown hatred of Trump or they wanted to vote for Trump as a way of not voting for Clinton. Very few of my friends thought about the election from prophetic eyes, some did and I am thankful for them.

What happened next seems unreal to me, because God spoke to my heart and told me that Trump would win I was confident that the world was going to be in for the ride of their lives. On Election Day I told everyone within ear shot that Trump would win, I did not tell them why I was so confident. When it happened I was thinking about Israel and Jerusalem not all of the other stuff so many talked about. It was also a sad time for me because very few people wanted to talk about the prophetic implications of the election. I was thankful for the pastors and ministries that saw that God was raising up Trump for a prophetic purpose.

So what happened that has forced the world to deal with Israel. Trump is the first president to follow through with his promise to obey US law and move the embassy to Jerusalem and he also told the truth about the Iran deal which was a deal with the world to destroy Israel. He followed through with his promise to defend Israel and the USA by revoking the worse deal in all of history the Iran deal. What did I expect from the Trump election, I expected the world to hate Trump and disagree with everything he is doing regarding Israel. I was not disappointed one bit. The Bible predicted what the world would do; they would reject the pro Israel stance, the pro Jerusalem view point, and the defense of Israel from Iran. Trump also appointed the most pro Israel UN ambassador in our history, Nikki Haley. To say I am thankful for Nikki Haley is an understatement—she is flat awesome. It is a blow to the world and the United States and Israel that she is leaving. I was in prayer all night last night, could not sleep without praying and thinking about what this could mean.

Before I get to that, let me highlight what Nikki Haley said at the UN that is so awesome: “Israel has been forced to live under constant security threats like virtually no other country in the world. It should not have to live that way. And yet, Israel has overcome those burdens. It is a thriving country, with a vibrant economy that contributes much to the world in the name of technology, science, and the arts.” UN Security Council session, February 2018 “I went to Israel to see firsthand the country the United Nations spends half its time on. Unfortunately, I’m not kidding – it’s ridiculous. It seems like the rough breakdown at the UN is half the time on Israel and half the time on the other 192 countries.”
Israeli-American Council, November 2017 “The Security Council is supposed to discuss how to maintain international peace and security. But at our meeting on the Middle East, the discussion was not about Hezbollah’s illegal build-up of rockets in Lebanon. It was not about the money and weapons Iran provides to terrorists. It was not about how we defeat ISIS. It was not about how we hold [Syrian President] Bashar Assad accountable for the slaughter of hundreds and thousands of civilians. No, instead, the meeting focused on criticizing Israel, the one true democracy in the Middle East.” Press conference after attending first Security Council meeting, February 2017 “Nowhere has the UN’s failure been more consistent and more outrageous than in its bias against our close ally Israel.” Senate Confirmation Hearing, January 2017 “If there’s anything I have no patience for, it’s bullies – and the UN was being such a bully to Israel because they could.” Speaking to Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, June 2017 “We will not tolerate a situation that a world body of 198 countries can spend half their time attacking one country: Israel. What used to be a monthly Israel-bashing session now at least has more balance. But we’re never gonna put up with bullying.”
AIPAC Policy Conference, March 2018

Nikki Haley is the one sane person at the UN and has warned the UN about anti-Semitism over and over again. The world did what God said would happen, but now they are without excuse. God raised up Trump and Haley to warn the world and tell them the truth about Israel—the world in its Satanically inspired hatred rejected God and turned to more hatred, the worse form of hatred, the hatred that caused the holocaust.
It is clear that the press and the Democrats and several Republicans are doing everything they can to dismantle everything Trump does. They hate what he has done regarding Israel and Jerusalem, hate his Supreme Court nominees (Kavanaugh being the latest leftist defeat) hate his anti-globalist agenda(The Rothschilds have used their globalist media mouthpiece to declare that Donald Trump is threatening to destroy the New World Order, for good) , hate what he did with Iran, hate what he is doing with the economy, hate his pro-life stance, and hate him and all who voted for him. The Russian investigation has shown nothing but hatred and stupidity. The collusion is in the FBI to stop Trump from being president and now to discredit the president. The radical progressive, communist left teaming up with CNN and other networks are dedicated to destroying Trump, Israel, and the USA. As Christians we know what is going to happen and we better fasten our seatbelts.
The replacement theology churches have no clue about what is coming because they eliminate Israel and prophecy. That is the Catholic, Methodist, Episcopalian, Lutheran, Presbyterians, United Church of Christ, etc.—these are denominations that teach that the Church has replaced Israel and God is done with Israel. This teaching led to the holocaust and God says it will happen again. He prophesied that the nations of the world, including the USA will be against Israel. I believe there are too many Christians in the USA who support Israel. What does that mean for us—it means that the rapture of the church is around the corner! Europe is already prepared for the next holocaust—they hate Jews and the governments in Europe have no courage to stand up to the anti-Semites. Franklin Delano Roosevelt told the king of Saudi Arabia that he would contact him as soon as Israel had an interest in becoming a nation and seven days later he died. Then God put Harry S. Truman in as president for one reason and one reason alone, because God had prepared Truman to support the establishment of Israel. Just as Christians did not support the swearing, cursing rough edge President Truman they do not support Trump—this really bothers me because these Christians do not believe in the Sovereignty of God over history.
Trump is the tip of the spear and Christians need to pray for revival like we never have before because the other foot is about to fall. Trump is trying to bring a peace deal to the Middle East—bad thing and it will lead to disaster. I pray that the tip of the spear will lead to revival before it leads to war. I am confident that God will fulfill His Word, Israel will advance and the world will hate them more and more—this includes the USA. If that is true, something big has to happen.