Author: Joe

Prophecy Update: April 20, 2018

The most important thing happening in the world today is happening in Jerusalem. Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the creation of the State of Israel is a miracle. It was prophesied by God, it was executed by His plan, and the one who keeps Israel is the Lord our God. Jesus has a purpose for the State of Israel, that purpose is to prepare the land and the people for the Kingdom which is coming to the earth in the near future. Jesus will rule on His throne in Jerusalem and all the hopes and dreams of the Jews will be realized by the coming of Messiah!

Bloomberg reported on 4/19, “Israel’s First 70 Years Have Surprised the World.” In November 1947, one day prior to the expected United Nations vote on partitioning Palestine into Jewish and Arab states, the CIA urged President Harry Truman not to throw his weight behind the idea. The CIA’s secret memorandum warned, adding that “the Jews will be able to hold out no longer than two years.” After that vote was successful, David Ben-Gurion wanted to declare the establishment of the State of Israel on May 14th 1948. Seated among the dozen or so men who would determine the fate of the state-to-be, he famously turned to one of his top military commanders, Yigael Yadin, and asked him if he thought a new Jewish state would survive the military onslaught that the Arabs would inevitably launch. Yadin, who would later serve as chief of staff of the Israeli Defense Forces, replied that he thought the Jewish state would have a 50-50 chance.” So according to the CIA and the Israeli military they did not believe that Israel would last 2 years.

Why has Israel made it this long when they have more enemies than anyone in the world? The reason is given to us in Psalm 132:13-18!

In vss.13-14 it says, “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.” We learn in this passage that God Himself chose Zion so that He would dwell there. When the Lord left the city in 586 B.C. the prophets promised that God was coming back to His city. When Jesus left the city in 33A.D. He promised that He was coming back. This city is special to the Lord.

In vss.15-16 it says, “I will abundantly bless her provision I will satisfy her needy with bread. Her priests also I will clothe with salvation and her godly ones will sing aloud for joy.” This prophecy is coming true in our day. God is blessing Jerusalem by establishing the city as the capital of Israel. Today, nations are moving their embassies to the city in defiance of the UN and the many nations who wish to destroy Israel. As God gave Israel 70 years, it is monumental and it will last because the God of Israel has promised it.

In vss.17-18, God gives us the reason that the city has come back on the scene. The verses say, “There I will cause the horn of David to spring forth I have prepared a lamp for Mine anointed His enemies I will clothe with shame but upon himself his crown shall shine.” This is preparation for the kingdom of the Lord to come back to the earth. Jerusalem is being prepared for that day. For the first time in 2000 years a Jew could be born in the land of Israel. These Jews can live free, never knowing the exile in their lives. This is special and has not happened for 2000 years! The Jews have wandered the earth without the homeland for almost 2000 years and in 1948, after the worse attack on Jews in history, the holocaust, they came back. Against all odds, the Jews have come back and stayed in their land, making a wonderful nation that should be a model for other nations. Only 74 years ago, the Jews were facing the gas chambers of the Nazi’s and Ezekiel 37 said, “can these bones live?”

Even in 1947, the world was stacked against God and Israel. Harry Truman as president in a power play against the Russians began to pressure the United Nations to reject the partition plan. The generals of the Israeli Haganah stood together opposing Ben Gurion’s plan to declare the State of Israel. On May 13th, the eve of the declaration of independence, Secretary of State, George Marshall sent a scathing letter, it was a brutal ultimatum demanding the postponement of the declaration of independence. Secretary of Defense James Forrestal imposed an arms embargo and refused to help the State of Israel when five nations attacked her. Azzam Pasha, Secretary General of the Arab League said, “It will be a war of annihilation. It will be a momentous massacre in history.”

It still blows me away that the Israeli army, was ill equipped, unorganized, only had a few thousand, no tanks, no air force, no battle plan, and arrayed against 5 professional armies. The odds were staggering, no one believed that Israel would last, David Ben Gurion did what everyone told him not to do. He said, “In Israel, to be a realist, you have to believe in miracles.” Ezekiel said, Son of Man, these are the bones of the whole house of Israel, they will live! May 14th 1948, after 2000 years of exile, Israel was born. The attack to annihilate them happened immediately. The attack failed because of one reason, the God of Israel wanted His people back in the land. When Iran and all of her friends say that they will wipe out Israel, they forget that they are fighting against the God of Israel.

Unfortunately for us in America, we teach as a nation that this is not a battle of religions. Our presidents told us that Islam is a religion of peace, not the problem, and also hid from us when a Muslim committed terrorism. It is illogical to the modern American mind, a secular humanist mind, that people can believe in their gods and attribute everything to those gods. We fail as a nation to recognize that Iran believes that their god, Allah, wants them to annihilate Israel and America. We also fail to recognize that the God of Israel is fighting for Israel. God wants the nation of Israel on the earth at this time and nothing is going to stop Him from accomplishing His will. The Christians of America, at least all true Christians stand with Israel because we always want Gods will to be accomplished.

Something has changed in America since the election of Donald Trump, this president stands with Israel and calls out Islamic terrorism for what it is. He stood against everyone who told him, if you recognize Jerusalem as the capital and move the embassy, it will be world war three. Just like many stood against Israel being reestablished in 1947-48, so the pressure put on President Trump was just as bad. He did it anyway and on Dec.6th 2017, he declared Jerusalem the eternal capital and that he was going to move the embassy. For all of the secularists in the country, in academia, the press, politics, and the false church, they have reacted with hysteria. Their hatred of this president went through the roof because they are of their father the devil. They are exhibiting their anti-Semitism and hatred of Israel through the decision of the President. So on May 14th 2018, a day which will change the world, the USA will move her embassy to Jerusalem!

Just as the world tried to kill the Jews and prevent the reestablishment of Israel, so the world will do all it can to stop Israel from reestablishing Jerusalem as the eternal capital of Israel. When the embassies start moving, the satanic hatred of Israel will rise up and war will come. The international community is still holding onto the belief that when the UN declared Jerusalem “corpus septratum” in 1947, an international city which neither Jews or Arabs have as their capital but under UN authority, they still believe they have all of the authority over the city. Unfortunately for them, Jordan and a whole host of Islamic groups believe that they have authority over Jerusalem. So does the Vatican, they hold authority over Jerusalem.

Why will this eventually lead to war? Joel 3:1-2 says, “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 Jesus is restoring the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, it is happening every day. Israel in the last 70 years has become a very rich and powerful country. This has not happened by fleshly means, it is profoundly a work of God almighty! Satan has tried to stop it many times and he is not done. Remember this fact of history, whenever the Jews moved into an area of Israel, it flourished economically and socially. Whenever the Arabs were left to fend for themselves, it regressed and became a hotbed of poverty and terrorism. The West Bank cities under the authority of the Palestinian Authority are poor, destitute, hotbeds of social unrest and breeding grounds for terrorism. They blame Israel for everything and never take responsibility for anything. The Arab people are being used as pawns for their leaders’ hatred of Israel. Where Israel invests in her people and builds businesses and farms, the PA leaders steal the money and horde it to themselves.

Ask yourself a simple question, why is it in nearly 2000 years the land of Israel did not produce what it is producing today? When the land was under the Ottoman Empire it was a desolation, why? When the Jews moved into the land, it flourished! Here is why, Amos 9:13-15, “Behold days are coming declares the Lord when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes him who sows seed. When the mountains will drip sweet wine and all the hills will be dissolved. Also I will restore the captivity of My people Israel and they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their own wine and make gardens and eat their fruit. I will also plant them on their land and they will not again be rooted out from the land which I gave them says the Lord their God.”
We live in the days of Amos 9, it is thrilling to watch our God work in history for His glory—what a day to be alive! Embrace it and love it. My blog is prophecy4i.wordpress.com

Prophecy Update April 12, 2018

A few days ago, Israel attacked and destroyed military hardware in Syria. The base attacked was involved in dropping chemical weapons on people in Damascus. This attack by Israel killed Iranian soldiers. The threats coming from Iran towards Israel were backed up by Russia. Russia also threatened the USA for any attempt of the Americans to intervene. The news reported: “RUSSIA FURIOUS AS ISRAEL LAUNCHES TWIN F-15 JETS FOR PRE-DAWN AIRSTRIKE ON IRANIAN BASE IN SYRIA KILLING 3 IRANIANS” The attack took place hours after US President Donald Trump warned of a “big price to pay” following the reports of a poison gas attack on the rebel-held town of Douma which killed dozens of people, including children. Israel has not confirmed or denied mounting the raid, but Israeli officials said the Tiyas, or T-4, air base was being used by troops from Iran, and that Israel would not accept such a presence in Syria by its arch foe. (Jewsnews.co 4/10)

According to Arutz Sheva reporting, “ANALYSIS: Russia is aiding Iran Axis prepare for war with Israel. Netanyahu has always said that deployment of the Iranian-backed pro-Assad coalition near the Israeli border, constituted a red line.” Part of the ‘axis of evil’ are the proxy groups that Iran uses to attack Israel. Hezbollah and Hamas are two of those groups who have made it their goal to destroy Israel. Arutz Sheva went on to report: “With all eyes on Israel’s southern front where Hamas is desperately trying to conceal the fact it has run out of military options in its never ending war against the Jewish State, Hezbollah and the pro-Assad axis seem to be gearing up for the long anticipated confrontation with the IDF. The pro-Assad axis, which includes Hezbollah and other Shiite militias, has reportedly deployed tanks and heavy artillery on the Syrian Golan Heights. Some of the weaponry is placed within the demilitarized buffer zone along the Israeli border, a clear violation of the 1974 armistice agreement between Syria and Israel which officially ended the Yom Kippur War.” This is a redline for Israel and so the war has started on the border of Israel.

I was listening to a newscast from TRUNEWS with Rick Wiles and I could not believe my ears. He said, “America is a nuclear armed banana republic.” He said this because of the internal fights in America where we cannot act as a free, united nation anymore. The leaders in Moscow and Beijing do not know who is in charge in America because of the attacks on our government by the press etc. Then he dropped this bombshell, “America and Israel are an aggressor nation that bombed Syria like a hundred times in the last five years. The Israelis are the masterminds behind all of this chaos in the Middle East because they got to take out Iran….and why does Israel want to take out Iran like they took down Libya and Iraq, because it is part of the ancient greater Israel and the Zionists have a master plan to take over the Middle East.” He called all of us who support Israel a sucker, “were being used for a Zionist empire and you are wrong to believe that God has ordained it and blessed it.”
Trunews paints itself as a Christian group that gives you Christian news. Unfortunately, they push some Christian views but they are very anti-Semitic. In a Christian blog I read this from Christians who are confronting Wiles over his beliefs. “Deranged fantasist Rick Wiles took a position you rarely here from the Christian right these days, an anti-Jewish position that God did not create Judaism. In fact, he says the Star of David is a pagan symbol and that modern Jews are really the descendants of the Babylonians.” One blogger said this: Rick Wiles “A Nazi Heart He Does Not Always Hide Well. I’ve been closely watching the enemies of God and Israel work their stealth policy within the Church for some time now and some of the devil’s own just can’t contain themselves when it comes to trashing and blaming Israel for almost everything. Listening to him for some time now he does not show this hatred and rage for any other group on the planet ,not even Moslems get this much rage or attention.”

I have been listening to Rick Wiles for some time now also, he has some very good shows on technology, but every once in a while he would say something about Israel that was shocking to me. I decided to look into him and what he believes and I was disheartened. He singles out Israel as the blame for most everything in the world. This is what the Nazi’s and Russians did to the Jews. Everything was a Zionist conspiracy. This type of teaching is setting up some terrible persecution in this land for Jews. That this stuff is in the church really is horrible. Wiles worked for the Trinity Broadcasting Network and CBN.

My belief in Israel coming back into the land to rule comes from the Bible. God is very clear in the prophets that He would bring the Jews back into the land that He originally gave to Joshua, He will settle them there and they would be in a fight when it happened. When God predicted that the world would be against the Jews coming back into the land, I guess those who are in the church also are included. I call these people replacement theology people. They believe that the church fulfills all the things that Israel was promised and God has abandoned Israel for good, never to come back. Rick Wiles does not believe the prophets and the promise of God. For instance, Jeremiah 31:10 is very clear, “hear the Word of the Lord O nations and declare in the coastlands afar off, and say, He who scattered Israel will gather them and keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.” God is in the process of making that happen. What a blessing to the world to have Israel back in the land.
Now the armies of the world are attacking what God is doing as Rick Wiles attacks. Russia, Iran, Turkey, and Syria are in league to help those who wish to destroy Israel. Iran supports the proxy groups who are getting ready to attack and wipe Israel out. When they attack, Israel will win again. Turkey calls for an army of Islam, to have the purpose of wiping out Israel. Russia is threatening Israel and Iran is setting up for the future Gog Magog war.

I see four biblical wars lining up for fulfillment in the near future.

First is the Psalm 83 war. This war has been going on in one form or another since 1948. It has its fulfillment when the nations surrounding Israel have had enough and attack Israel simultaneously. When that happens, Israel will win and they will not have to deal with all of the tension that now exists. The war is characterized by the desire explained to us in vs.4, “Come let us wipe them out as a nation that the name of Israel will be remembered no more.” Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, the Organization of Islamic States which includes 51 nations, all vow to annihilate Israel. These nations have tried three times to annihilate Israel and they failed all three times. (1948, 67, 73) The next war will include Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and a host of Islamic groups fitting the description in Ps.83. When the war is over, Israel will finally have her ancient cities back. Cities like Bethlehem, Bethel, Jericho, Hebron, Shiloh, and Jerusalem, will all be controlled by Israel.

Second is the Isaiah 17 war. This war results in the destruction of Damascus. All of the armies now situated in Syria are there to fulfill this prophecy. This week, this prophecy took a big leap forward because America, Britain, and France all vow to attack Syria and destroy Assad and his government in Damascus. Russia and Iran vow to stop these three nations and that spells big trouble for a big war.

Third is the Ezekiel 38-39 war. With Russia and Iran in Syria, this prophecy took a step forward, especially in the last year. In the last year, Iran began setting up shop with the Russians help. Israel said that they will not let Iran set up shop on their border. This is why Israel has been attacking different bases in Syria, to fulfill their goal of driving the Iranians out of Syria. After the Ps.83 war is accomplished the hook in the jaw will be put into Russia’s mouth and God will drag them down to Israel to fight this war.

Fourth is the Zech.12:1-4 war. This war will continue through the Tribulation, because the world is against Israel having sovereignty over the city of Jerusalem. Since 1947 this battle has been fought on many different fronts. The most important front has been the political. Nations have not been able to drive the Jews out of Jerusalem or the land of Israel and this has increased the political pressure. When the wars took place to drive the Jews out, the Jews won those wars. Eventually, this will lead to fulfill all of the prophecies regarding the land of Israel. Jesus will come back and set up His kingdom in Jerusalem and He will rule all of the nations of the world.

As the US, Britain, and France plan to attack Syria in the next few hours or days, the world has made the biggest blunder possible. The UN appointed Syria to head a chemical weapons forum. Syria launches chemical weapons and then the UN appoints Syria to chair the UN Conference on Disarmament, a forum on chemical weapons that will be held next month. We should not be surprised by the UN at anything it does. Calling right wrong and wrong right is the habit of the UN. The Bible says, “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil who present darkness as light and light darkness who present bitter as sweet and sweet bitter” (Isaiah 5:20)

The world has slid into darkness, but the Lord promised His children in the church that the next thing up is the rapture of the church. We who are looking for the Lords coming are not disheartened. The Lord is accomplishing His Word in the world today. The prophetic rumblings of today lead to the Lord coming back first for His church and then to set up His kingdom on the earth. As Revelation 22:20 says, “He who testifies to these things says, Yes, I am coming quickly. Amen, come Lord Jesus.” You can read my updates on prophecy4i.wordpress.com

Prophecy Update: Monday, March 26, 2018

God predicted a time on the earth when He would reestablish the city of Jerusalem as the eternal capital of Israel. The world would fight against His work and God predicted this fight. The fight would come from the Gentile world that would not give up sovereignty over the city. Luke 21:24 frames the prophecy when it says, “and Jerusalem will be trampled under foot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.” The times of the Gentiles are coming to an end and they do not like it. Satan has inspired the enemies of God to attack and foster an attitude of hatred to all things Israel. Consider this article from the Express from Britain: “World War 3: Turkey’s Erdogan calls for ‘ARMY of Islam’ to ATTACK Israel on all sides.” The President of Turkey, Erdogan, said “Jerusalem, Mr. Trump, is a red line for Muslims.”

President Erdogan fancies himself as the next great Muslim leader who can bring the caliphate to the world. The caliphate is the Muslim rule over the whole earth. The reestablishment of the Ottoman Empire is his goal and it comes at a time that Jerusalem is being reestablished by God as the capital of Israel. To counteract the work God is doing to fulfill His Word about Jerusalem, Satan has raised up Erdogan who wishes to kill all of the Jews in Israel. Less than a month ago the Turkish state’s mouthpiece the daily Yeni Şafak ran an article for Erdogan titled “A call for urgent action” and on the newspaper’s website headlined “What if an army of Islam formed against Israel?” It called for the 57 member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to form a joint army to simultaneously attack Israel from all sides.”

The Turks have published a map with Israel highlighted in red being attacked from all sides by all of the 57 OIC nations. This so called ‘Army of Islam’ is designed for one purpose and one purpose alone, kill all of the Jews. God described this attitude in Zech.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.” The nations are injuring themselves today by resisting the work of God regarding Jerusalem and Israel. Be confident believers, that God will accomplish His will regarding Israel and Jerusalem. As God is establishing Jerusalem as His capital city, He will cause the temple to be rebuilt and He will give Israel her capital.

A Google search on, ‘Jerusalem the eternal capital of Israel,’ yielded 153 million hits. I think that this is an important subject because the whole world unfortunately feels like it needs to weigh in on the subject. CNN reported on this December 8th 2017 the day after President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem. “US President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital on Wednesday and announced plans to relocate the US embassy there, upending seven decades of US foreign policy in a move expected to inflame tensions in the region and unsettle the prospects for peace.”

What President Trump did was to recognize the obvious, Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. The world still does not recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel because they believe a lie from Satan. They think that they have sovereignty over the world, the city, and Israel. God has systematically moved the world into position to have a fight over what He is doing. Let me now give you a timeline of what has happened over the last 70 years so you can understand that God is in control and He is able to perform what He has predicted.

1947: Nov. 29, 1947 | U.N. Partitions Palestine, Allowing for Creation of Israel. The plan, which organized Palestine into three Jewish sections, four Arab sections and the internationally-administered city of Jerusalem, had strong support in Western nations as well as the Soviet Union. It was opposed by Arab nations.

1948: May 14, 1948, Jewish leaders in the region formed the state of Israel. British troops left, thousands of Palestinian Arabs fled and Arab armies invaded Israel. The armies of Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Iraq invaded and lost the war. Israel doubled in size because of the war. UN Res.181 only recognizes Jerusalem as an international city, therefore, according to the international community, Israel is in violation of the law by declaring Jerusalem her capital. The UN always found a way to curse Israel in its decisions. Here is there decision after the first war:

“The Assembly also called for the demilitarization and internationalization of Jerusalem and for the protection of, and free access to, the holy places in Palestine. Resolution 194 (III) also provided for the establishment of a three-member United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine, which was to assume the functions of the United Nations Mediator insofar as it considered necessary. It was instructed to assist the parties in achieving a final settlement on all outstanding questions and to facilitate the repatriation, resettlement and economic and social rehabilitation of the refugees. The Assembly subsequently named France, Turkey and the United States to the Commission.” Notice how they never call it Israel, only Palestine and they still reiterate that Jerusalem is an international city.

1967: Between 1948 and 1967 Jordan did some horrific things to the Jews. Upon its capture by the Arab Legion, the Jewish Quarter of the Old City was destroyed and its residents expelled. Fifty-eight synagogues–some hundreds of years old–were destroyed, their contents looted and desecrated. Some Jewish religious sites were turned into chicken coops or animal stalls. The Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives, where Jews had been burying their dead for over 2500 years, was ransacked; graves were desecrated; thousands of tombstones were smashed and used as building material, paving stones or for latrines in Arab Legion army camps. The Intercontinental Hotel was built on top of the cemetery and graves were demolished to make way for a highway to the hotel. The Western Wall became a slum area. The Six Day War was the time that Israel captured the city of Jerusalem! Jerusalem was reunited. The barriers dividing the city were demolished, the gates of the Old City were opened to people of all faiths, and the eastern sector was reintegrated into the nation’s capital.

1980: In July 1980 the Knesset passed the Basic Law – Jerusalem the eternal capital of Israel, which restated Israel’s rights and obligations concerning the capital. The Law affirmed that the holy places of all religions be protected from desecration, free access to them be guaranteed, and the Government provide for the development and the prosperity of the city and the well-being of its inhabitants. The UN responded with res.478, it condemned Israel’s 1980 Jerusalem Law which declared Jerusalem to be Israel’s “complete and united” capital, as a violation of international law. In remarks made to the Council, then-U.S. Secretary of State Edmund Muskie said “The question of Jerusalem must be addressed in the context of negotiations for a comprehensive, just and lasting Middle East peace.” The battle was on politically and in America, many sided with Israel.

1995: The Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 is a public law of the United States passed by the 104th Congress on October 23, 1995. The Act recognized Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel and called for Jerusalem to remain an undivided city. Its purpose was to set aside funds for the relocation of the Embassy of the United States in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, by May 31, 1999. As you all know that did not happen. Why? Because the US was having the same fight as the world—it did not want to obey God!

2002: The Foreign Relation Authorization Act, which stated, “Record of Place of Birth as Israel for Passport Purposes.–For purposes of the registration of birth, certification of nationality, or issuance of a passport of a United States citizen born in the city of Jerusalem, the Secretary shall, upon the request of the citizen or the citizen’s legal guardian, record the place of birth as Israel.” Pres. Bush and Obama attacked this provision refusing to list any one born in Jerusalem as having been born in Israel. “President Bush signed a State Department spending bill Monday but said his administration was not legally bound to follow a provision in it that requires the United States to identify Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.”

2015: In 2015, Supreme Court sides with President Obama in Jerusalem passport case. The United States Supreme Court, in a majority opinion from Justice Anthony Kennedy, said on Monday that the President, and not Congress, has the power to determine how Jerusalem is listed on U.S. passports. The decision upheld a lower court ruling that the Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 2002 was unconstitutional. The act directed the State Department to “record the place of birth as Israel” in the passports of Americans born in Jerusalem, if the children born in Jerusalem or their parents requested it. President Obama like Pres. Bush refused to recognize Jerusaelm as an Israeli city!

2017: Dec.6th 2017, “Today we finally acknowledge the obvious: that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital,” Mr. Trump said from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House. “This is nothing more or less than a recognition of reality. It is also the right thing to do. It’s something that has to be done.” The President was right, it had to be done because it is Biblical prophecy! Now the embassy is going to be moved by the 70th anniversary of the founding of Israel on May 14th 2018. The world promises war, they vow it will never happen. The modern day Haman’s are spewing hatred on Israel and President Trump for his decision. They vow to do what Haman could not do. God instituted the feast of Purim to prove to the world that you cannot stop God or Israel. Try as they may, they will fail! Jerusalem will be established as the capital of Israel, accept it world or be punished!

Prophecy Update: Psalm 83 and Ezek.38-39 3/15/2018

Last week I wrote about the Psalm 83 war being a proxy war. The members of the Ezekiel 38-39 war are funding and fueling the actors of the Psalm 83 war. Iran, Turkey, and Russia are pouring a lot of money, manpower, and munitions to proxy terrorist groups that are ready to attack Israel. From Lebanon, Hezbollah is ready to attack Israel from the north. From Gaza and the Sinai Peninsula, Hamas, ISIS, and Al Qaida are ready to attack Israel. From the south and the east, the Palestinian Authority is ready to attack Israel.
AN ISRAEL-HEZBOLLAH WAR COULD DRAW IN IRAN, U.S. INTELLIGENCE WARNS: The Jerusalem Post is reporting that Hezbollah is planning on war with Israel soon.
“Iran as the main source of destabilization in the region”, according to US intelligence official. Hezbollah in Lebanon fears Israeli attack, declares state of emergency.” The tension on the northern border of Israel will eventually lead to the war described in Psalm 83. At the same time that Hezbollah attacks, Israel will be attacked by the proxy players described for us in Psalm 83. When that happens and they lose, Iran will enter directly into war with Israel. Today, the war is a proxy war. Historically, Russia has supported the Muslim states who attacked Israel in 1948, 56, 67, and 73. Russia has always been on the side of Muslim states who want Israel pushed into the sea. Turkey is not a friend of Russia or Israel, but Russia has done a good job taking Turkey away from NATO. The Bible predicts that Turkey will be in the alliance that attacks Israel with Russia and Iran. That is why the following article is so interesting.
Will Turkey Lead An End-of-Days Global Islamic Jihad Against Israel And The US?
“A recent study by a Middle East analysis organization based in Washington DC revealed that the Turkish president’s call for 57 nations to join together to form an anti-Israel army of Islam could create the most formidable military force on the planet. One Israeli expert on Islam stated emphatically, “make no mistake; this is war,” and lest the message is missed, he also emphasized that this call for jihad includes a direct threat against the US.” The world is coming together just as the prophets have said. We have seen signs the last few years as God has been getting us prepared for what is about to take place. Look at this timeline over the last year.
In Dec. 2016, the UN passed a resolution #2334, which claimed that Israel had no claim to Jerusalem. God declared that in the last days that Jerusalem will be a major division in the world.(Joel 3:1-3, Zech.12:1-3) When the USA decided to let this resolution stand without an objection or veto—the US betrayed Israel. Then in January of 2017, President Trump entered office and Israel was a major beneficiary of the president’s support. Trump went to Israel and prayed at the western wall. No president has ever done that. He declared that the western wall is part of Israel and Jerusalem is the capital. This gave the Muslim world fits and they reacted with anger. Then, Trump did the unthinkable. He declared that he would move the embassy to Jerusalem to support his belief that Jerusalem was the capital of Israel. The UN reacted with a resolution and the vote was 128 for, 9 against, and 35 abstentions. Again, the UN said that Israel has no claim to Jerusalem. Then Trump did the miraculous, he decided that on May 14th of 2018 he would move the embassy to coincide with the 70th anniversary of Israel founding. The Muslim world reacted as expected, hatred and seething anger has been bubbling up in the capitals. The prophecies regarding Jerusalem are in play!
In 2014-15 were the four blood moons, again God was warning us of coming events. What happened in those two years? Russia entered Syria (OCT. 2015), took the Crimea (Feb.2014), attacked Ukraine, divided NATO, supported Iran taking over the Levant, and successfully negotiated the Iran deal which gave Iran 150 million dollars to continue their march to destroy Israel.(Summer 2015) All of these actions are setting up the Psalm 83 and Gog Magog war. Never have Russian and Iranian troops been stationed in Syria as they are at this moment. All of this took place in a period of time when the US was against Israel and placating the enemies of Israel.
In Sept.2015 we had a strange event—the Bethlehem star showed up and this is a sign regarding the second coming. Get prepared is the message that God is sending. Two years later, the Revelation 12 sign appeared in Sept. of 2017. Again the message to the world is that the world needs to prepare that the rise of the last days world government is on the horizon. The world was putting pressure on President Trump to disregard Jerusalem but in December 2017 he shocked the world! In those two years leading up to 2018 two other actors were at work.
The Muslim Brotherhood was active and taking over influence in the White House. Doing a google search on the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Obama White House revealed 812,000 articles! Former FBI Assistant Director, James Kallstrom said, “a lot of people do not want to hear this but right after 9/11, Bob Mueller who was then the director acquiesced with CAIR, which is a front group of the Muslim Brotherhood and there are a lot of connections to the White House. The FBI took away from the training materials of the FBI, eliminating the whole history of radical Islamic fundamentalism. Its like fighting the mafia and saying we are not allowed to study La Cosa Nostra. Mueller took away the tools to fight Islam extremism. Comey kept that up and agents training were tainted by political correctness tying the hands of the agents. It made it impossible for the FBI to protect Americans. Look back to the Boston Marathon bombers, they knew it and did nothing.” Mueller is investigating Trump, he follows the Muslim Brotherhood and what they want. This is bad for America. Since Trump became President, “The Federal Bureau of Investigation has suspended all formal contacts with CAIR due to evidence demonstrating a relationship between CAIR and HAMAS, a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.” The problem in our government is the amount of people put there by Obama that support Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood that leads me to Qatar.
Frontpage Magazine, March 9, 2018 has on its cover this headline: Forget Russia, What about Qatar? Is Mueller colluding with the Muslim Brotherhood’s 9/11 backers? The picture on the magazine has a man from Qatar with the words on his clothes, Mueller, CNN, Brookings, and Al Jazeera. Qatar funds the Muslim Brotherhood. “Its close ties to terror have made it a pariah nation in the region even as its support for Islamic Theocracy crosses all factional lines. It’s the main patron of the Muslim Brotherhood, an international Jihadist network and has close ties to Iran. It spreads terrorist propaganda through Al Jazeera while subverting friendly governments. It seeks to influence American policy through think tanks like Brookings while spying on Americans. Russia’s backing for the Shiite axis in Iran, Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen has been destabilizing but not nearly as destabilizing as Qatar’s backing for the Islamist militias that wrecked Syria, Yemen, Egypt, and much of the region. Qatar’s Iranian allies may be the final winners of the Arab Springs humanitarian catastrophe, but it is Qatari propaganda and weapons that kickstarted the regions unholy wars.”
Qatar and many other money people in the Middle East fund the terrorist infrastructure of the people who want Israel destroyed. This coalition of people are getting ready to attack Israel. Another reason it will happen soon is because of the United States and her threats. Last Monday, Nikki Haley warned the Security Council of the UN that if it did not act on Syria, the US would attack. Russia responded to that threat by warning that they would respond to the US and fight back. Last year, the US did attack Syria and showed Russia that we were serious. Russia foreign minister Lavrov said, “Miss Haley states that the US is a peaceful nation that can at any moment attack the forces of the Syrian government, I have no regular terms left to describe this. A new US strike would have very serious consequences and Miss Haley should realize that using a microphone with irresponsible statements at the UN Security Council is one thing but the communications between America and Russian military is another thing. The evidence of chemical weapons was manufactured.”
What Russia warned America with was nuclear war. President Putin showed video of Russia attacking Florida with nuclear weapons. Putin just warned Britain with nuclear war also. These threats are multiplying and causing people to have pause. The Palestinians want Russia backing in their attack on Israel, I believe that Russia will soon threaten Israel. Using the proxy Islamic groups as a way of attacking Israel is Russia’s way of cloaking their true intentions.
Three weeks ago, Prime Minister Netanyahu held up proof of Iran attacking Israel. Russia who backs Iran and their building of military posts to attack Israel, feigns shock over what Iran does. This is the deception of the enemies of Israel. The greatest threat to Israel today is Iran and Russia! Period! What a war they are going to have in the near future, when God Himself will show up and act with miracle after miracle to destroy the forces of Russia on the mountains of Israel.
There is a false sense of security for Americans, we do not have the promise of protection as Israel does. Since America is not in prophecy, I believe that we are going to be hit by some tragedy that weakens America to the point that the Antichrist system and one world government can rise. America under the Trump vision will not succeed unless God delays the end times. I know that we all hope that the blessing of God will shelter America from the coming biblical catastrophes predicted in the Bible. I share your hope. However, God is clear that all of the nations of the world are going to come against Israel. At the moment, America is on the right side in terms of Israel.
I believe that we are in the times of the birth pangs. I believe that last four years have demonstrated that the birth pangs are increasing and the birth of the last days government, global and led by the antichrist is on the verge of being fulfilled. Jesus warned us of these days, Matt.24:7-8 is clear, “for nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom and various places there will be famines and earthquakes. But all of these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.” America has followed idols, killed the innocent thru abortion, made immoral laws, and have not repented. We need to guard ourselves from a false sense of security. Pray that God will lead us in these tough days!

Prophecy Update: The Development of Psalm 83 War.

Psalm 83 tells us about an end time war that will be the precursor to the Gog Magog war of Ezekiel 38-39. I want to explore the developments in the Middle East that are leading to the Psalm 83 war. First I want to emphasize that the coming war will be a proxy war that will come from many fronts.

Psalm 83:1-2, “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.”
The occasion for the prayer is that the enemies of Israel who are enemies of God are making an uproar. That uproar at the moment happens to be over two things that will cause the war. First is the Jerusalem decision to move the embassy to the capital of Israel on May 14th. That decision has put a dagger in the two state solution for peace in the Middle East. Here is an interesting headline with this in mind. Breitbart’s Aaron Klein: “Belief in Two-State Solution Fits Definition of Insanity.” Klein said, “The emperor so very clearly has no clothes,” he continued. “The Palestinians have rejected every state offered to them and the Palestinian Authority openly supports terrorism and rejects Israel. We all know a Palestinian state anytime in the near future will be at war with Israel and Western civilization.”
The Palestinian Authority pays terrorists 350 million dollars a year to kill Jews. The United States will soon pass the Taylor Force Act which attacks the practice of paying murderers. This conflict illustrates the problem with the two state solution. Klein said, “Someone needs to lose contact with external reality to put all evidence aside and believe that the Palestinian Authority, which promotes terrorism and glorifies the killers of Jews, wants peace with Israel.”
The second thing that causes this uproar, it is the settlement movement. The Jews are in Judea and Samaria by divine right, it is biblical prophecy that Jews will again live in their land. They will also take sovereign control of that area because God sees the nation of Israel as one nation on the land He has chosen. So the world says, Judea and Samaria is the West Bank and the Palestinian nation while God says it is not! The perfect storm is happening in the Middle East, all of the stars are lining up for the Nation of Israel to declare sovereign control of all of Judea and Samaria.
Here is how delusional a two state solution is the answer: Klein said, “Like the belief that Abbas’s Fatah security forces, many of whom openly double as members of Fatah’s terrorist organization, the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, will serve as the security forces for a future Palestinian state and keep peace with Israel. Are you kidding me? Has anyone watched official Palestinian television lately? It’s pure anti-Semitic propaganda and it incites people to kill. Have you looked at the names of Palestinian streets and soccer stadiums and kids camps? They are named after terrorists who murdered Israelis.”
President Trump is living a delusion also, he believes that taking Jerusalem off the table in peace negotiations will bring peace. I think that it will lead to a big war in two phases. First, Israel will win the Ps.83 war much as they did the Six Day War in 1967, and they will win the Gog Magog war with supernatural assistance!

The delusion of the two state solution was on the docket at the annual AIPAC conference in Washington D.C. The first talk was absolutely out of reality: “AIPAC Chief Opens Annual Conference by Promoting Failed Two-State Solution.” The nearly 18,000 people in the audience seemed to disagree with the delusional speech. Contrast that with this: “D.C. Event Spotlights Israeli Ties to Judea and Samaria, Alternatives to Two-State Solution.” The speakers, mostly from the settlements in Judea and Samaria represent over 600,000 Jews who live in their ancient homeland. “The time has come to embrace the 650,000 people who live in Judea and Samaria,” Fleisher said. “The time has come to find an alternative to the two-state solution … we are not going to give away our land anymore. We don’t believe in land for peace. It’s been tested and it’s failed.”
Do you remember land for peace? It has only brought war—war from Gaza and war from southern Lebanon. That brings me to the next three verses in Psalm 83 that declares war is coming:

Ps.83:3-5, “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. For they have conspired together with one mind; Against You they make a covenant.”

When Israel gave up southern Lebanon, the terrorist group Hezbollah set up shop and attacked Israel. They have more than 200,000 missiles aimed at Israel and are preparing to attack. This time though, Israel is ready and able to defeat them and defeat them quickly. One reason that the whole of Lebanon is going to see war is because it will include the Lebanese army which lies about their ties to Hezbollah. Caroline Glick had an interesting article about this called, “Trump’s Urgent Lebanon Problem.” Since visiting Israel’s borders with Syria and Lebanon late last month, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has been sounding the alarm about the growing danger of a devastating war between Israel and Iran’s Lebanese proxy, Hezbollah. Here is the problem on Israel’s northern border, they have Hezbollah backed by Iran on their Lebanese and Syrian borders. Hezbollah is backed by the Lebanese government, the Russians, and the Iranians. The Psalm 83 war will come through the proxy military backed by the Gog Magog states, Russia and Iran! These groups also support Hamas in the Gaza strip.
“Israel withdrew from southern Lebanon years ago, the United Nations was supposed to police the area. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon [UNIFIL] has sat on the sidelines and watched Hezbollah dominate southern Lebanon with missile technology that now threatens every part of Israel. So it’s a matter of time until Israel strikes southern Lebanon.” The anti-Semitic UN has assisted Hezbollah in preparing for war with Israel. “Last month, officers in UNIFIL — the 10,300-strong multinational force charged with preventing Hezbollah from deploying in southern Lebanon — told a French newspaper that the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) blocks UNIFIL from fulfilling its mission. The officers explained that in undermining UNIFIL’s operations, the LAF is acting as Hezbollah’s agent.”
Israel issued a warning to Lebanon three weeks ago, the next war will include the LAF and Israel will reduce Beirut to ashes. This type of talk is war talk as Israel is letting Lebanon know that the government of Lebanon is not innocent. That brings me to something that is heart breaking.
Glick said, “The threat Hezbollah poses to Israel from southern Lebanon is the greatest threat that Israel now faces. And it is made much worse by the fact that through its LAF subsidiary, Hezbollah is the fifth largest recipient of U.S. military assistance in the world.” You heard that right, the USA has supplied arms to the LAF that go right to Hezbollah! This is a tragedy beyond my belief. We are selling arms to the enemies of Israel! Can I tell you how much I hate this.

Two key words in the Ps.83 text are conspire and covenant. The Muslim world is united in its view that Israel must be destroyed. However, some in the Muslim world have made peace with Israel. Namely, Egypt and Jordan; how will these two nations join the confederacy to destroy Israel? They will do it through proxy terrorist groups. Egypt is in a fight with the Muslim Brotherhood that is on a rampage right now killing Christians. Soon they will overtake that government or fight Israel in spite of the government. In Jordan, I believe the king is about to fall to the wacko Muslim groups or he will disregard the peace treaty he has with Israel. Egypt already has Al Qaida and ISIS attempting to attack Israel from the Sinai. Saudi Arabia is also listed as a fighter against Israel in Ps.83 and they just said that Israel could fly its airplanes over Saudi territory. This is a concession sure to enrage most Saudis, especially in the Wahhabi Islamic authority of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia may have a king who is defying the Wahhabi authorities but the Wahhabi will not put up with this for very long. Much like Egypt, the radical leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Wahhabi will attack. This has happened before, when Anwar Sadat made peace with Israel, he was killed by the Muslim Brotherhood. The other player is Syria, the Syrian President Bashir Assad has vowed to fight and destroy Israel.

All the players are in place for this war. The covenant for the fight is in their Koran and the confederacy is a loose fitting one at the moment. At some point these groups will all attack Israel and Israel will destroy them. The hook in the jaw I believe is the Jerusalem decision plus the movement to declare Judea and Samaria as sovereign Jewish land. Why does this war need to take place?

Ezekiel 36-37 tells us clearly that Israel will once again occupy the area of the mountains of Israel. Judea and Samaria is that area and Israel needs it practically to expand its population. There is a lot of room for Jews to move into. They do not need to remove the Arab population, they need the Arab population to give up their eternal hatred. I wish I can say I am optimistic that will happen, but I am not.
I can see that the war will start with Hamas and Hezbollah attacking simultaneously from the north and the west, then the other groups joining in. They are feeling powerful at the moment since they shot down an Israeli airplane.

Ezekiel 34:13 says, “I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries and bring them to their own land; and I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the streams, and in all the inhabited places of the land.” As many prophecies repeat that God is going to bring back His people from the East, North, South, and West. When Israel conquers Judea and Samaria, then peace will be brief and Jews from all over the world will move back as the scriptures promise. Imagine how this victory will cause anti-Semitism to grow in Europe to even greater hatred? Russia and Iran will be furious. Israel is experiencing astounding prosperity at the moment, their companies are flourishing. They are the leaders of the world in technology and agriculture and water etc. etc. Why would the world reject these blessings? Because it is biblical prophecy!

Prophecy Update: Jerusalem in Bible Prophecy

The city of Jerusalem was founded by David in 2Samuel 5 for the nation of Israel. The Jebusites had been ruling the city and David captured the city and called it the city of David. How did they do it? They entered the city through one of the shafts that brought water to the city from the Gihon Springs. 2Samuel 5:4-5 says, “David was thirty years old when he became king and he reigned forty years. At Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty three years over all Israel and Judah.” Jerusalem means city of peace, but there has been little peace in that city. According to Eric H. Cline, the city has been “destroyed at least twice, besieged 23 times, attacked an additional 52 times, and captured and recaptured 44 times” (as quoted in “Do We Divide the Holiest Holy City?” Moment, March/April 2008).

David took the city around the year 1000B.C. and Israel ruled the city until it was conquered by the Babylonians in 586 B.C. God made a promise through the prophet Jeremiah that the captivity of Jerusalem would only last 70 years. Jer.29:10 says, “For thus says the LORD, ‘When seventy years have been completed for Babylon, I will visit you and fulfill My good word to you, to bring you back to this place.” When the 70 years were up from the first deportation, God raised up Cyrus King of Persia to declare that the Jews were to go back to Israel and build the temple in Jerusalem. (Is.44:28-45:7, Ezra 1:1-4) They did rebuild the temple and it was in the midst of much opposition. The problem was that the Jews were now back in their land but under the sovereignty of a Gentile power. That power over Israel was Persia, then it was the Greeks, then it was the Romans. When Jesus came, the Jews still were under the sovereignty of Rome. Jesus predicted the fall of Jerusalem again, and that happened in 70 A.D.

The first time Jews came back to the land to rebuild the temple, the things that they faced mirrors the day in which we live. It was opposed then and now! The prophet Zechariah told us of the desire of God and His plan.
“Through the pen of Zechariah the prophet, God revealed His deep love for the city of Jerusalem and His intent that Jerusalem was and would be a special place to Him in the future (Zechariah 1:14, 17; 2:12).”
God uses some very graphic language to describe His attitude: 1:14, “So the angel who was speaking with me said to me, “Proclaim, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, “I am exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and Zion.” God is clear that He is exceedingly jealous, meaning that He has a very large amount of desire to protect and fulfill His promises to this city. God made some very large promises that seem almost impossible to fulfill. One of them is in 1:17 of Zechariah–“Again, proclaim, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, “My cities will again overflow with prosperity, and the LORD will again comfort Zion and again choose Jerusalem.” Imagine that, God will bring His people back to His land and establish the ancient cities once again. For almost 2000 years, Jerusalem was a desolation and was under Gentile rule. God described this time period 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.”

Until 1948, the Jews did not have a state of their own. God promised that one day He would bring back His people and He did it. Isaiah 62 describes for us what God is doing in the world today. I will take them verse by verse so that you can see the awesome way God is working.
Is.62:1 says, “For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep quiet, Until her righteousness goes forth like brightness, And her salvation like a torch that is burning.” This admonition is for those who understand and believe in the importance of the promises of God regarding His capital city. One day the righteousness and salvation of Jerusalem will go out to the whole earth. Isaiah 2 talks about a time when Messiah Jesus will sit on His throne in Jerusalem and all the nations will stream to Him!

Is.62:2 says, “The nations will see your righteousness, And all kings your glory;
And you will be called by a new name which the mouth of the LORD will designate.” One day when all of the nations are gathered to Jerusalem, it will be given a new name. No one knows that name except the Lord. Kings who today hate Jerusalem, will come and bow down.

Is.62:3 says, “You will also be a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD, And a royal diadem in the hand of your God.” 128 nations voted against the declaration of President Donald Trump that Jerusalem is the eternal capital of Israel. This decision of the president is of biblical proportions. God loves Jerusalem and holds it in His hand as a crown of beauty! Notice, that God holds Jerusalem in His hand—it is His city.

Is.62:4 says, “It will no longer be said to you, “Forsaken,” Nor to your land will it any longer be said, “Desolate”; But you will be called, “My delight is in her,” And your land, “Married”; For the LORD delights in you, And to Him your land will be married.” On May 14th 1948 the land of Israel was married to the people of Israel. They became a nation in one day as the prophet Isaiah predicted. At that time Israel was not in possession of all their land. Four big wars later, they have much more of their land with more to come. They took possession of Jerusalem in June of 1967 and have not relinquished sovereignty over the city. For Jews, this has been their capital city for 3000 years. Islam is only 1400 years old and the Koran does not speak of Jerusalem. The Bible speaks of Jerusalem and Zion over 1000 times! The Lord delights in His people going back to the land which He set aside for them. The land is being married again, it is a beautiful picture that Satan is set on destroying.

Is.62:5 says, “For as a young man marries a virgin, So your sons will marry you;
And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, So your God will rejoice over you.” The land of Israel was desolate while the people of Israel were out of the land, when they return, the land returned to its health. Amos 9:13-15 talks of this promise, “Behold, days are coming,” declares the LORD, “When the plowman will overtake the reaper And the treader of grapes him who sows seed; When the mountains will drip sweet wine And all the hills will be dissolved. “Also I will restore the captivity of My people Israel, And they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them; They will also plant vineyards and drink their wine, And make gardens and eat their fruit. “I will also plant them on their land, And they will not again be rooted out from their land Which I have given them,” Says the LORD your God.

Is.62:6-7 says, “On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen; All day and all night they will never keep silent. You who remind the LORD, take no rest for yourselves; And give Him no rest until He establishes And makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.” The key word is ‘establishes’ and the Lord is in the process of doing just that. When Pres. Trump declared that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and would move the embassy there, the nations flipped out. The UN called a special meeting to deal with it, the European Union met to demand that Trump take it back. Mahmoud Abbas also attacked the US. He said recently, Abbas told the Security Council: “The United States has contradicted itself and contradicted its own commitments and has violated international law and the relevant resolutions with its decision regarding Jerusalem.” The Arab delegation – called the Delegation of the League of Arab States on Jerusalem, which was set up after US President Donald Trump’s decision in December to recognize the holy city as Israel’s capital – included the foreign ministers of Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Morocco the United Arab Emirates and the Palestinian Authority. The delegation also included Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit. “What brought us here, the ministers of the League of Arab states and the ministers of the European Union, is this concern we have about any false step on the Middle East peace process and on Jerusalem in particular,” Mogherini said. The EU is adamantly opposed to Trump’s decision on Jerusalem, as is the Arab League.”

The world is committed to two states with a divided Jerusalem. This is not going to happen because God has told us what will happen. Israel will take the city and the land of Israel and the world will oppose her, but will be unable to stop her. This will lead to war and Israel will win again, only this time, their eyes will be opening to the God of Israel who is protecting them and making these things happen at this time. Trump is working on a peace plan, this is dangerous. The only peace plan that will be accepted eventually will be the one put forward by the Anti-Christ.

Unfortunately for the world, this will be the time that the prophecies will be in full swing. I wish that I can have a heart to heart with the president and tell him to forget the peace deal. Let Israel deal with her neighbors, while we support Israel with all we have. The only smart policy is a one state solution! Every time the USA gets involved with dividing the land of Israel, it will go bad for us.

In the meantime, there are going to be some fireworks in and around the month of May. The President of the United States will be going to Jerusalem to celebrate with Israel the 70th year anniversary of the start of the state of Israel. The enemies of Israel will try to stop the embassy from opening in Jerusalem. It is time to pray for our president and the Israelis that they will stop any evil attempts by Iran and all of her proxies to disrupt this beautiful occasion. May God bless Israel and the United States!
This coming April, “Iran will host its first-ever International Hourglass Festival, dedicated exclusively to counting down to the “imminent collapse of the Zionist regime.” As you can see, the tension is so large with what Pres. Trump did, Iran is angry enough to start a festival dedicated to the destruction of Israel! The Jerusalem post said, ‘The themes of the festival include the following: the Quds-occupier regime (Israel) and human rights, oppression, Islamophobia and terrorism promotion; the Zionist child-killing regime; Israel, a cancerous tumor; and Israel, a fake, racist and colonialist regime.’ The festival is before May and will be a stirring of the pot, an attempt by Iran to encourage attacks on Israel. Iran will fail because Bible Prophecy is being fulfilled in our day. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.

Prophecy Update: The Land of Israel Growing!

The time for the West Bank to become sovereign Israeli territory is now. The scriptures are very clear that Judea and Samaria are part of Israel, not some other state.
Ezekiel 36:5 says, therefore thus says the Lord GOD, “Surely in the fire of My jealousy I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who appropriated My land for themselves as a possession with wholehearted joy and with scorn of soul, to drive it out for a prey.”
Notice that God is angry with many nations; their sin is that they have appropriated Gods land for themselves. When God decided to give the land back to His people Israel in 1947, the Arab nations rebelled and tried to keep it for themselves. Currently, the Palestinians are assisted by the UN, to keep the land away from Jews and eventually drive Israel into the sea. The ancient Edomites can be found among the Palestinians. Chuck Missler wrote on this subject and said: “The covenant birthright was a point of contention between Sarah vs. Hagar, Isaac vs. Ishmael, and which then became the root of the “Everlasting Hatred”—beginning in the womb with Esau and Jacob, and Esau’s sub-sequent contempt of the covenant birthright, and resulting in Esau’s spiteful intermarriage with the Ishmaelites, which continued the “everlasting hatred” to this very day.”

When God called Israel to conquer the land of the Canaanites, He called it His land. When Russia and Iran get ready to attack Israel God calls it His land. Ezekiel 38:16 is very clear on this:
“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.”
Russia and Iran do not understand that they are not attacking Israel, a land of people called Jews—they are attacking the land of the Lord God Almighty, the God of Israel!
This is why the current news coming out of Israel about declaring sovereignty over the West Bank is so important. God said that He would give the mountains of Israel back to His people and it is high time they declared the lands of Judea and Samaria. Look at these headlines:

Arutz Sheva, 2/20/18 Time to change ‘peace’ narrative in Washington
“Envoy meets with American congressmen.’The Ottomans aren’t coming back, the British aren’t coming back, so why do we still have their laws governing the lives of Israelis and Palestinians in Judea and Samaria?” Revivi asked. “For the sake of peace, it’s time that Israel claim full responsibility for her territory and implement Israeli law across Judea and Samaria.” He added.
Oded Revivi told Congressmen Scott Tipton and Congressman David B. McKinley that Israel’s supporters in Washington need to change the narrative for peace by advocating full implementation of Israeli law in Judea and Samaria.”

On Jan.18th they had this headline: Sovereignty in Judea, Samaria? ‘Netanyahu backs sovereignty proposal’ Will a proposal adopted by the Likud party last month to apply Israeli sovereignty over Israeli towns in Judea and Samaria be adopted by the Israeli government? One of the leading proponents in the Knesset of Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria, MK Yoav Kish (Likud) claims that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu supports the move – despite his failure to appear at a party conference in December which brought the issue to a vote.

“Today, MKs, ministers and leaders are calling for the application of sovereignty because of the tailwind provided by the people with conferences, the journal, articles, vigils, billboards, flyers and stickers. Each small step has had a part in this revolution; we can and we must continue to take these steps.” Within days,” they promised, “we will push forward in the task that is incumbent upon each and every one of us, simple citizens and elected representatives alike. We, the citizens, have the task of continuing to encourage and support the leadership, which must deal with complex international pressures and is confronted by tenacious leftist elements that are loaded with foreign money; media that are still, for the most part, hostile to the idea; and a justice system in need of serious repair. We are up against all of these things with a lot of love for the Land of Israel in our hearts!”

On Feb.15th Caroline Glick wrote this: “You wouldn’t know it from the news, but this week, the probability that Israel will apply its law to areas of Judea and Samaria rose significantly.” As you can see, the nation of Israel has moved towards doing something that is very important to Bible prophecy. The Bible predicts the time when Judea and Samaria would be in the hands of Israel and the Jews will move back to the land. They need land to expand because 6 million still live outside of Israel. Rabbi’s in Israel are talking about 10 lost tribes who are in Gentile nations who need to come home. This will happen by God’s providence and these Jews will find out which tribe they are part of in the future.

The world opposes the nation of Israel taking sovereignty over any part of the land of Israel. Since 1948, the nations have supported wars against Israel. Most nations are now supporting any attack on Israel and when Israel responds, they blame Israel for the conflict. The nations also claim that Israel over steps its bounds when they protect themselves.

The news services are clueless about what God is doing on the earth. When God made Israel a nation, the nations said that it would not last. Since 1948, Israel has grown strong and rich. Many Jews have returned home and more are to come. As Israel reclaims all of her lands, the nations will go to war. Look at these headlines:
Fox News: North Korea and America could be at war by April.
CNN: Airstrikes keep coming in this Syrian suburb.
British Express: India and Pakistan nuclear conflict could be devastating, WW3.
NY Post: Putin had to approve Russian attack on US troops. This is an interesting headline because the USA just indicted 13 Russians on charges of interfering with our election. The Russians attacked US troops in Syria. Here is a quote from the article: “The core of the attacking force came from the Wagner Group, Russia’s version of the American thugs who worked for the company formerly known as Blackwater. But while the media refers to the Russians as mercenaries, the Wagner Group functions as an auxiliary of the Russian military — it previously gave command performances in Crimea and eastern Ukraine. It exists to give Moscow (barely) plausible deniability. But the bottom line is that these killers — primarily ethnic Russians, but also recruited regionally — work for Putin.”
What happened? Last week, a Russian-directed task force with tanks and artillery crossed the agreed deconfliction line separating Assad’s turf and that liberated by the Syrian Democratic Forces — our guys. The Russians knew our advisors were there because we told them. After about 5 miles, the Russians, thinly cloaked as regime forces, attacked. Our ground-attack aircraft and drones struck back promptly to protect our troops. And the crucial difference between our pilots and Russians jet-jockeys is that we hit our targets. It was not a banner day for Mother Russia.
What now? The Russians will try to take revenge, one way or another. At the same time, Israel was taking care of business with the Iranians. So Russia lost on two counts, their troops were taken down and their best friends Iran were taken down. The Russians are at war with us, and we’re at war with them, but both sides would find an admission inconvenient. The Russians like to boast about their nuclear arms and how America cannot stop them.
Zero Hedge had this article: The Sovietization of American Academia: There are three stages that are being employed to take-down our country and plunge it into the modern-day version of the Soviet Union. Russian interference in our election is just one evidence of this truth–
1. Stifle all conservative speech. This is what we are witnessing all across America in places like our universities, Youtube, Google, Twitter and Facebook. The attempt to ban Bannon is the present poster-child of this movement.
2. Soviet must take the guns. Presently, there are an estimated 300 million handguns in America. False flags are being employed and a full-court press is being employed to get legislation against the Second Amendment. Why? Because an unarmed populace cannot defend itself from despots if they do not have access to guns. The University of Hawaii’s Demicide Project demonstrated that in the 20th century, there were 19 genocides and each one of them was preceeded by gun confiscation. America has now entered this very dangerous phase.
3. In stage three of the takeover, dissenters must be taken away for the good of the society. The American gulags, we call FEMA camps could soon come into practice.
It is true that America has to wane as a power for the rise of Anti-Christ to be viable. You cannot have a bunch of Christians living out their faith, loving their country, and standing for truth if the takeover is going to happen. The Rapture of the church will be the greatest gift to Satan, but as always, it will turn out to be to the Glory of God. History teaches us that nations fall and sometimes they fall to despots. The despots are on the rise in America—the anti-constitution and anti-biblical worldview people are in power in the universities and newsrooms. They preach government control of everything all of the time. All of the nations will fall to Anti-Christ and his rule but Israel will not! Russia is getting ready to attack Israel, they will fail. God promised that He will protect Israel and bring His people back to the land. We live in exciting times, pray for America. The war is on us also, and against all Christians who believe that God still loves Israel and has a plan for that nation.
As Israel grows, the land of Israel will flourish even more. Not only has Israel found new riches in oil and gas, they will find more blessings for the world. God has blessed the world through His chosen people, even when the Jews did not recognize their God. This is called grace. The grace of God to the world today is to be found in how Israel solved the water problem, farming problems, technological problems etc. You could not even have a smart phone without the technology that has come out of Israeli labs! Let us thank God for Israel and pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Jesus is carrying out His plan for the nations and we live in the best of those times.

Prophecy Update: Anti-Semitism is a sign of Jesus Return!

We live in the time of history when major prophecies are on the verge of being fulfilled. The two that most prophecy teachers point to currently are the fall of Damascus from Is.17 and the Gog Magog prophecy of Ezekiel 38-39. At the heart of these two prophecies is the anti-Semitism that drives the enemies of Israel.

The capitol of Syria is Damascus and the government of Syria is an enemy of Israel. They do not believe that Israel is allowed to be in the land of Israel and has vowed to drive Israel into the sea. In Syria today are two of the major players of the Gog Magog prophecy: Russia and Iran! Currently Israel is fighting these nations in Syria. The tension has been growing and will result in the fulfillment of these prophecies. The rise of anti-Semitism across the world is a sign of the fulfillment of these prophecies and the return of Jesus. Here are some examples:

“Poland’s Holocaust Denial and Anti-Semitism Run Far Deeper Than Just Its Latest Controversial Law.” As reported in many newspapers, Poland has passed a law to make it illegal to say that Polish people had anything to do with the holocaust.

“Just before International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the lower house of the Polish parliament voted in favor of a bill that condemns anyone who acknowledges Polish complicity in the Holocaust to up to three years in prison. The combined effect of the new law, the regular suppression of Jewish voices at the Auschwitz site, and the effort at Majdanek to render Holocaust history Judenrein is a form of Holocaust denial, or at least Holocaust distortion. The Polish state is consciously endeavoring to minimize the severity of the Holocaust and to exonerate Poland and Poles from guilt over their participation in it. The reality, however, is that the Holocaust in Poland was not only German. Although some brave Poles chose to act as “righteous gentiles” and protect Jewish families, and although some others participated in an armed underground rebellion (not against the Holocaust as much as against the German occupation of Polish land), the vast majority chose to do nothing or to actively participate in the killing.”

Poland is not unique in this move towards hatred of Jews. Changing the history of these concentration camps is the most despicable thing happening in Poland: Especially Auschwitz! Consider Britain—
UK LABOUR PARTY IGNORING COMPLAINTS OF ANTISEMITISM, JEWISH LEADER ALLEGES Jan.22nd 2018, Jerusalem Post.
The leader of the Labour party, Jeremy Corbin, is an enemy of Israel.

“Under Corbyn, who has called Hamas and Hezbollah his “friends,” thousands of people, many from the far-left, joined Labour, in a development that leaders of British Jewry said has generated an anti-Semitism problem in the party’s ranks. Anti-Semitism in the Labour Party has helped to fuel a record number of attacks on the Jewish community, a charity has warned. The primary reasons for the sharp rise are found to be the Labour Party and its leader, Jeremy Corbyn, as well as the influx of refugees from Arab countries into Britain.”

The whole of the European Union has turned on the Jews. They have pushed for a two state solution that will effectively destroy Israel. They want Israel to go back to the 1967 lines which would make Israel only 9 miles wide. All of Tel Aviv would be susceptible to attack after attack when their enemies would be on the outskirts of their city and try to push them into the Mediterranean. Israel should never agree to any deal that pushes them to the 1967 border. President Obama constantly pushed for Israel to go back to the 1967 borders. It is because of this border that the enemies of Israel were so confident that they could drive Israel out of the land. Now the Iranians and the Russians are on the border of Israel!

Iran’s Supreme Leader: Ayatollah Khamenei, called Israel a “cancerous tumor of a state” a “rabid dog” claimed that there was no cure for Israel but its annihilation.”
This nation is run by people who are committed to the death of all Jews in the world. This Shiite religion is built on the same beliefs of Nazi Germany.

Iran and Russia are building bases in Syria to attack Israel. Russia’s military bases in Syria: from the magazine The Duran. by ALEXANDER MERCOURIS
February 9, 2017, 22:21 “there is no doubt that one consequence of the war is that it has hugely increased the scale of Russia’s military presence in Syria beyond anything conceivable in 2011 when the Syrian conflict started. Russia now operates two large bases in Syria which are definitely known about, and a third one whose existence is sometimes alluded to but which has never been publicly confirmed.” In fact, according to several military sites, Russia has four air bases alone in Syria. Debka File reported on Feb.1st “Russia builds four new air bases in Syria, deploys another 6,000 troops.” Contrary to Moscow’s promises, the Russian military is not pulling out of Syria, but adding four more air bases (one shared with Iran) and 6,000 more troops, the new layer of Russian bases in western, central and eastern Syria faces the chain of military locations the Americans have decided to keep in northern Syria. The two powers are evidently in a race for bases in Syria. In strategic terms, the two powers are dividing a large swath of Syria between them as regions of influence, leaving any future ruler in Damascus with just about half of Syrian territory under government control.” Russian air bases are getting closer and closer to Israel the longer this war continues in Syria.

As for Iran, the New Yorker Magazine had this article: Israel’s War With Iran Comes Out of the Shadows. Feb.12th 2018
“The Israeli air strikes that targeted an alleged Iranian drone base near the western Syrian city of Palmyra on Saturday were hardly Israel’s first foray into the Syrian civil conflict. Over the past few years, Israel has intervened sporadically in its neighbor’s civil war to prevent Iran from using it as a conduit for weapons to Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon. What’s different is that now Iranian military forces are themselves at Israel’s door and Israel is engaging them directly, as opposed to playing cat-and-mouse with Iranian proxies and arms convoys. That means Syria could become the theater for a direct confrontation between two of the most powerful states in the Middle East. Thus, to Iran, Syria is a badly damaged puppet that nonetheless helps it solidify its influence in the Shiite Arab heartland; from Israel’s point of view, it’s a forward operating base in Iran’s campaign to wipe the Jewish state off the map.”

Why is this important? Because the Golan Heights have been part of Israel since 1981. The international community considers the Golan Heights Syrian territory which Syria has vowed to reclaim. The UN and the international community have stated that Israel must return the Golan, or else? Since 1981, Syria has gone to war with Israel and lost every time, they cannot get the Golan back through war. Now with the help of their big bad friends, Iran and Russia, Syria is emboldened to fight Israel. This is the heart of the Gog Magog prophecy which will be fought on the northern mountains of Israel, in the Golan! Ezekiel 38-39 tells us the armies of Gog will come from the north, from Lebanon and Syria. 39:2 says, “and I will turn you around, drive you on, take you up from the remotest parts of the north and bring you against the mountains of Israel.” In verse four we have this promise from God: “You will fall on the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the peoples who are with you; I will give you as food to every kind of predatory bird and beast of the field.”

The anti-Semitism is spreading like wild fire in many places and Jews will soon only have one place that they can be safe. Many Jews are considering leaving Poland. God promised that He would bring back His people from every nation in the end times—it is happening. We need to show the love of Christ to Jews so we can witness to them. Consider these quotes from Mark Twain and Winston Churchill:

Mark Twain in Harper’s Magazine, 1898, “The Egyptian, the Babylonian, and the Persian rose, filled the planet with sound and splendor, then passed away. The Greek and the Roman followed. The Jew saw them all, beat them all, all things are mortal but the Jew; all other forces pass, but he remains. What is the secret of his immorality?”
Winston Churchill, “Some people like the Jews and some do not. But no thoughtful man can deny the fact that they are beyond any question the most formidable and the most remarkable race which has appeared in the world.”

No thoughtful person can deny that we live in the last days as the Bible predicted!

Prophecy Update: Hook in the Jaw, February 6, 2018

Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am against you, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal. I will turn you about and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out…Ezekiel 38:3-4

Prophecy teachers have speculated about what the hook in the jaw could be for many years. I heard one teacher in the 80’s say that it was water. They could not have imagined that Israel would solve their water problem and share it with the world. I have always thought that it would be the riches of oil and gas, which in the 80’s Israel had not found in any sufficient amounts to warrant Russia and her allies coming after Israel. All of that has changed. Let me give you some headlines from the last three years about the incredible amount of oil and gas that Israel has found.

Jan.2015–We’re traveling together down a road of discovery as we consider signs of the times from today’s news, through the lens of Scripture. Soon, Israel may be producing and exporting oil and gas in proportions that will leave her enemies envious and vengeful. In fact, the Bible tells us of a time that Israel will be attacked, and I think oil and gas could play a part in that action.

March 5th 2016 from Finance magazine: “Russia wants to control 73% of world’s oil.”

June 24th 2017 “More Massive Oil Discoveries in Israel” “A big oil deposit has been found in the Israeli occupied Golan Heights, with enough reserves to last Israel for decades according to the county’s media.” The discovery was ten times larger than world average. It is being disputed by nations like Syria and Russia! What interested me was the article saying ‘Israeli occupied land.’ It is not occupied land—it is Israeli land given to them by God. The UN and the international community is disputing that Israel can have the oil and have stated that Israel needs to give it to Syria.

Algemeiner news service had this article in April: ‘Israel’s Natural Gas Supply Is a Game-Changer.’ “Russia Cuts Gas, and Europe Shivers,” the New York Times reported on January 6, 2009, after Russia shut off gas exports to Europe due to a pricing dispute with Ukraine. From France to Turkey, nations across Europe went without power — and the incident underscored Russia’s outsized hold on European gas supplies. Fast-forward nearly a decade later, and Europe is on the verge of relief from an unlikely source: Israel. Then the game-changer occurred: the discovery of the Tamar and Leviathan natural gas fields off the coast of Haifa in 2009 and 2010. They were among the largest offshore finds in the world. The Tamar field has been producing natural gas for the Israeli market during the past few years, and natural gas now meets 60 percent of Israel’s energy needs, with coal and diesel filling in the rest. But when the Leviathan field comes online in 2019, it will help Israel achieve a level of energy independence that the Jewish state has never known.”

This tension just jumped tenfold when Lebanon and Hezbollah threatened war with Israel at the same time they claimed the oil fields in the Mediterranean are theirs! Bloomberg reported on Jan.31st 2018, “Israel, and Lebanon Renew Spat Over Disputed Oil-and-Gas Territory.” Lebanon’s prime minister and other senior figures in the country’s government reacted angrily to comments by an Israeli official once again laying claim a disputed maritime area said to be rich in oil and gas. International oil companies are making a “grave mistake” participating in bids to explore in an area that belongs to Israel and doing so “is contrary to all the rules,” according to a ministry statement citing Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman. He didn’t specify which area. Lebanon and Israel are no strangers to fiery rhetoric and accusations as both countries are technically in a state of war. Lebanon is expected to sign exploration contracts with the companies to begin work in its waters on February 9.

Guess which country is bidding for the rights to develop the disputed area of oil and gas? You guessed it—Russia! Recently as a few weeks ago, Netanyahu visited Russia and met with Putin. Netanyahu warned Putin, “We’ll act in Lebanon if necessary.” Iran is transferring missiles to Lebanon to rain down on Israel. Israel has been bombing these weapon transfers in Syria, coming dangerously close to Russian troops. Israel warned the Lebanese government that they see the government and Hezbollah as one. Lebanon has always falsely claimed that Hezbollah is not an official part of their government to protect them from Israel when Israel attacks Hezbollah. That fiction is over and Lebanon has been fairly warned. Israel made the astounding threat that they would reduce Beirut to ashes!

The problem is also Iran in Syria. Israel let it be known to Russia that they will attack all Iranian bases in Syria and will not allow Iran to set up bases to attack Israel. Israel’s UN Ambassador said a few days ago at the UN, “I will now share with you classified information that clearly shows the extent of Irans military buildup in Syria. There are 82,000 fighters directly under Iranian authority. They are building missile factories and they are changing Syria into the largest military base in the world.”

So we have war imminent in the North with Lebanon, the continuing fighting in Syria which Israel is bombing because of the Iranians, and then this headline from The Jerusalem Post: 2/4/2018 Report: “Hamas believes war with Israel will break out in the coming days.” Israel is actually fighting on five fronts.
1. In the settlements there are constant attacks by Arabs to kill Jews. For instance, Gush Etzion in Judea was attacked three times in the last month. These settlements need IDF soldiers protecting them at all times.
2. Gaza: Hamas threatens war and has been launching rockets again and build tunnels to kill Jews.
3. Sinai Peninsula: the local ISIS branch continues to fight and threatens Israel. Israel has assisted Egypt in fighting this group with assistance and air strikes.
4. Golan Heights: launching raids into Syria and bombing terrorists in Syria is an everyday occurance!
5. Lebanon: Israel is facing huge challenges in Lebanon, as became apparent last week when Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman warned that Lebanese residents of Beirut would spend a lot of time in bomb shelters whenever Hezbollah and its allies dared to launch rockets at Tel Aviv and other Israeli population centers. (Arutz Sheva 2/6/18)

On the 31st of January we had the super blue blood moon. It was a blue moon because we had two full moons in January. It is a blood moon because it is an eclipse. Also it is a super moon because it is the closest the moon is to the earth. On the 30th at the State of the Union speech the President said, “In America we know that Faith and Family not government and bureaucracy are the center of American life, our motto is In God We Trust.” The President then pointed out a couple. Officer Ryan Holets was walking and saw a cocaine addict women who is pregnant. Pres. Trump said, God spoke to Ryan and told him, ‘you will help her because you can.’ He went and talked to his wife about adopting the baby which they did. Imagine this, this family stands up and the Democrats would not applaud. Are they so into hatred of God and love of abortion that they will not applaud? The 31st of January is the Israeli feast of Tu Bi Shavat which is the feast of trees.(Lev.19:23-25) This is at the time of the blooming of the almond tree. Aarons rod was in the ark of the covenant and budded every year. It is budding symbolically today in the reestablishment of Israel in her land. The super, blood, blue moon is a symbol of the day in which we live.
It is symbolic of the fight with the world and those who hate Israel. Trump comes to power blessing Israel replacing those who hated on Israel. The wars and rumors of war in Israel are increasing at a time when Israel is emboldened by the USA to fight and protect herself. I believe that Israel will get all of her land back soon—this will partially fulfill Ezekiel 36. The fight in the United States between those who hate the president and those who support the president mirrors the fight between those who hate Israel and love Israel.
In Zechariah 1:7-14 we have the red horse in the myrtle trees in the month of Shevat—the time of the feast of trees, and God says He is exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and Zion. The red horse represents war and I think that God is getting ready to fulfill His promise to Israel, the land is going back to His people Israel. The fact that the world is in meltdown against the declaration of Jerusalem by Pres. Trump is another reason that I think war is coming. It is also the 70th year of Israel in the land. It is the 50th year since Israel took Jerusalem which the world has never accepted. The question that is asked in vs.12, “O Lord of hosts, how long will you have no compassion for Jerusalem and the cities of Judah with you have been indignant these 70 years.” I believe that the past prophecies are patterns for the future. At some point God is going to give Jerusalem back to the Jews fully and they will rebuild the Temple. One hundred years ago was the Balfour declaration to establish the State of Israel. Seventy years ago Israel became a nation. Fifty years ago Israel captured Jerusalem. This year is a special year and I think that something big is in the works since the President of the United States rocked the worlds boat with declaring Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. He and Vice President went to the Western Wall—first ever. God is in control of history!
But! God hates the two state solution whether it comes from the USA, Israel, or the Arabs. Prophecy says that God is for a one state solution and it will come about! We live in exciting times! Another hook:Russia is going to attack soon! Pray

Prophecy Update: The Antichrist

The Bible is very clear that in the future there will be a temple on the earth that will be assaulted by a man called the antichrist. For instance in Second Thessalonians 2:3-4 it teaches us: “Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.” In the future a temple will be built in Jerusalem that will be the Temple of God. Jesus taught us in Matt.24:15 that the abomination of desolation will occur at a future time. For this man to come the temple has to be rebuilt and I think that Satan wants the Jews to rebuild so he can fulfill his desire to replace God in the hearts and minds of people on the earth.
In the past we have had many false prophets and many antichrists. In 1 John 2:18 it says, “Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour.” One of the antichrists who rose in the past 100 years was Adolf Hitler. He is the pattern for how and why antichrist will find a willing public to hate the church, kill Jews, and pervert Christianity. Edwin Black, who wrote IBM and the Holocaust talks about the tie between IBM and the ability of the Nazis to track all Jews and hunt them down. Hitler was a master of manipulating and deceiving people into believing a lie. Consider this letter from the founder of IBM:

July 5th 1937
Your Excellency Adolf Hitler
Berlin

Before leaving Berlin I would like to express my pride in and deep gratitude for the high honor I received through the order which you honored me…I will endeavor to do all in my power to create more intimate bonds between our two great nations. My wife and I join in best wishes for you.

Thomas J Watson (Chairman and CEO)
International Business Machines

IBM was responsible for corporate fraud and selling out Christians and Jews in Hitler’s Germany. The future antichrist will need businesses to assist him in tracking all people in the world. Consider how IBM helped Hitler. IBM helped with identification, expulsion, confiscation, deportation, and extermination of Jews using punch cards from IBM! The tag line of IBM is ‘Solution Company’ and they took a census for Hitler and tracked everyone. They asked religion questions, nationality, employment, etc. With this method they found out who every Polish Jew was in Berlin in the fur business, every Ukrainian Jew in Frankfurt in the legal profession etc. They took this information and began the systematic persecution of Jews. With the IBM cards they had all of the information to do whatever they wanted to the Jews. Today we see IBM on commercials advertising their information ability with a weird little icon on a screen called WATSON.

The ability of the Nazis to exterminate the Jews came about from companies who desired to make money from their machines that they sold to Germany. IBM had the Hollerith system, the precursor of computers today. Somehow companies will help the Antichrist track everyone on earth by putting a mark on the foreheads and hands of the people. The ability to do this right now is coming from many companies including IBM. The RFID chip is produced by many groups, many companies are coming together to force this onto the people. The Nazis not only perverted business but Christianity.

In May 1936, the leadership of the Confessing Church sent a memo to Hitler asking him to answer directly whether “the attempt to de-Christianize the German people is to become the official policy of the government. (Erwin Lutzer, Hitler’s Cross pg.143) A book that I read is called the “Third Reich and the Christian Churches” by Peter Matheson. He reveals the documents that the churches signed with the Nazis. For instance, the concordat signed between the Nazis and the Catholic Church states in Article 16, “Before Bishops enter upon the government of their dioceses they are to take an oath of fealty either to the representative of the Reich Government in the provinces or to the president of the Reich in the following words, Before God and on the Holy Gospels I swear and promise as a bishop loyalty to the German Reich.”pg.31 This type of oath was to be greater than the oath to Jesus!
In 1936 the Germans produced a document that defined Christianity in Germany. It said in one part: “We recognize today that the central and most important beliefs of the Roman and Protestant Church being negative Christianity are not in affinity with our soul; that they stand in the way of the organic forces of the peoples of Nordic racial character, and have to make way for the latter, and allow themselves to be readjusted to the values of a Germanic Christianity.”

The Bible is clear that the apostasy is coming. Christianity will be compromised and changed like it was in Hitler’s Germany. Antichrist will rise after the church is so compromised, it will be unrecognizable from the truth of the Bible. Today, we have churches that have compromised the truth for false teaching and false teachers.

Not only did Nazi Germany compromise business and Christianity to build the third Reich, it also went on a killing spree that caught the whole world. The rise of antichrist will also cause a killing spree that will go to the whole world and Armageddon. The Nazis had a special place in their heart for killing Jews. So will the antichrist!

The final solution is in play today by a host of anti-Semitic groups who wish the destruction of Israel and the murder of Jews. The Church needs to stand up to this evil and call it out. One of the false teachings in the church is replacement theology. This teaching states that God is done with Israel and the church takes over all of the promises. Unfortunately, Jews blame Christian churches who taught replacement theology for the holocaust. Hitler praised Martin Luther in Mein Kampf because of what Luther wrote. Luther wrote a pamphlet called “The Jews and their Lies” and said the Jews were a miserable and accursed people. Luther went on to say that the synagogues should be burned, money taken, houses destroyed, rabbis not allowed to teach, and the Talmud be confiscated. No wonder Hitler liked that! The Crusades and the Inquisition slaughtered Jews because the Jews supposedly killed Jesus. The simple command of God to love your neighbor was out and killing Jews was in. At one point one group of soldiers put Jews in a synagogue and sang a Christian hymn while they burned them.

In the original King James Bible of 1603, the title of Isaiah 43 is ‘God comforts the Church’ yet, the whole chapter is about God’s work with Israel. The examples are numerous. It is this type of thinking today that causes churches to deny that the Temple has to be rebuilt. The current state of affairs is ripe with the possibility of rebuilding the temple and the criticism and hatred coming from some churches is astounding. What we have today is anti-Zionism which is another form of anti-Semitism. Many businesses and churches advocate confiscation and destruction of Israeli businesses just as Hitler did with the help of IBM! I like Psalm 129:5, May all who hate Zion be put to shame.
Anti-Semitism and Anti-Zionism is spreading in Germany again and it has a lot of people nervous. From a Polish paper this article says: “German leaders are increasingly alarmed about a resurgence of anti-Semitism 73 years after the Holocaust, stemming from an emboldened far right and an influx of refugees from countries hostile to Israel. Germany is marking the 1945 liberation of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz with solemn ceremonies, but also warnings of the need for stronger vigilance. On the anniversary on Saturday, Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned revisionist forces seeking to call into question the country’s commitment to atoning for its Nazi past. She said fighting anti-Semitism and racism must be a “daily task”. “It is inconceivable and shameful that no Jewish institution can exist without police protection, whether it is a school, a kindergarten or a synagogue,” she said.
Angela Merkel is part of the reason the Jews are being persecuted so I do not believe what she says. She brought in the Muslims who desire to kill the Jews and they are attacking them all over Germany! Yet, she refuses to see the connection between Muslims and the attacking of the Jews. Once again, we have the weak and evil compromise so that Satan gets his way.

The world hates Israel and we see it at the UN every week. What will the world do when Israel rebuilds the Temple? What will they do when Israel says they do not care what the world says and they do it anyway! It will be done! As politics surrounding the rebuilding of the temple continues to be contentious, Islam will have to find another reason to attack Israel if they rebuild off of the temple Mount. If the Jews say that you can have the dome of the rock we don’t care—what will the Muslims do. The Temple belongs by the Gihon Springs—it is a reason the temple will be built soon! The fulfillment of a 2000 year dream will cause Israel to come up with new strategies to defeat the Muslims! As nations move their embassies to Jerusalem, Muslims already feel the city slipping from their hands. Jerusalem is the eternal capital of Israel, it is not Islamic, period! It is Gods city, the city of the great king—the Jewish Messiah, the God of our fathers Abraham Isaac and Jacob! The 70th year of the founding of Israel may be a year of great fulfillment of Biblical Prophecy!