HE IS RISEN! – Time and Quantum effects in Jesus’ Resurrection

First published in the early years of this blog and annually thereafter with a few updates:

In preparation for the Holy-days’ weekend Nina creates a tableau for contemplating Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection. She’s inspired about what items to collect and arrange, usually including a rock with a central hole eroded by the sea and which we found on a beach. It serves as both the ‘skull’ and garden tomb of Golgotha. For example, the above display has a scarf as a ‘river of life’ flowing out of the empty cave/tomb below the cross. (In 2012 it gave an insight that I’ll share below.)

Maundy Thursday is celebrated as the night when Jesus and His twelve, principal disciples ate the Passover Seder, or meal, in advance of the main schedule in order to be ready for His being the sacrificial Lamb of God.

Following the meal, one disciple betrayed Him by leading Temple guards to capture Him at night for trial by a ‘kangaroo’ court of Jewish leaders. It was a foregone conclusion that they’d demand authorisation of His death from Pontius Pilate, the Roman Prefect, or governor, of Judea.

If you’re unfamiliar with this true story and how it led to Jesus’ gruesome torture, death and burial followed by his amazing bodily resurrection and appearance to His disciples, read doctor Luke’s investigative account and the personal account of Jesus’ closest disciple John.

Later, Saul of Tarsus, a Jewish leader violently opposed to them, had a life-changing encounter with the Ascended Jesus en-route to Damascus. He became known as Apostle Paul and wrote that Jesus had been seen simultaneously by over 500 people post-Resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:6 refers).

HEAVEN’S & HUMAN HISTORY’S PIVOTAL TIME

Jesus Christ died so that each of us may be forgiven for our sins. As a result of this new status, we can have direct personal access to Almighty God when we believe in Jesus Christ. As the Son of God, Jesus suffered on our behalf as our ‘scapegoat’. That is, Jesus took the place of death that we deserved because of our sinfulness, for the shedding of a sinless one’s blood was the only way our status could be changed for us to gain personal salvation. Paul explains it this way to the early church in the Rome:

8But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through Him! 10 For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to Him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life! 11 Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. (Romans 5:8-11, NIV, see whole chapter.)

Now, when I was a new Christian I found that rather hard to understand – but it works! The theological term is ‘atonement’, or ‘substitutionary atonement’. In bringing forgive-ness to the guilty, however, this can cause deep problems for those who’ve been the victim of crimes. After all, why should a killer find forgiveness by God? And what about the victim’s families, or the victim of abuse? They find it very hard if well-nigh impossible to forgive.

In 2012 I heard a Portsmouth prison chaplain address this issue with a concept taken from the criminal justice system: restorative justice. This involves an active dialogue between victim and offender, plus reparation. And it has a sound basis in theology. How?

Jesus was a guiltless victim, directly of those who wanted Him killed, and indirectly of everyone’s ‘fallen state’ of sinfulness, which could only be rectified by His death.

And Almighty God, the Father, is a victim too. How? He’s victim of humanity’s rebellion against Him. For example and especially over the way religious leaders murdered His son – how they seethed with rage when Jesus denounced them! (read Luke 20:9-19). So, every victim can find an identity and affinity in both God and Jesus Christ in their situation. Hence, they can receive God’s own ability to forgive because He will help them choose to forgive those who’ve harmed them. [Lack of forgiveness may be the only thing that hampers God – see Matt 6:14-15]

A TABLEAU IN TIME

During contemplation upon the tableau illustrated above, an insight dropped into mind that the Resurrection created a distinct point in the flow of, or perhaps even a change in, Time itself. That is, the now termed ‘common era’ calendar is the medieval Christian one that counts years from the approximate birth of Christ as ‘anno Domini’. But in fact, a more powerful one would be the point at which things in heaven changed and thus affected our lives on earth and its ultimate role in God’s scheme of creation. This took place at the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, His revival to life from death itself.

That such a concept may be valid can be found in the discoveries about the material of ‘The Shroud of Turin’, the shroud in which Jesus was thought to have been carried and covered during His interment. It is of most astounding significance when examined from the view-point of modern physics.

Apart from the supra-natural or spiritual aspect, that unique, singular event could have naturally happened by means of a ‘singularity’ (a theoretical gravitational effect associated with ‘black holes’, eg. as may have been the starting point of the creation of the universe, or ‘Big Bang’).

Don’t take my word for this but consider that of Dame Isabel Piczek (deceased 2016), famous as a monumental artist and award-winning figurative draughtswoman. Her highly detailed analysis of theories about how the image on the shroud was formed is authoritative, as in the first of several detailed articles here.

Also, as a physicist who may have considered implications from a quantum mechanics standpoint, her conclusions about how the image was formed are most intriguing: it seems that the image of Jesus can only have been created by its hovering equidistantly above and below his reclining bent corpse. Furthermore, this necessitated the body’s levitation – perhaps not an impossible feat during the moment of the Resurrection power-blast?

After all, the disciples had already witnessed Jesus walking on water but were yet to be surprisingly but joyously stunned Him by His turning up in their midst, materialising, in a private room behind closed doors for fear of the Jews (John 20:19) – maybe quantum dynamics principle of ‘tunnelling’, as in On Engaging and Governing Time, came into play? – then forty days later watch Him flying bodily upwards into the clouds!

Dame Isabel succinctly summarises:

We have a piece of cloth and it leads us to a mysterious gate which opens for us, and it lets us see a completely different world, an extraordinary world with extraordinary laws.

Consider these claims by reading those articles and watching this astonishing video of The Fabric of Time dvd. There’s also a discussion of her scientific opinion at In Case You Missed Isabel Piczek’s Wonderful Paper.

‘Coincidentally”, just after having read the last link and revised the preceding references to science (post published 5 years ago), I’m alerted to theoretical physicist Mehki’s new post on ‘black holes’ and ‘event horizons’ (see Looking to the Horizon). The discussion thread has a valuable contribution from ‘physical reality blog’ that’s pertinent to the Shroud site’s discussion of Dame Isabel’s analysis and indirectly reconnects it back into quantum physics!

2017: ‘Coincidentally’ amusing that bloggers ‘hidden’ on opposite sides of the world (Britain and New Zealand) were preparing items on the fabrics that Jesus Christ was buried with – the full-body shroud and the head linen – in Joseph of Arimathea’s private tomb. My post updated on Wed 12 April 2017 was scheduled on Thurs 13th for auto-publication Sun 16 April. On Good Friday 14 April Joanne Rolston published news of the ‘Sudarium’ in AB-solute Proof – The Blood That Speaks.

Read about bizarre anomalies in scientific instruments placed on the slab of stone in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre said to be have been where Jesus’ body lay: Scientists Who Opened Christ’s Tomb Detect Mysterious Readings That Support Shroud Theory.

2019: Am grateful to unknown source of this image:

Link: The Shroud of Turin website

More to come on this in 12 hours in next post >>

It’s ‘Good’ Friday…BUT they don’t know Sunday’s Coming!

With a fresh understanding of Jesus’ identity as the Aleph & Tav (Alpha & Omega) being hidden in the Bible’s opening sentence, and its first word pointing to salvation, PLUS Father’s name shared with Moses describes His mode of death, now follow Dr Shadrach Meshach’s Lockridge’s renowned deeply stirring exhortation…

Jesus’ Crucifixion described within the Holy Name of God

First published herein April 2017. Scripture verses courtesy BibleGateway NKJV:

According to Steve Maltz, author of God’s Signature, the only time the sacred, personal Name of God was spoken by the ancient Israelites was during worship in the Temple in Jerusalem, and especially on the Day of Atonement when the High Priest pronounced it ten times.

The Talmud has many warnings about using the Most Holy Name – it is also regarded as having special powers of healing. Apparently knowledge of its pronunciation was lost after the fall of the Temple in AD70 prophesied by Jesus Christ (Matthew 24).

The knock-on effect of that event, together with the Roman Church’s withdrawal in the third Century of financial support for churches in the Holy Land founded by Jesus’ own ‘kith and kin’, or ‘Desposyni’ as recounted herein, was the great loss of a full understanding of the Church’s Hebraic roots.

Hence the confusion and doctrinal disagreements over Jesus claiming, “I am in the Father and the Father is in me!” (John 14:10).

Digging deeper we encounter an astonishing revelation of that double-identity!

From translations of Hebrew, the post-Shakespeare English-speaking world referred to God’s Name as ‘Jehovah’ or ‘LORD’ (letter ‘J’ was then starting to replace ‘i’). However, Jews preferred well-known descriptive titles such as ‘Elohim’ – God, in all the fullness of His attributes; ‘El Shaddai’ – Almighty; ‘El Sabaoth’ – Lord of heavenly hosts; or Adonai’ – Lord, and more often than not the reverent term ‘Ha Shem’ (The Name) sufficed.

Scribes, or sopher, needed to take special care in praying before writing the holy name, which must be done without interruption. Were a mistake made, it must not be corrected but the whole page discarded and the page restarted. Numbering had to be carefully handled too because Hebrew characters represented both letters and numbers. So the logical way of writing 15 is to add a yod (ie 10) to a hey (ie 5) and likewise for 16 (a yod to a vav). But this never happened because, as part of the sacred name, they could accidentally be read as this name. The Holy Name is shown below, but read from right to left:

Ha Shem

“Yod-Hey-Vav-Hay” first appears in ‘The Book of Beginnings’ account of  “When the LORD God made the earth and the heavens” (Genesis 2:4)

This Name was first revealed when Moses encountered God in the burning bush after he’d asked Him whom should he tell the Israelites had sent him to get them out of their slavery in Egypt.

God replied, “I AM WHO I AM.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you’. ” (Exodus 3:14)
Steve writes, “Interestingly and contrary to popular belief, the Hebrew word used in this passage…is not YHVY (he shows Hebrew characters). So, what’s going on here? Is it His name or isn’t it? In this Exodus passage, the word used for His name is “Aleph-Hey-Yod-Hey”.

“This takes the meaning of “I will be”…(which) shares a similar three-consonant root with YHVY in Hey-Vav-Hey and Hey-Yod-Hey…and as they’re related are both ways of describing God”.

Hence my liking of describing God as “Always” and “Now”, the latter being used by Charlie Shamp too.

HOLY FATHER-SON UNION REVEALED & THE CRUCIFIXION FORETOLD

As in those preceding links, literary Hebrew developed out of pictographic forms that represent gestures and their meanings. We logically surmise both original visual and later written forms were known to and, therefore, used by the Lord in communicating with Abraham and his descendants through Issac and Jacob, and used by Moses and his scribes in compiling the first five books of the Bible.

Comparing the literary and pictorial forms of the name Moses heard and recorded as being from the Lord, we have this graphic (credit Heart To Heart):

Hebrew is read right to left, ie ‘hand-look-nail-look’, but if we read as normal left to right we find not only the Name of God describing who He is, the fullness of His character and abilities, but also its exceptional prophetic nature in it foretelling the pivotal point of His action plan for humanity: the crucifixion of His Son Jesus Christ!

BEHOLD – A NAIL – BEHOLD – A HAND

AND THIS ‘WORD’ SHOWS TWO PERSONS!

Could this indicate that Christ was hidden in the Father when Moses encountered them at the burning bush but manifested as ‘The Angel of the Lord’ or pre-incarnate Christ ? It’s worth reading Exodus 3 carefully again and note Who is speaking to Moses…

Moreover, the pictographs graphically portray God as ‘hands up’ in relevant connection with a nail.

Putting all this together into one picture we get a typical image of Jesus on the Cross at Calvary, where long nails or spikes driven through Jesus’ wrists damage the median nerves thus making His hands bend into the ‘claw position’ – as in the later version of letter Yod!!

More:

Jesus Christ’s identity hidden in the Bible’s opening sentence

REPRISE 14th April 2020:

We continue (2020) previous post’s conclusion on Jesus’ knowledge of mathematics, as  drawn from Jonathan Hill’s thesis, with this startling discovery:

ALPHA-OMEGA HIDDEN WITHIN GENESIS 1:1 (AS ALEPH-TAV)

In Appendix I (pages 202-203) on the meaning of number 37 and its palindromic partner 73, Jonathan says both form the numerical value for the fundamental Hebrew word ‘wisdom’. He tells how this pair play a role in a multiplication, the result being the precise number of the Hebrew for the creation verse of Genesis 1:1. He goes on to relate this to 666 and a diagrammatic representation, which he interprets as meaning:

‘This transformation represents the dispensational truth that at the second coming of Christ, the dominant spiritual hierarchy of the world changes from 666, the number of the ‘beast’, to 12 – the governmental number of Israel. All this information including this powerful intervention of God is elegantly and visually encoded in the first verse of the Bible.’

This claim continues by divulging this astounding mystery:

Furthermore, this relates to the next post on how the ancient Hebrew characters of God’s name describe Jesus’ crucifixion, and to which previous version my American reader Tim Shey submitted this highly instructive video:

REVELATION 1:8, 11 – 21:6 – 22:13

“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” (NKJV, BibleGateway.com)

Footnote

If you’ve yet to read my overview of Jonathan’s book Unlocking the Sign Miracles of John go to Astonishing Mathematics Within Genesis 1.1 & John 1.1, and continue for more details at Amazing Geometrical Symmetry of Genesis 1:1 & John 1:1.

Amazing geometrical symmetry between Genesis 1:1 and John 1:1 (cont’d)

REPRISE: posted 26th April 2018 and re-published as an introductory connection for subsequent postings Holy Week 2026, but without opening non-applicable paragraph:  

Now, where’d I got to a fortnight ago today…my drafting this suddenly interrupted upon spotting that what I was doing had gone public ….Fortunately, I’d got to the end of saying how Hebrew and Greek alphabets can be used numerically. Now let’s continue:

LETTERS = NUMBERS

SENTENCES = SUMS

TOTALS = SHAPES & PATTERNS.

Previously, we learned about the astonishing inclusion of mathematical constants of ‘pi’ and the exponential form ‘e‘ – ratios of circles’ circumference/diameter ratio; the base of natural logarithms and rate of growth shared by all growing processes – each within the first verse of Genesis and John respectively, as revealed when applying the same mathematical operation of multiplication and division to their letters and words, NO MATTER IN WHICH ALPHABET; that is, using this ‘conversion’ ratio:

[(All letter values multiplied together) x (Number of letters)] / [Numerical values of all words multiplied together) x (Number of words)]; or as Dr Paul Bluer in Bible Maths:

Jonathan R Hill writes on page 39 of Unlocking The Sign Miracles of John (1st edn),

‘Apply this ratio to Genesis 1:1 and ‘pi’ is revealed accurate to four decimal places. Apply the same ratio to John 1:1 and ‘e’ is revealed, again accurate to four decimal places. Remember that Genesis and John were penned by two different authors in two different languages, hundreds of years apart (if not over a thousand: RB) These fundamental scientific and mathematical constants are markedly embedded within the two creation verses of scripture.

Not only are they powerful witness to the creation of the heavens and of the earth but also to the One who created. In this way, the Hebrew and Greek texts of the Bible are authenticated as the authoritative media of God’s Word – as God Himself could have placed these mathematical constants there. No other explanation is possible.’ (Emphasis mine)

Verses:
  • ‘In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.’ (Genesis 1:1)
  • ‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.’ (John 1:1)

Genesis 1-1

GEOMETRICAL SYMMETRY

In addition to the above, an exciting geometrical and, therefore, optical relationship exists between those two verses when all their letters have been changed to numbers and added up!

Then, using the principle of number triangles outlined in Post-Resurrection miraculous catch of 153 fish, the totals calculated for Genesis 1:1 and John 1:1 can be regarded as snooker balls, or small squares, and positioned into geometrical shapes. The sum for the value of Greek letters of John 1:1 forms a perfect plinth, or trapezium, which exactly fits the triangular number that can be formed by the sum of the value of Hebrew letters in Genesis 1:1, viz:

The sum of Greek letter values is precisely 3,627 and the sum of Hebrew letter values is 2,701, which forms a perfect equilateral triangle (as erected by the construction of a Vesica Piscis, shown in that post). Each of its sides consists of 73 small squares that represent one unit in the ‘conversion’ value of alphabetical letters. It’s noteworthy that 73 is also the numerical value of the Hebrew word for ‘wisdom’! Furthermore, there are scriptures that assert the world was created upon wisdom, for example:

    • Book of Proverbs – ‘The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding He established the heavens’ (3:19).
    • Prophet Jeremiah – ‘He has made the earth by His power, He has established the world by His wisdom. (10:12).

John 1:1 reveals that Jesus was with God in the beginning and thus He was before all creation, and Paul similarly writes at Colossians 1:17. Given that precedence, then it’s logical that John 1:1 is seen to support Genesis 1:1 in this mathematically visual way!

SUMMARY

So far, we’ve learned the Bible has proven and demonstrable mathematical meanings buried within its text when letters are converted into numerical values. Moreover, many forms of mathematical operations and principles may be discovered, eg.

    • standard arithmetical operations
    • non-complex geometrical shapes
    • Venn diagrams
    • square root
    • factorials.

And that’s only when taking ordinary three-dimensional space into account. Also hidden within Genesis is a descriptive name of God and a direct link to the nature of Time! But that’s for another time…meanwhile, click to read what ‘coincidentally’ appeared today!!

Further Reading:

Dr Peter Bluer – A Challenge to Atheists (tap for link)

Triple-S prophecy echoed in Kemi Badenoch’s Passover message

You may recall from my triple “Wake up!” postings of 12 February the first of two SSS prophetic words from Mark Iles calls us to “STAND UP, STEP UP, SPEAK UP!” and so I’m delighted to read this Pesach message Kemi Badenoch, leader of the Conservative Party, posted this morning (thank you Helen Lineen – emphases below added): 

“Why is this year different from all other years?

Because in other years we haven’t seen Jews murdered in a synagogue here in the UK. Because in other years we haven’t seen Hatzola ambulances torched in the middle of Golders Green. And because in no other year have I met so many Jews asking me whether it’s safe for them to stay in the UK.

This year I can’t write the usual sort of Passover message. I am tired of reading platitudes and warm words, expressions of solidarity which ring hollow when we can all see what is happening around us.

I did not learn about Passover from reading the Haggadah or even in church, but from watching The Ten Commandments over and over again. Even as a young child in Nigeria, growing up in a Christian home, the story of liberation from slavery in ancient Egypt – a journey from oppression to freedom, from exile to homeland – was singularly inspiring.

It was only as an adult that I learned the deepest message of Passover: that for Jews, gaining freedom is not a one-off historical event, but is something which Jews have to fight for and guard in every generation.

An acquaintance said recently: “As a black person in the UK, I’ve never experienced the level of racism or intimidation which Jews are facing now. People wouldn’t delve into conspiracy theories about an attack on black people”. This is exactly how I feel.

Too many Jews have lost freedoms in the past year. The freedom to walk the streets of London on a Saturday afternoon. The freedom to go to university wearing a Magen David. The freedom to go to school without security guards, to pray in a building which doesn’t look like a fortress – the freedom to do the sorts of things that all of us should be able to enjoy in a free and democratic country.

The Haggadah also teaches what I know many Jews regard as an eternal truth: “In every generation they rise up against us to destroy us, but the Holy One, blessed be he, saves us from their hands.”

We have seen over the past year how the first part of this teaching is undeniably true. As to the second part – well, we shouldn’t be leaving all of this work to the Almighty or even, as some hope, the government.

To solve a problem requires facing some hard truths. As a Conservative, I have always believed that more government is not the answer to every problem, although it might be part of the solution. But what is government, if not individual politicians and civil servants? As Faith Minister five years ago, what I saw in Whitehall was a significant degree of cultural and religious illiteracy, combined with a reluctance to speak plainly, and a hesitancy to tackle difficult issues for fear of attack, opprobrium, or difficult constituents. Too many politicians are too scared to act without strong leadership. That is the leadership I will provide.

This is a war of attrition fought not only with violence, but with words, insinuation and sustained hostility. We cannot only confront attacks on worshippers at Heaton Park or on ambulances at Hatzola; we must protest sporting boycotts against Maccabi Tel Aviv and vandalism at Gail’s bakery.

Relentless attacks, bizarre articles published by newspapers like the Guardian, the normalisation of rhetoric that would once have been unthinkable. The aim is clear and determined: to erode the moral legitimacy of Jews, leave you less secure, and at the same time give confidence to those who would see Jews diminished or destroyed.

We have allowed the poison of antisemitism to spread for too long, because too many politicians have been too weak or too cowardly to even say what they see, let alone confront it. That must end.

I’ve been very consistent about what I am for and what I am against. Back in 2016, as a London Assembly member, I asked Sadiq Khan why antisemitic flags were being flown at the notorious Al-Quds march.

As Business and Trade Secretary, my department was stormed by hateful mobs protesting my ongoing trade talks with the world’s only Jewish state. They disagreed with my statement in parliament that people in this country use their views on Israel as a cover to display antisemitism at protests on our streets.

Years later, I now lead the Conservative party – and I know where we went wrong. Politics abhors a vacuum and while the party was firmly behind the Jewish community after the October 7 massacre, there was a feebleness when it came to action. Too many were inexperienced and unclear about how to tackle the situation, while others simply did not believe what their eyes were showing them. We placed too much faith in the belief that tolerance, in and of itself, would fix things. That good people would rally round and squeeze out the bad. They did not.

Let me tell you what a Conservative government under my leadership would do. There needs to be a fundamental shift in Britain. We have a radicalisation problem. Currently, we are fighting Labour’s dangerous approach to defining Islamophobia in a way that risks shutting down legitimate discussion about extremism.

We cannot continue to allow hate preachers to operate with impunity. We will have a zero-tolerance approach to extremism of all kinds including Islamism and the influence of groups like the Muslim Brotherhood in Britain.

We will revoke visas for those who come here and peddle antisemitic hatred and we will bar those who seek to bring it into our country in the first place.

And we will ban the kind of marches we have seen on our streets, where people call to “globalise the intifada”, incite violence against Jews and glorify terrorism. Those who celebrate the massacre of Jews should be removed from public life.

Antisemitism is not just an attack on Jewish people. It is an attack on the kind of country we are. Let’s call it what it is – Jew hatred. Let’s stop using softer words for what is happening. But this will not be enough.

There are things government can and must do. But it will never be enough on its own. This is no mere political fight. It is existential. It’s about whether people can live freely and safely as Jews in this country. And that means it requires courage. What is required is a fundamental shift; tackling the moral and political vacuum that has been filled by a hatred of Jews.

Other minority communities have succeeded through hard-fought struggle and a dogged refusal to accept mistreatment. They made it clear that they would not be ignored, dismissed, or pushed aside.

I am not calling for violence. Quite the opposite. There is a silent majority in this country that supports Jews. I am certain of that. But the problem with the silent majority is that silence is not strength.

Jews in Britain have responded to hostility with restraint and dignity. Those are virtues. But sometimes the answer is not quiet endurance but noisy and active defiance. It’s time for change when it comes to Jew hatred.

Do not accept it. Do not normalise it. Stand up for your rights, your identity, and your place in this country in every way you can. Be visible. Be vocal. Use every lawful means at your disposal: your networks, your institutions, your voices. Challenge those who spread hatred. Pursue those who break the law. Know that you have our support, and you are not alone.

Yes, there will be pushback. I’m afraid that is the price of standing firm. Do not pack up your suitcases and leave. Israel cannot be the only sanctuary for Jews. This is your home.

What I can promise you is this: as a party leader, I will do my bit. I will lead from the front, as I always have. I will do my bit to fight against two-tier policing, double standards, sectarian hate, and to make it clear that there is a cost to antisemitism. But Conservatives cannot do this alone. This has to be above politics.

Earlier this month, I gave a speech against separatism and launched a wide-ranging commission on culture and integration. We need one shared identity everyone can buy into – being British. British Jews have shown how it can be done.

Passover reminds us that freedom is never guaranteed. It must be defended, generation after generation. If we fail to confront this now, if we allow the radicalisation, the hatred, the intimidation to continue, then we risk losing the decent and great Britain we grew up with.

The answer to hatred is confidence and resilience. Success is the best response. We can and will defend these values and we will defeat the scourge of antisemitism.

I wish Jewish people in Britain and around the world a peaceful and meaningful festival.”

https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/badenoch-message-of-pesach-feels-especially-urgent-this-year/

https://www.thejc.com/opinion/kemi-badenoch-pesachs-message-of-freedom-is-as-urgent-now-as-it-ever-was-a29r0yxu

7th event: Invitation to explore Revelation and End-times with Alan Shemwell

As mentioned in 6 events over 6 days, Alan messaged me on Friday as follows, and you know from my introductory piece that I can strongly recommend his kind offer :

“Thank you so much, Richard, for endorsing my book. I’ve been following Richard’s Watch since 2016 or so, (before we actually met). Keep up the good work faithful servant.

If any of your readers is a member of a home-group or church that is interested in exploring Revelation and other End-time prophecy, then I am happy to give a 1 hour introduction to help them on their journey (in person if close to home, on Zoom or MS Teams otherwise).

And, subject to availability, timing and the level of interest, I could subsequently deliver a 4 week (1 hour per week) mini-course via Microsoft Teams or Zoom, following the same pattern as in the book. (Or maybe run this a few times a year).

Week 1: from John’s time to the start of the seven-year Tribulation (signalled by a new peace-treaty in the Middle East). Rev. 2 to Rev. 8.

Week 2: First 3½ years of the seven-year Tribulation (which ends when Antichrist reveals his true nature and desecrates the new Jewish Temple). Rev. 8 to Rev. 11. (mid-Tribulation Rev. 14).

Week 3: Last 3½ years of the seven-year Tribulation (i.e. the time of ‘Jacob’s Trouble’ / the (terrible) ‘Day of the Lord’). Rev. 12 to Rev. 13 and Rev. 15 to Rev. 19.

Week 4: Christ’s 1000-year (Millennial) reign on Earth, the final battle and defeat of Satan and his judgement. Judgement Day for all humans (alive or dead). The new heaven & new Earth – including the new Jerusalem.  ‘Eden’ restored. Rev. 20 to Rev. 22. ”

If you or friends wish to take up Alan’s offer he can be contacted by email ataskquestionsoffaith@gmail.com (Ask Questions Of Faith)

6 events over 6 days on Book of Revelation = Pay Attention!

Chilling out after a demanding few days online, on the first day’s evening of our long weekend we took a friend with us to spend a couple of hours in non-stop Spirit-led worship. Alan Shemwell, author of Trustworthy and True had sent a thank you message but I was intrigued to now hear a new relevance of the Book of Revelation only to be more astonished that the evening began with this full quotation of Rev 1:10-26:

I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet, 11 saying, [g]“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,” and, What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches[h]which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”
12 Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands, 13 and in the midst of the seven lampstands One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band. 14 His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire; 15 His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters; 16 He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength. 17 And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying [i]to me, “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last. 18 I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of[j]Hades and of Death.19 [k]Write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after this.20 The[l]mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the[m]angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands [n]which you saw are the seven churches…”

SO, MY ATTENTION WAS WELL AND TRULY CAUGHT AND I RECALLED HOW OFTEN THESE VERSES HAD FEATURED AND BEEN REPEATED THOUGHOUT THE WEEK – THEREFORE, IT MUST BE WHAT THE LORD IS SAYING TO THE CHURCH > REPETITIONS STRESSING, ‘PAY ATTENTION!’

Therefore, here’s the week’s daily sequence of ‘jigsaw pieces’:

  1. Sunday – Elam Ministries director on Revelation chapter 1.
  2. Monday – house group discussion of Sunday’s teaching on Rev 1.
  3. Tuesday – Chris G Bennett posts on Facebook above Rev 1 AI-image.
  4. Wednesday – I used image for Triple47 post in drafting introduction to Alan’s book on the Revelation of Jesus Christ.
  5. Thursday – with ‘coincidence’ of Amazon pricing, posted outline of Trustworthy & True + our church’s post-Alpha evening course looks at Revelation.
  6. Friday – read message from Alan about follow-up study groups + opening invocation of worship at Waverley quotes from Revelation 1, as above.

So would there be a 7th event? Had we not been at a friend’s 30th birthday party on Saturday then I may have been able to publish Alan’s message, which is now next post.

Meantime, do listen to this worship song about Jesus’ return…

Trustworthy and True: Making Sense of the Book of Revelation – Alan Shemwell

A riveting scripture-charged exploration and interpretation of the Book of Revelation and study into the fast-approaching End-times – showing how the US, Russia, China and Europe fit into those events to lead into that prophesied global climax.

DESCRIPTION

Acknowledge it or not, we are hurtling towards the End-times. The pre-conditions have never been more complete than today. More so in the past 80 years than in the previous 19 centuries.

Cautious scepticism is healthy but we have a duty to understand the warnings about what’s happening around us and what’s coming, so we can prepare and warn others.

Many prefer to shy away from any attempt to interpret the Book of Revelation, viewing it as unfathomable and bizarre, full of symbolism, metaphors, repetition of earthquakes, fire and hail from the skies, plagues and battles.

Some interpret it is relevant to the first Century only (A.D. 70), when the Jewish revolt against Roman occupation was cruelly crushed. However, given it was written around the same time it would not have been much of a ‘revelation’. It would not have been read by Jewish people, who perceived Christianity as blasphemous. It would also not have been helpful to the early Christian church and the ‘book’ is clearly written to both the Christian church and to the Jewish people.

End-time scripture isn’t so unfathomable when viewed through the lens of the people of Biblical times – their beliefs, practices, experiences and stories; then superimposing understanding of things that are very familiar to us now but were alien to them.

Some important insights also help interpretation – such as the fact that during Old Testament times a year was perceived as 360 days (and this was also adopted as the default for ‘prophetic’ years in the New Testament). Also, Jewish people often referred to themselves as people of the land and the gentiles as people of the sea.

Many expect evil influences to present themselves in obvious ways no one can deny – but the best strategy of these is to convince us all that they do not exist! So, we should not expect to see them for who or what they are until very late on, when it might be too late for the uninformed.

The USA, China, Russia and Europe are all referenced, if you interpret properly, through ‘markers’ that include: global trading status, economic size relative to military might, historical basis of their trading and legal systems, population size, direction of their homeland relative to Israel, the nature of their current leaders, initiatives in international expansion, colour of their battle flags, symbols and statues that they are renowned for, geological characteristics, and, historical names of tribes from which these nations originated. The combination of many markers helps to make the interpretation less tenuous and more convincing.

There will be hard times ahead, even for Christians, but the Book of Revelation is fundamentally a message of HOPE – how to survive without compromising our eternal future, that evil will be dealt with once and for all, and that the world will be reshaped into the perfect paradise it was meant to be.

I invite you on an amazing exploration into the wealth of information that has been freely given to us on what is to come. I can boldly promise you a journey that will have huge consequences for you and your loved ones.

I have spent many years researching, grappling with and meditating on the scriptures – asking for divine inspiration to help interpret these prophecies. I hope and pray that this book is as accurate an interpretation as possible, and that it will spark the reader’s interest in interpreting what’s happening around them in the context of biblical revelation, so that they are forewarned of the dangers, can warn others, and can gain hope about the final outcome.

RECOMMENDATIONS

Louise Petrossian Mokhof who leads and supports many Christian charities including KORPU BUILDING BRIDGES WITH THE WORD, and speaks at Christian conferences around the globe. Louise acted as a key proof-reader:

“This book is a must read and thought provoking for those readers who are keen to know and have a deeper understanding about the End times, divine judgment, the Antichrist, Christ’s second coming and so on. The author’s narrative is direct and focused on global affairs in connection with Biblical facts from the past, present, and future. It is condensed with so much information to wet the reader’s appetite and keep them at the edge.”

Rebecca (Becky) Coulter, (avid ‘bookworm’ and daughter of a renowned newspaper journalist), and her husband Andrew Coulter, who acted as proof-readers, hungry to understand more about what the Bible tells us of the End-times:

“This book is a thorough and comprehensive guide to understanding The Book of Revelation. It is easy to understand – woven together in a way that helps the reader to follow with clarity and understanding. Foundational reading for anyone looking for sound biblical insight and understanding about this crucial book of the Bible.”

NOW AVAILABLE:
FOOTNOTE from ‘God-incidence’ concluding previous introductory post:

Alan writes “The book is also available on the Waterstones.com site. The prices on Amazon.co.uk are currently not correct. I’m told this often happens with Amazon, just before publishing date but will soon correct itself on the Publishing date 26th March. Pricing is correct on Waterstones.com”

Elam Ministries on evangelising Iran and on Jesus’ Revelation – A ‘God-incidence’

Not only the superb teaching and content but also the timing of the guest speaker’s visit to 3Counties Vineyard Church on Sunday was of significance for the congregation, as well as personally and blog-wise.

Events last week delayed my intended blogging on a friend’s new book about the Book of Revelation, but I needed to finish what was in mind about Iran and the eventual fall of Islam with its growing schism between Sunni and Shiite branches – LOL as I type that I saw a picture in front of my monitor of branches falling off a tree!

The delayed timing, nevertheless, must be of the Lord – ‘God-incidental’ – because I had first to hear the Executive Director of Elam Ministries at our church, as in video intro:
‘This morning David Yeghnazar from Elam Ministries is with us as part of our “Mission March” focus on “Shining in the world”. He will be sharing about Elam, which exists to to strengthen and expand the church in the Iran region and beyond, and will also be speaking from Revelation chapter 1.

The video link starts when our church team-leader Dave Wright shows a 5 minute video of the foundation and history of Elam Ministries in Iran and interviews David Yeghnazar for 12 minutes. After their prayer David proceeds to present a superb message from the 42 minutes mark . The transcript, however, is too long and complicated to publish here.

I was astonished at 48:45 minutes when he says the Book of Revelation gives a clue about Christians in Iran – here and elsewhere shining in the darkness – and tells why its first chapter is his favorite. Then at 1 hour 2 minutes he speaks into the dream vision I had of the glory of Jesus during His overnight Visitation on 13-14 September 1989!!
1:01:56 Then it says, “Behold, he is coming with the clouds.” Verse seven, “And every eye will see him.” Behold, this word behold is so important. 19 times in the book of Revelation you see this word, ‘behold’. What’s it saying? It’s saying, guys, you need to SEE. And you need especially to see Jesus. Behold, HE, Jesus, is coming with the clouds.”

And I note my marginalia scribbled atop that chapter in my small Bible >

‘9/11/19 Vision whilst in ‘Fire’ ministry. J(esus) in brilliant light, me in golden Spirit.’ [Catch The Fire meeting in Fleet with John & Carol Arnott of Toronto.]

Moreover, in describing Jesus as King of Glory, David echoes the penultimate point of my recent Bible Update:

‘The founder himself had engaged in or else planned over four dozen battles and within 50 years of his death another battle between his followers split the movement.
SUCH A DEEP CONTRAST WITH THE EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCH BORN FROM JESUS’ HOLY SPIRIT ANOINTED APOSTLES – IT DEFINES THEIR DIFFERENCE – MOST DEFINITELY NOT THE SAME GOD!’

So at 1:16:41 of our meeting I hear David say:
“And others begin to see it. One of my dearest friends, the one who was in the video, who was in prison for 5 year. While he was in prison one of the other prisoners came up to him was an Islamic cleric, but he was against the government, so he was in prison. And this Islamic man comes to him and says, “Ours is dead. Yours is alive. Ours is dead. Yours is alive!” And he asked him about Jesus Christ. So my friends, that’s my offering to you….”

SO. please carve out 50 minutes to listen to David’s uplifting, enlightening messages.
HOUSE GROUP DISCUSSION

Monday evening’s house group was highly enthused about that teaching and, with his kind permission, leader Clem Burford allows me to share his following notes:

Do You Love Jesus?
Rev. 1:1-20

  • Looking to Jesus
  • Many have suffered and are still suffering
  • John a prisoner, alone on the island
  • Receives Revelation of Jesus
  • What is true – Needed to see Jesus again
  • Joy in Suffering? – When you’ve Tasted and Seen
  • Blessed is the one who reads the Word Aloud
  • John had to write down what he sees – NOT what he thinks
  • Behold (Look but See) – We need to see, especially see Jesus
  • He is coming with the clouds
  • John Hears a loud voice “Write what you see and send it to the seven churches”
  • Jesus was in the centre of the churches, amidst them, not above or below or
    outside
  • Jesus appears
  • Hair white like snow (wisdom),
  • Eyes like a flame, fire – (Pure) – Makes you feel clean
  • Feet Bronze
  • His voice – many waters flowing, (powerful)
  • Seven stars in his right hand
  • Sword of Truth
  • Face like the Sun shining in all it’s Brilliance and Strength
  • The Grace – We Bless Each Other
  • John Falls at His (Jesus) feet
  • Do Not be Afraid
  • I am the First and the Last and the living One

40 YEARS AGO

Bear with me in returning to the personal pertinence of the morning and remind you my monitoring of Iran began with flicking through a history book on the religions and geopolitics of the Middle-East and seeing simultaneously a rehearsal of the storming and liberation of Jerusalem out of Israel.

Still not a Christian, a couple of years later I was stunned by a foretaste of Jesus’ glorious return on and rapid descent from the clouds.

A couple of years later, being born-again I witnessed in the heavens about the fall of Islam.
20 YEARS AGO

Let’s go back to a memorable evening in mid-2006 and join Lindell Cooley and Kelley Warren somewhere in the Caribbean in the next video, wherein Heidi Baker of Iris Ministries pops up nearby.

Dear Nina was struggling with severe back pain and upon return to UK we learned her lower spine had collapsed and she needed a wheelchair, thus officially registered as being disabled. BUT PRAISE THE LORD, she was healed from that necessity when John Arnott heard the Lord tell him the next year when in Bath City Church to put aside his sermon as He wanted to heal folk. (Click to read about her documented healing)

Ever since then that praise song stirs my spirit, especially this rendition:

12 YEARS AGO > Holy Lightning Beyond ‘The Pond’ Strikes IN THE UK!

Prophetic signs in the Strait of Hormuz -Veronika West

Posted Monday 16 March on Veronika’s Ignite Ireland Ministry at 18:55 and I shared at 22:22 on my Facebook, this is as published the next day by His Kingdom Prophecy:

PROPHETIC  SIGNS  IN THE  STRAIT  OF  HORMUZ:

The Watchmen must keep Watching and Praying!

I hear The Spirit say, ”Watch, for The Birthing of a Nation(s) in a Day is at hand!

Watch and Pray — for I AM speaking through Signs, to the Times and to the Season ahead, the Season of the Birthing of a New Golden Era —

  • to a Great Wealth Transfer,
  • to the War for Oil and to the Ancient Wells where Divine Revival and provision flows,
  • to a demonic choke-hold that seeks to destroy the Destiny of Nations (the spirit of Haman / hangman’s noose),
  • to The Spirit of The LORD now moving Nations through The Narrow Places — through the Eye of a Needle,
  • to The Nations of the Earth now Entering into a Divine Window of Time,
  • to Nations in a Time and Season of Constriction and Birthing Contractions in the realm of The Spirit,
  • to Economic and Financial systems and,
  • to Emerging Political Alliances and,
  • to Global trade routes that are now moving into tighter spaces, where decisions and a Divine Distinction of Goat and Sheep Nations will no longer be postponed!

I say watch! Just as Birth comes through a narrow canal, so the pressures now seen among The Nations are part of a great Shaking, Divine Awakening and the Separation of Nations.

Yes! For Pressure precedes Transition!

Listen! Pay Attention! For My Remnant must not only watch the movements of Armies, Ships and Markets — but they must go up higher to discern the deeper Prophetic Patterns and Mysteries that are now emerging.

See! For I AM revealing the Gates of the Earth — those strategic places where Power, Resources and Influence are now beginning to converge and align with Heaven’s Time.

Watch! As the Gates expose the true dependencies of Nations and the fragility of Systems and Structures built without Justice and Righteousness.

I say — look! Watch, for The Strait of Hormuz surely is a Birthing Canal — a narrow place where War — Travail, great Pressure, and passage that signals what is taking place in the Heavenlies, and to what is now being uprooted, torn down, built and established.

And to that which is about to be Birthed and brought forth into the Earth Realm, Watch!

Again I say — for there are Signs that speak to the Times!

Just as the Strait of Hormuz is a Narrow Gate and a Divine Connection point (VAV) through which the Economic lifeblood of Nations must pass.

So, The Nations are now being driven into a Spiritual Choke-hold where the powers of the prince of Persia and the Ancient Empire Spirits War in the Heavens over the Great Wealth Transfer Coming to the Nations!”

See the Prophetic Parallels and Patterns

  • Genesis 26 (2026) — the conflict over Isaac’s Wells….
  • Joel 3 — Nations gathering in the Valley of Decision….
  • Prophetic Pattern — Strategic locations will become Prophetic pressure points where global tensions will converge….
  • Marine Spirits: Daniel 7 — Empires rise out of the great sea….
  • Revelation 13 — the Beast rises out of the sea….
  • Prophetic Pattern; The Waters — Great turbulence among Nations — The Seas… where chaotic powers emerge and War!
  • Daniel 9 — Stitch in Time/ Window of Time… (21 Days… Prince of Persia)
  • Esther — Purim; Spirit of Haman/ Haman’s Gallows!

Blessings to you all.
~ by Veronika West

Signs in the heavens at Purim speak into the Times – Veronika West

SIGNS INTHE HEAVENS THAT SPEAK INTO THE TIMES

March 3rd 2026 aligns with 14 Adar 5786 on the Hebrew calendar (from sundown March 2nd to sundown March 3rd) the Day of Purim.

We acknowledge this as an Appointed Time recorded in Scripture.

As it is written in the Book of Joel 2,

”I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke….
…. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of The LORD,” Joel 2:30–31.

In Scripture, these heavenly Signs are connected specifically to the Day of The LORD to Divine Intervention and the Judging of Nations, according to God’s Sovereign Timing.

When I saw this picture above, ”Psalms 82” was quickened to me which reveals God Standing in Divine Council to Judge Corrupt Rulers who issue Unjust Decrees.

“God standeth in the congregation of the mighty…. He judgeth among the gods.
…. How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked?
…. Arise, O God, Judge the earth: for Thou shalt inherit all Nations,” Psalm 82:1–2,8.

Psalms 82 is declaring that He will Arise and Judge the Nations of the Earth!

Note: 2026; (10) 82; (10) : Ten (10) is the Number of Divine Order.

This Psalm parallels powerfully to the Book of Esther, where Haman’s wicked decree was issued to destroy the Jews, yet God overturned it through a Counter-Decree written on the 23rd day of the (3) Third Hebrew Month, Sivan. See ; Esther 8:9.

While Purim is celebrated in Adar as the day of Victory. See Esther 9:26–28.

The Legal Authorisation that secured that Deliverance and Victory was established earlier in Sivan.

Here we see a clear Prophetic Pattern.

An Unrighteous Decree is Released — a Lawful Counter-Decree is Written — and Deliverance and Victory manifests at the Appointed Time.

Psalm 82 reveals Divine Judgment confronting corrupt Authority.

The (3) Third Month — Sivan — is also biblically associated with Covenantal Revelation…

Exodus 19:1 — when Israel came to Sinai and received Divine Law, and the (3) March 2026 — which Aligns with 14 Adar 5786 on the Hebrew calendar (from sundown March 2nd to sundown March 3rd) — the Day of Purim demonstrates how God Reverses unjust Rulings.

As I said above, there is a consistent Prophetic Pattern.

God Confronts Unjust Authority. He Arises to Judge, and Righteous Deliverance comes according to His Appointed Times!

Blessings to you all.
~ by Veronika West

Bible replay and Netanyahu prophecies cont’d: 1980s, 2008 & 2020

This blog’s Prophecy Library 1909-2024 has the following post topping its menu’s sub-page list, and which includes Revd Mike Davis’ prophetic word on Netanyahu as a young man and Wendy Alec on his gaining three terms as Prime Minister of Israel, and is now its longest serving PM!

1980s & 2008 Prophecies of Netanyahu as PM of Israel

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OCT 2025

PM Netanyahu’s Knesset speech to President Trump closes on Israel and America’s covenant, echoing 2020 prophetic vision

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OCT 2024

Prophecy Update on PM Netanyahu’s popularity (GPS 108)

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Bible Update: Netanyahu’s visit to UN fulfills Zechariah 12 prophecy on satan’s strategy

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MAR 2015

Netanyahu miraculously surges to 30 seats with 6-seat lead. Obama campaign backfires.

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NEXT, a prophetic word given to Veronika West, which PM Netanyahu uses militarily!!

Bible replay and Netanyahu prophecies being fulfilled

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Thinking of the few prophecies I’m aware of about Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu – and in this blog’s first month I posted about him starting a Bible home study group, and declaring 2011 Christmas greetings – I was pleased to hear Jonathan Cahn on The Secret Behind the Ayatollah’s Fall describe Bibi’s PIVOTAL ROLE in this year’s Feast of Purim (where the Jewish people were saved from genocide about 2,500 yeas ago; the feast is not merely a celebration of survival but a profound expression of joy, gratitude and divine providence).

In fact, last weekend’s pre-emptive attack against their satanically-inspired foe makes a Biblical replay of Purim. Here’s Jonathan (from 21:46 timestamp):

“Now listen to the news report here of what happened to the modern Haman. Satellite images showed heavy damage to Ayatollah Ali Kamenei’s fortified compound, including buildings believed to house his home and the so-called house of leadership. On the weekend commemorating the execution of the evil Persian leader [Haman – see Esther 7] in his own home, the evil Persian [ie Iranian – RB] leader is executed in his own home. Now, the word, now listen to this, the word that was appointed to be read around the world on that day tells of King Saul’s failure to execute King Agag.

Centuries later, the descendant of King Agag, according to the Hebrew [word], Haman will be executed because of Mordecai and Esther. They stop him. King Saul failed to execute Agag. Mordecai and Esther succeeded in executing his apparent descendant Haman… Now listen, King Saul was of the tribe of Benjamin, but he failed. So Mordecai is raised up centuries later to succeed and guess what? Mordecai is of the tribe of
Benjamin and Esther may be as well. So one person of Benjamin fails, the other
person of Benjamin, man of Benjamin succeeds to execute the son of of the one who Saul, or the descendant, failed to.

So the the secret here ,mystery, the one who executes the evil Persian leader will be linked to the name Benjamin, of Benjamin. On February 28th, the one who executed the evil Persian leader was linked to the name of Benjamin. Namely, his name was Benjamin Netanyahu. Benjamin. He must be linked to the name Benjamin. And now, because Haman was such an evil man, when he died, there was celebration throughout Persia.

The death of Iran’s supreme leader, the Ayatollah, brought celebration throughout Persia, throughout Iran, but it wasn’t focused on the Jewish people. It was the Iranian people themselves. You had an Islamic nation celebrating and they were celebrating America and Israel. There were videos on YouTube showing Iranians with signs saying, “Thank you, America.” And then, “Thank you, Bibi.” That’s the nickname of Benjamin Netanyahu. One of these Persian Iranian people had a red cap on that said, “Make
Iran great again.” There were even videos of Iranians waving Israeli flags.
The blue and white of the Israeli flag of their blue and white. Actually, blue and white had a role. You know, the planes that came in and struck down Khamenei, they had on them on them. They had a they had blue and white on them… a blue, a white circle there. Well, interesting. They’re marked by blue and white. Interesting. Listen to this. Esther 8, I’m sorry. It says,
“Then Mordecai went out from the presence of the king wearing royal robes of blue and
white.” Amazing thing. Purim is a festival of joy for the Jewish people.

They sing and they dance and they celebrate about being saved by God because of the ending of an evil leader plan and rule in Persia, Iran.

Well, now all of the world and Iran, the people of Persia, are celebrating the ending of the rule of an evil leader of Persia. And they’re celebrating it…at the time of Purim. I don’t know if they realize it, but they were saved through an ancient Jewish holiday that brought them so much joy.

Let’s bring it home now. What does all this reveal?
Number one is that what happened on that Saturday with America, Trump, Israel, Netanyahu, Iran, the supreme leader was part of an ancient war of Amalek and God that begins with Moses when they come out from the Pharaoh. And when God says, “I will war against Amalek.” In every generation, he will war.

What happened? What happened to the quote supreme leader? He was struck down by the hand of God. That’s what it reveals behind it all. The hand of the holy one. Because the supreme leader of Iran is not THE supreme leader. The Supreme Leader is the holy one of Israel. He’s the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob!!

What happened? What does it tell us? It tells us that God is real. This is real. It’s all real. What the Bible says is real. The God of the Bible is alive and well. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is still on the throne of all. The God of Esther, and Mordecai is still moving through the world in history as much as he moved back then in Bible times. Bible times. We’re in Bible times because God is real. It’s amazing – it’s amazing. You see, we’ve got a faith that can that actually we can talk about this actually coming true in the news. There’s no other faith like this.”

NEXT, we consider some contemporary prophecies about Israel’s Prime Minister…

Biblical ‘God-incidence’ at Purim shows the LORD IS in charge!

Further to our brief considering the claims of the Iranian regime’s deceased Supreme Leader about his false religion’s messiah, here are details of the Biblical reality of the Book of Esther being re-played in our day, and the modern Haman being executed by the means he planned for the Jewish nation of Israel.

AN AWESOME TEACHING

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Jonathan Cahn reveals the amazing mystery behind what’s happening with Iran, Israel, America, the ancient mystery that goes back to Moses, Amalek, Persia, and to the Supreme Leader of Iran – Even the ancient words appointed for the very day of his fall!

Video ‘chapters’:

0:00 – Intro 02:18 – USA and Israel Strike Iran 02:51 – Ancient Biblical Holiday – Purim in the land of Persia 05:46 – The Battle with Amalek 07:38 – Agag, the king of the Amalekites 08:40 – The Seed of Agag comes to Persia/Iran 11:23 – The death of Supreme Leader of Ayatollah Khamenei & Appointed Hebrew Scriptures 16:55 – Haman, Annihilation of Jewish People & Gallows 21:15 – The Mystery of 70,000 People 22:40 – The Tribe of Benjamin shall execute the son of Agag 24:16 – Iranians celebrate the death of Ayatollah 30:14 – The Word for you.

WWW: TRIPLE “Wake up!” prophetic call – 1

Wowee, Wotta Weekend of ‘God-incidental’ prophecies and worship!

You may have seen brief passing references on my Facebook and Telegram to what I ‘God-incidentally’ witnessed last weekend, and then some more confirmation came that reminded me of the open vision of Britain I had 22 years ago – OH, my birthday number turns up yet again (I should have kept count of its occurrences of items popping into my view, either in timings or number of shown likes/comments captured in screenshots).

So my friends, kindly bear with this being a personal journal and I trust you’ll appreciate the content of this mini-series. (For brevity’s sake am omitting a pre-waking dream that I came to understand as the morning progressed.)

During the hour’s journey to Saturday morning’s Prophetic Peoples’ Forum at Waypoint Church, Titchfield Common, Fareham I played a non-stop forty minute spontaneous soaking worship CD – Deeper Still – which focuses around one special song. [Coloured lyrics shown for a particular reason]:

Track 3 – HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD
The splendor of a King, clothed in majesty
Let all the Earth rejoice
All the Earth rejoice
He wraps himself in light
And darkness tries to hide
And trembles at His voice
Trembles at His voice
How great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God, and all will see
How great, how great is our God
Age to age He stands
And time is in His hands
Beginning and the end
Beginning and the end
The Godhead Three in One
Father Spirit Son
The Lion and the Lamb
The Lion and the Lamb
How great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God, and all will see
How great, how great is our God
Name above all names (how great is our God, sing with me)
Worthy of our praise (how great is our God, and all will see)
My heart will sing
How great is our God
You’re the name above all names (how great is our God, sing with me)
You are worthy of our praise (how great is our God, and all will see)
And my heart will sing
How great is our God
How great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God, and all will see
How great, how great is our God
How great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God, and all will see
How great, how great is our God
How great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God, and all will see
How great, how great is our God
Source: LyricFind [Songwriters: Chris Tomlin / Ed Cash / Jesse Reeves]

Alberto Rivera plays melodic rhythm and directs his wife Kimberly and Laura Rhinehart in singing to Jesus before the hymn and on into Holy Spirit worship, including tongues.

What’s more, it may have been of help in driving after I took a wrong, early turn off M27 west of Portsmouth. I’d only been once before to this church outside Fareham and don’t use satnav because I don’t like to be distracted from the road ahead.

Having been at ease with maps and navigation since a boy, I first check Google Maps before a journey. So, in not recognising the short dual-carriageway off the M27 I thus followed signs to Southampton and enjoyed exploring a new route. About quarter of an hour later I pass a side-road’s name I recognised – Prelate Way – and did U-turn to take it to its end junction and turn to the nearby church.


PROPHECY FORUM – “WAKE UP!”

Ten minutes after my arrival Mark Iles opened the meeting and, without a worship leader, he read a psalm over us – and repeated it – by way of worship.

I was awestruck, for it echoed and thus continued what I’d heard during my journey!

WORSHIP – PSALM 104

“Praise the LORD, my soul. LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty.
The LORD wraps Himself in light as with a garment, He stretches out the heavens like a tent and lays the beams of His upper chambers on their waters.
He makes the clouds his chariot and rides on the wings of the wind.
He makes angels his messengers, flames of fire his servants….”

Mark’s message entitled Understanding the Signs of the Times emphasised this is a ‘Wake Up’ call, as in my bullet point notes:

  • Signs not always End-times related; eg Jesus’ sign of Jonah
  • 1 Chron 12:32, Sons of Issachar – “WAKE UP!”
  • Prophecy is about TODAY –
  • Church is compromised and, like politicians, lost its way.
  • Our action NOT reaction is necessary.
  • 3 Ss > STAND-UP…..STEP-UP…..SPEAK-UP!!!
  • ASSIGNMENT
  • ALIGNMENT
  • Matt 6 ..Seek first the Kingdom of God and all else will be added
  • AUTHORITY in Christ using our spiritual giftings to the full
  • 3 Cs > Calling…..Challenge…..Conflict!

Mark’s inspired talk was followed by prophetic ministry from the front by the team, and then practised by delegates in small groups to hear about our own personal SEASON.

I was excited and pleased to have been so blessed, BUT little did I suspect yet more was to follow as though by way of Deuteronomy 19:15 confirmation and establishment of the truth of a matter.

Continue reading for the 2nd Wake Up!

Jesus Christ’s mission – John Barber enquires of AI

Further to my previous posting here’s John’s directly relevant item appearing on JRB Publications and as latest on his Facebook:

THE CAUSE OF CHRIST

It seems to me that as a Christian believer, along with other Christian believers, me and they should make it as our top priority to promote the cause of Christ. This article concerns what that cause is and how we should be going about promoting it.

My last blog was titled What have Rees Howells and Donald Trump got in common?” (see here), in which I made the outrageous suggestion that Trump had done more for this cause than his predecessors. One person commented: “genuinely interested to know what you think furthers the cause of Christ?” Putting aside some thoughts on how this fault laden man had contributed (which I included in the updated blog), I thought I should write more, not so much on how world leaders contribute (or not) to said cause, but rather what is the underlying theology.

AI tells me (and I agree):

The cause of Christ refers to the advancement of God’s kingdom and the spread of the Gospel message through Jesus Christ. It encompasses:

– Spreading the message of salvation

– Serving others in Jesus’ name

– Promoting God’s kingdom values

– Living out Christian faith and principles

In short, it’s about representing Christ’s teachings and mission on earth.”

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Update: Hour of Reckoning Prophecy & End-times Briefing 23

REFERENCE:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02/08/church-losing-its-most-dedicated-followers/

A few extracts from Social & Religious Affairs Editor Gabriella Swerling’s report:

‘The Church of England is losing once-dedicated followers after engaging in a string of “damaging debates” around race and sexuality.

The number of card-carrying members has fallen by almost 20 per cent in the last five years, according to figures released before the General Synod, the Church of England’s legislative meeting in London this week.

The Church is struggling to appeal to younger generations in an increasingly secular society, with Synod members warning of a “serious decline”.

The Rev Dr Ian Paul of St Nic’s Church, Nottingham, is a Synod member who warned that the Church had “squandered time and goodwill on divisive and damaging debates, particularly about sexuality and race”.

.’The Church has repeatedly claimed that there has been a recent Christian resurgence in Britain, particularly among young people, known as a “quiet revival”.

The Church authorities were encouraged by a survey published by the Bible Society which suggested Gen Z was more open to spirituality and more likely to be churchgoers than previous generations.

The survey, carried out by YouGov, suggested that the proportion of 18 to 24-year-olds who attend church had quadrupled from four per cent in 2018 to 16 per cent in 2024…’

PROPHETIC VISION

As well as Tony Puccio’s several dreams of apostasy, as commented in recent posts, 17 hours ago Margaret Parker comments on Kim Robertson’s vision of dominoes being flipped over by Donald Trump:

“Strangely, I saw, about a year or so ago, this picture, but within a church. A long line of what appeared to be Orthodox priests, which went all down the aisles, and around the whole church. Then someone pushed the first priest, and he desperately tried to grab the ends of the pews to stop himself falling, but it was futile; he fell backwards, and one by one they all fell, flailing like the first but not finding anything to catch them.

I felt He was saying that those within the Church who refused to move in his plans were about to fall. That they would try to grab any excuse, anything to stop themselves from falling, but it was impossible, and the ultimate fall of all of them was unstoppable.”

 Selah!

The Bible’s perspective on migration and immigrants

On many occasions I’ve cited Rev Mario Murillo on the Biblical role of governments, especially Christian-based ones, of which this is an incisively definitive article: The Word of God and Submission to Government.

Now, in reaction to contrary opinions across churches in America, Britain and Europe, the Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson offers his excellent point on his Facebook, and which he’d drafted before Donald Trump began his second term as President:

“In the press gaggle following today’s vote, I was asked to defend the Biblical case for border security and immigration enforcement. I did so, and then promised to post a longer explanation that I drafted during the Biden Administration (emphasis RB). Here it is, and I hope it’s helpful.:

Despite the insistence of the progressive Left, people of all religious faiths should support a strong national border—and Christians CERTAINLY should. Critics are fond of citing particular Bible verses out of context to claim that Christians and Jews are being “unfaithful” if we oppose their radical open borders agenda. It has become increasingly important for us to set this record straight.

Perhaps the verse most often cited by the Left is Leviticus 19:34. Whether they know it or not, that passage happens to be from the instructions Moses delivered to the Israelites when they were on their journey through the wilderness in Sinai, before they reached their own Promised Land.

The verse reads as follows: “But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.” (KJV)

CONTEXT IS CRITICAL

It is, of course, a central premise of Judeo-Christian teaching that strangers should be treated with kindness and hospitality. We are each called to love God first and to love our neighbors as ourselves (Deut. 6:5, Lev. 19:18, Matt. 22:36-40, KJV). However, that “Greatest Commandment” was never directed to the government, but to INDIVIDUAL believers.

The Bible teaches that God ordained and created four distinct spheres of authority— (1) the individual, (2) the family, (3) the church, and (4) civil government—and each of these spheres is given different responsibilities. For example, while each INDIVIDUAL is accountable for his or her own behavior (e.g., Exodus 20), the FAMILY is commanded to “bring up children in the training and instruction of the Lord” (Eph. 6:4) and “provide for their relatives” (1 Tim. 5:8). The CHURCH is commanded to make disciples and equip people for the work of the ministry (Eph. 4:11-13), and the CIVIL GOVERNMENT is established to faithfully uphold and enforce the law so that order can be maintained in this fallen world, crime can be kept at bay, and people can live peacefully (Rom. 13, 1 Tim. 2:1-2).

To be properly understood, anytime a command is given in Scripture, one must first determine to WHOM that command is directed. For example, when Jesus taught us as His followers to practice mercy and forgiveness and to “turn the other cheek” (Matt. 5:38-40, KJV), He was not giving that command to the government. To the contrary, when government officials ignore crime, they are directly VIOLATING their responsibilities before God.

Indeed, the civil authorities are specifically charged to do justice, to ”bear the sword,” and to serve as “the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil” (Rom. 13:1-4, KJV). As the Bible warns: “When a crime is not punished quickly, people feel it is safe to do wrong.” (Ecc. 8:11, TLB)

Read in its context, the passage in Leviticus 19 makes perfect sense. Showing love and kindness to a stranger was not a command given to civil government, but instead to individual believers. That same principle is emphasized in the New Testament. When Jesus spoke of embracing, caring, and providing for “the least of these” (E.g., Matt. 25:31-40), His instruction was given to His disciples, and not the local authorities.

The Bible is clear that Christians should practice personal charity—but also insist upon the enforcement of laws (like our federal immigration statutes) so that “every person is subject to the governing authorities” and “those who resist incur judgment” (Romans 13:1-2).

BORDERS ARE BIBLICAL

Many on the Left today, and even some at the highest levels of our government, consider themselves “globalists” who envision a utopian world order where there are no borders between countries at all. Their fantasy will simply never be realized, and their basic premise (that man is inherently good and perfectible on his own) is the opposite of the Biblical truth that man is fallen and in need of redemption that is available only through salvation in Jesus Christ.

The Bible speaks favorably and consistently about distinct nations of people (see, e.g., Gen. 18:18, Num. 32:17, Psalm 67:2, Matt. 28:19, Rev. 5:9, 7:9, NIV), and about borders and walls that are built to guard and secure people, property, and jurisdictions (see, e.g., Deut. 19:14, 27:17, 32:8, Acts 17:26, NIV). When Nehemiah heroically led the Jewish remnant to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem after their enemies had destroyed those walls, he was doing the noble work of God (Neh. 1-6, NIV).

Maintaining a secure border is not an offensive measure, but a wise, defensive one to prevent chaos and safeguard innocent life. As Rev. Franklin Graham once summarized, “Why do you lock your doors at night? Not because you hate the people on the outside, but because you love the people on the inside so much.”

THE CURRENT CATASTROPHE

Right now, because of 64 deliberate policy choices and executive orders of the Biden Administration, America is facing an unprecedented humanitarian and national security catastrophe at our open southern border. More than 10 million illegal aliens from around the world have entered the U.S. since Joe Biden became President, the majority of whom are single, military-aged men. Among them are countless violent criminals and more than 300 suspects on the terrorist watchlist. Cartels are making billions trafficking young women and unaccompanied minors, and many are suffering unspeakable abuses along the way. The Fentanyl that China and the cartels have pushed into the U.S. has become the leading cause of death for Americans aged 18-45.

As the peril increases and communities across our country become more and more overwhelmed with the crushing financial burdens of managing the influx of illegals, American citizens (and even a few Democratic governors and mayors) are finally demanding a return to sanity. America has always been a haven for people legitimately seeking asylum from danger in their home country, but we must insist they pursue a course of legal immigration and not simply ignore our laws.

Of course, the President of the United States must be the first to uphold our laws. Every citizen should insist that President Biden immediately use the eight broad statutory authorities he has right now to secure our borders and stop incentivizing illegal immigration. Among his most important executive authorities is 8 U.S.C. 1182(f), which empowers a President to “suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or non-immigrants, or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem to be appropriate” if he “finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States.”

AN AUTHENTIC CHRISTIAN RESPONSE

Due in large part to our Judeo-Christian foundations and the deep religious heritage we enjoy in this country, America is the most benevolent nation in the world — by far. However, we cannot maintain that strength and generosity if we surrender our own safety and sovereignty. Preserving law and order and securing our borders should not be partisan issues, but matters of common sense. These are certainly responsibilities fully authorized by the Bible — and expected of us by God.

Any time liberals attempt to bolster their “open borders” agenda by citing Scripture out of context, they should be kindly corrected with the facts (2 Tim. 2:24-25). Christians are called to love unconditionally, serve selflessly, and defend the defenseless. We are also called to stand for, and work to ensure, just government. Justice and mercy are not mutually exclusive pursuits. To the contrary, God specifically requires His people to practice both (Micah 6:8). Despite the unfounded claims of the Left, supporting a strong national border is a very Christian thing to do. The Bible tells us so.”

SELAH…

End-times Briefing 23 cont’d: Anglican apostasy and dissent at female archbishop’s installation

Further to End-times Briefing 23: Bible Prophecy on Anglican Apostasy of last October and its references to Sarah Mullally replacing Justin Welby, her ceremonial installation at St Paul’s Cathedral on Wednesday came with a lone dissenting voice, as reported at Maranatha Express (Facebook) in two posts on Saturday:

‘A Shouted Dissent: Priest Removed After Protesting Historic Appointment

A landmark ceremony was interrupted on Wednesday when a priest loudly objected to the confirmation of Dame Sarah Mullally as the 113th—and first female—Archbishop of Canterbury.

Moments after an official declared “no objections” to the appointment, Rev. Paul Williamson, 77, shouted his dissent. A longstanding opponent of female clergy, Williamson was escorted from Canterbury Cathedral as proceedings paused.

The protest was not unprecedented. In 2015, Williamson voiced the same objection—”Not in the Bible”—during the consecration of Rev. Libby Lane as the first woman bishop in the Church of England.

Mullally’s appointment symbolizes a profound shift for the Anglican Communion. A former nurse, hospital executive, and Bishop of London, she is known as a progressive voice who supports LGBTQ+ inclusion and women’s reproductive rights.

Today’s disruption lays bare the continuing struggle within global Anglicanism between reform and tradition—a tension now centered in its most historic seat of authority.’

He was removed for saying what many believe: “A female bishop is not found in the Bible.”

📅 The Protest: This past Wednesday, January 28th, Rev. Paul Williamson was escorted from Canterbury Cathedral after shouting his objection during the historic confirmation of Dame Sarah Mullally as Archbishop.

🎙️ The Interview: In a revealing interview, the 77-year-old priest expanded on the biblical conviction behind his disruptive protest.

✝️ On Female Bishops:

“I felt a marker should be put down to say clearly… that a female bishop is not found in the Bible… The Lord Jesus Christ made a very deliberate choice… We cannot turn around and say it is wrong.”

🔄 On Church Evolution:

“Things had evolved. Surely the church should evolve like that? …We cannot turn around… and say that it is wrong.”

📉 On Female Leadership & Growth:

“They have not filled the churches. That is a fact.”

⚖️ On Gender Roles:

“God created male and female… They have different things to do in his design and we can’t swap it over. Motherhood and priesthood are not things that could be changed around.”

🔇 On Being “An Isolated Voice”:

“That is what the media wish to say… A lot of ordinary people have walked out of church because they’re fed up with it.”

This interview lays bare the profound theological and cultural rift at the heart of the Church of England’s modern identity—a clash between historical tradition and progressive change, where scripture, society, and authority are all in dispute.’

SAFEGUARDING & ABUSE SCANDALS

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/search/?q=mullally