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Why this blog watches America’s presidents

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In online discussion about current events and President Trump’s character, plus relaying the Lord’s Urgent Warning to the Church Against Hatred (Matt 5:22 and Trump), I was asked why I’m “so zealous” for him.

My interest has arisen from what I’ve learned during my writing ‘assignment’ – and my prophetical background gives a fuller perspective – plus a revelatory ‘authority’ of two occasions of strong Holy Spirit reaction upon my dear wife, and which gets replayed!

So, my interest in Trump is not based solely on what prophets heard from the Lord.

BACKGROUND

Mid-1980s – as recounted in Bio Info’s section ‘Grabbed By An Invisible Hand’, whilst flicking through a book I’d been given as trustee of a New Age group, a documentary on TV uncannily showed a directly relevant event of Iranian and Iraqi elite units rehearsing the storming of Jerusalem!

1989 – months after attending Billy Graham crusade I shut the door to the Gospel but that very night a Visitation from Jesus in person brought an ‘illumination of conscience’ in a near-death experience; recounted in Jesus Freed Me! I began attending Tilehurst Free Church (Baptist), Reading.

1994-5 – Seeking cleansing from that group, I received ministry and acceptance for training in healing and deliverance. Also, I was baptised in the Holy Spirit. Later, I learned about prophecy and received personal prophecies, including on writing.

2001 – During advanced ministry training (incl SRA, satanic ritual abuse) I heard about William Koenig’s news coverage of the Middle-East in World Watch Daily (accredited Christian journalist with the White House press-room).

2005 – Having had two open visions (here and here) I sought advice and attend Revd Dr Sharon Stone’s prophecy masterclass in Bath City Church and her regular meetings.

ASSIGNMENT

2008 – ‘Watching’ began seriously after opening my Bible to check Matthew 13’s parable of wheat and tares only to hear: “This is ALL about to be fulfilled” – WOWEE!!

2009 – So I email friends and follow up Obama’s Middle-East policies, as well as receive a confirmatory ‘Daniel’ prophetic word from Canada’s Isabel Allum. Writing goes public with Richard’s Watch in November 2011. (See New Here?)

2016 – “LORD are You starting to expose political corruption?” (ie ripening tares) I ask upon reading of investigations into Trump’s finances as the GOP presidential nominee. So, follow closely ‘RussiaGate’ hoax impeachments and ongoing ‘lawfare’ against him. That prophetical query has since proven most affirmative with over 600 updates!!

2016-25 – I note many prophets hear the Lord on America’s politics, especially a friend previously from my Reading church and of which 24 are proven accurate on Trump.

2020 – White House contact explains deep flaws in US elections makes them open to manipulation and fraud; contact with algorithm expert who has to go ‘under the radar’.

2022 – I learn of Trump’s personal ‘MAGA’ mission SINCE 2012 is to remove corruption within US politics: ie. culling Matthew 13 tares! > So, he and I are on the same page!!

2024 – Many other prophets have also been vindicated by US election results.

2020 & 2025 – Nina doesn’t follow news or prophecy, yet can get tangible ‘sizzles’ of the Holy Spirit upon seeing Donald Trump. First, when a friend sent a video clip of him and Melania on the White House balcony at Christmas 2020. Nina got head-to-toe power surges and saw a glory-light surround them.

In January 2025 upon returning home whilst I watched BBC live broadcast from the US Capitol Washington, Nina walked into the room and toward the TV precisely when Donald Trump emerged through curtains in the Rotunda to walk towards podium for his Inauguration as POTUS 47 – a mirror-action and Nina almost fell as Holy Spirit surged rapidly again through her.

NB: by way of confirmation the ‘sizzles’ return whenever Nina talks of what happened!
Note, it also brings the ‘fear’ of the Lord and ‘knowing’ that accusations of his serving evil equate to the unpardonable sin because the Lord is using him.

Moreover, as at the end of this post, whilst telling a friend of both those God-incidents he too got ‘hit’!! Thus, another divine confirmation

Hope this gives an idea of what I believe the Lord is doing in this Biblical battle of good against evil that many prophets are perceiving, and why I’m keen to inform my friends and brothers in the Lord.

VALIDATION

The screenshot below posted this morning on Facebook’s Donald Trump 4 President says it all, as well as confirming the real reason behind his success in exposing and clearing out the demonic deep-state is to fulfill Jesus’ Matthew 13 parable that started my writing on End-times > REMOVAL OF SATANIC SEED SOWN IN JESUS’ FIELD…

“The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man. 38 The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one, 39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
40 “As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age. 41 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. 42 They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears, let them hear.”

[Unplanned finish and published 17:00]

President Trump publicly gives glory to and thanks Jesus Christ!

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“Therefore, whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven.” 

First published 20 October 2020, now updated with new video:

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The Tinderbox Prophecy – Michael M Bennett

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The Endgame is now in play!

On Sunday Michael Miles Bennett emailed as below, but upon preparing I realise it fits exactly with the Bible prophecy in my first post of 16 years ago this month, as above:  

Dear Richard,

Previously I sent you a dream dated 1st October 2021 – which you added to your Blog [Published in ‘October Surprise’ – Mon 18th: Is Two Presidents Prophecy about Obama & Biden? as second of two dreams, updated in 2021 Dream of Biden and £ Note Fulfilled.]

I do not have such large-scale foreshadowings very often, but do both hear and see from the Father fairly regularly. I do not normally pass these on. However, after some consideration a word I received on 30th January 2025, does seem to be suitable for your Blog – if you would like to publish it. It is very brief.

 “I declare that the globalist regime seems like a rock – as firm, as solid as a rock, but in reality it’s a tinder box, and the tinder will burn and the box with it.”

 That’s it. I’m calling it the Tinderbox Prophecy.

Interpreting it was, at first, rather a joke for me. I felt that it was obvious that, as centre right parties rose in the EU, Reform in Britain and Trump came to power in America, it was obvious that globalism would collapse. Indeed, arguably, with the rise of Russia, China, India, the BRICS+ Economic group globalism is already over. But, it quickly became clear that such an assumption was incorrect. The Tinderbox word was not mere encouragement for me.

Indeed, it is clear that the globalists will ‘fight back’. The attempt on Donald Trump’s life in the summer was an example of that. The Starmer regime in London is another. The EU continues, despite opposition in various nation-states. So long as the Box remains – a cabal of super-wealthy individuals – their finances can be used to exercise undue influence.

One problem with this foreshadowing is that it is not at all clear how the global, historical movement into the Time of Jacob’s Trouble, the Tribulation, including the reality of global government, which then breaks up into the ten kingdoms can form, (if the current version of, what we might call, the ‘premature antichrist system’ of) globalism, is destroyed. The entire edifice will need rebuilding. However, if my understanding of the Divine Plan is correct, the current collection of globalists are being rejected – not least by the Satanic system, Daniel’s Fourth Beast. How we get to there, from here, is not at all clear to me – at present.

So, the tinder is the government and non-government organisations (finance, socialism and whatever else is used) that run globalism, using legalism, murder and force, at least in the West. The box consists of those globalists and their financial power bases that have worked towards creating the antichrist system pictured in Revelation, Daniel, Ezekiel and two of the gospels. If the TInderbox word is correct, then the entire edifice will be destroyed – the tinder will burn and the box with it. That is how I interpret the word.

On Saturday 8th February 2025 I was thinking about publishing this Tinderbox Prophecy, by offering to your site. I quote from my journal:

“Thinking about publishing the Tinderbox Prophecy this morning when I saw the following:

“The wooden Tinderbox – a cube – surround and contained an image of the world – earth.

“This develops the Tinderbox Prophecy. It is not just the world that will be freed – by consumption of the ‘tinder’, but also the box.”  MMB

 I accept that the ‘tinder’ is already burning. I await the flames curling around the Box.

Yours M Miles Bennett

RB FOOTNOTE:
Most readers are aware that upon opening my Bible in 2008 to check wording of Jesus’ parable of the wheat and tares I inwardly heard “This is All about to be fulfilled!” 
So, let’s check Matthew 13 (NKJV,  courtesy Bible Gaateway.com):

The Parable of the Tares Explained

36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.” 

37 He answered and said to them: “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. 38 The field is the world, the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one. 39 The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels. 40 Therefore as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of this age. 41 The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness, 42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”

POSTSCRIPT > click to read Veronika West’s brief post of very next day, 9 February, and which I saw only afterwards..

On-target Inauguration day prophetic warning of great demonic contention – Veronika West

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This warning brought by Veronika West four hours after Donald Trump was sworn in as President moved into fulfilment the very next day with direct confrontation at the post-Inaugural prayer service in the National Cathedral, Washington D.C.

Catholic Archbishop Vigano has since exposed the alarming hypocrisy of Episcopalian ‘bishop’ Budde and global leaders profiting from illegal immigration / human trafficking, as well as satanic agenda and strategy.

NOTE WELL; this ‘bishop’ is on record as not only having crazily objected to Donald Trump having held and displayed a Bible without her permission outside a church that had been burned down during riots – yet not remonstrating with culprits or rioters; but also as having personally DENIED Jesus’ death and Resurrection.

Thus, unless she’s renounced satan and that sin, she’s not only guilty of apostasy but also is a heretic and thereby unfit to have any role in that prestigious prayer service and is rightly rebuked by the President.

Also, Archbishop Vigano ‘goes to town’ on apostasy in exposing globalist elite’s hypocrisy on how religious and civil leaders PROFIT from LGBT agenda and illegal immigration, as in this extract (emphasis mine):

‘And if the Evangelicals already have women priests and bishops, Bergoglio is preparing to join them by appointing a “Prefectess” of a Dicastery of the Roman Curia and replacing the Cardinal Governor of the Vatican State with a women.

The Trump Administration will be able to effectively counter these ecclesiastical subversives only by bringing to light and punishing the scandals and crimes that they are still covering up and by which they are controlled under blackmail, no more and no less than the exponents of politics and civil society.‘

TWO PROPHECIES

WARNING AMERICA: 7 DAYS OF GREAT DEMONIC CONTENTION

America: As I have been praying throughout this powerful and poignant Day, I was given a clear and precise Prophetic Caution — A Specific Warning — this Evening!

I heard, ”Pray Daughter! Tell My Watchmen that the next Seven (7) Days will be Days of Great Demonic Contention as My Governing Hand brings a severe Course Correction to The Nation(s).
Watch and Pay Attention! Shields must be raised — specifically over the next Seven Days!
I say to My faithful Remnant — Rejoice! For a great Battle has been Won on this Day you call ‘Liberation’.
But look — and look again!
For a greater War unto Divine Restore has only just begun, as the enemy will seek to block out the Light of the Sun that heralds the Dawning of a New Golden Era now on the Horizon!”
Postscript Pay attention to the picture on the wall!

PPS (inserted 6 Feb)

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/02/unveiled-hypocrisy-bishop-who-chastised-trumps-immigration-policies/

URGENT: EXPOSING THE ASSIGNMENT OF SATAN AGAINST THE SAINTS

Pay attention to the Prophetic Timeline!

This morning, I had a brief conversation with one of our faithful and dedicated intercessors in our Nation.

We both expressed our concerns about the ongoing Spiritual Warfare many are facing, particularly in the realms of weariness, tiredness, anxiety, and depression.

The atmosphere around us is heavy with oppression and a pervasive spirit of heaviness — there is much in the way of Satanic Warfare.

Now, as we were talking, The Holy Spirit broke into our conversation and I heard, ”This is a Daniel 7:25 moment!”

“… and he shall wear out the saints of the most high.” Daniel 7:25 AMPC.

As many of you know, The Spirit of Revelation speaks much to me through numbers, but immediately my attention was drawn to numbers Seven (7) and Twenty-five (25).

Seven (7) is the number of completion, perfection and divine order.

For me personally, it speaks powerfully to The Seven Spirits of God — The Spirit and Power of Elijah made manifest — The battle of Two Altars rising: the ruling powers of Baal vs The Spirit and Power of Elijah!

Twenty-five (25), I saw as God speaking to the year 20(25) — but also to the new Hebrew Year (5785 = 25) … (55555) … the Season of Grace, Grace!

But then The Holy Spirit began to show to me ‘A Prophetic Timeline’ with the recent inauguration of US President Donald J. Trump and I saw prophetically, that we have crossed a threshold in The Realm of The Spirit.

We have literally stepped through and into a New Door in The Realm of The Spirit — a Door of “War unto Divine Restore” — a Door that will lead us to War for The Destiny of Nations like never before!

I heard these Words: “A Door to Kingdom Reformation and Restoration of Nations!
A Door to a New Era of “The War of Two Altars — the clash of two kings and two kingdoms is now rising”!

The Holy Spirit then shows me that the same ‘demonic assignment(s) of weariness’ that have been unleashed upon The Saints in this hour and season, are the same demonic assignments — the same demonic ruling powers of oppression and persecution — that came against Daniel, and that was over his Nation!

Pay attention!

God shows me, our Prophetic Timeline is; ”Daniel 7:25 …. Daniel 9”!

So, we have entered into a “Daniel 7:25 moment/ time” …. which then leads us to Daniel Nine (9) — Daniel’s Prayer of Repentance for a Nation!

I am shown the increase of demonic assignments against The Saints proceeds the power of Repentance that will bring a Turning and a Returning of Prodigal Nations.

The Holy Spirit shows to me, ”This is what Satan fears…!”

The Clarion Call to Repentance has been released into the atmosphere and over The Nations in The Valley of Decision.

A Righteous Standard has been raised in President Trump returning to power!

The Altar Call of Daniel Nine (9) is the stitch in time that will save a Nation!

Now, as I remained listening, The Spirit of Revelation then says to me, ”The Strategy of Heaven in this hour that will counter the assignment of Daniel 7:25, is found in Hebrews 10:25” …. “and let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another — especially now that the day of His Return is drawing near!”

Ha! The Book of Faith holds the key to breakthrough in this hour, and gives us the strategy for countering the assignment of Satan that comes to weary The Saints.

Prophetic Meaning;

Ten (10) — Divine Order. God is Reordering, Resetting and Realigning Nations!

Twenty-five (25) — 2025 … (5785) = (25)! 55555 … Grace! Grace!

Listen friends, Satan is doing everything he can in this hour to stop our gatherings, to stop our coming together in Unity and One Accord!

Satan knows there is great Power and Authority released when The Ecclesia come together to Legislate and to Declare!

Satan fears our gathering together!

Satan fears the Prayers of Repentance!

Saints, it’s time to gather, to engage and to establish God’s Kingdom in The Nations.

The Kingdom suffers violence — and violent must take it by force!

“And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.” Matthew 11:12 emphasis added.

Postscript

Important! The Holy Spirit shows me; the next Twenty-one (21) days and then the next Twenty-one (21) months will be highly contentious in the area of Demonic Warfare — but Angelic Activity and Assistance is about to be seen like never before.

Incredible testimonies of Healing and Miracles — and then a sudden — and greater — breaking through, and a Manifestation of Victory across Nations!

Listen! In the next Twenty-one (21) days and the following Twenty-one (21) months, many will hear The Clarion Call to “take the 21 day Daniel Fast*”… and they will do this corporately and personally as The Spirit leads — and as they obey powerful manifestations of the supernatural will break out.

““But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king’s food, or with the wine that he drank. Therefore he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to defile himself” Daniel 1:8.

*The Daniel Fast is abstinence from certain food types for a specific period, usually 21 days. The Fast guidelines derive from Daniel 1:8-14, wherein Daniel and his friends chose to abstain from rich and luxurious foods and only ate vegetables and drank water. The Fast is to focus on simple, plant-based foods and eliminate indulgences from one’s diet.

Blessings to you all.
~ by Veronika West

Bible Update: President Trump’s Inauguration deals with evil – Jonathan Cahn

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First, a reminder of the miracle:

More scripture relating to Trump assassination attempt – Jonathan Cahn & Veronika West

“Today, it was my great honor to sign an Executive Order banning the chemical castration and medical mutilation of innocent children in the United States of America. Our Nation will no longer fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support so-called “gender affirming care,” which has already ruined far too many precious lives. My Order directs Agencies to use every available means to cut off Federal financial participation in institutions which seek to provide these barbaric medical procedures, that should have never been allowed to take place!” https://t.me/real_DonaldJTrump/17794

“When future generations look back on this time, they will look back in horror, unable to fathom how the Left normalized and glorified the butchering and mutilation of our children.  We just lived through an era of unprecedented evil.”  https://t.me/bioclandestine/4523

NOW, A MUST-WATCH & RECALL…

‘What just happened? What does it mean? What will the future bring? Revival or judgment? Is there an ancient mystery, a template from the Bible that gives us the answer?’

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness;
Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!  (Isaiah 5:20 NKJV, BibleGateway.com)

Notable points of Messianic rabbi Jonathan on Trump’s second Inauguration:

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Correction/update of prophecy on Trump taking Oath of Office

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In hearing the Lord last November, as published in her urgent submission about Trump taking the Oath of Office, Veronika West writes of her reaction to its enormity:

‘As I listened, I began to pray fervently in The Spirit, and the burden of The LORD only increased as I saw a great War over The Oval and Oath of Office.
Satan knows that as soon as President Trump lays his right hand upon The Bible, the gavel will fall and a sudden mega-shift and a supernatural lifting and tipping of The Scales of Justice and Judgement will take place over The Nation!

Now, with these things still swirling in my heart after my prayer time, I went out to meet with some leaders in the afternoon, and not long into our conversation, one of the leaders said to me, ”Let’s pray for protection over Trump taking The Oath of Office — because that’s where the battle is!”

Veronika assumed Trump would follow the customary practice of placing a hand upon the Bible, but that didn’t happen much to the dismayed concern of some Christians and to many anti-Trumpers’ great delight!

I noticed during the Inauguration that it took a few seconds for the children alongside VP Vance taking the Oath of Office to move aside and thus enable First Lady to move forward, but Chief Justice John Roberts eagerly got into his role and started too soon.

EXPLANATIONS:

1. CBS News: Trump didn’t put his hand on the Bible at Inauguration – Here’s What To Know About The Tradition (emphasis mine)

‘While it is common for incoming presidents to place their hand on a Bible while taking the oath of office, it’s not a legal requirement.

Article VI of the U.S. Constitution states that “all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.”

First lady Melania Trump held two Bibles — one given to Mr. Trump by his mother when he was a child, and the Lincoln Bible, which was used at Abraham Lincoln’s 1861 inauguration. ‘

2. An answer citing unknown source:

3. My reaction; perhaps it’s an ‘optic’? (US slang: public understanding of a situation after seeing it shown in the media, and its possible political effects):

Upon reading the above I thought possibly not putting hand upon Bible may be another strong ‘optic’ – in 2017 Trump swore the Oath and in continuation as ‘wartime president’ during Biden’s ‘term’ he’s still in office and doesn’t need to repeat touching on the Bible.

4. Others:

‘Naughty!’ – ??

CONCLUSION:

Apparently it is not necessary to make the Oath with hand once again on a Bible after having done so previously.

Also, as well-informed observers know, Trump declared he’s a “wartime” president” and thereby the C-in-C during a military operation. Hence, when Biden flew in the USA his planes never carried the SAM (Special Air Mission) callsign or were covered by official no-fly exclusion zone – and his ‘inauguration’ did NOT have proper military canon salute.

Reprise: prophecy of Trump’s hand upon the Holy Bible – Veronika West

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Published at His Kingdom Prophecy on 13th November 2024:

So yesterday, November 12, 2024, I was praying in my wee prayer hut, when suddenly I was taken into an open Vision, where I saw President Trump standing on the Presidential Podium.

He was about to put his right hand upon the Bible to take The Oath of Office, when I heard The Spirit say, ”Daughter, there is a War raging over The Oval and Oath of Office!”

Then I heard The Spirit of Revelation say, ”Listen! Watch and Pray, for the next sixty-eight (68) days will determine the divine trajectory of a Nation in The Valley of Decision!
I say Watch and Pray — for there are many deadly pitfalls along this way.
Again I say, Remnant — Watch and Pray! Shields up and Swords drawn — for the road to Inauguration Day shall be marked by treachery, treason and great trouble, for there is a battle still raging over The Oval and Oath of Office — and My Covenant Promise!
So pray! I say Decree! Decree!! Decree!!! — and it shall pave the way and forge a highway that My Glory may come, that My Will may be done, and My Word may be established.
Pay attention! Be alert and on guard, for a sound has been heard in the deeper realms — a cry of the birth pangs of a Nation now in the midst of delivering, has drawn in the great Dragon that is now circling.
For I say, this is a Day of War for Divine Restore and Liberation from the ruling powers of Jezebel and the great dragon of Leviathan!”

As I listened, I began to pray fervently in The Spirit, and the burden of The LORD only increased as I saw a great War over The Oval and Oath of Office.
[RB. NB:] Satan knows that as soon as President Trump lays his right hand upon The Bible, the gavel will fall and a sudden mega-shift and a supernatural lifting and tipping of The Scales of Justice and Judgement will take place over The Nation!

Now, with these things still swirling in my heart after my prayer time, I went out to meet with some leaders in the afternoon, and not long into our conversation, one of the leaders said to me, ”Let’s pray for protection over Trump taking The Oath of Office — because that’s where the battle is!”

Those words served as powerful confirmation of what I had heard in the morning prayer time!

Friends, our Prayers in this hour and for the next sixty-eight (68) days must predominately target President Donald J. Trump taking The Oval and Oath of Office, for that’s where the enemy greatest threat and fear will be, as God brings a Nation into the fullness of its Kingdom Destiny!

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Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, The President shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:—

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May you be blessed with a Special New Year

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May all my readers and visitors be thoroughly blessed in living in this Truth and receiving a fresh baptism in the Holy Spirit:

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New Year, New Focus: praying in the Spirit – Neil Mackereth

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During Monday morning catch up with emails and responding to a discussion I was pleased to receive from dear Neil an urgent email, “…as it is time-critical for the New Year”. Therefore, please consider what the Lord has led our humble brother to share about strategic praying:

NEW YEAR, NEW FOCUS – PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT

About 3 weeks ago, I started writing an article on how to pray in a time of national crisis. I opened with: “Watching the world spiralling downwards in disarray, and feeling overwhelmed by the evil influences that appear to be controlling most aspects of society, I have felt totally inadequate. Where do we turn when we discover that those organisations, once thought to be bastions of truth, justice and good governance, turn out to be biased, corrupt and venal?”

Then, unexpectedly, the Lord led me in a different direction (sort of!). The Lord told me to examine the root causes of today’s dysfunctional society, before considering how to pray.

However, I pressed on with researching what the Bible has to say about prayer. I soon realised that the Bible contains so much Scripture relating to prayer that a full analysis would take years! Pondering this, I came to the conclusion that my approach and commitment to prayer lacked direction, seriousness, urgency and, above all, that I was ignoring the guidance God was trying to give me, i.e., that I should study why society is so polarised.

As it happens, I was also trying to trace my family tree, which was proving a diverse and complicated exercise. In a flash of insight, the Lord gave me a glimpse (an impression) of two immense family trees, both emanating from Abraham, one through the line of Isaac and the other through Ishmael. For a few moments, I felt the pain, the bitterness and resentment of the “un-chosen”, the rejected, those who perceived themselves as having been dispossessed. Fertile ground for demonic influence. I saw the spiritual reality of deep-rooted hatred, and understood that killing the perpetrators of evil in the worldly realm does not stop the evil threads of disaffection and alienation from growing, from generation to generation. Rather the opposite, it increases the hostility.

For example, you might think that after the revelations of the holocaust, the defeat of the Nazis, and the execution of Nazi leaders, the spirit of antisemitism would be dead. Not so, it has returned with a vengeance! In the same vein, a missionary who witnessed the execution of Mau Mau leaders, was convinced that the defiant shouts by the men being led to the gallows: “I’ll come back, I’ll come back” were manifestations of the demons that possessed them, rather than from the men themselves.

What is my point? As Paul says in Ephesians 6: “our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms” and “pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests”. In other words, we are to pray in the real but unseen “heavenly places”, against the demonic hordes in the kingdom of darkness, where Satan rules. We catch glimpses of warfare, and the “rulers” and “authorities”, in the “heavenly places”, in scripture, e.g., in Daniel 10, Revelation 12, 2 Corinthians 10.

So, in seeking to determine what might be undermining the effectiveness of my prayers, the Lord has made it clear to me that my efforts have not been focused in the spiritual realm (“heavenly places”), and I have not sought to know (understand) my enemy. Time spent gathering information (“intelligence”), and seeking to recognise the enemy’s aim, is seldom wasted! Lucifer’s pride and ambition led to his seeking to exalt himself above God (Ezekiel 28:11-19) and to his downfall (Isaiah 14:12-14) Now known as Satan (the adversary), he seeks to undermine God’s plans for the redemption of mankind, and the second coming of Jesus. He roams the world sowing seeds of hatred and dissention through deception, deceit, envy, pride, unforgiveness, selfishness, etc. His aim is to so polarise society that God’s people become isolated, demoralised and ineffectual.

Paul and the NT disciples understood the essential nature of prayer as a weapon of spiritual warfare, and I’m sure many prayer warriors since (e.g., Rees Howells) have, and are today, fully effective in their intercession. I, however, recognise that I have under-appreciated the value of praying in the spirit, rather than in the flesh.

The Lord encouraged me to revisit, and study carefully, 2 Chronicles 7:14:

“ If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”

This is a conditional promise of God, requiring 4 actions on my/our part as believers – “God’s people”.

If we fulfil God’s guidance, the 4 conditions i.e., humble ourselves, pray, seek His face and stop our wicked ways, then God promises to hear, forgive us and heal our land. It sounds straight forward, so why is our land in such a mess? First, I suggest that humbling ourselves (God won’t do it for us!) requires much more focus and determination, and it is something I have not addressed earnestly enough. Humility requires an act of the will, a determination to submit ourselves to God and to His word. Love and obey God, love our neighbours as ourselves, submit to one another. It should never be below my dignity to lie flat on my face before the Lord (yes really, not just thinking about doing it!).

The second and third stages are prayer and seeking God’s face. I believe the first stage is foundational, i.e., humility is necessary before prayer. We then seek to be in God’s presence, to talk to Him to hear from Him and, in the process, we should not be trying to impress others who may be praying with us.

The last requirement is to turn from our wicked ways. Surely that can’t mean me! Well, it is not addressed to non-believers, prostitutes, drug addicts, atheists, thieves etc., it is addressed to us, God’s people. Judgement begins at the house of God (1Peter 4:17) – I do not take the gospel of God, His precepts and statutes, anywhere near seriously enough. I continually “err and stray” from His ways. I can be opinionated, resentful, critical, dismissive, judgemental, unsupportive, hurtful, disrespectful and generally disobedient in all sorts of ways. I tell you the truth, the closer I come to God, the more I recognise my wicked ways. For me, conviction of sin and repentance is an ongoing process.

Clearly, the 4 conditions are challenging, but if we succeed, God promises to hear, forgive our sin and heal our land. Looking at this the other way round – if our land is not healed, it follows that we, God’s people, are not praying appropriately (James 4:3). We must diligently persevere in requesting the healing of our land.

God always keeps His promises: “For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.” (2 Corinthians 1:20). We can see examples of His absolute trustworthiness, expressed in the promises to (covenants with) His people Israel, and their survival over thousands of years (see recent article “Israel in the End Times”). Also, the incredible fulfilment, in accurate detail, of vast numbers of Biblical prophecies (about 85% so far). However, while I believe it appropriate to point these things out in prayer, I don’t think it right for us to “claim” or “demand” anything because of God’s promises.

Lastly, never quench the Spirit by ignoring an impulse to pray.

May the Lord bless, guide and encourage us all in our prayer life this coming year.

Amen

Footnote:

Neil Mackereth is author of SIGNS The Significance of Bible Prophecy, whose inspiring evening classes on End-times I attended twelve years ago at Winchester Vineyard church. So you  may wish to Meet Neil Mackereth, author of ‘SIGNS’

I’m reminded of Apostle Paul’s strategic insight at 2 Cor 2:11 “for we are not ignorant of satan’s devices”!

A New Dawn theme may confirm focus on The Day of the LORD

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We continue from Memorable motifs on Mark 13..., which led into The Lord hands out FIVE jigsaw pieces on Daniel 9 with three confirmations on Dan 9:27, then to a footnote on the Bible’s first references to ‘The Day of the LORD’ in Obadiah 15.

Last Sunday evening’s Carols by Candlelight at 3Counties Vineyard was hosted by Helena and Andrew Carter, and to which he’d already announced,

‘We are theming the evening around “A New Dawn”. That the coming of Jesus marks a new dawn for the world and that as we welcome His gift of eternal life and come to Him, we enter a new dawn, a fresh start, a new birth.

This year we are focusing on Malachi 4:2: “But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves.”

Andrew begins speaking briefly at 38:30 minutes citing the first two verses of the last chapter of the last book of the Old Testament at Malachi 4 (quotation provides the whole for context, NIV, emphases mine):

“Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and that day that is coming will set them on fire,’ says the Lord Almighty. ‘Not a root or a branch will be left to them. 2 But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves. 3 Then you will trample on the wicked; they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty.

Thus, the Lord foretells an especially significant time when all evil will be removed from the earth. It will be global, whereas the day He describes to Obadiah specifically relates initially to His dealing with Israel’s enemies, not only in ancient times but also currently :

“The day of the Lord is near for all nations.
As you have done, it will be done to you;
your deeds will return upon your own head.
16 Just as you drank on my holy hill,
so all the nations will drink continually;
they will drink and drink and be as if they had never been.
17 But on Mount Zion will be deliverance;
it will be holy, and Jacob will possess his inheritance.
18 Jacob will be a fire and Joseph a flame;
Esau will be stubble, and they will set him on fire and destroy him.
There will be no survivors from Esau.”
The Lord has spoken.

Jesus confirms that prophecy a few centuries later in His parable of the wheat and tares sown by Him and by satan respectively, as explained at Matthew 13:40-43:

“As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears, let them hear.”

All this takes us full circle from 16 years ago when sensing the Lord saying, as recounted in my email The Endgame Is Now In Play:

“This is ALL about to be fulfilled”!

The Lord hands out FIVE ‘jigsaw pieces’ on Daniel 9

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“So when you see the ‘abomination of desolation’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet standing where it ought not (let the reader understand) then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains…” (Mark 13:14 – emphases mine – re Dan 9:27 NKJV)

NO such thing as coincidence! WOTTA-WEEK of God-incidents last week was! And which metaphor better describes it: The Lord’s full hand pointing out certain things, or His dropping them like pieces of His Invisible Jigsaw ??

It’s remained uppermost in mind, as though the Lord began pointing (index finger) at Mark 13’s reference to ‘the abomination of desolation’ in Book of Daniel, then (middle finger) I shared a reference whilst a friend brought a related prophecy, next another published an article, and finally I got the ‘thumb’s up’ from a third friend telling me of currently studying Daniel!

However, as with many previous postings let’s examine these five-fold indicators like jigsaw pieces being dropped and placed into the bigger picture, which we don’t yet see in its entirety:

1st PIECE – 8th Dec:

As reported with Adam Harding Willis’ spectacular sermon notes of Dave Wright in my Memorable Motifs’ on Mark 13, Jesus’ above prophetic statement is cited. At video’s 55:25 time-point Dave notes that Daniel’s prophecy at Dan 9:27 was initially fulfilled in BC168 when Antiochus Epiphanes (‘God manifest’) set up an altar to Zeus in and upon the Temple’s altar and sacrificed a pig thereon, thus desecrating the Almighty’s most holy sanctuary.

For history see Antiochus Epiphanes—The Bible’s Most Notoriously Forgotten Villain – Biblical Archaeology Society NB: Hanukkah (lit.“rededication”) is eight-day festival beginning on 25 Kislev, celebrated the Maccabees’ recapture of the second Temple from the Syrian Greeks, and its rededication, marked by the miraculous kindling of lights on a menorah or chanukiah. Only one small jug of oil was found for fuelling the lights and expected to last just one day – but they burned for EIGHT days!!

As ‘the testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy’ (Rev 19:10) then His instruction “So when you see the ‘abomination of desolation’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet standing where it ought not, then…” is indubitably prophetic about this sign appearing sometime in the future. Thus, Jesus not only confirms the accuracy of the angel Gabriel’s prophecy to Daniel but also bears witness to its coming true, thereby establishing it according to the principle of Deuteronomy 19:15.

Our church team leader’s message closed by urging us to consider:

2nd PIECE – 9th Dec:

As that question would be discussed in Home Group I took a seminal book The Invisible Hand (1984) on geo-political history of the Holy Land to cite its reference to a later appearance of ‘The Abomination’.

As recounted in Bio Info, the Lord had put this in my hand and validated its content by what was being shown simultaneously on BBC. Its author Victor Dunstan examines the time-scales of Daniel’s prophecies and the ‘Abomination of Desolation’.

He cites Gibbon’s ‘The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’ regarding the outcome of the six months’ siege of Jerusalem (636-7 AD) during Muslim attacks against the Christian Byzantine empire and conquest of The Levant. Its Patriarch agreed to surrender on condition he submit to the Caliph Umar in person:

‘After signing the capitulation, he entered the city without fear or precaution; and courteously discoursed with the Patriarch concerning its religious antiquities. Sophronius bowed before his new master and secretly muttered, in the words of Daniel, “The abomination of desolation is in the holy place!”

Three decades later the Islamic shrine and Dome on the Rock mosque was completed upon a wing of the ruins of the Temple Mount. Victor emphases – it still STANDS there!.

3rd PIECE – 11th Dec:

I noticed Veronika West reports a “9th hour” vision experienced on 9th December of America and “Daniel 9, a stitch in time”.

As I’d already started drafting my post on Mark 13 and its reference to Daniel 9, as well as including the “abomination” remarks on Caliph Umar’s from The Invisible Hand, then in sharing Veronika’s post I noted the God-incidence, as shown herein.

Veronika does not refer in any extent on the content of Daniel 9 but we know it’s prime matter is the intense intercession and deep penitence for and confession of his and his people’s sins and rebellion.

He record’s the Lord’s response in sending the angel Gabriel to give him assurance and give him understanding of a the vision of an awesome Seventy ‘Weeks’ to “finish their transgression, make an end of sins, make reconciliation for iniquity, bring everlasting righteousness, seal up the vision and prophecy and to anoint the Most Holy” .

So Veronika’s hearing the Lord, “I say again, for this is the Ninth Hour! Yes! Daniel 9 — For a Stitch in time shall save nine!” may well mean His answering intercessory prayers for America!

4th PIECE – 13th Dec:

John Barber, friend and author of Prophets of the Bible, posts in his series on Daniel’s four visions: (Daniel 9) Daniel’s Seventy Weeks

5th PIECE – 14th Dec:

Chatting with Andrew Milne as he prepared food at his and his wife’s party, I asked about his study for Masters in Divinity course and he mentioned reading Daniel and an exegetical exposition on Daniel 9’s prophecy of 70 ‘weeks’!!

We have a similar stance on the Holy Spirit gifting of prophecy and recognise its lack of appreciation by scholars of ‘classical interpretation’ hinders a full understanding.

CONCLUSION

My New Spirit-Filled Life Study Bible’s very helpful footnotes also cite the ‘Classical Interpretation’ of Dan 9:26-7 and close its three paragraphs on that, as follows:

‘The classical approach does not, however, rule out antitype fulfillment of the broader principles in Jesus Christ, in the destruction of Jerusalem in AD70, nor in the last days’ rampages of the Antichrist. Daniel’s language is clearly eschatological at points, denoting a multilevel prophetic fulfillment. See note on Obad 15.’

SO, IS THE LORD POINTING TO OBADIAH 15?

‘For the Day of the LORD upon all the nations is near; and as you have done, it shall be done to you; your reprisal shall return upon your own head.’

‘Note: …The word ‘day’ occurs 11 times in vv 8-14. Now it becomes the day of the LORD, a season of judgement and divine justice upon all the nations around Israel. The OT looked ever forward to this time.’ [Emphases as published therein.]

Therefore, has The Day Of The LORD arrived??

End-Times Briefing 20: The Great and Fearful Day of the LORD – Chris G Bennett


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The Book of Revelation and the ‘Endgame’ parable – Rick Joyner

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Since the Lord stunned me by dropping “This is ALL about to be fulfilled!” into my mind and spirit sixteen years ago upon opening my Bible to check what Jesus said about the parable of wheat and tares in Matthew 13 – as recounted in my first email on eschatology The Endgame is Now in Play – it’s been rare to read or hear anyone who  plugs that parable into End-times teaching, unless maybe within group discussion.  

Could that be because it may contradict claims about the ‘Rapture’ or ‘snatching up’ of believers upon Jesus’ Second Advent, as outlined in Paul’s first letter to the early church in Thessalonica? (1Thess 4 13-18)

However, Rick Joyner, founder/director of Morning Star Ministries, refers to it specifically in his latest message on his examining the Book of Revelation.

First, a reminder of Jesus’ explanation to His disciples about the purpose of parables after they’d asked, “Why do You speak to them in parables?” (Matthew 13 NKJV) He answered and said to them, “Because it has been given to you to know the [a]mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. 12 For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. 13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.”

Then, when the gathered multitudes had left, His disciples needed to know what the parable of wheat and tares means and Jesus specifically relates it to the far distant future, the end of the Age (emphases mine):

“He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.38 The field is the world, the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one.39 The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the Age, and the reapers are the angels.40 Therefore as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of this Age.41 The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness,42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.43 Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”

Rick Joyner in his Word for the Week: The Book of Revelation, Part 9 not only refers to that parable but also likening it to today’s returning to the depraved Days of Noah, The Tower of Babel and ‘Mystery Babylon’. His brief study begins:

‘We have been talking about the Lord restoring mankind and the earth. In Revelation, mankind falls to its deepest depravity before the Lord comes to rule and restore. He said it would be like “the days of Noah,” which saw the worst corruption and evil the world would experience until the end of this age. In His parable about the wheat and the tares, Jesus said, “the end of the age is the harvest” (see Matthew 13:39).

In this parable, Jesus was speaking of how the wheat and tares would grow up together. The harvest is when all the seeds that have been sown will come to full maturity, so both the good and evil sown into man will come to full maturity at the end of this age. Then, we will experience evil in its fullness—the full maturity of the sin of man personified in “the man of sin”—and the full maturity of the nature of Christ will be manifested in His people. This is predicted in Isaiah 60:1-3: “Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. For behold, darkness will cover the earth and deep darkness the peoples; but the Lord will rise upon you and His glory will appear upon you. And nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.” …’  (continue reading here)

As with Johnny Enlow’s Embracing the Golden Age, It is most encouraging to read a learned leader’s analysis that’s independent of overarching doctrinal direction.

Israel in the End Times – Neil Mackereth

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I invite those who may be unfamiliar with the importance of the Jewish people and state of Israel in our heavenly Father’s purposes to read my dear friend’s incisive article, for which I express my admiration and gratitude:

ISRAEL IN THE END TIMES

Background

At its opening, the Bible quickly moves to the fall of man, brought about by satan’s lies and trickery. Then follows God’s sovereign selection of Abraham and his descendants, as His chosen people, and His everlasting covenant with them. The Bible continues with how the Jews became established in Israel, and the story of their triumphs, failures, trials and tribulations. The Old Testament (OT) prophets predicted the First Coming of Jesus and the events of His life, death and resurrection. The New Testament (NT) describes how Jesus accurately fulfilled those OT prophecies. The NT provides details about the work of the apostles and disciples in spreading the Gospel, evangelising Gentiles and establishing churches.

At its close, the Bible describes a time of great tribulation, before Jesus returns and satan is defeated.

All the prophecies relating to the First Coming of Jesus were fulfilled. That is miraculous (supernatural) and has huge implications for our appreciation of the many prophecies concerning the Second Coming of Jesus. If the “First Coming” prophecies have been fulfilled, we can be certain that prophecies concerning his Second Coming will also be fulfilled.

The Significance of Israel

One of the key events predicted in both the OT and NT, is the restoration of the Nation of Israel. Jesus said that this would be a sign of the times, i.e., of the End Times, the climax of history. The events surrounding and following the restoration of the Nation of Israel, and the return of the Jewish people to their ancient homeland in 1948, were accurately prophesied in extraordinary detail in many scriptures, written thousands of years before the events took place. In reality, the 1948 restoration was a response to the “never again” cry after the Holocaust. However, it transpires that “never again” did not mean the Jews would never again be persecuted. What it does mean is that the Jews have determined that never again will they be led to their
slaughter like unsuspecting sheep!

The endurance of Jewish customs, practices and traditions, which they maintained whilst scattered throughout the world for nearly nineteen hundred years, is an
incredible phenomenon. It is, quite frankly, a mystery and a miracle that the Jewish people and their national identity survived. Since 1948 they have, with God’s help, successfully defended their Nation from several attacks by seemingly much more
powerful enemies. Now, in 2024, they are again fighting for their survival.

Why Israel Has to Survive

Why has Israel survived, and why must it survive? The answer, in part, to this vital question can be found in the oft neglected NT chapters 9 to 11 of Romans, which focus on the importance of the Jewish people. The author, the Apostle Paul, was himself Jewish and loved the Jewish people, longing for them to see what he had come to understand – that Jesus is the Son of God and their Messiah. He hoped and prayed that the Gentiles in the churches he founded would recognise and understand that the Jewish ancestry of Jesus, and the history of the Nation of Israel, are foundational and essential elements to the Christian faith.

It is to this history and destiny that the Apostle Paul refers in Romans 9-11. Paul points out that the Jewish people are God’s chosen people. They are the nation whom the Father adopted out of His great love. And although Israel appears to have failed to fulfil its destiny, that does not mean that God has in any way decreed that His adoption of Israel is null and void. As far as Paul is concerned, once adopted, always adopted. God has made an everlasting covenant with His people Israel. The church has not replaced Israel.

By God’s grace, Gentile believers in Jesus are like wild olive branches that have been grafted into the cultivated olive tree – a tree made up of faith-filled Israelites since the time of Abraham. Gentile believers are now a part of faithful Israel’s story. Indeed, we cannot and must not separate ourselves from that story.

In this time of grace, the Gentiles can hear and respond to the Good News about Jesus and come to enjoy the blessings of the promises given to Israel, not least the promise of the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Paul speaks about a time when the Jewish people – his own people – will no longer be blinded by their unbelief about Jesus. Vast numbers will see the Deliverer from Zion (Jesus). The veil will be lifted from their understanding and they will then know that Jesus is their Messiah. As Paul prophesies in Romans 11:26: “All Israel will be saved.” Jews will come to believe in Jesus in such numbers that we will be able to say that the nation of Israel as a whole has been saved.

In summary: there is a time-frame in which,

(a) the Gospel is preached primarily to those who are not Jewish “until the full number of the Gentiles has come in”; i.e, until the number of non-Jews who confess Jesus as Lord is complete. That number, and the date when it will be reached, is known only in heaven.

(b) Until that time, there is a remnant of faithful Jews who are chosen by grace (Romans 11:5); these are Jewish people who have chosen, like Paul, to confess that Jesus is Messiah and Lord. When the full number of Gentiles has come in, Paul was certain that circumstances will be such that the Jewish remnant will turn from godlessness and
look upon the one whom they pierced and weep in repentance. There will be a great move of the Holy Spirit among the Jewish people – so great that we will be able to
joyfully declare the fulfilment of the prophecy: “All Israel will be saved!”

The Devil’s Rage

Hopefully you can see why the Jewish people had to survive. In spite of being exiled from the Land that was promised to them by Almighty God, in spite of expulsions
from other alien lands that they inhabited thereafter, in spite of periods of intense and violent persecution in many different places over thousands of years, in spite of the “Final Solution”, the appalling, demonic onslaught of the Holocaust (Hitler’s murder of 6 million Jews, in his attempt to obliterate them), the Jewish people have survived!
And, as already discussed, three years after the end of the Holocaust, part of the Promised Land was miraculously restored to the Jewish people: Israel was re-established as a nation, and Jews have returned from dispersion (the Diaspora).

Why has this enduring vindictiveness been so intense? Because satan knows what the Bible says, albeit he is blinded to the reality that he cannot win. He has been desperate to prevent or postpone the establishment of appropriate (prophesied)
conditions for the Second Coming. That is why the Jewish people have been subjected to sustained attempts by the forces of evil to wipe them out.

How it must torment and anger satan that the Jewish people have, against all the odds, survived his various onslaughts. Furthermore, satan’s seeming successes have proved to be failures. How he must have wailed when Jesus rose from the dead. How he must have wept when Israel was restored as a nation in 1948. And, above all, how he must be howling today as this tiny Nation is so vigorously and effectively responding to demonic atrocities perpetrated by Hamas and built on by Iran and its other proxies.

The End-Game

Satan is now provoking unprecedented world-wide genocidal hatred of the Jews. Many of the world’s leaders, and millions of people supporting the “Palestinian cause”, cannot see, or refuse to accept (are denying the truth), that a fundamental tenet of radical Islam is the destruction of Israel and the extermination of all Jews. Radical and apocalyptic Muslims see “ethnic cleansing” of Jews as a religious duty. Any compromise or appeasement with such blood thirsty and diabolical fanatics, however tempting the short-term gains may appear, would lead to disaster.

Satan is continuing his endeavours to ensure that there is no Nation of Israel to which Jesus can return. Things are getting ever more intense and chaotic, and satan certainly appears to be succeeding in rallying the world against the Jews. However, it is clear from Biblical prophecy that God foreknew the things we are witnessing. He has given us all the information we need to read the “signs of the times” and to stand firm in the knowledge that Victory is assured. Our certain hope is in the truth of the Word of God: He will deal with the enemies that surround Israel (Zechariah 12) and Jesus will return (Matthew 24, Revelation 1 et al), and He will take His throne in Jerusalem, as King of Israel; albeit there will only be a remnant of the Jewish people (Zechariah 13:8-10).

Then “never again” will truly mean NEVER AGAIN

Jesus says “Yes, I am coming soon.”

Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.

Neil Mackereth is the author of SIGNS – The Significance of Bible Prophecy and click for an introduction and for his many articles on Richard’s Watch

URGENT Warning to the Church against hatred: Matthew 5:22 and Donald Trump

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URGENT WARNING TO THE CHURCH:

DONALD TRUMP & THE MATTHEW 5:22 HATRED PRINCIPLE

1. Introduction:

Time For Hard Truths – So We Can Look Beyond The Politics & Return To Biblical Truth

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, greetings to you in the Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ. May He grant you the grace to both read and respond to this urgent message for the church. Continue reading →

Jesus warns of false prophets; End-times sign and the great shaking!

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Yet again birthday number 22…add up these time digits 16:06…and note Rachel’s further comment before we consider a reminder of Jesus’ instructions:

“Just like many Kingdoms have been built many will topple over and fall. We not pray for such demise, we rather pray for repentance and restoration.It’s not about this Ministry and that Ministry and who has 25k followers and who has 500. It is this — are you led by God? Do you follow His leading. He does not need perfect vessels. He chooses the ordinary and plain, the broken and those who suffer for His name sake. Polished up cookie cutter is NOT IT. Woke is NOT IT. Compromised is NOT it.

It is those who are led by His Spirit in every faucet of their lives. We know His voice because we are intimate with Him. The days of numbers and and fame, greed and fortune will topple. Let us pray for those caught in the webs of deception and let us pray for hearts to turn back to the Father. ~ Rachel”   [Facebook official timeline]

JESUS’ & PETER’S INSTRUCTIONS 

“Do not judge and criticize and condemn others, so that you may not be judged and criticized and condemned yourselves. 2 For just as you judge and criticize and  condemn others, you will be judged and criticized and condemned, and in accordance with the measure you [use to] deal out to others, it will be dealt out again to you. 3 Why do you [a]stare from without at the [b]very small particle that is in your brother’s eye but do not become aware of and consider the beam [c]of timber that is in your own eye?” (Matthew 7 AMP BibleGateway.com)

17 For the time [has arrived] for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will [be] the end of those who do not respect or believe or obey the good news (the Gospel) of God? 18 And if the righteous are barely saved, what will become of the godless and wicked? (1 Peter 4 Amplified Bible)

JESUS FORETELLS FALSE PROPHETS

The Sermon on the Mount – Matthew 7 (Amplified Bible)

“Enter through the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and spacious and broad is the way that leads away to destruction, and many are those who are entering through it.

14 But the gate is narrow (contracted [k]by pressure) and the way is straitened and compressed that leads away to life, and few are those who find it.

15 Beware of false prophets, who come to you dressed as sheep, but inside they are devouring wolves.16 You will [l]fully recognize them by their fruits. Do people pick grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?

17 Even so, every healthy (sound) tree bears good fruit [[m]worthy of admiration], but the sickly (decaying, worthless) tree bears bad (worthless) fruit. 18 A good (healthy) tree cannot bear bad (worthless) fruit, nor can a bad (diseased) tree bear [n]excellent fruit [worthy of admiration]. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire. 20 Therefore, you will [o]fully know them by their fruits.

21 Not everyone who says to Me, “Lord, Lord”, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father Who is in heaven.

22 Many will say to Me on that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name and driven out demons in Your name and done many mighty works in Your name?

23 And then I will say to them openly (publicly), “I never knew you; depart from Me, you who act wickedly [disregarding My commands]”…..”

28 When Jesus had finished these sayings [the Sermon on the Mount], the crowds were astonished and overwhelmed with bewildered wonder at His teaching, 29 For He was teaching as One Who had [and was] authority, and not as [did] the scribes. (Matt 7)

The Olivet Discourse – Matthew 24

“And then many will be offended and repelled and will [e]begin to distrust and desert [Him Whom they ought to trust and obey] and will stumble and fall away and betray one another and pursue one another with hatred.

11 And many false prophets will rise up and deceive and lead many into error.

12 And the love of [f]the great body of people will grow cold because of the multiplied lawlessness and iniquity, 13 But he who endures to the end will be saved.”….

…21 For then there will be great tribulation (affliction, distress, and oppression) such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now—no, and never will be [again]. 22 And if those days had not been shortened, no human being would endure and  survive, but for the sake of the elect (God’s chosen ones) those days will be shortened.

23 If anyone says to you then, Behold, here is the Christ (the Messiah)! or, There He is!—do not believe it. 24 For false Christs and false prophets will arise, and they will show great signs and wonders so as to deceive and lead astray, if possible, even the elect (God’s chosen ones). 25 See, I have warned you beforehand.”

Lastly for now, a reminder of the word that got dropped into my mind like a rock over 25 years ago from Hebrews 12 (NKJV):

Hear the Heavenly Voice

25 See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven, 26 whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, “Yet once more I [k]shake not only the earth, but also heaven.”  

27 Now this, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain. 28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we [l]may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. 29 For our God is a consuming fire.

PS. This has been in my mind many days and my intention was for it to draw a line to the matter of recent posts, BUT the Lord is drawing a line with an in-depth revelation that must follow next...

Richard’s Watch is 13 years old today!

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To those who’ve kept track with me for the years, thank you very much for your company on this unusual journey – AND wotta-week it’s been with a most welcome vindication after defamation by false ‘prophets’! Continue reading →

On the scriptural and prophetical state-of-play (drafted 2022)

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NB: DRAFTED MAY 2022 BUT NOT PUBLISHED – IT IS NOW MANIFESTING:

Let’s ‘take five’ and consider how contemporary prophetical words and visions may be assessed alongside Bible prophecies that are in play today.

In my humble opinion they’re working in tandem but it may be helpful to consider how the evil manifests according to chapters 7 and 13 of the books’ of Daniel and John the Divine’s account of Jesus’ Revelation respectively.

In Tuesday’s brief End-Times Alert on British supermarkets introducing facial scanning along with digital identity for purchasing goods, I write,

‘We’re well aware of satan’s strategy to prevent The Lord’s End-time harvest and thwart Jesus’ return to the Mont of Olives in Jerusalem by bringing about upheavals foretold in the holy Bible, mainly through globalists’ New World Order or World Economic Forum, BUT BEFORE the Time ordained by our Almighty Father.

Even so, we ALL need to learn about – and be taught by well-informed church leaders!! – what is now happening and how it lines up with scripture and accurate contemporary prophecy.’

A friend who’s the co-founder/administrator of a British prophecy group* challenged my lack of discernment of the actual claim, for separate cash and card payments remain available – ie. Only for the time being!

Nevertheless, during discussion with a dear friend and anointed prophet I write,

‘Good morn dear Veronika. Have seen news of further introduction of mark of the beast and will be posting on it in between our being out and about. It’s more of the enemy seeking to activate End-times ahead of time’

‘Thank you for sharing this Richard,..to be very honest the Lord has and continues to speak to me in terms of a Great Reset,…which is unfolding as a Great Spiritual Showdown,…TWO ALTARS, TWO AGENDAS, TWO HARVESTS…Yes! Two Harvests,..I saw that Satan has his own agenda to bring in a Harvest that will populate Hell,..Satan is not going into the lake of fire alone,..he endeavours to take as many with him into the pit of destruction,…I shared recently that Satan has REGROUPED AND REALIGNED his own demonic hordes even as God is bringing His Own into Divine Realignment,…let’s us keep in mind this BATTLE THAT IS UNFOLDING IS ABOUT “THE HARVEST”…it’s about Nations being Sifted Separated and Scattered,…Sheep and Goat Nations Rising. We are living in the midst of GOD MAKING A DIVINE DISTINCTION between that which is of LIGHT AND THAT WHICH IS OF THE DARKNESS, LIFE AND DEATH. The Time is short hence Satan has regrouped and has accelerated his plans to steal kill and destroy as many as he can. The Great Spiritual Showdown has indeed begun for Kingdom Occupation in the Earth. The Clashing of Kingdoms and the Clashing of Titans and God is moving to separate the boys from the men, like the Army of Gideon.’

 

* The group in question is the British Isles Council of Prophets, the leaders of which in Glasgow I knew through Dr Sharon Stone, and had often republished their writings and broadcast news of the Council’s launch in 2019. They were consulted in my drafting State of the Prophetic in the UK for the Baptist Union President’s 2020 conference in Reading. Regrettably, leaders’ personal political prejudices surfaced in their not wanting any coverage of prophecies on Brexit – which had been fulfilled anyway!! But who was I to dishonour the Lord, so I ignored such an ignoble request!

PS (20 Nov ’24): Little did I suspect that 6 months later I would need to issue this post for daring to blog against BICP’s dictat about political coverage, as in…

Facetious ‘apology’ to readers – why I’m tracking Donald Trump

‘Strange fire’ confirms prophecy seven years ago of ‘False Prophet Coming’ – Tony Puccio

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In response to the previous post on Strange Fire ministries arising Tony Puccio asks, “Richard do you recall this dream from a few years back?” and provides a link to his post of 4th July 2017 on My Dreams and Visions, viz: 

WARN MY PEOPLE: FALSE PROPHET COMING

I had a dream where I was standing in the back of I’m guessing was a church. I saw at the pulpit an individual introducing a figure who was supposed to be Jesus but wasn’t! I saw the words, “false prophet”, written across the forehead of the man standing at the pulpit. Remember that this was my observation from the back of the building. Then, I was standing behind the false prophet and was shown those seated in the pews. What I saw was people who looked as though they’d been hypnotized or under a trance. The Word says that the elect cannot be deceived.: Matthew 24:24
“For false Christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.”
The elect, as I read it, are those who remain faithful to the end. Matthew 24:11-13
“Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end shall be saved.”
Deception is a scarey place to be being that one who is deceived doesn’t realize it even though one shows him/her through the word that they are in error. Prayer is the only thing that can break this. As to why I was shown this and not the people seated is because the Lord opened my eyes and not because I’m anything special. In these last days it would be foolish to rely on any anointing and/or gifting one thinks that they may have and not on the Lord. The scripture passage from Matthew i quote above follows an extremely important passage that I will post below Matthew 24:10
“And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another.”
Notice the steps: offence – betrayal – hatred An offense not dealt with festers and then betrayal and hatred follow it afterwards. In verse 11 it says then false prophets will arise and deceive many. Offence, unforgiveness make one vulnerable to hearing the words of the false prophet(s). Remember what Jesus said about forgiveness. If you want to be forgiven you must forgive! In the dream I heard, “Warn My people!”, which is the reason for the dream. [Completed at 16:59, posted at 17:00 – yet again, no coincidence!]

Book of Joshua as Key to God’s Favour on Donald Trump – Max Obeiden

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Further to his fascinating paper on a  Biblical framework for understanding eclipses, about which we’ve been in contact, Max Obeiden has now published an exceptional analysis of the US elections. It would be well-worth anyone interested in the middle-East and US politics to consider subscribing to William Koenig’s Eye-View from the White House and accessing this exclusive paper.

For the past eighteen years Max has been working as a top assistant with Koenig World Watch Daily and has a MA degree in Theological Studies from Liberty University.

Thus, he is well-grounded in the principles of meteorological consequences of political interference with God’s purposes for the land of Israel and His city of Jerusalem, as expounded in depth in Eye To Eye, Facing the Consequence of Dividing Israel.

Three-fold GPS on Hebrews 12 great shaking – is it near?

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“Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.”

Sometime in the closing years of the last Century, as we neared the Third Millennium, at the start of a home group evening I got a nudge to open my Bible to “Hebrews 12” – I’d got familiar with that ‘modus operandi’ of how the Lord gets my attention. I confess to not having been well-acquainted with that book but the verse in red shown above hit me between both eyes!!

I asked those gathered in that lounge if it may be of any importance or significance to them, but nobody responded positively. So I read the whole passage for us to ponder, and reflected upon it later when alone. The New International Version gives its context as follows, courtesy of BibleGateway.com, and certain verses impressed me:

The Mountain of Fear and the Mountain of Joy

18 You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom and storm; 19 to a trumpet blast or to such a voice speaking words that those who heard it begged that no further word be spoken to them, 20 because they could not bear what was commanded: ‘If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death.’[c] 21 The sight was so terrifying that Moses said, ‘I am trembling with fear.’[d]
22 But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, 23 to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, 24 to Jesus the Mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
25 See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. If they did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from Him who warns us from heaven? 26 At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.” 27 The words ‘once more’ indicate the removing of what can be shaken – that is, created things – so that what cannot be shaken may remain!’
28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, 29 for our ‘God is a consuming fire.’

Upon my waking this morning a profound prophecy I read last night was in mind, along with my memory of the above-mentioned private prompting – I’d shared extracts on my blog’s Telegram channel and then this morning penned:

‘GOOD MORN’ FRIENDS, MAY YOUR DAY BE VERY BLESSED. After waking my musing with the Lord returns to late last night and my brief reminder of having been struck by Hebrews 12 Shaking, on which I’ve occasionally blogged, and now note today’s apposite Verse…’

TRULY A GOD-INCIDENTAL CONFIRMATION and, therefore, my friends herein may wish to mediate upon the prophesied Great Shaking before I tell of the Lord’s preceding and subsequent GPS, or Global Prophecy Signals, in the next posts.

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