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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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  • Hand and Puzzle Pieces by Anusorn P. Nachol.

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

Breaking News: ‘unplanned’ elimination of Hamas’ leader

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AN EXAMPLE OF GOD’S PERSONAL VENGENCE ON HIS HOLY CALENDAR ON 1st DAY OF FEAST OF TABERNACLES 2024 (5785) AS THE DEMONISED HAMAS CHIEF LAUNCHED GENOCIDAL ATTACK AT START OF THE SHABBAT CLOSING LAST YEAR’S FEAST

A friend comments son Chris Moyler’s channel, “I read this morning. Ps. 37:12,13.

“The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
The Lord shall laugh at him: for He seeth that his day is coming.”

Amir Tsarfati at Behold Israel writes,

“Ok – this is amazing!
If indeed it’s Sinwar – he wasn’t even targeted.
A simple soldier fired a mortar shell at 3 terrorists and killed them and to his surprise- one of them looks like Sinwar.
No abductees were in the area.
This is why we can’t yet verify anything. Either it’s not him or it’s more than a HUGE miracle!”

“It’s not just Rafah!

To be more specific
Philadelphi corridor!

Sinwar was on his last leg to cross into Egypt and disappear!

He was about to abandon his people carrying loads of cash and fake passports while asking them to fight and die!”

PS (17:33): From A Storm is Brewing, received by Julie Green 18 June 2022

“Hamas will be in your news again. You are liars, and your lies will be revealed. You touch My Nation, and any damage you try to cause will not succeed. I am their protector, and you will not get what you want. Hamas is another terrorist group that is funded not only by the deep state but the world elites. Yes, this, too, will be exposed. Hamas, you will not have Israel, and you will never get what you so desire from them saith the Lord.”

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

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The previous post is Veronika West’s reminder of what she’d heard from the Lord in 2016 on Benjamin Netanyahu, and in contacting me direct upon seeing my Fakebuk link – just before it got removed – to republishing David Reagan on his addressing the UN as fulfilling Zechariah 12, Veronika draws specific attention as follows (emphases mine):

“Particular ref; As I heard those Words, The Spirit of The LORD then showed me a Mantle that came to rest upon Benjamin Netanyahu — an Ezekiel Mantle — as one that is called and anointed to speak to The House of Israel, and even to the Global and Economic Organisations of the World, in the coming days. “I say, Watch! For My Hand will move suddenly and swiftly to bring out a Nation held in bondage,.. I say, Watch the United Nations — for there shall be a sifting, and a separation in the coming days that will cause great upheaval among The Nations!”  Then I saw that The Hand of God has made his face (Benjamin Netanyahu) hard against their faces, and his forehead hard against their foreheads — like the hardest stone — harder than flint, he has made his forehead.”

Last night William Koenig’s World Watch Daily linked this from the journo-editor whom he styles as ‘ne plus ultra’ – Caroline Glick (read her extensive biography > About):

 

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Read in full at https://www.jns.org/the-secret-of-netanyahus-unacknowledged-and-historic-popularity/

Now place your bets on this being retained on my Fakebuk timeline….(completed 17:00)

After 40 years Iran’s rehearsals are now reality – but double failure comes before defeat!

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Israel, Egypt and Saudi Arabia’s grievance of Obama courting Iran and terrorists!

Further to my earliest email 15 years and 222 posts ago, as above, and this years’ End-times Briefing 21 documenting Iran’s rehearsing the ‘liberation’ of holy Jerusalem, as well as recent posts on its failed direct attack upon Israel followed by God’s holy word on Jerusalem and His protection, you’ll be aware of their second attempt overnight 1st-2nd October.

It was a great blessing that almost 200 missiles failed to kill any Israelis but the only tragic fatality was a Palestinian in Jericho.

Here’s Amir’s report on Telegram from a fellow Israeli

“I really don’t think you understand the absolute miracles that we witnessed last night here in Israel. In fact, I am sure you don’t. Let’s break this down.

Israel has three air defense systems, each one of them a technological wonder and that’s not me saying it. That’s Dr. Gold who basically invented the Iron Dome who told me that. The level and sophistication of the Iron Dome is simply unparalleled.

But the Iron Dome only knows how to detonate short range rockets or missiles within a 70 km range, give or take.

Then Israel has the David’s Sling system. That knows how to deal with mid range missiles up to approximately 300 km.

Then we have the Arrow system that literally detonates missiles that can fly outside of the earth’s atmosphere. That has a range of about 2,400 km!! 🤯

Last night, as Iran rained down ballistic missiles on Israel, all three defense systems were activated and implemented to perfection.

The chances of all of these incredibly complex systems working in unison as flawlessly as they did last night, are basically non existent.

If one thing went wrong, if one of those ballistic missiles hit an apartment building, a shopping center, or an army base, we would now be burying hundreds of Israelis.

And all of that is not even the biggest miracle.

A few hours ago, I got a WhatsApp message from a good friend who is a senior executive at Microsoft and who wasn’t exactly a God fearing Jew. Until yesterday.

Here is what he wrote me.

“If you’re looking for miracles man – last night I started believing. Missiles hit all around me but none of them hit my house or any house, for that matter.”

He elaborated some more and shared info about the missiles that he watched land just meters away from very strategic places in Israel, to say the least.

Each one of those defense systems is, in and of itself, pretty miraculous, but what is even more insane is the low casualty numbers from the rockets and missiles that we’re NOT intercepted.

Where did those missiles go? I’ll tell you where. They landed in sand, in water, and in “Empty spaces”.

Have you been to Israel? It’s a microscopic country. What empty spaces? Where are these empty spaces? 🤷‍♂️

How have hundreds of Iranian ballistic missiles all either get detonated by miraculous systems or totally miss their mark and land in empty spaces causing zero casualties and minimal damage?!

How??

Listen, I get it. This thought process begs the question, where was God during the horrible terrorist attack yesterday? Where was He on October 7th? Where was He during the holocaust?

All valid questions that require a very serious nuanced conversation.

But if you know anything about what had to happen last night and throughout this war in general, for such a low number of casualties, you’ll know that what we witnessed last night was the equivalent of God splitting the sea right before our eyes.

Guess what. When God split the sea, there were those who didn’t believe it was a miracle and didn’t jump in. And there are also those who feel the need to explain it naturally. Ok, that’s fine.

You don’t want to call yesterday an act of God? That’s your choice, but like my Microsoft friend, if you look at these events objectively, you’d have a really hard time seeing those hundreds of deadly missiles land in empty spaces and not see the hand of God.

Last night was an incredible display of the collaboration between two of the powers that protect the Jewish people: The IDF and Hashem.

Last night will go down in history right alongside many of Israel’s accomplishments in this war including the beepers and the unprecedented low ratio between combatant and civilian, as a military operation the likes of which the world has never seen. Ever!

Last night will be analyzed by military strategists and experts for generations.

Last night, we witnessed history.

Last night we witnessed open miracles.

Last night, we witnessed God in all His glory watching over His children.”

(Hillel Fuld on X)

Let us keep praying for the Lord’s protection upon His ancient Covenant people.

PS (22:10)

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/10/02/brink-world-war-3-only-israel-can-stop-it/

BBC’s pro-terrorist propaganda proven

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Half-way through this blog’s first year, 12 years ago, I wrote The BBC doesn’t know about Jerusalem, and a week later Is the BBC becoming a ‘Badly Biased Corporation’? 

In later coverage I often cited BBC Watch, which has since merged with Committee for Accuracy in Media Reporting and Analysis as CAMERA UK  and then during Brexit Referendum, BBC became ‘Brussels Broadcasting Club’ and is now the ‘Brainwashing Britain Cult’.

Therefore, it’s not unexpected that upon Humanity’s Second Pivotal Point it sided with the massacre, molestation, butchery and kidnapping of innocent civilians in Israel and is now proven beyond any shadow of a doubt:

Sunday Telegraph View, BBC cannot Ignore this shocking evidence of bias (emphases RB):

‘In the 11 months since the October 7 terrorist atrocities, the BBC’s coverage of the war in Gaza has shamed the Corporation. It pointedly refused to call Hamas terrorists. On several occasions, it has had to correct serious inaccuracies in its reporting, although often belatedly and without much obvious contrition. But the sheer scale of its apparent bias – as revealed by this newspaper today – is still breathtaking.

The Asserson Report, a detailed analysis of the BBC’s reporting over a period of several months, to which a team of lawyers and data scientists contributed, exposes what appears to be a systematic failure by the BBC to report on the conflict with due impartiality and accuracy. It highlights a catalogue of errors, with the behaviour of BBC Arabic singled out as particularly reprehensible.

Will this be enough for the Corporation to finally admit that it has a serious problem with its editorial standards, one that is damaging trust in the broadcaster to report on the news impartially and accurately? Surely, the accusations of bias levelled against the BBC can no longer be deflected, given the wide-ranging nature of the Asserson Report. Such is the loss of faith, many are not optimistic. Danny Cohen, a former BBC executive, is arguing for an independent inquiry into the coverage of the Israel-Hamas war “to address what is now an institutional crisis at our national broadcaster”.

Either way, the current situation cannot be allowed to continue. Israel has been successful in dismantling a sizeable part of Hamas’s terror network and infrastructure within Gaza, but it has been the victim of a vicious campaign of disinformation and lies in the West that it has struggled to counteract. Nobody expects the BBC to take sides. But the Corporation has a duty to report the news accurately and impartially. It should not be allowing the perception to take hold that it is acting as a useful idiot of the enemies of the West.’ 

https://nationalpost.com/news/urban-warfare-expert-explains-israels-restraint-gaza

End-times Briefing 21: Israel and Iran – scripture and signs of The Day of the Lord?

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“For the day of the Lord upon all the nations is near; As you have done (ie. to Israel), it shall be done to you;
Your ‘reward’ shall return upon your own head.
For as you drank on My holy mountain,
So shall all the nations drink continually;
Yes, they shall drink, and swallow,
And they shall be as though they had never been.”  Obadiah 15 -16  (NKJV – courtesy BibleGateway.com)

Most will be aware of news of Iran’s threat to attack Israel on a multi-front as a result of its eliminating two top-level genocidal terrorists, and I ask you to kindly bear with this Briefing’s brevity in recommending links for further reading, especially John McTernan’s INSIGHTS: Israel at War.

In welcoming readers, my Bio Information relates how the Lord introduced me as a New Ager in the mid-1980s to a seminal book on geopolitics and ancient texts in the Bible. Whilst skimming through the book and glancing at its photos of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount I was watching a BBC report on the Iran-Iraq war. I was astonished at it showing elite units of Iran and Iraq rehearsing the liberation of that city!  BUT the Lord had told prophet Zechariah; as I was to learn much later (emphases mine):

Chapter 12 – A Prophecy: the Word of the Lord concerning Israel.

‘The Lord, who stretches out the heavens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and who forms the human spirit within a person, declares: 2 “I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling. Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. 3 On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves. 4 On that day I will strike every horse with panic and its rider with madness,’ declares the Lord. ‘I will keep a watchful eye over Judah, but I will blind all the horses of the nations. 5 Then the clans of Judah will say in their hearts, “The people of Jerusalem are strong, because the Lord Almighty is their God.”

6 ‘On that day I will  make the clans of Judah like a brazier in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among sheaves. They will consume all the surrounding peoples right and left, but Jerusalem will remain intact in her place.

7 ‘The Lord will save the dwellings of Judah first, so that the honour of the house of David and of Jerusalem’s inhabitants may not be greater than that of Judah. 8 On that day the Lord will shield those who live in Jerusalem, so that the feeblest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord going before them. 9 On that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that attack Jerusalem.”

Long-time subscribers may recall the almost one hundred postings on the Gog-Maggog alliance, of which Persia/Iran and Russia are principal participants (per Ezekiel 38-39).
Also, the Book of Daniel provides ‘Four Signposts’ as covered by Mark Davidson.

[PS. Not forgetting Psalm 83: A prayer to frustrate conspiracy against Israel.]

LATEST NEWS:

3rd August : BREAKING: Iran has reportedly deployed Russia’s most powerful jamming communication system, Murmansk-BN, at strategic locations. https://t.me/GeneralMCNews

4th August : JUST IN: 🇮🇷 🇮🇱 Iran says it will attack any Arab country that attempts to intervene in its response against Israel.  [BRICSNews]

BREAKING – Iran tells Arab diplomats it doesn’t care if attack on Israel will spark war  [WSJ],

🇮🇷 🇷🇺 Continuous stream of IL-96 cargo planes detected flying from Russia to Iran, raising suspicions of a massive transfer of heavy military equipment between the two nations. Is Russia arming Iran for a potential war with Israel?  [BRICSNews]

https://t.me/TheOfficialSantino

5th August : Iran informed foreign ambassadors that it intended to attack Israel

https://t.me/beholdisraelchannel

Read 3-page 2017 article at Koenig World Watch Daily

We pray the ‘Black Swan Event’ of this situation ‘coinciding’ with massive global stock market crash does not degenerate further into WWIII. Come and have YOUR WAY LORD!

Continue End-Times Briefings.

Is it possible a Soros may be behind the assassination attempt? – Jack Dennis

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https://cleverjourneys.com/2024/07/16/alex-soros-cryptic-bounty-for-trumps-assassination-exposed-in-january-2024/?page_id=59654

George Soros, the anti-American billionaire and Sugar Daddy of the Democrat Party, prohibited from residency in numerous countries, is somehow permitted to live in the United States, a country he vows to destroy.
A Wikileaks release revealed that Soros’ far-left group, “Demos,” main goal is to ensure “the complete globalization of America’s culture in order to balkanize and effectively destroy the very nature of what it means to be an American. 

Humanity’s 2nd Pivotal Point: Update #9 – National leaders reward terrorism over God’s covenantal people

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Is this 2nd pivotal point for humanity vs. satan?

The First Pivotal Point is Jesus’ death and Resurrection and in the first of this series of postings I explain,

“The Second Pivotal Point is about each individual’s reaction to sub-human barbarism that’s obviously empowered and enacted by demonic powers to further satanic strategy. Consequently, unless those who express ‘hate speech’ and enact hatred and harm any fellow human being sincerely repent and turn away from such behaviour, they’ve chosen their very own post-mortem, eternal abode – the fiery pit of Hell.”

Announcements this week show that the leaders of previously Christian nations have made an exceptionally grievous spiritual curse on behalf of their citizens, regrettably by declaring an implicit curse over them.

Read prime Minister Netanyahu’s statement here.

As for the intentions of the Hague’s ICC, or International Clueless Clowns’ spiritual and  intellectual arrogance which, as Neil Mackereth writes, is very dangerous – enough said!

And an abhorrent disgusting action by our ambassador to the Unclean Nations:

A Bible teacher based in Israel, Amir Tsarfati, makes most pertinent remarks on his Behold Israel channel – for example and emphases added, yesterday:

“Asharq Al-Awsat” Arabic international newspaper reports that in last week’s direct talks between Brett MCGurk and Iran’s then deputy foreign minister, they agreed that the ICC prosecutor should issue an arrest warrant against Netanyahu to oust him from power because Netanyahu refuses to capitulate.:

And this morning:

“Some nights I get to sleep 3-4 hours. Other nights like tonight – only 2.

I’m thinking about the unbelievable satanic attack my country is experiencing. I’m thinking about how our best ally is betraying us and how international courts are being weaponized against us. I’m thinking about how progressive leaders are putting to shame their good citizens who still have common sense and a love for the truth and how agents of chaos are everywhere, including in my own country and parliament.

I’m thinking about how professing Christians fall into deception and spew hatred and antisemitism when the Jews need their support the most.

Suddenly, the Gog and Magog War of Ezekiel seems so near. Suddenly, the strong delusion of the coming antichrist is already felt all around. Even the separation of the sheep from the goats is getting very real and we’re living a preview thereof.

However, the truth remains: Without staying close to the Word of God and obeying His commands, we are prone to be deceived and then judged.

NO JEW HATER CAN EVER ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM!

NO-ONE WHO SEEKS ISRAEL’S DESTRUCTION CAN EVER CALL HIMSELF A CHILD OF GOD.

ISRAEL WAS, IS, AND WILL ALWAYS REMAIN THE LITMUS PAPER BY WHICH GOD AND HIS PEOPLE CAN TEST THE SPIRITUAL STATE OF INDIVIDUALS, CHURCHES  AND COUNTRIES!”

Also, Marina Medvin on ‘X’ who closes by pointing to the heart of the matter :

“80% of Palestinian civilians support Hamas and the October 7 massacre.

For comparison, only 33% of Germans supported Hitler.

How does Israel make lasting peace with a bloodthirsty population that was groomed from infancy to believe in terrorism as a way of life? I think the civilian population of Gaza needs to be de-radicalized before peace can be had. But I don’t know how this can be accomplished.”

PS (16:00) 

Prophetic pointers and words on Iranian president’s death – Amanda Grace

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Amanda Grace streamed live on Monday 20th May:

Transcript at 13:34 time-point:

“Now for the main event of the evening guys. My phone was blowing up yesterday as this was unfolding, and so when I went back and looked at what was prophesied. Well my jaw kind of dropped –  and you have that ‘oh dear God’ moment in your flesh for a moment when you see it – but there is some very serious prophecy fulfilling right now in the earth and in Iran. But I believe this prophecy fulfilling is going to begin to change the landscape of Iran which is going to affect the entire Middle East!”

Prophecy script as published in Amanda’s Ark of Grace website (click title)

URGENT PROPHECY FULFILLING : THE PRESIDENT OF IRAN IS DEAD

“Before we get into prophecy–I am going to point out 3 events leading up to this.

Keep in mind this is happening within this 50-day window that starts at Passover and goes to Shavuot on June 11, 2024, where the Jews received the law.

50 is the jubilee, and it was the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War in October 2023 when Iran’s proxy Hamas brutally attacked Israel.

It was October 7, 2023, when the attack happened, May 2024 is the 7th month since the attack and the start of the war.

The foreign minister and 7 others are dead, there is that number 7 AGAIN.
50 is the jubilee, where captives are set free, what was stolen must be returned, and land must be given back to the people.

BIG BEN FREEZING THE 1ST FULL DAY OF PASSOVER APRIL 24 2024
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13344577/Big-Ben-Westminster-clock-stops-working.html

Big Ben’s hands freeze at 9 am for more than an hour before the famous clock sounds the wrong number of bongs in a major malfunction two years after it was refurbished.

I not only did a Live broadcast after this happened, but I did a short that is up on all our platforms.

And, I said when Ben stops (Saul was from the tribe of Benjamin)–Judah begins (David was from the line of Judah). I also shared that this was a sign warning of a major changing of the guard that was about to happen throughout the earth.

Also, because you cannot make this stuff up, right before the Kentucky Derby, on May 4, 2024, a horse is injured and taken out of the race. This horse’s name was No More Time!

Ben stops, and then NO MORE TIME is taken OUT OF THE RACE!!

5.17.21 [US date-style; May 17th]
“The funneling of funds the channels that make a tunnel from Iran to Hamas shall be disrupted says the Lord of Hosts, and the advisors to the Ayatollah shall be struck. There shall be leadership in the hour, for this is a tipping point says the Lord, shall be weighed and unexpected strikes to leadership of those who threaten Israel, of Canada, and of the US, watch Germany as well says the Lord in this hour.”

6.9.22
“And says the Lord of Hosts, Israel is about to make a very BOLD MOVE AN URGENT MOVE AND IRAN SHALL HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST HITS AND LOSSES IT HAS EVER HAD AS THEIR WEB SHALL BE HIT IN ITS CORNERS AND TORN DOWN, SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS. WATCH AND SEE AS IT ERUPTS ON THE NEWS AND LEAVES IRAN IN A VERY VULNERABLE POSITION. JUDGMENT HAS COME TO THE HOUSE OF THE AYATOLLAH AND ENTERED ITS HALLS, SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS.”

2.10.23
“And says the Spirit of the Lord this day, the leadership of Iran is on a crumbling pedestal and the innocent blood they shed is being accounted to them for their wage for their bridge is about to fall down for the people are desperate and crying out, I the Lord hear their cries and I the Lord am moving upon my firstborn to covertly assist the people of Iran as leadership shall be removed under mysterious circumstances as some deep within in the government of Iran are assisting Israel, the Bonhoeffer’s, who see the sheer evil of such leadership. I the Lord am protecting them and they are assisting Israel for a BIG STRIKE AND BLOW IS COMING AND IT SHALL RATTLE THE UN HOW SUCH WAS DONE AND CHINA SHALL PUFF UP ONCE AGAIN AND BE HIT IN THE CORE THAT DEFLATES AND DECOMPRESSES THEM YET AGAIN.”

2.26.23
“I, the Lord thy God, made the Philistines bow, I, the Lord thy God, made Israel bow.  I, the Lord thy God, am beginning to break the back of Ayatollah, because Iran will bow.  And I, the Lord thy God, am raising up a plan and a strategy in Israel that is going to surround Iran on all sides.  And it is going to encapsulate them, says the Lord.  It is going to encapsulate them and it is going to cause the handshake that was seen with a red nation to be severed and broken, says the Lord.  Because demons squabble, says the Lord, demons squabble and you shall publicly, says the Lord, see that squabbling begin.

For I am calling through the darkness and the noise, Benjamin, son of my right hand.  I am calling through the darkness and I am going to cause you to turn to my Word and to know in whom your salvation is.  And he shall know it and at some point in his life he shall declare it, says the Lord.  For he is coming under that yoke and he will be the ox for me, says the Lord, that topples the regime of Iran.  He shall be the ox for Me that helps plow (sic) the fields in America.  For your nation is meant to be a friend and a brother to Israel.  And that needs to be reconciled in this season, says the Lord.  For they have attempted to separate it, they have attempted to sever the relationship and destroy it.  And in this season, by My balm, I, the Lord, shall begin to soothe the wounds and the boils that are broken out and heal that relationship.  And those that want to be Sauls and go after their own people, you shall fall by your own sword in this season.  You shall, You shall.  For you have turned to the way of Cain.”

4.19.24
It was the 6th hour that darkness came over the whole land.

It is the 6th month since the war started in October 2023, in the 6th month darkness comes over the land of Israel, and Iran fires over 300 drones, rockets, and missiles at Israel. 331, 331 in Hebrew represents Emmanuel which means God with Us!!

Now, in the 6th month darkness has come over the land, when Jesus Yeshua was on the cross it was in the 6th hour that darkness came over the whole land.

Darkness came over the land until the 9th hour (3:00pm)  the 9th plague over Egypt was DARKNESS.

The 6th plague over Egypt in Exodus 9:8-9.
Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from a furnace and have Moses toss it into the air in the presence of Pharaoh. It will become fine dust over the whole land of Egypt, and festering boils will break out on men and animals throughout the land.”

DARKNESS coming over Iran in the 6th month since the war, the 6th hour.

The 6th plague was boils breaking out in the land, watch for this as well.

If we are in the 6th month of this war in Israel and it’s April, then July would be the 9th month (the 9th hour). July 4th in America is when we gained our Independence from tyranny.

May is the 7 month–7th hour that darkness is over the land.

4.22.24
“And the Spirit of the Lord says this day! Fear not for I am with you, be not dismayed for I AM your God, behold I will strengthen you, I will uphold you with MY righteous right hand says the Lord of Hosts. Be ready MY children, gird up your loins in an hour of tumult, and shaking, and prideful rebellions rising in the earth, leaders saying in their hearts I will ascend as high as the heavens, I will destroy the nations who call on the name of the Lord, in their hearts, they have entertained such a pious position says the Lord. Thus says the Lord pride cometh before destruction and a Haughty Spirit before a big fall says the Lord, for serpents, have risen up for a strike, the prince of Persia, that spirit has risen up in a rebellion to stir the people of that land says the Lord.

Thus says the Lord, the rise shall bring a hard fall for the Ayatollah’s court says the Lord for the courts of nations that have welcomed the persecuting spirit in and have entertained its offers says the Lord, those nations in this time are set to be threshed says the Lord.

Thus says the Lord, the underground church in Iran, your shackles are about to come off says the Lord, your redemption draweth nigh says the Lord, call unto ME people of Iran for your leaders are bringing your nation under a curse, WOE unto them says the Lord WOE unto them, WOE unto their meeting with Russia, Woe unto Russia says the Lord, you trifle too close to MY LAND AND MY BUSINESS SAYS THE LORD, YOU SHALL BE ROPED AND TIED AS CATTLE FOR HOW YOU THINK YOU WILL INTERFERE YOU SHALL BE BOUND FROM GOING AS FAR AS YOU SO DESIRE, SAYS THE LORD.”

8.31.21   ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
“There shall be a very threatening and destructive statement made by the leadership of Iran during this time as that principality is stirring them up to indeed make a power grab at such a time. However, says the Lord of Hosts, the net they are planning to lay for Israel they and Hezbollah and their funders from other countries who desire for Iran to do their dirty work who desire to make Iran an extension of themselves for such destruction against other countries and peoples, so I the Lord thy God shall gut open their plan and reveal the inward most parts as 2 terrorist groups have met in secret and are looking to make a super-force of terror of power.”

https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/495444.aspx

Hezbollah and Hamas chiefs meet to review Israel-Palestine violence

This occurs April 9, 2023, 6 months almost to the day of the Hamas attack on Israel.”

Reprise: My ‘take’ on Iran vs. Israel (posted 2015)

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Rarely do I bother with statistics but I got nudged to see how many items I’ve posted about Iran and checked the category list, only to be amused at the ‘God-incidental’ number 212, as shown > 

WHY?  It’s the number of my home address when a boy and to which I returned in a dream a week before my 42nd birthday, as told in Triple Validation of the Reality of Life-Changing Visitation.

NOW, lets dig into this summary of the rationale to my monitoring events in the Middle-East, as posted on 27th August 2015:

In case you may be unaware of updates to my covering remarks on Joel Rosenberg’s Iran performing its own nuclear inspections, I will briefly relate what happened. Then we’ll get to the real heart of this issue, which I’ve kept an eye on since mid-1980s.

So kindly bear with me… Continue reading →

Back to this blog’s beginning, thanks to Tucker Carlson on Israel

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Not many months after hearing the Lord say “This is ALL about to be fulfilled” upon my opening a Bible to check the wheat and tares parable, I emailed friends about it. Thus, began my emailing on current events in the Middle-East. As matters escalated the Lord strongly poked me to go public, which I did on 21.11.11 with this blog.

Scrolling through that month’s 11 postings you’ll note it covers the possibility of Israel making a pre-emptive strike against Iran and then TV debates on the Palestine issue.

NOW, courtesy of a friend and fellow writer gently taking me to task over including on-the-ground reports on Richard’s Watch Telegram from Behold Israel’s Amir Tsarfati in Eilat, Israel, we go ‘retro’ with a recent controversial interview by independent journalist Tucker Carlson.

In Episode 91, Revd Dr Munther Isaac leader of a Palestinian church in Bethlehem conveys his perspective of the dreadful situation in that region. He makes interesting and valid points about the need for churches to know what’s happening in the land and which may be valid; BUT then exposes his extremely one-sided stance at 14.40 mins

“..Christians should be for peace. I wish you were investing all your energy and money to bring peace, NOT continuing to support Israel unconditionally without holding them to account – which, in my opinion, is what drove us to this mess right now with the catastrophe of thousands of Palestinians killed on October 7th and all that…”

I stopped listening to any more because he failed to mention and show any compassion for the innocent victims of the utterly demonic barbarity of terrorists and many so-called citizens massacring and taking hostages of well over a thousand non-combatant Israelis – including babies and little children – and other nationalities.

It’s appalling that any Christian would fail to condemn that truly horrendous massacre – hence my blogging on it as humanity’s second tipping point.

It supports my contention that all the videos of the dead, mutilated, chopped and burned corpses should be mandatory viewing across all tv networks in an attempt to educate the deliberately brainwashed folk.

PS (15.00)

For more information and reactions visit Richard’s Watch Telegram [preview available].

PS (17:30)  Amir writes (emphases RB):

These are FACTS:

Tucker Carlson’s Misleading Narrative: Unraveling Bethlehem’s Christian Demographic Shift

The recent interview on Tucker Carlson’s show has sparked controversy, particularly in its portrayal of Israel and the population dynamics of Bethlehem. The narrative presented in the interview, suggesting that Israel is driving out Christians from Bethlehem, is not only irresponsible but also misrepresents historical facts.

It’s crucial to understand the historical context of Bethlehem’s demographics to grasp the reality accurately. Before Jordan took control of Bethlehem, the population was overwhelmingly Christian, with estimates indicating around 85% being Christian. However, during Jordanian rule, this percentage significantly declined to around 40%. This decline occurred due to various factors, including economic challenges, persecution and restrictions on religious freedom.

Contrary to the narrative presented, the years under Israeli control before the Oslo Accords saw a growth in Bethlehem’s Christian population. Estimates show that during this period, the Christian population increased to around 65%. This growth can be attributed to the freedom of religion and improved economic opportunities provided during Israeli administration.

However, in recent years, Bethlehem’s Christian population has faced challenges, and the percentage has decreased to a mere 12%. This decline is not due to Israeli actions but is a result of discrimination and persecution from the Palestinian Authority and the Muslim population in the region.

It’s essential to separate fact from fiction and not vilify Israel based on misleading narratives. The reality is that the Christian population in Israel has grown over the years, and Bethlehem saw growth during the time it was under Israeli control due to the freedom of religion and opportunities provided to all communities.

Tucker interview was not just irresponsible, fueling more hate during this times of heightened antisemitism but also manipulative towards the Christian communities to give them a false narrative against the Jewish State.

Israel is one of the safest places in the Middle East for Christians.
While Palestinian Christians left Gaza and the West Bank due to horrific persecution, and Christian communities in many places around us completely vanish, the Christian community in Israel prospers. Yes, there are here and there Jewish ultra-orthodox acts of hatred towards them but it’s unlike anything close to the atrocities Muslims do to them around us. Jews don’t kill Christians in Israel. Period.

Tucker Carlson, in his new path to completely remove American support in Israel, carefully chose to interview a traditional priest teaching replacement theology so only complaints would be heard.

No doubt – the American conservative narrative is being changed and Israel is now their new villain. The most antisemitic people on X these days are people who claim to be right-wing conservatives and even proud Christ followers.

THESE ARE THE LAST DAYS. BE CAREFUL OF THESE DECEIVERS.

State of the UK post-October ’23 Outrage: part 2 – Neil Mackereth

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SEEING THINGS AS THEY REALLY ARE

Introduction

As main-stream media sticks to the pro-Palestinian narrative, and ignores any evidence to the contrary, it is deeply depressing to see that America and Great(?) Britain have totally failed to understand the true intent of Iran and its proxies (see recent article on the significance of Gaza, and why Israel has no alternative but to ensure the destruction of Hamas). Betraying our allies was once considered indefensible; now it is seen as a political expedient. I examine our moral decline and how our once reliable and authoritative main-stream media bears considerable blame for misleading the Nation. I also look at whether these things have End-Times significance. Continue reading →

State of the UK post-October ’23 Outrage: part 1 – Neil Mackereth

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Events arising out of Humanity’s 2nd Tipping Point in the battle against satan have come to the ‘boil’ as far as my blogging’s concerned, beginning with two in-depth articles from Neil Mackereth, the first of which he submitted in Leap Year Day, 29th February, but for which I awaited a follow-on for Part 2.  

Part 1 is VITAL NEED-TO-KNOW INFO:

I AM A STRANGER IN MY OWN LAND

Introduction

I watch the news and have come to the conclusion that democracy fails when the majority believe a lie. It is even more worrying when incontrovertible evidence will not change their minds. 

I see crowds, who do not understand what Hamas represents, being whipped up into a frenzy by agitators, whose aim is the destruction of Israel. By association, the rabble rousers actions are leading to the demonisation of all Jews. Continue reading →

Re. Two Presidents prophecy, allies can no longer rely on America (PPU 128)

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‘Two President’ prophecy coming to pass. Can dis-United States of America be trustworthy ally and keep its place as global leader?

Regrettably, further to the above post-‘inauguration’ post, Biden continues to display weakness and unreliability in failing to support Israel…(along with Britain’s Cameron!)

For more prophecy-related news visit Richard’s Watch Telegram

For frequent daily updates visit Amir’s Behold Israel Telegram

PS. Yesterday Melanie Philips writes in Israel Alone – Weep America,

‘In my article (The American Betrayal of Israel) last week I wrote that America was abandoning Israel. Today, the Biden administration wrote its name in the annals of infamy by openly joining the axis of evil against those defending civilisation.

The UN Security Council has passed a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza for the remainder of Ramadan, and the immediate and unconditional release of Israeli hostages.

Breaking with its historic policy of vetoing hostile resolutions at the UNSC  to protect Israel against those working for its destruction and the defeat of the west, the US abstained today and so the resolution was passed. 

Even more appallingly (if that’s possible) the UK, the Biden administration’s poodle and whose Foreign Secretary, Lord Cameron, has been threatening Israel with an end to arms sales unless it does what he and the US State Department are demanding, actually voted for the resolution….’ 

ICEJ President’s recap and report on Israel vs terrorism

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MUST WATCH, click to play > https://youtu.be/tb7-7HQrPXo?si=1l6HgZq1WBv6_i-j

International Christian Embassy In Jerusalem’s President Dr. Jürgen Bühler delivered the keynote address at the annual Israel Breakfast during the National Religious Broadcasters convention held in February in Nashville, Tennessee.

The ICEJ-USA branch co-sponsored the traditional breakfast, which is the foremost pro-Israel event at the yearly gathering of Christian media and publishers from around the globe.

Dr. Bühler described how much Israel has changed since the shocking Hamas invasion of October 7, adding it also needs to be a “game changer” for Christians to stand with Israel as never before. Many Israelis have lost trust in the government and IDF, he explained, and instead are turning towards God in prayer.

He added the nation also is more united to confront Palestinian terrorism, including those who once hoped in and ardently promoted the peace process. Realising they’ve been duped and betrayed, no longer can any Palestinians be trusted!

Dr. Bühler also expressed hope that Gaza could be transformed and steered away from hating Jews by allowing Evangelical Christians to be more involved in its rebuilding, and thus realising there’s a far better way of reconciliation and living through Jesus Christ.

Psalms 83 and 2 apply TODAY – Iran admits culpability for atrocities of 6th October

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Prayer to Frustrate Conspiracy Against Israel

83 Do not keep silent, O God!
Do not hold Your peace,
And do not be still, O God!
2 For behold, Your enemies make a [a]tumult;
And those who hate You have [b]lifted up their head.
3 They have taken crafty counsel against Your people,
And consulted together against Your sheltered ones.
4 They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation,
That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”

5 For they have consulted together with one [c]consent;
They [d]form a confederacy against You:  (..cont’d at BibleGateway)

The Messiah’s Triumph and Kingdom

2 Why do the [a]nations [b]rage,
And the people plot a [c]vain thing?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves,
And the rulers take counsel together,
Against the Lord and against His Anointed,[d] saying,
3 “Let us break Their bonds in pieces
And cast away Their cords from us.”

4 He who sits in the heavens shall laugh;
The Lord shall hold them in derision.
5 Then He shall speak to them in His wrath,
And distress them in His deep displeasure: (..cont’d at BibleGateway)

Here’s an apposite play on ‘gaslighting’ – psychological manipulation and control of other people’s thoughts and behaviour through deceit and blame-shifting:

Selection of December’s reports:

Iran Claims Credit for Oct. 7. Hamassacre, Saying it was Revenge for President Trump’s Killing Suleimani

Terrorist official alludes to coming Psalm 83 war – Mark Davidson

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Mark Davidson posted this news on 3rd December:

Mark writes:

‘The interviewer asked, “So can you promise another October 7?” The interviewer was referring to the Hamas attack on Israeli villages on that date in which 1,200 Israeli civilians were slaughtered.

Osama Hamdan, the Hamas official, responded, “I can promise that a war of liberation is coming, not just another October 7.” The interviewer then asked when this war might occur. Hamdan then said, “I do not think it is far off.”

Later, he opines:

‘Now, in light of the coming Second Signpost, and the possible Psalm 83 war to occur in parallel, we must consider that this “war of liberation” IS the Psalm 83 war.’

Read in full at https://foursignposts.com/2023/12/03/hamas-official-tells-of-coming-psalm-83-war/

On our spiritually limited adversary – Neil Mackereth

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ON TARGET: this latest of my friend Neil Mackereth drew enemy flak whilst he was writing. In its Introduction he refers to his paper of 2021 published God-incidentally as Wow-Wotta-Wednesday: Know Our Enemy’s Strategy along with my 3,000th post –  Satan Has Limited Power, by Veronika West together with a related vision.

THEREFORE, I urge my readers to weigh and pray carefully:

THE  ADVERSARY

Introduction

A couple of years ago I wrote an article entitled “Know Your Enemy” in which I considered some of Satan’s tactics in striving to fulfil his grand strategy of thwarting God’s plan for the redemption of mankind. At that time my focus was on Satan’s endeavours to destroy Israel and to introduce a new world order.

Since then, things have taken a turn for the worse. A great darkness has come upon the Earth and Satan is intensifying his efforts to destroy Israel and the Jewish people.

In this article I ask: Who is Satan and why is he opposed to mankind in general, and Israel in particular?

Answering these questions requires some speculation. The comments that follow do not have full scriptural authority and should be treated with caution!

Satan

In Hebrew the word “satan” means adversary. Satan has come to be used as the name for a fallen angel who rebelled against God and sought to take God’s throne for himself. The Bible gives little information about Satan’s origins and downfall. In Isaiah and Ezekiel there are references to the fall of the “morning star”, translated as Lucifer, which some interpret as referring to Satan, while others suggest it relates to the King of Babylon.

There has been much conjecture and many hypotheses over the centuries: some suggest Satan was a very powerful (perhaps the most powerful) angel and his pride and jealousy led him to rebel against God’s decision to create man (I have not found a scriptural foundation for this theory).

Another suggestion for Satan’s existence is that God, in creating man, wanted us to have freedom of choice, i.e. not be automatons. In order to have freedom of choice (i.e. the option to choose to love, follow and obey God) an alternative has to exist! God gives us all the information we need in order to make an informed choice about the gospel of God and the reality of Jesus as our Messiah. The gospel of God will continue to be preached for as long as God ordains, and during that time, Satan is permitted to roam the Earth (has a legal right?). Again, though some aspects of this theory can be inferred (e.g., from Job), there is no clear scriptural confirmation.

Perhaps Satan’s most significant advantage is that many people do not believe he exists! His and his henchmen’s depiction, particularly at Halloween, as some sort of demonic cartoon characters, has encouraged the view that the devil and his demons are figures of fun; a mythical oddity of no significance to 21st Century man.

However, we can see from Scripture that Jesus took Satan very seriously and even though Satan’s destiny is clear, in the meantime he and his demons will make every effort to undermine God’s plan.

Satan’s Ploys

Satan knows what the Bible says and that the book of Revelation shows that Jesus will return to Jerusalem to take His rightful place on the throne of David, as King of the Jews. He will rule His people and the world from Jerusalem.

Throughout history, Satan has been attempting to prevent the fulfilment of God’s plans. Satan appears to believe that, if he is successful, his eventual banishment to “the lake of burning sulphur” (Revelation 20:10) will not happen. His ploys include:

1. Tempting Adam and Eve (and hence mankind) to sin and fall from God’s grace

2. Seeking to have the baby Jesus killed

3. Tempting Jesus to sin and so become unworthy as Saviour

4. Seeking to destroy Jesus

5. Dispersing the Jews to fragment and destabilise their national identity and/or;

6. Destroying all Jews so that Jesus has no Jewish Kingdom over which to rule and reign;

7. Preventing the re-establishment of a Jewish nation state (Israel) and/or

8. Destroying Israel or Jerusalem, or dividing Jerusalem to ensure areas, particularly the Temple Mount, remain under the control of Muslims

Satan tried the first and seemed to be successful; however, God instigated plan B (or was it always plan A – God is omniscient!). The second ploy was thwarted and the third robustly rebutted by Jesus. Satan appeared to have achieved his goal with the crucifixion, but apparent victory turned to spectacular defeat when Jesus rose from the dead. The fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth ploys have been ongoing throughout history, with varying degrees of success.

However, I want to emphasise the miracle of the preservation of Jewish identity and traditions, over thousands of years, and the huge significance of the re-establishment of Israel as a nation state in 1948; and the reunification of Jerusalem in 1967.

Nevertheless, the Temple Mount remains in the hands of gentiles. Zechariah 1:14-16 may be a “model” for the present situation on the Temple Mount: “Proclaim this word: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion, and I am very angry with the nations that feel secure. I was only a little angry, but they went too far with the punishment.’ “Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there my house will be rebuilt. And the measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem,’ declares the Lord Almighty.” (See Addenda below for detail)

What is the Point?

The point is that “the devil roams around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour”. Hamas is the embodiment of that image of Satan, roaming around to devour people. It is imperative that Christians follow events carefully, seek to understand what is happening from a spiritual perspective and encourage their governments to support Israel.

Addenda: Comments on The Temple Mount

The Temple Mount warrants closer examination. The Jews, or more accurately those practicing Judaism, consider the Temple Mount to be the place where God chose to manifest His divine presence (Isaiah 8:18, Psalm 9:11). There has been much confusion about whether the Temple Mount is on Mount Zion.

From 2 Samuel 5:6-9 it is clear that Mount Zion was a fortress that King David captured from the Jebusites. He renamed it City of David and developed and expanded the site. The scope of the City of David can be seen from modern day archaeological excavations. King David’s son and successor, King Solomon, built the first Temple on Mount Moriah (2 Chronicles 3:1-2) in 957 BC. Mount Moriah is probably synonymous with what we now call the Temple Mount, though its exact location has not been confirmed.

It seems that with the building of the Temple the term “Zion” was expanded to include the Mount and subsequently the whole of Jerusalem and the people of Israel (hence Zionism and Zionists). This collective term can be seen in Isaiah 40:9, Jeremiah 31:12 and Zechariah 9:13. The first Temple was destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BC.

Zion became a term used for the people of God (Isaiah 60:14) and this theme continues through the New Testament (Hebrews 12:22; Revelation 14:1). Peter refers to Jesus as the ‘Cornerstone of Zion’ (1 Peter 2:4-6).

The second Temple was built, under the direction of Zerubbabel, in 516 BC and destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD. Jewish tradition maintains that there will be a third Temple on the Temple Mount and that its design has been prophesied in Ezekiel 40 to 47.

Sunni Muslims consider the Mount to be the “Noble Sanctuary”, the third most holy site in Islam. It is revered as the location to which Mohammad was transported for his ascent to Heaven. The Dome of the Rock and the al-Aqsa Mosque were built on the Mount after the Muslim conquest of Jerusalem in 637 AD. The Dome of the Rock, completed in 692 AD, is in the middle of the Temple Mount, on the site where many (but not all!) Biblical scholars believe the Third Temple should be built.

The question remains, why is the Temple Mount still under Muslim control?

In 1967, the Jordanians, with the help of Syria and Egypt, attacked Israel. Prior to the 1967 “Six-Day War” Jordan controlled East Jerusalem, including the Temple Mount, and the West Bank. Israel’s armed forces defeated the attack and occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank.

In the aftermath of the war Israel agreed the return of the control of the Temple Mount to the Islamic Waqf (guardians of Muslim holy sites). This gesture has not led to peace and reconciliation! The Temple Mount is an enclave within Israeli controlled Jerusalem. The Muslims have been granted authority to manage the Temple Mount in accordance with their traditions, while Israel continues to have technical control of the site and monitor access. To add to the confusion, the Palestinian Authority claims sovereignty over the Temple Mount.

In Summary:

Zion was the fortress that King David captured from the Jebusites. He renamed it City of David. It is thought that the location of Zion expanded to include the Temple Mount, and subsequently Jerusalem and the people of Israel. Following the destruction of Jerusalem the name Mount Zion was transferred to its present location across the valley to the south of the walled city. While the physical location of Zion may have changed over the years, the spiritual relevance has remained constant.

The Temple Mount is almost certainly the most contested religious site in the world. There can be little doubt that Jerusalem is different and, considering its size and location, it is truly amazing how significant it is in world affairs! It is the focal point of End-times prophecy and, as mentioned above, it is imperative that we keep a close watch on all information relating to events in Israel and Jerusalem. Finally, the literalist view is that the building of the Third Temple is a major prerequisite for progress (the next step?) along the prophetic time-line of the Bible story.

Humanity’s 2nd Pivotal Point: Update #7 – most Palestinians support terrorism

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Policy and Survey Research Press Release: Public Opinion Poll (90) published yesterday states (emphasis mine):

‘Wide public support for Hamas’ offensive on October the 7th, but the vast majority denies that Hamas has committed atrocities against Israeli civilians. The war increases Hamas’ popularity and greatly weakens the standing of the PA and its leadership; nonetheless, the majority of the Palestinians remains unsupportive of Hamas. Support for armed struggle rises, particularly in the West Bank and in response to settlers’ violence, but support for the two-state solution rises somewhat. The overwhelming majority condemns the positions taken by the US and the main European powers during the war and express the belief that they have lost their moral compass.’

Here’s Amir Tsafati’s summary :

‘New polling of Palestinian public opinion showing massive support for Hamas and other Iran-backed terrorists.

– 72% of respondents support the October 7th massacre.

– In the West Bank, support for Hamas has seen a threefold increase, with 82% endorsing the October 7th massacre.

– The preference for “armed struggle” has escalated by ten points, now at over 60%.

– Only 10% believe Hamas committed war crimes, with 85% not having viewed any footage from October 7th.

– When considering governance in the Gaza Strip post-conflict, 60% favor Hamas, including 75% in the West Bank but only 38% in the Gaza Strip.

– Among Arab and regional actors, Yemen receives the highest satisfaction rating (80% overall, 89% in the West Bank, and 68% in the Gaza Strip). Qatar follows with 56%, then Hezbollah at 49%, Iran at 35%, Turkey at 34%, Jordan at 24%, Egypt at 23%, UAE at 8%, and Saudi Arabia at 5%.

– If a presidential election were held today with Mahmoud Abbas and Ismail Haniyeh as candidates, the turnout is projected at 53%. Of those participating, Haniyeh would likely receive 78% of the votes, a significant increase from 58% three months prior, while Abbas would get 16%, down from 37%.

Results and methodology can be found below (using an archive link as Twitter seems to be blocking the original link) archive.is/YoyKM

FOOTNOTE – A reminder:

Is this 2nd pivotal point for humanity vs. satan?