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Dangerously Close! - By Daymond Duck - https://www.raptureready.com/2024/09/07/dangerously-close-by-daymond-duck/
On Aug. 25, 2024, Michael Snyder (endoftheamericandream.com) posted the following: One day in the not-too-distant future, someone in the Middle East is going to push things too far, and it will set off a tsunami of destruction that will shock the entire planet. Israel is armed to the teeth, and Israel’s enemies are armed to the teeth. An all-out war in the Middle East should not be an option for anyone, but we are now dangerously close to such a conflict. I know that Snyder was writing about a war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, and I totally agree with him, but as I was thinking about it, I thought we are dangerously close to:
It gives me the impression that we are living in perilous times (II Tim. 3:1). Here are recent reports on why I believe the end of the age is close: One, concerning the ongoing threat of war between Iran’s proxy Hezbollah in Lebanon and Israel: on Aug. 28, 2024, the UN Security Council met to extend UNIFIL’s mandate in southern Lebanon for another year. At the meeting, Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, presented evidence that Hezbollah is launching rockets into Israel from locations next to UN bases in Lebanon. Danon had a message for the UN:
Danon had a message for Lebanon’s Ambassador:
Danon had a message for Hezbollah:
(More: The U.N. Security Council passed a resolution with a demand that Israel and Hezbollah halt all hostilities. They warned that further escalation “carries the high risk of leading to a widespread conflict.”) (More: On Aug. 30, 2024, Hezbollah said it will freeze its plans to attack Israel until further notice.) Two, concerning a normalization agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia (which some think will lead to a covenant of peace in the Middle East): on Aug. 28, 2024, Worthy News reported that “The administration of outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden still believes it can broker a normalization agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia before the November U.S. presidential election.” Three, concerning the destruction of Damascus, Syria, in one night: on Aug. 31, 2024, it was reported that several Israeli security experts said Israel has not been able to decrease the flow of Iranian weapons to Hezbollah through Syria, so Israel may have to expand its attacks on Syria. Four, concerning tours on the Temple Mount and Jews worshiping there: on Aug. 26, 2024, Israel’s Heritage Ministry announced plans to launch guided tours of the Temple Mount. On Aug. 28, 2024, Jordan asked the UN Security Council and global community to immediately halt Israel’s actions that it says are illegal and disruptive to the historical and legal status quo at Jerusalem’s sacred sites. Five, concerning the effort to destroy Israel due to increased terrorist attacks in Judea and Samaria (Israel): on Sept. 3, 2024, Israel’s security forces announced that they will begin treating Judea and Samaria as a combat zone. Six, concerning wars and rumors of wars and Russia’s threat to use nuclear weapons: on Aug. 28, 2024, it was reported that:
(More: On Sept. 1, 2024, Russia’s foreign minister said Russia will amend its doctrine on the use of nuclear weapons in response to what it regards as Western escalation in the war in Ukraine.) Seven, concerning the decline of America: on Aug. 23, 2024, it was reported that:
According to the article, former Pres. Trump is claiming that the U.S. is running out of weapons and ammunition because our government is sending our stockpiles to Ukraine and not replacing them (and it is based on a congressional report). Eight, concerning the decline of America: on Aug. 30, 2024, more than 30,000 Shiite Muslims (Muslims that believe what the terrorists Mullahs in Iran believe) marched through the streets of Dearborn, Michigan, waving Muslim flags (on U.S. soil), shaking their fists and protesting the death of Iranian Pres. Raisi (the butcher of Tehran). Shiite Muslims call Israel the Little Satan, and they call America the Great Satan. They force people to convert to their brand of Islam, and the report said Michigan officials were seemingly complicit with what these demonstrators were doing. (More: On Aug. 29, 2024, it was reported that the Deputy Federal Chairman of the German Police Union (DPolG) said he can no longer remain silent, Germany’s open-border policies have unleashed a wave of Islamic violence on Germany, the people are no longer safe, and Germany’s government officials are whitewashing the problem.) Nine, concerning wickedness at the end of the age: on Aug. 27, 2024, Israel freed an Oct. 7, 2023 hostage who was being held in a booby-trapped tunnel in Gaza. The hostage told Israeli officials he was shot in the leg when he was captured, he was taken to Gaza, and the bullet was removed without him receiving a painkiller. He also said he was next to one of the other hostages when he died, probably because they denied him essential medicine. Ten, concerning pestilences: a study in the EU found that deaths among children 12-15 years old have increased by 335% since Covid vaccinations were authorized in week 21 of 2021. Eleven, concerning world government and the loss of our freedoms: on Sept. 1, 2024, Emmitt Barry, Worthy News Correspondent, wrote that over the past month, there has been a notable assault on free speech, evidenced by,
(My opinion: We are dangerously close to the destruction of democracy in America, and the current administration, FBI, CIA, and others are doing everything they can to stop the MAGA movement. If they succeed, there may never be another fair election in America. For whatever it is worth, there is widespread agreement that the assassination attempt on former Pres. Trump looks suspicious.) (More: On Sept. 1, 2024, there was a report (Dave Hodges, Hal Turner) that federal troops are being deployed to New York City because former Pres. Trump will be sentenced to prison, arrested, and jailed on Sept. 18, 2024. This appears to be an attempt to keep him from campaigning and cause him to lose the election. The arrest and prosecution of J6 protestors at the capital was a clear warning to those who believe the election was stolen. (My opinion: I don’t know if Trump will be jailed or not, but if he is, I am wondering if he will have Secret Service protection in jail. The assassination attempt looks suspicious as well as the death of Jeffrey Epstein while he was in prison. Pray that all of this is wrong and nothing happens.) Twelve, concerning the decline of America and a global economic collapse: on Aug. 31, 2024, it was reported that:
(My opinion: It is my understanding that the impact may not be immediate, but it will eventually weaken the already fragile U.S. economy.) Here is my daily update on the Israel-Hamas war: Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024 (Day 327) The two-hundred seventy-second day of the resumed war. Day 114 of the attack on Rafah.
Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024 (Day 328) The two-hundred seventy-third day of the resumed war. Day 115 of the attack on Rafah.
Friday, Aug. 30, 2024 (Day 329) The two-hundred seventy-fourth day of the resumed war. Day 116 of the attack on Rafah.
Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024 (Day 330) The two-hundred seventy-fifth day of the resumed war. Day 117 of the attack on Rafah.
Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024 (Day 331) The two-hundred seventy-sixth day of the resumed war. Day 118 of the attack on Rafah.
Monday, Sept. 2, 2024 (Day 332) The two-hundred seventy-seventh day of the resumed war. Day 119 of the attack on Rafah.
Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024 (Day 333) The two-hundred seventy-eighth day of the resumed war. Day 120 of the attack on Rafah.
Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024 (Day 334) The two-hundred seventy-ninth day of the resumed war. Day 121 of the attack on Rafah.
FYI: God does not send anyone to Hell (all of us are born with a sin nature and destined to go to Hell because we sin), but God has provided a way (Jesus) for everyone to go to Heaven (and Jesus is the only way to get there; John 14:6). Finally, are you Rapture Ready? If you want to be rapture ready and go to heaven, you must be born again (John 3:3). God loves you, and if you have not done so, sincerely admit that you are a sinner; believe that Jesus is the virgin-born, sinless Son of God who died for the sins of the world, was buried, and raised from the dead; ask Him to forgive your sins, cleanse you, come into your heart and be your Saviour; then tell someone that you have done this. [email protected] God Doesn’t Lie: The Danger Of ‘Spiritualizing’ Biblical Prophecy – By Hal Lindsey - https://harbingersdaily.com/god-doesnt-lie-the-danger-of-spiritualizing-biblical-prophecy/ Millions of Christians look at end-times prophecy like a giant, undiscernible maze. But, as with so many seemingly complex systems, there is a key that unlocks everything. The key to unlocking Bible prophecy is this — GOD NEVER LIES! Through the centuries, theologians came across prophecies they either didn’t like or that seemed impossible. So, they would fudge. It’s as if they were thinking, “God goofed up a little here, so I’ll explain it away.” Where His Word makes a plain statement of fact, they would hedge. “It says one thing, but it must mean something else,” they would explain. Bible interpretation loses its integrity when people begin to read into it whatever they want to find. For instance, God made certain promises to Abraham. But the obvious interpretation of those promises involves things theologians of the Middle Ages either did not like or that did not seem possible. So, they “spiritualized” the promises. They didn’t like the fact that the obvious interpretation was a promise to Abraham’s physical descendants through the line of Isaac (and later Jacob). A Christian theologian of the dark ages would interpret that to mean, “a promise to Jews.” But, generally speaking, they didn’t like Jews. They wanted Jews relegated to the trash heap of history. It’s the same thing so many around the world still want. Their other problem was that they just couldn’t see how the promises to Abraham regarding his descendants could come true. With every century that the Jews remained dispersed around the world, the more implausible the promises seemed. That is, they seemed implausible… until God started to miraculously fulfill those promises. But by then, most theologians were locked into the old antisemitic, anti-Jew, and anti-Israel thinking. It had become a matter of faith (or maybe anti-faith) that God would not literally fulfill His promises to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, David, and others. So, when He began to fulfill His Word before everyone’s eyes, they denied it was happening. Some of them say that modern Israel cannot be the fulfillment of Bible prophecy because, as a nation, they have not repented and turned to Messiah Jesus. God promises that will happen, so how can today’s Israel be the renewed nation promised in prophecy? Prophecy itself answers the question. Ezekiel 36 explains that Israel would be brought back together and to the land. Then, at some point after being brought back, they would experience a national repentance. Notice that they will first return to the land, and then return to God. In Ezekiel 36:24-25, God says to the people of Israel, “For I will take you from the nations, gather you from all the lands, and bring you into your own land. Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness.” We don’t know the timing, but the order is clear — return, and then be cleansed. The next chapter, Ezekiel 37, pictures the children of Israel as a bunch of bones in an ancient cemetery — utterly dry, and with the bones dispersed all over the place. In verse 4, God said to Ezekiel, “Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, ‘O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.” In verses 7-8, Ezekiel testifies, “As I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold, a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to its bone. And I looked, and behold, sinews were on them, and flesh grew, and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them.” In the following verses, God gives them the breath of life. Here again, we see the order. First, they are reassembled. Then, after being reunited in the land, they receive the breath of life. That’s where we are now. Israel is being reassembled before our eyes. As a whole, they don’t yet have the breath of life, but we can know that it’s coming because God said it would. And GOD NEVER LIES! PROPHECY UPDATE VIDEOS
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DONATE HERE Your can also mail your support to: Prophecy Update PO Box 40516 Bakersfield, CA 93384 Most People Have No Idea That “The Summit Of The Future” Will Create “UN 2.0” On September 22nd And 23rd - by Michael Snyder - https://endoftheamericandream.com/most-people-have-no-idea-that-the-summit-of-the-future-will-create-un-2-0-on-september-22nd-and-23rd/ The UN wants much more control over global affairs, and “the Pact for the Future” which is scheduled to be adopted during “the Summit of the Future” that will be held on September 22nd and 23rd will go a long way toward making that a reality. But even though “the Summit of the Future” is just days away, hardly anyone is talking about it and the mainstream media is almost entirely ignoring it. Enormous decisions that could dramatically affect the future of everyone on the entire planet are about to be made, and just about the entire population has absolutely no idea what is going on. This is exactly how the globalists like it. They don’t want the general population to even be aware of their agenda as they relentlessly push it forward. According to the official UN website, the idea for the Summit of the Future was “conceived at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic” four years ago… In 2020, the UN turned 75 and marked the occasion by starting a global conversation about hopes and fears for the future. This was the beginning of a process that would eventually lead, four years later, to the convening of the Summit of the Future, a major event this September, which will take place at UN Headquarters, just before the annual high-level debate of the General Assembly. The Summit was conceived at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when there was a perception at the UN that, rather than cooperating to face this global threat that affected all of us, countries and people pulled apart. That all sounds very nice until you start digging into the details. There is a special page for the Summit of the Future on the UN website, and it tells us that this summit will be a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to create a “new international consensus”… The Summit is a high-level event, bringing world leaders together to forge a new international consensus on how we deliver a better present and safeguard the future. Effective global cooperation is increasingly critical to our survival but difficult to achieve in an atmosphere of mistrust, using outdated structures that no longer reflect today’s political and economic realities. This once-in-a-generation opportunity serves as a moment to mend eroded trust and demonstrate that international cooperation can effectively achieve agreed goals and tackle emerging threats and opportunities. When you say that something is a “once-in-a-generation opportunity”, that is quite dramatic. Exactly what do they hope to achieve? Well, the UN says that the Summit of the Future will focus on five primary areas… The event will consist of sessions and plenaries based around five main tracks (sustainable development and financing; peace and security; a digital future for all; youth and future generations; and global governance), and other topics that cut across all of the work of the UN, including human rights, gender equality and the climate crisis. It is that fifth area that concerns me the most. “Global governance” is just a fancy way of saying “global government”, and apparently there are big plans for changing the way that the UN operates. On the UN website there is a PDF which is entitled “SUMMIT OF THE FUTURE 2024: WHAT WILL IT DELIVER?”, and it was not easy for me to find. On the second page of that PDF there is a section called “TRANSFORMING GLOBAL GOVERNANCE”, and it contains some very alarming plans for a far stronger UN than we have today… A Security Council with an updated composition and working methods, allowing it to be more effective, representative, and trusted. A revitalized General Assembly with a stronger role in peace and security and the aspiration for a female Secretary-General. A stronger ECOSOC and steps towards the revitalization of the Commission on the Status of Women. Strengthened Peacebuilding Commission that bridges more effectively to other actors, including international financial institutions. A strengthened UN human rights pillar that is better resourced and coordinated. A UN that uses innovation, data, digital tools, foresight and (behavioural) science effectively (UN 2.0) and a sustainably financed UN development system. Deepened partnerships between the UN and other stakeholders, including civil society, the private sector, regional organizations, national parliaments and local and regional authorities. When did we get to debate any of this? If they are going to make radical changes to how the UN works, isn’t that something that our leaders should be talking about? I especially don’t like the term “UN 2.0”. I am not exactly sure what that term means, but I don’t want any part of it. The changes that the UN plans to implement immediately are reflected in a document known as “the Pact for the Future” which is scheduled to be adopted during “the Summit of the Future”. One of the most disturbing things about “the Pact for the Future” is that it appears to give the UN a central role during any future “global shocks”… The 3rd draft of the Pact for the Future was released on August 27 and is currently being reviewed by UN member states. This draft continues the discussion around “global shocks” and how these shocks will require a global response. For example, one section titled “We will strengthen the international response to complex global shocks”, states that there is a need for a “coordinated and multidimensional international response to complex global shocks and the central role of the United Nations in this regard.” The UN defines “complex global shocks” as events that “have severely disruptive and adverse consequences for a significant proportion of countries and the global population”. These shocks would require a “multidimensional multistakeholder, and whole of government, whole of society response.” For a moment, try to imagine what it would be like for the UN to be calling the shots during the next global pandemic. I don’t think that is something that any of us want. During a “global shock”, apparently the UN would be granted emergency powers “for a finite period”… These potential shocks would necessitate the activation of “emergency platforms” which could grant the UN more power to respond to these apparent emergencies. The document says the UN will present member states with “protocols for convening and operationalizing emergency platforms based on flexible approaches to respond to a range of different complex global shocks”. While the UN claims these emergency platforms will only be “convened for a finite period”, and will not be a standing institution or entity with respect to national sovereignty, critics of the UN fear that these emergency platforms will be seized upon and used to grant the UN new legal powers. If the Pact for the Future is adopted, the UN will be the one to determine when a “global shock” occurs. And the UN would also be the one to determine when it should be granted emergency powers and for how long those emergency powers should be in force. Needless to say, this is a nightmare waiting to happen. Personally, I have been sounding the alarm about this for a long time. I wrote about the Summit of the Future and the Pact for the Future in a book that I published last year, and that helped to educate a lot of people about what the UN is planning. Unfortunately, hardly anyone else is talking about this, and so 99 percent of the population is clueless. On September 22nd and 23rd, the Summit of the Future will be held and the Pact for the Future will be adopted, and the changes that are about to happen could ultimately have enormous implications for every man, woman and child on the entire planet. Imminent! – Terry James - https://terryjamesprophecyline.com/2024/09/08/imminent/ My friend Chris sent me an email with a link to an interview between an author and a CBS Mornings host. The title of the book being discussed was Imminent: The Pentagon’s Hunt for UFOs. The word “imminent” naturally piqued my friend’s tendency to link the urgency integral to that word’s meaning to the same word’s urgency as related to the Rapture. And he knew it would garner my interest, too. The Rapture is an imminent event; that is, it can happen at any moment, without warning. Our purpose here is to urge our audience, if saved by belief in Jesus Christ and His sacrifice on the cross at Calvary, to be “Rapture ready” by being in God’s will when that great event occurs. We urge our readers who aren’t yet saved to accept Christ now, this moment. Jesus is the only Way to be transported into the clouds of Glory and onward into Heaven. All others will be, as the title of the series by my friends Dr. Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins puts it: Left Behind. The Rapture, of course, is that moment (in the “twinkling of an eye”) when millions will vanish from the earth when Jesus calls them (1 Thessalonians 4:16—18). I say “is” that moment, rather than “will be” that moment, because that calling is as good as already done in God’s omniscient, omnipresent view of things. Nothing can change that scheduled time when Jesus shouts, “Come up here!” as He did in calling John into Heaven to witness things to come following the Church Age (Revelation 4:1). And, again, that calling is imminent. That is, the Rapture can take place at any moment. There is no sign or signal that is to precede that great event. If one is to be Rapture ready, one must be so at all times. There will be no time to get ready. The time is now—right this moment—to be prepared, in the salvation sense, for that (twinkling-of-an-eye) instant when Jesus calls. And that is the gloriously wonderful thing about the matter of the imminent Rapture. If you have accepted Christ, you will go to Him when He calls. No believer—no child of God—will be left behind to suffer the judgment and wrath that will, following that call, begin to descend upon the world of left-behind earth dwellers. I take it that the author’s book, Imminent: The Pentagon’s Hunt for UFOs, involves the belief that UFOs, or as they are called now by the government, UAP (unidentified aerial phenomena), are threatening us. According to the brief interview I heard, I presume the book warns that visitors from other worlds are on the verge of invading our planet. In that regard, I think all we have to do is to glance around our society, culture, and every other aspect of the human condition to know that indeed there is an invasion from another world: the interlopers from the other dimension Paul described: For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. (Ephesians 6:12) Bible prophecy scholars like the late Chuck Missler undertook in-depth studies on these interlopers from the dark dimension. Writers and speakers like L. A. Marzulli continue to present great research about this end-times invasion. I, myself, have delved into fictional accounts of the matters involving UFOs—for example, with my novel The Rapture Dialogues. I’ve written many times that I, as do others from the pre-Trib view of prophecy, believe the imminent invasion feared to come from other worlds (as even our government now expresses) will be part of the big lie Antichrist will foist upon those who are left behind. The people of the earth have endured many decades of being prepped/inculcated by the nefarious powers that be for that coming invasion, the time when the false prophet of Revelation 13 will call fire down from the skies. Seeing this big lie taking shape, so far as it involves that coming supposed invasion from space, and discerning these times that look more and more like the Tribulation era to come, it is truly time to expect the greatest imminent event of history this side of the Second Advent. Again, here is Paul’s heads-up on that occurrence: For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words. (1 Thessalonians 4:16–18) As always, for those who read this and don’t know Jesus for the salvation of your soul, you don’t want to be left behind when that invasion from Satan’s forces assaults the planet during the seven years of Tribulation (Daniel’s seventieth week). Here is how to make sure you go instantly to Jesus Christ when He calls all believers to Himself in the Rapture: That if you will confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and will believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. (Romans 10:9–10) Daily Jot: God’s appointment of leaders - Bill Wilson – www.dailyjot.com Romans 13:1-2 says, “Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resists the power, resists the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.” These words have been used through the ages by governments and even churches to subjugate Christians. But Peter in Acts 5:29 directly disobeyed the ruling leaders, saying, “We ought to obey God rather than men.” Due to a lack of understanding, some just dismiss the seemingly conflicting statements with cliché’s that no one can argue with, like “God is in control” and “God appoints all leaders.” God’s word, however, explains it perfectly. In Deuteronomy 16:18-21, Moses establishes the concept of God’s government upon earth. Moses commanded the Israelites to appoint judges and policemen for every city in the Promised Land to keep the peace, and resolve controversies. The judges were to make their rulings righteously and without partiality. He then prophesied that the Israelites may have a king, but God then set forth certain perimeters: “Be sure to appoint over you the king the LORD chooses (Deuteronomy 17:14-15).” The king was not to have too many wives, horses, or gold and silver. He did not make the law, and he was subject to it like everyone else. It is in the context of only God has the right to rule over humanity that informs Paul via Romans 13:1-7 and Peter in Acts 5:29. In his exhaustive contextual study of Romans 13:1-7 with the writings of both Paul and Peter, Greg Herrick of Dallas Theological Seminary states that “Paul is not putting his carte blanche on all government actions per se, but is instead upholding the principle of “government and order” as an end towards responsible, peaceful living in a fallen world. When a government fulfills its functions of maintaining peace, and generally protects the welfare of its people, both against those from within and without who would threaten these things, then it is carrying out the end to which it was appointed. It must be obeyed even if some things are tough—e. g. paying high taxes. But, when it crosses these boundaries and becomes an instrument for evil, violating the explicit will of God as outlined in Scripture, then it must not be followed (i.e. obeyed) at that point.” Herein is the crux of submission to the authority of governmental leaders: God is the originator and establisher of government authority. From their Jewish background, both Peter and Paul recognized that governing order by God’s law is not a terror to people, but a necessity of responsible, peaceful living protecting the general welfare of the people. When that government or authorities become an instrument of evil, however, our God-given human agency requires us to submit to God rather than man. Leaders are to be servants unto people, not promoting themselves to god-like stature in their governance. So when you hear the cliché’s about God appointing all leaders and we have to obey them even if they are an instrument of evil, understand the truth of the context of Godly authority and godless authority. Sources: https://bible.org/article/paul-and-civil-obedience-romans-131-7 Daily Devotion: Eternal Purposes - by Greg Laurie – www.harvest.org But Peter took him aside and began to reprimand him for saying such things. ‘Heaven forbid, Lord,’ he said. ‘This will never happen to you!’ —Matthew 16:22 https://harvest.org/resources/devotion/eternal-purposes-2/ - Listen Jesus knew exactly what was in His future. It came as no surprise to Him. He knew who would betray Him, He knew He would rise from the dead, and He knew exactly when these things would happen. And at Caesarea Philippi, He began to tell His disciples what He was facing. Matthew’s Gospel says, “From then on Jesus began to tell his disciples plainly that it was necessary for him to go to Jerusalem, and that he would suffer many terrible things at the hands of the elders, the leading priests, and the teachers of religious law. He would be killed, but on the third day he would be raised from the dead” (Matthew 16:21 NLT). In the original language, Jesus used a word for killed that could be translated “murdered.” Peter couldn’t believe that Jesus was saying this. In Peter’s mind, this simply couldn’t happen. It was commendable that Peter was truly concerned about the Lord. But he was missing what Jesus was trying to say. And he went too far when he took Jesus aside and “began to reprimand him,” saying, “Heaven forbid, Lord . . . . This will never happen to you!” (verse 22 NLT). Interestingly, the word translated reprimand in this verse carries the idea of someone in a position of authority rebuking a subordinate. That is the way Peter began to reprimand Jesus. And the language implies that he did this repeatedly. Imagine it for a moment. Jesus had just made a statement about His impending suffering and death. He obviously was in anguish over it. And then Peter took an authoritarian position and repeatedly began to reprimand Him. Peter had lost touch with reality. Jesus said to him, “Get away from me, Satan! You are a dangerous trap to me. You are seeing things merely from a human point of view, not from God’s” (verse 23 NLT). We have to love a guy like Peter because he was so utterly human. He said what many of us probably would have said in such a situation. He was impulsive, impetuous, and hotheaded but also very honest, courageous, and intelligent. And perhaps he was the most accessible of all the followers of Jesus. May God help us to trust Him when He doesn’t do things the way we think He should and when we’re tempted to say, “Why, Lord?” God is thinking of His eternal purposes. We can only see what will benefit us in this moment. But God is looking at the big picture. And He knows what He’s doing. It is during these times that we must trust Him, cast ourselves at His feet, and say, “Lord, I admit to You that I don’t understand. I don’t know why. But I thank You that You are in control.” There are a lot of things that will happen in life that we won’t understand. It is during those times that we must fall back on what we do understand: God loves us. And He is looking out for our best interests. PROPHECY UPDATE NEWS HEADLINES Yesterday's Prophecies - Today's Headlines HEADLINES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TRACKING BIBLE PROPHECY 9/9/24 http://trackingbibleprophecy.org/birthpangs.php
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