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Israel Has Caused an Explosion of Signs - By Daymond Duck - https://www.raptureready.com/2024/09/14/israel-has-caused-an-explosion-of-signs-by-daymond-duck/
On Sept. 2, 2024, John Bellam posted an excellent article on his website called “Bible Prophecy Information.” He is just a small sample of what Bellam said: >For almost 20 centuries, the prophetic signs of Christ’s return were so rare and sporadic that they were like a stray raindrop falling from a mostly clear sky. Something could be felt, but no one was sure what it was because the conditions in the atmosphere did not indicate rain was imminent. Starting in about 1897, however, the prophetic clouds began to gather more abundantly, and now, in 2024, the world is being hit with end times signs so powerful they are more resembling meteor showers than rain showers. What was the impetus for this end-times explosion of signs? How can we be sure that what we are witnessing is the fulfillment of the last days’ prophesies of the Bible? The answer can be summed up in one word. ISRAEL! >Hal Lindsey has referred to Israel as “God’s divine timepiece because we can tell where we are in history by what is happening with that tiny Jewish nation. So… back to the first paragraph of this article: for centuries we could not tell exactly where we were in history because, after AD 70, Israel was not there. >May 14, 1948, was the day Israel was reborn as a nation. No other conquered nation has ever had such a thing happen after 2 millennia. >This was the great sign the world needed to know where we are on God’s prophetic timeline. >Israel is right where God planned for them to be at this moment in time. They are not abandoned. They are not an afterthought. They are not there by pure chance. They are not replaced, and they are not rejected. They are regathered, and God is using them to finish history and bring His precious and mighty Son to the throne of David to rule the entire world and fulfill all the remaining prophecies. God used them to bring the Messiah the first time, and He is using them to bring the Messiah again the second time. Israel’s glory is just ahead. But just like all of us, she must humble herself to the only Savior that God promised way back in Genesis 3:15. The storm is approaching fast. And Israel will soon fulfill all Her intended role. Bellam’s article is long, but it is loaded with useful information. Here is a link. https://www.rev310.net/post/israel?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email Here are some reports that seem to indicate that the end of the age is near: One, concerning the possibility of the Rapture occurring at the sound of the Great Blast (last trump) on a future Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah) I Cor. 15:51-52; I Thess. 4:13-18; Rev. 4:1-2): I have been asked when is the Feast of Trumpets in 2024? We do not know that the Rapture will happen in 2024, but we do know that the Jews will blow the trumpet 100 times on Oct. 3-4, 2024, and the Great Blast (100th trump; last trump) will be on October 4 at 6:19 pm in Israel (10:19 am Central Time in the U.S.). Two, concerning world government: in early Sept. 2024, it was reported that an undercover journalist secretly recorded a UN official (from the Office of Legal Affairs) expressing his opinion that UN officials are terrified at the prospect of Trump being elected again. According to the article, the UN official said (my words for simplicity):
(FYI: Here is a link to an especially important video about who is running America. It is 49 min. long, but it is extremely important. Please watch if you can.) https://agendaweekly.com/the-council-that-rules-america/ Three, concerning world government: on Sept. 9, 2024, it was reported that the UN will meet on Sept. 22-23, 2024, to ask the nations to sign a Pact for the Future (UN 2.0) that says: >We, the Heads of State and Government, representing the peoples of the world, have gathered at United Nations Headquarters to protect the needs and interests of present and future generations through the actions in this Pact for the Future,” the document begins. >We recognize that the multilateral system and its institutions, with the United Nations and its Charter at the center, must be strengthened to keep pace with a changing world. >We reaffirm our unwavering commitment to the UN, its charter, its purposes, its principles, and Agenda 2030. They vow to comply with the UN’s International Court of Justice and promise to reform the international financial architecture. >We commend ongoing reform efforts and call for even more urgent and ambitious action to ensure that the international financial architecture becomes more efficient, more equitable, fit for the world of today and responsive to the challenges faced by developing countries in closing the SDG financing gap. The reform of the international financial architecture should place the 2030 Agenda at its center, with an unwavering commitment to investing in the eradication of poverty in all its forms and dimensions. >Member states will deepen United Nations’ engagement with national parliaments in United Nations intergovernmental bodies and processes in accordance with national legislation, including through building on the efforts of the United Nations and Inter-Parliamentary Union to engage parliamentarians to maintain support for the implementation of relevant UN agreements and resolutions. As I understand this, they want to develop a new global financial system and to bind the nations into transforming the UN into a global government. (FYI: As far as I know, the UN and globalist goal is still to establish a world government by 2030 or sooner if possible.) Four, concerning world government: on Sept. 5, 2024, award-winning international journalist Alex Newman reported that 26 Republican governors sent a joint letter to Pres. Biden that says: >The International Health Regulations and the International Pandemic Accord (or treaty) being negotiated by governments and the WHO grant unprecedented and unconstitutional powers over the United States and its people to the UN agency. >These proposed changes could drastically change the role of governors in response to their charge as the state health officials. >The objective of these instruments is to empower the WHO, particularly its uncontrollable Director-General, with the authority to restrict the rights of U.S. citizens, including freedoms such as speech, privacy, travel, choice of medical care, and informed consent, thus violating our Constitution’s core principles. >As governors, we affirm that public health policy is a matter reserved for the states, not the federal government, and certainly not international bodies like the WHO. >We are committed to resisting any attempts to transfer authority to the WHO over public policy affecting our citizens or any efforts by the WHO to assert such authority over them. >Put simply, Republican Governors will not comply. (My opinion: It would take an extremely dangerous threat to the U.S. to get more than half of the governors to send a letter to the President of the U.S. that says we will not comply.) Five, concerning a worthless peace treaty in the Middle East that could mark the beginning of the Tribulation Period (I Thess. 5:3), dividing the Promised Land, and triggering the Battle of Armageddon (Joel 3:2): on Sept. 5, 2024, Kamala Harris’ vice-pres. pick, Tim Walz, said: We (the U.S.) can’t allow what’s happened in Gaza to happen. The Palestinian people have every right to life and liberty themselves. Israel’s government should be pushed to accept a Palestinian State. Getting a ceasefire with the return of the hostages and then moving toward a sustainable two-state solution is the only way forward. The Bible says God made a covenant to give all the Promised Land to Israel forever (Gen. 17:7-8), and He promised to bless those that bless Israel and to curse those that curse Israel (Gen. 12:1-3). (My opinion: The U.S. might be able to force a peace treaty on Israel, but the U.S. cannot force God to accept it.) (More: On Sept. 8, 2024, the PA asked the UN Gen. Assembly to pass a resolution to expel the Jews from Judea and Samaria. On Sept. 9, 2024, Israel’s foreign min. said, “If the Palestinian Authority acts against Israel in complete contradiction to the commitments it undertook in the interim arrangements that were signed, Israel will act in the same way and stop all cooperation with the PA and bring about its dissolution.”) Six, concerning corruption in the Democrat Party: during the 2016 and 2020 presidential election, Democrats accused Republicans of colluding with the Russians to sway the outcome. During the 2020 presidential election, Democrats and many in the media called the Hunter Biden laptop story Russian disinformation, and they pressured social media to censor it (Zuckerberg has now admitted in writing that he was pressured). Joe Biden and the FBI knew that the laptop story was true, but 51 intel experts signed a document that said the Russians made up the story. Anyway, on Sept. 4, 2024, Biden administration officials indicted 2 Russian workers and seized their RT (Russia Today) network for reporting non-Western views (stories that Democrats want censored). U.S. investigators accused them of favoring former Pres. Trump over his rival Kamala Harris in the upcoming election. The next day (Sept. 5, 2024), Russian Pres. Putin said he supports Harris. Putin said Biden was his favorite because he was more predictable than Trump, but Biden dropped out of the race, so he now supports Harris. Seven, concerning deceit, the possibility of illegals voting in the next election, and perhaps the government running out of money and having to shut down before the next election: In July of this year, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed a bill called the Save Act to require individuals to show proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in elections for federal office, and it pushed states to remove non-citizens from voter rolls. The Democrat-controlled Senate refused to consider the bill; they have allowed millions of illegals into this country, and they are acting like the Save Act doesn’t exist. The Biden administration is about to run out of money before the election, and they want Congress to approve a new short-term spending bill by the end of Sept. Republicans are willing to approve a new short-term spending bill, but they want the Save Act attached so only U.S. citizens can vote in federal elections. On Sept. 8, 2024, Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he will not allow the Save Act to be attached to the short-term spending bill because preventing illegal aliens from voting in the federal election is “Republican extremism.” If he would, he could allow a vote on the July Save Act that is not attached to the short-term spending bill, but he won’t. If the Republicans insist on the Save Act being attached to the short-term spending bill, he is threatening to not allow the Senate to vote on it and to blame Republicans for a government shutdown. (My opinion: America should not allow millions of illegal aliens to decide who is president of the U.S.) Here is my daily update on the Israel-Hamas war: Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024 (Day 334) The two-hundred seventy-ninth day of the resumed war. Day 121 of the attack on Rafah.
Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024 (Day 335) The two-hundred-eightieth day of the resumed war. Day 122 of the attack on Rafah.
Friday, Sept. 6, 2024 (Day 336) The two-hundred eighty-first day of the resumed war. Day 123 of the attack on Rafah.
Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024 (Day 337) The two-hundred eighty-second day of the resumed war. Day 124 of the attack on Rafah.
Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024 (Day 338) The two-hundred eighty-third day of the resumed war. Day 125 of the attack on Rafah.
Monday, Sept. 9, 2024 (Day 339) The two-hundred eighty-fourth day of the resumed war. Day 126 of the attack on Rafah.
Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024 (Day 340) The two-hundred eighty-fifth day of the resumed war. Day 127 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 He 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] The Tribulation Incubator – Terry James - https://terryjamesprophecyline.com/2024/09/15/the-tribulation-incubator/ Evidence that the Tribulation is about to be birthed has exploded from the hourly news feeds. That eruption has the diplomats, particularly of the Western world, searching desperately for the calculus that will bring the chance of nuclear conflict into a more controllable configuration. It is a real curiosity that while those diplomats seek ceasefire in the Middle East—a one-sided nuclear threat, supposedly—they almost treat as a minor concern things going on between Russia and Ukraine, from where all-out nuclear war is much more likely to be unleashed. Israel indeed has a nuclear arsenal. But its blood-vowed enemies, although vicious and certainly militant to the max, haven’t such an arsenal with which to engage in nuclear exchange…at least not yet, that we know of. (Iran’s nearness to achieving weapons-grade nuclear material is a great concern.) With Russian President Vladimir Putin stating on a number of occasions that Russia might be willing to use tactical nukes, and even stating that America is in their crosshairs with the big nukes if pushed by NATO in the Ukraine matter, it seems to me the diplomatic concerns should be to pursue a ceasefire and peace in that region. But instead, most all the diplomatic efforts—influenced to great degree by the military-industrial complex—seem concentrated on making Israel cave to a ceasefire arrangement with enemies whose whole purpose, in writing, is to eradicate the Jewish state “from the river to the sea.” There is no doubt that most all attention in that regard is on things happening in and around Israel. The following are brief news links on our Rapture Ready News forum that point to the tremendous uptick in tensions in the land most frequently mentioned in Bible prophecy. Here are very brief excerpts of several stories from Thursday, September 5. Details Emerge: Israel’s Response to Iran in April Destroyed Russian-Made Defense System A major scoop by the Jerusalem Post was published on Monday… According to an article published in the Jerusalem Post, “Israel’s April strike on Iran’s S-300 missile system deterred Iran and Hezbollah from launching large-scale attacks in August.” Israel Poised to Establish Military Government in Gaza amid Aid Distribution Crisis There are no alternatives, and nobody wants to risk allowing Hamas to seize control of the aid. “There is no one else who can do the job, the current situation does not serve the Israeli interest, we must take upon ourselves the distribution of aid,” a senior Israeli security source told TPS-IL. Starve Them Out: Israeli Generals Present “plan to defeat Hamas” Two-phased “Generals’ Plan” calls for the forced evacuation of northern Gaza and a total siege on the terrorists who remain there. A forum of top Israeli army reserve commanders this morning published a “plan to defeat Hamas” that is certain to raise eyebrows. “The Generals’ Plan is the right way at this time to defeat Hamas and free the hostages, and we should have implemented it months ago. Those who cannot implement it are failing in their duty. Hezbollah Fires over 100 Rockets at Upper Galilee, Destroying Houses and Causing Fires The long-suffering residents of Israel’s northern regions, who have not yet been evacuated from their homes, experienced another day under Hezbollah fire, as the terror group fired over 100 rockets into the Upper Galilee on Wednesday. Air Force Chief: IDF Poised to Combat Hezbollah, Nearing Victory over Hamas in Gaza The head of Israel’s air force, Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar, announced on Thursday… “We are in the midst of the longest war in our history since the War of Independence,” Bar stated. “We have been fighting for almost nine months without respite, tirelessly. Hamas in Gaza will be defeated soon.” the Israeli military is prepared to shift its focus to potential conflicts with Hezbollah in the north. I could have included in this list many other similar story links posted on that one day. All pointed to the military turmoil building all around Bible prophecy’s nation most central to the end times. The cries for peace from the diplomatic world are intensively focused on the building conflict. Most pointedly, the cries are for Israel to cave in to demands from the international community to stop destruction to Israel’s hate-filled enemies in making peace in the region. The region is indeed the incubator of the peace that will destroy many. That “false peace” will be the covenant made with “death and hell” (Isaiah 28:15, 18). It will be Satan’s ultimately evil document that will be confirmed (Daniel 9: 27) by the man of sin who will become the world’s most vicious dictator—the Antichrist. We are witnessing at this moment that incubator in its process of gestating what will become the final seven years of hell on earth leading to the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ at Armageddon. All of this Mideast turbulence means the Rapture must be very near. You want to be part of that glorious time when the Lord takes all of His children out of harm’s way (Revelation 3:10). Here once again is how to go to Jesus when He calls: 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) PROPHECY UPDATE VIDEOS
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DONATE HERE Your can also mail your support to: Prophecy Update PO Box 40516 Bakersfield, CA 93384 Living In a World That Is Setting Itself Up For Tribulation – By Hal Lindsey - https://harbingersdaily.com/living-in-a-world-that-is-setting-itself-up-for-tribulation/ People often accuse Bible prophecy teachers of being pessimistic. They call it, “Doom and gloom.” But no Christian should be pessimistic. The Bible teaches that difficult times will precede the return of Christ. A pre-tribulation rapture means that believers in Jesus will be rescued from the worst of those times. But we are not exempt from a world that is setting itself up for tribulation. We already feel the beginning of what Jesus described as labor pains. We call a woman an “expectant mother” not because she is expecting the pains of labor—though she knows that’s part of it. Her expectation centers on the birth of a child she will love and cherish for the rest of her life and on into eternity. Christians are expectant, too. We know about the natural disasters, the deterioration of human morals, and all the other terrible events of the last days. But beyond the pain, we will inhabit a new world full of peace and plenty, justice and kindness. Optimistic? Of course we’re optimistic! The world is clearly in sync with what the Bible describes as we approach the end of the age. The difficulties serve as evidence of the Bible’s reliability. We’re now seeing what the Bible said we would see—most of it impossible to have been forecast by mere human prognosticators. All this serves as unimpeachable evidence of the Bible’s divine origin. That is not limited to the big, global picture. Since the Bible is true, so are its promises—its big promises regarding the whole world, but also God’s promises to you individually. He is with you today no matter what you face. Because the Bible is true, His word to you personally is true. You may be facing trouble—maybe relationship despair or sickness. You may feel isolated and alone, or you might feel like you’re right in the line of fire. Either way, isolated or in the danger zone, the Bible says you are not alone. In Isaiah 41:10 (NASB), God says, “I am with you… I am your God. I will strengthen you… I will help you… I will uphold you.” I hear people talk about moving to another country if they don’t get the election results they want. But where would you move? It’s not just the end-times in America, but for the whole world. Difficulties know no national boundaries. It’s natural to search out a place of safety in troubled times. But real safety is in Him alone. Turn to God. Take refuge in Him. In Psalms 32:7, David said to the Lord, “You are my hiding place; You preserve me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance.” Psalms 46:1 says, “God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.” Face the world and its dangers from within God’s realm of power and protection. With Him as your refuge, you can face anything. Nahum 1:7 says, “The Lord is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble, And He knows those who take refuge in Him.” Have you given your life to Christ? Then be optimistic! God is your stronghold. The Latest Attempt On Trump’s Life Is Yet Another Example Of The Extreme Chaos That Is Plaguing Our Society - by Michael Snyder - https://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/the-latest-attempt-on-trumps-life-is-yet-another-example-of-the-extreme-chaos-that-is-plaguing-our-society/ We were warned that it was just a matter of time before there would be another attempt on Donald Trump’s life, and now it has happened. Thankfully, this new attempt to take Trump out failed, and so for now we have avoided a nightmare scenario. But from this point forward, Trump and other prominent politicians are going to need to take extreme precautions regarding their safety. We are less than two months away from the election, and emotions are running extremely high. Needless to say, this is especially true when it comes to Trump. No presidential candidate has ever been more hated by the left than Donald Trump, and he just “narrowly survived yet another assassination attempt”… Former President Trump narrowly survived yet another assassination attempt after a sniper with a scoped AK-47 rifle got within a few hundred yards of him as he played golf at his West Palm Beach, Florida club on Friday. It is the second time a madman armed with an assault rifle has tried to kill the 45th president in two months. Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said the suspect had taken cover near a chain-link fence between 300-500 yards away from Trump, but conceded, “with a rifle and scope like that is not a long distance.” How did this sniper know that Trump would be golfing? Trump’s golf outings are not put on any public schedule. Somehow he knew that Trump would be there. It is being reported that there were gunshots in the “vicinity” of Trump, and once the sniper realized that his plot had been foiled he fled the scene and took off in a black Nissan… Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said in a briefing that Trump was about 300-500 yards away from the man with the gun. Bradshaw they received a call from U.S. Secret Service at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday that shots had been fired. Units immediately moved to seal off the area, and a witness told authorities that they had seen a man jumping out of the bushes and fleeing in a black Nissan. They took a photo of the license plate number, and the car was spotted traveling north on I-95 toward Martin County, where the driver was pulled over and detained. The witness then identified the individual as the man they had seen in the bushes. Law enforcement found an AK47-style rifle with a scope, two backpacks with ceramic tile and a Go Pro camera in the bushes at the scene. They displayed photos of the weapon and the backpack at the briefing. Apparently the sniper had set up the Go Pro camera because he intended to film himself shooting Trump. Authorities were able to capture the sniper, and they have identified him as Ryan Wesley Routh… The man who authorities say pointed a rifle with a scope into former President Donald Trump’s golf club and was arrested is Ryan Wesley Routh, three law enforcement officials told The Associated Press. The officials identified the suspect to the AP but spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation. At this hour, we don’t know much about Ryan Wesley Routh other than that he is from Hawaii and that he “championed left-wing causes on social media”. But I find it quite interesting that this is yet another presidential assassin with three names. He also seemed to know quite a bit about the golf course somehow. He picked a spot that would give him a very easy escape route, and we are being told that the area around the 5th and 6th hole is quite “vulnerable”… The armed suspect was posted up outside the club around the 5th and 6th hole, which a source familiar with the incident told DailyMail.com is a ‘vulnerable’ area of the course. Obviously there was quite a bit of planning involved in this operation. Did Routh plan this by himself, or did he have help? Trump was extremely fortunate that the Secret Service was able to spot Routh, because once someone gets into the shrubbery that surrounds the golf course “they’re pretty much out of sight”… Asked by reporters how this incident could occur, especially given the previous attempt on Trump’s life, Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw described the golf course as being “surrounded by shrubbery” with a limited perimeter. “When somebody gets into the shrubbery, they’re pretty much out of sight,” he said. And there is a lot less security around Trump when he is golfing than there is when he is at a rally. So when Trump is golfing, that presents a real security challenge for the Secret Service… Because Trump is not a sitting president, Bradshaw said, “security is limited to the areas that the Secret Service deems possible,” but that will likely change in the future. “I would imagine the next time he comes at a golf course, there’ll probably be a little bit more people around the perimeter, but the Secret Service did exactly what they should have done. They provided exactly what the protection should have been, and their agent did a fantastic job.” If I was Trump, I would refrain from golfing for the foreseeable future. Undoubtedly, there will probably be more attempts to take him out. One of the only reasons why authorities were able to catch this sniper is because a quick thinking bystander photographed the sniper and reported what he witnessed to law enforcement… The gunman’s arrest was given a big boost by a bystander who spotted the suspect running out of the bushes and getting into a black Nissan, even photographing the man and reporting the sighting to law enforcement, who then blasted it out statewide leading to his arrest after a felony stop on I-95 a short time later. Sadly, this attempt on Trump’s life is yet another example of the widespread chaos that is plaguing our entire society. According to one recent survey, approximately 60 percent of all Americans believe that violent crime is getting worse… The majority of Americans agree – crime is on the rise. A recent survey from Rasmussen Reports showed that about 60% of Americans believe violent crime is getting worse. Today, many Americans are literally afraid to leave their own homes because the violence in the streets has gotten so bad. In Chicago, they have spent 180 million dollars on crime reduction programs, but violent crime just keeps going up… Crime is up in Chicago despite city-wide efforts – and more than $180 million – to reduce violence through a series of programs. Republican state Rep. John Cabello said Chicago’s rising crime rate amounts to an indictment of the state’s present legal system and all its recent changes. New data shows robbery, aggravated assault and aggravated battery cases across the city are all at five-year highs over the 12 months as the number of violent crimes overall have jumped by 7.2%. Overall, more than 30,000 violent crimes were reported in Chicago during the 12 months that ended in July. That is nuts. But that is the society that we live in now. Our society is absolutely teeming with violent predators, and more come pouring into our country with each passing day. At this point, violent gangs are terrorizing communities from coast to coast, and even “America’s highest producing oil field” is not immune… It’s only going to get worse from here, as the Biden-Harris administration’s disastrous open border policies have now come to a ‘neighborhood near you’ (for some of you). In the past week, we saw armed Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua members terrorize the northern Denver suburb of Aurora and other sanctuary cities run by far-left Democrats. New concerns out Thursday afternoon indicate critical infrastructure is now under threat from migrant cartel members. According to Libs of TikTok, a Texas-based oil/gas company issued a memo to employees informing them that police and the FBI have warned armed Cuba and Venezuela migrant gangs are committing thefts in the Permian Basin (America’s highest producing oil field). For a long time, we were warned that chaos was coming. Now it is here. Our society is literally coming apart at the seams all around us, and violence is out of control. But if you think that things are bad now, just wait, because what is ahead is going to be even worse. Daily Jot: The Spirit of Amalek - Bill Wilson – www.dailyjot.com The Apostle Paul writes in Ephesians 6 that we have to be vigilant to put on the whole armor of God to stand against the wiles of the devil. Verse 12 explains, “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” For followers of Christ, Paul is saying that it is a hostile world out there—both physically and spiritually—so we need to be prepared to stand. Quite frankly, there are evil people and spirits that constantly test us in everyday living. Just like our parents taught us to look both ways before crossing the street, we need to be aware and prepared to deal with evil like the spirit of Amalek. The Israelites had left Egypt and were in the wilderness when the story of Amalek begins in Exodus 17 where he attacks the Israelites. This is the battle where when Moses’ hands were lifted up, the Israelites prevailed and when his hands were lowered, Amalek prevailed. So Aaron and Hur held up Moses hands until Amalek was defeated. We don’t learn until Deuteronomy 25 the evil Amalek did. With no reason, Amalek attacked the Israelites’ rear ranks, “all the stragglers at your rear, when you were tired and weary; and he did not fear God.” These were the defenseless elderly, women, and children that Amalek slaughtered because he did not fear God. In Exodus 17:14, the Lord says, “I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.” This is expounded upon in Deuteronomy 25:19, “When the LORD your God gives you rest from the enemies around you in the land that He is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you are to blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget.” Back to Exodus 17:16 where the “LORD has sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.” So we see that Amalek was not only a physical king that did a most horrible atrocity against the children of God, but also an evil spirit that God promises to deal with over the generations until there is peace in Israel. We know there is no true peace in Israel until the return of the Lord. To this day an evil Amalek-type spirit continues to attack when people are at their weakest. The October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israeli citizens is a strong example. The scripture says that Amalek did not fear God. The Hebrew root of name Amalek informs us that it is related to having a blind eye, or an eye that refuses to recognize truth. Rabbi Pesach Wolicki writes that “One of the primary purposes of Israel, if not the primary purpose, is to be a vehicle for the revelation of God in this world.” To deny this relationship is the essence of Amalek, and we see this same pattern in Israel’s surrounding enemies who have “no fear of God.” It is spiritual and manifests in the physical. Remember, as believers in Christ Jesus, we are grafted into Israel. This is a reason that we must be strengthened and fortified by the Word of God that we may withstand the evil that attacks us at our weakest points, just as Amalek did to the Israelites and his spirit continues to do so even today. Daily Devotion: More Than a Miracle - by Greg Laurie – www.harvest.org The queen of Sheba will also stand up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, for she came from a distant land to hear the wisdom of Solomon. Now someone greater than Solomon is here—but you refuse to listen. —Matthew 12:42 https://harvest.org/resources/devotion/more-than-a-miracle-2/ - Listen Have you ever thought that if you could do a miracle, then your non-Christian friends would believe? If that is what it would take, then God would do it. The religious leaders asked Jesus for a miraculous sign, but He told them, “Only an evil, adulterous generation would demand a miraculous sign; but the only sign I will give them is the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights” (Matthew 12:39–40 NLT). At the same time that Jesus refused a sign, He promised a sign. He refused the sign they wanted, which would have had no effect on them. But He promised the only sign that could truly impact and change them. Jesus was telling them, “Someone greater than Jonah is here. And I’m offering forgiveness.” While Jonah came preaching God’s judgment, Jesus came preaching God’s mercy and grace. Jonah was disobedient, but Jesus was obedient. Jonah preached to one city, but Jesus came for the entire world. Then Jesus continued, “The queen of Sheba will also stand up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, for she came from a distant land to hear the wisdom of Solomon. Now someone greater than Solomon is here—but you refuse to listen” (verse 42 NLT). The queen of Sheba was not Jewish, but she came to Jerusalem seeking the wisdom of the great King Solomon. She made a grueling 1,200-mile journey to hear what he had to say because she desperately wanted to hear truth. In essence, Jesus was saying, “You should know better than to ask for a sign. You should know what is true and what is right.” We can’t help but draw a parallel to our own nation. We should know better. Our country was built on biblical precepts. The first book in our public school system was the Bible. Our laws were based on biblical principles. But today, we can’t even post the Ten Commandments in a classroom. As we see anarchy in the streets and violence spreading across our society, people are crying out for a return to family values. But we need more than family values; we need the morality those values are based on. And then we need the spirituality that morality is based on. We can’t have morality without spirituality, because who determines what is moral and immoral? We must have a set of standards, and we find them in the pages of Scripture. Jesus was saying to the religious leaders, “So you want a sign? Here it is. I’m going to die on the cross and rise from the dead. That is your sign.” The sign our unbelieving friends and family need to know about is that Jesus died on the cross for them and rose from the dead. This is what we need to proclaim. It’s the greatest sign of all. PROPHECY UPDATE NEWS HEADLINES Yesterday's Prophecies - Today's Headlines HEADLINES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TRACKING BIBLE PROPHECY 9/16/24 http://trackingbibleprophecy.org/birthpangs.php
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