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Israel Is Not Going to Surrender Or Settle — Even If That Means Commencing Another War – By Amir Tsarfati - https://harbingersdaily.com/amir-tsarfati-israel-is-not-going-to-surrender-or-settle-even-if-that-means-commencing-another-war/
(Galilee, Israel) — Shalom from a very tense Galilee! Iran said that one of their revenge strategies is to create uncertainty within Israel. The resultant fear of many of my fellow citizens as they wait for the missiles to come flying over our borders causes great satisfaction for the ayatollahs and their minions. The question is whether Iran will decide to do more. There are many reasons why they should think twice. Israel has already promised severe retribution if Tehran strikes. These are not empty threats as we have already proven multiple times that whether it is flying in for an airstrike or carrying out a targeted killing, there is no place in Iran that is out of our reach. Other nations have also warned the Islamic regime against attacking Israel. Chief amongst these allies is the United States, who have brought the fresh USS Abraham Lincoln strike force into the region to give the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike force a break. As the ayatollahs consider their next move, there is one truth that I now believe might stay their hand to an extent. They are not going to risk their existence just because some Arab Hamas leader got blown up in their capital. In fact, this really has nothing to do with Hamas. It’s all about the Ayatollah saving face. When Persian Iran strikes, it will be in a manner that they believe will show that you can’t just waltz into Tehran and kill someone, even if it is just an Arab. Where I think that Israel needs to be most focused right now is in Lebanon with Hezbollah. There is no other path to a lasting peace except through war with the terrorist organization. I pray that one morning very soon I will wake up to discover that Israel has made a preemptive strike. Undoubtedly, it will lead to at least two difficult months ahead. There are ten times more tunnels in Lebanon and ten times more hostages, although the hostages there are the innocent Lebanese people. But if we are eventually going to be able to send our 80,000 refugees back to their homes along the northern Israeli border, then Hezbollah must be gone. The problem we are facing is that everyone is tired of war. Hamas and Hezbollah are tired of it. They were sure that Netanyahu would be gone by now and that his replacement would have signed some sort of agreement putting everything back to how it was before. That’s how it was always done in the past. Why wouldn’t it be that way now? But October 7 crossed a line. Israel is not going to surrender, and we are not going to settle. But it isn’t just the terrorists who are tired of war. Israelis have serious war fatigue also. It has been ten months that this has been hanging over us. The wars of the past were over in days or just a few weeks. For a majority of Israelis, though, those battles belonged to the previous generation. This is all new to them. They’ve never experienced this kind of constant stress, wondering if today will be the day that a horde of terrorists pours over the borders and they are now the ones who are being attacked in their homes. Or, more likely, whether they will go to bed one night and never wake up because a rocket will land on their house. Everyone just wants this to be over. However, once again, in a post-October 7 world we realize that it will not be over until Hamas is wiped out and Hezbollah is either destroyed or seriously crippled. I strive to remain calm. But I am also a husband and a father of four children, one of whom is active service and two others who are reserves, called up every few months. It is a heavy burden to bear, but only when it comes to the small picture. When it comes to the big picture, though, I know the end of the story. I know how this is going to work out. That knowledge sets me apart from a vast majority of those around me, because most Israelis are not sitting and reading the Bible. They are watching television and listening to news sources and reading social media. That kind of click-bait, fake news input only brings fear and anxiety. Thousands of people have lost their jobs, particularly in the tourism industry. Tens of thousands remain evacuated from their family homes. It sounds surreal to say, but many of us in Israel are looking forward to another war. Actually, what we are really looking forward to is the peace that will finally come after the war. But to get to “after the war”, you’ve got to go through “the war”. Lord, if it’s going to come, please let it come now. Exodus 15:6-7 KJV – “Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces the enemy. And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.” Gaza Last Friday, Israel conducted a surgical strike on the Al-Taba’een school compound in Gaza City. The world went nuts. The United Nations immediately condemned Israel for bombing children, while other countries were quick to condemn the Israeli Defense Forces’ (IDF) actions. What these dogpilers failed to notice was, first, the time of the attack. At 5:00 AM, how many schoolchildren are sitting in their classrooms? They also neglected to take a look at those who were killed in the strike. Thirty-one senior Hamas members were eliminated on those school grounds. However, it’s no surprise that these facts were ignored. If it’s the Israelis who are behind the strike, it’s got to be evil. Speaking of evil, Hamas continued to torture the families of hostages by claiming that in two separate incidents a hostage was killed and two others were injured by the terrorist soldiers. On the opposite side of the good vs. evil coin, the IDF continues to be very busy in all of Gaza. In the Rafah region alone, Givati forces have killed more than 100 terrorists in recent days. Lebanon As I mentioned above, the tensions to the north of Israel increase daily. Many countries have pulled officials from Lebanon in preparation for a war between Israel and the terrorist group, Hezbollah. The United States government says that it has plans to evacuate up to 100,000 citizens from the nation. Last Friday, Hezbollah launched a massive barrage of rockets and missiles toward the Golan Heights and Upper Galilee. Since October 8, the terrorist group has launched more than 7,500 missiles and 200 drones at Israel which killed 43 Israelis, 19 of whom were soldiers, and wounded 271 more. These projectiles also started 790 fires which have burned 40,000 acres of land. In preparation for a possible attack, Israel has increased intelligence measures over the skies of Lebanon and Iran. The strikes by the Israeli Air Force (IAF) have been well-planned and persistent as it seeks to soften the capabilities of Hezbollah prior to full-blown war. The ground of northern Israel shook Tuesday when, just across the border in Kfarkela, Lebanon, the IAF dropped three MK-84 bunker buster bombs from an F-35 jet. This was the first time since the beginning of hostilities that these munitions were used. Syria A 5.0 earthquake on Monday, and a 4.5 on Tuesday. Yesterday saw a 4.1 temblor. Maybe if God can’t get ahold of the Syrians’ attention through guns and bombs, He’ll choose to shake them up another way. West Bank The battle against terrorism is not just to the north and south of Israel. It is within the country. Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ) all have active fighters in the West Bank. Wednesday, in a rare instance of the IDF, border police, the Israel Prison Service’s elite Metzada Unit, and Shin Bet all operating together, five terrorists were eliminated in operations against cells in Tubas, Tamun, and the Far’a refugee camp. Four Israeli troops were wounded in the operation when an IED exploded near their light armored vehicle. Iran Last week, it was reported that Jordan said no to both Israel and Iran using their airspace in an attack. A couple days later, Jordan amended their statement saying that Israel would be allowed to fly over the nation if it was to defend itself against an Iranian barrage. Immediately, they were harshly criticized by many in the Islamic world. So, they took it back and said again that neither country could fly across their borders. What both Jordan and Israel understand, however, is that there is a gap between public denials and what is actually allowed. A report from Iran International yesterday said that Tehran has begun for the first time active secret development and testing on an explosive device for the warhead of a nuclear weapon. This is greatly concerning. Unfortunately for the ayatollahs, they may have a hard time paying for the research. Yesterday also saw a major cyberattack against the Central Bank of Iran and other banking institutions. It caused a major disruption in the system and could be the largest attack ever against Iranian infrastructure. The Temple and Tisha B’Av Tisha B’Av, the remembrance day for the destruction of both the Solomonic and Herodian temples, was observed last Monday night and Tuesday. Despite warnings and threats, nearly 3000 Jews visited the Temple Mount to mourn the loss of the holy sites. Last year, the number was only about 1900. The United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken approved a deal Tuesday that will supply to Israel F-15 fighter jets and other materiel worth almost $19 billion. In addition, other agreements were made that would supply $774 million worth of shells and $583 million worth of vehicles. Unfortunately, with the U.S. it is always a blessing and a curse. They willingly send us the war materiel, then ask us to promise not to use it without their approval. While that was taking place in Washington, in Los Angeles on Tuesday a group of antisemitic, pro-Palestine protesters decided to block the 405 Freeway. Nine people were arrested, and, surprisingly for California, no one got run over. Russia/Ukraine The incursion of Ukraine into Russia’s Kursk region continues. Since it began last week, Ukraine has taken 74 villages and small towns, even swapping some of the Russian road signs with Ukrainian. Meanwhile, in Moscow, the alert level has been raised and the number of police has been increased in fear of infiltration of Ukrainian special forces into the city. This is following Sunday’s swarm of Ukrainian drones which struck Moscow and a nearby airfield. For his part, President Vladimir Putin has officially ended all peace talks with Ukraine, which is disappointing because they were going so swimmingly before. Turkey No matter how much you dislike the grumpy old man, sometimes he does something that will make you smile. On Saturday, the sons of the now defunct Hamas political bureau leader, Ismail Haniyeh, met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who offered his condolences. However, according to some reports, what he didn’t offer them was their father’s $3 billion that was stored in Turkish banks. That kind of money can come in handy to a country whose economy has been failing. The last thing the grumpy dictator was heard saying to the empty-handed brothers as they walked away was, “And stay off my lawn, too!” From Global Financial Crisis to The Mark of The Beast In 10 Steps – Britt Gillette - https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=7196 A little over a week ago, a financial crisis erupted into the headlines as the unraveling of the Japanese yen carry trade led to the biggest two-day drop in Japanese stock market history. While everything appears calm for the moment (at least, as I write this article), know this - it's not. What took place last week is only the beginning of a much larger financial crisis, and it's going to get far worse before it ends. The only question now is how quickly will it all unfold? A growing crisis is inevitable, and the reason is simple... The Bank of Japan is trapped. Back in May, I wrote "6 Potential Triggers for the Next Global Financial Crisis." The second trigger listed was a Japanese currency crisis: "Meanwhile, the world's fourth largest economy is on the verge of a major currency crisis. The Japanese yen currently sits at its lowest level relative to the U.S. dollar since 1990. To prevent the situation from getting worse will likely require the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates or the U.S. Federal Reserve to lower interest rates. Given the recent persistence of inflation, it's unlikely we'll see the U.S. lower rates in the short-term (absent a major financial crisis). This means the Bank of Japan may be forced to raise rates and take other measures to defend its currency. But this will cause a number of problems. First, the Japanese economy is in recession. Raising rates will only make the problem worse. Second, Japanese government debt stands at over 260% of GDP. Believe it or not, that's twice as bad as the United States. Raising rates means more interest on the national debt, potentially sparking a debt spiral that could destroy the country. Furthermore, if the Bank of Japan starts hiking rates, this could cause a reversal of the yen carry trade (succinctly explained here), which could quickly lead to a disorderly unraveling of financial positions all over the world. Along the way, we could see margin calls and exploding derivatives positions that crash global financial markets." As you can see, the Bank of Japan can choose one of two roads: 1) Raise Interest Rates and Destroy the Domestic Economy - Raising rates will strengthen the yen. But as we saw last week, it will also lead to a reversal of the yen carry trade with enormous implications for global financial markets. It will also weaken the Japanese economy, and increase the interest paid on a Japanese government debt load too onerous to ever be paid back. In addition, it puts further strain on the Japanese banking system by increasing the amount of unrealized losses on bank balance sheets - likely resulting in bank runs. Ultimately, raising interest rates will destroy the Japanese economy. or 2) Lower Interest Rates and Destroy the Domestic Economy - Likewise, lowering rates will cause the yen to depreciate relative to other currencies (in particular, the dollar). While it will decrease the stress on Japanese bank balance sheets and the amount of interest paid on the Japanese government debt, it will unleash domestic inflation sure to ravage the finances of the average Japanese citizen. More and more of the average household budget will be earmarked for essentials, and discretionary consumer spending will contract. Worst of all, increased fossil fuel prices will weigh down every aspect of the economy, as Japan remains heavily reliant on imported oil. And that oil needs to be purchased in dollars using an ever increasing number of yen. Ultimately, lowering interest rates will destroy the Japanese economy. In case you missed it, the big takeaway is this - no matter what the Bank of Japan does, the result will be the same. And, as the fourth largest economy in the world, the destruction of the Japanese economy (whether through a deflationary spiral or hyperinflationary collapse) will severely weaken the entire global economy. Moreover, this is happening while almost every other industrialized nation in the world is on the brink of economic calamity due their own problems with over-indebtedness. That's why this crisis is far from over. In fact, just ahead of us is the greatest economic and financial crisis in history. When the dust settles, the world will find itself trapped in a system indistinguishable in both capability and function from the mark of the beast system outlined in Revelation 13:16-17 - setting the stage for the roll out of the actual mark of the beast system. How will that happen? Several interim steps stand between the current crisis and the global financial tyranny the Bible tells us is coming. I believe those steps are as follows: STEP #1 - Continued Volatility Expect to see continued volatility in global financial markets. Anticipate bear markets in stocks, real estate, and corporate debt in the United States, Japan, Europe, and almost every nation in the world. In the days and weeks ahead, expect to see a number of major financial events dominate news headlines. We may even see an epic crash in one or more of these markets. Expect to see increased job losses across all industries. However, these events will only be the beginning of the economic turmoil. The worst is yet to come. STEP #2 - Debt Hits Its Limit Eventually, the world will hit peak debt. The ability of consumers, corporations, and governments to take on new debt will hit its limit. Our current monetary system is a debt-based monetary system. This means in order to continue functioning properly, it requires the creation of ever greater amounts of debt. Essentially, it's no different than a Ponzi scheme. In a Ponzi scheme, once new investors can't be brought in, the entire scheme unravels. It falls apart, and investors lose everything. In the same way, once more debt can't be taken on, the current monetary system will implode. As individuals, corporations, and governments fail to take on new record levels of debt, the currency supply will shrink. This will lead to a cascade of defaults and bankruptcies as the world descends into a deflationary spiral akin to the Great Depression. STEP #3 - Limited Bank Runs As this deflationary spiral leads to further job losses and bankruptcies, it will eventually spark a panic in financial markets. During this phase, expect to see bank runs in major industrialized economies. In fact, Japan is a prime potential candidate for seeing some of these initial bank runs. But troubled banks aren't limited to Japan. Banking stress is a global issue. For instance, in the United states, over 1,871 banks are at greater risk of failure due to their commercial real estate exposure. And according to the FDIC, the United states banking system is currently sitting on half a trillion dollars in unrealized losses. Many people try to explain this away. "No need to worry," they say. "These are unrealized losses." And that's true. But it's only true until the unrealized losses become realized losses. This is what happened in the spring of 2023, when customers demanded their cash deposits from Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and First Republic - causing all three banks to fail. Those failures amounted to the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th largest bank failures in U.S. history. Once bank runs like these re-emerge, central banks will take the same measures they took in March 2023. They'll panic and pledge to guarantee all deposits in an effort to prevent further bank runs. Unfortunately, this will only increase risk in the system as customers keep their deposits at institutions that are due to fail anyway. All this will do is delay the inevitable and create the conditions that lead to the greatest run on banks since the Great Depression. STEP #4 - A Massive Government / Central Bank Response Fearing a repeat of the Great Depression and staring into the void of a deflationary spiral, governments and central banks across the globe will spend and print as much as they can in a desperate attempt to avoid a prolonged depression. In recent crises, these types of efforts managed to kick the can down the road and avoid the much dreaded deflationary spiral and unraveling of the financial system. However, those previous efforts were undertaken in an era of relatively low inflation. We now live in a world where the United states national debt tops $35 trillion. Interest alone on the US national debt is over $1 trillion per year. Annual budget deficits exceed $2 trillion per year. And all of this is taking place with supposedly record unemployment and a growing economy. What happens to that debt load and those annual budget deficits when the economy begins to contract and millions of people lose their jobs? Tax revenues will decrease while spending explodes on social safety net programs. The result will be massive budget deficits few people ever thought possible. Is it realistic to expect interest rates (particularly on long-term government debt) to sharply decline in the face of such reckless spending? I believe the answer is no. Rates are likely to stay higher for longer, and that means stubbornly high mortgage and consumer loan rates, crushing consumer spending. These high interest rates will persist until the economy is driven into a severe depression. At that point, relatively low interest rates will likely return. But the damage will be done. The global economy will be fully entrenched in a deflationary spiral as bad as the Great Depression, and central banks will find it more and more difficult to print enough currency to fill the void. STEP #5 - A Bank Bail-In At some point during their policy response, governments and central banks will make a major miscalculation. Unable to arrest the freefall in global financial markets and corporate bankruptcies, they'll continue to spend and print until public sentiment convinces them to change policy. In the face of intense political pressure to stop "bailing out the banks and Wall Street," they'll do something truly novel - they'll follow the law (something they didn't do during the 2023 bank failures). Under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Protection Act as well as other post-Great Financial Crisis legislation and regulatory changes, failed banks are supposed to be "bailed-in" by depositors rather than "bailed-out" by taxpayers. To "bail-in" a bank means depositors are forced to recapitalize the bank with their own deposits. All cash deposits above the FDIC limit are used to rescue the bank and save it from collapse. In exchange, depositors receive equity (an ownership interest) in the failing bank. Unfortunately, that equity has a market value much less than what the original cash deposit was worth. At some point, expect Fed officials to allow a bank to fail and be "bailed-in." Any businesses exclusively banking at this "bailed-in" bank will lose everything above the $250k limit - causing many of those businesses to fail. This will cause an enormous public outcry, and the Fed will quickly reverse its decision - once again promising to guarantee all deposits. But their policy reversal won't matter. The damage will be done. Businesses all over the United States, and all over the world, will panic. That single attempt - and that's all it will take, one attempt - to "bail-in" a bank will spark a panic run on all but the largest banks. As individuals and businesses move their cash deposits above the FDIC insured threshold to larger, "too-big-to-fail" banks such as JP Morgan and Wells Fargo, regional banks and smaller banks will fail in mass. In the end, only a handful of banks will control the overwhelming majority of deposits, and all this will be the result of a contagion sparked by a single bank "bail-in." Think I'm exaggerating the extent of the banking crisis? Just remember this - when the bank runs begin, most banks will have nothing in reserve to pay out to depositors. They'll be forced to sell underwater assets at a loss to raise cash. Why do I say they'll have nothing? Because in March 2020, the U.S. Federal Reserve lowered the reserve requirements to zero. That's right. Zero. Still think I'm crazy? STEP #6 - Something Big Blows Up As the largest bank run in history spreads across the globe, years and years of central planning and economic mismanagement will surface in the form of smaller implosions throughout the global economy. Think of a leaky boat where the occupants frantically rush to plug the leaks, but for every hole they plug, three new leaks spring forth. These implosions will include major problems in the global derivatives market - estimated at somewhere between $1 and $4 quadrillion dollars. According to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, four banks - just four - hold "87.6% of the total banking industry notional amount of derivatives." That means the failure of just one of those banks will be enough to collapse the entire global financial system (i.e. those banks won't be allowed to fail). Also, as we saw during the Great Financial Crisis, this crisis will expose fraudulent activity. In 2008, Bernie Madoff was exposed for running the biggest Ponzi scheme in history. Expect to see more Bernie Madoffs. In addition, expect several hedge funds, high-net worth individuals, and/or other financial entities outside of the traditional regulatory system to be exposed as frauds for pledging the same collateral to multiple financial institutions. On Wall Street, expect to see several major failures of brokerage houses and, more importantly, intermediaries responsible for the stock settlement process. Their failure will expose a fatal flaw in the system. When someone "shorts" a security, they "borrow" it from someone who owns it, sell it into the open market and promise to buy it back later (they hope at a lower price, pocketing the difference). When this happens, two people think they own the same security. This is called naked short selling, and it's illegal in most countries. Nevertheless, it still happens. And we won't know to what extent the law has been flaunted until the system breaks. When it does, many people will learn they don't own what they thought they owned. When these financial entities fail, contagion will spread throughout the global financial system. The threat of counterparty risk will cause global credit markets to freeze as distrust spreads throughout the system. This is the moment when the entire system will "break." STEP #7 - Bank Holiday At this point, the global economy will come to an immediate, grinding halt. With credit markets frozen, trucks will stop making deliveries, factories will stop producing widgets, and every node in the global supply chain will freeze. In response, governments will announce "a bank holiday." Global financial markets will close. All banks will close, and all electronic financial transactions will cease. So what does this mean? A bank holiday last occurred in the United States in March 1933 at the height of the Great Depression. Markets and banks will remain closed until government regulators implement new measures to jumpstart credit markets and restore the orderly functioning of the financial system. STEP #8 - Roll Out the New System How will they manage to do this? How will they restore credit markets and the orderly functioning of the financial system? Once the system breaks, "the solution" will be conveniently "found" waiting in the wings. They're already preparing and testing it now. All that's necessary is the proper crisis to drive its implementation. The "solution" they will roll out has three elements: 1) CBDC - The first of these elements is central bank digital currency (CBDC). CBDC is centralized, digital fiat currency. But unlike the currency of the past, CBDC will be fully programmable. This means central banks can manipulate it in real-time. They'll have the ability to raise and lower interest rates on your currency in real-time. They'll have the ability to put restrictions on your currency in real-time, such as where you can spend it and on what. With CBDC, governments will have full insight into every financial transaction you make. And before you say, "People will never agree to that," know this - people will demand it. They'll claim it's necessary to prevent another crisis like the one that just unfolded. They'll claim that to prevent 21st Century bank runs, they need 21st Century regulatory tools. They'll claim CBDC will enable law enforcement to identify criminals like Bernie Madoff instantly, because they'll know in real-time if bad actors embezzle or misallocate funds. They'll claim CBDC will give regulators much needed insight into the "shadow banking system" and systemically important non-bank financial institutions (entities that don't currently fall under the same regulatory standards as banks). And with this new oversight, such a crisis will "never happen again." Ultimately, the public will embrace CBDC as a "safeguard" against future financial crises. It's an empty promise. 2) Tokenized Assets - The second element of the new system will be tokenized assets. Every asset on earth will be digitized. This includes stocks, bonds, precious metals, art, real estate, and anything else of value which can be catalogued, tracked, and traded. Again, the public will embrace tokenized assets. They'll claim they're necessary to prevent another financial crisis like the one that just unfolded. Remember, when the system breaks, many people will realize for the first time that they didn't really own the stocks they thought they owned. The failure of several Wall Street brokerages and settlement entities will reveal an epic game of financial music chairs where concepts such as naked short selling led to multiple people thinking they own the same share of stock. By definition, only one can be the owner. The others will lose out. Many retirements accounts will be devastated. The solution? Tokenized assets - a transparent method for tracking ownership in real-time on a public-facing blockchain. In the aftermath of a market crash, where so many people lose out, they'll claim tokenized assets will prevent future fraud and abuse of financial regulations. 3) Digital IDs - The third element of the new system will be digital ID. Governments will roll out digital ID's as a means to verify the identities of those transacting in CBDC and tokenized assets. They'll claim digital ID's will prevent fraud and abuse. But because digital ID's will centralize all information associated with an individual, they make a person more vulnerable to identity theft. A single hack, and every aspect of your life is compromised. In reality, digital ID isn't about what's best for you - it's about what's best for government. By centralizing all information associated with you as an individual, it streamlines their ability to surveil your life. If that's the case, why will anyone go along with the digital ID system? Simple. They'll make digital ID a requirement to receive CBDC and tokenized assets. And people will gladly adopt the first two elements of the new system in order to rebuild their financial lives. Those deposits you lost when the banks went under? You can have them back. But only in CBDC. Those stocks you lost when the brokerages and settlement houses defaulted? You can buy them back, but only as "secure" tokenized assets. If you're on board, the government will deposit the cash equivalent of the lost assets to your digital wallet. You can then use the CBDC to "buy back" your lost assets. Don't want CBDC? Then your lost deposits and assets remain lost. And what about those who had no cash or assets to begin with? They'll be on board too. The government will offer them "free cash" to jumpstart the economy and avoid social unrest. Simply claim your digital wallet, and $10,000 will be waiting for you. Still not convinced? How about $25,000? Or $50,000? This offer will prove irresistible for many. We already see such a system rolling out in Thailand presently. STEP #9 - The New System Becomes "Mandatory" With all these incentives, adoption of the new system will take place rapidly. In the aftermath of the greatest financial and economic crisis in history, many people who have lost their homes, retirement accounts, and cash deposits will gladly accept the offer of the new digital system in order to restore their lost fortunes. They'll willingly accept CBDC and digital IDs as a form of "21st Century convenience." In a relatively short period of time, the number of people in the system will reach critical mass. At that point, any remaining holdouts who refuse to take part in the new system will simply be forced into the system. This will happen when governments drive the final nail in the coffin of the old system and ban the use of physical cash. They'll claim cash needs to be outlawed because "only drug lords, money launderers, and terrorists use it." Anyone who objects based on privacy concerns will receive the standard mantra, "If you've got nothing to hide, then what are you afraid of?" Once they force the last holdouts into the system, the door to the cage will slam shut. The entire world will be locked into a new economic system, one that gives governments and central banks unprecedented power over every individual on the face of the planet. While this new system will not be the mark of the beast system, it will be indistinguishable in capability and function from the mark of the beast system foretold in the Bible. Regardless of whether or not this new system is initially abused or not, the infrastructure will be in place for the mark of the beast system to appear at the midpoint of the 7-year Tribulation. STEP #10 - Roll Out of the Mark of the Beast System Once the world reaches the midpoint of the Tribulation, the Antichrist and the false prophet will roll out the mark of the beast system. As the Book of Revelation reveals, they will require everyone on the face of the earth to receive a mark on the right hand or on the forehead and no one will be able to buy or sell without that mark: "He required everyone -- small and great, rich and poor, free and slave -- to be given a mark on the right hand or on the forehead. And no one could buy or sell anything without that mark, which was either the name of the beast or the number representing his name." Revelation 13:16-17 (NLT) When the Antichrist and the false prophet make their move to implement the mark of the beast system, they won't have to scramble to create it. The basic system will already exist. All they'll have to do is "flip the switch." And this is how the world will go from a global financial crisis to biblical tyranny. The time between these steps will vary, and some are likely to occur simultaneously (see Steps #4, #5, and #6). And while I can't know the timeline between Steps #1 and #10, rest assured, we're in Step #1 right now. I hope this article helps you to understand how we're most likely to get from where we are today to where the world will be in the years to come. Most important, know this coming system is only one of the many signs the Bible says will appear in the end times. Jesus and the prophets pointed to dozens of signs, and our generation is witness to the emergence and convergence of those signs. No other generation can say the same. Most important, Jesus said, "When you begin to see these things, you can know His return is near, right at the door" (Matthew 24:33). Amen, come Lord Jesus, come! PROPHECY UPDATE VIDEOS
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DONATE HERE Your can also mail your support to: Prophecy Update PO Box 40516 Bakersfield, CA 93384 Literally Just One Day Later, We Got A Major Confirmation That Something Really Big Could Be Happening - by Michael Snyder - https://endoftheamericandream.com/literally-just-one-day-later-we-got-a-major-confirmation-that-something-really-big-could-be-happening/ Are we not supposed to notice that something big is going on? Literally just one day after the World Health Organization classified the Monkeypox outbreak in central Africa as a “public health emergency of international concern”, a confirmed case of the new mutant strain of Monkeypox was confirmed in Sweden. Did the WHO know about this case before they made their announcement? Somebody really needs to be asking that question. And as you will see below, one expert is now telling us that there are “almost certainly” cases in the UK already. Will we soon see cases of the new mutant strain of Monkeypox popping up all over the world? Whenever I write about anything, there are people out there that get upset. This seems to be particularly true when I write about diseases. After what we have been through in recent years, there are a lot of people that never want to hear the word “pandemic” ever again. I can definitely understand that. But I am not here to write what people want to hear and make them feel all warm and fuzzy. In Matthew 24, Jesus specifically told us that there would be multiple “pestilences” in the days just before His return. Is Jesus a liar? Of course not. At this point, we simply do not know if Monkeypox is one of the “pestilences” that Jesus warned us about, but I think that it is worth watching because the World Health Organization is certainly making a big deal out of it. One day after this new mutant strain of Monkeypox was designated as a “public health emergency of international concern” by the World Health Organization, we received shocking news that a case had been confirmed in Sweden… Sweden on Thursday announced the first case outside Africa of the more dangerous variant of mpox, which the WHO has declared a global public health emergency. The country’s public health agency confirmed to AFP that it was the same strain of the virus that has surged in the Democratic Republic of Congo since September 2023, known as the Clade 1b subclade. I didn’t expect to see a case in Europe so soon. In fact, I was hoping that I wouldn’t be writing about Monkeypox for quite some time. But now that this new strain is on the loose, it could become an enormous global story. We are being told that the infected person in Sweden had recently been to an area in Africa where this new strain is spreading… The person was infected during a visit to “the part of Africa where there is a major outbreak of mpox clade I,” state epidemiologist Magnus Gisslen said in the statement. The patient “has received care,” Gisslen said. The agency added that Sweden “has a preparedness to diagnose, isolate and treat people with mpox safely.” Hopefully they were able to isolate this individual in time. But even if they did, the chapter of the World Health Organization in Europe is expecting that there will be more “imported cases of Clade 1 in the European region over the coming days and weeks”… WHO/Europe said it was actively engaging with Sweden’s health authorities on “how best to manage the first confirmed case of mpox Clade 1b”. It urged other countries to act quickly and transparently like Sweden, as there were likely to be further “imported cases of Clade 1 in the European region over the coming days and weeks”. And an expert in the UK says that he believes that there is “almost certainly” cases of this new strain in the UK right now… Meanwhile, Microbiologist, Professor Paul Hunter from the University of East Anglia told Times Radio the new variant of MPox is “almost certainly” in the UK already. When asked about the chances of the disease being in the UK already, he said: “Almost certainly. We saw with the 2022 pandemic of Mpox, with the clade 2, that once it gets into sexual networks, it can spread very rapidly around the world and it’s actually very difficult to control that spread. “So yeah, I think it’s not surprising that we’ve had a first case in Europe, and I think we’re going to see more. I think we will undoubtedly see cases in the UK over the coming weeks.” In 2022, Monkeypox was primarily being spread through sexual contact. But now the BBC is reporting that it can be spread by “talking or breathing close to another person”… Mpox, which was previously known as monkeypox, is transmitted through close contact, such as sex, skin-to-skin contact and talking or breathing close to another person. That is news to me. I had not heard that you can catch Monkeypox by talking to someone. Has something changed? There is still so much about this new strain that we do not know. When Monkeypox spread all over the globe in 2022, the death rate was very low. But the death rate for this new strain is much, much higher… The current strain causing concern among scientists is known as clade 1b and kills one in 20 adults. Its fatality rate in children is higher – one in 10. The virus is also believed to cause miscarriages in pregnant women. The Swedish public health agency said Clade 1 was likely to be linked to “a higher rise of a more severe course of disease and higher mortality”. Even if you don’t die, if you get infected it may be an experience that you will never forget for the rest of your life. When a 35-year-old charity worker named Harun Tulunay got infected, the pain that he experienced was unlike anything he had ever felt before… His test confirmed he had monkeypox, and only then did lesions often associated with monkeypox begin to appear on his hands, legs, and feet.”My throat was covered,” he said, explaining that the lesion on his nose was bigger and had become infected.“I was scared I would die alone in my hospital room,” he said. “I’d never been in so much pain in my life.” Another Monkeypox victim, 29-year-old Luke Brown, says that nothing that the doctors gave him even dented the pain… For the next few days, I was in excruciating pain—the worst pain of my life. I’ve been in a car wreck. I’ve had sinus surgery four times. I’ve had wisdom teeth out. I’ve had COVID-19 and mono. I’ve broken my hand, and the pain was nothing like this. Doctors put me on gabapentin [a medication used to treat pain from shingles], and I was also on ibuprofen and acetaminophen, but nothing even dented the pain. What these people went through is very real. You definitely do not want this disease. This new mutant strain has already killed hundreds of people in Africa, and health officials seem to believe that it is probably just a matter of time before it spreads all over the globe. Once again, I want to stress that I do not know if this is one of the “pestilences” that we should be watching for, but without a doubt we live at a time when great pestilences are coming. Just like everyone else, I am watching global events and trying to figure things out the best that I can. So let’s watch and see what happens. Over time, it will become clear whether this new strain of Monkeypox is a major threat to us or not. But sticking our heads in the sand and ignoring global events as they spiral out of control isn’t going to do anyone any good. Tribulation Earthquakes - by Bill Perkins - https://compass.org/tribulation-earthquakes/ For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; Mark 13:8 We have twice written about earthquakes in the latter days. One made it into our Steel On Steel, Book One, Chapter 11. But both articles are available to read online. (1)(2) Both point to a lot of scripture that tie immense ground shakes to the last days after Rapture. If you're new to this subject, hopefully you can read these articles to supplement this essay. Earthquakes & Volcanoes in Bible Prophecy The Coming Shake, Rattle and Roll The articles point to a lot of scriptures that show the massive earthquake activity that takes place after the Rapture in the 7-year Tribulation. Obviously it’s likely that before the Rapture we’ll be seeing an increase in earthquake activity as we get closer to our loud and boisterous exit. So I was not surprised to run across this recent article in Prophecy News Watch (3) regarding the increase in earthquake activity around the world. The article points out that New Jersey, not known for having earthquakes, has been rattled by 200 tremors in the past three months. In addition, last week a 2.9 quake was oddly registered under Lake Michigan near Sturgeon Bay, WI. And in Texas… So many earthquakes have struck the West Texas County of Scurry in the past week (more than 100 at last count) that local officials have declared a state of emergency. Scurry County Judge Dan Hicks wrote in his Friday declaration of disaster that since the first earthquake, registering magnitude 4.9, was felt the night of July 22, “… damage has been found throughout Scurry County in businesses and residences." The article also discusses the “big one” that is due in California. But it seems like that one would be one of the “big two” in the Tribulation. The Bible indicates there will be a lot of ground shaking around the world in the Tribulation. there will be earthquakes in various places; Mark 13:8b In addition to the smaller quakes, there will be two HUGE earthquakes in the 7-year future Tribulation. To keep this simple, I’ll refer to the first Tribulation earthquake as EQ1 and second Tribulation earthquake as EQ2. The main differences between EQ1 and EQ2 are the size and timing. EQ1 takes place a couple of years after the Rapture (Judgment Seal 6) and only moves mountains. The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.….Rev. 6:14 and there was a great earthquake, such as there had not been since man came to be upon the earth, so great an earthquake was it, and so mighty. Rev. 6:18b As you can see, this will be largest earthquake to ever take place on planet earth… until the next big one. EQ2 is the mother of all earthquakes, coming at the end of the Tribulation (Judgment Bowl 7). It totally flattens mountains. Imagine that! there was a great earthquake, such as there had not been since man came to be upon the earth, so great an earthquake was it, and so mighty….And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. Rev. 16:18, 20 EQ2 will surpass EQ1 by a bunch. If EQ1 rated 100 on the Richter Scale, EQ2 would rate a million. EQ2 is so strong it shakes the entire planet, flattens all the world’s mountains, and sinks all the world’s islands. No wonder Isaiah says only a few people will survive into the Millennium (Is.24:6). EQ2 is also referred to in other places in the Bible. Mountains quake because of Him and the hills dissolve; Indeed the earth is upheaved by His presence, Nah.1:5 The fish of the sea, the birds of the heavens, the beasts of the field, all the creeping things that creep on the earth, and all the men who are on the face of the earth will shake at My presence; the mountains also will be thrown down, the steep pathways will collapse and every wall will fall to the ground. Ezek. 38:20 Luke 3:4-6 quotes Isaiah the prophet who says the purpose of the earth being shook so badly is for the entire earth to see the glory and power of God. A voice is calling, “Clear the way for the LORD in the wilderness; Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God. Let every valley be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; And let the rough ground become a plain, and the rugged terrain a broad valley; Then the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all flesh will see it together; Is. 40:3-5 Most teach that those verses are referring to John the Baptist’s ministry… and they are. But they also are tied into EQ2 at the end of the Tribulation. And EQ2 is followed by Jesus’ Second Coming, when the entire earth will see Him coming in the sky. BEHOLD, HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. Rev. 1:7 Naturally one wonders about Isaiah and John recording that the entire earth can see the Lord coming at the same time. How does that work? Hmmm….I guess that’s a point for the flat earthers…LOL! But He is coming in the clouds, just like when He departed on a cloudy day. And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. And as they were gazing intently into the sky while He was going, behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them. They also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven.” Acts 1:9-11 So EQ2 will close the Time of Tribulation. A lot happens that day. With all the huge mountains of the world falling down to being only “hills,“ Mt. Moriah will be raised up as the highest mountain. Jesus will reign 1000 years from the earth's highest mountain. Up until this time, the Old City of Jerusalem located on Mt. Moriah had been surrounded by higher mountains on all sides—Mt. of Olives to the east, Mt. Zion to the west and Mt. Scopus to the north. And it will come about in the last days that the mountain of the house of the LORD (Mt. Moriah in Jerusalem) will be established as the chief of the mountains. It will be raised above the hills, Micah 4:1 It’s at that time that Jesus returns to the earth; i.e., His Second Coming. When His feet touch down on the Mount of Olives, it splits north and south. In that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in its middle from east to west by a very large valley, so that half of the mountain will move toward the north and the other half toward the south. Zach. 14:4 This is no small split! I’m guessing we’ll get to see this in real time as it happens when we're coming back to earth with the Lord!!! This massive move of earth creates a huge valley to the east of Mount Moriah that’s large enough for Jesus to judge the nations of the world. I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat. Then I will enter into judgment with them there on behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations; And they have divided up My land. Joel 3:2 No comment on the Lord mentioning He’s not happy with the Globalists/Satanists dividing up the land. Well, ok, one comment: They will get what they’re due. CQLJ! BP References: 1) SOS Book 1, Chapter 11 https://compass.org/article-earthquakes-volcanoes-in-bible-prophecy/ 2) https://compass.org/the-coming-shake-rattle-and-roll/ 3) https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=7177 Daily Jot: The American Chronicles: Mayflower Visit - Bill Wilson – www.dailyjot.com When I was 10 years old, Mom and Dad took me out of school for a trip to all the New England states. One of the stops was Plymouth. I didn’t know it then, but they were giving me a history of my family as well as a lesson about what it means to be an American. As seen by the picture of mom and me on the Mayflower, I was very immersed in the experience. We visited the gravesite of William Bradford, governor of the Massachusetts Colony, co-writer of the Mayflower Compact, inventor of the free market system, and what I found much later, my grandfather 13 generations removed. The words translated from Latin etched on his gravestone say: “What our forefathers with so much difficulty secured, do not basely relinquish.” Some 58 years later, my wife Chris, Service Dog Charlie packed up our Entegra RV and planned out the trip to some of the footsteps of that early childhood adventure. Like that little boy on the trip so long ago, I was once again filled with excitement and anticipation as we camped just outside of Plymouth. What made this trip so different was not only the camping experience, but I had done my homework about the real backstory my parents never had told me. I had two Mayflower grandfathers—Bradford from my Dad’s side and Richard Warren from my Mom’s side. The visit to Plymouth was emotional and meaningful. We walked through the good ship Mayflower and listened to the docent speak about the pilgrims’ lives as 132 people packed into such a small space with animals and supplies for 70 days. I realized that they were true campers, not glampers like we were in our modern RV. No complaints here, grandpas! With all the hardship around them and cramped into such small quarters, they had the spiritual guidance and presence of mind to draft one of the most amazing freedom-binding documents in American history—The Mayflower compact. Grandfather Bradford was credited with drafting the Mayflower Compact, binding them together into a body politic in the name of God, “And by Virtue hereof do enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions, and Officers, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general Good of the Colony; unto which we promise all due Submission and Obedience.” With these words, 41 men agreed to govern in submission and obedience to God. And it was not just for their time on earth, but as is written on Bradford’s grave, the covenant and their sacrifices were not to be basely relinquished. Only 41 men began a nation with their signatures. This impressed me as a child, perhaps not so much with complete understanding at the time, but within my young farm boy spirit I became forever moved and awed by their words and deeds. Today, they serve as an inspiring example to me, woven into the fabric of my spirit, confirmed by my heritage, of overcoming great challenges because as Christ said in Matthew 19:26, “but with God all things are possible.” Daily Devotion: Owning Up to Sin - by Greg Laurie – www.harvest.org But I confess my sins; I am deeply sorry for what I have done. —Psalm 38:18 https://harvest.org/resources/devotion/owning-up-to-sin/ - Listen The story is told of Frederick the Great, the king of Prussia, who was visiting a prison. As he spoke with the inmates, he heard endless tales of innocence, misunderstood motives, and exploitation. Eventually, the king stopped at the cell of an inmate who remained silent. The king said, “Well, I suppose you are an innocent victim too.” The man replied, “No sir, I’m not. I am guilty, and I deserve my punishment.” Turning to the warden, the king said, “Quick, get this man out of here before he corrupts these other innocent people.” He couldn’t believe he had found someone who owned up to what he had done. All too often, we play the blame game. Pastor and author Chuck Swindoll has described blame this way: “Blame never restores, it wounds. Blame never solves, it complicates.”[1] There will have to come a point in our lives when we say, “I’ve sinned. The problem is me.” And that is when things will change for us. What does it mean to confess our sins? That is important for us to know because our forgiveness hinges on our understanding of the term. The Hebrew word for confess means “to acknowledge.” In the New Testament, it could be translated as “to agree with” or “to say the same thing as another.” John used the same word when he wrote, “But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness” (1 John 1:9 NLT). This is essentially saying that if we will agree with God about our sin, if we will acknowledge it for what it is, do not make excuses for it, see it as God sees it, and turn from it, then He will forgive us. But here’s the problem. Some people think they’ve confessed their sin when they haven’t. They believe that confession is merely acknowledging. So, when they sin and get caught, they say, “Okay, I confess that sin. It was a bad thing, and I won’t do it again.” But then they go out and do it again. That is not confession. It’s simply recognizing the obvious. Confession means to see sin for what it is, be sorry for it, and turn from it. We must take that sin to the cross and recognize it is offensive to a holy God. Then we must turn from it, stop making excuses for it, and be sorry enough to change. Are you willing to do that? If so, then God will forgive your sin, and He will cover it. Psalm 32:1 says, “Oh, what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is put out of sight!” (NLT). Not only does God cleanse us of our sin, but He places His righteousness into our spiritual bank account, so to speak. And that balances the moral and spiritual budget for us. So, we have a choice. We can try to cover our sins and live in the misery of them, or we can bring them to Jesus, confess them, and be free from them. PROPHECY UPDATE NEWS HEADLINES Yesterday's Prophecies - Today's Headlines HEADLINES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TRACKING BIBLE PROPHECY 8/16/24 http://trackingbibleprophecy.org/birthpangs.php
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