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Israel’s National Security Minister Ominously Declares “This Is War” After Hezbollah Unleashes A Barrage Of Missiles - by Michael Snyder - https://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/israels-national-security-minister-ominously-delcares-this-is-war-after-hezbollah-unleashes-a-barrage-of-missiles/
The countdown to a cataclysmic conflict between Israel and Hezbollah is rapidly picking up momentum. On Wednesday, a missile barrage that was unleashed by Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon hit multiple targets in northern Israel. If Hezbollah really wants peace like they claim that they do, they have a really strange way of showing it. It is being reported that this missile barrage “appeared to be the fiercest attacks from Lebanon since the confrontation began”… Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah intensified on Wednesday when Israeli towns and an army base came under what appeared to be the fiercest attacks from Lebanon since the confrontation began four months ago. The assault, presumed to be carried out by Hezbollah fighters based in Lebanon, prompted Israeli fighter jets to launch extensive strikes on the Iran-backed group’s positions. At one military base that was hit, a female IDF soldier was killed and eight other individuals were injured… A female IDF soldier was killed and eight other people were wounded in Tzfat on Wednesday morning in a missile barrage fired by Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon in a clear escalation of the conflict launched on October 8th against Israel by the terror group. Quite a few other targets in northern Israel were targeted as well… Other areas in the Upper Galilee were targeted as well, including several IDF bases and the city of Kiryat Shmona, which has been attacked repeatedly since October 8th. The Red Alert incoming rocket siren was not triggered in Kiryat Shmona. Some of the rockets were aimed at the headquarters of the IDF Northern Command, and some targeted the Meron radar base, Israeli media reported. We have seen Hezbollah and the IDF exchange fire on a regular basis over the past few months. But this time was different. In response to this barrage, Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir ominously declared that “this is war”… “This isn’t just a dribble anymore, this is war,” Israel’s national security minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, who’s long advocated a more aggressive stance against Hezbollah, said. “It is time to change the way we think.” Other officials were more measured, but also implied Israel would retaliate aggressively. “This morning we experienced a severe attack for which the response will come soon and with strength,” said Benny Gantz, a member of Israel’s war cabinet but who heads an opposition party. Sadly, there is no turning back now. All of the Israeli citizens that have been evacuated from their homes in northern Israel can never return until Hezbollah is pushed north of the Litani River. And Hezbollah will never pull back willingly. The IDF will be going into southern Lebanon. It is just a matter of time. Even now, it is being reported that the IDF is preparing a “significant response” to this latest barrage which will go beyond “just attacking the source of fire”… The Ynet news site reports that the military is preparing a “significant response” to the deadly rocket barrage on Safed this morning, which it describes as meaning more than just attacking the source of fire. MK Yuli Edelstein, head of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, says Hezbollah will be moved off the border one way or another. “Either there will be all-out war and Hezbollah will be moved away, and it will bear responsibility for the results in Beirut and Lebanon, or we won’t let them raise the bar and exact a severe response, and they will be moved away from the border,” he says, according to Army Radio. Needless to say, every time the IDF responds, so will Hezbollah. A war on the northern front is already here, and it is going to get really crazy in the months ahead. By the way, the U.S. is already at war in the Middle East too. Since the middle of October, 186 U.S. troops in the Middle East have either been killed or wounded… Roughly 186 troops have been injured or killed in attacks on U.S. personnel in the Middle East since mid-October. Of those, 130 have been traumatic brain injuries, the Pentagon confirmed on Monday. That means TBIs resulting from the blast impacts of missiles, mortars and drones make up 70% of the total number of casualties, which include three soldiers who were killed in the Jan. 28 attack on Tower 22 in Jordan. Meanwhile, members of Congress are buzzing about a “serious national security threat” that is apparently related to Russia in some way… House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Turner has made information concerning a “serious national security threat” available to all members of Congress to review, the committee said on Wednesday. While Turner and the White House remained vague on what the threat entailed, two sources and a US official tell CNN the threat is related to Russia. Multiple sources familiar with the intelligence characterized it as “very sensitive.” One of the sources who has seen the intelligence confirmed that “it is, in fact, a highly concerning and destabilizing” Russian capability “that we were recently made aware of.” As I write this article, we don’t know what that “serious national security threat” is. My guess is that it is something that we already know about. As I have repeatedly warned my readers, the Russians have been feverishly preparing for a nuclear conflict with the United States for many years, and at this point their weapons systems are superior to our own and they have the strategic advantage. But most Americans have no idea. The Chinese have also been preparing for the coming global war, and that is why the unprecedented surge in Chinese nationals crossing our southern border is so alarming… According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), since October 2023, almost 16,000 Chinese migrants have attempted to cross the U.S.-Mexico border — more than doubling the previous fiscal year’s total number of Chinese migrants in a matter of months. These unprecedented numbers are making Chinese nationals the fastest growing population to cross into the U.S. from Mexico. CBP data reveals that from January to November of 2023, over 30,000 Chinese people were detained by border agents after crossing illegally. In 2021, meanwhile, there were only 323 crossings. Recently, videos that were posted on social media that apparently show some of these Chinese migrants training with firearms have created quite a stir… Videos posted to X (Twitter) show Chinese migrants firing pistols. One video is of a Chinese female with a sniper rifle. There is no Second Amendment in China, and Chinese citizens are not permitted to possess firearms. So is it possible that the shooters in the videos are merely taking advantage of a new-found freedom in their new home country ? Unlikely. One of the migrants videoed was in America for only three weeks and arrived in the country with no money and no identification. If you had just landed somewhere as a migrant with nothing to your name, you would undoubtedly be preoccupied with finding your next meal, getting a place to live, making a livelihood. You would not, within weeks of entering your new homeland, be sharpening your skills to kill. Most of our politicians don’t care about national security, because otherwise they would be doing something about this. We are literally committing national suicide, and at one of the most critical turning points in our history we have a guy in charge that literally doesn’t know where he is much of the time. WATCH: https://youtu.be/W4TmUpA1sv0 America's Military in Decline: Are We Prepared for The Next Crisis? – Dakota Wood - https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=6686 Our government isn't serious about defending the United States and its interests. In fact, it has fallen woefully short in carrying out this sacred obligation. I know this sounds harsh, but as we'll see, the government's own numbers prove the point. That our military is weak is not an indictment of the men and women who have volunteered to serve. It is an indictment of a system largely defined by the government and those elected to high office. That includes senior military officers whose primary obligation should be to ensure that our men and women have what they need to win in war--which is, after all, the primary purpose of our military. Yes, many people will say the purpose of a strong military is to deter war, but deterrence derives from the belief of the enemy that they would be defeated in battle. So if our military is at great risk of not being able to win ... well, it doesn't have much deterrent value. Our potential enemies can see this; the American public, not so much. At present, the U.S. military is roughly half the size it needs to be. Moreover, most of its primary equipment (planes, ships, tanks, etc.) is 30 to 40 years old. Soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, and guardsmen are training only a fraction of what they should to be competent in battle. Yet senior leaders in the Pentagon, White House spokespersons, and even members of Congress who have access to the facts (and should know better) continue to say that we have the best military in the world, as if saying so makes it so. It does not. Let's look at the numbers, using references from near the end of the Cold War, when the U.S. last confronted a major competitor on a global stage. Recall that until the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, the U.S. maintained forces able to compete with the Soviets in many regions at once, primarily in Europe (in land and air) but also across the seas where naval power was essential. Back then, Washington had to focus only on one capital and the ambitions of one authoritarian regime. Regardless of where military actions occurred, the signals reverberated to Moscow. Today, the U.S. must account for regimes in Moscow, Beijing, Tehran, and Pyongyang, and a host of smaller powers and terrorist regimes that challenge U.S. interests. They have different objectives and possess different cultures, values, and networks. Just because the U.S. acts in the Middle East to thwart Iran doesn't mean that China alters its activities vis-à-vis Taiwan or its push on territorial claims in the South China Sea, or that Russia lessens its assault of Europe or attempts to divide NATO. They pose different threats to the U.S. in different ways. What they have in common is the objective of displacing the United States as a global power and reducing America's ability to shape the future in ways that benefit Americans. To compete on a global stage against a multitude of adversaries who collaborate against the U.S., at least opportunistically, America must possess military power commensurate with the realities of the current world, not one that is imagined years from now nor held in fond memory. Consider the following: In the late 1980s, the Navy possessed nearly 600 ships, keeping approximately 100 at sea on any given day. Today, it has 292 yet maintains the same number deployed, thus working both ships and crew twice as much. It is not uncommon for ships to be 15% undermanned. In 1989, the Army had 770,000 soldiers in its active component. Today, it has 452,000, shrinking by 33,000 last year alone. By the end of this year, it will shrink further, to 445,000. Since 2011, the Army has lost 121,000 troops, 22% of its force. The service is the smallest it has been since the 1930s. Most of its major weapons were purchased in the 1980s. During the Cold War, the average Air Force pilot flew more than 200 hours a year and often exceeded 300 hours. Our pilots made fun of their Soviet counterparts for flying half that number. Today, the average Air Force pilot flies fewer than 130 hours, while their Chinese competitors fly 200+. The average age of an Air Force fighter is 30, older than the pilots flying the aircraft. The average age of the majority of refueling aircraft is 60 years--as old (or older) than the parents of the pilots flying them. Fourteen years ago, America committed to modernizing its portfolio of nuclear weapons. Since then, our nuclear enterprise hasn't produced a single new weapon. Meanwhile, China has produced 100 in nuclear missiles just the past year and is on track to quadruple its inventory by 2030. Iran is near-nuclear, having amassed enough uranium enriched to 60% to make a half-dozen warheads in 30 days if it committed to push the enrichment process to 90%, which it is capable of doing. Iran already possesses the largest inventory of ballistic missiles in the Middle East and is placing satellites in orbit to refine militarily relevant technologies. Although Russia has taken a beating in its war against Ukraine, it has moved to a wartime economy and is making more missiles and tanks now than before it invaded Ukraine. New equipment is rapidly replacing the old Soviet inventory that Russia has consumed or lost in the past two years. And the soldiers who have survived the Russia-Ukraine war to this point are battle-hardened; U.S. forces last saw major combat when in Iraq, nearly 20 years ago. Perhaps things wouldn't be so worrisome if we could count on strong, reliable allies. Unfortunately, their story is worse. During the Cold War, West Germany had 5,000 main battle tanks. Today, it has 300 Leopard IIs, of which fewer than 100 are considered operational. But that's better than in 2021, when only 13 were available for deployment. Germany's defense minister has reported that the country won't be able to field a ready division until 2025. Its military infrastructure is so decayed that it will take €300 billion (about $329 billion) and 50 years to modernize. In the United Kingdom, the army is the smallest since 1710 and leaders have said they would struggle to put a single division in the field. Britain's military services combined (160,000 service members) are smaller than the U.S. Marine Corps at 174,000. The Royal Navy possesses a mere 20 surface combatants. France only has 19 large surface warships. In the days since the Cold War, the number of France's tanks has dropped from 1,349 to 222 and the number of fighter aircraft from 686 to 254. A senior defense leader has questioned whether the French military could operate longer than four days in high-intensity combat. Japan, a major U.S. ally in the Pacific, reportedly has such a limited inventory of munitions that its ships and aircraft could sortie only three times before having nothing more to shoot. Back at home, 3 out of 4 young Americans are ineligible for military service, without a waiver, due to physical or mental health issues, obesity, criminal records, or substance abuse. The recruiting environment is so bad that the Navy has increased the maximum age for new enlistees and has begun accepting enlistees in the lowest category of aptitude testing. In the Army, all captains are now automatically promoted to major. In the Air Force, all officers in flight school graduate, with less than one-quarter of 1% failing due to lack of demonstrated proficiency. Many Americans perceive the military as more interested in pushing social policy agenda programs than in ensuring that our forces are able to win in combat. Clearly, we have a problem. All of this is captured in gory detail in The Heritage Foundation's recently released 2024 Index of U.S. Military Strength. The point of the index is twofold: to inform Americans about the state of their military and to prompt Congress and the Biden administration to do something about correcting the multitude of problems in our country's ability to defend itself and its interests in a very dangerous world that seems to be spiraling out of control. Regular citizens can see to their needs for employment, food, medical care, personal protection, and spiritual fulfillment. They help each other in times of distress and routinely come together to celebrate successes in life. But they cannot defend the country at the individual or community level. That responsibility lies with the federal government, which is failing at the task. This must change, and Americans should demand it. Waiting until the next crisis is upon us will be too late. DOWNLOAD THE PROPHECY UPDATE APP Prophecy Update Videos Must Watch Videos! Videos You Can Trust
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DONATE HERE Your can also mail your support to: Prophecy Update PO Box 40516 Bakersfield, CA 93384 Forgotten ‘Valentine’s Day Massacre’: The Death of Thousands of Jews Turned Into A Gift-Giving Celebration? – By Breanna Claussen - https://harbingersdaily.com/forgotten-valentines-day-massacre-the-deaths-of-thousands-of-jews-turned-into-a-gift-giving-celebration/ The horrific massacre of 1,200 Israelis has engraved October 7th into the minds of Jewish people and others who watch the bloodshed from around the world. However, in the 1300s, the day which shuddered Jewish people to the bone would have been February 14th—which many now celebrate as “Valentine’s Day.” While in America the most famous “Valentine’s Day massacre” revolves around the 1929 killing of seven in a Chicago gang-related shooting, February 14th, 1349, was the day of a far more deadly antisemitic campaign. After being falsely accused of poisoning wells and infecting Europe with the “Black Plague,” an entire community of several thousand Jewish people in Strasbourg, France (at that time within the “Holy Roman Empire”) were arrested, barricaded into a Jewish cemetery, and burned alive. Jews were then barred from the city, with these restrictions lifted almost 200 years later. Interestingly, it was only after the murderous event was perpetrated on the Jewish population—which took place on the Sabbath—that the “Black Plague” reached Strasbourg, resulting in the deaths of approximately 16,000 residents. Valentine’s Day was reportedly instituted by the Pope in the 5th Century, weaving the traditions of the Catholic church into a banned pagan holiday in mid-February centered around fertility and ritual sexual activity. However, Valentine’s Day went largely dormant after the 5th Century and only began popping up in writing references in the 1370s, a few decades following the Strasbourg massacre. Prior to the birth of the promised Messiah, Jesus Christ, Satan sought to commit genocide against the Jewish people to thwart his arrival. Those massacres, which are recorded in the pages of Scripture, include the Pharaoh’s murder of Jewish Babies (Exodus 1-2), Haman’s plot to slaughter all the Jews in the provinces of King Ahasuerus (Esther 1-10), and Herod’s execution of Jewish toddlers and babies (Matthew 2:16). Knowing that God’s plan for the children of Israel didn’t end after Jesus’ death and resurrection, Satan’s plans for evil against them didn’t end either. As Christian author Hal Lindsey recently explained, the Jewish people for centuries have “suffered as the victims of ‘malicious gossip'” and targeted violence. “People blamed Jews for wars and for economic downturns. The losers of wars made Jews their scapegoats — blaming them for selling secrets and other traitorous activities. Anti-capitalists often blame Jews for the rise of capitalism. But just as often, capitalists blame Jews for the rise of socialism,” Lindsey described. “I could go on and on listing the things they’ve been blamed for, including the Bubonic Plague, earthquakes, floods, and all kinds of natural disasters. Hating Jews goes back further than the word Jew.” “The propensity to blame Jews for all manner of evil led to the Holocaust, but it did not stop there. It is alive and well,” he underscored. Satan lies at the heart of antisemitism. His hatred for God’s chosen people has driven numerous individual’s blood-lust against the Jewish people. As with the Holocaust and many other similar antisemitic initiatives, satan has worked to erase and distort the memory of these events. The reintroduction of the pagan Valentine’s Day holiday worked to wipe away February 14th’s connection to the deaths of thousands of Jewish people and turn the day into a gift-giving celebration. As a result, many are unfamiliar with the blood-soaked history of this day. With the raw images of October 7th fresh in our minds, we must remember that satan will do everything in his power to warp, downplay, and even promote the celebration of this day. But while the devil may view this and other massacres as a victory, God will ultimately have the final word. Foundation is Important - Nathele Graham - [email protected] I’ve never built a house, but I do have a good idea of what’s involved. The process of building begins with a proper foundation. If the ground is uneven, that can cause problems. The foundation of the house is what determines the sturdiness of the entire building. If you cut corners on the foundation, it won’t be long until you begin to see cracks in the walls and weakness in the floor. Then, when a storm comes, chances are good that the building will fall. Life has that same principle. A person can seem to have everything to build a happy life, but if the foundation upon which their life is built is worldly, the foundation is weak and will collapse. Jesus gave us a firm foundation that will last eternally, but it seems that even Christians tend to ignore His words. The Sermon on the Mount is a good place to start building. The lessons taught in that sermon will help to make the foundation solid and firm. He began that sermon by describing how our attitude should be. “Blessed are the poor in spirt: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.” Matthew 5:3-12. These are the Beatitudes. What a lovely world we would live in if everyone followed these attitudes of meekness and holiness. The sermon goes on to encourage us to be firm in our faith. Jesus came to fulfill the law and the prophets, but didn’t come to destroy them. That means, we need to be sure we understand the entire Old Testament to know what Jesus fulfilled. Today, we are not under Jewish Law, but the way of life which Jesus lived and described in the Sermon on the Mount is very relevant to life today. In fact, Jesus makes it clear that the commandments are very important. “Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:19. We all need to be aware of what is being taught from the pulpit and stop the false idea that if a preacher, or a pope, says something, it must be right. Embracing worldly ideas is not the way to honor God. A pastor where I once lived was a very personable man with a family. One day, he decided to divorce his wife because he and the church secretary were having an affair, and he decided he loved his secretary more than he loved his wife. Of course, the secretary had a husband and children, so two families were destroyed. What was he teaching from the pulpit? What example of a Christian life was he showing to the whole town? Certainly, he didn’t stand firm on God’s word. Sadly, many preachers are embracing sin and even inviting homosexual, cross-dressers to teach in front of the congregation. The Holy Spirit is not allowed into those congregations, and Jesus is mocked. Jesus says that we need to control our thoughts and be sure we represent Him well. The Ten Commandments are a good start to building a firm foundation, but we need to be sure we keep building. “Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosover shall kill shall be in danger of judgment: But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.” Matthew 5:21-22. Have you ever been angry with someone? I have. I can justify my anger, but Jesus tells us that we need to control our angry thoughts. He didn’t stop with anger, but went on to talk about committing adultery. It isn’t just an action, but a thought. “Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: but I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.” Matthew 5:27-28. God does not take sin lightly and we need to try to be more like Him. Grace is a wonderful blessing to those of us who are born again believers in Christ, but that grace isn’t a license to live sinfully. Jesus goes on to give more attitudes we need to nurture. Such as speaking honestly and directly, not taking revenge upon people who have done you wrong, divorcing over trivial matters, and loving our enemies. These are all tough words to live up to, but when we determine to follow Christ, we need to live accordingly. “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” Matthew 5:48. I know I fall far short of the perfection of God. I am so thankful for Jesus shedding His blood on the cross as the final sacrifice for sin. It’s so easy to be led astray and get tangled up in this sinful world. You may start your day in prayer and reading Scripture. This is a very good habit. Then you turn on the television and get upset by watching the morning news. Then you get into your car to drive to work. Do you turn on Christian music to listen to as you head out on your commute, or do you listen to heavy metal music, rap, or any number of other songs that promote drugs, violence, and sexual promiscuity? If you do, the prayer and Bible reading will have been set aside and you’ve stepped into a worldly attitude. The anger inside you gets triggered the first time someone cuts you off in traffic, and by the time you get to the office, the attitudes that Jesus taught have been replaced by the attitudes of the ruler of this world. Satan will jump at any chance to draw you away from being meek, or being a peacemaker. Gossip of the workplace replaces prayer and supplication for others. Jesus taught us how to pray. He said not to just repeat a prayer over and over, but start by acknowledging God. Don’t just keep praying for blessings on yourself, more money and more possessions. Remember God is holy, and He is to be worshipped. “After this manner therefore, pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name,” Matthew 6:9. Notice, there’s no praise or veneration of Mary or any saint. Only God. “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.” Matthew 6:10. When God sets up His kingdom on earth, He will require obedience to His will, so you should start practicing His will now. “Give us this day our daily bread.” Matthew 6:11. We should trust God to provide for our daily needs. Just like the Israelites gathered manna to fill their needs daily, so we should pray for our daily needs for food, shelter, and clothing. “And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.” Matthew 6:12. It’s oh so easy to accept God’s forgiveness for the wrongs we do to Him, but hard to forgive the people who wrong us. “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.” Mattnew 6:13. God won’t lead us into temptation, neither should we follow our own lusts into temptation. The foundation upon which we need to build our life, is God and His truth. Keep your thoughts on eternal life in Heaven. We must all be careful to turn our attention away from the things that distract us from our walk with Christ. “The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!” Matthew 6:22-23. Jesus is the Light of the World, but Satan is darkness. What light do you let into your thoughts? Most entertainment promotes the things of darkness, so when you switch on the television or radio, be sure you’re not letting Satan’s darkness into your mind. Even the commercials work on your mind. They are designed to encourage you to buy things you don’t really need. Fancy clothes, a shiny new car, unhealthy food. God provides for our needs, and it is His kingdom we need to seek after. “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Matthew 6:33. As we seek after things of God, we are building our life on a firm and solid foundation. “Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.” Matthew 7:24-25. Life will always have storms. Our health is very fragile, but if the foundation of your life is firmly set on God’s truth, the storm of a health crises won’t overwhelm you. Financial problems can also be hard to deal with. If you are seeking the kingdom of God, then you can relax and let Him carry you through the storm. The storms you face in life are quite often a result of choices you’ve made. Do you spend your money on frivolous wants, rather than being a good steward and buying things you need? Do you help support your church or other ministries, or do you buy things on a whim that you regret later? God provides for our needs, and is a firm foundation. Jesus is our Rock. “And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.” Matthew 7:26-27. Be sure your choices in life are based on Scripture. God honors a one man/one woman marriage, so don’t listen to the whisperings of Satan; don’t cheat on your spouse and don’t embrace “one-night stands” or same sex relationships. If you do, when the storms come and you’ve built your life on the wiles of the devil, your house will fall. You will have built on the sand instead of on the Rock. The people listening to Jesus speak were very blessed by His words, and we can be blessed too if we take His words seriously. “And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.” Matthew 7:28-29. Jesus does have authority. He created this world and all that’s in it. The Creator knows His creation better than anybody. We need to trust Him and be sure that we choose the firm foundation built on the Rock of Jesus Christ, rather than following satanic lies and building on the sand. The foundation is important. God bless you all, Nathele Graham [email protected] Recommended prophecy sites: www.raptureready.com www.prophecyupdate.com www.raptureforums.com All original scripture is “theopneustos” God breathed. 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Daily Jot: The WHO WEF X Fear Factor - Part 2 – Bill Wilson – www.dailyjot.com On January 22, after using the specter of “Disease X” to gin up his case for a global pandemic treaty at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, WHO directory general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told his executive board that the agreement was in trouble because of “a torrent of fake news, lies, and conspiracy theories.” According to the Guardian, Tedros “warned that if nobody was prepared to seize the initiative or give ground, the WHO project risked going nowhere,“ and that its failure would be “a missed opportunity for which future generations may not forgive us.” He said claims that the agreement would cede sovereignty to WHO were “completely false.” While perhaps there is no specific language in the pandemic agreement that requires the ceding of national sovereignty to WHO during a pandemic, the experience of COVID is the foundation of the agreement. WHO recommended lockdowns, mandatory mask wearing, vaccine requirements, the development of a vaccine passport, the entire concepts of quarantining the healthy. A pandemic treaty with WHO would memorialize WHO’s authority for a coalition of the willing—globalists, Marxists, socialists, communists in governments, nonprofits, media and corporations—to enforce the WHO agenda. It is not a conspiracy theory when we have direct evidence of how the conspiracy transpires. Let us remember that In 1961, future president Ronald Reagan said, “One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people has been by way of medicine. It's very easy to disguise a medical program as a humanitarian project, most people are a little reluctant to oppose anything that suggests medical care for people who possibly can't afford it." Reagan reasoned that once a government or a tyrannical power has your medical information, it can dictate your life or diminish you. This WHO pandemic agreement is no doubt the WEF globalist play to impose statism by way of medicine and it is based on an even greater fear factors of noncompliance with WHO-dictated treatments and suggestions. This is what the globalist did during COVID. We experienced it first-hand. Truth for Health Foundation gives it straight, “As British professor and researcher living and working in Sweden, Dr. Johnthan Gilthorpe explains: “We are already being prepared for a new pandemic through scientism (the religion of science). Fear propaganda is being delivered via the mainstream media and by exercises designed to prepare us for another manufactured pandemic.” Dr. Peter McCullough said “Disease X is a concept to create a pathogen (virus, bacteria, etc.) in order to generate highly profitable, government purchases of vaccines which are administered to the whole world, over and over again…the business plan of CEPI vaccines formed by WEF and the Gates Foundation.” Two things: The LORD said in Isaiah 41:10, “Fear not for I am with you.” Jesus said in Matthew 24:4, “Take heed that no man deceive you.” Daily Devotion: Already Paid - by Greg Laurie – www.harvest.org He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins. —Ephesians 1:7 https://harvest.org/resources/devotion/already-paid/ - Listen At the time Paul was writing his letter to the Christians in Ephesus, there were many slaves living in the Roman Empire. Some scholars believe that up to six million people lived in slavery at this point in history. So, in the first chapter of Ephesians, Paul used the analogy of a slave that had been bought out of a slave market. He wrote that God “is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins” (verse 7 NLT). If someone wanted to free a loved one from slavery, they could go to the slave market and pay the price. They could purchase freedom for the enslaved person. This is what Christ has done for us. He redeemed us. He purchased our freedom. And it all came about through the blood that He shed for us. The irony is that non-Christians often think they’re free, while they see Christians as people who live under a lot of rules, regulations, and restrictions. Meanwhile, they think they can do whatever they want to do because they’re the captains of their own ships and the masters of their own destinies. But that simply isn’t true. They are not the captains of their own ships. The captain of their ship is, in fact, Satan. One of the greatest deceptions the devil pulled off on humanity was to convince people that he doesn’t even exist—all while he manipulates their lives. Referring to unbelievers, the apostle Paul said, “Perhaps God will change those people’s hearts, and they will learn the truth. Then they will come to their senses and escape from the devil’s trap. For they have been held captive by him to do whatever he wants” (2 Timothy 2:25–26 NLT). Before you became a Christian, you were not free. You were a captive, a slave. But Jesus Christ came and paid the redemption price for you. That is the Good News. This, of course, points back to the Old Testament, where the priest went into the temple, took an unblemished lamb or goat, and killed it, thus spilling the blood of that animal. It symbolically placed people’s sins on the sacrificial animal. The Bible says, “According to the law of Moses, nearly everything was purified with blood. For without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness” (Hebrews 9:22 NLT). But that never got to the heart of the problem. In fact, the definition of the Old Testament word atonement means “covering.” At best, it was just a cover-up. But it didn’t get rid of the stain. In the New Testament, however, we read that Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, took away the sins of the world. He got to the heart of the matter. He shed His blood for us. He met God’s righteous demands at the cross. Therefore, we have open access to the throne of God, regardless of what we have done. Our access comes through Jesus Christ. PROPHECY UPDATE NEWS HEADLINES Yesterday's Prophecies - Today's Headlines HEADLINES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TRACKING BIBLE PROPHECY 2/15/24 http://trackingbibleprophecy.org/birthpangs.php
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