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‘Divine Intervention’: Recent Events In Israel Are Nothing Short Of Miraculous – By Chris Katulka - https://harbingersdaily.com/divine-intervention-recent-events-in-israel-are-nothing-short-of-miraculous/
God’s protective grace over Israel was clearly manifested on April 13, when Iran carried out its first direct assault on the Jewish state, launching an unprecedented barrage of 170 suicide drones, 30 cruise missiles, and 120 ballistic missiles. Iran claimed it attacked to retaliate for an April 1 Israeli airstrike in Syria that killed General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, an Iranian senior commander associated with Hamas’s October 7 massacre in Israel. Videos posted by Israelis and Palestinians on social media captured the dramatic scenes of Iran’s arsenal illuminating the night sky. The Israel Defense Forces disclosed that among the intercepted weapons were Iranian Emad ballistic missiles, each equipped with a 1,100-pound warhead attached to a 36-foot-long fuel tank. Yet, Israel’s military reported a near-perfect defense, intercepting 99% of the incoming threats, with only a minimal number of missiles breaching the country’s sophisticated air-defense systems, which include the Iron Dome, David’s Sling, Spyder, and Arrow. After the final missile was neutralized, Professor Maximilian Abitbol, a physicist and expert in Israel’s defense technology, conducted intensive calculations to verify the statistics and concluded that a 99% interception rate is not only extraordinary but also highly improbable statistically. “What happened in Israel on last Motzaei Shabbat [Saturday night] was not less than the scale of the splitting of the Red Sea,” he wrote. “On a scientific level—it simply cannot happen!! Statistically.” He noted that such performance from defense systems, never previously tested under real-time conditions, is astonishing. Manufacturers typically guarantee a success rate of up to 90%. Abitbol suggested the outcome was nothing short of miraculous and that even 90% protection “would have been a miracle.” He added, “The rescue that took place for the people of Israel on Motzai [sic] Shabbat is simply impossible naturally. I believe that this miracle saved the lives of many people from Israel.” God’s protection clearly manifested itself that April night when He all but neutralized the wrath of Iran’s arsenal. Abitbol and others recognized the divine intervention. In a situation rife with potential disaster, the outcome was miraculous. This divine safeguard traces back to the covenant God made with Abraham: “I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you” (Gen. 12:3). This promise encompasses not merely the fates of Israel’s allies and adversaries but also a profound assurance of God’s ongoing protection. The purpose of this divine pledge is to enable Abraham’s descendants to fulfill their redemptive role in God’s plan—to bless all the earth’s families. Those who honor this covenant with Israel are promised blessings in return, while those who reject it court divine disfavor. It should be noted that the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Jordan played a significant role in repelling Iranian missiles from striking Israel; and Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates provided intelligence on the attack. Israel was not alone. Throughout Jewish history, God’s protective hand has been evident in pivotal moments: guiding the Israelites out of Egypt, sustaining the Jewish people through the Babylonian exile, shielding them from the malice of Haman in Persia, leading their resistance against Antiochus of Greece, and delivering them from the perils of Nazi Germany. Iran and its proxies are no different from Israel’s historical enemies who all wanted to wipe Israel off the map. But with each episode of antisemitism, the protective arm of God emerges—a testament to His enduring commitment to safeguard His people, just as He promised Abraham. Nearing Midnight: The Most Neglected Biblical Truth – Jonathan Brentner - https://www.raptureready.com/category/nearing-midnight/ There’s an old expression that dates back to 1512, “Throwing out the baby with the bath water.” The idea behind the saying is that if you believe part of an idea or teaching is not good, don’t toss it all away. Is this not what many pastors do today? They fear the negative results of mentioning the dreaded word “Rapture” from the pulpit, so along with never referring to Jesus’ appearing, they never mention the resurrection of the dead in Christ or the glorious transformation of those who will be alive at the time. Water and baby both go out the window. I have heard many presentations of the Gospel where the pastor never said the words “eternal life,” or if he did, he mentioned it as an afterthought or as part of John 3:16 during his closing prayer. Why do so many pastors refuse to mention the biblically sound promise that we will live forever in imperishable bodies like that of our Lord Jesus? It’s the most neglected biblical truth in today’s churches. Martha’s Belief in a Future Resurrection I’m always impressed when I read Martha’s assertion of faith after the death of her brother, Lazarus. When Jesus told her that her brother would “rise again” (John 11:23), she responded with these words, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day” (v. 24). Martha believed in a future bodily resurrection, the very thing that pastors today go to such great lengths to avoid even mentioning lest someone think they believe in the Rapture. In the Gospel of John, the phrase “eternal life” appears seventeen times. Jesus emphasized this truth repeatedly during His earthly ministry; it’s no coincidence that Martha understood what that meant for her brother. Jesus then surprised everyone by raising her brother from the dead. However, a far greater resurrection awaits Lazarus along with all who have died in Christ or will be alive at His appearing. The Forgotten Resurrection I often wonder if pastors who exclude references to our resurrection in their preaching genuinely believe the words of 1 Corinthians 15:19: “If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.” In the preceding verses, Paul refutes those in Corinth who claimed that there was no such thing as a resurrection (15:12-18). If true, he argues, then we must conclude that Jesus didn’t rise from the dead, which would signify that our faith is “futile.” The end of such a dire possibility is that the “dead in Christ have perished,” and we who are alive are “most to be pitied” (ESV) or “miserable” (KJV) because our hope doesn’t extend beyond this life (see vv. 18-19). Paul begins verse 20 with the glorious fact that “Christ has been raised from the dead,” and in 1 Corinthians 15:47-57, he sums up our forever hope with the joyous reality of our bodily resurrection as New Testament saints. In language that others cannot possibly misconstrue or misunderstand to signify anything else, the apostle says there’s coming a time when Jesus will raise the dead with imperishable bodies and gloriously transform believers still alive at His appearing, the Rapture of His Church. Those who say 1 Corinthians 15:47-57 doesn’t refer to a future transformation of both dead and living believers are false teachers. Paul again points to our joyous hope of eternal life in Philippians 3:20-21: “But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.” (emphasis added) Because Jesus rose from the dead, our over-the-top blissful hope is that someday we will possess a glorious body like that of our Savior. The sense of verse 20 is that of an “excited anticipation” of Jesus’ appearing. It signifies a yearning of the soul for the time that Jesus raises the dead in Christ and wholly transforms us with immortality. Romans 8:23 speaks to the future “redemption of our bodies,” which happens at the time of the Rapture. We Possess a Tangible Hope The problem with modern preaching is that it leaves our future after this life undefined. The more popular views of Bible prophecy point our hope to a far-distant Second Coming of Jesus, during which time He judges sin and initiates the eternal state. Parishioners can only guess as to what such a future means for them. The world around us is on fire with lawlessness, unbridled wickedness, threats of terrorism, and the drumbeats of a nuclear war, which appears more likely with each passing day. Our future well-being in this world has never been more at risk in our lifetime. The good news is that the Bible defines our hope as something tangible, a certain expectation of glory after this life ends. Scripture doesn’t leave us guessing as to what sort of nebulous existence lies in our future. Terry James and I authored the book Hereafter, which describes in detail our lives in eternity after the Rapture. In it, we explore what it will mean to possess imperishable bodies as we reign with Christ in His kingdom. We will spend eternity in gloriously transformed bodies that will never experience pain, sickness, aging, or death. They will be like that of our Savior. The “redemption of our bodies,” which happens at the time of the Rapture, was the hope that the apostles proclaimed to the world (Romans 8:23-25). Maranatha! -Jonathan PROPHECY UPDATE VIDEOS
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DONATE HERE Your can also mail your support to: Prophecy Update PO Box 40516 Bakersfield, CA 93384 Independence Day - By Hal Lindsey - https://www.hallindsey.com/ww-6-30-2024/ If you watched the US Presidential debate on June 27th, you don’t need me to tell you what you saw. If you are a Democrat, the debate probably left you at least somewhat troubled. If you are a Republican, you probably feel that your guy won. Still, I don’t see Republicans dancing in the street. (Come to think of it, I’ve never seen Republicans dancing in the street.) You might expect exuberance from Republicans at so large a perceived victory. Instead, I see Americans of all political persuasions held in the grip of a deep sense of unease. We have good reason for concern. As a nation, we are not embracing the self-discipline needed to maintain liberty. We are not repentant over our national sins. The nation tends to put its hope in men and technology — not in God. We can better understand the disquiet by looking at another US national holiday. When George Washington proclaimed the first Thanksgiving Day in United States history, he said, “It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor.” This was not a mere tip of the hat to the Almighty. This was a call for obedience to, and real communication with, our Heavenly Father. He added that we should “beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions.” Repentance. Thanksgiving Day became a regular event starting with Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. Lincoln called on all Americans to pause on that day, remember God’s goodness, and thank Him for His blessings. In his Thanksgiving proclamation, President Lincoln spoke of “fruitful fields and healthful skies… which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the Source from which they come.” Lincoln listed some of the amazing ways God had blessed the United States even during that terrible war. He said those blessings were “of so extraordinary nature, that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever-watchful providence of Almighty God.” He went on to say, “No human counsel hath devised, nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Highest God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy.” He also called on the people to go before God “with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience.” Each of our two greatest presidents called the nation to repentance. How we need that today! Maybe your side’s winning in the presidential race this year, or maybe — for the moment at least — it’s not. Either way, this is a time for humility and repentance. We are in trouble as a nation, and the answer is to turn to God our Father. So, as we celebrate American liberty this year, remember God’s kind of liberty. Galatians 5:1 says, “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.” Life in the Millennium – Terry James - https://terryjamesprophecyline.com/2024/07/01/life-in-the-millennium/ Authors note: Due to my need to concentrate on other matters as I prepare for speaking at the Colorado Springs Prophecy Watchers Conference, my commentaries this week will be selections I’ve written in the recent past. This segment appeared in the recent book Jonathan Brentner and I wrote: HEREAFTER: It’s Far Better Than You Imagine. Life in the Millennium New World Order architects today claim to want to make life on planet Earth much better than humankind has thus far managed to construct. The slogan for those who want to create the equivalent of Utopia is “Build Back Better,” and they call this construction project “The Great Reset.” In making their grandiose plans, they make the same deliberate, monumental mistake the antediluvians did. It is the same egregious error Nimrod and his minions made in their construction catastrophe on the plains of Shinar when they built the tower intended to reach into Heaven. These earlier one-world, would-be masters of planet Earth, like their father Lucifer, determined to usurp the throne of God. They desired to be like the Most High—to take the place of the Creator. They fell for Satan’s lie that they could “be as God.” The writer of Ecclesiastes was certainly on the mark with the line: “There is nothing new under the sun” (1:9). The present-day globalists elite, like the earlier rebels, are infected by the reprobate mind forewarned by the Apostle Paul: And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient. (Romans 1:28) Their insane drive, through their sin-infected, upside-down thinking, will eventuate in God judging their rebellious wickedness. He will, like in destroying the antediluvian world order and in decimating the Tower of Babel construction, completely erase the final effort to build world order in the image of humankind. Daniel chapter 2 tells of the great stone from Heaven that will strike this final, evil world order, with the winds of God’s eternal Kingdom sweeping away all vestiges of fallen humanity’s rebellion. That great stone is the Lord Jesus Christ, the King of all kings. We are witnessing today the build-up toward the final form of worldwide wickedness the globalists elite are planning. For a time, they will seem to be successful. As a matter of fact, their efforts are obviously making tremendous strides at the moment of this writing. The effort seems led by the minions of the World Economic Forum (WEF). However, this anti-God organization is but the nucleus—the center—of a rapidly expanding range of concentric circles spreading the devil’s doctrine of “Building Back (Babel) Better.” If we only consider all of the above, we have every reason to sense being plunged into the deepest abyss of depression. There would seem no hope of being able to climb out of that abyss of Ephesians 6:12 evil. But, as the renowned broadcaster Paul Harvey used to say, this isn’t the end of the matter. Here is the rest of the story. Just as the powers and principalities of Ephesians 6:12 are about to reestablish their long-sought Tower of Babel, creating–especially through a transformed worldwide economy (monetary system)—Satan’s desired one-world order, God will say “Enough!” We believe that exclamation is forecast in the following words: Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. (Luke 17:28–30) Jesus will remove God’s children from Earth, just as He removed Lot (whom He saw as “just”—that is, “righteous”—because of Lot’s belief for salvation) from the wicked city of Sodom. Here is how that removal will happen: For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words. (1 Thessalonians 4: 16–18) With all believers of the Church Age (Age of Grace) removed to safety (Revelation 3:10), God will begin dealing in judgment and wrath with the anti-God, neo-Babel builders. That will eventuate in heavenly action, as described by the prophet Daniel when he interpreted Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream: Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. (Daniel 2:31–35) This prophecy says God will forever do away with the Babylonian system of Earth’s rebels—a system that was, since antiquity, fomented, instigated, and put into effect by the master architect of all rebellion against the Almighty. Again…here is the rest of the story. And, it is a glorious story to be sure! The Lord Jesus Christ is the stone of Daniel’s prophecy. He will descend to strike that rebellious system and cause it to crumble: And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. (Revelation 19:11–15) We pick up this return of King Jesus, who will smite that Babylonian system and cause it to crumble and blow away in the winds of eternity: Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. (Zechariah 14:3–4) At that moment, the topography of Jerusalem and the entire world will change. Earth will begin transforming into the pristine world it was before the Fall in Eden. Mount Moriah, the Temple Mount, will lift high into the sky to overlook the Earth, and King Jesus will proceed down through the great valley just created. He will ascend the mountain to take up residence in the gloriously constructed Holy Temple where the Third Temple, desecrated by Antichrist, had previously stood during Daniel’s seventieth week (the Tribulation). And this is where we will commute to and from each moment of the Millennial Kingdom–the thousand-year reign of the King of kings and Lord of lords. As supernatural beings, having become so at the Rapture, we will be with King Jesus, or have access to Him, at every moment of the thousand years He reigns. Not only will we be priests, prophets, and kings over all the Earth, we will, as children of God, have the same inheritance that belongs to Jesus Himself. Everything that is His, God gives us when we become His children. We then come fully into that indescribably magnificent inheritance in the Hereafter–the time that begins upon cessation of physical life of the believer, or at the moment when Jesus shouts, “Come up here!” (Revelation 4:1–2). God’s great plan was to have a family that would love Him unconditionally, just as He loves unconditionally. We are and will be the Heavenly Father’s joy throughout eternity. Imagine! No…neither you nor I can even to begin to imagine in our finite minds what it means to be considered the same as the Father’s Only Begotten Son in terms of eternity, or even for a second. We accept it by simple faith in the Father’s promises. That’s what it means to be as one with the Heavenly Father and Jesus, whose words in the moments before He died for the sins of the world confirm our coequal status in God’s family. Hallelujah! That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. (John 17:21–25) This oneness we will enjoy for eternity means we have great responsibility. We are, of course, directed to go forth and share the Gospel with the whole world, making disciples of all people and baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. But that is only the beginning of our responsibility. Our commission during the thousand years of the Millennial Kingdom will be beyond anything we can fully grasp at the present, while having only finite thinking. By the time we follow the Lord Jesus to planet Earth, accompanying Him while He returns, we will each have gone before the Judgment Seat of Christ. Each child of God will stand before that holy bench of judgment for rewards and crowns earned during life on Earth. There will be no condemnation–no judgment—for sin. All sin was paid for through Christ’s sacrifice on the cross. Each of us will, however, be rewarded with different levels of attainment, depending on the faithfulness we demonstrated in using our gifts and talents on Earth. How we honored the Lord’s desires will determine the level of responsibilities we will be given for ruling and reigning with Jesus during the Millennial Kingdom. There will be no competitors, no envy, no jealousy in all this Hereafter activity. We will have the mind of Christ; our thinking will be like His. All we will be concerned with is doing His holy will. Our goals and desires will be precisely the same as His. Our love will be not for ourselves, but for our brothers, our sisters, and especially for our “big brother” Jesus–the King of all kings. Our friend Daymond Duck researched what we will do during the Millennial Kingdom and throughout the Hereafter: 1) Worship (Revelation 4:9–10) 2) Keep the Feast of Tabernacles (Zechariah 14:16–19) 3) Visit Jerusalem to learn (Isaiah 2:2–3; 1 Corinthians 13:11–12) 4) Fellowship (Revelation 19:9) 5) Serve Jesus (Psalm. 72:11; Revelation 22:3) 6) Judge fallen angels (1 Corinthians 6:3) 7) Reign on the Earth (Luke 19:11–27; Revelation 5:10; 2 Timothy 2:12) These things will be more than enough to keep us busy! (Daymond Duck, Prophecy Plus Ministries) Daily Devotion: Standing on the Liberty of God - Bill Wilson – www.dailyjot.com There are a lot of bad things going on in the world-the Hamas war, the lack of jobs, politicians releasing criminals that kill steal and destroy lives, the underhanded dealings of the IRS, government spying, giving Iran nuclear capability, celebrating debauchery–it all seems overwhelming. Each problem seems to be building on the other far faster than we can mentally process them. There are those who predict the end of America. Others say judgment has come. Still others are oblivious to anything but their daily schedule. But they all feel the frustration. It is like a demonic spirit that has engulfed our nation and is strangling its good sense. In this time, remember who you are. If you are a follower of Christ, the Messiah, then you know his promise. The entire Bible is given to us as the word of God, as is Jesus Christ. In Christ is our salvation and in the Bible is instruction on how we are to work out our salvation here on earth. Jesus said in Matthew 10:28, “And fear not them who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.” The promise of eternal life, knowing the end game so to speak, should give us all the confidence to speak boldly as we ought to speak and having done all, to stand. Jesus said in Matthew 24:6 that …see that you are not troubled, for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.” Isaiah 54:17 says, “No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, says the LORD.” Likewise, Isaiah 33:14-16 says, “The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness has surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? He that walks righteously, and speaks uprightly; he that despises the gain of oppressions, that keeps his hands from the holding of bribes, that stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil; He shall dwell on high: his place of defense shall be the fortresses of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.” As the LORD says, your heritage–your prophetic place–is in his righteousness and it is you who shall have a place of defense in the fortress of rocks, dwelling on high with bread and water. Do not be overwhelmed by the things of this world. As Paul said in Romans 12:21, “Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.” Let’s not sit around wringing our hands over the unrighteous, but rather seize our place in the righteousness of the LORD. You don’t have to be enslaved by oppression–it has no authority over you. So stand in that gap. Be that royal priesthood. Obey God rather than man for the night is far spent and the day is at hand. Cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light and let your light so shine. Daily Devotion: Wayward Hearts - by Greg Laurie – www.harvest.org ‘My wayward children,’ says the LORD, ‘come back to me, and I will heal your wayward hearts.’ —Jeremiah 3:22 https://harvest.org/resources/devotion/wayward-hearts/ - Listen When we hear the word backslider, we tend to think of those who have completely abandoned their faith and turned their backs on God. And certainly, they could be classified as backsliders. But there are also Christians who are backsliding and aren’t even aware of it. No one plans on backsliding. It often happens gradually. It happens subtly—so subtly, in fact, that you may not even know it is happening. The Bible warns us about backsliding and says that one of the signs of the end times is that people will fall away from the faith. So, what should we do if we have backslidden? God tells us that we should return to Him. Speaking through the prophet Jeremiah, God said, “My wayward children . . . come back to me, and I will heal your wayward hearts” (Jeremiah 3:22 NLT). God also warned, “Your wickedness will bring its own punishment. Your turning from me will shame you. You will see what an evil, bitter thing it is to abandon the Lord your God and not to fear him” (Jeremiah 2:19 NLT). And Jesus said to the church of Ephesus, “Look how far you have fallen! Turn back to me and do the works you did at first” (Revelation 2:5 NLT). We might say, “I would never fall in this area,” or “I would never, in a million years, commit that sin!” But we need to be careful. That could be the very area in which we fall into sin. We don’t know how wicked our hearts really are. Jeremiah 17:9 says, “The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?” (NLT). We all have the propensity for doing the wrong thing. Like the hymn says, “Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, prone to leave the God I love.” So, don’t ever say you would never do this or that because the fact is that you’re fully capable of that and more. An unguarded strength is a double weakness. When Peter denied Jesus, his first step down was self-confidence. He said to the Lord, “Even if everyone else deserts you, I will never desert you” (Matthew 26:33 NLT). What moved Peter to say this was Jesus’ revelation that Judas was a traitor. Peter effectively was saying, “Look, I don’t know about James and John, the so-called Sons of Thunder. And I’m not sure about Matthew and some of the others. But I’m going to tell You this: I will never let You down.” It was self-confidence. The Bible says, “Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall” (Proverbs 16:18 NLT). Are you in a fallen state? Are you in the process of backsliding? You are going either forward in Christ or backward. Either you are progressing spiritually, or you are regressing. But the moment you put your spiritual growth into neutral, you will find yourself going in the wrong direction. Don’t rest on your laurels. Don’t live in the past. We need to be constantly growing as followers of Jesus. PROPHECY UPDATE NEWS HEADLINES Yesterday's Prophecies - Today's Headlines http://trackingbibleprophecy.org/birthpangs.php
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