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The Day That Changed the World – By Jan Markell - https://harbingersdaily.com/jan-markell-the-day-that-changed-the-world/
The world has been in an uncontrollable rage since October 7, 2023. We are witnessing global Israel Derangement Syndrome and renewed anti-Semitism more brutal than the 1930s. And towards whom is the rage directed? Towards those who were invaded, slaughtered, and kept as hostages. Imagine worldwide hatred against innocent victims and global sympathy for barbarians because Israel supposedly stole land. So, now it is occupied land—the provocation for the deadly pogrom. God’s land is not occupied territory. Jesus did not live in occupied territory. God owns it (Leviticus 25). He permanently gifted it to the Jews (Genesis 15). The World Calls Evil Good! Following the attack, the logic said that sympathy would eventually shift towards those who suffered the unspeakable blow, since many victims were women, children, and the elderly. Apparently not. The world stage featured, over several weeks, millions of people in global demonstrations on behalf of the terrorists—Hamas! Talk about a classic case of calling evil good (Is. 5:20). For months, the world was given a sickening overdose of, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” Participants in global demonstrations appeared to be many mind-numbed young robots, most not knowing any facts on the ground. Facts didn’t matter. This was a conflict of the oppressed versus the oppressor. The so-called Palestinian was the classic representative of the world’s oppressed. Israel was the Goliath who needed to be punished and exterminated as all oppressors must be. Brainwashed Agitators from the Tik Tok Generation The demonstrators, in two-dozen nations, are ignorant concerning the history, as well as the geographical and political implications of the Mideast. What the Bible says is irrelevant. The rabble-rousers know nothing of Israel’s endless concessions over the decades to her Islamic neighbors, all in the name of peace. They know nothing of the 2,000 years of wandering, persecution, and endless attempts by Kings, generals, Fuhrers, potentates, and presidents, to fulfill Psalm 83 and wipe out the very memory of Israel’s existence. The brainwashed agitators are feeding off of social media propaganda, swallowing the lies like they were candy, and impressing their friends with how tolerant and justice-minded they are. They are also victims of Marxist indoctrination in the Western world’s education systems. They are persuaded to see red— and now they also see Hamas green. They are naïve and cannot comprehend that those they are championing, celebrating, and defending, would obliterate them in a heartbeat, in just as brutal a manner, as they incinerated Israelis on October 7, 2023. And again, for no reason other than to exercise their barbarism against the enemies of Islam. Befriending Monsters Those Israelis in southern Israel were championing the people of Gaza! The Israelis were there to benefit the Gazans—to employ them, take them to appointments, and more. They lived and believed the liberal lie: That we can befriend monsters and make them like us. That Islam is not so bad, in fact. We can all get along. Rushing Towards the Time of Jacob’s Trouble So, let’s look at this from a spiritual perspective. We are in a run-up to the Tribulation—the Time of Jacob’s Trouble. The Jews are the primary player in that horrific drama. Believers are enjoying heaven. The Jews are Jacob; believers are the bride. Satan longs to defeat God’s end-time plan, which seriously trounces him. Whether it’s Sennacherib, the King of Assyria, or Haman, from Persia, they plot and scheme. Whether it is Hitler or the Iranian mullahs, they never cease their plot to eliminate all Jews. The persecutors will come and go, but the persecution will remain until Jesus returns in the Second Coming! As the people of Israel get more and more war-weary, as they tire of relying on fences that fail and agreements that are broken, they will accept the cunning lies of a man who comes on the scene right before the start of Daniel’s 70th Week. He will overwhelm them with promises of “peace and security” (I Thess 5:3). They can tear down their walls, thanks to his friendship! What a smooth talker. What a man who speaks healing words. What a peacemaker! What a devil. They sign a fateful agreement as outlined in Daniel 9:27, not realizing that Mr. Fix-It will eventually turn on them in an attempt to fulfill Satan’s plan of the ages: the extermination of every Jew, to foil God’s end-time plan. Others had only partially succeeded. This man will be convinced he can finish the job. The Genie is Out of the Bottle! What happened on October 7, 2023, is not just “one more Mideast conflict.” It was inspired by demons, and it unleashed demons on the world. The perpetrators were demon-possessed. The facts on the ground are clear evidence of that. In the natural, mankind cannot dream up such brutality. Satan can. A genie was let out of the proverbial bottle. Something ominous spread all over the world in October of last year. It has apocalyptic overtones. You can’t put it back in the bottle! Our world was forever changed. And, all of this hatred against a people who have been a blessing to the earth! A people who gave us the Prophets, the Apostles, the Messiah; in fact, salvation itself is of the Jews (John 4:22). Spitting in the Apple of God’s Eye In spite of such blessings, there are entire denominations that are standing with those who perpetrated the worst massacre of the innocent in recent history. They worship social justice. They teach that the church is the new Israel (Replacement Theology). They major in minors and lead the flock astray. They fly rainbow flags in front of their church. They spit in the “apple of God’s eye” (Zech. 2:8). I close this article with something I inserted in my book about Holocaust survivor Anita Dittman—Trapped in Hitler’s Hell. It is a quote from Dr. Natan Kellerman: “There is something unprecedented about the European Holocaust. For the first time in the bloodstained history of the human race, a decision was birthed in a modern state, in the midst of a civilized continent, to track down, register, mark, isolate, dispossess, humiliate, concentrate, transport, and murder, every single person of an ethnic group as defined by the perpetrators. “This was targeted at an ethnic group who so generously contributed to the culture of the world; to a people who have borne the brunt of enmity toward them because they dared to be different, and dared to insist on their difference.” Is it 1938 again? Nearing Midnight: The Great Resist – Terry James - https://www.raptureready.com/category/nearing-midnight/ Those of us who believe we are charged by the Lord to be “watchers” on the wall look at the acceleration of stage-setting for prophetic fulfillment as a wondrous thing to behold. There can be no missing the reality that we are fast approaching the dénouement of the Age of Grace. No recent development has been more significant than the movement toward establishing a New World Order. A specific element that is most troubling within that movement is termed “the great reset.” This term, defined within the title of a book by the same name, means the globalization of the entire world—those who intend to establish a world under a single governmental rulership must, in their view, not be thwarted. The very existence of the planet depends upon their being able to achieve their goals—goals encapsulated within what they call Agenda 21 and now Agenda 30. This “agenda” means they must accomplish all their shaping of this global order no later than the year 2030. These would-be globalist masters don’t see the things developing as we do by looking at them through the prism of Bible prophecy. While we see things advancing toward Antichrist’s regime at an amazing and frightening pace, the globalists, such as author of the book, The Great Reset, see things as being slowed and inhibited by forces they must eliminate. That is, they must eliminate those like us, for example. And by “us,” I mean both we who are Christians pointing out their evil, and this nation, the United States of America, whose people have been steeped in basic liberty and God-given rights from a Judeo-Christian foundation for almost three centuries. America is the single most powerful hold-up to Agenda 30 and the Great Reset. This nation, the most materially blessed in history, will not “go gentle into that good night,” as Dylan Thomas would have it. We won’t easily be made to ride bicycles, stay within fifteen-minute cities, and eat bugs instead of the foods we love, like the Great Resetters and their agenda insist we should do. There will be major pushback for as long as the nation exists as it is presently comprised. Of course, the American, liberty-loving/enjoying constituency is under constant attack by the powers and principalities of Ephesians 6:12, both demonic and human. And that luciferian cabal is determined to take down America and eliminate all opposition to their agenda. These minions call the opposition they face “the retreat from globalization.” The following excerpt gives more detail of Klaus Schwab and his cohorts’ determination to change things so their neo-tower of Babel can be built, free of opposition. Klaus Schwab and Theirry Malleret’s book Covid-19: The Great Reset identified “the global governance free fall” as an existential challenge, and if we do not collaborate, “we are doomed.” “Nation states make global governance possible (one leads the other),” the book states. “The more nationalism and isolationism pervade the global polity, the greater the chance that global governance loses its relevance and becomes ineffective. Sadly, we are now at this critical juncture. Put bluntly, we live in a world in which nobody is really in charge.”… [Managing director of the International Monetary Fund] Kristalina Georgieva suggested “concentrating on the areas where, without working together, we are doomed.” The examples she gave as “we are doomed” without globalization were “climate change,” the “green transition,” and debt… The authors don’t explain why there is a need for an “individual reset”; they simply assumed it was a consequence of the Covid “pandemic.” However, as they did throughout the book, they used collectivism as a tool of social control. “If, as human beings, we do not collaborate to confront our existential challenges (the environment and the global governance free fall, among others), we are doomed,” they claimed…. The rise of nationalism makes the retreat of globalization inevitable in most of the world – an impulse particularly notable in the West. The vote for Brexit and the election of President Trump on a protectionist platform are two momentous markers of the Western backlash against globalization,” the two authors wrote. (“Klaus Schwab wants to stop the retreat of globalization and global governance with a new form of globalization and global governance,” Rhoda Wilson, Expose-news.com 12/19/23) As the writer of the article further writes: As we have said before, the term “the common good” and its ugly sister, “the greater good,” represent collectivism, which is found in socialist, communist, and fascist movements. These movements use “the common good” as a tool for social control. This is exactly what we see happening within the American political process today. The incessant drive to bring about a Marxist collective system is at the heart of the attempted Great Reset being foisted by the human minions, assisted by the demonic of Ephesians 6:12, in my studied opinion. I heard a senator speaking before the Senate chamber the other day. I like what he said, although I’m almost certain he didn’t realize the true import of his statement. He said something like: “Instead of the un-American Great Reset, we need the Great Resist. We must resist this attempted Marxist-type tyranny.” The Great Resist is precisely what is given within God’s Word as opposition to Satan and his minions’ attempts to bring to power the man of sin, Antichrist, and his regime of horrors. “And now ye know what [restrains]that [Antichrist] might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only [the Holy Spirit] who now [Restrains] will [Restrain] until [the Holy Spirit] be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming” (2 Thessalonians 6-8). We who know the Lord Jesus for salvation are part of the Great Resist. Pastors, listen up! Don’t resist the Great Resist. To resist the Great Resist, you are aiding and assisting those who want to bring about the Great Reset. Preach Bible prophecy—and from the pre-Trib view. Jesus is about to intervene in the wicked affairs of humankind. The Rapture, according to all the signs and signals of the coming Tribulation raging in every direction, is about to disrupt life on planet Earth! For those who haven’t done so, here is how to be prepared, thus be assured that you will go to Jesus Christ when He calls all believers to Himself in that stupendous moment of rescue from this judgment-bound earth. “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation” (Romans 10:9-10). Prophecy Update Videos Must Watch Videos! Videos You Can Trust
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I genuinely believe that Prophecy Update and many other like-minded ministries, are needed now more than ever! The world is getting darker daily, almost hourly, but never has the light of the Word of God shone so brightly. Never in our history has there been such a thirst for Truth and a need for a Savior! The Prophecy Update website, newsletter, and Video Channels are all dedicated to providing the truth, encouraging and informing believers, and prayerfully opening the eyes and hearts of non-believers with the Gospel, but none of it would be possible without your prayers and support. DONATE HERE Your can also mail your support to: Prophecy Update PO Box 40516 Bakersfield, CA 93384 Abraham’s Family Feud – Part III – Randy Nettles - https://www.rev310.net/post/abraham-s-family-feud-part-iii Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor from the tribe of Ephraim. Solomon made him the officer of all the labor force of the house of Joseph. During the latter years of Solomon’s reign, the prophet Ahijah, from Shiloh, met Jeroboam and told him that the LORD, the God of Israel, would tear ten tribes out of the hand of Solomon due to his apostasy and give them to Jeroboam. Out of respect for David, the LORD would wait until Solomon was dead before he gave Jeroboam the ten tribes of Israel. Rehoboam, Solomon’s son, would retain the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin. Jeroboam reigned from Shechem in the mountains of Ephraim. One of his first acts was to make two calf idols out of gold, reminiscent of the molded golden calf Aaron made for the children of Israel in the wilderness. Jeroboam set one up in Bethel and the other one in Dan. This was done so the ten tribes wouldn’t return to Jerusalem to worship there. He also made shrines in the high places and made priests from every class of people, who were not of the sons of Levi. Jeroboam told the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt!” He also ordained a feast on the 15th day of the eighth month and offered sacrifices on the altar to the calves he had made. This was an imitation of the Feast of Tabernacles which was held on the 15th day of the seventh month in Jerusalem. A man of God went from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD to give Jeroboam a prophetic message. He was burning incense on the altar when the prophet cried out, “O altar, altar! Thus says the Lord: Behold, a child, Josiah by name, shall be born to the house of David; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and men’s bones shall be burned on you. And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the Lord has spoken: Surely the altar shall split apart, and the ashes on it shall be poured out” (1 Kings 13:2-3). Of course, the altar was split apart, and the ashes on it were poured out. “After this event Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but again he made priests from every class of people for the high places; whoever wished, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places. And this thing was the sin of the house of Jeroboam, so as to exterminate and destroy it from the face of the earth” (1 Kings 13:33-34). Later, Ahijah was sent again to Jeroboam with this message. “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: Because I exalted you from among the people, and made you ruler over My people Israel, and tore the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it to you; and yet you have not been as My servant David, who kept My commandments and who followed Me with all his heart, to do only what was right in My eyes. But you have done more evil than all who were before you, for you have gone and made for yourself other gods and molded images to provoke Me to anger, and have cast Me behind your back— therefore behold! I will bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every male in Israel, bond and free; I will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as one takes away refuse until it is all gone. The dogs shall eat whoever belongs to Jeroboam and dies in the city, and the birds of the air shall eat whoever dies in the field; for the Lord has spoken! Moreover, the Lord will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam; this is the day. What? Even now! For the Lord will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land which He gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the River, because they have made their wooden images, provoking the Lord to anger. And He will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who sinned and who made Israel sin” (1 Kings 14:7-16). The short-term prophecy was fulfilled after Jeroboam died and his son Nadab reigned. He ruled Israel for only 2 years. “And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin by which he had made Israel sin” (1 Kings 15:26). All 20 kings of Israel were evil and the phrase “and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he had made Israel sin” is used 14 times in the books of Kings. Baasha, of the house of Issachar, killed Nadab and all the house of Jeroboam, just as Ahijah prophesied. Baasha became king of Israel after Nadab’s death. Of course, he walked in the way of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin. Regarding the prophecy of I Kings 13:2 and the burning of bones on the bones of Jeroboam, it took approximately 300 years before it was fulfilled. Josiah was the King of Judah at the time and was one of the greatest and righteous kings after David. Israel had been conquered and exiled by the Assyrians for about 100 years when this prophecy was fulfilled. King Josiah restored true Yahweh worship to Judah and destroyed the many idols and altars that the two kingdoms had set up. Here is the fulfillment of 1 Kings 13:2: “Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he broke down; and he burned the high place and crushed it to powder, and burned the wooden image. As Josiah turned, he saw the tombs that were there on the mountain. And he sent and took the bones out of the tombs and burned them on the altar, and defiled it according to the word of the Lord which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words. Then he said, What gravestone is this that I see? So the men of the city told him, It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things which you have done against the altar of Bethel. And he said, Let him alone; let no one move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria” (2 Kings 23:15-18). Josiah killed the priests who were burning incense on the altar and burned their bones on the bones of the wicked kings and priests of Israel, including Jeroboam’s bones. God’s word always comes true, no matter how long it takes. Regarding some of the other descendants of Abraham, the kingdom of Edom (descendants of Esau) was a thorn in Israel’s side ever since the Israelites entered the Promised Land. During the time of David, the commander of the army of Israel, Joab, thought he had killed every male Edomite in the land. However, there was a child descendant of the king of Edom, named Hadad, who escaped to Egypt with some of his father’s Edomite servants. He caused much trouble for Solomon during his latter years. Hadad’s descendants would eventually repopulate and reclaim the land of Edom, which was located in what is now southwestern Jordan. They went to war against both Israel and Judah throughout the reigns of different kings. The Greeks called the Edomites “Idumeans.” King Herod was half Idumean and part Jew, as Herod’s father, Antipater, was an Idumaean and Herod’s mother was a Nabatean Arab princess from Petra. Antipater was by descent an Edomite with a Jewish mother. His ancestors had converted to Judaism. Herod was raised as a Jew. During the waning days of Judah, when the kingdom was a vassal state of Babylon, the kingdoms of Moab and Ammon (descendants of Abraham’s family) took advantage of Judah’s weakness and sent raiders to pillage the land. In the days of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, he came up, and Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him. And the Lord sent against him raiding bands of Chaldeans, bands of Syrians, bands of Moabites, and bands of the people of Ammon; He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord which He had spoken by His servants the prophets. Surely at the commandment of the Lord this came upon Judah, to remove them from His sight because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done, and also because of the innocent blood that he had shed; for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the Lord would not pardon. After 20 kings of Israel and approximately 207 years, Israel was conquered by the Assyrians in about 723 BC and the people were exported to different regions throughout the Assyrian kingdom. The kingdom of Judah had a combination of good and bad kings (a total of 19 kings and 1 queen). Their kingdom survived for approximately 344 years (from the reign of Rehoboam) before they were conquered by King Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonians in 586 BC. Jeremiah the prophet prophesied against kingdoms other than Judah, in which Babylon would be the instrument that God used to bring about their downfall. Egypt, the land of Philistine, Moab (descendants of Lot’s elder daughter), Ammon (descendants of Lot’s younger daughter), Edom (descendants of Esau, the city of Damascus, the cities of Kedar and Hazor (descendants of Ishmael) and Elam (Iran). He then prophesied about Babylon’s destruction. Moab and Ammon helped Babylon (non-militarily) and made plans to carve up the Promised Land for themselves after the Babylonians carried Israel into captivity. This displeased the Lord and He had the Babylonians destroy them as well. Moab and Ammon ceased to exist as nations at that time. Edom did likewise. So Edom, Moab, and Ammon ceased to be nations at about the same time that Judah was carried off to Babylon. After 70 years of captivity, Israel was restored. In Jeremiah 48:47, the Lord promised one day to restore the fortunes of Moab as well. In Jeremiah 49:6, He made the same promise to Ammon, but He made no such promise to Edom. Obadiah also prophesied against the Edomites who were eventually driven out of their capital (Petra) by the Nabateans, a Bedouin people descended from Ishmael, in fulfillment of Obadiah’s prophecy. The Roman Empire conquered much of what is now Jordan, even the powerful trading kingdom of the Nabateans in 103 AD, whose capital was the fortress city of Petra. Of course, we know Israel’s history, with the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple in 70 AD and the destruction of Judah in 135 AD. The entire Jewish population of Judah was deported and replaced with Gentiles. The province’s name was changed from Judah (or Judea) to Syria-Palestine. Thus began the centuries-old Jewish diaspora throughout the Gentile nations. Many modern-day Bereans see Psalm 83 as a future war between Israel and her long-time enemies described in Psalm 83:4-8. “They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee: The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes; Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre; Assur also is joined with them: they have helped the children of Lot. Selah.” The modern-day version of these kingdoms and peoples would be, Edom (Palestinians and southern Jordan), Moab (Palestinians and central Jordan), Ammon (Palestinians and Central Jordan), Ishmaelites (Saudi Arabia), Gebal (Hezbollah and northern Lebanon), Tyre (Hezbollah and southern Lebanon, Amalek (Arabs of the Sinai area), Hagarenes (nomadic Egyptians), and Assyria (Syria and northern Iraq). I don’t believe this is a future war because I can’t see Jordan, Egypt, or Saudi Arabia getting into another war with Israel after Israel’s victories in 1948, 1967, and 1973, and the current war against Hamas. You better believe they are afraid of the military power of Israel. I believe this imprecatory prayer/psalm by Asaph was a short-term prophecy in which the seer saw the invasion of many peoples against Judah in the future time of King Jehoshaphat, or it could have been written by a son of Asaph during the time of Jehoshaphat. “It happened after this that the people of Moab with the people of Ammon, and others with them besides the Ammonites, came to battle against Jehoshaphat. Then some came and told Jehoshaphat, saying, A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea, from Syria; and they are in Hazazon Tamar” (which is En Gedi). And now, here are the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir—whom You would not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them and did not destroy them— here they are, rewarding us by coming to throw us out of Your possession which You have given us to inherit. O our God, will You not judge them? For we have no power against this great multitude that is coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon You” (2 Chronicles 20:1-2, 10-12). Mount Seir is in Edom (Jordan). Regarding this bad news, the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jahaziel, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, who stood up and said, “Listen, all you of Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat! Thus says the Lord to you: ‘Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God’s. Tomorrow go down against them. They will surely come up by the Ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the brook before the Wilderness of Jeruel. You will not need to fight in this battle. Position yourselves, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord, who is with you, O Judah and Jerusalem! The outcome was exactly how Jahaziel prophesied. The Jews did not even have to fight, for the LORD used one of his favorite war tactics against their enemies. He confused them so that they fought against each other, and so they helped to destroy one another. “So when Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked toward the multitude; and there were their dead bodies, fallen on the earth. No one had escaped. And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries when they heard that the Lord had fought against the enemies of Israel. Then the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest all around” (2 Chronicles 20: 24,29-30). In the near future, God will use this same tactic against Israel’s enemies who form a confederacy during the Gog/Magog War. After centuries of occupation by different kingdoms and peoples, the descendants of Abraham and Lot returned once again to the lands adjacent to the Jordan River. Here is a brief history of how Israel and Jordan (Edom, Ammon, Moab) became nations again. “Since the start of World War II, the British had been very strict about the immigration of Jews into Palestine, even turning boats loaded with refugees back to sea. In 1945, Britain, appointed by the League of Nations to rule Palestine, outlawed the immigration of Jews into the region. On May 22, 1946, the United Nations abolished the mandate for Transjordan and it became a sovereign state. In 1947, Britain ceased efforts to reconcile Arabs and Jews in Palestine, deferring to the General Assembly of the United Nations. On November 29, 1947, the U.N. voted to partition Palestine into two states. The Negev Desert (in southern Palestine), and the coastal region and easter Galilee (in northern Palestine) were set aside for the Jews, while Arabs were given the Gaza Strip (the southern coast) and the remaining areas of Palestine. Jerusalem was designated as an international city. The motion, which the United States and the Soviet Union supported, was denounced by the League of Arab States, which supported the cause of the Palestinian Arabs. The British mandate over Palestine was scheduled to end on May 15, 1948, at which time the English troops would be leaving. The day before, David Ben Gurion called to order a historic meeting on May 14, 1948, and read Israel’s Declaration of Independence. For the first time in more than 2000 years, there was an independent Jewish state of Israel. The next day, Israel was attacked by five Arab nations: Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan. By the end of 1948, they had defeated the Arab nations and in so doing had conquered half of the territory the U.N. had planned for the new Arab nation (Palestine). The other half was divided between Jordan and Egypt. Israel controlled the western half of Jerusalem and Jordan the eastern half, including the Old City and the Temple Mount. Israel was recognized as a sovereign state by the U.N, and was admitted as a member of the General Assembly.” {1} Israel’s neighbors continued to wage war against Israel in the decades that followed, including the Six-Day War in 1967, the Yom Kippur War in 1973, and the war in Lebanon in 1982. However, in 1978, peace talks between Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin began. The talks were organized by Jimmy Carter at Camp David, Maryland. This led to an agreement in which Israel surrendered the Sinai region to Egypt, in exchange for Egypt’s political recognition of Israel. Then on October 26, 1994, at Wadi Araba on the border between Israel and Jordan, King Hussein and Yitzhak Rabin signed a peace treaty that established a solid framework for future relations. There are several end-time prophecies concerning the kingdoms of Edom, Ammon, and Moab (descendants of Abraham or his relatives). One of them is found in Daniel 11 and concerns the Antichrist and his many wars. “He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon” (Daniel 11:41). It appears the Antichrist will be unable to conquer Jordan during the time of the Great Tribulation. Israel is the “glorious land” mentioned in verse 41. “Rev. 12:13-17 tells us that after Satan is confined to Earth he will go after “the woman,” symbolic of Israel. But the woman will be given the wings of a great eagle, enabling her to flee into the desert to a place prepared for her, where she will be taken care of for a time, times and half a time, which is 3 ½ years, the duration of the Great Tribulation. This agrees with Matt. 24:15-21 where the Lord warned the believing remnant of Israel to flee to the mountains to escape the Great Tribulation. The closest mountains to Jerusalem are in Moab and Edom. Most scholars think the believing remnant of Israel will flee to the area of Bozrah, which was once the capital city of Edom. The abandoned fortress city of Petra is only twenty miles from Bozrah. This is where the remnant of the children of Israel will make their getaway with assistance from the LORD. The phrase “wings of a great eagle” in Rev. 12:14 is reminiscent of Exodus 19:4 where the Lord used the same phrase to describe the way he delivered Israel from the Egyptians. This implies the same kind of supernatural assistance, such as when Satan spews out a river of water to sweep the woman away. But the Lord will open the earth to swallow the river and save the woman. This will enrage Satan, but he will leave the woman and go after other followers of Jesus (Rev. 12:15-17). These prophecies help us understand how Edom, Moab, and Ammon could escape the clutches of the anti-Christ. The Lord has chosen Petra as the city of refuge where He will protect His people throughout the Great Tribulation. In doing so, He will make sure the whole area stays out of the hands of His enemy. It also explains why, when He returns, He will first go to Edom to clear the way for His people to return to Jerusalem (Isaiah 63:1-6).” {2} Before the Antichrist’s forces can destroy the remnant Israelis in Bozrah, Jesus will return to the earth with his angelic and redeemed mankind’s armies to save his people from annihilation. His return to Bozrah and His slaughter of the Antichrist’s forces is found in the prophecy of Isaiah 63:1-6. His garments are so stained with blood, that Isaiah describes Jesus’ apparel as looking like one who has been treading grapes in a winepress. It won’t be out of any consideration for Edom, Moab, and Ammon that God will protect them from the anti-Christ, but out of a need to preserve the believing remnant of Israel. However, after the Second Coming, the homelands of these three antagonists of Israel will become desolate wastelands. Ammon (northern Jordan), will suffer partial destruction and become a possession of Israel according to Jeremiah 49:1-2. Those who survive will turn to the Lord and a remnant of Ammon will be found in the Kingdom of Christ according to Jeremiah 49:6. Moab (central Jordan) will also suffer destruction, but it will not be total. Moab and Ammon’s lands are compared to Sodom and Gomorrah in Zephaniah 2:8-9. “I have heard the insults of Moab and the taunts of the Ammonites, who insulted my people and made threats against their land. Therefore, as surely as I live, declares the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, Surely Moab will become like Sodom, the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a wasteland forever. The remnant of my people will plunder them; the survivors of my nation will inherit their land.” It is believed Sodom and Gomorrah were located at the southern end of the Dead Sea. As with Ammon, the survivors in Moab will turn to the Lord and will be found in the Kingdom of Christ according to Jeremiah 48:47. It is Edom, however, that will receive an extra portion of God’s wrath. At the end of the age, Edom had been given ample opportunity to trust in the Lord but failed to respond. This results in the land of Edom becoming nothing but an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse according to Jeremiah 49:7-13 and Ezekiel 35:6-9. The smallest book of the Old Testament, Obadiah, concentrates its entire attention on Edom’s destruction. Obadiah says the destruction of Edom will be so total that nothing will remain of Esau’s descendants, while the descendants of his brother Jacob will own and possess the mountain of Edom. The Lord will use Israel to bring about the final destruction of Edom as described in Ezekiel 25:12-14. In the Kingdom of Christ, there will not be a nation called Edom. Likewise, the same can be said of Lebanon, as Israel’s boundaries will encompass all of modern-day Lebanon, according to Ezekiel 47:13-48:29. In the Millennium, Egypt will also be punished for their mistreatment of the Jews. Unlike Edom, Egypt’s desolation is to last for only the first forty years of the Millennium Kingdom. They will be dispersed all over the world, as recorded in Ezekiel 29:1-16. But afterward, the Egyptians will be regathered, becoming a kingdom again, although it will never be a powerful one again. In fact, it will be a lowly kingdom. “It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations” (Ezekiel 29:15). However, the LORD will deliver Egypt, and they will return to the LORD. Not only will Egypt undergo a conversion experience, but so will the ancient area of Assyria (northern Iraq). In the Kingdom, when peace is restored, all borders will be open between Egypt, Iraq, and Israel. There will be economic, political, and religious unity between these kingdoms because they will all worship the same God, Yahweh. “In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian will come into Egypt and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians will serve with the Assyrians. In that day Israel will be one of three with Egypt and Assyria—a blessing in the midst of the land, whom the Lord of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance” (Isaiah 19:23-24). The land of Saudi Arabia (Kedar and Hazor) will be a perpetual desolation throughout the Millennial Kingdom, and the inhabitants will be dispersed worldwide. “I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the Lord. And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation forever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it” (Jeremiah 49:32-33). Persia or Iran (Elam) will suffer destruction in the millennium and its inhabitants will be dispersed throughout the world according to Jeremiah 49:34-38. However, the destruction of Iran will only be partial and temporary. “And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from there the king and the princes, says the Lord. But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, says the Lord” (Jeremiah 49:38-39). Throughout the Millennial Kingdom, the earth will be transformed into a place of beauty reminiscent of the Garden of Eden. Crops, animals, and humans will flourish like never before in the history of mankind. However, there will be two desolate areas of burning pitch and brimstone that will last throughout the millennium. The first area will be Babylon, according to Isaiah 13:20-22, Jeremiah 50:39-43, Revelation 18:1-2, 19:3. The second area of perpetual desolation will be Edom or southern Jordan, according to Isaiah 34:8-15, Ezekiel 35:10-15, and Jeremiah 49:17-18. It is thought that the animals mentioned in these verses regarding Babylon and Edom are demons, for no animal can live in such an environment. While Satan is confined to the Abyss for 1000 years, his demons will be confined in the burning hell of Babylon and Edom. Regarding the remnant of the children of Israel, “Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah— not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them, says the Lord. But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord, for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more” (Jeremiah 31:31-34). Randy Nettles [email protected] Endnotes: {1) When & Where In The Bible and Throughout History by E.Michael and Sharon Rusten {2} Edom, Moab, and Ammon – Grace thru faith 14 Things That Everyone Needs To Know About The Great American Eclipse Of 2024 - by Michael Snyder - https://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/14-things-that-everyone-needs-to-know-about-the-great-american-eclipse-of-2024/ We are just a little bit more than three months away from what many believe will be the most dramatic total solar eclipse in U.S. history. It is being called “the Great American Eclipse of 2024”, and millions of Americans will take time off in order to travel so that they can personally see it. Between now and April, the mainstream news will be filled with stories about this eclipse, and so it is going to be difficult for anyone to ignore what is going on. In this article, I am going to share 14 things that everyone needs to know about the Great American Eclipse of 2024… #1 It is a total solar eclipse that will occur on April 8th, 2024. #2 The path of the eclipse will travel through portions of the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. #3 The path of the eclipse will also travel through parts of Mexico and Canada. #4 It is being projected that this eclipse will be the most viewed astronomical event in the entire history of our country. #5 According to the Washington Post, more than 30 million Americans will simply be able to walk outside of their homes and experience this eclipse… “This is going to be the most populated eclipse in the U.S. with 31.5 million people able to just walk outside of their homes and experience this event,” Kelly Korreck, NASA program manager for the 2024 total solar eclipse, said in a news conference at the American Geophysical Union conference. #6 We are being told that this eclipse may be “the single-biggest mass travel event” of 2024… The event may also be the single-biggest mass travel event in the United States, according to the Great American Eclipse website. Several large cities very close to the path of totality are St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Toronto and Quebec. Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C., are also within 200 miles of the direct path. #7 Those that are in the direct path of the eclipse will discover that the air temperature suddenly becomes approximately 10 degrees cooler once the moon is fully blocking the sun. #8 The path of the Great American Eclipse of 2024 will cross the United States on the very first day of the year on the Hebrew calendar. #9 If you put the path of the Great American Eclipse of 2024, the path of the “Ring of Fire” solar eclipse of October 14th, 2023 and the path of the Great American Eclipse of 2017 all on a map, they combine to form a giant paleo-Hebrew “Aleph” over America… #10 If you just put the path of the Great American Eclipse of 2024 and the path of the Great American Eclipse of 2017 on a map, they combine to form a giant paleo-Hebrew “Tav” over America… #11 The heart of the paleo-Hebrew “Tav” forms a giant “X” that falls directly over the New Madrid fault zone. #12 One of my readers pointed out to me that we have seen a giant “X” like this before. The path of a solar eclipse that occurred on June 16th, 1806 combined with the path of a solar eclipse that occurred on September 17th, 1811 to also form a giant “X” over the New Madrid fault zone. #13 Three months after the solar eclipse that happened on September 17th, 1811, a series of absolutely enormous earthquakes began to happen on the New Madrid fault… The New Madrid earthquakes were the biggest earthquakes in American history. They occurred in the central Mississippi Valley, but were felt as far away as New York City, Boston, Montreal, and Washington D.C. President James Madison and his wife Dolly felt them in the White House. Church bells rang in Boston. From December 16, 1811 through March of 1812 there were over 2,000 earthquakes in the central Midwest, and between 6,000-10,000 earthquakes in the Bootheel of Missouri where New Madrid is located near the junction of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. In the known history of the world, no other earthquakes have lasted so long or produced so much evidence of damage as the New Madrid earthquakes. Three of the earthquakes are on the list of America’s top earthquakes: the first one on December 16, 1811, a magnitude of 8.1 on the Richter scale; the second on January 23, 1812, at 7.8; and the third on February 7, 1812, at as much as 8.8 magnitude. #14 The next total solar eclipse visible from the United States will not happen until 2044, and the path of that total solar eclipse will only touch three states. I believe that the Great American Eclipse of 2024 is a really big deal, and so I put it on the cover of my new book. Others may disagree with me, and that is okay. I don’t know anyone that agrees with me 100 percent of the time. But what everyone should be able to agree on is that 2024 is going to be quite a crazy year. So far this year, we have already seen a historic earthquake in Japan, a major escalation of the conflict in Ukraine and an assassination which could take the war in the Middle East to an entirely new level. Each day is going to bring more new surprises, and I expect things to get really wild as we get closer to the election in November. So buckle up and hold on tight, because chaos is here and it isn’t going away any time soon. Daily Jot: Stupidocrisy: Saying something is something it isn’t - Bill Wilson – www.dailyjot.com The Bible suggests that the mature constantly train their senses to discern good from evil (Hebrews 5:14). This is so very important. Society is constantly bombarded with conflicting claims. One example: There is no end to the government-sponsored commercials urging COVID booster shots. But there are now hundreds of studies proving that these shots are detrimental to your health and do not outweigh the risk of COVID. In fact, the government still says the COVID serums are both safe and effective. It was known very early on in the COVID pandemic that the shots did not prevent COVID and there were many terrible side effects. But the propaganda still is claiming what it claims. But wait. There’s more. On December 28, Secretary of State Antony Blinken posted a photo essay about his travels around the world in 2023, titled “Portraits of Diplomacy: 2023 A Photographic Journey with Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken.” Taking a victory lap for his perceived success as America’s chief ambassador, he introduced the essay on X (formerly Twitter) saying: “As I reflect on the miles traveled, countries visited, and intense diplomacy over the past year, I am proud of our work to build stronger partnerships and strengthen global peace and security.” But the problem here is that since Blinken and Biden took over there has been major wars in Ukraine and Israel, and Islamic nations are taking pot shots at the American military throughout the Middle East. North Korea is also rattling its sabers. He’s claiming credit for peace when there is no peace. Moreover, is the use of the word “security.” On December 29, Joe Biden declared January National Human Trafficking Prevention Month saying “we reaffirm our commitment to ending these predatory crimes at home and across the globe.” Of course, he wove into his announcement all the political touchpoints he has done to stop human trafficking, including worker’s rights, housing vouchers, the LGBTQI+ community support, and so on. But he sure didn’t mention that his border security and immigration policies are likely the biggest contributor to human trafficking in recent history. In fact, he has claimed the US-Mexican border is secure, but reality is the border is setting records for illegal crossings at some 225,000 in December, with unaccompanied minors in custody up 6.5%, at 11,700. The fact is that the border is not secure. As we enter 2024, there are a lot of things to discern. The Democratic Party, for example, is always pandering about voter rights and voter integrity. But its leadership is trying to prevent former President Donald Trump from being on the ballot in every state. Isn’t this both a violation of voter rights and voter integrity? Biden says the economy is the best it’s ever been, yet inflation and the cost of living have been setting records. Here is a rule of thumb: If the government and its socialist propagandists say something is one thing, you can pretty much believe that it is the opposite. 2 Timothy 3:13 says, “But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.” Train your senses to discern those saying something is something it isn’t, lest you become part of the, say it with me…Stupidocrisy. Sources: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/biden-secretary-state-blinken-gets-roasted-twitter-declaring/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/12/29/a-proclamation-on-national-human-trafficking-prevention-month-2024/ https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/orr/icf-uc-fact-sheet.pdf Daily Devotion: People of Principle - by Jasel Mena – www.harvest.org At the end of the ten days, Daniel and his three friends looked healthier and better nourished than the young men who had been eating the food assigned by the king. —Daniel 1:15 https://harvest.org/resources/devotion/people-of-principle/ - Listen In ancient Israel, the people had a penchant for idolatry. They turned to false gods again and again. So, God raised up prophets to warn them. But they ignored God’s warnings. As a result, God’s judgment came. He allowed King Nebuchadnezzar to conquer the southern kingdom of Judah and carry the people away captive to Babylon. Interestingly, idol worship was rampant in Babylon. In effect God was saying, “You want idols? You’ve got idols.” King Nebuchadnezzar wanted to find the brightest and best of the young men from among the captives, so he ordered his chief of staff to bring them into his court and school them in the ways of Babylon. In doing so, the king could use them to influence other Jews. In some ways, it would have been a great honor for them to receive a summons to the palace. But in another way, it meant exposure to great temptation. In the end, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah became a part of the king’s court. This essentially changed their world overnight. King Nebuchadnezzar ripped them away from their families and friends and placed them in an environment that was hostile to their faith. It is not unlike people who grow up in Christian homes and suddenly realize they’re in a hostile work or school environment. They discover they’re among people who have no interest whatsoever in the things of God. Not only did the environment change for these four young men, but the king changed their names as well. Daniel’s name, for instance, meant “God is my judge.” But his new name, Belteshazzar, was attached to a false god, Bel. Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah received the names Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, which also were connected to Babylonian gods. Although the king could change their names, he could not change their hearts. These four young men faced heavy-duty temptation. They had the finest education at the most prestigious school, not to mention access to the most delicious food and wine in the world. King Nebuchadnezzar also immersed them in a system of false gods and idol worship. But he didn’t consider the fact that they had character. He thought they would cave in and do what everyone else did. But they were young men of principle. Here’s what the Bible tells us about Daniel: “But Daniel was determined not to defile himself by eating the food and wine given to them by the king. He asked the chief of staff for permission not to eat these unacceptable foods” (Daniel 1:8 NLT). We don’t know exactly why Daniel refused to eat from the king’s table. It may have been because the foods were offered to false gods. But for Daniel, it was a matter of principle. He didn’t want to do anything that would hinder his fellowship with God. Daniel and his friends could have compromised very easily. Instead, they made a stand. And by standing their ground in a seemingly small area, it enabled them to stand their ground in a much larger area later in life. PROPHECY UPDATE NEWS HEADLINES Yesterday's Prophecies - Today's Headlines HEADLINES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TRACKING BIBLE PROPHECY 1/3/24 http://trackingbibleprophecy.org/birthpangs.php
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