The Intelligence Community has issued a report which projects that the US will no longer be the world's only superpower by 2030 and Asia will surpass North America and Europe combined with Asian population, military spending, and technological investment.
This report comes from the office of the Director of National Intelligence which states that the unipolar world that emerged after the fall of the Soviet Union will not continue.
Global trends project that the US will retain a role in the world in part because of its history and past leadership but nations like China, India, and Brazil are the rising world powers.
Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News
With countries like China, India, and Brazil on the rise in our world today, the US will soon be reduced economically and militarily no longer to be the only superpower in our world which is a scenario that can be found in Bible prophecy for the last days.
Many political pundits and world thinkers have said that the economic crisis which the US faces will play a key role in knocking the US out of superpower status. Militarily, China is quickly becoming an equal to the US and there are projections that China will overtake the US in military power in the near future. Students of Bible prophecy have for some years known that the US is not in Bible prophecy as a player in the last days. One suggestion is that at the Rapture of the Church, the US will be rendered weak since the backbone of America is the born again Christian who will leave at the Rapture, I Thessalonians 4:13-18.
Both China and India are included in the prophetic phrase, "Kings of the East" found in Revelation 16:12 and they will be key players at the end of the seven year Tribulation Period. Other nations in the Middle East will form a coalition of nations that align themselves to try to destroy the Jewish state of Israel at the beginning of the Tribulation, Ezekiel 38, Daniel 11, and Psalm 83. Between the Rapture which happens just before the Tribulation Period and the return of Jesus Christ at the end of that terrible time of trouble, much judgment will come upon the world including the nations already mentioned in this report as well as the US.
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Monday, August 18, 2014
Spiritual Darkness By Hal Lindsey
A pall of darkness enshrouds our planet — spiritual darkness. It is not new. It has been here a long time. Even so, reminders of its presence and its depth can be startling. A good example can be seen in the reactions to Israel’s battle with Hamas.
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega may not seem to be a particularly significant character on the world stage. The former Marxist is a long-time friend of the communists in Cuba, and was an ally of Hugo Chávez in Venezuela. Ronald Reagan described him as a “little dictator.” Though Ortega no longer claims to be a communist, he still openly avows socialism. He’s significant because he represents the thinking of lots U.N. countries and their leaders.
Ortega said, “Prime Minister Netanyahu appears to be possessed by the devil. He needs Pope Francis to exorcize it, to become appeased.” He accused Netanyahu of trying to “annihilate the Palestinian people.” He compared the Israelis to Nazis and accused them of genocide.
There are almost 2 million people in the Gaza Strip. Even the most severe propagandist from Hamas claims less than 2 thousand Gazan deaths. We don’t know how many of the dead were intentionally set up by Hamas to be killed in order to give Hamas a boost in the propaganda battle. Even using their figures, 2,000 is one-tenth of 1 percent of 2 million. And these people are calling it genocide — the attempted annihilation of an entire race.
That’s darkness. And it is a darkness that has been long predicted to explode into a global crescendo in the years shortly before Jesus returns.
Penelope Cruz
A hundred luminaries from the film industry in Spain wrote an “open letter” to the European Union, calling on it to step in and stop Israel’s “Operation Protective Edge” in Gaza. Among the letter’s signers were the actors, Penelope Cruz and her husband, Javier Bardem. Both of them have won Academy Awards.
The letter speaks of “the genocide perpetrated by the Israeli occupation army.”
In an op-ed piece, Bardem said, “In the horror happening in Gaza right now there is NO place for distance or neutrality. It’s a war of extermination… It’s hard to understand and impossible to justify. And it’s disgraceful that western countries are permitting such genocide.”
“Extermination”? “Genocide”? It’s an open secret that Israel has nuclear weapons. If they really wanted to exterminate the people of Gaza, they have the means. If they didn’t want to go that far, there are ways of using conventional bombs that are deadly efficient at wiping out populations. And if they were simply less careful during their bombing runs, they could easily have killed a hundred thousand people in an operation like this.
After receiving negative publicity for their remarks, Cruz and her husband decided to clarify their stance. Bardem said, “While I was critical of the Israeli military response, I have great respect for the people of Israel and deep compassion for their losses. I am now being labeled by some as anti-Semitic, as is my wife — which is the antithesis of who we are as human beings. We detest anti-Semitism as much as we detest the horrible and painful consequences of war. I was raised to be against any act of violence.”
It’s almost funny to see a man who has taken part in several brutally violent films proclaim himself to be a paragon of anti-violence — funny like seeing someone in a blindfold stumbling around. But not really funny because the stumbling isn’t the result of a blindfold, but blindness itself.
In her clarification, Cruz said, “I don’t want to be misunderstood on this important subject. I’m not an expert on the situation and I’m aware of the complexity of it. My only wish and intention in signing that group letter is the hope that there will be peace in both Israel and Gaza. I am hopeful all parties can agree to a cease fire and there are no more innocent victims on either side of the border.”
Cruz admitted that she doesn’t know much about it, but still she accused the Israelis of genocide, and even after the outcry, felt no need to take it back. Neither her clarification nor her husband’s retracted or apologized for the damning accusation that Israel is trying to “exterminate the people of Gaza.” Neither of them seems to understand that wrongly accusing one side of genocide is hardly a peaceful, diplomatic way to solve the problem.
She said she wanted there to be, “No more innocent victims on either side of the border.” What about innocent Israelis being labeled as war criminals and mass murderers?
Spain has a long history of severe and violent anti-Semitism. That Cruz and Bardem could so casually make such horrible claims against the Jewish state seems to indicate that, despite their disclaimers, they are well infected with the disease.
Relativity Media CEO, Ryan Kavanaugh, said, “It makes my blood boil. As the grandson of Holocaust survivors, anyone calling it Israeli ‘genocide’ vs. protecting themselves are either the most ignorant people about the situation and shouldn't be commenting, or are truly anti-Semitic.”
“You Can Taste the Toxins . . .”
The Obama Administration has seen fit to bomb thousands of people using remote control drones in faraway Afghanistan because it rightly believes that what goes on there threatens U.S. national security. Regrettably, many of those drone strikes took civilian lives. Yet this same Administration cannot grasp that Israel is fighting a next door neighbor that doesn’t just threaten them in abstract ways, but actually shoots missiles into their homeland.
Imagine how Americans would feel if they learned that Canada was planning an attack through a vast tunnel system that would kill more people than died on 9/11? That’s what Israel was facing from Hamas.
The Obama administration lashed out at Israel for a deadly attack near a U.N. school in Gaza that they called “horrifying” and “disgraceful.” Sickening as it is, such “collateral damage” has been unavoidable in Gaza, just as it has been in Afghanistan. That is the terrible nature of war. And reasonable people know it.
The United Nations just announced that they are forming a commission to investigate Israel for human rights violations and war crimes. The U.N. statement said they would investigate “all violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law… in the context of the military operations conducted since 13 June 2014.”
It is a shroud of darkness that prevents even the United Nations from seeing the difference between war crimes and self-defense.
During the 2008 battle between Israel and Gaza, British author Howard Jacobson wrote that in his own country, “The air has been charred not with devastation but with hatred. And I don’t mean the hatred of the warring parties for each other. I mean the hatred of Israel expressed in our streets, on our campuses, in our newspapers, on our radios and televisions, and now in our theatres. . . . A discriminatory, over-and-above hatred, inexplicable in its hysteria and virulence . . . an unreasoning, deranged and as far as I can see irreversible revulsion that is poisoning everything we are supposed to believe in. . . . You can taste the toxins on your tongue.”
He was describing something that goes beyond differences of opinion. He was describing spiritual blindness.
What he saw six years ago has only grown worse, not only in Great Britain, but all over Europe. Bitter, unreasoning hatred of Jews has now reached a level not seen in the last seven decades.
Hitler Worship
Israel’s critics can’t seem to decide whether to compare Jews to an evil Hitler, or to call Hitler a hero for trying to exterminate Jews. Many have settled on the later. The twitterverse has been ablaze with hashtags like, “Hitler was right.” That one is often accompanied by a false quote from Hitler — “I could have killed all the Jews, but I left some of them to let you know why I was killing them.”
Here are some other popular tweets spreading around the globe: “Hitler did a sterling job #gas chambers needed” . . . “I wish Hitler was alive and his gas chambers were still in use” . . . “I regret Hitler didn't clean sweep, poor Palestinians have to do it now” . . . “Hitler did right to kill these cockroaches” . . . “Jews are pigs. I think we should kill you Jews and kill your kids and let you know what the Palestinians are feeling” . . . “Let me salute Hitler the Great.”
The last time Planet Earth saw this level of anti-Semitism was in the years leading up to World War II. But when the world watched Germany take Jew-hatred to its logical conclusion, there followed a time of shame and repentance. In Europe and the United States, the flame of anti-Semitism largely died down.
But the embers continued to smolder.
In recent years, Europe’s media has been laying tinder on the embers, and then blowing on it with the great billows of hot air only media can produce. They got the fire going again, started burning sticks, then logs, and now they’ve pulled out the gasoline.
It’s so bad that, where a couple of years ago there was once only a trickle of Jews leaving Europe for Israel, it has now become a flood. Jews are leaving Europe because they’re afraid. They and their children are being harassed on the streets. They look out their synagogue windows and see gathering crowds of angry protestors. And then the protestors begin to chant, “Death to Jews!”
Their grandparents told them about this. The Jews have seen it many times before. The holocaust lives in their collective memory. In previous generations, they might have tried to come to America. Not anymore. The land of their forefathers beckons them. They and the land are tied together at the heart, and they know it. If they must leave their homes, businesses, friends, and extended families, then it ought to be to go home — to go where their citizenship is written into the very earth beneath their feet.
“To You and to Your Descendants Forever”
In 2006, Yale researchers, Edward Kaplan and Charles Small, did a study of anti-Israel feelings and how they relate to feelings of anti-Semitism. They concluded, “Even after controlling for numerous potentially confounding factors, we find that anti-Israel sentiment consistently predicts the probability that an individual is anti-Semitic, with the likelihood of measured anti-Semitism increasing with the extent of anti-Israel sentiment observed.”
That’s not to say that criticism of specific Israeli policies makes you anti-Semitic. I have publicly criticized some of Israel’s actions and policies through the years. No one is more aware than the people of Israel that their government has made an abundance of errors. The Kaplan-Small study was not talking about specific policies, but strong, general feelings of anger at the nation of Israel.
Right now that anger is sweeping across Europe. In fact, if you see a public protest against Israel’s actions in Gaza, it will probably be in Europe or the United States — and not in an Arab country. The anti-Israel rage of this century is rooted in the anti-Semitic rage that once made Europe a fertile ground for the Holocaust.
Unreasoning fear of and hatred for Jews is a result of spiritual darkness.
Jews are not better than the rest of us. Just like everyone else, their eternal destinies depend on whether they accept God’s salvation through their Messiah Jesus. Through the centuries, most Jews have rejected Jesus, and some Christians have used that as an excuse for hate. But Jews are not alone in rejecting the Lord. Lots of people-groups mostly decline His offer of salvation. So why single out Jews?
The hatred has a spiritual cause. More than anything else, Satan wants to stir people up to destroy what God says cannot be destroyed. The Children of Israel are in an eternal, unconditional covenant with the living God
Genesis 13 God gives a Covenant by His sworn oath, promising the land to Abraham and his descendants forever, “And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, ‘Now lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward; for all the land which you see, I will give it to you and to your descendants forever. And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if anyone can number the dust of the earth, then your descendants can also be numbered. Arise, walk about the land through its length and breadth; for I will give it to you.’” [Genesis 13:13-14 NASB] God restates that promise and expands on it many times, making it clear that the land and the promise belong to Abraham’s son Isaac, Isaac’s son Jacob, and Jacob’s children forever. No one else in the history of the world has such a title deed that specifies the exact borders of a property forever.
All the predicted signs of the prophets about the coming of the end times of this age are here. Be sure that you have received the gift of pardon purchased for you by Jesus the Messiah when He died for you on the cross. There is no more important decision in this life than to confess that you are a sinner and ask Jesus to come into your life with His pardon. Do it now while there is still time.
Friday, August 15, 2014
'The Hal Lindsey Report' Evil has a new face in our world
It's the same old father of evil -- Satan -- working through the same old instrument of evil -- Islam -- but now it has a new manifestation: ISIS.
ISIS is the radically hardline Islamist terrorist army that is sweeping across parts of Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq, devouring or destroying everything in its path.
Known by various names, but most recently as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), it is now calling itself simply "The Islamic State." Its deranged but charismatic leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (his nom de guerre), has declared the territory ISIS has captured to be the beginning of a new worldwide caliphate.
Of course, al-Baghdadi (whom TIME magazine calls "the world's most dangerous man") will be the new Caliph or leader of the world's Muslims. How convenient that he has discovered that he is descended from Mohammed.
From its beginning as part of the U.S. and E.U.-financed opposition to Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad, ISIS has grown into an army of more than 10,000. Some analysts estimate as many as 20,000 have joined its ranks and more are enlisting every day. Among them, at least 100 Americans and more than 1,000 Europeans.
The ISIS terrorists are brutal beyond belief. So barbaric, in fact, that even al-Qaeda has publicly disowned them. They suppress, pillage, rape, destroy, and kill for the fun of it. It's reported that on a single day in late July, the ISIS barbarians brutally executed more than 1,500 captured Iraqi soldiers.
One thing that makes ISIS so dangerous -- and so frightening to those who oppose it -- is that its members do not fear death. They welcome it. That's because they are so deluded that they believe that "achieving" death while murdering the infidel and apostate will gain them entry into a paradise with limitless sexual pleasure.
Another of Satan's masterpieces of deception.
Not only do they subjugate, persecute, and murder Christians and other religious minorities by crucifixion and beheading wherever they find them (including women and children), they do the same to other Muslims who do not live as they believe or convert to their way of life. In areas they control, women are commandeered as sex slaves to service the ISIS fighters.
ISIS is nothing short of a plague. And like a plague, left unchecked it may rapidly grow to consume everything around it -- and everyone.
The situation has become so alarming, especially as it threatens Christians in the Middle East and all other religious minorities, that even Pope Francis has called on the United Nations and the West to quickly employ whatever military force is needed to defeat ISIS. That alone speaks volumes.
Folks, even those of us who have studied this region and these players for decades and who view these events with clear eyes and a sense of reality are stunned by the insidious complexity of everything that's happening there now. Our community-organizer-and-fundraiser-in-chief doesn't seem to have a clue. He and John Kerry still think ISIS can be placated by the installation of a new, "more inclusive" government in Baghdad.
I've got news for Mr. Obama and Mr. Kerry, "inclusiveness" doesn't matter to ISIS and al-Baghdadi. They don't want a place at the table in Iraq's government. They're intent on building a caliphate of which Iraq will be merely a subject.
And even though the administration may argue that a new, more inclusive and unified government in Baghdad will somehow find its lost courage and unite to defeat ISIS, that's whistling past the graveyard. To the West, this is not a holy war. It's all about politics and appeasement. But to ISIS and the Sunni jihadis who are flocking to join, holy war is exactly what it is.
Frankly, though, it's just this kind of unfathomable naivete (or delusion) that will make possible the catastrophic events of the last days prophetic scenario.
But what makes this so much more dangerous -- or pesky if you happen to be on vacation this week -- is that ISIS now controls Iraq's main oil refinery and seeks to gain control of all of Iraq's oil production and delivery capabilities. If that happens, the world will transform in a day. You see, ISIS intends to use Iraq's and the Middle East's oil supplies to cripple America and the West.
But this isn't even the worst part. If Iraq falls, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are next door. If Hezbollah has to leave Syria, where it is guaranteeing Assad's survival, to shore up its home front in Lebanon, then Syria may go quickly. If Syria falls, Jordan will be easy pickings. And that puts ISIS and all the wealth, war materiel, and weapons it has captured at Israel's doorstep.
Now, I'm not saying that will definitely happen. And I'm hoping that the West's leaders will wise up and make a stand, but every day that passes guarantees that it will be that much harder to defeat this Satanic force. It's like a West Texas tornado, the more it sucks up into its vortex, the more ferocious and lethal it becomes.
These dramatic events make obvious three things that we who believe and follow Christ need to do. First, pray desperately for our brothers and sisters in Christ who are facing Satan's full force in those parts of the world where Islam oppresses and darkness reigns.
Second, realize that these painful and frightening developments are part of the turmoil that Jesus warned would occur at the end of this Age of Grace. Make sure you, your family, and your friends, neighbors, and co-workers are ready to stand in these troublesome days and leave when Jesus calls us to heaven.
Finally, don't give in to despair. Remember what Jesus said, "Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me." (John 14:1). Then, "In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." (John 16:33) Even in these troubled times, you can know the inexplicable and indispensable peace that only true faith in God and His promises can provide.
God Bless,
Hal Lindsey
ISIS is the radically hardline Islamist terrorist army that is sweeping across parts of Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq, devouring or destroying everything in its path.
Known by various names, but most recently as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), it is now calling itself simply "The Islamic State." Its deranged but charismatic leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (his nom de guerre), has declared the territory ISIS has captured to be the beginning of a new worldwide caliphate.
Of course, al-Baghdadi (whom TIME magazine calls "the world's most dangerous man") will be the new Caliph or leader of the world's Muslims. How convenient that he has discovered that he is descended from Mohammed.
From its beginning as part of the U.S. and E.U.-financed opposition to Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad, ISIS has grown into an army of more than 10,000. Some analysts estimate as many as 20,000 have joined its ranks and more are enlisting every day. Among them, at least 100 Americans and more than 1,000 Europeans.
The ISIS terrorists are brutal beyond belief. So barbaric, in fact, that even al-Qaeda has publicly disowned them. They suppress, pillage, rape, destroy, and kill for the fun of it. It's reported that on a single day in late July, the ISIS barbarians brutally executed more than 1,500 captured Iraqi soldiers.
One thing that makes ISIS so dangerous -- and so frightening to those who oppose it -- is that its members do not fear death. They welcome it. That's because they are so deluded that they believe that "achieving" death while murdering the infidel and apostate will gain them entry into a paradise with limitless sexual pleasure.
Another of Satan's masterpieces of deception.
Not only do they subjugate, persecute, and murder Christians and other religious minorities by crucifixion and beheading wherever they find them (including women and children), they do the same to other Muslims who do not live as they believe or convert to their way of life. In areas they control, women are commandeered as sex slaves to service the ISIS fighters.
ISIS is nothing short of a plague. And like a plague, left unchecked it may rapidly grow to consume everything around it -- and everyone.
The situation has become so alarming, especially as it threatens Christians in the Middle East and all other religious minorities, that even Pope Francis has called on the United Nations and the West to quickly employ whatever military force is needed to defeat ISIS. That alone speaks volumes.
Folks, even those of us who have studied this region and these players for decades and who view these events with clear eyes and a sense of reality are stunned by the insidious complexity of everything that's happening there now. Our community-organizer-and-fundraiser-in-chief doesn't seem to have a clue. He and John Kerry still think ISIS can be placated by the installation of a new, "more inclusive" government in Baghdad.
I've got news for Mr. Obama and Mr. Kerry, "inclusiveness" doesn't matter to ISIS and al-Baghdadi. They don't want a place at the table in Iraq's government. They're intent on building a caliphate of which Iraq will be merely a subject.
And even though the administration may argue that a new, more inclusive and unified government in Baghdad will somehow find its lost courage and unite to defeat ISIS, that's whistling past the graveyard. To the West, this is not a holy war. It's all about politics and appeasement. But to ISIS and the Sunni jihadis who are flocking to join, holy war is exactly what it is.
Frankly, though, it's just this kind of unfathomable naivete (or delusion) that will make possible the catastrophic events of the last days prophetic scenario.
But what makes this so much more dangerous -- or pesky if you happen to be on vacation this week -- is that ISIS now controls Iraq's main oil refinery and seeks to gain control of all of Iraq's oil production and delivery capabilities. If that happens, the world will transform in a day. You see, ISIS intends to use Iraq's and the Middle East's oil supplies to cripple America and the West.
But this isn't even the worst part. If Iraq falls, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are next door. If Hezbollah has to leave Syria, where it is guaranteeing Assad's survival, to shore up its home front in Lebanon, then Syria may go quickly. If Syria falls, Jordan will be easy pickings. And that puts ISIS and all the wealth, war materiel, and weapons it has captured at Israel's doorstep.
Now, I'm not saying that will definitely happen. And I'm hoping that the West's leaders will wise up and make a stand, but every day that passes guarantees that it will be that much harder to defeat this Satanic force. It's like a West Texas tornado, the more it sucks up into its vortex, the more ferocious and lethal it becomes.
These dramatic events make obvious three things that we who believe and follow Christ need to do. First, pray desperately for our brothers and sisters in Christ who are facing Satan's full force in those parts of the world where Islam oppresses and darkness reigns.
Second, realize that these painful and frightening developments are part of the turmoil that Jesus warned would occur at the end of this Age of Grace. Make sure you, your family, and your friends, neighbors, and co-workers are ready to stand in these troublesome days and leave when Jesus calls us to heaven.
Finally, don't give in to despair. Remember what Jesus said, "Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me." (John 14:1). Then, "In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." (John 16:33) Even in these troubled times, you can know the inexplicable and indispensable peace that only true faith in God and His promises can provide.
God Bless,
Hal Lindsey
Saturday, August 9, 2014
ISIS Rising By Hal Lindsey.............Watchman Warning: 8-10-2014
With all of our attention focused on Israel lately, and rightly so, it may be shocking to learn that there are dramatic – actually catastrophic – events happening elsewhere in the Middle East.
On Thursday, President Obama announced that he had decided to approve the airdrop of humanitarian supplies of food and water to almost 40,000 encircled and besieged Yazidi refugees stranded on Mt. Sinjar in Iraq. He also indicated that he had approved the use of “limited” airstrikes by U.S. forces against the aggressor ISIS forces that seek to annihilate them.
Not much has been reported about help for the ancient religious community that fled to a craggy mountaintop where there is no cover from the 120-degree plus heat. Many are dropping dead from exhaustion and lack of food and water.
Had President Obama not made his photo-op press announcement before he headed off on vacation, you would probably have not heard about these breathtaking developments until they had actually become unstoppable disasters. The mainstream media, Europe, and the United Nations are too busy beating up on Israel and madly trying to recuse Hamas.
But we are witnessing what may be a complete reshaping of the situation in the Middle East. This is due to the rise of the most dangerous radical Islamic power of modern history. In fact, General Jack Keane, former Army Chief of Staff, and presently a national security analyst for Fox News, said on Friday, “This is the most significant threat to the Middle East that I’ve ever observed.”
ISIS, now calling itself simply “The Islamic State,” is the radically hardline Islamic jihadist group that was part of the movement quietly supported and funded by the United States to oppose Bashar al-Assad. It is quickly becoming evident that ISIS is a much greater threat than the West has previously thought.
ISIS, now calling itself simply “The Islamic State,” is the radically hardline Islamic jihadist group that was part of the movement quietly supported and funded by the United States to oppose Bashar al-Assad. It is quickly becoming evident that ISIS is a much greater threat than the West has previously thought.
While using the best of American weaponry and supported by our money, rogue elements of al Qaeda and other radical terrorist groups banded together a group of Muslim fighters. They stealthily began to organize and train a formidable army of seasoned and highly motivated terrorists.
Their radicalism is particularly focused on either converting or annihilating Christians and other religions. Their ultimate goal is to destroy Israel and the United States. They already have planned the most devastating attacks ever on US soil.
ISIS is presently fighting in Syria. It also took part this week in a significant action in Lebanon at the same time as it was capturing Kurdish and Christian cities against a well-regarded, but under-armed, Kurdish force. A group able to work on three fronts at once is impressive. This week they also took control of two more oil fields in Iraq.
They have declared the territory they control in central Iraq to be a new Islamic caliphate and have sworn to see the ISIS flag fly over the White House.
Jordan is very vulnerable to them. If Syria falls, then ISIS will be next door to Israel.
Jordan is very vulnerable to them. If Syria falls, then ISIS will be next door to Israel.
Now, before you pooh-pooh that notion because you’re not hearing it in the mainstream media (which is keeping it quiet to cover up for the administration), keep this in mind. One of the reasons Syria has not fallen to the ISIS-led opposition is because Hezbollah is in Syria fighting beside Assad’s forces. Hezbollah is Shi’ia Muslim while ISIS is Sunni Muslim, which makes them practically mortal enemies. Since ISIS is now stirring in Lebanon, Hezbollah may have to withdraw and return home to defend Lebanon. If that happens, Syria’s fall is more likely.
If more of Iraq falls, ISIS will have access to the southern oil rich region of the country. Kuwait wouldn't have a chance. Saudi Arabia is vulnerable to them, as are the states surrounding the Saudis like Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Yemen — the greatest oil riches of the world.
ISIS is ruthless beyond belief. So brutal that even al-Qaeda has disowned them. On one day in late July, they executed 1,500 captured Iraqi soldiers. After taking over Mosul, they created a new town charter that calls for all the women, “married or not,” to make themselves available for the sexual use of ISIS soldiers in order to “cleanse themselves” (the women).
Sadam Hussein built the Mosul Dam, in part, as a threat to the Shia population in Iraq. Remember, Saddam was part of the Sunni minority that oppressed the Shia majority. Fox News reported that ISIS captured the dam on Friday. Even if they don’t fully control it yet, it seems inevitable. I heard an expert on Iraq say yesterday that Mosul Dam is “a weapon of mass destruction,” because it threatens so much of the Shia-dominated portion of Iraq. National security expert and retired Marine Colonel Jack Kelly says that if they breach the dam, it will put Baghdad under 15 feet of water.
ISIS is not an immediate threat to the United States, but with President Obama’s initial help and subsequent blind eye, they have already undone the good of vast American effort in Iraq. They love to talk about running their flag up at the White House. Theyfully believe that will happen in the foreseeable future.
ISIS is ruthless beyond belief. So brutal that even al-Qaeda has disowned them. On one day in late July, they executed 1,500 captured Iraqi soldiers. After taking over Mosul, they created a new town charter that calls for all the women, “married or not,” to make themselves available for the sexual use of ISIS soldiers in order to “cleanse themselves” (the women).
Sadam Hussein built the Mosul Dam, in part, as a threat to the Shia population in Iraq. Remember, Saddam was part of the Sunni minority that oppressed the Shia majority. Fox News reported that ISIS captured the dam on Friday. Even if they don’t fully control it yet, it seems inevitable. I heard an expert on Iraq say yesterday that Mosul Dam is “a weapon of mass destruction,” because it threatens so much of the Shia-dominated portion of Iraq. National security expert and retired Marine Colonel Jack Kelly says that if they breach the dam, it will put Baghdad under 15 feet of water.
ISIS is not an immediate threat to the United States, but with President Obama’s initial help and subsequent blind eye, they have already undone the good of vast American effort in Iraq. They love to talk about running their flag up at the White House. Theyfully believe that will happen in the foreseeable future.
Perhaps even more frightening – and certainly more immediate – is the fact that there are at least 100 Americans and a thousand or more Europeans fighting in the ISIS ranks. These traitors have passports that would allow them easy access to the United States. To a terrorist, a European passport is like gold and an American passport is platinum! They are also cunning enough to cut their hair and disguise themselves as normal western travelers.
We Americans need to pray as never before for God to awaken and call to action the Christians that are left in our country. Satan has raised up a formidable enemy that is especially dedicated to destroying Christians. And there are fellow Americans who hate us as never before.
We need to learn our Bible promises and believe them in all situations. And we need to lead as many as possible to faith in the LORD Jesus Christ.
We are in the very last days of the Church Age. Christ’s coming for us in the Rapture has never been so obviously near as it is now. But some of us had better be ready to become martyrs for our faith. It may well happen here in America – be prepared in your faith. Maranatha!
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
'The Hal Lindsey Report' "Face the Nation" last Sunday,
On "Face the Nation" last Sunday, former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright disagreed with the White House's recent assessment that President Obama's policies have "substantially improved... the tranquility of the global community."
Ms. Albright said simply, "To put it mildly, the world is a mess."
Earlier, host Bob Schieffer had asked her, "Can you recall a time when there was so much trouble in so many different places around the world?" He went on, "It's almost like we're caught up in events out of control."
I doubt he realized it, but Mr. Schieffer had just offered up a perfect introduction for a lesson on Bible prophecy regarding the end times.
No. He's never seen a time when there was so much trouble in so many places and on so many levels. And yes, we are caught up in events out of control.
Well, not exactly out of control. Thousands of years ago, the ancient Bible prophets predicted the exact scenario we now see developing across the world.
Here's just a partial list: Israel, back in its homeland, is facing growing dangers and the world's hatred; Russia is rising again to prominence and being prepared to lead a confederation of nations to war against Israel; Iran is gaining the means by which it can threaten Israel and head the coalition that will join with Russia to attack her; America, the only global moral and military power that can hold Israel's enemies at bay and maintain balance in the world, is collapsing into irrelevance; China is quickly gaining a regional dominance that will enable it to join with other eastern powers to challenge the Russia/Iran foray into the Middle East; the world's tenuous economic system is facing impending collapse which will spark a global panic; there is a dramatic rise of persecution of Christians throughout the world; old diseases and pestilences that were once considered eradicated are making a stunning return amid the rise of new ones; earthquakes are occurring with greater frequency, but, most importantly, in the most unusual places around the world; famine, always present somewhere on a local scale, is now a looming specter regionally and threatens to become global; and the list could go on.
Every single thing that's happening in the news today was predicted with eerie accuracy by the Bible prophets. Jesus Himself cited their prophecies and added His own during His earthly ministry.
So, we can truthfully say that events are chaotic, but not out of control. They're setting the stage for the end of the Age of Grace (the Church Age) and the time of tribulation, judgment, and renewal that will follow.
Finally, as a father and grandfather I am grieved by the pathetic plight of the children of Gaza. Who can see the photographs and news video coming out of Gaza and not be filled with pity for the anguish of those innocent children and citizens. No one can deny the tragedy or the suffering we're witnessing.
But don't be fooled by much -- if not most -- of the information that accompanies those photographs and video footage. The blame for this heartbreaking conflict must be laid completely at the feet of Hamas and its Iranian, Muslim Brotherhood, Qatari, and Turkish benefactors.
It is Hamas' sworn commitment to destroy Israel, its unceasing rocket and missile barrages into Israel (numbering into the tens of thousands over the last few years), its maniacal construction of dozens of fortified terror-tunnels, its diabolical, even Satanic, use of innocent children and civilians to shield its rocket launchers, arsenals, and command centers, and its complete disregard for even the most basic conventions of war that has caused the suffering, both in Gaza and in Israel.
The United Nations recognizes Hamas as a terrorist organization and acknowledges that its tactics in this conflict are certifiable "war crimes." However, the U.N. refuses to stand with Israel. Instead, it pressures Israel to stop its self-defense and allow Hamas to continue its jihad. That presents a clear picture of the world's attitude toward God's people.
The Bible prophesies that in the last days the world will be united in its hatred of Israel. Even though the world is not yet fully "united" against Israel, we can see clearly how quickly that can become reality. Any reasonable and honest observer would have to acknowledge that Hamas is the culprit in this current conflict, yet the world's media and many of its governments stand solidly in the Palestinian terrorists' corner -- despite the facts.
It's inexplicable to me, but it's true. And that tells me that there are powerful supernatural forces at work today. It also tells me that even though all the facts of the end-times scenario are not yet clear or have not yet fallen into place, they could do so overnight. The Bible tells us that as the end approaches, things will begin to happen with increasing intensity and frequency. Could you have picked a better description of what we're seeing today?
I think not.
Ms. Albright said simply, "To put it mildly, the world is a mess."
Earlier, host Bob Schieffer had asked her, "Can you recall a time when there was so much trouble in so many different places around the world?" He went on, "It's almost like we're caught up in events out of control."
I doubt he realized it, but Mr. Schieffer had just offered up a perfect introduction for a lesson on Bible prophecy regarding the end times.
No. He's never seen a time when there was so much trouble in so many places and on so many levels. And yes, we are caught up in events out of control.
Well, not exactly out of control. Thousands of years ago, the ancient Bible prophets predicted the exact scenario we now see developing across the world.
Here's just a partial list: Israel, back in its homeland, is facing growing dangers and the world's hatred; Russia is rising again to prominence and being prepared to lead a confederation of nations to war against Israel; Iran is gaining the means by which it can threaten Israel and head the coalition that will join with Russia to attack her; America, the only global moral and military power that can hold Israel's enemies at bay and maintain balance in the world, is collapsing into irrelevance; China is quickly gaining a regional dominance that will enable it to join with other eastern powers to challenge the Russia/Iran foray into the Middle East; the world's tenuous economic system is facing impending collapse which will spark a global panic; there is a dramatic rise of persecution of Christians throughout the world; old diseases and pestilences that were once considered eradicated are making a stunning return amid the rise of new ones; earthquakes are occurring with greater frequency, but, most importantly, in the most unusual places around the world; famine, always present somewhere on a local scale, is now a looming specter regionally and threatens to become global; and the list could go on.
Every single thing that's happening in the news today was predicted with eerie accuracy by the Bible prophets. Jesus Himself cited their prophecies and added His own during His earthly ministry.
So, we can truthfully say that events are chaotic, but not out of control. They're setting the stage for the end of the Age of Grace (the Church Age) and the time of tribulation, judgment, and renewal that will follow.
Finally, as a father and grandfather I am grieved by the pathetic plight of the children of Gaza. Who can see the photographs and news video coming out of Gaza and not be filled with pity for the anguish of those innocent children and citizens. No one can deny the tragedy or the suffering we're witnessing.
But don't be fooled by much -- if not most -- of the information that accompanies those photographs and video footage. The blame for this heartbreaking conflict must be laid completely at the feet of Hamas and its Iranian, Muslim Brotherhood, Qatari, and Turkish benefactors.
It is Hamas' sworn commitment to destroy Israel, its unceasing rocket and missile barrages into Israel (numbering into the tens of thousands over the last few years), its maniacal construction of dozens of fortified terror-tunnels, its diabolical, even Satanic, use of innocent children and civilians to shield its rocket launchers, arsenals, and command centers, and its complete disregard for even the most basic conventions of war that has caused the suffering, both in Gaza and in Israel.
The United Nations recognizes Hamas as a terrorist organization and acknowledges that its tactics in this conflict are certifiable "war crimes." However, the U.N. refuses to stand with Israel. Instead, it pressures Israel to stop its self-defense and allow Hamas to continue its jihad. That presents a clear picture of the world's attitude toward God's people.
The Bible prophesies that in the last days the world will be united in its hatred of Israel. Even though the world is not yet fully "united" against Israel, we can see clearly how quickly that can become reality. Any reasonable and honest observer would have to acknowledge that Hamas is the culprit in this current conflict, yet the world's media and many of its governments stand solidly in the Palestinian terrorists' corner -- despite the facts.
It's inexplicable to me, but it's true. And that tells me that there are powerful supernatural forces at work today. It also tells me that even though all the facts of the end-times scenario are not yet clear or have not yet fallen into place, they could do so overnight. The Bible tells us that as the end approaches, things will begin to happen with increasing intensity and frequency. Could you have picked a better description of what we're seeing today?
I think not.
Monday, August 4, 2014
MIRACLE CONFIRMED BY IRON DOME COMMANDER: GOD MOVED MISSILE WE COULDN'T HIT
"I witnessed this miracle with my own eyes. It was not told or reported to me. I saw the hand of God send that missile into the sea." -Iron Dome Battery Commander
(Israel)—Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system has been wildly successful during the current Gaza war, but on occasion it can and does miss incoming terrorist rockets.(Photo via Israel Today)
One would think that the 10 percent or so of Hamas rockets predicted by Iron Dome's radars to hit populated areas that are not intercepted would still cause significant Israeli casualties. But somehow, they don't.
An earlier, unconfirmed report floating around the Internet had a Gaza resident attributing the lack of Hamas accuracy to Israel's God moving the rockets off-course to protect His people.
"We do aim [our rockets], but their God changes their path in mid-air," a Hamas commander was said to have told someone who wondered why Gaza-based militants can't seem to hit their targets.
Whether or not that report is [true], an Iron Dome operator whose battery failed three times to down an incoming missile headed toward Tel Aviv last week, said the overall assessment is [accurate].
In remarks relayed to an Israel news site (Hebrew), the Iron Dome battery commander recalled:
"A missile was fired from Gaza. Iron Dome precisely calculated [its trajectory]. We know where these missiles are going to land down to a radius of 200 meters. This particular missile was going to hit either the Azrieli Towers, the Kirya (Israel's equivalent of the Pentagon) or [a central Tel Aviv railway station]. Hundreds could have died.
"We fired the first [interceptor]. It missed. Second [interceptor]. It missed. This is very rare. I was in shock. At this point we had just four seconds until the missile lands. We had already notified emergency services to converge on the target location and had warned of a mass-casualty incident. (Photo via Israel National News)
"Suddenly, Iron Dome (which calculates wind speeds, among other things) shows a major wind coming from the east, a strong wind that...sends the missile into the sea. We were all stunned. I stood up and shouted, 'There is a God!'
"I witnessed this miracle with my own eyes. It was not told or reported to me. I saw the hand of God send that missile into the sea."
Also last week, Col. Ofer Winter, commander of the Givati Infantry Brigade, described a mysterious fog that favorably covered [him] and his troops as they advanced on an enemy position in morning light, after their nighttime raid was postponed.
Col. Winter labeled the covering as "clouds of glory."
Earlier in the Gaza war, Col. Winter sparked heated national debate when he encouraged his troops to lead the charge against an enemy that "curses, defames and abuses the God of Israel." Col. Winter concluded his letter by praying that the "Lord your God go with you, to fight for you against your enemies and to save you."
“I witnessed this miracle with my own eyes. It was not told or reported to me. I saw the hand of God send that missile into the sea.”
Also last week, Col. Ofer Winter, commander of the Givati Infantry Brigade, described a mysterious fog that favorably covered he and his troops as they advanced on an enemy position in morning light, after their nighttime raid was postponed.
Col. Winter labeled the covering as “clouds of glory.”
Earlier in the Gaza war, Col. Winter sparked heated national debate when he encouraged his troops to lead the charge against an enemy that “curses, defames and abuses the God of Israel.” Col. Winter concluded his letter by praying that the “Lord your God go with you, to fight for you against your enemies and to save you.”
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