"Israel: Ground Zero"

According to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and their famous Doomsday Clock--it is now 90 seconds before midnight.

Headlines out of Israel seem to prove their point. Consider:

• Iran has threatened a direct attack against Israel in response to the recent Damascus hit. Israel believes it will come in the form of a massive swarm of attack drones and missiles.
• The Israeli Air Force has begun a bombing campaign in Rafah despite Biden's threats to pull support.
• And Russia (of Gog & Magog fame) has installed three military posts on the Israeli-Syrian boarder, as well as warships in the Red Sea.

In 1948, the nation of Israel was born (again) and with it many biblical prophecies were fulfilled, each graphic, literal, and exact. Almost all of end-time prophecy also revolves around (you guessed it!) Israel.

In fact, the entire Scripture is woven through and through with provable, precise prophecy in regards to God's chosen people--the Jews. (For a detailed account of those prophecies, see archived posts from July 2011: Israel: The Key to Prophecy-Part 1 Part 2)

The Scriptures seem to indicate the Jews will only be back in their Land for one generation before the return of the Messiah. And while no one can say for sure how long a generation is, Psalm 91 mentions it being 70 or 80 years. We are now at year 77.

Is it possible the Atomic Scientists are correct in setting The Clock @ 90 seconds before midnight - or are they  just alarmists? You do the math.

"So be on your guard, not asleep like the others. Stay alert and be sober. Night is the time for sleep and the time when people get drunk. But let us who live in the light think clearly, protected by the body armor of faith and love, and wearing as our helmet the confidence of our salvation. For God decided to save us through our Lord Jesus Christ, not to pour out His anger on us. He died for us so that we can live with Him forever, whether we are dead or alive at the time of His return."  (1THESS. 5:6-10)

A wise man once said: "Paul warns us that God will hold all people accountable for their attitudes and actions. So don't procrastinate. God wants us to act immediately to receive His forgiveness and power to help us change."  -- David Stoop, author

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News:

• WSJ:US officials fear most of Israeli hostages may be dead
• Israel News: Christian community in Israel calls out Tucker Carlson for posting unsubstantiated claims from a known anti-semitic propagandist. "Come to Israel and you will see that Christians are treated well" says Shadi Khalloul of the Aramaic Christian Center
• The Times of Israel: Israel on high alert for Iranian attack; PM warns Israel will strike at anyone who trys to harm them
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Anti-Semitism Predicted in the End-Times

Roughly a decade ago, Mosab Hassan Yousef wrote the book on what it's like to grow up in Gaza...and we mean that literally.

Yousef, a Hamas-raised Christian convert, now living in the United States, authored the book  Son of Hamas that is dedicated to revealing the truth behind Hamas and the Palestinian militants that comprise much of the population of Gaza. And it's not pretty.

"Hamas is not seeking coexistence and compromise. Hamas is seeking conquest and taking over," he explains. 

"And by the way, the destruction of the State of Israel is not Hamas' final destination. Hamas' final destination is building the Islamic caliphate, which means an Islamic state under (sic) the rubble of every other civilization." He also said it doesn't matter to them how many Palestinians die to accomplish that goal.

Yousef is the son of a Hamas founding member and was raised in the organization, but after reading the Bible, he rejects everything Hamas stands for.

Groomed for Hamas leadership, he wants the world to recognize:

• how Hamas indoctrinates the Palestinian people to hate Jews from childhood 
• why there can never be peace between Israel and Hamas
• how Hamas tortures its own people
• why Hamas desires so many Palestinian casualties in the current conflict with Israel

"Hamas," he says, "doesn't care about the lives of Palestinians; does not care about the lives of Israelis or Americans. They don't care about their own lives. They consider dying for the sake of their ideology a way of worship." 

Meanwhile, anti-Semitic attacks are skyrocketing amid the growing outrage of the international community over what some see as the indiscriminate bombing of Palestinian civilians.

Anti-Israel protest are springing up all over the world, despite the fact that Israel takes great pains to avoid civilian casualties:

• raining down leaflets from airplanes over Gaza warning people to evacuate the areas to be bombed
• calling ahead on telephones for the same purpose
• dropping unloaded missiles as a warning to clear the area ahead of a 'real' bombing.

Israel has done everything possible to avoid civilian deaths, but the world doesn't seem to notice. Hamas hides its missiles among its population and encourages them to stay put and become martyrs. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says it best:

"Here's the difference between us. We're using missile defense to protect our civilians, and they're using their civilians to protect their missiles.

Israel can't win. Even if they achieve their objective: to destroy terror tunnels under Gaza & wipe out Hamas, they will never win in the court of public opinion. 

The Bible clearly predicts that the nations of the world will turn against Israel in the last days, just as they turn against God. Why? Because the world hates what God loves and God loves His Chosen people the Jews.

Christian, stand with Israel, pray for the Palestinian people and understand the times we are living in.

"I will make Jerusalem like an intoxicating drink that makes the nearby nations stagger when they send their armies to besiege Jerusalem and Judah...And all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it..." (ZECHARIAH 12: 2,3)

"Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May those who love you prosper." (PSALM 122:6)

"For the days will come upon you (Israel), when your enemies will set up a barricade around you and surround you and hem you in on every side."  (LUKE 19:43)

A wise man once said: "If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their weapons today, there would be no more Israel."-- Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister

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News:

• The Washington Post: Israeli airstrike in Damascus kills senior Iranian commander
• The New York Times: Damascus target was the headquarters of the Revolutionry Guards and not a diplomatic building according to Israeli officials
• Iran: "Israeli embassies around the world will now be targeted."

"2 Solemn & Related Warnings: But The World Is Asleep"

Christian author and founder of  The Berean Call , Dave Hunt, died back in 2013. He left behind a legacy of expert scholarship, impeccable research, and a wide variety of in-depth studies we can all benefit from. He also left us with a couple of warnings:

• "There are two solemn and related warnings which Christ gave concerning His coming again. First of all, He repeatedly and earnestly declared that He was coming very soon and should be expected at any moment. That He hasn't come in more than 1900 years, far from discrediting that promise, makes it all the more urgent that we heed it in our day. By heaven's reckoning, Christ has been gone a very short time; and His coming is nearer now than it ever was."

• "Secondly, He warned us about preoccupation with the things of this life. Christ knew the attraction which the pleasures and ambitions of this world, wicked though we realize it to be, can have for each of us. So He warned us that unless we kept the thoughts of His return fresh in our hearts at all times, we would be caught by surprise at His coming."

Dave Hunt was adamant about the fact that there are no signs for the Rapture of the church. Not even one. There is absolutely nothing that must proceed it. Jesus said that He would come like a thief: "At such an hour as you think not" (LUKE 12:40). Some translations say He's coming when you least expect Him. There are at least twenty warnings in the Bible telling us to watch, be ready, and stay awake.

Why? Because complacency is human nature. Remember the parable of the 10 bridesmaids in Matthew 25? "When the bridegroom was delayed, they all lay down and slept" (emphasis added).

The world is asleep right now and sadly, so is the church. And yet:

• Israel is back in the land (Ezekiel 37:21)
• surrounded by enemies, and at the epicenter of world events (Psalm 83)
• Iran and Russia have a military alliance for the first time in history (Ezekiel 38:5)
• technology has advanced to the degree that everything predicted in the Scripture is possible for the first time in history (Revelation 13)
• the financial world is sagging under its debt load (Revelation 6:5-6; James 5:1-3)
• sin is rampant; hatred, everywhere, especially for the Jew (Matthew 24:9)
• everything has gone super sized (i.e. deception, lawlessness, division, etc.) (Luke21:16).

People--these are signs for the Tribulation and the Second Coming, not the Rapture, two distinct events.

No one knows the day or the hour of the Rapture, but once it comes (when we least expect it) the Second Coming can be calculated to the very day. Everything hinges upon the Rapture because it is the kickoff of the last days as detailed in the Book of Daniel (Daniel 9:20-27).

Jesus said, "Watch out! Don't let me find you living in careless ease and drunkenness, and filled with the worries of this life. Don't let that day catch you unaware, as in a trap. For that day will come upon everyone living on the earth. Keep a constant watch. And pray that, if possible, you may escape these horrors and stand before the Son of Man" (LUKE 21:34-36).

Why did Jesus warn us to keep a constant watch? Because the signs of the Tribulation will all be there in the distance for anyone who is aware and watching to see. For those who are not watching it will be "business as usual right up until the hour when the Son of Man returns" (LUKE 17:30).

"So keep a sharp lookout! Don't let Him find you sleeping when He arrives without warning. What I say to you I say to everyone: Watch for His return!" (MARK 13:35-37).

A wise man once said: "How close are we? Christ could come at any moment--before I finish writing this page, or before you finish reading it. Does that thought bring joy or regret--perhaps even fear? The honest answer to that vital question reveals one's spiritual condition and the measure of one's love for Him." -- Dave Hunt (1926-2013)

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News:

• AlJazeera: UN Security Council demands immediate Gaza ceasefire as US abstains
• Gallup Poll: Church attendance has declined again in most US religious groups; nondenominational Christian attending services regularly at 44%
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"April 8th Solar Eclipse: What Does It Mean?"

You may have heard the phrase, "A little learning is a dangerous thing." And when it comes to Bible prophecy, it's especially true. Why? Because God takes His Word very seriously and the last thing you want to do is add or subtract from it, as both carry a dire consquence.

On April 8,2024, a total solar eclipse will cross North America, passing over Mexico, the United States, and Canada, traveling from the Southwest to the Northeast. In 2017, (7 years ago) another total solar eclipse crossed the US, moving from the Northwest to the Southeast. When you take the paths of these two eclipses and cross them together, they form a giant X over the nation.

So what, you ask? Exactly....so what.

While two major eclipse events 7 years apart forming a giant X may seem cool and all, it probably shouldn't be the cause of so much fear and wild conjecture.  .

Sooooo, we'd like to take this opportunity to stop the madness, because let's face it, speculation about end times events is running rampant.

Some of it is true and some of it is just crazy talk.

But is there any way to know the difference?

Yes, as long as one sticks to Scripture and avoids guesswork. It is quite possible to understand the framework of the end-time scenario. It actually makes a lot of sense. For instance:

The Bible tells us all of history revolves around His chosen people--the Jew. Watch what happens in Israel and you'll have a pretty good idea of where we are on God's prophetic timeline.

In fact 1948 (the year Israel was reborn as a nation) marked the beginning of the final generation. What we don't know is exactly how long a generation actually is. Most contend it's 70 or 80 years, but no one knows for sure. Even so, the stage is being set for what the Bible calls the 'final hour'. Developments of great significance are coming together so fast it's hard to keep up with them all. But that doesn't mean it's all coming down tomorrow (although it could). Every generation of Christians has hoped to be the last generation, but until Israel actually existed again, we weren't sure if this prophecy was to be taken  literally or spiritually. Now we know. 

The Bible teaches that Christ's return is imminent. That means there is no prophetic event that remains to be fulfilled before He can return.

So how close are we?  If there is one thing we all learned from various wrong speculations, it's this: No man knows the day or the hour. And trying to theorize beyond what Scripture actually predicts is a fool's errand. But what we can (and should) do is watch, wait and be ready.

The Bible warns : "...that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. For when they say, "Peace and safety!" then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. But you are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. You are all sons of light and of the day. Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night. But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation. For God did not appoint to us wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you are doing".           

(1 THESSALONIANS 5: 2b-11)

The above scripture describes the contrast between the mindset of believers and unbelievers. The world (or unbeliever) is asleep to what God is doing; so busy with the cares of life, that even all the weirdness of the last few years and what's happening in Israel and the threat of a widening war has failed to alarm them enough to seek God.

In other words, the indifference of the people will cause them to turn a deaf ear and give no thought at all to their eternal destiny. They will be caught completely unready and unsaved, left behind to face the coming judgment of God's wrath upon all who remain after the Rapture of the Church.

In contrast, Christians should be awake and aware, prepared at every moment to present the quality of her (or his) life before the judgment seat of Christ, knowing that our departure (either by rapture or rupture) could happen at any moment.

 (And while speculating about strange omens or giant Xs may be fun, you won't find them in the Bible...just sayin'.)

A wiseman once said: "We're in the final countdown...but first this old planet will be shaken up. All the sin and corruption will be wiped out. It will be a very tough time for those who reject Jesus Christ. Already God is warning mankind to change. The impending signs of judgment are all around us. God declared these things in the Book of Revelation so that you might be warned. It's time to wake up."

--Chuck Smith

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News: 

• BBC: Top Democrate Chuck Schumer calls for new Israel election;accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of turning Israel into global "pariah"
• Behold Israel: Biden gives $10 billion sanctions waiver to Iranian terror regime
• The Telegraph: Iran using European ports to ship weapons to terror group Hezbollah

"We're About To Wreak Havoc On Ourselves. Why?"

What do heart attacks, car crashes, obesity, and depression have in common?

If you guessed 'daylight savings time', you'd be correct!

According to Dr. Phyllis Zee, a sleep researcher at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago:

"Time changes mess with sleep schedules, a potential problem when so many people are already sleep deprived.

"Research suggests that chronic sleep deprivation can increase levels of stress hormones that boost heart rate and blood pressure, and of chemicals that trigger inflammation." 

Circadian biologists believe our biological clock is set by exposure to sunlight and darkness which regulates metabolism, blood pressure and hormones. Even a small disruption of only an hour a day has big consequences, claims Till Roenneberg, a circadian rhythm specialist at Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich, Germany.

And yet, for the last 100 years, in spite of the havoc it wreaks on our body, we continue to tinker with light. Why? To save a measly 3.5% in electricity.

Imagine if instead of messing with physical light and the sun, we, as a nation, turned back to the real Light and the Son?

'Got Questions Ministries' has some mind-blowing facts when it come to light (wait 4 it!):

"The Bible refers to God as light many times as in 1 John  1:5: 'This is the message we have heard from Him and proclaim to you, that God is light...' and John 12:36: 'While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light...' or Job 24:13:'There are those who rebel against the light...' and John 1:7: 'He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light...' or Matthew 17:2:'And He was transfigured before them and His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became white as light.'

"Many of these references to light appear to have another dimension to them, more than simply metaphorical or spiritual; they appear to indicate actual physical attributes of light to God as well.

"We live in a scientific and technological age, it is important for apologists to understand that while the Bible is not a science text book, when it does make references that can be verified by science, archeology and secular historical text, it is always correct.

" Second Peter 3:8 says, "Dear friends, don't forget that for the Lord one day is the same as 1,000 years, and one thousands years is the same as one day."

"So, let's test what we know from science about light and plug it into a formula:

• 1,000 years = 1 day / square root of (1-v2/c2)
• V solves to: 299,792,457 meters/sec or the speed of light

So, in other words, in one day (24 hours), light travels 1,000 years 

" Second Peter 3:8 and Einstein's formula for Special Theory of Relativity is one proof (among many others) that the Bible is divinely inspired and that God's time is the universal standard of time set by the velocity of light.

"Einstein's scientific work eventually returned him to believe in God."

Jesus said, "I am the Light of the world, he that follows Me shall not walk in darkness..." -- JOHN 8:12

A wise man once said: "He (Jesus) lights the path ahead of us, so we can see how to live. He removes the darkness of sin." -- Stanley S. Drane, Got Questions Ministries

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News:

• The Washington Post: Lights out? Creaking power grid struggling to keep up with "explosive demand"
• New York Post: Sweden joins NATO as fears of Russian aggression mount
• World News Daily: Admininstration 'secretly flying' hundreds of thousands illegals into 43 cities; Elon Musk: "The groundwork os being laid for something worse than 9/11."

"The Least Happy People Have 2 Things In Common"

Americans are unhappier than they've ever been before.  According to a recent study by The Institute for Family Studies:

"The last few years have been hard on everyone...Pandemic disease, lockdowns, protests, riots, crime, divisive politics, shootings, deaths of dispair, and an epidemic of loneliness-the list of reasons for being not-too-happy seem to be legion," the study found.

The least happy? 

"Unmarried and not religious. Today, 60% of people under 35 fit this category...more young people lack the vital support of a spouse and a religious community, and thus new forms of adversity can rapidly lead to astonishingly severe levels of unhappiness," the study revealed.

Not surprising, when you consider that a new Gallop Poll found both faith in God and the Bible have dipped to all-time lows, with younger, more liberal Americans the least likely to believe in either.

The Bible predicts there will be a great apostacy--a rebellion or abandonment of the truth--during the endtimes. This will include a wholesale rejection of God's revelation found in the Bible, a further "falling away" of an already fallen world.

GotQuestions.org put it this way:

"In 2 Thessalonians 2:3, Paul makes it clear that the day of the Lord, a time of worldwide judgment (Isaiah 13:6; Obadiah 1:15), will not transpire until two things happen. First, the falling away, or great apostacy, must occur. Second, the 'man of lawlessness' must be revealed, he who is called the 'son of perdition' also known as the Antichrist. Once this person makes himself known, the endtimes will indeed have come."

According to the polls, we are well into the 'falling away or great apostacy.' The time to secure your salvation is now--once the Church is removed and the 'son of perdition' shows up it will be too late to escape the coming time of Tribulation.

A wise man once said: "The Greek word translated "rebellion" or "falling away" in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 is apostasia, from which we get the English word 'apostacy'. It refers to a general defection from the true God, the Bible, and the Christian faith. Every age has its defectors, but the falling away at the endtimes will be complete and world wide. The whole planet will be in rebellion against God and His Christ. Every coup requires a leader, and into this global apostacy will step the Antichrist. We believe this takes place after the church has been raptured from the earth." - GotQuestions.org

"At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold" (MATTHEW 24:10-12).

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"2 Major Signs You Need 2 Know"

Because so few mainline churches teach on Bible prophecy, many have no idea how far along the prophetic timeline we have come.

Prophecy expert Bill Salus contends God's calendar of endtime events all revolve around Israel and has a definite beginning-the rebirth of the nation of Israel-and another major signpost (yet to come, but also involving Israel) signaling we are getting close to the end.

"The re-establishment of Israel on May 14, 1948 is when the world's hour glass made its final turn," Salus declares.

"The Magog invasion of  Israel (see Ezekiel 38-39), is the other major prophetic maker for this generation to consider. Ezekiel 38:1-39:20 contains forty-three verses of some of the most consolidated and descriptive prophetic information found anywhere within the Bible. The reader of these passages doesn't need to be a Bible scholar, rocket scientist, or even a believer to glean a relatively detailed understand of this forthcoming prophecy. By interpreting these verses literally the reader is made aware of the:

• Timing of the event- (in the endtimes) Ezekeil 38:8,16
• Identities of the invading coalition- (Russia, Turkey, Iran, etc.) Ezekiel 38:1-5
• Motivation for the invasion of Israel- (to plunder Israel) Ezekiel 38:12-13
• Supernatural defeat of the invaders- (through earthquakes, pestilence, flooding rains and great hailstones) Ezekiel 38:18-23

Salus places this invasion just before the 7 years of tribulation, but after the Rapture of the Church.

So, how far along the prophetic timeline are we?

According to Amir Tsarfati of Behold Israel, the Magog coalition of Ezekiel 38 is being formed right now before our very eyes:

" We are watching some very interesting developments...the mainstream news is not telling you the truth. Iran has enough enriched-uranium right now to make at least five nuclear bombs...and nobody is doing anything about it...when the time comes, they will come against Israel."

 According to Bill Salus, when they do, it will officially herald the 'final stage' of the endtimes prophetic timeline.

A wise woman once said: "Things are happening so quickly that observers of the times can't keep up. It's as though the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are now out of the barn...No previous generation has seen this stunning convergence allowing everything to fall into place." - Jan Markell, Olive Tree Ministries

"Don't be troubled. You trust God, now trust in Me. There are many rooms in My Father's home and I am going to prepare a place for you. If this were not so, I would tell you plainly. When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with Me where I am. And you know where I am going and how to get there" (JOHN 14:1-4).

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News:

• AXIOS:Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to push forward with Rafah ground operation, despite global outcry
• REUTERS: Israel plans to hit Hamas and scale back war; "extraordinary measures" are being taken to avoid civilian casualties, said Defense Minister Yoav Gallant
• BBC: "The West Bank is a powder keg waiting to explode" says Jordan's Deputy Prime Minister, as Hamas demands the release of 1,500 terrorists in exchange for 5 female Israeli hostages