2018: The Year in Review - Pete Garcia -
Another significantly prophetic year has come to its end and there needs to be some follow-up for the predictions I made the previous January, as well as my forecast for 2018. With all the fascinating historical and biblical timeframes associated with the year 2017; 2018 likewise proves to be an even more prophetically charged due to the compounding nature of the convergence.
Here is a link to last January's article for reference. The hits are the things I got correct. The TBD is something I predicted but has not yet come to fruition, though still tentative. The misses are clear wrong predictions that have little chance of being reversed.
2017 PREDICTIONS
HITS
Embassy Move
Last January, I stated that President Trump would move the Embassy to Jerusalem. Because Trump is not your ordinary elected official, I believed then (as I do now) that he wants to go down in history as the greatest president. Thus, when afforded the opportunity to do things his predecessors would not have touched with a ten-foot pole, he, of course, makes that his number one agenda. This is a lot easier when the whole political world is lined up against you.
ISIS Decimated
Obama underestimated ISIS as being the jayvee team while simultaneously hamstringing the military's response to them. In return, they quickly and violently seized Iraq and Syria. But when Trump took over, he simply gave a simple directive to destroy ISIS and then got out of the way to let the US military do what they do best. Since Trump, ISIS in Iraq and Syria have largely been decimated through the technical and tactical support for the Kurds and Iraqi Army, as well as direct-action operations by US forces in Syria. Like so many pop stars from the 1980s music scene, ISIS enjoyed a brief bask in the international limelight and then squandered their kingdom via their own brutality. They share the same fate of Al Qaeda and are resigned to become just another one hit wonder terror-group having to spread their hate via franchise. So much for the caliphate.
BREXIT Stalls
Even though I forecasted that the EU would be hard-pressed to actually let the UK part ways, it is still technically scheduled to happen in 2019. After the BREXIT vote in the summer of 2016, everyone assumed that it would be a relatively straightforward issue. The British people voted to leave the EU and thus it should be so.
Nevertheless, reason after reason and issue after issue arose of actually leaving the European Union (EU) and has yet to be formalized in any substantive manner. Can the UK actually break away from the EU's bureaucratic tentacles? As intertwined as they are economically and financially, it will be exceedingly difficult. There may yet be some carrots here with the UK and the looming birth of the EU Defence force (EU Army). I fear the satanic grip over the post-Christian nation of Great Britain is too strong to let something as simple as "the will of the people" reverse what's taken the Eurocrats half a century to put together. The Roman Empire must be revived.
Russian Collusion
As much as the media seemingly wants you to believe that Hillary Clinton's presidential aspirations were unfairly stolen by Russian interference (as if that were actually possible), what the "Russian collusion" investigation is really just prison-insurance. It has become a massive deflection operation to keep the Trump Administration on the defense in order to prevent Trump from following through on his "you'd be in jail" comment to Hillary during their second debate. Unlike his predecessor, Trump has yet to morph into the Russian Manchurian candidate they all claimed he would become.
TBD
Merkel Loses
Although I called Prime Minister Merkel losing her last election, her win is tentative. She is currently unable to form a new government. According to the DailyCaller.com and numerous other sources, Angela Merkel is in a bit of a bind.
Merkel is now left with a number of undesirable alternatives less than two months after she won her fourth general election. She can either seek a minority government with the Greens or call a snap election. The third alternative of negotiating with Social Democrats seems unlikely since the parties drifted apart during the election campaign.
It seems that a majority of German's (68%) would also prefer a snap election which means she may still lose. Her unpopularity stems from her open borders and immigration stances which has seen Islamic crime and terrorism blossoming in Deutschland.
Damascus Destroyed
For all intents and purposes, Damascus, Syria is nothing more than a giant rubble-farm. But it can be rebuilt. I noted back in 2011, that Bashar Assad would NOT go the same way that Mubarak and Kaddafi went. Assad has got in bed (prophetically speaking) with the two of the three main characters of Ezekiel 38 for his own self-preservation, and it's going to cost him dearly. With aggressive Iranian intrusion and development in Syria and multiple Israeli strikes against said encroachment, the utter destruction option is moving from the impossible category to the inevitable.
The EU Army
Discussions about an EU defense force are on the increase inside Brussels these days. They've moved from the why, to the how and when phase of planning. According to a Wikipedia,
Article 42 of the Treaty on European Union provides for substantial military integration within the institutional framework of the union: [2]
Article 42.2 provides for complete integration, which would require unanimity in the European Council of heads of state or government and has as such been blocked by the United Kingdom, which is the main opponent of EU defense integration [3], in particular. (The United Kingdom is however scheduled to withdraw from the union in 2019.)
The UK supports NATO and does not see a need for a separate EU army. But with the UK on the way out (potentially), the EU Army is on its way in. Even if the UK stays in, they will have lost the ability (potentially) to prevent this from becoming a reality.
CERN Opens the Gates of Hell
Although done half-jokingly, as of yet, CERN has not yet figured out how to open the portal to hell.
Democrats and Secession
TDS (or better known as Trump Derangement Syndrome), has not abated yet and secessionist movements such as CALEXIT were/are still ongoing. Notwithstanding, it's hard to build the secessionist-bandwagon when much of your state is on fire.
MISSES
Kurdish independence
On September 27th, 2017, the Kurds held an election to vote for independence from Iraq-proper. Although they voted yes, the world voted no.
French election
I predicted that nationalist-candidate Marine la Pen would win. By now, we all know that the antichrist-candidate (sic) Emmanuel Macron squeaked out a victory in May and now wants to rule as a Roman god. The Roman Empire must be revived!
Pizzagate
This may be more of a TBD since Pizzagate has morphed into the "Me TOO" campaign against sexual assault/harassment with skeletons literally bursting out of closets across the country.
Pacific Pivot
I thought Taiwan would be more of an issue than it was. Turns out, North Korea is the hot-button issue that has the world's attention.
Afghanistan
I believed (and still do) that although Trump is pro-military and pro-letting the generals manage the war there, he would have offered more of a serious let's look for an exit strategy-strategy than he has. But due to recent events (21DEC17), President Trump and UN Ambassador Nikki Haley very bluntly told the UN members that whoever voted against them in that highly symbolic and non-binding vote against the US recognition of Israel, would be remembered. Well, Afghanistan was one of those members who voted against the US all the while expecting continued military and financial aid. This may be the reason (of which there are many) the US finally decides to pack up and go home and leave the Afghan's to their own abortive ending.
2018 PREDICTIONS
Mid-East Peace Plan
Jared Kushner's peace initiative is still on track to make gains in 2018 despite Jerusalem. With solid backing from the Saudi's, this proposal probably includes creating a Palestinian state into the Sinai Peninsula rather than taking from Israel proper. There are still issues surrounding the Temple Mount and the Old City that makes Jerusalem an unsolvable issue to all nations. I believe that the Isaiah 28:15/Daniel 9:27 covenant comes out of this particular agreement.
US Politics
Nancy Pelosi and John McCain retire this year due to medical reasons
Rex Tillerson is replaced with Mike Pompeo and/or Nikki Haley as Secretary of State.
John Bolton is brought back to be the Ambassador to the United Nations (personal wish)
GEN (RET) David Petraeus joins ranks with the administration
More politicians step down for past sexual harassment/assault issues. Expect the left to try and apply this to Trump, albeit unsuccessfully
Mueller is trying to keep this collusion investigation going through to 2018 where the Democrats hope to take back either the house or the senate. He then will hand over what he has to them (at least this is the plan)
The whole Russia Collusion scandal falls apart and takes a dramatic swing to the left, on to Clinton and her cronies and the Uranium One and Benghazi/FBI/email scandals.
The Swamp begins to drain
Divorcing the UN
Look for serious discussions about the United Nations quitting the United States as retaliation for declaring and recognizing Jerusalem as the eternal, undivided capital of Israel. The US has already declared that it will be keeping tabs on who votes against the US decision to relocate its embassy to Jerusalem. It's not likely the UN will move out of NYC this year, but I think they are going to vote on where they (as an international body) would like to move to in the future. Perhaps Nemo, Saudi Arabia?
Afghanistan
I gotta believe that President Trump is looking for serious options in regards to pulling out of Afghanistan. Not only has this become America's longest war, it has also become the least profitable in terms of our investment in money and results. And with Afghanistan's recent vote against the US at the UN, that vote may have just cost them our benevolent relationship. Furthermore, the powers that be would like us to see our military focus shift back to the growing near-peer threat, as opposed to the COIN-centric warfare. Although Trump does not want a repeat of Obama's miscalculation by creating another vacuum as we did in Iraq in 2011, he also doesn't want to keep pouring American blood, sweat, and tears into a lost cause. Blackwater withstanding, look for a serious exit strategy to emerge in 2018.
North Korea
Blue Sky Option #4 before Trump's time in office ends. I believe that this may happen sooner rather than later.
Russia
The Russians up their global antagonism in Syria, Ukraine, the Balkans, the Baltic States, and former Soviet-satellite states as retribution for being banned from the 2018 Winter Olympics. So they went from hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics to being banned from them. They will also continue to fund and aid Iran and North Korea further pushing the world closer to war.
Israel
With Iran and Russia setting up bases on Israel's northern border, the Ezekiel 38 scenario becomes that much more likely. Furthermore, with the US recognizing Jerusalem as their capital, this has brought Turkey into the geopolitical ménage a trois. Fueling Turkey's faux outrage is Tayyip Erdogan's insatiable desire to reestablish the new and improved Ottoman Caliphate 2.0 (which inarguably includes Jerusalem). Israel's enemies now have a rallying cry: Tomorrow, Jerusalem!
Energy
Dubbed the Energy Triangle, Israel, Cyprus, and Greece have agreed to build underground pipelines from the natural gas fields of Leviathan, Tamar, and Aphrodite (Cyprus). They've added another partner (Italy) and should be supplying energy to the EU no later than 2025. I first noted this incredibly prophetic and significant economic alliance in 2012. Expect to hear and see this become a major issue for 2018.
Saudi Arabia
I believe this year we'll see the Arab Spring finally come home to roost.
Natural Disasters
I believe 2018 will be too earthquakes and flooding, what 2017 was to hurricanes and wildfires.
Black Swan Event
Right now, the United States is the biggest obstacle to a new world order. The Trump Administration has and will continue to work tirelessly to reverse the globalist trends previous administrations have pushed for over the last three decades. Below are possible scenarios that could effectively remove the US as the world's only superpower.
Joint Chinese-Russian-North Korean EMP/nuclear attack on the US
While it seems unlikely that they would actually attempt this, it is, however, not out of the realm of possibility. The US is the current global policy-maker that everyone else must orbit around. It could be that they take us out thereby wrecking the current order, so they can remake the world in their image.
Yellowstone Caldera erupts
If the super-volcano that is currently festering under Wyoming were to actually erupt, you could kiss the United States goodbye.
Economic collapse
While the US economy and markets are currently enjoying a rebound due to the loosening of bureaucratic regulations, we see digital currency becoming a major contender in the near future. It's not out of the realm of possibility that a conversion away from fiat currencies triggers a major currency collapse.
The Rapture of the Church
As I've stated in numerous previous articles, the Rapture will immediately and unexplainably remove all born-again believers and those under the age of accountability from around the world. Even if this were to remove only 10% of the current US population, that's still over 30 million people that will suddenly disappear. This will wreck the US economy, which in turn will wreck the global economy, thus providing the perfect crisis vehicle for a new system (the Beast) to arise.
Conclusion
To the unbeliever, this might sound frighteningly pro-apocalyptic, but it is not. It is simply a reflection of what is destined to happen. None of us wish for the end of the world to come, due to its obvious implications of death and destruction. Yet, we (believers) know that the way the world is, is not the way it was intended to be. God has something much better in store for those who are His. The Good News is, that anyone can be part of His family. May this new year find you both in His hands and looking up!
Happy New Year and Maranatha!
5 Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in 2017 and 5 More Expected in 2018 - By Eliana Rudee -
"Indeed, my God does nothing Without having revealed His purpose To His servants the neviim." Amos 3:7 (The Israel Bible�)
The year 2017 was packed with what many describe as "remarkable" or "unprecedented" events. Donald Trump's presidential inauguration and his latest announcement that he sees Jerusalem as the eternal capital of the Jewish people are considered by believers to be prophetic signs that the world is coming ever closer to the Messianic area.
Breaking Israel News looks back on these prophetic moments and suggests five further prophecies that could be fulfilled in 2018.
5 Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in 2017
1. Jerusalem As A Place Of Assembly For Non-Jews
"All who survive of all those nations that came up against Jerusalem shall make a pilgrimage year by year to bow to the King Lord of Hosts and to observe Sukkot" (Zechariah 14:16).
In 2017, Jerusalem became a place of assembly, a House of Prayer for all Nations, Jews and non-Jews alike, precisely as prophesied in Zechariah. Tourism to Jerusalem skyrocketed, with arrivals climbing by 25 percent compared to the 2016, and bringing in $5.8 billion of revenue. Such assembly was particularly evident during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, when tens of thousands of Christian tourists arrived to Jerusalem. According to Rabbi Tuly Weisz, fulfilling the prophetic vision for how Sukkot will be observed in the end of days, non-Jewish participation in the "Feast of the Tabernacles" played a significant role in bringing Jews closer to celebrating Sukkot the way it is described in the books of the prophet, and as it will be celebrated in the end of times.
2. Eclipse Signifies Storms and Trouble For "King of the East"
"Yea, you shall leave in joy and be led home secure. Before you, mount and hill shall shout aloud, And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands (Isaiah 55:12).
August's solar eclipse came precisely at the beginning of the Hebrew month of Elul. Rabbi Yosef Berger, the rabbi of King David's Tomb on Mount Zion, connected this to a prophecy written in a century-old mystic text of an eclipse occurring precisely at this time that will be followed by storms and trouble for the King of the East, who the rabbi identified as North Korean Dictator Kim Jong-un. Rabbi Berger maintained that North Korea will suffer a loss if its leader continues to taunt the US president.
Rabbi Berger went on to explain that in Jewish mysticism, the moon represents the Jewish people and the sun represents the non-Jews. Thus, Rabbi Berger viewed the solar eclipse as a prophecy that Israel will be renewed and will come back from galut (exile) to rise again.
3. Trump Visits Western Wall
"Thus said Hashem to Cyrus, His anointed one- Whose right hand He has grasped, treading down nations before him, ungirding the loins of kings, opening doors before him and letting no gate stay shut" (Isaiah 45:1).
The world went into a turmoil when US President Donald Trump became the first sitting American president to visit the Kotel (Western Wall), raising the hopes of the Jewish people that a Second Temple reenactment may yet be seen in this generation. President Trump's unwavering support for Jewish national aspirations linked him to Persian King Cyrus, whose connection to the Messiah is found in the Book of Isaiah. Much like Cyrus, Trump rules the greatest nation of the era and Cyrus, like Trump, was powerful and rich, but secular. Esoteric Gematria (numerology) hints identified the new president as having a role in the Messiah and his actions were clearly a step in that direction. Using the method to break down the value of Hebrew letters, Donald Trump's name in Hebrew is also the numerical equivalent of "moshiach for the House of David." Although no one has made the claim that Trump is moshiach (messiah), many believe that he is indeed helping the Jews to settle Israel and start building the Third Temple.
4. UN Jerusalem Vote
"Behold, I will make Yerushalayim a bowl of reeling for the peoples all around. Yehuda shall be caught up in the siege upon Yerushalayim" (Zechariah 12:2).
In the final weeks of the 2017, countless countries in the United Nations voted against President Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and the home of the future American embassy. Rabbi Shimon Apisdorf, an award-winning author and teacher for Yeshiva for the Nations, saw the UN vote, which sought to isolate Jerusalem from the world, as proof that the Third Temple will rise again. While the vote was an attempt by Israel's enemies to "put Jerusalem under siege" and "isolate the city," similar to what occurred with the destruction of Solomon's Temple and the Babylonian Exile, Rabbi Apisdorf told Breaking Israel News, "The seeds of Messiah were hidden, planted in the destruction of the Temple." Likewise, he said, "This seems like a blow to Israel, but what is really happening is that the world is focused on the relationship of the Jewish people to Jerusalem, and only good things can come out of that."
Ingathering of Exiles
"They shall know that I Hashem am their God when, having exiled them among the nations, I gather them back into their land and leave none of them behind" (Ezekiel 39:28).
The year 2017 was a powerful year for immigration to Israel. As prophesied in the Bible, exile were returning to the land God promised to Abraham. Population statistics showed an increase of immigration with 28,400 immigrants making aliyah to Israel in 2017. New olim included Jews from four corners of the earth: 1,200 Ethiopian Jews, Bnei Menashe, Ukrainian Jews, Indian Jews, French Jews, American Jews, and many more.
5 Prophecies We Expect To See in 2018
1. Moving the US Embassy
"I am the Lord, who called you with righteousness, I will strengthen your hand; I will protect you; I will set you for a covenant to the people, to be a light unto the nations; to open blind eyes; to remove a prisoner from confinement, dwellers in darkness from a dungeon" (Isaiah 42:6).
In the new age of Jewish-Christian relations, Israel is finally taking its prophesied role as a light unto the nations. This will materialize fully when US President Trump will fulfill his promise to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. A major platform in his presidential campaign, this promise came about as a result of strong Evangelical Christian pressure on Trump to fulfill his campaign promises. This growing link between the Jewish People and the Christians is an unexpected development, flying in the face of a millennium of difficult relations, and unmistakably moving towards the post-Messiah age of peace and brotherhood. Given this new age of relations, unprecedented developments are surely in store.
2. Sunni-Shia Divides
"He shall be a wild ass of a man; His hand against everyone, And everyone's hand against him; He shall dwell alongside of all his kinsmen" (Genesis 16:12).
An 800-year old prophecy in the ancient holy book of Yalkut Shimoni declares that when the King of Persia (Iran) will provoke the King of Arabia (Saudi Arabia), redemption is around the corner. As the descendants of Ishmael, war dominates the relations between brethren in the Arab world. Iran and Saudi Arabia have not seen peace for decades and this past year demonstrated an even greater struggle for regional dominance rooted in the Sunni-Shia divide. A prophecy in the Yalkut Shimoni, a collection of Biblical teachings believed to have been arranged in the 13th century, connects the political tension between Iran and Saudi Arabia with the full redemption of the Jewish people. As the redemption nears, this political tension between Iran and Saudi Arabia will only grow.
"Rabbi Yizchok said: 'The year that Melech HaMoshiach [Messiah the King] will be revealed, all the nations of the world will be provoking each other. The King of Persia (Iran) will provoke the King of Arabia, and the King of Arabia will go to Edom (the West) to take counsel, but the King of Persia will in turn, destroy the entire world. The nations of the world will be outraged and panicked. They will fall on their faces, and they will experience pains like birth pangs. Israel too will be outraged and in a state of panic and ask, where do we go? But say unto them, "My children, do not fear, 'Higiyah zman geulatchem' [the time of your redemption has come]. And in the last redemption will be different from the first which was followed by further bondage and pain. After this last redemption, you will not again experience any further pain or subjugation."
3.The North Korean Threat
"They have roused Me to jealousy with a no-god; they have provoked Me with their vanities; and I will rouse them to jealousy with a no-people; I will provoke them with a vile nation. For a fire is kindled in My nostril, and burneth unto the depths of the nether-world (She'ol), and devoureth the earth with her produce, and setteth ablaze the foundations of the mountains" (Deuteronomy 32:22).
Years before North Korea was known to have nuclear weapons, a noted Israeli kabbalist (mystic) predicted that North Korea would become the nuclear key to the final war in the redemptive process. Rabbi Levi Sa'adia Nachmani, who correctly predicted the Six-Day War in 1967 and the Yom Kippur War in 1973, discounted all of Israel's greatest enemies when he said, "Not Syria, not Persia (Iran), and not Babylon (Iraq), and not Gaddafi (Libya)." Instead, Rabbi Nachmani named an unknown entity as the greatest threat: "Korea will arrive here," he said.
He based this prediction on the word 'She'ol,' which is the Hebrew word for hell, which is spelled the same as the Hebrew word for Seoul, the capital of South Korea. Indeed, as North Korea has increased its weapons testing and missile program, its intentions and capabilities are clear. A nuclear war could very well begin with North Korea attacking Seoul, expanding until it becomes the final war in the end of days.
Written here in Hebrew is "King David". The walls of the Old City of Jerusalem were lit up in honor of the occasion, welcoming the special Torah for the Messiah commissioned by Rabbi Yosef Berger. (Photo: David's Tomb/Rabbi Yosef Berger)
4. Reestablishing the Davidic Dynasty
"For thus saith Hashem: There shall not be cut off unto David a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Yisrael" (Jeremiah 33:17).
According to genealogical records, there are indeed descendants of King David alive today. According to the prophecy, only direct descendants of King David are suitable to re-establish the Davidic Dynasty required for moshiach.
Mitchell Dayan, who traces his lineage back 87 generations to King David, told Breaking Israel News, "The actual descendants may not know it, but there are descendants of King David alive today. This was prophesied in the Bible but it is also fact. Politics are irrelevant. It is going to happen, one day or another."
He continued, "The Moshiach is already here. Moshiach in Hebrew means 'anointed.' It is not a miracle. The family of David exists and is waiting for Israel to choose one and anoint him."
5.Building of the Third Temple
"Thus saith Koresh king of Paras: All the kingdoms of the earth hath Hashem, the God of heaven, given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a house in Yerushalayim, which is in Yehuda" ( Ezra 1:2).
In a late-night surprise visit to the Western Wall several years ago, Russian President Vladmir Putin expressed his desire for the third Temple to be built. According to Chadrei Charedim, an Orthodox Hebrew news site, Putin said that the reason he came to the Temple Mount during his visit was, "to pray for the Temple to be built again." This desire, coupled with a US President who is supportive of Israel, could create the political conditions for large-scale support for the Jewish right to Jerusalem as their spiritual inheritance.
The Sanhedrin sent a letter to Putin and Trump, reminding them of the Biblically mandated role for non-Jewish kings to build the Third Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. The conflict in the halls of the UN will hopefully lead more world leaders to take an active role in rebuilding the Temple.
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