WORLD AT WAR: 10.28.23 - PART 1 :- A TIME FOR WAR

 A Time for War - By Daymond Duck - https://www.raptureready.com/2023/10/21/a-time-for-war-by-daymond-duck/ Most Bible students are familiar with these famous words of King Solomon: To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which isplanted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and atime to refrain from embracing; A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace(Eccl. 3:1-8). It is my opinion that this is a philosophy that Solomon tried out for a short time in life to see if it made him happy. •If someone died, he would say, “Oh well, it was time for them to die.” •If someone broke something, he would say, “Oh well, it was time for that to break.” It was a Que Sera, Sera (whatever will be, will be) attitude. Some people call this “fatalism,” and ultimately, Solomon abandoned that philosophy. In addition to philosophy, he tried entertainment, wine, owning a lot of buildings and vineyards, planting gardens and orchards, servants, many wives, accumulating silverand gold, buying anything he wanted, etc., but it didn’t make him happy. He eventually said, “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every workinto judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil” (Eccl. 12:13). If you want to be happy, reverence God and do what He said. Anyway, Solomon said there is “a time of war,” and six days after the demonic, religious fanatics called Hamas invaded Israel, decapitated babies, shot children in the head,raped women, etc., Israel’s Defense Min. Gallant said, “Now is a time for war.” (FYI:God sometimes decides that a nation or people needs to be destroyed. He used Assyria to destroy the northern kingdom of Israel; Babylon to destroy the southern kingdom of Judah; the Medes and Persians to destroy Babylon; and the Roman Empire to destroy Israelin 70 A.D.) Prophecies about Wars Here are some of the things I have seen in the news, and as you read them, I encourage you to watch for the words Russia, Iran, Turkey, Syria, Damascus, Lebanon, and Jordanbecause there are prophecies about wars that they will be involved in at the end of the age (possibilities include Israel’s neighbors in Psa. 83, the destruction of Damascus in Isa. 17; the destruction of Iran’s nuclear facilities in Jer. 49:34-39; the Battleof Gog and Magog in Ezek. 38-39). (Do not forget that Jesus was asked about the signs of His coming and the end of the age, and He said there will be wars and rumors of wars. Also, know that we do not knowwhether the Rapture is before or after some or all these wars. We may be here and we may not, but if we are here, they will be a sure sign that the Rapture is close.) Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023 •Israel formed a new war cabinet. Prime Min. Netanyahu said, “Every Hamas member is dead.” Israeli Defense Min. Gallant said, “Hamas—the Islamic state of Gaza—will be wipedfrom the face of the earth.” •Hezbollah (in Lebanon) will not sit idly by why Israel destroys Hamas. •Ynet News reported that France relayed a message to Hezbollah saying the “IDF will destroy Damascus and target Syrian President Assad if Hezbollah joins the war.” •Israel decided to release videos and photos of burned bodies, deceased women in Hamas vehicles, Hamas setting fire to homes, etc. •Turkey’s Pres. Erdogan condemned Israel for bombing civilians in Gaza, but he has been bombing Kurdish civilians in Syria and Iraq for months. •Former Hamas leader Khaled Mashal called upon Muslims in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Egypt (but also other countries) to enter Israel any way they can and fight the Jews. Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023 •Gloating Hamas terrorists filmed and broadcast video of their members killing Israelis, raping women, beheading babies, etc. •Israel showed video of Hamas atrocities to the NATO defense ministers. •Israel’s Defense Min. told NATO he went house to house in some of the places that had been attacked and saw bodies of Jews that had been burned alive and bodies of Jewishchildren that had been tied up and shot. •He told NATO, “Young girls were raped violently, kidnapped or killed, and dragged to Gaza while blood was dripping down their legs.” •After seeing the evidence, several NATO allies pledged support for Israel. •The photos were shown to the international media, and the Jerusalem Post verified that they had seen photos of babies being burned and babies being decapitated. •The photos were shown to U.S. Sec. of State Antony Blinken and have been posted on Twitter. •Prime Min. Netanyahu said one group of Israelis was burned alive using tires to fuel the fire. •Defense Min. Gallant said Jews haven’t endured anything like this since the Holocaust. •Concerning forcing the Palestinians to leave Gaza, Amir Tsarfati (a well-known Messianic Jewish prophecy teacher) said they are not victims of the IDF; they are victims oftheir own leaders. •Tsarfati said Israel is fighting on three fronts (Syria under the influence of Russia and Iran, Lebanon under the control of Hezbollah, and Gaza. •Tsarfati said he has seen the pictures and heard the stories, and it is a second Holocaust, not in numbers but in brutality and depth of evil. •The U.S. reported that 27 Americans have died and 14 are missing. •There are 1.1 million people in Gaza City, and Israel asked the UN to urge all of them to evacuate in the next 24 hours. •The Israeli military urged everyone in Gaza, including UN officials, to get out in the next 24 hours. Friday, Oct. 13, 2023 •US. officials expressed concern that the war could spread, with Iran warning of a response from its allies, which include Hamas and Hezbollah in Lebanon. •An untold number of Israeli tanks and armored forces entered the Gaza Strip to strike localized Hamas sites and set the stage for a full-scale invasion. •The leaders of Hamas have gone into hiding, and many of the Hamas terrorists have dressed in civilian clothes and are trying to hide among Palestinian citizens. •The Jews near Israel’s border with Lebanon and Syria were told to have a safe place to hunker down and to have a three-day supply of food and water. •An untold number of Israeli drones struck Hezbollah sites in Lebanon. •Russia’s Pres. Putin said an Israeli ground attack in Gaza would result in a level of civilian casualties that would be absolutely unacceptable, and he said the conflictcan only be resolved through the creation of an independent Palestinian state. Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023 •Due to international pressure and a request by the U.S., Israel is delaying her attack on Gaza to allow more time for citizens to get out. •Israel is using the extra time by sending in special teams to search for landmines and boobytraps in Gaza City and the Gaza Strip. •Iran sent a message to Israel through the UN, saying Iran does not want further escalation in Israel’s war with Hamas, but Iran will have to intervene if the Israeli operationin Gaza •It is understood that Iran is saying if Israel invades Gaza, Iran will get involved, the conflict will spread to other nations, and the war will become a regional war. •An Israeli official said Iran is trying to deploy strategic weapons to target Israel in the north. •Prime Min. Netanyahu visited Israeli troops in the south. He asked them, “Are you ready?” and told them, “The next stage is coming.” •Netanyahu addressed the nation and said, “This is just the beginning. Our enemies have only begun paying the price, and I will not say more.” Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023 •On Meet the Press, Sen. Lindsey Graham said, “If Hezbollah, which is a proxy of Iran, launches a massive attack on Israel, I will consider that a threat to the State of Israel,existential in nature. I will introduce a resolution in the United States Senate to allow military action by the United States in conjunction with Israel to knock Iran out of the oil business. Iran, if you escalate this war, we’re coming for you.” •Israel reported that the exchange of fire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon is growing more intense. •Israel’s military estimated that 600,000 people have left Gaza City (another 500,000 still need to leave). •Iran has more than 100,000 troops in Syria. •Israel evacuated 28 communities near its border with Lebanon in case war breaks out there. Monday, Oct. 16, 2023 •Israel announced the evacuation of 28 communities near its border with Lebanon in case war breaks out there. •Iran has more than 100,000 troops in Syria. Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023 •Over the past decade, Iran has built up a formidable array of militias and proxies in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen in addition to Hamas, and all or any of them could becalled on to open up new fronts. •The commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said, “Another shockwave is on the way if Israel does not end atrocities in Gaza. Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023 •Jordan scheduled a meeting with Pres. Biden and leaders from Egypt and the Palestinians to find ways to end the war in Gaza and revive the peace process (draft a peace treatyto divide the land of Israel) and canceled it when a stray Islamic Jihad rocket aimed at Israel destroyed a hospital in Gaza. •Massive protests broke out in Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Qatar, and Iran. Due to rioting, the U.S. issued a do-not-travel to Lebanon order and told non-essentialemployees at the U.S. embassy to leave. •Following the destruction of a hospital in Gaza, Iran’s Foreign Minister said Israel is “running out of time,” and the Iranian embassy in Syria tweeted, “Time is up.” •They were referring to a multi-front attack on Israel. Here are some of my opinions about these events: •Radical Islam believes in a world government and a world religion, but they believe it must be an Islamic world government and religion. •Radical Islam is not just about killing Jews. They will kill anyone who opposes the spread of their Islamic world government and religion. •God may have allowed Israel to be violently attacked a couple of weeks ago because it was beginning to look like Israel was going to give away some of the Promised Land toget a normalization agreement with Saudi Arabia. God gave all the Promised Land to Israel (not just some of it), and His Word must be fulfilled. •Jehovah may be ready to impose a terrible defeat on Hamas to send the message that He is God, not Allah. •The Apostle Paul said in the last days, perilous times will come. The situation is extremely perilous. •This war could change the world. We must wait and watch, but it could happen in a matter of days. •Some officials and pundits say the recent attack on Israel is the worst since the Holocaust. I am not saying that isn’t bad, but worse events are on the way (the destructionof Damascus, the defeat of nations in the Battle of Gog and Magog, etc.) and disasters worse than anything that has happened before (the Tribulation Period). People said nothing could sink the Titanic, but they were wrong. Some people don’t think these eventswill happen, but they are wrong. Here are other events that seem to indicate that the end of the age is near: One, on Oct. 12, 2023, Rabbi Yehudah Glick (of Temple Fame) saidthe Arab murder of babies is not new. Pharaoh did it 4,000 years ago, God intervened by protecting and raising up Moses, God sent ten plagues on Egypt, and Pharaoh was forced to let God’s people go, and they eventuallywound up in the Promised Land. Two, concerning world government and America’s open borders: onOct. 10, 2023, it was reported that the U.S. Border Patrol apprehended more than 24,000 immigrants from China in Fiscal Year 2023. Three, concerning America’s decline as a Judeo-Christian nation:on Oct. 10, 2023, it was reported that a self-described wizard is running for the school board in Manheim Township, PA, and the Democrat Party is endorsing him. •Who would have imagined that a wizard would have the support of one of the two main political parties in the U.S.? •Will they endorse a witch next? •On second thought, perhaps wizards and witches won’t make some school boards worse than they already are. FYI: God does not send anyone to Hell (all of us are born witha sin nature and destined to go to Hell because we sin), but God has provided a way (Jesus) for everyone to go to Heaven (and He is the only way to get there; John 14:6). Finally, are you Rapture Ready? If you want to be rapture ready and go to heaven, you must be born again (John 3:3). God loves you, and if you have not done so, sincerely admit that you are a sinner; believethat Jesus is the virgin-born, sinless Son of God, who died for the sins of the world, was buried, and raised from the dead; ask Him to forgive your sins, cleanse you, come into your heart and be your Saviour; then tell someone that you have done this. ------------------------------- Is the Middle East Headed for a Major War? � Joel - https://www.christianevidence.net/2023/10/is-middle-east-headed-for-major-war.html �And it shall happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave it away will surely be cut in pieces, though all nationsof the earth are gathered against it.� (Zechariah 12:3) In light of the current war between Israel and Hamas, I thought it would be a good time to revisit Psalm 83�an ancient and often overlooked prophecy attributed to the prophetAsaph (2 Chron. 29:30). Psalm 83, specifically verses 4-8, discusses the formation of a ten-member confederacy comprising Israel�s immediate surrounding and hostile Muslim Arab neighbors in an attemptto obliterate Israel from the map: �They have said, �Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.� For they have consulted together with one consent;they form a confederacy against You: The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab and the Hagrites; Gebal, Ammon and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; Assyria also has joined with them.� (Psalm 83:4-8) The chart below outlines the nations and individuals mentioned in these verses, along with their contemporary counterparts: Your copy should address 3 key questions: Who am I writing for? (Audience) Why should they care? (Benefit) What do I want them to do here? (Call-to-Action) Create a great offer by adding words like "free" "personalized" "complimentary" or "customized." A sense of urgency often helps readers take an action, so think about inserting phrases like "for a limited time only" or "only 7 remaining"! -------------------------- Fighting Has Erupted On Multiple Fronts As Israel Braces For A War Of National Survival- by Michael Snyder - http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/fighting-has-erupted-on-multiple-fronts-as-israel-braces-for-a-war-of-national-survival/ It is becoming clear that Israel is going to have to battle enemies on multiple fronts, and that means that this war is going to look a whole lot different than a lot of peoplethought that it would. If the fighting could have been confined to just Israel and Hamas, there still would have been a lot of death and destruction, but everyone knows that Hamas is no match for the IDF. But if Hezbollah, Syria, Iran and the Palestiniansin the West Bank all jump into the conflict, all of a sudden this becomes a war of national survival for Israel, and in such a scenario it is much more likely that weapons of mass destruction will be used. So it should deeply alarm all of us that fightinghas now erupted on multiple fronts. On Sunday, IDF troops clashed with Hamas terrorists inside the Gaza Strip� Hamas fighters and Israeli forces engaged in limited clashes inside Gaza on Sunday as the Israeli military ramped up airstrikes on the Palestinian enclave ahead of what itsspokesperson described as the �next stage� of its war on the militant group. Hamas claimed its fighters had destroyed two Israeli military bulldozers and a tank in an ambush near the Gazan city of Khan Younis, forcing Israeli troops to retreat withouttheir vehicles. The Israel Defense Forces confirmed its forces had been operating inside Gaza during the incident, and said an IDF tank struck militants who had fired on its troops. The episode appeared to be one of the first skirmishes between the two sides on the ground inside the strip since war broke out after Hamas� deadly October 7 attack on Israelwhich killed more than 1,400 people. On October 13, the IDF said it had carried out raids inside Gaza. According to the IDF, this raid was part of the preparation for a full-blown ground invasion. And I think that we are very close to the moment when that full-blown ground invasion will be launched. Meanwhile, the Israelis have evacuated more towns and villages near the northern border in anticipation of a war with Hezbollah� On Sunday, the defense minister confirmed that another 14 towns and villages have been told to evacuate, in addition to the 28 initially ordered to do so last week. �Accordingto the IDF and Defense Ministry, the 14 communities being added to the list are: Snir, Dan, Beit Hillel, She�ar Yashuv, Hagoshrim, Liman, Matzuva, Eylon, Goren, Gornot HaGalil, Even Menachem, Sasa, Tziv�on and Ramot Naftali,� Times of Israel details. Evacuating those areas is a wise move, because fighting along the northern border just continues to escalate� Fears mounted Sunday that the Israel-Gaza war could swell into a wider conflict amid rising cross-border attacks on Israel�s north from Iranian-backed Hezbollah militantsin Lebanon and expanding Israeli airstrikes across the region. On Sunday, Hezbollah released video of a particularly disturbing attack on the Biranit barracks that happened on Friday� Israel sees Iran-backed Hezbollah as its most serious threat, estimating it has some 150,000 rockets and missiles aimed at Israel. Israeli military spokesman Jonathan Conricus accused the group early Sunday of �escalating the situation steadily.� He said the recent cross-border skirmishes had producedboth Israeli troop and civilian casualties but did not provide additional details. Hezbollah on Sunday posted a video of what it said was a Friday attack targeting the Biranit barracks near the Lebanon-Israel border, the command center of the Israeli military�snorthern division. Footage shared by the group showed an overhead view of a strike on what it described as a gathering of soldiers. Fighting Hamas and Hezbollah at the same time would be difficult enough, but it appears that Israel will be forced to tangle with Syria as well. Iran sends enormous amounts of weapons and supplies to Hezbollah by flying them into airports in Syria, and on Sunday the IDF bombed the international airports in Damascusand Aleppo for the third time in ten days� Syria said it was forced to shut down international airports in Damascus and Aleppo because of the Israeli strike. The Syrian Transport Ministry said landing strips at bothairports were damaged by missiles and one civilian worker was killed and another wounded at Damascus International Airport. Israel has carried out several strikes in Syria since the war began, citing the need to prevent Hezbollah and other militant groupsfrom bringing in arms from Iran, which also supports Hamas. We have also seen clashes directly along Israel�s border with Syria in recent days, and I fully expect an intensification of fighting in that area during the week ahead. On top of everything else, fighting has also erupted in the West Bank� In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Israeli forces killed at least five people there early Sunday, according to the local Health Ministry. Two were killed in an airstrike ona mosque in the town of Jenin, which the Israeli military said belonged to Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants who had carried out several attacks and were planning another one. Can the IDF handle enemies coming from all directions at once? I don�t know. We shall see what happens in the days ahead. But I think that it is quite likely that if Hezbollah enters the war the U.S. military will intervene. Over the weekend, we learned that the Biden administration has decided to send even more air defense assets to the region� The U.S. will send a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system and additional Patriot air defense missile system battalions to the Middle East, the Pentagon saidon Saturday, in response to recent attacks on U.S. troops in the region. The United States has sent a significant amount of naval power to the Middle East in recent weeks, including two aircraft carriers, their support ships and about 2,000 Marines. The Biden administration had been trying to delay a full-blown ground invasion of Gaza for a couple of reasons. Number one, there was hope that negotiations could secure the release of more of the hostages. Number two, there was hope that diplomacy could keep Hezbollah out of the war. But now the time for talk is ending, and the IDF is gearing up for a major ground campaign in Gaza. Once that happens there will be no turning back, so brace yourselves for what is coming next� -------------------------- Will Israel Use Nuclear Weapons Against Iran And Hezbollah? -by Michael Snyder - http://endoftheamericandream.com/will-israel-use-nuclear-weapons-against-iran-and-hezbollah/ Is it possible that the war in the Middle East could eventually go nuclear? If the fighting could have been limited to just Israel and Hamas, I think that there would havebeen a zero percent chance of Israel using nuclear weapons. But now it appears that Hezbollah, Syria, Iran and potentially other parties are likely to get involved too, and that means that Israel will literally be fighting a war of national survival. If itgets to a point where the Israelis think that they could potentially be overrun by their enemies, they aren�t going to leave their most powerful weapons on the shelf. At this point, everyone knows that Israel has nukes. According to Wikipedia, it has been estimated that Israel currently possesses somewhere between 80 and 400 warheads� The State of Israel is widely believed to possess nuclear weapons. Estimates of Israel�s stockpile range between 80 and 400 nuclear warheads,[2][5][6][7][8][9] and the countryis believed to possess the ability to deliver them in several methods, including by aircraft, as submarine-launched cruise missiles, and via the Jericho series of intermediate to intercontinental range ballistic missiles.[18][19] Its first deliverable nuclearweapon is thought to have been completed in late 1966 or early 1967; which would make it the sixth country in the world to have developed them.[2][20][21] And it appears that some Israeli leaders have been thinking about potentially using this arsenal. When asked about Hezbollah entering the war, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that the terror group will be hit �with a force it cannot even imagine� if itdoes so� Hezbollah will make �the mistake of its life� if it goes to war with Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned during a visit with soldiers near the country�s northernborder with Lebanon. �If Hezbollah decides to enter the war� the IDF hit it with such strength that �it will long for the Second Lebanon War,� Netanyahu said. It will be hit �with a force it cannot even imagine� with devastating consequences for both the terror group and Lebanon which hosts it, he said. Other than using nukes, how could Israel produce such an outcome? Fighting Hezbollah would truly be a nightmare scenario for the Israeli government. Hezbollah possesses at least 130,000 missiles, and they are far more powerful and far moresophisticated than the missiles that Hamas has been using. Can you imagine the horrors that we would witness if thousands of those missiles started raining down on Tel Aviv and Jerusalem? This is not something that Israel wants. But the Israeli government knows that Hezbollah will almost certainly enter the war once the IDF goes into Gaza, and so there had been talk of conducting a pre-emptive striketo take out those missiles before they could be launched� The Israeli government is coming under growing pressure from security establishment hawks to launch a pre-emptive strike on Hezbollah in Lebanon � but is facing strong oppositionfrom the US, which fears a two-front war would risk igniting a major regional conflict. Since Israel struck back at Gaza after the Hamas attack on 7 October, the Lebanese-based Islamist militia group has repeatedly fired on Israeli settlements, leading to anIsraeli evacuation of the northern border, including the town of Kiryat Shmona. The threat of a major Hezbollah offensive led to calls from hawks for a strike at its sizeable arsenal of missiles. Of course if Hezbollah enters the war, it is inevitable that Iran will eventually get directly involved too. In fact, Israel�s Minister of Economy is specifically warning that �the head of the snake� will be cut off if Hezbollah declares war on Israel� Israel last night vowed to cut off �the head of the snake� and launch a military attack against Iran if Tehran-backed terror group Hezbollah joins the war. In an exclusive interview with The Mail on Sunday, Nir Barkat, Israel�s Minister of Economy, warned that Iran�s Ayatollahs will be �wiped off the face of the earth� shouldHezbollah, their proxy terror group in Lebanon, attack Israel. So how in the world could Israel possibly wipe them �off the face of the earth�? Only by using nukes. Needless to say, if either side actually decides to use weapons of mass destruction, everything will change. Even though it was Israel that was attacked by Hamas, we are already seeing a massive explosion of anti-Jewish hate all over the world. Over the weekend, thousands of pro-Hamas protesters caused havoc in the heart of New York City� Anti-Israel protesters and police clashed in Brooklyn after thousands flooded a predominantly Arab and Middle Eastern neighborhood Saturday night. The protest in Bay Ridge saw thousands of the pro-Palestinian demonstrators chant �move, cops, get out the way. We know you�re Israeli-trained� as they descended on the community,stopping traffic and lighting fires in the process. Part of the procession, billed online as Flood Brooklyn for Palestine, began to clash with NYPD officers as night fell, video shows � as their numbers swelled to an estimated5,000 over the course of the day. Over in London, approximately 100,000 pro-Hamas demonstrators chanted slogans as they marched to the office of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak� About 100,000 people joined a pro-Palestinian demonstration in central London on Saturday, marching through the British capital to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza followingthe Hamas attack on Israel two weeks ago. Chanting �Free Palestine�, holding banners and waving Palestinian flags, the protesters moved through London before massing at Downing Street, the official residence and officeof British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The British will pay a great price for allowing so many radical Muslims to migrate into their country. In fact, nations all over the western world will come to deeply regret their immigration policies, because we are going to see a tremendous amount of violence in the daysahead. And anyone that is associated with Israel is going to be a potential target. On Saturday, the president of a Detroit synagogue was found dead just outside her own home. She had been stabbed multiple times� The president of a Detroit synagogue was found stabbed to death outside her home Saturday morning, police and the synagogue said. The Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue put out a statement later in the afternoon identifying the victim as board president Samantha Woll. Detroit police responded to a 911 call of an unresponsive person around 6:30 a.m. and found a body outside a home on Joliet Place. The woman, who was not immediately identifiedby investigators had suffered multiple stab wounds, police said. Evil is growing all over the world. And what we have experienced so far is only just the beginning. For Israel�s enemies, this is the opportunity that they have been anticipating for so long. They think that they will finally have a shot at wiping Israel off the map. But in the end they may be the ones that get wiped off the map instead. -------------------- Don�t Give the Enemy Any Territory: How Should We Respond to Evil? � By Hal Lindsey - https://harbingersdaily.com/dont-give-the-enemy-any-territory-how-should-we-respond-to-evil/ The violence we see and the lies we hear can be infuriating. All over the world, people are doing and saying things that feel like a knife to the heart of civilized culture.How can anyone seriously defend rapists, human butchers, beheaders of babies, slaughterers who burn people alive in their own homes, and who parade the dead through the streets? Yet we�re seeing their defenders all over the world. In a stunning bit of irony,some use their defense of debauchery as a form of virtue signaling. So, how do we respond? Ephesians 4:26-27 (NKJV) says, �Be angry, and do not sin: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil.� Some translationssay something like, �don�t give the devil an opportunity.� But �place� is a better translation. Some versions of the NASB add a footnote at �opportunity� that says, �literally �a place.�� It�s about territory. The Greek word is �topos.� The English word �topography� combines �topos� or �place� with �graphia� which refers to description or imagery. Topos carriesthe connotation of a limited space. We all have precious areas in our hearts and minds that should be fiercely protected from evil. Mismanaged anger can be dangerous to those parts of us. This verse tells us at least three crucial things about protecting our hearts from such dangers. First, it�s okay to be angry. Second, anger does not excuse sin. Be angry,but don�t murder anyone. Be angry, but don�t rob the bank. Third, do not stay angry. Anger that lasts too long and anger that triggers us to sin, give place to Satan. So, be angry, but do not sin. And don�t let the sun go down on your wrath. When we see violence against the vulnerable or lies perpetrated against the na�ve, we should be angry. But even such righteous wrath must not last, and it must not drive usto sin. Romans 12:21 (NASB) says, �Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.� Don�t let the dark shadows of anger and fear overcome the light of Christ shining through your life. In Luke 6:27-29, Jesus said, �Love your enemies, do good to those whohate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.� Peter reflected that teaching in 1 Peter 3:8-9. �Let all be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted, and humble in spirit; not returning evil for evil, or insult for insult, butgiving a blessing instead.� That teaching does not prevent us from defending our families or our nations. If a stalker enters your home, you have to do your best to deal with him. That�s part of providingfor your own, and 1 Timothy 5:8 says that the one who doesn�t provide for his own house has denied the faith. Defending your country is another way of defending your family. But even in areas of defense, take on the mind of Christ. Philippians 2:5 says, �Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus.� Such verses give us a blueprintto a godly mind, attitude, and perspective. 2 Timothy 1:7 says, �For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.� ------------------------- Hamas and the End Times Wars - Dr. Nathan E. Jones - https://christinprophecyblog.org/2023/10/hamas-and-the-end-times-wars/ Subscribe to our Channel Is the battle with Hamas an end times war? Tim Moore: We remain heavy-hearted due to all of the terribleevents that have been transpiring in Israel. We�ve watched in dismay as Hamas terrorists invaded Israel to massacre men, women, and children, and as they took hostages back to the Gaza Strip to try and prevent Israel from engaging. A lot of people watchingthis unfold have in the past interpreted every conflict with Israel as having the potential of fulfilling a prophetic end times war. Nathan Jones: Yes, that phenomenon was something that our ministry�sfounder, Dr David Reagan, used to note from all the way back in the 1980s. Some skirmish or war would break out in the Middle East and immediately he would get flooded by questions if it was the battle of Armageddon, as most Christians have only ever heardof that prophetic battle. In truth, there are actually nine wars of the end times. What�s going on now between Israel and Hamas, well, we don�t know just yet if it�ll become prophetic. Israel has waged numerous wars, even as early as when they were foundedin 1948. The War of Independence of 1948-49 was followed by the Suez War of 1956. Then came the Six Day War of 1967, the Yom Kippur War in 1973, the Lebanese War in 1982, the First Intifada or Arab Uprising from 1987 to 1993, the First Gulf War of 1990-91,the Second Intifada from 2000-05, the Hezbollah War of 2006, the First Gaza War with Hamas in 2009, the Second Gaza War in 2012, and the Third Gaza War in 2014. This fight could become merely the Fourth Gaza War of 2023. So, no, Israel�s latest war with Hamasis clearly not the war to end all wars � Armageddon. But, the question remains, will this lead to a prophetic war? That�s what a lot of people have been writing into the ministry asking. What we can tell you is that, no, wedo not think at this stage that this engagement between Israel and Hamas is one of the prophesied end times wars. But, it could lead to an actual end times war if it gets bigger. Tim Moore: It certainly could. This is a timely question as Israelis still in the beginning of its response to Hamas and has been preparing to enter the Gaza Strip. Just hours following the attack, our friend Pastor Robert Jeffers was on Fox News, and he stated that 39% of Americans believe that we are now living in the end times. So,the message of Bible prophecy has become something that resonates in the hearts of many Christians. They understand that we are living in the season of the Lord�s return. And yet, it is not our practice to try to tie every single episode in history as we�re living through them into something foretold in Scripture. We merely point out wherethe prophecies fit within a pattern that is clearly laid out in Scripture. For instance, our Lord Jesus said in Matthew 24 that in the end times, there will be wars and rumors of wars. These wars happen worldwide, of course, but when they happen to Israelthey become the focus of the entire world�s attention. The Birth Pains Nathan Jones: We must realize how prophetically important it isthat Israel is even back in their land again. After all, what nation comes back from the dead after 1900 years. It�s a modern-day miracle! And for the end time prophecies to happen, Israel has to actually be living in their land as prophesied. The Bible prophesiedthat the Jewish people would return a second time to transform a barren and desolate wasteland and make it bountiful again, which it now is. Prophecy also foretold that once the nation of Israel was reborn, that�s when it would actually begin to experiencebirth pains. And that�s exactly what�s been happening since May of 1948. The newly reborn nation of Israel has been experiencing war after war as hostile Arab neighbors long to destroy her completely. Tim Moore: Isaiah 66:7-9 tells the prophecy of these birth painsthat would begin after the nations� rebirth. We know that from the War of Independence, through the skirmishes throughout the 1950s, to the Six Day War in 1967, to the Yom Kippur War, all the intifadas, and the recent struggles with Hezbollah and Hamas � allof these wars are the prophesied birth pains. The Psalm 83 War Tim Moore: No nation has had greater animosity towards Israelthan the terrorist groups � the Islamists � who are occupying Gaza. I say occupying because Hamas overthrew the government that was in Gaza and then took control. This Mafia-type organization is motivated solely by their hatred for the Jews and Israel. DestroyingIsrael is Hamas� only objective, and that�s the same motivation with Hezbollah up in Lebanon. They really don�t want to be a governmental force of good for their own people, as they at times claim, rather their actions show that they are only inspired by theirhatred to kill the Jews. It�s this satanically inspired hatred that causes us to anticipate the next prophetic war to be the Psalm 83 War. Israel will defeat those immediate neighboring nations ina manner that would allow Israel to live securely with cities that don�t even have walls around them. We�re not there yet, but this new war with Hamas could become the precursor to the larger Psalm 83 conflict that would leave Israel even more secure thanit is today. Nathan Jones: Yes, one of the biggest proponents for a Psalm 83War is eschatologist Bill Salus. I spoke with Bill and asked him if he saw this conflict as the beginning of the Psalm 83 War, or even if other prophecies such as Isaiah 17 and Jeremiah 49 that prophesy Israel destroying the city of Damascus in Syria in oneevening, are about to happen. What could destroy a city in one evening but say nuclear weapons? Bill says that it is too early to tell. Maybe this conflict will escalate into a much larger war, but at this point, it remains yet another skirmish that Israelis having to deal with. As part of the birth pains, the Lord is funneling the politics so that Israel will have no friends to turn to for help as the whole world eventually comes together againstit, all so that the Jews turn to God alone for deliverance. So, maybe we are watching the advent of the Psalm 83 War as Israel conquers its hostile surrounding neighbors � Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Egypt � all those nations that border Israel and yearnfor her destruction. The War of Gog and Magog Nathan Jones: Following the Psalm 83 War looms a much larger war.We know that behind Hamas is Iran. Another prophetic war that Psalm 83 is leading up to involves Iran � the War of Gog and Magog. Tim Moore: We believe the following prophetic end times war isdescribed in Ezekiel 38-39. Ezekiel prophesies how Iran allies with Russia and Turkey in what is called the War of Gog and Magog. The leader of this coalition of nations lies north of Israel � Russia � which Ezekiel designates as Gog. This alliance of nations � this axis of evil � also includes the nations in northern Africa and the �Stan nations�. Combined, these nations form an outer ring of Islamic aggression. Along with Russia, the Islamic world attempts to gain spoil by plundering Israel in its attempt todestroy her. Israel will defeat the inner ring of hostile Muslim nations according to Psalm 83, but that will lead to a much more massive war with the outer ring of Islamic nations plus Russia. Obviously, we�re not dogmatic about the timing or even the order of these end times wars. We just know that Scripture foretells that there will be a series of wars in theend times that will inevitably lead to the whole world coming against Israel. The World For Israel� For Now Tim Moore: President Biden, whom I greatly disagree with overhis support of Iran, having recently given them 6 billion dollars, has to his credit said that on behalf of the United States, we will stand with Israel. Biden gave a personal anecdote about his visiting Israel some 50 years ago while he was already servingin the Senate. Speaking to a leader while in Israel, Biden was taken outside and told to look around for Israel�s �secret weapon.� I thought President Biden was going to say Israel�s secret weapon was that God is on their side, but that�s not where he wentbecause that�s not the way he thinks. Rather, he said Israel�s secret weapon is that they�ve got nowhere else to go. In other words, they fight because there is nowhere else the Jews can flee to but Israel. They�ve been rejected and ejected from every othercountry. Israel was born out of the horror of the Holocaust, and now there are people even in our nation who are advocating �gas the Jews,� as we heard students protesting at HarvardUniversity and on the streets of New York. These people are filled with a satanic hatred for the Jewish people. But, at least for now, the United States and other nations are standing with Israel. However, you have to wonder how long that support will continue once Israel finally enters Gaza to eliminate Hamas. Hamas terrorists purposely hide behind innocent civilians,now including Israeli hostages. Nathan Jones: The Arabs and the Palestinians, which are prettymuch one and the same, are masters at public relations. So, yes, the world right now is saying, �Israel, yeah, we�re behind you!� But, the world is infected with a satanic hatred of the Jews. It�s hard to understand why people hate the Jews so much, well theBible tells us that it�s satanic in nature. So, yes, once Israel starts fighting on the ground in Gaza, the tide of public opinion will likely change, and people will become like, �Okay, you�ve overdone it with thePalestinians.� Then there�s a good chance that Hezbollah in Lebanon will jump into this conflict which will then soon morph into the Psalm 83 War. As a result, Israel will enlarge its territory. What�s interesting about this new war is that we can trace the drones that hit Israel�s borders and the money behind Hamas to Iran and Russia. Ezekiel 38-39 foretells Russiacoming down against Israel because it yearns to plunder Israel. Just what does Israel have now that Russia would want? Israel is now a direct threat to Russia�s economy when it comes to selling natural gas, especially to Europe. That �hook in the jaw� Goduses to draw Gog down to Israel is already here. It�s clear that these prophetic wars are so close as every day something happens that reveals their nearness. Of course, we�re not rejoicing that this new Israel-Hamas waris happening, but rather we look to what happens after the Gog-Magog War when God supernaturally steps in and destroys the threat of Russia and Iran and Turkey and Gog�s remaining coalition. The Jews will turn to God, though not yet to His Son. Then, oncethe Tribulation commences, the whole world will turn against Israel. That means the United States will turn against Israel on that day. Blessed Promises Tim Moore: We do not relish or celebrate the darkness, ratherwe recognize that because we have read the Word of God and so understand what Christ has revealed through His prophetic word, we know that the world will indeed grow increasingly dark. We will have trouble in this world, and yet these troubles are externalto Christians because internally in our hearts we will not be troubled � if we stand on Jesus Christ. Christians have that assurance. All of these end times signs merely demonstrate that Jesus Christ is at the very gates of Heaven and that we are currentlyliving in the season of Christ�s return. So, again, we don�t celebrate any of these horrors of war. We reject and condemn them and those who are acting satanically, filled with great evil and malice towards the Jewishpeople. We know God is still on His throne. He is still in control. And He will bring a great remnant of the Jewish people to salvation. Nathan Jones: How blessed it is to read Psalm 121:4, �Behold,He who keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.� The Israelis are not alone, for God is on their side. Of course, the Lord wants them to feel alone so they�ll turn to Him and repent. We know from prophecy that a third of the Jews by the end of the Tribulationwill turn to Jesus Christ. How encouraging, too, that if the Lord is protecting His people, where 60% of the Jews in Israel don�t even acknowledge that Yahweh exists, how much so will Christ take careof Christians. As Psalm 121:5-7 continues: �The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade at your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul.� What a blessedpromise to Christians! Tim Moore: Christians have so many blessed promises that we shouldremind each other of them. After all, we�re supposed to encourage one another and all the more as we see the day of Christ�s return drawing near. In the immediate response to the horror of Hamas� incursion into Israel, I read from Psalm 7. The last verse contains King David�s affirmation of his faith, �I will give thanksto the Lord according to his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the Lord most high.� This chapter comes after a Psalm where David is calling on the Lord to defend him from those who mean him harm and wish to destroy him. David still clings tohope. I would point people also to the prophet Habakkuk. Habakkuk was told of the devastation that would befall his land. Heartbreaking! And yet, at the end of this hymn of praisethat Habakkuk had written and set to music, he affirms that even if that agricultural society was decimated, even if their crops were destroyed and all of their flocks were cut down in the fields, he said in Habakkuk 3:18, �Yet I will exalt in the Lord, Iwill rejoice in the God of my salvation.� We who know the God of our salvation is � Jesus Christ. Regardless of the circumstances in this world, we will rejoice in Jesus. And then, in verse 19, Habakkuk says, �The Lord God is my strength, and He has made my feet like hinds feet, He makes me walk on high places.� I�m reminded of when we go tothe desert areas of Israel and see those little ibexes that climb those mountains, standing on the clefts in the rock that don�t look wide enough to even lay your finger on. And yet, their feet are so sure that they do not fall from those tiny places. Becausethey have hinds feet they can reach great heights. Likewise, we have been assured that our God is our strength and that He gives us feet that can stand in places where others would fall. We can attain high places even as others are brought low. And so, we want to give you a word of encouragement. This is not �the� war of the end times, but those wars are coming. Frankly, the end time is coming whether we�re readyor not, so may this be the day when you turn to the Lord Jesus Christ and pray for His salvation. Claim Jesus as your strength and your blessed hope. WATCH: https://youtu.be/DHvLHeyrvwE?si=vcd-vTYTiyi08bp_ ----------------------------- The Final Countdown: Has An Apocalyptic Confrontation Between the U.S. And Iran Become Inevitable?- by Michael Snyder - http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/the-final-countdown-has-an-apocalyptic-confrontation-between-the-u-s-and-iran-become-inevitable/ It is becoming clear that the U.S. is going to be heavily involved in the war in the Middle East, and it is becoming clear that this is going to mean a direct confrontationwith Iran. Are you ready for that? Are any of us really ready for such an apocalyptic scenario? Hamas and Hezbollah wouldn�t be anything without funding and arms from Iran. So Iran is the �big dog� that is ultimately responsible for all of the terrorism. Onthe other side, the U.S. is the �big dog� that funds and supports Israel. In the end, it was probably inevitable that the two �big dogs� would tangle eventually. According to CNN, U.S. officials have intelligence that indicates that Iranian-backed terror groups �are planning to ramp up attacks against US forces in the Middle East�� The US has intelligence that Iranian-backed militia groups are planning to ramp up attacks against US forces in the Middle East, as Iran seeks to capitalize on the backlashin the region to US support for Israel, according to multiple US officials. The militia groups have already launched multiple drone attacks on US forces in Iraq and Syria. But the US now has specific intelligence that those same groups could escalate even further as the war between Israel and Hamas continues. Of course Iranian-backed terror groups have already been attacking U.S. forces over and over again in recent days. In fact, U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria have been assaulted by such groups a total of 13 times within the past week� U.S. troops positioned in the Middle East have been attacked 13 times in the last week with a mix of one-way drones and rockets, according to Pentagon officials. U.S. Department of Defense spokesman Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder confirmed Tuesday that troops in Iraq had been attacked 10 times between Oct. 17-24, while during the sameperiod troops in Syria had been attacked three times. Pentagon officials said Monday that all the attacks on U.S. troops have Iran�s fingerprints on them, though there is no evidence at this time showing the country�s leadersordered the attacks. That last sentence makes me sick. It doesn�t matter if Iran�s leaders specifically ordered the attacks or not. These groups only exist because of Iran. They get their funding and weapons from Iran. So they are going to do what the Iranians want them to do, and they are not going to do what the Iranians don�t want them to do. The bottom line is that Iran is responsible. On Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken promised that the U.S. would respond �swiftly and decisively� to any attack from Iranian proxy groups� Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday warned Iran that the United States would respond �decisively� to any attack by its proxies, as tensions rise with the Israel-Hamaswar. �The United States does not seek conflict with Iran. We do not want this war to widen. But if Iran or its proxies attack US personnel anywhere, make no mistake. We will defendour people, we will defend our security � swiftly and decisively,� Blinken told a UN Security Council session. Really? So do it. Iranian-backed terror groups have already attacked our forces 13 times. Go get them. Do you need an engraved invitation? Needless to say, the Biden administration isn�t eager to fight the Iranians and the terror groups that they sponsor, because that could potentially spark the apocalyptic phaseof World War III. That probably would not be good for Joe Biden�s chances of winning in 2024. And as the war in the Middle East fully erupts, there are hundreds of thousands of U.S. citizens that may need to be evacuated� The administration, despite its forceful public support for Israel, is deeply alarmed by the prospect of escalation, and in recent days it has turned its attention in partto the complicated logistics of abruptly having to relocate a large number of people, according to three people familiar with the discussions. There were about 600,000 U.S. citizens in Israel and another 86,000 believed to be in Lebanon when Hamas attacked,according to State Department estimates. Personally, I don�t know why any U.S. citizens would still be in the Middle East at this point. If you are there right now, you need to understand that a major war is about to erupt. The death and destruction that we will witness will be off the charts. So get out while you still can, and you can return once the fighting is over. Earlier today, I was stunned to learn that French President Emmanuel Macron is interested in putting together an �international coalition� to fight Hamas� French President Emmanuel Macron calls for the international coalition fighting the Islamic State group to be expanded to also fight Hamas after the October 7 assault on Israel. Macron, speaking after talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, said that countries fighting ISIS �should also fight against Hamas.� But I don�t think that it will happen. I think that Europe will sit this one out, because I think that most western European nations would prefer to stay out of the war in the Middle East. So it will be the U.S. and Israel on one side, and the Iranians and their proxies on the other. And it won�t be pretty. There is one more thing that I wanted to quickly mention before I close this article. In the year after Roe v. Wade was overturned, the number of legal abortions in the United States actually went up� In the year after the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion, something unexpected happened: The total number of legal abortions in the United States didnot fall. Instead, it appeared to increase slightly, by about 0.2 percent, according to the first full-year count of abortions provided nationwide. Our nation had an opportunity to change direction, but that did not happen. And now as we prepare to fight World War III, we should not expect our efforts to be blessed. Of course Iran is not the only opponent that the U.S. has to deal with. Conflicts with China and Russia are looming as well. I can definitely understand why the Biden administration is hesitant to start hitting the Iranians and their proxies, but they aren�t going to stop hitting our troops. So either the Biden administration is going to have to pull all U.S. forces out of Iraq and Syria, or U.S. forces are going to have to start striking back. -------------------------------------- Genesis 6 Sickness � Terry James - https://www.raptureready.com/category/nearing-midnight/ In thinking on this commentary, it occurred to me that Genesis chapter 6 came into view when Khaled Mashal, former leader and a founding member of Hamas, called for war notjust against Israel but against the entire world. He demanded that all of the Muslim nations surrounding the Jewish state come together and begin attacking in all-out jihad. But he said it wouldn�t stop there. The entirety of Islam must take over the world, using all the violence, death and mayhem that could be mustered. The holy prophet Muhammadhad long ago ordered such an action to fulfill Allah�s wishes, Mashal says. Those wishes included world conquest so peace and joy could then reign on earth. This brought into view thoughts that I believe are most relevant at this moment regarding God�s prophetic timeline. Here are Jesus� words predicting how things will be whenHe next intervenes into the affairs of wicked, rebellious humankind: �And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until theday that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all� (Luke 17:26). So what was going on that caused the Lord to completely destroy all flesh on earth except for Noah and his family? Genesis provides the answer: �And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth� (Genesis6:13). Can we doubt with any degree of certainty that, over the past years, we�ve witnessed developments hinting strongly that the world is becoming like it was in those antediluviantimes? Can we doubt that we�re seeing corruption that seemingly rivals that of the days of Noah? Just within the past two weeks or so, we�ve seen growing violence, as understood from the words of Mashal, who wants all-out jihad not just against Israel butagainst all people who resist Mohammad�s call to Islamic world domination. A former Muslim terrorist who is now a Christian was the first to expose the contents of Mashal�s demand for increased jihad. Brother Rachid, as he is called, gave the followingas some of the Hamas founder�s desires. 1. To show anger, especially on October 13, 2023, in Muslim countries and also among Muslim Diaspora around the world; he called it �the Friday of Al-Aqsa flood.� He saidthis will send a message of rage to Zionists and to America. 2. He asked for financial help from all Muslims around the world to help with their money. He called it �Financial Jihad.� He asked Muslims to give to the fighters of Gazain order to compensate them for the destruction. 3. He asked for political pressure from Muslim leaders and Muslim nations to stop Israel�s military invasion of Gaza. 4. The most important thing: He asked all Muslims around the world to carry Jihad by their souls; to fight and be martyrs for Al-Aqsa. He wants Muslims to fight against theJews, starting with Muslims who live in the countries surrounding Israel: Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Egypt (but also other countries), to go to the borders and try to enter, each by his own means. He said: This is the time for Jihad to be applied on the groundrather than just in theory.He asked the Mujahedeen to go in long caravans to spill their blood on the land of Palestine. (�Hamas Leader Calls for Global Muslim Uprising In �Day of Rage� On Friday, Report Says,� Tyler Durden, Zero Hedge, October 11, 2023) The Genesis 6 sickness spreading by the likes of Mashal and other wicked minions are front and center at this advanced moment on God�s prophetic timeline: Scenes of indescribable horror in which infants and babies were slaughtered � with some beheaded � in the kibbutz of Kfar Aza in southern Israel by Hamas terrorists were reportedby international media on Tuesday morning. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) took dozens of foreign reporters to witness the site of the massacre on Tuesday. Charred homes stood in the background as smoke wafted in theair and the bodies of dead civilians and terrorists still littered the ground. The journalists, under the protection of dozens of Israeli soldiers, toured the site with cameras rolling. �It�s not a war,� Gen. Itai Veruv, head of the IDF�s Depth Command, told reporters. �It�s not a battlefield. You see the babies, the mothers, the fathers in their bedrooms,in their protection rooms, and how the terrorists kill them � It�s a massacre.� The scene recalled some of the darkest chapters in Jewish history. Israeli officials have called Hamas� surprise invasion of Israel over the weekend � in which Kfar Aza wasone of the hardest hit areas � one of the largest massacres of Jews since the Holocaust. (��It�s a Massacre�: Babies Reportedly Slaughtered by Hamas Terrorists in Kibbutz Avatar�; By Algemeiner staff) The Genesis 6 sickness has infected not just those who would wage atrocities against the Jews. The evil has spread to every culture on earth�including our own here in America.(Consider, for example, the many millions of babies in their mothers� wombs who have been murdered through abortion, their bodies torn apart in the process.) I believe Jesus� �days of Lot� prophecy (Luke 17:28) spoke to the way things are in America today just before the Rapture. It is the Lord�s prophecy of coming destructionon a specific locale, like Sodom and Gomorrah in those ancient times. Thus, His �days of Noah� (Luke 17:26) prophecy was about the way things are quickly developing worldwide�as witnessed by Mashal�s call for global jihad. Violence, indeed, is filling thewhole earth! Dr. David Jeremiah addressed to some extent this matter recently: A rainbow. Animals marching two-by-two. A famous boat ride. This is the happy picture so many of us have from childhood of the biblical story of Noah. But the message behind the story is much more serious�a depiction of God�s judgmentraining down on a sinful world� with a critically important prophetic connection! Jesus warns His followers, including you and me today: So� are we living in those �days of Noah?� The short answer is yes�our world today is just like Noah�s before the flood. Jesus warns His followers, including you and me today: �But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage,until the day Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be� (Matthew 24:37-39). Just like the ark that Noah was building could have been seen for miles, the warning signs for this generation are all around us. The clouds are gathering. Distant thunderis rumbling. And the door to salvation stands open. For now. But despite warnings, people do not expect judgment. Noah�s neighbors did not expect a flood�and neither do yours. Deep down, most people�if they give any thought to eternity at all�tend to think they will have a chance at the last minute to say or do the right thing to secure their placein God�s kingdom. But the Rapture doesn�t work that way. It will be instant and irreversible. And on that day, when God shuts the door as securely as He shut the door on the ark, no amount of knocking, pounding, or pleading will open it. This is why you and I must be ready. And why we must do everything possible to give our families, our friends, and our world every opportunity to enter in now�before it�s eternally too late! (Dr. David Jeremiah,Turning Point, October 12, 2023) (I highly recommend Dr. Jeremiah�s new book on the Rapture: The Great Disappearance. You can find it at Davidjeremiah.org.) Here is how to be ready before that ark door closes�the only way to be Rapture ready: �That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead thou shalt be saved. For with the heartman believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation� (Romans 10:9-10). ------------------------------ A Nation Like No Other: Israel�s Battle In The Court Of World Opinion � By Erick Stakelbeck - https://harbingersdaily.com/the-battle-in-the-court-of-world-opinion-israels-security-and-international-pressure/ It seems that the memory of October 7 is fading for some in the so-called international community. You remember October 7, right? When 1,400 Israelis, the vast majority of them civilians, were massacred in cold blood. We�re learning more about it now as videos of Israel�sinterrogations of Hamas terrorists are on record, sharing exactly what they did and what they were told to do by their Hamas masters�gruesome, demonic, wicked acts. In a few days, the world is going to return to its default position of knee-jerk, anti-Israel bile. They will basically tell Israel, �It�s a shame what happened, but you had it coming for all that you�ve supposedly done to the Palestinians over the years, and you must havea proportionate response. You cannot act with severity against the Hamas jihadists living in Gaza. Civilians might get killed. There needs to be an immediate ceasefire and an international peacekeeping force, perhaps.� That would be the grand plan of the likesof the UN. If you have any doubt about what I�m saying, former US President Barack Obama released a statement yesterday that was highly critical of Israel, warning Israel to follow theinternational rules of war. This is something that Israel knows, does very well, and doesn�t need Barack Obama lecturing and intoning to them. Nonetheless, he couldn�t resist weighing in and taking somepotshots at Israel. UN Secretary-General Draws Moral Equivalency Between Israel And Hamas In addition, today, we had an absolute moral disgrace at the United Nations. The Secretary General of the UN, Ant�nio Guterres, stated, �October 7 did not happen in a vacuum. Palestinian people have been subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation.� Wait, I thought it was 75 years, in their view? Does he mean since 1967, Israel�s miraculous victory in the Six-Day War, where they reunited Jerusalem and, once again, exercisedcontrol over Judea and Samaria, the biblical heartland? Folks read between the lines. This is the Secretary General of the UN, basically saying that Israel had it coming. They provoked this. It�s Israel�s fault. This didn�t happenin a vacuum. This happened not because Hamas is a vicious, genocidal jihadist organization devoted to Israel�s destruction. It happened because the Palestinian people have been supposedly subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation. Did he forget that there is not one Israeli living in Gaza right now? Oh, there are Israeli hostages. There are over 200 still in the bowels of hell within some tunnels beneathGaza in Hamas captivity. They have very short memories at the UN, apparently. In 2005, every last Israeli �disengaged,� as they called it, and withdrew from Gaza. Beautiful Israeli communities inGaza were uprooted, and every last Israeli left. There is no occupation of Gaza. There is also no entity, no nation, or state known as Palestine. There is Gaza, and there is the West Bank, which we call Judea and Samaria because that�s what the Bible callsit. What occupation? When we�re talking about Judea and Samaria, we are talking about Israelis living in the land where their forefathers and mothers lived 3000 years ago. Call me crazy, I thinkJews should be able to live wherever they want to live. But that�s not the view of our enlightened overlords here in the West and at the UN. The double standards continue. The UN Secretary-General drew a moral equivalency between Israel and Hamas, blatantly and disgracefully. Thankfully, Israel�s Ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, had a very strong response, calling on Gutierrez to resign. And, rightly so. Israel�s Foreign Minister Eli Cohen also spoke today before the UN Security Council, saying, �Mr. Secretary-General, in what world do you live?� Has Guterres already forgottenthat 1,400 Israelis were just slaughtered in cold blood in the worst massacre of the Jewish people since the Holocaust? The World�s Obsession With Israel The world is obsessed with Israel. Do you doubt it? Israel was attacked, and yet the world obsessively, after a short grace period, started to bombard Israel with pressureand watch their every move. Blinken suggested humanitarian pauses in the war. Whoever heard of such a thing in warfare? Has any other nation been asked to do that? Would the US do that? Would Russiaor China? I think not. Israel is a sovereign nation being lectured to by the world. Why? It�s clearly a spiritual issue. The book of Zechariah 12:1-3 talks about this, and the Bible is very clear that the days are coming when the world will be absolutely obsessed with Israel and, in particular,Jerusalem. Israel is not only the center of the world geographically; it�s at the center of God�s prophetic plan. The devil�yes, he exists�hates what God loves. God holds the title deedto that land. God says that Israel is the apple of His eye, and the people of Israel have returned, never to be uprooted again. Whoever heard of such a thing as Israel�s rebirth in 1948? A people, mostly dispersed for 2,000 years to the ends of the earth, come back against all odds out of the ashesof the Holocaust to reestablish a thriving and successful nation? Do you think God has nothing to do with this? Ultimately, we can talk about secular reasoning all day, but you can�t separate this from God. Israel is not like other nations, and that�s why the world is obsessed withit. As the world is crashing down, we know God Almighty still sits on the throne. These are prophetic times, no doubt, and the prophetic chess pieces are moving on the board. ------------------------------------