I have included a Special message at the end of this article. I hope you will read it and take it to heart.

It’s too early to be certain, but in light of the current war against Iran, it occurs to me that a question I have always had in the back of my mind may be starting to make sense.

I am not claiming this current war (with Iran) is a fulfillment of any specific prophecy, but only that it may be a factor in understanding how future events may be realized.

I have often wondered, given the proliferation of air power and missiles as the weapon of choice in this modern age, why does Ezekiel 38/39 seem to indicate a ground invasion with myriads of invading troops as “a cloud covering the land”?

“You and all your troops, and many peoples with you will go up, advancing like a thunderstorm; you will be like a cloud covering the land” (Ezekiel 38:9). Emphasis added.

Considering Persia (modern-day Iran), it was always known for using the battle bow as the primary weapon of their military power, and God prophesies His destruction of their strength in Jeremiah 49:35-39 – A prophecy against Elam (part of modern-day Iran).

“Thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘Behold, I am going to break the bow of Elam,
The finest of their might’” (Jeremiah 49:35). Emphasis added.

Could the present-day destruction of Iran’s air force and missile systems account for the fact that the invading armies of which Iran will be a part may no longer possess the ability to wage war by this method? And what of Russia, Turkey, and their allies (the many nations with you)?

What will be the cause of the apparent shift from missile and drone strikes and the prevalence of air power in place of ground troops?

Perhaps those methods will still be present but are just not divulged to Ezekiel by the Holy Spirit for whatever His reasons. Either way, masses of ground troops are relatively rare these days.

Is it because the invaders have come to seize a great spoil, and “carrying it away” would require that there be something to take and someone (and somewhere) to take it?

“Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its villages will ask, ‘Have you come to capture the plunder? Have you assembled your hordes to carry away loot, to make off with silver and gold, to take cattle and goods, to seize great spoil?’” (Ezekiel 38:13). Emphasis added.

There wouldn’t be much of this plunder left to take if nuclear weapons were to be deployed against so small a nation as Israel.

As most of us who study and follow prophecy have learned, accurate understanding of events being a fulfillment of specific prophecies cannot be confirmed until after they have occurred. Wisdom commands us to “wait and see.”

Even the Lord Himself indicates that “if a prophecy does not come to pass,” it did not come from Him (Deuteronomy 18:22), thus establishing His plumb line.

So, we wait and see how these activities and “wars and rumors of wars” play into the final chapters of God’s Sovereign will and “the end from the beginning” that He has declared to us in His Word.

And there is also this: That we (Jesus’ TRUE Church) may not be present to “see” the actual details of these prophesied events. For this we truly “wait and see” with great anticipation. The Rapture of the Church will occur right on God’s schedule.

In the meantime:

We pray without ceasing for the lost souls we all know and those whom we don’t know, understanding that God does not want anyone to perish but all to come to The Truth.

It seems to me that God equates Trusting Him with Loving Him and that He alone is worthy of that Trust.

Jesus’ sacrifice on the Cross while we were yet sinners (Romans 5:8) and already fulfilled prophecy illustrate that He is indeed Who He has revealed Himself to be.

Trusting in humans, human governments, and their secular “solutions” has crossed the Rubicon (the point of no return). It is a hollow and hopeless endeavor.

John 14:6 tells anyone who will listen where The Answer truly lies.

If you choose to act, you must do so while you are still in your living years.

I hope and pray that you will.

The special message I promised you:

For anyone who may read this article and has not trusted in Jesus Christ and therefore has no real hope or peace in your life.

You can have hope. You can have the peace that Jesus has promised to all who have made Him their Lord and Savior. The peace that passes understanding.

It requires that you come before God on His terms and that you do so in your living years.

And, what are His terms according to His Word?

• Genuine repentance (turning to God instead of continuing to reject or ignore Him).
• Confession of sins (that you are a sinner and acknowledge that to God).
• That you understand that the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23).
• To acknowledge to God that you are unable to pay that debt.
• Belief that Jesus Christ paid your death sentence for you on the cross and rose from the grave three days later, conquering death, just as He promised.
• To believe that Jesus is the Way, the only Way, that God has established by which humans may be saved from the consequences of their sin and rebellion.

This is what leads one to the Spiritual Rebirth that Jesus requires (John 3.3).

God has made it absolutely clear that there is no one who comes before Him, under His terms, that will be refused.

• No one: no race, no color, no country of origin, regardless of any previous belief system: no one.
• No matter what your past sins have been, God can and WILL forgive you because He says He will.
• Salvation is available to everyone without any exceptions.

If you put all your trust for salvation in Jesus, and Him only, you can follow that prayer up by simply saying, “Thank you, Father God, for hearing my prayer and saving me.” because we can trust Him to keep His Word. He always has. He always will.

“Truly, Truly, I say to you that he who hears My words and believes the One who sent Me has eternal life and will not be condemned. He has crossed from death to life” (John 5:24).

There are no answers and there is no hope in the world by governments, organizations, politics or politicians. They are incapable of it. There are only lies and deception. But you can have the Truth and the peace you seek.

The answers are in the Word of God—The Bible. If you ask God, with all your heart, He will hear you.

“And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart” (Jeremiah 29:13).

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The propaganda media outfit known as ‘Axios’ recently decided to weigh in on the solutions that will correct the lack of trust in our government institutions that Americans are experiencing.

In their article, “The Rattled Generation: A unified theory of this American moment,” by Jim VandeHei, we are provided some Globalist-approved solutions that will make Americans mistrust our institutions even more.

They have noted that “Trust in major institutions in the United States is at or near record lows, despite objective measures showing Americans are wealthier, safer, and longer-lived than ever before.”

The first thing that we should determine is why Americans no longer trust our “major institutions.”  That mystery is easy enough to solve.

The Godless Democrats have perverted the “major institutions” of this nation to serve their wicked purposes.  For instance, during the Biden administration:

• They weaponized all government agencies against their political enemies,
• They forced businesses to censor and punish speech they did not like,
• They forced businesses to push their perverse sexual agendas,
• They debanked their political enemies,
• They used illegal immigration to gain political power and defraud taxpayers,
• They engaged in extreme censorship against conservatives, including President Trump, so their propaganda could not be challenged,
• and they attempted to assassinate their main political enemy with no hope of justice due to the corruption of our major institutions.

The solution to reestablishing trust in our “major institutions” is to make sure no Democrat is ever given political power again.

Axios, on the other hand, has offered solutions that are destined to compound the problem.  As they are mired in Marxism, everything they do is designed to be divisive and destructive.  That is all they are capable of.

Their research indicates, “After years of talking to hundreds of CEOs, elected officials, social scientists and ordinary Americans, this is our best take on how things stand in our country right now and a guide to how we got here.

Axios believes that CEO’s and business leaders are uniquely suited to step up and help fill the trust void at this moment.

Oh, you mean the CEO’s and business leaders that the Democrats and the Marxist press forced to push DEI, censorship, and sexual perversion on society.  These people will easily capitulate to the Godless Democrats, leading to more mistrust, should they return to power.

Perhaps the nation can consult the CEOs of Cracker Barrel, or Nike, or maybe Bud Light, to enlighten us on how to reestablish trust in our institutions.

The Axios revolutionaries point out that we have been living through the most disorienting societal moment since WWII and no one is explaining why or what to do about it.

Actually, numerous people are talking about what to do about it and offering great solutions.  Axios is just ignoring them.  Those of us with common sense have discovered that media outlets like Axios and its corrupt Democrat Party are the dishonest brokers who are fostering mistrust.

That is what MAGA is all about.

Axios was forced by reality to point out that lots of great things are happening in the country since President Trump was elected.  U.S. total wealth has soared, violent crime sank to a 20-year low, life expectancy just hit 79 years, and the country produces more energy than ever.

However, some people are still “displeased.”

We call these ‘displeased’ people ‘leftists.’  The Bible calls them reprobates because they love to be lied to, and their foolish hearts are darkened due to their faithlessness.  When good people are in charge, that seems to upset them.

Their minds, like those at Axios, are filled with the evil of Social Justice.  That means that if idiotic and unjust policies are not being enforced in compliance with the will of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), they are upset with the world.  They demand the following idiocy before we can ‘please’ them:

• Good people must capitulate when liberals bear false witness against their neighbors by calling them ‘racists’ (a term that has no real meaning nor should be used by decent human beings) to destroy their livelihoods.
• DEI must be enforced so that competent white males cannot find jobs.
• We must allow the country to be overrun by mindless, raping savages.
• Law enforcement needs to stop punishing real crimes and instead start punishing their political enemies.
• The nation needs to cheer when Democrats engage in political prosecutions rather than seeking real justice (ex. J-6 patriots, Cornell Seven).
• We must adhere to whatever new perverse vernacular, such as transgenderism, the left can concoct, and pretend that people can reverse their sex on a whim.
• When women have consensual perverted sex with white males, they should be able to change their minds later and make actionable claims of rape when their feelings get hurt.

Axios blames the following for the loss of trust in our institutions (with my interpretation in parentheses):

1. Social media’s rise (free speech is exposing the lies of the elite).
2. The chaos of COVID (a flu bug that Axios and their buddies pretended was deadly so that policies could be implemented to violate our civil rights and lock us in our homes).
3. The rise of AI (which is wonderful in the hands of good people but devastating in the hands of those whom Axios supports).

To summarize, the truth is that the evil of Marxism in conjunction with the growing faithlessness of society has caused all our uncertainty.   Those who perpetuate Marxism need to be politically defeated and broomed off into the dustbin of history.

The Marxists at Axios would like to blame the “anxiety, loneliness and institutional distrust that has arisen in near-perfect parallel with smartphone penetration and screen time. It’s a correlation so consistent across age groups, income levels and democracies that we strain to call it anything but causation.”

What these reprobates really want is to subdue freedom, prosperity and the free flow of information.

Finally, the reprobates at Axios believe that repair will “come from government, religious institutions, communities, schools, parents, and business repairing the small threads that weave a complicated country together.”

When has government ever repaired anything?

No, reprobates of the world; the “repair” will come from a nation that testifies to their faith in the God who sent His only Son to die for our sins, and its churches return to calling sinners to repent and be forgiven in the name of Jesus.

When a nation has faith, the following wonderful things happen:

• The Holy Spirit restrains evil.
• People’s minds become enlightened so they can make wise decisions.
• The people stand against evil and banish it to the back alleys of society.
• The nation and its people love the truth and despise liars.
• Trust in our institutions is reestablished.

If you don’t want to be a part of the ‘rattled generation,’ there is an easy way out.

Believe and confess that Christ died for our sins, and you will receive the gift of faith.  When a whole bunch of people receive this gift, they will behave righteously and will work to reestablish trust in our institutions.

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