I will be away from my computer for a speaking engagement this weekend, so this article is being written early and is lacking some of the very latest news.

First, a second round of elections was held in Israel on Sept. 17, 2019, but they didn’t settle anything.

There are 120 members in the Knesset, and a candidate must have 61 members (more than 50%) on his team to form a government.

The nation is divided, and no one received enough votes to secure 61 members.

Israel’s Pres. Rivlin must now select one of the top vote getters to try to form a 61-member coalition.

It is Rivlin’s job to select the one that he thinks has the best chance to do that.

He has a few days to make the decision, but may speed it up; and it is rumored that he intends to push for a unity government.

As I understand it, Prime Min. Netanyahu has the best chance, but anything can happen, and there will be a lot of horse trading in the next few days.

One man, the former Defense Min. Avigdor Lieberman, seems to be in the driver’s seat.

It looks like he will win eight seats, and that is enough to throw the election to the man of his choice.

He seems ready to do that, but he is making demands.

He wants Israel to allow civil (non-religious) marriages; Israel to provide a public transportation system; Israel to allow businesses to be open on the Sabbath; the Israeli schools to provide a secular education; the Israeli Arabs and the ultra-orthodox Jewish parties to be excluded from the ruling government; religious students forced to serve in the military; the Israeli army to invade Gaza and kill or jail all terrorists, and more.

If Mr. Lieberman gets his way, Israel will be a secular nation (not a religious nation); and the next time a rocket is fired at Israel, the nation may go to war.

This election has turned into a spiritual struggle for the future of Israel, and it could spill over into all-out war.

A unity government would probably ignore many of Mr. Lieberman’s demands.

Mr. Netanyahu, in a unity government, would be an important step toward Israel being a religious nation because the religious parties support him, and he has promised not to form a unity government without all of them.

A unity government could actually turn out to be a good thing for Israel because it would be a stronger government, and there would be less division in the system.

Second, regular readers of these articles will remember that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Florida Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz visited Israel in May of this year, and they wrote a prayer on a piece of paper and inserted it in a crack in the Wailing Wall.

The prayer of both men was that Florida would not be hit by a hurricane this year.

Hurricane Dorian was bearing down on Florida, but it turned away.

Hurricane Humberto started bearing down on Florida this week, but it turned away.

It is going to be interesting to see if this keeps happening.

Third, for years, some prophecy writers have suggested that world leaders will try to explain away the Rapture by saying Christians were removed by aliens because Christians were standing in the way of world government and world peace.

In mid-Sept. 2019, the U.S. Navy admitted that three videos that were taken by Navy aircraft of UFO’s are real.

According to the U.S. Navy, the videos do show “unexplained aerial phenomena,” but there is no proof that the UFO’s were piloted by aliens.

Fourth, the State of California has passed a resolution calling on pastors to embrace LGBTQ issues, and churches in China’s central province are being forced to replace the Ten Commandments with quotes from Pres. Xi Jinping.

Fifth, Satellites and the Internet are being used to increase knowledge all over the world. Whereas most websites once posted information in one language, they are now posting apps that translate the information into many languages.

This is making it easier to spread the gospel around the world in many languages.

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Daymond & Rachel Duck
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The events of this week could indicate that a storm is on the horizon.

Israel is being attacked almost every day, and it looks like the situation is going to get more intense after the upcoming Israeli elections (three days from the writing of this article) and the release of Pres. Trump’s “Deal of the Century” (at some point shortly after the election).

First, concerning the attacks on Israel: on Sept. 8, 2019, Israel’s Foreign Minister said Israel is very close to a military campaign in the Gaza Strip.

Four days later, Prime Min. Netanyahu said Israel has plans in place for a strike on Gaza.

The next day, Mr. Netanyahu said a war could break out at any moment.

It appears that Israel has finally decided that negotiating with the terrorists is worthless, and the only remaining choice is to send in the military to wipe out the terrorists.

It is important to understand that a war in Gaza could spread to other nations.

Second, concerning the upcoming Israeli elections, polls show the race is very tight.

Prime Min. Netanyahu has responded by promising, if elected, to immediately extend Israeli sovereignty to the Jordan Valley and the north Dead Sea region.

Critics say Netanyahu made this promise to win the election, but God is in control, and it is possible that He made the election tight because He knew that Netanyahu would promise to annex more of the Promised Land.

Jesus said the Fig Tree will put forth leaves (grow; Matt. 24:32) so Israel must extend her borders.

If Netanyahu is elected, Israel’s enemies are likely to start a war to stop him, so it is not unreasonable to expect trouble.

Third, also concerning the upcoming election, there is a small political party in Israel called Jewish Power (or Jewish Strength).

Early polls revealed that Jewish Power wouldn’t get enough votes to win anything, but the group came out in favor of rebuilding the Temple, and all of the major polls suddenly started showing them winning at least four seats in the 120-member Knesset.

The election is so tight that Jewish Power’s four seats could decide who heads up the next government.

The candidate that gets the most votes will probably have to make concessions on religious issues to get the support of Jewish Power.

Without concessions, the winning candidate is not likely to be Prime Minister.

This could have a major impact on fulfilling prophecy, expanding Israel’s borders, rebuilding the Temple, resuming the animal sacrifices, war, etc.

Fourth, before Netanyahu promised to immediately extend Israeli sovereignty to the Jordan Valley and the north Dead Sea region if elected, he consulted with the Trump administration.

In essence, he was told that annexing the Jordan Valley and the north Dead Sea region will not impact Pres. Trump’s peace proposal.

This signals that Trump’s Deal of the Century will recommend that those areas be kept under Israeli sovereignty.

All of this is just speculation, but this is something that is real: expanding the borders of Israel and rebuilding the Temple have become issues in this election.

World leaders (the UN, EU and some Muslim leaders) do not like this, and they are saying they will not recognize it.

Several Arab leaders (Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Jordan) are calling it an act of aggression.

Fifth, as this article is being written, there is breaking news that the two largest oil facilities in Saudi Arabia have been attacked.

There are reports of several loud explosions and a huge fire.

This is another reason to ask, “Is war on the horizon?”

If it is, this world could change very fast.

Keep looking up.

Prophecy Plus Ministries, Inc.
Daymond & Rachel Duck
duck_daymond@yahoo.com