First, most of those that follow Bible prophecy are aware of the connections between Prime Min. Netanyahu, Pres. Trump and the numbers 7 and 70.

For example, Mr. Netanyahu had been in office 7 years, 7 months and 7 days on the day that Pres. Trump was elected.

Pres. Trump was elected by a margin of 77 electoral votes and he was 70 years, 7 months and 7 days old on the day that he was inaugurated.

Pres. Trump was born 700 days before Israel became a nation, so there were 700 days between Pres. Trump’s seventieth birthday and Israel’s seventieth birthday.

Anyway, it was recently reported that Pres. Trump’s Sec. of State, Mike Pompeo, is the 70^th person to hold that job, and he got in the 70^th year of Israel’s existence.

These numerical facts seem to be too much to be coincidence, and I don’t want to go overboard; but it is possible that God is trying to tell us something (perhaps that He is in control and acting, or perhaps that something has changed or started).

Second, a reader recently sent me a link to a video of Gary Stearman interviewing Tom Horn on Prophecy Watchers (The Rabbis and Donald Trump, May 6, 2019).

These well-known prophecy teachers discussed a visit to the White House several months ago by a group of Orthodox Jewish rabbis.

The Jewish rabbis (at least one is probably a member of the Jewish Sanhedrin) wanted Pres. Trump’s upcoming “Deal of the Century” to give Israel permission to rebuild the Temple.

Resistance and trouble, perhaps war, are to be expected, but the thought of a peace plan with permission to rebuild the Temple on the table in a few weeks is exciting.

Third, on May 9, 2019, it was reported that Nancy Pelosi said she believes “the establishment of the State of Israel is one of the greatest accomplishments of the 20th century; it was a political, official establishment of a country.”

According to the Bible, it is a miracle greater than Israel’s exodus from Egypt in the days of Moses, greater than the Ten Plagues, parting of the Red Sea, etc.

Fourth, Pope Francis is still at it (a speech at the Vatican on May 2, 2019).

• He referred to world government as the “common good.”
• He denounced nations for making excessive demands for sovereignty.
• He called for the establishment of entities with power greater than nations.
• He said the kind of things the False Prophet will probably say when he supports the rise of the Antichrist.

Fifth, here is some good news for a change:

On May 6, 2019, Amir Tsarfati, a well-known Bible prophecy teacher, traveled to Washington, DC to attend a breakfast and to speak to about 30 members of Congress about the Biblical significance of supporting Israel.

All of Congress should have been there, but I thank God for alerting these leaders on the Biblical significance of supporting Israel.

He will bless those that bless Israel and curse those that curse Israel.

Sixth, the Middle East is about to explode over Pres. Trump’s sanctions on Iran.

Iran’s retaliation is putting the global oil market at risk.

One misstep could trigger the fulfillment of several prophecies.

Seventh, the third horseman of the Apocalypse is hyper-inflation and an economic collapse.

America’s controversy with China is putting the global economy at risk.

Jesus said watch and pray.

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Daymond & Rachel Duck
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Several news articles caught my attention this week, but I have decided to focus on just one because of the length and because this strikes me as being so important.

On April 29, 2019, the UN Security Council met to discuss the Middle East Conflict.

Nations were allowed to express their concern about Pres. Trump’s peace plan.

There were calls for the Promised Land to be divided along the pre-1967 lines.

Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, spoke on behalf of Israel.

Among other things (this is not a full text of his message as presented), Mr. Danon told the UN Security Council and the nations that were there, “Israel’s existence derives legitimacy from four things: the Bible, history, legality and the pursuit of international peace and security.”

Holding up the Bible (the first pillar), Mr. Danon said, “This is our deed to our land. From the book of Genesis; to the Jewish exodus from Egypt; to receiving the Torah on Mount Sinai; to the gates of Cana’an; and to the realization of God’s covenant in the Holy Land of Israel; the Bible paints a consistent picture. The entire history of our people, and our connection to Eretz Yisrael (the Land of Israel), begins right here.”

Mr. Danon added, “It is not just the Hebrew Bible, or the 15 million Jews worldwide that accept this right; it is accepted across all three monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The Koran itself accepts the divine deed of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel.”

“Mr. President, the second pillar is the history of the land of Israel and the Jewish people over the past two millennia. The Jewish Kingdom in Eretz Yisra’el comprised twelve tribes. The largest of those tribes, the Tribe of Judah, lived in the area now known as Judea (what the world calls the West Bank). You all know the words “Jew” and “Jewish.” “Jew” and “Jewish” come from Judea. This was the Kingdom over which King David and King Solomon ruled. It was a kingdom with Jerusalem as its capital.”

“Even the Romans themselves admitted the land was ours. Those of you who have visited Rome may have seen that Emperor Titus famously commemorated his victory and the Jewish expulsion by building an enormous arch on the Via Sacra in Rome. If you look at the Arch (Arch of Titus in Rome), it includes an illustration of his men carrying away the menorah from the Jewish Temple.”

“The Romans attempted to destroy that link by renaming the land Palestina. This is how the narrow strip of land in Eretz Yisrael, nestled between Egypt in the south and Lebanon in the north, came to be called ‘Palestine.’ For two millennia, Jews across the world continued to pray three times every day for our long- awaited return home to Zion and Jerusalem. As we just said on Passover last week, as we do every year, ‘Next year in Jerusalem!’”

Concerning the third pillar, International Law, Mr. Danon cited the Balfour Declaration, the 1922 mandate of the League of Nations, and the 1945 UN Charter that legalized the establishment of a Jewish homeland in the Promised Land.

On this issue, it is this writer’s understanding that International Law says when one nation attacks another nation, and the attacking nation loses territory, the lost territory belongs to the nation they attacked.

Put another way: In 1967, five nations gathered troops, tanks and other weapons near the borders of Israel in preparation for an attack on Israel.

Israel launched a pre-emptive strike and captured East Jerusalem, the Temple Mount, the West Bank and more.

According to International Law, that land now belongs to Israel.

Before the war began, Israel sent word to the king of Jordan, “If you will keep your nation out of the war, no harm will come to Jordan.”

Jordan ignored Israel, sided with the attackers, lost East Jerusalem, the Temple Mount, and the West Bank; so, according to International Law, those areas now belong to Israel.

Concerning the fourth pillar, peace and security (peace and safety), these are the words that will begin the Tribulation Period.

It is interesting to this writer that Mr. Danon told the UN Security Council the Bible is Israel’s deed to the Promised Land just weeks before Pres. Trump’s peace proposal is to be released.

If the UN divides the Promised Land, they will have to set aside the Bible, set aside historical facts, set aside International Law, and seek peace and safety on their terms, not God’s terms.

God is in control, and He told the nations the consequences of dividing the Promised Land and declaring peace and safety on their own terms (Joel 3:1-2; I Thess. 5:3).

That day is coming.

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Daymond & Rachel Duck
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