The news that interested me the most this week, came in small pieces.

First, Daniel was told to “shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased” (Dan. 12:4).

A pastor friend called this week to tell me he heard someone on the radio say that today more pictures are taken worldwide in two minutes than were taken in the entire twentieth century. Obviously, the availability of cameras and cellphones has something to do with this; nevertheless there has been a tremendous increase in knowledge.

Second, about 50 years ago, churches in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin posted two signs that read “The Churches of Oconomowoc Welcome You.” Now, a group is threatening to sue them if they don’t take the signs down.

God is probably the only One who knows what will happen, but Christians are losing their freedom of speech, and persecution has started.

Third, on January 23, 2017, when President Trump told lawmakers on Capitol Hill 3 to 5 million illegal ballots were cast, many people questioned him and some called him a liar.

Five months later in mid-June 2017, it was revealed that a spokesperson for a group called the Pew Charitable Trust told Steve Doocy on Fox News, “Now we have four million ineligible and dead voters on American voter rolls.”

It is easy to understand why the “fake news” keeps calling upon Internet officials to control the news. It must be embarrassing to be proven wrong nearly every day.

Fourth, while this article was being written on June 17, 2017, it was being reported that Congressman Steve Scalise was in the hospital in critical condition from gunshot wounds and a play called Shakespeare in the Park was going on in New York depicting the stabbing of President Trump several times.

Violence was being glorified and that is a sign of the Days of Noah. If things like this don’t stop, some believe the violence in the streets of America will grow dramatically worse in the coming months.

Fifth, in an article dated June 16, 2017, Todd Starnes of Fox News fame wrote: “

The Army has begun mandatory transgender sensitivity training for soldiers.

The training covers everything from “transfemale” soldiers to transgender shower etiquette to dealing with a male soldier who becomes pregnant. Yes, good readers. Within the ranks of the greatest fighting force known to mankind – the baby’s daddy could also be the baby’s momma.

This is sick, but Mr. Starnes goes on to reveal that the Army training guidelines were written by the Obama Administration. So sadly, this is not surprising.

Sixth, this week it was reported that even moderate liberals in the Western world are becoming uneasy when terms like “patriotism” and “nationalism” are used.

This signifies a growing acceptance of world government where borders are bad and people are “citizens of the world” not patriots or citizens of nations.

Seventh, on June 12, 2017, it was reported that Germany has video surveillance systems in train stations, but they can’t feed pictures into it to identify terror suspects who may be on the run.

They intend to upgrade their surveillance systems to identify suspected criminals before they can commit a crime or escape. They want the system to alert the police to where certain people are before they know whether they are guilty or not.

It may be a stretch, but this sounds like something the Antichrist and False Prophet could use. It could help them know where people are if they are suspected of being veterans, conservatives, or those who is not politically correct or if they are not in a database of people who have taken the mark of the beast, etc.

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In early June 2017, my good friend and excellent prophecy teacher, Mike Hile, shared some of his opinions with me in an e-mail about the recent terrorist attacks in London.

Mike said, “Terrorism may be the major justification for the mark of the beast so that Antichrist can control all buying and selling, including bomb making materials. The elimination of cash will facilitate the monitoring of credit cards, debit cards, etc. in order for Antichrist to control the anarchy that is coming our way before he takes over and imposes martial law. The person who can stop terrorism will be a global hero.”

Two or three days later, on June 6, 2017, I read that British Prime Minister, Theresa May, said she “would be willing to weaken human rights protections to make it easier to deport or curb the movements of suspected terrorists who there is not enough evidence to prosecute” (Reuters, June 6, 2017).

According to the report, the Prime Minister May said authorities need “to be able to do more, including to restrict the movements of suspected terrorists when police had enough evidence to suspect they presented a threat, but not enough to prosecute them. If our human rights laws stop us from doing it, we will change the laws so we can do it.”

To be clear, I believe God is allowing the world to experience terrorism because world leaders keep pushing the two-state solution. Their so-called solution is a position that exposes Israel to terrorism. Forcing Israel to give up land that her enemies will use for terrorist bases to attack Israel is something that God doesn’t like.

He clearly said, “For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head” (Obad. 1:15).

Many terrorist attacks such as those that have occurred in London, Paris, Brussels, the U.S., etc. are the result of what world leaders are doing, and trying to do, to Israel. Their choice is a judgment that God will allow to return upon their own head.

The real solution is to recognize that Israel is surrounded by terrorists and to stop pressuring Israel to give up land to her violent neighbors. Unfortunately, those in charge have decided it is not politically correct to do that.

Rather than go after the one group that is launching almost all of the terrorist attacks, they prefer to change the laws and restrict the freedom of their law abiding citizens; to monitor what their own citizens buy and sell; to monitor what their own citizens view and post on the Internet; to monitor what “other extremists” (aka conservatives, veterans, Christians, etc.) are doing; and to even be able to arrest and incarcerate them by labeling them as suspects that might commit a crime.

I am sure that some will think this looks good. Many will probably say, “Our leaders are only trying to deal with extremism and terrorism. We can afford to give up some of our freedoms for that. It is a good thing.”

But changing and passing laws to do that will create bigger government, more government employees, more centralized power, more grounds for arresting people, more grounds for holding people, etc.

Even more ominous is the Bible teaching that a Satan worshipper that Christians call the Antichrist will gain control of all of that and he will decide to kill all those that don’t do what he says,

In this writer’s view, Mike Hile nailed it and Theresa May’s recent speeches confirm it. Terrorism will lead to the enactment of new laws, the mark of the beast, the cashless society, and a man that will start out as a hero and wind up in the lake of fire.

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Daymond & Rachel Duck
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