Note to all readers: My computer was hacked and damaged beyond repair. I have been without a computer for four days. I am now learning a new computer and system. If you sent me an email that wasn’t answered, I probably won’t get around to answering it. I apologize. I am also way behind on what is going on, but here is the article I was working on when I was hacked.

A faithful reader recently sent me the words to the first verse of The Battle Hymn of the Republic and a link to an article by Leonard Grunstein (retired attorney, banker, author) that caused her to think of it.

The words are:

Mine eyes have seen the Glory of the coming of the Lord,
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored,
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword,
His truth is marching on.
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.

On Dec. 31, 2024, Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) posted an article by Leonard Grunstein (author, attorney, banker), who was responding to a crowd of Muslims that chanted “Mr. President, take us to Jerusalem” during a speech by Turkey’s President Erdogan. Grunstein noted that Erdogan has often said in the last four years that Jerusalem belongs to Turkey.

Grunstein ended his article by saying Jerusalem does not belong to Turkey.

Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! God’s truth is marching on.

Consider these words from Zech. 8:2-8.

• “Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.
• Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.
• Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.
• And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
• Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts.
• Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;
• And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.”

God’s Word is truth (II Tim. 2:15), and Mr. Erdogan would do well to abandon the lie that Jerusalem belongs to Turkey.

On Jan. 7, 2025, Tim Moore, Director and Senior Evangelist at Lamb and Lion Ministries, wrote:

• The greatest of all the end-time signs is the existence of Israel.
• The “dry bones” have been regathered into a modern nation-state (Ezekiel 36-37) that continues to survive despite the concerted efforts of satanically inspired purveyors of hate.
• For those who have visited the Promised Land, you have witnessed the beauty and wonder of a restored Israel with your own eyes.
• For those who have not been able to visit Israel, a nation coming back from the dead as prophesied testifies to the Lord’s doing.
• The miracle that is Israel is truly marvelous in our eyes!

(My opinion: I agree. Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! God’s truth is marching on, and it is marvelous in the eyes of those that are watching.)

(By the way: “Watch” is a command, not a suggestion.)

Here is more truth from the book of Zechariah (Zech. 12:1-3).

• “The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
• Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
• And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.”

The Creator of all things said all who attack Jerusalem (at the end of the age) will be cut in pieces, and there are not enough people on earth to capture Jerusalem.

Israel is under attack on seven fronts today (from Iran, Hezbollah in Lebanon, Syria, Hamas and others in the Gaza Strip, Iraq, the Houthis in Yemen, and from terrorists inside Israel in Judea and Samaria), and all her attackers are losing.

Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! God’s truth is marching on.

Many of those that are attacking Israel today are proxies of Iran.

Iran is threatening to attack Israel soon.

On Jan. 9, 2025, Harbinger’s Daily posted an article by Robert Gottselig (Director of The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry in Canada), and Gottselig said:

• Students of God’s Word know that Iran will continue in its demonic plans to attack Israel until the God of Israel brings it to a decisive end, as we read in Ezekiel 38-39.
• The truth is that the Iranian regime’s days are numbered, and they ought to tremble before the God of Israel—who neither slumbers nor sleeps.
• God is indeed taking note, and judgment will come one day soon.

Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! God’s truth is marching on.

Here are more reasons to believe this way.

One, on Jan. 8, 2025, Jimmy Evans, founder and former senior pastor of Trinity Fellowship Church in Amarillo, Texas, said he loves Bible prophecy and he intends to focus on teaching it the rest of his life.

According to his website,

• We are living in a moment of widespread uncertainty.
• People are fearful.
• The news is almost always negative.
• That’s because we are living at the end of the end times.
• But God gave us Bible prophecy not to cause fear but to bring hope.
• It is more important than ever to bring our message of hope to those who are confused, frightened, or upset by the state of the world.
• We want to prepare believers for the return of Jesus Christ.

(FYI: I do not know why Jimmy Evans said end of the end times, but I know that the Battle of Gog and Magog will take place in the latter years and latter days, and some prophecy teachers believe latter years and latter days means at the end of the end times. I believe pastor Evans is right and am delighted to see the truth of Bible prophecy marching on.)

(More: On Jan. 14, 2025, it was reported that Russia’s Pres. Putin and Iran’s Pres. Pezeshkian will sign a comprehensive partnership pact with far-reaching military implications in Moscow on Jan. 17, 2025.)

Two, concerning Israel being a great army and expanding its borders at the end of the age: a key provision of Israel’s ceasefire agreement with Lebanon requires Lebanon to remove Hezbollah from south of the Litani River.

Lebanon has not met that requirement, so on Jan. 8, 2025, Israeli officials said they will not withdraw their military from Lebanon until Lebanon meets it.

(More: Lebanon said its military is not strong enough to do it, so the Biden administration has transferred more than $100 million ($95 million that was appropriated for Egypt and $7.5 million that was appropriated for Israel) from Egypt and Israel to Lebanon. The problem is that Hezbollah has infiltrated Lebanon’s army, and they will wind up with part of the money and can use it to fight Israel.)

Three, concerning wars and rumors of wars at the end of the age:

• On Jan. 8, 2025, U.S. jets carried out multiple strikes against two underground Iranian-backed Houthi weapons storage facilities in Yemen.
• On Jan. 9, 2025, the Houthis in Yemen launched three drones at Israel. All of them were shot down.
• On Jan. 10, 2025, the U.S. and UK attacked ports, a power station, and some military infrastructure in Yemen.

Four, concerning bad leaders, leaders with reprobate minds, etc. at the end of the age, according to Zero Hedge as of Friday morning (1-10-25), the LA fires have:

• Killed at least ten people.
• Forced the evacuation of 180,000 people.
• Destroyed more than 10,000 structures.
• Caused up to $150 billion in preliminary damages and economic losses.

The LA Times reported that the Santa Ynez Reservoir (a critical 117-million-gallon water source that could have prevented a lot of this) has been empty and offline for almost a year.

(My comment: I have been asked if I think the judgment of God is falling on LA. I do not know. But I do know that one way God judges people is to give them bad leaders. He does this to motivate repentance and prayer. He will help those that repent and pray. But He may ramp it up if they don’t repent and pray.)

Five, concerning bad leaders, leaders with reprobate minds, etc., at the end of the age: according to The Expose on Jan. 10, 2025, the UK is expecting freezing temperatures in the coming weeks, and it only has one week’s worth of natural gas.

The low gas reserves are a result of the UK’s reliance on wind farms, but the wind speeds have been low and the wind farms are not producing enough energy.

(My comment: The UK citizens have been turning away from God and Israel for years. God is loving and patient, but there will be a payday someday, and elections have consequences.)

Six, concerning world government: on Jan. 8, 2025, Vasko Kohlmayer (author, grew up in Communist Czechoslovakia), expressed his opinion that globalism is collapsing.Top of Form

Some of his reasons include:

• The election of Donald Trump.
• The resignation of Justin Trudeau.
• The possibility that the governments of Austria, Germany, France, Britain, and others could fall.

Kolhmayer says public discontent is reaching a boiling point.

(My opinion on this: Jesus said there will be distress of nations with perplexity – discontent on earth – when His return is near; see Luke 21:25-27.)

Kolhmayer believes the globalists were largely successful in controlling the public discontent with demonization and censorship for a while, but those tactics started failing when Elon Musk bought Twitter (now platform X) because Musk reaches people all over the world, and he started letting the truth come out.

Kolhmayer said:

• The globalists are the real enemies of Democracy.
• The truth is the exact opposite of what they claim.
• They cannot withstand the truth.

Here is a link to his article.

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/01/vasko-kohlmayer/alert-the-unfolding-collapse-of-the-globalist-world-order/

(My opinion: Several times, Jesus warned about deceit at the end of the age. Discontented people will eventually cry out for a man with a plan; there will be a world government, but God’s people will not be here. Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! God’s truth is marching on.)

Seven, concerning globalists demonizing and censoring people: on Jan. 9, 2025, Pres. Biden delivered a eulogy at the funeral of former Pres. Jimmy Carter at the National Cathedral in Washington D.C.

Carter’s casket was on a stage in the Cathedral.

The stage floor had a large Christian cross emblazoned on the floor with four more smaller Christian crosses emblazoned on the floor around the large cross.

Carter’s casket rested over the center of the large cross (where the vertical and horizontal bars crossed) with the four smaller crosses surrounding his casket.

Carter was a Christian, and to be surrounded by one of the most important Christian symbols on earth is very appropriate.

But here is the issue: Democrat Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren has been criticizing Pres. Trump’s nominee to head the Defense Dept. (Pete Hegseth) for, among other things, having a Christian symbol tattooed on his body.

She thinks this makes Hegseth an extremist.

FYI: God does not send anyone to Hell (all of us are born with a 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; believe that 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.

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On Dec. 29, 2024, our Lifeway Adult Sunday School lesson was titled “Power Revealed.” And in a nutshell, the writer was saying God led the Israelites out of Egypt and took them to a seemingly hopeless entrapment at the Red Sea to reveal His power and glory by fighting for them.

It begins with God sending Moses to tell Pharaoh to “Let my people go” (Ex. 5:1).

Pharaoh responded, “Who is the Lord, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go?” (Ex. 5:2)

God could have moved Pharaoh’s heart to let Israel go, but God hardened Pharaoh’s heart to cause him to resist and to reveal His power and glory to Pharaoh and Israel (Ex. 7:13-14).

This revelation involved God sending Ten Plagues upon Egypt (Ex. 7:14-12:30).

Following the Tenth Plague (the death of the firstborn, including Pharaoh’s son), Pharaoh sent for Moses and said, “Get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the Lord” (Ex. 12:31-32), “And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste” (Ex.12:33).

God had brought the unbelieving, arrogant Pharaoh from the point of saying, “I will not let them go,” to the point of saying, “Get out of here,” “Go,” “Make haste.”

God led the Israelites out of Egypt in an orderly manner (Ex. 13:18).

He went before them by day in a pillar of cloud and by night in a pillar of fire, and He took them along an unusual path toward the Red Sea (Ex. 13:17-18, 21).

Pharaoh was soon told that his people were asking, “Why have we done this? Why have we let all of our slaves go?” (Ex. 14:5)

So God hardened Pharaoh’s heart and caused him to take a powerful army with 600 chariots to chase after Israel (Ex. 14:5, 8, 17).

Why did God tell Pharoah to “Let my people go” and then harden his heart to go after them?

Why did God lead the unarmed, helpless Jews to a place where a well-armed military would trap them?

The Jews were afraid, and they thought God had brought them to the Red Sea to die (Ex. 14:10-11).

Moses told them not to be afraid, God would fight for them, and they would see the Egyptians no more (Ezek. 14:13-14).

God parted the Red Sea, Israel crossed on dry ground, God destroyed them, and the Jews believed (Ex. 14:18-31).

There are many more examples, but to save time, I will very quickly mention just two more.

Example one: in the Battle of Gog and Magog, God will put a hook in the jaw of Russia’s leader and drag Russia, Iran, Turkey, and others onto the Mountains of Israel to destroy Israel (Ezek. 38-39).

Why does God cause them to attack Israel and then destroy them?

He said, “Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the Lord” (Ezek. 38:23).

Example two: God said, “Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it” (Zech. 12:2-3).

Why does God cause the nations to turn against Jerusalem and Judah and then destroy those nations that attack them?

He will do this to cause the Jews to realize that the Lord of Hosts is their God (Zech. 12:5).

Concerning Israel, God said, “Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms” (Jer. 51:20).

God doesn’t fight the way nations fight, but God is the source of Israel’s survival, and He always wins.

Here are recent events that seem to indicate that the end of the age is close.

One, during the night of Dec. 29, 2024, Israeli troops trapped and killed 106 Hamas terrorists in about two hours without losing a single soldier.

An Israeli source said, “It was the most significant night we remember in the fighting in the northern Gaza Strip.”

Two, on Jan. 1, 2025, Israel’s Defense Min. said if Hamas does not release the 100 hostages it has been holding for 454 days and halt its rocket attacks on the Jewish state, Israel will hit Hamas with a force not seen in Gaza for a long time.

Three, concerning an Israeli-Hamas hostage deal: on Jan. 5, 2024, outgoing U.S. Sec. of State Antony Blinken said world pressure on Israel harmed hostage release deals and encouraged Hamas to repeatedly reject them while laying the blame at Israel’s feet.

Blinken added, “Whenever there has been public daylight between the U.S. and Israel and the perception that pressure was growing on Israel, we’ve seen it: Hamas has pulled back from agreeing to a ceasefire and the release of hostages.”

(My opinion: One reason some hostages have been held for more than 450 days, tortured, raped, etc., is the failure of politicians, universities, and the media to support Israel. It has also prolonged the war and led to the suffering and death of more Palestinians.)

(More: On Jan. 7, 2025, a Hamas spokesman said no captives can be released until Israel agrees to a permanent end to the current war in Gaza and a full withdrawal of IDF forces from the Gaza Strip. “We are determined to stop the aggression and for the enemy to withdraw from the Gaza Strip, and for relief and reconstruction to be without Israeli conditions.” Regarding the administration of Gaza after the war, Hamas hopes to form a national committee with other Palestinian Arab groups to govern the coastal enclave.)

(More: On Jan. 7, 2025, Pres.-elect Trump repeated his warning that if Hamas doesn’t release the hostages by the time of his inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025, the gates of Hell will open, and it won’t be good for anyone.)

Four, concerning Israel being a great army at the end of the age (Ezek. 37:10): on Jan. 8, 2025, an Israeli military official said,

• Israel’s military will remain in place in southern Lebanon until Hezbollah is fully dismantled.
• Anywhere Hezbollah tries to rebuild itself, they will meet the Israeli army, and there will be retaliation.
• If the Lebanese army doesn’t fully deploy, if they don’t dismantle Hezbollah in south Lebanon, and if they don’t push Hezbollah out of south Lebanon, the Israel’s forces will remain in their positions to protect the citizens of Israel.

Five, concerning the Battle of Gog and Magog: on Jan. 4, 2024, Iran’s Foreign Min. warned that another Israeli strike on Iran will lead to a large-scale war.

Six, concerning wars and rumors of wars and the Battle of Gog and Magog: on Jan. 6, 2025, a committee that assesses Israel’s preparedness for threats warned that Israel needs to prepare for a war with Turkey and its proxies, chief among them Islamist rebel forces in Syria who have seized control over Damascus and are now working to establish a new government.

Seven, concerning wars and rumors of war (and a potential Psalm 83 war): on Jan. 7, 2025, it was reported that Israel asked Egypt why it has significantly increased its military forces in the Sinai peninsula in violation of the peace agreement between the two nations.

Eight, concerning open borders, a borderless world, and terrorist attacks in the U.S.: on Jan. 1, 2025, a former CIA official said Al-Qaeda claims that it has more than 1,000 trained terrorists in the U.S.

The driver of a rented pick-up truck drove it into a crowd of people in New Orleans, killed 15, injured more than 30, and caused the Sugar Bowl to be postponed.

The driver was probably a U.S. citizen, but he had an ISIS flag in the back of his rented truck.

It was later reported that he attended a pro-jihad Muslim Brotherhood Mosque in Houston, that he recently traveled to the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, and that investigators found a Koran in his house that was opened at a verse about martyrdom.

(FYI: Several of the terrorist groups that have helped take over Syria have ties to Al-Qaeda and ISIS.)

(My opinion: U.S. citizens have every right to be concerned about who has come across America’s wide-open borders in the last four years.)

(More: Shortly after the attack in New Orleans, hundreds of pro-Palestinian protestors marched in New York City demanding an uprising against Israel, calling Zionism a cancer, and calling for an end to all aid to Israel.)

Nine, concerning wars and rumors of wars: on Jan. 7, 2025, Pres.-elect Trump warned NATO members that they should spend 5 percent of their gross domestic product on defense, a significant increase from the current 2 percent target.

Ten, concerning a covenant of peace in the Middle East: on Jan. 2, 2025, Pres.-elect Trump nominated Morgan Ortagus to be the Deputy Special Presidential Envoy for Middle East Peace.

Ortagus said, “The most important thing is that through President Trump, we bring peace and stability (peace and safety) to a troubled region, and I’m grateful to play a small role in that endeavor.”

Eleven, concerning the tracking of all buying and selling: on Jan. 5, 2024, it was reported that So. Korea will start evaluating a new digital ID system in nine regions of its nation.

Supporters claim that the new ID system will keep people safe and avoid fraud.

(My opinion: The creation of digital ID systems will lead to the tracking and control of everyone on earth starting at the middle of the Tribulation Period. Millions, perhaps billions, will refuse to comply and be killed. Those that do comply will be eternally doomed.)

Twelve, concerning deceit at the end of the age: on Jan. 4, 2025, it was reported that Germans were told:

• That green energies would lead to a clean and prosperous country that would be the envy of the world.
• That replacing their nuclear power plants with wind farms would do wonders for the nation.

Because the wind doesn’t always blow, here is what that led to:

• Brownouts have become common.
• The rationing of energy before 11 am each day.
• Consumers are asked to stop using energy-intensive appliances and stop charging the battery in their electric vehicle, computers, etc., at certain times.

(FYI: Trump has promised to get rid of Biden’s green energy policies.)

Thirteen, concerning corruption and deceit in the UN: on Jan. 7, 2025, an Israeli report at the end of Dec. 2024 found that:

• Officials of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) routinely meet with Lebanese and Gazan terror groups, mutually praise each other for cooperation, and describe each other as partners.
• UNRWA officials knowingly allow Hamas and other terrorist groups to infiltrate UNRWA’s employee base, indoctrinate impressionable Palestinian children to pursue a path of terrorism against Israelis and Jews, and install military infrastructure underneath or next to UNRWA facilities.
• More than 10% of UNRWA’s senior educators in Gaza are members of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

Fourteen, concerning an increase in knowledge at the time of the end: on Jan. 5, 2025, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said,

• We are now confident we know how to build AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) as we have traditionally understood it.
• We believe that, in 2025, we may see the first AI agents join the workforce and materially change the output of companies.
• We are beginning to turn our aim beyond that to superintelligence (Artificial Super Intelligence; ASI) in the true sense of the word.
• We love our current products, but we are here for the glorious future.

Fifteen, concerning inflation, America’s energy independence, and the economic collapse of America: on Jan. 6, 2025, Pres. Biden permanently banned offshoring drilling in all federal waters off the East and West coasts, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, and portions of the northern Bering Sea in Alaska.

Trump said: It’s ridiculous. I’ll unban it immediately.

Critics are accusing Biden of trying before he leaves office to sabotage Trump’s effort to Make America Great Again.

Sixteen, concerning an increase in violence and murder at the end of the age: on Jan. 2, 2025, it was reported that the World Health Organization (WHO) figures show:

• That abortion was the leading cause of death on earth in 2024.
• That 45.1% of all deaths on earth were aborted children.
• That approximately 1/3 of all deaths in the U.S. were abortions.
• That a 2016 study found that more than 60% of deaths by abortion in the U.S. are African Americans.
• That more than 185,000 abortions were performed in the first two days of 2025.

Seventeen, concerning natural disasters: as I write this on Jan. 8, 2025, a wildfire has broken out at Palisades, Cal. About 1,000 structures have burned, about 30,000 people have evacuated, two people have been killed, several people have been injured, the fire is out of control, strong winds are fanning the fire, and they are expected to get worse tonight.

FYI: God does not send anyone to Hell (all of us are born with a 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; believe that 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.

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