“Asking for trouble” is a phrase that means behaving in a way that will likely cause you problems or behaving in a way that will backfire on you. It reminds me of something in the Bible:

“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” (Obadiah 1:15).

When the Tribulation period draws near what the unsaved try to do to Israel will be done unto them.

God is not dead. He is sovereign. He is holy. He judges with righteous judgment. At the end of the age, He will allow the unsaved to determine their own judgment by how they treat Israel. The actions of those who persist in harming Israel will come back on them because they are ignoring the Word of God.

Concerning the weather, God controls it. The Bible says, God “causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries” (Psalm 135:7). God controls the mist, lightning, rain and wind. The Bible also says, “Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word” (Psalm 148:8). God uses high temperatures, ice, snow, mist and wind to fulfill His Word. So, you see weather extremes might have something to do with Bible prophecy.

About four years ago, the U.S. was pushing Israel to negotiate a peace treaty with the PA to create a Palestinian state on the West Bank of Israel. The Bible warns against this, but U.S. Vice President Joe Biden traveled to Israel in March of 2010 to discuss it. Prime Minister Netanyahu came to this country in July of that same year to discuss it. Israel and the PA agreed to hold direct negotiations in September of that same year, but the negotiations quickly broke down. And about that time, a drought started to take hold in several southwestern states.

In 2011, President Obama continued to push the peace negotiations and he made several speeches in May calling for negotiations to begin based on Israel’s pre-1967 borders. The EU praised his position and the G-8 nations expressed strong support. The drought in the U.S. worsened, the price of hay soared, many ranchers were forced to slaughter their animals and the size of the U.S. cattle herd dropped sharply. There was a glut of beef on the market for awhile causing the price of beef to decline, but the price soon started up and it eventually hit an all-time-high.

In 2012, the U.S. election dominated politics and the pressure on Israel let up slightly. But the pressure wasn’t completely stopped and by then the drought had started spreading to California.

In 2013, John Kerry replaced Hillary Clinton as U.S. Secretary of State and he took over—totally obsessed with the idea of forcing a peace treaty on Israel. By the end of the year he had made almost a dozen trips to the Middle East to force Israel to accept the pre-1967 borders against the will of God.

To get Iran to the negotiating table over its nuclear weapons program, the U.S. linked up with the EU. The two promised to cut Israel down to size by isolating and weakening Israel. To get Israel to agree to the pre-1967 borders, Mr. Kerry got the EU to threaten to harm the economy of Israel by boycotting Israeli crops and manufactured products grown and produced on the West Bank. Mr. Kerry wanted the EU to slowly harm Israel’s economy at first, but he wanted them to ramp up the damage if the peace negotiations fail. He also warned Israel that the PA will start another intifada (rioting and demonstrating) if the Jews fail to sign a peace treaty.

Considering what God said in Obadiah 1:15, trying to cut Israel down to size is the same thing as asking God to cut the U.S. down to size. Trying to harm Israel’s economy is the same thing as asking God to harm the U.S. economy. Trying to harm Israel’s crops and industry is the same thing as asking God to harm U.S. crops and industry. And encouraging the PA to start another intifada in Israel is the same thing as asking God to send rioting and demonstrations in the U.S. God is not mean. He will just give the nations what they ask for.

Isn’t it interesting that while the U.S. is trying to weaken Israel the U.S. is losing allies left and right (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, etc.)? And while the U.S. is trying to harm the economy of Israel the U.S. economy is tanking. And while the U.S. is urging the EU to boycott food grown on the West Bank of Israel the U.S. food supply is being threatened by the worst drought in California history.

In fact, the God who controls the rain and snow has shut up the heavens over California, but He has opened them up over Israel. California has received so little rain and snow that her reservoirs are dangerously low, she doesn’t have enough water to adequately irrigate her crops and several small communities could run out of water by this summer.

On the other hand, Israel has received so much rain and snow that her reservoirs are almost full and she has more than enough to irrigate her crops. She has even reduced the operation of her desalinization plants because she doesn’t need the water. The U.S. needs to pay attention to the Word of God and leave Israel alone. Things won’t get better if we keep asking for trouble.

FYI: God Has Spoken (And We Know It) by Daymond Duck is available (linked to my publisher @ https://www.raptureready.com/terry/book17.html). Books and a Kindle version are available at amazon.com. A Nook version is available at bn.com. Check out what it says about Syria, Russia, Iran, Egypt, natural disasters, the Two-State Solution, etc.

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Daymond & Rachel Duck

Revelation chapter 13 introduces us to two beasts. The first beast is the Antichrist and he will rise up out of the sea (Revelation 13:1); a symbol in the book of Revelation for peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues (Revelation 17:15). The Bible calls him “a king of fierce countenance,” “the man of sin,” “the son of perdition,” “that Wicked” and more (Daniel 8:23; I2 Thessalonians 2:3, 8). He will be evil incarnate in the flesh.

The second beast is the False Prophet (Revelation 16:13; 19:20; 20:10) and he will rise up out of the earth (Revelation 13:11); a vague and uncertain word that a few believe refers to the land of Israel. He will have two horns like a lamb (suggesting he will be like a wolf in sheep’s clothing trying to imitate the Lamb of God; Matthew 7:15), but his words will betray him because he will speak like a dragon (dragon-talk), a symbol in the book of Revelation for Satan (Revelation 12:9). This False Prophet will try to make people believe he is a kind, loving, religious, moral man, but his words will be the words of a slithering monster from the pits of hell.

He will exercise all the power of the first beast (“man of sin,” “son of perdition,” etc.) and demand that everyone on earth worship him (Revelation 13:12). He will have great power and work to advance the agenda of the “man of sin” (world government and world religion).

One thing the False Prophet will do to promote the agenda of the Antichrist is to build an image of the Antichrist and demand that everyone worship it or be killed (Revelation 13:14-15). To use kinder, gentler and more deceptive dragon-talk: His support for the Antichrist will rise to an unprecedented level and, for the good of all humankind; he will require everyone to support the globalist agenda or be eliminated.

This brings me to a stunning article by Paul Joseph Watson that was posted on infowars.com on January 17, 2014. Mr. Watson disclosed that a man named Harlan K. Ullman has written an article for the Atlantic Council titled, “War on Terror Is Not the Only Threat.” It is important to know that Mr. Ullman is the founder and chairman of the Killowen Group, a very influential organization that advises world leaders. Also, that one of the members of the Atlantic Council is Mr. Brent Scowcroft an advisor to Presidents Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush and Barack Obama. Mr. Ullman is also a former professor at the National War College and an advisor to the U.S. Dept. of Defense.

There are two points in Mr. Ullman’s article that I find particularly disturbing. First, Mr. Watson said he (Ullman) warns that an “extraordinary crisis” is needed to preserve the New World Order. David Rockefeller said something similar to that in 1994 and former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown talked about it in 2008. Why does the world need an extremely bad thing to ramp up support for something worse (world government)? The answer is because in a time of crisis people will accept fundamental change that they wouldn’t accept under other circumstances. If they can be convinced that they have no other choice, they will accept world government.

Second, Mr. Watson said he (Ullman) “concludes that the elimination of non-state actors and empowered individuals “must be done” in order to preserve the new world order.” How are these individuals a threat and who are the ones that “must be” eliminated? The article says it is primarily people who use the Internet; and it adds: “people like Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, Bradley Manning and their growing legion of supporters.”

Let me see if I understand this. One purpose of the mark of the beast is to track and eliminate those who oppose world government. American citizens who use the Internet and who are opposed to world government are seen as a great threat and they need to be spied on and identified so they can be eliminated. Some even consider them to be a greater threat than radicalized Muslims. Who knows? An “extraordinary crisis” may be closer than any of us realize.

I’m thankful the Rapture will take place before the mark of the beast comes on the scene. But when the Antichrist appears there won’t be many places for those who oppose world government to hide. Right now, it’s almost enough to make a person flee to Russia, but in the future that won’t even do any good.

FYI: God Has Spoken (And We Know It) by Daymond Duck is available, (linked to my publisher @ https://www.raptureready.com/terry/book17.html). Books and a Kindle version are available at amazon.com. A Nook version is available at bn.com. Check out what it says about Syria, Russia, Iran, Egypt, natural disasters, the Two-State Solution, etc.

Prophecy Plus Ministries
Daymond & Rachel Duck