There Can Only Be One King :: By Rick Segoine

Men covet power and desire to be great kings with vast treasuries. Wisdom and Eternal Salvation, however, remain the greatest treasures of all.

In the Western world, violent globalist-funded Marxist peace activists hurl rocks and Molotov cocktails and set stores and police cars on fire. Is that an oxymoron or just plain hypocrisy?

Meanwhile, violent Hamas supporters from the “religion of peace” hurl rocks and Molotov-type cocktails and threaten all who disagree with their depraved and barbaric way of thinking. Is that an oxymoron or just plain hypocrisy?

Some call terrorists heroes. Some call terrorists cowards. All opinions aside, the voices of the victims of terrorism have been silenced.

Tunnel vision is a prerequisite for anti-Semitism. The mind closes, and the heart becomes hardened.

The term anti-Semitic is actually somewhat of a misnomer.

Since many peoples from Mideastern and Islamic cultures are also descendants of Shem, just as the Jews are, anti-Jewish and anti-Israelite would be, disgusting as it sounds and is more accurate.

The Israelites would love to live at peace with their neighbors. Those neighbors that retain an unbending desire to drive the Israelites into the sea or blow them off the face of the earth, however, make peace just a little bit difficult.

Right before Jesus returns, anti-Jewish and anti-Israel sentiments will reach a worldwide fever pitch never before seen in history, and Jewish history is filled with major persecution. The recent barbaric attacks by Hamas on Israeli civilians and the support of Hamas and their demonic butchering of children and babies are the most recent example. Unfortunately, it is only going to get worse as the wicked become even more wicked. (Matthew 24:12-24)

In Hebrew, the word Hamas means aggression, violence, and falsehood. Look it up. Hamas is living up to their name.

There still is a road that leads to Damascus. The question is: Will there still be a Damascus? (Isaiah 17:20).

This is a legitimate question given current events and the possibility of the Psalm 83 war taking shape. Isaiah foresaw Damascus being reduced to rubble in what was, to him, the far-distant future in the latter days. Damascus is the oldest continually populated city on earth.

The Syrians and their leader, Assad, have placed Damascus in jeopardy by allowing Iran and their proxy, Hezbollah, to use Syrian territory as a staging ground in their plans to annihilate Israel. Could the fulfillment of Isaiah 17:20 be on the horizon?

There is competition among the servants of Satan for absolute power.

Who is it that promotes abortion, homosexuality and total gender perversion, medical tyranny, moral relativism, Darwinism, socialism/communism, and godless humanistic reeducation, and who is it that seeks to remove all reference to God, Jesus, and everything biblical from American life?

As the church lady from the old SNL would say, could it be…Satan? Yes, with help from the godless, morally bankrupt globalists.

Who is it that promotes Sharia law and is more than willing to slaughter every Jew and Christian and anyone else who is unwilling to adhere to their tyrannical dictates, including the elderly and tiny infants? Yes, who is it that finds joy in sadistically burning and beheading babies? Could it be the satanically brainwashed Islamists who dedicate their atrocities to a merciless god by shouting Allah Akbar (Allah is greater) as they commit acts of barbaric and truly satanic evil?

The Globalists and the Islamists. These two main sources of evil and unrest on the earth have been somewhat allies up until now in the war against the God of Israel, Judeo/Christian principles, and Jews and Christians themselves.

It appears that is about to change.

Each of them, the Globalists and the Islamists, have desires to rule the world.

The globalists want Lucifer to be king of the world, with his servant, the antichrist, in charge of depopulation and enslavement of the entire human population of Earth.

The Islamists want Allah to be king of the world with the Ayatollahs, Mullahs, and Imams in charge of enslaving every human in the world under Sharia law.

There can only be one king of the world.

If we look at what is happening right now on planet Earth, especially in the Middle East, we can see that the tiny nation of Israel is facing a fight for its very existence.

The head of the snakes that hiss at Israel from every direction is Iran (ancient Persia), and Iran is within a whisker of producing nuclear weapons with which they have relentlessly vowed to blow Israel off the face of the earth.

Israel is not alone in being threatened by Iran. Nuclear weapons in the hands of the insane and demonic mullahs would be a threat to the entire planet, and the globalists know this.

Remember, Iran is one of only three nations where the globalists don’t operate a central bank like the Federal Reserve Bank. The other two nations are Cuba and North Korea.

One has to ponder why globalist puppets like the European Parliament and the O’Biden team, as well as WEF (World Economic Forum) minions all over the world, many who have been anti-Israel, now appear to be backing and encouraging Israel to do whatever it takes to eradicate Hamas and the Islamic terrorist threats once and for all.

Did these folks suddenly become sensitive to innocent lives being lost even while they continue to pursue draconian and satanic depopulation goals?

I suppose it is possible that the depraved acts of Hamas appalled even some of the globalists, but it is more likely that they see this as an opportunity to stop Iran and Islamic jihad now before Iran can mass produce nuclear weapons.

Because if they don’t support Israel to get the job done now, the globalists know that the task will fall on them at some point and could prove to be a messy roadblock and a time-consuming distraction to their plans for world domination.

There can only be one king.

The globalists also know that an Israel weakened by war will be much more susceptible to a peace treaty, which will be presented in the near future by one of their own. The one the scriptures refer to as the antichrist (Daniel 9:27).

The globalists want wars. They want all of the carnage and wreckage that comes with it. They are willing to finance both sides of any and all wars. They plan to emerge as the hero. They will have solutions to the chaos they themselves had such a huge part in creating.

Do not be deceived.

There can only be one king.

The Islamists want jihad. They want worldwide jihad. They are willing to murder anyone and everyone who stands in their way. They are bound and determined to destroy Israel and kill every last Jew. Their hatred knows no bounds. It is taught in their schools. By the time their young men become of fighting age, they are filled with a seething hatred for Israel and all Jews.

The Shiite branch of Islam in Iran is behind so much of this.

Their ideology embraces the belief of a 12th Imam who will return (with Jesus as his helper) to bring order to the world under Sharia law. The Mullahs and Ayatollahs and their minions believe it is they who must create the chaos that would inspire the 12th Imam to return.

An interesting side note is that Iran, which does not yet have a nuclear arsenal, is saber-rattling and threatening to wipe out Israel, which does have a nuclear arsenal. As Jim Croce surmised in the song about Bad Leroy Brown, are they not spitting into the wind and pulling on superman’s cape?

If they keep shoving Israel into a corner, at what point will Israel push the unthinkable button because they perceive that their very survival is truly at stake?

If that were to happen, the globalists would secretly, or possibly even openly, rejoice.

Yes, world events are falling into place. Satan is getting antsy. His chosen vessel is getting ready. His servants are working feverishly.

The multitudes are clueless. Summer is nigh, and the fig tree is blossoming.

Rogue regimes forming alliances. Coalitions of the willing. Nations against nations. Ideologies against ideologies. The “Time of Jacob’s Trouble” is looming large.

Prophecy is like a turning wheel, and Jerusalem is the hub of the wheel. Every turn of that wheel brings the world one day closer to a showdown with destiny. Jerusalem has become a stumbling block to the nations.

“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 it shall happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave it away will surely be cut to pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it” (Zechariah 12:2-3).

Politically speaking, it won’t make any difference which side you are on when the antichrist comes to power.

It is true that there can only be one king.

What the evil Globalists and the evil Islamists don’t seem to be able to wrap their miserable heads around is this:

Jesus is the name of the one King.

If only the Globalists and the Islamists could open their eyes and ears and hearts to see that Jesus is the King of Kings.

After the Seven-year Tribulation has ended and all of the prophecies of the Book of Revelation have been fulfilled, and when Jesus the King of Kings begins His millennial reign, take cheer in knowing in advance that all of the cruel and diabolical plans of those who had sought absolute power, without regard to whom they destroyed to achieve their goals, will have come to naught. All of their desperate shenanigans will have been in vain and put to rest.

All of their delusional desires to usurp the Creator of the Universe and assume His position on High will have proven to be an exercise in utter futility.

The Rapture is imminently near, and the Seven-year Tribulation will soon follow.

This means that planet Earth is not very far from that time in human history when the evil globalists who like to murder babies through abortion and by injecting them with poisons disguised as vaccinations, and the evil Islamists who like to burn and behead babies as well as sacrifice their own children on the hate-filled alter of jihadism, will no longer threaten anyone.

The sacrifice of children to the modern-day fires of Molech and upon the modern-day altars of Baal will cease when Jesus returns as King.

For now, a great deal of prayer is needed. A great deal of faith is needed. A great deal of courage is needed, and a great deal of trust is needed that God is in control.

No matter what it may look like to the contrary, God is in control 100%.

“Fear not,” for it is written, “Greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.”

If you have never committed your life to Jesus, today would be a most excellent day to do so. Romans 10:9-10 explains how to do this.

“If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.”

Pray for Jerusalem…. Pray for all of Israel…. And pray for the salvation of many as the days grow short.

Your friend in Jesus the Messiah, the One and Only Savior of the world, and the One and Only King of Kings.

There is no other King but He.

Rick Segoine

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God’s Covenant with Abraham :: By Sean Gooding

Genesis 15

Over the past few weeks, we have been looking at God’s promises to the nation of Israel. It is clear that God is not done with Israel. Jesus, as we have pointed out, is a Jew, born in the line of Judah and through Mary, the rightful heir to David’s throne. In 1 Kings 9:5, we see this promise to David,

“Then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, as I promised David your father, saying, ‘You shall not fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.'”

There are many other verses like this, but God often makes a promise to David that He, God, will establish David’s throne forever and that he, David, will always have a man to sit on the throne of Israel.

In Psalm 89: 30-37, we find these verses,

“If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments, If they violate My statutes And do not keep My commandments, Then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes. But I will not break off My loving-kindness from him, nor deal falsely in My faithfulness. My covenant I will not violate, nor will I alter the utterance of My lips. Once I have sworn by My holiness, I will not lie to David. His descendants shall endure forever and his throne as the sun before Me. It shall be established forever like the moon, and the witness in the sky is faithful.

God promises not to break the promises nor lie to David concerning his descendants; God promises David that his throne will endure forever and that it will be established forever. These are promises that are rooted in the passage that we are going to explore today. God made promises to Abraham; these are passed on to Isaac and Jacob. This particular promise that we will explore is conformed to us in the Hebrews 6,

“For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, saying, ‘Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.’ And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise” (NKJV).

This is all a bit of setup to give us some context for the lesson in Genesis 15. This is a strange chapter if you are not familiar with the history of the time and the idea here. This all sounds like a gruesome ritual, and yet it is important. God used some of the customs of man at the time to set up a covenant with Abraham. So, let’s explore this ritual and see what God did here.

God comforts Abram and assures him that He is on his side. In Genesis 15:7, He makes a promise that He, God, will give Abram the land as an inheritance. Abram asks ‘How will I know?” A legit question. God then sets about to use a common ritual that Abram would have been familiar with to establish this promise. In Genesis 15: 9-10, here is the instruction,

“So He said to him, ‘Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.’ Then he brought all these to Him and cut them in two, down the middle, and placed each piece opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds in two.”

This was a common occurrence in Abram’s time. Two kings or chiefs from warring nations in particular, or at least two nations, would make a covenant of peace. They would take an animal or animals and cut them in half, allowing the blood to pool in between them. Then, the two parties would walk through the blood and, by so doing, establish whatever covenant they had made. This covenant was in force until one of the parties died. This is where the ritual takes a bit of a turn. God allows Abram to fall asleep, Genesis 15:12,

“Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, horror and great darkness fell upon him.”

This leaves just God to perform the ritual, and He swears this promise in verses 18-19,

“On the same day, the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying: ‘To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates— the Kenites, the Kenezzites, the Kadmonites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.'”

God did the ‘swearing’; Abram had nothing to do with it. God swore by Himself, and since He will never die, the promise is still in effect today. The land belongs to the descendants of Abram; it is an eternal promise that God must keep because, as God said to David, He, God, cannot lie, and for David to have a man on the throne of Israel forever, there must actually be an Israel.

I have had many discussions over the years, and not too long ago, about this very matter of literal Israel being back in the Promised Land and being the focus of God’s redemption plan. There are so many who think that God is done with Israel and invariably want to do away with the Old Testament. They hardly read the prophets and cannot seem to grasp the importance of God keeping His promises to Abram and David. If He can lie to them, He can lie to us. But God cannot lie; the nation of Israel, Abram, Isaac, and Jacob can be as secure now in the promises that God made as we can be in the promise of eternal life. David can be secure in the promise God made to him about the throne of Israel as we can be about the security of our salvation. God simply cannot break promises.

I leave you with a rhetorical question from Numbers 23:19; you should be able to answer this yourself and find your security and the security of Israel,

“God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?”

God bless you,

Dr. Sean Gooding

Pastor of Mississauga Missionary Baptist Church

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