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Living In the Days of Isaiah Today :: By Jim Towers

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The way things are going, you would think we were living in the place and time of Isaiah 13. Today is Friday the 15th, and Russian leader Vladimir Putin will be meeting with President Trump in Alaska, where the people are still wearing jackets in the August summer. Everyone else in the USA is sweltering in the unusual heat blanket that presently covers most of the Americas. Meanwhile, the poor, misguided Palestinians are already there – with nowhere to go and nothing to eat. People in other places, like Sudan and Ethiopia, India, and Pakistan, face the same dilemma.

Trump is trying to broker a peace deal and has already made peace among some of the warring nations. But let us remember what the Bible says- When they cry peace – all of a sudden destruction. Peace will not come until the Prince of Peace comes to rule and reign.

Putin is adamant about keeping the already conquered Eastern part of Ukraine and wants to expand his Russian territory even further. Zelinsky is resolute in keeping the rest of that breakaway country from falling into Russian hands, so they are killing one another by the thousands. Since this is essentially a two-man fight by two headstrong individuals, maybe they should go at it mano a mano in a boxing ring, winner take all. In so doing, they would save a lot of lives but only lose self-respect if they lose.

Nevertheless, this and the other calamities we are presently facing can and should be attributed to our God, who has seen enough to make him angry – very angry. And so it is that things are really heating up around the world, literally and figuratively. Could this be an omen of things to come? Let us consider this warning of things to come from Isaiah 13:11-16).

“I will punish the world for its evil,
And the wicked for their iniquity;
I will halt the arrogance of the proud,
And will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
I will make a mortal more rare than fine gold,
A man more than the golden wedge of Ophir.
Therefore I will shake the heavens,
And the earth will move out of her place,
In the wrath of the Lord of hosts
And in the day of His fierce anger.
It shall be as the hunted gazelle,
And as a sheep that no man takes up;
Every man will turn to his own people,
And everyone will flee to his own land.
Everyone who is found will be thrust through,
And everyone who is captured will fall by the sword.
Their children also will be dashed to pieces before their eyes;
Their houses will be plundered
And their wives ravished.”

Book report

The book titled The Awe of God by John Bevere is one of the best books I’ve ever read, and I’ve read hundreds of non-fiction “Christian” books over the years and have even had to have book sales every so often to make room for others. (I average about one a week.) Nevertheless, this book is spot-on in everything the writer espouses. In fact, the writer is saying the same things I’ve been writing about over the past few years as I draw ever closer to my Creator. In fact, my second book, Encountering God Outside the Box, deals with the same issues that face Christians today and touches on other issues facing us in these present and perilous times.

I like Dr. David Jeremiah’s books; he is someone you can learn from, whereas some “Christian” writers are in it only for recognition and acclaim. One such writer, whom I won’t name, writes about hidden esoteric things (only he knows). Indeed, he is very learned, but that doesn’t mean his speculative writings are true; in fact, they can be very confusing at times.

Others like to pontificate as if they were the only expositors of truth. Yet I would be remiss if I told you that such men are only sinners saved by grace, just like you and me. Yes, they may know more about history and geography, but that’s of no help to you nor I who only want to know God more intimately and how to please Him – things like going out into all the world and proclaiming the good news of the Gospel, which is a direct commandment to each and every one of us.

In this extraordinary book, you will read how, above all, God demands obedience. He doesn’t really need your offerings since He is our provider and sustainer, even of our very existence.

Then, of course, there are interlopers who write from their fevered and twisted imaginations, which only serve to confuse and deflect. Most of those are “fiction writers,” claiming to know deep dark secrets, thus leading others to fanciful imaginings.

“There is a way known to man, but the end thereof is the way of death.”

Someone once said, If you can’t convince them with the facts, baffle them with B.S. While a fictional book may be logical in humanistic terms, we must remember that God isn’t always logical and can’t be constrained to a humanistic way of thinking. He is demanding – but at the same time, full of forgiving grace, love, and mercy. Not only that, but He can change things in an instant with provision, miracles, peace, and power, like the Bible promises.

In conclusion, I would like for you to experience God in this way for yourself. My gift (and we all have them) is to share my faith with others face to face without fear or trepidation. So far, of all the people I’ve spoken to, only one has rejected me – a self-righteous Christian, no less. I suspect he is a self-absorbed deacon or “teacher” in a local “Laodicean” church.

Everyone is a writer these days, and indeed everyone has a story to tell, but we need to test their writings against the Word of God – the Holy Bible.

YBIC

Jim Towers

You can write me at jt.filmmaker@yahoo.com or visit me at www.dropzonedelta.com. You can also find me on my newly restructured website www.propheticsignsandwonders.com, which now features the Gospel and videos of worldwide events taking place in the present time, as well as proof of God’s existence and the reality of Biblical places, and Moses himself.

 

 

The Last Sunday :: By Daymond Duck

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I can’t sing worth a flip, but several years ago, I agreed to preach at a small church for at least two Sundays. When I showed up, I was told the church didn’t have a song leader or a piano player, and the preacher always leads the singing. I told the congregation I couldn’t sing and asked for a volunteer. No one would do it, so I did.

When I went back the next Sunday, the Church had hired a song leader and a piano player.

Even though I can’t sing, there are some songs that I really like (Midnight Cry; Days of Elijah; The King is Coming; Ain’t No Grave Gonna Hold This Body Down; Sorry I Never Knew You; The Last Sunday; etc.).

Here are some of the words to The Last Sunday by The Cathedrals:

The last Sunday, The last Sunday…
Missus Jones does her knitting in the rocker by the window,
As she watches kids at play across the street.

Down the road and not too far, sitting at the corner bar,
Mr. Daley buys a drink for Mrs. Sweet.

While at 34th and Vine, in the car at the stop sign,
Are the Smiths on their way to Sunday School.

They both wave to Mr. Groat, who is bringing out his boat
He’ll be staying at the lake a day or two

At a church near Valley Station,
The preacher tells the congregation
About social acts and war and civil rights

While many in the subdivision
Sit and watch the television
Hoping that their favorite ball game wins the fight

The Last Sunday in Pleasant Valley township
A trumpet sounds, and the clouds all roll away
They all were warned, but they just did not believe it
The last Sunday, Jesus Christ has come again
The last Sunday, the last Sunday

The Bible says in Matthew 24
“But as the days of Noah were,
So shall also the coming of the Son of Man be.
For as in the days that were before the flood
They were eating and drinking,
Marrying and giving in marriage
Until the day that Noah entered into the ark
And knew not until the flood came,
And took them all away.
So shall also the coming of the Son of Man be.
Then shall two be in the fields
The one shall be taken, the other left.
Two women shall be grinding in the mill
The one shall be taken and the other left.
Watch therefore for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.”

The last Sunday, The last Sunday… (etc., repeat).

We don’t know when we will have our last Sunday, but it is coming, and it could be soon.

What will we do on the last Sunday of the Church Age: go to a bar, go to a lake, watch a ballgame, go to Church, etc.?

None of these things will save us, but our last Sunday will come by death or the Rapture, and we desperately need to be ready.

Here are some recent current events that seem to indicate that it could be soon:

One, concerning the Israel-Hamas war: on Aug. 7, 2025, it was reported that a decisive majority of Israel’s Knesset approved Israeli Prime Min. Netanyahu’s plan to do five things:

  • Disarm Hamas.
  • Return all of the living and dead hostages.
  • Demilitarize Gaza.
  • Assume security control of the Strip.
  • Create an alternative civil administration that is neither Hamas nor the Palestinian Authority.

(More: On Aug. 8, 2025, several members of the UN Security Council requested an urgent meeting (on Aug. 9) to discuss Israel’s plan to take control of Gaza City.)

(Note: As I understand it, Israel’s goal is not to permanently occupy Gaza; it is to root out and destroy Hamas and replace Hamas and the PA with a government that will accept the existence of Israel.)

(Update: On Aug 10, 2025, Netanyahu said Israel’s mission is not to seize the territory but to free it from the grip of Hamas. He promised to dismantle the terrorist group’s rule and secure a future in which Gazans can live free from fear, oppression, and the violence of jihad.)

(Update: On Aug. 11, 2025, Pres. Trump said Hamas can’t stay in Gaza.)

(Update: Netanyahu said he will not negotiate on any more partial hostage release deals. He will only negotiate on a deal to return all of the hostages.)

Two, concerning the threat of radical Islam, on Aug. 7, 2025, it was reported that Charles Asher Small, founding director and president of the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP), said,

  • The Muslim Brotherhood is a century-old reactionary Islamist movement whose goal is to complete the work of Adolf Hitler and kill Jews and destroy the state of Israel.
  • It’s just as interested in waging war on the West.
  • To that end, it has spawned the Hamas terrorist movement and, with the financial assistance of Qatar, is also spreading its influence in the West.

Small believes the U.S. and Canada are not paying enough attention to the way foreign funders and supporters of terrorism are infiltrating into North America.

Three, concerning Turkey (a Muslim nation that will align with Russia, Iran and others in a latter years and latter days attack on Israel called the Battle of Gog of Magog): on Aug. 9, 2025, Turkey’s Foreign Min. said Muslim nations must act in unison and rally international opposition against Israel’s plan to take control of Gaza City.

Four, concerning the sacrifice of a red heifer: it has been reported that Byron Stinson (the Texas businessman and rancher who raised the five perfect red heifers that were moved to Israel) said Israel sacrificed a perfect red heifer on July 1, 2025.

Stinson urged people to recognize that this has taken place.

(My opinion: I don’t know if the ashes will be used to purify priests to rebuild and serve at a third Temple or not, but I am skeptical. Nevertheless, I have long believed that the third Temple will be rebuilt early in the Tribulation Period, the Rapture is imminent, and imminent means that the Rapture can happen at any time without warning.)

(Update: On Aug. 11, 2025, it was reported that Byron Stinson said the good news is, we do have more pure heifers in Texas. So, in God’s time, this – a rebuilt Temple – will all happen. It is written. So it will happen.)

Five, concerning deceit at the end of the age: on Aug. 7, 2025, Frontpage Magazine reported that French Pres. Emanuel Macron “publicly claims to oppose antisemitism, but he permits Hamas propaganda on university campuses, grants platforms to intellectuals advocating for boycotts of Israel, and cooperates with Islamist coalitions embedded in France’s educational, judicial, and security institutions.”

(More: On Aug. 9, 2025, U.S. Sec. of State Marco Rubio said the ceasefire talks with Hamas fell apart on the day Macron made the unilateral decision that he’s going to recognize the Palestinian state. And then you have other people come forward, other countries say, ‘Well, if there’s not a ceasefire by September, we’re [also] going to recognize a Palestinian state.)

(My opinion: A few prophecy teachers think Macron could be the coming deceiver that is called the Antichrist. He definitely seems to have a problem with the truth.)

Six, concerning perilous times and the Islamic effort to create a global Islamic caliphate on earth: on Aug. 9, 2025, The Jerusalem Post published an opinion piece by Catherine Perez-Shakdam that is very interesting.

Here is just a small part of what she said:

  • In attacking Israel, Europe has quite possibly mortgaged its own future. The self-sabotage is breathtaking.
  • What was once called a terrorist is now a “militant.”
  • What was once hostage-taking is now “armed struggle.”
  • What was once mass rape is “resistance.”
  • In turning on Israel, it did not become more moral – it became more vulnerable.
  • In refusing to name Islamism as a threat, it did not become more tolerant – it became less free.
  • In alienating the Jews, it did not become more inclusive – it became more ignorant.
  • And the caliphate, if it is declared, will not weep over Europe’s museums and libraries. It will thank them for their silence.

Here is a link to the entire article.

Europe’s silence on radical Islam may lead to its collapse | The Jerusalem Post

Seven, concerning the Two-State Solution: on Aug. 11, 2025, Australia announced that it will recognize a Palestinian State at the UN General Assembly Meeting on Sept. 22-23 of this year.

Israel’s Prime Min. Netanyahu said:

  • The Palestinians are not about creating a state—they’re about destroying a state.
  • The real reason that this conflict persists is not because of the absence of a Palestinian state, but the persistent Palestinian refusal to recognize a Jewish state in any boundary.

Netanyahu called the actions of Australia and Europe shameful.

(My opinion: Dividing Israel and creating a Palestinian State with its capital in Jerusalem is self-sabotage or suicide because God said He will cut the nations into pieces for doing that; Zech. 12:1-3. Also, as I understand it, the General Assembly recommendation will have to be approved by the UN Security Council, and I doubt that Pres. Trump will do that.)

Eight, concerning the Two-State Solution and a UN General Assembly of a Palestinian State: on Aug. 11, 2025, The Jerusalem Post published an article by Mathilda Heller titled “What does recognizing a Palestinian state mean, and does it change anything on the ground? – analysis.”

Among other things, Heller said:

>International recognition of a Palestinian state does not automatically lead to the state’s creation.

>International law regarding the creation of a state is generally based on the Montevideo      Convention of 1933.

>This lists four specific criteria in order for something to qualify as a state: First, it must have a permanent population. Second, it must have a defined territory. Third, a government. And fourth, the capacity to enter into relations with other states.

>Palestine does not necessarily meet all of these four criteria. While it is generally considered to have a permanent population, it doesn’t have a stable government (the Palestinian Authority has only limited control over the West Bank and no control over Gaza) and has disputed borders.

>An agreement would have to be reached over Jerusalem. Israel considers all of Jerusalem to be its capital, while Palestinians believe East Jerusalem to be theirs.

>The U.S. can veto the recognition of a Palestinian State in the UN Security Council (and that is probably going to happen), but a future U.S. government might vote for it.

Here is a link to the article and additional information.

What does recognizing a Palestinian state really mean? | The Jerusalem Post

Nine, concerning the Two-State Solution: on Aug. 13, 2025, Israel’s Foreign Min. said the Two-State Solution would be the end of Israel.

He argued that creating a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders, with its capital in eastern Jerusalem, would endanger Israel’s major population centers and leave the country with “indefensible” boundaries.

(My understanding: A Palestinian State would have the right to have a military – army with tanks, air force with planes and bombs, etc. – and Israel cannot allow that on their borders. Just know that no weapon formed against Israel will prosper.)

Ten, concerning the coming global economic collapse (the Rider on the Black Horse; Rev. 6:5-6): America’s national debt has just passed 37 trillion dollars, and it continues to rise fast.

Some experts believe Pres. Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill and tax cuts will cause it to accelerate.

(My opinion: The collapse of America’s economy will trigger a global collapse.)

Eleven, concerning the Days of Noah and an increase in wickedness at the end of the age: on Aug. 11, 2025, Pres. Trump took control of the Washington, DC police in a crackdown on crime, homelessness, and drug abuse.

Trump sent in 850 federal agents on Monday and 800 National Guard troops on Tuesday.

Twelve, concerning an increase in the frequency and intensity of natural disasters at the end of the age: on Aug. 12, 2025, Chattanooga, TN. received 6.4 in. of rain in one day (some areas received 2 in. of rain in one hour).

This was the second wettest day on record for the city since records began in 1879.

Three people died, and one is missing.

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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