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America’s Astonishing End-times Power :: By Terry James

Published on: by RR10

All during the Obama and Biden administrations, I considered the decline of America—deliberately perpetrated by those administrations in conjunction with the globalist cabal, i.e., these worked tirelessly to take down the United States from the awesome American world hegemony the nation exerted for more than a century.

Now, everything is in such obvious change from the downward trajectory wrought from the four-year Biden debacle that the ravenous media haters of Trump can’t regain their balance in order to dig in against his prolific “winning,” as he terms it. And I must admit that I am off balance, too. What is this head-and-neck-twisting change in direction, with America again being looked to by even America’s enemies as standing at the top of the nation ladder, as they seemingly look to the new US leader for direction?

As I’ve related here before, I thought that with the coming of the first Trump presidency in 2016, the stage was being set for fulfillment of Luke 17:28-30. It seemed that Trump, the business mover and shaker, would bring the US and, in effect, the world back to a business-as-usual configuration. It would be, as Jesus said, “as it was in the days of Lot.” And that did, to some extent, happen. Business was beginning to boom.

Following the drastic downturn in the national and global economy during the Obama administration, I thought Trump and his immediate actions portended America’s return to dominance, with the dollar returning to prominence in being intricately linked to all other economies of the nation states. Then the shock set in when Donald Trump, in what I still consider a stolen election, was removed from office. This, in my estimation, took this nation and the world’s economy in general out of the business-as-usual time the Lord said will be the circumstance when He next intervenes, like He did in Lot’s day.

The country and the world did indeed then begin to degenerate under the Biden administration, particularly in the area of economic well-being. Then another shock–at least to those who so hate Donald J. Trump. He won the 2024 election–and with a healthy mandate to implement all of the many promises he made during the presidential election campaign.

Can anyone who is paying any attention at all deny that Trump has attacked the amazing number of things he promised to accomplish, and with lightning-like swiftness? And his actions go far beyond anything we could have anticipated.

Trump said he would bring an end to the Russia-Ukraine war-making, and in short order. No one in the upper-crust diplomatic community believed that, for example, Russia’s Vladimir Putin could be brought into a reasonable negotiation mindset.

But Trump was almost immediately on the phone to Putin and reported that the former Soviet KGB agent-turned-president of the Russian Federation was willing to negotiate a settlement of the Ukraine matter. The power that continues to be exhibited by this unusual man called Trump now seemingly places America’s position again at the nation-state apex level of interaction.

For example, in the situation in Gaza, Trump, apparently even without the foreknowledge of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, announced America might take over there and clean up the mess so that the people of the area, after being exported from the region, could return to their home that would be almost resort-like.

The announcement, mentioned casually during Netanyahu’s Oval Office visit, took everyone by complete surprise. The mainstream media and all Trump-haters melted down, furious over such colonial audacity.

Trump said that Jordan and Egypt, he believed, would accept these Palestinian refugees for the time it takes to clean up the deadly ordnance and damage done by the Gaza war – damage caused by Hamas and their years of evil in control of the region.

The king of Jordan and the Egyptian leader both said they would not take these people into their countries under any circumstance. That was their initial and official statements.

Now, after being on the phone with Donald Trump, both have, it seems, relented, saying they would take some of these people–beginning with the very young, the elderly, and the infirm.

Fact is, this complete change of mind by the Jordanian and Egyptian leaders is due to the man who is obviously the world’s top leader, just as America’s presidents have been touted to be, but have rarely attained such heights of power-wielding.

Additionally, the leaders of both Jordan and Egypt, as well as others of the Mideast, have indicated they are willing to consider funding the cleanup of the Gaza – a thing they previously scoffed at even considering. –Thus, it is conjectured, because they don’t want America having such presence and influence in their part of the world.

So Mr. Trump has begun shaping things in the way he apparently intends. He, it is thought, never intended to send American assets, economically, militarily, or otherwise to get Gaza cleaned up and Hamas completely out of the region. Some believe he used the brilliant threat of American presence to get those in the region to do what needed to be done. His negotiation prowess is almost supernatural.

Now, we come back to earth. We ask: What is this all about, prophetically speaking? I haven’t a clue of the details.

I do, however, have a clue of a general nature from God’s Holy Word. There will be a peace arrangement that will come out of the region surrounding and involved with God’s chosen nation, Israel. This, I’m convinced/convicted, is precisely what is going on. This is all to prepare the geopolitical Middle East stage for the peace that will bring on Antichrist at some point, the man of sin who will confirm the covenant with Israel and the many. This is foretold for the last seven years by Daniel’s sixty-nine weeks of years and Daniel’s seventieth-week prophecy that leads to Christ’s triumphant return.

In all of this, Donald J. Trump is at the center. And…no, he will not be the Antichrist.

Again, I haven’t a clue of the details, but having witnessed all the things, including that miraculously foiled assassination attempt surrounding this strange human being (and one cannot deny he is out of the ordinary), I can conclude with certainty in my own thinking that he is God’s man for this equally strange end-times hour.

So whatever America’s ultimate fate, this nation, too, based on the power it now demonstratively is beginning to exert, is being used by heavenly prerogative as a stage-setting instrument to help bring God’s foretold things to conclusion. And that conclusion appears to be coming very quickly!

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!

Free Speech :: By Sean Gooding

Published on: by RR10

Matthew 10: 16-26

16 “Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore, be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. 17 But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils and scourge you in their synagogues. 18 You will be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. 19 But when they deliver you up, do not worry about how or what you should speak. For it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak; 20 for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

21 “Now brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death. 22 And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved. 23 When they persecute you in this city, flee to another. For assuredly, I say to you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

24 “A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. 25 It is enough for a disciple that he be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more will they call those of his household! 26 Therefore do not fear them. For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known.”

If you have been following the events of this past week, you may have seen the speech that Vice President Vance gave to the European Union that caused many to stir, and later, he was made fun of. In that speech, the VP made reference to a man being arrested in England for praying 50 meters from an abortion clinic; he was praying because he and his girlfriend had agreed to an abortion in their past, and he was grieved over it. He was arrested and charged.

In another example, he mentioned that in Scotland, one could be charged for praying in your own home. Persons were encouraged to snitch on people that they knew were praying IN THEIR OWN HOMES if it was too close to an abortion clinic. Here in Canada, parts of our Bible have been deemed as hate speech, and one can be arrested for speaking in public.

This kind of control surprises us in North America, but it is coming as we get closer and closer to the return of our Lord Jesus. It would seem that for now, the new administration in the US will slow down the erosion of our freedoms, especially of speech. But many parts of the world are following the EU model and telling their people what they can think, how they can pray, where they can pray, and asking the very people in their homes to tell on them.

In our text, Jesus warns us that a man’s enemies will be the very people in our homes. We saw this in COVID; homes were divided and still are, for the most part. Even in the homes of ‘saved’ people, it was clear to see those who thought for themselves and those who ‘drank the Kool-Aid,’ so to speak. The same will happen again; it will happen in our homes. Someone will call the government on their son, on their daughter, or on their parents because they heard them praying – something that was not allowed. This kind of evil will also happen in our church homes, and the ‘tares’ will spy out the liberties of the saved and cause us to be arrested, killed, and our families threatened. We are called to be wise by our Lord and to be harmless. We will not win our freedoms with violence and war.

It is okay to vote, to speak up, and to stand up, but it is not for us to kill someone for our freedoms. The truth is, we are free in Jesus. We are to expect to be threatened and, yes, even killed for the cause of the Lord. Sadly, the people who will be there to point fingers and maybe even throw the first stone will be the very people we sat at the table with. Wow, sobering.

They will accuse of not living like Jesus; the world’s view of Jesus is that He never stood up to evil, never talked about sin, never spoke about Hell and the like. But nothing could be further from the truth. They are ignorant about the Bible. Then there are others who call the God of the Old Testament an ogre. He promotes slavery, hates women, and is an unloving tyrant. We know this to be lies and falsehoods, but they hate Him. It is amazing how they hate a God they claim does not exist. Please notice that they do not have the same rage against Islam or other religions. It seems that Christianity is the most evil and dangerous ‘religion’ in the world. We know that they are wrong, but they are enraged by the indignation against the God of the Bible.

We should enjoy the reprieve that is here, and hopefully, it will spread to Canada as well. There Is a window of freedom that gives us the opportunity to speak the truth, share the Gospel, tell others what Jesus has done, pray near the abortion clinics, stop the transgendered attacks on our kids, and be louder than the lies. Soon, the tide will turn; the left will be back in power, and the march toward the loss of free speech will begin or continue again.

Don’t waste this opportunity that we have been given; it may not be afforded to us again. Our kids and grandkids need us to step up and show Jesus to the world around us. Show the real Jesus; the one who had opinions about sin and sex, the one who stood up to tyranny and still loved the slave. The one who had to suffer because sin is so egregious to God that He cannot look the other way. We need to talk about the Jesus who will return as a Judge to call out sin, right the wrongs, and eventually judge those who rejected His free gift of salvation.

No one on the left and, sadly, not too many in our churches can picture this Righteous Jesus presiding over and sending people to their eternal doom in Hell. Yes, this is the real Jesus, and we have a short window to talk about Him. Let us be about the Master’s Business.

God bless you,

Dr. Sean Gooding
Pastor of Bethany Baptist Church
70 Victoria Street, Elora, Ontario