Deliver Us From Evil

Tragic 5-Vehicle Accident in Florida

In Florida, a church group van traveling to Disney World from Louisiana was hit when a semi-truck and car collided and crossed to the other lane. 5 vehicles were involved in what quickly became an inferno that included another semi-truck. 5 children from the church van died, also the two semi-truck drivers. Eight others were hospitalized.

Gas Explosion in Russia

In Magnitogorsk, Russia, 39 people were killed in what is believed to be a gas explosion that collapsed an entire apartment building. Gas explosions are relatively common in Russia due to aging infrastructure and poor safety regulations surrounding gas use.

Famine

In Yemen, food donations are being diverted from the starving population, seized by armed units on both sides in this four-year war that has spawned the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

Extreme Weather

In the Philippines, the death toll from landslides and floods has climbed to 122 as emergency teams reach isolated areas and recover more bodies. Nearly 30 people are still reported missing.

In Thailand, Tropical storm Pabuk has hit and is expected to be the worst storm to hit the region in 30 years. It is expected to move across southern Thailand, hitting popular tourist spots.

In Australia, Tropical Cyclone Penny has weakened but may still cause wild weather when it approaches the Queensland coast.

In the Netherlands, strong winds came in from the sea causing New Year’s Eve celebratory (150-foot-high) beach bonfires to rage out of control. Whirlwinds of fire approached the center of Scheveningen, causing multiple fires. Scheveningen’s fire is part of a competition between the city and the town of Duindorp. The highest fire wins the competition.

Earthquakes and Volcanoes

A 6.8 earthquake shook Brazil near its border with Peru, affecting a remote part of the Amazon rainforest.

A series of earthquakes rattled Alaska this week. Also, Alaska’s governor formally requested disaster aid from the federal government this week as damage from the Nov. 30 earthquake climbs toward $100 million, far outstripping state resources.

A number of earthquakes struck in the oceans this week that registered over 5.0 and 6.0.

In Indonesia, new deep cracks have emerged on the Anak Krakatau volcano, prompting authorities to urge those in the vicinity to be on the alert in case a collapse sets off another tsunami.

In Bali, the Mount Agung volcano erupted again, spewing ash over 2,000 feet (over 700 meters) into the air and over nearby villages.

ONE of the world’s foremost volcanologists, Professor Stephen Sparks, warns that there are around 100 “explosive” volcanoes around the world that could cause devastation at a moment’s notice, and no one can be sure which will blow first.

Apostasy in the Churches

The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) and the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) have hopped onto the LGBTQ bandwagon in supporting inclusion of sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression in federal civil rights protections. They’re yielding moral and biblical truth for perceived temporary protections. After repeated public requests to provide any proof of actual, documented discrimination that rises to the level of massive new laws with police powers to punish citizens, pastors, employers and others for exercising both religious faith and simple common sense, the mayor and the Human Rights Campaign came up with nothing but anecdotes. Christian organizations don’t support violence or harassment against LGBT’s, and these new laws only open Pandora’s Box for Christians to be punished for their faith.

In the Church of England, an altered version of “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing” has found its way into an increasing number of services. It removes mention of the virgin birth.

1 Timothy 4 Doctrines of Demons

In Idaho, retired Catholic priest Thomas Faucher admitted to urinating in communion wine and was in involved in the most disturbing child porn case investigators have ever seen. He actively sought to have sex with gay men as well as rape and killing of minors (with an attraction to 6-year-old boys). He had over 2,500 files of child porn described as violent, disturbing, torturous and included children crying. He expressed interest in Satanism and excitement at the thought of committing murder.

Plague/Pestilence

The mainstream media would love for everyone to buy into the agenda that migrants don’t bring disease. But the flood of illegal migrants demanding entrance these last days has disproved that notion. Flu, pneumonia, tuberculosis, HIV, etc. Making a bad situation worse is people trekking all that way in huge crowds close together. Border officials are overwhelmed to the point that they’re calling for help from the Coast Guard, who are supposed to protect our coast – yet this is hundreds of miles away from the nearest coast.

A plague of blood red rivers have appeared in multiple locations recently in Malawi, Africa; Dedza, Africa; and Jayapura, on Indonesia’s island of New Guinea.

Drug Dispensaries

Dispensaries are selling cannabis-based medicines containing THC, the chemical that gives users a high, to pregnant mothers for morning sickness, etc., in the US despite evidence that the drug harms babies, which includes birth defects (intestines outside the body or missing part of the brain), as well as long-term effects on cognitive function and academic ability. A number were advised to keep it a secret from doctors; one was told it has no effect on the unborn.

Last Days Return to Days of Noah and Lot

The EU Parliament issued “politically correct” guidance against using words like “mankind” and “man-made” in order to infuse its everyday language with “social justice.”

—Sexual Deviancy

With bisexual Kyrsten Sinema’s Election as Democrat senator of Arizona, LGBT Representation in Congress is now in the double digits. (She is also anti-Israel, anti-religion and pro-abortion).

Language Warning: In New Mexico, a tall man dressed like a woman with makeup became enraged at a Game Stop location when the employee addressed him as sir.

The Texas Education Agency investigated 429 cases of inappropriate relationships between teachers and students during the 2017-18 academic year, a 42% increase from 2016-17.

In Florida, 2,299 registered sex offenders infest the area surrounding a theme park hub that calls Universal Studios, Walt Disney World and Epcot home. In 2017, 72 million people visited the Orange County and Orlando area, making it the tourist capitol of the entire nation. Aside from housing the most sex offenders in Florida, the Greater-Orlando area ranked third in the US for the number of reports to the national human trafficking hotline.

Swedish State TV believes they’ve solved the mystery of the virgin birth. Their theory is that Jesus or Mary may have been transsexual. How they came up with this idea is insanely wicked and ludicrous.

Also, a Swedish TV channel that broadcasts a yearly Christmas variety-hour special in primetime, watched by many, did a sketch that made a mockery of Jesus’ birth. The host urges everyone to remember why we celebrate Christmas, as the scene begins with Joseph asking Mary if someone else has been “playing the daddy.” More sexual remarks and innuendos follow.

—Agenda to Confuse the Children

In Australia, a new curriculum in at least ten schools is drawing criticism. Male and female students in year 3 (age 7 to 8) will be given “a range of dress ups and toys” to explore gender roles and “break stereotypes.” The burka, which is forced upon women in Islam, is also available for dress-up. A year 9 (ages 14 to 15) resource suggests teachers ask groups of students to decide whether they regard various activities — including sexting, rubbing nipples, touching genitals and anal sex — as ‘sex’ or ‘not sex.

Let’s not forget the UK where schools in Brighton have been ordered to teach children as young as eight that people “of all genders” can have menstrual periods.

The entrenchment of gender identity ideology in the education system has contributed to a 236% rise in the number of children wanting to “change their sex.”

The CW network has announced that it is going ahead with a pilot episode order for a Batwoman based on a lesbian comic book character created in 2006.

—Sacrificing the Unborn

While the liberal left claims President Trump’s policy on illegal immigration is inhumane and ICE is cruel, let it be known that 42 million unborn children died worldwide from abortions in 2018. Snopes defended this by stating, “The medical community does not confer personhood upon fetuses that are not viable outside the womb, so counting abortion as a cause of death does not align with the practices of health organizations such as WHO and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).”

The founder of the “Shout Your Abortion” movement, Amelia Bonow, is doing her part to mess up the minds of children, telling one who said he believes in God that having an abortion is part of God’s plan. To another she compared having an abortion to a dentist appointment. It’s part of a series called “Kids Meet.” Prior episodes included indoctrination such as “Kids Meet A Gender-Non-Conforming Person.”

Utah abortionist Leah Torres, who earlier this year boasted she prevents unborn babies from screaming by cutting their vocal cords, is causing controversy again. Responding to a tweet wondering what God thinks of her profession, she said, “God performs way more abortions than I do, so there’s that.”

Hatred of Christianity

The Communist China government seized another 160 Christians, blocked their social media accounts and cell phones, and placed a lock on the church gate.

Britain is under siege from Islamic jihadists, yet they’re deporting Christians. A Christian pastor, Asher Samson, applied for asylum in the UK in 2002 after being beaten and repeatedly threatened with execution by Islamists in Pakistan. His asylum claim was rejected in 2018, and now he’s being held in detention for deportation. Samson said he has “no one and nowhere to go” in Pakistan, adding: “If they do send me back, my life will be really in danger. I’m so scared.”

In Uganda, Muslims are forcing Christians to convert to Islam. Any public statement of the Christian Faith is considered an insult to Muslims, for which they can justifiably exact revenge. This is, or should be, sobering news for comfortable Christians of the West who’ve made an idol out of “interfaith dialogue” and fastidiously avoid saying anything remotely critical about Islam, even as the Muslim persecution of Christians continues worldwide.

Hatred of the Jewish People

The US and Israel have officially quit UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) over its anti-Israel bias. Good news there. (UNESCO is also guilty of ruining minds of the children in the education system).

In New York, anti-Jewish bias continued to lead in hate crime offenses, accounting for 54.4% of cases. Pamela Geller noted, “There’s one reason and one reason only for this: increase in the Muslim population. But no one wants to face that fact.”

In Ohio, Muslim doctor, Lara Kollab, a resident at the Cleveland Clinic for three months, has been fired after it was discovered she boasted about deliberately giving Jewish people the wrong medicine. Her “tweets” that were flagged showed 7 years of anti-Semitic messages and support for Muslim terrorists.

A PA aka PLO court sentenced a “Palestinian” American citizen to life in prison with hard labor, accusing him of selling property to Jews. Isaam Akel has been jailed since October despite holding an Israeli ID card as a resident of east Jerusalem. The US is pressuring the PLO to release him, and supposedly the PLO may do so as they say “he has become a burden.” But nothing is certain where that “organization” is concerned.

More Islamization of the Nations and the Consequences

Why is the US government paying Louis Farrakhan to spread hate? The Justice Department has paid the militant black supremacist organization $364,500 in contracts for “religious services” to prison inmates, including “spiritual guide services” and “study services” – this despite its lengthy history of anti-Semitism, racism, and anti-American rhetoric.

In New York, Muslims desecrated the American flag with shouts of “Allahu Akbar.”

Sharia Law in the US: Islamic Community Patrols are now policing Muslim neighborhoods in New York City. Sharia patrols are already in Austria, Denmark, Sweden, the UK, the Netherlands, and Germany.

In Manchester, England, a Muslim shouted “Allahu Akbar” (Allah is greater) while stabbing 3 people at a train station on New Year’s Eve before he was finally subdued. He’s being held on a “mental” warrant, yet it’s Islam’s command to commit jihad. The attack left a man and woman hospitalized with serious injuries. A policeman who was stabbed in the shoulder was released after an overnight hospital stay.

In Sweden, a Muslim migrant who brutally raped a 9-year-old Swedish child has been sentenced to only six years in prison and expulsion from the country for only 15 years, after which he can return. He said he was looking for someone to rape that day, and he didn’t care if it was a child.

In Germany, an 18-year-old German student was given a drink containing a drug, rendering her completely “defenseless” at a disco. She was then taken into the bushes by ten Muslim men who raped her over the course of four hours.

Also in Germany, four “refugees,” ages 17 to 19, chose victims at random in the town center, kicking and beating them. Twelve people were injured, nine of which had to be hospitalized.

An Australian father, so sick of Middle Eastern gangs and violence in his Roxburgh Park neighborhood, tried to chase them away by swinging a bat towards them. 8 of these “cultural enrichers” viciously attacked him. Their faces can be seen on video and they live in the area, yet police haven’t found them, their trail bike or car.

In Australia at a popular beach in Melbourne, Muslim migrants are wreaking havoc: doing harm, committing theft and more. A local said, “It’s getting to the stage where people are really, really scared to come out to Chelsea Beach. All the locals don’t shop here. All the locals don’t come here anymore… These guys have got no respect for anyone.”

The UK Foreign Office ruled that British young women forced into marriages overseas must pay for their own rescue when government agents return them to the UK from foreign countries. Among the victims helped in 2018 were several young British women sent by their families to Somalia, where they were physically abused.

Political Hell Unleashed

2018 was the year of insanity. Up was down. In was out. Nothing made sense. Click on this link for the top five most insane events of 2018.

In Georgia, a Vape Store worker went insanely ballistic on a customer, refusing to serve him because he was wearing a Trump shirt and MAGA hat. He has since been fired after the video went viral.

Political hell has been unleashed in the US with more Marxist-Socialist-Communists and Islamists taking office and taking over the House of Representatives. Rashida Tlaib, who describes herself as a Democratic Socialist, replaced Israel on a map in her office, instead calling it “Palestine.” She took her oath using the Qur’an instead of the Bible, and told a cheering crowd regarding President Trump, “We’re gonna impeach the M….. F….. .”

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defended Tlaib’s expletive-laced comments. “I got your back,” she tweeted to Tlaib.

Former Saturday Night Live’s Jane Curtin said, “My New Year’s resolution is to make sure the Republican Party dies.”

Vanity Fair gleefully promoted “Freshman Democrats” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Omar, Deb Haaland, Veronica Escobar and Sharice Davids, stating, “All six women, along with dozens of others, represent the new face of the Democratic Party—young, non-white, L.G.B.T.Q, disproportionately female, they have indeed proved that “playing” is not on their agenda.” What Vanity Fair fails to note is that all six are Socialist Democrats pushing an agenda to turn America into a Socialist State, going backwards instead of forward. “No, they didn’t come to Congress to play. They came to destroy the U.S.A.”

Vanity Fair also highlighted the conservative Ben Shapiro for being a Trump skeptic. However, it failed to mention that Shapiro, who was not a Trump supporter during the election campaign, has changed his mind after seeing Trump’s performance.

On the first day that Democrats assumed control of the House of Representatives, a bill was submitted to kill the Electoral College. Eliminating the Electoral College is the road to tyranny. In their infinite wisdom, the Founding Fathers protected the rights of individual states; therefore the federal government was deliberately set up in a way so that every state had some legitimate muscle in the legislative process. Democrats love to talk about “diversity” and “representation,” but still want to kill the Constitution that best ensures both when it comes those who hold power over the rest of us.

House Democrats are now reportedly trying to restore federal funding for overseas abortions in a spending bill that is supposedly designed to end the partial government shutdown.

Democrat Governor of Virginia Ralph Northam proposed a spending hike with $1.2 billion in higher taxes on the middle class.

Ever since the election of President Trump, there has been a concerted effort to not only try to undermine him, but undermine the US Constitution itself. Shutting down speakers on campus, rallying to ban or control guns, disseminating “fake news” as fact, and advancing the tactic of the “politics of personal destruction” are all part of the radical Alinsky agenda.

Judicial Watch exposed 1.5 million inactive voters still on the rolls in California. These removals are required by the National Voter Registration Act, which they apparently ignored. Judicial Watch reached a settlement agreement with California in which the state is to comply with removing these names.

—Traitors

Despite the fact that President Trump endorsed the senatorial candidacy of Mitt Romney, Romney repaid him by coming out against him with scathing criticism. This week was the third time he delivered his criticism of the president in front of a moniker entitled “The Hinckley Institute of Politics.” Though some deny that the founder Robert Hinckley is related to John Hinckley who shot President Reagan, still we’re left to wonder what Romney’s motives are. Is this article reporting conspiracy theory…or not?

Global Government Agendas

—Border Disorder

In Tennessee, Franco Francisco-Eduardo, who has been in this country illegally for ten years, caused a four-car accident that killed a 22-year-old man. Eduardo was driving without a license or insurance.

The Dept of Homeland Security is releasing over 2,000 border-crossing adults (with ankle monitors) and the children they arrived with prior to their immigration hearing. A DHS spokesman noted, “There has been a 110% increase in males traveling with children over the last two years. As long as activist judges continue to set national immigration policy, they put family units and innocent children in harm’s way.”

Breitbart News’s Bob Price reports that about 22,000 border-crossing minors crossed the border last month. In November 2018, there were close to 52,000 border crossings on the southern border alone, marking the highest level of illegal immigration in the month of November since 2006. Projections indicate that illegal immigration for next year will reach 600,000 border crossings, the highest level of illegal immigration in over a decade.

In no-borders Europe: France unknowingly harbored an ISIS terrorist for a year. Ahmed El Aswadi, who was imprisoned in Tikrit, Iraq for terrorist acts in 2014, was released when ISIS captured the city. El Aswadi helped massacre up to 1,700 people there that year. He ended up spending two months in Turkey and arrived in Europe, passing through Greece, Hungary and Germany. El Aswadi arrived in France during the summer of 2016 and applied for political refugee status, which he obtained in June 2017. Almost a year went by before he was identified by intelligence services and arrested.

—Genetically Modified Food

Scientists keep messing with God’s creation, both humans and plants. This latest development regarding plants has them hacking photosynthesis to allegedly boost crop yields by 40%. The funders of this project include the US Dept. of Agriculture and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Yet there is no scientific consensus on the safety of GMOs, according to a 2015 statement signed by 300 scientists, physicians and scholars. The media’s claim of agreement among scientists, etc., that GMOs are safe is “an artificial construct that has been falsely perpetuated.”

—Climate Change Agenda

Dr. Tim Ball, a renowned environmental consultant and former professor of climatology, explains in this article how “radical environmentalism and global warming fanaticism are patently anti-human. The assumption that humans are a blight and to blame for every change that occurs is central to their position. The Club of Rome set the foundation to this false ideology.”

Read this article about How UN scientists are preparing for the end of Capitalism in favor of their climate-change “sustainable development agenda.”

2018 saw a global revolt begin against “climate change” policies. People are reaping the consequences of voting in these globalists and their ruse for total government control. However, a number of people, at least in France, are going to the extreme by demanding a redistribution of wealth. This is the Socialist way of thinking that has already destroyed countries with Venezuela being a prime example. Sooner or later the government runs out of other people’s money.

—Socialism

Here is an excerpt from “Other People’s Money” by Daniel Greenfield: “Given a choice, people will make the effort to try and protect their incomes and their ability to make money. Socialism works by punishing them, and as a result punishing the free market, which decreases available jobs, and drives greater government expansion to provide more services to a growing underclass. As the birth rate falls, immigration rises to compensate for the loss of a generation of workers. The social problems that immigration breeds, then further expands government. This cycle ends with social collapse, revolution or the replacement of the free market economy by total government control.” Read the rest of the article at this link.

—Communism

The Reporters Without Borders 2018 report on deadly attacks and abuses against journalists shows that the “biggest jailer of journalists,” as of December 2018, is Communist China, which is holding 60 reporters. The US is warning its citizens about traveling to China, especially those with dual citizenship. China is known to detain them and not let them return to the US. Chinese citizens are watched by mega-cameras and put on shame lists for public humiliation for whatever reason the government wants to use. This affects their ability to hold a job and provide for their families.

—Consequences of Deliberately Creating a Weak Generation That is Easier to Control

The British Army’s new 2019 recruitment campaign is encouraging millennials to join up using the UK advertising firm Karmarama, which boasts of being “the UK’s most progressive creative agency.” The ad campaign attempts to show how what others call negative traits can be assets to the army. Their recruiting posters praise me me me millennials for their self-belief; snowflakes for their compassion; phone zombies for their focus; binge gamers for their drive; selfie addicts for their confidence, and class clowns for their spirit.

Ironically, this campaign comes just days after a soldier took Britain’s Ministry of Defence to court for making him go on exercises in cold weather. His lawyers claim the army should have known that, originally being from Ghana, he would be more susceptible to the cold.

—Surveillance Society

In 2018 technology’s dystopian potential became clear, and it promises to only increase in 2019. Even some titans of technology are sounding alarms. For example, Microsoft president Brad Smith called for regulating facial recognition technology so that the “year 2024 doesn’t look like a page” from George Orwell’s “1984.” Smith painted a bleak vision of all-seeing government surveillance systems forcing dissidents to hide in darkened rooms…”

Qatar’s cabinet approved establishment of a Microsoft global data center. Azure, Microsoft’s cloud platform, announced plans to expand into the Middle East for the first time last year by setting up data centers in the neighboring United Arab Emirates.

Mark Zuckerberg promises more censorship on Facebook in 2019, and we brethren know what that means.

—Cashless Society

A new Israeli law restricting the use of cash for either wages or payments for transactions has taken effect. “The Law to Reduce the Use of Cash” measure went into effect with the start of the new year.

Wars and Rumors of Wars

From Joel Rosenberg: As 2019 begins, I will be writing a series of columns on leaders, countries and global trend lines to keep a close eye upon. Chief among them: Russian President Vladmir Putin’s diplomatic and military activity in recent months. Putin is steadily building strategic alliances with Israel’s worst enemies, from the leaders of Iran who long to create a nuclear-armed Persian empire to President Recep Erdogan of Turkey who sees himself as a modern day sultan longing to create a new Ottoman empire.

The Iranian-backed “Palestinian” terrorist group Islamic Jihad is threatening to spark an escalation on the southern front if Israel enters a military conflict with Lebanon’s Hezbollah on the north. Islamic Jihad is the second largest military organization in Gaza.

Israeli Intel chief, Maj. Gen. Tamir Hayman, says Iraq is ‘under growing influence’ of Iranian foreign operatives. He compares it to Iran’s intervention in Syria, which gave the Islamist republic a foothold close to Israel’s border. Iran could use its growing clout in Iraq to turn the Arab country into a springboard for attacks against Israel. Iraq also plans to get involved in Syria.

The US is warning Iran of new sanctions if it launches three Space Launch Vehicles that have technology akin to that used in ballistic missiles.

A suspicious Iranian cargo plane has made 72 flights since September. This plane routinely flies to Damascus and also has flown to Beirut, Qatar and Istanbul. Western intelligence sources said that Fars Air Qeshm, a civilian airline in Iran, is “suspected of smuggling weapons into Lebanon.”

The Iranian navy will send warships to deploy in the Atlantic as the Islamic Republic seeks to increase the operating range of its naval forces to the backyard of the United States.

Russia is deploying long-range, precision cruise missiles to the western Atlantic that American defense officials say will allow Moscow to target Washington and other East Coast cities with conventional or nuclear attacks.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, in a meeting with senior military officials said, “The world is going through changes that haven’t been seen in 100 years, and China has to seize every opportunity,” Xi explained. “The Chinese army always has to be ready for war,” Xi warned. China also conducted a test of its own “Mother of All Bombs” copying a US munition used in Afghanistan.

Jim Fletcher of Israel Watch on the Rapture Ready website says, “Personally, for what it’s worth, I think the Trump Doctrine of America First is wise and welcome. He’s already making other countries pay for their own wars, conflicts we have been funding. Why not try this? As to Israel and what that means on the northern border, does anyone seriously believe Israel is not prepared for any contingency?” He also pointed out that “God will take care of Israel.” Indeed He will, and intends not to have help from anyone or anything else, as Bible prophecy tells us.

Israeli air power now has capabilities beyond any yet seen in military history. Its aerial strike capabilities are likely to prove decisive to the outcome of any military action taken against Iran in Syria. Also, Israel Aerospace Industries launched a production line for the outer wing set of the F-35 stealth fighter to make the advanced fighter jet invisible to radar.

China’s Rear Admiral Lou Yuan told an audience that the dispute over the East and South China Seas could be ended by sinking two US aircraft carriers, which would kill 10,000 service men and women. He declared that China’s anti-ship ballistic and cruise missiles were capable of doing so. “We’ll see how frightened America is,” he said.

North Korea has continued its development of intercontinental ballistic missiles despite declaring a halt to launches.

Russia has arrested a US citizen, Paul Whelan, charging him with spying but gave no further information to prove it. If found guilty, he faces 10 to 20 years in prison.

The US military carried out an airstrike in southwestern Somalia that killed 10 members of the al-Shabab terrorist group.

When They Shall Say Peace and Safety…

The US plans to have all troops withdrawn from Syria in four months. Interestingly, Israel’s basically forced elections will take place in April. Will Netanyahu win or will a leftist take his place who will be willing to put Israeli land in peril for the sake of “peace?” That said, Israel’s leftist forces dramatically split this week with Avi Gabbay surprising Tzipi Livni with the split. Their alliance, which finished with the second most seats in the last general election in 2015, has since tumbled far in opinion polls.

US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman said the Trump administration’s Israeli-Palestinian peace plan will be delayed for several months.

Israel’s PM Netanyahu spoke with Russia’s Putin. Both leaders stressed the need to cooperate with each other to strengthen military and diplomatic cooperation in Syria. Netanyahu should not trust Russia’s Putin regarding Syria…or anything else, neither should President Trump trust Turkey’s Erdogan’s promises regarding Syria…or anything else. However, both seem to be doing just that.

Military cooperation between Egypt and Israel has reached unprecedented levels in the Sinai Peninsula. Egypt’s president said “we have a wide range of cooperation with the Israelis.”

God’s Word Remains

A Christmas miracle occurred for a Texas man when a fire burned down his small home leaving only his Bible. This is not the only case we’ve heard of Bibles remaining unscathed in fires, etc. Do a search and you’ll find a number of such cases, even one of a pocket-sized Bible that stopped a bullet.

A Look Back At Prophetic Events of 2018

Almost one-third of the Bible relates to Bible prophecy. A lot of what is happening today foreshadows “things to come.” Read the top ten Bible-prophecy related stories of 2018 at this link.

“In this manner therefore pray ye:

Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the Kingdom, and the power and the glory for ever. Amen.”

Blue Blew Christmas

“Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand” (Joel 2:1)

Creation Groaning: Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Extreme Weather

In the US, 2018 was one of the costliest years for natural disasters.

Indonesia officials, fearing more landslides and another tsunami as the Krakatoa volcano keeps erupting, have raised the threat level. The volcano blew away a part of itself and caused a landslide into the sea several days ago. The death toll from the resulting tsunami has climbed to 430 with 1,500 injured and 160 still missing. As panicked residents ran to higher ground in this majority Muslim country, they shouted “Water is coming!” and recited Qur’an verses. In 2018, Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency recorded, surprisingly, almost 2,000 natural disasters that took almost 4,000 lives and displaced 3 million people.

Jewish groups have been offering assistance in the wake of Indonesia’s tsunami, this despite how much they’re hated by the Muslim religion.

In Sicily, the Mount Etna volcano blew this week strong enough to cause a shallow, strong 4.8 earthquake. Ten people were injured and homes were damaged. In recent days, Etna has been blowing volcanic ash, heavy smoke and lava stones into the air, coating roads and homes nearby with ash. Etna has been particularly active since July.

A 7.0 earthquake struck off the coast of the Philippines on Saturday in a region already on high alert.

A strong 6.4 earthquake hit off the coast of Tonga on Christmas Eve, followed by a 5.6 on the 26^th and a 4.6 on the 28^th.

In Australia in what’s becoming an annual rite of passage, Australia is in the midst of another record-breaking heat wave. It’s less the eye-popping temperatures (though it’s definitely going to be hot, with areas reaching 113 degrees Fahrenheit) and more the relentlessness of the heat and how much of the country is afflicted.

Israel was hit this week with snow, hail and heavy rains that caused floods all over the country. Another storm is expected to hit on Tuesday.

A tropical depression is spreading flooding rain in the Philippines this weekend. It is expected to gain tropical storm strength once the storm enters the South China Sea early next week. Then it will hit near Vietnam at the start of the new year, raising the risk for flash flooding and mudslides.

The eerie blue light that lit up New York City’s skyline Thursday night and caused many to wonder what in the world – or out of this world – was going on occurred when tens of thousands of volts fed a fire at an electrical-utility substation.

Last Days Apostasy and Doctrines of Demons

In Chicago, Illinois, the First United Methodist Church hosted a play called “Christmas Mubarak,” mixing Christian and Muslim stories of Jesus’ birth. Rather than Jesus being born as the incarnate Son of God, the baby actually speaks and announces he’s a prophet. Muslims don’t believe in Jesus’ deity, among many other false beliefs Islam promotes. Any church that says Muslims and Christians worship the same God is a false church. And there are a number of them in these prophesied last days of apostasy.

In Canada, Mill Woods church took a cross off the wall to welcome Muslims. Robert Spencer rightly said, “How generous, broad-minded, and ecumenical. Now: when will the local mosque put its Qur’ans away (since they deny the crucifixion, divinity, and redemption of Christ) in order to avoid offending Christians?” Don’t hold your breath

The New Age: World Religion of the Last Days? This movement has deceived many today including a number of so-called Christian pastors/churches. You’ll even find New Age books in Christian bookstores. Run from any pastor or church that promotes labyrinths, embraces emptying your mind to hear from a force or presence to speak to you, shifting your consciousness, releasing the Kundalini spirit, and practicing yoga in which every single movement is part of Hindu worship of their false gods. The Bible has God’s completed Word, and you can go straight to the throne of grace with your prayers and concerns. You need no manmade practices to “connect with God” and no other mediator other than Christ. When you do these things, what you’ll connect with are demonic spirits.

An Ivy League-educated psychiatrist, Dr. Richard Gallagher, who assists with exorcisms, says there’s a growing epidemic of demon possession in the world today due to a lack of Christian faith and a growing interest in the occult.

Agenda Against Christianity

One bit of good news here: The city of De Pere, Wisconsin’s attempt to force churches to comply with its gender-identity and sexual-orientation agenda has been squashed thanks to five churches and a radio broadcaster who fought back against the agenda in court. Now churches can publish teachings and sermons on biblical values without such restrictions…for now.

In Grand Junction, Colorado, this Christmas season, a group of atheists and so-called “freethinkers” paid to have a highway billboard put up that says, “Make Christmas Great Again…Skip Church.”

In Victoria, Canada, when red poinsettias recently appeared on the desk of Councilor Ben Isitt at City Hall, he said, “I don’t want a poinsettia. It is a symbol of the Christian faith.” He added that the city’s main sequoia tree should not be lit up for Christmas because it’s not “inclusive” enough and may offend Muslims.

In a bizarre article published on Christmas Eve, the New York Times saluted the murderous Iran-backed Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah for its wonderful Christmas spirit, applauding the group for helping to “ring in the season” and implying the US has unfairly designated it as a foreign terrorist organization.

Sweden’s largest television station celebrated Christmas by featuring a Muslim woman wearing a hijab who does not celebrate Christmas.

In China, 2018 brought one of China’s worst crackdowns on Christianity. Christians there say, “We will not forfeit our faith.”

‘Palestinian’ Muslims warned Christians in Gaza: No Christmas; it’s ‘absolutely forbidden.’ Pamela Geller noted that this is who the left (Democrats, EU, UN et al) support while they call anyone an Islamophobe who stands for truth, freedom, decency and quality for all before the law. Yet Israeli authorities worked to facilitate ‘Palestinian’ celebrations, easing security restrictions in honor of the season’s holidays.

Hatred and Terrorism Against Israel

A “Palestinian” terrorist was shot and wounded by IDF soldiers as he attempted to run over a group of people waiting at a bus stop near a military base. Three Israelis were treated for shock.

Weekly riot (number 40) occurred in the Gaza strip on Friday, organized by Hamas against Israel. Israel used “riot dispersal means” and fired in accordance with Israeli protocol. A Gazan was killed. Israel’s IDF struck a Hamas post in response to rocket fire that landed in an open field in Israel on Friday. Earlier that say, several balloons attached to an explosive device were found in the yard of an Israeli kindergarten. Another balloon with an explosive device was found in an Israeli community later that day. Israel has raised its alert level due to threats from Hamas of more attacks.

Pestilence/Disease, etc.

In New Jersey, health officials are urging 3,778 patients who underwent a procedure at the HealthPlus Surgery Center in Saddlebrook between January 2018 and Sept. 7, 2018, to get their blood tested, as they may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C due to the staff at that time using improper procedures for sterilizing and injecting medications.

State and federal health officials have confirmed Florida’s first case of Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) in 2018. It has been a record year of cases for the rare and serious polio-like illness.

Serious Vaccine Reactions

In Mexico, out of 52 children who received the BCG (tuberculosis), rotavirus and hepatitis B vaccines at a hospital as part of the National Vaccination Program, 39 had serious allergic reactions. Two babies died and 37 other children were hospitalized. Some are in serious condition.

Drugs/Addictions: “Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour” (1 Peter 5:8).

In Utah, a man rammed the back of a school bus twice that contained 20 children, then forced a truck driver to take him to the Mormon temple. He said he was trying to elude Satan. A urine test showed positive for THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. He admitted to smoking a dab, or marijuana concentrate, the day before. Fortunately, the children were not injured physically.

In California over the Christmas holiday, sales at marijuana dispensaries blew through the roof as pot became a popular stocking stuffer.

Krokodil, the flesh-eating zombie drug that is much cheaper but three times more potent than heroin is causing a full-blown global crisis. The photos shown in news articles this week are too graphic for many to be able to stand, but I found a warning article from last month that is more bearable. Monkey Dust, Krokodil, Nyaope, Fentanyl, etc. New and deadly drug concoctions keep appearing these days. Fentanyl is disguised in even prescription drugs bought online from China and is killing lots of people.

As legal access to marijuana continues to increase in the US, more scientists are studying effects of its active ingredient, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Experiments in rats and a study of 24 men found that THC appears to target genes in two major cellular pathways and alters DNA methylation, a process important to normal development.

A study has shown that almost 9,000 children and adolescents died from opioid use between 1999 and 2016, marking a nearly 300% increase.

Strokes are decreasing among older folks, but are increasing among younger ones. Researchers say marijuana and other drugs increase the risks, and some say overuse of cell phones also puts one at higher risk.

WARNING: M44 Cyanide devices implanted in the ground that look like sprinkler heads are meant to kill foxes, coyotes and feral dogs, etc., that farmers say are responsible for killing their flocks. But they’re killing pets and making people sick. The devices are generally legal on federal lands, although Idaho, Colorado and northern California have restricted their use. In addition to federal workers, state wildlife officials in Wyoming, Montana, New Mexico, Texas and South Dakota are also permitted to use them. In all, they’re used in 16 states, including Virginia and West Virginia.

Traitors, the “Blue” Craze, the Left’s Global Agenda…and the Consequences

Heading for a Recession: The US’s interest payments are about to skyrocket. The Fed is hiking interest rates against the president’s wishes. This hurts consumers and makes it much more expensive for the US to carry its debt load. Read Todd Strandberg’s Nearing Midnight Update in which he discusses this situation.

Good grief! The New York Times just keeps sinking lower. Their Andrew Ross Sorkin says criminal misuse of firearms is the fault of none other than credit card companies. This idea would be laughable if it weren’t for the absurd assumptions Sorkin makes to achieve this radical agenda. Those at the Daily Caller weren’t the only ones who thought so. Several news organizations and think tanks quickly jumped and called it an effort “to kill the Bill of Rights.”

President Trump’s defense attorney Rudy Giuliani called for a full investigation into Robert Mueller and his team following allegations that the special counsel has been destroying FBI evidence that could have cleared the president.

Thanks to a defamation lawsuit by three Russian bankers, Christopher Steele (of the bogus Steele dossier) is now on record. And what he is saying is incredible. He said he was secretly hired by the DNC and Hillary to challenge the validity of the outcome of the 2016 election.

The lies in the news media are widespread and growing, not just in the US but internationally. But as 2 Timothy 3 warns us, in the last days there would be plenty of traitors and false accusers.

2018 is the year big tech censors revealed their true colors even more. In any given week in 2018, you could expect a tech platform to censor a prominent conservative and other conservatives, the media to run negative stories about the president, and Democrats to complain about Russia (even though they and tech giants are guilty of Russia connections). All are connected. Read more about this sinister agenda at this link.

This Christmas season finds Democrat politicians falsely and hypocritically using the name of Jesus to further their sinister political agenda. Read about this here.

In his traditional Christmas speech, the globalist Pope Francis criticized nationalism and promoted the globalist agenda, calling cultural differences a “source of richness.” No; not all cultures are embraceable, nor is Islam compatible with Judeo-Christian values. It is an ideology bent on conquering the world.

The Left are hypocrites. Remember this PBS video from 2009? Here’s the commentary: NOW travels to Texas to meet border families who fear losing their property, their safety, and their way of life. Many question if the U.S.-Mexico border fence can keep people from sneaking in at all. An even greater worry may be the virtual fence the Obama administration is planning for the remaining 1,300 miles of border, at an estimated cost of nearly $7 billion.

Democrat leaders want to keep the government shut down until their “Blue Party” takes over the House in January to ramp up their dirty work even more. And it’s not about the cost of the border wall. Anyone who cares to do any research at all can find them talking not long ago against illegal immigration and also about the need to increase border security and build a better border wall. Here is a video of two of them: Bill Clinton, and also Obama. Obama’s was going to cost 7 billion back in 2009. And Bernie Sanders supported a border wall in 2013 that was estimated to cost 18 billion. Yet he now opposes one that will cost $5 billion.

While government workers have the blues due to no paychecks, and the president cancelled his Christmas vacation over the government shutdown, the likely upcoming Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi vacationed in Blue Hawaii at a luxurious resort.

Democrat politicians want war and chaos. Democrat politicians voted not to secure the US border, yet they overwhelmingly voted a few months to approve a $675 billion for war projects. They criticized the president for withdrawing troops from Syria. But President Trump said months ago that he would withdraw US troops from Syria when their job was done there and that our troops would be needed elsewhere. Where might that be? At this rate, it would be right here in the US since Democrat leaders fully intend to let every illegal immigrant from all over help them take down this country so they can rebuild it into their Marxist-Socialist-Communist so-called utopia.

Prosecutors at Mexican drug lord El Chapo’s trial are trying to hide any mention of the Obama administration’s botched “Fast and Furious” sting that let guns flow over the border. One of those guns was used to kill a US border patrol agent.

Two Guatemalan children died of high fever and vomiting this month after they entered New Mexico with a parent, one within only a few days despite excellent care, and another within 90 minutes after entering New Mexico while on the way to get care. The left of course blames the US for both deaths but the fault lies with parents who trek their children through a desert on a long journey, and also with the leftists in the US who incentivize these people to come here illegally.

Liberal Billionaire Reid Hoffman apologized for funding an effort to dupe Alabama voters into believing Russian bots were fueling Republican Roy Moore’s senatorial bid. Hoffman did not mention in his apology who executed the disinformation campaign designed to tie Moore to Russian internet trolls. One of the officials who was responsible for the Russian bot “false flag” operation is an Obama-era official. There were lies all around from the Left that caused Moore to lose the election.

MSNBC blew its cover again this week, lying to bolster the left’s agenda. They showed a video of border patrol agents kicking water jugs, as if it just occurred. But this occurred in 2011 when Obama was president. The Border Patrol condemned the actions at that time.

What Democrat voters should realize, but choose not to, is that in the Democrat-run cities in the US, poverty is high. The leaders offer just enough free stuff to keep them voting Democrat while still keeping them down and enslaved to the system. And they let illegal immigrants in, hoping to keep the Democrat votes coming in perpetuity. Los Angeles, California, is one of the worst examples, which now looks like a scene shown to Scrooge of the present in the Dickens novel, “A Christmas Carol.” Only add all the drug needles that infest the streets of their “sanctuary cities.”

Globalist Insanity: German Supreme Court rules anti-child marriage law unconstitutional, saying, “The best interests of the child cannot be compromised.” The Federal Supreme Court of Germany ruled that child marriage is constitutional so long as it takes place prior to entering the country. The specific case being argued concerned a Muslim man and his child bride. This man was 21 married to a 14-year-old. But in Islam, we’ve seen cases of men of all ages marrying children, with the child’s family having arranged/forced the child into the marriage. The worst case I saw was of a man who looked to be at least 100 heading to bed with his sad 12-year-old bride while the women in the family cheered.

They Worship the Creature/Creation Rather Than the Creator

Less than two weeks ago, the New York Times published an op-ed applauding extermination of the human race to “save the planet.” Now, The UK Guardian has published a story saying the declining human birth rates are a “cause for celebration.” Sarah Harper, so-called expert on population change, working at the University of Oxford, said that far from igniting alarm and panic falling total fertility rates were to be embraced, and countries shouldn’t worry if their population isn’t growing.

She said artificial intelligence, migration, and healthier old age means countries no longer need booming populations to hold their own. “This idea that you need lots and lots of people to defend your country and to grow your country economically, that is really old thinking,” she said. The article went on to say having fewer children is indisputably positive from an environmental standpoint, claiming research shows having one less child reduces a parent’s carbon footprint by 58 tonnes of CO₂ a year. (How about the migrants they let in and want to continue letting in who have and are having lots of children? But she doesn’t mention that because revealing that wouldn’t fit with their globalist agenda.

US House Democrats are lining up behind what could be the biggest ruse for total government control in decades. “When Americans find out what’s in the ‘Green New Deal,’ will they be willing to pay for it? Take a look at Europe where people are “singing the blues,” so to speak, reaping the consequences of this green goblin grab that has blown the cost of living sky high.

In France, the Eiffel Tower was shrouded in smoke as Paris burned into the night. Yellow Vest protesters have set cars ablaze for the seventh weekend as they call on the globalist Macron (along with his high so-called “climate change” carbon taxes that are impoverishing everyone) to go. Smaller protests went on in other French cities.

The winds of change are blowing too little too late. Yellow Vest protests that began in France continue to spread in yet more countries besides the ones mentioned in last week’s post. In the latest news, in Canada there are reports of police taking photos of faces of Yellow Vest protestors in the cities. Some are protesting the globalist agenda of Muslim immigration forced upon them while others are protesting the globalist carbon taxes.

Yellow vest protests are now going on in Israel. Israeli leaders also buy into the bogus global warming agenda which raises the cost of living with higher taxes on fuel, water and electricity. From Reuters: The price of electricity was set to rise as much as 8% on Jan.1, while a host of other prices from food to water to municipal taxes are also supposed to go up in 2019.

Islam’s Global Agenda and its Consequences

UK intelligence sources are warning that the al-Qaeda terrorist group is seeking to carry out new terrorist atrocities against airliners and airports. This terrorist group behind the 9/11 attacks poses a growing threat. Al-Qaeda is developing technology to bring down passenger jets.

Barcelona, Spain, is on high alert following a warning from the US of the risk of a terror attack over the holidays. The State Dept. urged “heightened caution around areas of vehicle movement.”

In Iran, Major General Safavi, a senior advisor to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei, said the US must leave the Middle East. He said, “In the east of the world, China, India, Russia and the Islamic Republic of Iran will be the new powers of the new century.” He added, “A dramatic shift of the global center of power is taking place now from the West to the East.

People need to seek out the truth about Islam, not the lies being taught or they’ll suffer for their ignorance. A New York Muslim cleric told other Muslims not to downplay or apologize for Islam because Islam and jihad (war against Jews, Christians, etc.,) go together “like honey & sweetness.” The Qur’an and Hadith command jihad. There’s no such thing in their teachings as extreme and moderate – It’s all Islam. Their teachings command them to perform jihad and take over the world by any means necessary including immigration. We can pray for them to turn to Christ, but don’t be deceived, and don’t be silent.

A video surfaced on social media this week that showed the disrespect a migrant showed to a woman on a bus in Europe. He angrily hit the rail behind her seat, scaring her and forcing her to get up and give him her seat. In the Muslim culture women are not treated well, and young males that have come to other countries en masse have shown they believe they can treat women there just as badly.

Nigeria’s former Christian president says that Obama encouraged Nigerians to elect a Muslim-led government that has caused a full-blown crisis for Christians and white farmers.

Turkey’s president Erdogan used Islam’s practice of taqiyya (lying for the cause of Islam) when speaking to a youth group, telling them that Jews beat and kick “Palestinian” women and children. ‘We’ll teach them a lesson,” he promised.  Israel’s PM Netanyahu responded by accusing him of massacring Kurdish women and children, which is true.

The World Hijab Day organization launched its 2019, encouraging women and girls of all faiths, backgrounds, and ethnicities to wear the Islamic headscarf for 24 hours on February 1, in solidarity with Muslim women across the world. No doubt quite a number will go along with it, including schools. Oh, the hypocrisy! Muslim women are forced to wear this, and many have to wear a full-body black garment to cover everything but their eyes. And they’re forced into marriages, allowed to be beaten by their husbands, and even killed, and on and on we could go. Just wait till these women who go along with all this nonsense see Sharia Law come to their country. We must pray for eyes to be opened.

In Egypt, security forces killed 40 suspected terrorists in gun battles in three separate incidents in North Sinai and Giza, a day after a deadly bombing on a Vietnamese tourist bus killed four people. Its forces killed 30 during raids on their hideouts in Giza where it said “terrorist elements” were planning a series of attacks targeting state institutions and the tourism industry. The other 10 were killed in North Sinai, where the country is fighting an insurgency led by ISIS.

Lawlessness and Depravity in the Last Days Return to Days of Noah and Lot

One piece of good news this week: In Chicago, Illinois, pro-life advocates singing Christmas carols outside abortion facilities saved at least two unborn children from abortion.

When China’s Communist government announced it was relaxing its one-child policy, which forced abortions on pregnant women who already had one child, some in the West praised the move as a step toward liberty. Now it has a two-child policy and is still forcing women to have abortions.

In China, a man killed a local official and a police officer with a knife before hijacking a bus and running over people, injuring 22 and killing eight including an unborn child.

British actor Dominic West was among a group of progressive activists urging producers of the James Bond franchise to cast a transgender as the next Bond. West said there are plenty of transgenders in the UK’s military to support making the next Bond a transgender.

In California, the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade has chosen its first LGBT Rose Queen.

A gay Navy sailor recreated the iconic Second World War kissing photo with his teacher husband.

Linda Harvey, president of Mission America, a Christian pro-family organization focusing on current cultural issues, listed the top ten 2018 “progressive” endorsements harmful to children at this link.

The Vatican’s sexual abuse case against ex-Cardinal McCarrick has expanded significantly after a man testified that the retired American archbishop sexually abused him for years starting when he was 11, including during confession.

Wars and Rumors of Wars

Isaiah 17 prophecy ramping up: Israel’s PM Netanyahu said, “The decision to remove the 2,000 US troops from Syria will not change our consistent policy: We will continue to act against Iran’s attempt to establish military bases in Syria, and if necessary we will even expand our operations there.”

Amir Tsarfati of Behold Israel described this week’s Israeli strike in Damascus, Syria, as expansive. Shortly after two Iranian cargo planes left Damascus carrying weapons of war to Hezbollah in Lebanon, Israel performed airstrikes over what will be a doomed Damascus in Isaiah 17. Dozens of Israeli missiles blew up chemical weapons storage, weapons precision systems, short range missiles silo, headquarters and training facilities of Iranian militias, and more.

Hmm…? A new Russian threat was received in Israel on Dec. 26: Anymore air strikes and Syria’s SA-5 air defense missiles will be fired deep into Israel. Actually…one shook several towns in Israel on Tuesday night in the while Israel’s IAF were attacking Iranian sites in Syria. Israel’s air defense system missed the intruding missile; it exploded harmlessly in an unpopulated part of Mt. Carmel. Thanks to God. People reported that their houses shook under the blast, and for many hours the air reeked of gunpowder. A quarter of a million Israeli civilians were affected.

Turkey has begun massing tanks and troop carriers on its border with Syria as it prepares to move into the country as soon as American soldiers have left. But make no mistake; they’re not coming to finish off ISIS. They’re coming to wipe out the Kurds and advance their presence in Syria. But as we know, Turkey is part of the prophesied last days force that will invade Israel in Ezekiel 38-39. The evil invading armies will be blown to smithereens by God Himself. This will finally turn the mostly secular Israel back to Him.

“Palestinians” hurled a firebomb in an attempt to blow up a busload of Israelis. Thankfully, the bus didn’t catch on fire.

Molotov cocktail attacks threaten to drive Jewish families out of East Jerusalem. Residents say their building was torched by dozens of explosive devices thrown within the last month by locals from the Arab neighborhood.

When They Shall Say Peace and Safety…Sudden Destruction…

Pope Francis, the pride of the “Palestinians,” is speaking in M. Abbas’s ear again to resume “peace talks.” Let us not forget that Francis officially recognized a “Palestinian State” and called Abbas an “angel of peace.” Last year, Abbas’s PA aka PLO opened an embassy in the Vatican.

Shakeup in Israeli Government and the “Peace” Proposal

Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu and the parties in his coalition gave in and decided Monday to disperse the Knesset and initiate an early general election on April 9, 2019. He said he could not initiate the election six weeks ago when Avigdor Liberman resigned as Defense Minister and sparked a coalition crisis, because he wanted to first complete destroying tunnels on the Lebanese border in Operation Northern Shield. “With God’s help, we will win,” he said, and vowed to form the same coalition after the election.

Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid, who is running against Benjamin Netanyahu for prime minister in the April elections, wants Trump’s inner circle to persuade him to release his peace proposal before the elections, forcing the parties to take a stand and the Israeli electorate to choose. (Yesh Atid was founded by Yair Lapid, and is a supposedly centrist party, but is almost universally considered to be aligned with the left).

The Day of the Lord Surely Can’t Be Far Away

The following may not mean anything—I’m just sayin’ since it was reported in the news. But one thing is for certain: given all that’s going on, it should be an eventful year regardless. A super blood moon will occur on January 21 this upcoming new year on the Jewish holiday Tu B’Shevat which is also called “The New Year of the Trees” and “The Feast of Fruits.”

The late Jack Kelley said, “We’re the generation for whom Joel’s warning is intended.” And other prophecies now converged bear this out. We are in the fig tree generation.

“And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. And he (Jesus) spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled” (Luke 21:28-32).

The Day of the Lord (excerpt from Joel 2)

“Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand… a strong people set in battle array…

…Let them (the people of Israel) say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them…Then will the Lord be jealous for his land, and pity his people…I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up…

…And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered.”

The coming Tribulation, “the time of Jacob’s (Israel’s) trouble” is set aside to turn the Jews back to God and recognize their true Messiah. A remnant will call out to Him and will be delivered. The Church—the bride of Christ— is not appointed to endure the coming wrath (1 Thessalonians 5:9) that God will pour out upon all who reject His free gift of salvation in Christ.