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It Is About Time They Faced the Truth

“As far as Israel is concerned, denial of the Jewish historical and religious connection to this land, and especially to Jerusalem, is the primarily roadblock to peace at present.” (www.israeltoday.co.il) Finally, the U.S. administration is standing with Israel on this issue. When President Trump stated that his recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel was based upon reality, he was shaking up the world of lies, deception and fake history and news. For too long the governments of the world have tried to appease the Palestinians and Muslims in the Middle East by making compromises for peace that were not based upon facts. If you want reconciliation between two parties or people that are verbally seeking reconciliation, they must both face reality, not how they feel or what they believe, but what are the real facts. What people believe and how they live must be based upon facts and honesty.

President Trump’s team is reminding the Palestinian leadership that they must stop denying the Jewish historical connection to Jerusalem and the Promised Land. This is proven by the Bible, archeology, and many secular historical records, including Muslim historical records. The denial of all of this began with Yasser Arafat and has been repeated to an entire generation of Muslims that believe these lies. I applaud our current administration for finally standing on the side of truth. It is about time the Muslims of the world face the truth, which is supported by their holy books, including the Koran.

Many Israelis also blame their own government in its attempt to deny reality and to appease those who are sworn to the destruction of the Jewish state. A recent article in Israel Today addresses this with the following remark: “The current Israeli-Palestinian conflict is itself an example of the persistent failure of short-term deals made to keep the ‘peace’ with Arab parties ever since the Balfour Declaration was published 100 years ago. Instead of getting on with it and immediately implementing its declared goal – the resettlement of Jews from the diaspora in the Promised Land – we dithered and dallied for decades in a fruitless effort to please all parties. The enemies of Israel saw it as weakness, which they exploited to the hilt with violence that had us chasing our tails looking for a way out of the awesome responsibility we had been given.” (www.israeltoday.co.il)

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Are Natural Disasters Increasing?

According to many Scriptures, historically, God has used extremes in weather as a form of judgment. These acts of God by the Creator are meant to send a sign to the wicked that He, not them, is in control. They are designed to be a divine wake-up call to the nations. (Psalm 147:15-18; Psalm 148:8; Amos 4:6-13; Malachi 4:1) According to several the New Testament passages, the increase of natural disasters will be a means of God’s wrathful judgment upon a world that is in spiritual rebellion. (Revelation 6:12-17; 8:7-13; 16:1-12)

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [recently] reported that 2017 was the worst year in recorded history for natural disasters. …They also identified 710 natural catastrophes around the globe, significantly higher than the annual average of 605.” (www.breakingisraelnews.com) I have observed that the dramatic in the increase of global natural disasters began in 1948 when Israel became a nation. In 1948, there were only 20 global natural disasters recorded. In recent decades the world has experienced an average of 605 annual natural disasters. However, in 2017, it spiked to 710!

In recent years there have been noticeable extremes in weather experienced around the world. Last summer the Middle East experienced extreme heat waves. In sharp contrast to this, in just the last few weeks, 4-12 inches of snow fell in some areas of the Sahara desert. “The Sahara is the largest and hottest desert in the world, covering 3.5 million square miles, an area approximately the size of the continental US. In 1922, a temperature of 136° Fahrenheit, the highest land surface temperature ever recorded, was set in the Sahara at El Azizia, Libya.” (www.breakingisraelnews.com)

As Jesus spoke to His disciples about the signs of the last days, he warned that conditions like these are “the beginning of sorrows [birth pangs.]” (Matthew 24:8) These increasing cycles of weird extremes of weather are an expression of the conditions that are pointing to the approaching wrathful judgments of God that are spelled out in the book of Revelation. According to this book, God will use drought, earthquakes, volcanoes, heat, hail, darkness, and tsunamis as a part of his final divine retribution against the godless nations.

It is apparent that our world is uniquely being prepared for this judgment. The increase of natural disasters is a megaphone warning from the Creator of His approaching judgment.

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New Israeli Law makes it almost impossible to divide Jerusalem

The governing body in Israel, the Knesset, passed a bill on Tuesday, January 2, that effectively will make it impossible in the future to legally divide the city of Jerusalem. According to Israel Today, “This new legislation requires a three-fourths majority of 80 members of Knesset to ever alter the status of Jerusalem or surrender portions of the Holy City as part of a future peace agreement. Corralling a two-thirds majority for anything in the Israel Knesset is next to impossible, as evidenced by the vote on this very bill.” (israeltoday.co.il)

This new law, along with President Trump’s announcement to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, will receive great resistance in the Islamic world and liberal western nations. This will intensify the battle for Jerusalem. According to the prophetic Scriptures, Israel will control the Temple Mount and the Old City until the Antichrist wrestles it away from them during the Tribulation Period. The Antichrist will take charge of the newly constructed Jewish temple on the Temple Mount at the mid-point of the Tribulation. (Daniel 9:27; Matthew 24:15-21; Revelation 11:1-2) The struggle for Jerusalem, especially the Old City, will continue throughout the last half of the Tribulation. (Revelation 11:1-2) Israel will maintain control of the Old City until the final days of the Battle of Armageddon. During this battle, the Antichrist will take control of half of Jerusalem, the Old City. However, he will then be defeated by Messiah at His revelation. Messiah will liberate Jerusalem (Zechariah 14:1-3), making it the capital of His international kingdom. (Zechariah 14:16-21)

Without question, we are witnessing the development of very significant events that are preparing our world for the final seven years, known as the Tribulation Period. Believers in Christ will fly home to heaven in the Rapture before this time begins. “Get ready for the shout that will take us out!”

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Israeli Political Party Votes to exercise Sovereignty over Judea and Samaria

On December 31, the political party Prime Minister Netanyahu unanimously voted to annex parts of Judea and Samaria, called the “West Bank” by most of the world. This would end the possibility of a Palestinian State in this area. The party said that it was time to make this bold and necessary move in light of the overwhelming support of the Trump administration and the recent announcement to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. “Now is the time to strengthen the Jewish state’s hold over all parts of the land and to prevent the destruction of Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, they said.”- worldisraelnews.com

This action demonstrates that the Israeli leadership has a great deal of confidence in their security and safety in the land. According to the prophet Ezekiel, this will be the kind of attitude of safety that will exist in Israel at the time of the Gog and Magog invasion. Three times Ezekiel says they will be dwelling “safely” in the land. (Ezekiel 38:8, 11, 14)

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Arab Leader Calls for Religious Tolerance and Denounces the anti- Israel Boycott

According to World Israel News, the King of Bahrain recently released a document calling for religious peace. The report declares: “The Bahrain Declaration on Religious Tolerance, described by the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) as a ‘plain-speaking attack against terrorism,’ authored by King Hamad al Khalifa of Bahrain, was released last week at an historic event co-sponsored SWC at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles.

‘The document, the first of its kind to be written by an Arab head of state, calls for people of all faiths to show respect for, and protection of, the rights of everyone to practice their religious affiliations in dignity and peace,’ SWC announced.

“‘Every individual has the freedom to practice their religion, providing they do no harm to others, respect the laws of the land, and accept responsibility, spiritually and materially, for their choices,’ the Bahraini declaration reads.”

“The Bahrain Declaration ‘is a statement devoid of political correctness,’ Rabbi Abraham Cooper, SWC’s associate dean, said. ‘It’s exactly the language that millions of people around the world have been waiting for. We know there are moderates, but who is going to stand up and articulate it. So to have an Arab head of state tackle these issues is a game changer.’”

“The Jerusalem Post reported that Arab officials stood in respect as the Bahrain National Orchestra played ‘Hatikva,’ Israel’s national anthem, preceded by the Bahraini and US national anthems.”

For more, go to: worldisraelnews.com

As I read this report two things came to mind. First, I wonder how this move among Arab states will play into the deception of the Antichrist’s covenant of deception that will begin the Tribulation Period. (See Daniel 9:27.) Second, there is coming a time at the beginning of the Millennial Kingdom when all of the Arab states will be saved and have a genuine change of heart toward the Jewish State. Read about that in Isaiah 60:6-14, 18.