The Contest of the Ages

Iran-nuclear-clock The situation in the Mideast is like a pot that is boiling. Iran continues stalling at the nuclear talks while building up it’s uranium and war materials. Meanwhile, Iran is also inciting it’s proxies to take aggressive actions towards Israel and friends of Israel in the region. Israel is threatening to take action against Iran and it’s proxies Hamas and Hezbollah.

Meanwhile, Israel is weakening itself with foolish lockdown and vaccine measures over the Covid19 virus. The smell of war is in the air! I have been looking again at the so-called Psalm 83 war. This war is described in Psalm 83 in which Israel’s close neighbors attack her.

The true nature of Islam rules the Muslim population with the thought that “land that was once ruled by Islam can never be surrendered” so, even so-called moderate Muslims cannot and will not oppose those radicals who claim jihad as the only answer. Thus, the Psalm 83 prophesy is the only answer left. Asaph, leader of Solomon’s priestly choir, was a prophet and he identified the people groups that would rise against Israel to destroy it in Psalm 83. ps 83 table of nationsAs you can see in the picture below, these people surround Israel and their lands abut Israel as shown in the pentagram area below. The table included identifies the people groups named with modern day identifications.

You will notice that the Palestinians are mixed with many other Arab groups. They consist of three main Arab groups: the Palestinians of the Gaza Strip, the Palestinians of the West Bank, and the Palestinian Refugees, which live mostly in various tent refugee camps.

Tps 83 confederateshese groups named all exist within the pentagram shown in this picture. They are all proxies of Iran, even ISIS which now operates in the Sinai and is aided by Iran. Israel is keeping them at bay by continuous air strikes and other actions but, this cannot go on forever. The boiling pot is building up pressure and sooner or later, like a volcano, it will erupt!

Is this war the war described by Ezekiel, the war of Gog and Magog? I don’t think so because Gog is not named in Psalm 83 and also, in Ezekiel 38, all come from outside the pentagram shown in the picture. However since all these tribes mentioned are proxies of Iran, it is possible that this war is a prelude to the Ezekiel war of Gog and Magog. They may reason that Israel is sufficiently weakened that they have an advantage, and attack.

Another scenario is that Israel attacks Iran to destroy their nuclear capability and Iran incites these peoples to attack Israel in response.  Whatever the way these things unfold, the Blood Moons we have been seeing in the heavens all are forecasting trouble for Israel.

Yet another aspect to these events is the financial pressures being exerted. Israel is spending a huge amount of it’s GDP (Gross Domestic Product) on it’s military and also Iran and it’s proxies are gathering money from every source they can find. And one of the neighboring Arab countries named in the Psalm 83 war is Jordan. An article about Klaus Schwab reveals an interesting piece of information; Queen Rania of Jordan, has been ranked by Forbes as one of the 100 most powerful women in the world. And she is a member of Klaus Schwab’s World Economic Forum whose members control trillions of dollars. These people want to control the world and they are driven by the spirit of Antichrist so, it is not hard to believe that they could also be involved in inciting these wars.

Al these wars will just be a prelude to the final war that Satan, the Dragon, will start one day soon. After a short time o f peace (probably about 7 years) during which the Antichrist will be revealed as a peacemaker between Jew and Arab and allow the rebuilding of the Jewish Temple, he will set up the Abomination of Desolation in that Temple and then the real trouble for Israel (and the world) will begin! The Book of Revelation reveals this –

“And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.” – Rev. 12:13-15

I will write more about this later.

As the Devil is at work formulating his plans, God is a step ahead of him. God is revitalizing His Church with an end-time harvest message. He is reminding us of who we are and where we are seated.

“And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations—‘He shall rule them with a rod of iron; They shall be dashed to pieces like the potter’s vessels’—as I also have received from My Father;” – Rev. 2:26, 27

 “Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come . . . And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: ” – Eph. 1:19-2:6

The ‘latter rain’ is coming and those that are anointed are going into the fields that are white unto harvest. The Lord knows who are His and He is gathering them in to His Barn!

“And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” – Acts 2:21

“And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.” – Rev.. 17:15

“So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.” – Isa. 59:19

The Blood Moons and Psalm 83 Revisited

In 2015 I wrote an article named The Blood Moons and Psalm 83 in which I highlighted the warning of the prophet Isaiah and of the deteriorating conditions in the Middle East –

“The prophet Isaiah also describes a similar event before the coming of the Lord: “The sun will be darkened in its going forth, And the moon will not cause its light to shine.” (Isaiah 13:10). Both of these events, the sun being darkened (solar eclipse) and the moon turning blood-red (lunar eclipse), are being displayed right now in the Blood Red Moons Tetrad of 2014 and 2015. The fact that the solar eclipses happen on Nisan 1, the beginning of God’s Biblical calendar, and on Tishri 1, the Feast of Trumpets and the beginning of the Jewish New Year, give warning to Israel to prepare for war and warning to the nations that their judgment is near. Given that these are extremely rare occurrences and will never again happen in our lifetime we should pay attention to them as warnings from God Almighty.” Continue reading

Preparation for War with Palestinians

President Trump has recognized Jerusalem as the eternal capital of Israel and has scheduled the move of the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. And he seems to have the support of several Arab nations, including Saudi Arabia, for this move. The President’s Son in Law, Jared Kushner, has been negotiating a new Middle East peace plan that he hopes will settle the Palestinian issue once and for all. The President recently hinted that this recognition would cost Israel and they would have to “pay a higher price”. He further stated “The Palestinians will get something very good, because it’s their turn next,” Its obvious he was referring to giving them the West Bank. Israel’s Netanyahu is counting on Palestinian Authority Continue reading

Psalm 83 – Is It about to Happen?

26 signs headerIn 2014 I wrote a 4 part series of articles titled 26 Signs on the Lord’s Soon Return. It isn’t that these signs have not happened throughout history but, that they all are happening together right now, and in ever increasing frequency. This is the warning Jesus gave, that they would be like birth pangs getting closer together and more intense until the time of the delivery.

“All these are the beginning of sorrows (lit. birth pangs)” – Matt. 24:8

If you haven’t read this series, I urge you to do so. But, there is another topic I want to concentrate on in this article – it is Psalm 83. This psalm was written by Asaph who besides being King David’s worship leader was also a prophet. Many believe Psalm 83 is a prophecy of a war that has not yet happened and I have written about it before. But, whether that is true or not, Psalm 83 certainly describes events happening right now and it may well lead into the war of Ezekiel 38, 39 . Continue reading

Middle East Current Prophecy

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“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.” – Zech. 12:2,3

The middle east is a constant source of tension in today’s world. While the threat of North Korea is worrying many today, few realize that it also is connected to the middle east through Iran. It is in Iran’s interest to have North Korea threaten the United States. When our attention is focused on North Korea, Iran is free to move towards its domination of the middle east. Also, I do not doubt that Iran supplies North Korea with finances, etc. while it gets nuclear technology from them. All the millions of dollars Obama gave to Iran not only finances terrorism but, it also bolsters North Korea which has become a major threat to us.

I believe J.D. Farag, a prophecy teacher, was correct to remind Americans that Iran calls America ‘the Great Satan’ and Israel ‘the Lesser Satan’. Islamic groups like CAIR  are working tirelessly to weaken and bring down a Christian America. That is why it is so damaging to have Speaker Paul Ryan block Amendments that would stop funding Hamas, a law sponsored by CAIR and voted in under Obama. Iran is systematically trying to remove any American influence in the middle east and any who are friends with America.

saudiiranapril282016Saudi Arabia is under attack by Iran and has even been attacked by its proxies which may well set off a war between Iran and Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia charged Monday that Iran had committed “a blatant act of military aggression” by providing its Yemeni allies with a missile fired at the Saudi capital over the weekend, raising the threat of a direct military clash between the two regional heavyweights.  The accusations represent a new peak in tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran at a time when they are already fighting proxy wars in Yemen and Syria, as well as battles for political power in Iraq and Lebanon. – Prophecy News Watch

 

psalm 83 warThe Zechariah scriptures I began this article with are explained more fully by prophecy teacher Bill Salis and author of the book Psalm 83 War. In a recent interview, he explained what he sees as the upcoming fulfillment of Zechariah 12 – it is worth watching.

The admonishment of Jesus and many of the Apostles is to watch and pray. I offer these thoughts on prophecy with that warning as well – watch and pray. Some may wonder why I included statements from J.D. Farag, when in my last article I included him among the false teachers? I do not count him as a false teacher, just a mistaken one on the point of repentance. There are no perfect teachers, correct on every point, myself included. Just those sincerely trying to obey the Holy Spirit and to be faithful to teach what we understand. So, we must trust the body of Christ and other teachers to point out mistakes and errors. It is why we are urged by John –

“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.” – 1 John 4:1

I hope these thought will help prepare you for the days we live in.

The Coming War

The daily news is filled with acts of terrorism, acts of war, and threats of war in the Middle east.  Many wise men and politicians offer their plans for a solution but those I’ve heard fail to take into account what God has said about the situation. Nations today spend much time and effort developing their foreign policies to deal with such situations but few consider that God may also have a divine ‘foreign policy’.

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God’s ‘foreign policy’ is described in Psalm 83 and the related Scriptures of Psalm 2 and Isaiah 11. God has a long memory, He is not only long-suffering towards man’s sin but, He also never forgets a promise made. With this truth in view, let’s look at God’s Foreign Policy – Continue reading

Is New Israeli War Beginning?

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DEBKAfile Exclusive Report Feb 27, 2016, 7:14 PM (IDT)

Under cover of the Syrian ceasefire that went into effect Saturday, Feb. 27, and the Russian air umbrella, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps finally managed to secretly install hundreds of armed Palestinian terrorists on the Syrian-Israeli border, face-to-face with the IDF’s Golan positions, DEBKAfile reports exclusively.

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The Blood Moons and Psalm 83

4 BRM Tetrad“And I will show 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 coming of the great and awesome day of the LORD. – Joel 2:30, 31

The prophet Isaiah also describes a similar event before the coming of the Lord: “The sun will be darkened in its going forth, And the moon will not cause its light to shine.” (Isaiah 13:10). Both of these events, the sun being darkened (solar eclipse) and the moon turning blood-red (lunar eclipse), are being displayed right now in the Blood Red Moons Tetrad of 2014 and 2015. The fact that the solar eclipses happen on Nisan 1, the beginning of God’s Biblical calendar, and Continue reading

Passover – God’s Countdown Begins!

passover 2015As we prepare to remember Passover, I am reminded that it also contained two other equally important feasts; Unleavened Bread and First Fruits. In fact Passover began a countdown of sorts to the first of God’s supernatural harvests. The Feast of Unleavened Bread began the next day after Passover and the Feast of First Fruits began on the next Sunday, which was usually 3-7 days later depending on the year. First Fruits marked the first of the annual harvests and a sheaf of barley was waved before the LORD in thanksgiving for the coming harvest. Prophetically, Jesus was raised from the dead on this exact feast day and represents the first fruit of the harvest of souls to come. Fifty days later the second of the annual harvest days occurred – Pentecost. This harvest marked the bringing in of the wheat harvest. Prophetically it represents the first outpouring of the Holy Spirit, spoken of by the prophet Joel as the ‘former rain’. Continue reading

Psalm 83 War – part 2

ps 83 confederatesAs I wrote in Psalm 83 – part 1, a restored Israel could be a great blessing to the surrounding Arab nations. They have already been a blessing to Jordanians by teaching them new methods of farming and water management. But, Islamic pride and radicalism has all but erased the ground gained. Radical Islam’s message of “Come, let us cut them off from being a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more” has blinded them to the possible blessings a restored Israel could be.

The true nature of Islam rules the Muslim population with the thought that “land that was once ruled by Islam can never be surrendered” so, even so-called moderate Muslims cannot and will not oppose those Continue reading