Hamas, ISIS and Nazis

After Hamas attacked Israel and butchered over 1000 civilians, only a very few people were aware of the details of how they tortured, raped and murdered.  We found it curious as to why President Biden was suddenly so pro-Israel following the attack?  And now we know why.  Because he was one of the select few that learned the gory details soon after they happened.  When people around the world demand that Israel hold talks with Hamas, their response should continue to be, “did we hold talks with the Nazis?”  Yes, kids are going to die in Gaza as Hamas continues launching rockets from elementary schools and hospitals.  Who in the world raised these Hamas animals?  Look no further than the mothers, fathers, teachers and leaders of Gaza.  They are guilty and their society deserves punishment.  Read some of the details, like a baby put into a hot oven while they raped the mom.  Who does that except agents of Satan?

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Until now, journalists, including myself, have been reluctant to report on the Hamas horrors in southern Israel.

The comparison with the actions of the Einsatz Gruppen of Hitler’s SS and with those of ISIS seemed justified, but Hamas went further. ISIS did not behead babies and the SS did not rape dead women, as Hamas did on 7/10 in southern Israel (remember that Hebrew dates are ‘day/month/year’).

The only two organizations to date to publish photos and videos of Hamas’s unimaginable atrocities are MEMRI, the Middle East Media Research Institute, and the ad hoc group South First Responders that documents on Telegram what was found in places like Kibbutz Be’eri and Kfar Aza.

In this article, I will make revelations that have not yet appeared in the international media.

After all, the Allies also had the press document and publish the horrors found in concentration camps such as Bergen Belsen during the liberation of Poland and Germany.

The Telegram channel of the South First Responders posted a video showing how a Hamas terrorist shot an Israeli man in the head in his stationary car. The terrorist then pulled the man’s dead body half out of the car and released the vehicle’s handbrake after which the car began to drive slowly and drove over a sidewalk, crushing the driver’s body.

Another video shows the burned bodies of a man and his daughter who hugged one another other while their bodies were tied together with iron wire.

In a video that Israel’s UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan showed to members of the UN Security Council, a Hamas terrorist can be seen beheading a living Thai migrant worker with a spade.

A photo taken by a member of the religious aid organization ZAKA, which always cares for the dead bodies of terror victims, shows the burned head of an Israeli woman whom Hamas also beheaded.

Another photo shows the tortured body of an Israeli man who was burned alive.

Apparently, the terrorists gagged the man’s mouth with what looked like a kitchen towel to avoid hearing his screams.

Then there was the news last Monday that the remains of German-Israeli woman Shani Louk had been found in Gaza.

She was last seen in a Hamas video showing her unconscious after being raped and tortured. Shani’s family later announced that a body part of hers had been found and that one could not live without it.

Yesterday I received information that only the head of the young woman had been found.

Also on Monday, October 30, I received information from Marina Medvin, who is a renowned crime expert living in Virginia. She wrote in that message that Hamas terrorists entered the home of an Israeli family and murdered the father of the family in front of his wife.

They then took the couple’s baby and put him/her in the glowing oven in the kitchen after which they raped the mother and forced her to listen to the child’s heartbreaking screams, before executing her as well.

Almost all of this documentation was created by the terrorists themselves, who brought cameras with them and then published the grizzly scenes on social media.

 https://www.israeltoday.co.il/read/hamas-isis-the-ss-einsatz-gruppen-and-israels-national-7-10-trauma/

The End is Not Yet

Here’s a good, encouraging article from Terry James of Rapture Ready.

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“World War III has begun.”

I’ve heard this statement from many sources lately—a good number of them have come from secular pundits like radio talk-show hosts and news commentary panelists. However, more and more, such declarations are coming from Christians who look at the issues and events of the day in light of Bible prophecy.

Indeed, things popping up in the Middle East are more than enough to cause the entire world’s population to become angst-ridden. It does look as if the genie’s bottle of global war might have been uncorked.

Again, it isn’t the secular news commentators who elicit my interest in the World War III talk. It is the growing number of declarations by the Bible prophecy watchers that draws my attention.

And I mean no disrespect to or undue criticism of the writers, speakers, and broadcasters of Bible prophecy who are ratcheting up WW III talk. They’re my colleagues and brothers in Christ–even though we may disagree on some aspects of prophecy yet future, such as whether the Rapture will be pre-Tribulation or whether the Rapture will, in fact, occur at all. (I like to appropriate ol’ Dr. J Vernon McGee’s apothegm in those cases: “They have a right to be wrong. But if they want to be right, they should come along with me.”) 

Better put, that great preacher declared they should come along with the Bible’s take on the issues. And that take is that a Rapture is coming–before the Tribulation (Daniel’s seventieth week) that leads to all-out global destruction, culminating in that greatest of all conflicts, Armageddon.

That the WW III talk among communicators within the Bible prophecy community is ramping up can be seen in the following excerpt taken from a well-known contemporary writer:

Right now, we are all witnessing some of the most pivotal moments in all of human history.  For a long time, I warned my readers that a great war would be coming to the Middle East.  In fact, I specifically warned that it would be one of “the 3 wars of the apocalypse.” I didn’t expect the Great Middle East War to arrive quite so quickly, but here we are. Once thousands of missiles start flying back and forth, none of our lives will ever be the same again. We are literally watching an apocalyptic scenario play out right in front of our eyes, and it is all going to begin once Israeli forces move into Gaza…

So here we go.

This is it…

Sadly, there is no way out now.

The clock is ticking, and the Middle East will soon erupt in flames…

We knew that this was coming.

Now it is here.

But even at this late stage, most of the world still has no idea what is coming next… (“Here We Go – The IDF Is Given the “Green Light” as U.S. Forces in the Middle East Come under Fire,” by Michael, October 19, 2023, Rapture Ready News)

The writer does a stellar job of filling in reportorial elements making up his apocalyptic view that there is now no way out. He presents important news of prophetic interest taking place. His reporting on what’s been happening in the conflict surrounding Israel is on the money. He is a very good reporter on things important to the stage being set for fulfillment of Bible prophecy.

I disagree totally with his assessment that there’s no way out, but do agree with his statement: “But even at this late stage, most of the world still has no idea what is coming next.”

My disagreement with his assessment in its totality is based upon the biblical truth that we know this isn’t the time of all-out war on earth, because Jesus foretold:

“And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet” (Matthew 24:6).

The Lord then went on to tell about all that must happen up to and including humankind’s final war. He, in His ascended glory, filled out the conclusion, then, by giving John, His beloved disciple and the writer of Revelation, the full scope of the wrap-up of human history.

Most folks absolutely do not know what is coming next, as the writer says. That includes believers (true Christians) who never consider God’s rescue plan for them. That also includes the writer of the above article, who denies the biblical truth of the pre-Trib Rapture. He believes, according to all I’ve learned from his writing, that believers will go through those seven years of horror.

So, while prospects for war are daunting, as we scan the future landscape, we can be assured that “the end is not yet.” We are, in fact, looking directly into the future with Christ’s Words: “Ye shall hear of wars and rumors of war.” With the murderous wars in Ukraine, the bloody war in the Middle East, and the rumors of World War III front and center, proof abounds of where we stand on God’s prophetic timeline.

Yet, again, “the end is not yet.” The Holy Spirit is still in God’s business of restraining the evil intents of Satan and humankind.

Those who study and believe God’s Word–His entire Word—know what is coming next: the Rapture. We know this because we are not appointed to wrath (Revelation 3:10). And the seven years of Tribulation will be God’s wrath poured upon a rebellious, anti-God world of earth dwellers. World War III is indeed going to happen as part of that judgment and wrath.

Be Rapture Ready so that you won’t experience even one moment of that terrible time.

“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto Salvation” (Romans 10:9-10).

 https://www.raptureready.com/2023/11/01/the-end-is-not-yet-by-terry-james-2/

It's a Little Confusing to Understand?

 Within the past week I've heard Bible-believing folks say, "God's already on the throne, Israel in the news has NOTHING to do with eschatology."  Or, "The Bible simply doesn't teach that Christians will be whisked away to escape the tribulation coming on earth!"  Or, "Pre-trib, mid-trib, post-trib, it's not a salvation issue so I'll let you figure it out on your own!", was what one well-known pastor on the radio said.

While I agree with the fact that it's NOT a salvation issue, what kind of confusing message would that be to your confirmation kids who ask, "Tell me about the return of Jesus?"

I really appreciate Dr. David Jeremiah when he says, "Here at Shadow Mountain church we are unapologetically Pre-trib.  We preach it and we teach it from Sunday school through adult ed.  Our staff will all be in agreement that the Pre-trib rapture is what we all believe." (that's a paraphrase)

As most of you probably know I was raised ELCA Lutheran and the return of Jesus was never spoken of or taught in any class I ever attended.  When I would hear a verse about Jesus returning as we read, "The Gospel reading for the day", from the pulpit, I might ask my Sunday school teacher to explain and would get an answer like, "humans have been here for millions of years and most likely we will be here for millions more."

So where is our "blessed hope!", in that explanation?

Once I started digging into all this for myself, (I was spurred on to find out for myself after reading a few LEFT BEHIND books), it became obvious to me that we ARE NOT going to incur God's wrath, all of prophecy HAS NOT been fulfilled, God IS NOT done with Israel and the Jews, Jesus is going to come like a thief in the night for the unsuspecting world BUT WE ARE CHILDREN OF THE LIGHT SO THIS DAY WILL NOT SURPRISE US!  

Today I'm just going to give you a few verses that confirm followers of Christ WILL NOT SUFFER the wrath of God.  If we do have to suffer it, then what purpose did Jesus accomplish on the cross by taking all the wrath of God meant for us??  It seems so obvious...but yet it clearly isn't to millions of other Christians.

1 Thessalonians 1:10

and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.

1 Thessalonians 5:9

For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 5:9

Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him!

So yes, we may suffer the wrath of men and the torment of Satan, but the Great Tribulation is FILLED WITH GOD's WRATH AGAINST AN UNREPENTANT EARTH!  So let's encourage each other (as Paul exhorts us to) with the blessed hope that Jesus is soon coming for us to take us to the place He went to prepare a place for us!  If it wasn't true HE wouldn't have told us so!

Elon Musk; Twitter Was Controlled by Far Left

Not a real big surprise here.  The truth is being suppressed at every chance.  The delusional Left is doing its best to make sure that any alternative views will not be heard.  We are living in the age of deception.

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 “The degree to which Twitter was simply an arm of the government was not well understood by the public,” Musk said, adding “And it was whatever, everything was like Pravda basically, a state publication, is the way to think of old Twitter. A state publication.”

“There was basically oppression of any views that, even I would say, be considered middle-of-the-road,” Musk continued, adding “certainly, anything on the right, and I’m not talking about far-right, I’m just talking mildly right.”

“Republicans were suppressed at 10 times the rate of Democrats. That’s because old Twitter was fundamentally controlled by the far-left. It was, like, completely controlled by the far-left,” Musk asserted.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/elon-musk-twitter-was-completely-controlled-far-left

Rabbi Tells Jews Their Redemption is Near

The unity within Israel has surged since Hamas attacked on October 7.  This Rabbi says it’s because the redemption of Israel is getting close. Remember THEY are looking for the false messiah because they have rejected Jesus, the one and only real Messiah.  The fact that the Jews are excited about building a temple and welcoming the false messiah should help us followers of Christ understand that OUR redemption is near.  “Look up!  Your redemption is drawing near.”

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Rabbi Grossman emphasized that it is more important to show God that we love each other than to show Him that we love Him.

“I always say there is no right-wing, no left-wing, no religious, no secular, no Sephardi or Ashkenazi,” Rabbi Grossman said. “We are all one man, one heart. This is our secret. Bless us, our Father, all of us together, as we are united spirits.”

The rabbi urged people to volunteer to help their neighbors.

“We need  to come together in this time of distress, so that not only during the war, not only during this time of grief can we unite, but so that we can be united for all time,” Rabbi Grossman said.”

“The nation of Israel is strong and we’re getting closer to redemption,” he said. “We will now have a difficult six months but then we will be approaching the month of Nissan, the month of Passover and redemption. This year, there will be a great redemption. What we are going through now is all the preparation for redemption. Our unity  is to bless our Father as one and  as one undivided nation.”

 https://www.israel365news.com/378161/rabbi-we-are-in-the-age-of-ahab-before-redemption/

The US National Debt is a Real-World Problem

So here, in a real small nutshell, is how national debt increases and WHY we are on the verge of major problems with out of control government spending.

So let's say the government says, "Let's forgive all the student debt!"  And they pass that law that requires $500 billion dollars.  The government doesnt have $500 billion in their checkbook or savings accounts so they direct the Treasury to "get us $500 billion dollars by July 1!"  The US Treasury then announces that "We will have an auction on June 1 to auction off $500 billion of 10 year Treasury Bills".  Once someone agrees to buy the Treasury Bills then that "money" is effectively created out of nothing but faith, confidence and promises.  The buying party expects to get monthly interest paid to them by the US Government as long as they hold the bill and then get reimbursed in full when the 10 years is up.  But let's say that the auction doesn't produce too many buyers because folks are realizing there is already $33 trillion in national debt and they aren't super interested in buying a whole lot more?  Well then the interest rate will be raised from 5% to 6% to 7% in order to entice people to buy a more risky investment.

But now let's say that the entire $33 trillion needs to be refinanced at 7% and the world realizes that the US Government can't possible make interest payments AND principal payments on that insurmountable mountain of debt?  That's when the FAITH AND CONFIDENCE collapse and America starts whirling around the debt-spiral-drain.  Sadly, we are very close...and maybe it's already started.

For years, budget hawks warned about the damaging effects of the mushrooming national debt, which now totals more than $33 trillion. But they had to speculate about how a debt crisis would materialize because it was only theoretical.

We’re now beginning to see the real-life effects of an unsustainable federal debt load. To finance trillions of dollars in spending beyond what incoming revenue can support, the US Treasury is now issuing more debt in the form of Treasury securities than global financial markets can readily absorb. That forces the borrower — the US government — to pay higher interest rates, which in turn pushes up borrowing costs for consumers and businesses in much of the Western world.

It’s not yet a crisis, in the sense of an unavoidable calamity that will wreck careers and trash living standards. But the excessive debt of the United States now impacts anybody who takes out a loan or invests in stocks. Once a routine and unexciting part of the market, debt issuance by the Treasury is now a hot Wall Street topic as investors plot how to avoid losses — or capture profits — from this new source of volatility.

The annual US budget deficit hit $2 trillion in fiscal 2023, which ended in September. That was a big jump from the $1.4 trillion deficit in 2022. In theory, the annual deficit should be shrinking, since massive amounts of COVID stimulus spending in 2020 and 2021 have wound down and the overall economy has been solid. Yet the trend is worsening, rather than improving, due largely to decades of fiscal negligence by both Democrats and Republicans.

What really got investors’ attention during recent months wasn’t the 2023 deficit figure, but a July 31 announcement by the Treasury that it planned to borrow $1 trillion in the third quarter alone, $274 billion more than its estimate from just two months earlier. The government needed the extra financing because tax receipts were coming in lower than expected, while outflows were higher.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-national-debt-is-finally-a-real-world-problem-202357147.html

Famous Investor Shares Ideas on “Surviving the Greatest Crash in World History”

This Kiyosaki dude is pretty famous for his show, “rich dad, poor dad”.  He, along with others, is telling us that the biggest financial crash in world history is coming.  We don’t doubt that.  He then goes on to tell us what asset might survive and of course it’s silver and gold.  He refers to it as “God’s money”.  But clearly folks have forgotten that in times of national emergency the US Government has a history of seizing everyone’s gold.  And even more interesting is that the Bible tells us that when the Lord’s wrath comes, silver and gold won’t save us from it.  Thankfully, there isn’t any wrath of God coming for the follower of Christ.

Ezekiel 7   “‘They will throw their silver into the streets,

    and their gold will be treated as a thing unclean.
Their silver and gold
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    in the day of the Lord’s wrath.
It will not satisfy their hunger
    or fill their stomachs,
    for it has caused them to stumble into sin.

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In a time of global economic uncertainty, managing investment portfolios has become a critical topic among investors seeking ways to navigate this period.

In this line, the author of the best-selling personal finance book ‘Rich Dad Poor Dad’ Robert Kiyosaki, has raised the alarm about what he anticipates as the “greatest crash in world history.” In preparation for this crash, Kiyosaki has urged investors to consider a significant shift in their portfolios to protect their wealth.

Through a post on X (formerly Twitter) on October 29, Kiyosaki criticized traditional investment advice advocating for a 60% allocation to bonds and 40% to stocks, suggesting that such an approach may not withstand the potential crash in 2024.

In this instance, Kiyosaki advised investors to reallocate their portfolios to include gold, silver, and Bitcoin (BTC). He noted that these assets have the potential to withstand the impending crash.

According to the author, both gold and silver are considered “GOD’s money,” and in the event of a stock and bond market crash, their values are likely to skyrocket.

At the same time, the financial educator maintains that at their current valuations, the value of gold, silver, and Bitcoin are a bargain, and he encourages investors to allocate funds to these assets.

Overall, Kiyosaki has consistently advocated for investments in precious metals and Bitcoin while expressing skepticism about the sustainability of traditional financial products, which he maintains are destined for a crash. 

As reported by Finbold, Kiyosaki has previously highlighted several concerning factors currently impacting the economy. He believes that hyperinflation, the potential introduction of a central bank digital currency (CBDC), and possible inaccuracies by the United States government are key factors to watch out for.

 https://finbold.com/rich-dad-r-kiyosaki-shares-mix-to-survive-the-greatest-crash-in-world-history/

Arab News Has Totally Different Take on War With Hamas

 This is pretty interesting to read Al Jazeera News and see how much bias exists in most reporting.  It also demonstrates how far apart most Americans are with what most of the Arab world believes.  Notice that the baby killing, women raping-terrorists are called “an armed resistance group.”  Notice that the cowards of Hamas hide behind human shields and launch their rockets from hospitals and schools HOPING that Israeli bombs will kill their civilians so they can parade dead kids on camera.  Notice that this paper falsely reports that Israeli bombs took out a Gaza hospital when we have the video of a Hamas missile mis-firing and blowing it up.  He does say that the attack has stalled the peace talks with Israel and Saudi, which is exactly what Iran wanted to happen.  We will never have peace in this world until Jesus returns.  In the meantime expect more war, more hatred, more violence and be thankful that God is in control.

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On October 7, the Palestinian armed resistance group Hamas launched an attack that took Israel by surprise. Its fighters overran Israeli military installations and settlements, which led to the death of some 1,400 Israelis.

Israel responded by launching another war on Gaza, imposing a complete blockade and relentlessly bombing civilian buildings and infrastructure. More than 6,500 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli bombardment, including more than 2,000 children.

The Hamas attack has not only changed the path of the Palestine-Israel conflict, but also the dynamics of the whole Middle East. It has left the US strategy of de-escalation in the region in shambles, put Arab governments and Iran in a difficult position and opened the door for greater Chinese and Russian involvement.

Over the past three years, the Biden administration has been trying to limit its involvement in the Middle East and focus on China, as part of its “pivot to Asia”.

To do that, the US hoped to “cool off” tensions in the region by facilitating the normalisation of relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel and de-escalating with Iran. It also hoped to challenge Chinese influence in the region and boost India’s by establishing an economic corridor that would link India, the Middle East and Europe.

The proposed project had two parts: an eastern corridor, which would connect India to the Arab Gulf states, and a northern corridor, which would link the Gulf states to Europe via Jordan and Israel. It was supposed to be the US response to China’s Belt and Road Initiative.

The Hamas attack has put an abrupt end to these plans. First, it has effectively frozen the normalisation process between Israel and Saudi Arabia, thwarting the conclusion of a regional security arrangement.

Second, the attacks also compelled the US to reverse its policy of diminished military presence in the region by ordering the biggest military buildup since the war on ISIL. The Pentagon deployed one aircraft carrier in the Eastern Mediterranean, while another one has been sent to the Gulf. Together, they provide more than 100 aircraft with attack capabilities, as well as cruisers, destroyers and submarines equipped with Tomahawk missiles. Washington says that this buildup is to prevent a third party from opening another front against Israel.

Third, US efforts to de-escalate tensions with Iran have also come to an end. Just a month ago, the two countries reached an agreement on a prisoner swap and the release of $6bn worth of frozen Iranian assets. It was hoped the deal would encourage Iran to restrain its militias in Syria and Iraq from launching further attacks against US forces.

Developments of the past week demonstrate that this arrangement has not held. Pro-Iran armed groups in Syria and Iraq have launched attacks on US military bases, wounding a number of US personnel. The US officials have also claimed that US forces in the northern Red Sea have intercepted drones and missiles launched by the Houthis in Yemen.

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/10/28/hamass-attack-on-israel-has-changed-the-middle-east

New House Speaker Holds a Biblical Worldview, Democrats Freak Out

 Once upon a time in America, you could expect all of our leaders to understand the Bible and its teachings and to have a healthy fear of the Lord.  Of course those days are long gone. Today if you are one of the few folks in America who have a Biblical worldview, you will be looked at with derision and ridicule.  We need to pray for Speaker Mike Johnson that he can stand up in Congress to the storm of unbelief.

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On Wednesday, after three weeks of dysfunction following the ouster of former-Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana was elected as the 56th Speaker of the House. Johnson’s elevation to the office caps a frenetic period in which Republicans considered multiple candidates before coalescing around the four-term congressman. Although Johnson’s unexpected rise to the speakership was welcomed by conservatives, the Left has predictably been apoplectic in denouncing Speaker Johnson’s long-standing social conservative views.

Although progressives routinely castigate those who hold convictions rooted in a biblical worldview, the sharp criticism directed toward the new speaker for his Christian faith is nonetheless revealing.

For example, some House Democrats took exception to the portion of Johnson’s speech on Wednesday in which the new speaker referenced God. “Welcome to the Republican Era of not even pretending they aren’t forcing their religion on Congress and the American people. This is a slippery, dangerous slope to theocracy,” warned Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.). Another Democrat, Jamie Raskin, tweeted, “Speaker Mike Johnson? Anti-choice, anti-LGBTQ, anti-gun safety, anti-democracy. This is what theocracy looks like.”

Although allegations of Republicans wanting to install a theocracy are not new, the dire warnings of Huffman and Raskin, and the parroting of these claims by some in the media, reveal remarkable ignorance of basic Christian beliefs. Significantly, Johnson has said nothing about theocracy or forcing his religious beliefs on anyone. Rather, the new speaker simply articulated the commonplace Christian perspective that God providentially raises up leaders.

In his speech, Johnson stated, “I don’t believe there are any coincidences in a matter like this. I believe that Scripture, the Bible is very clear that God is the One that raises up those in authority. He raised up each of you, all of us. And I believe that God has ordained and allowed each one of us to be brought here for this specific moment and this time.”

To put it simply, Johnson’s understanding that “God is the One that raises up those in authority” is a widely-held Christian belief that has been taught for centuries. The fact that articulating this basic conviction triggered ominous warnings of an impending theocracy demonstrates the ever-widening gulf between those with a biblical worldview and those without one.

https://harbingersdaily.com/democrats-blast-new-house-speaker-for-unabashedly-holding-to-a-biblical-worldview/