The Coming El Niño Could be Strongest EVER Recorded

 Here’s a headline for you!  Ever recorded!

The global warming crowd are pointing to this story and saying, “see!  We told you!”

The Bible reading crowd are recognizing more birth pangs.

https://youtu.be/ol55Jf01ZDE?is=GSNh1ruf5Tj2p3qZ

“Peace” With Iran May Have Opened Door to Ezekiel 38

Trump is outside of reality if he believes that Iran is going to scream, “death to America!”, for 47 years and suddenly forgive Trump for killing all their leaders and forcing them to sign a “peace deal”.

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President Donald Trump has long been regarded as one of the strongest supporters of Israel ever to occupy the White House.

His recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, the relocation of the U.S. embassy, recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, and support during some of Israel's most challenging moments earned him widespread admiration among Israelis and evangelical Christians alike.

That is why many Christian supporters of Israel were surprised by a series of recent comments regarding Israel's war against Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Speaking about the conflict, Trump criticized Israel's military operations, saying that "Israel is fighting Hezbollah too long, and too many people are being killed."

He went on to suggest that Israel's approach was excessive, stating, "You don't have to knock down an apartment house every time you're looking for somebody. There are a lot of people in those apartment houses and they're not all Hezbollah."

Trump also revealed that he had privately expressed dissatisfaction with Israeli strikes in Beirut.

"I did not like that, I let them know that," he said, referring to one attack that he described as "too much."

Perhaps most surprising was his suggestion that Syria could potentially deal with Hezbollah more effectively.

"I suggested to Israel to let Syria take care of Hezbollah," Trump said. "If Israel can't do the job without killing everyone else, he'll do the job, Syria will do the job."

He further stated that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "has to be more responsible with respect to Lebanon" and added, "I'm not happy with the way Israel has handled themselves with Lebanon, and with Hezbollah."

Yet it was another remark that generated perhaps the most concern among many evangelical supporters of Israel.

"Israel would have been blown up a long time ago, had I not gotten involved," Trump declared. Elsewhere he stated, "Without me, there would be no Israel."

To be fair, there is a practical truth behind some of these comments.

The United States has been Israel's most important ally for decades. American military aid, intelligence cooperation, diplomatic support, and strategic deterrence have undoubtedly strengthened Israel's ability to defend itself.

President Trump's own policies also contributed significantly to Israel's security position in the region.

But there is a vast difference between acknowledging America's importance and suggesting that Israel's existence depends upon any single political leader.

For Christians who understand God's covenant relationship with Israel, that distinction matters.

Israel's survival did not begin with Donald Trump.

Nor did it begin with America.

Israel survived Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome, the Islamic caliphates, the Crusades, centuries of exile, the Holocaust, and repeated attempts by neighboring nations to destroy it.

Why?

Because Scripture presents Israel's preservation as an act of divine faithfulness rather than geopolitical luck.

God has often used nations and leaders as instruments of protection. America may very well be one of those instruments.

But instruments are not the source.

God is.

That is why statements suggesting that Israel would not exist without a particular leader make many Christians uncomfortable. They unintentionally place human accomplishment in a position Scripture reserves for God alone.

Beyond the theological concerns lies a practical one.

Trump's comments regarding Lebanon reflect a growing frustration within portions of the American political establishment regarding Israel's military campaign against Hezbollah.

Yet critics often ignore a reality that Israeli military planners have dealt with for decades.

Hezbollah intentionally embeds itself among civilians.

Its weapons are hidden in neighborhoods.

Its fighters operate near schools.

Its command infrastructure is woven into apartment complexes, mosques, hospitals, and civilian districts.

This is not an accident. It is a deliberate military strategy.

When Israel strikes these targets, international headlines frequently focus on the destruction while paying less attention to why those military assets were located there in the first place.

The uncomfortable reality is that Hezbollah benefits from civilian casualties because they increase diplomatic pressure on Israel.

Israel did not place rockets in apartment buildings.

Israel did not establish missile depots beside schools.

Israel did not choose to use civilians as shields.

Hezbollah did.

And history has repeatedly demonstrated what happens when these networks are left intact.

They rebuild.

They rearm.

And eventually they attack again.

The suggestion that Syria could somehow replace Israel as the force responsible for containing Hezbollah raises additional questions.

The current Syrian leadership may present a different face than the Assad regime, but many of its leaders emerged from Islamist backgrounds deeply hostile toward Israel. Reports continue regarding pressure against Druze communities and other minorities.

Why should Israel assume Syria's interests align with its own?

More importantly, why should anyone believe Syria would be more committed to dismantling Hezbollah than Israel itself?

What may be emerging is a reality that Bible students have anticipated for decades.

America still supports Israel.

But America's interests are not always identical to Israel's interests.

Washington increasingly seeks stability, ceasefires, and conflict reduction.

Israel seeks survival.

Sometimes those goals overlap. Sometimes they do not.

For Christians, this moment serves as an important reminder.

Political leaders come and go. Alliances shift. Governments change.

But God's covenant promises do not.

The Bible predicts a future in which Israel becomes increasingly isolated from the nations around her. It describes a world that eventually turns against Jerusalem rather than defending it.

Whether today's developments represent part of that trend remains to be seen.

But one lesson is already clear.

Christians can appreciate political leaders who support Israel.

They can be grateful for allies.

They can celebrate wise policies.

But they should never confuse God's instrument with God's sovereignty.

Because according to Scripture, when Israel ultimately stands alone, it will not be Washington that saves her.

It will be God. 

https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm

The Decrees of Persian Kings

 It’s fun when you “see” a tidbit in your daily Bible reading.  Of course you’ve read it many times before but for whatever reason you “see” it and it fleshes out some further understanding.

Last year I taught a class on Daniel at church.  We talked about the Seventy Sevens and how the time would start when "the word goes out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem."  Read it in Daniel 9 below.

This is one of the most amazing prophecies in the Bible because Angel Gabriel delivered it to Daniel but told him that he won't understand the prophecy but the Bible readers of the future will understand it.

So the Jews are in Babylon and the 70 years that were appointed to them are about done.  Cyrus of Persia overthrows the Babylonians and when he arrives in the city the Jews in captivity there say, "We were expecting you!"  They show him the book of Isaiah and it has the name Cyrus right there.  Cyrus is is so impressed that he issued a decree to allow some Jews to go back to Jerusalem.

So is THAT when the hour glass flipped over and started the 490 years ticking for the Jews?

No, not so fast.  If you go down and read Ezra 6 that there were THREE DECREES GIVEN BY PERSIAN KINGS.

And that was the verse that I hadn't really "Seen" until yesterday.

So it turns out that the final decree matches up perfectly to the day from when Artaxerxes issued his decree. There were Seven Sevens (49 years) to build the walls and then Sixty Two Sevens (434 years) for a total of 483 years from decree until the day Jesus died on the cross.

And now the stop watch has stopped and it won't start for the FINAL 7 years until the Antichrist makes a covenant with the Jews for 7 years!  Those 7 years will end when Jesus returns to the earth.

Thank you Jesus for giving us your Word so that we don't have to be left clueless as to what you have planned for us.  Come quickly please!

Daniel 9

24 “Seventy ‘sevens’[c] are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish[d] transgression, to put an end to sin, to atonefor wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the Most Holy Place.[e]

25 “Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One,[f]the ruler, comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble. 26 After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be put to death and will have nothing.[g] The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed. 27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’[h] In the middle of the ‘seven’[i] he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the temple[j] he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.

Ezra 6

13 Then, because of the decree King Darius had sent, Tattenai, governor of Trans-Euphrates, and Shethar-Bozenai and their associates carried it out with diligence. 14 So the elders of the Jews continued to build and prosper under the preaching of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah, a descendant of Iddo. They finished building the temple according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia. 15 The temple was completed on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.