December 30, 2005

The Hamas leader in the Bethlehem municipal council plans to implement a tax on all non-Muslims

In recent municipal elections in the little town of Bethlehem in Israel, Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Fundamentalist terror group after their electoral victory say they intend to implement a special tax upon all the non-Muslim residents in the Palestinian territories reviving a tax applied through all of Islamic history to the second class Jewish and Christian citizens.

The Catholic mayor of Bethlehem formed a coalition with crucial support from the Muslims of Hamas to emerge victorious in the latest municipal election. The Hamas leader in Bethlehem exalts the suicide attacks against the Jews and asserts that these will continue until all of Palestine including the territories of Israel is under Islamic-Palestinian control.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The implementation of a special tax on all non-Muslim residents of Bethlehem is a foretaste of things to come, not only in Bethlehem but throughout the entire Middle East region and beyond according to Bible prophecy. With the shift in demographics in the little town of Bethlehem in the last decade, there is now a fear that the new ruling element in Bethlehem's municipal council, the Palestinian terror group Hamas, will move ahead to implement the Islamic law on all of the citizens of Bethlehem.

That would mean the placing in force of the special tax on all non-Muslims, meaning all Christians and Jews, a tax that has been applied down through Islamic history for the last 1300 years. The Hamas leadership in Bethlehem politics says if non-Muslims want to live in Bethlehem or any of the Palestinian areas, they must agree to live under Islamic rule.

As this story relates to Bible prophecy for the last days, I must mention that the word Islam is not used in the Bible; however, its philosophy and the End Time personalities mentioned in Bible prophecy have one common denominator, the Islamic faith. Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Libya, Syria, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia are some of the personalities listed by the ancient Jewish prophets for the last days, Daniel 11 and Ezekiel 38. Ezekiel 35, Malachi 1, and the book of Obadiah also include the Palestinians of today.

The philosophy of eliminating the Jewish state of Israel from the Middle East is the main theme of End Time prophecy and is in line with the politics of Hamas in the little town of Bethlehem. Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

December 29, 2005

The Palestinian mastermind of the Munich Massacre says he has no regrets

The Palestinian who masterminded the Munich Olympics Massacre of eleven Israeli athletes says he has no regrets about the kidnapping that ended in the deaths of these Israeli athletes who he claims were not Israeli civilians, but instead Israeli soldiers responsible for killing Palestinians.

Mohammad Daoud who led Black September, the PLO splinter group that carried out the 1972 attack at the Munich Olympics, said Steven Spielberg's film Munich did not reflect reality, it doesn't look at both sides but instead serves the Zionist side alone. Daoud, who now lives in Damascus, Syria where he keeps a low profile, says that he is till a target of Israel's Mossad and he is reconciled to the fact that one day he will be a martyr, a life he chose as a Palestinian revolutionary.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The statement from the Palestinian mastermind of the Munich Massacre that he has no regrets for killing those Israeli athletes in 1972 is a precursor to the End Times scenario for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, that is according to Bible prophecy.

The Munich Massacre in 1972 that resulted in the deaths of eleven Israeli Olympic athletes stunned the world at that time; and with the recent release of the Steven Spielberg film Munich, which tells the story of this horrific crime, the film has refreshed our thinking about the intensity of this conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians. The film depicts the Israeli retaliation against the Palestinian terrorists who carried out this mission and how the Israelis targeted these killers and followed through in the elimination of most of the Palestinian terror team.

This unfolding story has its roots in Bible history and Bible prophecy. Genesis 25, 27, 36, 37 reveal the biblical history of the start of the conflict between Esau and Jacob, twin brothers who both become nations. Jacob becomes the Jewish nation and Esau, the Palestinians.

Ezekiel 35, Malachi 1, and the little Old Testament book of Obadiah, reveal the prophetic aspect of this story where these Jewish prophets lay out the End Times scenario for this conflict with the Palestinians trying to kill the Jews and the Jews winning at the end when the Messiah returns, which is Jesus Christ at His Second Coming. Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

December 28, 2005

Jews worldwide are celebrating a miracle in their Temple

The headline reported a miracle in the city of Jerusalem in the Jewish Temple, but let me hasten to say that headline is not for today, but on this same date on the Jewish calendar, Kislev 25, some 2169 years ago.

The day when on the third anniversary of the desecration of the Jewish temple by Antiochus Epiphanes in 168 BC on Kislev 25, three years later the Jewish people celebrated the reconsecration of that Temple. As the Jewish warriors entered the Temple after defeating Antiochus Epiphanes, they found a flask of oil, enough to relight the seven branch candelabra or the Menorah for only one day, but according to Jewish tradition it stayed lit for eight days and thus the Jewish holy day of Chanukkah.

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There is a prophetic significance to the Jewish holy days of Chanukkah according to the prophecies in the Bible concerning the desecration of the Jewish Temple. The miracle of Chanukkah and the observance of the eight day Jewish holy days is the record of God raising up the Jewish warriors, the Maccabees, to defeat Antiochus Epiphanes and then the reconsecration of the Temple on Kislev 25, 165 BC, exactly three years to the day after the Temple was desecrated.

These feast days are also referred to as the Feasts of Dedication and the Feasts of Lights. An interesting fact about Chanukkah and its date Kislev 25, the Jewish month of Kislev corresponding to the Christian calendar month of December which is the date that was chosen by an early church council for the birthdate for Jesus Christ, December 25, Christmas Day. Daniel, the ancient Jewish prophet in his prophecy, Daniel 11:30-32, foretold the desecration of the Temple by Antiochus Epiphanes and referred to it as the abomination of desolation, a prophecy given 360 years before the fact.

The events at the Temple in 168 BC on Kislev 25, the Temple's destruction, is a prototype or a prophecy of that to come during the coming seven year Tribulation Period when the Antichrist will enter the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem as god desecrating the Temple, the abomination of desolation, Second Thessalonians 2:4.

As Jews celebrate Chanukkah, a celebration of victory in the past, all of us must stop to remember the future events at the Temple according to Bible prophecy, which by the way will indeed be fulfilled.

December 27, 2005

The Arab world's inaugural meeting of its new parliament is an historic occasion

The Arab world's first regional parliament recently held its inaugural meeting in Cairo, Egypt with eighty-eight members: four from the parliaments or advisory councils of each Arab League member which Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak called a historic occasion which opens new horizons for joint Arab action.

The new Arab parliament will be based in Syria, meet twice a year, and is part of a package of institutional changes promoted by Amr Moussa, Secretary General of the Arab League, as a way to make the Arab League stronger and more effective. Arab League officials say the parliament will eventually have power through direct elections similar to those held for the European parliament to establish an Arab Security Council to handle regional disputes.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The new Arab parliament is a precursor to the coalition of nations that will rise up to try and destroy Israel in the last days, that is according to Bible prophecy. For a number of years, the Arab League has been in place and has represented the different Arab governments. Now, this newly formed Arab government has plans to become the major political power source in the Arab world.

The new interim parliament has five years to draft the arrangements for a permanent Arab parliament which will then gain the power of an Arab security council that then will be able to handle regional disputes. This newly formed regional parliament will follow the example of the European parliament and the African parliament as it becomes a major political, economic, military power in the Middle Eastern region.

The ancient Jewish prophet Daniel states that Syria and Egypt will come together to attack Israel in the last days, Daniel 11:40-44. And then they will be joined by against Libya, Ethiopia, Sudan, and Somalia. Ezekiel, another ancient Jewish prophet confirms these major players in military action against Israel, Ezekiel 38. The psalmist in Psalm 83:6 also includes Saudi Arabia in the alignment of nations that come against the Jewish state of Israel.

The newly formed Arab parliament is indeed a precursor to the fulfillment of Bible prophecy, possibly in the near future.

December 23, 2005

The actual location of the birth of Christ has prophetic significance

The ancient Jewish prophet Micah foretold the birthplace for the coming Messiah seven hundred years before the birth of Jesus Christ. Micah said that the Son of God would be born in the little insignificant village near Jerusalem called Bethlehem. History records that Jesus Christ, the Messiah, was indeed born in Bethlehem, not in Nazareth where He was raised, not in Capernaum where He conducted His ministry, not even in Jerusalem where He was crucified, buried, and ressurrected, but Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem.

However, the actual location of the birthplace of Jesus Christ is also found in the prophecy of Micah, the location was Migdal Edar which in Hebrew is the tower of the flock, Micah 4:8. The tower of the flock was where the shepherds would watch over their flock from the second story and where they birthed the newborn lambs in the lower portion of the two story tower there in the fields of Bethlehem.

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The actual birthplace of Jesus Christ in the little town of Bethlehem has a prophetic significance both in the past and the future. The past significance of Migdal Edar: Migdal Edar, the tower of the flock mentioned in Micah 4:8, is the watchtower where the priestly shepherds would watch over their flocks in the shepherd's fields there at Bethlehem.

It was in the lower portion of this watchtower that the birthing of the lambs would take place. The shepherds would wrap the newborn lambs in swaddling clothes to protect the body of the lambs which would be offered as sacrifice at the Temple just four miles away in Jerusalem. Wrapped in swaddling clothes to keep the new lambs without spot or blemish, they would be laid in a manger until they had calmed down.

The prophetic significance of Migdal Edar: the priestly shepherds in their fields near Bethlehem on that Christmas Eve knew where to go to find the newborn Messiah, Jesus Christ. He would be found where the angel had told them, wrapped in swaddling clothes lying in a manger in the lower floor of the tower of the flock, Migdal Edar, and He would be there as the Lamb to be sacrificed to take away the sin of the world. Micah 4:8 also speaks of the fact that this One born in the tower of the flock, Migdal Edar, Jesus Christ would setup His dominion, His Kingdom in Jerusalem, only several miles from where He had been born.

The actual site, Migdal Edar, for the cradle of Jesus Christ, would also reveal the prophecy for where Jesus Christ the Messiah would wear His crown as the King of kings and the Lord of lords for a coming future kingdom right here on earth.

December 22, 2005

Christmas Day, December 25th, has a past and prophetic significance

A church council that met in the year 325 AD decided that the date December 25th would be the designated date for the celebration of the birth of the Son of God, the Messiah, Jesus Christ. This date conformed to the date marking the desecration of the Temple in Jerusalem by Antiochus Epiphanes in 168 BC on Kislev 25, Kislev being the Jewish month of December.

Interestingly, Kislev 25, December 25th, three years to the date after the Temple was desecrated, marks the time that the Temple was reconsecrated by the Macabees in Kislev 25 or December 25th, 165 BC. Finding a flask of oil it good for lighting the Menorah for only one day, it stayed lit for eight days, thus the Jewish holy day of Chanukkah, also known as the Feast of Dedication or the Feast of Lights. Jesus Christ celebrated the Jewish holy day Chanukkah in John 10:22 and as the Light of the world, John 8, 9, 11; the church council chose December 25th, the time for the Feast of Lights, as Christmas Day to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

Celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ on Christmas Day, December 25th, should remind us of Bible prophecy that has been fulfilled and is yet to be fulfilled. December 25th and Bible prophecy fulfilled: The prophet Daniel, 360 years before it happened, prophesied the desecration of the Temple in Jerusalem, Daniel 11:30-32. On December 25, 168 BC Antiochus Epiphanes committed the abomination of desolation, the desecration of the Temple fulfilling Daniel's prophecy.

December 25th and Bible prophecy yet to be fulfilled: the abomination of desolation in the Temple in Jerusalem by Antiochus Epiphanes was the prototype of a future event in history. During the coming seven year period known as the Tribulation, in fact at the midway point of the Tribulation, the Antichrist will cause the sacrifice to cease in the Temple standing in Jerusalem as prophesied by Daniel 9:27.

The Antichrist, energized by Satan, will enter the Temple and claim to be the true God, thus the abomination of desolation.

Celebrating Christmas on December 25th reminds us of prophecy fulfilled two thousand years ago with the birth of Christ and prophecy yet to be fulfilled.

December 21, 2005

Armed Palestinian terrorists stormed the mayor's office in the little town of Bethlehem

About twenty members of a Palestinian terror group, al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, stormed the office of the mayor of Bethlehem located on Manger Square in the birthplace of Jesus Christ.

With a number of these armed men on the rooftops of one of the adjoining buildings, one of the Brigade members said that they made this raid at this time and this location to draw international attention to the issue at a time when the eyes of the world are turned towards Bethlehem during this Christmas season. This was another evidence that the Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas has failed to tame security chaos in the Palestinian areas where armed men act with impunity, often in the name of resistance to Israel.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

An armed siege on the mayor's office on Manger Square in the little town of Bethlehem by Palestinian terrorists speaks of a scenario in this area during the End Times, according to Bible prophecy. Back in 2002 Palestinian terrorists entered the Church of Nativity, took siege of this traditional site for the birth of Jesus Christ, and held off the Israeli army for five weeks before surrendering.

This most recent siege of the mayor's office located right there near the Church of Nativity on Manger Square once again has drawn world-wide attention to the terristic activities of some Palestinians who have no respect for human life and are locked in a struggle to the death with the Jewish state of Israel. This report is evidence that Bible prophecy is in the process of being fulfilled.

Ezekiel, Daniel, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Obadiah, all Jewish prophets speak of the End Times when the Palestinians, the modern-day name for descendants of Esau, will return to the land, kill the Jewish people, and endeavor to take the land that God gave to the Jewish people as their home, Jeremiah 49, Ezekiel 35, and the book of Obadiah.

All three of these prophets say the Edomites, today's Palestinians will return, rebuild, and retaliate against the Jewish people as we approach the End Times and the Lord's return. Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

December 20, 2005

An official Egyptian government newspaper denies the Holocaust

The al Masaa newspaper, an official newspaper of the Egyptian government, says there were no massacres of the Jews during WWII and that the gas chambers were intended for disinfecting clothing. In fact, Nazi leader Adolph Hitler was not against the Jews and had allowed Jews to immigrate to the Holy Land during his first years in power.

The newspapers defended Iranian President Ahmadinejad saying that he did nothing more than state the truth. The article stated that Iranian President Ahmadinejad had posed a logical and proper question to the Western countries who planted a Jewish state in the heart of the Islamic world.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The denial of the Jewish Holocaust during WWII by an official Egyptian government paper and a defense of Iranian President Ahmadinejad's similar statements about the Holocaust is setting the stage for a far worse Holocaust in the future for the Jewish people that is according to Bible prophecy.

Over the last sixty years, there have been many voices that deny the massacres of the Jewish Holocaust during WWII. In fact, the recent statement by Iranian President Ahmadinejad calling the Holocaust a "myth" is right in line with that same plane in the official Egyptian government newspaper. In the face of one of the most documented events in history, Holocaust deniers have spread their lies even claiming that the Jewish leadership during WWII helped coordinate the massacres in an effort to push the Jews to immigrate to Palestine.

Denying the Jewish Holocaust of WWII is preparing the world for a future Holocaust of the Jewish people that will be far worse than the last one. The next Jewish Holocaust during the seven year Tribulation will see two out of every three Jews on earth killed, that is according to the ancient Jewish prophet Zechariah, Zechariah 13:8. Satanic forces will endeavor to kill all the Jews at that time, according to Revelation 12:13, 17.

Denying the Holocaust of the past does indeed set the stage for the future Holocaust. Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

December 19, 2005

Israelis are willing to divide the city of Jerusalem for peace with the Palestinians

A recent poll taken among Israelis showed that they are deadlocked over withdrawing from some parts of Jerusalem in the future with 49 percent of those polled willing see parts of Jerusalem and 49 percent against giving up any part of their holy city.

Those opposed to such a withdrawal said that it would be a victory for terrorism. Prime Minister Sharon's new political party platform seems to be calling for not only the withdrawal from 90 percent of Judea and Samaria but also concessions to the Palestinian demand that Jerusalem be the capital of a Palestinian state.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The Israeli body politic deadlocked on whether to divide the city of Jerusalem is a precursor to the scenario for Jerusalem in the last days, according to Bible prophecy. Since the Six-Day War in 1967, the leaders of Israel have said that they will never again divide their holy city, the city of Jerusalem. Every prime minister of Israel has said that Jerusalem is the undivided, eternal capital of the Jewish people with no exceptions.

But now, there seems to be one leader, Prime Minister Sharon, who may be willing to cede some portion of Jerusalem to the Palestinians for a capital of their state of Palestine. One of the Prime Minister's confidants in his new political party, Mayor Sharif, has suggested that the Kadima party platform will allow for a divided Jerusalem. With the recent release of a national poll in Israel it is clear that the body politic of the Jewish state of Israel is divided down the middle on whether to give up some portion of their holy city of Jerusalem.

This actually fits the prophetic scenario that can be found in Zechariah 12:2-3. This scenario for the last days, a prophecy that says Jerusalem will be the major controversy during the End Times and a heavy burden for the Jewish people. The prophet Zechariah also said in Zechariah 1:12-16 that the Lord is jealous for Jerusalem and He promises to return to the holy city to build a temple there and dwell among His people forever.

Dividing the city of Jerusalem today, does set the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled in a future tomorrow.

December 16, 2005

Sixteen Asian leaders formed a regional association to develop a stronger voice in world affairs

Asian leaders have agreed to create a new united regional association, a sixteen nation association that will widen its circle of cooperation among Asian nations that are working on combating Asia's economic, security, and political problems.

The new regional association membership includes nations like: China, India, South Korea, and even Australia and New Zealand, all nations that are making an effort to develop a stronger voice in world affairs. China is the driving force behind this new regional association and one question the group will have to address in the near future is Russia's desire to join the group, which is somewhat of a confrontation to China.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The new sixteen member Asian regional association wanting a stronger voice in world affairs is a precursor to a scenario that is found in Bible prophecy. China watchers have been observing this most populated nation of the world become a major economic power and at the same time, building up its military might. Almost half of the world's population would be included in this newly formed association, making it a force to be reckoned with today and into the future as well.

Though China, India, and the other fourteen members of this new Asian association are not mentioned in Bible prophecy, they are included in the End Times scenario that can be found in the book of Revelation. Revelation 16:12 mentions the kings of the East that will make their way into Jerusalem at the end of the seven year Tribulation Period to join with the Antichrist, the False Prophet, and Satan to fight the Battle of Armageddon.

Bible prophecy also reveals that most of the Islamic world will be already destroyed by the time China and the other kings of the East join the Satanic trinity to go against Jesus Christ in Jerusalem, Ezekiel 38, 39; Daniel 11; Revelation 16.

This new powerful, regional Asian association recently formed does help to set the stage for the End Times scenario that is found in Bible prophecy. Bible prophecy that will be fulfilled.

December 15, 2005

The Iraqis have turned out to vote in an historic election

Iraqis vote for their first full-term government since the US led invasion in 2003 amid tight security and with a high turnout, especially among the Sunni Arabs who boycotted the last election.

Some 15 million Iraqis were eligible to vote and Iraqi President Talabani called the election day a celebration for Iraqi voters who were living a historic moment. There were some 6,655 candidates in 307 political parties and 19 coalitions buying for the new full-term parliament made up of 275 seats: a parliament who will lead this war-torn nation into the future.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The historic landmark vote in Iraq to elect its 275 member national assembly who will lead this war-torn nation into the future is a stage setting event for the End Times scenario that can be found in Bible prophecy. The removal of a vicious dictator, Saddam Hussein, from leading Iraq into the future coupled with the iraqi people freely voting for their new leadership is a history making event by anyone's standards.

The world must wait; however, and see how this new Iraqi government will actually come together, especially in light of a constitution that calls for Islam to be the major religion of the land. This historic vote and the desire to rebuild its nation, a part of the body politic of Iraq, is indeed setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

Iraq, which is the modern-day name for biblical Babylon, must be a major player on the world stage, because the ancient Jewish prophets foretold of a time when the Antichrist, a one-world leader, will be headquartered in Babylon, which is on the shores of the Euphrates River in Iraq. And that leadership taking place in the last 3 1/2 years of the coming Tribulation Period, Jeremiah 50, 51; Isaiah 13,14; Revelation 18, 16:17 and following.

The Iraqi national elections have a historic significance as well as a prophetic significance. These Bible prophecies will be fulfilled.

December 14, 2005

The Iranian President Ahmadinejad is calling for a Jewish state in Alaska

For a third time in a week, Iranian President Ahmadinejad claims that the Holocaust is a myth, that Europeans used this myth to create a Jewish state in the heart of the Islamic world and that there should not be a Jewish state in the Middle East, but either in Europe, the United States or Canada.

The Iranian President, speaking to thousands of people in Southern Iran, said that the world has created a myth in the name of the Holocaust and they consider it to be above Allah, religion, and the prophets. Ahmadinejad said the oppressed Palestinian nation should not have to pay the price for a Jewish state; there should be a Jewish state in Europe, the United States, or even in Alaska.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The call by Iranian President Ahmadinejad for a Jewish state in Alaska is in total contradiction to God's plan for a Jewish nation, but it is in lockstep with Bible prophecy for the last days. Iranian President Ahmadinejad is denying that there ever was a Jewish Holocaust, that it is a myth, and he is calling for a Jewish state somewhere other than in the Middle East.

Ahmadinejad says that a Jewish state in the heart of the Islamic world is in the face of Allah, Islam, and all the prophets. But, wait a minute, is a Jewish state in the heart of the Islamic world in contradiction of the prophets, the ancient Jewish prophets, the ones given their proclamation by the one true God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? Is a Jewish state in the Middle East in contradiction to these prophets?

Ezekiel says that God will bring the Jewish people back to the land of their forefathers and they will prosper in that land, Ezekiel 34, 36, 37. Jeremiah says that, in fact, when the Jewish people come back home, the Lord will give them their old language to speak, Jeremiah 31, the renewed Hebrew verse 23.

Isaiah, Daniel, and Obadiah, just to name a few Jewish prophets, say that God has given the Jewish people a land right where it is today, not in Alaska as Ahmadinejad has called for. Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

December 13, 2005

The IDF Chief of Staff says Iran will be at a point of no return by March

The IDF Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Dan Halutz, says that Iran was approaching the point of no return in its nuclear development of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), and that by next March Iran would have the technological capability to manufacture nuclear weapons.

General Halutz, speaking to the Israeli Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committees, said that Iran could build their nuclear WMD within one to two years.

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Iran with a nuclear WMD, which Israel says is possible within the next two years, is a threat to Israel, the Middle East, and many parts of the world, plus it is a page out of Bible prophecy. Recently, the Chief of Military Intelligence in Israel brief government officials that Iran could have a nuclear WMD within two years. The Intelligence Chief also said that Israel will have to consider military action against Iran to stop the Iranian development of this nuclear WMD.

Now, the Chief of Staff of the IDF, General Dan Halutz, says that by next March, Iran will have the nuclear know-how to build this WMD. As this drama is unfolding, the UN and the EU are trying to work with Iran to head off the development of a WMD. As I report this story, I cannot forget the scenario for the last days found in Bible prophecy, a scenario that includes Iran as a major player.

Ezekiel, the ancient Jewish prophet some 2,500 years ago, prewrote history and included Iran on the world stage at the time of the end, Ezekiel 38. The fifth verse includes Persia, which is the biblical name for modern-day Iran.

Iran's rhetoric, research, and resources for a potential nuclear WMD within two years does set the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

December 12, 2005

The Palestinian Authority claims the Western Wall is Muslim property

The Palestinian Authority's office for religious affairs in Jerusalem claims that the Western Wall, revered by Jews for generations as the last structural remnant of the second Temple, is Muslim property with the Palestinian Authority's website attempting to negate Jewish ownership of the Western Wall.

Rabbi Chaim Richman, Director of the International Department of the Temple institute, said that the Palestinian Authority claim to the Western Wall is part of a campaign to totally eradicate and destroy all Jewish connection to the Temple Mount, the city of Jerusalem, and the land of Israel.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The Muslim claim of ownership of the Western Wall in Jerusalem, prayer site for the Jews down through the generations, has great prophetic significance, that is according to Bible prophecy. The Jewish people since the second century AD have gone to the western Wall to offer their three daily prayers because of the beloved Rabbi Akiva, the spiritual leader of the revolt back in the 130's AD.

Rabbi Akiva claimed that the Song of Solomon, a book in the Old testament, revealed that the Jewish Messiah was behind the Western Wall, and thus the reason for Jews offering their daily prayers at the Western Wall. The Islamic Trust in Jerusalem, custodians of the Temple Mount, have for years claimed there is no evidence that Jews were ever on the Temple Mount, and now they claim that the Western Wall is owned by the Muslims and the Jews have no right to be there.

Rabbi Richman's statement that this Muslim claim is part of a plan to eradicate all Jewish connections to the Temple Mount, the city of Jerusalem, and the land of Israel is in concert with the words of the ancient Jewish prophet Zechariah.

Zechariah 12:2-3 talk about Jerusalem as a place of controversy. Zechariah 1:12-16 actually discusses the Messiah's jealousy of the Temple Mount, His displeasure with these Muslim claims today, and His promise to return to the Temple Mount, and build His Temple there. Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

December 09, 2005

The Temple Institute in Jerusalem has the blue robe for the High Priest

In a press release put out by the Temple Institute in Jerusalem, an organization of Orthodox Jews who have done the research on the details that are needed to rebuild the Temple, train the priests to operate the Temple, and prepare all the implements needed to operate the Temple, now says that they have completed their work on the blue robe for the High Priest.

Rabbi Chaim Richman says that the garment of the High Priest will be on display at the Temple Institute in Jerusalem in the near future, along with all the other items that have been made ready to operate the Temple when it has been rebuilt. Rabbi Richman says that the completion of the blue robe is a major step towards preparations for the Holy Temple in our time.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The announcement from the Temple Institute in Jerusalem of the completion of the blue robe for the High priest is, as the Temple Institute reports, a major step towards the rebuilding of the Temple in our time, a very significant announcement prophetically, according to Bible prophecy. For years, the Temple Institute in Jerusalem has been at the forefront of preparing everything needed to rebuild the Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

In 1999, I produced a documentary entitled, "Ready to Rebuild" which has been aired nationwide in America and in some selected locations around the world. This television documentary revealed how advanced these Orthodox Jews were in their preparations to rebuild the Temple.

They have trained the priests, they have all the priestly garments in storage, they have also made the Temple implements needed to operate the Temple, the four-thousand harps needed for Temple music are almost completed, and now the announcement of the blue robe, a garment that the High Priest wears in his duties at the Temple. The work of the people at the Temple Institute over almost two decades has prepared them to rebuild the Temple, install the priests and reinstitute worship at a Jewish Temple in Jerusalem.

This report indeed helps us to see the stage has been set for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

December 08, 2005

Israeli government has an interactive website for new immigrants to learn Hebrew in their homes

The Immigrant Absorption Ministry of the Israeli government recently unveiled an interactive website for new immigrants to learn Hebrew at their own pace and in their own homes, an initiative aimed at helping newcomers to improve their language skills.

The Israeli government hopes that the new Hebrew language website which has tabs for English, Russian, French, Spanish and Arabic speakers will be used by Jews around the world who plan to immigrate to Israel. The Israeli Minister of Immigrant Absorption said that it is of the utmost importance to strengthen the language skills of immigrants as a part of enabling them to be a part of the Israeli society.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

Learning Hebrew online on the internet is in reality a fulfillment of Bible prophecy for the last days. For almost 2,000 years the Hebrew language was considered a dead language, not used for commerce, education, or even daily conversation. In the late 1800's, a Jewish man named Eleazar ben Yehudah and his new wife immigrated to Israel from Europe. Ben Yehudah told his wife, "We are God's chosen people, living in God's chosen land; therefore, we must speak God's chosen language, Hebrew".

The new Israeli immigrant set out to make biblical Hebrew conversational, even inventing new Hebrew words. Ben Yehudah developed a Hebrew dictionary which included his new Hebrew words and he also developed the method of teching Hebrew, the Ulpan. Now, the Israeli government has put ben Yehudah's method of teaching Hebrew on the internet to help all learn the Hebrew language.

The reality of this story is that one man revived the Hebrew language after almost 2,000 years, which is exactly what the Bible said would happen. Jeremiah 31:23 reveals God's promise to give to the Jewish people their language when they returned to their land. The prophet Zephaniah said that in the last days God would return the pure language, Hebrew, to the Jewish people, Zephaniah 3:9.

Hebrew being taught on the internet in Israel is evidence that Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

December 07, 2005

The Roman Catholic Church hierarchy of the British Isles deny Creation and the Second Coming of Christ

The hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church of the British Isles has published a teaching document instructing the faithful that some parts of the Bible are not actually true and warned their five million worshippers that they should not expect total accuracy from the Bible.

The bishops of the church said that students of the bible should not expect to find in scripture full scientific accuracy or complete historic precision and they deny that the account of Creation found in Genesis 1 and 2 was actually true. The bishops also refuted the apocalyptic prophecies of the book of Revelation which they say is symbolic language to be respected but not interpreted literally.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

With the hierarchy of the Catholic Church denying the biblical account of Creation and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, they are actually fulfilling Bible prophecy. The document published by the bishops of the Roman Catholic Church of the British Isles, England, Wales, and Scotland, has officially made the statement denying the Creation account of Genesis 1 and 2, a truth that Jesus Christ Himself confirmed.

The motivation for the decision by the hierarchy of the Catholic Church is that these clergy want a contemporary message to reach a contemporary world, a world that cannot accept the literary interpretation of the Bible. This report is like reading from the pages of Bible prophecy from a book written by the so called leader of the Catholic Church, the Apostle Peter.

In the last book that Peter wrote, Second Peter, and the last chapter of this book, chapter three, Peter warns of what will happen in the End Times, people will deny the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, Second Peter 3:4. Peter also wrote that these same people will deny the biblical account of Creation, they will be willfully ignorant or dumb on purpose, Second Peter 3:5.

Peter was right on target as he described the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church of the British Isles and their denial of the truth in the Bible. Just the fact that I made this report is evidence that we are quickly approaching the time of the Lord's return. Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

December 06, 2005

South Africa will be the first African nation to legalize same sex unions

Recently, South Africa's highest court ruled that preventing gay marriage is unconstitutional, paving the way for South Africa to become the first to legalize same sex unions on a continent where homosexuality remains largely taboo.

This high court decision in South Africa follows the lead of countries like New Zealand, who in 2004 approved civil unions between gay couples and in 2005, Canada legalized same sex marriage. It was Denmark back in 1989 which became the first country to grant same sex partners the same rights as married couples; however, church weddings between same sex partners are not allowed.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

As country after country makes provision for same sex marriages, one must be reminded about how Jesus approached this scenario as a part of the world scene in the last days, that is according to Bible prophecy. Around the world, many nations are making laws to allow for same sex marriage, granting the same rights as heterosexual married couples.

In June of 2005, Spain not only allowed for gay couples to marry, but that they would be allowed also to adopt children. The debate on same sex marriage continues in the United States with states like California and New York having their laws challenged by law makers who have even performed gay marriage ceremonies. The approval for same sex partners to marry, have the same rights as heterosexual couples, and even adopt children, as this debate continues to spread one must remember what Jesus said and in fact what He did about this issue thousands of years ago.

In the Gospel of Luke 17:28-30, Jesus Christ said that the days of His Second Coming will be like it was in the days of Lot, a time when the twin cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed. The account of that event written by Moses and recorded in Genesis 19 reveals that Jesus Christ brought destruction on these people because of sodomy, homosexuality.

The words of Jesus Christ seem to indicate when you see the days of lot and Sodom replicated, that's when he will come again. Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

December 05, 2005

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has invited the Pope to visit Bethlehem

Mahmoud Abbas, the Chairman of the Palestinian Authority, held a private meeting with Pope Benedict at the Vatican and gave the Pope a passport to enter Bethlehem on his upcoming trip to Israel. The Meeting between was the first meeting between the two men.

In the twenty minute meeting between Abbas and Benedict the two discussed the Middle East peace process and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with the Pope stressing the need to integrate all components of the Palestinian people into the peace process. A reference to extremist elements like Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade. The Palestinian leader briefing journalists after his meeting with the Pope, stated that Pope Benedict with his symbolic weight can carry out a decisive role for peace in the Middle East.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

Pope Benedict discussing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas at the Vatican in Rome, has an interesting significance for the End Times scenario found in Bible prophecy. In 1982, the late Pope John Paul held the first of many meetings with the late Yasser Arafat, a meeting that sparked protest in Israel and across the Jewish world.

John Paul consistently championed rights for the Palestinian people. It is strange to see such a revered religious leader meeting with a known terrorist leader and to some extent encouraging his cause. However, it is not so strange when one adds to the equation the prophetic scenario that can be found in God's Word for the End Times for these two entities, the Vatican and the Palestinians.

Bible prophecy says a religious leader from Rome will come into the Middle East to help with the peace process, which is the event that starts the seven year Tribulation Period, a time of judgment on earth that follows the Rapture of the Church, Daniel 9:27, 11:40-45, First Thessalonians 2:4, Revelation 17.

A meeting at the Vatican in Rome between Pope Benedict and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas does indeed help set the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

December 02, 2005

Russia has signed an agreement that will equip Iran for war

Russia has signed an agreement with Iran to deliver 29 of its Tor M-1 anti-missile systems to them, a system that could intercept cruise missiles and airborne missiles that the United States, Israel, and other western countries might use in an effort to keep the terrorist sponsoring nation from developing nuclear weapons or using them.

This report comes at a time when the Chief of Israeli Military Intelligence is telling the Israeli Knesset Iran will be a nuclear weapon ready state within two years and that Israel must consider taking military action against Iran. Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says his country cannot accept Iran with nuclear weapons, they are a danger to Israel, the Middle East, and other countries around the world.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

Russia equipping Iran for war is a page out of Bible prophecy for the End Times and should get world attention. For a number of years Russia has transferred nuclear technology and technicians to Iran for, as they say, the purpose of building nuclear power plants. The Israelis have during this same time gone public with warnings that this nuclear technology was for the purpose of developing a nuclear weapon.

The United Nations, the European Union, and the United States have also been working to stop any nuclear program in Iran that could develop nuclear weapons of mass destruction, mostly to no avail. Even threats to take Iran to the United Nations Security Council has not slowed down Iran's nuclear weapons development program.

The news that Russia will supply Iran with a missile shield system to stop any preemptive strike on its nuclear program has added great concern to the mix. This report is like reading from the pages of Bible prophecy from the prophetic message of the ancient Jewish prophet Ezekiel. In Ezekiel 38, the prophet reveals that two of the main players in the End Times scenario laid out in scripture will be Russia, the Gog in verse two, and Iran, the Persia in verse five. These two nations align themselves with other Arab and Islamic nations to come against Israel with a fatal blow to the Jewish state.

Even though the Lord intercedes on Israel's behalf, Russia equipping Iran for war sets the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

December 01, 2005

As millions mark world AIDS day, the UN calls for world leaders to continue their fight against AIDS

Marking the official launch of world AIDS day, the United Nations said there will be no excuses in meeting commitments for the treatment and care of those with the virus and the prevention of the spread of AIDS.

The total number of people with HIV has reached an estimated all-time high of 40.3 million people, almost half of those being women with SubSaharan Africa remaining the hardest hit region home to 25.8 million people with HIV which is two-thirds of all the people infected. The AIDS epidemic has claimed over 3 million lives in 2005 with more than half a million children dying with this dreaded disease, the AIDS epidemic continues to grow with increasing numbers being affected by the deadly virus.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

As millions mark world AIDS day, we must be reminded that this deadly disease at its highest level of those infected only foreshadows the pandemic spread of disease in the last days according to Bible prophecy. World AIDS day is a harsh reminder of the devastation that the HIV virus has caused across the world.

The call for the care of and treatment for those inflicted with HIV is coupled with the efforts to prevent the spread of this dreaded disease by the United Nation's demands that world leaders not forget their commitments to fight AIDS. Many new regions of the world have in recent days become aware of the potential for catastrophic results if they do not get this problem under control; places with massive populations like China and India. With numbers over 40 million people inflicted with HIV, it is at its highest level ever.

Bible prophecy speaks of pandemic disease in the last days that will take the lives of millions of people. Jesus, in the Olivet discourse recorded in Matthew 24, said that pestilence, pandemic disease will be a sign of His soon return. The book of Revelation 6:7-8 gives the number of those who die from starvation, war, and pandemic disease at one-fourth of the world's population, that would be 1.5 billion people.

Marking world AIDS day is a reminder, Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.