August 31, 2006

Iran remains defiant in the face of a UN deadline to stop sensitive nuclear development

Iranian President Ahmadinejad, defiant as ever, said in a speech delivered in response to the United Nation's deadline for the cessation of the development of a nuclear Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD) that Iran will not yield to pressure and in fact Iran will not back down one inch and will not be deprived of its rights.

The UN set an August 31st deadline for Tehran to suspend all Uranium enrichment and reprocessing activities even as the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) have repeatedly warned that failure to meet the deadline would result in the possible implementation of sanctions on Iran. Western powers accuse Iran of having a covert nuclear development program that could produce a nuclear WMD within the next several years.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

Iran's defiant response to world leaders who have demanded the cessation of the development of a nuclear WMD sets the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

For a number of years there have been numerous demands put forth by world leaders for Iran to stop development of a nuclear WMD. Iran has been a master at holding off a deadline when these world leaders might do something politically, militarily, or otherwise to make sure that Iran does comply to their demands. Now, another deadline has come and passed and Iran is as defiant as ever and in fact moved more quickly to a time when they will possess a nuclear WMD. World leaders say there is no way there can be a world that includes a nuclear empowered Iran.

The world is watching as this story continues to unfold, and at the same time student of Bible prophecy recognize that Iran is setting the stage for those prophecies to be fulfilled. The Psalmist, the writer of Psalm 83, reveals that Iran will be one of the major players during the End Times and will call for Israel's name to be forgotten forever after a coalition of nations destroy the Jewish state. Ezekiel, an ancient Jewish prophet, included Iran in Ezekiel 38:5, referred to as Persia, would be a member of this End Times alignment of nations.

Iran's defiant attitude to international demands to stop the development of a nuclear WMD indeed has set the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

August 30, 2006

Vatican says Hitler and Stalin were possessed by the Devil

Father Gabriele Amorth President of the International Association of Exorcists and Pope Benedict's caster out of demons claims that Germany's Adolph Hitler and Russian leader Jo Stalin were possessed by the Devil and he added that he was convinced that the Nazis were all possessed.

The Vatican's chief exorcist said of course the Devil exists which is why, according to Amorth, we need to defend society from demons. Father Amorth in the past has spoken out against the Potter books claiming that reading the novels of the teen wizard would open children's minds to dabbling with the occult and black magic.

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The Vatican's claim that Adolph Hitler and Jo Stalin were both possessed by the Devil is in fact confirmed by the End Times scenario that can be found in Bible prophecy.

History records that Adolph Hitler and Jo Stalin were responsible for millions of people being killed during WWII. There is documentation from secular sources that Adolph Hitler was very active in the occult and would consult with demons before making many of his dastardly decisions that resulted in the death of millions. The claim by the Vatican that Hitler and Stalin were both possessed by the Devil has an interesting connection to Bible prophecy for the Last Days.

The ancient Jewish prophet, Daniel wrote 2,500 years ago of two world leaders in the past that were possessed by the Devil as well, that's in Daniel 10. In Daniel 10:13, the prophet describes the Persian leader Haaman, spoken of in the Old Testament book of Esther, as being controlled by the Devil. Verse 20 of that same chapter in Daniel refers to the Greek leader Antiochus Epiphanes who desecrated the Jewish Temple in 168 BC as predicted by Daniel 11. II Corinthians 11:13-15 reveals that the Devil does have demons who he dispatches to control world leaders in the Last Days.

As the Last Days come more into focus, the Vatican claim is on target.

August 29, 2006

The German Chancellor says the EU needs a constitution that makes reference to Christianity and God

Following her recent audience with Pope Benedict, the German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the European Union needs a constitution that makes reference to Christianity and God.

Chancellor Merkel believes a redrafted treaty should include clear links to Europe's Christian heritage. Mrs. Merkel visited the Pope to discuss issues in European and international politics ahead of the Pope's visit to Germany.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

An EU treaty, which is the constitution for the Union with references to its Christian heritage, is in line with the prophetic scenario in Bible prophecy for the Last Days.

The late Pope John Paul worked diligently to have the formers of the European constitution include references to Europe's Christian heritage and the role it played in forming the union of European states known as the EU. As the Eu considers how to tackle the deadlock after the treaty rejection by French and Dutch voters last year, Spain, Italy, Poland, and now Germany are strong supporters of a reference to God in a new EU charter. The German Chancellor says that Europe needs a European identity in the form of a constitutional treaty and it should be connected to Christianity and God since Christianity has forged Europe in a decisive way. That is what will happen to bring together the European states and their formation of the EU. There will be a religious connection according to Bible prophecy.

John the Apostle prewrote history of the coming world-wide religion of the End Times as recorded in Revelation 17. This religion will be a mother-son cult that calls for co-equal worship of the Mother and the Son as was the case of the roots of this international religious system in Babylon 4,500 years ago.

With the fall of the Babylonian empire in 539 BC, the mother-son cult religion moved its headquarters to Pergamos before finally ending up in Rome, Italy which is exactly what Revelation 17:9 calls for in the Last Days.

August 25, 2006

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan is pressuring the EU to participate in the fragile ceasefire in Lebanon

The United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan is working to persuade European nations to contribute troops to the UN's expanded peace keeping force for Lebanon.

Most of the European Union's (EU) 25 member nations have been reluctant to take part in the expanded UN force known as UNIFIL, because of uncertainty about the force of the mandate and the rules of engagement. The UN has appealed for European troops to balance pledges from several Muslim countries, nations who do not even recognize Israel's right to be a state in the Middle East, and so that the force will be broadly acceptable to both the Israelis and the Lebanese.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The needed and sought after participation of the EU in a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah is a scenario that can be found in Bible prophecy for the Last Days.

With the fragile UN initiated ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in place, the UN has its work cut out for them as they endeavor to put together the 15,000 troops needed to fill the peacekeeping force called for by the UN Security Council. Of great concern to the Israelis is the number of Muslim nations ready to send troops to Lebanon. The concern is that these nations don't recognize Israel's right to be a Middle Eastern state.

An international political leader known as the Antichrist will come to power and rule over the revived Roman Empire in the Last Days, that's found in Daniel 7:7-8 and also verses 23-24. This international political leader will bring peace, howbeit a short-lived peace, between Israel and its enemies, that's Daniel 9:27.

As the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, an international political leader, is working with the EU, a political infrastructure for the revived Roman Empire, the stage is being set for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

August 24, 2006

An Islamic website in Saudi Arabia is offering tips on killing non-Muslims

An Islamic website in Saudi Arabia has published a document titled, "How to kill a Crusader on the Arabian Peninsula", which actually details several possible ways to kill Western victims and provides steps on selecting the victim, following them, and finally murdering the non-Muslim victim.

The document notes that foreigners these days feel safer because of a minimal number of attacks in recent times, but warns that the Jihadist wave is approaching.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

An internet guide for killing non-Muslims is a precursor to the scenario for the End Times that can be found in Bible prophecy.

There are many Westerners that claim the Islamic doctrine of Jihad, or holy war against all non-Muslims, is a myth and not a part of the Islamic faith. The news of this internet website located in Saudi Arabia that is a guide for Muslims to select, follow, and then murder a non-Muslim is evidence that the reality of Jihad is indeed a doctrine of the Islamic faith at least to some segments of the Islamic world. The debate will continue concerning the reality of Jihad as a means to either convert all the world to Islam or at least to rid the world of non-Muslims.

However, Bible prophecy does reveal that in the Last Days, and in particular during the coming seven years of great judgment, believers in Jesus Christ will be the target of religious adherence to the philosophy of killing these who keep the faith and give testimony of Jesus Christ as their Savior. John the apostle wrote in the book of Revelation some 2,000 years ago found in chapter 6 verses 9-11 that believers in Jesus Christ would be killed during that time. Revelation 12:17 also reveals the same, as does Revelation 20:4. Slaughter of believers in Jesus Christ will increase to horrific proportions in the future.

An Islamic website with a guide to kill non-Muslims is setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

August 23, 2006

Speculation of an Iranian initiated apocalypse did not materialize

August 22nd was thought to be the day that Iranian President Ahmadinejad would spark the apocalypse in order to usher in the Islamic messiah. This apocalyptic speculation based on Ahmadinejad's own End of Days inclinations in which the hidden Iman returns amidst the ultimate triumph of good over evil.

The speculation that Ahmadinejad would initiate nuclear attacks on Israel, terror on the US, or general chaos across the world did not happen. Israeli intelligence believes that an Iranian Nuclear Weapon of Mass Destruction is close to being produced which could spark a war in the Middle East that could well be of apocalyptic proportions, a scenario that makes Iran Israel's number one threat.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

Speculation that Iran's President Ahmadinejad would spark the apocalypse on August 22nd was indeed only speculation; however, there is an apocalypse that is coming, that is according to Bible prophecy.

For a number of weeks bloggers, internet servers, and even some Middle East analysts speculated that Iran's President Ahmadinejad would spark the apocalypse on August the 22nd, an event that did not materialize. Though the speculation of the apocalypse did not materialize, there is an apocalyptic day coming for the Middle East according to Bible prophecy.

Many of the ancient Jewish prophets have written about this coming apocalypse, especially the New Testament prophet, John, who wrote the prophetic book of Revelation. John wrote 2,000 years ago of a revived Roman Empire, possibly the present day European Union, and how it would bring a world dictator to power, that's Revelation 13. He also wrote that Israel would be the focus of destruction by its enemies. He wrote that Iraq, Babylon, would be an issue at the time, that's Revelation 18, and that wars would increase during this time with Iraq as a major player, that's Revelation 6:3-4 and a parallel passage found in Ezekiel 38:5.

Ahmadinejad's apocalypse did not materialize but one is coming.

August 22, 2006

Muslims around the world mark the day their prophet Mohammad ascended into Heaven from the Temple Mount in Jerusalem

August 22nd is the day that the Islamic world marks on its calendar that the Muslim prophet Mohammad ascended on his horse into the seventh heaven from the Temple Mount in Jerusalem to meet with the Islamic god, Allah.

There was much speculation that the date would also be the day that Iranian President Ahmadinejad would spark the final conflict on earth to prepare the way for the Muslim Messiah.

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The focus on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem by the Islamic world as they mark the date Mohammad ascended into Heaven is setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

August 22nd this year marks the date, almost 1300 years ago, that the Muslim prophet Mohammad ascended into Heaven to meet with Allah, the Islamic god. Even though there is debate among Islamic scholars as to whether this event ever took place, the majority of Muslims believe that Mohammad, riding on his horse, stepped off the rock underneath the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and went into Heaven to meet with Allah.

This tradition has been disputed by Jews and Christians as a total impossibility; however, it does leave the location of the rock on the Temple Mount as a very controversial site for all three of the major faiths: Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. Personally, I believe the story to be totally false, but it does bring into play a prophecy written 2,500 years ago by Zechariah. The ancient Jewish prophet said that Jerusalem, i.e. the Temple Mount, would be the center of controversy and intoxication to those who control the site and a very heavy burden in the Last Days, that's Zechariah 12:2-3. Zechariah also wrote that Jesus was aggressively possessive of this site and very much upset with those who are securely arrogant as they control the site. The prophet concluded by saying that Jesus will one day come back to this controversial site and build His Temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, that's Zechariah 1:12-16.

True Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

August 21, 2006

Scientists say the Arctic was once a tropical paradise

Scientists have found with first of its kind core samples dug up from the deep beneath the Arctic Ocean floor that 55 million years ago, according to their estimates, an area near the North Pole was practically a subtropical paradise.

The scientists say their findings are a glimpse backward into a much warmer than thought polar region heated by runamuck greenhouse gases that came about naturally.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The supposed scientific study that revealed the Arctic was a tropical paradise 55 million years ago also reveals that Bible prophecy will be fulfilled. A recent article in Nature Magazine featuring the report of researchers finding that millions of years ago the average temperature in the Arctic near the North Pole was 74 degrees Fahrenheit concludes that this Northern region was somewhat of a subtropical paradise.

Interestingly, these research scientists say they knew of this thermal event but can only suggest that perhaps massive releases of methane from the ocean or lots of volcanic eruptions caused the Arctic to have this greenhouse effect.

According to the biblical account of Creation, this scientific report is only partially true. The Arctic was once a tropical paradise. The Genesis account of Creation says that all the foliage that makes up a tropical region was actually brought into existence on the third day of Creation, that's Genesis 1:9-13. According to the biblical account of the worldwide Flood, that took place 1,500 years after Creation, there was no winter until after the Flood, when seasons first appeared, that's Genesis 8:22. Thus, the first 1,500 years after Creation there was indeed a greenhouse effect over all the earth, including the Arctic near the North Pole; the whole earth was a tropical paradise.

According to II Peter 3:3-8, these scientists who appear to be willfully ignorant of what really happened in the past, are evidence that Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

August 18, 2006

The Jewish settler population of the disputed territories in Judea and Samaria has grown to over 260,000

According to the Yesha Council of Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, the number of Israelis living in the disputed territories has grown in the last 6 months to over 260,000. Yesha, which is the association of Jewish settlers, attributes this increase both to the natural growth as well as to Jews moving into these areas.

Yesha was encouraged by this growth which comes in spite of this time of political uncertainty over the future of the Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria as a part of Prime Minister Olmert's unilateral withdrawal plan.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

Jewish settlement growth in Judea and Samaria is in lock-step with Bible prophecy for the Last Days.

The fact that the population increase in Judea and Samaria would come at a time of uncertainty in the political area in over the future of the Jewish settlements is a great encouragement for the religious Jews that live in these areas because they believe it is God-given land that must be possessed. These Jewish communities have become the focus Olmert's unilateral withdrawal plan, a plan that would evacuate 90% of the Jewish settlements and the Jewish settlers.

In this volatile political atmosphere, the Jews have decided God's Word is stronger than the Prime Minister's plan. The ancient Jewish prophets foretold of a day when Jews would indeed once again be living in the land of their forefathers. That's found in Deuteronomy 30: 3 - 5, Ezekiel 34: 11 - 31, and Ezekiel 36: 7 - 11.

The reality that Jews may well be evacuated from these disputed territories by their own government has them talking about a second Jewish state in the future, with a reference to Bible prophecy found in Ezekiel 37: 15 - 23.

The increasing population in the Jewish settlements is evidence that Bible prophecy is at least at a period in history when God's plan for the Jewish people will be fulfilled. The stage is set for these prophecies to come to pass.

August 17, 2006

Iran has launched an exhibit of Holocaust cartoons that paves the road to genocide of Jews in Israel

A cartoon fair in Teheran was initiated by Iran as a test of Western tolerance. There, an exhibit of cartoons depicts the Holocaust, the slaughter of 6 million Jews, as a myth. Holocaust denial has been a theme of many of Iranian President Ahmadinejad's recent speeches.

Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council Tommy Lapid says that this exhibit is not only horrific propaganda that supports Holocaust denial, but it also paves the road to justify the genocide of the Jews in Israel.

Lapid, whose council is connected to the Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem, said that the alarming silence of the world indicates that the West has not yet understood this to be an attack on Western values and civilization, and that silence in the face of evil statements begets evil actions.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

World silence in the face of calls by Iranian President Ahmadinejad for Israel to be removed from the earth is a precursor for a scenario found in Bible prophecy for the Last Days.

Over the past year, Ahmadinejad has said that the Holocaust was a myth, and that Israel and the Jewish people must be removed from the Earth. Now, with the cartoon exhibit in Teheran, the Iranian government has to some extent has paved the road for the enemies of the Jewish people and the state of Israel to justify genocide of the Jews.

These cartoons and the silence of the world on this issues lead right into for a prophetic scenario for the End Times that can be found in God's Word. During the time of judgement for the Jews in the future, 2 out of every 3 Jewish people on earth will be killed, Zechariah 13:8. Satanic forces will move to kill every Jew on earth during that same time, according to Revelation 12:13 and 17. Daniel 12:1 states that It will be so bad during this time that God will send His archangel Michael to protect the Jews from complete annihilation.

The Holocaust cartoons at the cartoon fair in Teheran are indeed paving the way for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

August 16, 2006

A Palestinian official says the IDF's defeat in Lebanon marks the beginning of the end of Zionism

In the aftermath of the UN ceasefire imposed on Israel and Hezbollah, Palestinian officials are speaking out about the future. One such official is the Palestinian Authority Information Minister who said that "the war taught us that resistance should be a key factor in resolving the problems of Lebanon and Palestine."

The Palestinian official said the defeat of the Israeli Defense Force in Lebanon "marks the beginning of the end of the Zionist project." The Zionist project is the effort to bring Jews from around the world back to their homeland.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The report by a Palestinian Authority official that Zionism is dead, is a premature report. That is, according to Bible prophecy, and what is actually happening in Israel.

The Palestinian Authority Information Minister's statement that Zionism, the return of Jews to the land of their forefathers, is about done, is contradicted by the events during the 30 days of war in Lebanon. During that time, over 5,000 Jews from North America and Europe made Aliyah. Aliyah is the Hebrew term for immigrating to Israel. The day after the PA official announced the death of Zionism, there were 800 Jews from North America who came to live in the land of Israel.

The ancient Jewish prophet Ezekiel wrote that at the time of the end, Jews that have been scattered across the world for almost 2,000 years would be regathered. In Ezekiel 34, God says 18 different times that He will gather the Jews from where ever they are and gather them together in the land of their forefathers.

Ezekiel 35 reveals that the people of Mt. Seer, (the Edomites of the past, the Palestinians of today), would kill the Jews and take their land. Ezekiel 36:5 says that they will do this with a "joyful heart" and a "despiteful mind."

Zionism is not over, the Palestinian official is correct. The prophetic scenario of the Jews gathering together in the land of Israel will be fulfilled.

August 15, 2006

President Bashar Assad - Hezbollah won the war, and the Arab World is starting a new era

The Syrian President, Bashar Assad has proclaimed Hezbollah in the Israeli-Hezbollah War. Assad basis his claim on the fact that in Lebanon, Israel destroyed everything, but they were unable to achieve their true military objectives on the ground - the total destruction of Hezbollah.

Assad said that his country is prepared for any war that may break out with Israel. Adding that he is convinced that the chances for peace have decreased, and that the Golan Heights will be liberated by Syria.

The Syrian President said there were those who believed that peace with Israel was the only option, and they attempted to enforce it upon the Arab World. But, Assad claimed, Hezbollah has proven the Arab World is on the brink of a new phase of its history.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The declaration by Syrian President Bashar Assad that the Arab World is on the brink of a new phase in its history is in lockstep with Bible prophecy for the End Times.

As the United-Nations-implimented ceasefire is put in place, the Syrian president has declared that his nation's surrogate terrorist group, Hezbollah, is the winner of the war with Israel. Syria is one of one of the terrorists-sponsoring states that empowered Hezbollah in this war. Bashar Assad's claim that the victory goes to Hezbollah is the basis upon which he says that the "new Middle East" will be a region where no longer should the Arab World fear the so-called "military might" of Israel.

Daniel, the ancient Jewish prophet, wrote 2,500 years ago that Syria, referred to as "the King of the North" in Daniel 11:40, would be the first to come against the Jewish state at the beginning of the 7-year Tribulation period. Daniel 11:41-44, Psalm 83, and Ezekiel 38 also reveal this attack against Israel, but not by Syria alone, but by a coalition of nation. This coalition includes Iran, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and others.

Syria's president, Bashar Assad, is right, according to Bible prophecy, the Arab world is on the brink of a new phase of its history.

August 14, 2006

Israeli officials doubt that the shaky cease-fire in effect today will actually hold for very long.

The Israeli government says they intend to abide by the cease-fire that went into effect early Monday morning even though senior Israeli officials assume that Hizbullah will not honor it.

There are also questions as to whether Hizbullah will disarm in light of word coming out of Iran of the disappointment expressed by the ruling body, the Supreme Council, who is calling for Hizbullah to continue the fight.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

A shaky cease-fire between Israel and the terrorist group that promised to wipe Israel off the map is stage-setting for a scenario found in Bible prophecy for these same players.

Iran, the state sponsor of the Islamic terrorist group Hizbullah, is very concerned that their six billion dollar investment in Katusha rockets at Israel's northern border has been depleted to a large degree without an absolute victory over the Jewish state. The fact that a cease-fire is in effect, even as shaky as it seems to be, is not the end game that the Supreme Council, the ruling body of Iran, wanted to see after this last month of war against the Zionist state. There is still a major question as to whether Hizbullah will disarm and come under the United Nations peace-keeping force that is scheduled to move into the buffer zone south of the Litani River in Lebanon.

A lull in the conflict is what the Arab world refers to as a "Hudna" which is a so called cease-fire which allows for them to regroup, re-arm and then re-engage in fighting. Bible prophecy describes this type of scenario for the last days as a pseudo-peace and is established by the anti-Christ to start the seven day Tribulation period. When that peace agreement is confirmed (Daniel 9:27) then the Jewish nation feels at peace and lays down their weapons (Ezekiel 38: 8-11). It is at this point that the way is open for Israel's enemies to attack in full force.

Many observers of the Middle East say that Israel's agreement to this cease-fire has shown weakness, false security and is an invitation for aggressive action from their enemies.

August 11, 2006

An Israeli official calls the UN ceasefire resolution a historic tragedy

A former foreign minister under Ariel Sharon's government, Silvan Shalom, has stinging criticism of the ceasefire plan formulated in the United Nations and he calls it a disgrace, and a historic tragedy that will mortgage Israel's future and cause his country to weep for generations.

Shalom said that the UN proposal would make Israel's position worse than it was at the beginning of the war and still leaves Hezbollah with weapons and munitions to continue their fight against Israel.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

At a strategic point in Israel's history, Gentile world powers are making decisions that could jeopardize the very existence of the Jewish state, a scenario that is found in Bible prophecy. The UN, an international political organization that is made up of Gentile world powers, has decided they have the authority to decide the destiny of the Jewish state of Israel, in particular the right to set in place a ceasefire that could jeopardize the very existence of the Jewish state.

Jesus Christ, in what is called His Olivet Discourse, taught that Jerusalem and the Jewish people would be controlled or as the text says, "Trodden down until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled." That phrase, "The times of the Gentiles", meaning when Gentiles, all people who are not Jewish, when Gentiles have control or rule over the Jewish people, that's found in Luke 21:24.

Daniel, an ancient Jewish prophet, also weighed in on this period of time and said that a revived Roman Empire would be in place to play a role in the Gentile world leadership as well, that's Daniel 7:23-24. The revived Roman Empire, though not totally in place right now, does have an infrastructure that could indeed fulfill the prophecy and it is known as the European Union. The only other factor needed for this prophetic scenario to be played out is for Iran, Syria, and Lebanon to be attacking Israel, and that scenario is found in Psalm 83.

The stage is set, all the actors are in place for this final drama to be played out.

August 10, 2006

The world war on terror intensifies as an airline terror plot is disrupted

According to Scotland in London, a plot to blow up planes in flight from the UK to the US and to commit mass murder on an unimaginable scale has been disrupted and the ongoing investigation has global dimensions as it relates to the worldwide war on terror.

The former Soviet Refusenik and Israeli Cabinet Minister Natan Sharansky says that Israel's war against Hezbollah is a test case for the free world in the war against terror saying that if Israel fails, Europe will be threatened and Israel's very survival in the middle East is at stake. Sharansky said that Israel is the center of the larger war that is developing between the free world and terror, and the world must have the resolve to defeat terrorist groups including Hezbollah.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The threat of terror in the world today is a part of the scenario for the Last Days that is found in Bible prophecy. The horrific events of 9-11 in New York City and Washington, D.C. put the fear of God in the hearts of the people in the US, a people who thought they were immune to terrorist attacks.

As Natan Sharansky stated, Israel has been the center of terror, and thus has become the center of the war on terror. One of the characteristics of terrorism is that it spawns terror among potential victims of these terrorist groups. This scenario is found within the pages of Bible prophecy for the Last Days.

John wrote in Revelation, the last book of the Bible which describes the Last Days, that evil personified in the world dictator known as Antichrist will terrorize all the world to the extent that everyone is made to worship him, one who is a militant world leader, that's found in Revelation 13 and Daniel 11:36-39. In fact, in order to survive in the days of judgment to come, the seven year Tribulation Period, everyone that wants to buy food so that can even exist must take the mark of the Antichrist, this one world leader, that's Revelation 13:12-18.

The threat of terror in our world today is indeed setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

August 09, 2006

An Israeli war with Iran is inevitable

In an exclusive interview by Ken Timmerman, an analyst for Prophecy Today, the former deputy defense minister of Israel, General Ephraim Snay, said that war between Iran and Israel is inevitable, and that the present bewtween Israel and Hezbollah is a prelude to that war.

Snay said that when you have the president of the world's fourth largest oil supplier preaching repeatedly that Israel should be wiped off the map, a collision is unavoidable. The former deputy defense minister says the current war in Lebanon is actually a war by Iran against Israel.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

Though he is not a prophet, nor the son of a prophet, a former Israeli defense chief is correct, a war between Israel and Iran is inevitable, that is according to Bible prophecy.

For a number of years now, Israeli Intelligence has reported that Iran is the number one enemy of Israel. The level of concern by the Israeli intelligence community has increased as the world has stood by watching Iran develop a Nuclear Weapon of Mass Destruction. All the evidence gleamed from the present Israeli-Hezbollah conflict reveals that Iran has not only trained the members of Hezbollah, financed their terrorist activities, but have supplied all of their weapons and munitions for the fight against Israel. The radical rhetoric of Iran's President Ahmadinejad against the Jewish state has incited the Muslim streak to destroy the Jewish state of Israel.

Israel's former Defense Minister, General Snay, is right on target with his evaluation that there will be a war between Israel and Iran. I make that statement in light of the scenario found in Bible prophecy that points to this coming war. The ancient Jewish prophet Ezekiel wrote 2,500 years ago, in other words prewrote history, that Iran referred to as Persia in Ezekiel 38:5 would be one of the players in a war led by a coalition of nations to move to remove the Jewish state from the earth.

Ahmadinejad's radical rhetoric does set the stage for General Snay's prediction of a war between Israel and Iran.

August 08, 2006

There are reports of a dramatic increase in Anti-Semitic incidents around the world

The Jewish Agency, an international Jewish organization, says that reports it has received in recent days indicate a dramatic increase in the amount and severity of Anti-Semitic incidents around the world.

Anti-Israel protests have quickly deteriorated into Anti-Semitic events with protesters, unfurling Hezbollah flags and swastikas. The increase in Anti-Semitism has been noted in areas that have large numbers of Lebanese immigrants and Muslims. All of these incidents focused on Israel's intense fighting to destroy the terrorist organization, Hezbollah.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

As the war between Israel and Hezbollah intensifies, Anti-Semitism increases across the world, a phenomenon that is a precursor to the fulfillment of Bible prophecy. As the Israeli Defense Force fights the Iranian backed Hezbollah terrorist organization to defend its land and its people, the Muslim world has raised the ugly head of Anti-Semitism around the world.

Using the reality of the Israeli struggle for survival where they are fending off the Muslim militia that has stated it will remove Israel and all Jews from the earth, the Islamic agenda is the spread of hatred for the Jewish people. Though Anti-Semitism has been prevalent in Muslim areas around the world, the increase in the amount of Anti-Semitic incidents and the severity of these incidents has reached a new high. This scenario is stage setting for the scenario that can be found in Bible prophecy for the Last Days.

Jeremiah, the ancient Jewish prophet, predicted a time of intense Anti-Semitic activity and he referred to that time as the time of Jacob's Trouble, that's Jeremiah 30:7. Zechariah revealed that two out of every three Jewish people will be killed during that time, that's Zechariah 13:8. Another ancient Jewish prophet, Daniel, wrote that this time will be like never before in the history of the Jewish people, that's Daniel 12:1.

This increase in the amount and severity of these Anti-Semitic incidents is indeed a precursor to the fulfillment of Bible prophecy.

August 07, 2006

Religious leaders in Saudi Arabia say that Hezbollah is the party of Satan and Muslims should not pray for them

A senior Saudi Islamic figure, Sheikh Safar al Hawali, has issued a fatwa, a religious ruling, forbidding support of any kind for Hezbollah, which Hawali says is not the party of Allah, but the party of Satan.

Al Hawali's fatwa was joined by a fatwa issued by a Kuwaiti sheikh which condemned the imperialist aspirations of Iran by means of Hezbollah.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The declaration by a Saudi-Islamic leader that Hezbollah is the party of Satan has a unique relationship with God's prophetic scenario for the Last Days in the Middle East. Saudi Sheikh al Hawali's fatwa stating that Hezbollah is the party of Satan, not the party of Allah, exemplifies the prevailing historic rift between the Sunnis and the Shiites, the two sects of Islam today.

The Wahhabi stream of Islam found in Saudi Arabia believes that the Shiites are apostates in the Islamic world. The Wahhabists seek to cleanse Islam from innovations and deviations which, according to them, violate Islam at its very core. Interestingly, al Hawali's fatwas bring his country, Saudi Arabia, into conflict with Iran for its involvement and financing of Hezbollah. The fatwa issued stating that Hezbollah is the party of Satan has a unique connection to the scenario for the Last Days that can be found in Bible prophecy.

Daniel 10:13 and 20 indicate that Satanic forces will take control of world leaders in the Last Days. Revelation 12: 7-17 by Satan and his evil angels. Satan and his angels will be thrown out of Heaven forever. Revelation 12:7-17 reveals the scenario of a battle in the heavens between the good angels led by Michael the Archangel and Satan and his evil angels. Satan and his angels will be thrown out of Heaven forever. Revelation 12:13 and 17 says that Satan and his army will move to destroy the Jewish people from the earth.

The fatwa issued by the Saudi Shekh al Hawali that Hezbollah is the party of Satan does indeed fit the scenario for Bible prophecy that will be fulfilled.

August 04, 2006

Tens of thousands gather in Baghdad for pro-Hezbollah rally

Even as senior US generals were warning that the spiraling sectarian violence in Baghdad could lead into a full blown civil war, tens of thousands of Shiite Muslim youth covered in white shrouds gathered in Iraq's capital city for a pro-Hezbollah rally.

Organizers said that about 250,000 people gathered waving Hezbollah yellow flags and chanting, "Death to Israel and death to America". The Shiite young people swarmed the streets of the Shiite dominated Sadr City, a suburb of Baghdad, dressed in white shrouds, a symbol of their willingness to die, many of these young people members of Muqtada Sadr's Mahdi army.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

Tens of thousands of Shiite Muslim youths swarming the streets of Baghdad in a pro-Hezbollah rally is a precursor to the End Times scenario that is found in Bible prophecy. As the sectarian violence intensifies in Iraq and especially the capital city Baghdad, the radical Islamic cleric Muqtada Sadr and his Mahdi army incited thousands of Shiite young people to praise the violence of Hezbollah and their desire to remove the Jewish state from the Middle East.

This major pro-Hezbollah rally happening even as diplomats and US generals are warning that a full blown civil war is more of a reality today than ever before. The radical Muslim cleric Muqtada Sadr and his Mahdi army militia have been at the forefront of much of the increase of sectarian violence and has brought Iraq to the edge of civil war.

Every detail of this report fits the scenario that can be found in Bible prophecy in the Last Days. Two Islamic militant groups, Hezbollah and the Mahdi army calling for the death of all Jews in Israel and the removal of the Jewish state from Islamic lands fits the scenario that can be found in Psalm 83:1-6. Isaiah 13 and 14, Jeremiah 50 and 51, and Revelation 18 all reveal that Iraq is a key player in the End Times. Remember, Iraq is biblical Babylon. An Iraqi civil war that would lead to the appearance of another dictator, i.e. the coming Antichrist, is also in scripture, Revelation 13 and 18.

The pro-Hezbollah rally in the streets of Baghdad is a precursor to the fulfillment of Bible prophecy.

August 03, 2006

Thousands of Jews gathered at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem to pray for the Jewish Temple to be rebuilt

Because of intelligence reports of possible violence, Jerusalem police have closed the Temple Mount to all non-Muslim visitors as the nation of Israel marks the day Tish B'Av and the destruction of the two previous biblical Jewish Temples.

Intelligence reports had indicated that thousands of Muslims were planning to flock to the site to protect it from Jews who were planning to visit on Tish B'Av and possibly move to start reconstruction of the next Jewish Temple. Thousands of Jewish worshippers did gather at the seven gates leading up onto the Temple Mount to read the biblical book of Lamentations as they mourned the destruction of the previous two Jewish Temples and to pray for a rebuilt Temple to be on the Temple Mount next year on Tish B'Av.

Jimmy's Prophetic Propsective on the News

Thousands of Jews praying at the gates to the Temple Mount for the Temple to be rebuilt does indeed set the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled. The Jewish holy day of Tish B'Av, the ninth day of the Jewish month of Av, is a day of mourning for the Jewish people.

It is the day on the Jewish calendar in 586 BC when the first Temple was destroyed, and the same calendar date, in 70AD, that the second Temple was destroyed. Howerver, it is also a day of prayers for the future Temple to be built on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, a prayer of the Jewish people on a daily basis all through the year.

This prayer will one day be answered when Jesus Christ returns to the earth, Zechariah 14:4, to the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem and He builds His Temple, Zechariah 6:12, where He will rule and reign for a thousand years, Zechariah 6:13. But, I must remind you there are two Temples in the future for the Jewish people: the one that Jesus Christ will build and the one that man will build during the seven year Tribulation Period as referred to in the book of Daniel 9:27, Matthew 24:15, II Thessalonians 2:4, and Revelation 11:2. The preparations for the next Temple have already been made, and there are those in Jerusalem ready to start construction of the next Temple.

Tish B'Av is a reminder there will be a Temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, possibly very soon.

August 02, 2006

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, http://www.moia.gov.il/english/ivrit/ivrit1.htm, 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 teaching 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.

August 01, 2006

Despite the war, the Israeli government is moving ahead to destroy Jewish homes in Judea and Samaria

On the day that marks the one year anniversary of the expulsion of over 9,000 Jews from their homes of over 30 years in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli government issued orders to demolish homes of Jewish settlers in Judea and Samaria even as the war rages and Hizbullah rockets fall on these areas.

One of the main themes of the anniversary events was the theme, "We will return to our communities," which sadly is what the Israeli Defense Force has had to do to defend the Jewish state from terrorist attacks being launched from the former Jewish settlements evacuated one year ago. At all of the events on this day of mourning and longing by the Jewish settlers is the slogan, "We told you so," referring to statements that bloodshed would follow the evacuation.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

In the midst of war in Israel and as Jews mourn the one year anniversary of the evacuation of God given Jewish land, the Israeli government announces more expulsions which is a precursor to the fulfillment of Bible prophecy. The former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's disengagement plan is a stark reminder of how weakness invites aggression.

On the day marking the one year anniversary of Sharon's disengagement, the Israeli government issued orders to destroy more Jewish settlements, this time in Judea and Samaria, given by God to the Jewish people which is what God had promised to do. That promise was made 18 times in Ezekiel 34 where God said that He would find the Jews where they had been scattered across the earth, gather them together and place them on the land of their forefathers and they would be there forever.

Ezekiel 36 reveals that the land God gave the Jewish people would prosper and it would be filled with Jewish people, and the Lord would do this for His holy namesake, that's Ezekiel 36:22. Ezekiel 35 and 38 tells of those who would move to take the land away from the Jewish people, and it describes the people of today who are endeavoring to take that Jewish land.

This one year anniversary is evidence that Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.