July 31, 2007

Condoleeza Rice says that Iran is the biggest threat to the Middle East

During her tour of the Middle East region, the US Secretary of State warned that Iran poses the biggest threat to US-Middle East interest and that the US was making sure its allies in the region were well protected after Iran accused the US of trying to spread fear and mistrust.

The Secretary of State met with the Arab League Secretary General Amir Moussa and discussed the situation in Iraq and Lebanon and the prospects for a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates traveling with Secretary Rice were focused on uniting US allies against Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah and to win support for a Middle East peace conference planned for later this year.

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The US warning that Iran is the biggest threat to the Middle East is in lockstep with Bible prophecy for this region in the End Times.

The statement made by the US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice during her most recent Middle East trip that Iran is the biggest threat to the Middle East is to some extent recognizing the obvious. For years, Israeli intelligence has said their biggest threat is Iran and thus that sets the entire region in harm's way. Many of the Arab leaders are divided on their opinion of the threat to the region that Iran actually poses. Syria, Hezbollah and the Palestinians and have joined efforts to remove Israel from the world and have stated so publicly. This report is what Bible prophecy predicted would be the scenario for the End Times.

The ancient Jewish prophet Ezekiel wrote 2,500 years ago that Iran would be a major player in the Last Days as it relates to efforts to kill the Jews and rid the world of a Jewish state, Ezekiel 38:5, where Iran is referred to as Persia. Another Jewish prophet, Daniel wrote that Syria would also be aligned with Iran, Daniel 11:40-43. The Psalmist revealed that Lebanon, that's Tyre found in Psalm 83:7, would be included as a partner with Iran.

Secretary Rice's warning that Iran is the biggest threat in the Middle East is indeed setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

July 30, 2007

A cross-section of Jewish settlers in Israel formed a new organization to defend their homes, families, and land

Saying that, "No one is excited about starting a new movement", a cross-section of Jewish settlers met for the founding session of a new group named, Defenders of the Land - a meeting which was held at the Jewish settlement in Judea called, Beit El - a very historic site in the biblical history of the Jewish people.

Israeli Defense Force officers, political leaders including members of the Knesset, university officials, media people, and members of the Jewish settlers Youth Movement met together at a time that they believe is a time to meet a critical need for the very existence of the Jewish settlers for their homes, their families, and the land that God has given to them. The leaders of this new organization, Defenders of the Land said that if the Israeli government comes to expel the Jewish settlers, they will not go quietly. The government will have to use massive force against them.

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The reality that there are Jewish settlers who want to defend their families, their home, and their land in Judea and Samaria - a land that God has given to them - against an Israeli government who wants to expel them from this land is indeed setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

Since the end of the Six Day War in 1967, there has been a growing number of Jews who have moved into the area of Judea and Samaria, sometimes referred to as the West Bank. Now there are half a million Jews who live in the land that God promised to give the Jewish people in the Last Days. As the Jewish settler population continues to grow, the world is applying pressure to the Israeli government to expel all Jews from Judea and Samaria for the purpose of establishing a Palestinian state.

With the founding of a new movement- the Defenders of the Land- a cross-section of Jewish settlers are saying that they will not leave the land that God has given them which He promised to do in many prophetic passages of the Bible, especially in Ezekiel 34 and 36. Ezekiel 37 reveals that at the time the Jewish people return to the land, there would be a division among the Jewish people, that's Ezekiel 37:15-23. This prophetic passage says there will be two Jewish states, a result of this division: one will be called Israel, the other Judah.

This new Jewish settler movement is indeed setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

July 27, 2007

Secretary of State Condolezza Rice has called for Israelis to give up the West Bank

Speaking on Arabic language radio in the Middle East, Secretary of State Rice made it very clear that the US believes Israel's future will rest in places like the Galilee area and the Negev Desert and that the occupation of the West Bank will have to end and a Palestinian state will need to be established.

By stating so clearly that the occupation of the West Bank will have to end, Secretary Rice has set a new standard in US-Israeli relations, a position that would include giving up the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

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The US Secretary of State calling for Israel to give up the occupation of the West Bank is a new standard that is actually setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

For a number of years, the Quartet which includes: the US, the EU, the UN, and Russia, has hinted that it would be beneficial for the Jewish settlers to be evacuated out of Judea and Samaria, the West Bank. Now, with the prospect of an international peace conference scheduled for this fall, Secretary of State has actually demanded that Israel give up its so-called occupation of the West Bank, the area known biblically as Judea and Samaria.

This report is evidence that we are quickly approaching an End Time scenario that can be found in Bible prophecy. God promised the Jewish people that He would give them the land of their forefathers when they return from the four corners of the earth where they were scattered almost 2,000 years ago, Deuteronomy 30, the Land Covenant. Through Ezekiel, the ancient Jewish prophet, God told the Jewish people that He would not only give them the land but that it would be even better than what He had given their forefathers, Ezekiel 36:11. The fact is that 35 times in Ezekiel 36, God told the Jewish people about the land that He had promised and He said in verse 22 the reason He will give them that land is for His holy namesake.

Secretary Rice calling for Israel to give up this God-given land is indeed setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

July 26, 2007

Hundreds of new immigrants from France have arrived in Israel

Two planeloads of new immigrants from France landed at Ben-Gurion Airport and were greeted by Israeli dignitaries including Israeli President Shimon Peres as well as hundreds of French Jewish immigrants who have already made their home in Israel.

These flights which mark the largest immigration operation this year and the largest from France in several decades were a part of thousands of additional French immigrants who are expected to arrive in Israel before the end of the year. These new immigrants as a part of a special program will spend their first year in Israel assimilating into the Israeli culture by living in groups made up of others who were on their flights and will be involved in a special Hebrew study program that will help these new immigrants become a part of the body politic of Israel.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

Record numbers of French immigrants arriving in Israel recently are absolute proof that Bible prophecy is in the process of being fulfilled.

The recent planeloads of French immigrants who arrived in Israel and began the absorption process will assimilate into the Israeli society as have the hundreds of thousands of other immigrants that have arrived in the Jewish homeland over the last one hundred years. These recent French arrivals, the largest in several decades, will learn Hebrew and then become a part of the Jewish state, the homeland of their forefathers. Out of one hundred nations of the world in this last century, Jews from the four corners of the earth have returned to the land of their forefathers. What is unique about this report is that it is part of the process of prophecy being fulfilled in our day.

The ancient Jewish prophet Ezekiel recorded the words of the Lord when He said 18 times that He would find the Jewish people wherever they had been scattered and bring them back into the land of Israel to fulfill His promise to them, Ezekiel 34:11-31. Ezekiel 37:8 speaks symbolically of the Jewish nation being restored after almost 2,000 years with these new immigrants from around the world.

Jewish immigrants from France, the largest group of immigrants in several decades to come from France, is only one aspect of this prophecy of Ezekiel being fulfilled in our day.

July 25, 2007

The study of Christianity has been introduced into Israel's public school system

High school students in Israel's public school system are now able to take matriculation exams in Christianity, a program currently open for Arab students only, but the Israeli Education Ministry says that in the future, Jewish students may also be allowed to take the courses in Christianity.

The studies formulated for 10th, 11th, and 12th grade Israeli students include a biography of Jesus, and chapters dedicated to the churches structure, rules of conduct while inside a church, and prayers. The new matriculation program was designed as part of the compulsory religious studies in schools, and the Christianity studies program was introduced into the curriculum this year.

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The introduction of a curriculum on Christianity in Israeli public schools is a precursor to future events for Israel, that is according to Bible prophecy.

For a number of years, religious studies in the Israeli public school system was divided according to sectors: so that the Jewish sector studies Judaism, the Muslim sector, Islam, and the Christian sector, Christianity. Now, Israel's Education Ministry has included a new curriculum, one that includes Jesus and the Church, at present only available for Arab students both Muslim and Christian, but soon to be available for the Jewish students as well. It seems logical for all Israeli students, including Jews and Muslims, to study Christianity due to the fact that so many Christian pilgrims travel to Israel to visit their Christian roots. Jews and Muslims must be aware of the Christian perspective on this land.

These recent developments in the Israeli school system are indeed a precursor to End Time prophecy. Revelation 11:3-12 foretells of two witnesses in Jerusalem who will preach the way to Jesus Christ as Savior; this to happen during the first half of the seven years of judgment which is ahead. Revelation 7:4-9 indicates 144,000 Jewish evangelists will spread across the world with that same message. Isaiah 2:3 and Micah 4:2 reveal a time when the Word of the Lord will be published from Jerusalem to the entire world.

Teaching Christianity in Israeli public schools is indeed a precursor to Bible prophecy that will be fulfilled.

July 24, 2007

Jews from around the world gathered in Jerusalem for Tisha B'Av

Today on the Jewish calendar is Tisha B'Av, the ninth day of the Jewish month of Av, the day in 586 BC when Nebuchadnezzar and his mighty Babylonian army entered the city of Jerusalem and destroyed the temple that King Solomon had built.

This same day on the Jewish calendar but over 650 years later on the ninth day of the Jewish month of Av, Tisha B'Av in 70AD, General Titus and the Roman army entered the city of Jerusalem and destroyed what was called Herod's temple, the second Jewish temple. The Jewish people surrounded the Temple Mount to mourn the destruction of these two previous temples by reading the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament and praying for the temple to be rebuilt in the near future.

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As Jews from around the world gather in Jerusalem to mourn the destruction of the first and second temples, they are looking for the rebuilding of the third temple which could be built very soon according to Bible prophecy.

In Jerusalem on Tisha' B'Av, Jews from around the world gather to mourn the destruction of the previous two temples that were destroyed on the same day of the calendar over 650 years apart, but that morning does have an aspect of hope in it. These Jewish worshipers will read the book of Lamentations as they gather at the seven gates that lead onto the Temple Mount, and as they read, they pray for the next temple to be built by next year on Tisha' B'Av.

The possibility that there could be a Jewish temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem is more a probability because of the preparations that have been made for that next temple to be built. The temple could be up and operating in about six months and that is due to every preparation being completed and the Jews waiting for the spot where the temple will stand to be cleared, i.e. the Dome of the Rock being removed from the Temple Mount.The priests are trained and ready to begin the temple functions and all of the implements have been made to operate the temple, that includes the several hundreds of harps that will be used when the temple is standing.

All that needs to be done to erect and operate a Jewish temple in Jerusalem has been done, which is setting the stage for a temple to be in Jerusalem come next Tisha B'Av, which will actually be a fulfillment of Bible prophecy.

July 23, 2007

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.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

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.

July 20, 2007

Russia is worried that its Muslim community is on track to account for more than half its population

Low domestic birthrates coupled with ever-increasing immigration from the former Soviet Republic is producing explosive growth in Russia's Muslim community which is on track to account for more than half its population by mid-century.

Russia's national fertility rate is 1.28 children per woman, far below what is needed to maintain the country's population of nearly 143 million, while the average fertility rate for Russian Muslims is six children per woman. Russia's Muslim population has increased by 40% since 1989 and by 2015, Muslims will make up a majority of Russia's military, figures that have Slavic Russians concerned about becoming a minority in their own country.

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The ever-increasing Muslim population in Russia is setting the stage for the prophetic scenario found in Bible for the Last Days.

The former superpower nation of Russia has in recent years been moving to reestablish itself as a major player on the world scene. Russian President Vladimir Putin, a major force in Russian politics, has emerged as a key player in world affairs and looks to continue to impact Russia, Europe, and in fact the world. However, there are concerns that the explosive birth rate and immigration of Muslims in Russia could also have an impact on world affairs in the very near future.

This is a scenario that is found in Bible prophecy for the Last Days as it pertains to Russia. Ezekiel, the ancient Jewish prophet some 2,500 years ago prewrote history with his prophecy that the geographical location known then as Magog, modern-day Russia, would lead a coalition of nations to destroy Israel, that's Ezekiel 38:2. All the other nations in that coalition would be of Islamic or Arabic background, that's Ezekiel 38 as well verses 2-6.

Russia's ever-increasing Muslim population is indeed setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

July 19, 2007

The Vatican has branded homosexual marriage as evil and abortion as terrorism

The Vatican's second highest ranking doctrinal official forcefully branded homosexual marriage as evil and abortion and euthanasia as a form of "terrorism with a human face."

Archbishop Angelo Amato, the secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, referred to abortion clinics as slaughterhouses of human beings and parliaments of so-called civilized nations establishing laws contrary to human nature when these laws approve of marriage between people of the same sex. The archbishop accused the media of manipulating language to hide the tragic reality of the facts in both the abortion issue and homosexual marriage.

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The pronouncement by a Vatican official that gay marriage is evil and abortion is terrorism has an interesting connection to Bible prophecy.

The declaration by Archbishop Angelo Amato from the Vatican that abortion is terrorism and gay marriage is evil has drawn attention to these two very controversial issues. Abortion rights people and gay rights activists have voiced much concern about the announcement from the Vatican. The truth is, that the Bible does have something to say about both issues as they relate to the Last Days.

Jeremiah, an ancient Jewish prophet, stated in the first chapter of his prophecy, verse 5, that before Jeremiah was formed in his mother's womb, the Lord knew him as a person; that would reveal to us that killing a pre-born child would be murder or terrorism. Dr. Luke, who wrote the book of Acts and the gospel by his name, wrote 2,000 years ago that one sign of the Coming of Jesus Christ in the Last Days would be that our world would be as it was in the days of Lot, Luke 17:28. These were days which witnessed the sin against God of homosexuality. These two passages and these two issues are prevalent in our world today; that then gives us the understanding of the nearness of the Second Coming of Christ.

Let me remind you that the Rapture precedes the Lord's Second Coming by seven years, indicating that we must be close to the time of the Rapture.

July 18, 2007

Hamas is calling for children to become suicide bombers

Hamas has found a new way to continue feeding Palestinian children a steady diet of hate against Israel and at the same time encourage children to become martyrs, as suicide bombers, giving their young lives for the glory of Allah, the Islamic deity.

Until recently, Hamas television had aired a Mickey Mouse look-alike character who was killed off in the face of international outrage, killed off by the way by an actor posing as an Israeli official and now has been replaced by a cute little bumblebee character whose goal in life is to become a martyr.

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The use of children's programs on Hamas television to encourage young Palestinians to become suicide bombers is a precursor to the End Times scenario that can be found in Bible prophecy.

PA television is a powerful medium of great impact in the ongoing conflict between the Palestinians and the Israelis. Authorized by the 1993 Oslo Accords, the accords set in place a propaganda machine, PA television, that has over the years been used to incite the Palestinian people in their armed struggle against the Jews and Israel. Within the last year, this media outlet has focused on the young Palestinian children with children's programs aimed at encouraging these little children to become suicide bombers and be a martyr in their struggle to rid the world of Jews in the name of Allah. Ezekiel wrote that the Palestinians, Edomites in biblical times, would kill the Jews and take their God-given land, Ezekiel 35.

Malachi, in his first chapter of prophecy, pre-wrote history and what God's reaction to this type of Palestinian activity would be by quoting God as saying that He would call the Palestinian borders the borders of wickedness. Obadiah said this ongoing Palestinian conflict would only end when Jesus Christ comes back to Earth.

Children's programs on Hamas TV are indeed a precursor to Bible prophecy that will be fulfilled.

July 17, 2007

Syrian President Bashur Assad is ready to talk peace in his second presidential term

Syrian President Bashur Assad, who has begun his second seven-year term, said during an address he delivered before the Syrian parliament that his country is ready to talk peace but not via secretive channels.

He called upon Israeli officials to publicly announce its intentions if indeed the Jewish state desired to make peace with Syria. Assad stressed that any peace negotiations would be based on Israel returning to pre-1967 borders and that such conditions must be made clear by any serious peace envoys.

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As Syrian President Bashur Assad begins his second seven-year term as the leader of Syria, talk about peace as the Syrian military prepares for war does set the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

Since the summer of 2006, the Syrian military had been preparing for a war supposedly with Israel since all the rhetoric has been focused on the so-called defeat of the invincible IDF by the guerrilla-type warfare of Hezbollah. The Syrian military has thousands of their troops at Israel's northern border training in these guerrilla-type combat techniques and threatening to take the Golan Heights by force. The Syrian leader says that his country is ready to talk peace, but it must be based on Israel giving back the Golan Heights before they begin peace negotiations.

The ancient Jewish prophet Daniel revealed some 2,500 years ago that there would be some type of peace in place, Daniel 9:27, before the Syrian would make their move to destroy the Jewish state. Daniel 11:40-45 is the pre-written history of this End Time scenario. The king of the North in this passage is modern-day Syria, who will be the first of a number of nations that will come against Israel as recorded in Ezekiel 38 and Psalm 83.

Talk about peace by Syrian President Bashur Assad as his military prepares for war is indeed setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

July 16, 2007

The sons of Aaron, the priestly tribe of the Jewish people meet in Jerusalem for an international conference.

Recently in a four day international conference the descendants of the Biblical figure Aaron, the priestly tribe and the whole tribe of Levi of the twelve tribes of Israel, convened in Jerusalem to learn more about their roots and discuss the latest research proving their genetic ties to the priest who operated the functions of the temple in biblical times.

Members of the Kohanim, the priestly family, and other members of the tribe of Levi were invited to participate in what was billed as the "first family reunion" held since the days that the temple stood in Jerusalem almost two thousand years ago.

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The recent gathering of members of the priestly family, the tribe of Levi, that took place in Jerusalem is a precursor to the end time scenario that can be found in Bible prophecy.

Over the last twenty years there has been a flurry of activities by religious Jews to prepare for the building of a Jewish temple in the city of Jerusalem. The implements used in the temple for the worship and sacrificial activities have been replicated according to Jewish law. The location of the Ark of the Covenant is known and a red heifer has been secured for its use in the temple operation as well.

Now with the priestly family convening in Jerusalem to receive instructions, there is an expectancy by many Jews for the building of the next Jewish temple. The Bible does describe a temple that will be built by the Messiah, referred to as the "Branch" another name for Jesus Christ, who will come to earth and build that temple, that is Zechariah 6:12. That temple, Messiah's temple, is described in detail in 202 verses found in Ezekiel 40-46.

However, there is a temple that will be built in Jerusalem before Messiah's temple, that is according to Daniel 9:27, Matthew 24:15, II Thessalonians 2:4 and Revelation 11:2. That temple will be the one in Jerusalem during the tribulation period before Jesus Christ comes back to build His temple.

This international conference of the priestly family that convened in Jerusalem recently is indeed a precursor to the fulfillment of Bible prophecy.

July 13, 2007

The Temple Mount is being destroyed by the Islamic Trust

The Islamic Trust, custodians of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, is digging large ditches on the Temple Mount dangerously close to the site of the first and second Jewish temples without archaeological supervision to protect antiquities at Judaism's holiest site.

The project, which involves heavy machinery, has exposed ancient archaeological remains during the dig in the northern section of the Temple Mount, a method of digging that no reasonable archaeologist would conduct in such a sensitive location.

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Destruction of the Temple Mount, Judaism's holiest site, by the Muslims is a page out of Bible prophecy for the Last Days.

Over the last decade, the Muslims have taken over 1,000 dump truck loads of artifacts and antiquities off the Temple Mount as they have done illegal construction on Judaism's holiest site. Now the Islamic Trust, the custodians of the Temple Mount, have once again started to destroy this very sacred piece of real estate by doing unsupervised construction, this time very near to the site of the first and second Jewish temples. Ironically, the Muslims protested and even used violent demonstrations against the Jewish archaeological work being carried out just off of the Temple Mount. What looks like a systematic destruction of the Temple Mount by the Muslims has once again attracted the attention of the world to what will be a very controversial site during the Last Days as foretold in Bible prophecy.

The ancient Jewish prophet Zechariah wrote some 2,500 years ago that this would be the case in the Last Days. The Temple Mount would be a center of controversy, Zechariah 12:2-3. The Lord told Zechariah that He was aggressively possessive of the site and sore displeased with the arrogant security of those who would destroy the Temple Mount, Zechariah 1:14-15.

Destruction of the Temple Mount by the Islamic Trust is indeed setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

July 12, 2007

A landmark archaeological discovery found in the British museum gives proof of Old Testament truth

An expert on ancient Babylon, Dr. Michael Jersey of Vienna, has discovered a small clay tablet located in the British museum that is a landmark archaeological discovery and provides proof of the Old Testament's veracity.

Though the tablet was unearthed near Baghdad in 1920, only recently has it been deciphered by Dr. Jersey which led to the discovery of the records of a donation of gold by the chief eunuch of King Nebuchadnezzar. Dr. Jersey quickly consulted Jeremiah 39 where he found the man's name listed a s one of Nebuchadnezzar's top ministers who actually took part in the destruction of the first temple in Jerusalem some 2,500 years ago.

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An ancient Babylonian tablet found in the British museum is evidence that the nation of Iraq will be destroyed forever according to Bible prophecy.

A recent discovery in the British museum by an expert on ancient Babylon gives a direct link to the Bible and the Babylonian history under King Nebuchadnezzar. The Babylonian tablet gives the name of one of Nebuchadnezzar's top ministers which is the same name of Nebuchadnezzar's men found in Jeremiah 39. This old Testament passage used by the archaeologist is the account of King Nebuchadnezzar's siege of the city of Jerusalem and the destruction of the temple in 586 BC.

It was that destruction of the Jewish temple in Jerusalem 2,500 years ago that God said would be the reason He would destroy the Babylonians, the modern-day Iraqis, forever, Jeremiah 50:28, 51:11. However, before the Babylonians and the literal city of Babylon are destroyed, this nation and the city of Babylon will become the headquarters for the one-world, economic, political, governmental system led by Antichrist, Revelation 18.

Of course, that war-torn nation must be rebuilt and become the power center of the world before the destruction as recorded in Revelation 16:17-21.

July 11, 2007

Pope Benedict says only the Roman Catholic Church was established by Jesus Christ

In a document issued by the Vatican's congregation for the doctrine of the faith, it contained Pope Benedict's assertion that the Roman Catholic Church is the one church that Jesus Christ established on earth.

The Pope's statement also said that other Christian denominations cannot be called "churches" in the proper sense of the word, a comment that has prompted condemnation and confusion from Protestants and the Orthodox. The pronouncement from the Vatican said that Pope Benedict was trying to clarify teachings from the second Vatican council of 1962-1965 which the current Pope attended and has been very concerned over its liberal interpretations.

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Pope Benedict's statement that the Catholic Church is the church that Christ established on earth has a prophetic significance that is played out during the End Times according to Bible prophecy.

Pope Benedict, the very conservative leader of the world-wide Catholic Church, has made another very controversial statement. Last summer, the Pope angered the Muslim world when he referred to Islam as a dangerous religion. This summer, the Pope's new assertion that the Catholic Church is the church that Jesus Christ establish here on earth has brought about condemnation and confusion. What is interesting is that the Pope's assertion parallels the prophecy found in the book of Revelation about a one-world church in the future.

John the Apostle, who wrote Revelation, wrote in Revelation 17 of a one-world church coming to power in the first half of the Tribulation Period and being led by the Antichrist. That church described in Revelation 17 will be headquartered in Rome, Italy and will be the only church of that time in history. John, in Revelation 17, describes in detail that coming false church during the Tribulation Period. Hear me please now, I did not say that the Catholic Church is that false church of Revelation 17.

I have only reported the latest news from the Vatican which does indeed set the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

July 10, 2007

Ten EU Foreign Ministers called for an international force in the PA

Ten EU FMs told Tony Blair, the Quartet's new Middle East envoy, that the status quo that has prevailed since 2000 was leading nowhere in a resolution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and they are calling for an international conference on the conflict.

The Quartet's peace initiative, the road map peace plan which was adopted in September 2002, calls for a three stage process leading to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. A spokesperson for the Israeli Foreign Ministry says that Israel remains committed to the road map peace plan, but that the Palestinian leadership had rejected peace and implementation of the measures called for in the peace plan.

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A call by ten EU FMs for progress in the road map peace plan looks like a page right out of Bible prophecy for the Last Days.

Tony Blair is on the job in Jerusalem as the new Middle East peace envoy for the Quartet and what looks like his first order of business as directed by the ten member-sates of the EU is to put together an international peace conference to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The road map to peace proposal offered by the Quartet in the year 2000 has gone nowhere. It is right now dead in the water. Tony Blair's new assignment with the Quartet and his instructions to make something happen to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict follows the script exactly of that scenario for the Last Days that can be found in Bible prophecy.

Daniel 7 records the prophetic scenario that will come to pass at the Time of the End. There will be a revived Roman Empire, i.e. the EU, that will direct a world leader, i.e. the Antichrist, to establish peace, howbeit a short-lived peace during the seven year Tribulation Period, Daniel 9:27.

The ten EU member-states and the new peace envoy working for peace between the Israelis and their enemies in the Middle East is indeed evidence that Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

July 09, 2007

Petra in Southern Jordan has been chosen as one of the Seven Wonders of the World

Jordanian's celebrated the selection of the unique city of Petra as one of the seven wonders of the world with fireworks in Amman, the capital city and dancing into the early morning hours in the ancient city of the Edomites and the Nabataeans.

Petra came in second behind the Great Wall of China in a massive global on-line poll and telephone campaign in which more than one hundred million people chose the top seven wonders of the world.

Jordanian's believe that this will really put Petra on the map of choice tourist destinations, a location that most recently was popularized by the movie, "Indiana Jones, And the Last Crusade".

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The notoriety recently received by the unique rose red city of Petra in southern Jordan will enhance the awareness of this location that will play a key role in end time's Bible prophecy.

One Jordanian said that Petra was known by some people in the past but now it will be known by all who know the seven wonders of the world. Recently chosen as one of the elite locations in our world, Petra has a long history dating back some four thousand years ago to the times of Esau and his family who traveled from Israel to Petra to set up its nation. A nation of the Edomites.

The famous stone carvers, the Nabataeans from Arabia, carved out of this sand stone rose red city, a wonderfully beautiful city, that is known as a location with only one entrance and exit. That just over a mile long "ciq" which is an Arabic word meaning high, narrow gorge.

This impregnable city will serve as the place prepared by God, talked about in Revelation 12:6, that will protect the Jewish people or at least one-third of them during the coming time of terrible judgment in the seven year long Tribulation Period.

Isaiah 63:1-6 reveals that Petra is that location where Jesus will go and gather those protected Jews and take them to Jerusalem with Him. Petra is that place prepared by God and now as one of the seven wonders of the world it is indeed prepared to play its role in Bible prophecy that will be fulfilled.

July 06, 2007

The world must understand Palestinian history before they can understand the present Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Professor Rashid Khalidi, a historian, says that the failure by the Palestinians to write down their own history has made it more difficult to advance their claim for a Palestinian state and he believes Palestinian history must be properly understood if the world is to comprehend the present Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The professor said that the prospect of the independent state that the Palestinians never had, a state that many expected to emerge from the Palestinian Authority, seems as distant as ever especially as rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah are unable to agree on the fundamental basis for a new coalition government.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The statement made by the historian, professor Rashid Khalidi that one must know Palestinian history to understand the present and indeed the future as well of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is right on target, according to Bible prophecy.

The unwritten history of the Palestinian people according to professor Khalidi is part of the cause for the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians; however, the statement that the Palestinian history has not been written may be true as it relates to current history, but is not correct as it relates to the history of the Palestinian people over the last 4,000 years.

That history of Esau who became Edom and thus the people known as the Edomites is recorded in the book of Genesis starting in Genesis 35 and can be traced throughout all of the historic books of the Bible. That history reveals a future for the Edomites who are today the Palestinian people; that future reflects the reality of the present-day Israeli-Palestinian conflict which will only intensify as we enter the End Times. Ezekiel 35, Malachi 1, Jeremiah 49, and the little prophetic book of Obadiah all tell of the efforts by the Edomites, the Palestinian people of today, to kill off the Jews and take the land that God has given to the Jewish people.

These End Time prophecies will indeed be fulfilled.

July 05, 2007

Al Qaeda's #2 says that the end of the West is imminent

In a newly released video tape message similar to a "fireside chat," al Qaeda's second in command issued advise and directives for the Muslim world which said that the defeat of the West is imminent stating that the enemy is trying to forestall the inevitable.

Al Zawahiri, the number two in al Qaeda, on the video advises Muslims in Iraq and the Palestinian territory and renews a call for young men to join the jihad, reminding Muslims that jihad is their responsibility.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

On the recently released video from al Qaeda's number two, al Zawahiri calling for Hamas to implement Islamic law for Gaza and that the West will be defeated very soon is a scenario that is being played out in these days that can be found in the prophetic scenario in Bible prophecy.

Al Qaeda, with it's tentacles that reach around the world, has been responsible for death and destruction in numerous places as it works to destroy the philosophy of the Western world. Al Qaeda's number two, al Zawahiri, used his video to alert the terrorists of the world that the West will soon be defeated. In fact, he called for young Muslim men to join the Muslim battle against the West and to join holy war, jihad that will bring about that victory. Al Zawahiri told the Muslims that the goal is to implement the rule of the Islamic god, Allah across the world.

Though the word Islam is not used in the Bible, the nations of our world that are Muslim are listed in the prophetic passages. Daniel 11, Ezekiel 38 and Psalm 83 all reveal that these Islamic nations will form an alignment in the Last Days to come against Israel. Ezekiel 38 and 39, verses 2-6 tell us that the Islamic world will be almost completely wiped out. Five out of every six Muslims will be destroyed when they come against Israel and that happens soon after the Rapture of the Church. However, until the Rapture, Islam will be the major force in our world.

Al Zawahiri's claim that the defeat of the West is indeed evidence Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

July 04, 2007

America's place In Bible prophecy can be answered

Independence Day celebrations mark the birth of the United States of America, an experiment that has been very successful in many different ways. Many Christians say that the reason for America's prosperity is due to their support for world evangelism. The United States has been the launch pad for worldwide missions, spreading the gospel to a needy world.

The other reason given for America's success is that we have protected the Jewish state of Israel for the many years of it's existence, keeping the Jewish people from total elimination by it's enemies. These two reasons, at the least, have played a role in bringing the United States to where it is today; but where is the United States in Bible prophecy?

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The question of America's place in Bible prophecy does have an answer.

"Where is America in Bible prophecy?" That is the most asked question in any "Prophecy Question and Answer" time. I am always asked this question when I open up to inquiring people.

Once in a "Prophecy Question and Answer" time someone told me that they knew, so I asked "Where?"

They said, "Jerusalem."

I asked them to explain, and they spelled out the word Jerusalem.

"J - e - r - U - S - A - l - e - m", to which everybody laughed.

As I thought about the answer though, I believe that it is correct, the only place in Bible prophecy that I see the possibility of the mention of the United States or an illusion to the United States is in Zechariah 14:2.

Zechariah revealed that at the time of the end all of the armies of the world would gather at Jerusalem, under the leadership of Satan, Anti-Christ, and the False Prophet - there to confront Jesus Christ on His return to the Mount of Olives from where He departed some 2,000 years ago. If America survives the 7 year Tribulation Period, their army would join the other armies of the world at Jerusalem.

America today is great because the backbone of this nation is made up of true, Bible believing, born-again Christians. When the Christians leave this world at the rapture of the church, which could happen at any moment, the most powerful nation in the world will most likely fall from it's power base.

America's spiritual decline, in the present, will result in a power decline in the future. Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

July 03, 2007

An attempt by Hamas to take control of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem has been stopped

According to officials in Jerusalem the Islamic terrorist organization Hamas has invested millions of dollars in Jerusalem charities as well as construction on the Temple Mount in an effort to recruit Israeli Arabs into its ranks and to increase its presence in Jerusalem and on the Temple Mount.

The attempt by Hamas to take control of the Temple Mount as well as spread its ideology, has been stopped by the Israeli Security Agency who said the Hamas takeover was a strategic move to bolster its standing among Palestinians and throughout the Muslim world.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The effort by Hamas, the Islamic fundamentalist terrorist organization, to take control of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem is a page right out of Bible prophecy for the Last Days.

Over the last several years, Muslims have destroyed the Southeastern portion of the Temple Mount by construction of a large mosque just underneath the ground level of the Temple Mount. Over 1,000 dump truck loads of artifacts and archaeological remains have been removed from the Temple Mount and thrown into the Jerusalem city dump. The Mufti of Jerusalem told me personally that there is no proof of any Jew ever having been on the Temple Mount and that the gold roofed Dome of the Rock dates back to the time of Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden.

The claim by the Muslims that Jews have never been on the Temple Mount and the attempt by Hamas to take control of the Temple Mount is directly from the pages of Bible prophecy for the Last Days. The ancient Jewish prophet Zechariah wrote 2,500 years ago that in the Last Days Jerusalem would be center of controversy, a place that would make those who control the Temple Mount intoxicated with power, Zechariah 12:2. Isaiah, Ezekiel, and the prophet Joel pointed out that the Temple Mount is the original location of the Garden of Eden which is exactly what the Mufti of Jerusalem said and that Muslims will endeavor to take control of this most sacred piece of real estate in all of Creation.

The Hamas effort to take control of the Temple mount is indeed a page out of Bible prophecy that will be fulfilled.

July 02, 2007

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.