December 31, 2007

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas celebrates the establishment of a terrorist organization as he calls for Palestinian unity

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is urging Hamas Islamist to agree to early elections, give up control of the Gaza Strip and hold talks with his Fatah political party in a desire to bring about Palestinian unity as the Palestinian Authority President marks the founding of the terrorist organization, Fatah, founded some forty-three years ago by Yasser Arafat.

Under Yasser Arafat, Fatah led the the way over these last forty years in the armed struggle against what they call Israeli occupation and have been at the forefront of this conflict until Hamas became the prominent leader of this armed struggle.

With Hamas making what appears to be good progress in the establishment of a Palestinian state and developing relations with the Israelis the Palestinian Authority President wants to bring the Hamas faction into the mix as they move towards what they hope will be the final status talks with the Israelis.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

A united Palestinian people with a focus on a united plan for dealing with the Israeli government is a precursor to the prophetic scenario that can be found in Bible prophecy.

With his favored status among world leaders, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is now ready to unite the Palestinian people under one political flag. Winning favor with world leaders has been much easier than the task before the Palestinian leader as he moves to unite the political factions of the Palestinian people.

Nevertheless, Mahmoud Abbas believes that this is the time to bring about unity among the two main factions of the Palestinian body politic, Fatah and Hamas.

Whether Abbas will be successful in the short term is a question. However, there is no question that the Palestinians will unite in the long term with one goal, to wipe out the Jewish State of Israel.

Bible prophecy lays out this scenario for the last days with the predictions from a number of ancient Jewish prophets.

Ezekiel revealed that the struggle between the Israelis and the Palestinians would take place, that's found in Ezekiel 35. Malachi, in the first chapter of his prophecy, pre wrote history. He spoke of a plan by the Palestinians to return and rebuild.

Jeremiah and Obediah wrote over two thousand years ago of this struggle between the descendants of Esau, the Palestinian people; and the descendants of Jacob, the Jewish people. That's found in Jeremiah 49 and the entire book of Obediah. Bible prophecy will indeed be fulfilled.

December 28, 2007

US Presidential hopefuls have changed their focus towards the Middle East

With the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, the US presidential hopefuls, who are battling for political advantage in the nominating contest, have changed their focus overseas to the Middle East.

Domestic issues have dominated the campaign thus far, but the dastardly act in Pakistan has thrust foreign policy back onto the agenda and each candidate is vying for the spotlight to be able to explain his or her foreign policy experience or lack of experience with all candidates admitting Bhutto's assassination does change the complexion of the presidential nominating process. Polls indicate a tight race in both the Democratic and Republican party primaries or caucuses with all candidates recognizing that it is a tough world out there.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

Politics, the mechanism that operates human government, has in the past, and will in the future, play a key role in the Last Days scenario that can be found in Bible prophecy.

The events of history always play a role in the politics of any nation. This also is the case with the assassination of the Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. The Middle East will be impacted by this tragic event as well as the entire geopolitical world. It has already become evident that this tragedy in Pakistan has changed the agenda of the US presidential nominating process.

Revelation 17:7 sets in place a principle that indicates God does use human government and human leaders as well as the actors on the world stage for the End Time drama predicted in End Time prophecy. God established human government, Genesis 9:6, 4,500 years ago and has used the political to set the prophetic in motion for the End Times scenario that can be found in His Word.

The death of Benazir Bhutto and its aftermath is evidence that Bible prophecy will indeed be fulfilled.

December 27, 2007

Benazir Bhutto, a politcal leader in Pakistan, has been assassinated

As the former Pakistani PM Benazir Bhutto concluded addressing a political rally in Pakistan, the leader of the opposition was shot in the neck by a gunman who then set off a bomb killing himself and a number of Bhutto supporters.

President Mushaaraf and his government have called on the Pakistani people to remain calm so that the terrorists can be defeated and order returned to the country. Bhutto had twice been the country's PM and had been campaigning ahead of the election due to be held in January. This was the second suicide attack against Ms. Bhutto in recent months and came amid a wave of bombings targeting security and government officials.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The assassination of a political leader in the only nuclear-powered Islamic state has significance geopolitically and prophetically according to Bible prophecy.

Under threat of assassination, Benazir Bhutto, former PM of Pakistan, was openly campaigning to return to power in a state that is violent due to the militant Islamic element in the country. Warned of the possibility of being killed, Bhutto went ahead in her effort to return to power and deal with the terrorists in her nation. The truth behind the assassination of Ms. Bhutto will ultimately come out but until then, chaos is the term best used to describe the situation in Pakistan. The Islamic militant element in Pakistan has been the major force behind the conflict and seems to be positioning itself in to take control of the nuclear facility of Pakistan, the only such nuclear WMD in the Islamic world.

This would empower the radical Islamic groups to facilitate the prophetic scenario that is found in Joel 2:2-3 which speaks of a mighty Moslem militia formed in the Last Days to attack Israel. The nations involved in that attack, listed in Daniel 11, Ezekiel 38 and Psalm 83, all are aligned under the Islamic banner.

Benazir Bhutto's assassination does indeed help to set the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

December 26, 2007

Controversy surrounds the arrival of 40 Iranian Jews at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel

A large crowd of reporters plus many happy relatives greeted about 40 Iranian Jews as they landed in Israel leaving behind their lives in the Islamic Republic of Iran for their new homes in the Jewish state.

No details about the route of exit from Iran were given except that they were sponsored by the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, an organization founded by the Orthodox Rabbi Yehiel Eckstein who raises millions of dollars each year from the Evangelical Christian Community mostly in the US. Meanwhile, the top Iranian Jewish community leader has described this immigration of Iranian Jews as a misinformation campaign and insisted that Jews living in the Islamic Republic of Iran were not in danger under the hard line policies of President Ahmadinejad and his government.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

Evangelical Christians that give millions of dollars to bring Jews from around the world to Israel may be preparing the way for Satan's impact on the world in the Last Days according to Bible prophecy.

The controversy surrounding the arrival of 40 new Iranian Jewish immigrants at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel has highlighted the Orthodox Jewish Rabbi Yehiel Eckstein's organization that has raised over 100 million dollars from Evangelical Christians to help hasten the Coming of the Messiah.

The recent arrival of 40 Iranian Jews sponsored by Eckstein's group has been referred to by the leader of the Iranian-Jewish Community as a misinformation campaign and eluded to the fact it could indeed be fraud. Though Bible prophecy does say that in the time before the Messiah, Jesus Christ, comes back, Jews from around the world will make their way to Israel, not one time does it say that giving money to bring them back will hasten the Lord's return. Satan's End Time plan of deception is to misdirect Christians from God's plan of winning Jewish people and Gentiles to Jesus Christ, Matthew 24:4, 5, 11, 24.

A deceitful rabbi raising millions of dollars from Christians to bring Jews to Israel is indeed evidence that Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

December 25, 2007

There's been a miraculous mysterious birth reported to have taken place in a shepherd's field near Bethlehem in Israel

We have a report of a birth taking place in an open field near the little Arab village of Bethlehem. The shepherds are reporting they have found the newborn babe with His parents; the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes lying in a manger, a food trough for the animals.

There are also reports that last night, their were Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) in the skies over and around Bethlehem. Some of the shepherds are saying that the UFOs were actually angels and this host of angels were actually singing joyful songs of the long awaited Jewish Messiah. There are unconfirmed reports that this little baby is the One that has been spoken of by the ancient Jewish prophets for hundreds of years, the one to be born in Bethlehem and to become the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, the Son of God.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The birth of Jesus Christ fulfilled all the prophecies in the Bible for the presence of God with us - Emmanuel - and it does actually set the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

For over 2,000 years the story of the birth of Christ - which is recorded in four chapters of the Bible Matthew 1-2 and Luke 1-2, actually only 168 verses - has been responsible for authors writing so many books that one library could not contain all of the volumes. The composers have penned the music and lyrics for musical manuscripts with Jesus Christ as the theme of these musical numbers, the most used theme in all of music history.

Though Jesus never traveled more than 100 miles from His hometown, men and women have traveled to the far reaches of this earth to tell others the story of this man, the God-man born 2,000 years ago in Bethlehem. It is interesting to note that the Messiah, Jesus Christ, started in a cradle, a manger, He carried His cross to where they would crucify Him, but death could not keep Him, He arose from the dead 3 days later. As He left this world to go back to Heaven, He promised that He would come again to earth, this time wearing a crown.

This God-man, Emmanuel - God with us - came by way of the cradle to the cross and soon He will come wearing a crown; Jesus Christ, the Messiah, who has and will fulfill Bible prophecy.

December 24, 2007

The Israeli Defense Force is pulling its soldiers out of the little town of Bethlehem

Over the weekend the Israeli Defense Force began scaling back it's operations in Bethlehem and the cities outlying areas as the arrival of more than 60 thousand Christian pilgrims began, which will actually double the population of the little town of Bethlehem.

As thousands of Christian pilgrims and tourist began crossing from Jerusalem into Bethlehem, the Israeli Defense Force pulled it's forces out of the city and suspended operations saying they wanted the pilgrims and the Palestinians to have the opportunity to enjoy and benefit from the
holiday season.

Christians pilgrims from around the world will celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ this Christmas eve at the Church of Nativity in Manger Square and these festivities will be broadcast around the world from the little town of Bethlehem.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The Christmas Eve celebration in the little town of Bethlehem is evidence that Bible prophecy has been fulfilled and will be fulfilled in the future.

With the hustle and bustle of getting ready for Christmas, buying the gifts, the family coming to visit and, of course, the big Christmas dinner, often we forget about the real reason for the season.

The town fathers in the little town of Bethlehem both Christians and Moslems will be very busy on this Christmas Eve as the world watches on a special sattelite telecast from Manger Square and the Church of the Nativity. They will be watching the festive celebrarion of the birth of Jesus Christ.

The Bible reveals over three hundred prophecies of the first coming of Jesus Christ which were all fulfilled in absolute detail by the one who claimed to be the Son of God. The death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ did prove that the babe born in Bethlehem was who He said He was and will do what He said He will do. He will come back to earth once again.

Our world today seems to be ready to fulfill all of the prophecies of His Second Coming. And it could be today that Jesus Christ calls us to be with Him.

At Christmas time we look back to the birth of Jesus Christ but we must look forward to His coming. Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

December 21, 2007

The leader of the Church of England says the Story of the Nativity is a legend

The Archbishop of Canterbury, the head of the Church of England, Dr. Rowan Williams has claimed that the Christmas story of the three wise men is nothing but a legend with little evidence that the Magi even existed and there was nothing to prove there were three of them or that they were kings.

The Archbishop stated that Matthew's gospel only reveals that the visitors to the newborn babe, Jesus, were wise men from the East and the account works quite well as legend, as does additional traditional thinking that Jesus was born in December because it fitted well with the Winter festival. The Church of England's leader argued that Christmas cards which showed the Virgin Mary cradling the baby Jesus flanked by shepherds was misleading and a part of the Nativity legend.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The Archbishop of Canterbury who allegorizes the Christmas Story found in the Bible and calls it a legend is setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

The fact that the leader of the Church of England, the Archbishop of Canterbury, can call the Gospel accounts of the Christmas Story a legend says that this major Church leader is willing to forsake the literal interpretation of the Bible accounts of the birth of Christ. In order to say that any part of the birth of Jesus found in Matthew 1 or 2 is a legend states the obvious, the method of interpretation used to come to those conclusions would be the allegorical method and subject to the interpreter's belief, not the Bible as the main source of information.

Though I agree we have no evidence that there were only three wise men, there may well have been three hundred, in any case it is not legend but fact that they came to see the newborn babe who was with His mother Mary, Matthew 2:11. A close study of the account of the priest Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist and when he served at the Temple as recorded in Luke 1 will give absolute evidence that Jesus was indeed born in December. There is a good chance that there might well have been snow, but that report comes from weather history and not a Biblical account. The danger with the claim by the Archbishop of Canterbury that the Story of the Nativity is legend is the method of his interpretation of Scripture, he rejects the literal interpretation of God's Word. This places in danger the literal truth that Jesus who came the first time as prophecy indicated He would, will literally come the second time as foretold by Bible prophecy.

The birth of Jesus Christ as foretold in God's Word is proof that Bible prophecy will indeed be fulfilled.

December 20, 2007

The Israeli government has allowed Hamas to broadcast incitement against the Jews from the Temple Mount in Jerusalem

Rabbi Chaim Richman, a member of the Jewish Sanhedrin and leader of the Temple Institute, claims that the Israeli government is responsible for allowing Hamas, the Palestinian terrorist organization, to broadcast live from the Temple Mount in Jerusalem while at the same time Jews and Christians were banned from the holy site.

Rami Kaoud, a manager of Hamas-al Aqsa Radio, said that broadcasting daily from the Temple Mount helps to bring al Aqsa to the Gaza Strip and to challenge the siege imposed on the Palestinian people by the Zionist state of Israel.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

Live radio broadcast by the Palestinian terror group Hamas from the Temple Mount in Jerusalem is evidence of the nearness of both the positive and negative scenarios that can be found in Bible prophecy for the Last Days.

For a number of years, the PA has broadcast the Friday Moslem services from the Al Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Now, the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas has been granted permission to broadcast live and daily to the Hamas followers in the Gaza Strip from the Temple Mount. In a joint statement by the New Jewish Congress, the different Jewish Temple Movements and the Sanhedrin, they claimed that the Israeli government has decided to give over the Temple Mount, the apple of the Jewish nation's eye, for the use of enemy incitement as Hamas calls for the destruction of the Jewish state of Israel.

There is a positive and negative aspect to this story as it relates to the prophetic scenarios that can be found in bible prophecy for the Last Days. The ancient Jewish prophet Micah revealed that the Word of the Lord, Word from the Messiah, that will go forth from the House of the Lord, the Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, in the future Kingdom Period, Micah 4:1-2. However, this story also reveals to us that the Palestinian people, people in Biblical times known as Edomites descendants of Esau, would call for the destruction of the Jewish state and the demise of the Jewish people in the Last Days, Ezekiel 35.

Live radio broadcasts by Hamas from the Temple Mount in Jerusalem is indeed evidence that Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

December 19, 2007

Time Magazine has named Russian President Vladimir Putin as the "Person of the Year"

Time Magazine says that Russian President Vladimir Putin was awarded as their "Person of the Year" because of his extraordinary feat of leadership in bringing stability to Russia and it was given as a clear-eyed recognition of the world as it is and of the most powerful individuals shaping the world for better or for worse.

The Time Magazine award focused on President Putin's leadership in Russia over the last eight years which comes to an end early in 2008, but Putin is likely to become the Prime Minister if his ally wins the presidential election in March.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

Russian President Vladimir Putin recently named Time Magazine's 'Person of the Year' has positioned him to be the prototype for the fulfillment of Bible prophecy.

Vladimir Putin, a former KGB officer in Russia, has come through the ranks and has led Russia back to what was its leadership role in the world during the days of the former Soviet Union. For that task, Time Magazine has named Vladimir Putin the "Person of the Year", even as tensions between Russia and the EU and the US have increased without any relief in sight. Both Russia and Putin have developed a very strong relationship with all Middle Eastern countries and in particular, the Islamic Republic of Iran and its radical Moslem leader President Ahmadinejad.

As we observe Vladimir Putin and his impact on Russia and the world from afar, we must recall the words of the ancient Jewish prophet Ezekiel who wrote 2,500 years ago of a personality and a place that would impact the End Times. The personality is Gog in Ezekiel 38:2 and the place is Magog in the same prophetic passage. I cannot say without reservations that Vladimir Putin is the Gog of this verse naming the leader of an alignment of nations against the Jewish state of Israel. What I can say is that Vladimir Putin, as Time Magazine's "Person of the Year" is indeed a perfect prototype for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

December 18, 2007

Over two million Moslem pilgrims attack Mount Arafat

Moslem pilgrims, around two million of them from around the world representing 181 different countries, poured onto Mount Arafat East of Mecca to mark the climax of the annual Moslem hajj pilgrimage, the largest annual religious gathering in the world.

Many of the Moslem pilgrims spent the night on Mount Arafat, also known as the Mountain of Mercy, the location where the Islamic prophet Mohamed gave his sermon in the year of his death in 632 A.D., a place today where the faithful spend the day praying asking for Allah's forgiveness at the summit in a symbolic waiting for the last judgment. The journey to Mount Arafat is an essential part of the pilgrimage which is one of the five pillars of the Islamic faith with every Moslem required to make the hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca, at least once in his or her lifetime.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

As two million Moslems gather on Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia, just outside of Mecca, one has to be reminded of the key role that the Moslem world plays in the End times scenario that can be found in Bible prophecy.

The world's population of six billion people is today characterized as being somewhat religious with one-fifth of that population, numbering 1.2 billion people, embracing the Moslem religion of Islam. Though the word Moslem or Islam is not mentioned in the Bible, the nations that embrace the Moslem faith and the End Times scenario found in Bible prophecy, which is being played out right now, does allow the world to recognize this large population in our world today.

Daniel 11, Ezekiel 38, and Psalm 83 list every Moslem nation as a key player in the Last Days. Joel 2 speaks of a massive militant militia that attacks Israel at the first of the seven year Tribulation Period. Ezekiel 39:2 reveals the demise of almost all of the Moslem world when they do attack Israel, but until then, the Moslems are major players on the world scene.

December 17, 2007

The Israeli Air Force is now training outside of Israel, preparing for the real thing, an Iranian strike

According to a senior Israeli Defense Force officer, the Israeli Air Force has been conducting an increasing number of training missions outside of Israel, over the Mediterranean, in the United States, Canada and other countries.

The announcement of the new Israeli Air Force training policy comes as Israeli Public Security Minister Avi Dichter said that something went wrong in the software the Americans use to analyze the severity of the threat of a nuclear Iran, not only to Israel but the whole region including northern Africa and Europe.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

As the Israeli Air Force trains for the real thing, an attack from Iran or other distant threat, Bible prophecy predicting just such an attack comes better into focus.

The statement by the Israeli Public Security Minister Avi Dichter that the intelligence estimate made by the United State was not reality. He said that Iran is a major threat for the entire Middle East region and all of the countries of Europe as well which has caused the Israeli Air Force to begin preparing for the real thing.

The real thing defined militarily is the attack on Israel by her number one enemy, Iran, but also includes the multiple attacks that could well take place at the same time.

The Israeli's realize that they live in a tough neighborhood and they must be prepared to defend themselves, thus the new training policy for the Israeli Air Force holding exercises outside of Israel.

This report is evidence that the prophetic passages penned by Daniel, Ezekiel and the Psalmist seem to be moving closer to fulfillment. Ezekiel 38:5 mentions Persia which is modern day Iran, as one of an alignment of nations that will attack Israel in the last days.

Iran is only one of over ten nations that will join in the attacks on the Jewish state itself. Nations like Syria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Lebanon and others as foretold in Daniel 11 and Psalm 83.

The reality that the Israeli Air Force is preparing now for the real thing is indeed evidence that Bible prophecy will be fulfilled. And maybe in the very near future.

December 14, 2007

The Israeli Knesset has chosen the symbol for Israel's 60th birthday

The Israeli Knesset's Symbols and Ceremonies Committee decided recently on Israel's official symbol for its 60th anniversary which features a child holding a white and blue sheet of cloth swirling into the number 60. This symbol will be the trademark for the year-long celebration of the Jewish state's 60th birthday, celebrating the rebirth of a state of Israel after almost 2,000 years with Jews scattered across the world.

The Israeli government has many plans for this 60th anniversary which may be interrupted by the events unfolding in the Middle East as it relates to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as well as the continuing threat from Iran.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The fact that the Jewish state of Israel is celebrating its 60th birthday is absolute evidence that Bible prophecy is being fulfilled.

Out of more than 100 nations of the world over the last 100 years, Jews from around the world have been slowly but surely making their way back to the homeland of their forefathers. Even as these Jews from around the world gather together to rebuild their own nation, their ancient Jewish language has also been restored so that Hebrew is the official language of the Jewish state.

The last 60 year history of this modern-day state of Israel has been marked by conflicts and full-scale wars, but the state of Israel continues to stand strong living among her enemies.

A number of the ancient Jewish prophets pre-wrote this modern-day history. Moses wrote that the Jews would return to their land after they had been punished for almost 2,000 years as recorded in Deuteronomy 28, 30. Micah wrote that God would punish the Jews, but then bring them back into their ancient homeland, Micah 7. Ezekiel, in chapter 37, said that the Jews would be regathered, that's the bones coming together as talked about in verse 7. They would be restored as a Jewish state, that's the flesh covering these bones that have come together as recorded in Ezekiel 37:8.

With Israel celebrating their 60th birthday, there is indeed evidence that Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

December 13, 2007

EU leaders have signed landmark treaty

A treaty that is expected to greatly alter the operations of the 27-member states of the EU has been signed in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon and this treaty which creates an EU president is a replacement for the EU Constitution which was abandoned following French and Dutch opposition.

The treaty, a slimmed down version of the European Constitution, is meant to ease decision making by scrapping national vetos and developing a foreign policy chief with thousands of diplomats and officials.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The historic signing of the Lisbon Treaty which makes the EU a political, economic, military power with a powerful leader is a precursor to the prophetic scenario that can be found in Bible prophecy.

The year long celebration in 2007 of the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome that established the European economic community, a forerunner of the EU, was crowned when the leaders of the 27-member states of the EU meeting in Lisbon, Portugal signed the Lisbon Treaty. The Lisbon Treaty also sets in place a permanent powerful president that will lead this supra state into the future as a major geopolitical player on the world scene.

With the signing of the Lisbon Treaty, the EU is in position, with its new permanent leader, to be the absolute infrastructure for the revived Roman Empire that is called for in Bible prophecy for the Last Days. The ancient Jewish prophet Daniel wrote prophetically of this scenario 2,500 years ago when he called for a revival of the old Roman Empire, geographically the EU of today, an event that would take place in the days just prior to the coming of the Messiah, Jesus Christ, Daniel 7:7, 24. Daniel's prophecy also revealed a powerful personality who would lead this revived Roman Empire, Daniel 7:8, 24-28. This leader would be a major player in the Middle East peace process, Daniel 9:27.

This historic signing of the Lisbon Treaty by the EU leaders has indeed set the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

December 12, 2007

Infectious diseases are spreading around the globe faster than ever before

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a warning that states infectious diseases are emerging more quickly and spreading faster around the globe than ever and are becoming increasingly difficult to treat.

The UN said in its annual world health report that an outbreak or epidemic in one part of the world is only a few hours away from becoming an imminent threat somewhere else because billions of people are moving around the planet every year. The UN agency warned that there was a good possibility of another major scourge like AIDS, SARS, or Ebola fever with the potential of killing millions appearing in the coming years.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The potential for the rapid spread of an infectious disease around the globe in the coming years is setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

The WHO and the UN in their annual world health report have issued warnings in the past, but this most recent report should get the attention of world leaders and in fact, everybody on planet Earth. As billions of people move around the globe, the spread of infectious disease has become faster than ever and this potential will only increase not decrease.

The director general of WHO says that mass travel is facilitating the rapid spread of infectious diseases which no country can shield itself from an invasion thereof. This alarming report is not meant to scare anybody, but for all to realize the potential disaster ahead and understand the prophetic significance of this report.

Jesus, in His Olivet Discourse, warned of pestilence would be an indication of His soon return to the Earth. Pestilence is in essence pandemic disease, that means infectious diseases spreading rapidly across the Earth. Revelation 6:7-8 is the prophecy of the Fourth Seal Judgment which will take place on the Earth during the first half of the seven year Tribulation Period, and that judgment is death.

With infectious diseases as one reason for one-fourth of the Earth's population dying, the rapid spread of infectious diseases across the globe is indeed setting te stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

December 11, 2007

A number of Middle East countries are speeding up their Middle East development projects

In recent months, a number of Arab countries have boosted their nuclear programs in what experts believe to be a response to Iran's aggressive drive to acquire nuclear weapons with these Arab nations saying they are simply developing nuclear technology for peaceful means.

Analysts however, point out that most of the nations in question are in possession of huge oil reserves or they have access to natural resources which can easily be used to produce the needed power thereby eliminating the need for the costly development of nuclear facilities. Experts argue that Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Libya and Turkey are speeding up their nuclear development due to the interest of global powers competing to sell their nuclear technology.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The nuclear surge in the Middle East should alarm the world and help us to realize the geopolitical ramifications of these developments especially in light of Biblical prophecy.

The world has been focused on Iran's nuclear development program that experts claim has positioned Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon of Mass Destruction (NWMD) within a short period of time, maybe within the next one or two years. Now, there is a growing concern with the nuclear surge in the Middle East as a number of nations rush to develop their own nuclear capabilities. Experts are particularly curious as to the nuclear programs in a region which holds approximately 25% of the Earth's oil resources.

Some experts stress that peaceful nuclear technology can easily be converted to serve a nuclear weapons program. The list of nations who are developing these nuclear programs are the same countries on the list of nations that align themselves for an attack on the Jewish state of Israel in the Last Days.

The ancient Jewish prophets Daniel and Ezekiel and the Psalmist list the nations that will be included in this coalition of enemies against Israel, Daniel 11, Ezekiel 38 and Psalm 83. Under the guise of fear of the Iranian nuclear threat these Middle East nations are developing an arsenal that could be used against Israel.

December 10, 2007

Adolph Hitler of Nazi Germany is now a Hero on Palestinian Radio

A Palestinian Authority radio contest featured a biography of Adolph Hitler, complete with his military victories and his heroism during World War I & War World II and the broadcast never mentioned the Holocaust and the death of six million Jews.

This Palestinian Authority radio contest is consistent with Palestinian education in general which erases the Holocaust from history, according to a recent report from the Palestinian Media Watch, which revealed that the new 12th grade Palestinian Authority history school books showed that many pages were dedicated to the history of World War II and even to Nazi racism, but neither the Jews nor the Holocaust is ever mentioned.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The fascination with Adolph Hitler among Palestinians and the Palestinian Authority radio broadcast that characterizes Hitler as a hero, and never mentions the Holocaust, is a precursor to a dreadful end time scenario that can be found in Bible prophecy.

During the days of the Holocaust in Nazi Germany, the Palestinian leader, the Haj Amin al Husseini was used by Hitler to rally the Moslem world to join his final solution for the Jews, death in the ovens and gas chambers.

From the times of the Holocaust, during World War II, there has been an unholy fascination of Hitler by the Palestinian people, evidenced by the fact that they have named their children, Hitler.

These developments are preparing the world for a coming Holocaust of the Jews that will be more horrific than the Holocaust of Hitler. The ancient Jewish prophet, Zechariah, revealed that two out of every three Jews will be killed during the coming Holocaust in the seven year Tribulation Period, Zechariah 13:8.

Daniel, another Jewish prophet, wrote in chapter 12 verse 1 of his prophecy that this time would be the worst time the Jews have ever faced in all of their history. Revelation 12:13-17 says that Satan and his evil forces will endeavor to eliminate the Jews from the earth.

The Palestinian Authority radio broadcast honoring Hitler is indeed a precursor to the end times scenario of Bible prophecy. Bible prophecy that will be fulfilled.

December 07, 2007

Palestinian Authority is working on legislation that says Jerusalem is part of an Islamic caliphate and is not up for negotiations

The PA Legislature has passed the first reading of a new law forbidding any concessions or even negotiations regarding Jerusalem and that Jerusalem is part of an Islamic caliphate which makes the entire city Palestinian-Islamic-Arab land.

The new PA legislation also states it is forbidden to discuss or even negotiate over any part of Jerusalem and anyone who violates these provisions on behalf of the PA will be considered guilty of treason and liable to the relevant punishment.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The ancient Jewish prophet Zechariah said that Jerusalem would be the center of controversy in the Last Days and the new legislation proposed by the PA is evidence that Zechariah's prophecy is very close to fulfillment.

The status of the city of Jerusalem is right at the top of the agenda for the year long negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinian according to the decisions made at the Annapolis Middle East Peace Summit. Now, the PA Legislature has proposed a bill that would make it impossible for the Palestinian leaders to negotiate over Jerusalem, claiming that Jerusalem including the Temple Mount, the Western Wall, the Jewish Quarter and the City of David are all part of an Islamic caliphate, meaning that Jerusalem is Palestinian land, end of discussion.

The ancient Jewish prophet Zechariah wrote 2,500 years ago that this indeed would be the case, those controlling Jerusalem would be arrogantly secure and this would be irritating to the Lord, Zechariah 1:15-16. In the 12th chapter of Zechariah, the prophet revealed that there would be those who were intoxicated with their control of Jerusalem, Zechariah 12:2.

The proposed legislation in the PA Legislature pertaining to Jerusalem is evidence that the stage is being set for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

December 06, 2007

A pamphlet is being distributed in synagogues across Judea and Samaria calling for a second Jewish state

There is a campaign underway in Judea and Samaria, the West Bank, to choose a flag and anthem for the new Jewish state that is being planned in the event the Israeli government follows through on promises made at the Annapolis Peace Summit to withdraw all Jews from the settlements in Judea and Samaria.

The initiative, published in the pamphlet, "Our Land of Israel", which is distributed in synagogues on the Sabbath, is offering a prize of several thousand shekels to be awarded to the participant whose design is adopted. Rabbi Dov Wolpe, the spokesperson for this initiative, says the only solution is to declare the establishment of an autonomous Jewish state in Judea and Samaria that will unite the Jewish settlements as a state to be.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The very serious initiative to establish a second Jewish state in Judea and Samaria is in perfect harmony with the End Time scenario that can be found in Bible prophecy.

In the aftermath of the Middle East Peace Summit held in Annapolis, Maryland recently, there is a major move among rabbis in the Judea and Samaria region to establish a second Jewish state as an alternative to the proposed withdrawal of the Jewish settlements from the region. The possibility of a second Jewish state in Judea and Samaria has been discussed for a number of years, but the concessions made by the Israeli government to the Palestinians to remove the Jewish settlers for a future Palestinian state has now put in motion a serious plan to erect this state to be.

As I previously mentioned, this initiative is in perfect harmony with Bible prophecy. The ancient Jewish prophets, Malachi, Jeremiah and Ezekiel all wrote about a second Jewish state during the End Times near the time of the Coming of the Messiah, the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, Malachi 2, Jeremiah 3 and Ezekiel 37. Ezekiel wrote that the two states would be called Israel and Judah, Ezekiel 37:15-23.

The concessions by the Israeli government and the Jewish settler's initiative for a second Jewish state has indeed set the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

December 05, 2007

Jews around the world will light a candle on each of the eight days of Chanukah to celebrate victory over the attacks of a mad man

The Jewish holy day of Chanukah is an eight day celebration to remember the victory over the three year campaign of Antiochus Epiphanes, Antiochus the mad man, who tried to wipe out, not only the Jewish people but their lifestyle as well.

After Antiochus desecrated the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, the mighty Jewish family known as the Maccabees rose up against this Grecian king to take back their Temple and purify the worship center by lighting the seven branched candelabra, the Menorah, which stayed lit for eight days with only one days supply of virgin olive oil.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

As Jews around the world celebrate the eight days of Chanukah, the enemies of the Jewish state of Israel prepare to eradicate, not only the lifestyle of the Jewish people, but according to Bible prophecy, these enemies want to eradicate the Jews themselves.

On Kislev 25, 168 B.C., Kislev, the Jewish month that corresponds with our December, Antiochus Epiphanes, or better known as "Antiochus the Mad Man", led the war effort to take over the Temple in Jerusalem and desecrate their Jewish worship center by slaughtering a pig on the altar. Over the next three years, the Jews suffered the blasphemy of this mad man, Antiochus. Then, the Jewish family, the Maccabees rose up to take back the Temple from Antiochus Epiphanes, in fact on the same date, Kislev 25, except three years to the date after the Temple was desecrated, the Maccabees would reconsecrate the Temple, then they lighted the Menorah with enough virgin olive oil for one day and it continued to give light for eight days, thus the Jewish holy day of Chanukah, the Feast of Lights, the Feast of Dedication.

The ancient Jewish prophet, Daniel had predicted this prophetic event 300 years before it happened and referred to it as the Abomination of Desolation, a prototype of a similar event which will take place during the Tribulation period, Daniel 11:20-35, 9:27. In order for the next Abomination of Desolation to take place, there must be a Temple standing in Jerusalem, which by the way, the Jews are prepared to build right now.

Chanukah reminds us that Bible prophecy will indeed be fulfilled.

December 04, 2007

Israeli officials say the US intelligence community has no understanding of what really is happening with Iran's nuclear program

Israeli PM Ehud Olmert says that the threat of Iran obtaining nuclear weapons must not be underestimated, this after a US intelligence report claimed that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003, but was continuing to enrich Uran.

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak agreed that Iran had stopped development of a Nuclear WMD in 2003, but he added that Iran has since renewed the program and Iran is continuing in its efforts to produce a nuclear bomb despite the US intelligence report.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The evaluation by the US intelligence community of the potential for an Iranian Nuclear WMD says that the threat is not as bad as first thought. Israeli intelligence disagrees and so does Bible prophecy.

For the last several years, we've heard intelligence report after intelligence report warning that Iran is on the verge of having a Nuclear WMD. Now, with the release of the US report: Iran Nuclear Intentions and Capabilities, the US intelligence community is in retreat from previous assessments and it contradicts Israeli intelligence. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak says that the once stopped nuclear weapons program of Iran has restarted and is moving full steam ahead, and must not be ignored. The Israeli government is much concerned that this recently released US intelligence report will allow Iran to complete their production of a Nuclear WMD unhindered and become a larger threat than ever.

As the intelligence agencies fight it out over who is right, Bible prophecy reveals that Iran, with a Nuclear WMD or not, will be a major threat in the Last Days, a major player to lead an alignment of nations against the Jewish state of Israel, Ezekiel 38:5, Psalm 83 and Daniel 11:43-44.

The US intelligence report may well play down Iran's potential threat, but Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

December 03, 2007

Foreign observers say Russian elections held this last weekend were not fair

The Russian elections for Parliament held this last weekend saw Vladimir Putin's political party win by a large margin. But foreign observers are saying that the election was not fair and fail to meet many standards for democratic elections.

Mr Putin has claimed the pole was legitimate and a vote of public trust in his leadership and that Russian's would not allow their nation to develop along a destructive path as had happened in several former Soviet countries.

The foreign monitors of the Russian election say there was frequent abuse of administrative resources and the media coverage was strongly in favor of the ruling party. A situation that has prompted several European countries and the United States to urge the Russian authorities to investigate reports of election violations.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

As the world watched the Russian Parliamentary elections they saw President Vladimir Putin's leadership become stronger, a precursor to the scenario that can be found in Bible prophecy for a Russian leader of the future.

In the last several months Russian watchers have been amazed by the outspoken Russian President Vladimir Putin as he has maneuvered himself into a position to lead Russia into the future in what many are calling a return to the old Soviet Union days.

Russia, and thus, Vladimir Putin's relation with Iran and it's nuclear program, plus other partnerships with Middle Eastern, Arab and Islamic states has many prophecy students thinking that the prophetic scenario of Ezekiel 38 is about to be fulfilled.

The ancient Jewish prophet, Ezekiel, wrote that Magog, which is modern-day Russia, that Magog would lead the coalition of nations, against Israel, in the last days, Ezekiel 38:2. The leader of that alignment of nations, mentioned in Ezekiel, is Gog, which is all we know about this personality.

I am not saying that Vladimir Putin is Gog of Ezekiel 38:2, but indeed he certainly is a prototype of that coming leader. These recent Russian elections do indeed set the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.