2008 Goes out with conflict in the Middle East and 2009 seems to be headed towards outright disaster

The Middle East will end 2008 in conflict, the Gaza Strip as the main focus and the prospects for 2009 look even more perilous as the region seems to be headed towards outright disaster.

All peace efforts put forward by the US, the EU and even the UN seem to have failed to bring resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict which has intensified in recent days.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

As we leave 2008 and enter 2009, the prospects of Bible prophecy being fulfilled is so much greater than ever before with the conflict ridden Middle East seemingly headed towards a disaster.

The lead story on this last day of 2008 is the increasingly dangerous conflict in the Gaza Strip between Israel and the Palestinians. Though things seem to be getting better in Iraq, there is still a long journey ahead for this war torn nation. What was relatively calm in Afghanistan seems to have flared up and now looks more and more like a major trouble spot. There is no let up by the Iranians to develop a Nuclear WMD as the world stands by and watches. I say the world standing by and watching, but only the nation of Israel is standing there realizing something must be done to stop Iran from getting a Nuclear WMD even if they have to do it alone.

This report is like a page out of Bible prophecy, or should I say several pages out of Bible prophecy. As it relates to the Israelis and the Palestinians in the Gaza, that can be found in Ezekiel 35, Malachi 1 and the little book of Obadiah. Iran and Afghanistan are mentioned in Ezekiel 38:5 referred to there as Persia. The Iraqi situation which has been the focus of the world for a number of years, is the scenario about Babylon mentioned in Isaiah 13-14, Jeremiah 50-51 and Revelation 16 and 18.

Today's Iraq is biblical Babylon as mentioned, which must be completely destroyed and this to happen as the last event to take place before Jesus returns to the earth. These Bible prophecies will be fulfilled and maybe in 2009.

Israel says it is ready for weeks of action against Hamas in the Gaza Strip

According to the Deputy Defense Minister in Israel, the Israeli military has made preparations for long weeks of action, a statement that confirms PM Olmert's declaration that what has happened so far in Gaza is the first of several stages of military action.

Israeli jets have continued their fierce air assaults on Gaza, the most intense attacks in decades, in order to stamp out militant rocket attacks by the Hamas terrorists on Israel. The US and Great Britain continue to blame Hamas for the conflict with Egypt and Jordan uncharacteristically quiet as there are demonstrations against Israel in the streets of the Arab world, but not much coming from Arab leadership.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The ongoing conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians made manifest in the Gaza Strip was foretold over 2,500 years ago by the ancient Jewish prophets.

As the focus of the world is on the Gaza Strip today, everyone must remember this conflict between Israel and the Palestinians has been going on for decades. From Israel's beginning in 1948 as a modern day nation among the nations of the world, the Palestinians have been doing all they can to keep Israel from becoming a state that could live in peace and security in the Middle East.

I said a moment ago this conflict had been going on for decades, I must correct that, this conflict has actually been going on for a millennia, around 4,000 years, since even before the birth of Jacob and Esau while these two boys were in their mother's womb, Genesis 25:22. In verse 23 of that passage, the Lord says to Rebekah, the twin boys' mother, this conflict would continue as the boys both became nations. A study of God's Word would help you to understand the Palestinian people today are the decendants of Esau and the modern day Jewish state of Israel the decendants of Jacob. The prophetic passages found in Jeremiah 49, Malachi 1, Ezekiel 35 and the little prophetic book of Obadiah reveal that this conflict will continue until Jesus Christ comes back to settle the dispute.

The military action in Gaza is a precursor to the fulfillment of Bible prophecy.

Ahmadinejad: World's problems due to the rejection of Allah

The Iranian President Ahmadinejad, in a recent telecast seen throughout all of Europe, said that the world's problems are rooted in a rejection of Allah, the Islamic god, and if Jesus Christ lived today, He would stand up against any world powers that act as bullies. Ahmadinejad said that the crises in security, the family, morality, politics, security, and the world economy have come about because the prophets have been forgotten, Allah has been forgotten, and some world leaders are estranged from Allah.

Tehran has accused the world of trying to destabilize the Islamic Republic of Iran and to do all possible to stop Iran's nuclear ambitions of developing a nuclear weapon of mass destruction.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The statement by Iranian President Ahmadinejad that the world's rejection of the Islamic god Allah, is the basis for all of the world's troubles, is not correct politically, or prophetically - according to Bible prophecy.

The very vocal president of Iran, President Ahmadinejad, has, over the last several years, denied that there was ever a Jewish Holocaust, that Israel must be wiped off the Earth, and that the Jewish state is near to a complete collapse. This radical rhetoric from the radical Muslim leader has now hit a higher pitch as he says that god, the Islamic god Allah, is very displeased with the world's rejection of the Islamic deity and thus there are many problems. However, the true God of the Bible and the people of the Bible, the Jews and the Christians, this one true God is indeed displeased with rejection of His plan for all of human kind.

Revelation 16 is evidence that even in a very troubled time, the Great Tribulation, and faced with intense judgment, men will not repent and turn to Jesus Christ (Revelation 16:8-11). It is not rejection of the Islamic god Allah but rejection of the true God of the Bible that brings judgment upon the world. Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

Russia is planning to supply missiles to Iran, Syria, Libya and Venezuela

A Moscow based newspaper reported that Russia has started fulfilling orders for air defense missile systems to seven countries including Syria, Libya, Iran and Venezuela, missiles that will be delivered within the next three years.

Russian officials are reporting that these are only defensive missiles that will not change the strategic balance in the Middle East and that they are standing by their agreement reached with Israel not to sell weapons in the region that could be used against the Jewish state. Meanwhile, the Israeli officials are saying these weapons being sold by Russia, these defensive weapons including surface to air missiles, would make it more difficult for Israel to launch a preemptive strike against one of its Middle East enemies.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

Russia selling missiles to Middle Eastern nations like Iran, Libya and Syria is a page out of Bible prophecy for the Last Days according to the ancient Jewish prophets.

For the last year, there have been rumors that Russia would sell anti-defense missiles to Iran so they could stop any attack on their nuclear program that is developing a WMD. Now, the reports coming out of Moscow reveal that Russia will be offering these missiles in sales to other Middle Eastern nations as well, including Libya and Syria. Both Israel and the US have protested these sales to the supposed enemies of the Jewish state of Israel. Israeli officials sent military leaders to Russia to try and prevent this transfer of military armament that could be used against the Jewish state.

This report, as I mentioned, is a page out of Bible prophecy for the Last Days. The ancient Jewish prophets Daniel and Ezekiel both speak about the nations listed in this report, Russia, Libya, Iran and Syria. Daniel 11 says that Syria will be the first of the aligned nations to come against Israel, Daniel 11:40-43. Ezekiel 38:2-6 mentions Russia, Libya and Persia, modern day Iran, as nations that will arm themselves to attack Israel.

Russian arms sells to Iran, Libya and Syria is indeed evidence that Bible prophecy is about to be fulfilled.

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.

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.

Pope Benedict says saving humanity from homosexuality is as important as saving the rainforest

Pope Benedict in an address to the senior staff at the Vatican said defending God's Creation is not limited to saving the environment, but must also include protecting man from self destruction.

The Pope compared saving humanity from homosexual behavior is just as important as saving the rain forest and he rejected the gender theory which he says blurs the distinctions between male and female and could lead to self destruction of the human race. Gay groups and activists have reacted angrily after the Pope's comments on the gay lifestyle and these activists say the Pope's comments are irresponsible, unacceptable and hurtful.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

Pope Benedict's statement that we must defend God's Creation as it relates to the human race or face self destruction is correct Biblically and prophetically as well.

Whatever your religious concerns are about Pope Benedict, you must compare his statements on sodomy, homosexuality, with the Bible and Biblically, the Pope is correct about the distinction between male and female and their sexual activity.

God's Word sets the standard for male/female relations in Genesis 2:21-24. The Bible talks about unnatural affections for the same sex in Romans 1:21-32. The Apostle Paul sent young Timothy, a partner in ministry, to churches in that day to tell them that in the Last Days there will be those men who are lovers of their own selves, unholy, without natural affections, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God, even some of them having a form of Godliness, but denying the power thereof, II Timothy 3:1-5.

Pope Benedict's statement that we must defend God's Creation, humanity in order to make certain this world does not self destruct is right on target Biblically and prophetically. In Romans 1, the Word of God says that in the Last Days men will worship the Creation instead of the Creator.

Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

Jewish people in Jerusalem and around the world are celebrating the rededication of the Jewish temple

The eight day Jewish holy day Hanakkuh is the time that Jews around the world mark the rededication of the second temple in Jerusalem after the Greek leader Antiochus Epiphanes had desecrated the temple by slaughtering a pig on the temple alter. Over a three year period of time, the Jews grew strong enough to overthrow the Greek leader and the Maccabees ran Antiochus out of Israel and cleansed the temple and restored temple worship and practices.

In fact, the flask of virgin olive oil they used to relight the seven branched candelabra, the Menorah, stayed lighted for eight days - thus the Jewish holy days of Hanakkuh.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The Jewish holy days of Hanakkuh remind us of an event that will be repeated in the future - according to Bible prophecy.

Jewish people around the world for the eight days of Hanakkuh will light a candle each day to mark the overthrow of Antiochus Epiphanes and the reconsecrating of the Jewish temple in Jerusalem over two thousand years ago.

The Maccabees rose up against the Greek leader Antiochus and after three years were able to return to temple worship and practice on Kislov 25, the Jewish month of December. Interestingly, the early church fathers selected December 25 to celebrate Christmas based upon the fact of the feast of dedication taking place on December 25, 165 B.C.

Antiochus Epiphanes had slaughtered a pig on the temple alter and stopped Jewish worship in what was referred to as the Abomination of Desolation. This event in history is a prototype of things to come, according to God's Word found in the prophetic book of Daniel. In fact, Daniel, the ancient Jewish prophet, 360 years before the fact foretold the act by Antiochus (Daniel 11:21-35). Daniel also prewrote history about the Abomination of Desolation that will take place at the midway point of the Tribulation Period in the future (Daniel 9:27).

There will be a temple in Jerusalem desecrated once again, a temple that the Jewish people are right now prepared to build. History will be repeated - Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

Benjamin Netanyahu says that Iran is the greatest historical challenge facing the world today

Benjamin Netanyahu, the front runner in the Israeli elections to be held next year and meeting with French President Sarkozy in Paris, said that Iran, should it cross the terribly dangerous threshold of obtaining a nuclear weapon of mass destruction, will become the greatest historical challenge facing the world today. Netanyahu said we have never had a situation in the history of this world in which a radical regime, with a retrograde idealogy and known ambitions for the use of force, to get access to weapons of mass destruction and the former Prime Minister of Israel called upon world leaders to make sure that this does not happen.

Netanyahu's visit to Paris came at a time when a report was released raising new warning signs about Iran's progress toward a nuclear weapon of mass destruction.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

As the world stands by and watches Iran develop a nuclear weapon of mass destruction, the end time scenario that is found in Bible prophecy on this issue is ready to be fulfilled.

How many times have you read in the paper or on the internet or heard on radio or television that Iran is about to have a nuclear weapon of mass destruction? Now major players in the intelligence community are saying that we are quickly approaching the time when Iran will be armed with a nuclear weapon of mass destruction.

Former Israeli Prime Minister and most likely the next Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, is telling everyone who will listen and especially world leaders that Iran with a nuclear weapon of mass destruction is the greatest historical challenge the world has ever faced. This scenario being played out in our world today was actually written about 2500 years ago in the prophetic book written by the ancient Jewish prophet Ezekiel.

The name, Persia, found in Ezekiel 38:5 is the Biblical name for modern-day Iran, a major player in the last days. A partner with Iran during these activities leading up to the judgment time upon the Jewish people and the entire world will be Russia, also found in Ezekiel 38:2. Iran will be in the forefront of nations aligned against Israel at the time of the end (Psalm 83 and Daniel 11).

The world should pay attention to Benjamin Netanyahu's warning about Iran because Bible prophecy will indeed be fulfilled.

Tourism in Israel hits a record high for 2008

The tourism industry in Israel had a record year in 2008 according to the ministry of tourism which said that 2.8 million tourists had arrived in Israel, a 35% increase in tourism over 2007. The minister of tourism said that 2008 will be Israel's all time record year for tourism and generated over 5 billion dollars to the Israeli economy and produced an additional 4000 jobs for Israelis.

Jewish and Christian pilgrims from all over the world have traveled to Israel during 2008, many of them to see the actual sites spoken of in the Bible and also to celebrate the 60th birthday year of the Jewish state.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

A record breaking year for tourism in Israel is a tangible evidence that Bible prophecy has been and will be fulfilled.

When it's all said and done, 2008 will be the very best year in the history of modern-day Israel for tourism. 2008 marks a 35% increase in tourism over 2007 and indicates that Jewish and Christian pilgrims are very interested in their connection to the Biblical history that is on display in the land of Israel. A tour to Israel today is to visit Israel past, touch Israel today, and visualize Israel future.

The fact that I am talking about a record breaking year for Israeli tourism is evidence that Bible prophecy is being fulfilled.

2008 marks the 60th birthday of the Jewish state of Israel which is unique to Bible prophecy. In fact, it is a fulfillment of the prophetic words of the ancient Jewish prophet of Ezekiel. The prophet wrote that the Jewish people would be regathered from around the world in the last days (Ezekiel 37:7). The bones coming together in this passage is actually a fulfillment of prophecy as Jews around the world regather to the land of their forefathers.

When Ezekiel spoke of flesh covering these bones, (verse 8) that was speaking of a nation being restored. Ezekiel 34 reveals, 18 times, that the Lord said this would happen and it has.

A record breaking year for tourism during Israel's 60th birthday is indeed tangible evidence that Bible prophecy is and will be fulfilled.

Israeli experts believe there may be a major oil source in the Dead Sea area

The Israeli National Parks Council has granted three major petroleum companies in Israel permission to do exploratory drilling for oil in the Judean Desert Nature Reserve in the Dead Sea region to see if there is a major source of oil in the lowest location on the Earth.

Led by Ginko Oil Company, the three companies believe that this is the best chance for Israel to find oil, a much needed commodity in the Jewish state of Israel which relies on the Arab world to supply Israeli oil needs.

The geological department at Hebrew University says that the fact that oil has been found previously in this area near the Dead Sea could mean that there is more in the region.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The potential for a major source of oil in the Dead Sea area in Israel is setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

Over the years, there have been a number of petroleum wildcatters, speculators, that have suggested various locations in Israel where oil could be found. Many of these speculators even used the Bible to help convince investors to get on board searching for this oil.

Now, three very legitimate companies in Israel have received permission to do exploratory drilling in a nature reserve near the Dead Sea that could be a major source of oil, a natural resource much needed in Israel. Should these companies and this exploratory drilling prove to be successful and they find a major source of oil in Israel, it will be that which prepares the way for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled. Ezekiel 38 mentions several times that the invading armies that come to destroy Israel in the last days will be coming, in fact, be lured into Israel to take a spoil and maybe that spoil is oil. These prophetic passages in Ezekiel 38 are verses 4, 12, 13, and 16.

The potential for a major oil source in the Dead Sea region of Israel does indeed help set the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

The UN Secretary General says Israel and the Palestinians are setting the stage for a peace agreement

Ban Ki Moon, the Secretary General of the UN, says progress toward Middle East peace is being made somewhat below the radar by Israeli and Palestinian negotiators and they are setting the stage for peace.

The UN Chief recently convened the so-called Quartet, the UN, US, EU and Russia for a meeting to discuss with Arab partners the possibility of a Middle East peace agreement. Ban Ki Moon's efforts in the Middle East peace process are a continuation of his initial pronouncement when he was selected to lead the UN, when he declared that his main goal was to bring resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The fact that the leader of the UN says the stage is being set for peace in the Middle East is evidence that we are very close to the fulfillment of Bible prophecy.

After several years as Chief of the UN, Ban Ki Moon is ready to move ahead with his plan to bring a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Moon's statement, when he was first selected to lead the UN that his main goal was peace in the Middle East, is now coming into better focus. According to the UN Secretary General, there has been some behind the scenes efforts going on between the Israelis and the Palestinians and the stage is now set for a peace agreement between these two parties.

This scenario is a page right out of Bible prophecy where a world leader leading a worldwide governmental operation goes into the Middle East with a peace agreement. This prophetic scenario is found in the writings of the ancient Jewish prophet Daniel. Daniel 7 speaks of the revived Roman Empire being led by the Antichrist who goes to the Middle East and confirms a peace agreement with Israel and her neighbors, Daniel 9:27.

Ban Ki Moon's statement is that the stage is set for peace in the Middle East is indeed evidence that Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says that Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria are an obstacle to peace

Following a meeting with Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that the Jewish settlements in the Biblical heartland of Judea and Samaria are the largest obstacle to a Middle East peace deal and this issue must be resolved if the peace process is to go forward. Brown said that there must be a two state solution with a Palestinian state that is secure and viable economically and an Israeli state with secure borders plus peace and stability.

British Prime Minister Brown is only one of many voices among world leaders that are calling for the evacuation of the Jewish settlements in order to get a peace deal between the Israelis and the Palestinians.


Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The call by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to remove the Jewish settlements from Judea and Samaria in order to make a peace deal is a precursor to the fulfillment of Bible prophecy.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has joined the chorus of world leaders that are calling for the Jewish settlers to be evacuated from the Biblical heartland of the Jewish state of Israel. It is interesting to see that not one world leader, maybe with the exception of several Israeli political leaders, but not one world leader is saying that the Jews have a right, a Biblical right, to live in the land of their forefathers.

Many of the Jews living in the area of Judea and Samaria say they are there because the land is God's land and only He can say who can live where in the land of Israel. That statement, that the land is God's land, is absolutely correct according to Leviticus 25:23. That verse also says to the Jewish people that they are only strangers and sojourners on the land. In other words, the Jews are the caretakers of God's land.

The Jewish people have been promised this land according to God's promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and those promises can be found in Genesis 15, 26, and 35. The truth be known, no world leader can circumvent God's promises. Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

According to a Palestinian terrorist, CNN's extensive coverage of the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca is a defeat for Christians

In a report from World Net Daily, a Palestinian terrorist leader in the Gaza Strip says that the extensive coverage of the annual Hajj, which is the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, this coverage by CNN has been a defeat to Christians and proves it is only a question of time before Islam will be shining all over the world.

CNN aired several live reports from this year's Hajj including a live shot of the end of the pilgrimage in which hundreds of thousands of Muslims encircled the Kaaba, the holiest building in Mecca. They did this seven times to celebrate Abraham's offer of his son Ishmael in sacrifice.

The hajj is the largest annual pilgrimage in the world and the fifth pillar in Islam which requires every able-bodied Muslim to travel to Mecca, Saudi Arabia at least once in his lifetime.


Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

Millions of Muslims traveling to Mecca on a pilgrimage that celebrates a contradiction of the Bible is setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

According to Islamic history the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, which traces the travels of Abraham to Arabia in order to offer his only son Ishmael in sacrifice, is one facet of the pillars of faith for all Muslims. Muslim history has Abraham as their prophet making this trip to offer Ishmael as a sacrifice and their god, the Islamic god Allah, gives Abraham a substitute for Ishmael. This record of history is in total contradiction to the Bible of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Moses wrote, inspired by the Holy Spirit, in Genesis 22 of what really happened. According to the Holy Scriptures, Abraham took his second son Isaac, not the first son Ishmael, to Mount Moriah in Jerusalem, not Mecca in Arabia there to be offered in sacrifice. This conflict in the record of Abraham's obedience to the Lord is evidence that a false religion can be used to motivate one fourth of the world's population to reject God's chosen people and, in fact, do all they can to eliminate all of God's chosen people.

Revelation 12:13-17, Zechariah 13:8, and other prophetic passages foretold this scenario for the last days over 2000 years ago. These are prophecies that will indeed be fulfilled.

An internationally renowned Jewish author and inspirational speaker says that we should be preparing for the coming of the Messiah

Internationally renowned Jewish inspirational speaker and author, Esther Jungreis, is warning that the world is feeling the birth pangs of the Messiah and she warns that time is limited to prepare for the dark prophecies surrounding his arrival.

Jungreis, the founder of a Jewish outreach organization and author of many books, says that many people feel fear as global turbulent events begin to make their mark on Jews and their allies around the world. Jungreis tells her audiences and writes in her books that God is bringing the world closer to redemption with these labor pains which is a part of the process of the arrival of the Messiah.


Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The warning for the Jewish people to prepare for the coming of the Messiah by a Jewish inspiriational speaker and author is right in line with Bible prophecy for the last days.

According to Jewish history, there has been a number of times down through the centuries that the Jewish people have been warned to prepare for the coming of the Messiah. The New York City rabbi, the late Revi Sneerson, was presented by his followers as the Messiah. But as I mentioned, he is the late - the dead - Revi Sneerson. Esther Jungreis is now telling her Jewish audiences to prepare for the coming of the Messiah.

I believe Jungreis is correct. The Messiah is about to come - but for the second time. The Messiah I am referring to is Jesus Christ, the Messiah of the Jewish people and, in fact, the entire world. The Bible says that the Messiah will come back to Earth when the Jewish people are returning to their homeland, Israel. The Muslims of the world want to drive the Jewish people from their lands when their is talk and effort to bring peace to the Middle East and when the Jews are preparing to rebuild their temple (Ezekiel 34 - 46).

All prophecies that will be fulfilled before the Messiah comes back to Earth are at that point of being fulfilled.

A group of American Christian leaders have launched a campaign against Christians who support Israel

What the media refers to as leftist American Christian leaders have launched a full-scale public relations campaign against Christians who support Israel who these Christian leaders call, "Christian Zionists."

A brochure being distributed to approximately 45 million Americans charges that Christian Zionists foster fear and hatred of Muslims and non-western Christians and can lead to the dehumanization of Israelis and Palestinians. These church leaders that oppose the Christian Zionists claim that the security of the United States is being harmed because the absence of a Palestinian state encourages terrorist attacks against the United States as well as Israel.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

American churches divided in their support for the Jewish state of Israel is a forerunner to the prophetic scenario in the Bible for the End Times.

When American church leaders launch a full-scale public relations campaign against the element of the American Christian community that wholeheartedly supports the Jewish state of Israel, the world stands by and watches as the body of Christ moves away from total support to God's plan for the End Times.

The definition of a Christian Zionist is a true born again believer in Jesus Christ that accepts the prophetic scenario found in God's Word for the Jewish people in the last days. 2500 years ago, the ancient Jewish prophets wrote that in the last days, God would bring Jews from the four corners of the Earth to the land of their forefathers, the land of Israel (Ezekiel 34, 36, 37 Deuteronomy 30, and Jeremiah 31).

Revelation 17 speaks of a false religion in the last days that would fall under satanic influence and oppose the creation of a Jewish state in the Middle East and God's fulfillment of His promises to the Jews.

God promised Abraham, Genesis 12 and 15, that there would be a Jewish nation on the land that they now live on and they would live there forever. In spite of the public relations campaign launched by leftist American church leaders against these prophecies, Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

The EU has threatened to wipe England off the map and create a united Europe

The EU from their Brussels headquarters, is talking about a plan that would wipe England off the map and create a united Europe according to British officials who say the EU has revised a map that would divide up England and create a European superstate via the backdoor.

The plan would actually split England into three sections with additional land from other countries to create traditional regions, an endeavor by the EU to boost trade between the European nations. The EU has already named the three regions and selected the nations that would make up the regions which includes England, France, Ireland, Wales, and parts of Portugal, Spain and Scotland.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

As the EU moves ahead with a plan to setup regions in Europe made up of the member states of the EU, the student of Bible prophecy can see better the prophetic scenario found in Bible prophecy for the Last Days.

Over the years, the EU has come to its present membership of 27 different nations. Add to these 27 member states the 17 or 18 new states from the Mediterranean Union that has recently been formed and you have 44 to 45 member states that would make up a future EU, a powerful, political, economic, governmental force in our world. Libya's Colonel Gaddafi said recently this united Europe including the Middle Eastern states looks like the old Roman Empire which is the goal of the EU leaders. Gaddafi is pretty much on target. The ancient borders of the old Roman Empire match the borders of the expanded EU, a step closer to Bible prophecy being fulfilled.

Daniel, the ancient Jewish prophet, in chapters 2 and 7 of his prophecy, wrote 2,500 years ago of the revived Roman Empire as the major player in the Last Days and that would include the 10 toes of Daniel 2 and the 10 horns of Daniel 7.

The potential for regions in the EU, 10 regions as they are calling for, is indeed a scenario found in Bible prophecy for the Last Days.

Olmert: Israel must give up the Golan, Judea, Samaria, and Temple Mount

In a farewell interview, the outgoing Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Olmert, said that in order for Israel to have peace with the Palestinians, the Jewish state must give up the Old City of Jerusalem and its biblical heartland. This heartland is Judea and Samaria, often referred to as the West Bank, and the Old City includes the Temple Mount.

The "lame duck" PM also said that in order to make peace with Syria, the Israeli government must give up the Golan Heights. Many military say that the Golan is essential for keeping the peace and protecting the Jewish resident of northern Israel.

Opposition political leaders in Israel say that Olmert's plan would allow for the establishment of Iranian and Hamas bases in the Golan Heights and the area of Judea and Samaria - the heart of the Jewish state.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

For the Prime Minister of Israel to offer to give up the Golan Heights, Judea, Samaria, and the Temple Mount in Jerusalem in order to make peace with the Syrians and the Palestinians is indeed setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

The outgoing Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Olmert, says that in order to make peace with two of its worst enemies the Jewish state must give up its heartland Judea and Samaria, and the Golan Heights, strategic to security in northern Israel. This offer made by PM Olmert contradicts the Bible and the promised that God made to the Jewish people.

The Abrahamic Covenant, the Land Covenant, and the Davidic Covenant - God's promises to the Jewish people - all state that Israel will be given the land of their forefathers and this land will belong to the Jewish people forever.

Ezekiel 34 reveals 18 times that God will bring the Jews into their land in the Last Days. Ezekiel 36, some 35 times, says that the land will belong to the Jewish people. Ezekiel 36:22 states that God does this for His holy name's sake. Ezekiel 35 says that the Edomites, the Palestinians of today, will kill the Jews and endeavor to take the land.

The Israeli Defense Force has evacuated Jewish families from a peace of real estate that God gave to Abraham some 4000 years ago

In a surprise move, the Israeli Defense Force moved into Hevron and evacuated a number of Jewish families that claim legal ownership to a home purchased from a Palestinian owner and this Israeli government move has sparked violent acts on both sides of the controversy from the Israelis and the Palestinians.

The Jewish community in Hevron says that will continue to purchase land and buildings in Hevron which they claim has belonged to the Jews for 4000 years since Abraham arrived there and actually paid cash money for this piece of property.

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The evacuation of Jews from Hevron, the oldest Jewish community in the world, is a precursor to an end time scenario that can be found in Bible prophecy.

As I stated earlier, the community of Hevron is the oldest Jewish community in the history of our world and this is documented by none other than the Bible (Genesis 13:18). Abraham arrived in the Promised Land from Ur of the Chaldees and set up his home in Hevron. The Jewish patriarch even purchased a burial site for his wife Sarah and paid in today's money some 750,000 dollars for a cave where he and Sarah are buried along with Isaac and Jacob and their wives (Genesis 23).

When Joshua led the Children of Israel into the Promised Land 3500 years ago, God gave Caleb the community of Hevron (Joshua 14).

For the first 7 years of the reign of King David's 40 year leadership of the people of Israel, David ruled and reigned from Hevron (II Samuel 5).

This is a brief history of the Jewish community of Hevron, a name that is used 73 times in the Bible.

This recent evacuation of the Jewish families from their legal residency in Hevron by the Israeli government, is a lead up to the end times events that were foretold many centuries ago. Ezekiel 36 mentions God's plan for the Jews and the land that He has given them which they will possess forever and that promise was made to Abraham in Hevron.

The controversy surrounding Hevron today, is evidence that Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

Middle East Peace Envoy Tony Blair tells Barack Obama the time is right for a Middle East peace agreement

Tony Blair, the former British PM and now the special Peace Envoy to the Middle East for the Quartet, offered praise for President-elect Obama's selections to lead his National Security team and told him that the time is right for a fresh push for progress in the Middle East peace process.

Blair praise Hilary Clinton as the choice for Secretary of State and said that General James Jones as Obama's National Security Adviser made the National Security team a very, very strong team. As the Middle East Peace Envoy for the Quartet, Blair believes the Obama team can make substantial progress in the near future to help bring about peace in the Middle East, a goal he believes the International Community wants to see fulfilled.

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Middle East Peace Envoy Tony Blair believes the new Obama National Security team can help him bring about a peace agreement in the Middle East which is actually a page out of Bible prophecy.

After stepping down as PM of Great Britain, Tony Blair became the special Middle East Peace Envoy for the Quartet and was given the assignment of bringing resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict which he believed would lead to peace in the Middle East. Blair now believes that a fresh, new push by the Obama team will help the parties involved to come to an agreement.

If Tony Blair and the Obama team are sucessful, we wil see the prophetic scenario that is called for in Bible prophecy come into better focus. The ancient, Jewish prophet Daniel wrote 2,500 years ago that a world leader from Europe, the area of the revived Roman Empire, indeed would bring peace to the Middle East, Daniel 9:27. Please do not misunderstand. I am not saying Tony Blair is that world leader spoken of in Bible prophecy as the Antichrist; however, I would say Tony Blair is doing everything Bible prophecy calls for.

Tony Blair is a perfect protoype of that world leader and is setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

Lebanon has recognized the state of Palestine

The Lebanese government has put the process to form full diplomatic relations with what it is calling the state of Palestine and is elevating the office of the PLO in Beirut to the status of an embassy.

The Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) is regarded by the Arab League as the sole representative of the Palestinian people and the PLO is currently headed by Mahmoud Abbas who is also the President of the PA that is located in Israel. Lebanon believes that the show of support Abbas who is facing tough times due to a split in the Palestinian people and a running battle between Fatah and Hamas, that this support will help Abbas.

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An Arab nation, Lebanon recognizing the state of Palestine is in lockstep with Bible prophecy for the Last Days.

Even though there has never been a state of Palestine, for the seventy years the Middle East leaders have been calling for the Jewish people to give the state of Palestine back to the Palestinian people. Someone said, "If you tell a lie long enough, it seems to become what people consider the true". Now, Lebanon is helping to continue that lie. Every Middle East peace process that has been tried has also called for the two-state solution, Israel and Palestine. A study of history will not reveal a state of Palestine, however it will reveal the Ottoman Empire controlling the place today called Israel from 1515 to 1917. Then, the British took control of the area until the UN granted the Jewish people a state called Israel.

The ancient Jewish prophets Malachi, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Obadiah all reveal that in the Last Days the Edomites, descendants of Esau, the Palestinian people today would rise up and build a nation even with specific borders, Ezekiel 35, Jeremiah 49, Malachi 1 and Obadiah.

Lebanon's recognition of the state of Palestine is indeed a step closer to the fulfillment of Bible prophecy.

After 30 years of a so-called peace agreement between Israel and Egypt, they have not normalized diplomatic relations

Thirty years after Israel's PM Menachem Bagen and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat signed their historic agreement, the Israeli government is finding it very difficult to find some Israeli to serve as the Jewish state's ambassador to Egypt and likewise, Egypt has run into difficulty with a diplomat to come to Israel.

One major evidence that Israel and Egypt have not normalized their peace treaty is that, in these 30 years, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has not made one official trip as a head of state to Israel.

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The fact that Israel and Egypt have not normalized their peace treaty in 30 years is evidence that Bible prophecy is set to be fulfilled.

I will never forget the historic visit by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat to Israel where he addressed the Israeli Knesset which led to the historic signing of the Camp David Accords, the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. This agreement is now 30 years old, however it has never been normalized. It is not a working agreement between two friendly nations. The fact that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has never officially visited Israel since the signing of the peace treaty speaks volumes to the present situation. The Egyptian-Israeli border is open to arms smuggling and terrorist traffic from the Egyptian side.

This is all evidence that Bible prophecy is near to fulfillment. The Bible speaks about a peace treaty the Antichrist will put in place at the beginning of the Tribulation Period, Daniel 9:27. I want you to notice that the Antichrist will not sign a peace treaty between Israel and her enemies, but instead confirm a peace treaty. The Hebrew word for confirm is "gabbar" and it means to confirm, strengthen or make stronger. It does not mean to sign.

The Camp David Accord is on the table. It is not working. It is waiting for the Antichrist to confirm the treaty and make it work.

US President-Elect Barack Obama has nominated his rival, Hillary Clinton, as Secretary of State

Following weeks of speculation as to what role the former first lady would play in the Obama administration, the President-Elect Obama has nominated his former rival, Hillary Clinton, to be the next Secretary of State. At a news conference in Chicago, Mr. Obama also announced the nominees for other key national security positions which included the present Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, to stay in the Obama administration and retired general James Jones as the National Security Advisor.

Mr. Obama said that the time has come for a new dawn of American leadership to overcome the challenges of the 21st century.

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The hand picked leaders of the next US administration led by President-Elect Obama, will make decisions that will set the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

The body politic of America, in the last national election, selected Barack Obama to lead the United States into the future at least for the next four years. The President-Elect has selected many of the members of his administration that will help him lead America as the superpower in our world today.

There are some new faces in the next administration but you will notice a number of familiar faces as well. The key positions of Secretary of State to be filled by Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense with Robert Gates being held over from the Bush administration, will assist the president in making decisions that will set the world stage for the scenario that can be found in Bible prophecy.

Remember, God set in motion human government (Genesis 9:6). Romans 13:1 says that those who are in leadership in human government are placed there by God. Revelation 17:17 also reveals to us the principle that God uses world leaders to set the stage on this Earth today so that His will might be done. God's word does reveal a prophetic scenario for the end times that will come to pass on this Earth seemingly in the very near future.

The new Obama administration will indeed be used by the Lord to bring about the fulfillment of Bible prophecy.

An expert on terrorism says thet terror attack on Mumbai is evidence that terrorism has truly become a war

David Autman, an expert on terrorism, says that the terror attack on Mumbai should serve as a sign to decision makers and strategic planners in recognizing that terrorism has become a war and accepted approaches to terrorism are a mistake. Autman says that today a terrorist army is not meant only to sting the enemy, but that in the end, it has the ability to be victorious in addition to drawing attention to a special cause and the world is slow to prepare for this growing threat.

Terrorist experts say that the events in Mumbai must act as a warning and a turning point in the world's treatment of the local terrorist armies based in various parts of the world and that there is a threat to the world's stability as a whole.

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The lack of a serious approach to the war on terrorism by world leaders is a precursor to the end time scenario that can be found in Bible prophecy.

After 9-11 and the attack by 19 terrorists on the Twin Towers in New York City, world leaders, for a period of time, were conscious to the threat of terrorism and that there needed to be an all out confrontation of terrorism. George W. Bush even used the term, "a war on terrorism", and the United States President launched a campaign to combat terrorism. However, the farther away we get from 9-11 and the reality that terrorists could strike near us and not some faraway place, the less intense the war on terrorism has become. Terrorists are a military unit attacking innocent people and they must be dealt with as any other enemy in a full-fledged war according to terrorist experts.

Jesus told his disciples during His Olivet Discourse in Matthew 24 that just before He returns to the Earth, there will be wars and rumors of wars, nation against nation, and kingdom against kingdom (Matthew 24:6-7). The second major judgment upon the Earth when the Tribulation Period is underway will be wars all over the Earth (Revelation 6:3-4).

The terrorist attack on Mumbai must be a reminder that Bible prophecy will be fulfilled and sooner rather than later.

Thanksgiving Day is evidence that the US government and the Bible can work in harmony

The United States of America stops today to give thanks for all the blessings and freedoms that we have and this day is a special day set aside by the US government to do exactly what the Bible calls for us all to do, give thanks in all things.

Families will gather for the traditional Thanksgiving dinner of turkey and dressing, the young men and even some of us old guys will break out in the annual game of touch football and the ladies, well they'll be there to cheer us on, and in fact heal up any of the bruises sustained in the afternoon free-for-all. Those of us with loved ones on a far away battlefield will thank God for their protection and ask God for their safe return to the family circle for next Thanksgiving: and all of this on a day of thanksgiving required by the Bible and set aside by decree of our own government.

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Today is a day set aside for all of us to be thankful, but as we move closer to the time of the return of the Messiah, Jesus Christ, our world will become more and more unthankful, that is according to Bible prophecy. The principle of thanksgiving: there are over 100 locations in the Bible where the scriptures speak of thanks and thanksgiving. We are told to give thanks in all things for it is the will of God in Christ Jesus, I Thessalonians 5:18.

The product of thanksgiving: interestingly when we stop to give thanks, the end result is to our own personal benefit. Paul, an apostle, in a letter that he wrote to the Philippians, states that giving thanks brings us true joy. Paul also wrote the people in Colosse that giving thanks helps us to abound in the faith, a faith that is needed for all of life Colossians 2:7.

The prophecy of unthankfulness: as we approach the time of the Second Coming of the Messiah, Jesus Christ, Paul reminded us that he wrote a letter to Timothy to tell him that people would be unthankful at that time, II Timothy 3:2.

Unthankfulness is one of the major signs of the last days and as those days approach we need to be looking up in anticipation of His coming, but also in thanksgiving as well. Remember on this day of thanksgiving, unthankfulness is an indicator, a trend, a sign of the judgment that is coming, that is according to Bible prophecy.

French President Sarkozy wants to be the Emperor of Europe

Many Europeans leaders believe French President Sarkozy wants to continue as permanent President of the EU when it comes time for him to give up his term in the rotating presidency of the EU.

Many are saying Nicholas Sarkozy wants to be the Emperor of Europe and his aides are working actively on ways to perpetuate his EU leadership into 2009 and beyond by using the Eurozone, NATO, the New Mediterranean Union, Middle East Diplomacy, and the lead role in European-Russian discussions. "Super Sarko", as European leaders refer to President Sarkozy, has called a number of summits during his hyperactive EU presidency and has pushed for a global solution for the financial crisis that the world is now facing.

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The desire of French President Sarkozy to be Emperor of Europe is a page out of Bible prophecy for the Last Days.

During his tenure as temporary President of the EU French President Sarkozy has been very active in his leadership of the EU amid the international economic crisis that has hit almost every nation of the world. The US and the EU have been especially hard hit and President Sarkozy has led several financial summits looking for a solution to this global crisis. In fact, a number of times, the French President has joined and even led the call for a worldwide economic structure to bring this world out of this crisis and prevent another. Now, it seems that Sarkozy, who has relished his role as leader of the EU, wants to be the Emperor of Europe.

Bible prophecy does indeed call for a powerful leader to lead the revived Roman Empire into the future. This leader will be the one who will bring peace to the Middle East and setup a global financial system, Daniel 7, Revelation 13:16-17 and Revelation 18.

With the EU as at least the infrastructure for the revived Roman Empire and the presidency of the EU as similar to the leadership role of the Antichrist, it does seem that President Sarkozy's desire to be Emperor of Europe sets the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

A number of nations are calling for an international economic power structure

The UK and Germany believe that a new international system regulating the financial sector of our world must be constructed to prevent a repeat of another global banking crisis in the future and it would be an international authority that will make the traffic rules for financial markets.

Great Britain's financial minister Alister Darling said just as one government cannot combat terrorism, so one government cannot deal with the consequences of globalization. There is now a need for a global system of financial regulation. China has also called for a world order to battle a financial tsunami, a financial order no longer dependent on the US, but one that would create a diversified currency and a financial system that would be a fair and just financial world order.

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A call by Great Britain, Germany and China for a new worldwide financial order, one not dependent on the US, is a page out of Bible prophecy for the Last Days.

The economic crisis that has been created in the US has affected every financial market around the world and has motivated some world leaders to look for an alternative to the US as the foundation of a world economy. With world leaders now looking for a system to fix this global economy, the calls for an international regulator of the global financial markets is similar to a scenario that can be found in Bible prophecy.

Revelation 18 is a prophecy of just such an international financial system, a new world financial order that will be in place for the last 3 1/2 years of the seven year Tribulation Period. This one world economic system will be headquartered in Babylon, which is modern day Iraq, also found in Revelation 18. The leader of this economic system will be the Antichrist which rules and reigns from Babylon. This economic system will ultimately be destroyed, Revelation 16:17-20, Isaiah 13, 14 and Jeremiah 50, 51, but that will happen only after Jesus Christ, the Messiah returns to the earth.

The present worldwide financial crisis is indeed setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

Israeli President Shimon Peres says that Iran wants to convert the Middle East into one religious bloc

The normally soft-spoken and peace-loving Israeli President, Shimon Peres, says that the Iranian leadership's grand design is to convert the Middle East into one religious bloc and that Iran's leadership is obsessed with the quest for a regional religious domination. Peres says that this quest is supported by long range missiles, enriched uranium, and fanatic incitement - all enhanced by the excessive price of oil.

The Israeli president says that Iran is attempting to impose their version of Islam on everyone and whoever disagrees is deemed a heretic and is doomed to disappear.

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Iran's desire to have their brand of Islam as the dominant religious belief of all the Middle East is in lockstep with the scenario that can be found in Bible prophecy for the last days.

The radical rhetoric of Iran's President Ahmadinejad is only the public display of the true beliefs of the Supreme Council in Iran that allows Ahmadinejad to be their front man. The Supreme Council in Iran is made up of a number of ayatollahs, high ranking Shiite Muslim clerics.

The truth be known, all political, economic, and even military decisions are made by the Supreme Council. All Iranian religious leaders believe that the world is now in the Apocalyptic Age and that the Muslim messiah, the Mahdi, is about to appear. Islam does have an eschatology, a belief in end time events.

Bible prophecy, though not mentioning the word "Islam", does describe the religious foundation of the many Middle East nations that have aligned themselves to attack Israel, (Daniel 11, Ezekiel 38, and Psalm 83). The prophetic book of Joel, in chapter 2, reveals a mighty army in the last days, the largest ever assembled in the history of this world, that will come to Jerusalem to take over the Jewish state and set up a caliphate, a world-wide kingdom.

Iran's desire to convert the Middle East states to their brand of Islam is in lockstep with Bible prophecy that will be fulfilled.

Israeli President Shimon Peres says that his nation is on the verge of a civil war

During a state visit to England and when Shimon Peres was knighted, the Israeli president told the members of British Parliament that his nation would have difficulty dismantling the Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria without causing a civil war in Israel.

Peres told the British Parliament that he and the present Israeli government had responded positively to the Arab peace initiative, the Saudi Peace Plan, which calls for the Jewish settlements to be evacuated returning Israel to the pre-1967 Six Day War borders.

Based upon experience, the Israeli president believes that the Jewish settlers will go to war before they destroy their homes and leave Judea and Samaria, a portion of Israel, that the Jewish settlers believe is God given.

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The statement by the Israeli President Shimon Peres that Israel is on the verge of a civil war is a precursor to the end time scenario that can be found in Bible prophecy.

The former Prime Minister of Israel, Ariel Sharon, told United States President George Bush several years ago that Israel was about to go to a civil war. Sharon was not talking about a war between Jews and Palestinians but a war between Jews and fellow Jews. Now with the Israeli President Shimon Peres echoing the former prime minister, the situation has become very serious.

In light of recent Israeli government decisions to evacuate Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and plans to do the same in Judea and Samaria, a potential for a civil war in Israel is very high. One Israeli official even said that right now there is a state within a state in Israel.

Bible prophecy actually calls for a second Jewish state during the end times (Malachi 2 and Ezekiel 37:15-23). The "two sticks" in Ezekiel 37, Israel and Judah, are the two Jewish states that will be in existence at the time of the return of Jesus Christ after the seven year Tribulation period.

The potential civil war in Israel is indeed a precursor to Bible prophecy being fulfilled.

Iran already has enough nuclear material for one atomic bomb

According to nuclear experts who have analyzed the latest report from global atomic inspectors, Iran has now produced roughly enough nuclear material to make, with added purification, a single atomic bomb. A routine update from the International Atomic Energy Agency which has been conducting inspections of Iran's main nuclear facility states that the Iranians clearly have enough enriched uranium for at least one nuclear bomb.

However, nuclear experts say that Iran would have to further purify the fuel and put it into a warhead design, a technical advance that Western experts are unsure Iran has yet achieved.

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The fact that nuclear experts say that Iran now has enough material to make one atomic bomb is evidence that Bible prophecy is ever so close to being fulfilled.

The world has been standing by watching as Iran has manipulated the United Nations inspectors just long enough to achieve its goal of enriching enough uranium to make a nuclear weapon of mass destruction. Now the latest report from the United Nations inspectors has led nuclear experts to conclude that Iran can now produce at least one atomic bomb.

This report is solid evidence that the end time scenario that can be found in Bible prophecy is as I said, ever so close to fulfillment. From Psalm 83 and Ezekiel 38 we learn that Iran is a major player in the last days. Israeli President Shimon Peres said recently that Iran is obsessed with its quest for a Middle East region religious bloc with its Islamic faith at the center of this bloc.

All Middle Eastern nations have a healthy fear of Iran. However, they all are to some extent into this dominant religious bloc. The ancient Jewish prophet Joel revealed the formation of a major military army, the largest ever formed on the Earth that will attack Israel at the beginning of the seven year Tribulation Period (Joel 2).

Iran's capability to have a nuclear weapon of mass destruction right now does indeed set the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

Hamas called on Egypt to send its army into Jerusalem to liberate the al Aqsa Mosque

The Egyptian FM suggested recently that Egyptian soldiers should take over the security in the Gaza Strip. The Hamas spokesman, Ismail Radwan said Arab countries should send their armies to the Israeli capital and take over Jerusalem which the PA wants as its capital for the state of Palestine.

The call by Hamas for the Arab world to liberate al Aqsa Mosque located on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem means the most sacred spot on earth to Judaism, the Temple Mount, could see the armies of the Arab world take action against the heart of Israel and the Jewish people. Hamas, the Palestinian-Islamic terror organization, has bitterly objected to the ongoing talks between the PA President Mahmoud Abbas and the Israelis and wants the Arab and Islamic world to make plans for a conquest of Jerusalem and that to take place very soon.

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A call by Hamas for the Arab and Islamic world to send its armies into Jerusalem to liberate the Temple Mount is a scenario that is found in Bible prophecy for the "end times".

Rejecting the suggestion from Egypt's FM that the Egyptian army should take over security in the Gaza Strip, Hamas has called for what could become a major conflict in the Middle East. The Hamas spokesman has called for the Arab and Moslem world to enter Jerusalem and liberate the al Aqsa Mosque which is located on the Temple Mount, a holy site to both the Moslems and the Jews. Arab and Moslem armies on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem would signal to any student of Bible prophecy that the return of the Messiah, Jesus Christ was very close at hand.

The ancient Jewish prophet Joel said that in the "last days" a mighty militia, the largest army ever formed on earth, would come to Jerusalem to take it from the Jewish people, Joel 2:1-4. There is only one group of people that could form such a military might and that is the Islamic peoples as revealed in Daniel 11, Ezekiel 38 and Psalm 83. However, before the major battle over Jerusalem takes place, Jesus Christ will call for Christians to join Him in the heavens, Revelation 4, I Thessalonians 4:13-18 and I Corinthians 15:51-53.

Scientists say that the global oil reserves could run out within four years

There is a group of scientists based in London that have challenged the major review of global oil reserves and they are warning that oil supplies will start to run out in only four years time, a report that governments and oil companies are not ready to admit according to the scientists.

Dr. Colin Campbell, the head of this delegation of scientists says that world consumption of oil will catch and then out strip the discovery of new reserves even as oil reserves are depleted affecting the world economy.

A survey of the four countries with the biggest reported reserves Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, and Kuwait reveals major concerns especially since consumption is increasing by 2 to 3 million barrels a day, each year.

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The depletion of global oil reserves within the next four years may well speed up the fulfillment of the End Times scenario that can be found in Bible prophecy.

Two-thirds of the world's oil reserves lie in the Middle East and increasing demand will have to be met with massive increases in supply from the region. Scientists now believe that within four years global oil reserves will begin to run out.

This report if correct could have a major impact on the Middle East region and in particular the major oil producers in the region Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Iran. In reality, the sale of oil by these middle eastern nations has been the key factor in the influence of these nations who lead the war against the Jewish state in the end times scenario that can be found in Bible prophecy.

Psalm 83, Daniel 11, and Ezekiel 38 reveal the Middle Eastern nations that attack Israel in the Last Days. In the book Joel chapter 2 there is a description of the mighty militia that will go to Jerusalem to set up its world empire.

Daniel 9:27 and 11:45 reveals that a world economic leader will come to power. Revelation 18 says that he will be headquartered in the midst of these oil rich nations, nations about to deplete their oil resources.

The time seems short until Bible prophecy will indeed be fulfilled.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has called on the world to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon of mass destruction

At a recent conference of Jewish leaders from around the world held in Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told those attendees that the Islamic Republic of Iran has not terminated its pursuit of a nuclear weapon of mass destruction and that the free world must do whatever it can to prevent a nuclear Iran. Olmert told the Jewish leaders that Iran cannot become nuclear - Israel cannot afford that to happen - and that the free world must not accept a nuclear Iran.

Prime Minister Olmert did not give specific warnings about a possible Israeli action against Iran, but he did say that together the world can meet the challenge to stop Iran from attaining a nuclear weapon of mass destruction.

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The call by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for the world to stop Iran from becoming a nuclear power comes even as the rumors increase of an Israeli preemptive strike on Iran, a scenario that could well lead to the fulfillment of Bible prophecy.

There has been much speculation over the last several months that after the United States presidential elections, Israel might mount a preemptive strike against Iran's nuclear program. These rumors of such a strike have been fueled recently by the public remarks of many leaders in Israel. Prime Minister Olmert's most recent warning to the world that Iran must be stopped from developing a nuclear weapon of mass destruction only enforces what many believe will happen sooner rather than later.

Even the talk of a military action by Israel on Iran fits the scenario that can be found in Bible prophecy for these two nations. Psalm 83 and Ezekiel 38 mention Iran as an enemy of the Jewish state of Israel. Psalm 83:4 sounds exactly like what Iranian president Ahmadinejad called for - Israel to be destroyed and her name forgotten forever.

The warning from Israeli Prime Minister Olmert to the world to prevent a nuclear Iran is indeed setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

World leaders from the top twenty developed and emerging economies meet to develop a global fix for the global crisis

A group of world leaders from the top twenty developed and emerging economies that represent 85% of the world's economy and two-thirds of it's population are meeting in Washington D.C. to discuss how to contain the worldwide financial crisis.

In preliminary meetings around the world, these leaders have already discussed how a new global financial structure must be put in place to take care of these present problems and make sure that this does not happen again. All of the leaders agree that there is a need for urgency and that the proper action now could stimulate growth in all economies, but this can only be done through an agreement to bring about a global financial structure and have it in place in the very near future.

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The leaders from the top twenty developed and/or emerging economies meeting in Washington to put in place a global financial structure to confront a worldwide financial crisis is a precursor to a scenario that can be found in Bible prophecy for the last days.

This weekend in Washington D.C. the leaders of twenty nations will meet to set in place a global structure to help cure the present international financial crisis and at the same time, take care of any future financial problems. In regional meetings around the world, these leaders have already discussed plans for what they believe will be a new world order financially - a plan that must take control of the economies of this present world.

If you think this sounds similar to what Bible prophecy calls for in the last days, you are right. Revelation 13:16-17 reveals a financial plan where those who want to buy or sell must have a special mark on the forehead or the right hand. This same passage in Revelation states that the Antichrist, a one world leader, will take the lead of this new economic structure and that the headquarters for this new economic system will be in Babylon which is modern-day Iraq (Revelation 18).

World leaders at an economic summit in Washington are indeed setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

The Saudi Interfaith Conference at the United Nations has called for a law that would consider an attack on Islam as blasphemy

As Saudi Arabian King Abdullah led an interfaith conference at the United Nations in New York City, there were claims that the meeting was a front to promote a global law against blasphemy which two religious freedom writers say would crush religious freedom around the world.

The claims are that Saudi King Abdullah pushed for a proposal sponsored by the 56 member organization of Islamic Conference, that wants a law that guarantees respect of religion but is actually a coded way of granting religious leaders the right to criminalize speech and activity that they deem to insult religion.

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The Interfaith Conference held at the United Nations and hosted by Saudi King Abdullah is a reminder of the part that religion will play in the future according to Bible prophecy.

Many believe it ironic to have Saudi King Abdullah host the Interfaith Conference at the United Nations in New York City instead of Saudi Arabia where the king does not allow for the public practice of any religion except Islam. The fact is that the king has a government agency in Saudi Arabia that patrols his country with whips to inforce the law. The claims that this United Nations conference was just a front to implement a global law against blasphemy seems to hold water when you understand the Saudi practice. It is reported that King Abdullah wants a global law that will criminalize any public statement or action against Islam and consider these attacks as blasphemy.

This scenario unfolding around the world is setting the stage for the prophetic scenario that is found in Bible prophecy on this issue. Revelation 17 speaks of a one world religion that will be in place during the first half of the seven year Tribulation period. This one world religion will not include Islam which is an exclusive religion and will not join a global religion led by the Antichrist from Rome, Italy (Revelation 17:9). In fact, Ezekiel 39:1-6 indicates that Islam will be rendered inoperative in order that the one world religion will be able to come to power under Antichrist.

This Interfaith Conference at the United Nations is indeed setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

The Supreme Moslem Council says the Temple Mount in Jerusalem is Jewish

Over a decade ago the Chief Moslem cleric for the Palestinian Authority(PA) Mufti Sabri stated that the claim of the Jewish people to the right of control over Jerusalem is false and that the Islamic world only recognized Islamic supervision over Jerusalem.

However, it is now known that this absolute claim to Jerusalem and the Temple Mount is not absolute according to a document recently discovered, published by the Supreme Moslem Council back in 1925 which states that the Temple Mount is the site of Solomon's Temple and this is beyond dispute.

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The discovery of a Moslem document stating that the Temple Mount in Jerusalem is Jewish is inline with biblical history and the "endtime" scenario for Bible prophecy.

I personally stood in the office of Shiekh Sabri, the Mufti of Jerusalem, and heard this chief Moslem cleric for the PA state there was never a Jewish presence on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and that this site was a Moslem holy site dating back 6,000 years. With his statement, which is part of a campaign to convince the world that the Jews have no claim to the Temple Mount, the Mufti, Sheikh Sabri, contradicted Jewish and biblical history but it is now known that the Mufti contradicted his own Supreme Moslem Council.

The Islamic document discovered recently that states the Temple Mount was the site of Solomon's Temple, the Temple built by Israel's third king, is in perfect harmony with Bible history, II Chronicles 3-5. The Temple Mount in Jerusalem was also the site of the second Jewish Temple built by the Jews who returned from Babylon led by Zerubbabel, Ezra 1-6. This sacred site to the Jewish people, the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, will also be the site of the next Temple to be built there as well, that is according to Bible prophecy, Zechariah 1:14-16, 6:12.

However, until that Temple of the Messiah is built, controversy will surround this holy site, the Temple Mount in Jerusalem as indicated by this newly discovered Moslem document.

Ceremonies across the globe are marking the 90th anniversary of the end of WWI on this Veteran's Day

At Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, DC, ceremonies were held to honor the many American men and women who have died in service to the US on this Veteran's Day 2008, one of many ceremonies around the world to honor the brave young men and women and at the same time to mark the 90th anniversary of the end of WWI.

In France, at the cemetery in Verdun, French President Sarkozy marked Armistice Day by giving tribute to the millions who died during the four year conflict of WWI, soldiers from Europe, the US, Africa, Australia and Asia.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

On Veteran's Day 2008, the world stops to remember their loved ones who gave their lives to defend liberty and to remember the end of WWI; however, this day reminds us of more wars to come that is according to Bible prophecy.

Veteran's Day in America, is a national holiday, a time to remember the Veteran's of all US wars and the sacrifices these brave young men and women made for the rest of us to be able to enjoy freedom. This Veteran's Day, November 11th, also marks the end of WWI 90 years ago. WWI was to be the last war, but as history has taught us, that would not be the case.

In fact, Jesus Christ taught in the Olivet Discourse on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago that as the age would draw to an end and before He would return to the earth, the world could expect wars and rumors of wars, nations against nations and kingdoms against kingdoms, Matthew 24:6 and 7. Revelation 19 reveals the prophecy of the "mother of all wars", the Battle of Amageddon, which takes place at the end of a seven year Tribulation Period, a terrible time of judgment yet to come.

Our world today, Veteran's Day 2008 and all the wars and rumors of wars around this world today, seems to indicate we are moving closer to the fullfillment of these prophecies.

The Prime Minister of Great Britain says it is time to build a global society

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says says that the international financial crisis has given world leaders a unique opportunity to create a truly global society and that the United States and Europe are key to forging a new world order. Brown said that the United States and Europe can and must provide leadership to lead the global effort to build a stronger and more just international order at this unique time in this global age.

Prime Minister Brown mentioned that terrorism, extremism, the global economy, and tackling poverty and disease are among the challenges that world leaders face today which a new global society, a new world order, can help to fix.

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The call by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown for a new world order, a global society, is a precursor to the fulfillment of Bible prophecy for the last days.

One world leader after another has called for an international financial structure to help bring resolution to the global financial crisis. In one meeting after another in different regions of the world, this same group of world leaders say that the economic world is not all that needs to be fixed. This has prompted the British prime minister to call for a new world order, a global society that he believes will fix many of the world's problems.

This scenario being played out right now on the world stage is moving in lock step with the scenario that can be found in Bible prophecy for the end times. The ancient Jewish prophets called for a one world religion and economic governmental political system to be in place in the seven years that lead up to the return of Jesus Christ to the Earth.

Revelation 17 describes the worldwide false religion. Revelation 18 sets forth the economic political governmental structure for a one world superpower. The prophecies in Daniel 7, 9, and 11 reveal the leader of both the worldwide religion and the economic superpower, the Antichrist.

The stage is being set for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

Israeli experts believe there may be a major oil source in the Dead Sea area

The Israeli National Parks Council has granted three major petroleum companies in Israel permission to do exploratory drilling for oil in the Judean Desert Nature Reserve in the Dead Sea region to see if there is a major source of oil in the lowest location on the Earth.

Led by Ginko Oil Company, the three companies believe that this is the best chance for Israel to find oil, a much needed commodity in the Jewish state of Israel which relies on the Arab world to supply Israeli oil needs.

The geological department at Hebrew University says that the fact that oil has been found previously in this area near the Dead Sea could mean that there is more in the region.

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The potential for a major source of oil in the Dead Sea area in Israel is setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

Over the years, there have been a number of petroleum wildcatters, speculators, that have suggested various locations in Israel where oil could be found. Many of these speculators even used the Bible to help convince investors to get on board searching for this oil.

Now, three very legitimate companies in Israel have received permission to do exploratory drilling in a nature reserve near the Dead Sea that could be a major source of oil, a natural resource much needed in Israel. Should these companies and this exploratory drilling prove to be successful and they find a major source of oil in Israel, it will be that which prepares the way for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled. Ezekiel 38 mentions several times that the invading armies that come to destroy Israel in the last days will be coming, in fact, be lured into Israel to take a spoil and maybe that spoil is oil. These prophetic passages in Ezekiel 38 are verses 4, 12, 13, and 16.

The potential for a major oil source in the Dead Sea region of Israel does indeed help set the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

World leaders are concerned about Russian threats to place missiles in Europe and to dock their navy in the Middle East

The European Union is concerned with reports that Russia is planning to set up missile launching bases in Europe or at the European borders - missiles that have a range to hit any European target. There is also concern among world leaders that the Russian naval fleet will station some of their ships in Middle Eastern ports including Libya and Syria with the prospect of other ports in the Mediterranean region with access to the entire Middle East.

These concerns are compounded by the rumor that Vladimir Putin may be plotting his path back to the presidency of Russia to take place some time in 2009.

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The aggressiveness of the Russian government on the world stage today is a precursor to the prophetic scenario that is found in Bible prophecy.

When Vladimir Putin stepped out of the presidency of Russia and became the Russian Prime Minister, many questions followed about Putin's real plan for the future. Now there are rumors coming out of Russia that Vladimir Putin may return to the presidency as early as 2009. If you couple this report with the moves being made by the Russian military to put in place missile launching bases within range of all European capitals and that the Russian naval fleet will have ships docked in the Middle East,you can understand the concern of world leaders.

However, Bible prophecy students know that these recent developments are all part of the prophetic scenario found in Bible prophecy for the last days. The ancient Jewish prophet Ezekiel wrote - in fact, prewrote - history, some 2500 years in Ezekiel 38:2 where it says that Russia, Magog in the text, would be a major player in the End Times.

The aggressiveness of Russia today is indeed setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled in a future tomorrow.

The world has witnessed an historic election in the US and world leaders are planning for the future

The body politic of America went to the polls in record numbers and have elected the first Black President of the US, a history making event that will impact the entire world.

World leaders are saying that this US election of Barack Obama as president will help in the resolution to a number of global problems including the Iraq War, the Middle East conflict and the worldwide economic crisis. Many of the Arab and Moslem nations are very optimistic about a new direction in US policy and relations as it fits their plans for the future.

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The reactions of world leaders to the historic US election of Barack Obama as president reflects politcal and prophetic significance for the future.

European leaders have voiced an enthusiastic response to the election of Barack Obama and say they look forward to working with the next US president to fix the global financial crisis. The mostly Black African continent responded with joy and pride as they watched what had been considered somewhat of a racist nation elect its first Black president. Middle Eastern states and their leadership have said they are pleased to see the change in the American administration and expect a new Middle East policy to come out of Washington.

These reactions to the American presidential election will indeed have a political significance in the future, but also a prophetic significance. The leader of the free world, the US president, will make decisions that will prepare this world for God's plan for the future as laid out in the prophetic scenarios that can be found in Bible prophecy. Ancient Jewish prophets prewriting history as to what will take place in the End Times as the Lord will use the next US president to set the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled, Romans 13, I Timothy 2 and Revelation 17:17.

Millions of Americans will vote today in one of the most historic US elections

Americans are voting today in one of the most historic elections in US history. Democrat Barack Obama could become the first African American President, Republican John McCain could become the oldest President elected to a first term and Sarah Palin could be the first woman elected Vice President.

Polling places across America are packed with eager voters waiting to cast their vote for the next leader of the free world, President of the US. These voters are willing to stand in line for hours if need be to exercise their franchise to vote in this presidential election. People around the world watch these US elections to see which way America will go and world leaders are eager to see the next leader of the free world as well.

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The man elected President of the US will play a key role in the prophetic scenario that is found in Bible prophecy.

After almost three years of campaigning, the presidential elections in the US are about to be completed. Hundreds and millions of dollars have been spent to promote and or denounce one candidate or the other in this period of historic spending in this presidential election. It is expected that at the end of election day, a record number of people will have cast their vote for their choice for president. This process, the election of the American leader to take the US into the future, is a part of God's plan to lead the world into His plan for the future as found in Bible prophecy.

God instituted human government 4,500 years ago as recorded in Genesis 9:6. God instructs Bible-believing Christians to be obedient to those elected and He reminds all of us that He, God is the One who puts people in their political positions, Romans 13:1. The Lord reveals in Revelation 17:17 that He will use world leaders to have His will played out in the Last Days.

The US Presidential election will indeed help set the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

European leaders await the new American president in a time of financial crisis

Leaders in the European Union and in fact all of Europe await the new United States president whether it be Barack Obama or John McCain because Europeans know that the winner will significantly shape United States - European Union relations at a time of the deteriorating global financial crisis.

US elections are watched closely on the other side of the Atlantic for their enormous impact especially at a time when Europe needs America to help tailor a global reform of the financial sector. European leaders say that the transatlantic agenda will be dominated by the global financial crisis and the poor economic prospects for both continents.

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The United States presidential election this year will have a major impact on Europe, the Middle East, and, in fact, the entire world - not only politically but prophetically as well.

Millions of American citizens will go to the polls in this presidential election year to cast a vote for the man they desire to lead the United States into the next four years. The results of this election for president will indeed impact our world.

With the financial crisis worldwide, the next United States leader will make decisions that the European leaders hope will move the world toward a global financial structure to bring the world out of the crisis and set the financial world on a solid foundation - at least that is the hope of European leaders. Middle Eastern leaders watch closely as well realizing that the man in the White House does indeed impact the volatile Middle East.

Let me share several prophetic thoughts with you. Bible prophecy speaks of how the financial structure of this world will be controlled by a world leader, a one world leader, the Antichrist from his headquarters in Babylon, the modern-day state of Iraq. These are prophecies that are found in Revelation 13 and 18. The conflict in the Middle East will also be center stage in the last days (Ezekiel 38, Daniel 11, Psalm 83, Obadiah, Malachi 1, and many other passages).

The world indeed will be impacted by this next United States presidency. Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

NASA-like technology will allow the world to see and read the Dead Sea Scrolls

The Israeli Antiquities Authority is working on a project that will allow scientists to use space age NASA-like technology to bring to light the faded scripts of thousands of fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the oldest existing record of the Old Testament.

The Dead Sea Scrolls, Israel's greatest archaeological find, were found in 1947 by a Bedwin shepherd boy near the ancient Jewish community of Kumran on the shores of the Dead Sea, a factor that actually helped preserve these ancient manuscripts. This NASA-like technology will allow for the preservation of the entire collection of the Dead Sea Scrolls as well as the opportunity for scholars, religious leaders and any interested party to view these ancient manuscripts.

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With the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls and now with NASA-like technology being used to read these ancient manuscripts, the world can read the words of ancient Jewish prophets who prewrote human history which is being played out today.

Scientists and skeptics have for years complained about not being able to have access to the Dead Sea Scrolls. Israel's Antiquity Authority has put in place a five year project that will give all interested parties the opportunity to view all the Dead Sea Scrolls and study the message found in these ancient manuscripts. Uniquely, all the books of the Old Testament are a part of the collection of scrolls except the book of Esther and there are multiple copies of many of the prophetic books. These prophetic books layout God's plan for the Jewish people for the "last days".

Time will not allow me to recite all prophetic scenarios, but only two examples. For example, the scroll of Ezekiel speaks of an "end time" regathering of the Jewish people to the land of their forefathers, Ezekiel 34-37. Jeremiah's scroll speaks of a terrible time in the future for the Jews, but promises that God will deliver the Jews from the "Time of Jacob's Trouble", Jeremiah 30-33.

The Dead Sea Scrolls are tangible evidence of Bible prophecy.

An internationally renowned Jewish author and inspirational speaker says that we should be preparing for the coming of the Messiah

Internationally renowned Jewish inspirational speaker and author, Esther Jungreis, is warning that the world is feeling the birth pangs of the Messiah and she warns that time is limited to prepare for the dark prophecies surrounding his arrival.

Jungreis, the founder of a Jewish outreach organization and author of many books, says that many people feel fear as global turbulent events begin to make their mark on Jews and their allies around the world. Jungreis tells her audiences and writes in her books that God is bringing the world closer to redemption with these labor pains which is a part of the process of the arrival of the Messiah.


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The warning for the Jewish people to prepare for the coming of the Messiah by a Jewish inspiriational speaker and author is right in line with Bible prophecy for the last days.

According to Jewish history, there has been a number of times down through the centuries that the Jewish people have been warned to prepare for the coming of the Messiah. The New York City rabbi, the late Revi Sneerson, was presented by his followers as the Messiah. But as I mentioned, he is the late - the dead - Revi Sneerson. Esther Jungreis is now telling her Jewish audiences to prepare for the coming of the Messiah.

I believe Jungreis is correct. The Messiah is about to come - but for the second time. The Messiah I am referring to is Jesus Christ, the Messiah of the Jewish people and, in fact, the entire world. The Bible says that the Messiah will come back to Earth when the Jewish people are returning to their homeland, Israel. The Muslims of the world want to drive the Jewish people from their lands when their is talk and effort to bring peace to the Middle East and when the Jews are preparing to rebuild their temple (Ezekiel 34 - 46).

All prophecies that will be fulfilled before the Messiah comes back to Earth are at that point of being fulfilled.

Two Israeli energy companies believe there is a major source of oil in the Judean Desert

Two Israeli energy companies: Genco Oil Explorations and Delek Energy Systems believe there is a major source of oil to be found in the Judean Desert near the southern end of the Dead Sea and they want to drill an exploratory hole 6,000 ft. deep to see if indeed they are correct.

The Israeli Parks Authority has in the past, granted permission for exploratory drilling, but environmental groups say any such drilling in this area would destroy the fragile ecosystem in this nature reserve which is the site of the potential oil source. Energy experts in Israel say there is oil around the Dead Sea because of its unique geological properties and in the area they would like to drill for oil near the Dead Sea, it is the likeliest place in Israel to find a major source of oil.

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A major source of oil in Israel near the Dead Sea would play a key role in the "end times" scenario that is found in Bible prophecy.

For a number of years there have been speculators that have claimed there were major sources of oil in the land of Israel. Some of these speculators even used the Bible to substantiate their claims as to where this oil source was located. Now, two mainstream Israeli energy companies believe they know exactly where to find this major supply of oil and want to drill an exploratory hole to prove their belief, but they have run into opposition from environmentalists. It is logical that there would be oil nearthe Dead Sea because of its unique geological properties, but the Bible also lends creedence to this speculation as evidence by Genesis 14:10.

Prophetically, the ancient Jewish prophet Ezekiel wrote in Ezekiel 38:4 of a hook in the jaw of Israel's enemies that would bring them into the land of Israel to take a spoil, Ezekiel 38:13.

Geopolitical events in our world today seem to have a common denominator and it is oil. This potential oil source in Israel could be that hook which will draw Israel's enemy into the land.