July 31, 2008

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will resign

In a surprise news conference, the Israeli Prime Minister (PM) Ehud Olmert made the announcement that he would step down from the leadership of his political party, the Kadima Party, and also resign as PM when his party has selected his successor.

This brings to a close a chapter in Israeli politics that saw a new political party rise to power to see its party leader and PM, Ariel Sharon leave office in a serious medical condition and now, PM Olmert stepping down when he is about to be indicted on corruption charges. The Kadima Party will hold primaries for party leadership in September and it is not known whether the new party leader will become PM or the nation will go to early elections.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The resignation of Israeli PM Ehud Olmert is evidence that God is in control, especially in human government that will play a key role in the End Times scenario that is found in Bible prophecy.

Since the second Lebanon war in the summer of 2006, there have been calls for Israeli PM Ehud Olmert to step down and let someone else lead the Jewish state. In recent days, the corruption charges leveled against PM Olmert have done a work on the popularity of the prime minister and has brought calls from his own political party for the prime minister to step aside and let the country move forward. With the official announcement from PM Olmert, the political landscape will change within the next several months. Either the Kadima Party will name a replacement for Olmert or the nation will go to early elections.

Either way, Romans 13 comes better into focus where Paul wrote that the Lord sets in place or removes from leadership those who are leading the nations of this world. Revelation 17:17 says the Lord puts in the hearts of world leaders to fulfill His will. God brought human government into existence to lead this world into His plan for history. This is especially key in the Last Days as we see the fulfillment of pre-written history.

The change of leadership in Israel at this time is indeed a precursor to the fulfillment of Bible prophecy.

July 30, 2008

The Islamic movement in Israel says seminars on the Jewish Temple are a danger to Islamic site

Islamic movement spokesman Zahi Nujidat says seminars offered by a Jewish organization on the third Temple endangers the al Aqsa Mosque, a holy site for the Islamic world.

This three-part seminar held throughout Israel with tens of thousands in attendance, included a virtual tour of the Temple Mount, an explanation of the daily Temple life as well as a job description for the kohanim, the priests. The Islamic spokesman said the seminars are a serious threat and a drastic move toward the establishment of a Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem in place of al Aqsa Mosque which is the third holiest site in Islam.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The Islamic outcry over seminars on the third Temple, being attended by tens of thousands of Jews in Israel, is a precursor to the fulfillment of Bible prophecy

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish movement has been holding seminars on the third Jewish Temple that have angered the Islamic movement in Israel who claims these seminars present a danger to their Islamic holy site, the al Aqsa Mosque. Al Aqsa is the third holiest site in Islam, while at the same time it is the holiest site in Judaism and the location of the next Jewish Temple that is being prepared for right now. Both Islam and Judaism say they cannot share the Temple Mount. Only one religion can control the worship on this sacred piece of real estate; therefore, there will be a conflict over this site as was foretold by the ancient Jewish prophets.

Zechariah wrote 2,500 years ago that the Temple Mount would become intoxicating to those who control this spot and it would be a burdensome weight, Zechariah 12:2-3. The Psalmist wrote that the Lord has chosen this spot to dwell among the Jewish people forever, Psalm 132:13-14. Jesus will come to build His Temple on the Temple Mount, Zechariah 6:12, just after the Antichrist has built a Temple there and desecrated it, Daniel 9:27.

Conflict over the Temple Mount and a coming Temple does indeed set the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

July 29, 2008

The UN has been accused of being one-sided and irrational in decisions designed to demonize the Jewish state of Israel

UN Watch and American NGO that monitors the UN activities has released a report that deals with UN in action on Antisemitism and has stated the UN is an infrastructure of manifestly one-sided and irrational measures designed to demonize the Jewish state of Israel.

Noting that both the UN General Assembly and the Human Rights Council with their influence on the global stage both parties, according to UN Watch, reported that neither agency has yet to pass any dedicated resolution or request any report on hatred of Jews and Christians. The report also notes that the UN Human Rights Council, in its first year 2006-2007, saw 100% of its resloutions devoted to condemning Israel alone.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

An international political body like the UN that does not stand against Antisemitism and in the majority of its resolutions condemns the Jewish state of Israel is setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

With the establishment of the UN Human Rights Council, many believed that the international, political body would become more than one-sided in its condemnation of Antisemitism. Instead, the UN agency saw 100% of its resolutions devoted to condemning the Jewish state of Israel. This has been the case with the entire operation of the UN over the years. Since its beginning, over one-third of all resolutions that the UN has passed have been condemning the state of Israel.

As I stated previously, these activities are setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled. The ancient Jewish prophet Zechariah wrote 2,500 years ago that in the Last Days leading up to the coming of the Messiah, Jesus Christ, there would be a slaughter of two out of every three Jews on the Earth, Zechariah 13:8. John the Revelator wrote 2,000 years ago in Revelation 12:13-17 that satanic forces would move to wipe out all Jews on the Earth during the time of Jacob's Trouble ahead.

The UN in action against Antisemitism is indeed setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

July 28, 2008

Iraq's growing oil revenues will make the difference in Iraq's future - Experts

Many experts are saying that a more stable future for embattled Iraq may be the silver lining to the current record high oil prices.  Because, these experts say, the country's growing oil revenues will yield benefits to enhance Iraq's future.  Improvements such as: improving Iraq's economy, diminishing support for the insurgency, providing more money to develop Iraq's security forces, and creating a greater willing for other nations to invest in Iraq.

Despite many uncertainties in Iraq, high oil prices seem to be a significant boom for Iraq, which could provide the country with unprecedented economy leverage which can, in turn, enhance Iraq's stability.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

High oil prices worldwide are helping to set the stage for the rebuilding of war-torn Iraq, which is a perquisite for the fulfillment of Bible prophecy.

Though the average consumer complains of high prices each and every time he pulls up to the pump, there is a great benefit coming to Iraq out of this.  With the ever-increasing demand for oil, and the continuing rise in the price of oil, Iraq's oil revenues are increasing, which provides the much needed economic gain to rebuild their nation.

These new funds will rebuild a nation from battlefields to a seat of great authority - as it once was some 2,500 years ago when the capital of the Babylonian and Grecian empires were located in this region.  The ancient prophet Daniel predicted the major Gentile world powers in advance, and a super world leader known as the Antichrist, who will come to power to rule the world, (Daniel 7).  In Revelation 18 it is predicted that the Antichrist will set up a political, economic, governmental headquarters in Iraq at Babylon.  This Antichrist will control the economies of the world from Babylon until it is destroyed, (Revelation 16:17-20).

July 25, 2008

A movie and television special presents an Islamic Jesus to the Moslem world

A film producer, who shares the ideas of Iran's hard-line president, has produced what he says is the first film giving an Islamic view of Jesus Christ in a bid to show the common ground, he says, between Moslems and Christians.

The film, Jesus the spirit of Allah, and it's television version which will further explore the links between Jesus and the Immam Mahdi, the Moslem Messiah, who will usher in, with Jesus, a new era of peace and harmony.

The film and TV version of the Islamic Jesus says that Jesus was not crucified but was taken by Allah directly into heaven to await His return with the Islamic Messiah.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

An Islamic Jesus, who did not die on a cross and resurrect from the dead, is not the Jesus of the Bible, and a film depicting such a Jesus to the Moslem world has great prophetic significance for the end times.

In an effort to make a bridge between Christianity and Islam, despite the stark divergence from Christian doctrine about the final hours of Jesus Christ before His death, the Iranian film producer believes he can open the door for dialog between Christians and Moslems.

The film, by saying that Allah saved Jesus from death on a cross with Judas taking His place, is a stark contradiction to the Bible records in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John of the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ, which is the foundation of the Christian faith.

The Apostle Paul wrote the Corinthians two thousand years ago that if Jesus Christ did not die and resurrect from the dead, He was not the Son of God and we Christians are still in sin, I Corinthians 15:1-20.

In that same letter to the Christians in Corinth, Paul wrote of the Rapture of the Church, I Corinthians 15:51-53, when Jesus will take us from Earth to Heaven to be with Him forevermore. The Resurrection of Jesus Christ is a must if the Rapture is to take place.

Anyone, Islamists or whomever, who says that Jesus Christ did not die and raise from the dead is of an Anti-Christ philosophy, I John 2. Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

July 24, 2008

A former astronaut and moon-walker claims there are aliens in outer space

Former NASA astronaut and moon-walker, Dr. Edgar Mitchell, a veteran of the Apollo 14 mission, claims that aliens exist and he says extraterrestrials have visited the Earth on several occasions, but the alien contact has been reportedly covered up by the government.

Dr. Mitchell, who along with Apollo 14 commander Alan Shepard holds the record for the longest moon-walk at 9 hours, 17 minutes made during their 1971 mission, says the military and intelligence agencies know the Earth has been visited by aliens. The former astronaut says the UFO phenomena is real, as has been reported quite widely recently, and has been covered up by all our governments for the last sixty years.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The claims by a former astronaut who walked on the moon that there are aliens in outer space who have visited the Earth have a very interesting connection to Bible prophecy.

The accusation that the US government and other governments around the world have covered up the reality of aliens from outer space visiting the Earth made by a former astronaut that walked on the Moon is getting the attention of many who want to know the truth.

Dr. Edgar Mitchell 's statement that he had been privileged to be in on the fact that the Earth had been visited by aliens is somewhat shocking, especially with his background. However, these claims of aliens visiting our planet do have a connection to Bible prophecy. John the Revelator wrote 2,000 years ago of an invasion from outer space by what is described as aliens. This was when he wrote of the locusts from the bottomless pit invading the Earth during the Tribulation Period, the seven years of judgment in the future that takes place right after the Rapture, Revelation 9:1-10. These locusts described in Revelation have the face of a man, the hair of a woman, iron teeth, wings and the tail of a scorpion, Revelation 9:8-10. By the way, that is not the normal locusts. That's an alien that will indeed attack the Earth.

Dr. Mitchell's claims of aliens invading the Earth could be false, but Revelation 9 is absolute truth.

July 23, 2008

Iraqi PM Maliki says his war torn nation is open for business

Iraqi PM Maliki, on a state visit to Germany, said his war torn, battle scarred nation is now safer and is back in business because his government has managed to save the country from a civil war.

Maliki said that Iraq was getting back on its feet and aimed to revive its historically strong ties with Europe's biggest economy, Germany, recognizing that Germany is in a unique position to help rebuild Iraq. Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, said Iraq is a country rich in raw materials and has broad technological and industrial know-how to help rebuild Iraq and do it quickly to bring stability to the region.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The statement by Iraqi PM Maliki that his war torn nation is open for business is a precursor to a prophetic scenario that can be found in Bible prophecy.

The war torn nation of Iraq has weathered the demise of its long time dictator, Saddam Hussein, it has also weathered an Islamic insurgency and what many believe to be a civil war with no end in sight to now be ready to begin trade agreements with other nations of the world. Germany's Angela Merkel was right on when she said Iraq has a wealth of natural resources. According to petroleum experts, Iraq has the greatest oil sources in the world and has only used two percent of that source.

This sets the stage for Iraq to become one of the richest countries in the world, if not the richest and that would set the stage for Iraq, Biblical Babylon, to become the economic, political, governmental capital of the world as foretold in Bible prophecy, Revelation 18. The Antichrist will set in place an economic system that will make Iraq the trading capital of the world, Revelation 18, 13:16-18. This prophetic scenario will then be followed by the total destruction of Babylon, modern day Iraq, Isaiah 13, 14, Jeremiah 50, 51, and Revelation 16:17-20.

The war torn nation of Iraq back in business does indeed set the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

July 22, 2008

Health officials warn of a killer flu pandemic that could kill 50 million

The British government report recently issued a warning that the world is failing to guard against the inevitable spread of a devastating flu pandemic which could kill 50 million people and wreak massive disruption around the globe.

The report attacked the World Health Organization (WHO) as being dysfunctional and it was critical of the international response to the threat of an outbreak of disease which could sweep across the globe and called for urgent improvements of the rapid response strategies. The report referred to international tourism which has reached 800 million people traveling every year providing fertile ground for pandemic spread of this killer disease.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The urgent warning of a killer flu pandemic in our world today is a precursor to a scenario that is found in Bible prophecy for a future tomorrow.

The British government report warning of a killer flu pandemic that could kill up to 50 million people worldwide is a stark warning that health officials must pay attention to and make ready for such a devastating health crisis. The report says that WHO is not preparing for such an event to happen and thus has no strategy in place to help curb the spread of this deadly flu disease.

This warning must not be taken lightly, especially in light of the words of Jesus Christ and the prophetic passages that are found in the book of Revelation. In His Olivet Discourse, Jesus Christ warned of pestilence across the world as an indication of His soon return to the Earth, Matthew 24:7. This word pestilence means, "pandemic disease", a killer disease of pandemic proportions in our world. John the Apostle wrote 2,000 years ago in Revelation 6:7-8 that one-fourth of Earth's population would die and a pandemic killer disease would be a part of the cause for this massive death total.

The British government report warning of a killer flu pandemic is indeed evidence that the stage is being set for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

July 21, 2008

Danger Point for World Economy

Economic experts are starting to realize that the global economy is at a danger point that may have become a threat to democracy. The global currency system is breaking down. The experts say, "No world leader seems able to discern the problem, let alone forge a solution."

The eurozone is falling into recession even before the US. Its level of credit stress is worse, as a result of central banks pushing debt to a fatal level, and risking to do the same again by over-reacting to the spike in oil prices.

China, India, East Europe and emerging Asia have all stolen growth from the future by condoning credit excess. If America doesn't stabilize, almost every part of the global system will go down together. 

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The potential danger of a total failure of our global economy is calling for a world leader to resolve this crisis - a scenario found in Bible prophecy.

The continuing rise in gas prices, the home mortgage crisis, and the failure of some regional banks has the attention of the world - as signs of a threat to the world economy. Economic experts are now saying that if we do not turn this situation around, the global financial system could fail.

An interesting quote coming from this story was "No world leader seems able to discern the problem, let alone forge a solution." However, I must remind you that Bible prophecy does lay out a similar scenario and reveals that there will be a world leader who will come to power for the occasion.

Daniel 7:8 speaks of the "Little horn" - one of 27 names for the Antichrist, this coming world leader. The Antichrist will set in place a one-world economic, political, governmental system that will be headquarter in Babylon - modern-day Iraq, (Revelation 18). Antichrist will control the economies of this world and bring stability out of chaos - only to be brought down at the time that the Lord Jesus Christ returns to the earth, (Revelation 16:17-20).

July 18, 2008

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

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

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

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

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

For a number of years, the Palestinian Authority has broadcast the Friday Moslem services from the Al Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Now, the Palestinian terrorist group, Hamas, has been granted permission to broadcast live and daily to the Hamas followers in the Gaza Strip from the Temple Mount.

In a joint statement by the New Jewish Congress, the different Jewish Temple Movements and the Sanhedrin, they claimed that the Israeli government has decided to give over the Temple Mount, the apple of the Jewish nation's eye, for the use of enemy incitement as Hamas calls for the destruction of the Jewish state of Israel.

There is a positive and negative aspect to this story as it relates to the prophetic scenarios that can be found in bible prophecy for the Last Days.

The ancient Jewish prophet Micah revealed that the Word of the Lord, Word from the Messiah, will go forth from the House of the Lord, the Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, in the future Kingdom Period, Micah 4:1-2.

However, this story also reveals to us that the Palestinian people, people in Biblical times known as Edomites, descendants of Esau; these Palestinians would call for the destruction of the Jewish state and the demise of the Jewish people in the Last Days, Ezekiel 35.

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

July 17, 2008

Saudi King Abdullah leads a conference of the world's major religious leaders to find solutions

At a time when inter religious strife and violence has increased the environment of distrust among religions, Saudi King Abdullah has called together the leaders of the major religions of the world meeting in Madrid, Spain to find a solution that would end disputes between the major religions of the world.

The conference, with over 200 participants, includes Christians, Moslems, Jews, as well as representatives of major Asian religions. King Abdullah said that all religions believe in one god and religion should be a means to iron out differences between these religions.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The interfaith summit called together by Saudi King Abdullah is evidence that Bible prophecy is moving closer to fulfillment.

With over 200 world religious leaders hosted by Saudi King Abdullah meeting to dialog on how religion can bring about solutions to religious conflicts around the world, the stage is being set for a major development in Bible prophecy. Religious based violence, particularly in the Middle East, has pitted Christians against Moslems and even within Islam, violence between Sunni and Shiite Moslems has claimed hundreds of victims. The untrue statement by King Abdullah that all religions believe in one god is actually part and parcel of the problem. Islam's god, Allah, never had a son and Christianity says Jesus Christ is the Son of God Who came to this world in the flesh. Denial of that belief makes a religion an Antichrist religion, II John 7.

A gathering of all the world's major religions to find a common ground is a scenario found in Revelation 17. John the Revelator wrote of a Last Days, one-world religion that will resolve all conflicts through religion under the leadership of a one world religious leader known as the Beast in Revelation 17 or better known as the Antichrist.

Saudi King Abdullah's interfaith conference is indeed a major step towards the appearance of a one world religion.

July 16, 2008

Adolf Hitler of Nazi Germany is a Hero on Palestinian Radio

A Palestinian Authority (PA) radio contest featured a biography of Adolf Hitler, complete with his military victories and his heroism during WWI & WWII and the broadcast never mentioned the Holocaust and the death of six million Jews.

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

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

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

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

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

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

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

July 15, 2008

A Washington insider says that an Iran with Nuclear capability would transform the power-balance in the Middle East and set the region for Nuclear War

Anthony Cortisman, a former director of intelligence assessment for the Secretary of Defense, who is now a top strategic guru at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, says that if Iran achieves its goal of a nuclear weapon of mass destruction the entire power-balance in the Middle East will be changed and it will set the stage for a nuclear war in the region.

Cortisman says that theoretically it is possible that the Israeli State, economy and organized society would survive such an almost mortal blow; however, Iran would not survive in the normal sense of the term.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The possibility of a nuclear war in the Middle East, should Iran acquire a nuclear weapon of mass destruction, is very viable says one strategic planner; however, Bible prophecy has additional information about this possible scenario for the Middle East as well.

Anthony Cortisman the strategic guru in Washington says that a nuclear confrontation between Iran and Israel would kill millions of Iranians and leave Israel crippled, but the Jewish State would survive.

This scenario that at this point in time is possible, if all intelligence from the region is correct is only in the minds of the analyst. But from the pages of Bible prophecy this potential war, nuclear or not, will take place according to the ancient Jewish prophets.

Ezekiel mentioned Iran specifically as a nation that will form a coalition with other nations to attack Israel and endeavor to destroy the Jewish State, Ezekiel 38:5 where Iran is referred to as Persia.

Bible prophecy does not mention that nuclear weapons will be used but the prophets do say that the total destruction of the Jewish State is on the agenda of the alignment of nations against Israel in the last days, as found also in the prophetic books of Daniel, Joel and Micah.

The assessment that there could be a nuclear war in the Middle East and soon is close to what Bible prophecy calls for in the last days. Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

A Washington insider says that an Iran with Nuclear capability would transform the power-balance in the Middle East and set the region for Nuclear Wa

July 14, 2008

France Announces Creation of the Mediterranean Union

French president Nicolas Sarkozy has seen a dream become a reality with the formation of the Mediterranean Union. The MU is a coalition of nations surrounding the Mediterranean Sea, including the Jewish state of Israel and many Arab and Islamic states. The project - under its official name Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean - is under the present leadership of a member of the European Union, Sarkozy, and a representative from a Mediterranean nation, Egypt's president, Hosni Mubarak. The announcement of the Mediterranean Union came out of a summit in France that President Sarkozy had brought together, and included 43 nations, and included representatives from all 27 member-states of the EU.

Many world leaders are saying this new Union, which includes nations not presently member-states of the EU, will end up inducting them all into the EU. This would basically form the borders of the old Roman Empire of 2000 years ago.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The formation of the Mediterranean Union made up of Arab and Islamic states along with Israel, has moved the European Union closer to the fulfillment of Bible prophecy for the Last Days.

After some very strong debates among the 27 member-states of the EU, the recent summit in Paris, France formed the Mediterranean Union. The future of the MU, as President Sarkozy envisions it, would expand the European Union to 44 member states and include all the boundries of the old Roman Empire.

This report reads like it was taken out of Daniel 7. The ancient Jewish prophet Daniel spoke of the Gentile world powers from his time into the future. He spoke of the Babylonian, Medo-Persian, Greek, and Roman Empires. In Daniel 7:7 & 24 it is revealed that there will be a Revived Roman Empire that will come to power in the Last Days. Daniel 7:8 speaks of the "Little Horn" - one of the 27 names for the Antichrist - who will come to power out of the Revived Roman Empire.

President Sarkozy's Mediterranean Union is one step closer to Daniel's prophecy being fulfilled in what seems to be the very near future.

July 11, 2008

The Ever Rising Oil Prices May Launch a World War

The stark claim of a controversial new film which says a crash in oil production is about to set off worldwide recession and economic collapse and could trigger a global conflict that will cost millions of lives is closer to reality than fiction according to petroleum experts.

Petroleum experts including the US Energy Information Administration says that oil production has reached its peak or that the peak is imminent, which is the message of this new film, "A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash," a film coming out in theaters across the world.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

A controversial film about a global disaster sparked by worldwide reduction of oil supplies is more than fiction. The film's scenario is very close to a scenario that is found in Bible prophecy.

For several years now, petroleum experts have been reporting that oil resources of the world were about to peak and to start declining, thus effecting the worldwide oil production. However, there are those who debate whether oil sources are drying up, but the rising price of crude oil per barrel has given evidence that the dramatic scenario of the newly released film, "A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash," is closer to reality than to fiction.

Bible prophecy lends evidence of a coming global conflict sparked by the high cost of oil and the decline in its production plus the ever increasing consumption of oil products. The Middle Eastern nations that are the prime suppliers of oil are all included on the list of nations that come together to destroy Israel in the Last Days, Daniel 11, Ezekiel 38 and Psalm 83. The one Middle Eastern nation with more crude oil resources than any other and may be the greatest supply of oil according to petroleum experts, the nation of Iraq has removed less than two percent of its oil from the ground, which sets Iraq in place as potentially the richest nation in the world in the future.

This scenario fits the prophetic scenario of Revelation 18 which sets the stage for Babylon, modern-day Iraq to rule the world in the Last Days.

July 10, 2008

The US Warns Iran to Stop Threats

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that the United States has increased its security in the Middle East and Iran should not be "confused" about US capabilities. She added that the United States will not hesitate to defend its interests and the interests of its allies in the region.

Over a two-day period, Iran has test fired missiles that have a range that could reach targets in Israel and US naval vessels in the Persia Gulf and the Mediterranean. This is a point of concern for Washington and Jerusalem.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The threat posed by recent Iranian military exercises and long-range missile testing may be saber-rattling, but it is also setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

Iranian President Ahmadinejad and his government keep ratcheting up the threat of war in the Middle East, as evidenced by the recent military activity. The efforts by the EU, the UN, and the US to bring a stop to the development of nuclear weapons by Iran seem to be falling short of the mark. The potential for war in the region seems to increase almost hour by hour.

The ancient Jewish prophets wrote some 2,500 years ago of this exact scenario unfolding in the Last Days. Ezekiel listed the nations that would attack Israel, and Iran is one of those major players. The coalition of nations that will come against the Jewish state are listed in Ezekiel 38, Daniel 11, and Psalm 83. All of these nations today are Islamic. Joel 2 reveals that a mighty militia will come to destroy Israel. It will be the largest military force ever formed in history, and the Islamic world could provide the troops for that force at any time.

With Iran at the forefront of preparing to destroy Israel, the fulfillment of Bible prophecy seems to be closer at hand than ever before.

July 09, 2008

The Tough US Economy is Promoting Aliyah

With a strong Israeli economy, and the dropping stock markets in the US, Israeli officials believe that we are on the brink of a new wave of immigrants that will moving to Israel. In Israel, the economic situation has a great future, with the tourist trade and high technology industries doing well and growing rapidly. Israel’s economy looks to have a bright future, especially when compared to the approaching recession in the United States.

It is believed that with this financial crunch, especially the very religious “Ultra-orthodox” Jewish community will awaken and remember the biblical imperative of immigration to Israel.

Jimmy’s Prophetic Prospective on the News

It doesn’t matter whether Jewish people move to Israel because of a financial crunch, or because the Bible says they must. The end result is that Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

Over the last hundred years, Jews from all over the world have moved to Israel. The reborn Jewish state, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2008, has seen some great periods of Aliyah. Aliyah is the Hebrew word for Jewish people immigrating back to Israel. The big wave of immigration during the 1990s was from Russia - with about 1.3 million Russian Jews immigrating to Israel. There was another wave from Ethiopia, which spanned several years. Following World War II and the Holocaust, Jews from Europe came in great numbers to help establish the Jewish State.

This report is evidence that Bible prophecy is indeed in the process of being fulfilled. The ancient Jewish prophet Ezekiel wrote some 2,500 years ago that the Lord would find the Jews where ever they had been scattered and gather them back to Israel. The Lord says 18 times in Ezekiel 34 that He will find His people and bring them into the land. Ezekiel 36, which refers 35 times to the land of Israel, says that the Jewish people would be brought back into the land of their forefathers - the land where they are living today - the Jewish state of Israel.

Even though it may be because of the financial crunch in the United States today, Jews are making ready to move to the land of Israel, and thus fulfill Bible prophecy.

July 08, 2008

A Jerusalem Rabbi says illegal construction on the Temple Mount is an attempt to obliterate all historic traces of the holy Temple

Rabbi Chaim Richman of the Temple Institute in Jerusalem says he has witnessed the continued illegal construction being conducted by the Islamic Trust, the custodians of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, and the deliberate destruction of archaeological remnants and the attempt to obliterate all historic traces of the ancient Jewish holy Temple.

Rabbi Richman who conducts guided tours of the Temple Mount says that these tours of the Temple Mount conducted in accordance with Jewish law have taken on crucial significance as a daily reminder to the Israeli government that freedom of worship is being denied the Jewish people.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

Daily tours of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem conducted by a rabbi is evidence that this sacred piece of real estate has an important future, that is according to Bible prophecy.

It has been almost thirty years that the city of Jerusalem has been reunited and access to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem has been an opportunity for Jews wishing to visit the sacred piece of real estate known as the Temple Mount.

Interestingly, several days after the Israelis reunited Jerusalem, the Israeli government gave custodial responsibilities for the Temple Mount to an Islamic trust who has implemented very strict rules for any Jewish worshipers who want to visit the Temple Mount.

Now, however, the Temple Institute in Jerusalem, the organization who has prepared the priest, the implements, and pre-construction plans for the next Temple to be built in Jerusalem, is in the process of educating all Jews of the spiritual significance of the Temple Mount.

As Rabbi Chaim Richman conducts his daily tours on the Temple Mount, he points out where the Holy of Holies was located, where the Sanhedrin stood, and many other facts about Temple operation on the Temple Mount.

These daily guided tours are an ongoing effort to prepare for the next Temple to stand on the Temple Mount. The truth is, however, that there are two Temples in the future. The one that the Messiah, Jesus Christ, will build, that's Zechariah 6:12-13. By the way, that Temple will be built by Jesus Christ for the Kingdom Period in the future.

However, Daniel, the ancient Jewish prophet, says there will be a Temple on the Temple mount in Jerusalem during the judgment period known as the Tribulation, that's Daniel 9:27. That statement confirmed, by the way, by Jesus Christ, Matthew 24:15 and the Apostle Paul, II Thessalonians 2:4.

Daily guided tours on the Temple mount are evidence that Bible prophecy will indeed be fulfilled.

July 07, 2008

Israeli President - “No Chance for Peace with Palestinians”

Israeli President Shimon Perez - the one-time proponent of a “New Middle East” - has said that there is no chance of a peace agreement between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Perez based his statement on the conflict between the two political factions of the Palestinian people, Hamas and Fatah. Perez said that Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Authority President, has no support among his people and no power to carry out security agreements.

Perez also stated that any agreement made between Israel and the Palestinian Authority would crumble in days, due to the PA’s weakness.  This is bad news for those, (including US President Bush), who are trying to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and bring peace to the Middle East.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The statement by Israeli President Perez that there is no chance for peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians, is absolutely true. That is, according to Bible prophecy.

For a number of years, many world leaders, including US Presidents, European diplomats, and even the UN Secretary General, have been working to bring about a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Almost all of the Arab leaders blame the Israeli-Palestinian for all the unrest in the Middle East, and claim there could be peace, but only after the Palestinians and the Israeli can coexist in the region.

President Perez actually made a statement from the pages of Bible prophecy when he said that there is no chance for peace between the two peoples. The ancient Jewish prophets agree that the conflict will not be resolved until Jesus Christ returns to the earth, (Obadiah 16-18). Malachi 1 says that the Palestinians (called the Edomites in Biblical times) would return to rebuild, but the Lord would have indignation against them. Jeremiah 49:18 says that the Palestinians will be destroyed as Sodom and Gomorra.

Israeli President Shimon Perez was right - there is no chance of peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis - at least not until the Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ, returns to the earth.

July 04, 2008

America's place In Bible prophecy can be answered

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

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

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

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

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

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

They said, "Jerusalem."

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

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

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

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

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

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

July 03, 2008

Jewish men are being fitted for priestly garments to serve in a soon coming Jewish Temple

The Temple Institute (www.templeinstitute.org) started preparing to build a third Temple on Jerusalem's Mount Moriah, the site of the Dome of the Rock, by inaugurating a workshop that manufactures priestly garments to be worn by the Jewish priests who will serve in a third Jewish Temple to be built in Jerusalem.

Rabbi Yehuda Glick, Director of the Temple Institute, said when the Temple is rebuilt, Koine, members of the priestly family, must wear the proper outfit to perform the obligations at the Temple. Priestly garments have not been worn since the destruction of the second Temple by the Romans in 70 AD and cannot be functional until a third Temple is constructed.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

Preparing priestly garments for Jewish men to wear as they serve in a third Jewish Temple in Jerusalem is evidence as to how close we are to the Return of Jesus Christ.

As the Temple Institute in Jerusalem prepares the priestly garments for those who claim to be members of the priestly family, the final steps for restoring Temple worship in a third Temple are being taken. Years of diligent research has been done to create the garments in accordance with Jewish law. Politically, those preparing to build the third Temple have a nightmarish situation with the Dome of the Rock on Al Aqsa Mosque, Islam's third holiest site, sitting on the spot where the next Jewish Temple is to be rebuilt

Even though the building site for the next Jewish Temple is a major hurdle, those preparing for the rebuilding of the third Temple say God will take care of that problem and these same Jews say they have everything else ready to operate the next Jewish Temple. This next Jewish Temple to stand on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem is not the one Jesus Christ will build, Zechariah 6:12, but will be the Temple of the seven year Tribulation Period spoken of in Daniel 9:27, Matthew 24:15, Revelation 11:1 and II Thessalonians 2:4.

As evidenced by this report all preparations have been made for the next Temple in Jerusalem.

July 02, 2008

The Iranian leadership believes that they are now entering the Apocalyptic Age

Speaking at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, the renown scholar and historian Bernard Lewis told his audience that Iranian President Ahmadinejad and the leadership of Iran believe they are now entering the Apocalyptic Age which will result in the triumph of their messianic figure.

Lewis said that Iran is a mortal threat and reminded those attending his lecture that Islam, like Judaism and Christianity, has an End Times scenario reminding them that holy war is a part of the Islamic religion and part of holy law. Lewis then added that the threat of many Iranians perishing in a war did not deter the Iranian leadership. They believe that death this way would give Iranians a free pass to the Islamic heaven.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The thinking by the Iranian leadership that they are now entering the Apocalyptic Age actually conforms to the End Times scenario that is found in Bible prophecy.

The statement by the renown scholar and historian, Bernard Lewis, that Iranian President Ahmadinejad and Iran's leadership believe they are entering the Apocalyptic Age is evidence that the Islamic world does have an eschatology, a theology that has an End Times scenario. The outdated concepts of M.A.D (Mutually Assured Destruction) prevalent during the Cold War years, are irrelevant when it comes to Iran and its leadership. The Iranian president and his circle see such a scenario as an incentive, not a deterrent.

This apocalyptic desire of the radical Shiite Muslim is at the center of much of what's happening in the Middle East today and does fit into Bible prophecy. The ancient, Jewish, New Testament Prophet John wrote the book entitled, "The Apocalypse", or better known as the book of Revelation which describes the End Time Apocalyptic Age. Revelation 4:2 - 19:10 describes the seven year period of massive judgment on the face of the Earth. Revelation 19 describes the "Mother of all battles", "the Apocalyptic War", the Battle of Armageddon.

Ahmadinejad is correct, we are indeed entering the Apocalyptic Age.

July 01, 2008

A former Israeli spy says Israel has 1 year to stop an Iranian nuclear bomb

Shabtai Shavit, a former head of the Israeli spy agency Mossad, has warned Israeli officials that the Jewish state has only twelve months in which to destroy Iran's program nuclear program or risk coming under nuclear attack.

This report comes at the same time that Israeli Intelligence is saying Iran has stepped up its efforts to deter any attack on their nuclear program by moving ballistic missiles into launch position and targeting various sites in Israel including the Dimona nuclear plant. Shavit said time is running out to prevent Iran's leaders from getting a nuclear WMD as well as the US presidential election which may factor into any decision to bomb Iran.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The urgency for Israel to deal with the threat of a nuclear Iran is a precursor to the fulfillment of Bible prophecy for the Last Days.

The ongoing conflict between the nations of the West and Iran over its nuclear program is becoming more intense everyday. Tough financial sanctions implemented by the UN, the US and the EU don't seem to be working. Shavit's warning is indeed true politically and militarily but not Biblically or prophetically.

The prophet Ezekiel does mention Iran as one of the players in the Last Days who want to destroy the Jewish state, Ezekiel 38:5 where Iran is referred to as Persia. Beginning in Ezekiel 38:18, the Jewish prophet explains and foretells that out of the heavens will the Lord God respond to this attack by Iran and the other coalition nations. When Israel comes under attack from Iran and these attacking enemies, they will be destroyed and five out of every six will dies, Ezekiel 38:18-23, 39:1-6.

The warning of one year for the time period in which Israel must deal with an Iranian nuclear WMD is evidence that Bible prophecy is near to fulfillment.