September 30, 2009

Moslems refuse Jews access to holy sites during holy days

The three Jewish holy days in the Fall are always times when the Jews from around the world flow to Jerusalem and the Temple Mount in obedience to ancient laws that require all Jews to make a pilgrimage to Judaism's holiest site.

The Fall feast, Feast of Tabernacles, is what the Bible calls a pilgrim feast, one of three such feasts God gave the Jewish people and then told them that they must travel to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem to be obedient to His law.

Because the Islamic Trust has custodial control of the Temple Mount, the Moslems have restricted the religious Jews who seek entrance to the Temple Mount from carrying any religious articles onto the mount or even praying while on this sacred site.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

Limited access to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem for the Jewish people during their high holy days by the Moslem world will only increase the tensions surrounding this sacred site to the point that will result in Bible prophecy being fulfilled.

Evident during the Fall Jewish feast days has been the restrictions put in place by the Islamic Trust for the access Jewish worshipers wish to have at this holy time of year to the holy mountain of God, the Temple Mount. This control of Judaism's most sacred holy site, the Temple Mount, is an offense not only to the Jewish people, but to the Lord Jesus Christ as well.

In a preincarnate appearance to the prophet Zechariah 2,500 years ago, Jesus told the prophet He was displeased with the arrogant control of the Temple Mount by the enemies of the true God, Zechariah 1:15. In verse 14 of the Zechariah passage, Jesus, the Angel of the Lord, a preincarnate appearance of Jesus Christ, said He was jealous for the Temple Mount, in fact the Hebrew flavor of the word "jealous" seems to indicate that Jesus Christ is aggressively possessive for this sacred spot.

Jesus concludes His message to Zechariah in verse 16 by saying that one day He would come back to Jerusalem to build His Temple on this controversial site, the Temple Mount, a location of conflict in the future.

September 29, 2009

US soldiers have been accused of damaging the ancient Biblical site of Babylon

According to reports from Iraqi officials, the United States military did major damage to the Biblical site of Babylon including the area of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon which was converted into Camp Alpha the site of a multinational military operation. Babylon, one of the wonders of the ancient world, was damaged when the United States soldiers and their contractors caused major damage to the Ishtar Gate and the Processional Way by digging, cutting, and leveling the areas to meet military standards.

The United States Defense Department has agreed to pay $800,000 to help restore the Babylon site, a gesture that Iraqi officials say will help them repair the Biblical site to become a major tourist attraction for Iraq.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The fact that the United States military did harm to the ancient Biblical site of Babylon and will now pay to fix the damage is evidence that Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

During the days of the late Saddam Hussein the ruler of modern day Iraq spent over 500 million dollars to refurbish the ancient city of Babylon located on the Euphrates River some 58 miles out of downtown Baghdad. In fact, Saddam thought that he himself was the reincarnation of Nebuchadnezzar who was the leader of the Babylonian Empire and the one who made the city of Babylon one of the Wonders of the Ancient World at that time in history. The fact that the United States military damaged this archaeological site is evidence that the prophecy of Jeremiah about Babylon has never been fulfilled.

Jeremiah, the ancient Jewish prophet in chapters 50 and 51 says seven times that Babylon will be completely destroyed and never lived in or visited ever again. Bible prophecy reveals that the literal city of Babylon will come back to power and will be the headquarters for a one world economic political governmental system to be headed up by the Antichrist (Revelation 18). The lead up to this happening will be the institution of a global economic structure (Revelation 13:16-17).

Before Babylon is completely destroyed, Jesus Christ will call Christians up to be with Him at the Rapture of the Church which could happen even today. Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

September 28, 2009

Jews in Jerusalem and around the world mark Judaism's holiest day, Yom Kippur

As Jewish people in Jerusalem and around the world stop for a fast day to mark Judaism's Holiest Day, Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, Israel shuts off the Palestinian territories and at the same time remembers the surprise assault by Egypt and Syria that sparked a war some years ago.

The entire nation of Israel shuts down for the twenty-five hour fast as the Jews seek forgiveness from God for the last years transgressions, using the fast day in lieu of the Yom Kippur sacrifice at the temple since there is no temple in Jerusalem.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

Yom Kippur, the Jewish Holy Day of Atonement, looks back to Biblical times. It also has a prophetic significance, that is according to Bible prophecy.

As Jews in Jerusalem and around the world stop to observe the Jewish Holy day of Yom Kippur, they are reminded how the High Priest at the temple in Jerusalem would enter into the Holy of Holies with the sacrificial blood to pour it on the Mercy Seat of the Ark of the Covenant.

During the ten days leading up to Yom Kippur, starting on Rosh Hashana, Jews were to seek forgiveness from family, friends, loved ones and neighbors for any trespass over the last year.

This act of seeking forgiveness is a part of the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, as the Jews seek to be included in the Book of Life and during temple times their sins would be covered for one year, until the next Yom Kippur.

Now without the Temple, Jews give money, do good deeds and pray, along with the twenty-five hour fast on Yom Kippur. Jesus Christ, the Jewish Messiah, will in the future fulfill the prophetic aspect of Yom Kippur as He did the other Jewish Feast Days, in the spring, 2,000 years ago.

Jesus was crucified on Passover, buried on Unleavened Bread, and rose from the dead on the Feast of First Fruits. Jesus, in the future, will come back to earth on Rosh Hashana, and ten days later will enter the Holy of Holies on Yom Kippur, for the purpose of giving salvation to all Jews at that time, Zechariah 3:9 and Ezekiel 43:1-7. Indeed Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

September 25, 2009

The Knesset, Israel's legislative body, has in recent days focused on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem

The annual day of mourning for the destruction of the two Jewish Temples that once stood on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem focuses all Jews on the Temple Mount, but has also recently been the subject of discussions by Israeli Knesset members as they met to talk about the Temple, it's role in Jewish life and Israel's approach to the Temple Mount.

An expert on the subject, Dr. Mordechai Keidar, discussed the political implications of Israel's stance on the Temple Mount and said the struggle for Jerusalem is not territorial, it is theological and he downplayed the Palestinian claim for the Temple Mount since Jerusalem is not mentioned even once in the Koran.

The Moslem view of Judaism is the root of the PA's refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish nation and they firmly reject all Jewish claim to the Temple Mount while at the same time they reject that the Temple Mount is Judaism's most holy site.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

Judaism's claim that the Temple Mount is their most holy site and the rejection of that claim by the PA is setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

Dr. Mordechai Keidar speaking at the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, made a very profound statement that the struggle for Jerusalem is not territorial, but it is theological. The statement by the Moslem world that Judaism is no longer relevant will not make the controversy surrounding the Temple Mount go away.

However, when you turn to God's prophetic Word, we can see what the Lord has planned for this sacred site. The Psalmist wrote in Psalm 132:13-14 that God has chosen Jerusalem and especially the Temple Mount to dwell among His people, the Jewish people forever. The Lord made a covenant with the second Jewish king, King David, that one day He would bring all of the Jewish people to this spot and give them the land forever, II Samuel 7:10. On the Temple Mount one day there will be built a Temple where the Messiah, Jesus Christ, will rule and reign forever, Zechariah 6:13. In fact, Jesus will build that Temple, Zechariah 6:12.

If the discussions in the Israeli Knesset do not include these passages of Scripture, they are wasting their time.

September 24, 2009

There is a Jewish organization that plans to reclaim land in Jordan that God gave to the Jewish people 3,500 years ago

The Israel Land Fund, a group of dedicated Jews who have been restoring Jewish properties in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria are now looking East into modern day Jordan with plans to reclaim historically Jewish properties in Jordan as well.

Many Jews purchased land in what is now Jordan during the British mandate when such land was seen primarily as part of the greater land of Israel which was confiscated by Jordan's rulers after Jordan declared independence as an Arab-Moslem country in 1946.

The Jewish group now faces great difficulty in purchasing this formerly Jewish land since Jordanian law views the sell of land to Jews or Israelis as a capitol offense and punishable by death.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The plan by a group of Jews to reclaim land in the state of Jordan, land given to the Jews by God 3,500 years ago is a page out of Bible prophecy for the Last Days.

The Israeli Land Fund has been actively reclaiming Jewish land in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria. They are purchasing this land for cash money and plan to expand their efforts across the Jordan River so they can reclaim Jewish land that Jordan has confiscated for its own use.

The truth be known, the land in question was given to the Jewish people, two of the twelve tribes of Israel, some 3,500 years ago, Joshua 13:15-28. In fact, the Lord promised the Jewish people ten times what they have today according to the thirty eight passages of Scripture that define the Biblical borders of Israel.

This land will only be given to the Jews in the Kingdom Period, that thousand year time frame after the Tribulation, the seven years of judgment on the earth, and the return of the Messiah, Jesus Christ, Genesis 15 and Deuteronomy 30, the Abrahamic and the Land Covenants. Until that time however, there will be a continuing conflict between the Moslems and the Jews.

The Israel Land Fund may or may not purchase land in Jordan today, but in some near future tomorrow, Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

September 23, 2009

A high ranking Islamic cleric tells thousands of Moslem children on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem that Jews will never build a temple on that site

Recently, as many as ten thousand Moslem children were on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem to demonstrate the next generation of Moslems that will defend and continue the safekeeping of the Temple Mount, the Al Aqsa Mosque, as the Moslem world refers to this piece of real estate sacred to both Jews and Moslems.

The Mufti, Sheik Sabri, told the thousands of children swearing by Allah that the Jews will never return to take the Temple Mount and build their Temple there which is the Jewish dream, and the Mufti said that dream will never be fulfilled.

Jewish worshippers gather at the Western Wall surrounding the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and pray their Temple will be rebuilt and then the Messiah will come to lead them into the kingdom promised three thousand years ago to King David.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

A statement by the Mufti in Jeruslaem to thousands of Moslem children that there will never be a Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount is contradictary to Bible prophecy for the End Times.

As the controversy over the Temple Mount in Jerusalem intensifies, the Mufti, a high ranking Moslem cleric, Sheik Sabri, told up to ten thousand Moslem children recently gathered on the Temple Mount that they must defend Al Aqsa and never allow the Jews to rebuild their Temple on this sacred site. For the Mufti to tell thousands of Moslem children that the Jews must not be allowed to build a Temple on the Temple Mount is in total contradiction of what God's Word reveals for the End Times.

Jesus Christ said there would be a Temple on the Temple Mount, Matthew 24:15. Apostles Paul and John said one day a Jewish Temple would be rebuilt in Jerusalem, II Thessalonians 2:4 and Revelation 11:1-2. These passages of Scripture speak of the next Temple to stand in Jerusalem, the Tribulation Temple, and all preparations have been made for that Temple to be errected. The Jews could start construction at any time, but do remember that Zechariah 6:12 tells us that Jesus Himself, will return to the earth and build His Temple which will be there on the Temple Mount forever, Ezekiel 37:26, 28.

The Mufti in Jerusalem is wrong. Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

September 22, 2009

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Iran is the greatest threat to global security

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates believes that Iran's nuclear program is the greatest current threat to global security because there does not seem to be any good options where the rest of the world can see a scenario that would keep the threat from becoming a reality. Gates said that the international community's inability to affect Iran's apparent determination to seek a nuclear weapon of mass destruction sets up the possibility of a nuclear arms race in the Middle East as very real.

Mr. Gates said that if something is done to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon of mass destruction the consequences of that are completely unpredictable and, frankly, very bad.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The statement from the United States Defense Secretary Robert Gates that Iran is the greatest threat to global security is a page out of Bible prophecy for the end times.

A recent statement by the Secretary of Defense in the United States, Robert Gates, that a nuclear powered Iran is the greatest threat to global security is in line with Israeli intelligence which has for years said that Israel's biggest threat is indeed Iran. This report is so close to the prophetic scenario that can be found in Bible prophecy and all the players that are listed in the pages of God's word are on the stage ready to begin the final drama.

For example, Iran is the Persia that is spoken of in Ezekiel 38:5. Iran and Syria already have a partnership in the nuclear arms business and Syria is the King of the North mentioned in Daniel 11:40-42. Hezbullah is an arm of the Revolutionary Guard in Iran and they are now located in southern Lebanon which is mentioned as Tyre in Psalm 83:7. Daniel 11, Ezekiel 38, Psalm 83, and many other of the Minor Prophets all call for a coalition of nations to attack the Jewish state of Israel in the last days.

As Iran continues to develop a nuclear weapon of mass destruction and at the same time declare that Israel must be wiped off the face of the Earth, the stage is indeed set for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

September 21, 2009

A group of over fifty heads of state have called for a New World Order

At Sharm El-Sheikh on the Red Sea coast in Egypt, the heads of state from over fifty developing nations in the world have called for a 'new world' order to tackle fallout from the global economic meltdown and to prevent a repeat of such a crisis.

The leaders of nations like Cuba, Pakistan, Iran, the 58 member states of the African Union including the host country, Egypt, and all 118 member states of the non-align movement developing nations in this world say a new monetary and economic world order and the restructuring of the world financial system must be in place to take into consideration the needs of the developing countries.

Libya's Colonel Khaddafi, who heads up the African Union, also called for the restructuring of the UN Security Council which he branded as a form of terrorism monopolized by a few countries that are permanent members.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The call by over fifty world leaders for a new economic and political world order is a precursor to the prophetic scenario that can be found in Bible prophecy for the End Times.

The non-aligned nations of our world meeting on the Red Sea coast in Egypt have made a demand of the rest of the world to set in place an economic structure to deal with the global financial crisis and they have called it a new world order.

Two ancient Jewish prophets, Daniel and John the writer of Revelation, layout this type of prophetic scenario in their writings. Daniel reveals the rise to power of a world leader to head up this new world order. His name, most familiar to you, one of twenty-seven names in Scripture, the Antichrist is identified in Daniel 7:8, 24 and 11:36-39. John, in the book of Revelation, refers to Daniel's prophecies as recorded in Revelation 13 and gives additional information about the global economic structure in Revelation 13:16, 17 and Revelation 18.

The leaders of over fifty developing nations of this world calling for a new world order have set the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

September 18, 2009

Jews in Jerusalem and around the world celebrate the Jewish new year

On the Jewish calendar, the world is in the first day of the seventh month in the year 5770, the Jewish new year which also marks the sixth day of creation week - the creation of man and woman, Adam and Eve, in the Garden of Eden as recorded in the Bible in Genesis 1. Rosh Hashana, the new year, marks the start of the Fall Jewish feast days which includes Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, and Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles - the last three of the seven Jewish feast days that God gave the Jewish people 3500 years ago.

This new year, the Jewish people have grown to 5.6 million in the land of their forefathers, the land of Israel, but with a Jewish state in place in the Middle East the threat to their existence continues to intensify almost on a daily basis.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

As the Jewish people celebrate the new year 5770, the student of the Bible looks back to the beginning, creation, and forward to the day that the Jewish Messiah will come.

Jews in Jerusalem, all of Israel, and in fact around the world on Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year, are reminded of the sixth day of creation week and God's work in bringing man and woman, Adam and Eve, into existence. That day marked the beginning of time for the Jewish people and the day upon which their calendar began 5770 years ago. Even as we celebrate the Jewish new year, the truth is made known of a young Earth and a creation story that took place in six 24 hour days less than 6000 years ago.

However, this day also marks the day that the Jewish Messiah will return to the Earth to save the Jewish people from complete annihilation and to set up the 1000 year Millennial Kingdom that the Messiah promised the Jewish people (Matthew 24:31 on His return to Earth on Rosh Hashana and Revelation 20:4-6 on His kingdom). Each of the Jewish feast days must be fulfilled by the Messiah Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ was crucified on Passover, buried on Unleavened Bread, Resurrected on First Fruits, and the Holy Spirit came on Pentecost as Jesus said He would.

Jesus will also fulfill the last three Jewish feast days on the proper day sequences. He will return to the Earth on Rosh Hashana, go into the temple's holy of holies on Yom Kippur, and set up the kingdom on Tabernacles. Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

September 17, 2009

An advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu says Israel must have a trememdously powerful weapon to ward off a nuclear attack

Israel's national security adviser, Uzi Arad, says that Israel must have tremendously powerful weapons to ward off a nuclear attack or destroy an enemy that dares to launch an atomic strike against the Jewish state. Arad's comments appeared to allude to what is widely believed to be Israel's own nuclear arsenal and a standing Israeli policy of mutually assured destruction, a warning to other countries that could bring about their own devastation if they launch an attack.

The Israeli security adviser to the prime minister said that he feared that if Iran became a nuclear power, five or six other states in the Middle East would follow suit which he called a potential nightmare for Israel.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

A nuclear powered Israel in a face off with with a nuclear powered Iran and a number of other Middle Eastern states is a scenario that is real today but also a scenario found in Bible prophecy for a soon to be tomorrow.

As US President Obama and Russian President Medvedev recently discussed the reduction of their own nuclear arsenals, the Middle East is actively building up their potential nuclear capabilities. With the statement from the national security adviser in Israel, Uzi Arad, that the Jewish state must be nuclear powered to ward off a nuclear attack by Iran or a number of other Middle Eastern states, it seems to be clear that Israel is ready to apply the "MAD" policy. If attacked, Israel would respond with mutually assured destruction.

These words indicate how close our world may be to the end time scenario that is found in Bible prophecy for the Jewish state. The nation of Iran, mentioned in Ezekiel 38:5, when nuclear powered will follow through on their threat to wipe Israel off the face of the Earth. An alignment of nations including nuclear powered Middle Eastern nations will join Iran in this attack only to be destroyed not by an Israeli nuclear weapon, but by Jesus Christ who will devastate these attackers (Ezekiel 38:18-23).

God, not nuclear weapons, will protect His chosen people. Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

September 16, 2009

Israel's population reaches almost 7 1/2 million in its brief 61 year history

According to the annual pre-Rosh Hashana Jewish new year report released by the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics, Israel's population numbers 7,465,500 with the Jewish population around 5.6 million and the Arab population at 1.5 million. President Shimon Peres, who received the report, said that the data is a product of a very important work - a report that finds Israel's population has been growing at a steady annual rate of 1.8% since 2003.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

With almost half of the world's Jewish population living in Israel the stage is set for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

In some 61 years the Jewish population living in Israel is almost half of this world's total Jewish population and is continuing to grow. The latest report from the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics indicates that Israel's population is getting younger each year and the future of the Jewish state is somewhat of a youthful one. This latest report released annually just before Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year, reveals that the growth rate among Jews is still lower than the growth rate of the Arab population living in Israel. The growing Arab population has some Israeli officials worried as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues to go unresolved.

This report is a clear evidence that Bible prophecy is in the process of being fulfilled. 2500 years ago, the ancient Jewish prophets wrote that there would once again be a Jewish state in the last days (Ezekiel 37:7-11). In fact, Ezekiel wrote a number of statements of how this prophetic scenario would be played out. Ezekiel reported that the Lord would find all the Jews wherever they had been scattered and would bring them into the land of their forefathers where the Jews would be very prosperous (Ezekiel 34, 36). In this same section of prophetic Scripture, the prophet also warned of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and an alignment of nations that would move to destroy the Jewish state (Ezekiel 35, 38).

The newly released annual population report of 5.6 million Jews in Israel is indeed evidence that Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

September 15, 2009

Jewish worshippers celebrate the anniversary of creation as they countdown to the new year

Thousands of Jews gathered at the Western Wall in Jerusalem in the wee hours of the morning to pray for peace and to mark the anniversary of the first day of creation 5770 years ago as they also prepare to mark the Jewish new year on Rosh Hashana later this week. The Jewish holy day of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year, is actually celebrated on the 6th day of creation when God created man and woman, Adam and Eve, and it is from that point that the Jewish calendar begins its countdown to the time of the Jewish messiah when peace will reign throughout the world.

The events that took place on the 25th day of the Hebrew month of Elul, its Jewish date, the creation of existence, time, matter, darkness, and light are recounted for the generations in the very first chapter of the Bible in the book of Genesis.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

As religious Jews celebrate the creation account in their countdown to the Jewish new year, a student of the Bible can learn much about the past and the future - according to Bible prophecy.

On the Jewish feast day of Rosh Hashana Jews not only celebrate the the first of the Fall feast days, but they mark the day God created man and woman, Adam and Eve. This Jewish new year will be 5770 meaning that God created man less than 6000 years ago, not billions of years ago as so-called modern-day science tells us. This Jewish celebration is in the face of secular humanists as well as some Christians that want to place creation millions of years ago.

The apostle Peter wrote just before his death that in the last days there would be those who denied the truth found in Genesis 1 of the account of creation (II Peter 3:5). The student of the Bible cannot deny the young Earth creation account in Genesis 1 as literal if they are ready to accept the literal account of the prophetic events found in the Bible. Peter wrote that Christians and non-Christians will deny the Lord's soon return and the creation account because they are walking after their own lusts (II Peter 3:3-5).

As the Jews celebrate the six day creation account in Genesis 1, it should remind us that Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

September 14, 2009

The French President Sarkozy says an Israeli attack on Iran would be a catastophe

In a recent gathering of world leaders, French President Sarkozy made the dramatic statement that an unilateral attack on Iran by Israel would be a catastrophe and that not only would Israel and Iran be damaged, such an attack would be harmful for the entire Middle East and even Europe. Sarkozy's statement comes at a time when both the United States and Israel believe that Iran could have a nuclear bomb within the year according to US and Israeli intelligence, however, both nations believe that will not be the case at least right now.

Meanwhile, Israel continues to prepare militarily for a preemptive attack on Iran, realizing that the Iranian threat and a nuclear weapon of mass destruction is still the number one threat to the Jewish state.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The fact that a world leader like French President Sarkozy could say that Israel defending itself from being wiped off the face of the Earth would be a catastrophe, is a step closer to the fulfillment of Bible prophecy for the last days.

The ongoing threat of a nuclear powered Iran will not go away and world leaders really don't have a resolution to this problem. However, many world leaders do not hesitate to put pressure on Israel to not launch a preemptive strike against a nation that says they will wipe Israel off the face of the Earth. As reported, the French President went as far as to say if Israel did strike Iran in order to destroy the possibility of Iran producing a nuclear weapon of mass destruction, that type of an attack would be a catastrophe. Many of the Arab leaders and the Israeli government believe that if Iran does acquire a nuclear weapon of mass destruction, that would be a catastrophe.

The ancient Jewish prophet Ezekiel prewrote history for our day which I would describe as the last days, the end times. Ezekiel 38:5 speaks of Persia as a nation that will move to attack the Jewish state to wipe it off the face of the Earth. By the way, Persia is the Biblical name for three nations today: Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran. These three nations are major players today and Iran is leading the way to destroy the Jewish state of Israel. This indeed is evidence that Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

September 11, 2009

The United States stops to mark the 8th anniversary of the infamous terrorist attack on America

Remembrance services held in the United States in New York City, Washington DC, and a field in Pennsylvania marked the 8th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, and the crash of one of the hijacked aircraft in the fields in Pennsylvania as the world also stops to remember the ugly head of terrorism. President Obama joined Secretary of Defense Robert Gates at the Pentagon and he spoke of the day that reminds us of the sacrifices of thousands of Americans not just at the Pentagon but in Pennsylvania and most obviously in New York City.

The president vowed to apprehend all of those who perpetrated these hideous crimes, to see justice for those who were killed, and to defend against all threats against America's national security.


Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

As Americans stop to mark the 8th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the United States, September 11, 2001, there is a reminder of how the Lord will deal with the ideology behind these hideous crimes - according to Bible prophecy.

Most Americans can remember where they were when they first heard of the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington. Over the years since that time the United States and other countries in the world have put in place a security system to try to prevent this type of attack from ever happening again. However, I must say as I have often said, if a terrorist wants to attack and slaughter innocent people, he can accomplish his goal no matter how tight the security. 9-11 was the beginning of the end and the terrorists out there will continue their dastardly acts until they are divinely stopped.

Bible prophecy reveals a group of nations that will perpetrate attacks on the world with a focus on the Jewish state of Israel (Daniel 11, Ezekiel 38, and Psalm 83). The ancient Jewish prophet Ezekiel foretold of the destruction of these terrorist states in Ezekiel 39:2-6. This elimination of the terrorists states will take place in the first 6 months of the Tribulation period, a time of judgment yet to come. Until that time these militant elements will continue their efforts to control the world. Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

September 10, 2009

Oil drilling companies in Israel believe there could be a major source of oil at the Dead Sea

An oil drilling consortium which includes companies who found billions of dollars in natural gas off the Israeli coast are making ready to look for what they refer to as black gold in an area along the Dead Sea. Investors hope to find a major source of oil and this is based on seismic surveys in the Dead Sea area which is already a source of potassium and potash which have made the Dead Sea Works one of the world's largest exporters of the materials used for making fertilizer.

The Dead Sea, known in the Bible as the Salt Sea, is a body of water that has the densest concentration of salt and other materials in the world and is found at the lowest point on the Earth where fish and plant life do not exist in the highly salty water.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The possibility of a major oil source being found at the Dead Sea in Israel could well impact the end times scenario that is found in Bible prophecy.

For years speculators have believed that oil could be found somewhere in Israel. Some of these so-called wildcatters have raised millions of dollars to drill for the oil that could possibly be somewhere in the Jewish state. Now a very legitimate consortium of oil drillers are ready to invest their own money to see if there indeed is a major oil source at the Dead Sea as seismic surveys seem to indicate is the case.

Whether this consortium finds a major source or not the Dead Sea is already an economic money machine. The Dead Sea Works extracts potassium, potash, and other minerals and chemicals from the Dead Sea that has become a large part of Israel's economy.

Bible prophecy refers to some type of spoil that will draw Russia and the coalition of nations found in Ezekiel 38, Daniel 11, and Psalm 83 into Israel in an effort to destroy the Jewish state and reap the benefits of some type of a spoil (Ezekiel 38:12-13). In fact, verse 13 refers to gold and silver as the spoil and remember, the oil drilling consortium referred to the oil at the Dead Sea as "black gold". I believe, however, that there could well be real gold in the Dead Sea, a belief also held by many Israeli officials.

The latest natural gas find off the Israeli coast and the potential for oil at the Dead Sea continues to make Israel a prized prey for her enemies to come after. Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

September 09, 2009

Pope Benedict calls for a stronger UN to tackle major global problems

Pope Benedict in an encyclical letter, the highest form of Papal teaching, called for a stronger UN to tackle the major global problems, mainly the economic crisis, the wars and rumors of wars and the social injustice that is taking place across the world.

Benedict said the blind pursuit of profit and economic mismanagement had wreaked havoc on the global economy and there must be a worldwide financial structure put in place to resolve this complex problem.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

A worldwide religious leader calling for a stronger global political power to ensure economic security and world peace is a page out of Bible prophecy.

In the latest teaching from the Vatican in Rome and given by Pope Benedict, the Pope has called for reform of the UN to give this global political institution some teeth with which to tackle the major problems facing our world.

As the Pope has indicated, this world has a global financial crisis that must be dealt with. Pope Benedict says a worldwide political power must step up to bring peace and stability out of the conflict and chaos.

The ancient Jewish prophets wrote of the Last Days and basically wrote of the world we see today unfolding with all of these major problems. Jesus Christ Himself said there would be wars and rumors of wars in the Last Days, Matthew 24:6-7. John, the Apostle who wrote the book of Revelation, in chapter 6:1-8 lays out the scenario for the Last Days that calls for a powerful world leader to deal with the war, the food shortages, financial disaster and even global health problems.

Another of the ancient Jewish prophets, Daniel in chapter 9:27 reveals the appearance of this world leader, a religious leader who will bring peace and supposedly stability to the world. His name is Antichrist. The world today is ready for such a leader and he could appear at any moment.

Pope Benedict's call for this global political power is indeed a page out of Bible prophecy.

September 08, 2009

The UN wants a new global currency to replace the dollar

The UN has proposed the biggest overhaul of the world's monetary system since WWII by calling for the US dollar to be replaced with a global currency because according to a UN report, the system of currencies and capitol rules which binds the world economy is not working properly.

The UN conference on trade and development said the US dollar was largely responsible for the global financial and economic crisis and that the present system under which the dollar acts as the world's reserve currency should be subject to a wholesale reconsideration.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News


A call by the UN to move to a one-world currency, replacing the US dollar, is a page out of Bible prophecy for the last days.

With many superpowers calling for a one-world currency, including Russia and China, there is now another voice saying the US dollar is part of the problem, not the solution to the global economic crisis. In fact, many economists say the dollar must be removed from the world currency if there is to be a resolution to the worldwide crisis. This all coming as the US continues to print more and more dollars which has China alarmed and saying this will only intensify the problem.

The Apostle John, who wrote the prophetic book of Revelation, revealed in chapter 18 that a one-world economic system will be in place during the last half of the seven year Tribulation Period and this economic power will be controlled by the Antichrist, a Satanically empowered world leader.

Revelation 13:16-17 tells us the people who want to buy or sell during that time must have an identification mark given to them by the economic system setup by the Antichrist. This entire worldwide economic system must have a one-world currency in order for it to work as prophecy foretells.

The call by the UN for the US dollar to be replace by a one-world currency is indeed a page out of Bible prophecy, Bible prophecy that could well be fulfilled in the very near future.

September 07, 2009

A new survey reveals that less than 10 percent of all born again Christians look at the world with a Biblical perspective

George Barna, a pollster with an independent marketing research company, found in a recent survey that only 4% of the overall population of America and 9% of born-again Christians have a biblical world view, suggesting that many of the nation's moral and spiritual challenges are directly attributable to this fact.

For the purposes of the research, a biblical world view was defined as believing that absolute moral truth exists, that such truth is defined by the Bible, and that the Bible is accurate in all of its teachings.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

A biblical world view based upon understanding Bible prophecy is essential for an understanding of the times we live in today.

Let's look at the provision in scripture for a biblical world view. All scripture is God breathed. That means it's inspired and is profitable for doctrine, for correction, and instruction in righteousness, that's II Timothy 3:16. God gave the scriptures to the Jew to preserve and communicate to mankind, Romans 3:1-2. And thus, we have His written Word for us today. Our blessings and understanding comes from God's provision of His heart, His mind, His thoughts in written form, the Bible.

Now, let's look at the priority for studying a biblical world view. The Apostle Paul wrote that we must study the Word of God, a workman that need not be ashamed, relying on God's Word for all of life's questions. We must rightly divide the Word of truth, the Bible, to ascertain its true meaning. These two principles, study and rightly dividing the Word of God, are instruction for the End Times and they come from Paul's exhortation to young Timothy found in II Timothy 2:15.

Finally, let's look at the prophetic scenario of a biblical world view. A study of Bible prophecy reveals the scenario for the Last Days with a seven year period of judgment in our world followed by the return of the Messiah, Jesus Christ, to establish His Kingdom here on earth. However, preceding that seven years of judgment, those who are true born again Christians will be taken out of this world to be with Jesus Christ, that's the Rapture.

Allowing the Bible to form our world view prepares us for these future events and gives us evidence as to how close they may be.

September 04, 2009

Ultra-orthodox Jews are expanding the population of the West Bank by large numbers

The Jewish settler population in Judea and Samaria, the West Bank, is growing twice as fast as the rest of the population in other areas in Israel and the Ultra-Orthodox community is responsible for the major portion of the annual growth in these disputed territories.

In the areas where the Ultra-Orthodox move in to establish their young families, the annual growth rate is five to six times more than Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv's growth respectively and twice as much as the growth of many other Jewish settlements.

The Ultra-Orthodox rabbis sanctioned living in these settlements assuming that these territories would be annexed to Israel sometime in the near future.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The expanding population of Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Judea and Samaria is in essence a page out of Bible prophecy for these religious Jews and the land of their forefathers.

Since the end of the Six Day War in June of 1967, Jews both religious and secular have been moving into the area of Judea and Samaria, the West Bank, building their homes and raising their families. These disputed territories have increased in population over the years to nearly 500,000 people in two hundred Jewish settlements.

Now, the Israeli government is reporting that the fastest growth of population in any area of Israel is this area referred to as the West Bank, but known Biblically as Judea and Samaria.

As I mentioned, this report is a page out of the prophetic passages in God's Word. The Ancient Jewish prophet Ezekiel wrote 2,500 years ago that in the Last Days God would give the land of the forefathers of the Jewish people to the Jews of today, Ezekiel 36.

Ezekiel the prophet was actually told to preach to the land that would bring forth man and animal and multiply them on the land, Ezekiel 36:11. Ezekiel 36:6-22 reveals what God would do with the land for the Jews and in verse 22 tells us that would be done for His holy namesake.

September 03, 2009

Israeli archaeologists discover a passageway that may have been used by Abraham almost 4000 years ago

A Jerusalem walkway from the time of the Jewish patriarch Abraham protected by a wall of rock has been discovered near the City of David archaeological site by a team from Haifa University and the Israel Antiquities Authority who stated that this wall is the most massive ever discovered in the City of David. The City of David is the original site of the city of Jerusalem which was at one time a Jebusite stronghold and also the site where the Jewish patriarch Abraham met with the King and High Priest of Jerusalem 4000 years ago - the one known as Melchizidek.

Ronny Reich, the lead archaeologist on this project, said a fortification of such a massive scale indicates that Jerusalem became a city-state on its own that was able to deploy and gather the resources to build such a massive wall.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News


The recent archaeological discovery of a walkway in Jerusalem that may have been used by the Jewish patriarch Abraham is evidence of a Jewish presence in Jerusalem in the past as well as a prophetic significance in the future - according to Bible prophecy.

The City of David in Jerusalem is the site of one of the most significant archaeological digs in Israel and it continues to unearth historic evidence of a Jewish presence in Jerusalem dating back almost 4000 years ago. The newest discovery of a walkway that was fortified by a massive wall may indicate how the Jewish patriarch Abraham met with the priest-king of Jerusalem Melchizidek as recorded in Genesis 14:17-24. There is much speculation as to who Melchizidek was but most scholars believe he was a pre-incarnate appearance of Jesus Christ. I believe Melchizidek is a prototype of the ministry of Jesus Christ in the last days when He returns to the Earth as the King of Kings and the High Priest as well (Zechariah 6:13).

This historic reference to Abraham in the City of David also speaks of the Abrahamic Covenant that the Lord made with the Jewish patriarch which states that there will be a Jewish nation in the land that God had given to them in the Middle East and that they will live in that land forever (Genesis 12).

Archaeology in finally catching up with the Bible which recorded these events and has also given us the future of the Jewish people and this land. Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

September 02, 2009

President Obama praised Islam at a White House dinner that celebrated the Islamic holy month of Ramadan

President Obama, at a White House dinner attended by Islamic leaders, cabinet members, diplomats and members of US Congress, said that the contributions of Muslims in the US were too long to catalog because Muslims are so interwoven into the fabric of our communities and our country.

This White House celebration hosted by President Obama is a continuation of the president's efforts since taking office to repair US relations with the Muslim world and his declaration that America is not and never will be at war with Islam.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News


A celebration of the Muslim month of Ramadan at the White House is an attack on the Jewish Bible and the Christian Bible and their beliefs according to Bible prophecy.

For the last nine years, there has been the traditional dinner to celebrate the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at the White House and it has been hosted by the then serving president of the US. Both of these presidents have claimed to be Christians; however, they have eagerly endorsed a Muslim holy month that is in honor of the giving of the Islamic holy book, the Koran, to the prophet Mohamed.

A study of the Koran will reveal that Islam claims their holy book is the last and final word from god, the Islamic god, Allah. The Koran negates the Jewish Bible, the Old Testament, and the Christian addition, the New Testament. The Koran foretells of a world-wide kingdom, a caliphate, that is different from the kingdom that the Jewish God promised to the Jewish people through their Jewish King David in the Davidic Covenant, II Samuel 7.

For the Christian, the Koran says their god, Allah, never had a son, which is in the face of Christian doctrine which says Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the Messiah, the Savior of the world. God's Word, the Bible, states that anyone who says Jesus Christ is not come in the flesh and is of the true God, the God of the Holy Bible, is the spirit of Antichrist, Satanic, I John 4:2-3.

A White House celebration of a religion that contradicts the Bible is indeed setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

September 01, 2009

Poland marks the 70th anniversary of the Nazi invasion and the start of WWII

European leaders and Russia's PM Putin were among the foreign leaders who participated in Poland's commemoration of the outbreak of WWII as they gathered in the historic Polish port city of Gdansk, which was annexed by Germany on September 2, 1939, the day after Hitler's Nazis invaded Poland.

Poland was invaded by Germany on September 1, 1939 and by the Soviet Union some sixteen days later which resulted in more than 6 1/2 million Polish people dying during WWII including some 3 million of its Jewish population.

The Nazis chose to make Poland the site of the largest killing fields in Europe and ultimately the largest Jewish graveyard in the world.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News


As Poland marked the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of WWII, historians can see how both world wars played a key role in the end times scenario that God has for the Jewish people according to Bible prophecy.

The controversy in Poland surrounding the outbreak of WWII 70 years ago includes the part that both Nazi Germany and the Communist Soviet Union played in this devastating time for Poland. There are students of secular history and Jewish life over the last 100 years that can clearly see how both WWI and WWII did play a major part in the Biblical plan God has for the Jewish people.

During WWI, the British military brought an end to the Ottoman-Turkish Empire in the Middle East and this world war prepared a land for God's chosen people, the Jewish people. WWII, with its slaughter of six million Jews in the Holocaust, prepared a people for the land.

Jesus warned in Matthew 24, His Olivet Discourse, in verses 6-7 that in the last days, wars and rumors of wars will proceed His return as the Jewish Messiah to the earth. Many Jewish prophets also reveal that these wars during the seven year Tribulation Period yet to come, the time of Jacob's Trouble, will turn the Jewish people to their Messiah.

As Poland marks the 70th anniversary of WWII, there is evidence that we are growing closer to the fulfillment of Bible prophecy predicted for the last days.