UK: PM Johnson Wins; Next - Must Leave EU by January 31, 2020
12-14-19, BBC, Corbin is out, Johnson is in having the majority in Parliament to push the necessary legislation through for Brexit. There's no reason to think that won't happen on schedule; by Jan 31, 2020. Johnson has guaranteed that the transition period will not be extended - creating a potential crunch point, in just over a year's time. Finally, PM Johnson has promised that after the transition period there will be no checks on goods moving within the UK between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 

  2 Corinthians 4:4; Joel 2:28, Acts 2:15-17; 1 Peter 1:20; James 5:3; Hebrews 1:2
 
12-5-19, * --  US NEWS magazine for the second consecutive year has ranked the Jewish state of Israel the 8th most powerful nation in the world.   Amazing that such a small nation, with only 9.2 million people, that has been in a state of war since its birth only 72 years ago in 1948; to be so named. [Clearly supernatural blessing from God!] 

​Israel is still in a very uncertain political deadlock. Next week, we should know if and when there’ll be a third election this year. The indictment documents against Prime Minister Netanyahu were submitted to the speaker of the Knesset parliament and from what we know; it’ll be a very long trial with hundreds of witnesses.
 
The UN and EU are displaying a new level of hypocrisy against Israel this week. The annual UN resolution against Israel passed again although gaining unexpected defense from 13 nations. Five anti-Israel resolutions passed in the General Assembly in a full-day session connected to the United Nations’ “Palestine Day,” held on Nov. 29, 2019. ​However, they cannot discern difference between good and evil as no condemnation to the terror states of Iran and Lebanon: ​ [2 Corinthians 4:4; Isaiah 5:20]

• In Iran: The current political unrest has seen the  regime:
  • Massacred over 450 people in Iran and many more in Iraq
  • Injured more than 2,000 in Iran and many more in Iraq
  • Detained at least 7,000 in Iran and many more in Iraq
    • What was the response from the UN Human Rights Council?
      • ZERO emergency sessions
      • ZERO condemnations
      • ZERO fact-finding missions

• The more shocking thing is that six European nations say they will join a fledgling financial system to bypass U.S. sanctions against Iran, challenging U.S. President Donald Trump days before he meets with NATO leaders in London.
• In a joint statement Belgium, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden said they are in the process of becoming shareholders of the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX). Britain, France, and Germany launched INSTEX in January to enable companies to trade with Iran without using U.S. dollars or going through U.S. banks, thereby shielding such companies from U.S. sanctions.  

In Lebanon: according to a report by Foreign Policy, there is widespread economic discontent and anger and with Islamic terror group, Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah defending the government.
 
In Turkey: On November 27, 2019, according to the Middle Eastern News Agency Al-Monitor, “Turkey signed an agreement with Libya’s internationally recognized government denoting new maritime boundaries between the two nations. The area spanning from southwest Turkey to northeast Libya cuts across a zone currently claimed by Greece and Cyprus, where plans for a future gas pipeline are in the works to link eastern Mediterranean gas fields with European markets...”

There’s no doubt that gas & oil of Israel’s region will become the reason for the upcoming regional war described in Ezekiel 38:5, 13 39:1-2. [And it'll not be Russia. More here ]

Clearly we are living in the last hour of the last days [Matthew 24:3; 2 Timothy 3:1; Daniel 8:​19] and as believers, we must remember our calling as watchmen on the walls [Ezekiel 33:2-3, 4-6] and workers who are doing the Father’s business until the Lord comes to take us to be with Him.
 
Joel 2:28; John 6:39-40; Acts 2:15-17; 1 Peter 1:20; James 5:3; Hebrews 1:2

​*Excerpted and adapted full original report from Amir Tsarfati, Behold Israel here https://mailchi.mp/beholdisrael/amirs-weekly-roundup-may-30-1005737?e=3ce763bf5a
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11-28-19, * -- ​What’s at stake in America and Israel is whether voters or unelected officials run the country. Fake news and fake cases have been used by the media and by political operatives to mask a real coup. 

Prime Minister Netanyahu recently said: “It is important for me to emphasize that the only ones who determine who the prime minister will be are Israeli voters. That is the essence of democracy.”

Unelected officials have launched show trial coups in the USA & Israel. Public confidence in this political lefty mafia is at an incredible all-time low. The voters are responding by rejecting their credibility. [..snip]

The media claims that Netanyahu is “inciting” against the judiciary; but he’s just saying what everyone knows - the system is corrupt. And it abuses its powers to go after the targets of its corruption.

The Right began its dominance of Israeli politics because most of the country loathes the corrupt system that the old socialists put into place to maintain control of the people and the country. They just don’t believe that there’s an alternative to the system. That’s what the indictment is about. [Just like in America the lefties proclaim they must impeach Donald Trump or else he'll be re-elected!]

Caroline Glick recently said: “the opposition stands on two planks – destroying Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and eternalizing the regime of Israel’s unelected bureaucrats."

And Netanyahu is making clear that it’s either him or the bureaucrats. The actual case or cases against Prime Minister Netanyahu, as against President Trump, are a joke.

They depend on media leaks, intimidation by political operatives within law enforcement and the judiciary, and a lot of hand-wringing about the moral downfall of the nation with very little evidence.

The centerpieces of the coup against Netanyahu, Cases 2000 & 4000, both claim that the Israeli leader undertook to support certain policies in exchange for favorable media coverage. Glick said: “Nobody ever heard of the concept that positive media coverage could be considered a bribe because in no country on the face of the planet is positive coverage considered a bribe because if positive coverage is considered a bribe, then journalism as a point of fact is a criminal enterprise.”

If the media providing positive coverage of politicians who support their agenda is a crime, every single politician and media boss would be in jail. That’s the selective prosecution part. And, as with the US President Trump, not only is the prosecution selective, but it invents new crimes in the process of selecting them.

Benjamin & Sara Netanyahu - Case 2000 and 4000 - are really indictments for complaining about the media. The coups in America and Israel are a deeper struggle between:

• elected and unelected officials
• open and closed systems
• freedom and tyranny
• media power and people power
  
  A coup[s] either ends with the defeat of the people or the plotters. As PM Netanyahu said, this comes down to the question of who determines who will run the country; the voters or the lawyers?
  
  

*Excerpted and adapted full original report from Daniel Greenfield here

11-20-19, IsraelNatlNews.com -- Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit has reached a decision on the indictments in Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's cases.

• One news agency reports that in Case 1000, Netanyahu will be indicted on charges of fraud and breach of trust.
• There are those in the Ministry who believe Case 2000 should be closed
• In Case 4000 not everyone agrees on the facts. Apparently some senior officials believe Netanyahu should be indicted for bribery.

The final decision will be made by Mandelblit and may publish the decision as soon as Thursday, 11-21-19. 

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/272007

1 Timothy 4:11-13
 
11-21-19, * -- Amir Tsarfati gives an update of events in his home the Jewish state of Israel from the Sea of Galilee:
 
“Now that the recent cycle of violence with the [Islamic terror group] Palestinian Islamic Jihad is over, with Israel having the upper hand beating Iran that tried its luck from the northern frontier. Iran had its Al Quds military forces near Damascus Syria launching four missiles towards the Israeli side of Mt. Hermon that were intercepted by Israel’s anti defense system, Iron Dome. This attack, likely retaliation to an Israeli undercover operation in Syria that hurt them badly [isn’t cleared for my publication].

​U.S. President Trump Reverses 1978 US Pres Jimmy Carter & 2009 Barack Obama West Bank Policy
11-19-19, Breitbart -- Recently Sec of State Mike Pompeo announced that the U.S. reversed the policy of Presidents Carter &  Obama, who declared Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria (the “West Bank”) illegal. President Trump said, "Judea belongs to the Jews!"
 
Currently the biased, liberal, progressive media in Israel reported that US President Trump is keeping a distance from Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Claiming it’s because of his failure to secure victory in the past two Israeli elections. However, a few days ago the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shocked them all by declaring a major shift in US policy concerning the Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria [aka 'West Bank'] he said: 'The US State Department will no longer consider Jewish homes in Judea & Samaria as illegal.'  That crazy decision to count Jewish settlements in the heart of the Jewish biblical ancestral homeland was reached during the 1978 US Pres Jimmie Carter’s administration. This is why Prime Minister Netanyahu said: “I spoke on the phone with US President Donald Trump and told him that he had corrected a historic injustice. Somebody needed to say a simple truth, and President Trump did this, just as he did with the recognition of the Golan Heights and the moving of the US embassy to Jerusalem!”

Also, the political situation in Israel continues to be unstable as neither side on the political map has the clear majority to form a government. Yet, in the midst of all this instability, the economy continues to grow stronger and faster than expected in the third quarter of the year (4.1%), second only to China.

Next month we will finally start our public reading of scripture on Facebook Live. We pray that many will attend these 30-minute broadcasts and as a result grow in their faith of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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"Unto Thee lift I up mine eyes, O Thou that dwellest in the heavens. Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that He have mercy upon us. Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud."
Psalm 123:1-4
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*Excerpted and adapted full original report from Amir Tsarfati here
More from Times of Israel here 

On Monday, Nov 19, 2019 United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo repudiated a 1978 State Dept legal opinion that held that the Jewish state of Israel's civilian "settlements" [homes for Jews] in the so-called occupied territories of Judea & Samaria [aka West Bank] are "inconsistent with international law."  He said: 

"Calling the establishment of civilian settlements inconsistent with international law has not advanced the cause of peace. The hard truth is that there will never be a judicial resolution to the conflict and arguments about who is right and who is wrong as a matter of international law will not bring peace."

Even though the US decision is largely symbolic; in a prepared statement Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu said: 

"This policy reflects a historical truth - that the Jewish people are not foreign colonialists in Judea and Samaria. In fact, we are called Jews because we are the people of Judea. The Trump Administration policy is also correct in stating that those who have categorically denied any legal basis for the settlements not only deny truth, history and the reality on the ground, they also set back the cause of peace, which can only be achieved through direct negotiations between the parties. Israel is deeply grateful to President Trump, Secretary Pompeo and the entire US administration for their steadfast position supporting truth and justice and calls upon all responsible countries who hope to advance peace to adopt a similar position."

The Obama administration allowed the UN to condemn Israel's homes in Judea & Samaria [settlements].  Israel rejects all United Nations' arguments regarding the illegality of the homes for Jews in Judea and Samaria. More here from CBN

Acts 2:15-22
11-17-19, * --The world has been in the last days since the apostle Peter preached his sermon on the first Christian Pentecost [1] following the ascension of Jesus (Acts 1:11, 2:17) and current events seem to indicate that it is now down to the last hours of the last days; Islamic terror plays a big important part. Many dispute that America is even in the Bible; but we can see - before our very eyes - how she is much involved with end time prophecy as follows:

Violent Protests Rock Iran, Spain, Chile, Hong Kong, Lebanon 
​11-18-19, Clarion -- Violent protests around the world rocked parts of Iran, Spain, Chile Hong Kong and Lebanon. Here are the latest updates: Barcelona Mayor Pleads for End to Violence The mayor of riot-stricken Barcelona pleaded Saturday for calm after violent protests by Catalan separatists rocked Spain's second largest city for a fifth consecutive night. "This cannot continue.

The enemy nations of Israel are mostly listed in Ezekiel 38:2-3, 16; Psalm 120:5,  – they are all Islamic that will form a coalition of nations (Gog Magog war [2]) that have made it no secret they want to push the Jewish state into the Mediterranean [Psalm 83:4]. Yes, sure does look like we are in the last hours of the last days of earth as we know it. Even so, come Lord Jesus. Revelation 22:20

*Excerpted and adapted full original message from Daymond Duck here 

[1] Hebrew Pentecost is a central & ancient feast of Judaism known as the Feast of Weeks, or Shavuot in Hebrew [Deuteronomy 16:9-10; Leviticus 23:15-21; Exodus 34:22-43].  Fifty days ["pentecost" Acts 2:1-13] after Jesus arose from the dead; the Christians also used the term for the event when the Holy Spirt came on them.More here
[2] Gog Magog not Russia here

After Twenty-Five Years Jordan Cancels Lease Agreement for Israel
11-11-19, JewishJournal -- Bending to domestic pressure, including a protest on Oct. 19, 2018 that saw Jordanians take to the streets of Amman, Jordan’s King Abdullah II announced the end of a special arrangement that allowed Israel to lease two parcels of land inside the Jordanian kingdom along the southern border with Israel. The two enclaves al-Baqoura and al-Immor also known as the “Island of Peace” were part of the 1994 Wadi Araba agreement between the two countries. Israel's farmers will be permitted to harvest their wheat and other crops on the land. However, the gates have been padlocked so in the future, Israelis will need visas to enter. More from WashPost here

Joel 3:1-3

​11-15-19, As the Islamic terrorists once again attack the Jewish State of Israel; we must be at peace knowing almighty God will protect her. There certainly has been many periods of punishment, but in the end she will be saved.
See Deuteronomy 33:29; Isaiah 44:23, 48:20; Joel 3:16

In the Bible's Old Testament, we realize that Psalm 83 is more than a prayer or a plea to God for vengeance on Israel’s enemies; it reveals that there are enemy nations that want to destroy the Jewish people. This psalm, however, was not written during a time of war ... it was written during a time of great prosperity, liberty and peace by King David's worship leader, Asaph, some 3000 years ago:

“O God, do not remain silent; do not turn a deaf ear,
do not stand aloof, O God.  See how Your enemies growl,
how Your foes rear their heads.”  Psalm 83:1–2

11-15-19, In a fresh breach of another ceasefire, Gaza fired 2 rockets fired into Israel, but were shot down by Israel's deterent anti missile "Iron Dome." The early morning attack comes as Israelis started recovering from 2 days of intensive fighting which saw Gaza's Islamic terror groups fire over 450 projectiles into the Jewish State. Israel and Islamic Jihad agreed to a ceasefire on Thursday, 11-14-19 in the morning, although there were four rocket attacks throughout the day and - of course - in respose, the IDF attacked Islamic Jihad targets in Gaza overnight.

Jeremiah 6:14

11-11-19, Henry Morris, PhD -- This indictment by the prophet Jeremiah of the false prophets of his day could easily find a parallel today. The charge was repeated (8:11), so Jeremiah evidently considered it important. The prophet Ezekiel later leveled almost the same indictment against the false prophets of his time: “They have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace” (Ezekiel 13:10).

Almost every person would prefer to live in peace, of course. The word itself has become almost an ironic cliché. Our annual observance of Veterans Day (originally called Armistice Day) wistfully expresses the hope that when the current war is settled, it will be the final war, and thenceforth there will be “peace, peace.” The word “armistice” is from the Latin and means “arms standing still.” [Ezekiel 13:16]

But there is no real peace; there were numerous wars back during Babylonian times and Roman times and medieval times and all times! Even today there are dozens of small “wars and rumours of wars” going on in any given year (Matthew 24:6) and will continue to be so until Christ, the “Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9:6), comes back to “speak peace unto the heathen” and to establish His kingdom of peace “even to the ends of the earth” (Zechariah 9:10).

In the meantime, James reminds us of our personal guilt: “From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?” (James 4:1). And Paul exhorts: “Finally, brethren, . . . be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you” (2 Corinthians 13:11). Source

Syria: Islamic Terrorist Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi killed in US raid
​10-27-19, Guardian.com -- Islamic terror group ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, committed suicide with three of his children when cornered in his safehouse in Syria. Worldwide Islamic terror criminals are being hunted - by the USA, France, UK, Russia and Israel kills them also NATO-led international involvement in "War on Terror"since 2001:

• Fall of the Taliban government in Afghanistan
• Destruction of al-Qaeda camps
• Taliban insurgency
• War in North-West Pakistan
• Death of Osama bin Laden
  • Initiation of Operation Resolute Support by NATO
  • Transfer of combat roles to Afghan Armed Forces
  • U.S.–Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement

NOW AN ISLAMIC TERRORIST IS KILLED IN ISRAEL
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Rockets Rain On Gaza And Israel After Israeli Airstrike Kill Terror Leader Bahaa Abu el-Atta 
11-12-19, KPBS.org -- Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said of the terror leader, Bahaa Abu el-Atta killed today, "He was a ticking bomb." Militants in Gaza …Hamas, the Islamist group that controls Gaza, condemned the killing saying the move represented a "dangerous escalation and a continuation of the Israeli aggression and terrorism against the Palestinian people and resistance." More here

​Why Did Israel Kill Baha Abu Al-Ata? Same Reason the USA killed alBagdadi!
11-12-19, YeshivaWorld -- The terrorist leader of 'Islamic Jihad' Baha Abu al-Ata was funded by Iran, and was behind several attacks on Israel this year.  
The Israeli military said: “We just targeted Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza, Baha Abu Al Atta.” It struck a Gaza City house, targeting the commander of the Islamic Jihad group in a resumption of pinpointed killing. The airstrike damaged the half of the second and most of the third floors of a house in the Shejaeya neighborhood east of the city. More here from Ynet News

​Gaza Arabs [Mjslims] aka Palestinians
In 2005, Israel withdrew and forcibly removed its 9,000 Jewish citizens from Gaza. A group of Jewish American donors came together to ensure that the famed Israeli greenhouses that produced $200 million of produce per year would not go to waste.
The greenhouses were purchased for $14 million – much of it provided by the Gates Foundation - and turned over to Gaza Arabs. But within hours of the withdrawal, many of the buildings had been damaged beyond repair. Terrorists and looters stripped them of their piping and electronic equipment and tore down their walls. More here

2 Timothy 4:3-8

11-10-19, This week's prophecy update by John Haller is chock full of the world's news ... Islam, Israel, Homosexuality, Turkey, Syria, Germany, Iran... The world is bound up in a plethora of problems; and while it seems that confusion abounds, that confusion only exists in the mind of men who do not seek the wisdom of God. Instead they choose to supplant His Word for their own arrogant and prideful aspirations in their feeble pursuit of dominance and power.

Regardless of how tangled and bound up world events seem, they will unfurl and unfold just as God has planned eventually proclaiming the sovereignty of our Lord Jesus Christ and His protection of the Jewish state of Israel. Ezekie 37:21

​One hour 17 min video on You Tube here
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Psalm 78:69, 87:1, 127:1; Exodus 15:17; Psalm 121:4​
 
11-9-19, * -- The Jewish nation of Israel is tiny; smaller than the US state of New Jersey. [Israel's land is approximately 8,019 sq mi, including 172 sq mi of inland water] with appx 8 million occupants. She's trying to exist in an area of the Middle East surrounded by 22 enemy Islamic nations [Iran alone is appx 636,000 sq miles] of over 300 million people who're determined to destroy it. 

However, the nation of Israel will continue to exist forever; it matters little how many people want to destroy it.
 
The Holy Bible explains God’s plan for the Jewish State of Israel and it’s quite a different picture than what the world seems to believe; end time Bible expert’s opinions [1] follow:
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…Israel is going to have to deal with a number of wars, like a future Psalm 83:2 war where she will have to deal with the surrounding enemy Islamic nations. However, the Lord Jesus Himself personally steps in Ezekiel 38:1, 39:2.
 
… Israel’s remnant of the Jews who remain alive will look at Him whom they have pierced their Messiah the Lord Jesus Christ, they will mourn for Him as one who mourns for an only son. [Romans 11:25] All the cursing of the Jews will turn to blessing; they will become exactly what God created them to do, which is to be kings, priests representatives of the Lord Jesus.
 
… There will be a concluding Arab-Israeli War prophesied in Psalm 83:2 followed by the Gog and Magog Invasion of Ezekiel 38:1 & 39:2 both of those would be predominately Islamic coalition of nations coming against Israel.  Apparently a genocide will take place of two-thirds of the Jews will be cut off; but, a faithful remnant of a third of the Jews will survive. Zechariah 13:8 

... After the Christian Church is taken out at the Rapture, Israel is going to undergo severe persecutions. Luke 17:34-37; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 
 
… From a pre-Rapture view, Israel is going to become more and more hated and more and more isolated she will have no friends not even the USA who has been forcing Israel to do things that they don't want to do ... like giving up God’s land when HE directly said that no one is to force them to relinquish [Genesis 26:2-3]. Zechariah 12:1-3 says Jerusalem will become a cup of trembling and a burdensome stone to the whole world, and certainly we see that developing. [See also Zech 14:2] 

God will fulfill all the kingdom promises that He has made to the Jewish state of Israel. The remnant of Israel will see their Messiah returning [Revelation 19:11] and all who believe Jesus is their Messiah will be saved. [Zephaniah 3:9]

The Jewish nation will serve as the prime nation of the world and through it all God's blessings will flow to the other nations.
This is why God’s word says: 
"…Let us go with you, for we know that God is with you!"
Zechariah 8:23
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[1] Experts: Nathan Jones, Jobe Martin, Andy Woods, Gary Fisher, Bill Salus, Don McGee, Terry James, Ed Hindson, David Reagan
*Excerpted and adapted full original report here

Ezekiel 38:2-3, 5-6
 
11-7-19, * --Major developments related to the prophetic changes in the Middle East this week.

1. Israel’s largest gas field, Leviathan, is about to become “hot”, as the giant rig is now completed. By the end of the year, it will start flowing oil towards Egypt, Israel, and Jordan. Recently Tel Aviv-listed gas company Delek Group and Texas-based Noble Energy announced a $520 million deal to acquire the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Co. (EMG) gas pipeline. Their Egyptian partner, Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS), paid $150 million, while Delek and Noble who are the majority stakeholders in the Israeli natural gas fields, Tamar and Leviathan covered the rest. This deal gives the three companies a 39% stake in the pipeline and a way to import gas from Israel to Egypt and beyond.
2. Syria: Russia is very frustrated that President Trump isn't evacuating his troops from the Syrian gas and oil fields east of the Euphrates.  Pres Trump indicated the successful operation to eliminate al-Baghdadi, that he wanted US oil companies to manage the residual Syrian oil and gas fields. ExxonMobil was specifically mentioned, if such an arrangement were executed, it would probably be performed by a service sector firm, especially one of the mid-size firms, working with Kurdish authorities.
3. Turkey’s Erdogan is angry that he can’t find gas or oil in his territorial waters; thus, he invaded into the waters of the Greek side of Cyprus, and that has caused the Cyprian drilling efforts to come to a halt.
4. Lebanon has become very unstable financially and politically; thus, oil and gas companies are afraid to sign deals to explore gas and oil there, leaving Israel as the BIG winner in the region. Not only will Israel be the country to receive the gas, but now they can cut new deals. 
5. Karish natural gas field off Israel’s shore is significantly larger than initially believed. Greek gas producer Energean said that the appraisal of the Karish North discovery in the Mediterranean adds to the 2.4 trillion cubic feet of natural gas discovered at Karish and Tanin fields. They believe it’s an additional 0.9 trillion cubic feet!

The scriptures in Ezekiel 38-39 speak of a war, known as Gog and Magog, it's a war predominately based on financial gain. Yes, the Middle East conflict relates to much more; however, the financial aspect of this war is emphasized in its description [Ezekiel 38:13]. The countries that will protest the invasion are noted as saying to Russia and their allies, ‘Have you come to take plunder?' [Note: scripture doesn't definitively mention Russia... that is an interpretation that is probably error ... only Islamic nations are mentioned in Ezekiel 38:1-9.]

Israel Politics
As an Israeli, I am a bit concerned that we aren’t out of the political mess yet, even after two lengthy and costly elections. The prospect of a third election is becoming more and more realistic, and unless something super dramatic happens, even a third round of elections won't solve the problem. I guess the collapse of all of the allegations against Netanyahu could be the only miracle to bring about an end to this saga. That being said, as a Bible believer and a lover of the prophetic portion of God’s Word, I receive these rapid changes in the Middle East as nothing short of sheer excitement and joy that the redemption of our bodies from this world is very close.
 
The Lord God said, “Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them. After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them. Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.” Ezekiel 38:7-9

​*Excerpted and adapted full original report from Amir Tsarfati here See 36 min Video here

Jew-Hatred Exposed at University of Minnesota
10-31-19, FrontPage.com -- In a stealth campaign to reach students directly, the David Horowitz Freedom Center today distributed 2000 newspapers containing its new report on the “Top Ten Colleges that Promote Jew Hatred and Incite Terrorism” as well as posters condemning the Hamas-funded BDS [boycott Israel] movement on the University of Minnesota campus. The newspaper distribution coincides with the national 'Students [Muslims] for Justice in Palestine' [SJP] [Israel] conference, a highly controversial event, which will take place this weekend [11/2/19] at the University of Minnesota; it's Titled “From Campus to Congress: Allied with Terror,” the report documents the malignant spread of terrorism and Jew hatred in our nation’s academic institutions.

David Horowitz said, “For nearly two decades, SJP has promoted Hamas lies and propaganda in order to establish a beachhead of support for anti-Israel terrorists on American campuses, resulting in a dramatic rise in anti-Semitic incidents and the harassment of Jewish students. American universities like the University of Minnesota allow these terrorist allies to use their authority and prestige to lend this genocidal offensive an aura of respectability. Our campaign intends to expose SJP and other supporters of BDS as fronts for Hamas [Islamic terror group in Israel] and to press universities to cease their funding and support of these organizations.”

National SJP conference hosted at University Minnesota faces backlash
10-21-19, MnDaily.com -- National Students Justice Palestine [SJP] conference hosted at UMN faces backlash from pro-Israel groups that launched campaigns calling on University administration to condemn or cancel the conference that will be held in November 2, 2019. Israel hater Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar here

Deuteronomy 28:15-21
 
10-31-19, Today as we celebrate the anniversary of the ‘Reformation of October 31, 1517’ and the courageousness of Priest Martin Luther’s opposition to the Roman Catholic Church’s false teaching and the beginning of Protestanism; it’s important that we also address his horrific anti Semitic attitudes. His teachings and writings of hate towards the Jewish people later affected Hitler’s Nazis in the 20th century and the genocide perpetrated against the Jewish people. The first 400 years of Luther’s legacy must be remembered as the retelling of that story is not simply an academic exercise; it represents a commitment by Jews, Christians and all people to learn from history. As George Santayana once said: 'Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.'  [1]

Luther initially believed and practiced kindness toward Jews if only for the purpose of enlightening them and opening their eyes to Christianity. He believed that Jews could be taught the true meaning of certain Hebrew Bible verses prophesying Jesus’ life, messianic mandate and New Covenant to lead them to their Messiah. However, this view didn’t last as he became frustrated by Jewish steadfastness in their old traditions. In Luther’s later years he penned anti-Jewish rants and his treatis: “On the Jews and Their Lies” (1543) he wrote:

“And so, dear Christian, beware of the Jews . . . you can see how God’s wrath has consigned them to the Devil, who has robbed them not only of a proper understanding of the Scriptures, but also of common human reason, modesty and sense. . . . Thus, when you see a real Jew you may with a good conscience cross yourself, and boldly say, 'There goes the Devil incarnate'.”

Worse yet as his rage, religious and political power increased they were accompanied by burning or razing synagogues, destroying Jewish homes, confiscating holy books, banning their religious worship, expropriating their money and deporting them. Unfortunately, Luther’s prolific output, his mastery of the media unleashed by Gutenberg and the printing press [1445 AD] and a founder of a religious movement that would have many offshoots ... guaranteed that he would never be forgotten.

It was painfully clear that the rise of Nazism was influenced by those who appropriated and reenergized Luther’s anti-Jewish polemics. [..snip] As time passed Lutherans found a way to help Christians and Jews acknowledge and move beyond “Luther’s anti-Judaic diatribe” and its utilization as “a source for Nazi anti-Semitism.” It’s somewhat easy to understand Martin Luther’s animosity toward the Jews considering so much in scripture about their disobedience to God. [Deuteronomy 28:15-21; Matthew 23:37; Luke 13:34]

Sad that he missed the part in the New Testament of Jesus’ commission and mandate for His followers to continue loving and reaching out to the lost. [Luke 6:32-38, Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 16:15; Luke 24:47-48; John 20:21; Acts 1:8]

​In the current world 2019, the Jews in Israel appreciate Christians; Prime Minister Netanyahu quote:

“When I say we have no greater friends than Christian supporters of Israel, I know you’ve always stood with us. You stand with us because you stand with yourselves because we represent that common heritage of freedom that goes back thousands of years.” [Acts 17:11]

*Excerpted and adapted full original report from Noam E. Marans here and here and here

Report here about anti Semitism and worldwide hatred of all God fearing people.
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[1] George Santayana, history here

10-23-19, * -- The ongoing criminal probes against Israel’s longest-serving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyhahu are reaching their climax. Reportedly after conducting a marathon four-day pre-indictment hearing for Netanyahu earlier this month, Israel’s Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit intends to complete his review of the state prosecution’s cases and decide whether to indict prime minister Netanyahu by the end of November 2019.

The main charges against Netanyahu relate to his associations with media owners.

If Mandebilt relies on probes as a means to end Netanyahu’s career, he will do far more than overthrow a political leader. He will embrace a legal doctrine that rejects the very essence of democracy. [...]

Netanyahu’s request to bring in lawyers from the USA was granted. Legendary litigator Nathan Lewin and Professor Avi Bell from University of San Diego CA and Bar Ilan University law schools presented the main points raised by their colleagues Prof. Alan Dershowitz, Richard Heideman and Joseph Tipograph. They did not address the specific details of the probes against Netanyahu ... their brief focuses solely on the question at the heart of the two main investigations: "Is it permissible to define the provision of positive news coverage to a politician by a news organization as a form of bribery?" From Oslo to London to Sidney to Washington, the position of courts and senior jurists is that it is not permissible to criminalize, or even to set limits on such relations. Repeatedly the answer was, 'NO.' [...]

At the core of the state prosecutors’ desire to arrogate the power to criminalize politics stands a rejection of the democratic principle that the public is the sovereign and the source of political power, and an ambition to replace the public as the sovereign. [...] One of the key claims that state prosecutors have raised throughout their investigations of Netanyahu has been the claim that media owners do not have a legal right to set editorial policy in their publications. In their view, if a media owner blocks the publication of articles that adversely affect their editorial line, the owner is wrongly constraining his writers’ freedom of expression. 

*Excerpted and adapted full original report from Caroline Glick, Front Page here 

Opening Hearing of Indictment, October 2, 2019
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Netanyahu wants pre-trial hearing aired live so public can hear my side
9-28-19, Reuters -- PM Netanyahu wants pre-trial hearing televised and aired live so public can hear “my side” 

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10-2-19, Arutz Sheva Israel -- Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's attorneys spent more than ten hours a hearing on the cases against the prime minister at the Justice Ministry in Jerusalem Wednesday, October 2, 2019. Twenty member of the Israeli Attorney General sat before PM Netanyahu's attorneys.

The hearing will last for four days, with defense attorneys aiming to prevent an indictment against the prime minister or at least cancel some of the expected indictments. Attorney Ram Caspi, an external adviser to the prime minister's defense team, said before entering the hearing that Netanyahu did not plan to seek a plea bargain. "Netanyahu does not even think about a plea bargain. Issues such as plea bargaining or pardon did not even come up in the internal talks." Attorney, Adv. Amit Haddad, said: "We will present the evidence that everyone knows as well as new evidence, we are confident that when we finish presenting our evidence there will be no choice but to close the case."

Numbers 29:1; Psalm 81:3-4; Joel 2:1

Rosh Hashanah: The Jewish New Year and Feast of Trumpets [Jews for Jesus] ...
Rosh Hashanah, is one of the Lord's feast days. In Israel it's a joyous time of celebration and thanksgiving to God. Although Rosh Hashanah is celebrated as the primary New Year; there are four new years:

1. On the first of Tishri is New Year for Years [Rosh Hashanah], for release and Jubilee years, for plantation and for [tithe of] vegetables. Leviticus 23:23–25
2. On the first of Nisan is new year for kings and for festivals. 
3. On the first of Elul is new year for the tithe of cattle.
4. On the first of Shebat is New Year for Trees…”

On Sunday night, September 29, 2019 two days ending September 30, 2019 the Jewish people will gather with family and friends to celebrate Rosh Hashanah aka Feast of Trumpets. The Jewish New Year is meant to be a joyous time of celebration, thanksgiving and anticipation for a coming year filled with God’s blessings and favor.

Traditionally apples dipped in honey is served to symbolize hope for a sweet and peaceful new year ahead.

Rosh Hashanah in the New Testament

We join the Jewish community in choosing to look back on and commemorate the closing of another year and the beginning of the next. Whereas some Jews believe in an annual day of accounting for one’s actions/sins, we Christians believe that Yeshua’s death has atoned for our sins forever. We know that our names have been forever inscribed in the Book of Life, for we have found atonement through the death and resurrection of Yeshua [Messiah Jesus Christ].

Nevertheless, we hear the blast of the shofar [rams horn] at Rosh Hashanah as an ongoing call to spiritual vigilance, and it expresses our yearning for the Lord. Not only that, for us the shofar serves as a reminder of Yeshua’s coming return.

“Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Messiah will shine on you,” the Apostle Paul writes in (Ephesians 5:14). “For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Messiah will rise first.” (1 Thessalonians 4:16). More here

UPDATE:
9-21-19, Guardian -- On Sunday afternoon, 9-22-19 President Reuven Rivlin will meet again with both GANTZ & NETANYAHU in an attempt to break the stalemate or face the possibility of a potential third round of elections in less than a year.

Rivlin holds a largely ceremonial post, but is responsible for choosing the candidate he believes has the best chance of forming a government. Usually, the decision is clear and often goes to the leader of the largest party, but the muddied result has created an impasse.

An alliance of the country’s minority Arab population could also play a role, after they became the third-largest bloc in the Knesset. Ayman Odeh, the head of the group, said that he may back Gantz, but even that would not give him a majority. More here
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9-20-19, JerusalemPost -- Today PM Netanyahu has painted himself as a unifier. His Likud Party also released a statement Wednesday, 9-18-19 [day after election] about the possibility of a third election. Apparently Netanyahu's spin attempted to shift onus it to Blue and White making them look like the bad guys threatening the 3rd election when they did not. Currently, in Israeli political discourse - to shock desensitized voters, accusing one's opponent as a “third election supporter” has become the new way to demonize politicians. ​

On Weds, 9-18-19, PM Netanyahu was busy working on his current primary goal - preventing a Likud rebellion against him or at least postponing it. His second goal is to unite the 56 MK's in his block to prevent Benny Gantz from forming a new government; appears that he's succeeding. Gantz took Wednesday off to rest and consult with his advisers about how to move forward - as he's not politically seasoned - giving Netanyahu time to work. Now looks like he's paid a price for letting Netanyahu dominate the political discourse. They're now entering the post-election fray on equal footing and not with Gantz as the winner and Netanyahu as the loser.

Romans 9:6-9

9-20-19, * -- Clearly as we study Romans 9 we see that the Apostle Paul struggled with the fact that his fellow Jewish contemporaries/Israelites did not believe Jesus Christ was their long awaited Messiah. His pain over their rejection was so deep that he could even wish for God to cut him off - if it would mean the salvation of his kinsmen (Rom. 9:3). However, he did argue, that according to the flesh, it was never the Lord’s purpose to save every descendant of Abraham.

“According to the flesh” is the key phrase here, for Paul grounds his argument by distinguishing between two different nations or peoples that bear the name Israel. His basic point is that if God’s word of promise to save Israel (Isa. 45:17) meant that He would save every person of Jewish heritage, the Lord could be charged with failure; however, that is not what the Lord meant when He promised to save Israel, so the Jews’ rejection of Jesus does not mean God has failed. (Rom. 9:6)

God would not identify all of Abraham’s children according to the flesh as His own people, but only “the children of the promise” (Romans 9:7-9). Paul refers specifically to Isaac as the promised child, taking us back to the history of Isaac and Ishmael. The Apostle quotes from Genesis 21:1-2, 3-7, 12, in which God tells Abraham to see Isaac and not Ishmael as the heir promised to the patriarch (see Gen. 22:1-2). He also quotes from Genesis 17:19, 21, which identifies Isaac as the first fulfillment of the Lord’s promise to give Abraham many descendants through his mother Sarah.

Throughout the history of the nation of Israel, those who were Israelites by birth had to be warned again and again that they had no automatic claim on God’s salvation simply for being the physical descendants of Abraham and for possessing blessings such as the temple in Jerusalem. (Jeremiah 7:1-4; Luke 3:1-9)

Thus, Paul implies, any expectation that the Lord promised to save everyone of Jewish descent is unfounded.

There are some preachers who teach that God’s promises to Israel mean that all Jewish people will be saved regardless of whether they consciously put their faith in Christ. God pledged to save not “all who are descended from Israel” but only those who “belong to Israel.” [Romans 9:6] These who belong to Israel, we shall see, are identified spiritually; they are those who trust in Christ.

There are many people sitting in church pews who believe they are going to heaven simply because they are members of a local visible church. This is false teaching. Salvation comes to us only through faith, and it is only for those who believe in Christ. John 14:6

Passages for Further Study:

• Deuteronomy 10:12-22
• Micah 7:18
• John 8:31-59
• Romans 11:1-6

*Excerpted and adapted from Ligoniers here

UPDATES:
Gantz Declares Win, Rejects Netanyahu's Call for Negotiations

9-19-19, WallStreetJourn -- Former Lt General and military chief Benny Gantz declared victory today in Israel’s election and rebuffed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s calls for power sharing, as the country braced for weeks of political uncertainty at a time of rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. Mr. Gantz has yet to receive a mandate to form a government from Israel’s president. [Israel’s Channel 12 projected Blue and White leading Likud 33 to 31 seats with 98% of the vote counted.]Mr. Gantz vowed to lead a broad coalition from across Israel’s political spectrum, known as a unity government, ending several years of right-wing and religious majorities led by Mr. Netanyahu.

Prime minister Netanyahu conceded Thursday that he would be unable to form the government; but insisted he would lead a unity government with Mr. Gantz’s Blue and White Party ... that Gantz rebuffed. Mr. Netanyahu said in a statement that he was disappointed by Mr. Gantz’s remarks. More here
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An Unlikely Winner in Israel's Election
9-18-19, 11:00 PM, TEL AVIV, Israel: ForeignPolicy.com—A day after voting in the second parliamentary election in half a year, Israelis woke up on Wednesday to an uncertain picture of who would be their leader. For the first time in the Jewish state of Israel, the country’s Arab Muslim minority could wield some leverage in the political process. An alliance of four small Arab political parties, is part of a left-center bloc that drew enough votes in yesterday’s election to prevent Netanyahu's Likud party from forming a governing coalition. Arab Israelis make up about 20 percent of the country’s population. Now, the coming weeks of coalition haggling, the Blue & White party may become a key bulwark for Former Army Lt Gen Benny Gantz if he becomes prime minister... more here
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9-18-19, Business Insider -- Apparently the Blue White Party of Benny Gantz has more votes [one] than Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party. The governing apparatus in Israel will now go into huge compromises to form a government. The two largest parties will now make deals with the smaller parties in order to form a government; just like they did in April and failed causing the second election.

Israel election: exit polls suggest result too close to call – live ...
9-17-19, 6 mins ago - Guardian -- According to the TIMES OF ISRAEL, Yuli Edelstein, the Knesset speaker and a senior member of Likud, says that the party will stick by Netanyahu. However, current polls suggest that neither Benjamin Netanyahu [Likud] nor Benny Gantz [Blue & White] will likely have enough seats and allies to form a 61-seat majority. A national unity government is possible but unlikely as long as Netanyahu is Likud leader because Gantz has ruled out joining a government with Netanyahu. More here