Scripture for Today, 11-19-19: Nearing Midnight

The Last Hours of the Last Days
On the first Christian “Pentecost” Peter spoke to approximately one hundred and twenty  disciples saying: “Men & brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake …  Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that He was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of His resurrection.”

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:

1. Sept. 11, 2001, Islamic terrorists attacked the USA; US Pres. Bush could have pointed out that Islam divides the world into two parts: The Domain of the Faithful (Muslims) and the Domain of Those that Islam is at War [Jihad] With (all non-Muslims), but Pres. Bush chose to appease Islam, refer to Islam as a religion of peace, etc., because he didn’t want to alienate all Muslims. Pres. Obama followed by removing terms like “Islamic terrorists,” “jihad,” etc., from military training manuals; and he ordered the State Dept., Intelligence agencies and the FBI not to use those terms. 
2. From 2012-2018 US ally Islamic nation of Qatar gave over $1.1 billion to Islamic terror group Hamas in Gaza Strip. A Lebanese Al Akhbar newspaper claims Qatar will cease funding in 2020. 
3. On Oct 26, 2019 the US Military and Conan [a dog] cornered the ISIS terror leader Al-Baghdadi – Pres Trump said Baghdadi died like a dog, like a coward, whimpering and crying. In Islam dogs are considered to be unclean animals; clearly Pres Trump is not trying to appease Islam, he’s calling it like it is – Baghdadi was a brutal barbarian who raped, murdered many and enslaved women and children. Pres Trump is more astute than either Bush or Obama knowing that radical Muslim terrorists intend to establish a global Islamic caliphate with world dominance.
4. Currently [Nov 2019] the Islamic Shiite nation of Iran has stepped up her enrichment of nuclear materials and could have a nuclear weapon in two to three months (one year at the most). Iran is in flames with protests in 53 cities. The people are against the regime foreign terror spending, perceived to be the cause of the deteriorating economic situation in Iran with gasoline rationing. The USA also is against Iran's participation in international terror and has sanctioned Iran heavily. More here from Clarion
5. Russia and Iran are both building up their forces in Syria while Turkey is attacking the Kurds in Syria. [Ezekiel 38:2-3, 16]
6. Ten Islamic nations [Daniel 2:40-45, Revelation 17:12] will form a coalition in their efforts to attack the Jewish state of Israel. [The European Union and USMCA are examples of regional trading blocs.] Also, a regional group of nations called the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN regional group) has just concluded a treaty with China and five other nations that covers one-third of the trade on earth.
7. Israel:  
   1. Politics: November 2019 two main parties in the Jewish state are in a standoff to create a new government, but there is one thing that they both agree on: Israel should annex the Jordan Valley and declare Israeli sovereignty over it.
   2. Pres Trump declared Jerusalem the capitol of Israel moving the US Embassy there and Israel’s right to the Golan Heights
   3. Prophecy fulfilled prosperity: Israel will be wealthy in the latter years and latter days (Ezek. 38:11-12).
      1. Israel has built a railroad, they are now building hotels and restaurants and they just voted to build a cable car to move 3,000 visitors per hour to the Wailing Wall below the Temple Mount. Here
      2. Large deposits of oil and natural gas have been discovered off the coast of Israel.
      3. Pres. Trump has convinced the EU to stop buying oil and natural gas from Russia and to start buying it from Israel. This will financially hurt Russia as Israel becomes richer.
      4. Jews returning to the Promised Land is a fulfillment of prophecy. [Psalm 107:2-3; Hosea 3:4-5, 6:1; Ezekiel 20:34; Isaiah 11:11-12, 43:5-6, 21, 66:8; Jeremiah 32:44] 
      5. Israel’s currency the shekel has gained strongly against the dollar, while most major currencies have weakened against the US. Israel has gone from a wasteland in 1948 to the strongest currency in the world (should I add with cattle and goods, silver and gold). 

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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