A joy to read and privilege to witness end time prophecy

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

Jpost | Israel's bombing run in Syria attracts condemnation from Russia, Iran and Hezb'allah
"If this information is confirmed, then we are dealing with unprovoked attacks on targets on the territory of a sovereign country, which blatantly violates the UN Charter and is unacceptable, no matter the motives to justify it," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Blah, blah, blah, so Russia, Iran, and Hezb'allah are unhappy with Israel. What else is new?


DEBKAfile - Russia slams Israeli attack on Syria. US forces in Jordan on alert: "
The Syrian announcement of an Israeli air strike on a military site near Damascus Wednesday, Jan. 30, drew strong condemnation from Moscow the next day: “Such action if confirmed would amount to unacceptable military interference in the war-ravaged country,” said the statement issued by the Russian Foreign Ministry Thursday. “If this information is confirmed, then we are dealing with unprovoked attacks on targets on the territory of a sovereign country, which blatantly violate the UN Charter and is unacceptable, no matter the motives to justify it.”"

Reading this stuff in the news every morning is a joy. The ignorant enemies of Israel think they can threaten re-gathered Israel and change what God has long ago determined. World opinion will continue to turn against Israel as we get closer to the end, but Israel has, and only needs, one Ally.

Zechariah 12

New Living Translation (NLT)

12 This message concerning the fate of Israel came from the Lord: “This message is from the Lord, who stretched out the heavens, laid the foundations of the earth, and formed the human spirit. ² I will make Jerusalem like an intoxicating drink that makes the nearby nations stagger when they send their armies to besiege Jerusalem and Judah. ³ On that day I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock. All the nations will gather against it to try to move it, but they will only hurt themselves.

⁴ “On that day,” says the Lord, “I will cause every horse to panic and every rider to lose his nerve. I will watch over the people of Judah, but I will blind all the horses of their enemies.⁵ And the clans of Judah will say to themselves, ‘The people of Jerusalem have found strength in the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, their God.’

The War is On! (?)

Sources: Israel bombed Iran forces in Syria

" Israeli fighter jets bombed targets in Syria and Lebanon that included weapons caches and senior members of the Iranian Quds Force, according to informed Middle East security sources."

DEBKAfile: Western sources: Israeli aircraft target Hizballah missiles in Zabadani. S. Syria: "
Israeli warplanes carried out overnight sorties up until Wednesday, Jan. 30 against missile and arms convoys standing ready in southern Syria for transfer to Hizballah in Lebanon, according to Western sources."

Good, good morning

Breaking News


'Israel hit target on Syria-Lebanon border' - Israel News, Ynetnews
"Foreign media claim IAF fighter jets conducted three separate aerial incursions into Lebanon's airspace overnight; uncorroborated report says target was weapons convoy"


Israeli jets reportedly attack site on Lebanon-Syria border | The Times of Israel
"Israel has been deeply concerned that chemical or advanced weaponry from Syria could make its way into the hands of the south-Lebanon based Hezbollah terror group due to the chaos of the Syrian civil war, and has said on several occasions that the transfer of chemical weapons to non-state actors, especially Hezbollah, would be a casus belli."

Here's my guess:

• Fardo was destroyed in spite of the IAEA's denial. 
• Iran naturally suspects Israel did it. 
• Iran told Syria to transfer chemical weapons to Hezb'allah in Lebanon in order to retaliate. 
• Israel bombed the convoy of Syrian chemical weapons entering Lebanon.

Here's what I know: (as I've said many times on this blog)

In these last days, initiated by a re-gathered Israel on one day in 1948 (check out Isaiah 66:8), Islam is calling the world to a final world war in which Jesus Christ will personally intervene on behalf of Israel.

Habakkuk 3:

³ I see God moving across the deserts from Edom,
    the Holy One coming from Mount Paran.
His brilliant splendor fills the heavens,
    and the earth is filled with his praise.
⁴ His coming is as brilliant as the sunrise.
    Rays of light flash from his hands,
    where his awesome power is hidden.
⁵ Pestilence marches before him;
    plague follows close behind.
⁶ When he stops, the earth shakes.
    When he looks, the nations tremble.
He shatters the everlasting mountains
    and levels the eternal hills.
    He is the Eternal One!
⁷ I see the people of Cushan in distress,
    and the nation of Midian trembling in terror.

⁸ Was it in anger, Lord, that you struck the rivers
    and parted the sea?
Were you displeased with them?
    No, you were sending your chariots of salvation!
⁹ You brandished your bow
    and your quiver of arrows.
    You split open the earth with flowing rivers.
¹⁰ The mountains watched and trembled.
    Onward swept the raging waters.
The mighty deep cried out,
    lifting its hands to the Lord.
¹¹ The sun and moon stood still in the sky
    as your brilliant arrows flew
    and your glittering spear flashed.

¹² You marched across the land in anger
    and trampled the nations in your fury.
¹³ You went out to rescue your chosen people,
    to save your anointed ones

Revelation 16:

¹² The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East. ¹³ Then I saw three impure spirits that looked like frogs; they came out of the mouth of the dragon [Symbolizes Satan], out of the mouth of the beast [the Revelation 13:2 and Daniel 7 Islamic beast] and out of the mouth of the false prophet [biggest false prophet out there with 1.3 billion adherents is Mohammad]. ¹⁴ They are demonic spirits that perform signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty.

¹⁵ “Look, I come like a thief! [Christ's second coming!] Blessed is the one who stays awake and remains clothed, so as not to go naked and be shamefully exposed.”

¹⁶ Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.

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Interesting:
IAEA rejects reports of blast at Iran Fordo nuke site
"A diplomat familiar with the issue told AP that the IAEA’s information came directly from IAEA inspectors at Fordo."

Israel Hayom | Report: Syria chemical arsenal within Hezbollah reach

Tehran suspects Mossad in Fordo blast, says Iranian expat | The Times of Israel
"Iran’s underground Fordo nuclear plant was indeed hit by an explosion sometime last week, and Iranian officials suspect the Mossad or CIA as responsible actors, the former Iranian intelligence officer who initially broke the story said Monday."

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Israel Hayom | Report: Syria chemical arsenal within Hezbollah reach
"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with U.S. delegation about developments in Syria, says the potential outcomes facing Israel are "bad, bad and worse" • Russian navy conducts large-scale training exercise off Syrian coast."

Remember, you heard it in the Bible first:

Isaiah 17:

This message came to me concerning Damascus:

“Look, the city of Damascus will disappear!
    It will become a heap of ruins.
² The towns of Aroer will be deserted.
    Flocks will graze in the streets and lie down undisturbed,
    with no one to chase them away.
³ The fortified towns of Israel will also be destroyed,
    and the royal power of Damascus will end.
All that remains of Syria
    will share the fate of Israel’s departed glory,”
    declares the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

Israel has already gone through its destruction and is being rebuilt, but Damascus has yet to be destroyed. Watch for it. It will happen -probably in the war going on there now as we're approaching the end of this age.

Israel Hayom | Battle stations

Israel Hayom | Battle stations
"Israel will not tolerate Hezbollah or the global jihad movement acquiring Syria's chemical weapons, but any premature operation could give the embattled Syrian dictator an excuse to turn his weapons on us."

From Drudge Report today:

Israel warns of possible pre-emptive strike in Syria...
Ahmadinejad: Muslims should mobilize to uproot Zionism...
Kissinger: Iran nuclear crisis close...
Key facility hit?
Unconfirmed... 
Journalists arrested in raids on newspapers...

WND report blows Iran nuke program wide open

WND report blows Iran nuke program wide open
"News of an explosion at one of Iran’s nuclear facilities – broken exclusively by WND – is exploding around the world, with independent confirmation and international response pouring in."


If the elimination of Iran's nuclear scientists and facilities continues, Iran will retaliate against Israel (in a Gog/Magog fashion).

DEBKAfile: Iran actively weighs Syrian-Israeli clash. Iron Dome posted in Northern Israel
"Tehran is looking seriously at a limited Syrian-Lebanese clash of arms with Israel – possibly using Bashar Assad’s chemical weapons as a trigger"

Ahmadinejad urges Muslim world to unite to destroy Zionism (read: Jews)

Ahmadinejad urges Muslim world to unite to destroy Zionism | The Times of Israel
"Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on the Muslim world to unite to eradicate Zionism, which he called “corrupt, uncultured and murderous” Sunday."

Attempting to annihilate re-gathered Israel ends this age!

Can I highlight the importance of our time any more?

'Iran would definitely use nuclear Weapon on Israel - JPost
"Former Iranian diplomat tells Ch. 2 Tehran will have know-how to make bomb in a year, adds Venezuela provides Iran with uranium."

This guy has a similar estimate around the timing of Iran's first nuclear bomb as does Netanyahu. Could be an interesting (last?) year. Keep your eyes wide open if Iran and its proxies move against and attack re-gathered Israel - potential Ezekiel 38. Jesus returns to fight against the enemies of Israel.

Ezekiel 38:

 ⁵ Persia (Iran), Ethiopia, and Libya will join you, too, with all their weapons...

¹⁷ “This is what the Sovereign Lord asks: Are you the one I was talking about long ago, when I announced through Israel’s prophets that in the future I would bring you against my people? ¹⁸ But this is what the Sovereign Lord says: When Gog invades the land of Israel, my fury will boil over! ¹⁹ In my jealousy and blazing anger, I promise a mighty shaking in the land of Israel on that day. ²⁰ All living things—the fish in the sea, the birds of the sky, the animals of the field, the small animals that scurry along the ground, and all the people on earth—will quake in terror at my presence. Mountains will be thrown down; cliffs will crumble; walls will fall to the earth. ²¹ I will summon the sword against you on all the hills of Israel, says the Sovereign Lord. Your men will turn their swords against each other. ²² I will punish you and your armies with disease and bloodshed; I will send torrential rain, hailstones, fire, and burning sulfur! ²³ In this way, I will show my greatness and holiness, and I will make myself known to all the nations of the world. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

Parallels:

Revelation 6:

¹² I watched as the Lamb broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became as dark as black cloth, and the moon became as red as blood. ¹³ Then the stars of the sky fell to the earth like green figs falling from a tree shaken by a strong wind. ¹⁴ The sky was rolled up like a scroll, and all of the mountains and islands were moved from their places.

¹⁵ Then everyone—the kings of the earth, the rulers, the generals, the wealthy, the powerful, and every slave and free person—all hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. ¹⁶ And they cried to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb.¹⁷ For the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to survive?”

Parallels:

Joel 3:
15 

The sun and moon will grow dark,
    and the stars will no longer shine.
¹⁶ The Lord’s voice will roar from Zion
    and thunder from Jerusalem,
    and the heavens and the earth will shake.
But the Lord will be a refuge for his people,
    a strong fortress for the people of Israel.

¹⁷ “Then you will know that I, the Lord your God,
    live in Zion, my holy mountain.
Jerusalem will be holy forever,
    and foreign armies will never conquer her again.

Matthew 24:

²⁹ “Immediately after the anguish of those days,

the sun will be darkened,
    the moon will give no light,
the stars will fall from the sky,
    and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.

³⁰ And then at last, the sign that the Son of Man is coming will appear in the heavens, and there will be deep mourning among all the peoples of the earth. And they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. ³¹ And he will send out his angels with the mighty blast of a trumpet, and they will gather his chosen ones from all over the world—from the farthest ends of the earth and heaven.

From 5 years ago; ever more relevant to today

Netanyahu: Acute security perils won’t wait for new government 
DEBKAfile January 27, 2013, 12:44 PM (GMT+02:00)

Addressing the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Sunday he is aiming for a broad-based government coalition able to cope first and foremost with the many security perils facing the country - some of the worst it has ever faced  -  from the east, north and south: Iran, its nuclear program and its satellites, Syria’s lethal weaponry and the Arab turmoil around us “won’t wait till we put together a new cabinet," he said. "If Israel isn't strong and resolute enough to meet these challenges on its own, no one will come to its aid,”he stressed. “But I am convinced we are up to it.” DEBKAfile: East referred to Iran, north to Syria and Hizballah and south, Al Qaeda.

UN expert to probe reported Israeli drone attacks | The Times of Israel

UN expert to probe reported Israeli drone attacks | The Times of Israel
"Investigation to focus on UAV strikes in Gaza, Afghanistan, Yemen, Pakistan and Somalia; Israel not expected to cooperate"

WND » Sabotage! Key Iranian nuclear facility hit? (note the question mark)

Sabotage! Key Iranian nuclear facility hit?
"An explosion deep within Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility has destroyed much of the installation and trapped about 240 personnel deep underground, according to a former intelligence officer of the Islamic regime."

I think Gog & Magog may start by Iran, having had enough of the destruction of its scientists and nuclear facilities, attacking Israel in retaliation. We've got a radical Muslim in the White House who is sending 200 tanks and F16's to the Muslim Brotherhood (terrorist group) in Egypt; we've got radical Muslims in Iran allying themselves with China and Russia in order to achieve the destruction of a regathered Israel, the apple of God's eye - therefore how far can the end be?!


Zechariah 2:

⁴ and said to him: “Run, tell that young man, ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the great number of people and animals in it. ⁵ And I myself will be a wall of fire around it,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will be its glory within.’

⁶ “Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the Lord, “for I have scattered you to the four winds of heaven,” declares the Lord.

⁷ “Come, Zion! Escape, you who live in Daughter Babylon!” ⁸ For this is what the Lord Almighty says: “After the Glorious One has sent me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye— ⁹ I will surely raise my hand against them so that their slaves will plunder them.^[b] Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me.

¹⁰ “Shout and be glad, Daughter Zion. For I am coming, and I will live among you,” declares the Lord. ¹¹ “Many nations will be joined with the Lord in that day and will become my people. I will live among you and you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you.¹² The Lord will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land and will again choose Jerusalem. ¹³ Be still before the Lord, all mankind, because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.”

Morsi: Jewish-controlled media distorted my 'apes and pigs' remark | The Times of Israel

Morsi: Jewish-controlled media distorted my 'apes and pigs' remark | The Times of Israel: "In a conversation with senior US lawmakers, Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi reportedly implied that the Jews control the US media and have distorted comments he made in the past about Zionists being “bloodsuckers” and “descendants of apes and pigs.”"

I cannot believe how the U.S. government can justify sending billions in military weapons to a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, the same Muslim Brotherhood that birthed Hamas in Gaza, which terrorizes Israeli civilians. Obama and the U.S. will pay for this horrific policy. If you move against Israel, Israel's God will be against you!

From a human perspective, it's become more desperate for Israel

Russia helping Iran accelerate nuke program: "Iranian scientists – with Russian help – have set up two sites to use laser technology to enrich uranium for the regime’s nuclear bomb program, according to a source in the Revolutionary Guards intelligence unit.

The Russians had argued that due to IAEA monitoring and Western countries’ lurking satellites, it would be wise to use lasers to enrich uranium as, the source added, it is 16 times more productive, requires less space and energy, and is much easier to hide."


Netanyahu, allies narrowly cling to victory in Israeli election | Fox News:

Analysis: Israel voted for change, and moved a little from right to center; Lapid is the big success but Netanyahu is still a winner, albeit battered and constrained

Bibi looks to become politically weaker. Can he make Iran his number one priority after re-election as he claimed he would?


Obama gift of F-16 fighter jets headed to Egypt's Muslim Bros.
The pres. is betting on the wrong horse (hmm? In spite of his evangelical Christian views? (/sarcasm off)
U.S. gift of F-16 fighters headed to Egypt, despite Morsi's harsh rhetoric | Fox News: "Four F-16 fighter jets left the U.S. this morning, bound for Egypt as part of a foreign aid package critics say should have been scrapped when the nation elected a president who has called President Obama a liar and urged that hatred of Jews be instilled in children.

A source who works on the Naval Air Force Base in Dallas confirmed the departure of the state-of-the-art fighter planes to FoxNews.com. Sixteen F-16s and 200 Abrams tanks are to be given to the Egyptian government before the end of the year under a foreign aid deal signed in 2010 with then-Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, a longtime U.S. ally."

GO BIBI!!

Israel goes to polls, set to re-elect Netanyahu | Reuters
"Israelis voted on Tuesday in an election that is expected to hand hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a third term, opening the way for a showdown with Iran and bolstering opponents of Palestinian statehood."

UN: We blame the Joooz

UN chief blames Israel for Arab world stagnation | The Times of Israel
"United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday appeared to hold Israel partially responsible for lack of progress in the Arab world."

I must have missed a news story or something - is it the Jews who are indiscriminately lobbing missiles into Gaza and teaching  their children how to become good little martyrs by killing the "apes and pigs?" Is it Israel who is threatening to wipe the Arabs and Persians off the face of the earth?

The UN continues to achieve higher levels of stupidity.

Egypt's MB Morsi: "No to Negotiations with the Descendants of Apes and Pigs"

"Arab Spring"

Morsi in 2010: No to Negotiations with "the Descendants of Apes and Pigs; boycott US products"

We're entering a major (and final) war with Islam

The author (in middle) at meeting between President Ahmadinejad and Azerbaijani official, October 2011 

Don't be fooled: Iran wants the bomb | Ahmad Hashemi 
"As a former employee of the Iranian foreign ministry, I served as interpreter for visiting dignitaries, diplomats and officials. I paid close attention to public proclamations and official statements. And I was present at inner-circle conversations in which a number of high-profile Iranian officials made no secret of their intention to go atomic."


France, the EU and America are now getting entangled in a fight against al Qaeda in Algeria, Mali, and of course Libya and Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq, et al. With the radical terrorist state of Iran using oil money to fund investments in chemical weapons, missile technology, and nuclear warheads - how far can the end of this age really be? Especially in light of the  fact that Ezekiel 38 talks about Persia (aka Iran) attacking Israel at the end of this age. The whole world need not be threatened by Islam before the end of this age happens, Only tiny little, regathered Israel has to be threatened by Iran and Islam, and the God of Israel will intervene through the second coming of Jesus Christ to usher in the end of this world as we know it! I think that's clear in the Bible: Christ will come when most in the world least expect it.

What an exciting time to be alive! Tragic that so few people today acknowledge or have any inkling of an idea of where we are on the timeline of this age. If you haven't read Ellis Skolfield's The False Prophet, I highly recommend you do. It's free and on line at Fishhouse Ministries.

In my opinion, Mr. Skolfield does an excellent job of heeding the Holy Spirit in interpreting the time we live in. Tragically again, today's Laodicean church, for the most part, doesn't  see it. Christ absolutely correctly described the last church.

Revelation 3:15-19 NLT:
15 “I know all the things you do, that you are neither hot nor cold. I wish that you were one or the other! 16 But since you are like lukewarm water, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth! 17 You say, ‘I am rich. I have everything I want. I don’t need a thing!’ And you don’t realize that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked. 18 So I advise you to buy gold from me—gold that has been purified by fire. Then you will be rich. Also buy white garments from me so you will not be shamed by your nakedness, and ointment for your eyes so you will be able to see. 19 I correct and discipline everyone I love. So be diligent and turn from your indifference."


Regarding God's protection of Israel in the last days...

Zechariah 9

New Living Translation (NLT)

Judgment against Israel’s Enemies

9 This is the message^[a] from the Lord against the land of Aram^[b] and the city of Damascus, for the eyes of humanity, including all the tribes of Israel, are on the Lord.

² Doom is certain for Hamath,
    near Damascus,
and for the cities of Tyre and Sidon,
    though they are so clever.
³ Tyre has built a strong fortress
    and has made silver and gold
    as plentiful as dust in the streets!
⁴ But now the Lord will strip away Tyre’s possessions
    and hurl its fortifications into the sea,
    and it will be burned to the ground.
⁵ The city of Ashkelon will see Tyre fall
    and will be filled with fear.
Gaza will shake with terror,
    as will Ekron, for their hopes will be dashed.
Gaza’s king will be killed,
    and Ashkelon will be deserted.
⁶ Foreigners will occupy the city of Ashdod.
    I will destroy the pride of the Philistines.
⁷ I will grab the bloody meat from their mouths
    and snatch the detestable sacrifices from their teeth.
Then the surviving Philistines will worship our God
    and become like a clan in Judah.^[c]
The Philistines of Ekron will join my people,
    as the ancient Jebusites once did.
⁸ I will guard my Temple
    and protect it from invading armies.
I am watching closely to ensure
    that no more foreign oppressors overrun my people’s land.

Zion’s Coming King

⁹ Rejoice, O people of Zion!^[d]
    Shout in triumph, O people of Jerusalem!
Look, your king is coming to you.
    He is righteous and victorious,^[e]
yet he is humble, riding on a donkey—
    riding on a donkey’s colt.
¹⁰ I will remove the battle chariots from Israel^[f]
    and the warhorses from Jerusalem.
I will destroy all the weapons used in battle,
    and your king will bring peace to the nations.
His realm will stretch from sea to sea
    and from the Euphrates River^[g] to the ends of the earth.^[h]
11 Because of the covenant I made with you,
    sealed with blood,
I will free your prisoners
    from death in a waterless dungeon.
¹² Come back to the place of safety,
    all you prisoners who still have hope!
I promise this very day
    that I will repay two blessings for each of your troubles.
¹³ Judah is my bow,
    and Israel is my arrow.
Jerusalem^[i] is my sword,
    and like a warrior, I will brandish it against the Greeks.^[j]

¹⁴ The Lord will appear above his people;
    his arrows will fly like lightning!
The Sovereign Lord will sound the ram’s horn
    and attack like a whirlwind from the southern desert.
¹⁵ The Lord of Heaven’s Armies will protect his people,
    and they will defeat their enemies by hurling great stones.
They will shout in battle as though drunk with wine.
    They will be filled with blood like a bowl,
    drenched with blood like the corners of the altar.
¹⁶ On that day the Lord their God will rescue his people,
    just as a shepherd rescues his sheep.
They will sparkle in his land
    like jewels in a crown.
¹⁷ How wonderful and beautiful they will be!
    The young men will thrive on abundant grain,
    and the young women will flourish on new wine.