Author: jdwvaw2

There are a few prophetic things that must happen before the commencement of Daniel’s seventieth week. Among them are the ram – goat war of Daniel chapter 8 and the formation of the 10 nation confederacy that will support the coming antichrist. This 10 nation alliance will, I believe, be all Islamic. This is ably presented in the books “Islamic Antichrist” and “Mideast Beast”. These are must reads for students of biblical prophecy and are available for free here:Islamic-Antichrist.pdf (joelstrumpet.com) and here:Master File Joel Richardson (joelstrumpet.com).

The ram – goat war of Daniel 8, I believe, will be between Yavan (modern-day Turkey) and Iran (biblical Persia). For a detailed exegesis of this chapter go to Los Amigos Bible Studies link on the lower right and locate chapter 8 of the study on the book of Daniel.

While our nation has been focused on politics lately, there has been news of some subtle moves in the middle east that indicate the ram – goat war may be coming soon. Following are links to two articles that describe what I’m referring to. Erdogan reaches out to Israel – but new allies will influence Jerusalem’s response – Israel News – Haaretz.com also, Iran Press: Erdoğan Undermining Iran’s Territorial Integrity | MEMRI. What’s significant about these articles is Erdogan’s sudden interest in improving ties with both Israel and the Sunni Arab nations that have one after another been signing peace deals with Israel. Turkey, under Erdogan, is also Sunni. He seems to be moving against alienating himself from these Arab nations. These moves, of course, are directly in opposition to the motives of the Shia Islamic regime in Iran who Erdogan has been cozy with recently. The common enemy of most middle east Arab Sunni countries and Israel is Iran. So, Erdogan seems to be incurring the wrath of Iran by these overtures. All it will take is some political or religious catalyst to set off a Sunni – Shia war between Turkey and Iran. Antagonistic political and religious issues are certainly already present between the two. Consider, for a moment, what the world’s reaction would be to such a war. Would there be any intervention from any ME country, Israel, the US, Europe ? I doubt it, especially if Turkey was winning as the bible predicts. The world would probably welcome the demise of the rogue Iranian regime. The US and NATO would possibly even assist Turkey – a NATO alliance member. Remember, from Daniel 8, after Persia is vanquished by Yavan, The “little horn” (antichrist) emerges from the political turmoil after Yavan’s leadership breaks up. Also, it’s not too hard to see a ten nation confederacy of Islamic nations emerge in the aftermath of this war with a revived Ottoman empire based in Turkey at the helm.

You might ask, Jim, are you certain this is coming ? My answer is no; after all this is prophecy. But I present this to you as a reasonable scenario. Keep watching and studying your bible. We live in fascinating times.

Back in roughly 27AD, the known world was dominated politically, economically, militarily, and religiously, by primarily vast, far-reaching empires. The euro-middle east-Asia minor part of the world, of course, was controlled by the Roman oligarchy. Enter into that picture, a young Jewish Messiah figure named Jesus whose teaching and mere presence upset the “deep state” agenda that sought ever more broad control of the masses. The spiritual component behind this deep state was the real force driving them. The bible calls this force Satan or the God of this age. “…..whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.” (2 Cor. 4:4). This god of the worlds systems, recognizing the threat to his agenda, fought tooth and nail to limit the influence of this Jesus. He succeeded in a short 3 year period by convincing the deep state to eliminate Him by crucifixion on a cross. We now know how unsuccessful he actually was because the real God of this universe was using him to execute his hidden plan.

Fast forward to today. The god of this age (2021AD) is one and the same. His goal is the same- to motivate world wide deep state operatives to establish centralized world-wide control of the masses, politically, economically, militarily, and spiritually. (Think great reset). In this way, he can insure his god-like control of human kind in opposition to the real God and Father of our Lord Jesus. He will battle furiously with any entity or individual that gets in the way of his goals. A prime example demonstrating this was the 4 year term of US President Donald Trump. He stood virtually alone among world leaders in promoting biblical Israel, religious freedom, right to life for the unborn, individual authority of nation states, fair trade, all the while exposing the evils of rogue regimes threatening humankind. If you’re following the news lately, it seems Satan was successful in turning the entire world and the US deep state in a concerted attack on Trump’s presidency. But, take heart and keep watching, as just like in AD30, he will ultimately fail as God is again using him to carry out his end- time plan. That plan is clearly laid out in our bibles. Keep reading and studying so that you can recognize when world events begin to line up with God’s eschatology. We are coming up quickly to the end of the sixth millennium since creation. the seventh millennium will be the 1000 year reign of Christ’s kingdom. I can’t wait for the government of this world to be in His hands, and the god of this age to be thrown into the lake of fire.

Following is a list of Scriptures concerning how we should be preparing for the prophesied time of trouble soon coming on the whole earth. Take the time to review them and also – take them to heart.

Physical Preparation: Mt 6:25-34, 6:19-21, Phil. 4:19

Deception: Mt 24:4, 2Pet. 3:17, 2Thess. 2:9-12, Rev.13:3

Persecution: Mt 24:9, 5:11, 10:22, 1Pet. 2:19-21

Mental/Spiritual: 2Pet. 3:18, 1:5-6, Rom. 12:2

Warfare: Eph. 6:10-17

Service: Mt 24:45

Comfort Scriptures: Psalm 23, 27:1-6, John 14:25-27, Mt 28:19-20

Seems as though Pope Francis is fully on board with the “great reset”. We now seem to be hurdling at a rapid pace toward a form of globalism that will be a boon to the coming antichrist kingdom.

Pope Francis plans to ‘fix’ global capitalism with the Rothschilds, Rockefellers & Mastercard | Covert Geopolitics

John Kerry: ‘Great Reset’ Will Happen (redstate.com)

If you’ve been reading secular news lately, it’s difficult not to come across articles describing the coming “Great Reset”. In case you are not familiar with it, I’ll link to sites that will describe it in detail. In short, it consists of mainly the UN’s Agenda 2030 listing it’s “sustainable development goals“. On the surface, these goals seem admirable. After all, who would be against elimination of wars, hunger, discrimination of women, housing for all, free health care, basic income for all, etc, etc ? UN officials are pushing for an intense effort over the next decade to accomplish these utopian goals by 2030. The upcoming January meeting of the World Economic Forum is to focus on how to achieve these goals.

The main problem is that to usher in this utopia, world-wide socialism must be adopted under a central world governing authority, with the subsequent loss of individual freedoms such as property ownership. Funding would come from large-scale wealth distribution driven by priorities such as climate change “science”. This ,of course, is anathema to the concept of independent nation-states, such as the US. Apparently, however, the vast majority of Governments around the world are on board and are enthusiastically supportive of agenda 2030. The main resistance to this agenda among world leaders has come from the US under President Trump. The prospect of a Biden presidency, however, has the proponents of the great reset giddy with excitement as he has indicated his full support.

We who are biblically literate know that in the near future Jesus will return to set up His Kingdom on earth. What a world that will be when the government is on His shoulders! This “great reset” is but a feeble attempt to usurp what God already has planned for us. Surely, the “god of this world”(2Cor. 4:4) is the main designer of this human proposed utopia. His name is Satan. The last time he got mankind together in unity against God’s plan is described in Genesis where they built a tower of aggrandizement against God in Babel. It didn’t work out well for them then, and it won’t this time either. History shows that Marxist-socialist forms of government lend themselves to dictatorial takeovers. I think most of us are aware of a certain prophesied world dictator who would love to be presented with the opportunities a one-world socialist government would offer. It would be a breeze for him to get the masses to accept his economic system once they are dependent on government to provide all basic services. What Satan is boldly proposing is nothing short of an anti-kingdom. Yes, a counterfeit anti-kingdom from the antichrist. Jesus warned us about deception in the last days. Don’t be deceived, this 2030 agenda is pure satanic subterfuge. Familiarize yourselves with these sustainable development goals and how they are proposed to be attained so that you are not deceived with their subtlety.

https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/21252030%20Agenda%20for%20Sustainable%20Development%20web.pdf

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/11/18/the-great-reset-is-trending-heres-why/

The Muslim Brotherhood organization represents the ideology driving Turkey’s Erdogan. His goal mirrors the brotherhood’s reason for existence which is territorial expansion to the former Ottoman Empire’s boundaries. The following article describes the MB’s elation over the prospect of a Biden US presidency. The “king of the north” rising ?https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/16753/muslim-brotherhood-came-out

This post is directed at the Church -true believers in Jesus Christ – His elect.

As I write this the US election is not yet decided. The media has largely declared Biden the winner although Trump’s legal team is hard at work to change the outcome. Keep praying!

We know from chronology of scripture that the time for human government is drawing to a close. (more on that in another post). Likely within a decade or two, the world “government will be on His shoulders”(Isaiah 9:6). Jesus Himself will govern this world from the world’s new capitol; Jerusalem, Israel. We also know with certainty that a time of “great tribulation” is coming to this world and particularly to Israel – the “time of Jacob’s trouble”- prior to Jesus’ return. Israel will stand alone in her fight to survive during this time – apparently without allies. Israel will be under judgment one final time before God intervenes, but the rest of the world will not escape: all evil will be destroyed. America will not escape this coming judgment.

Knowing this, and considering the moral downward spiral in our nation, how should the Church be preparing and reacting to the current political situation ? Though it would take volumes to properly answer that question, allow me to show you from scripture an example of what God expects us to be doing. The prophet Ezekiel was exiled to Babylon during the first of God’s complete destructions of Israel and Jerusalem due to their disobedience and wanton lifestyle. God gave Ezekiel a vision of what was to happen as God deserted and judged His people. The prophet describes this destruction in his book, chapters 7-11. I encourage you to read them. In chapter 9, the Lord shows how he determines those who are to be slain and those who are to be spared. “and the Lord said to him (an angel), Go through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done in it. To the others(five other angels) He said in my hearing, Go after him through the city and kill; do not let your eyes spare, nor have any pity. Utterly slay old and young men, maidens and little children and women; but do not come near anyone on whom is the mark; and begin at My sanctuary. So they began with the elders who were before the temple.” (Ezekiel 9: 4-6)

Considering the above scripture passage, look inwardly. Are you sighing and crying over the abominations that are done here in the US ? I can guarantee you that simply casting a vote for whom you consider the most righteous candidate and going home to bask in our lavish worldly lifestyles is not going after God’s heart. Sighing and crying implies action. When is the last time you spent several hours on your face before God repenting for your sins and the sins of our nation and interceding for your brothers and sisters in Christ. (I’m preaching to myself here). When is the last time you marched in a pro-life rally or prayed for the unborn outside a local abortion clinic ? You get the idea. Notice also in the above passage God’s judgment started at His temple with his elders. This may seem harsh everyone, but Gods coming judgment in America will begin with the Church. Be warned!

The time is coming that Israel will be ignored by the US. It could very well begin with a Biden-Harris presidency. Make no mistake- our future is certain. Judgement is coming to the US. I was hoping for four more years of reprieve, but it’s not my will, but God’s will that will be done.

If you’re wondering about what abominations the US is involved in consider this example:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/jerusalem-is-our-city-turkeys-erdogan-declares/

If you’ve been following middle east news recently, the main story is the mushrooming move by Arab states to recognize and sign mutual cooperation accords with the nation of Israel. United Arab Emirates and Bahrain have already signed such accords with up to nine others considering the same. These accords, brokered by the Trump administration, came suddenly and as a shock to most of the world. Particularly stunned were Israel’s avowed enemies such as Iran and Turkey, and especially the “Palestinians” (who are primarily Arab). While these events surely seem beneficial to those Arab nations and Israel, is there a down side ? Are these pacts referred to in the Bible ?

In Exodus, God, through Moses, warned Israel not to ever make a covenant with the people surrounding them (Isaiah 23:32, 34:12). He told them that He as their God was sufficient for all their needs and they should never rely on other nations – for anything. Historically, when they did just that, it did not turn out well.

Some prophecy teachers are pointing to these current events as a fulfillment of Isaiah Chapter 28. Many of these teachers on the internet and elsewhere are calling this the “Covenant with Death” in verse 15. I agree that these verses seem to be eschatological in nature, referring to a disastrous covenant entered into by Israel, perhaps in the near future. But, is this it ? I don’t think so. My current understanding is that these agreements are primarily political, social, and economic in nature. If they were military in nature, more than a non-aggression pact, also including a mutual defense treaty (like NATO), then I might believe Israel is entering her prophesied covenant with death. Of course, there is the possibility that these accords could develop into a mutual defense pact in the future-not good for Israel.

I would encourage you to read Isaiah 28 for yourself and continue watching for a near fulfillment of these scriptures. We certainly live in interesting times. Jim