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This website comprises the Abrahamic Expression of faith, which goes to the Jew and the Gentile, with a Messianic slant. I affirm the fullness of biblical truth, embracing the cross of Calvary. I reject Babylonian paganism in the church and the legalistic excesses of the Messianic Movement. This ministry has a distinct kingdom vision, identifying with God’s call and plan for the Jewish people. My position is pre-trib! Personally: I was saved in 1976 while working as a war correspondent, journalist, photographer, artist and environmentalist. My interest in Bible prophecy was instant. My calling came soon afterwards. It is to share this great drama, to stand watching and to glorify my God.

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●The power of standing with Israel and the weakness and failure of not. ●How to "shoot" yourself in the foot. ●Attacks on Bible prophecy. ●Dangerous heresies. ●Eagles, vultures, lions and baboons. ●The arising of the antichrist. ●Prophetic difficulties explained. ●All may be interrupted by any breaking prophetic events of importance.

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●We are in prophetic limbo, with nothing of major prophetic importance on the go right now. But we do have an enormous amount developing in the Middle East and Israel that could break onto the stage at any time. So we will not be complacent! Syria, Iran, Gaza, Hamas and the Palestinians are all waiting in the wings, for their prophetic fame!

●New Australian Prime Minister, a Christian, says he may move their embassy to Jerusalem. Arab states throw a tantrum!

●Germany: Anti-racism rally calls for the destruction of Israel! German bank opposes Israel’s existence. Germany refuses to call Jerusalem, Israel’s capital! (I wonder what spirit)

Shabbat (Sabbath) begins on Fridays at 6pm and ends on Saturdays at 6pm. The purpose is to help the church and Israel become reconciled in Messiah and to identify the rift, and the needed restoration. There is much in the church that needs to change before it can be fully reconciled with the Jew. Likewise, changes in Jewish thinking are also needed.

12^th October 2018

Shabbat Shalom to all:

World of evil, world of glory:

We are already seeing the divide between the ways of God for a nation and the ways of Satan, widen. It’s a critical time. Many in the spiritually dead churches, are being rocked to sleep. Many are being shaken awake.

Many in the world are searching and looking for stability and real answers. Many will find glorious salvation and a wonderful new life. Some, seeking a quick fix, will find nothing.

There are many obstructions thrown in the way of those awakening to their call to be saved. It’s a very critical time and can result in a person being taken over by illegitimate spirits if they come in the wrong way – complicating the birth.

For example, the Bible says a few times, “Repent and believe.” If you leave out the repenting part, you will be as stable as a blind, drunk donkey on a tight rope. Bear in mind: “The double minded man is unstable in all his ways”! (James 1:8)

I know an individual who was awakening to God’s call to be saved, by this ministry, but he first wanted to know if God exits. That’s like coming to a beautiful woman and asking for her hand in marriage, but only if she can prove that she exists! That’s a good way to get slapped. Well, he remains unsaved.

Satan tries to complicate the birth early on, when the person is most vulnerable.

An undisciplined child becomes an adult with no restraint and borders in his life. Likewise, a person young in the Lord, easily falls into false teaching and error and will often be spiritually unstable and susceptible to all sorts of problems, later on.

New believers must be exposed to the application of the cross as soon as possible. If not, things like legalism, witchcraft, and the like will come in, obscuring the cross.

The curse of legalism comes from falling under the “fear of man.” The blessing of grace comes from choosing the fear of the Lord. (Jeremiah 17:5)

Galatians 3:1 “O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Messiah was clearly portrayed among you as crucified?”

Teachers in the pride of rebellion to God’s word, operating under the curse of legalism, “bewitch” the people with alluring ‘spells’ of intellect or special insights.

The word, “bewitch” means, “To bring evil on a person by putting the evil-eye on them”.

The church at Galatia was not even aware that Satan, through someone, most likely in ministry, had put the evil eye on them, resulting in the curse of legalism.

When you see and understand this it is absolutely shocking and so true. I have seen it working out a million times and it’s always consistent.

The curse of the evil-eye comes from Satan himself. He finds vulnerabilities in Christians and gets his agents to put the evil-eye on them. The victim is unaware. The evil-eye is associated with the all seeing eye of witchcraft. It has been around for 5000 years and today is in almost every culture of the world somewhere.

But the more deadly aspect of it is that it is an operation of the demonic. You need to flee anything or anyone involved in it.

Luke 14:27 “Whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.”

The godly teacher, these days, more than ever, needs to teach share and impart brokenness to the individual. A heart broken-open before our Lord and His word is the only way.

If you think diligent Bible study, prayer, fasting and growing in the Lord is essentially for those in ministry, let me assure you that you are in ministry. If you are saved, you all have a ministry first and foremost to our Lord, for which you will be evaluated, and judged for eternal reward or loss of it!

The call today is for deep repentance in the church.

Joel 2:13 “Rend your hearts and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and great in kindness...”

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The greatest key in assessing a Bible teacher, which must cause you to accept them or reject them, is this: ●Do they teach extensively, accurately and regularly on the cross and its power, inspired and led by the Spirit? ●Is their teaching established in the “present truth,” (2 Peter 1:12) which is the Epistles of Paul?

Of course we use the Old Covenant, but we must be established in the specific ministry for the church era, otherwise we’re in danger. All doctrines of the New Covenant have their foundation in the Old, but not all doctrines of the Old are carried through to the New.

The answer to these modern day influences from demons of pride, legalism, witchcraft, Jezebel spirits and the like is simple. Cast them out. Don’t converse with them, rationalise with them, or get into debates – cast them out.

Remember that Jezebel was thrown out of a window to her death and then her body devoured by dogs, so that only bits of her skelton remained. That is how severe you need to be in dealing with these demonic spirits.

Obviously, we don’t literally kill the person; we cast them out of our lives thoroughly. And by the way, the Jezebel spirit does not only operate in women. Today it is a modern plague in the church seeking to usurp control.

Many demonic forces are now coming out into open warfare with the truth. The mass-media is totally infested with all these evil powers. It’s all pointing to the very soon demise of Satan.

Create your new home and guard it!

Due to this specific time period of intensifying evil in this post-modern, post-truth world where the new normal is – anything goes; you need to create a new “home,” where your new normal can dwell securely and safely.

In the natural, people use various means to protect and defend their homes from attack.

Today, you need to create an invisible, highly fortified ‘home’ with a powerful spiritual wall of protection around it. You should clearly define your spiritual “property.” This must be your very own secure, secret dwelling place. Install security lights and alarms all over the place. This is your comfort zone of truth, holiness and righteousness.

Put up a big “sign” saying: “Right of admission reserved.”

You, with the Spirit of God in your heart, then decide who comes into your fortified, grand abode. Keep your majestic palace clean. Keep a double eye-patch nearby and use the mute button often.

Invite friends in often and kick some out often!

Treat your enemies with love and forgiveness, and reserve the right to defend the truth.

Galatians 4:30 “Cast out the bondwoman and her son, they shall not be heir...”

2 Timothy 1:9 “He has saved us with a holy calling...”

●I created the image I’ve used here of a bronze statue in a garden called Yad Ha Shmona in the Judean Desert Mountains near Jerusalem. Behind it is a lion – a Jewish Lion! It speaks of a broken heart of repentance – a very great need in the church today.

† Shalom...Joel.

Edition 283: October 28^th 2015

A message and warning to the Nations:

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A message and warning to the Nations:

Introduction:

We must know that God deals with individuals, families, entire nations and the world as a whole. There are many verses that apply to each one. God deals with believers and unbelievers differently and He also deals with Israel separately. You can’t lump them all together.

In this edition, I want to deal with the major Bible messages and warnings to the unsaved world and their leaders in particular. This would include government institutions, organisations like the UN, the financial institutions, the religious institutions and the masses of the people as well.

This message is for Presidents, Prime Ministers, Kings, Queens, Princes, Heads of State, UN leaders, Ambassadors, Senators, Governors, Sultans, Sheikhs and all VIP’s with governmental authority and influence.

There is one very big, enormous message and warning to the nations. Of course all the warnings about moral decline are relevant, but the big one relates to the treatment of Israel, Jerusalem and the Jews.

Believe it, like it or not, this is the great divide of the era. In fact this is the most important issue in the world. This will be a fast-rising fence and will be the cause of many going to hell and many being saved. You don’t know how important this is!

Leaders of the world, almost without exception, you are now fulfilling Bible prophecy, written thousands of years ago as you turn against Israel, many in unison and some one by one like demon-dominos tumbling.

Leaders of the world, your influence among your people has and will spread. In many cases, like a tragic Pied Piper, you are leading your people to hell. You are beyond help.

What is going on in the world?

The world is not moving along in a random fashion. It is on its deadly course! Likewise, God’s kingdom is on course as well, exactly as planned. (Ephesians 2:2)

If God has established and set something clearly in His word, and if it is a big issue, you can be sure that Satan will oppose it.

The problem with the world is that it has decided in favour of the Palestinians and against Israel. But why the universal hatred, why are all nations against God’s word on Israel? The reason is because the world hates God. But why is this the case? It is because the world is one with its god – Satan, and it follows its lover of evil. (2 Corinthians 4:4). It is because the world has Satan in its heart even though it can’t see him, know him, or even acknowledge that he exists. (John 15:18-19)

The world hates God because He dares to choose. God says homosexuality is evil. The world says it’s a democratic choice. The world thinks it is right because it has the majority consensus is on its side. The world thinks democracy is God.

And while on the subject of homosexuality and its very telling choice of the rainbow flag:

The rainbow, my friends, is a two sided sword with three central messages incorporated into it. ●It’s a beautiful reminder of God’s promises of new beginnings and blessing after judgement. ●It’s a beautiful reminder that God judges sin and that untold terror is coming to the whole world again. ●It incorporates homosexuality into the category of sin.

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A message to world leaders:

Dear Presidents and Prime Ministers of the world and all the world’s leaders. This is for you, although most of you will not read it. But many of your subjects will. O let me add, that many of you, world leaders, will soon be in great company. You will soon meet with the world’s most famous people and leaders of all time.

Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini and Mao will be there, so will Saddam Hussein and Bin Laden. John Lennon and George will be there – imagine! Pol Pot and Attila the Hun will be there. Vlad the Impaler, Vlad Dracula and Vlad Lenin will be at the meeting and so will Ivan the Terrible. Nero, Caesar, Herod. Judas the betrayer, Nimrod, Jezebel and your own favourites – they’ll all be there and you’ll meet them face to face.

Obama, after you’ve crossed the deadly line drawn by God, you’ll be able to sit down with Hitler and get to know him. You’ll have lots of time.

Netanyahu, unless you get saved first, you’ll be joining that chat with Obama and Hitler!

Queenie, you’ll be able to sit down with Diana and Napoleon and have tea with them. The tea will be fiery hot though!

The message for you, dear world leaders is this. Do you know that your influence flows through to your people? Do you know that what you do and say influences the beliefs and practises of your subjects? Do you know that they follow you in many respects? Do you know that you have huge influence within the masses?

Have a look at these shocking verses from the book of my Leader, personal God and Saviour:

Proverbs 29:12 “If a ruler pays attention to lies, all his servants become wicked.”

Jeremiah 8:9 “The wise men are ashamed and dismayed. Behold they have rejected the word of the Lord; so what wisdom do they have?

Rulers of the nations, you are the fools with no wisdom revealed in the verse above! You are the servants of lies born in the god of lies. You have led untold millions down the road to the coming wrath of God. You have no true wisdom. Your wisdom comes from the camouflaged father of deception, the giver of dark light.

Rulers of the world, you rule with all the authority of the joker in the pack, except it’s not so funny! You rule with the wisdom of Satan himself, the powerful deceiver, and worker of miracles.

Political leaders of the world, you are failures. Your failure may not be apparent now, but very soon it will all become evident. You have failed at your jobs, and failed in leading your people safely to healthy pastures! You have failed before God and failed His word. Your eternal future is failure in the extreme (unless you repent before your die.)

World rulers, you have the blood of many masses on your hands. You are the failures and fools responsible. World rulers, read that verse again in Proverbs 29:12 above!

There is a new big thing happening around the world now – you can’t see it or know it unless you are born-again and Spirit filled. There is a new outbreak and intensity of demonic powers in operation especially in world rulers.

These are major controlling demon principalities, which operate specifically in rulers and leaders.

Let me just add, that you can’t get rid of any demons in your life outside of the gifts of the Spirit.

The great deception:

Today the greatest deception of all is found in the Israeli / Palestinian “question” and its related issues.

The occupation of the territories and the Temple Mount are perhaps the biggest issues where the strongest deceptions are to be found.

God ordered the occupation! Shall I say that again? God ordered the occupation! Shall I say it again? God ordered the occupation.

What right do you have, world leaders, to defy God?

Exodus 23:32-33 “You (Israel) shall make no covenant with them (Arabs), nor with their gods. They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”

Genesis 17:7-8 “I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant to be God to you and your descendants after you. Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession, and I will be their God.”

Numbers 33:50-55 Instructions for the conquest of Canaan: “Moses, speak to the children of Israel and say to them: When you have crossed the Jordan into the land of Canaan, then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, destroy all their engraved stones, destroy all their moulded images and demolish all their high places...but if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it shall be that those who let remain, shall be irritants in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they shall harass you in the land where you dwell.

These verses above show and demonstrate clearly that God, by covenant decree, ordered the children of Israel to occupy the land which is Israel today. By the way, there are dozens more similar verses.

World leaders, your attention should be energised against the real occupation and occupiers – the Palestinians!

The Temple Mount:

The Temple Mount is not only significant from a prophetic point of view, but it is of major importance from a historic, cultural and religious point of view. The history, worship and very identification of the Jewish people and the Temple Mount go back over 3000 years, long, long before Islam was ever invented in 600AD.

The problems with the troubles surrounding the Temple Mount are really, Israel’s in the first place. Once you let the Genie out of the bottle, you can’t put it back in. And when the Genie turns into a monster, you have a big problem. Israel could have annexed the Temple Mount in 1967, and they could do it now. But to placate and appease Islam and the Palestinians they now have an enormous problem.

World leaders are now trying to defy God by not only dividing the land of Israel, the city of Jerusalem, but the Temple Mount as well. In fact it is already divided.

Temple Mount, may I address you directly? (Yes I do speak to stones sometimes and I do wish that the stones of the Temple Mount would speak – what a dramatic story they would tell!) Your ancient stones are about to see fire, judgement, the fury of God, war, conflict, and all that emanates from defying the living God! Perhaps, some peace deal will emerge afterwards and as a result.

Dividing the land (two-state solution) brings war and not peace. (Joel 3:2) Dividing the city of Jerusalem brings world war and not peace. (Zechariah 12:3) Dividing the Temple Mount brings war and not peace, and then the man of peace, the antichrist comes right into the heart of the new temple to declare himself as God. (Daniel 9:27)

The Temple Mount is the only place where God commanded His name to dwell. (Deuteronomy 12:11) It is also the very spot where the world’s greatest deception will take place. It will be Satan himself indwelling the antichrist who will declare himself as God in the Temple. God commanded His name to dwell there; the counterfeiter in camouflage declares that he is God from there!

What drama!

You see, as long as Islam has a presence on the Temple Mount it legitimises, affirms and attests to the very existence of Palestine and its ownership claim of all Israel, which is all a lie. That’s just why war is coming, and we already know who the victor will be!

These verses declare that our Lord has chosen Zion, He has chosen Jerusalem and He has chosen the Jews! (For the sake of space, hover your mouse over the verses). Psalm 132:13, Zechariah 3:2, Deuteronomy 14:2, Psalm 135:4.

And if you think those verses are not clear enough, this is the breakdown of God’s covenant with the children of Israel, which specifically excludes the Arabs (modern Palestinians.)

Genesis 17:18-21 “Abraham said to God, ‘O that Ishmael (father of the Arabs) might live before you!’ Then God said, ‘No Sarah your wife shall bear you a son and you shall call his name Isaac (father of the Jews). I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant and with his descendants after him. As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him and made him fruitful and will multiply him exceedingly...but My covenant I will establish with Isaac.’”

World rulers, you will dance with the devil in the new temple! You will screech his tune. In fact you are already serving him!

World leaders and rulers, did you know that there is a special high-ranking category of demons which inhabit you? Do you know that they are manoeuvring you all into order for your great end-time, tragic, horror-roles?

Acts 15:16 “I will return and I will rebuild the tabernacle of David (temple) which has fallen down. I will rebuild its ruins and I will set it up, so that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord, even all the Gentiles who are called by My name.”

The temple may well become the headquarters of the new world religion or at least the HQ of the interfaith movement with false Christianity, Judaism and Islam united.

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An unchangeable heart of war:

The heart of man is desperately wicked says the Bible. (Jeremiah 17:9). Every man has a heart! Every heart has the wickedness of Adam in his blood and it can only be changed by getting new-blood, the blood of Messiah by the new-birth through faith.

The sin problem in mankind comes by birth, and can only be fixed by the new-birth, but there are some who will never repent or change.

Like the divisions of authority within an army there are simply some people out there who are satanically driven leaders. They are ruled by equally powerful demons deep in their hearts. These are people who love crime, who love war, who love hatred. They are beyond help.

Psalm 140:1 “Deliver me, O Lord, from evil men. Preserve me from violent men who plan evil things in their hearts; they continually gather together for war.”

Psalm 55:21 “The words of His mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart.”

Psalm 68:30 “Scatter the people who delight in war.”

Psalm 120:7 “I am for peace, but when I speak they are for war.”

Do these verses relate to the Palestinians today? Of course they do. If you say they don’t, you are most probably from Europe, or perhaps an Obama fan.

Today, many world leaders call the Palestinians innocent victims of Israel aggression.

Obama, it’s your evil heart that causes you to throw Israel under the bus! Abbas, Hamas, Hezbollah, ISIS and your allies the world’s mass media, it’s your evil, wicked hearts that cause you to hate the Jews.

Your attitude:

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“Prepare for war, wake up the mighty men” (and machines) (Joel3:9)

The world’s mass-media will unite the opinions of the world and all Israel’s enemies. Unknowingly (most of the time) they are preparing the stage for great war and conflict, which is all about to break out. They will be the very ones who facilitated it.

Israel’s journey to victory and her Messiah will not be without enormous bloodshed. The world’s rulers are complicit with the devil and the media in this regard. But you, my friends, what will your attitude be?

Micah 7:8 “Do not rejoice over me my enemy; when I fall, I will arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me.”

Amos 9:15 “I will plant them in their land; and no longer shall they be pulled up from the land I have given them, says the Lord.’”

The above two verses are extremely profound, far reaching and relevant today. Israel has and will fall again. Do not rejoice! Israel will arise again and fully complete God’s original call, purpose and plan with them.

Also note that once Israel is back in her God-given land, that’s it. She will never be uprooted again. Do you see that you fool politicians and world leaders? You can’t divide Israel or Jerusalem. You can’t give Israel or any part to Islam.

You, leaders trying to divide the land, you can’t ultimately defeat God and His word.

As a believer, you don’t need to be on the front lines, but you must not be silent either.

“Silence in the face of evil is evil itself” Never a truer word spoken!

In a previous edition, I said, “Israel it’s your time”. Now I say to true believers, “It’s your time to take a stand. It’s your time to stand with God’s word for Israel”.

Only God’s choice will endure:

Psalm 33:12 “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, and the people He has chosen as His inheritance.”

Isaiah 60:12 “For the nation and kingdom which shall not serve you, shall perish and be utterly ruined.”

Isaiah 28:22 “Do not be mockers...a destruction is determined upon the whole earth.”

Psalm 2:1-5 “Why do the nations rage and the people plot a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves (and take their places) and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord and against His anointed...He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall hold them in derision. He shall speak to them in His wrath, and distress them in His deep displeasure.”

These verses above give you a little clue as to your choices!

God’s irrevocable plan and call to Israel:

Romans 11:29 “The gifts and calling of God (upon the Jews) are irrevocable.”

Acts 13:47 “I have set you (Jews) to be a light to the Gentiles that you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth.”

Isaiah 42:6 “I the Lord have called you (Jews) in righteousness, and will hold your hand; I will keep you and give you as a covenant to the people, as a light to the Gentiles.”

Ezekiel 20:41 “I will accept you (Israel) when I bring you out of the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered; and I will be hallowed in you before the Gentiles.”

Zechariah 8:22-23 “Many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the Lord. In those days, ten men of every language of the nations shall grasp the sleeve of a Jewish man, saying, and ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you”.

Jeremiah 30:17 “I will restore you (Israel) and heal your wounds, says the Lord, because they called you an outcast saying: This is Zion; no one seeks her.” But verse 22 says: You Israel shall be My people and I will be your God.”

Do you see God’s plan for Israel in these verses above? Please read them again and let them sink in. The dramatic, glorious summary is this:

God brings His called and chosen people back to the land of Israel in spiritual blindness, then opens their eyes and saves them. Now with Messiah in their hearts the Gentile nations of the world come running to the Jews for salvation! This all reaches its climax in the tribulation period. What great drama! What a spectacular turn of events! What a wonderful God we serve!

Israel, prepare for your surprising future! Israel, prepare for war and bloodshed, Israel prepare for a new covenant with God, written in blood – His blood!

Finally:

Imagine the shock of arriving in hell and finding out that Satan is real and he was in you and leading you and influencing you. Imagine the shock of arriving in hell and finding out that your political heroes and rulers are all there and were the tools of Satan all along. Imagine the shock of arriving in hell and finding out that you were wrong and on the wrong road all your life because you swallowed the poison of the media and world rulers!

Imagine the shock of arriving in hell and discovering that salvation was only a few words and actions away and you knew this but ignored it all!!

Our Lord created you with a majestic plan for your life, made before the foundation of the earth. He created every single atom in your body. He has the keys of heaven and hell and controls your eternal destiny. Do you think it’s a good idea to take heed of His word?

I took this picture as a storm approached in the Etosha Game Reserve. One little plant anxiously awaits revival! This is the eastern desert section.

If you want to see more pictures of Etosha in moody mode, click HERE

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Shalom and grow in grace!

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