The Eve of Destruction Back in the 1960s there was a famous protest song ‘Eve of Destruction’, sung by Barry Maguire. Its chorus said: You tell meOver and over and over again, my friendHow you don’t believeWe’re on the eve of destruction.song That was nearly 60 years and we have managed to survive (just about) until now. But now it seems we really could be on the eve of...
Geopolitics of the Middle East
Another interesting factor relates to China which is a dominant power. China is moving into all parts of the world including the Middle East, and they have made this deal with Iran and Saudi Arabia; a very big deal. Saudi and Iran have been at loggerheads: Saudi the leading Sunni power and Iran, the leading Shiite power, are hostile to each other. Iran has hit Saudi with missiles and there is a...
Signs of the Times – September 2023
Will Russia collapse? Or blow us all up? Or win in the end? Senior Russian official Dmitry Medvedev said Russia may be forced to use a nuclear weapon if Ukraine’s counteroffensive succeeds. “There simply wouldn’t be any other solution,” the former Russian president added. “Our enemies should pray for our fighters that they do not allow the world to go up in nuclear flames...
Will Russia collapse? Or blow us all up? Or win in the end?
Senior Russian official Dmitry Medvedev said Russia may be forced to use a nuclear weapon if Ukraine’s counteroffensive succeeds. “There simply wouldn’t be any other solution,” the former Russian president added. “Our enemies should pray for our fighters that they do not allow the world to go up in nuclear flames.”Dmitry Medvedev – Former Russian President In this case Medvedev is...
From our Israel Desk
Biden signs ‘Jerusalem Declaration’ On his visit to the Middle East US President Joe Biden signed a joint strategic declaration with Prime Minister Yair Lapid on 14 July in Jerusalem, in which the US vowed to use “all elements in its national power” to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. “The United States stresses that integral to this pledge is the commitment never to allow Iran to...
Israel Desk – June 2022
Israel moves to fifth election in three years On June 20th Israel’s weakened coalition government decided to dissolve parliament and call new elections. The vote, expected later this year, could bring about the return of a nationalist religious government led by former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or another prolonged period of political gridlock. In a nationally televised news...
Anti-Semitism: the truth in history – a series of talks and articles
The Kingdom of God is at hand. The Bible says that whoever calls on the Name of the Lord shall be saved. You don’t have to do great or good works and earn your Salvation, you just have to call on the Name of the Lord, ask Him to save you from your sins. Any person can do that in any circumstance. God gives us a way out and we don’t know how many people called on the Lord in their...
Israel Desk – November 2021
The Virus and the Vaccine Israel is being touted as the world’s real-life COVID-19 lab, with researchers around the world monitoring its progress and seeing it as “a working experimental lab for us to learn from.” Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said: “Without us, the world wouldn’t know the exact efficacy levels of the booster shots, wouldn’t know the dates, how much they affect infections...
The bad guys are winning in nation after nation (for the moment)
In Isaiah 59 we read: Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. 15 So truth fails, and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey.Isaiah 59.14-15 Wherever you look in the world today you see violence and oppression. Evil rulers are taking control of nations and people suffer injustice. Those who resist...
Israel Update
We’re going to look now at some of the things happening in Israel and the Middle East relating to the Second Coming. A number of verses in the scripture speak about a time of trouble which will centre on Israel and the Middle East before the return of Jesus the Messiah. Jeremiah chapter 30 verse 3 says: For behold, the days are Coming,’ says the Lord, ‘that I will bring back from captivity...