The Western mockingbird media is full of propaganda today being fed to them by U.S., British and European military intelligence operatives. Some of it is so detached from reality as to be laughable.
Below is an excellent 8-minute analysis by Clayton Morris of Redacted followed by my take.
I agree with Morris’s conclusion, that the war in Eastern Europe has now entered a new and much more dangerous phase.
Now that the coup attempt has failed, Putin has not been “weakened” as the Western corporate media would have us believe.
The truth is, Putin is in a much stronger position after deftly putting down the coup, and doing it without any of the mass bloodshed typical of a brutal dictator. That means the West’s attempts to remove him from power have again failed and the Western leaders, instead of taking this opportunity to talk peace with Putin, will launch their next move against him. They are capable of anything at this point.
I am seriously praying for God to take down NATO. Break it up, please Lord. It has become a scourge on the earth that is intent on using war and intrigue to its own satanic advantage. Perhaps if enough countries bailed, the U.S. would be forced to reassess its putrid foreign policy, which has been driven since at least the early 1920s by billionaire neocon globalists with no allegiance to this nation. Their only allegiance is to themselves and the creation of a one-world beast system that, if we are honest, appears to value control over people as the highest order of business.
Enjoy the rest of your Sunday. And if you feel a similar call, won’t you join me in praying for the end of this evil system? Some have described it as the whore of Babylon described in the book of Revelation (the U.S. government and it’s “Mother,” Britain and Europe?). Others teach that America is not in the Bible at all. Whatever it is, it needs to be humbled and brought to its knees. There is simply too much evil being perpetrated by its globalist, elitist, neocon so-called “leaders.”
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That’s Therefore having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. And we receive His grace through faith, and while I am not sure if this is correct, in Ephesians 2:8-10, when Paul said we are saved by grace through faith, and that not of ourselves, it’s the gift of God not of works lest anyone should boast before God, I don’t know if by and that not of works, Paul meant our faith is a gift from God? I know that the faith I have to believe in Jesus was a gift. Even my faith to believe was a gift. I just wanted to say that the words grace gives you peace are true and conducive to getting through a world as crazy as ours is. That devil is a nasty brute. I look forward to the next day He is paid his well earned wages due him.
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Ted – “I don’t know if by and that not of works, Paul meant our faith is a gift from God?”
That’s a good question. Both grace and faith are gifts from God. Salvation, too. But I’m not sure if, when he says grace, he means salvation? Sometimes Paul’s wording is intricate and I have to read it several times to try to grasp what he is saying.
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Anna you are right. It’s Jesus holding onto us not you or me holding onto Him. Jesus said that no one can snatch His sheep out of His hand, John 10:37-40 (?) Something like that. I see Jesus being a great strong chain that stretches across a great cleft. There are two large powerful trucks on each side. They pull evenly because they are just testing the chain. If that chain is Jesus, it will hold, but if someone wants to help Jesus by placing their chain link in place of one of the Jesus links, that chain will not hold when those trucks pull and try the chain’s strength. It matters not where you place that link, if it’s there anywhere that chain will not hold. It’s Jesus and only Jesus. I might try to serve the Lord but I do so humbly. I know that my future depends on what He did on my/your behalf. If we attempt to add anything to what Jesus did, we don’t have a prayer of making it to the other side. Once Charles Morris on Haven Today said, “Jesus plus nothing equals everything, but Jesus plus anything equals nothing.” As in Matthew 7 Jesus described a couple men standing before Him telling Him why He should let them enter heaven. They said, “Lord! Lord! We cast out demons in Your name and we did mighty miracles in Your name.” And Jesus said, “I never knew you. Depart from me you children of iniquity.” Now people read this verse and they think they must be even better than they. When I come before the Lord all I will say is that on the earth I trusted in what You did on my behalf, and if that’s not sufficient I simply have nothing better to offer You than that. Now Anna if I am wrong then I will be cast into the Lake of Fire. But that is honestly all I have to boast about is what Jesus did on my behalf. In Matthew most translations have Jesus saying, “I did not come to call the righteous (good people) but sinners.” Luke adds “sinners to repentance.” All I know is when Jesus said He came to call sinners I am greatly encouraged simply because I have the qualifications for His calling. I just might get the job. I think I will at least apply. That’s all simply to say that when you or I cannot hold onto Jesus it is then that He holds onto us. He never drops anything. I have become so clumsy that I drop everything. I need to place every bit of my hope in Jesus and not interfere with what He has done on our behalf. I’m just on for the ride when it comes to getting through this world and making into His. Yes we have work to do and jobs and responsibilities, and that’s our calling, but I not only trust Jesus to get me there, but just through another day. I am sorry. You are right on. Jesus holds onto us when we are not holding onto Him. And that’s called grace, grace not only for tomorrow but for today. Thank you for sharing. I’ve been really encouraged by your words. God bless you.
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Ted Bates – “It’s Jesus and only Jesus. If we attempt to add anything to what Jesus did, we don’t have a prayer of making it to the other side.”
Yes, it is all Jesus, and only Him! The perfect sacrificial Lamb.
What you’re saying throughout your comments, Ted, reminds me of Revelation 4:10-11.
the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and worship Him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying:
“You are worthy, O Lord,
To receive glory and honor and power;
For You created all things,
And by Your will they exist and were created.”
Even though the elders are given their crowns by the Lord, they gift them back to Him, because nothing they could have done can compare to what He did for them (and us).
There is freedom too, in not having a works mentality like some people who mistakenly think they have to “add” to their redemption, as if the cross wasn’t enough. They put themselves into bondage. I think that’s why Jesus said that His yoke is easy and His burden light.
And about our recognition of ourselves as sinners – that’s the Holy Spirit convicting us, because it’s His job to regenerate. People who harden their hearts against Him never recognize their true state. That’s why Jesus told the religious hypocrites of His day that tax collectors and prostitutes were entering the kingdom of Heaven before them. Those people knew their own brokenness – that they were sick and needed a physician. Like so many of us, we have to come to the end of ourselves before we can surrender to Him.
This makes me think also of what Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 1:26 –29.
“For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, that no flesh should glory in His presence.”
Thank you for all your encouraging words, Ted! I’ve enjoyed our conversation.
Blessings!
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Yes I see you get it. That’s how I understand. If I tell Jesus why He should receive me into His kingdom, it’s not at all about what I have done but what He did on my behalf. If the Lord asked me why He should welcome me home, I could say, “Because Lord I am righteous because You are my righteousness. Therefore, how righteous I am indeed!” I am just going to brag about Jesus and not add anything to what He did, because if I did, that little thing that I did would defile all that Jesus did. Anna if I am wrong, then I will suffer the consequences. But honestly there is nothing more I can say on my behalf. It’s like Solomon talking about the fly in the ointment only makes it stink. But I look forward to that day when “We will be like Him for we will see Him as He is” (1 John 3:2). and right now once we are saved by faith in Jesus God has a purpose for us while we are here. Romans 8:28 reads, “For God works all things together for the good of those who love Him who are called according to His purpose.” What’s that purpose? “that they may be conformed to the image of His Son.” While we are being made liken to Jesus, we all have a terribly long way to go. In the meantime we need to find peace in that “we are accepted in the Beloved” (Ephesians 1:5). And that is where I think grace gives us peace. I really need that. Some 49 years ago when I first came to the Lord I thought I was something. In a way ignorance was bliss. In was afterwards that I both got to know more what Jesus is like and also what I am like. And that was the beginning of lessons in humility. Not that the lessons have been that fun, I really think that a lot of His precious children would benefit from a lesson or two in what we are not. As I draw closer to Jesus,. He gets taller and taller. Once I heard a story about a small 10 year old boy who was looking straight up. He said, “Gee President Lincoln you sure are tall! The president replied “I am just tall enough for my feet to reach the ground.” It’s not until you understand just a little the greatness of Jesus that you perceive the beauty of Jesus when He bends down and stoops and becomes like us so that we can know who He is and not just what He is. We have all eternity to get to know Him. I don’t understand, but in the infiniteness of God I think we will always be awed as we get to know Him better. Maybe I am wrong, if I am I can be corrected. 🙂 I certainly have a lesson or two to learn. I am at the point where I am ready to go home.
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Dear Anna I apologize for doing this arrogant atrocious attempt to contact you. You probably won’t get it at all and if you wish you can simply delete it. I wrote a little booklet a week or two ago that had a little to do with darkness, it’s not on darkness. In fact it encourages people to shine their lights for Jesus in the darkness. A couple weeks ago I just got off talking with a friend about them coming over for dinner, and it fell through. Earlier I got rather frustrated with a friend, Brian. When I got off the phone with Terra, I would normally be sullen and sulky for a while. But when I got off I had this impression come into my mind. Instead of sulking I got on the computer. I.had like an image of a black piece of paper with a flame on it. A nice flame like a campfire on a cold night that one wants to be close to, and not the Lake of Fire. Infact I have an orange and white cat named Flame. He’s a nice flame. Then above it the words, Let Your Light Shine on it. Then I wrote a little piece to go along and made it into a booklet. Now I don’t want to know your business. It’s just you said that you went through two experiences with darkness and you weren’t holding onto Jesus, but it was He who was holding onto you. I think this little booklet would somehow comfort or minister to you. I don’t want to get into your own personal life, but it is only two thousand words, twelve pages using 22 don’t it’s because when I make it into a booklet, there are two pages on each side and four pages on each sheet. I could email it to you. I just go down to FedEx Office and rent a computer. I save the word document onto a flash drive from my computer. Then I can attach the document to an email and send it to you. I’ve actually mailed people a couple full length books of mine to places like Taiwan, Dubai, Greece and New Zealand. They are too big to email. But it would be easy to email or even mail it. It easily fits into a greeting card sized envelope and mailed with just a first-class stamp Either way. I would need your email address that is all. It is totally up to you and I am really sorry. I feel super small asking this of you. My email address is tbates55@aol.com. My home address is Theodore William Bates 930 Swiss Trails Road Duarte CA 91010-2186. If you want to check me out first. In 2011 I got a traffic citation. Other than that I never been caught. But you can check on me. If you don’t want to you don’t even have to respond to this message. I am super sorry and ashamed. Let me quite a couple sentences in this short booklet and see if you think you would like to see it or not. “For He’s “The like [that] shines in the darkness,” in your darkness -in my darkness; and “The darkness could not overcome it” (John 1:5). “When you feel like you are at the very bottom of the bottomless pit, He’s there for you. It’s often only then when you find you’ve got a Friend!” I don’t know where I could have come up with that last sentence if I hadn’t been there myself and experienced it “I once experienced deep darkness; now I know the True Light for myself. Isaiah wrote of Jesus 700 years before His birth. “A bruised reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not quench” (Isaiah 42:3 RSV). But this is not a sad article at all. There is even some of my better humor in it. It is written to share Jesus with those who don’t know Him and are kind of outsiders. I think it could relate to a lot of people today. In fact I gave a copy to someone at the laundromat today. Anyway I thank you for your following what I was trying to say. It is deadening when people reply with something that is plain dark. And that’s what I’ve learned to expect. It’s like an occupational hazard. So Anna I apologize. You don’t even have to reply. I won’t bother you again. God bless you in the Lord Jesus Christ. Ted
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Hi Ted, thank you for offering to send me some encouraging words! I hope I didn’t give you the wrong impression when I mentioned the low points in my life. The Lord is keeping me close to Him like He does all of us during these hard times. Also, my husband has his two feet on the ground and a good sense of humor, so he helps me laugh at myself! Leo’s website is a great resource too, because you and other readers are good about sharing kind words.
You sound like a really wonderful friend too, taking the time to create pages of thoughts and scriptures to send to people in their lives at a time when they really can use those.
I think all of us pulling together will help each other make it through this period, and I’m thankful we have these online communities, because many people don’t have places of fellowship to go to.
One of the things I like the most is being able to comment anonymously. Everyone is free to share as little or as much information about themselves as they wish. I tend to hold back a lot of specific information about myself, because the more people know about you, even if it’s only what books you read or what teachers you listen to, or what doctrines you believe, the more they might filter out what you’re trying to say, because we all have our preconceived notions.
I’m pretty private, too, so I don’t share things like my full name or any contact information. By keeping that anonymity, it gives me a sense of real freedom, which helps me express freely what it is I want to say.
I hope you keep sharing on this website, because what you have to say is important and we all need each other in the Body of Christ.
God bless you, Ted! Looking forward to seeing more of your comments on Leo’s stories.
P.S. Thanks again for your information on that prophecy about Elam. I never even saw that before! Praying for Israel and Netanyahu. He’s got a tough job. But God has their backs and has promised never to leave them or forsake them. He brought them back into the land, gave them victories against their enemies and will be protecting them again. In the end, all Israel will be saved. And we’ll all be with Yeshua in Israel for 1,000 years! I’ve never been to that beautiful country and am so looking forward to it!
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Hi Anna. You are right about Israel. If not for God I would say that Israel does not have a prayer, but because of God, they will be the victors. On July 30th I am supposed to talk in place of Dr Hugh Ross in his Sunday School class called paradoxes. I am supposed to present my position on eschatology. I am basically a pre-tribulation rapture and pre-mileniallist. What I intend to do though is to show how the tribulation is primarily about Israel. Daniel’s 70 weeks Gabriel said to Daniel are for “your people” who are the Jews, and the whole 70th week that has not happened is the tribulation. Again Gabriel told Daniel “70 weeks are determined for your people. If we don’t understand that God is not finished with His people Israel then we cannot understand the times we live in today. I think many of the people may have been raised in replacement theology and if you have been deceived by that heresy you simply have a veil over your face and cannot see. Thank you. I do apologize. God bless you. Ted
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My thoughts as a little old lady [ a Jewish Christian, living in Israel ] : the spirit of anti-Christ has been around a long time, as John the Beloved warned us. It seems to me (personally) that “the stage” is very crowded : Russia + Ukraine + America + Iran + China are ALL “on board” ( together with 189 other countries ) to put in place a global, one-world Government, under the W.H.O. [ “World HELL-th Organization” ]. in 2024. Meanwhile, these other little “happenings” are like Shakespeare’s “a play within a play”. They are designed to DISTRACT, AMUSE, and CONFUSE us…….. And, we are watching the “signs of the times” revealing (“Babylonian – style” ) activities of the anti-Christ everywhere : to pit us against each other = arguing about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. Let’s read our Bible [ preferably King James ] and pray to the Lord for wisdom and compassion. We are warned by Jesus that “the love of many will wax cold”….. And, He said, ” Let not your heart be troubled…. “
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Zelda as you are privileged to both be Jewish and to know your Messiah, I’ve learned that the way to understand the last days is in reference to what Gabriel said to Daniel about 70 weeks determined for Daniel’s people. The section is Daniel 9:20-27. It starts out with Daniel saying, “I was praying confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, when the man Gabriel arrived.” Then Gabriel said, “Daniel there are 70 weeks determined for your people.” These are weeks of years, and lunar biblical years 12 30 day months for 360 day years. From when Nehemiah was given permission to go and rebuild Jerusalem and Jesus making His triumphal entry, there were 69 weeks or 483 biblical years. But there still is the 70th week. What happened to that? Then in 9:25-27 we are first told of another prince who is to come. We are also informed that he will be of the people who destroy Jerusalem and the second temple. In 70 AD the Romans destroyed the city and the second temple, and your people were dispersed across the entire earth. This is the Antichrist. We know he will be related to Rome from the prophecy. That is why many theologians believe that there will be a revived Roman Empire in the end times. That will be Daniel’s 70th week. Gabriel said that the 70 weeks were determined for his people who are the Jews. I understand that there are about 6.8 million Jews in Israel and only 15.3 million Jews worldwide. So one main reason for the tribulation is for God to deal with the Jewish people. So when I hear that two thirds of the American churches believe in that damnable heresy replacement theology it angers me to no end. I am planning to talk on the literal pre-tribulation view and to do that I plan on talking about the 70 weeks of Daniel and the place God chosen people Israel play in it.
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Ted, I’m just going to duck in and duck out here. (Otherwise, we risk burying the lede of Leo’s story if we comment any further.) It’s through that period of Daniel’s 70th week that God’s people will come to recognize that Jesus is the prophesied Messiah. Fulfilling Romans 11:26 – “all Israel will be saved,” Zechariah 12:10, Zechariah 13:9, and Matthew 23:39. The Second Coming of Christ is triggered by Israel accepting Him as Moshiach: “Baruch haba B’shem Adonai!”
Yes, Replacement Theology is a heresy with roots in the early Christian community – see Romans 11:11-31.
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Anna I am rather impressed by your knowledge of the actual Hebrew. I know Jesus said that He would not return until His people say, “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord,” But to,”Baruch (etc.) Adonai” is beyond my pea size brain. I don’t know why, but God gave me a great love for His chosen people. I think it has to do with knowing how they have suffered. I was a member of the MJAA, the Messianic Jewish Alliance of America. I had a grandmother who was Jewish and they allowed just that I could become a member. I’ve learned to say, “I don’t even have enough Jewish blood to make me a ‘good’ Samaritan. Samaritans were half Jewish. But the 3/4 Gentile in me will fight to the death for the 1/4.” I know the prophecies, but I am not happy knowing what they have ahead of them. Two thirds of the Jews will be killed and a one third remnant will finally cry out, Baruch is He who comes in the name of the Adonai.” And Jesus will save them and they will look on Him who they pierced. They will mourn for Him as a father mourns the loss of his only son. It’s a little much for me. I am glad I won’t be here.
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Thank you, Ted. I’m still learning the Hebrew alphabet, so I have a long way to go. It sounds like you had a wonderful grandmother! Have you ever thought of making Aliyah to Israel?
I know there are really hard, painful times ahead for Israel as well as for the rest of the world, and things are so dark now that I’ve been looking more at those prophecies about the Millennial kingdom because they’re beautiful and hopeful. For instance, throughout the entire book of Zechariah there are descriptions of this kingdom, and the last chapter, 14, is about the return of Jesus to Jerusalem.
His homecoming will be pretty emotional and joyful for everyone, when His people Israel realize that their brother is their Messiah! Because Joseph was a type and shadow of Jesus, you can get a glimpse of what a moving, awesome experience it will be by reading about the reunion of Joseph with his brothers in Egypt in Genesis 42-45. At first he tested them and then finally revealed himself to them.
“Now Joseph could no longer restrain himself in front of all those who were standing by him…But he gave his voice to weeping so that the Egyptians heard, and Pharaoh’s household heard. Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph!… Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near me.” So they came near. “I’m Joseph, your brother—the one you sold to Egypt,” he said. “So now, don’t be grieved and don’t be angry in your own eyes that you sold me here—since it was for preserving life that God sent me here before you…Then he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck and wept while Benjamin wept upon his neck, and he kissed all his brothers and wept upon them.” (Chapter 45)
Jesus wept over Jerusalem because He loved His people so much and knew what would happen to them for the next two thousand years.
Ted, can you imagine the tears of joy when He’s reunited with them!
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I kind of think that the one third remnant now having all the nations of the world surrounding them, they are going to have death written upon their hearts. Maybe at this moment they will call out to God at a hopeless moment, “Baruch hash shem Adonai.” And not realizing it, Jesus will come and they will see it is Him, and then they will mourn for Him as describes in Zechariah 12:10, I think. I don’t know how close I am to the correct rendering of that sentence. That just came to me. I think baruch is blessed and Adonai is Lord. Jesus said He would pour out on the people a spirit of grace and supplication. At first there is going to be a period of grieving. It says that they will look on Me who they pierced. It’s a time of conviction, sorrow and repentance. But finally they will be His people and He will be their God. It’s a time of tears, but tears that cleanse. I really have no desire to go through one second of this terrible time. And we won’t, because the rapture must occur first before the man of lawlessness can be revealed, and it’s his revealing at confirming a covenant that begins Daniel’s 70th week. But he cannot be revealed until the Restrainer is taken out of the way. The Holy Spirit is the Restrainer, but it is through the church of whom He indwells that He restrains. A few weeks back I was at the laundromat and Gun Smoke was on the television. Matt Dillon was on his big dunn horse and some riff raff were standing on the ground when one of them went for his gun, but Matt Dillon out drew him and shot him in the arm. Then under a drawn gun he took them to jail. While Matt Dillon is the one who restrains lawlessness in Dodge, if he didn’t have his gun he would not be able to restrain lawlessness and keep the peace. So likewise the Holy Spirit is the actual Restrainer, but believers are His guns He requires in order to restrain. At the rapture, we will be removed and it will be as if the Restrainer has been taken out of the way. So the last 70th week cannot begin until we are no longer on the earth. That’s how I understand it. Right now there are 250,000 rockets and missiles aimed at Israel a country the size of New Jersey. It’s going to be a rather scary time. I have no desire to be here myself. It’s like the tribulation is totally black, but there is one candle in the midst of the darkness and that is the pre-tribulation rapture also called our blessed hope (Titus 3:23). While we don’t know just when Jesus will appear, we do know it must occur prior to the tribulation. We see all kinds of signs that the tribulation is at the door, therefore the rapture must be even closer just like Thanksgiving must come before Christmas. At the same time, I really am ready to go home. We are just passing through. This is not where it’s at. Jesus said to store up our treasure in heaven and Jesus Himself is our treasure.
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Ted – “But finally they will be His people and He will be their God.”
Ted, He always has been, is now, and always will be their God! And they have always been His people! One third will escape into the wilderness where the Lord will sustain them for the remaining 3 ½ years (1,260 days) of the Great Tribulation. See Revelation 12:1-6. The woman is Israel, the dragon of course is Satan. Just like He did during the 40 years they were wandering in the wilderness, He’ll meet all their needs at this time also (food, water, shelter). During that time, the revelation will come to them that the carpenter’s son from Nazareth truly is the Messiah and Son of God and they will repent and accept Him as their Savior. So “all Israel will be saved.”
Amen! Jesus is our treasure!
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Yes I am aware that Rev. 12:1 the woman represents Israel and she is protected in the wilderness for 3 1/2 years. Also in Matthew 24 Jesus said something like, “When you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet, then let those in Judea run for the mountains….” I think that is the same. Still I am not sure just how or when they will finally come to realize that Yeshua is their Meschiac. Zechariah 12:9-10 describes the nations of the world surrounding Jerusalem, when it then says, “I will pour out on the house of David the spirit of grace and supplication. Then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes they will mourn for Him like a father mourns for an only son.” It sounds like at the very very end, the remaining remnant of Israel will finally have an epiphany and realize that Jesus is their God. I know in one sense Israel is God’s chosen people, but they are not truly His until they receive Yeshua as their Messiah, their Lord and Savior. While there’s the woman who escaped to the wilderness, Zechariah 12:4-5 describes the Lord returning to the Mount of Olives and the mountain splits in half from the east to the west, and then people escaping from Jerusalem through the valley that formed. Obviously I don’t understand and I am a little confused. It’s just how Zechariah 12:10 is written it sounds to me that they first see Jesus and then realize that He is the One and then follows a time of grace and supplication, mourning. Since Jesus said, “You will see Me no more until you say, “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord,” but it sounds like they first see Jesus and then realize He’s the Lord. So I thought that at this terrible time when all nations are gathered against Jerusalem that they might first in their desperation cry out those words, “Baruch has shem Adonai” not yet realizing that Jesus is Adonai. I’m mixed up because scripture says that the people are gathered against Jerusalem, but if all the Jews escaped into the wilderness three and a half years earlier, why do they come against Jerusalem? The Jews shouldn’t be there at all. I’m confused. In Zechariah 13:8 we read that two thirds of the Jews will be killed. It sounds like there are Jews defending Israel at the very end.
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You’re asking some great questions, Ted. I wish there were some expository books on all the prophets – major and minor – written from a Messianic Jewish perspective. I have a reference book, The Moody Handbook of Messianic Prophecy, Michael Rydelnik and Edwin Blum – General Editors. On page 1311, they say:
“…the preserved remnant will be brought to repentance and restored in the end time at the coming of Messiah…The final remnant will call on the Messiah for salvation…The term qara (“call”) alongside ‘ana (“answer”) denotes both a human cry for help in the form of prayer and God calling a human being….Here are the national repentance of Israel toward Messiah and the divine response of His return to revive the nation and restore it to the millennial kingdom.”
On this page they also cite Isaiah 10:22-23, which says in verse 22, “Though your people be like the sand by the sea, Israel, only a remnant will return.” That chapter in Isaiah references the assault by Assyria, but the editors describe the theme of a remnant of Israel returning, whether it’s after the Assyrians, Babylonians, or in the end times with the antichrist.
So it sounds like the one-third remnant of Israel returns from the wilderness to Jerusalem – which makes sense because they wouldn’t stay in the wilderness forever – cries out to the Lord for help and at the same time repents, which brings Him back. You may want to get this Handbook for yourself.
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Thank you for going to all that effort to look into my question (s). I haven’t been able to put it all together and need to leave it at that lt was helpful to just voice my questions. I don’t think anyone can answer that. So thank you for considering it. 🙂
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The remnant is always small. It will be the same among Christians in these last days, I believe. Most will go along to get along and accept the satanic changes. They will do it to escape persecution and they will justify it to themselves as being “for the greater good” and “Jesus wouldn’t want his people to starve,” of “Jesus would want us to disobey the law” (citing Romans 13 ad nauseam).
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Leo – “The remnant is always small.”
That seems to be a biblical truth. Some other examples: Judges 7:1-8, 1 Kings 19:18, John 6:60-69. The Church is getting whittled down with all the apostasy. How many now really believe John 3:3 or that the Bible is the infallible word of God?
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Dear Leo. I asked a question that Anna tried to provide an answer. I don’t want to bother you and I am not sure that anyone can answer. In Rev. 12,:1 the woman clothed with the sun and the moon and has 12 stars in her hair is Israel. As scripture interprets scripture, Joseph’s dream in Gen. 37:9 is basically the same and the 11 stars that bowed down to Joseph were his 11 brothers and Joseph’s the 12th brother. From these came the 12 tribes of Israel. Back to Rev. 12 the woman escapes into the wilderness where she is cared for for the last 3 1/2 years of the tribulation. However Zechariah 12-14 appears to be predominantly the end when all nations come against Jerusalem. However in Matthew 24, Jesus warned that when those in Judea see the abomination of desolation, they are to take off immediately for the mountains. So why at the very end are all the nations coming against Jerusalem, because the Jews took off 3 1/2 years earlier for the wilderness? Also when Jesus returns and stands upon the Mount of Olives and the mountain splits in two from east to west, it says that the people will escape through the canyon that formed. Again I thought they escaped at the middle of the tribulation. I don’t understand how the remnant who escaped into the wilderness at the middle of the tribulation, can be in Jerusalem at the end of the tribulation. I apologize for asking that and I don’t know if anyone can answer.
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Yeah, I don’t know the answer there. Sometimes there are questions, even biblical questions, that only God can answer. And if we don’t know at a particular time it’s because we don’t need to know. There is a powerful scene in the movie “The Hiding Place,” when Corrie asks a difficult question of her father and he tells her, “Corrie, when I buy you a ticket to travel out of town when do I give you the ticket?” She responds by saying “right before I get on the train.” It’s the same with our Heavenly Father. He knows when we need to know and reveals his truth to us at exactly the right time. I think the problem with modern Bible prophecy teaching is we are trying to figure it all out before God has revealed it. So what we end up with is a bunch of speculation being sold as fact. God will do this before he does this and this or that nation will invade that nation… I don’t pay it much heed but I do pray for the wisdom and discernment of the Lord to know the truth of His prophetic time table at the right moment when it requires action. Sorry for this long rambling non-answer to your question Ted.
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Thank you Leo for responding. I don’t think I will ask that question to anyone else. I will only get people angry. 🙂
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I agree America needs to repent and turn from its wicked ways… Your analysis however resounded in many ways the Kremlins talking points and sounded very similar to Putin and his so called religious advisors propaganda they have spewed over the past year or so.
America still has very real enemies in communist Russia and China and NATO still plays a part in keeping that threat at bay. I do agree with some of what you said that the western nations are going astray being led by the globalists in America has fallen and tomorrow decay, but I pray for this nation and hope it turns from its wicked ways but I refuse geopolitically to align with the propaganda of the communist nations looking to destroy the west. God is the ultimate answer, and the Holy Spirit was given to lead us into all truth and show us things to come. We need to allow him to do that all the while keeping our emotions in check.
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So the CIA offered Wagner the 6.2 B, he said yes, and then stopped it? Did we already pay him? I wonder how much of it he paid Putin to not kill him or his troops?
It does seem like the plan was to stage it, and then let Putin get tough and stop it
so Putin looks stronger than ever before. Giving him the boost he needs to gain the upper hand in the Ukraine and E Europe.
As we saw from the senators presser, something else is in the works now that this supposed coup took place and failed. Maybe that was the plan all along, giving Nato an excuse do the next thing.
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Leo:
I abhor your prayers for vain peace with the Communists.
The worldwide communist league, did not magically become good guys in Russia just because they (the communists) took over America’s government.
And I abhor your insinuations that America and Britain are wholly evil in origin. How dare you repeat that Nazi, Islamic lie even as a question. And I say it that strongly because it is the actual position of the Nazis and Islamists. Even to call America Babylon the whore.
Mainstream American media, which is actually Communist (same as Russia), is “obsessed” with Russia because it’s critical for them to control the anti-Russian narrative so as to prevent actual organized collusion against Communist Russia, which really is evil and should be taken down. And also so that remaining conservatives will react against the half-true positions of the 100% insane mainstream media and thereby polarize themselves towards liking Russia. This way, there will be less opposition when Russia does eventually invade America.
The vain “wars” that have been going on for decades under the influence of commie string-pullers have functioned as a way to waste away American men, and to throw away American resources and transfer them to our enemies.
Nevertheless, does that mean that war against evil is wrong? Should wicked nations not be conquered and ruled by a righteous, God-fearing nation?
No. But to surrender power and control and authority as Britain and America have was a mistake. They have allowed the wicked to gain power and control, even over Britain and America. And it’s because of their current wickedness that this has happened to them.
But that does not mean they were always wicked, even from the start. How can anyone look at the nations and people which have spread the knowledge of the gospel of Jesus Christ all around the globe, and have functioned as the policemen and civilizers of the world throughout history, and say that these are fundamentally evil nations? It is an evil, foolish, blind position.
I write this because I have been following your normally excellent posts for quite some time, and even recommending your blog for its rapidity of extracting and discussing key points of current world events.
But since you are now doing the work of the mainstream media and the work of Satan by persuading people to consider America and Europe as evil, I will not recommend you any more, and you may instead have the reputation of a traitor.
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I in no way insinuated that America and Europe were “inherently evil.” Quite to the contrary, the European civilization was what made up Christendom and, as you said, spread the gospel around the world. My issue is that this formerly great civilization has over the last couple of generations largely turned its back on God and invited in all kinds of demonic filth. The nation that once exported the gospel now exports transhumanism, transgenderism, gay marriage, toxic “vaccinations,” abortion on demand up to birth, pornography, and the list goes on. Most of this filth is in fact tied to the foreign aid we send abroad.
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Nor did I say to pray for “peace with communists.” Geez, could you have done any more to distort my words?
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Thank you, Leo. Daily I pray for God to confound the schemes of this evil system. After all, He does confound the wisdom of this world. So much for the current ‘America, land of the free’ nonsense. The first time I heard an author speculate that America is Babylon as mentioned in Revelation, that thought seemed a little too far out; these days, it very plausible.
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There is a lot of craziness. It appears that Biden is deliberately attempting to start a nuclear war. He is doing everything he can to destroy America even by starting World War 111. Also we are on the verge of seeing Jeremiah 49:34-39 be fulfilled. An attack on Elam. Elam is the portion of Iran along the Persian Gulf. The Buhsher Nuclear Reactor is there. We are told that in the latter days there will be an attack on Elam and the people will have to leave Elam and will be dispersed worldwide. Now that Iran has sufficient enriched uranium for a nuclear weapon as well as missiles capable of delivering it to Israel, Israel has no choice but to attack Iran in this region where they have other nuclear sites. The fact that the inhabitants will be forced to leave could be caused by nuclear fallout. Jesus compared the end times to birth pains. As one draws closer the contractions happen more frequently and more intensely. We are seeing an acceleration of all the signs. While we don’t know just what will happen while the church is here, there are many verses that indicate that the rapture our blessed hope must occur first before the man of sin can be revealed (2 Thessalonians 2). The Lord is our strength and our hope in times such as these. We need to pray and put our trust in the Lord. I have placed all my eggs in one basket and handed it to Jesus for safekeeping. Dear Lord provide Mr. Putin with a sound mind and restraint and stop these globalist leaders in America who are deliberately attempting to destroy America. This nation has fallen so far from You Lord, but if it be your will give us more time to share the gospel with many lost people. Lord that You would awaken this nation to seek You. Have mercy upon us despite we don’t deserve it. Be a shelter and a refuge for all of us Your children in Jesus Christ. We trust You. Amen.
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Leo – “I am seriously praying for God to take down NATO… Their only allegiance is to themselves and the creation of a one-world beast system that, if we are honest, appears to value control over people as the highest order of business.”
Ted Bates – “This nation has fallen so far from You Lord, but if it be your will give us more time to share the gospel with many lost people. “
Leo, I agree that Clayton Morris really nailed it. And your exhortation to pray against their efforts is wisdom. We should push back against the darkness and corruption any way we can.
A huge side effect of these plans for death and destruction is that it gets people into the right emotional state of welcoming someone – anyone – who can “get us out of this mess.” Unless they know the Lord, they’ll be deceived into accepting the wrong person.
Ted, I agree with you too. We need to share the Gospel while we still have time. Even if they refuse to listen, we can still pray and ask the Holy Spirit to break up the hard ground. He’s the one who regenerates hearts – the onus isn’t all on us. Thanks also, for that beautiful prayer at the end of your comments!
Trying to deal with all of these events slamming at breakneck speed from every direction has been challenging for me. There are so many psalms that I find comforting, especially those written by David from his experiences of being hunted by entire armies. I can’t imagine having those kinds of forces against me!
Psalm 91 may have been attributed to Moses and is one that I used to pray every day but have been neglecting lately. So I thought I’d end my comments with just the last verses 14 to 16: God speaking to the psalmist. I hope these will bring comfort to everyone here like they do to me.
“Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will set him on high, because he has known My name.
He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will deliver him and honor him.
With long life I will satisfy him,
And show him My salvation.”
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Yes, very comforting. Thanks for sharing Anna.
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Take Salus with a large grain of salt 🙂
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For weeks, the words of this Russian Lenten hymn keeps running through my head. I think it is a prayer apropo for our times.
“Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia
Behold the Bridegroom cometh at midnight,
and Blessed be the servant whom He shall find watching,
and again, unworthy is the servant whom He shall find heedless
Beware, therefore, O my soul, do not be weighed down with sleep,
Lest you be given up to death, and lest you be shut out of the Kingdom.
But rouse yourself crying: Holy, Holy, Holy, art Thou, O our God,
Through the Theotokos have mercy on us.
You can hear this hymn here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwCNYKHd3jQ
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Marcus this is not about Salus. Jeremiah 49:34-39 describes an attack on Elam in the last days. Elam is one fifth of present Iran that lies along the Persian Gulf. There rests the Buhsher Nuclear Reactor and probably many other nuclear sites. Israel has no option but to destroy these sites and do so now. They have run out of time. We are told that the Elamites will have to leave Elam. That could result from nuclear fallout. It also says Elam’s enemies, plural. Saudi Arabia and other Arabic nations receive their water supply from the Persian Gulf and they are legitimately concerned about this reactor located on land susceptible to earthquakes. I remember recently watching news of how Israel and these concerned Arabic nations are having military exercises with each other possibly in case they decide to attack Iran’s nuclear sites. I understand that Iran already has weapon’s grade uranium to fashion a nuclear warhead and also the missile technology to deliver it. I did not write this for Bill Salus’s sake, but yours and anyone else. We at least I can see for myself that this piece of scripture could be fulfilled before you eat your next meal. That’s all.
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Ted Bates and Marcus:
“Jeremiah 49:34-39 describes an attack on Elam in the last days.”
Wow! I have to honestly say that I’d never heard of this prophecy before, but all your comments, Ted, make sense when compared to these verses in Jeremiah.
Before I read your entries, I thought that the destruction of Damascus (Isaiah 17:1-3) and the Gog Magog war prophesied in Ezekiel 38-39 (Russia/Turkey/Iran etc. coalition) were the next-up prophecies to be fulfilled, in that order.
Marcus, I’m not sure why you discount Bill Salus, because I haven’t read anything he’s written. But if you do a careful reading of these verses in Jeremiah, you’ll see how they fit into the scenario today.
Iran is absolutely an existential threat to Israel, not only because of their nuclear program but also because of Iran’s terror proxies waging war against them.
Add this to the mix: our regime in Washington is trying to jumpstart JCPOA. No surprise there since it’s no. 44’s third term. Remember the pallets of cash flown to the Ayatollahs? That directly funded Iran’s proxy war against Israel. Netanyahu has always been his nemesis and O’Biden has tried to interfere in Israeli elections, including this past one by funding leftist protestors in Israel who said they were against the judicial reform but were really aiming at trying to topple a duly elected prime minister and his government.
I think so much attention has been focused upon the Russia/Ukraine conflict, that no one (except probably Israel) is seeing what Iran is really doing.
Scary that our government is working against the one and only Jewish state on the face of the earth, because God said He would bless those who blessed them and curse those who cursed them. Just look in the Bible to see how that’s been fulfilled, over and over.
And lest we think we’re secure here in the U.S., Iran is gaining a foothold in our southern neighborhood. Hezbollah is now involved in the drug traffic flowing through our border, and two of their warships and later Raisi himself paid a visit to South America in these last five months.
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Anna things are indeed getting wild. At times like these I find myself holding onto the Lord because I know of nothing else that will bring us through what is happening in our world this very day. I also am glad that the rapture is referred to as our blessed hope. So, Come Lord Jesus, Come!
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Ted Bates – “At times like these I find myself holding onto the Lord because I know of nothing else that will bring us through what is happening in our world this very day.”
Even more than that, Ted, He is holding onto us and never lets go. Two beautiful verses I wanted to share:
Fear not, for I am with you;
Be not dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you,
Yes, I will help you,
I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10
The LORD your God in your midst,
The Mighty One, will save;
He will rejoice over you with gladness,
He will quiet you with His love,
He will rejoice over you with singing. Zephaniah 3:17
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Thank you.
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One last thing I wanted to say, hoping it will be encouragement to you and others. We really do need to hang on as tight as we can to Him. But there were times in my life when I let go. He never did. If it weren’t for that kind of faithfulness, believe me, I would not be alive today.
Ha’El hanne’eman
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I once went through some extremely rough times. If not for the Lord, Jesus, I would not have made it passed age 20. The fact that I am 68 is from my perspective a miracle. The one thing that I got out of it was the Lord Himself. The Bible says that the Lord draws near to the brokenhearted and saves those crushed in spirit. He also said, “I dwell in the high and holy place and also with him/her who is of a lowly heart and a contrite spirit” (Isaiah 57:15). It is nice to know that when you seem to be abandoned the Lord is always there. He is an ever present help in time of trouble and in days like these when you don’t know if the economy is about to crash and we may be forced on a digital currency and who knows what else, the Lord is not only there, He cares and has a way of doing wonders when you least expect it. It wasn’t until I was at the very bottom of the bottomless pit, that I found a Friend who sticks closer than a brother. “Therefore having been justified by grace, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 5:1). And grace gives you peace, a peace that should you arise with the dawn and fly to a foreign land, even there will your hand guide me whether you turn to the left or the right. You never know just when that knowledge may come in handy. Respectfully.
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You have a really powerful testimony, Ted. Thank you so much for sharing it with all of us. We really need encouragement these days!
I’ve been at the bottom too, but more than once. Without revealing too much about myself, I’ll just say that the second time was a really dark place where I never want to go again. He was there, though, and it’s only because of it that I’m here.
Those verses you quoted: “should you arise with the dawn and fly to a foreign land, even there will your hand guide me whether you turn to the left or the right” are from one of David’s most beautiful psalms. I don’t think any describe the personal, intimate relationship we have with our Lord more than 139!
O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
You know my sitting down and my rising up;
You understand my thought afar off.
You comprehend my path and my lying down,
And are acquainted with all my ways.
For there is not a word on my tongue,
But behold, O LORD, You know it altogether.
My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.
And in Your book they all were written,
The days fashioned for me,
When as yet there were none of them.
It’s comforting to know that we have a God who is so involved with every little detail of our lives.
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It certainly is a great comfort to know that everything can be going crazy and yet you can rest in the Lord’s safe, secure and certain hands.
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Anna I just want to thank you for the conversation we had. Today I saw my dentist, but it has actually been about 5 to 7 days that I heard a human voice. It was just someone said hi Ted. But I have been in a bit of a difficult situation and I am afraid the isolation has been to the point that my thinking has been a little crazy. I look forward to being able to make changes for my own good, but I’ve been trapped and it was nice to converse even by an email. God bless you and thank you. Ted 🙂
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God bless you, too, Ted!
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