escapeallthesethings--2020-01-31--Trump’s Role in the Damascus Prophecy and His 2020 Reelection (Dream Confirmation?)

A new pattern began in 2017 when President Trump announced the move of the US Embassy to Jerusalem .
His `` Mideast Peace Plan '' continues that pattern .
Is there a specific end time prophecy that this is setting up finally ?
Also , learn the tie-in of a dream on the Great Tribulation that God gave me the night after Trump 's 2017 announcement , which provides confirmation for me of how significant Trump 's act was in starting a cycle that leads to the confederacy of Psalm 83 and destruction of Damascus .
After Trump 's “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plan was unveiled , readers immediately began asking if it changes anything I wrote in the article below about how Trump has made five moves since taking office that move the Mideast towards the prophesied fourth Arab-Israeli war , which I think will happen by 2022 .
I 've also read some criticisms from Bible believers that this plan is an `` affront to God . ''
This comes up every time a `` land for peace '' plan is pitched , which many believers consider against the `` land deed of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I already wrote about the problem with that thinking and the related one that `` God curses those who curse Israel '' for those who have that concern about Trump 's plan .
Back to the main question , my answer is : no , this peace plan does not change the path to war established so far .
The plan heavily favors Israel by promising them an undivided Jerusalem and allows them to immediately annex the West Bank ( like they did the Golan Heights ) , among other things on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Arab world is not pleased but muted in their response ( several like Egypt and Jordan receive financial incentives from the US that they do n't want to lose ) .
The Palestinians furiously rejected it with rioting , saying `` Jerusalem is not for sale ! ''
This fits right in with the pattern I wrote about below of Trump ending the appeasement of the enemies of Israel for the sake of American security concerns .
Finally , if you are waiting for a `` confirmation of the covenant '' / @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , '' or the `` peace and safety '' Paul spoke about to the Thessalonians , check out my article on common Antichrist Myths like a public `` peace treaty . ''
The update after Trump 's drone strike on Iran 's Soleimani and the main article after the US embassy move continue below ...
The Answer in Trump 's Moves in the Middle East I write this the day after Iranian General Qassem Soleimani 's death by the order of US President Trump because I see a prophetic significance to it .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ home visit from my pastor ( to introduce the new associate pastor , I think ) that the subject of prophecy came up .
He showed me the Israel war prophecy in Psalm 83 .
I never knew that there was an end-time prophecy in the psalms , of all places .
( Psalm 91 is another exciting one ) .
It impressed me .
Ever since then , like others , I have been watching that prophecy for its fulfillment .
And waiting ...
I see Psalm 83 as parallel to Isaiah @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , as a result of this lightning , one-day war ( Isa 17:14 ) : • Damascus will cease to be a city and become ruins ( Isa 17:1 ) • Israel , though the victor , will suffer a loss of life ( Isa 17:3-6 ) heavy enough to compare it to a Second Holocaust ( despite the `` never again '' slogan ) .
This prophecy has been anticipated for decades , yet has never come .
Why not ?
In my article on Psalm 83 , I talk about how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nations ( Iran is not Arab , but is Muslim ) that must form first .
The confederacy of nations has one purpose , to wipe out Israel .
But how do you get divided nations with multiple factions of Islam to put aside their differences and peace treaties with Israel and fight a potent nuclear power ?
I did not have an answer for that ( apart from they need nukes of their own first , probably ) until December 2017 .
That was when I woke up in the morning to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recognize Jerusalem as Israel 's capital and to relocate the US Embassy there .
After I began writing the article about it ( below ) , I caught some news updates that shared the reaction to Trump 's announcement in the Arab/Muslim world : great outrage .
I then better understood why his announcement was so important and why I felt so convicted to write the article : this could finally answer why the Arab/Muslim world unites : Trump making moves that no other US president in history would do which antagonize them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ God gave me a divine dream ( described in the article below ) .
I knew God was signaling me by the dream and the powerful conviction I felt ( for the first time ) that Trump 's action was indeed leading to prophecy being fulfilled .
I did not notice until recently to what degree Trump has continued this pattern of bold foreign policy that consistently displeases Israel 's enemies : • Dec 2017 - Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel 's capital and announced the US Embassy relocation there • May 2018 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jerusalem • Mar 2019 - Trump recognized the Golan Heights as part of Israel • Nov 2019 - Trump said Israel 's settlements are not `` illegal '' • Jan 2020 - Trump Mideast Peace Plan enrages Palestinians ( and many Arabs ) , by permitting Israel to annex the West Bank All of these acts by Trump were reversals of decades of US foreign policy ( in the case of the settlements , 50 years ) .
While the acts were considered heroic by his allies , his critics consider them reckless @ @ @ @ @ @ @ kill General Soleimani was rejected by Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama , fearing it would lead to war .
( This is partly why General Qassem Soleimani moved around freely in Iraq with less security and secrecy in recent years . )
Importantly , each of Trump 's moves above has infuriated the Arab/Muslim world .
What I could not possibly know two years ago when I wrote the article below about the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel 's capital is that it was only the start of this long-term @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not think the pattern is finished yet .
For certain , # 5 above , the assassination of Iran 's # 2 leader , is the most provocative of all in terms of military escalation potential .
Yet I do not think that is enough .
It is unclear exactly where it needs to go from here , other than that Trump must continue the pattern above of diverging from the past `` safe '' policy of placating Israel 's enemies .
The Arab/Muslim world will , in turn , decide they must @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of nearly five decades since their last confederate attack on Israel in 1973 ) of not attacking nuclear Israel .
( As a deterrent that has proven effective , Israel openly demonstrated their willingness to retaliate with nuclear weapons—The Samson Option—starting in the last major war , the 1973 Yom Kippur war . )
If they were to finally fulfill their long-held desire of destroying Israel ( Ps 83:4 ) , that would resolve a large part of the conflict in the M.E .
and teach Trump they will not be trifled with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this scene from Fatal Attraction ( 1987 ) : If my theory on the catalyst of the war is correct , and it is also correct that this war happens by or close to 2022 , then I think Trump leaving the White House after 2020 will not get the job done , even with what he might do the rest of 2020 .
I think anyone else replacing Trump , whether Democrat or Republican , will go back to typical US foreign policy in the Middle East that does not push Israel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seems to be a natural at doing .
Therefore , I believe Trump will stay in office for a second term through 2024 ; he will be re-elected .
He 's the key disruptor , not just in the US , but also in the M.E .
I think he has appeared now for just this purpose of shaking up the Middle East .
If it 's not him that gets the Arab/Muslim world to unite in the Psalm 83 war against Israel , then what else could ?
I do not know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ power and her Arab neighbors and Iran do not have a proven deliverable nuclear arsenal yet to match Israel 's Samson Option .
If it sounds like I think Trump is being used by God to fulfill prophecy , then yes , that 's what I think .
As Lance Walnau heard prophetically before Trump was elected , he 's God 's `` wrecking ball . ''
However , it is probably not in the way most U.S. evangelicals think or want ( inspiring a nuclear war which will horrify the world ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that believing God raised Trump up to the presidency does not necessarily mean that I am pro-Trump .
To be honest , I can not defend the `` world-class narcissism '' that he displays daily as a Twitter-addict .
If what Paul said about `` people in the last days '' being `` lovers of themselves '' is here , I think it is fitting that the democratically-elected leader of the country that invented social media would exemplify it , too .
We got the leader we deserve .
The more I see @ @ @ @ @ @ @ media among my fellow Christians , too , the more sober-minded I am to ask God to help me see my own pride so I am nothing like Trump .
That 's the only way I see God using me for something better than inciting a war .
Trump 's pride is great for that job as long as he is US President which I expect to continue through 2024 .
Time will tell , and it will not be boring .
My original insights from December 2017 on the prophetic significance I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to move the embassy there continues below ...
When I woke up , turned on my phone and watched the news that President Trump had finally recognized Jerusalem as Israel 's capital , I immediately had a strong conviction come upon me .
A sense of excitement , certainly , and something more ...
But I was not sure why yet .
I was not surprised at the great news .
I had known this was coming for days based on news reports .
Although I 'm fond of Israel and happy to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a change ) , that alone did not account for the level of emotion I felt .
I began to sense that this event was somehow important prophetically .
How ?
I thought about it through the day and night before I knew the answer that I share below .
For Jews and Israelis , the importance of Trump 's decision was not so elusive .
To have their national capital finally recognized some 70 years after it was established in 1948 is long overdue .
It is vindication .
Trump said it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to pick their capital ( whether it is shared later or not ) and he was only acknowledging this reality .
The excitement for American supporters of Israel is also easy to understand .
They get to see their president “ do the right thing ” and fulfill his campaign promise at the same time .
This is extra special considering how the last three presidents could also have done so , even promised to , but failed to .
Why Now ?
What Changed ?
I say they could have because the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jerusalem Embassy Act ” urging the US to move its embassy to Jerusalem back in 1995 .
Although it specified 1999 as the move deadline , each past president had signed waivers postponing this law , citing Middle East security concerns and , of course , not wanting to hinder prospects of the blessed “ peace process.
” Then along comes Trump , `` the great disruptor , '' breaking all the rules including the precedent of decades of US foreign policy .
Given the lack of progress on Middle East peace and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it was time to try a new approach , one that no longer ignored reality .
( I 'm sure as well he saw something in it for himself as is often the case when normal people do good deeds . )
Can you blame him ?
It seems illogical to expect a peace agreement with someone who wants to deny a fact of history as clear as what the capital city of their peace partner is .
Prophecy Says No Peace Until the Millennium , Anyway , And Two More Wars If @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you may already know that Middle East peace was never in the cards .
It was doomed from the start .
There is too much deep-seated , ancient animosity between the offspring of Abraham 's sons Ishmael ( father of the Arabs ) and Isaac ( father of Israel ) .
Peace simply will not happen between Israel and the Arabs before Jesus returns .
Jesus will become king of the earth in God 's global government called the Kingdom of God .
This will end all wars and even administer conflict resolution @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conflict .
Further , as readers of my past articles are well aware , before we get there we have two major wars in prophecy involving Israel , the Arabs , and Jerusalem : • First , we have the nuclear Middle East war between Israel and her neighboring nations , mostly enemies and mostly Arabs ( excluding Persian Iran ) .
Israel will defeat the Arabs in this war using her nuclear weapons resulting in the destruction of Damascus as Isaiah 17 describes along with Psalm 83 .
This shift of power @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like the Third Temple and the gathering of the saints to Judea to safety from WW3 and Wormwood .
But this victory and resulting power over the Middle East will only be temporary .
• That 's because once all that prophecy is fulfilled , the very next event will be the rise of the Antichrist .
When he comes to power he will almost immediately surround Jerusalem with his armies ( Luke 21:20 ) , take over the Third Temple as his headquarters and will then expel half of Jerusalem 's inhabitants @ @ @ @ @ @ @ give you one guess as to which half of Jerusalem will be sent packing : the Jewish half ... or the Arab half ?
As `` Exciting '' as the Third Temple Being Constructed ?
Perhaps you can understand better now why I can not get very excited about this big news like my Jewish friends , even though I readily agree with Trump 's decision to end the charade of denying reality .
On the one hand , playing along with a game of denial about Israel 's capital was illogical and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , this recognition of Jerusalem is not going to bring peace either ( like Trump states it can ) .
Nor is it going to bring any change in Israel 's fortunes in the world .
It 's not the start of a renaissance or a new era for Israel .
The world is still led by Satan and therefore almost completely antisemitic .
This will not change until the Millennium , even if Israel does get the upper hand over the Arabs for a short time after Damascus falls .
No matter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jerusalem , the Jews who feel safe there will still be expelled from their capital and persecuted when the Antichrist arrives .
My lack of excitement for Israel over this could be likened to how it will be when the Jews finally get permission to build their Third Temple on the Temple Mount .
The Jews are going to be so excited and jubilant to have that dream come true , just as they are to a lesser degree now with the overdue recognition of their capital .
Yet those of us with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will know that the temple dedicated and intended by the Jews for Yehovah God will soon thereafter be taken over by the Antichrist and employed in the worship of him and his statue/image as God ( 2Th 2:4 ) .
To sum up , understanding prophecy has many benefits , but it can be quite the buzzkill for otherwise “ exciting ” news developments !
What , then , does Trump 's shocking decision really accomplish ?
I think my initial feeling that Trump 's decision is an important step forward in prophecy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ understand how it could play out prophetically , even though the phrase “ US relocates embassy to Jerusalem ” has never been a line item on my prophetic timeline .
The answer or insight came to me within minutes to Trump 's announcement , in the news of the Arab response : Outrage , rage , anger , denunciations , demonstrations , and even an Arab leader 's call for “ another Intifada ” of violence against Israel .
Because Trump announced America recognized that Israel 's capital was indeed in reality Jerusalem @ @ @ @ @ @ @ !
They completely ignored the part where he said that the question of whether Jerusalem would be shared in a two-state solution was up to the two parties and not something he was addressing .
Still , they threw a tantrum like a toddler after being told he could not have ice cream unless he first ate his peas .
Objectively , that irrational , emotional response got me thinking : had I been missing something all this time about what it will take for the Arabs to unite in a confederate attack @ @ @ @ @ @ @ To give a little background , I 've been saying for years that the Arabs have not attacked Israel together since the 1973 Yom Kippur War because Israel has demonstrated their willingness to use nuclear weapons against an existential threat from the Arabs like they posed at that time .
Golda Meir directed Israel to load nuclear bombs on their fighter jets in 1973 when it looked like they were losing the Yom Kippur war .
Israel did the same in the 1990 Gulf War when they feared that Saddam Hussein 's scud @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this “ Samson Option ” was threatened ; namely `` you try to destroy Israel , Israel will destroy you at the same time through nuclear retaliation so we both go down together . ''
My new thinking is that the Arab 's general cultural hatred of Israel wo n't be enough to unify the Arab nations to take on `` Nuclear Israel '' even once they acquire a nuclear arsenal to neutralize or match Israel 's own nuclear deterrent .
I believe now God has shown me on the day ( and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there has to be a fresh , new provocation .
The US Embassy move can provide that provocation or perhaps something else that at this time is not already planned or expected .
Nevertheless , I think a new provocation is a necessary component for this war to happen along with the development of an Arab nuclear arsenal to answer Israel 's nuclear arsenal .
Why I Never Before Announced News is `` Prophetic '' Bear in mind , when I say I am convinced Trump 's announcement could be prophetic , I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 'm not a typical Christian prophecy pundit finding prophetic meaning in every other news story .
I do n't have a habit of saying “ prophecy is being fulfilled ” or regularly claim major news events are prophetic .
You 'll hear such things pronounced by others about earthquakes , hurricanes , wars , rumors of wars , as many also did about the election of Trump , etc.
, but not by me .
In fact , I never proclaim anything is prophetic and get criticized by some for debunking every popular @ @ @ @ @ @ @ changed my stance on date-setting and on sharing my own conviction on what year I think the end will start , so too , I 'm now breaking precedent and saying something in the news finally is prophetic .
( Have to keep my haters guessing ... ) Of course , I can not prove any of the above , nor do I feel a need to convince anyone of my beliefs ever , anyway .
I share my thoughts for those who are interested , as I know many of you are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I will state for those who care that I feel God confirmed the insights above through a dream .
After thinking about , researching and beginning to write this article on Trump 's announcement , I said some prayers in faith to Yehovah God and went to bed .
That night I had an incredible , startling dream that revealed something about the Great Tribulation I never anticipated nor have I ever heard anyone teach—yet it is obvious once you hear it .
Even more interesting , it turns out this dream was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ previous dream I had on what the righteous will be doing in their safe place during the Great Tribulation ( Rev 12:14 ) .
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Please bear in mind ( again ) , me sharing my dreams is also unusual .
God does not give me dreams all the time .
Unlike my peers , you wo n't hear me claiming , “ God told me this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seem I have a running conversation with God all the time as some do .
I 'm not a prophet .
I 've only had half a dozen dreams I could definitely say were divine and I 've only shared a couple so far publicly outside of my family .
Thus , when I get a word from God it is precious , not a common thing .
I seek God diligently ( Heb 11:6 ) and sometimes he surprises me with , let 's say , unexpected and encouraging bonus revelations .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ others as Paul said the early church did when they came together ( 1Co 14:26 ) .
Praise Yehovah .
To help avoid any misunderstanding , let me try to summarize what I 'm saying as well as what I 'm not saying .
When I heard Trump 's announcement , I believe the Holy Spirit convicted me that this was ( at last ) a truly prophetically significant news event to pay attention to .
I immediately knew I had to write this article and was researching it all that same day @ @ @ @ @ @ @ missed insight that the Arabs need a new provocation to unite them in their suicidal attack against nuclear Israel per Isaiah 17/Psalm 83 .
I believe the US Embassy move could provide such a needed provocation .
I feel that the revelatory dream God gave me that night was God 's gift to confirm my direction and conclusions of the day .
I realize that it may not seem so given the different subject of the dream itself .
But in reality , the Great Tribulation is the `` main event '' that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and culminate in .
As soon as the 42 month Great Tribulation finishes , the earth comes under the Kingdom of God ( Rev 11:15 ) starting with God 's wrath for ten days ( Rev 11:18 ) .
The fact that I got any kind of revelatory dream on the same day that I felt told to write on Trump 's embassy plans as a prophetic event is significant to me—especially given how rare these dreams are in my life .
After all , God could have given it after I wrote @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to give it while I was in the middle of the two-day process .
Admittedly , God never spoke to me in clear words about the above so these are only the deductions I draw from the feelings , coincidences , and events of that eventful 24 hour period starting from seeing Trump 's big news .
I share it for your own consideration as you evaluate in your own life how close the end may be and whether your spiritual house is in order yet and needs any refocused attention .
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Update : ME War By 2022 ?
- Based On Two Other Dreams A few months after writing the above article on my conviction about Trump 's Jerusalem decision being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I got further confirming insights about the war indeed coming soon .
I had previously only understood the war must come by or before the 2024-2030 Sabbath year cycle candidate for the 70th week .
But as my 50th birthday approached , I got insights about the war coming specifically by the year 2022 .
Time will tell ...

A new pattern began in 2017 when President Trump announced the move of the US Embassy to Jerusalem. His "Abraham Accords" continue that pattern. Is there a specific end time prophecy that this is setting up finally? Also, learn the tie-in of a dream on the Great Tribulation that God gave me the night after Trump's 2017 announcement, which provides confirmation for me of how significant Trump's act was in starting a cycle that leads to the confederacy of Psalm 83 and destruction of Damascus.
Trump’s Meddling Mideast Maneuvers
Life during the Trump presidency has been anything but boring. If the end of America is pending in 2026 as I believe, then it’s fitting how chaotic things have been during the tenure of this potentially penultimate leader of Mystery Babylon the Great.
Yet, love him or hate him, four years in one thing is clear: Trump has managed in a single term to accomplish change in the Mideast that evangelicals and Israelis could only have dreamed of. Not only did he recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, but he moved the US embassy there, recognized the settlements, and also the annexation of the Golan Heights. The go-ahead for Israel to annex East Jerusalem is also pending.
Now as of September 2020, we have the “Abraham Accords” peace initiative. This adds the Gulf States of U.A.E and Bahrain to the only other two countries in the area to recognize the State of Israel (Egypt and Jordan). Trump says several more are lined up and ready to join the agreement with Israel, as well. As a result, readers have written to ask what it means. Is this the “covenant with the many”/”peace treaty” of prophecy? Does it change my expectations for a Mideast nuclear war that brings the end of Damascus by Spring 2022?
I’m writing this update to the article below to address these latest questions.
The Covenant With The Many (Daniel 9:27)?
As you just read, many nations are in line for the peace treaty with Israel. This easily brings to mind Daniel’s prophecy:
Daniel 9:27 (HCSB) — He will make a firm covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and offering. And the abomination of desolation will be on a wing of the temple, until the decreed destruction is poured out on the desolator.”
Prognosticators like Paul Begley on YouTube are pronouncing that this is the peace treaty of Daniel. However, there are several difficulties with this:
The “He” making the treaty is “the prince of the people who shall come” (Dan 9:26) or the Antichrist. Trump may be widely vilified and even thought to be the Antichrist by some, but an American can never fit the Antichrist because America was never part of the Roman Empire. “The many” is often interpreted to be Israel. If that’s the case, then the treaty is between Antichrist and Israel. That does not fit the Arab nations today (or the future.). “Peace?” The passage says nothing about a peace treaty. The context describes violent acts like the taking over of Jerusalem (Dan 9:26=Lk 21:20) and the stopping of Jewish sacrifices (Dan 9:26). If you look to the other Antichrist treaty prophecy that I think is parallel in Revelation 17, you see that it is about taking out America and taking over the world with Jerusalem as the Antichrist’s new headquarters (Dan 11:45)
The Abraham Accords do not fit Daniel’s prophecy; no “peace” treaty can fit a war pact.
Significance, Please?
Then what is the significance of the "Abraham Accords"? Great question.
You know, I prayed and asked God about this repeatedly over the past weeks before writing this article. Unlike the case of the US Embassy move (where the Holy Spirit convicted me of its significance and then inspiration about that also came) this time nothing came. At first, I was not going to write anything new. Then I realized that not getting confirmation of an event’s importance is almost as helpful to my readers to report.
The only thing I can pass on is that some analyses that I have read state that this treaty isolates the Iranians and Palestinians more by them losing greater Arab support. Since the Iranians are the ones I expect to drive the Psalm 83/Isaiah 17 war against Israel that results in the removal of Damascus from being a city, this treaty keeps things moving in the direction Trump started by recognizing Jerusalem in 2017.
Is it enough? Does he need a second term? Will Israel and COVID do the rest? I don’t know yet. “God has hidden it from me” (2 Kings 4:27).
Does the Peace Plan Change My Expectations?
The Abraham Accords come after Trump's Middle East Peace Plan. That plan heavily favored Israel by promising them an undivided Jerusalem and allowed for them to annex the West Bank (like they did the Golan Heights), among other things on their wish list. Some Bible believers say this plan is an "affront to God." This comes up every time a "land for peace" plan is pitched, which many believers consider against the "land deed of the Bible" that Israel has to Palestine. I already wrote about the problem with that thinking and the related one that "God curses those who curse Israel" for those who have that concern about Trump's plan.
So once again the Arab world is not pleased but muted in their response (several, like Egypt and Jordan, receive financial incentives from the US that they don't want to lose). The Palestinians furiously rejected it with rioting, saying "Jerusalem is not for sale!" This fits right in with the pattern I wrote about below of Trump ending the appeasement of the enemies of Israel for the sake of American security concerns.
The new Abraham Accords are with minor players in the Mideast and do not really herald the “dawn of a new Middle East” as Trump has said. Not unless instead of more peace it unintentionally leads to the war that changes the Mideast forever.
The update after Trump's drone strike on Iran's Soleimani and the main article after the US embassy move continues below...
The Answer in Trump's Moves in the Middle East
I write this the day after Iranian General Qassem Soleimani's death by the order of US President Trump because I see a prophetic significance to it.
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It was back in 1992 during a home visit from my pastor (to introduce the new associate pastor, I think) that the subject of prophecy came up. He showed me the Israel war prophecy in Psalm 83. I never knew that there was an end-time prophecy in the psalms, of all places. (Psalm 91 is another exciting one). It impressed me. Ever since then, like others, I have been watching that prophecy for its fulfillment. And waiting...
I see Psalm 83 as parallel to Isaiah 17's prophecy which tells us that, as a result of this lightning, one-day war (Isa 17:14):
Damascus will cease to be a city and become ruins (Isa 17:1) Israel, though the victor, will suffer a loss of life (Isa 17:3-6) heavy enough to compare it to a Second Holocaust (despite the "never again" slogan).
This prophecy has been anticipated for decades, yet has never come. Why not? In my article on Psalm 83, I talk about how the prophecy describes a confederacy of Arab/Muslim nations (Iran is not Arab, but is Muslim) that must form first. The confederacy of nations has one purpose, to wipe out Israel. But how do you get divided nations with multiple factions of Islam to put aside their differences and peace treaties with Israel and fight a potent nuclear power?
I did not have an answer for that (apart from they need nukes of their own first, probably) until December 2017. That was when I woke up in the morning to the news that Trump had decided to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital and to relocate the US Embassy there.
After I began writing the article about it (below), I caught some news updates that shared the reaction to Trump's announcement in the Arab/Muslim world: great outrage. I then better understood why his announcement was so important and why I felt so convicted to write the article: this could finally answer why the Arab/Muslim world unites: Trump making moves that no other US president in history would do which antagonize them into radical action.
That night, God gave me a divine dream (described in the article below). I knew God was signaling me by the dream and the powerful conviction I felt (for the first time) that Trump's action was indeed leading to prophecy being fulfilled.
Trump's Pattern of Arab/Muslim Provocation (2017-2020)
I did not notice until recently to what degree Trump has continued this pattern of bold foreign policy that consistently displeases Israel's enemies:
Dec 2017 - Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital and announced the US Embassy relocation there May 2018 - Trump opened the US Embassy in Jerusalem Mar 2019 - Trump recognized the Golan Heights as part of Israel Nov 2019 - Trump said Israel's settlements are not "illegal" Jan 2020 - Trump orders hit of Iran's second-most-powerful leader, General Soleimani Jan 2020 - Trump Mideast Peace Plan enrages Palestinians (and many Arabs), by permitting Israel to annex the West Bank Sep 2020 - Abraham Accords with UAE and Bahrain help to isolate Iran and Palestinians
All of these acts by Trump were reversals of decades of US foreign policy (in the case of the settlements, 50 years). While the acts were considered heroic by his allies, his critics consider them reckless. In fact, the decision to kill General Soleimani was rejected by Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, fearing it would lead to war. (This is partly why General Qassem Soleimani moved around freely in Iraq with less security and secrecy in recent years.)
Importantly, each of Trump's moves above has infuriated the Arab/Muslim world.
What I could not possibly know two years ago when I wrote the article below about the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital is that it was only the start of this long-term pattern described above. And I do not think the pattern is finished yet.
Israel in the Crosshairs
For certain, #5 above, the assassination of Iran's #2 leader, is the most provocative of all in terms of military escalation potential. Yet I do not think that is enough.
It is unclear exactly where it needs to go from here, other than that Trump must continue the pattern above of diverging from the past "safe" policy of placating Israel's enemies. The Arab/Muslim world will, in turn, decide they must diverge from their own past policy (of nearly five decades since their last confederate attack on Israel in 1973) of not attacking nuclear Israel. (As a deterrent that has proven effective, Israel openly demonstrated their willingness to retaliate with nuclear weapons—The Samson Option—starting in the last major war, the 1973 Yom Kippur war.)
If they were to finally fulfill their long-held desire of destroying Israel (Ps 83:4), that would resolve a large part of the conflict in the M.E. and teach Trump they will not be trifled with or ignored. It reminds me of this scene from Fatal Attraction (1987):
My Prediction On Trump 2020
If my theory on the catalyst of the war is correct, and it is also correct that this war happens by or close to 2022, then I think Trump leaving the White House after 2020 will not get the job done, even with what he might do the rest of 2020. I think anyone else replacing Trump, whether Democrat or Republican, will go back to typical US foreign policy in the Middle East that does not push Israel's enemies into a corner like Trump seems to be a natural at doing.
Therefore, I believe Trump will stay in office for a second term through 2024; he will be re-elected.
He's the key disruptor, not just in the US, but also in the M.E. I think he has appeared now for just this purpose of shaking up the Middle East. If it's not him that gets the Arab/Muslim world to unite in the Psalm 83 war against Israel, then what else could? I do not know. Again, Israel is a nuclear power and her Arab neighbors and Iran do not have a proven deliverable nuclear arsenal yet to match Israel's Samson Option.
If it sounds like I think Trump is being used by God to fulfill prophecy, then yes, that's what I think. As Lance Walnau heard prophetically before Trump was elected, he's God's "wrecking ball." However, it is probably not in the way most U.S. evangelicals think or want (inspiring a nuclear war which will horrify the world).
I do want to point out that believing God raised Trump up to the presidency does not necessarily mean that I am pro-Trump. To be honest, I cannot defend the "world-class narcissism" that he displays daily as a Twitter-addict. If what Paul said about "people in the last days" being "lovers of themselves" is here, I think it is fitting that the democratically-elected leader of the country that invented social media would exemplify it, too. We got the leader we deserve. The more I see pride like that on display on social media among my fellow Christians, too, the more sober-minded I am to ask God to help me see my own pride so I am nothing like Trump. That's the only way I see God using me for something better than inciting a war. Trump's pride is great for that job as long as he is US President which I expect to continue through 2024.
I admit it sure does not look this way after COVID in 2020 and especially in October 2020 according to polls, so I expect to be wrong and things to work out another way. Time will tell, and it will not be boring.
My original insights from December 2017 on the prophetic significance I felt in Trump recognizing Jerusalem and planning to move the embassy there continues below...
Excitement Over Israel's Capital Finally Being Recognized
When I woke up, turned on my phone and watched the news that President Trump had finally recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital, I immediately had a strong conviction come upon me. A sense of excitement, certainly, and something more...
But I was not sure why yet. I was not surprised at the great news. I had known this was coming for days based on news reports. Although I'm fond of Israel and happy to see an Israeli political victory (for a change), that alone did not account for the level of emotion I felt.
I began to sense that this event was somehow important prophetically. How? I thought about it through the day and night before I knew the answer that I share below.
For Jews and Israelis, the importance of Trump's decision was not so elusive. To have their national capital finally recognized some 70 years after it was established in 1948 is long overdue. It is vindication. Trump said it is their right as a sovereign nation to pick their capital (whether it is shared later or not) and he was only acknowledging this reality.
The excitement for American supporters of Israel is also easy to understand. They get to see their president “do the right thing” and fulfill his campaign promise at the same time. This is extra special considering how the last three presidents could also have done so, even promised to, but failed to.
Why Now? What Changed?
I say they could have because the US Senate had already passed the “Jerusalem Embassy Act” urging the US to move its embassy to Jerusalem back in 1995. Although it specified 1999 as the move deadline, each past president had signed waivers postponing this law, citing Middle East security concerns and, of course, not wanting to hinder prospects of the blessed “peace process.”
Then along comes Trump, "the great disruptor," breaking all the rules including the precedent of decades of US foreign policy. Given the lack of progress on Middle East peace and his own maverick nature, Trump decided it was time to try a new approach, one that no longer ignored reality. (I'm sure as well he saw something in it for himself as is often the case when normal people do good deeds.)
Can you blame him? It seems illogical to expect a peace agreement with someone who wants to deny a fact of history as clear as what the capital city of their peace partner is.
Prophecy Says No Peace Until the Millennium, Anyway, And Two More Wars
If you study end time Bible prophecy, you may already know that Middle East peace was never in the cards. It was doomed from the start. There is too much deep-seated, ancient animosity between the offspring of Abraham's sons Ishmael (father of the Arabs) and Isaac (father of Israel).
Peace simply will not happen between Israel and the Arabs before Jesus returns. Jesus will become king of the earth in God's global government called the Kingdom of God. This will end all wars and even administer conflict resolution to all situations including this Middle East conflict.
Further, as readers of my past articles are well aware, before we get there we have two major wars in prophecy involving Israel, the Arabs, and Jerusalem:
As "Exciting" as the Third Temple Being Constructed?
Perhaps you can understand better now why I cannot get very excited about this big news like my Jewish friends, even though I readily agree with Trump's decision to end the charade of denying reality.
On the one hand, playing along with a game of denial about Israel's capital was illogical and wrong. But at the same time, this recognition of Jerusalem is not going to bring peace either (like Trump states it can). Nor is it going to bring any change in Israel's fortunes in the world. It's not the start of a renaissance or a new era for Israel. The world is still led by Satan and therefore almost completely antisemitic. This will not change until the Millennium, even if Israel does get the upper hand over the Arabs for a short time after Damascus falls.
No matter how many countries follow suit to recognize Jerusalem, the Jews who feel safe there will still be expelled from their capital and persecuted when the Antichrist arrives.
My lack of excitement for Israel over this could be likened to how it will be when the Jews finally get permission to build their Third Temple on the Temple Mount. The Jews are going to be so excited and jubilant to have that dream come true, just as they are to a lesser degree now with the overdue recognition of their capital. Yet those of us with prophetic understanding won't be. We will know that the temple dedicated and intended by the Jews for Yehovah God will soon thereafter be taken over by the Antichrist and employed in the worship of him and his statue/image as God (2Th 2:4).
To sum up, understanding prophecy has many benefits, but it can be quite the buzzkill for otherwise “exciting” news developments!
Prophetic Meaning? Clue in the Outrageous Arab Response
What, then, does Trump's shocking decision really accomplish? I think my initial feeling that Trump's decision is an important step forward in prophecy was right. And now I may understand how it could play out prophetically, even though the phrase “US relocates embassy to Jerusalem” has never been a line item on my prophetic timeline.
The answer or insight came to me within minutes to Trump's announcement, in the news of the Arab response:
Outrage, rage, anger, denunciations, demonstrations, and even an Arab leader's call for “another Intifada” of violence against Israel. Because Trump announced America recognized that Israel's capital was indeed in reality Jerusalem? Seriously? Talk about a fit! They completely ignored the part where he said that the question of whether Jerusalem would be shared in a two-state solution was up to the two parties and not something he was addressing. Still, they threw a tantrum like a toddler after being told he could not have ice cream unless he first ate his peas.
Objectively, that irrational, emotional response got me thinking: had I been missing something all this time about what it will take for the Arabs to unite in a confederate attack on Israel per Isaiah 17/Psalm 83?
To give a little background, I've been saying for years that the Arabs have not attacked Israel together since the 1973 Yom Kippur War because Israel has demonstrated their willingness to use nuclear weapons against an existential threat from the Arabs like they posed at that time. Golda Meir directed Israel to load nuclear bombs on their fighter jets in 1973 when it looked like they were losing the Yom Kippur war. Israel did the same in the 1990 Gulf War when they feared that Saddam Hussein's scud missiles had biological weapons. Both times this “Samson Option” was threatened; namely "you try to destroy Israel, Israel will destroy you at the same time through nuclear retaliation so we both go down together."
My new thinking is that the Arab's general cultural hatred of Israel won't be enough to unify the Arab nations to take on "Nuclear Israel" even once they acquire a nuclear arsenal to neutralize or match Israel's own nuclear deterrent. I believe now God has shown me on the day (and night) of Trump's announcement that there has to be a fresh, new provocation.
The US Embassy move can provide that provocation or perhaps something else that at this time is not already planned or expected. Nevertheless, I think a new provocation is a necessary component for this war to happen along with the development of an Arab nuclear arsenal to answer Israel's nuclear arsenal.
Why I Never Before Announced News is "Prophetic"
Bear in mind, when I say I am convinced Trump's announcement could be prophetic, I don't state it lightly. I'm not a typical Christian prophecy pundit finding prophetic meaning in every other news story. I don't have a habit of saying “prophecy is being fulfilled” or regularly claim major news events are prophetic. You'll hear such things pronounced by others about earthquakes, hurricanes, wars, rumors of wars, as many also did about the election of Trump, etc., but not by me.
(Note that Jesus did speak of “wars and rumors of wars”, however it was in making the point that they are a normal fixture of life and are not signs of the end so don't be troubled by them. Meanwhile, most Christians are either troubled by them or considering many wars prophetic when they are just a common outcome of human nature.)
In fact, I never proclaim anything is prophetic and get criticized by some for debunking every popular prophecy theory. But just as I changed my stance on date-setting and on sharing my own conviction on what year I think the end will start, so too, I'm now breaking precedent and saying something in the news finally is prophetic. (Have to keep my haters guessing...)
Confirmation? My Startling, Revealing Dream That Night
Of course, I cannot prove any of the above, nor do I feel a need to convince anyone of my beliefs ever, anyway. I share my thoughts for those who are interested, as I know many of you are, especially supporters.
That said, I will state for those who care that I feel God confirmed the insights above through a dream. After thinking about, researching and beginning to write this article on Trump's announcement, I said some prayers in faith to Yehovah God and went to bed.
That night I had an incredible, startling dream that revealed something about the Great Tribulation I never anticipated nor have I ever heard anyone teach—yet it is obvious once you hear it.
Even more interesting, it turns out this dream was a follow-up or companion piece to a previous dream I had on what the righteous will be doing in their safe place during the Great Tribulation (Rev 12:14).
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Please bear in mind (again), me sharing my dreams is also unusual. God does not give me dreams all the time. Unlike my peers, you won't hear me claiming, “God told me this or that” nor will I make it seem I have a running conversation with God all the time as some do. I'm not a prophet. I've only had half a dozen dreams I could definitely say were divine and I've only shared a couple so far publicly outside of my family. Thus, when I get a word from God it is precious, not a common thing. I seek God diligently (Heb 11:6) and sometimes he surprises me with, let's say, unexpected and encouraging bonus revelations. I'm enjoying sharing his secrets with others as Paul said the early church did when they came together (1Co 14:26). Praise Yehovah.
Final Thoughts
To help avoid any misunderstanding, let me try to summarize what I'm saying as well as what I'm not saying.
When I heard Trump's announcement, I believe the Holy Spirit convicted me that this was (at last) a truly prophetically significant news event to pay attention to. I immediately knew I had to write this article and was researching it all that same day. I quickly arrived at the previously missed insight that the Arabs need a new provocation to unite them in their suicidal attack against nuclear Israel per Isaiah 17/Psalm 83.
I believe the US Embassy move could provide such a needed provocation.
I feel that the revelatory dream God gave me that night was God's gift to confirm my direction and conclusions of the day. I realize that it may not seem so given the different subject of the dream itself. But in reality, the Great Tribulation is the "main event" that all these next prophetic events set up and culminate in. As soon as the 42 month Great Tribulation finishes, the earth comes under the Kingdom of God (Rev 11:15) starting with God's wrath for ten days (Rev 11:18). The fact that I got any kind of revelatory dream on the same day that I felt told to write on Trump's embassy plans as a prophetic event is significant to me—especially given how rare these dreams are in my life. After all, God could have given it after I wrote the article or before. He chose to give it while I was in the middle of the two-day process.
Admittedly, God never spoke to me in clear words about the above so these are only the deductions I draw from the feelings, coincidences, and events of that eventful 24 hour period starting from seeing Trump's big news. I share it for your own consideration as you evaluate in your own life how close the end may be and whether your spiritual house is in order yet and needs any refocused attention.
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Update: ME War By 2022? - Based On Two Other Dreams
A few months after writing the above article on my conviction about Trump's Jerusalem decision being important to the M.E war coming, I got further confirming insights about the war indeed coming soon. I had previously only understood the war must come by or before the 2024-2030 Sabbath year cycle candidate for the 70th week. But as my 50th birthday approached, I got insights about the war coming specifically by the year 2022. Time will tell...
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escapeallthesethings--2020-05-02--Why You Will Probably Miss Elijah, the “Sinner” (Unless You Change This)

I used to teach that no one could miss him when Elijah comes ( Mt 24:14 ) , but now I see I was overlooking the pattern in Jesus ' ministry that caused the religious to miss them , just as the religious will reject God 's end-time prophets as `` not from God '' ( John 9:16 ) today .
As a youth hearing the account in the Gospels of the Jews rejecting Jesus , I had a thought that I bet nearly all Christians do : '' If I was there in Jesus ' day I would not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . ''
It 's a positive affirmation , but a bit naive .
Certainly , if any Christian were sent back in time with their current religious and cultural understanding , they would want to become Jesus ' disciple .
On the other hand , if you , like the Jews who rejected Jesus , were born and raised in Judaism to adulthood before seeing this `` Yeshua from Nazareth '' arrive , it would be a different story .
Almost everything you would know from your religion would lead you to reject @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be based on the wrong factors .
I think this passage from John sums up the problem : Do you see where their mistake lies ?
They judged Jesus by whether he followed the same religious rules and regulations that they did .
The assumption by anyone following a religion is that it is the right one , even infallible .
( This is what many Catholics believe about the Catholic Church or Pope . )
It 's natural to judge those who do not keep what you do as wrong .
We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ assume your understanding is right , you assume those with a different understanding are wrong .
This is the wrong way to judge who is of God and who is not .
What they should have judged Jesus by was his love for people and love for God ( Mt 22:36-40 ) .
Why did n't they ?
Because their religion did not instill that same core value .
Religions give so many rules and values mixed in with love that the prime importance of love is easily missed .
Even if you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the primacy of love is like finding a needle in a haystack .
There are just so many verses talking about other interesting topics and they distract you from that realization about love .
This is ironic considering Jesus summed up the entire Bible as love and all its teachings fulfilled by acting in love ( Mt 7:12 ) !
If the Jews had that same core value as Jesus taught , then they would have been looking for someone who focused on love .
They would have recognized Jesus as a true @ @ @ @ @ @ @ able to accept his proof for his messiahship , too .
If you do not want to miss Elijah , you must be sure your core value is also love .
You must also understand God that leads his prophets to `` break the rules '' in an offensive manner to see who will not be offended and lose their focus on the love .
`` Does This Offend You ? ''
( John 6:61-62 ) Let 's make this real and personal now so this teaching impacts your life instead of just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to give you some plausible , practical possibilities of what Elijah might teach when he comes .
See if any of them are a sacred cow for you : • Not a Sabbath-keeper - Regular Christians have no problem with this , but Hebrew Roots and Messianic Christians think that `` the Sabbath is eternal from creation for all men . ''
Upon hearing about someone people think is Elijah who does not keep Sabbath , they would reject him without a second thought .
• `` Church attendance is not necessary '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a local church at which they attend Sunday service .
If Elijah is Jewish , he is unlikely to endorse this doctrine .
He may not even endorse synagogue attendance .
What will Christians , think ?
• Not a Trinitarian - Not all branches of Christianity see the Trinity in the Bible .
What if Elijah comes from a nontrinitarian denomination and affirms the same interpretation ?
• `` Abortion is not murder '' - Most Christians would reject a prophet of God who stated this ( just as much as they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Yet in much of Judaism , they teach exactly this , that it is not a person until birth , so it is not murder .
Again , if Elijah is a Jewish prophet , conceivably he would not follow Christian interpretation of the Bible , but Jewish interpretation such as on abortion .
This will be a problem for most Christians !
• `` Homosexual sex is not a sin '' - These days , there are more and more denominations of Christianity that affirm homosexuals or marry them because they do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' ( like Romans 1:26-27 ) the same way as most of Christianity does .
They see those passages as addressing such things as pederasty and cult prostitution acts ( in worship other gods ) .
Judaism has long ignored lesbianism and now Reform ( 1990 ) and Conservative Judaism ( 2006 ) accept all homosexuals .
( Orthodox Judaism still condemns it ) .
Elijah could come from one of these faith traditions where he learned the same affirming view on homosexuality .
This would convict most of us to reject him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ world would largely find this inclusive position surprisingly `` woke . ''
• Uses profanity - One of the holiness values of Christians is to avoid using four-letter words or vulgar language .
But there is evidence that Paul and other prophets of God used such language under the inspiration of the HS to write their part of the Bible .
Many Christians would struggle with a `` man of God '' who spoke like that .
• Update : Uses Other `` Wrong '' Words : Right after I sent this article @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` I made the mistake of thinking You , because of YOUR KNOWLEDGE , would know that 'God ' and Gad are one & the same .
In fact , Gad is pronounced the same way `` God '' is pronounced .
Gad rhymes with sod .
I know more than enough about WHO God IS .
Please unsubscribe me from your G.D. mailing list . ''
It 's hard to imagine someone who read the warning in my article would respond by doing exactly that against me , over a harmless word @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Be warned , this man is not a `` nut '' but someone just like you who judges others by their own sacred cows .
If your reaction to any of these was something like , `` No way would a true prophet of God believe that !
That 's heresy ! ''
then bingo , you just found a sacred cow .
Why ?
Because the whole Bible is summarized as and fulfilled by love ( Mt 7:12 ) and not in any of those doctrines above .
You have to hold @ @ @ @ @ @ @ loosely or it will get you into trouble in the end times .
You can be sure Elijah will teach something you find detestable because Jesus did the same thing before him .
In case you 're not quite convinced yet that Elijah will have some offensive positions , then let us go back to Jesus , also a prophet , and the pattern he showed .
Jesus broke Sabbath consistently throughout the Gospels and never denied it .
Instead , twice he explained why he had the right to break Sabbath ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ His Sabbath-breaking was one of the two reasons the Jews wanted to kill him ( John 5:18 ) , along with blasphemy .
Ultimately he was convicted for the cause of blasphemy alone ( Mt 26:65-66 ) .
Think about it , with his focus on teaching the Good News why did Jesus have to `` slow himself down '' with the Sabbath controversy ?
It 's obvious that Jesus was breaking their rules on purpose .
Observers with the wrong focus or a religious spirit would stumble in offense at seeing Jesus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It was not just Sabbath-breaking but they also rejected him or left him when he told them to eat his flesh and drink his blood with a straight face ( John 6:53 , 66 ) .
The suggestion of cannibalism is detestable and offensive .
He was shaking the tree to see who was not focusing 100 % on his Godly love and would be offended away by lesser concerns .
God always has his prophets do detestable things to reveal the hearts of the people .
If they do not fully love @ @ @ @ @ @ @ willing to change and accept uncomfortable things for that truth , then they will miss out .
God will not let into his kingdom anyone who has not been tested to reveal if they `` received a love for the truth '' or if they still love any other things ahead of that .
What is the change you need to make so you do not miss ( reject ) Elijah ?
You must change in the same way I have been saying for years now in my writing .
You must repent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jesus about love being the identifying characteristic of those who are humbly serving God in a state of repentance : '' It 's about love , stupid '' ( and I 'm including myself in that descriptor with how many decades of Bible study it took me to see this ) .
If you do not cultivate love like Jesus and his disciples then you are not anything like Christ or obeying Christ : And by the way , according to Jesus ' words , you also are not saved/entering the kingdom until @ @ @ @ @ @ @ As I explained in another article on this passage , the will/law of the Father Jesus referred to can only be the two greatest commandments above .
If you do not choose to adopt and apply that law of love to all people ( however imperfectly ) , even to the detestable or to those who have hurt you , then you are considered a `` worker of lawlessness , '' and Jesus will reject you for entrance to the kingdom .
This requirement is not about performance or perfection but the heart @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a place of peace , harmony , and joy when everyone there has the love and humility of Jesus , yes ?
Do not misunderstand : you can not love others like Jesus unless you are humble like Jesus , too ( Mt 11:29 ) .
Your pride , rights , entitlement , expectations and so much more that comes from pride will get in the way of loving others consistently .
That is why Jesus said quite harshly that if you do not seek humility , forget about salvation : So , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We must `` humble ourselves '' and this works to an extent .
But ultimately it is only God who can guide us to true humility in the repentance process .
You can start the process by tapping into things you feel guilty about but continue to do by ignoring or excusing the feeling with some justification .
For example , say you feel guilty about watching too many TV shows in this Golden Age of Television , or when you play video games .
That 's a problem already and you know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ repentance process , you stop justifying these behaviors and ignoring your conscience about them and focus on the painful truth that is behind those negative feelings .
The hard truth may be that these activities are taking too much time away from your family , God , or from your own self-care that you are neglecting .
You may admit you are addicted or doing these things to feel better and cover up the fact that you do not feel good about yourself or that you are unloveable .
You then confess these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have hurt and hear another hard truth regarding how much you hurt them .
After you get a fuller understanding of the impact of these behaviors that you already felt guilty about , you will loathe them .
You will lose interest and want to cease them .
You will be better connected to God , yourself , and your loved ones .
That connection will help you to feel loved and better about yourself without the need for the activities you once said to yourself , `` I need this .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can not give this up . ''
God will then lead you onto the next item perhaps a worst fear , an idol , or thing you do not like about yourself , always with encouragement along the way to help you move forward .
Your faith will grow and your joy along with it .
You will rapidly transform into who you always wanted to be .
This is true repentance in nutshell .
Why is n't it taught and why does n't every Christian do it ?
Because they are taught @ @ @ @ @ @ @ accepting Jesus to cover them .
Real repentance is not so short and easy but is a painful , vulnerable experience that may cause you to lose everything ( when you get real about yourself to others , especially ) .
However , when you give up everything you 're holding on to , God is faithful to reward you .
There 's no way he will not see what you lost and the price in pain you paid and not pay you back doubly like he did Job who received double after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to nothing ( Job 1:3 ; Job 42:12 ; Heb 11:6 ) .
Once you make the changes above and become humble and love-centered , you will have the proper discernment that is necessary to change how you judge or discern who is a prophet of God and who is not .
You will be able to recognize Elijah when he comes by his love and not reject him by his beliefs and doctrines you may find impossible , heretical , and even detestable .
Also , you will be able to discern @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by it like the rest of the world who are not love-centered yet : The truth that Paul is referring to is of course what the Bible teaches from start to end : love your neighbor as yourself for God .
`` The truth '' is not any of the alternative things listed above that Christians consider more or equally important ( and frankly do not agree on anyway ) .
We can all agree that God is love , Jesus loved , his disciples were identified by their love , love sums @ @ @ @ @ @ @ neighbor is the requirement for entering the Kingdom according to Jesus ( Mt 19:17-19 ) .
Why COVID-19 is Happening Now Time is short and it 's time to do this now .
In April I received confirmation from a prophet that my understanding of the timeline is correct .
That statement may shock you because I have said in the past that I do not see or receive any prophets today .
But we 're in the end times for sure now , and prophets are being activated , finally , Praise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ activated prophet .
( Their identity is not mine to reveal yet , so please do not ask me to do that ahead of God 's timing . )
It 's confirmed that we are about to begin the end-time events just as I have been writing to you all for years .
COVID-19 was the start of the preparation for the end , especially for the Bride of Christ .
If you are like me ( and as I previously wrote ) , I instinctively knew that there is no way this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we 're just two years away from the Psalm 83 war that kicks off the end time events .
This prophet confirmed that Satan himself was behind this virus .
I had already concluded that it was not man-made and not an accident .
But the prophet explained that God allowed Satan to create this because God could use it for his purpose of preparing us who are consenting to be humbled to be the Bride .
That makes complete sense to me .
What Satan intends for evil God works for good @ @ @ @ @ @ @ think about how bad COVID-19 really is for a moment .
The news each day just gets worse and worse .
I never imagined it could get this bad at the start .
Now I 'm reading that it 's like the common cold ( another coronavirus ) in that there is no evidence of immunity from it .
Plus , it 's far more contagious than the flu , it spreads like a Trojan horse in asymptomatic people , and it viciously attacks the lungs so that healthy people of all ages @ @ @ @ @ @ @ temperature like the flu which is limited to colder months .
This is not .
Like the cold and flu , it 's not going away but will spike in waves probably until the Antichrist comes with the cure for his servants .
It 's almost the perfect virus a Devil could design to hurt humanity , is n't it ?
Not too deadly so it spreads and there may never be a vaccine for it just like the cold .
If you 're like me in this time of restrictions and sheltering @ @ @ @ @ @ @ confronted with your guilt , fears , and other personal issues .
Why not use this as a springboard to go onto full repentance and draw close to God like you always wanted but did not know how to ?
The Holy Spirit is ready to guide you in at a higher level now so you are not alone and can accomplish it : It 's time to get ready and no one can make you ready but yourself by the guidance of the Holy Spirit .
Push into the pain and repent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ That 's a reward in itself ( plus salvation ) whether you are around to discern Elijah or not .

I used to teach that no one could miss the end-time Elijah's appearance. Now I see that I was overlooking the pattern in Jesus' ministry which caused the religious to miss him and will cause the religious today to reject God's end-time prophets as "a sinner...not from God" (like they said of Jesus in John 9:16).
"The Jews Missed Their Messiah"
As a youth reading the account in the Gospels of the Jews rejecting Jesus, I had a thought that I bet nearly all Christians do:
"If I was there in Jesus' day I would not have rejected him as the Jews did."
It's a positive affirmation, but a bit naive. Certainly, if any Christian were sent back in time with their current religious and cultural understanding, they would want to become Jesus' disciple. On the other hand, if you, like the Jews who rejected Jesus, were born and raised in Judaism to adulthood before seeing this "Yeshua from Nazareth" arrive, it would be a different story. Much of what you would know from your religion would lead you to reject him because your judgment would be centered on the wrong concepts. I think this passage from John sums up the problem:
John 9:13-17 — 13 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind. 14 Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened the man’s eyes was a Sabbath. 15 Therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. “He put mud on my eyes,” the man replied, “and I washed, and now I see.” 16 Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others asked, “How can a sinner perform such signs?” So they were divided. 17 Then they turned again to the blind man, “What have you to say about him? It was your eyes he opened.” The man replied, “He is a prophet.”
Why The Jews Missed Christ
Do you see where their mistake lies?
They judged Jesus by whether he followed the same religious rules and regulations that they did. The assumption by anyone following a religion is that it is the right one, even infallible. (This is what many Catholics believe about the Catholic Church or Pope.) It's natural to judge as wrong those who do not keep what you keep. We all have done it. If you assume your understanding is right, you assume those with a different understanding are wrong. This is an unreliable way to judge who is of God and who is not.
What they should have judged Jesus by was his love for people and love for God (Mt 22:36-40).
Why didn't they? Because their religion did not instill that same core value. Religions give so many rules and values mixed in with love that the prime importance of love is easily missed. Even if you read the Bible many times, seeing the primacy of love is like finding a needle in a haystack. There are just so many verses talking about other interesting topics and they distract you from realizing what is most important.
This is ironic considering Jesus summed up the entire Bible as love and all its teachings fulfilled by acting in love (Mt 7:12)!
If the Jews had that same core value as Jesus taught, then they would have been looking for someone who focused on love. They would have recognized Jesus as a true prophet of God and later have been able to accept his proof for his messiahship, too. If you do not want to miss Elijah, you must be sure your core value is also love.
You must also understand that God leads his prophets to "break the rules" in an offensive manner to see who will not be offended and lose their focus on the love.
"Does This Offend You?" (John 6:61-62)
Let's make this real and personal now so this teaching impacts your life instead of just stimulating your brain.
I am going to give you some plausible, practical possibilities of what Elijah might teach when he comes. See if any of them are a sacred cow for you, or "an idea, custom, or institution held, especially unreasonably, to be above criticism (with reference to the Hindus' respect for the cow as a sacred animal)":
Not a Sabbath-Keeper - Regular Christians have no problem with this, but Hebrew Roots and Messianic Christians think that "the Sabbath is eternal from creation for all men." Upon hearing about someone people think is Elijah who does not keep Sabbath, they would reject him without a second thought as a sinner.
- Regular Christians have no problem with this, but Hebrew Roots and Messianic Christians think that "the Sabbath is eternal from creation for all men." Upon hearing about someone people think is Elijah who does not keep Sabbath, they would reject him without a second thought as a sinner. "Church attendance is not necessary" - Christians are expected to belong to a local church at which they attend Sunday service. If Elijah is Jewish, he is unlikely to endorse this doctrine. He may not even endorse synagogue attendance. What will Christians, think?
- Christians are expected to belong to a local church at which they attend Sunday service. If Elijah is Jewish, he is unlikely to endorse this doctrine. He may not even endorse synagogue attendance. What will Christians, think? Not a Trinitarian - Not all branches of Christianity see the Trinity in the Bible. What if Elijah comes from a nontrinitarian denomination and affirms the same interpretation?
- Not all branches of Christianity see the Trinity in the Bible. What if Elijah comes from a nontrinitarian denomination and affirms the same interpretation? "Abortion is not murder" - Most Christians would reject a prophet of God who stated this (just as much as they reject presidential candidates who do). Yet in much of Judaism, they teach exactly this, that it is not a person until birth, so it is not murder. Again, if Elijah is a Jewish prophet, conceivably he would not follow Christian interpretation of the Bible, but Jewish interpretation such as on abortion. This will be a problem for most Christians!
- Most Christians would reject a prophet of God who stated this (just as much as they reject presidential candidates who do). Yet in much of Judaism, they teach exactly this, that it is not a person until birth, so it is not murder. Again, if Elijah is a Jewish prophet, conceivably he would not follow Christian interpretation of the Bible, but Jewish interpretation such as on abortion. This will be a problem for most Christians! "Homosexual sex is not a sin" - These days, there are more and more denominations of Christianity that affirm homosexuals or marry them because they do not interpret the "homosexuality clobber passages" (like Romans 1:26-27) the same way as most of Christianity does. They see those passages as addressing such things as pederasty and cult prostitution acts (in worship other gods). Judaism has long ignored lesbianism and now Reform (1990) and Conservative Judaism (2006) accept all homosexuals. (Orthodox Judaism still condemns it). Elijah could come from one of these faith traditions where he learned to interpret the Bible with the same affirming view on homosexuality. This would convict most of us to reject him out of principle while the non-religious world would largely find this inclusive position surprisingly "woke" for someone who otherwise seems Christian.
- These days, there are more and more denominations of Christianity that affirm homosexuals or marry them because they do not interpret the "homosexuality clobber passages" (like Romans 1:26-27) the same way as most of Christianity does. They see those passages as addressing such things as pederasty and cult prostitution acts (in worship other gods). Judaism has long ignored lesbianism and now Reform (1990) and Conservative Judaism (2006) accept all homosexuals. (Orthodox Judaism still condemns it). Elijah could come from one of these faith traditions where he learned to interpret the Bible with the same affirming view on homosexuality. This would convict most of us to reject him out of principle while the non-religious world would largely find this inclusive position surprisingly "woke" for someone who otherwise seems Christian. Uses profanity - One of the holiness values of Christians is to avoid using four-letter words or vulgar language. But there is evidence that Paul and other prophets of God used such language under the inspiration of the HS to write their part of the Bible. Many Christians would reject a man of God who spoke like that.
- One of the holiness values of Christians is to avoid using four-letter words or vulgar language. But there is evidence that Paul and other prophets of God used such language under the inspiration of the HS to write their part of the Bible. Many Christians would reject a man of God who spoke like that. Uses Other "Wrong" Words: Right after I sent this article to my subscribers, someone replied, "I made the mistake of thinking You, because of YOUR KNOWLEDGE, would know that 'God' and Gad are one & the same. In fact, Gad is pronounced the same way "God" is pronounced. Gad rhymes with sod. I know more than enough about WHO God IS. Please unsubscribe me from your G.D. mailing list." It's hard to imagine someone who read the warning in my article would respond by doing exactly that against me, over a harmless word I use: "God." Be warned, this man is not a "nut" but someone just like you who judges others by their own "more reasonable" sacred cows.
Right after I sent this article to my subscribers, someone replied, "I made the mistake of thinking You, because of YOUR KNOWLEDGE, would know that 'God' and Gad are one & the same. In fact, Gad is pronounced the same way "God" is pronounced. Gad rhymes with sod. I know more than enough about WHO God IS. Please unsubscribe me from your G.D. mailing list." It's hard to imagine someone who read the warning in my article would respond by doing exactly that against me, over a harmless word I use: "God." Gay Prophet - Another update from reader feedback: A homosexual pastor who reads my articles suggested the possibility "What if Elijah was gay and wore a rainbow shawl?" I thought that this was a good thought experiment indeed because it would make even the best of us want to reject him. What if?
If your reaction to any of these was something like, "No way would a true prophet of God believe/be that! That's sin/heresy!" then bingo, you just found a sacred cow.
Why? Because the whole Bible is summarized as love and fulfilled by love (Mt 7:12) and not in any of those doctrines above. You have to hold to your opinion of "truth" loosely or it will get you into trouble in the end times. You can be sure Elijah will teach something you find detestable because Jesus did the same thing before him.
Jesus Offended On Purpose
In case you're not quite convinced yet that Elijah will have some offensive positions, then let us go back to Jesus, also a prophet, and the pattern he showed.
Jesus broke Sabbath consistently throughout the Gospels and never denied it. It never once says either "and Jesus rested because it was Sabbath." Never! What we have instead is lots of Sabbath-breaking which twice he explained as having the divine right to do (John 5:17; Mt 12:8). His Sabbath-breaking was one of the two reasons the Jews wanted to kill him (John 5:18), along with blasphemy. Ultimately he was convicted for the cause of blasphemy alone (Mt 26:65-66).
Think about it, with his focus on teaching the Good News why did Jesus have to "slow himself down" with the Sabbath controversy? It's obvious that Jesus was breaking their rules on purpose. Observers with the wrong focus or a religious spirit would stumble in offense at seeing Jesus do things they held as despicable. They would miss the Messiah because of their religious spirit being triggered.
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It was not just Sabbath-breaking but they also rejected him or left him when he told them to eat his flesh and drink his blood with a straight face (John 6:53, 66). The suggestion of cannibalism is detestable and offensive.
Through these controversies, he was shaking the tree to see who was not focusing 100% on his Godly love and would be offended away by lesser concerns.
God always has his prophets do detestable things to reveal the hearts of the people (e.g., remember Hosea marrying a promiscuous woman and having three children with her?). If the people do not fully love God and the truth and are not willing to change and accept uncomfortable things for that truth, then they will miss out. God will not let into his kingdom anyone who has not been tested to reveal if they "received a love for the truth" or if they still love any other things ahead of that.
The Solution: Repent
What is the change you need to make so you do not miss (reject) Elijah?
You must change in the same way I have been saying for years now in my writing. You must repent and get on the same page as Jesus about love being the identifying characteristic of those who are humbly serving God in a state of repentance:
John 13:35 — By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.
It's not:
professing Jesus...
professing the Trinity...
belonging to a church...
believing abortion is murder...
Torah/Sabbath-keeping...
Sunday-keeping...
"It's about love, stupid" (and I'm including myself in that descriptor with how many decades of Bible study it took me to see this). If you do not cultivate love like Jesus and his disciples then you are not anything like Christ or obeying Christ:
Matthew 22:36-40 — 36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” 37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[a] 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b] 40 All the Law and the Prophets [i.e. the entire Bible] hang on these two commandments.” Luke 6:46 —"Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say?
And by the way, according to Jesus' words, you also are not saved/entering the kingdom until you switch over to be love-centered:
Matthew 7:21-23 21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’
As I explained in another article on this passage, the will/law of the Father Jesus referred to can only be the two greatest commandments above. If you do not choose to adopt and apply that law of love to all people (however imperfectly), even to the detestable or to those who have hurt you, then you are considered a "worker of lawlessness," and Jesus will reject you for entrance to the kingdom. This requirement is not about performance or perfection but the heart and actions. The kingdom will be a place of peace, harmony, and joy when everyone there has the love and humility of Jesus, yes?
If we all just agree on a non-moral, non-ethical command like resting on Sabbath, that in itself does not create harmony. Trust me, once I invited a Sabbath-keeper to live with me to help him only to discover he did not have integrity or love for us. It was constant strife and we had to kick him out!
"Judge Prophets By Their Fruits"
John 13:35 is not the only passage teaching us to identify trained servants of God by their love. Jesus directly warned in the Sermon on the Mount that if you did not discern prophets by the correct yardstick, you would be deceived:
Matthew 7:15-20 —15 “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. 16 By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17 Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.
You can read about the fruit of God's spirit in Galatians 5:22-23. In brief, God's prophets are associated with humility, love, and freedom. The false prophets are not about love, but bondage and other negative fruits (Galatians 5:19-21).
To be precise, if you judge a prophet of Yehovah by:
the words he uses,
his dress,
his Bible interpretations that may differ from yours,
his behavior when under the Holy Spirit (crying, convulsing, laughing, etc.),
his history including a strange backstory to his calling as a prophet,
or anything else that your religious or human spirit judges as wrong...
...then you're going to reject and miss what God is doing on the earth just as the Jews missed the Messiah because he did not keep Sabbath or wash his hands as they expected.
I am convinced that if you do not center on and daily practice the love of God yourself (from repentance), then you will not be able to properly discern those who are doing the same for God.
Humility Is Absolutely Required
Do not be fooled: you cannot love others like Jesus unless you are humble like Jesus, too (Mt 11:29). Your pride, rights, entitlement, expectations and so much more that comes from pride will get in the way of loving others consistently. That is why Jesus said quite shockingly that if you do not seek humility, forget about salvation:
Matthew 18:3-4 — “3 ...Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
So, how do you become this humble? We must "humble ourselves" and this works up to a point. Ultimately it is only God who can guide us to true humility in the repentance process.
You can start the process by tapping into things you feel guilty about but continue to do by ignoring or excusing the feeling with some justification. For example, say you feel guilty about watching too many TV shows in this Golden Age of Television, or when you play video games. That's a problem already and you know it. Paul explains:
Romans 14:23 (NIV) —But whoever has doubts is condemned if they eat, because their eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.
Romans 14:23 (NLT) —But if you have doubts about whether or not you should eat something, you are sinning if you go ahead and do it. For you are not following your convictions. If you do anything you believe is not right, you are sinning.
In the repentance process, you stop justifying these behaviors and ignoring your conscience about them and focus on the painful truth that is behind those negative feelings. The hard truth may be that these activities are taking too much time away from your family, God, or from your own self-care that you are neglecting. You may admit you are addicted or doing these things to feel better and cover up the fact that you do not feel good about yourself or that you are unloveable.
You then confess these things to God and to those you have hurt and hear another hard truth regarding how much you hurt them. After you get a fuller understanding of the impact of these behaviors that you already felt guilty about, you will loathe them. You will lose interest and want to cease them. You will be better connected to God, yourself, and your loved ones. That connection will help you to feel loved and better about yourself without the need for the activities you once said to yourself, "I need this. I need this to be happy. I cannot give this up."
God will then lead you onto the next item, perhaps your worst fear, an idol, or thing you do not like about yourself, always with encouragement along the way to help you move forward. Your faith will grow and your joy along with it. You will rapidly transform into who you always wanted to be.
This is true repentance in nutshell.
Why isn't it taught and why doesn't every Christian do it? Because they are taught repentance is just about confessing sins and accepting Jesus to cover them. Real repentance is not so short and easy but is a painful, vulnerable experience that may cause you to lose everything (when you get real about yourself to others, especially). However, when you give up everything you're holding on to, God is faithful to reward you. There's no way he will not see what you lost and the price in pain you paid and not pay you back doubly like he did Job who received double after his repentance process that stripped him down to nothing (Job 1:3; Job 42:12; Heb 11:6).
Escape The Strong Delusion
Once you make the changes above and become humble and love-centered, you will have the proper discernment that is necessary to change how you judge or discern who is a prophet of God and who is not. You will be able to recognize Elijah when he comes by his love and not reject him by his beliefs and doctrines you may find impossible, heretical, and even detestable.
Also, you will be able to discern who is false and not be deluded by it like the rest of the world who are not love-centered yet:
2 Thessalonians 2:9- 12 — 9 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie, 10 and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie 12 and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.
The truth that Paul is referring to is of course what the Bible teaches from start to end: love your neighbor as yourself for God. "The truth" is not any of the alternative things listed above that Christians consider more or equally important (and frankly do not agree on anyway). We can all agree that God is love, Jesus loved, his disciples were identified by their love, love sums up the Bible and that loving your neighbor is the requirement for entering the Kingdom according to Jesus (Mt 19:17-19).
Why COVID-19 is Happening Now
Time is short and it's time to do this now.
In April I received confirmation from a prophet that the end is indeed about to begin just as I had concluded. That statement may shock you because I have said in the past that I do not see or receive any prophets today. But we're in the end times for sure now, and prophets are being activated, finally, Praise God! This person is a newly activated prophet. (Their identity is not mine to reveal yet, so please do not ask me to do that ahead of God's timing.) It's confirmed that we are about to begin the end-time events just as I have been writing to you all for years.
COVID-19 was the start of the preparation for the end, especially for the Bride of Christ. If you are like me (and as I previously wrote), I instinctively knew that there is no way this pandemic is an accident or coincidence when we're just two years away from the Psalm 83 war that kicks off the end time events.
This prophet confirmed that Satan himself was behind this virus. I had already concluded that it was not man-made and not an accident. But the prophet explained that God allowed Satan to create this because God could use it for his purpose of preparing us who are consenting to be humbled to be the Bride. That makes complete sense to me. What Satan intends for evil God works for good.
If you doubt that, just think about how bad COVID-19 really is for a moment. The news each day just gets worse and worse. I never imagined it could get this bad at the start. Now I'm reading that it's like the common cold (another coronavirus) in that there is no evidence of immunity from it. Plus, it's far more contagious than the flu, it spreads like a Trojan horse in asymptomatic people, and it viciously attacks the lungs so that healthy people of all ages are dying. It seems unaffected by temperature like the flu which is limited to colder months. This is not. Like the cold and flu, it's not going away on its own but will spike in waves according to experts. It's almost the perfect virus a Devil could design to hurt humanity, isn't it? Not too deadly so it spreads and there may never be a vaccine for it just like the cold.
If you're like me in this time of restrictions and sheltering, you already have been humbled and confronted with your guilt, fears, and other personal issues. Why not use this as a springboard to go onto full repentance and draw close to God like you always wanted but did not know how to? The Holy Spirit is ready to guide you in at a higher level now so you are not alone and can accomplish it:
Revelation 19:7 7 — Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. 8 Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear.” (Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of God’s holy people.)
It's time to get ready and no one can make you ready but yourself by the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Push into the pain and repent and soon you will find joy. That's a reward in itself (plus salvation) whether you are around to discern Elijah or not.
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