Latest Audio - 2025-07-05
From Poverty to Plenty
"Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all." (Jeremiah 31:12)
The previous Pastor's Report (A Bag of Holes) dwelt on the disastrous economic situation in the world today, and the looming threat of massive food shortages leading to famines across the globe. But as future teachers our job will not be showing how to survive the next crisis, but rather to explain HOW this disastrous situation came about - i.e. the underlying cause and just as important, how to implement the antidote. As Mr. Armstrong wrote in the Plain Truth of May 1985:
But survival alone is NOT ENOUGH! We must have survival in PEACE, in happiness, in joy, in prosperity and plenty, and in abundant well-being for ALL! ...
... To get to the crux of the problem immediately, realize first that these existing conditions and evils are merely the EFFECT! For every effect, there has to be a CAUSE. Our problem of immediate urgency is to find the CAUSE, not only of present evil conditions, but also of what is the not-being-used CAUSE of peace, happiness and abundant well-being! (Plain Truth May 1985)
A New Heart
The horrors of the end time will leave mankind more willing to listen to his God, and without Satan's influence to muddy the waters and with God's spirit made freely available, then our teacher-training over the past so many years will come to the fore, as we explain to those in our care the underlying cause of all humanity's ills. No doubt we will go back to Lucifer's rebellion, and the Two Trees, and the two basic, fundamental ways of life; GIVE versus GET – and that all mankind's troubles, heartaches and despair have been from breaking invisible but no less potent spiritual laws.
- But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people (Jeremiah 31:33)
- A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. (Ezekiel 36:26)
With this vastly different approach to life – from INcoming to OUTgoing – we will at last be able to teach a new and totally practical financial system. It won't be based on interest rates, tax cuts, tariffs, or anyone's "Big, Beautiful Bill", but rather the outgoing nature of the laws of God, which puts obedience to God first and foremost in our life, and our neighbour on the same level of importance as ourselves.
We will explain that at its very foundation, God's financial system is family based – recognising the nuclear family unit of a man, his wife and their children as the unit in which every potential member of God's family begins his life. God's financial system then gives this family nucleus the financial security required to be able to live life to the full, without constant money worries, so giving a stable family environment to succeeding generations. In the following sections, therefore, please notice the family-based and GIVE approach to life, not only in personal finances, but also in the agricultural practices of the future.
Tithing
- Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. (Malachi 3:10)
Even within the law of tithing, we can see the outgoing nature of God. In the millennium, the tithes of the people won't be needed for the upkeep of the ministry, or websites, or taking the gospel to the world as a witness. God only has to say the word and anything He needs can be created, so what will future tithes be used for? From "Tomorrow ... what it will be like", chapter 7:
God says the wealth of the world will be centered in Jerusalem, and that the vast rebuilding programs, rehabilitation processes and new-age pioneering that begin will be backed by that wealth.
“…Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; And I will shake all nations, and the desire [desirable things, margin] of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the [Eternal] of hosts. The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the [Eternal] of hosts” (Haggai 2:6-8).
But God’s great treasury will be for public display.
No gold bricks, reposing in deep, subterranean vaults – utterly useless except for their meaning – no fear of thievery, or robbery. But breathtakingly beautiful decorations for the capital building, the temple in which Christ will dwell. (Tomorrow ... what it will be like)
Not only will the tithes be used for the re-building of the waste places, (Isaiah 58:12) but as it says in both Isaiah 2 and Micah 4, the nations of the world will visit the glorious city of Jerusalem, and when they see what has been achieved, they'll be more than willing to being taught HOW they too can achieve such wealth and beauty in their own lands. This also fits with the way God tends to work ... by beginning small and then expanding in an orderly way. The Church will begin teaching and ruling within Israel, making it the model nation. This will then also help us to learn what we need regarding running a nation, before we expand out to teach the whole world.
- Foreigners will build up your walls, and their kings will serve you; For in my wrath I struck you, and in My favour I have had compassion on you.
- Your gates will be open continually; they will not be closed day or night, so that people may bring you the wealth of the nations, with their kings led in procession.
- For the nation and the kingdom which will not serve you will perish, and the nations will be utterly ruined.
- The glory of Lebanon will come to you, the juniper, the elm tree and the cedar together, to beautify the place of My sanctuary; and I will make the place of My feet glorious.
- The sons of those who afflicted you will come bowing to you, and all those who despised you will bow down at the soles of your feet; and they will call you the city of the LORD, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel. (Isaiah 60:10-14 ASV)
Usury
- In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
- Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee. (Ezekiel 22:12,13)
This is the condition of modern day Israel, as God sees us, and no wonder we are cursed financially. Mr Armstrong colourfully and accurately described today's business dealings as "the grasping, conniving, striving, deceitful, clandestine, furtive, scurrilous, devious, cheating and lying chicanery that is commonplace in today’s business world." From the sermon "Why the Church", 17 October 1981, Mr. Armstrong writes:
Then we have developed a human system of economy. Now the economy is in trouble all over the world right now; and man has nothing but problems and troubles with the economic system he’s developed, because it is false. It’s man-devised and SATAN-INFLUENCED. God, for one thing, God’s way denies interest or usury on loaning money; but the whole world’s system is based on usury and interest. That’s one of the problems in the United States right now. ("Why the Church", 17 October 1981)
Whereas back in Deuteronomy, God gave this command for natural-born Israelites:
- Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:
- Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it. (Deuteronomy 23:19,20)
This law of usury given to OT Israel would have brought great blessings – to Israelites initially, and then, as the other nations – the "strangers" – saw the affluence and abundance in Jerusalem and its surroundings, once they put themselves under the commonwealth of Israel and obeyed its laws, they too could be free of usury and would greatly prosper as a result. It didn't happen back then, but it is most certainly seems prophesied to happen in the future!
- Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:
- And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also.
- Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD.
- Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you. (Zechariah 8:20-23)
Sabbatical Year
- At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.
- And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD’S release. (Deuteronomy 15:1-2)
This is the financial aspect of the Sabbatical Year and part of the very Plan of God – the very purpose of this amazing law, that "there shall be no poor among you" (Deuteronomy 15:4). This agricultural law – like the law of usury – would presumably expand to apply to all within the commonwealth of Israel as other nations see, and bring themselves under the Government of God in the future, where it will be not only illegal to charge interest, but even the capital sum is to be released every seven years! No horrendous interest piling up that many times becomes totally unmanageable and ends in bankruptcy and in some countries today, slavery for many generations.
Farmers have found to their cost that continuing monoculture of a crop brings diminishing results, as it often leaves the crop more susceptible to disease and pest outbreaks. So there is good solid agricultural backing to the concept of resting the land every seven years, and allowing the needy to help themselves, and also allowing your flocks and herds to graze and fertilise the ground.
- But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard. (Exodus 23:11)
Numerous times within scripture we find God's admonition to care not only for the fatherless and the widows but also those that have fallen on hard times – an unselfish, outgoing frame of mind to note:
- And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God. (Leviticus 19:10)
- He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again. (Proverbs 19:17)
- And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. (Leviticus 25:35)
Jubilee year
- Count off seven sabbaths of years – seven times seven years – so that the seven sabbaths of years amount to a period of forty nine years.
- Then have the trumpet sounded everywhere on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the Day of Atonement [the day picturing the banishment of Satan!] sound the trumpet throughout your land.
- Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you; each one of you is to return to his family property and each to his own clan. (Leviticus 25:8-10 NIV)
The law of the Jubilee returns the basis of all real, tangible wealth back into the hands of the family – because absolutely everything we own ultimately comes from the land. In this way it levels the financial playing-field for everyone, family by family, in a real and practical way. It even leads people away from interracial marriage, as it continually brings people back to their own genetic environment – doing so in a patriarchal (not matriarchal) way. This is because the right to the family land normally passes through the sons, with the daughters becoming part of the family into which they marry, and then tied into that new family unit by the very land they – eventually – pass on to their offspring. This in turn also leads society back to placing fathers at the head of each home – a reflection of the God-family position, with the loving Father as the head of the household. So it's the father's family that is tied to the land, not the mother's in the vast majority of cases (for the exception see Numbers 27:1-11) .
Because it is land based, returning people to their land every 50 years, the Jubilee is also designed to create a society that is predominantly rural, not urban! In this way, it also forces man to appreciate the source of his food, and to recognise its link to the blessings of good weather given by God. In addition, because the land stays in a single family's custody, it helps preserve the land's fertility and encourages truly long-term thinking in that custodianship. Unlike the transitory nature of families today, people will literally be able to put down roots! They will want to plant walnut trees for wood, for example, because they'll know that whatever happens, the land will remain for their great-great grandchildren! So they will naturally landscape, fertilise, improve and beautify it – caring for it as the priceless heritage it is, knowing that by doing so they will be able to watch succeeding generations of their offspring enjoy it as well.
The Jubilee also means that businesses will not be able to grow into mega-monster conglomerates, buying up acres and acres of land and extending their reach – and usually negative effect – into the local area, as at the end of 50 years, the land has to return to its original owner. Small indeed is beautiful.
A Glorious Future
Currently the world stumbles on in the darkness of massive indebtedness and other insoluble financial problems. The various situations – both trials and blessings – that God allows in our lives are preparing us to be able to teach a diametrically different approach to every aspect of the human experience, including the financial area. Recounting our personal experiences to those in our care – and lessons learnt from them – will vividly illustrate the benefit of living God's way of life and experience the fulness of God's blessings.
- All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
- I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
- The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. (John 10:8-10)
There is indeed a time of great trouble just up ahead – something mankind has brought on himself to a large degree, under the sway of the god of this world. But within God's great Master Plan He has everything under control and even uses the seemingly unresolvable problems to teach us vital lessons! Ancient Israel 'had it all' ... hereditary, God's laws etc, but without a change of heart, even those laws alone could not bring about the Utopia we all long for. As brought out in Joel chapter two, God's spirit will be made available to all flesh – bringing about that change of heart, and the result? No debt, no famine, no warfare and a lasting, life-changing relationship with the one true God.
- Then the LORD will be zealous for His land, And will have compassion for His people.
- The LORD will answer and say to His people,"Behold, I am going to send you grain, new wine and oil and you will be satisfied in full with them; and I will never again make you a disgrace among the nations ...
- ... Do not fear, land; shout for joy and rejoice, For the LORD has done great things.
- Do not fear, animals of the field, For the pastures of the wilderness have turned green, For the tree has produced its fruit, The fig tree and the vine have yielded in full.
- So shout for joy, you sons of Zion, And rejoice in the LORD your God; For He has given you the early rain [Strongs H04175 – or; teacher for righteousness] for your vindication. And He has brought down for you the rain, The early and latter rain as before.
- The threshing floors will be full of grain, And the vats will overflow with the new wine and oil.
- “Then I will compensate you for the years That the swarming locust has eaten, The creeping locust, the stripping locust, and the gnawing locust — My great army which I sent among you.
- “You will have plenty to eat and be satisfied, And you will praise the name of the LORD your God, Who has dealt wondrously with you; Then My people will never be put to shame.
- “So you will know that I am in the midst of Israel, And that I am the LORD your God, and there is no other; And My people will never be put to shame. (Joel 2:18,19,21-27 NASV)
This ceasefire: A temporary “tactical pause”?
Iran 2025
President Trump: “Ceasefire Is Now In Effect”
“US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that a ceasefire was now in effect, soon after Iranian state-linked media announced Tehran had fired its ‘last round’ of missiles at Israel.
‘THE CEASEFIRE IS NOW IN EFFECT.
PLEASE DO NOT VIOLATE IT!’
Trump said in a post on Truth Social around 1:00 am stateside. Iran had launched a fresh barrage of missiles at Israel as the ceasefire deadline announced by Trump neared. A spate of questions linger over the viability of a ceasefire, Iran and Israel’s participation, the potential resumption of nuclear talks between the West and Tehran, and the ultimate fate of Iran’s supplies of enriched uranium.” (cnbc.com)
Ceasefire Has Begun, Iran’s Press TV Says
“The Iran-Israel ceasefire has come into effect, Iranian state media outlet Press TV said on social media, following a spate of Iranian strikes that have stoked confusion over Tehran’s willingness to participate in the agreement. ‘Ceasefire begins following four waves of Iranian attacks on Israeli-occupied territories,’ the media channel said in an X update. As of five hours ago — in comments preceding US President Donald Trump’s announcement that the détente had taken effect — Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi had refuted the existence of a formal arrangement, while allowing for the easing of hostilities.
‘As of now, there is NO “agreement” on any ceasefire or cessation of military operation,’ he said at the time. ‘However, provided that the Israeli regime stops its illegal aggression against the Iranian people no later than 4 am Tehran time, we have no intention to continue our response afterwards.’” (cnbc.com)
What In The World Just Happened In The Middle East?
“Can anyone explain to me what just happened? The last 24 hours have been beyond weird. Just hours ago, everyone was freaking out because Iran had just fired a bunch of missiles at a major US military base in Qatar. But then we found out that most of the missiles were intercepted, not a single person was hurt, and very little damage was done. On top of everything else, President Trump announced that the Iranians had informed the US that the missiles were coming in advance…
‘Iran has officially responded to our Obliteration of their Nuclear Facilities with a very weak response, which we expected, and have very effectively countered. There have been 14 missiles fired — 13 were knocked down, and 1 was “set free,” because it was headed in a nonthreatening direction. I am pleased to report that NO Americans were harmed, and hardly any damage was done. Most importantly, they’ve gotten it all out of their “system,” and there will, hopefully, be no further HATE. I want to thank Iran for giving us early notice, which made it possible for no lives to be lost, and nobody to be injured. Perhaps Iran can now proceed to Peace and Harmony in the Region, and I will enthusiastically encourage Israel to do the same. Thank you for your attention to this matter!’
What is the purpose of conducting such a charade? Nobody was fooled. The good news, as Scott Jennings has aptly pointed out, is that this essentially represents a ‘COMPLETE AND TOTAL CAPITULATION’ BY IRAN… The Iranians wanted to ‘save face’ by firing off some missiles, but they also apparently wanted an exit ramp. Thankfully, President Trump was quite eager to offer them one.” (theeconomiccollapseblog.com)
Trump Heads To NATO Summit As His Foreign Policy Reshapes The World
“President Donald Trump heads this week to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit as American allies come to grips with the vast impact his foreign policy has already achieved - from Iran’s nuclear ambitions to the future of funding for European security. The summit, which will take place in The Hague, Netherlands, will provide a platform for Trump to push for his proposed requirement that NATO’s 32 member states reach 5% gross domestic product (GDP) spending on defense.
Trump told reporters Friday night that he believes the United States has floated NATO for long enough. ‘I don’t think we should, but I think they should,’ Trump said about raising defense spending to 5%. ‘We’ve been supporting NATO so long.’” (justthenews.com)
Crown Prince Of Iran Calls For Islamic Regime To Step Down
“The exiled Crown Prince of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, is calling on the Iranian people to rid themselves of the tyrannical Islamic regime, declaring, ‘This is our Berlin Wall moment.’ Pahlavi referred to the historic November 1989 moment when Germans on both sides of the Berlin Wall separating East and West Germany surged forward and crossed over the wall, marking the beginning of the end of East Germany’s repressive government.
Pahlavi, speaking in Paris at a press conference, called for Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to step down, asserting, ‘Our beloved Iran has been dragged into a devastating conflict, the architect of which is no other than Ali Khamenei and his corrupt destructive faction. He has driven our nation’s economy to the brink of collapse, plundered our national infrastructure and resources, squandered the nation’s wealth on developing nuclear weapons, shattered Iran’s security, and stolen the sovereignty of the Iranian people.’
‘Credible reports indicate that Ali Khamenei’s family and the family of senior officials are making preparations to flee Iran. The regime is on its last legs in towns and cities across the country. The military is fractured,’ he noted.
‘Imagine this new Iran: a free and democratic Iran, living at peace with our neighbors, an engine of growth and opportunity in the region, a beacon of culture, innovation, and pride in the world. It is within our reach,’ he declared. ‘We are a proud, ancient, resilient people. The task before us Iranians today is no less than the ones faced by the great leaders, the great unifiers, the great builders of our history, like Cyrus the Great. As we embark on the final steps of this path to national revival, to liberation, to peace, we continue to be inspired by him… This is our moment. I am with you. Let us build this Iran together.’” (yourdestinationnow.com)
Trump Has Just Secured The Best Chance For Global Peace
“The American bombing of Iran’s nuclear programme was the single greatest intervention on behalf of global peace we have seen in our lifetimes. It goes without saying that the world is a much safer place when we woke up this morning than it was when we went to bed last night. Israeli intelligence had revealed that the Ayatollah’s plan was to produce a set of many small nuclear bombs. What are the chances that they would not have been fired at Paris, New York and London by Iran or her proxies?
A nuclear Iran would also have been a game changer in the region.
But this isn’t just about the nukes. The defanging of the Iranian regime – which is now likely staggering towards its demise – represents nothing other than the collapse of the main pillar of global jihadism. For decades, Tehran has been the head of the octopus, behind all the bloodthirsty fanaticism from Lebanon to Yemen, Iraq to the streets of London. Of course, Qatar remains. But the wind is now in the sails of the righteous.
This summed it up. Winston Churchill might have been addressing the Starmer Government as well as Neville Chamberlain when he pointed out that ‘you were given the choice between war and dishonour. You chose dishonour and you will have war.” It is only the boldness of Jerusalem and Washington that has saved us this awful fate.’” (telegraph.co.uk)
Apocalyptic Iranian ‘Messiah’ Theory
“Apocalyptic Iranian ‘messiah’ theory ‘proves the country CANNOT be allowed nuclear weapons’: Peter Van Onselen on the deranged belief system of Iran’s ayatollahs. It is concerning when any country has nuclear weapons - but it’s a threat the world has learned to manage. There’s a basic assumption that most nuclear-armed countries refrain from using atomic bombs out of self-preservation. That is, if they fired nuclear warheads, their country would be destroyed. Defence experts call this ‘Mutually Assured Destruction’.
But what if a state doesn’t fear destruction? What if it welcomes it, viewing it as a gateway to divine salvation? That’s long been the concern with Iran.
And it’s not an exaggerated risk.
Iran’s nuclear ambitions don’t exist in a vacuum. They sit within a broader ideological framework that includes what’s known as millenarianism: the belief that the world is heading for a final, transformative clash between good and evil.
Years ago, as a university academic, I supervised an honours student whose thesis examined millenarianism. It opened my eyes to its impact on politics in the Middle East. In Shia Islam, millenarianism is tied to the return of the Mahdi, or the Hidden Imam. He is a messianic figure who will emerge in an era of chaos to establish a just Islamic order.
The ultimate ruler of Iran - for now - is 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. His Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has leaders who parrot apocalyptic language that must be taken seriously. Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad openly embraced this worldview. During his presidency, he not only referred to the Mahdi in speeches, including at the United Nations no less, but his government poured funds into religious preparations for the Mahdi’s return.
Ahmadinejad believed the apocalypse wasn’t to be avoided but welcomed - even hastened. Road upgrades to Jamkaran, home of the mosque linked to the Mahdi’s reappearance, were budgeted as national infrastructure. The line between religion and state planning was deliberately blurred.
General Hossein Salami, the head of the IRGC - before he was recently killed by Israeli strikes - had repeatedly threatened to wipe Israel off the map. He described Israel as a ‘cancerous tumour’ that must be ‘destroyed’. There’s not a lot of room to move with such rhetoric. It can’t be treated as a metaphorical flourish. It is a statement of intent, rooted in a belief that conflict with Israel is religiously sacred.
This is why Israel acts the way it does. They’re about preventing the unimaginable: a nuclear-armed state run by people who don’t fear a true Armageddon. Places like Fordow, the nuclear fortress buried under mountains, were deliberately shielded from airstrikes precisely because it’s not an energy enrichment site. It’s designed for survivability in the event of war, which only makes sense if the goal is to build a weapon, not a civilian reactor. The US has now apparently taken care of that.
Some in the West forget, or wilfully ignore, that Iran is not the underdog in the Middle East. It is the regional bully. Far from being a besieged victim of aggression Iran is the primary source of destabilisation right across the region.
As a Shia theocracy in a predominantly Sunni region Iran’s rise is deeply feared by Sunni Arab states. Its nuclear ambitions are seen as part of its ideological mission to reshape the Middle East in its image. It’s a revolutionary regime, where parts of the leadership believe GLOBAL CHAOS ISN’T TO BE AVOIDED, IT’S TO BE EMBRACED, because it brings the end times closer. If that doesn’t justify aggressive containment measures, what does?” (dailymail.co.uk)
This Ceasefire: A Temporary “Tactical Pause”?
“There are many people out there that seem to think that the Iranians have essentially surrendered by agreeing to this ceasefire, but that is not the case at all. The Iranians still hate the United States, they still hate Israel, and they still plan to move forward with their nuclear program. Ultimately, their long-term goals have not changed at all. But a ceasefire is certainly strategically advantageous for the Iranians at this moment, and so they eagerly embraced President Trump’s proposal. Unfortunately, those that believe that this ceasefire is the end of the story are way off base.
In the western world, we tend to view a ceasefire as a complete cessation of hostilities that leads to permanent peace. But in Islam, a ceasefire is viewed very differently. Islamic law allows for a temporary ‘tactical pause’ in hostilities known as a ‘Hudna’, and it is considered to be a time to rearm and regroup in order to continue the fight later.
A ‘Hudna’ is not a permanent commitment, and it does not require Muslims to abandon their long-term goals. The very first ‘Hudna’ came in 628 AD. It was strategically advantageous for Muhammad to make temporary peace with his enemies, and then once he had rearmed and regrouped he was able to take Mecca in 630 AD…” (themostimportantnews.com)
‘ZERO CREDIBILITY!’
“Trump names names of worst fake news giants in Iran conflict. ‘Not thrilled’ with mainstream media coverage of US strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities on Saturday, President Donald Trump on Monday erupted against some of the biggest names in American news. In a post on Truth Social, Trump stated: ‘The sites that we hit in Iran were totally destroyed, and everyone knows it. Only the Fake News would say anything different in order to try and demean, as much as possible – And even they say they were “pretty well destroyed!” Working especially hard on this falsehood is Allison Cooper of Fake News CNN, Dumb Brian L Roberts, Chairman of ‘Con’cast, Jonny Karl of ABC Fake News, and always, the Losers of, again, Concast’s NBC Fake News. It never ends with the sleazebags in the Media, and that’s why their Ratings are at an ALL TIME LOW — ZERO CREDIBILITY!’” (wnd.com)
A Terrifying Truth About Iran’s Nuclear Arsenal
“On Sunday, US President Donald Trump claimed to have taken the bomb ‘right out of Iran’s hands’. But could Iran have further – hitherto unknown – nuclear facilities? It would not be alone if so. Pakistan and North Korea both covertly developed a nuclear bomb while apparently under tight US surveillance.
President Trump told reporters that ‘Key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated.’ This may well be the case. But enrichment facilities are only one part of the puzzle. Iran is a wounded beast but still possesses the scientific know-how and a greater motive than ever to build a bomb. The threat is not dead yet.” (dailymail.co.uk)
The Threat IS NOT Dead Yet!
General Hossein Salami, the head of the IRGC - before he was recently killed by Israeli strikes - had repeatedly threatened to “wipe Israel off the map”. He described Israel as a “cancerous tumour” that must be “destroyed”.
This is not a new concept - to destroy Israel. It goes back nearly 3,000 years…
“They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones. They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that THE NAME OF ISRAEL MAY BE NO MORE IN REMEMBRANCE. For they have consulted together with one consent:” (Psalm 83:3-5)
Here is what God has to say about our world today, just before the end of this age:
“‘Their homes will be turned over to their enemies, as will their fields and their wives. For I will raise my powerful fist against the people of this land,’ says the LORD.
‘From the least to the greatest, their lives are ruled by greed. From prophets to priests, they are all frauds.
They offer superficial treatments for my people’s mortal wound. They give assurances of peace when there is no peace.
Are they ashamed of their disgusting actions? Not at all — they don’t even know how to blush! Therefore, they will lie among the slaughtered. They will be brought down when I punish them,’ says the LORD.
This is what the LORD says: ‘Stop at the crossroads and look around. Ask for the old, godly way, and walk in it. Travel its path, and you will find rest for your souls. But you reply, “No, that’s not the road we want!”
I posted watchmen over you who said, ‘Listen for the sound of the alarm.’ But you replied, ‘No! We won’t pay attention!’
‘Therefore, listen to this, all you nations. Take note of my people’s situation.
Listen, all the earth! I will bring disaster on my people.’” (Jeremiah 6:12-19, NLT)
Mankind Has Never Had Real Peace!
“The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.” (Isaiah 59:8)
The apostle Paul was inspired to give this warning:
“But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
For when THEY shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon THEM, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.” (I Thessalonians 5:1-6)
But All Can Look Forward To Real Peace
“But IN THE LAST DAYS IT SHALL COME TO PASS, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.
And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and HE WILL TEACH US OF HIS WAYS, and we will walk in his paths: FOR THE LAW SHALL GO FORTH OF ZION, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, NEITHER SHALL THEY LEARN WAR ANY MORE.
But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and NONE SHALL MAKE THEM AFRAID: FOR THE MOUTH OF THE LORD OF HOSTS HATH SPOKEN IT.” (Micah 4:1-5)
“Just what is an APOSTLE?”
Today we find the Church of God in a “wilderness of religious confusion!”
The confusion is not merely around the Church – within the religions of the world outside – but WITHIN the very heart of The True Church itself!
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