Where Does "Random" End And Its Anonyms Begin...Or Is There Anything Random

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth."      
How much of that was random?

"And the earth was without form, and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters."    

How much of that was random?

"And God said, Let there be light: and there was light."    

How much of that was random?

"...Many hearing (Jesus) were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?" Mark 6:2.    

How much of what Jesus did and taught was "random"?

Maybe my question should have been, " Where does creation and divine order end and "random" begin? If it ever begins, even in the tiniest things. If three thousand years did not improve the descendants of the bee I saw, at a museum, suspended in a  solid, egg sized, crystallized lump of fossilized tree sap, why should I believe in "evolution's random selection" of everything else in the universe?  Anyway, "random and "selection" are contradictory terms like accidental and intentional.

I am totally convinced and committed to a universe, earth and life originated by "random's" opposite antonyms .... willful, awareness, thoughtful, planned, established, methodical, orderly, orchestrated and created by an intelligent, objective Creator.

It is surely true that our all knowing Creator does everything, infinite and finite, with intent and purpose, meshed together with perfection. And since He is omniscient and knows every single thing, He must be interested in every single thing and therefore in control of every single thing except what He has specifically delegated to our human, "in His likeness", free will. And since He already knows what we will "will" to do, even that isn't random, to Him.  

"...All things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." Romans 8:28.

China Has Built Espionage Tech Into US Imported Devices

Senator Rubio Is On The Inside, Overseeing U.S. Intelligence Networks

This from Washington Examiner in February

China concocting plans to paralyze US society before conflict, Marco Rubio says

Chinese officials are seeding the United States and allied nations indirectly with technology that could cause massive societal disruption in the event of a conflict, according to a senior Republican lawmaker. 

“We have never faced that sort of vulnerability in the backbone of our country,” Sen. Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican, said this week. 

China’s potential to carry out a crippling attack against U.S. satellites has commanded attention from military strategists and diplomats for years, but Rubio’s warning was spurred by analysis of much more mundane systems: office printers, which could pose an unexpected intelligence threat. Rubio, while acknowledging that risk, emphasized that Beijing wants “state-sponsored” companies to spread throughout Western societies. 

“Imagine if, on the eve or on the verge of a conflict, we are aware of their ability to, or they demonstrate their ability to, deny a significant number of Americans access to their banking information, their telecommunications, their internet connectivity, the mass transit system of a major city, or a combination of all of these, [or] a utility network?” Rubio said Monday. 

Those capabilities might embolden China to begin a conflict with a U.S. partner or ally, trusting that the threat of societal repercussions in the United States would prevent President Trump or another U.S. leader from intervening. 

“Our knowledge that they can threaten the mass transit system of a city, the banking sector, the communications systems, provides them extraordinary leverage that would not even require them to shoot a single rocket or fire a single bullet,” Rubio said. 

Rubio, who sits on both the Foreign Relations Committee overseeing the State Department and the intelligence panel with jurisdiction over U.S. spy agencies, has warned for years about threats posed by Chinese technology companies. Major telecommunications companies such as Huawei, a pioneer of next-generation wireless technology, have dominated much of the Western debate about such risks. 

Rubio raised the possibility that China will find ways to kneecap U.S. decision-makers even if the federal government adopts tough security policies. 

“If they are able, for example, to disrupt trade between the United States and a major trading partner, even if our systems are very secure, that disruption in trade, that disruption in economic activity, can sap a nation of the will to confront an adversary, if necessary,” he said. “And they'll know that.” 

Yet, as U.S. diplomats have struggled to convince even NATO allies to ban “high-risk” telecommunications companies, so Rubio worries that state and local governments are similarly hesitant to take the risk seriously. 

“One of the things we’re still running into, sometimes at nonfederal levels, is the notion that this is being overblown, that this is being exaggerated,” he said. 

The fact that Western companies sometimes purchase Chinese systems and then “white label” the devices as their own makes it hard to track the full extent of the problem. 

“It's hard to quantify how serious it is now,” he said. “It is already widespread enough for us to be concerned about it, and that's just at the federal level.” 

How Did This New Scourge, Coronavirus, Suddenly Unleash In China & Cover Earth?

What or who caused it?

When trying to understand the universe or world, one must begin with the premise that God created all things "good" and to His divine concept. At the end of each of the six days of earth's re-creation God declared his work "good" and the entirety as "very good".

"And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good." Gen.1:31.

But though He created all things "very good", and with distinct purpose, He decreed it to be under the "dominion" and therefore the stewardship responsibility of humanity.

"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over ... every creeping thing...." Gen.1:26

So we all have, not only "image and likeness" assets of our Creator, but freedom to use that knowledge, power and presence or abuse it. So humanity had free will volition of "dominion" to do good or bad things in and to this earth. But with that freedom of dominion, man has responsibility for it which will be  called into account by the Creator.

I do not believe that things like Coronavirus, AIDS, Flu, and Venereal Disease would ever have existed but for the sinful actions, of those who have been given "dominion" upon this earth. The animals did not do it on their own. The plants didn't do it. And I do not believe God did it. But Satan, working through free will people did it.

Men, like those  Communist scientists at the Experimental Lab in Wuhan, China, tampering with nature and nature's animals. could very well have created Coronavirus and accidentally released it. For that we cannot blame the bats in their Wuhan Lab or the wild animals in their Wuhan Wet Market. 

Though Satan, by his use of people, created this plague, God can and will use it for his own purposes. 

"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."
Rom.8:28.

So look for the "good" which God will squeeze out of this deadly pandemic.  Every Christian trial is a divine appointment. Listen ...

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oxHerqx_EU&feature=youtu.be

Living At A Time When All Choices To Revive Civilizaion Are Equally Ineffective

Only one WAY leads to TRUTH and LIFE.
And even it may not go the way we wish it to.

Who can deny that the world has wasted and abused all that God created for our use in civilized societies? We have misused and abused it with wars, casualties, drug abuse, man made poisons and plastic junk. That, and a long list of every kind of perversion, religion and sin.  Humans have created the fisco we are in.  

Today, the President of the United States stands at the crossroads of American, and maybe the world's, destiny. He has voiced his reluctance to have to make the decision of exactly when the timing is right to restart our national Free Enterprise Business System.  He will consult with medical experts and business experts and, I hope, with some godly believers, but he alone must finally make that, impossible to know for sure, decision. The fact is, which ever or whatever he decides will have great consequences. Nothing he decides, though it may be the best possible, will work out perfectly and he will suffer the fury of the Left. There is no easy way out of this immensly complicated dilemma.  But Democrats will demand it be done without pain.  Half the nation will come down on him with blame for the China virus, Muslim terrorism, illegal drug scourge, and the locust blight expanding across Africa, the Middle East and into Asia. Even if he makes the absolute, perfect decision, the result will look entirely wrong. He will be damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. There is a best way, but even it will have its own assortment of major set backs. So what must he do?  Crawl up to the throne of God in humility and prayer.  Listen to the voices of reason, logic, and Common Sense, but listen more intently for direction from God.  And do not act until  ... that divine direction comes, and then live or die with that decision regardless of the hate, accusations and blame that follow.

The entire world populations have, since the beginning of time, sought the best "WAY" to do things, to think, to succeed, to survive, and to live.  At the root of their search was a desire to find what works best, to their advantage .... and a WAY to God. That is what the Ninivites were doing at Babel, but without prayer. This search of humanity has included seeking the best god for their protection and worship. Most have been born into a heritage whose ancestors had already, in their opinion, chosen all of the very best WAYS of TRUTH for LIFE.  The problem is, they all disagree on exactly what those WAYS to TRUTH and LIFE are, but most are certain their WAY is THE TRUE WAY to LIVE.

We Americans have inherited a basic way from our Founding Fathers, but many other ways have arrived on our shores in the minds and hearts of immigrants. They came here because they liked the results of our American WAY but most paid no attention to the Christian Cause of that results. So they wanted the benefits of our WAY but not the GOD of our Way.  Jesus introduced the one and only TRUE WAY to LIVE in John 14:6.

"I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."

There is just this one Way to Truth and Life and the  blind in mind cannot see it.

"Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?  But he (Jesus) answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch." Matt.15:12-14.

Every false WAY fails the test of the Jesus WAY of TRUTH and LIFE.  

Only Fools Turn To The blind and evil For Deliverance From hard times which are Prophecied to come about. and will come.

I doubt there is a single Democrat who will, in truth, advise the president to pray for God's will and consult with honest, born again believers in addition to the medical, business and other expert counselors.

So what can you and I do to help the President make the right decision?  Hold him up before our God and pray for him in faith that his decision be according to God's will even if it doesn't look like it after the fact. RB

As Christians Adore The Risen Christ...We Abhore The Arising Of Hell's Hateful Angels

Do what evil they will, Jesus lives and God's work thrives. 

There are two rising powers, Good and Evil.
It happened first in heaven between God and Lucifer.
The same two powers continue to war in the Battle Of The Ages today.

Even as the evil powers of Satan arose against Jesus, in Jerusalem, lied about him, condemned him, and crucified him. Yet, He arose up from the dead, ascended into heaven and empowers his believers all over the world today ... in spite of evil resistance and disease. 

"Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him." Romans 6:9, and "We believe that we shall also live with him." v.8.

So of whom or what shall we fear?

35. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

36. As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

37. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

38. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

39. Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Rom.8:35-39.

Though hell has arisen against us and the Sanity Restoration Revolution, Christians are being blessed, the swamp is being drained, the wall is being built, and God is still in control.

Think what you will, God keeps His word and has empowered this President to keep his, which has stirred up the power brokers of hell. 

A man's character is revealed by his friends and by his enemies. 

Patriots, Christians, Pro-Lifers, and Constitutionalists are Trump's friends. The Obamas, Clintons, Pelosi, Shiff, Schumer, Maxine Waters, Bernie Sanders and the perverted squad types are his enemies. Say what you will about his minor flaws, President Trump keeps his word and puts America first as a parent puts his own children first above all the others.

On the earthy side of the equation The border wall between us and the drug flow, human traffikers, M.S.13 gangs, and Muslim terrorists, is being built rapidly. (Two videos of it below).

God specified walls to be built around Jerusalem. Why?

Referenced 22 times in Ezra and Nehemiah God's wall builders.

There will be walls around heaven itself. Why?       

"And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates...." Rev.21:12.

These two videos were filmed by a drone controlled by a man sitting in a lawn chair. He would move his location to different sections where wall construction was taking place. Music and titles were then added for this video. The filming was done in January 2020.  A President who keeps his word deserves our appreciation and support. 

Historic and revealing videos:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/RJ6FX1_yXJU   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piVd_6VPpyM  

Biblical/Prophetic Themes Play A Big Role In Israeli Politics Today

This is true among both Orthodox and Liberal Jews.   

Israel, as a nation, ceased to exist following the 1st-century Great Revolt against Rome.  The Roman destruction of Judea and persecution of Jews, was the primary element which drove the Jews to disperse from Israel throughout the known world. Some Jews were sold away as slaves or removed, by Rome, to other parts of the Roman Empire and Israel, as a nation, ceased to be. About 1900 years later, Hitler found Jews all over Europe, and sought to finish what the Roman Empire was too civilized to do  to the Jews, eradicate them from among the Arian nations. He managed to exterminate 6,000,000 of them, enough to horrify the world and gain sympathy for them, especially among the victorious Allies, who defeated Hitlers Axis in WWII.  It was the unspeakable magnitude of that holocaust which preconditioned the world to join America in reestablishing the homeland of Israel in April of 1948, just after that war ended, and Jews were scattered all over the world. They had been a people without a nation for about 1900 years. No other ethnic nationality, dispersed from their natural homeland to other nations, over long periods of time, have failed to integrate and assimilate into the population of the nation of their dispersion to the degree of the disbursed Jews. For centuries, most Jews only married other Jews, and they therefore maintained their identity as Jews though living in among other nationalities.

The Jewish dispersion from Israel by Rome is now history.      Following the 1st-century, Great Revolt by the Jews, the destruction of Judea exerted a decisive influence upon the dispersion of the Jewish people throughout the world, from the 2nd Temple era.

Some Jews were sold as slaves or transported as captives after the fall of Judea. Others joined the existing diaspora. The Jews in the diaspora were generally accepted into the  Roman Empire, but Jewish communities were largely expelled from Judea and sent to various Roman provinces in the Middle East, Europe and North Africa. The Roman Jewry came to develop a character associated with the urban middle class in the modern age. They were, however, generally speaking, a people without a country for 1900 years because they were not generally accepted as equals and very few of them inner married with Gentiles etc. 

This from Office Of The Historian

Creation of Israel in 1948

On May 14, 1948, David Ben-Gurion, the head of the Jewish Agency, proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel. U.S. President Harry S. Truman recognized the new nation on the same day. 

        

Although the United States supported the Balfour Declaration of 1917, which favored the establishment of a Jewish national home in Palestine, President Franklin D. Roosevelt had assured the Arabs in 1945 that the United States would not intervene without consulting both the Jews and the Arabs in that region. The British, who held a colonial mandate for Palestine until May 1948, opposed both the creation of a Jewish state and an Arab state in Palestine as well as unlimited immigration of Jewish refugees to the region. Great Britain wanted to preserve good relations with the Arabs to protect its vital political and economic interests in Palestine.

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Interestingly, the Old Testament and biblical prophecy are of as much interest to Israelie government officials, and liberal Israel, as they are among the conservative, orthodox, religious Jews. RB

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This from Israel Today

Israel Defense Minister: These are the Days of the Third Temple!

Biblical and prophetic themes play a big role in Israeli politics

Israel Defense Minister Naftali Bennett last Wednesday insisted that these are the days of the Third Temple, and that the modern State of Israel is very much a part of the prophesied global redemption.

Speaking at a yeshiva (Jewish seminary) in the north of Israel ahead of next month’s election, Bennett explained why he was trying to keep another religious right-wing politician out of the Knesset.

According to Bennett, the controversial Itamar Ben Gvir, like many Orthodox Jews, fails to recognize the biblical and prophetic significance and authority of the State of Israel and its institutions.

Bennett went on to explain that despite its long history, Israel has only managed to rule as a unified nation in this land for two very short periods, and that because of internal divisions and the failure to submit to a central authority.

“We have had a state twice where we ruled as a united people. The first time it only lasted 80 years – King David 40, then King Solomon 40. After that, we separated,” said Bennett. “The second time, we were sovereign for only 74 years during the Hasmonean dynasty.” (See: “How Long Will Israel’s Third Kingdom Survive?”)

Likewise, the Second Temple was destroyed because everyone “followed their own rules,” the defense minister said, before exclaiming, “We need to understand the big picture. Today we are in the time of the Third Temple!”

Yes, the State of Israel is a liberal, largely-secular democracy. And yet, faith in the Bible and belief in the prophecies it contains regarding this nation continue to play a major role in Israeli politics.
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My Comment:
All of the above is simply setting the stage for the Tribulation Period, called "Jacob's trouble" in ....         
Jer.30:7 "Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it."

This is one or the reasons Christians will be raptured before the Tribulation. They will have already accepted Christ as their Savior and Messiah and, like Noah, be lifted out and above that destruction. But the Jews will suffer the Tribulation to open their eyes to Jesus Christ as their prophecied Messiah, and "shall be saved out of it". 

Fear Not

 God is still in control ....

When God allows a huge, impossible threat to stop you in your tracks and surrounds you with danger, sickness and death, simply look up to Him for His shield of protection and His promise of a glorious future. Rest in His faithfulness to you.

After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. Gen.15:1.

When you, as a mother, fear for the safety and health of your children and feel powerless to protect them, listen to the word of God and rest them into His great hands. He knows their situation and and location. He is more concerned with them than you are.

And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Gen.21:17.

When you awaken in the night, sequestered from the world in a small space and fear an enemy which is pervasive but invisible, and you fear God has forgotten you and that your children may not live to have a life and children of their own, Look up ... above all the calamities erupting on earth ... to God.

And the Lord appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thyfather: fear not, I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed .... Gen.26:24.

If God leads you "down into the Egypt" of pandemic, remember that He is able, even in a world crisis, to "make of thee" what he has already planned for your future life and that of your children.

And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation. Gen.46:3.

So be ready to "go up and possess the future he is setting before you" without fear or discouragement.

Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged. Deut.1:21.

Know that the LORD is "going before you and will be with you, and will not fail you or forsake you" and there is nothing helpful of your fear and distress.

And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed. Deut.31:8.

God is not afraid. Be not dismayed. He is in control. The pandemic has a purpose. He will give you the strength, and help you through it. He promises to "hold you up in his strong and righteous hand. So fear not.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. Isa.41:10.

I will not fear what the infected flesh or others, nor of my own, can do to me because my praise and trust are in my God.

In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. Psm.56:4

Therefore, let the world know ...

O man (or woman) greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me. Dan.10:19.

This peace and strength, through faith in Christ, is not just for me but for "all people" who believe.

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. Luke 2:10.

And this good news and joy look forward to eternity in peace, and health, and glory with those I love in the presence of God in His kingdom.

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Luke 12:32.

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 2 Tim.1:7.

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. 1 John 4:18.

And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me Fear not; I am the first and the last. Rev. 1:17.

Do Little Green People Wash Their Hands Like Us Brown And Pink People?

I have proof they do ...

Probably the most effective thing you can do these days, to protect your health, besides prayer, is what this little resident of North Florida Baptist Chruch is fixated on. Even if you only have two fingers, wash your hands if you have touched something, anything someone else has touched. You may not can see those little devils, called coronavirus, but they are reproducing  exponentially and are mean as their wicked ole daddy, Satan.  So stop rubbing your eyes, licking your fingers and ... sticking your Index in your nose if you prefer to remain among us for your full term of service. Mothers have taught their children to stop picking their noses ever since Eve first slapped Cain's hand when he used his index finger to explore his nostrils in such a repulsive act of uncouthery.

I must confess, this is not me holding this little guy up to wash his hands. Since I stole this evidence from Pastor Fayez over at North Florida Baptist Chruch, in Tallahassee, FL. it may be him ... but I don't think he wears nail polish or tattoos. Besides that, this is the kitchen sink with a dirty skillet piled on top of other stuff in the adjoining sink, and I'm sure this is not Sister Fayez's kitchen.  It may be an animal rights baptismal service ... at some other kind of lizard church in New Guinea. I saw a gecko on TV that could talk.

Forgive me Brother Pastor, since I entered my 90th year, I never know what I may say next. Everyone tells me what a great pastor you are and that you love the flock like a true Shepherd and preach the word.  Praise God.

Isn't it fantastic how an iguana can look behind him without moving his head? Does God have an imagination or what?  Maybe its a sense of humor.  Which ever, He is amazing.

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Is What We Are Seeing The "Last Days Signs" Which Began May 14, 1948 And End With

Plagues. Pestilences and Earthquakes


All the while a devastating plague of locusts, which began after the first cases of  Covid 19, is now sweeping across Africa, the Middle East and into China too, but almost nothing is being reported on it. Also, as of yesterday, Monday morning, Seismograph Stations had recorded 658 earthquakes and aftershocks in less than two weeks in and around Utah. Even these two major news events are unnoticed.  All our senses are focused on a tiny, unseen, but world-wide virus.

No one needs to be told that these are unprecedented times. We are obscessively focused only on what is immediately killing those around us, called Covid 19, the Coronavirus.  But, for three such rare plagues to fall upon the earth, in a cluster, at the same time, not only exacerbates the suffering but magnifies the absolute uniqueness of  this dissonant triad.  The Spanish flu which killed millions world-wide, and the plague of Egypt come to mind.

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Swarm of 650 earthquakes rattles Utah, Idaho and California, experts say (Herald Leader News)

More than 600 earthquakes have hit across Utah and surrounding areas after a 5.7-magnitude quake struck near Salt Lake City about two weeks ago, according to University of Utah Seismograph Stations.

As of Monday morning, the University of Utah Seismograph Stations, or UUSS, recorded 658 earthquakes as part of a series of aftershocks.

On March 18, a 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck Magna, west of Salt Lake City, McClatchy News reported. The quake was felt from Idaho to California, according to McClatchy News.

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Like a biblical plague, locusts swarm East Africa

(From Los Angeles Times)

Schistocerca gregaria, better known as the desert locust, has smitten East Africa like a plague from the Bible.

On a continent that has suffered repeated outbreaks of Ebola and is now fighting the coronavirus, the locusts may pose no less of a challenge. Hundreds of billions of them have conquered territory in at least eight countries, overwhelming governments and aid organizations while consuming crops and grazing land so rapidly that experts fear widespread famine.
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Jesus foretold of such events, as those above, happening in tandem, when he answered his disciples' question, "When shall these things be? and shat shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?" Jesus answered their question with a series of signs and then concluded the "signs generation" with these words, "This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled." (v.34)  Was Jesus speaking there, in Matt. 24, of this very generation, my generation, which were living on May 14, 1948 and saw the re-establishment of the nation of Israel and the signs we see today? Is it possible that many of that generation, who saw that first, last days, key prophecy fulfilled, will also see Christ's return?  It may or may not be that soon, but, yes, it IS entirely possible.... even probable.

Matt. 24
"And as he (Jesus) sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.

10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)

16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:

17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:

18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.

19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:

21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.

24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

25 Behold, IAa have told you before.

26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.

27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
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And this from The Jewish Voice

A Restored Israel and Jewish Jerusalem

We affirm that the re-establishment of Israel and 

Jerusalem returning to Jewish sovereignty is key in our 

understanding of the times and seasons in which we are 

living. According to the Bible, at the End of Days, Yeshua 

returns to Jerusalem. Specific prophecies about Israel and 

Jerusalem have been fulfilled in modern times:

Israel reborn in a Day: 

Isaiah asked, “Who has ever seen things like this? Can 

a country be born in a day or a nation be brought forth 

in a moment?” (Isaiah 66:8). After nearly two millennia 

and a succession of foreign rulers, on May 14, 1948, 

David Ben Gurion declared the restoration of the 

Jewish State, Israel.

Jerusalem Restored to the Jews: 

“Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until 

the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled” (Luke 21:24 

TLV). Signs of this prophetic fulfillment have begun 

rapidly falling into place since the re-establishment 

of the State of Israel in 1948.

The Desert Will Bloom: 

The prophet Isaiah foretold a time when “the desert 

and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will 

rejoice and blossom” (Isaiah 35:1). In her short time 

of existence as a modern State, Israel is known for its 

abundant flowers and produce. Desert lands have 

become fertile farms.

The Hebrew Language Revived: 

According to the prophet Zephaniah, God would 

restore to the peoples a pure language (Zephaniah 

3:9). In the late 1800s, Russian immigrant to Israel, 

Eliezer Ben-Yehudah, revived the ancient Hebrew 

language, giving the returning exiles of Israel a 

common language.