HAS TRUMP MADE THE BIGGEST MISTAKE OF HIS PRESIDENCY?

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Trump’s peace plan is basically Obama 2.0. And if that’s the case, then the ramifications and the implications are going to be absolutely devastating.

The title of Joel Richardson’s video is, “Has Trump made the biggest mistake of his presidency?” I have reproduced most of what Joel says below so you can either read the content or watch the video.

Joel begins by saying, “I am a Trump supporter. He’s very entertaining at the very least. But I want to be very clear. My job is to be a Bible teacher. And the job of any Bible teacher, any responsible Bible teacher who wants to actually carry the prophetic spirit of the prophets, it’s to speak truth to powerful people, e.g. John the Baptist and any number of the Biblical prophets. They are constantly speaking to kings and those in power, speaking truth, calling them to truth, calling them to repentance. And so my job is to call a spade a spade. It’s not to be a sycophant and to be a cheerleader for President Trump. I’m going to support him when he deserves support. But where I believe he deserves criticism, I’m going to offer criticism. Now, I want to be very clear because there will be voices out there that say, “You shouldn’t criticize the president. You should only pray for him.” We should be praying for him. But in a free society, it’s okay to criticize horrific decisions because he is a representative of you and I as Americans. He is supposed to be a servant of the people. He’s not a king. He is our representative. And I want to make it very clear, I am in profound disagreement with this current peace plan.

Now, at the beginning of the war, I largely supported the war. And the reason is very simple. I believe that the Iranian regime, the Ayatollahs and the IRGC are evil. It is an apocalyptic death cult. I have studied their eschatology, their goals, what they believe, who they are for well over 20 years. I’ve read their books. I know what they believe. And it is evil. And as it says in the book of Ecclesiastes that in an age where evil exists, sometimes there is a time for war. Now, war is always hell. In this age, things are broken. War is not ever the ideal, but in a corrupt, wicked age when evil people exist and really hurt people and threaten people, sometimes war is called for in the same way that we need police. The Iranian people deserve better than the government that they have. You know, roughly 60,000 people have been killed, Iranians, out in the streets protesting. And President Trump, went out publicly and he called to the Iranian people. He said, “Help is coming. Protest. Get out there in the streets.” He called for them to go out in the streets and promised them that we were coming to help them. “Regime change is coming.” He certainly implied it very strongly. Let’s put it this way. And according to all reports, there was initially a plan with Mossad, with Israel to give weapons to the Kurds and there was going to be an insurgency and that would have been the tipping point that would have seen the IRGC overthrown. We could have had a more Western friendly government.

But somewhere along the line within the Trump presidency, the Vance wing, if you will, of the White House, because J D Vance is much more on that libertarian side, no wars, a peacetime president and this type of thing. And they’re very, very critical, the more libertarian side, they’re increasingly hypercritical of the American alliance with Israel. So no wars, no alliance with Israel. And JD Vance is really the mouthpiece of that side of the conservative movement.

He said this great deal will bring peace and security to the whole region. Peace and security. Now really. He said many presidents have tried to make peace with Iran. All have failed before me. The leaders of the region have for the first time found a president who can help them achieve real peace. With the opening of the Strait upon the signing of the deal on Friday for purposes of mine removal, removing the mines, oil will flow on both ends again for the region and the world. Now, when I read this, alarm bells went off. First of all, because that phrase peace and security is one of the most dangerous phrases in Bible prophecy. Paul the Apostle said when they are saying peace and security sudden destruction will come upon them like a woman in childbirth and they will not escape. The labour pains will come upon them suddenly. When they believe that peace and security has actually been attained through the power of the flesh through the power of the deal then sudden destruction will come upon them. That’s right out of the Bible. That’s a huge red flag. Second, when I see President Trump bragging. Now, look, pursuing peace is a good thing. At least it should be. You should pursue regional peace if you’re being realistic and humble about it. But then President Trump said, “Many presidents have tried to make peace and all have failed before me.” Then begins the bragging. They finally found a president who can help them achieve peace. When I read that, immediately my mind thinks of and then they all gather together to make a tower. The Tower of Babel. But again, all have failed before me. That’s President Trump. This is Daniel 4:30. This is Nebuchadnezzar. He looks out at his kingdom and he says, “Is this not Babylon the great which I myself have built? I built this. Look at what I’ve done. They all have failed before me. Look what I’ve done.” And then he said, I’ve built this royal residence by the might of my power, for the glory of my majesty. Nebuchadnezzar’s heart was lifted up in pride. And what did the Lord do? He humbled him. And then becomes the whole episode of him crawling around like a wild animal and eating grass. The Lord humbles those who are proud, including emperors and kings. Pharaoh looks at the Nile, which of course is the source of life for Egypt, and he says, “The Nile is mine, and I myself have made it.” Pharaoh believed he was a god. Now, of course, the source of the Nile is the Lord. That’s who feeds Egypt. Pharaoh goes, “The Nile is mine. I have made it.” The same type of arrogance. Anytime you have a seed of the serpent, Satan is the one who says, “I will make my throne like the most high. I will be like the most high. I will make my throne above the stars of of the Lord, above the host of the Lord.” His followers have that same type of arrogance. And then later Isaiah 10:13, Senarobb the Assyrian, he says, “By the power of my hand and by my wisdom I did this for I have understanding.” Whether it’s Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, Senakarob, the Assyrian, or Pharaoh, these are three of the primary types of the Antichrist in all of scripture. And it sounds a lot like President Trump. It’s one thing to think arrogant thoughts. It’s another thing to brag about it publicly on social media. Everyone else has failed before me. That arrogance is terrifying and any believer should be terrified. If you support President Trump, you should be terrified that the Lord is not going to release judgment on our leader and on our nation. Now, he says, “All leaders before me have failed.” And he’s bragging about his plan. Three months ago, three, not even three months ago, President Trump was mocking the 2015 deal made by President Barack Obama. Mocking it. This is a quote. He says, “They sent Boeing 757s over there loaded with cash. Hundreds of millions of dollars. That’s not going to happen with Trump.” Well, guess what? We already gave them three billion already. Three billion. 3 billion is 3,000 million. Not hundreds of millions, not the hundreds of millions in cash on pallets that President Obama sent over, but hund thousands of millions. That’s not going to happen with Trump. Well, guess what? It has. And so, again, no matter how much you love him, we have to be honest. He is giving billions of dollars. He’s unfreezing releasing billions of dollars to the Iranian regime. It’s basically a bribe. So just Friday, I’m recording this on Monday, just a few days ago, it was reported that the UAE, the United Arab Emirates, the the UAE is the banking hub of the Middle East. So they’re and they’re a key American ally, US ally. They released $20 billion. 20 billion of frozen Iranian assets. Now, part of the deal that President Trump announced is that we will release the embargo on Iran. This has been the sanctions on not embargo, the sanctions on Iran that have been in place for years. That is going to drastically free them up. Now, when this happened with Obama again, working with the underground church, and Obama promised that it wasn’t going to be used for the wrong purposes, well, guess what they did? They used it for to fund Hezbollah to fund Hamas. And they used it to hire tens of thousands of SEPA, that’s the religious police in Iran, to hunt down Christians, underground Christians in Iran. The persecution was ramped up drastically after Obama released those hundreds of millions of dollars. We’re giving thousands of times more than what Obama gave them. That’s already happening. that’s already unfolded. So what Trump has frequently referred to, referring mocking President Obama, he’s frequently referred to it as the worst negotiated deal in American history. He’s just negotiated a much worse deal. And he is supposed to be, you know, the one who wrote the book, The Art of the Deal. He’s pointing, he points to Obama, his deal as like exhibit A in American loss. And then he negotiates and he’s trying to get us to support an even worse deal. And I’m sorry, but I’m not going to do it. Now, let me just talk about Israel because there was a big hullabaloo on social media over the past week or so between public statements on social media of Netanyahu and Trump. And basically in negotiating as Trump’s negotiating with these terrorists, Hezbollah starts raining down missiles and then Iran rains down missiles on Israel and Israel responded. And then President Trump publicly castigated Netanyahu and Israel for responding. Now think about this. What’s more important, the deal or Israel’s security?

TRUTH ABOUT ISRAEL AND RECENT EVENTS

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CONTENT OF VIDEO – Vlad Savchuk interviews Joel Richardson on recent events: Hamas invading Israel and how this fits with end times prophecies – Antichrist & Israel War.

1. Intro 1:04 – Why do Christians stand in opposition to supporting Israel?

2, 5:35 – It is never justifiable to inflict genocide

3. 16:22 – Jewish identity is not just all about the bloodline

4. 21:00 – What is the synagogue of satan?

5. 27:09 – What would you say to people who claim all of Jesus’ prophecies have already come to pass?

6. 37:12 – Has the futurist end-time view been embraced by the early church fathers?

7. 39:46 – Different views between preterists and futurists

8. 46:44 – Could you give examples of how some prophecies have matched history

9. 51:38 – Does the temple have to be built in order for Christ to come?

10. 59:10 – Biblical understanding and Jewish text concerning the battle that will bring the day of the Lord

11. 1:05:14 – Why is the antichrist most likely not a European leader?

Many great questions. You will need to watch the video to get the answers.

TESTIMONY OF THE AUTHOR OF ARAB SPRING CHRISTIAN WINTER

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How to Build a Faith That Will Withstand Any Persecution

I will close this book with a few words of hopeful wisdom to help you in case you are terrified of the future and wonder if you will be able to withstand the difficult days ahead. I do not claim in any way that I have a monopoly on how to build a solid Christian life, or some special secret to achieve rapid maturity, an oxymoron in itself. It would be impossible for you to have the same huge host of people build into your life that have built into mine. I’m very sorry for those of you who have had few, if any, people pour into your life by spending time with you, praying with and for you, and guiding your growth as a Christian. I have been hugely blessed in this regard. Because of that godly input over many years and forty-plus years of walking with the Lord, I have a few ideas on how to build an unshakeable faith. People often ask me if I have doubted my faith while serving the Lord abroad in overwhelmingly Muslim communities. My answer is always “No. Being the only Christian for miles around actually builds my faith stronger.” That is because I continually see the vivid contrast between the reality of Christianity and the Holy Spirit within us, and the deadness of religion, even one that calls for extremely high commitment. As I’ve said many times before in print and in person, ONLY the Holy Spirit can change a life, no one else. That’s the primary, on-the-ground difference between Christianity and every other faith out there. The longer you are among those other faiths, even as you find elements worthy of admiration in them, you will understand that none of them actually change the heart.

So let’s take a brief look at a few steps you can consider to build a faith that will remain true and strong, even if Islamists order you to forsake it. ​1. ​Get Into a Small Group(s). There is absolutely no need to build a strong faith through your own effort, gutting out daily Bible reading, going to church whenever you can, and trying to pray for longer and longer amounts of time each day. The modern, Western thought that we can walk with Jesus but not follow any “organized religion” is wrongheaded. This type of Lone Ranger Christianity is nowhere to be found in God’s Word. It is a Western, individualistic interpretation of a faith that grew out of small groups, as we see all over the Book of Acts. I am saying clearly that you cannot grow the type of faith you will need in the End Times by watching sermons on television or online and staying in your own home with no regular contact with other Christians. The Church will never stand strong if it’s built on survivalists who move as far away from others as they can and practice an isolationist Christianity. You should not want to dive into body life simply because it is commanded. You should do it because it is enjoyable and a necessary part of your growth. We all need that sharpening from one another, as Proverbs 27:17 says, As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.

The author of the book Arab Spring Christian Winter – Islam Unleashed on the Church and the World, Ralph Stice has spent many years living, working, and ministering in Muslim countries. His time in Turkey (seat of the former Ottoman Empire) has led him to the same conclusion as Joel Richardson author of The Mid East Beast – The Scriptural Case for an Islamic Antichrist.

al MAHDI BEST CANDIDATE FOR ANTICHRIST

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I met Joel Richardson at a conference in Dallas where he was one of the speakers on End Times. He was introduced to me by Nelson Walters who I have known for a number of years. Joel spoke on “The Scriptural Case for an Islamic Antichrist“.

Since then a number of other books have been written that focus on the long-awaited Muslim Messiah, al Mahdi, and how he fits the Biblical descriptions of the Antichrist. One book that I have used to extract much of the information for this post is Ralph Stice’s book “Arab Spring, Christian Winter – Islam Unleashed on the Church and the World“

Forty-two percent of Muslims in a recent survey believe the Islamic Superman will appear in their lifetime (www.mahdi-watch.org). His name is al-Mahdi, the “Rightly Guided One,” who has been discussed since the earliest days of Islam. This Islamic messiah was referred to by Muhammad’s grandson, Ali, who said that Islam would “prevail over all religions when the Messiah of this ummah (Islamic nation) makes his appearance.” (Ed Hotaling, Islam without Illusions: It’s Past, Its Present, and Its Challenges for the Future (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2003), 102).

The following quote is from what has been called the greatest Islamic history book from the pre-modern era:

“Let it be known that it is a narrated event by ALL Muslims in EVERY era that at the end of time a man from the family of the Prophet (PBUH&HF) will, without fail, make his appearance and will strengthen Islam and spread justice; Muslims will follow him and he will gain domination over the Muslim realm. He will be called al-Mahdi.” Ibn Khaldun, The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1967), 257-58.

Mahdi (also Mehdi or Maadi; the vowels are flexible in Arabic) will appear just as mankind reaches a stage of great suffering, to show the light of Islam when men and women need it most, and to prepare the world for Allah’s judgment just in time, according to accepted Islamic teaching.

One writer predicts: “The Mahdi will establish right and justice in the world and eliminate evil and corruption. He will fight against the enemies of the Muslims who would be victorious.” Sideeque M. A. Veliankode, Doomsday: Portents and Prophecies (Scarborough, Canada: Al-Attique, 1999), 4-5.

Note what these two Ayatullahs say, “He will reappear on the appointed day, and then he will fight against the forces of evil, lead a world revolution and set up a new world order based on justice, righteousness, and virtue … ultimately the righteous will take the world administration in their hands and Islam will be victorious over all the religions.” Ayatullah Baqir al-Sadr and Ayatullah Murtadha Mutahhari, The Awaited Saviour (Karachi, Pakistan: Islamic Seminary Publications, 2013), 4-5.

He will be assisted by prophet Isa “Jesus,” who will descend from heaven to work miracles and preach Islam. “Isa will testify against those who had called him son of God, the Christians, and those who had belied him, the Jews.”

This Islamic version of Jesus’ end-times role fits the description of the Antichrist’s assistant (False Prophet) in Revelation 13 perfectly. While Mahdi straightens out the ummah by “freeing Islam from the hypocrites who have corrupted it,” this Jesus will handle the evangelization of the Jewish and Christian communities. (http://www.awaitedmahdi.com/mahdi01.html, November 15, 2013).

If this sounds like the Antichrist and the False Prophet, you can see why many of us who have studied Islam for years believe that Mahdi will be that man. One Muslim Background Believer who has done a lot of speaking and writing about al-Mahdi, Walid Shoebat, says that as he read scriptural prophecy for the first time, he was astonished by the description of the Antichrist.

His conclusion? This is the Mehdi that we have long talked about in Islam.

ANTICHRIST – A FASE JEWISH MESSIAH?

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This is a debate on the doctrine of the Antichrist moderated by Derek Gilbert of Skywatch TV

The topic is “Will the Antichrist be a False Jewish Messiah” Chris White takes the affirmative position and Joel Richardson takes the negative. Chris’s website is http: http://www.BibleProphecytalk.com and Joel Richardson’s is http://www.JoelsTrumpet.com.

Most of you, that have followed my journey on this website know that I have favoured the position taken by Joel Richardson on the identity of the Antichrist. He proffers the Mahdi (long-awaited Muslim Messiah) as the likely candidate for the Antichrist. However, as a result of watching this video, I decided to devote time to looking at the arguments Chris makes for Jerusalem being Mystery Babylon and the Antichrist the long awaited Jewish Messiah. I have even purchased his book “Mystery Babylon – When Jerusalem Embraces the Antichrist” I will possibly do a post on it when I have read it. Let me know who you think presented his case most convincingly.

Mystery Babylon - When Jerusalem Embraces The Antichrist by [Chris White]

“And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.” – Revelation 17:18

Which city is this that reigns over all the kings of the earth? Rome? New York? Mecca?

There are over 90 characteristics given in the book of Revelation about the city of Mystery Babylon, and none of these three cities meets all of the criteria.

But there is one city that does…or should I say will.

Too often people look for the city of Mystery Babylon in history, or in their present day, as opposed to what the scriptures say we will see in the future.

The Bible tells us exactly which city will be the capital city of the Antichrist in the last days, it tells us the city that will promote the Antichrist’s worship to the rest of the world, and the city in which the Antichrist will institute the greatest persecution of all time.

That city is Jerusalem.

The city of Mystery Babylon will be Jerusalem when it embraces the Antichrist as if he was their long-awaited Messiah. The reason that she is referred to as a “harlot” is the same reason she was referred to as a harlot hundreds of times in scripture because she is committing spiritual adultery.

AWESOME NEW FILM COMING SOON

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A film which will hopefully give you a clearer vison of Jesus and will inspire you to love Him more dearly. If nothing else, I hope it drives you to want to know more about the book of Revelation which is ultimately the book of the Revelation of Jesus. It is the last book of the Bible and it needs to be the book we know best in these last days so we know Him and what to expect will happen on this earth before He appears.

You need to connect with Maranatha Ministries (download their app) to get great teaching on Biblical “end times” prophesied events. Make sure you work through the Maranatha series on Daniel. It will prepare you for the coming series on Revelation. I am confident that God has raised up both Dalton Thomas and Joel Richardson to prepare His church for His second coming. I met Joel at an “end times” convention in Texas and we have corresponded over a number of years now. Joel and Dalton have been working together for a number of years now and it has been interesting to see how God has expanded each of their ministries as they have been faithful with the tasks God has given them.

PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS IN ISLAMIC NATIONS LINK TO COMING ANTICHRIST

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Most of the persecution Christians face occurs in predominantly Islamic nations, and the estimates are; as many as two-thirds of Middle East Christians “have left the region or been killed” in the past century. Persecution is reaching a fever pitch in places like Gaza, Iran, Egypt, Sudan and Syria. Its origin is the antichrist spirit spoken of in the last days prophecies, that will usher in the Antichrist, the Mahdi, the Islamic Messiah. Most Muslims believe his appearance is imminent. Take a look at the % of Muslims who expect Mahdi to return in their lifetime.

Image result for Belief in Mahdis Return Pew Research Centre data

Persecution of Christians:

SYRIA: The 220,000 residents of Raqqa, Syria, didn’t know what to think when the black flag of the Islamic State (IS) went up over their city. Then the executions began. A young man accused of unspecified criminal activity was shot in the head, and his body was left in the public square for three days. Several others were crucified. Some had their heads cut off and placed on fence posts. There were many new rules to obey. No one seemed to know for sure which behaviours were now criminal offences. An eyewitness named Abu Ibrahim said, “People were frightened, which is what they [IS] wanted. They wanted everyone to be terrified of them.” The city’s three Christian churches were padlocked. Crosses and other Christian symbols were either destroyed or covered.

MOSUL: “Isis came in and they rounded up all of the Christians. Not some, all of them. And they killed huge numbers. They chopped the children in half. They chopped their heads off. It was just so terrible what happened.”

EGYPT: In Egypt, dozens of churches have been bombed or set ablaze by radical Muslims, most of them alleged members of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Egypt has the largest number of Christians of any Arab nation, with about 10 percent of its 95 million population said to be believers in Jesus Christ. Most of them are Copts (Coptic Orthodox), but there are also thousands of Roman Catholics, evangelicals and members of various denominations. Persecution is nothing new to Egypt’s Christians, but it grew in intensity when the Arab Spring brought down the dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak.

Do you suppose this was the work of Islamic extremists and that most Egyptians would be shocked by such a tragedy? Think again. In 2010, the Pew Research Center asked Egyptians whether they thought people who converted from Islam to Christianity should be executed. Eighty-four percent said they should be. That same year, a member of Egypt’s Ministry of Islamic Endowments appeared on state-run television and said he believed people who converted from Islam should be killed.

I have prepared a sermon Islamic Antichrist based on Joel Richardson’s book Mid East Beast – The Case for an Islamic Antichrist which is up on my other website http://www.powerpointsermons.net (PPS)
Did you know that the Second Coming of Jesus and the establishment of His Kingdom is the primary story of the OT prophets? God revealed to them, that His nation Israel, would be restored and it’s enemies defeated. The Messiah, a descendant of King David would rule and reign the universe on this earth, from Jerusalem for one thousand years (Millennium). Moreover, Bible prophecy provides a lot of detail on the last seven years prior to Jesus return – Daniel’s 70th week. It is a time of escalating tribulation – “great tribulation”, when a Satanically empowered individual, labelled the Antichrist, wields immense power, particularly in the Middle East. What this presentation seeks to do, is to examine the biblical evidence for the identity of this prophesied Antichrist and to compare him with the Messiah figure expected by the Muslims – the al Mahdi. If Islam is the religion of the Antichrist then its implications for the church are massive.
 

PRETERISM DEBUNKED

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Preterist versus futurist. Preterism believes that most prophecies have been fulfilled, many about 70 AD.

Joel interviews Dr Brock David Hollett, the author of the new book Debunking Preterism. They tackle difficult Scriptures such as “The Day of the Lord is at hand”. In this case, for all of us at anytime, death can occur at any moment in time, so we need to be ready for Jesus return at anytime, this is an essential understanding to deal with the many times this Scripture appears in both the O.T. and N.T.

Another difficult Scripture is Matthew 24:34 “This generation (quality of the generation at hand) will not pass away until these things take place.” Brock does a good job of providing an explanation for these otherwise difficult passages. I hope the video is helpful as it was for me.

JOEL ON THE TRADITIONAL VIEW OF HELL

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As followers of this website will know, on a recent post “Why Hell is Not Eternal Torment” I supported the Conditional Immortality (Lake of Fire – a Fire that Consumes) view. Joel Richardson in the video below supports the Traditional Eternal Torment view.

This video is the second in a series of three on Hell. In the first video, Joel interviewed a representative of   www.rethinkinghell.com who presented the Conditional Immortality view so I would suggest you start there.

For different reasons, Joel and I believe this is an important subject, and as I value his opinion and the work he is doing on the “end times”, I want you to hear him out. However, you need to ask the Holy Spirit to give you understanding of the truth, in respect to God’s justice, and to what God has in store for unbelievers after the white throne judgement.

I have comments I would like to make on this presentation but I would prefer to wait to hear what Joel has to say about the N.T scriptures and then I will respond as I hope you will too.

 

MORE ON THE GOG/MAGOG WAR FROM JOEL

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What we see unfolding in the Middle East is a lead up to the “end times” wars prophesied in the Bible.

Listen to Joel talk about what is unfolding now  – conflict between Iran (Shia) and its neighbours as it attempts to exert its dominance on these Muslim nations. This is already happening with Iran troops in Syria and Iraq and its proxies, Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza.

What follows in Daniel 8:5-8 is the prophesied Goat with a single horn (Turkey) trampling the ram (Iran). This is Turkey’s (Sunni) response to re-establish a revised Ottoman Empire.

These all proceed the final Gog/Magog war.

Gabriel told Daniel three times “for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.” I believe we are living in the time of the end when we are seeing these prophesied events unfold. We are fast approaching the final week (shabua) of the Seventy weeks prophesied in Daniel 9:24-27.