The Lesson of Menorah

Since Hanukkah and Christmas celebrations overlapped this year, we decided to light the menorah we received as our wedding gift to celebrate both occasions and something special happened as we lit the first one of three candles on the third day. The window was opened and suddenly a  strong gust of wind blew on the candle. I thought it would blow it out, but to my amazement it lit a candle next to it,  and then  a moment later, another gust of wind blew and lit the third candle. I thought it was pretty cool and took a picture, which you see to the right of this post.

There were many times recorded in the Bible when God would use a natural occurrence as a spiritual lesson to his prophets and a prophetic picture of what He was planning to do in the future. I believe that the Holy Spirit is using this menorah incident to teach us a spiritual lesson as well. The menorah in the New Testament is a symbol of Jesus Christ and His Church as we se Him described by apostle John in the Book of Revelation 1:12-13 standing among the seven golden lampstands. The fire that lights each lampstand is  symbolic of the fire of the very presence of God and the wind is often symbolic of the Holy Spirit who manifested Himself on the day of Pentecost both as fire and the wind.  ( Acts 2:1-4)

 

 

So, the lesson of  menorah is that even if one member of the body of Christ gets on fire by spending time in the presence of The Lord and waiting on Him, the wind of the Holy Spirit will then blow that fire on the members in close fellowship with that member if he/she is receptive. I believe that this is both an invitation for us to spend time in His presence and a picture of what will happen when we do so, as well as an invitation to have a close fellowship with people who consecrate themselves and spend time in His presence. The fire will spread when the wind of the Holy Spirit blows, we just have to be ready and in position for this moment in history. There is a move of the Holy Spirit coming greater than any one before it.

 

Even as evil spreads  around the world, we should not be discouraged for The Lord is greater than that and He is always many steps ahead of the enemy. Remember that the light shines brighter in darkness, so do not mourn over the darkness, but get closer to the Light, so you will be able to become a light that shines in whatever darkness is around you. Happy Hanukkah to you all. Jesus is the Light of the world and the darkness cannot overcome it.

Discerning Between True and False Apostles and Prophets

There is no doubt that we are living in the end times. The Lord Jesus warned us that during this time period, especially the closer we get to His glorious return, we will see the emergence of false

prophets, and His apostles warned us on the pages of The New Testament against false apostles and teachers as well.

So, how do we know if someone is a false apostle, teacher, or prophet? Well, we just need to carefully study the Bible as it spells out very clear criteria for those individuals, though we have to be also careful not to give anyone a label of  a false prophet, teacher, or apostle rashly. Too often people these days call someone a false prophet just because they do not agree with their message or do not believe in the operation of the gifts of the Holy Spirit in modern day Church. The Bible teaches us that God is the same yesterday, today, and forever, so His Words and works do not change from one era to another. The New Testament encourages us to receive and to operate in the  gifts of The Holy Spirit, so calling people whom we do not know without biblical basis for it a "false prophet" is slander and it is very dangerous to denounce men and women who truly serve God as such because it can bring you under judgement. We are to discern and judge  teachings, dreams, or visions that we come to contact with, but unless we know someone very well and clearly see that their fruit is bad, we should not give anyone such label.

That is why I am not going to give any particular names or people as examples here, but  I am going to share with you instead biblical principles that will help you to discern between true servants of God and impostors, so that you can stay away from the latter.

God is in the process of restoring to the Church the true apostolic and prophetic ministries and it is a great blessing to all of us. Apostle Paul taught us in his first letter to Thessalonians chapter 5 and verse 20, not to despise prophetic utterances and Apostle John in the Book of Revelation states that, "...the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy." ( Rev.19:10)

But whenever there is a fresh move of the Holy Spirit on the earth, there is also a counterfeit from the enemy, so we must judge and discern prophecies without rejecting the prophetic altogether. I encourage all of you to read the Bible from cover to cover ( you could do it by reading 3-4 chapters a day in one year) paying special attention to the way in which God communicated through the ages with humanity. You will notice that He often spoke to people  and revealed things to them through dreams and various visions. Studying those biblical dreams and visions will teach you the symbols God uses to communicate with us as well as His heart.

Right now I am studying the Old Testament book of Jeremiah, which clearly states what is the difference between true and false prophets. It boils down to one major difference. True prophets call people to repentance when people of God go astray, while false prophets prophesy only what the people would like to hear. God's heart is to bless His people, but when they begin to walk away from Him and engage in sinful activities, He will call them to repentance and if they refuse, He will discipline them, by removing His hedge of protection from them in hope that they will repent and return with their hearts to Him.

Moreover false prophets and apostles promote and elevate themselves  instead of being humble and seeking to give glory to God. They use their God given spiritual gifts for selfish gain. The Bible teaches that gifts and calling of God are irrevocable, so it is possible for someone to operate in them while living in sin. That is why accuracy of prophecies,  healings, deliverances, or miracles themselves are not a sign that someone is truly serving God those these are still the works of the Holy Spirit, because He will always honor the name of Jesus. This explains why Jesus said that in the future some will come to Him and say that they did all these things in His name, but He will still call them the "workers of iniquity" and reject them saying that He never knew them. (Gospel of Matthew 7:23)

It means that it is possible to operate in the gifts of the Holy Spirit and not have a personal relationship with Jesus anymore. That is why we should not fellowship or sit under the ministry of those who claim to His followers, but live in sin such as greed, adultery, fornication, or idolatry and not wanting to repent of it. it can sometimes happen to people of God to fall into a time of backsliding for a time, or to commit a sin because of temporarily walking in the flesh, and they can be restored if they truly repent, but if you see that someone is just sorry that they have been caught or begin to excuse their sins because they are "under grace and not the law." Keep away from such people. True servants of God have repentant hearts, they are also not stuck au on titles.

You know an apple tree or banana tree does not need to proclaim that they are an "Apple Tree" or "Banana Tree" because everyone can see that they bear apples and bananas. In the same way and apostle or prophet do not need to use their offices as titles and demand that people call them that, people will simply know them by their fruits.

So, if you are called to prophetic ministry refrain from calling yourself a prophet, especially during your training. Do not say "The Lord told me" if you did not actually hear His voice telling you that because it is a presumption. That is why I never call myself a prophetess even though I do operate in prophetic gifts. I also avoid saying , "The Lord told me" or "Thus says The Lord" unless I clearly heard Him say that. Instead, I just share my dreams, visions, and what I see in the spiritual realm and let you judge it. Judge it against the Bible and also ask the Holy Spirit to show you if something is true or not, He always confirms that which truly comes from Him.

Trump Elected U.S. President : Why It Happened And What It Means For The End Times

 

 
 
 While the election of Donald Trump looked like a surprise to the elites and main stream media,
it was not a surprise at all to the alternative media outlets and to the Christian prophetic community.

Most people in the United States and around the world are increasingly aware of how elites manipulate the political process behind the scenes and openly through the mainstream media outlets that serve them. They have a very condescending view of the populace. They think that most people aren't educated enough to understand what they are doing and that they can be manipulated by "herd psychology" tricks, that in effect if people believe that most other people support certain candidate then that they will automatically follow.

So, in U.S. election the media tried to sell a message that Hillary Clinton is the one most people support through biased polls and through exaggeration or outright lying about what he was doing and saying to make people feel negatively towards him, and that certainly did work with a large segment of voters, but there were enough people out there who could see through all that manipulation and who made their own decision even though it was an unpopular one. Most Americans did not like the direction in which their country was going and Donald Trump was the only candidate who identified the real problems and is willing to do something about it.

What it means prophetically is that this event signifies another grace period for United States, a chance to change the course and avert judgment towards which the country was heading, so it is important that Christians everywhere pray for President Elect Trump, that he would make wise decisions and put wise people in key positions , so that together they can work to de-escalate tension, which would have inevitably led to the Third World War, had Hillary Clinton been elected.

With a President who is not controlled by the elites comes a chance to stop the formation of new world government, so that United States and other nations can retain their sovereignty. This means that we still have some more time before the Antichrist arrives on the scene, perhaps a good couple of decades, but we still have to pray and the movement of repentance in the Church must continue because things can change for the worse in a flash.

Date To Watch: November 20, 2016

In one of my previous posts last year,When Sudden destruction Comes,  I shared a prophetic warning dream of one of my close friends about some sort of destruction coming. She was given a timeline of 400 days. When we counted 400 days from the time she received that dream, we arrived at November 20, 2016.

I wrote back then that we did not know what it might be about and that as we get closer, we might have a better idea. Yesterday, I watched an interesting video presentation on You Tube in which a pastor and a prophetic teacher was analyzing a possible fulfillment  of the sign of a Virgin  described in Revelation 12: 1, "And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars."

He said that this very likely could be a description of a constellation of Virgo as it will appear in the sky signaling the time of fulfillment of what was prophesied in that chapter. He mentioned November 20, 2016 as a time of "conception" of the event that is signified by this sign, which is to appear for the first time since 4000 years on September 23, 2017.

I would like to remind all of you though, that it is just a possible interpretation of prophetic Scripture and does not have to happen this way, but in light of what we were shown so far, I found it interesting that this date appeared again.

My husband and I were talking about it last night and we both think this  "destruction" could be a U.S. or U.N. strike against Assad in Syria and a possible fulfillment of Isaiah 17:1 prophecy about Damascus being destroyed in one day and ceasing from being a city. Could this happen on November 20, 2016?

I don't really know, but I think it will be a date to watch as we have only a little over one month left until this day. An international  armed intervention into Syrian crisis soon is very possible given all the rhetoric that is taking place at the U.N. about a humanitarian crisis taking place in rebel held Aleppo, Syria. The only problem is that both Russia and Iran would see such intervention as an attack on them as they are very invested on the ground in fight against the rebels there and Russia warned that it would have "dire consequences."

Below is the You tube presentation that I mentioned above, a very interesting watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA6JcY-ikec

Warning Dream: Russia Declares War Against United States

 Recent escalation of rhetoric between Russia and United States reminded me of a warning dream that I received back in 2015. It was actually a series of war dreams that ended with a dream in which Russia declared war on United States and the West.

In that dream I was shopping in a small convenience store when a sales person interrupted the transaction and said with a very grave expression on her face, " It began. Russia declared war." She did not say against whom, but I just knew that it was against United States and by extension against all its allies including Canada and my native country of Poland.

The atmosphere was tense and despite everything around me going on as usual, I knew that we were living in a quite new world, that the old good days were over. I remember thinking in that dream that this is what must have felt like to all the people on the day World War II began.

This dream ended a series of dreams I had  between May and July of 2015 about war both in Canada and  in Poland, shootings, bombings and fight for survival. I really hope and pray these dreams will never come true, but I believe that we must pray against this possible future coming to pass. These dreams( and I know I am not the only one having them) are a warning from God about what the enemy wants to do and a scary part is that the current U.S. administration is walking into a trap set up by him.

The plan is to create another World War or another form of chaos in The United States, and the rest of the world, so that all the nations would agree to the creation and submit themselves to a new world government, which will be eventually ruled by a man whom the Bible calls the "Antichrist", "The Beast," and " the Man of Perdition."

We cannot stop this world government from forming or the Antichrist from coming, but I believe that through our prayers we can delay it. All who know Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Saviour are the Church and collectively we have the authority from Him to destroy the works of evil. We must use that authority now more than ever.

Let us join our brothers and sisters in the United States in prayer for mercy and another revival in their country, as well as for the right leader who could stop that chaos from coming. Now, Donald Trump is not a godly person by any stretch of imagination, but at least he feels in his "guts" what is coming and is willing to try to stop it by developing a better relationship with Russia and by placing his country on a better economical track.

Because if nothing changes in Washington and America stays its present course, Russia will finally declare war on United States. Russia holds America responsible for creating a climate in which groups like ISIS could form and not only did America not taken any responsibility for that, they continue to fund and support rebel groups in Syria in hopes of them forming a more "moderate" government there while in reality they are fanatics ten times worse and more bloodthirsty than current Assad regime that Russia is backing. They will not just look on as Middle East and its oil go down in flames along with world economy. Putin said just as much in his warning to western press that was never aired on any main stream media news and he was right when he said that most Americans have no idea that the world is on the brink of another nuclear war.

The Book of Mysteries Behind The Book of Mysteries

Brother Jonathan Cahn recently published the book, which he tilted The Book Of Mysteries.  It is a

very creative book that pictures the spiritual journey each one of us takes with God when we decide to accept Jesus as our Lord and The Messiah.

We are being led from that moment on by the Teacher who is really The Holy Spirit into the mysteries of God through which both we and our very lives are transformed for eternity. Each mystery is a lesson that He teaches us, a lesson that we can then apply in our very own life.

The book chronicles all the mysteries so far revealed to Cahn that we can learn from, but there mysteries that were revealed to each one of us that are not in that book, but all of them are contained in The Book of Mysteries behind The book of Mysteries, which is The Bible. I encourage all of you to get that book. It can be a great beginning  or addition to your own journey that will lead to many more mysteries reveled to you by our great Teacher, the Holy Spirit.

That is exactly what Jesus promised us that will happen if we become His disciples, “These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you." ( John 14: 25-26)

To each one of us were reveled certain mysteries. In the following posts besides the analysis of current events from biblical perspective and prophetic dreams, I will be sharing some of those mysteries that transformed my life.

Violence Breeds Violence : Why Donald Trump's Rhetoric Is Not The Real Problem

The mainstream media had recently accused U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump of inciting violence against Muslims in the United States by demanding that all new Muslim immigrants, especially from war torn Syria be properly screened or even temporarily stopped from entering the country until this latest bout of extremist violence there is brought under control.

Now, I am not a supporter or fan of Donald Trump, but I don't think this is such a bad idea given the amount of ISIS led or inspired violence taking place around the world, and I don't think that Trump's comments are to blame for the recent attack against a local Imam in New York either. Attacks against Muslims in United States are still very isolated incidents committed by mentally unstable people who witness violence committed in the name of Islam almost daily now all over the media and even more on the Web, and I think that they are the real reason for the New York attack, which was deplorable. But it just shows how violence only breeds more violence, and until this cycle is broken, nothing will change.

I think that peaceful Muslims must clearly in public and in private take a strong stand against Islamic extremism, and take responsibility for their anti Western rhetoric in the Mosques that fuels it.  But instead of demanding that the media makes people believe that Islam  has nothing to do with it and accuses everyone who dares to criticize anyone in the Muslim community of hate and bigotry. This will not take us anywhere. One cannot win any war, especially an ideological one without recognizing what the enemy is and its tactics. Facts must be faced. There is more violence committed in the name of Islam than in the name of any other religion right now and it must change.

The politicians and media should not manipulate facts for political purposes, but they are routinely doing it. It was seen during the  2015 elections in Canada as well when the preferred (liberal) candidate was always shown in positive light while the other ones were constantly being attacked, their words often taken out of context and twisted. They are doing the same to Mr. Trump and unfortunately he is playing into their hands by picking verbal fights with them instead of focusing on real issues.

Many people are losing any shreds of faith they had in the fairness of political process and this is the beginning of the end of a democratic system. And no wonder, when a head of as powerful nation as Russia is warning that the world is on the brink of World War III and it  even does not make any news on main stream media. You can see it for yourself below.

 No one really trusts those media nor the governments anymore and it is not good for democracy.

 How can we believe in democracy when entire social groups such as Christians are being effectively eliminated from political  process because they hold on to the values that are not politically correct. Any open debate of issues are being shut down and more  and more people are feeling increasingly more isolated, which is a breeding ground for hateful cults and ideologies to emerge.

Politicians are not taking any responsibility for their wrong ideologically driven decisions, such as Barack Obama's support for "moderate" rebel groups in Syria out of which ISIS emerged. Instead they are going into denial and continue making the same mistakes over and over again, which only can breed more violence and instability in the world. I am afraid that despite all his faults, Donald Trump, might be still a better choice for Americans. Let us pray that God will give him wisdom or raise up someone else who could stop America from plunging the world into the greatest war this world has ever seen to date.

Could it all be the beginning of this "great delusion" that was predicted in the Bible? I am convinced that it is so.

"Do Not Fear The End Times"

I watched a very encouraging message this week by  a messianic rabbi, Jonathan Cahn, in which he

said those very inspiring words: "Do not fear the end times." He reminded the audience that though the end times are full of fearful signs to the world and  persecution against both His people Israel and the Church of Jesus Christ, they are also a sign if impending return of our Lord and wonderful sings and wonders of God among those of us who remain holy and faithful to Him.

God is doing amazing things around the world, and we should not be afraid or discouraged by the evil we see daily around us. Instead, we must come closer to the Light and be more dedicated to what is holy and good, only then we can overcome the darkness that is deepening day by day.

But in the deepest darkness the light always shines brighter. We are living in the times when the culture of the world is hostile towards the gospel of Jesus, just as it was when our message just began to be preached. And we know what happened. The empire that persecuted the Church and destroyed the Temple fell apart, her might is no more. So, it will be with that last of empires that is rising now as well as with any other anti-Christ ideology or movement, such as Islam.

The more they will persecute the Church, the greater their fall will be. We must have a long view of things, just as our eternal Father who has an eternal view of things. He may allow evil to triumph for a time, just to uproot and destroy it completely later on. He is the one who fights our battles, so do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but can do no harm to your soul. The victory is on our side.

Below is the link to that video message. Please watch it in your free time and do not fear the end times. I dedicate it especially to our brothers and sisters in Russia, who are also mentioned in this video.

Prayers For ISIS Fighters Being Answered

Nearly a year ago, I called the readers of this blog to prayer not only for the persecuted Christians, especially in the Middle East, but also for their oppressors, the ISIS fighters.

The reason why they are staging now more terrorist attacks around the world is because they are losing ground in the Middle East, not only militarily, but most of all spiritually.

Many Islamic fighters were deeply moved by the love showed to them by many Christians even as they were being murdered, they cannot shake off the peace that they saw in their eyes, and they cannot forget their courage.

But most of all, many of them are seeing visions of Jesus Himself, who comes to them in their dreams showing them His scars( Islam teaches that Jesus was never really crucified) and calling them to live for Him instead of killing others.

Last week, one of my Arabic speaking friends shared with me some testimonies of ISIS fighters becoming followers of Jesus and asking Christians to forgive them and to pray for them. I cannot share too many details of those very supernatural conversions here as to not identify them, but I am sharing this with you to encourage you to continue to pray for them. God is answering our prayers.

In this context, I understand more and more why the Lord told us to "bless those who curse us and pray for those who persecute us." We must remember that our battle as apostle Paul taught us, is not against flesh and blood. Do not look at people who mistreat you as your enemies, the real enemy is that evil spiritual  force that keeps them in bondage and uses them to hurt us and hurting them as well in the process.

Satan is real and he hates humanity, but Jesus came, died, and rose again to save those who are lost, even those who you might consider an enemy. No matter who is it that causes you pain, a nasty coworker, your in-laws, whoever it is. Bless them, show them kindness, pray for them instead of returning evil for evil, and see how God will change the situation you are in for the better of both you and them. This is the gospel in action and the power of God. This is what those ISIS fighters do not have and when they experience it, they will be changed forever. The Gospel of Jesus Christ won over many hateful ideologies before and will win over this one as well. The victory is on our side already.

Keep Praying!

UK Voted To Leave The EU: What It Means For Europe And Global Economy

As of 7 AM this morning UK time, it became official. Great Britain decided by the margin of 4% to

leave European Union. It is no doubt a historic event as it will shape the future of not only UK and EU, but the rest of the world as well.

The people of Great Britain decided to reclaim its sovereignty despite of bullying and scare tactics from the globalists. This will be a big shock to already weak EU, but I believe it will work for good despite of initial scares on the stock market, unless of course the elites decide to make an example of Britain and initiate global economic crush in order to scare all nations into some sort of global economic and later a political union instead.

This would kind of fall in line with what late brother John Paul Jackson predicted about some major event in Europe triggering  a sharp decline in the value of euro, which then US dollar would follow within a week. He also said that this same event would lead to the reform of the EU in which Poland would play a major role, I guess we will have to wait and see if he was correct.

I think it just depends on how EU will react to this news. People on the Brexit side made it clear that though they will be leaving EU, they desire a  good economic relationship with the rest of Europe, and that there will be no radical change in the way Great Britain conducts business. The process of leaving itself will take minimum 2 years according to the EU regulations, which other EU members will be watching closely.

We must pray now for wisdom for both British politicians and EU politicians to wisely implement the will of  majority of the British people. It would be great if EU became once again more of an economic than political union, though the global elites who dream of ruling one world government will not be happy about this.

Prophetically, I think it would slow down the implementation of the new world order and give us more time to pray for people, nations, and to share the gospel with them. My country of Poland had never as yet experienced a strong move of God , and  keeping their sovereignty following the example of Great Britain would open the door to that and bring more stability once again in Europe. In a long run, I think it will make UK stronger, and will force the rest of EU to reform for the better. I hope and pray that this will be the case.

Two Years To Jerusalem 2018

Back in May 2008, I published an article titled "The Countdown To Jerusalem 2018," in which I

shared the pattern that my husband and I noticed in Scriptures. That pattern links number 70 to very important events in the history of the Jewish people culminating in the destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans in A.D. 70 , which fulfilled the prophecy given by Jesus Christ nearly 30 years earlier.

In the same prophecy recorded in the New Testament Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke; Jesus predicted that the destruction of the temple will not be the end of this age, but only the "beginning of sorrows." We reasoned that if that pattern holds, then something very significant for Israel should take place in the year 2018 because it will be the year in which Israel will celebrate 70th anniversary of its rebirth, which itself was part of Jesus' prophecy about the end times in which we are now living.

"But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. And then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. And then he will send out the angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.
From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near. So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that he is near, at the very gates. Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away." ( Mark 13: 24-31)

The fig tree always symbolises the nation of Israel. When Jesus cursed a fig tree that did not bring its fruit when He was hungry, He was showing that God the Father in like manner will judge the nation for not repenting at the preaching and ministry of His Son, but He was also saying in the above passage that after judgement has passed there will come the time of mercy and rebirth, which is signified by the budding of the fig tree.

From the context of this passage we also inferred that this rebirth was the sign that the Second Coming of the Son of God was nearing, and just like in A.D. 70 came judgement, so 70 years from the time of rebirth will come the redemption or the beginning of the season of redemption in Israel.

We predicted that as the time of 2018 will come closer other signs that Jesus spoke of will be intensifying. There will be more wars, revolutions, more social unrest,  more epidemics, natural disasters including more mega earthquakes, and economic shaking or even a collapse.

All of these we are witnessing year after year, since 2008, the year of the so called "Great Recession," from which global economy hasn't really recovered. Then came the "Arab Spring", out of which a barbaric blood thirsty group called ISIS emerged wreaking havoc not only in Middle East, but all over the world. There were couple of pandemics, several mega earthquakes such as in Japan ( 2011) or more recently in Nepal (2015). It is a quite a decade to say the least.

Then there were also "signs in the heavens" such as the four blood moons each one of them falling on a Jewish holiday, and following that  is the year of Jubilee, which many are saying begins the last 70th Jubilee cycle during which the Messiah is believed to return.

Orthodox Jewish groups in Israel are preparing to rebuild the temple, which will be The Third Temple, they even revived the practice of the sacrifice of the Passover lamb on the replica of the altar as a sign of their faith that soon the temple will be in fact rebuilt, and perhaps in 2018 something will happen that will bring it closer to reality. I guess we will still have to wait and see for couple of more years. One thing is certain, whether they will rebuild the temple or not, Jesus will return just as He said he would and we might have anywhere from 2 -50 years until that Day if our biblically educated guesses are correct. No one can know the exact Day and hour, but we sure can know the season and are commanded by God to watch the signs and to be ready.

What's Behind The Rise of Donald Trump And Other Rogue Politicians

Main stream media all over the world are watching in fear as Donald Trump wins state after state in

the United States' primaries, wondering how their own politicians and the public would react to the possible future election of President Trump.

Trump seems to defy all political rules with his highly divisive and politically incorrect statements that in the time past would render a politician unelectable, and he is not the only Western politician who has done that.

Everyone, including the left leaning media, were stunned when Justin Trudeau won the Canadian Federal Elections back in October. To be fair, his rhetoric was not  the same type as Trump's, but it was extreme nevertheless.

Trudeau used to praise Chinese dictatorial regime for the ease with which they pass legislation, admitted to smoking pot while in office as an MP, fought for the right of convicted terrorists to keep their Canadian citizenship, and promised to run $10 billion deficits  each year as Prime Minister.

It seems that everywhere in the world the people show rebellion against establishment whatever that establishment is at the time in each respective country.

Rebellion against the establishment is at the root of current war in Syria, out of which ultra terrorist group known as ISIS was born turning the majority of Middle Eastern countries into turmoil, which then spilled into Europe in the form of the ongoing refugee crisis.

And while the Churches of Asia, Africa, and Middle East are dealing with the most widespread persecution in the history with thousands murdered daily for their faith in Christ, the majority of Western Churches are falling away from their faith by embracing doctrines that are clearly against what  was taught by Jesus Christ and the early Church fathers. They are embracing sexual immorality of various kinds in the name of "love" and "tolerance", some have even denied Jesus and God the Father altogether...other major Western Church leaders deny Jesus as the Only way to The Father preaching that good deeds are enough to get to heaven, and that heaven and hell are not even real places, but only "states of the soul." Professing men of God think nothing of cheating on their wives, divorcing them, and then marrying another.

So, if the majority of the Church is in such a state of apostasy how can we expect any discernment on the part of general population? In the words of Jesus, if the salt lost its flavour, then how can one expect to flavor anything with it?

These are the signs of the times that our Lord Himself had predicted, "Then will they hand you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations on account of My name. 
At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another,  and many false prophets will arise and mislead many. 

Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.  But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved. 

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. " ( Matthew 24:9-14)

 

So what is behind the rise of Donald Trump and other rogue politicians in the West and elsewhere? It is rebellion that is rampant in the society because the love of the Church has grown cold. Let us not count on politicians to change the world. We are the salt of this earth, let us make sure that each one of us individually retains His flavor. Let us all as many as read this be the ones who persevere staying true to Jesus, and preaching the true undiluted gospel as a testimony to all nations before the end of this age finally comes. The Judgement of this world has already begun and the nations who rejected God are allowed to face the consequences of it, but those who continue to serve The Lord will grow strong and carry out great exploits. It is both the worst of times and the best of times in the history of this world.

 

Author's Note: Image the courtesy of  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump

ISIS Declares War On Europe

No one is actually calling it this way, but by the wave of recent suicide bombings in Turkey,

France, and today in Belgium, the infamous Islamic terror group known as ISIS, ISIL, or DAESH effectively declared war on Europe, thus spilling the violence from Middle East to the Western world.

It is clear that the politically correct approach to the problem of Islamic violence is not working. It would be wrong to go from this  into another extreme of penalizing all Muslim people for this like the American Presidential hopeful, Donald Trump, suggested when he stated that he would "ban all the Muslims from entering America," but it is clear that the authorities need to be more vigilant and the hateful ideology that is feeding this violence must be confronted, otherwise these attacks will increase in frequency and severity.

These people clearly are attacking the Western way of life and want us all to live in fear. America and Canada are not immune to this either. Both Barack Obama and Justin Trudeau need to step up the security, or North America will sooner or later suffer the same problems as Europe now does. ISIS is losing in Middle East and will try to appear stronger than it really is by attempting more attacks around the world.

As Christians, we need to in turn step up our prayers for the Muslim people. We need to pray that God would reveal the Truth to them and set them free from satanic ideas that cause them to commit these murderous acts, even if it is just one minute of your time everyday, make sure that you pray. It is an ever intensifying spiritual war that manifests itself in physical violence. Satan knows that he doesn't have much time left, so he causes unstable and desperate people to wreak havoc around the world. Pray also for wisdom for our political leaders, so that their actions or the lack of it would not make the problem worse.