Why Palestinian Children Are Dying and How to Stop It

 

I would like to begin by saying that as a follower of Yeshua (Jesus), I am opposed to violence on both sides of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. I see every life as a gift of God and precious, especially the innocent lives of children. Yeshua taught us that the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to the children and that it is better for those who hurt children in any way to never have been born as their judgment by God will be very severe.

I also believe that both peoples have the right to live in the land between "The River and the Sea" in peace and that both need to accept the right of the other to existence and self-determination, but that cannot happen as long as one calls for the destruction of the other.

That is why I see groups such as Hamas and their violent ideology as the root of the problem. No one knows Hamas and what they truly stand for better than the one who was raised among them, who is in fact the son of one of its founders and leaders. In his book, "Son of Hamas" and in multiple interviews he has given over the years, Mosab Hassan Yousef, reveals in horrifying details how he was treated by Hamas as a child (including rape at the age of 5 for which he would be sentenced to death if he revealed it to his father and multiple beatings) and how Hamas uses Palestinian children and their deaths as a strategy of war against Israel and their plan to kill all Jews and then claim all the land "From The River To The Sea", which is what the slogan "From The River To The Sea Palestine Will Be Free" truly means.

He also reveals how Fatah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and other radical Islamist groups supported by Islamic Republic of Iran, are instigating acts of violence against not just Israeli soldiers, but also civilians including children, as was seen on the October 7th Massacre, in hopes of provoking Israel to violent response in which they know that many of their own civilians, including children, will die. In their minds, it is a necessary sacrifice they have to make for their goal of delegitimizing and destroying Israel to come to pass, so they purposely put them in danger and then photograph their dead bodies using them for political and personal financial gain.

To stop this cycle of violence, we must press our political leaders to stop sending money to and stop all dealings with the Islamic Republic of Iran and all terrorist groups such as Hamas. If anyone really cares about the Palestinian children, they have to call Hamas to account for abusing them and using them as human shields for their ideological purposes.

We also must call upon the leaders of the Palestinian people to stop instigating the violence and accept the right of Israel to exist, as without it, peace will never be possible. That so-called "armed Palestinian resistance" did nothing for the Palestinian people except to bring upon them more misery, suffering, and death for the past 70 + years.  Palestinian people, and especially their children, deserve to live in peace, security, and prosperity and their leaders have not provided it for them, for which they need to be held to account both by the Palestinian people and the International Community.

The Looming Global Financial Disaster: Have You Set Your Financial House in Order?

 This is an update on the article I wrote here four years ago, about the coming global financial crisis based on geopolitical forecast of a very well known American geopolitical analyst, Peter Zeihan, who at the beginning of this year published a book titled " The End of The World Is Just A Beginning."

Based on the global demographic situation, he predicted that beginning in 2022 as the largest portion of the baby boom generation begins to retire on mass, and start to take out money that they have been investing for decades, out of the global financial system, the cheap credit and an artificial bubble created by those investments would end. I therefore advised my readers to set their financial houses in order, just as I had done by paying off debts and learning to live within and even below their means.

Now, that we are at the end of 2022, I thought that it would be good to revisit those predictions. Well, it seems like unforeseen events such as the global COVID-19 pandemic and Russian war against Ukraine, just accelerated those predictions.

We are witnessing high levels of inflation all around the world, including the wealthy developed nations such as the United States and Canada. It is partially due to incredible amount of money printing that the central banks have done to give relief to those affected by the pandemic shut downs, but the pandemic also forced many baby boomers into retirement earlier than they would have otherwise done, thus creating this reverse financial tsunami of taking out money out of the financial system.

To counteract the inflation those same central banks, began to increase interest rates, making the cost of loans much more expensive. It is good news though to those of us who don't have debts as we earn more interest money on our savings.

Since it is a long-term problem, we can expect this trend to continue over the next four years. In fact, Peter Zeihan predicts that thins won't really get better until 2040's and only if things go well. So, if you still have not set your financial house in order, then do it now. Get rid of debt because it will only get more and more expensive. Learn to be content with less stuff, most of which you don't need anyway, so you will be prepared for that much tougher future that is ahead of us.

Biblical Interpretation of Jordan Peterson's Dream: JBP in The Rink With Satan

 I have been observing Dr. Jordan B. Peterson since 2016, when I saw a story about him on CBC

news. In that story, he has been shown shouting during a protest against him on the campus of the university of Toronto where he worked as a tenured professor. What has not been shown, however, was that he came out to talk to the "protestors", but they unplugged his speaker and mike, so that he would not be heard and that is why he was shouting.

He has been portrayed as an unhinged anti LGBTQ personality allied with the alt right white supremacist groups. I didn't know anything at all about him back then, but something just did not sit right with me about the way he was being portrayed by the media, so I did my own research by visiting his You Tube channel to find out who he really is and what is it that he is actually saying.

He had a good foresight to publish all his ideas there in form of videos with his lectures and his concerns with Canadian bill C-16 that would effectively force everyone to use the pronouns they chose for themselves even those made up ones. It so happened that Dr. Peterson  as a Clinical Psychologist and Social Scientist with a very sound scientific publication record, was also interested in how the most deadly dictatorships of the 20th century developed and how they could compel ordinary people to participate in committing crimes against humanity.

What he discovered was that the governments in the countries where they developed such as Nazi Germany and Soviet Union, gradually restricted freedom of speech, intimidated, and later imprisoned and killed all who would dare to speak out against their ideology or actions. So, while Dr. Peterson as a classical liberal was opposed to any form of discrimination and prejudice, including against people from LGBTQ communities, he saw government forcing people by law to use words they didn't want to use as a dangerous precedent that could be abused in the future and warned the government and the public against it for this reason.

In the detailed analysis of this bill and other similar laws in Canada, he warned that the vague wording could lead to very lax interpretations of these laws and cause Canadians to lose their jobs and have their reputations destroyed simply because someone has misinterpreted something they have said or not said, or be persecuted for refusing to do or say something that is against their conscience ( freedom of conscience is one of the rights protected by the Canadian Charter of rights and freedoms) and that it would stifle any open dialog in our society around important issues creating a very unhealthy climate.

In the years since, Dr. Peterson became a voice of reason and hope in an intensifying culture war that we are now witnessing. His warnings came true as we began to see serious academics, actors, and politicians "cancelled" from social media platforms, suspended, and even fired from their jobs for so much as criticizing any ideas that have become politically correct. We are seeing social media  and traditional media companies trying to silence anyone who does not agree with their ideology.

In one of his then very popular Biblical series lectures where he was analyzing Bible stories from psychological perspective, Dr. Peterson shared a vivid dream he had the meaning of which he said he could not understand. In this dream, he saw himself in the middle of ancient Roman theatre like arena and Satan there ready to fight with him. He was naturally terrified and asked God why would He let Satan to fight him like that and God answered : "Because I knew you would win."

I could immediately understand the dream perfectly, especially after all the recent events. Dr. Peterson has been drawn  on his spiritual journey more into the Bible and Christianity and its core teachings about humanity being created in the image of God and the individual freedoms and dignity that come from that.  For this he has drawn to himself Satan's attention and all the personal attacks from the media and politicians controlled by the spirit of antichrist have been the fight depicted in the dream.

We know from the Bible that Satan is planning to create a global dictatorship that will one day be controlled by him through the Beast. This is the same spirit that was animating the blood lust of the Roman Empire when it devolved into dictatorship. Western civilization developed out of the ashes of the Roman Empire mixed with strong Christian influence, so the spirit of Christ and that of the Antichrist had been struggling for pre-eminence within it for ages.

Following WWII, the emphasis on individual freedoms and the dignity of each person in the West, allowed for extended period of peace and prosperity such as the world has never seen before. With this freedom also came freedom for Christians to preach the gospel to every nation on earth and to help lift poorer nations out of poverty, so for this reason Satan aims at destroying the Western civilization by destroying these values to create his global dominance, but it looks like God is raising some unexpected people such as Jordan Peterson to delay Satan's plans. This is very good news. While as Christians we need to get stronger and better prepared for persecution that is inevitably coming down the road, it looks like we might be given some extra time. Let's pray for Dr. Peterson and others like him who seek the Truth to be filly guided into it and thank God for their courage and commitment to our fundamental God given rights.

What Can We Expect in 2021?

After all the commotion and disruption that 2020 brought about, we are all cautiously optimistic about the coming year 2021. Personally, I did not have any prophetic dreams or words specific for this year, but I do have some biblically educated guesses and the sense that the "shaking" will continue, though many things might get better.

We might see the pandemic at least begin to wind down as greater number of people gain immunity to  Coronavirus causing Covid-19 either through developing antibodies in the course of illness or through vaccinations if they are found safe and successful.

The good news is that from the beginning of the pandemic the death rate has not increased. It remains around 2% even in the countries with the greatest numbers of infections. Nearly one year into it the death toll is not nearly as big as that of the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918, which killed more than 50 million people in 1- 2 years while the world population was much smaller than it is now. As of today, globally, out of more than 83 million people infected, only 1.8 million have died. In addition in many of these deaths, Covid-19 was only one factor that led to their deaths and not always its main cause.

This  by no means does lessen the loss of these lives, but it is important to put them into a larger perspective. Covid-19 could be dangerous to people with serious health issues and those with low immune systems and should be treated seriously. Our individual efforts to slow its spread are very important, but this crisis is not as big as many seem to paint it. We need to be responsible, but we should not live in fear. The lockdowns will have to end soon as there is not much evidence that they make that much difference. The country of Sweden was initially criticized for refusing to institute a full lockdown. Instead they asked their citizens to observe physical distancing and to avoid any large gatherings. The schools and businesses remained open, but their death rate and number of infections is not that much higher and in fact lower than in many other countries. Perhaps there is a lesson to be learned here.

On the political front, the division sharpened by the most recent elections in the United States will continue to cause upheaval in that country. The political bias of the media and tech giants must end if the public in the U.S. and around the world is to have any confidence in them and the fairness of political process. We must pray that this problem will continue to be confronted and that it will be dealt with one way or another. The Islamic Republic Regime in Iran is in crisis with its leader about to die, so it is desperate to start a new war in hopes of staying in power, we must pray for our persecuted brothers and sisters inside Iran, that God will deal justice on their behalf.

There are also rumors that Pope Francis is about to step down, which was in fact predicted by Tom Horn during the online Defender Conference in November. Tom Horn has correctly predicted the stepping down of Pope Benedict well before it happened and now he is saying that Pope Francis will either step down or "be removed" from office. Tom Horn speculates that whoever will replace him might be the last Pope. I guess we will see if he is correct or not sometime in 2021.

Whatever is in store in 2021, as believers in Jesus, we can be sure of one thing. He will be with us in it, both good and bad, and He will be working everything for our good, so we don't need to be anxious. Despite its challenges, I have many things to be thankful for this year and so are many of you. May we  all be blessed in 2021 and draw even nearer to our Lord and Savior in these tumultuous times.
 

Were The Prophets Wrong About American Presidential Elections 2020?

 Nearly every Christian prophetic voice in America, prophesied that Donald J. Trump will win the elections and be

re-elected to serve as President for the second term. Today, Joe Biden is projected as winner, unless the allegations of voter fraud are proven true and they are large enough to change the election outcome. This is still possible, however, even if Joe Biden does win, it does not necessarily mean that all Christians who said that they heard from God that Donald Trump will have a second term are wrong, and here is why.

The Bible teaches us patterns and is a  spiritual standard against which we must judge all prophecy. In the Bible, we see two types of prophecies. The first type is the one in which God shows us what His will is for the future, but the outcome is still dependent on our actions, and the ones in which He pulls the veil of time away and shows us what actually will happen in the future.

America is a democratic country in which the majority of Americans decide who is going to be their President by voting. This means that the outcome of Presidential elections in America depend on the will of majority of Americans. God respects the free will He has given us, so He will not force anyone to vote for one candidate or another against their will.

I believe that the prophecies given to Christians regarding this election were of the first type. They were revealing His will, but were conditional upon the actions and decisions of American people. God was showing many Americans and believers from other nations who pray for America, what His will for this election was, so that they would pray for discernment for the American people, but there were enough Americans ( if there was indeed no voter fraud) who voted against that vision and rejected God's will for their nation, and they will need to face the consequences of the decisions made by the leaders that they have chosen. This is indeed  is what Jonathan Cahn was warning America against in His book, "Harbinger II". He was not projecting a winner, but he was saying that if majority of American voters chose the candidate with ungodly platform, then God would no longer have a reason to protect America from the overdue judgment that is coming, but even when this happens, God will always protect those who were faithful to Him even in the midst of judgment.

It is also possible that God is going to bring His will to pass in a different way that people expected as theoretically Donald Trump could run for President again in 2024 and be elected for his second term if enough Americans will not be happy with what Biden administration will do or not do during the next four years. I guess, we will see about that when the election results officially come in this year or in 2024.

Dreams of The Future: Donald J. Trump Re-elected President Of the United States

 Sometimes God can give us glimpses of the future through our dreams, but we can know only after the fact if it was indeed God showing us the future, or whether the dream was just the product of our mind alone. In my 21 years of  walking with God, I had many dreams that turned out to be indeed glimpses of the future.

With the very heated presidential race ongoing in America right now, people around the world are wondering who is going to win this race as the person in charge of United States presidency will make decisions that will impact the security and future of not just America, but also many other nations.

Back in September of this year, I had a dream, or rather a dream vision, in which I saw News broadcast stating that Donald J. Trump was re-elected President of United States. This is in line with many prophetic voices (including late Kim Clement), in America and around the world, who saw that it was appointed for Donald Trump to be president for two terms (No one mentioned though if those would be consecutive terms). However, I must say that God's will does not automatically happen on earth, so the outcome of this election is still conditional upon the actions and decisions of the American people, and especially the American Church.

Another prominent prophetic voice in America, Jonathan Cahn, warned that if Donald Trump will not be re-elected, then America will enter a period of judgment and will lose (possibly for good) its position of prominence among the nations that it was given due to God's blessing upon it following WWII. The good news though is that even if this happens, God will still protect those who are trusting in Him even in the midst of judgment, but the direction that Donald Trump would take the nation in during his second term would buy America and the rest of the world extra time.

I wrote before how the prophetic number 70 was connected to Trump's first election as President and to Israel. During his time in office, Jerusalem was recognized for the first time as the capital of Israel and through the diplomacy of Trump's team, many Arab nations that were hostile to Israel are normalizing relations with it. If this continues, there might be an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity coming to the Middle East.

This is definitely a moment of crossroads in history, hinging on the decision that American people will collectively make on November, 3rd. May God's will prevail.

Author's 2024 Update: This dream will yet again be tested in November as Donald Trump is once again running for President of The United States this year. The test was passed.

Christian ''Purity Culture": Why Christians Are Concerned About Sexual Immorality

 Our modern culture is obsessed with sex. Since the "sexual revolution" of the  1960s we are bombarded by the message that there is no such thing as a sexual sin. What was once considered sexually immoral  has been normalized. 

                                                                                                                    

We are bombarded by messages of tolerance and acceptance towards extramarital sex, but it would be wise to consider what are the consequences.

Jesus told us to judge everything by its "fruits" while the world tells us that we should not judge anything, so what are the fruits of sexual revolution?

One would think that now that people have access to sex without any constraints and judgments that they would be satisfied, but take a quick look around and you will see that people are less sexually satisfied than ever. People go from partner to partner, but they are never happy. The number of children raised without fathers or mothers is ever increasing and according to multiple studies these children are at greater risk for depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and even suicide. Why?

To us Christians, who believe that the Bible is a text inspired by God and given to us as a guide on how to live a godly life, the answer is clear. The so called "free sex" outside the loving committed married relationship is empty and unsatisfying. To us sex is not bad or forbidden, but it is something that is holy and precious. It is given to us by God, so that we can not only procreate, but also that we could experience  total unity in spirit, soul, and body with our spouse. It is an ultimate expression of love and commitment  and it gets ever deeper and more satisfying with the passing years. People in healthy lifelong marriage relationships experience the kind of sex that promiscuous people who keep changing partners only can dream of, but never have.

When God tells us that we should wait with sex until marriage, He does not try to rob us of joy and pleasure. He just wants to make sure that we get something better and deeper than a passing thrill and possibly  an STD, not to mention that feeling of worthlessness  and emptiness that one gets after a one night stand.Each one of us has to make  a choice. Do we want to have sex God's way and enjoy its blessings for decades or do we want it the world's way? Just look at the lives of those who propose that "free sex".Sadly even some Christians who defended Christian marriage and encouraged young people to wait with sex until marriage are now apologizing for being "judgmental" and not surprisingly divorcing their wives of many years...but this is the fruit of  "free sex", divorce and the dissolution of the fabric of society that comes with it.

I chose God's way over 20 years ago and I never looked back. Marriage is a blessing and it is worth to wait and to keep it holy. Remember, there is nothing wrong with sex itself.  It is good. Just like a knife is a very useful tool when properly used in a kitchen to prepare food, but deadly when used as a weapon.

As Christians we are free to hold our own moral standards. In democratic societies we are guaranteed the freedom of conscience and no one  should be allowed to try to impose their morality on us, just as we do not impose it on other people. We are simply saying that "free sex" is not really free from its consequences and we have a right to point it out.

Now some Christian communities have a very legalistic approach to this that can be very unhealthy. They equate sex with sin, and do not allow young people of the opposite sex to have any relationships with one another at all, not even platonic friendships, which is a big mistake in my opinion because through these pure friendships people learn how to relate to one another. The best marriages are based on true friendships. Young people who are not allowed to have them miss on valuable experience that will help their future married relationships to be successful. Too much emphasis on early marriage  without this experience can also lead to unhappiness and divorce.

It is therefore very important to have a godly, but balanced approach to this. Learn from those who are happily married. It is possible with God''s help to have a happily ever after. What it takes is a love of God in your heart. Your ability to love someone despite their imperfections, so that they can extend that same love towards you. It's not about someone making you happy, but about two people doing what they can to make each other happy.

Our Prayers Answered : Benny Hinn Repents of Prosperity Gospel Teachings

In my last blog post, I shared how the Lord called me back in 2014 while I was watching the wedding ceremony of Benny Hinn's daughter to pray for prosperity teachers that they would repent from this false doctrine, and that "their faith might not fail them when all these things will be taken away from them."

Now, I just found out that Benny Hinn announced his repentance about a year ago. Below, I include a link to the video in which he has done that. This has greatly encouraged me and I hope that it will be an encouragement to you as well. Let us continue that many more will return to their first love, so that the name of Jesus will not be blasphemed among unbelievers.

Benny Hinn Renounces Prosperity Teachings

"Pray That Their Faith Might Not Fail...": How COVID-19 Pandemic Will Change The Church

Back in 2014 one of my friends brought  a  wedding video  of Benny Hinn's daughter. It was a beautiful

ceremony held at the famous "Crystal Cathedral". While the pastor of that church was singing praises of Benny Hinn and how his daughter could have had a wedding ceremony anywhere in the world she chose, the following words clearly popped up in my mind: "Pray that their faith might not fail when all these things will be taken away from them."

I believe it was a message from the Holy Spirit regarding, not just Benny Hinn, but regarding all mega churches and mega ministries in America and around the world. While many of those churches and ministries began in sincerity, wanting to share the gospel with the world and serve the Lord; most of them if not all strayed from their original missions and became like large worldly corporations.

Their pastors began building huge church buildings and live in lavish luxury homes, buy luxury cars, and private jets for themselves from large salaries taken out of donations given by their church members and  people from  around the world.

They began offering prayers for healing and financial prosperity in exchange for financial gifts from people, some of whom did not have enough to eat properly ( I knew some of such people). Some even went so far as to sell "healing water" from a Jordan River in Israel.

Unbelievers began to mock Christian faith and the name of Jesus Himself because of their behavior that even they know is totally against Christian principles and values as taught in the Holy Bible.

I believe that God is going to use the COVID-19 crisis to change the way Church is done and to restore it to the way it was supposed to operate in the first place. Already many believers are realizing that Church does not really need physical church buildings to be effective and to continue reach people around the world as well as in their local communities.

The financial strain the pandemic has placed on individual people and families will cause many of these mega churches to shut down, while the churches and individual believers who kept their priorities right and paid off their debts when they still could, are going to thrive.

We will draw closer to one another within our families and we are going to value our friendships a lot more. There will be a greater sense of community, which will be once again attracting many unbelievers who will be looking for hope and stability during the time of chaos.

These are precisely the qualities of the early first century followers of Yeshua ( Jesus) that caused the early church community to grow by leaps and bounds. People will want to know why we are at peace when the entire world is in a state of fear and panic. We will once again be a living testimony of Jesus' work in our lives, but we must be authentic and we need to learn to be content instead of running after money.
God does want our needs to be met, but He does not want us to be greedy and to live in luxury while so many around us are suffering. 

Our church leaders need to live humbly and serve the Church, being focused on the spiritual growth of people God entrusted under their leadership, instead of  trying to get rich off of their poverty, using the gospel as the means of worldly financial gain.

As individual believers we must disassociate ourselves from false teachers and false shepherds, and find those who are faithful to the Lord and support them. Don't allow yourself to manipulated into giving based on false promises of prosperity. Instead give out of your  free will do those who faithfully serve God and those around you in need without expecting anything in return.

If you do that, you will obtain a true and greatest blessing of having God's own presence in your life. Instead of following some "christian Superstars", ask God about what he wants you to do for His kingdom and how you may serve Him. return to regular prayer, worship, and study of the Bible in your own homes and from house to house, and see how you may reach those who are seeking for God.

if we all do that, despite of all the chaos, we will  not only see, but experience the great spiritual awaking that many of us have been waiting for for decades.

John Paul Jackson Back in 2012 : "The Second Pandemic Will Be Serious"

I  remember that back in 2007, our late Brother John Paul Jackson whom I greatly respected, in his coming
perfect Storm predictions also had warned us about the coming pandemic.

In the 2012  video recorded in New York city out of all places, which I will also share below, he stated that he heard from the Lord back in 2007 that there will be two pandemics. The first one will not present any real danger, and will be little more than just fear, but the second one will be serious (54:58 second mark in the video).

The first influenza pandemic declared after 2007 was the H1N1  Avian Flu back in 2009, and COVID-19 is the second one, and it is serious. We should not give in to fear, but at the same time we must be responsible, so it will not spread.

Based on what my husband and I were shown back in 2008, because of which I started this blog, and based on what He has shown other believers including John Paul, I believe that this is a wake up call to all of us. Those of us who listened more than 10 years ago, are now prepared.

We were led to take care of our health, learn to lead a debt free lives within our means, and be spiritually strong without depending on church organizations for our spiritual sustenance.  We believe that this pandemic will eventually pass, but the economic and political fallout will last. We are entering at least a 7 year period of "famine". The artificially inflated economy was going to receive correction sooner or later. The government is still able to help people financially, but will not be able to do it for too long, so we must all learn to live within our means and recognize the difference between wants and real needs. We must be more and more independent of our governments.

This crisis is an opportunity to bring your life to order, especially, if you are among those who have not been preparing for this because this is just the beginning of troubles. I encourage you to watch this video, so that you will know what is coming and be prepared. As a Church, this the hour in which we must shine. The Lord has given us wisdom and peace that surpasses all understanding. Let us spend time with our families praying together and reading His Word. Keep in touch with your friends and neighbors through phone and Internet. Help those in need if you are able to. My friends and I are organizing virtual fellowships and prayer meetings. We must be strong and courageous. God bless!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1nD-dGaVX8

Are You Wicked?

Before the end of this year, I had a very interesting conversation in one of my dreams. I was talking to 

someone, I don't remember who it was, or the person's name because it wasn't that important. But I do clearly remember the conversation as this was what i was supposed to remember.

We were talking about Christians and debt, and how according to the Bible we should approach it. "Well," I said,"  borrowing money in itself is not a sin, but not repaying it is as the Bible teaches us that it is the wicked who borrow and do not pay back."

"Then, the large portion of Christians in the Western church are wicked." The other person answered. I woke up the next morning thinking about this conversation and its implications. Personally, me and my husband were convicted many years ago to pay of all our debts, even the ones that have been "forgiven" us by the credit card companies, which we were not really required by the human law to do, but which we felt we had to do to obey the Lord.

I believe that this act restored blessing of God on our finances, which improved dramatically since then. We continue to live by this principle. Before we were always struggling, never having enough sometimes even for our needs, and unable to help those in real need. Now, not only we don't worry about our finances, but we are better able to help those who really need our help too, which is exactly what the verse displayed here says, that the righteous give. They give because they can give, because they do not suffer  constant lack like the wicked do.

Even apart from spiritual side of this principle, the common sense and logic shows why not paying your debts back is in fact wicked. The economy works well only when debts are being repaid because if too many people borrow and do not pay it back into the system, that system will eventually collapse, so not paying your debts back is in a way a form of stealing because it forces someone else to pay from the money they work hard for for your  financial recklessness.

Imagine how great it would feel, if you did not owe anyone anything, if you did not had credit card and other bills with interest eating away all your resources. It is possible. Take the debt you have with the highest interest and begin paying it back with the highest amount you can. Look at what you spend your money on that you really do not need to spend on and use it to pay your debt, until eventually it is all paid off. Remember that after you do that, the money you used to have to pay for your debts will be yours to keep, for your needs and for helping others in need.

In the next few years, it is likely the that interest rates on debts will rise, and borrowing will become more and more expensive. If you put your financial house in order now, you will not be affected by it later, but if you will not, you might lose everything you have that you did not  fully pay for. I believe that the Lord wants us to be blessed and be a blessing to others, and not suffer lack with the wicked.

Prophetic Outlook: What Can We Expect in New Year 2020 And a New Decade?

Today concludes both the year 2019 and the present decade, so what can we expect going forward? The Bible

gives us a large scale scenario and signs of the times and seasons, but no specific dates. I never claim to know the future, but I always share some biblically educated guesses as to what  is coming.Sometimes I get a prophetic dream or two that foreshadows the coming decade. I did receive one a couple of days ago and it was ominous.

In this dream I was in a large  office- type building in some city with many people on one of the higher floors when the building began to sway violently back and forth as if it was on a swing. We were experiencing a very strong earthquake. The building was swaying too much for us to even run out for safety, so I began praying and commanding it to stop in the name of Jesus for fear of it collapsing altogether. It stopped as soon as I uttered the prayer. We then ran out to see large scale damage. Many buildings were leveled,  bewildered people flooded the streets, then one woman shouted that she saw news on her phone that it is happening everywhere around the globe, and that other places sustained much worse damage.

There were reports of fires, raptures of the ground, many causalities, but we did not know what caused this global earthquake. Then, we ran to the nearest store that had a TV working and we saw authorities giving an update, urging people not to panic, or turn to violence or looting, but to cooperate and help one another as much as possible, as it would give people much higher chances of survival until help could be dispatched. Somehow, I had a strong conviction that this was the prelude to the  releasing of the sixth seal spoken of by Apostle John in the Book of Revelation. I knew Jesus would be coming soon for us, but also did not know exactly at which point during the upcoming events His return would take place. We were still here to share the gospel and help the people who were about to face the Great Tribulation and the Judgments to follow.

Is this really coming this decade?  Is there some kind of global "shaking" about to take place? I don't know because I wasn't given any dates, but I think that it will be wise that we prepare both spiritually and physically. Other prophetic voices in the Church have received similar warnings in their dreams and visions. Tom Horn just released a book titled "The Wormwood Prophecy" about a possible threat to earth from asteroid Apophis, which according to some scientists has a substantial chance of hitting the earth on April 13th, 2029 and how it fits with biblical prophecy, which reminds me about another prophetic dream I have received back at the end of 2012. which I am going to share in another post.

There will for sure be many changes on the geopolitical and technological scene as we will have another historic presidential election in the United States in which according to the prophecies shared by late Kim Clement and Mark Taylor author of "Trump Prophecies", Donald Trump will be elected for the second term, which will further enrage the radical Left around the world and cause greater fight for Internet freedom and freedom of speech as the Leftists will continue to try to silence all who don't agree with their values and their version of "justice", labeling them as "dangerous", " alt-right",  and a threat to their vision of the future society. Elon Musk will launch his neuro-link, which he hopes can help people interface with Artificial Intelligence so that humanity will not be destroyed by it, but it will eventually lead to the loss of free will and humanity as we know it in people who take it, leading to the struggle between the enhanced and those who choose to stay "organic."

The world will be a much different place for sure by the time this new decade ends and we will have to be ready for it. God will continue to bless individuals and nations that walk in His ways while He withholds His hand of protection from those who choose to walk away from Him by allowing them to face the consequences of their actions and it is up to each one of us, in which group we want to be. Besides the geopolitical turmoil and scary technologies, global economic instability will come as the largest generation of Baby Boomers retires and/or dies in their largest numbers and stops contributing trillions of dollars into the economy, thus ending an unusual and unnatural bubble in human history. Credit will become more and more expensive again ( i.e., interest rates will be higher) and harder to obtain while the costs of living will continue to grow. Many of those who overextended themselves financially in the time of plenty will begin to default, but those who were wise and have put their finical house in order will be more blessed than ever as their savings will increase.

I believe that with each decade we are coming closer to the times prophesied of old by both Old and New Testament prophets as well as by Jesus Himself:


“There will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves, men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things which are coming upon the world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. “Then they will see THE SON OF MAN COMING IN A CLOUD with power and great glory. “But when these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” ( Luke 21: 25-28)

What Would Happen If World Politicians Listened to Greta Thunberg's Demand

This article is not an attack on Greta Thunberg. She is a very brave young woman that I admire and

respect for her resolve and commitment to the cause of combating climate change. I am not going to challenge her, but the ideas behind the movement she is part of.   I agree with Greta that this is a conversation that we all need to have, and should have had  very long time ago, and that we do need to act.
I also agree that the world does need to get off of its dependency on fossil fuels as soon as possible, but I am also a realist. I know that  we cannot  do it unless there are alternative sources of energy developed to replace fossil fuels, and here is why.

Suppose that the politicians did listen to Greta's plea and banned the use of fossil fuels today. What this would mean for all of us tomorrow? First, it would mean no air travel because jet fuel is made of fossil fuels, which means that Greta will not travel from Sweden to speak in New York, Montreal or anywhere else for that matter. It also would mean that she nor anyone else would be able to travel by plane or boat anywhere either,nor transport anything. So, we would not be able to transport any goods around the world and we could only use what we can produce in our local areas, which includes basic life necessities such as food. That means no food export, import or aid from countries that produce extra food to the countries that don't produce enough. This in turn would mean death by starvation to millions of people simply due to lack of food. Would that be justice? The same thing with medical aid. No global medication transport either. How would we help victims of environmental disasters?

Millions of people, especially, those in developed countries with diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and many others would die without their medications. What will people do when they are hungry and doomed to die because they cannot get food nor medication? They would riot, so we might add to our scenario social unrest and violence. This is the reality. Fossil fuels helped to create comfort and prosperity that we all benefit from now. It also helped to lift billions of people out of poverty. It is not only the "rich" who benefited, but more so the poor. It is easy to talk only about negative consequences of Industrial Revolution, but are we prepared to go back to  the lifestyle of the 1800's?

The Climate Change movement, if it wants to succeed, must demand things that can be done now and the activists must understand what it takes to  create the world independent of fossil fuels. It would take drastic changes in lifestyle of nearly everyone on the planet. The politicians cannot do much of themselves without cooperation from their citizens, unless they become dictators, and we know that dictatorships are not great for the environment. China is the greatest example of that fact. It is really up to each one of us to change. I hope that Greta's generation would make those changes instead of just shouting slogans. I hope the brightest of them would get an education that will allow them to develop alternative fuels.I hope that they will stop buying and driving gasoline cars and walk, bike, or take public transit unless they can afford an electric vehicle. This is what I am doing by the way.

I hope that  some of them would begin to construct affordable and green housing, begin producing local organic foods, and stop buying things that they don't really need. I hope that each one of them would begin to live in environmentally friendly way and teach it to their children instead of pledging to have none. This is something that I have done as well. Our family has only one fuel efficient car. I take bus to school most days of the week, and walk anywhere I can.We buy mostly local foods.  As a general rule, we buy what we need and use reusable materials. Our electricity comes from hydro power and solar sources. Many people made many of these changes. Our emissions are going down, but it does cost us more.

The environmental activists complain that it is the greed of corporations that drive the pollution, but they would not be able to do that if we did not buy their products, so again the ball is in our own court. Also the environmentalists need to stop ignoring the science and acknowledge that human activity is not the only cause of climate change, and that besides lowering the emissions, we have to adapt to climate changes as well because there are forces impacting our climate that we cannot control such as changes on the Sun, changes in the earth's magnetic field, and changes of the very axis of the earth, which are all being presently ignored. That  means that we have to relocate threatened communities, stop building too close to the ocean, build bigger barriers to withstand higher storm surges, and we cannot do that if we destroy our economy by getting off of the fossil fuels now before alternatives are ready.

It is possible to marry economic growth with environmental responsibility, and we will have to do that to deal with consequences of the damage we have already done. Getting off of fossil fuels now is a nice sounding slogan, but as I argued above it would mean adding more salt to the wounds of people who struggle with the impact of climate change by taking away the ability to help them in any way and that is not justice at all.

The world will not end in 8 years even if the world temperature rises to 1.5 degrees. But if we set realistic goals and will all make needed changes, we can deal with the consequences of that. The environment has a great way of bouncing back if we treat it responsibly.  Responsibility and adaptation is what is needed.The Bible teaches us that the earth is waiting and longing for mankind to begin walking with God. Walking with God means taking responsibility for our environment.

Author's Note: Image the courtesy of Wikipedia

Bible Prophecy: The Fifth Seal Opened?

Back in 2010 I had a prophetic dream, which I described in one of my previous blog post titled: "The Face of Jesus and the Crown of thorns,"in which I believed that it was revealed to me that the increase in martyrdom of

Christians was coming.

Sure enough, in 2011 what was called an "Arab Spring" began and the rise of vicious Islamist terrorist groups such as ISIS and Boko Haram and an unprecedented slaughter of Christians began.  According to Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary research group nearly 1 million Christians died for their faith during the last decade.

This is just my personal theory, but could it mean that we are living in the period of time prophesied by Apostle John in the fith seal ?

 "When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered because of the word of God and the testimony they had given. They cried out with a loud voice: “Lord, the one who is holy and true,how long until you judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood?”  So they were each given a white robe, and they were told to rest a little while longer until the number would be completed of their fellow servants and their brothers and sisters, who were going to be killed just as they had been."  (Revelation 6:9-11)

Now, we are not told is this passage how long this time period would be, only that it will be marked by unprecedented number of Christians martyred for their faith, and it is certainly is the most intense time of Christian persecution worldwide in modern times.

Even in Western countries where Christians enjoyed an unprecedented freedom for more than 100 years, Christianity is being verbally attacked more and more often and Christians are being restricted, even challenged in the courts of law for adhering to their Christian beliefs.

if I am right, and this is indeed where we are on the prophetic clock, then indeed we might be closer to the rapture of the saints, which I believe will happen  right after then opening of the sixth seal, than we might have thought. Let us remember those who are persecuted in our prayers and get ready to face it ourselves, for it will only continue to increase as the end times unfold.

2019: The Year of Historic Events

The Lord often works in cycles and that is why history has a tendency to repeat or at least to rhyme.

The year 2019 is the last year of this decade and therefore will be a harbinger of things to come, and as such following the historic pattern of ushering in major changes on the world stage.

We can follow this pattern by looking back on previous decades. There was a global financial crisis in  2009, and the  Yugoslavia war in response to Serbian ethnic cleansing in 1999, also Euro currency was created that year. Further back we saw the fall of communism beginning in 1989, and the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979. In 1969 humanity landed on the moon, in 1959 Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba,  in 1949 Soviet Union ended the blockade of Western Germany, Israel signed peace treaties with surrounding nations, and NATO was created. The WWII began in September of 1939, the Wall Street crashed in 1929 and the Great Depression began, and in 1919 the Treaty of Versailles began, which officially ended WWI and the League of Nations was created, also Great Britain received control over Palestine. The pattern seems to hold for the last 100 years.

I am not saying of course that there were no major historic events happening in other years, but the kinds of events described above would also set a tone for the next decade, and often what began in those last years would extend to next year and beyond, so we can expect some major trend setting events to happen this year that will extend to 2020 and beyond.

Let us hope and pray that whatever happens will be positive in nature. It might be the fall of Islamic Republic of Iran, which would end the 40 years of oppression for the Iranian people and dry up the funding for global terrorism, ushering in a decade of hope and  peace?  I pray that this will be the case. But I guess we will find out as the year unfolds. I also wish that it will be the year of blessing and drawing closer to the Lord for all of us. Whatever happens, we are always safe under the shadow of His wings. ( Psalm 17:8)

Christians And Climate Change

Christians are often accused by the environmentalists and others of not caring for  or about our

planet. They think that since we believe in eternal life, this life and this world does not matter to us. And there might be some Christians who think that way, but the vast majority of us want clean air , water, and healthy food for ourselves and everyone else.

Furthermore, the Bible which we revere as inspired by the Holy Spirit, teaches us that this world is a gift that we are responsible to God for as one day he will call humanity to give an account for it. There is one very little known Scripture verse that is rather harsh :

"And the nations were enraged, and Your wrath came, and the time came for the dead to be judged, and the time to reward Your bond-servants the prophets and the saints and those who fear Your name, the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth." ( Revelation 11:28)

Notice the last phrase, "...destroy those who destroy the earth." That is very severe. As Christians we do not worship the earth, and we do not view humanity as "cancer on the earth", but  nevertheless we believe that we must be responsible for it.

To say that our faith causes us not to care reveals profound lack of knowledge regarding that faith. There is one more puzzle to that story though. We all know that climate is changing due to both our own actions as well as the natural forces that are beyond our control.  Many Christians do not have the problem with nations cooperating in doing something about, but they do have the problem with globalists using climate change as an excuse to consolidate power by  forcing many nations to give up parts of their sovereignty and allowing unelected bureaucrats to wield disproportionate amounts of power. This is the recipe for global dictatorship that Christians as well as many other people who value their freedom oppose. To discredit them, global elitists along with the main stream media have taken to accusing us of being "climate change deniers." This is a ploy aimed at avoiding talking about the real issues at stake.

Individual people taking responsibility for their own carbon footprint, can do more for the environment than carbon taxes and other ridiculous ploys. We would be living far greener lives long time ago if mega corporations were taken to account for their environmental pollution, and individual governments had given incentives for people to become greener by for example buying greener cars, or better yet, fewer cars. I wager that my carbon footprint is much smaller than that of some of the most stringent environmentalists, as I have never driven my own car. Our family uses just one car and I use the public transit or walk for my personal transit needs. The energy we use in our apartment is solar as we have solar panels on our roof for many years now, as well as hydro-power from Niagara Falls. We consume less and recycle... There is more that could be done on an individual and national levels without sacrificing the economy or giving up of our national sovereignty, if the elites and the media were more open to talk honestly about real issues instead of pushing their own agendas.

Is It Fair to Link Recent Hate Crimes In U.S. Exclusively to President Trump?

As everyone else, I am very disturbed by an increasing political division in the United States and

rhetoric of hate that comes along with it. But is it fair or right to place all the hate and violence solely at President Trump's feet?

Now, before you label me as Trump supporter, know that I am not an American, so I cannot be Trump supporter. I could never have voted for or against him and I am looking at this literally as an outsider.

I never liked President Trump's style and the petty Twitter arguments that he engages in, but to be fair, I have never read or heard him advocating for violence against any particular race, religion, or any other group identity.

Majority of his supporters do not look to me like far right extremists either, though no doubt there are a few of those among them too. But political division and hate have been going on in the United States long before Trump came to office. There was a lot of gun violence during the time that Obama was in the office too.

I find linking the latest hate crime in Pittsburgh, especially ironic because Trump is probably the most pro Jewish President in the history of United States. In addition to that, President Trump's Jewish son in law and daughter are quite hated on by the online anti-Semitic conspiracy theorists that the man who carried out the mass shooting in that Synagogue represented. Trump is seen by them as part of the conspiracy, so blaming Trump for that attack is bordering on insanity.

It also confirms the one-sideddness of the mainstream media that contributes to the feelings of isolation of all conservatives, and especially the mentally unstable individuals on the far right, such as the man who sent those pipe bombs to the prominent democrats.

While self righteously crying against hate, the left fails to take responsibility for their own contributions to it. I was totally shocked by the comments of Madonna who publicly was fantasizing about "blowing up " the White House. I don't care who is the President, but threat like that constitutes treason in my opinion, and the fact that there were no consequences for her rhetoric just confirms the belief that the public political discourse is indeed one sided and that it marginalizes anyone on the right as if there was no room for different political views. It must stop or the divide will continue to grow and worse things will happen on both right and left, as leftists are not immune from violence. Just see how ANTFA protesters act and you will see for yourself how they continually provoke violence at any rally they attend.  Someone did an experiment once, where they read parts of Hitler's speech at the leftist rally without telling those present that it were Hitler's words. They were all cheering! You can find it on You Tube and see for yourself.

Sadly, it is not much different in  my country of Canada where media routinely mischaracterize all who they perceive as politically incorrect for whatever reason, such as a distinguished Psychologist and leading intellectual mind of our time, Dr. Jordan Peterson, who was described by the media (CBC) as some right wing nut while in reality he is a classic liberal who spoke and warned against right wing extremism for over 30 years! How does that work? Did they even do any research on him? No, they were just pushing their own ideology why they are getting paid by Canadian tax money. This must change. And it starts with every single one of us. We must make sure that we listen to those around us, really listen to what they are really saying, especially those whop we disagree with. Let us quit sitting in echo chambers and start having some real conversations even if they are uncomfortable.

The Antidote to Racism

Today, I watched a very interesting film made in 1989 about the problem of racism in America. The

moral of the film was that racism exists in ALL people groups, but not all people in those groups are racist, now having shown this truth, them movie did not really offer any solutions to the problem.

Sadly, nearly 30 years later nothing has changed, in fact, things might be getting even worse because instead of acknowledging that racism exists in all groups, and condemning it no matter which group engages in it, predominantly leftist politicians and media, are blaming only one group for racism, the white people, so according to them it is o.k. to be racist against white person, but not against a person of any other ethnic group.

Don't believe me? Then pay more attention. Recently on Twitter someone posted a racist rant against "white people",  nothing happened. Then a person of Afro-American heritage posted the same thing, but  replaced the word "white" with "black." The post was promptly removed.

My point is not to say that ethnic minorities did not suffer more as a result of racism in America than the white people, but that we cannot fight racism by being racist. We all have to stop thinking of ourselves as part of racial group first. Placing group identity above any other type of identity leads to hate, racism, and violence that never stops.

The antidote to racism is thinking of ourselves as human first and treat all other people as such. We need to begin to listen to one another, and to respect one another's heritage. The Bible gave us a path to follow nearly 2000 years ago, when Jesus came to this earth to die for us all. God made all of us in His own image and because of that, we have to treat one another as equals.

It is time to stop playing the identity politics once and for all. Canadian psychologist, Jordan B Peterson, got it right, and we better all clean up our room. Next time you get to any heated debate about anything with anyone, remember that this person is human and worthy of the same respect as you are. Stop generalizing. Stop playing victim. Life is unfair, we all have our share of troubles, but Love does conquer all in the end. Focus on what matters. Let us work one person at a time to end racism. Racism is evil, no matter who engages in it, and evil can only be overcome by good. That is the end of my own rant for today. God bless Everyone.

Why Social Media Ban of Alex Jones Helps To Prove His Conspiracy Theory

  Alex Jones is one of the most controversial figures in American alternative media, but he rose to the

greatest heights of popularity during the last 18 years, following the 9/11 Terrorist attacks on New York Twin Towers. His official You Tube channel had more than 2 million subscribers.

 At first, he had been dismissed as a crazy conspiracy theorist by the main stream media and regularly laughed at, but since the last Presidential Elections in the United States, the personal attacks on him and his message increased.

Jones believes that there is underlying hidden globalist agenda that  aims at creating one world government and a global dictatorship, and that there is an information war going on right now for our future, hence the name of his website: Infowars. He sees himself as a patriot fighting for free speech, and preserving the sovereignty and the democratic constitutional form of government in the United States of America, which he believes is currently under attack from the mentioned above globalists.

He had been also saying for years that one day he is going to be banned from social media and perhaps even the entire Internet for speaking out against this globalist agenda. Recently it happened. Jones' content, both video and audio, was removed from all major social media platforms for "hate speech" without any specific examples of it being provided to the public. Thereby proving Alex Jones right in the eyes of his listeners and viewers, millions of them. That was the most stupid thing the social media giants could ever do. They just made him a winner by proving him right. In the best case scenario he will find or fund a new, independent platform, and he will be even more popular than ever before.

In the worse case scenario, as other people including those who did not agree with his views, but who worry about their own freedom of speech begin to criticize the ill advised move, which by the way is already happening with  Dr. Jordan B Peterson, Ben Shapiro,  Stefan Molyneux , and many others, each one of whom has more than or nearly a million subscribers on You Tube alone, they will begin to try to silence them as well. This is the worst case scenario because they would isolate millions of people who will feel that their freedoms are indeed slipping away, and will indeed then for sure begin to be convinced that we are slipping into some form of global dictatorship. Unstable people could begin to riot, which could lead to great unrest and possibly even violence, as the anarchist types would exploit it for their own ideological gains.

We are  then at potentially dangerous crossroads, and we really need to have a completely free and respectful public debate about this before things degenerate further. From a biblical point of view, that global dictatorship is indeed coming someday and it will take Jesus Himself to free humanity from its oppression, but I also believe that we  still have a moral and spiritual obligation to stand up against it, and by doing so to delay its coming for as long as possible. We are still living in the time of grace, and while we still have the freedom, we should continue to speak the Truth and shine the light in the darkness.

Author's Note: Photo courtesy of Infowars

Why God Will Not Solve All Your Problems

Recently, I came across a very well meaning person trying to encourage others by telling them that God will solve all their problems. While it is true that God enables us to first see that we have  problems and gives us grace to face them, it is untrue that He solves them for us.

In my nearly 20 years of relationship with God through the faith in His Son Jesus, I found that He did just the opposite. He never solved any problems for me, but He always had given me wisdom to solve them myself.

But that does not mean that I do not depend on Him at all. As I mentioned above, it is He who is giving me the wisdom and grace to do it. Some Christians go into the extreme of trying to do everything in their own power alone and that leads to legalism, pride,  and failure. Others go into another extreme of waiting for God to solve all their problems and their lives are a mess as a result because they never get solved.

The best way is a narrow straight balanced way of trusting in God to help us, but at the same time using the wisdom He has given us to do all we can do ourselves and taking responsibility for our decisions. This is how we grow and mature.

Teaching people to expect God to solve all their problems is very harmful even though it is well meaning because it will keep them immature and always struggling with the same problems. It can even lead some to abandon their faith in God altogether when they see that God is not solving their problems for them as they were taught to expect.

If you are in the situation where you have the same types of problems over and over again, instead of asking God to solve them for you, ask Him to give you wisdom and ability to solve them yourself and your life, and the life of those around you will improve dramatically as you begin to face and solve them.