Global SITREP A1-23: Zionist Israel

ZIONIST ISRAEL

UPDATED 29 December 2022: We're starting the 2023 series of SITREPs three days early as this morning in Israel the new Likud-Religious Judaism government led by Bibi Netanyahu was sworn in. 

The leftist Globalist Oligarchy is none to pleased about it. As the swearing in ceremony was underway inside the Knesset building a hodgepodge of leftist groups stormed the building, only to be forcible pushed back by Israeli security forces to a distance of at least 300 meters. A photo of the leftists found online was instructive as to what groups were present. 

There were many rainbow flags of (leftist) LGBTQ, there were solid red-colored communist flags, there was even the flag of North Korea present. But this is just a tip of the iceberg that has immediately presented itself in stark opposition to this new government in Israel. The outgoing government of Yair Lapid made it clear they will do everything in their power to stand in opposition to a decidedly Zionist government in the State of Israel. The official organizations of the world such as the WEF, the UN, the current US government and a host of others are all sabre rattling as well. However, the will of God in these last days cannot be successfully opposed by any earthly power.

Jordan's king Abdullah II announced that Jordan is prepared for conflict if the status quo of the Temple Mount becomes altered. As we know from Scripture (Isaiah 11, Ezekiel 28 and Psalm 83, among others, there will be conflict and the prophetic Israel that emerges is one of the signs we've been watching for over the past decade plus number of years. Eschatology Today made clear in the very recent Global SITREP D10-22: The Emergent Religious Israel what can be expected. But, again, this is just the beginning, which shall be documented here in the coming days for as long as we are here. Suffice it to say, we have arrived at the prophetic time we have known was sure to arrive.

30 December 2022: Even before the ongoing and rather testy transition of Israel's government ministries has been completed, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been put on notice again. But this time the "Zionist entity" is truly the Zionist-led State of Israel and it's all about resolving the threat from the Iranian Twelver clerics.

The threat is existential from the new Israeli government's perspective. This existential threat will not be tolerated to continue unresolved as Israel's very existence and national security is at risk from Iranian nuclear weapons. It will be dealt with and by all accounts it will be dealt with promptly. Once again, Jeremiah 49:34-39 is the operative eschatological focus and due attention must once again be given to this passage and its meaning at present.

Not many have made note of the fact that this prophecy is now, and has been for some time, in a relatively quiet process of active fulfillment. How many are aware that the Lord's "four winds from the four corners of heaven" have scattered the Iranian people as outcasts from their country to other nations all over the globe? This is an undeniable fact and evokes Jeremiah 49:36. 

What Iranian citizen would not opt to flee the incredible persecution and outright genocide of the Twelver regime? So flee the country the Iranian citizens have; their numbers increase with each passing month in order to escape from regime's systematic rape, torture, summary executions and in many cases subsistence level living conditions. This has occurred most recently as Iran's currency, known as the Rial, has collapsed by a further one-third of its value since October. In exchange for one American dollar you will receive 430,000 Rial today. Tomorrow, probably not. Economic sanctions in effect for the past five years (2018-2022) are decimating Iran with no hope of relief as the 2015 JCPOA and the attempt to resuscitate it has ended in complete failure. It is dead, buried.

So, we should not doubt that a good portion of the IDF will soon be tasked to execute strikes on the nuclear elements of the Twelver regime and to the extent that Iran's vaunted missile forces will no longer have a capacity to raze Tel Aviv as the Ayatollah's IRGC recently claimed. In 2023 Iran's bleak future will become even more pronounced; its military will be largely neutered.

03 January 2023:  A brief recap of today's news. Itamar Ben-Gvir ascended the Temple Mount this morning. His wife, Ayala, followed suit a short time later. The Islamic world went ballistic with most referring to the event as an "invasion of the Al-Aqsa mosque. The loudest were the terror organization of Gaza, the PA in Judea and Samaria, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the UAE, Egypt and, not surprisingly, the Biden Administration as well as the US State Department. The UAE, representing a group of Islamic nations has made an appeal to the United Nation to take up the issue of the Temple Mount.

The opposition in Israel led by former-PM Yair Lapid also denounced Ben-Gvir's visit to Temple Mount. Lapid also interfered today in Israel's foreign relations with Turkey by making a phone call to that nations foreign minister.

As noted in comments section there was a massive IAF missile strike on Damascus International Airport on Sunday night. The strike targeted Hezbollah and other Iranian proxy forces there and did significant damage plus fatalities. An IRGC officer was assassinated outside of his home in Tehran, Iran. 

Updates as development warrant.

Global SITREP D10-22: The Emergent Religious Israel

UPDATED 20 December 2022: Within hours Israel's new government will be announced and Eschatology Today believes this will be an Israel that very few living today have ever seen before. Only those aged 75 or older might remember the religious fervor that accompanied Israel's founding. Now with several Religious Judaism parties holding sway within the Likud government of PM Bibi Netanyahu tremendous events stand before us, all of them noted in key prophetic verses of Old and New Testament Scripture.

One item that will manifest early on is the removal of the sign imaged above which forbids Jews from enter the Temple Mount. This is something that Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel's new National Security Minister will in all certainty will play a key role in. A new law, known until now as the "Ben-Gvir Law," will establish his position and add to his official portfolio a police ordinance whereby he alone will set and control what the Israeli police can and cannot do. 

As you may recall the Israeli police enforce the prohibition against Jews ascending to the Mount as well as Jews engaging in prayer on the Mount. NSM Ben Gvir is going to change that and he will soon ascend the Mount, as he's promised to do many times, and he will most likely pray once he's there. Ben-Gvir will be instrumental in opening up Temple Mount to all Jewish worshipers.

Most everyone can see where this is leading. Muslims will riot, and the Temple Mount will become the focus of the next crisis in the Arab-Israeli conflict. The battle for the Temple Mount will be joined and the history of the past 56 years will become footnotes in any books written about the current era. 

Update 23 December 2022: In concluding this SITREP, we'll build off and move forward from my comment posted at 2:31 PM yesterday regarding the new Israeli law. This new law is to be enacted prior to the passage of the 2023 budget of the new government of the State of Israel. This new law mandates the death penalty for those who commit acts of terrorism that are intent on harming the State of Israel and its Jewish people. As most of us can now clearly see with the new government in Israel the proverbial gloves have come off. 

More new laws are coming. One of them, a religious liberty law, will exempt religious Jews and business owners from exercising their Torah beliefs in refusing to provide services that are against those beliefs. This means that currently existent "anti-discrimination" laws that punish religious Jews for refusing to honor the desires of the LGBTQ community, and others, which are in direct conflict with the Hebrew Scriptures.

And finally the greatest of the new actions, and the one with very profound prophetic implications, is the inclusion in the Coalition agreement between Likud and the Religious parties is the "Sovereignty Plan." The Sovereignty Plan will bring full Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria. This plan was first proposed by PM Bibi Netanyahu in September 2019. It implementation will fulfill the Zionist vision of "Israeli sovereignty over the birthplace of the Jewish people, Judea and Samaria." The election of the Likud/Religious Zionist coalition is seen as a mandate approved by the majority of Israel's voters, who have clearly made known their desire for full Israel sovereignty over the whole of Biblical Israel and no to a "Palestinian" state on the territory of Eretz Israel.

There no doubt that the sovereignty plan will be vehemently opposed, domestically and from abroad. It is very likely, in conjunction with what will occur on the Temple Mount, to be a catalyst for tremendous violence and a wholesale re-shaping of the map of the Eastern Mediterranean, to include Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and even the Sinai. This will bring about the so-called "one-state solution." All of this is one-hundred percent prophetic. In particular we'll cite Isaiah 11:12-14, and which goes hand-in-hand with Ezekiel 28:24-26, Joshua 13:1-7 and the Psalm 83 prophecy. This we have been discussing over the past 13 years (2009-2022) on Eschatology Today and are all very familiar with the subject matter.

The difference now is that we can see it coming to fulfillment through the newly elected government of Israel. The Church Age is quickly coming to a close and God's attention is moving toward Israel. The Harpazo of the Bride of Christ is more imminent than ever before, so now is the time to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all who  will receive it for their names have been written into the Book of Life even before the foundation of the world.

Marana'tha!

Global SITREP D9-22: Coming Full Circle

The Coming Convergence: Coming Full Circle

7 December 2022: To begin this SITREP a link to a 2017 documentary concerning these last days will lead off. The Coming Convergence In this video those of you who've been here from the beginning might be taken aback by the scene which depicts Bible prophecy for the last days as a series of dominoes. That's the theme of a very early post here from March 7, 2009 that was titled Prophetic Dominoes. Let this video documentary play in full and we'll continue with this SITREP a little later this evening.

Gave the video documentary an extra 12 hours of viewing time before continuing this SITREP. It's a good eschatological synopsis of what Eschatology Today blog has been about for the past 13 years. It's it's fitting to have an eschatological review such as this because it saves lots of time from folks having to read the more than 670 posts in our archive to get that same info one video can present in about an hour and 30 minutes. I doubt the vast majority would even bother to do that, so, again, we're ahead of the game so to speak. This is good because Eschatology Today is absolutely convinced that we've come to the final straightaway sprint on The Prophetic Road to Revelation, that is, to the start of the 70th Week of Years, and the fact that we've never been closer to the instant of our Harpazo to be with the Lord for all eternity. Before we know it Jesus will commence opening the 7 Seals.

Do your loved ones, family and friends and even casual acquaintances a huge favor and provide then with a link or have a viewing of The Coming Convergence with them. Answer their inevitable questions; ask them if they'd like to receive Jesus our Messiah as their personal savior and in that instant establish a direct relationship with our Father, the Creator. Northing is greater than this as the only thing we have left in the dwindling remaining time is time. God is patient in that He does not want any to perish but that all come unto Him and salvation by the Blood of the Lamb.

Back on Earth, have you noticed that in Israel that the new government is struggling big-time to form itself for presentation to Israel's president? The secular part of the Likud is not making a whole lot of headway in getting the religious party's (United Torah Judaism in particular) to agree to coalition appointments, and laws and other matters of the State of Israel. Have you noticed that is Israel today, right now, there are distinctions being drawn between regular Israeli citizens and religious Israeli's? Religious Israel is suddenly, and by no means an accident or coincidental, rising faster than has ever before been seen in the past 74 years (75 years in May 2023) of modern Israel's young history! This is a huge development of monumental eschatological significance; we all should be well informed about this sea-change in Israel. 

For example, an Israeli media headline appeared this morning made a pointed reference to a "religious teen" who went missing yesterday in Be'er Sheva. The 14-year old youth was not noted as a missing Israeli teenager, but as one of the many, many openly religious Jewish teens in the country. In the US would a distinction be made to a missing Catholic, Protestant, Evangelical, Muslim and atheist teenager? No, it would just be a missing teen report or a photo on a milk carton. Israel is changing before our eyes. And, if Eschatology Today can be so bold, it must be noted that religious teens such as this will very probably become the 144,000 that The Apocalypse (Revelation) of Jesus Christ prophecies about in Chapter 7 at the beginning of thee 70th Week of Years who will be given the Seal of God upon their forehead prior to the wrath of the Lord being poured out upon the earth. 12,000 of each of Israel's 12 tribes will receive the Seal. They are the "all Israel" that Paul was inspired by the Holy Spirit to write about in Romans 11:25-27.

Stay tuned, the strengthening, enlightening and encouragement in these difficult days is going to continue within this SITREP shortly, if our Harpazo does not occur first that is. Be Blessed and Marana'tha!

Global SITREP D8-22: Past, Present and Future

16 November 2022: We've seen the past, and we see the present and the Word of God instructs us about the future. And there is nothing new under the sun (Ecclesiastes 1:9). 

Israel has a new government and what has been done will be done there once again. America will also soon be getting a new government. Last night President Donald Trump announced his intent to become an American president once again. Only God knows, but by His will what has been done will be done again.

In searching His word recently a prophecy was found that Eschatology Today has not previously seen or been aware of. What has been seen and has been written about on this blog is the prophecy of the sun not giving its light in conjunction with the moon being blood red, that it has a one-time and one-time only 70th Week of Years fulfillment. This prophecy is found in Revelation 6:12 when the Lord Jesus Christ opens the Sixth Seal.

But there is another prophecy that involves both the sun and the moon. This prophecy comes from Isaiah 30. Taking the entire chapter in context, this prophecy also appears to be one for fulfillment in this current generation and when all Israel is saved (i.e. in the time of the 144,000). In Isaiah 30:26 it is written:

Moreover the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun,
And the light of the sun will be sevenfold,
As the light of seven days,
In the day that the Lord binds up the bruise of His people
And heals the stroke of their wound.

Picture that in your mind's eye. The earth's moon as bright as the sun, not just reflecting the sun's brightness, but being as bright as the sun and only a quarter of a million miles away. And the cause for this is that the sun will become seven times brighter than normal, as brightness equivalent to an entire week's worth of the sun's brightness. 

Truly this is a prophetic sign and it appears at first reading to be one which occurs as part of the Lord's judgements during the Thlipsis. Perhaps Isaiah 30:26 is related to the Trumpet judgments of Revelation 8? And it must be noted that this prophecy is just the opposite of what Isaiah 13:10-13 tells us. So placing the prophetic fulfillment in an understandable last days timeline is a challenge; further study is needed for sure.

Until then we know that God controls all things, His will is being done, governments rise and fall as He determines, and we're headlong into the imminent Harpazo of the Bride of Christ with our eyes wide open, watching, praying and saying Marana'tha!

Global SITREP D7-22: Elections Have Consequences

(UPDATE) 1 November 2022: From today through the next seven days the people of Israel and the United States are casting their ballots to determine what type of government they will have, left-wing globalist-centric or right-wing nationalistic. No one knows how these elections will go, not even all of the prolific pollsters, but our omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent LORD God knows what the results will be because He has always known the end from the beginning. And that, brothers and sisters, is essentially what Divinely inspired prophecy is all about - God speaking about what is, what will be and what will be done according to His will.

We, the Bride of Christ, know that our time on this earth is short, they we're all neck deep, so to speak, in the events of the "last days." Yet we still have civic duty to vote our conscience, to effect the type of government that is not corrupt and is of, by and for the people. And so we go our way knowing that at any moment He may shout with the voice of an archangel "Come up Hither!" 

ISRAEL: At 7 AM IST Israelis began voting this morning, for the unprecedented fifth time in just three years. And the results this time will determine a great deal of what we know as a long list of prophetic and sequential certainties. In Israel the rise of the Religious Zionist Party is no accident. It is one of the rising stars in Israel within the "Sovereignty Movement." That name reflects the Israel that will exist prior to the Ezekiel 38/39 prophecy, a stable, secure and fully sovereign state, at peace and fearing to other nation or people. Ezekiel 28:24-26 describes the result, and notice how this passage is prefaced by severe judgment upon Sidon (Lebanon). The links to Psalm 83 and Joshua 13:1-7 are obvious.

With virtually all of the massive turn out votes counted it is apparent, even to Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid party, that Benjamin Netanyahu as leader of the Likud, and Itamar Ben-Gvir of the Religious Zionist Party-Otzma Yehudit will lead the next government for the State of Israel. It is Ben-Gvir's statement in his victory speech last night that summarizes what this electoral victory means. "It is time for us (all Israelis) to return to being the landlords of country." What is also apparent from this result is that a vastly different State of Israel will emerge than the one that was running things after the previous election. The new Likud-led government should be formed and sworn into office by 15 November 2022.

It must be noted that the U.S. Biden Administration (i.e. the U.S. Government), a well-known leftist and globalist concern, interfered in this Israeli election as much as they dared by means of colluding with the Israeli left and via the left of Israeli media, and at all times in favor of the outgoing government led by Lapid and Gantz. They have gone as far as intimidating the as-yet unformed government of the victorious Likud block of Bibi Netanyahu which will lead the State of Israel until subsequent elections in 2026. 

The intimidation is couched in the Biden Administration's suggestions that it will "boycott" diplomatic relations over the participation of the religious right within the government Israeli President Herzog will mandate Bibi Netanyahu with forming. In particular, the U.S. administration is telling the Likud to exclude Itamar Ben-Gvir from a ministerial portfolio (Public Security Minister) in the new government. The interference in the Israeli political process may even go deeper than is noted here, but it should surprise no one who has paid attention in recent months. This current American government is very vocal in calling American citizen of conservative and religious views on the right as a "threat to democracy." The spirit of the antichrist is strong within the current American government. 

The U.S. Midterm Elections: Again, the current U.S. Government will do everything in its power to thwart what all pre-election polling is indicating will be a Republican conservative "red wave."  In this the GOP is expected to take political control over the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. In January 2025 a return to the presidency of former President Donald J. Trump also seems to be a strong probability based upon current trends across all sectors of the American political landscape. 

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IMMEDIATE UPDATE 4 November 2022:  Seven hours ago Eschatology Today was informed that President Trump will seek a second term in 2024; that he will announce on 14NOV22. 

About an hour ago I was also informed that the recent run-off presidential election in Brazil was hacked (stolen) via a program known as HAMMER/SCORECARD. This program changed over 5.1 million votes from the incumbent Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and transferred them to the Globalist/socialist Luiz Lula DaSilva so that Lula would win by 2.1 million votes out of 118.5 votes cast. The people of Brazil have been up in arms ever since. Sound familiar? 

This same source also reports that the HAMMER/SCORECARD program will be used in the U.S. mid-term elections next Tuesday, but only on carefully chosen and select races in Arizona (Governor), Georgia, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Wisconsin, Alaska, Ohio, Washington and New York (Governor). A similar modus operandi as in the 3 NOV 2020 election will be used with vote tabulations halted between 9:30 and 11 PM on 8 NOV 2022. 

This info is from a reliable source, but has not been 100% vetted, and it may be that our verification will be the actual voting results in the specific races noted above. If the GOP candidate (which all polling data currently indicates are likely to win) actually loses by a slim margin, then "Houston, we have another problem." This vote stealing will be exacerbated should the Biden E.O.14019 to federalize local elections (Executive Office administration of local elections) be put into play. See: https://thefederalist.com for more info.  The best solution is for voters to hit the booths in massive swarms and for local LEOs to be very proactive if and when vote tabulations are halted. 

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The Biden Administration's attempt to revive the JCPOA regarding Iran's nuclear program has passed into oblivion, even as Iran continues its dash to achieving nuclear weapons capability. Israeli DM Gantz and U.S. SECDEF Austin had what may well be their last discussion on Iranian nukes, the Arab terrorist violence in Judea and Samaria and Iran's entrance into the Ukraine war in support of the Russian war effort in supplying lethal combat drones and ballistic missiles. 

It must also be noted here that both the current U.S. and Israeli governments have been completely ineffective in countering or deterring all of the aforementioned issues. This ineffectiveness is by large measure the reason for the current ballistic missile and nuclear crisis on the Korean peninsula. North Korea continued its missile barrage, with a new barrage of 20 missiles, and even launching an ICBM which caused the Japanese government to halt public transportation and urge evacuations of the populace of certain northern prefectures (Miyagi, Yamagata and Niigata) into underground shelters again this morning. Japan is under military stresses from both North Korea and the People's Republic of China aggressive actions.

In point of fact the international situation at present can best be described as chaotic. Russia-Ukraine is the headliner, but China-Taiwan is a close second, followed by the rebellion in Iran, it's nuclear program, it's overt terrorist interference throughout the Middle East, and the Saudi Arabian intelligence claim of an impending Iranian attack within their kingdom. Anything can happen at any time and in any place.

Most importantly, the is Harpazo of the bride of Christ coming when we least expect it. Maranatha!

Global SITREP D6-22: The Pillars of Creation

The Pillars of Creation Hubble 1995

UPDATED 22 October 2022: Above is the image collected by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) 27 years ago (1995). This image was instantly titled "The Pillars of Creation." it is a unique feature of M16, also known as the vast Eagle Nebula, that lies a distant 6,500 light years from the Earth. This image was taken in the visible light spectrum. The name given to this gaseous formation is due to its being an active nursery of stars being formed and born from relatively cool clouds of gas and dust. Some new stars are clearly seen within the "pillars." Then eight years ago (2014) NASA scientists announced that the pillars has stretched at least 60 Billion miles at a speed of 450,000 miles per hours due to the star formation occurring within them. 

The Pillars of Creation Webb 2022

Now we have a new, far more stunning and revealing image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) by its Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam). The stunning part are the changes now seen 27 years later with mankind's increased knowledge and technological development. For perspective the pillar on the left stands at 4 light years in length, that's 24 Trillion miles. Compare these two clickable images. The light from each them began its journey through the heavenly spaces long ago, but the changes seen in just 27 years of time as we understand time are incredible and extremely obvious.

Update - Here is an just released enhanced image (click on it for full details) of the middle pillar seen in the image directly above. It is in this view that the aforementioned Creation of new stars can be seen most clearly. Those new stars are the red dots within the pillar of dust and gas. The light that this image from the JWST captured has been traveling towards the Earth for an amount of time that is roughly equal to 60 million years prior to when the dinosaurs went extinct on this planet. It's mind-boggling to consider the vastness of our Universe, well beyond complete human comprehension. But that in itself is the nature of our Creator GOD Almighty.

What NASA and a whole slew of astrophysicists, et al, save one or two, have not surprisingly failed to mention is that these images and the accompanying data points confirm what the Holy Spirit-inspired writers of numerous Biblical texts stated thousands of years ago. Take Isaiah 40:22 for example:

It is He who sits above the circle of the earth,

And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers,

Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,

And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.

And Psalm 104:2

Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment,

Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain.

Less than 60 years ago all of these scientists, save one or two of faith, were insisting that the universe was static and had always been static. Oops, then as part of the angel Gabriel had imparted in his last words to the prophet Daniel (Daniel 12:4):

“But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.”  

Yes, we can say with absolute certainty that Gabriel even prophesied at least 2,600 years ago that mankind would one day, at "the time of the end" be where we are today, doing the things we are doing today and with the increased knowledge we have today - all of it confirming with absolute precision what God's word has always said. So here we are, at the end of the 6th millennium and awaiting the start of His Kingdom in the 7th millennium, looking at images today of what God did Bereshyith (in the beginning).

Global SITREP D5-22: Rising Tide of Violence in Israel

UPDATED 25 October 2022: The Arab Islamist violence continues. The IDF, Shin Bet and YAMAM counter-terrorist forces raided an explosives manufacturing apartment in Shechem (Nablus). Excellent intelligence collection identified the apartment in the Kasbah of Shechem as a HQ for the so-called "Lions Den" terrorists which afterwards was destroyed by Israeli forces. A firefight between Israeli forces and dozens of Arab Islamists ensued; there were no IDF injuries and 4 of the armed terrorists were killed.

15 October 2022: There has been a tremendous increase in Arab Islamist violence in Israel with most of the attacks occurring in the towns of Judea and Samaria, but especially in Jerusalem. This rise in violence is due to primarily to Islamic incitement to violence in the mosques. The increasing violence is also the result of an incredibly weak Israeli government. Not the IDF, mind you, but the government itself. It's the Israeli version of the American Biden administration. They see eye-to-eye on most things.

The violence is marked by stones being thrown at Israel's security forces and common Jewish citizens on a daily basis. This is the low end, whereas the high end is marked by Molotov cocktails and other types of hurled fire bombs, the igniting of tires laced with fuels, shooting attacks and riot after riot in various locations, but primarily in and around Jerusalem. The hardest and most frequently hit is the neighborhood of Shimon HaTzaddik of East Jerusalem. The IDF and Border Police then arrive to restore order - temporarily at best. As stated, the violence occurs on a daily basis. For the average Israeli citizen the IDF and Security Forces arrival on the scene this is not enough, and they are, community by community, kibbutzim by kibbutzim, taking direct action against the Arab's terrorizing their communities. Eventually, and sooner rather than later, things will hit the proverbial fan. We all know it, it's inerrant God-breathed prophecy.

However, there's are changes coming, and they will manifest in a little over two weeks time and within 7 days of each other. The first is Israel's newest round of Knesset elections on November 1st, and the US mid-term elections on November 8th. It is anticipated that the conservatives of Israel and the US will prevail in these elections. That would be a good thing, but as we all all know, God establishes governments and their leaders for His purposes. The coming prophetic fulfillments cannot be stopped, they are the sound of inevitability we all sense in the background. 

On the other side is the just announced reconciliation agreement between the PA-leading Fatah Faction and the terrorist HAMAS (image above) and its associated terror cells. The reconciliation was signed in Algiers, Algeria this past Thursday. A truly united Arab terror front of Fatah and HAMAS should be seen as a harbinger of the coming conflict foretold by several ancient prophets of Israel. It does appear as these three events are coming together, and it is accepted on Eschatology Today that this is not coincidental. God is in complete control.

Global SITREP D4-22: Russia's Illegal Annexation Guarantees War Escalation

 

Location of Kerch

The Kerch Strait Bridge engulfed in flames

UPDATE 8 October 2022: Speaking of an escalation in the war between Russia and Ukraine - it took place within hours of Vladimir Putin's 70th birthday. Some birthday present!

As noted in previous SITREPs, going all the way back to Russia's initial invasion and annexation of Ukraine's Crimean peninsula in 2014-2015, the Kerch Strait Bridge linking the eastern city of Kerch (the Kerch Strait) with Russia proper was destined to be struck if Ukraine were to have any hope of recovering Crimea from Russia's annexation. The strike, and major escalation, occurred at 06:00 Moscow time (0300 GMT) this morning. 

According to several sources, this strike on the 12-mile long Kerch Strait Bridge was a clandestine strike carried out by Ukraine's SBU (Security Intelligence Service), although Ukraine has not said so officially. It appears a truck bomb was detonated as it passed below the fuel tanker railcars heading for Russian forces in Crimea and Southern Ukraine. 

The fuel tanker railcars erupted in flames, a massive fire ensued, and al least two sections of the lower level roadway collapsed into the water below. The bridge is effectively and entirely out of commission at this time. There's little doubt this strike is the beginning of Ukraine's effort to retake Crimea. Also without doubt this strike flies in the face of Putin's threat to employ nukes if Russia or its annexed territories were attacked. Bottom line: this war is now at the anticipated crisis point with an undetermined limit on the level of escalation ahead. It will be swift, no doubt.

Banners on Red Square, Moscow:
"Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaphorizhzhia, Kherson - RUSSIA!

30 September 2022: Russian Federation president Vladimir Putin just wrapped up a speech in the Kremlin in which he announced the annexation of four occupied, or partially occupied, Ukrainian oblasts as de facto Russian territory, as well as the defense of which from external attacks from any source can be met with the use of Russian nuclear weapons. This unilateral action by the regime of Putin will result in an escalation and intensification of the war into realms previously only discussed in thrilling war novels and action films a la the late Tom Clancy.

Today's announcement in Moscow has occurred as the Armed Forced of Ukraine (AFU) have encircled and entrapped two regiment-sized forces of the Russian Army. Those units are the BARS-13 "Russian Legion" and 572nd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment of the 20th General Army which have been in a weeks-long, hard-pressed defense of Lyman, Donetsk Oblast. Lyman will fall to the AFU shortly as all Ground Lines Of Communication (GLOC) and resupply have been cut off. This is day 219 of the war.

What remains to be seen: will Putin deploy nuclear weapons in defense of the illegally annexed "Russian" territory, and how will NATO respond to it. At the moment US and NATO aircraft are airborne scouring the entire spectrum for any sign of deployed Russian nuclear weaponry. 

UPDATE 3 October 2022: The U.S. does have the capability to detect in advance a Russian deployment of nuclear weaponry. Several former and current US government officials have made this information public knowledge in recent days, not so much to assure civilians, but to let Russia's leadership know that our side will know if and when that happens. 

The Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines, as reported by Denmark's military forces, ceased leaking methane gas this past weekend. This is not due to any repair effort, but because the remaining methane gas in the pipeline is not strong enough to overcome the pressure of the Baltic Sea at the depth where the sabotage ruptures occurred.

Probably of the utmost importance was the text of Vladimir Putin's annexation speech. This speech was couched in unhinged and wildly erroneous pseudo-religious rhetoric, about a "holy war" against the West. Putin's speech was preceded in Red Square by a rally in which the battle-cry for this war and an open call within ultra-nationalist Russian society for total war against the West. The battle cry is the Russian word "Goida!" A video of the Red Square rally where this call for holy war was made can be viewed at The American Conservative website. The video is most informative. Think in terms of Ezekiel 38/39 when you view it.

Global SITREP D3-22: "This is not a Bluff"

 

UPDATED 22 September 2022: In announcing the conscription mobilization of 300,000 troops from Russia's reserve forces (veterans of prior service), Russian president Vladimir Putin this morning set in motion an escalation of his war against Ukraine and NATO. Putin's escalation of the war is replete with the threat of Russian use of tactical and strategic nuclear weapons because he now sees the tide of his war being reversed and therefore threatening the "territorial integrity of Russia." 

In Vladimir Putin's thoroughly warped worldview, all of Ukraine, from the Don River Basin (a/k/a the Donbas) westward to the NATO frontier, is Russian territory. The recent rout of Russian forces and loss of territory to Ukrainian forces armed to the hilt with the best weapons the West has provided to date is a direct threat to Russian territorial integrity. This in turn is Putin's rationale for his threat in authorizing nuclear weapons use. We must accept Putin's words, "This is not a bluff" at face value, and he will release his nukes upon his enemies. 

Make no mistake, even the Chinese Communists have been rattled by this morning's announcement from Moscow. Word came swiftly out of Beijing warning Moscow to immediately de-escalate and to seek a cease-fire in the Ukraine war. The U.S. and NATO response to this escalatory threat from Russia will be announced in the U.N. General Assembly this morning.

This is the current SITREP AS OF 10:30 EDT 21 September 2022.

An often asked question: Will nuclear war occur? Answer: Yes, both before the 70th Week begins and during it. And since the harpazo of the bride of Christ is always imminent, it cannot be stated with any certainty that a nuclear exchange will not occur prior to the blessed event. 

(Beyond this, a nuclear exchange has already occurred on this earth while the bride of Christ was present. On August 6th and 9th 1945 Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan were struck with atomic bombs dropped by two American B-29 Stratofortess aircraft. Hundreds of thousands of human beings perished in both strikes.) 

Now, an Eschatology Today explanation for why this is true.

The Gog and Magog prophecy of Ezekiel 38/39 appears to have a pre-70th Week of years fulfillment. The LORD God declares in Ezekiel 39:6 "And I will send fire on Magog and on those who live securely (confidently) in the coastlands." There is no reason to question that the land of Magog (Russia) will receive a nuclear strike as a result of the attempt to invade, rape and plunder the nation of Israel. (Note: this is exactly what Russia's intent has been for the Ukraine, and, in fact, invasion, rape, mass murder and plunder are what the Russian military forces and their proxy allies have committed in Ukraine.) 

The unknown part of this is: Is America the unknown land which lives securely (confidently) in the coastlands who receives fire (judgment) as Magog (Russia) does? Whatever the case may be, these strikes happen during the midst of the destruction of the armies of Magog and its confederates upon the mountains of Israel. It may be true also that this is not a full-scale nuclear war as the world goes on and endures almost to the point of an extinction level event through the Lord's judgments of the 70th Week of years which follow shortly thereafter. So, it may be what occurs in Ezekiel 39:6 is a limited or tactic use of nuclear weapons.

Then during the 70th Week of years, as seen in Revelation 6, a quarter of all human life on the earth will be annihilated. As of 2022, and the waning global COVID-19 pandemic, there are 8 billion souls on the earth. That means 2 billion will die in the Revelation 6 judgments. Shortly thereafter the Revelation 8 and 9 judgments occur upon the remaining 6 billion population of the earth, and of these a full one-third are annihilated. What is one-third of 6 billion? It is another 2 billion people. That's 4 billion people wiped out in the first 42 months, also known as the Thlipsis/Tribulation. Eschatology Today assesses that the vast major of these are the direct result of nuclear weapons. 

And during the Megas Thlipsis/Great Tribulation it only gets worse, so much so that if the Lord would not cuts those days short the extinction of human life would have occurred. Jesus speaking in the Olivet Discourse (Matthew 24:22 NKJV: "And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect's sake those days will be shortened."

So, when utterly mad men talk in threatening tones about using nuclear weapons at this hour, pay attention! If Jesus Christ is not your Lord and Savior all you have to do at this point is call upon His Name to forgive your sins and be covered by His precious sacrifice.

Marana'tha!

Global SITREP D2-22: FIVE RED HEIFERS IN ISRAEL !!!!!

16 September 2022: The Lord woke me up at 03:30 this morning to receive an important email from Donald Dolmus (our dear brother in Nicaragua), which he sent at 01:30 this morning. Now, finally, after a complete Microsoft 365 update on this machine, here I am sharing what he sent with all of you. The image speaks for itself. Halleluiah and Marana'tha! This is exciting!

Global SITREP D1-22: Syria

12 September 2022: Israeli Defense Minister Gantz today revealed ten military sites within Syria which Iran is using for the production of medium and long range precision guidance missiles and weaponry. Advanced strategic weaponry in other words. These sites are known within Syria as Centre D'Etudes et de Recherches Scientifiques or CERS. A number of these sites have been struck repeatedly by Israel for the past four years, most recently in May and August this year (reference the clickable map above). 

There is no question that these CERS sites will be the targets of a major campaign in the coming days - otherwise there's really no reason to publish a map and specifically identify each of them, some above ground, others in tunnels and other underground, as DM Gantz has done today. Timing is everything. As we've noted in recent SITREPs these sites are now largely undefended by Russian air defense systems which were redeployed back to Russia for the Ukraine war, and the meager Syrian and Iranian air defense systems are simply not up to the task, especially considering that Israel is more than likely to task their squadrons of F-35I Adir with precision above ground strikes and F-16I Sufa and F-15I Ra'am aircraft with delivery of heavy earth-penetrating ordnance.

Such a campaign is assessed by Eschatology Today to result in fulfillment of the Isaiah 17 prophecy and all that it relates in a short but destructive war. This is not mere speculation, but an assessment which is subject to re-assessment given the Iranian nuclear issue. Iran's own ballistic rockets are not part of this equation simply due to what is related in the opening verses of Jeremiah 49:35. Rather it is the Iranian rockets already primed to strike Israel's population centers from launch locations in Lebanon (Hezbollah/IRGC) and Syria (IRGC and proxy militias). Great loss of life is certain in this coming exchange: Damascus destroyed complete, Syria wiped out as a nation, and Israel bloodied severely per Isaiah 17.

With Russia's battalion tactical groups being decimated and militarily dissected by Ukrainian forces armed with the best the Western Alliance has to offer, the loss of Syria, which Russia has long expected rich dividends from their billions of investment, is their any wonder that Russia would be looking to Israel in the future to recoup their billions upon billions of evaporated rubles? If this assessment holds then we are seeing clearly through the looking glass of Bible prophecy. The assessment will update accordingly as events play out simultaneously in eastern Europe and the Levant.

UPDATE 14 September 2022: Next we will lean forward and look at the inevitable changes that a Ukrainian military victory over Russia will bring to the EU and even more so to NATO!

These assessed changes will occur as a direct result of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. Wars ALWAYS produce massive geo-political changes, and this war will be no different. Eschatology Today assesses that the coming changes will occur within the Russian Federation and they'll conform to the prophetic geo-political aspects we find in Ezekiel 38/39. 

As for Europe and the NATO alliance we'll likely see ten leading nations arise as per the visions and prophecy Gabriel imparted to the prophet Daniel. We also have to watch for a nation the size of Ukraine, and as well-armed as they are now if not more, becoming a major anchor, along with Poland on NATO's eastern flank. 

Early on in the SITREP series regarding the Ukraine war the Budapest Memorandum was included because of its importance. That agreement was a Russian guarantee of Ukraine's sovereignty, and in exchange for that guarantee Ukraine agreed to relinquish its nuclear weapons to Russia. 

Now that Russia unilaterally abrogated the Budapest Memorandum agreement with an unprovoked invasion its stands to reason that sooner or later Ukraine will get nuclear weapons again as a guarantee against no future Russian military adventurism at Ukraine's expense. NATO membership is almost a certainty as is membership in some type of Euro-centric federation of nations (a/k/a the feet of miry clay and iron we've referenced as the Ten Toes in the prophecy of Daniel 2.) 

We do well to remember "past as prologue." It was geo-political events (war is a type of international politics in action) which resulted in the fulfillment of the events in 70 AD between the Roman Empire and the Jewish people of Judea, Jerusalem and the destruction of the second temple. Likewise it was World War II which led to the fulfillment of Isaiah 66:8 which foretold of Israel being born again in a since day. Real-world events result in the direct and literal fulfillment of Bible prophecy. The war in Ukraine and all things related to it will be no different.

"Who is like the beast, and who can wage war against it?" (Revelation 13:4). This also is a prophecy in the process of fulfillment, and we today are witnesses to its beginning.

Global SITREP C10-22: The Kings of the East Revisited

The East

23 August 2022: It's been twelve years since the original The Kings of the East was published on Eschatology Today, so with recent events (strong rumors of war) an update would be most appropriate. The above link is for your reference to that original, and to contrast with this update. 

Before beginning a series of notations, none of these notes have been at the forefront of any eschatological treatment published to date and to my knowledge. These notes are things that have come to mind, rather swiftly out of the blue in the past couple of days. I asked the Lord, "What have I missed? How can this subject possibly be updated?" Swiftly came His response, praise God!

The first thing to note is that the prophetic reference is to multiple kings of the east. This reference does not indicate just the Communist Chinese of the People's Republic of China (PRC) even though that nation remains the most militant threat to nations on the Pacific Rim. 

The second thing to note is that the word "kings" is plural, indicating several countries of the eastern hemisphere are involved, and their involvement in the events of the 70th Weeks of Years is specific to that time. 

Thirdly, and most importantly to note is the God-breathed Biblical defining from the text of The Apocalypse of Jesus Christ, is that these multiple kings (a grouping of Asian nations) all exist to the east of the River Euphrates. Even a cursory glance at a world map will illustrate how many nations exist on the continent of Asia to the east of the Euphrates River.

There is also a fourth note to make, all too briefly touched upon in the original linked posting above. That is the prophetic fact that their involvement in Middle Eastern or even global conflict, occurs at a minimum of two specific points in the span of the seven years of the 70th Weeks of Years. The first point is at the start of the Megas Thlipsis (Great Tribulation), or three and one-half of the 70th Week. 

We see this in Daniel 11:40-44, when the Western antichrist commences his empowerment in the final 42 months. Here the antichrist is at war with the king to the South and the king of the North. And then again at the end of those 42 months when the Euphrates has been dried up to prepare the passing of the massive army under the command of the kings of the East. This is the final battle at Har Megiddo (Armageddon).

Also worthy of being noted: there is no mention of the kings of the East within the context of Ezekiel 38/39. This is true even though some of the allied nations with Gog of Magog are, by geographic definition, found in Central Asia. Russia itself is both a European and an Asian nation as we've noted previously in the Ukraine war SITREPs.

Hopefully, this SITREP will have put some meat on the bare bones of what has been put forward thus far regarding the prophetic kings of the East.

Global SITREP C9-22: What Next?

Interim PM Lapid, DM Gantz and IDF Staff

Update 23 August 2022: It's as if certain anticipated events are in a holding pattern, which Eschatology Today views as the Restrainer being actively engaged in restraining evil forces. Human tongues continue to wag with incessant and relentless threats of violence (wars and rumors of wars) and it seems in several arenas the world stands on the top end of slippery slopes to disaster - in the WESTPAC, in Ukraine, Serbia-Kosovo, the Horn of Africa and all around Israel, most notably in the north. Any one of these points of conflict could erupt without notice, and particularly in Ukraine in less than 24 hours from now and in Lebanon within the next nine days. In the meantime we'll look to the East with the next SITREP. 

8 August 2022: Per the IDF, Operation Breaking Dawn is officially ended in a cease fire - as long as Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) holds its rocket fire. PIJ is a proxy for the Islamic Republic of Iran, so whatever quiet has been bought with Egyptian promises (to release PIJ operative Bassam al-Saadi) is tenuous at best. So, the question is, what next? A nuclear Iran? Hezbollah's threats of war? Temple Mount? It occurs that while we have multiple God-breathed prophecies there is no way for anyone to know, much less accurately speculate about what is next. For that we'll have to keep watching in real-time. It won't be long.

Global SITREP C8-22: Temple Mount (Tisha b'Av)

Rainbow over the Temple Mount (Moriah) and Mount of Olives

UPDATE 02 August 2022: In keeping with the theme of the SITREP, an item written by Rabbi Hagai Lundin (linked below) appeared in today's edition of Arutz Sheva (7 Israel National News) caught my attention, mostly because I've been expecting something along these lines to appear in Israeli media in conjunction with Tisha B'Av: Will the Temple Be Built This Year?  

The image above heads the Rabbi's article. I find it to be exceptionally appropriate in that its a type of canopy over both the Temple Mount and the Mount of Olives; it encompasses a scene of tremendous prophetic importance for both the children of Israel and Christians. If only the Jews were to realize what exactly it is they pray and fast so fervently for. They will, eventually, come to that realization but it will take the tragic events of Israel's 70th Week of Years to bring them, for the most part, to that realization. 

The land under this rainbow will be the prophetic scene of Revelation 11. Long-time readers will recall that we've covered some of this before. Almost exactly six years ago I made a re-post of what had originally appeared on Eschatology Today five years prior to that date in December 2011 regarding the text of that prophecy about The Two Witnesses. The nearness of the fulfillment of Revelation 11 begs for a re-visitation, and what better time than during the days of mourning and fasting in Israel. 

The point to re-emphasize here is that the 3rd Temple, which the word of God makes very explicit, is standing, completed and in use as the Two Witnesses begin their prophetic one thousand two hundred sixty day ministry.

To be continued shortly...

28 July 2022: Today marks the first day of the month of Av. As most know very well, the 9th of Av has historically been a day of mourning, deprivation, prayer and fasting in commemoration of the calamities that have befallen the Israel on Tisha B'Av due to a manifest lack of faith and failure to observe the ordinances of God. 

Tisha B'Av is the culmination of the first nine days of Av, and which extends to the previous three weeks as that is when several Roman legions began their siege of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount in 70 AD. While this date has no real significance of Christians, it marks 3,335 years since the first of several tragic events dating back to the time of the Exodus and the deliverance of Israel from bondage in Egypt.

As Christians we should recognize that these events in Israel's history are a progression, a process that eventually will lead to all Israel being redeemed in the Blood of our Messiah, Jesus Christ. We recall what occurred during the Exodus that caused Moses to break the first set of tablets, inscribed by the Divine finger of God Himself. How utterly priceless were those tablets! No one knows what truly became of them even though oral tradition says that were carried in the Ark of the Covenant. Purely speculative, but the breaking of those tablets when Moses saw the golden calf and Israel worshipping its as their god might seem as the initial in a multiple millennia long series of Tisha B'Av tragedies. 

Today this day Israel remains under the terms of the covenant God told Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab (Deuteronomy 29:4). Read the entire chapter for context, and Paul's reference to this in Romans 11:8.

Further, we're told that the first Tisha B'Av event occurred in 1313 BC when the spies returned from scouting the land and the children of Israel balked at entering the Promised Land due to the bad report and that God's response was for that generation to wander in the wilderness for 40 years, to die there and their children would be the first to enter Eretz Israel.

Then came the destruction of the First and Second Temples on Mount Moriah, by the Babylonians and Romans respectively in 586 BC and 70 AD. This was followed by the revolt against Rome led by Simon Bar Kokhba and which ended with Simon Bar Kokhba and his Jewish Army in the town of Betar being utterly slaughtered by Roman legions on Tisha B'Av 135 AD.

Again, this is all part of an ongoing process, a process which will ultimately culminate with the prophetic verse in Ezekiel 39:29. This is how Eschatology Today thinks of the meaning of Tisha B'Av.